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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL OPENS
TOMORROW WITH BIG
VARIETY BILL

The opening of the Radio City
Music Hall, the worlds largest thea
tire, is set for tomorrow night under
the direction of Roxy" From all
corners Of the world he has assem-
bled units OF the great all-star
variety bill. The artists from the
musical field include Titta Ruffo, Coe
Glade, late Of the Chicago Opera;
Otto Fassell, Viennese tenor, and
Vera Schwartz of the Berlin and
Vienna State Operas. TIL dance
world is represented by Harald
Kreutzberg, Martha Graham, Patricia
Bowman, and a ballet Of 80. The
stage and variety artists include DR..
Rockwell Weber and Fields, DeWolf
Hopper, Taylor Holmes. The Wallen-
das, noted aeralists; the Tuskegee
Choir of ITO voices under the direc-
ton of william L. Dawson, the Six
Bronetts. clown quartet from Euro
pean music halls; and many others.
In addition there will be group OF
Roxyettes: a chorus Of 100 voices di-
rected by Leon Rosebraok, and
symphony orchestra Of 30, conducted
by Emo Rapee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26
FARMERS LEAGUE
HITS ALA. TERROR
Calls For Support To
Negro Choppers

CINCINNATI, o., Dec 25.-Louis
Clayton, Negro worker of this city
framed-up on a charge of assaulting
a white girl and attacking with a
knife her escort, has been convicted
of cutting with intent to wound and
sentenced to from one to 20 years
in prison. The charges of rape and
robbery, on which he was also in
dicted, still hang over his head
The arrest was made on the night
of Sept. 2. Clayton had taken shelter
from a rainstorm in a mems COM
fort station, where he found a young
white couple, the girl undressed, and,
according to the account of eye wit
nesses, with her clothing folded and
placed in a corner.
Clayton was tried before an en-
tirely white jury, the one Negro in
Guided in the jury panel having been
removed by the prosecutor by means
of a permptory challenge. He was
represented by two Negro attorneys,
retained by a group of Negro BUSH
ness and professional men.
At the same time that the court
and white jury sustained the framed
up charges against Clayton, no &C
ton whatever is being taken against
Bernard McAyoy, policeman, who
three months ago shot and killed a
Negro worker, John Groves, as the
latter was proceeding peaceably to
his work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26
LdngStOn Hughes
Mother at Daily
Affair on Saturday

One of the features of the Ninth
Anniversary Celebration of the Daily
Worker will be the appearance of the
mother of Langston Hughes, noted
revolutionary Negro poet, who will
recite Hughes poem, Dixie" describ-
ing lynching The celebration will
be held this Saturday, Dec. 81. in the
Bronx Coliseum, nth Street and
West Farms Road
Hughes is now visiting the Soviet
Union. His poem will not only be
recited, but will be sung by Sergei
RadamslIy, who will also appear in a
program of Soviet songs Radamsky,
who was the first American artist to
be invited by the Soviet government
to tour the country, is making his
last appearance before sailing for
Europe.
Earl Browder, secretary of the Cen
trail Committee of the Communist
Party, will be the chief speaker.
The program for the evening will
also include the New Dance Group,
the International Workers Order
Symphony Orchestra, the Interna-
tional Choruses and the Freiheit
Singing Society. The concert will be
followed by ball, with music fur
nished by a Negro and white double
brass band. Tickets are 40 cents,
plus 20 cents for press fund.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26
Boom A. F. L. Official
in Boston to Conceal
Deportation d riv e

BOSTON, Mass.-In the attempt
to cloak vicious attacks against the
workers by the immigration Depart
ment, the Democrats are boosting
their candidate, John J, Kearney,
former vice-president of the Boston
Central Labor Union, for Commits
sioner of immigration to replace Mrs.
Anna G. M. Tillinghast, who now
holds this post.
Mrs Tillinghast admitted using her
office to break strikes. She is no
torious for her share in the psrsecu-
ton of Edith Berkman, militant
leader of the Lawrence textile work
ers, for the recent arrest of Anna
Block, who led the New England
column of the National Hunger
Marchers, and for numerous other
attacks on militant workers.
The A. F. of L. bureaucrat. Kear-
ney, is considered a better tool OF
the employers for carrying out the
job of deporting militant workers
under labor" cloak.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26
FURRIERS DRIVE
ON CONTRACTORS
Speed Up Organizing
of Unemployed

NEW Workshop chairmen of
the Fur Department of the Needle
Trades Workers Industrial Union
met Thursday night in the union
Office and worked out plans for in
creased organization to fight the
contractors. Many bosses have now
begun to let out most of their work
to contractors in order to avoid hav-
ing to maintain union conditions. A
main struggle of the union will now
be against contracting shops.
1t is the slow period now, and the
union regards it as more necessary
than ever to fight to keep up condi-
tons.
1t was reported that $4,000 was
paid out to unemployed furriers, at
the employers expense, through the
unemployment insurance fund won
in the last strike.
But the chairmen realize that this
is not all that can be done, and will
do all possible to build the Unem-
plopyed Council to fight evictions,
etc.
Women's Wear has an article adj
hitting that the backbone of the
Coat Association is broken a nd that
it has to give union conditions and
hear complaints of the workers. The
chairmen stressed especially the need
of continuing the fight against the
Association for recognition of the
union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26
They Called Him "Braritone"
"BaritOne's" Voice StiIled by Starvation; Mass
Funeral Tomorrow at West Side Council

strip over his chin bone. His skull
stood out in CHASTITY relief The
throat that once carried mellow notes
was big hollow. Capitalist starry
alton in the person of Mr.. Taylor,
had murdered Baritone" Rats, the
bosses blessings to workers had eat
en- away his flesh.
Not one capitalist paper reported
his death. He had finished his life
of making profits for the bosses in
the city market where he worked
until they needed him no longer. Now
his torn body lay still. Dead from
lack of the food he had handled all
his lifei
Tomorrow afternoon at - o'clock
the workers of New York will take
"Baritone's" body from the city
morgue. They will march through the
streets he once knew, past the West
Side Unemployed Council at 478-10th
Ave, and then to mass protest
meeting at Union Square. A chal-
lenge to all workers to take up the
fight, for who of us might not be
next to go?
"Baritone's" song was stilled by
capitalism. But the voices of his
fellow workers roar on to the strug-
gle.
1.-The whole front of the West
Side Unemployed Council head
quarters carries a big sign: I'm
Memory of Skippy Baritone, Home
less Negro Worker. who died After
Being Refused Shelter and Relief
BY City Welfare Department"
All workers organizations are ask
ed to send large delegations to the
funeral, and to send contributions
for funeral expenses either to Fun
eral Arrangements Committee, 10 E.
18th ST., or to West Side Unemployed
Council, 478 Tenth Avenue.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26
THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK
OPENS TONIGHT AT SELWYN

Harold Sherman's comedy, 1.-THE
Little Black Book" will have its pre-
miere this evening at the Selwyn
Theatre. The cast includes Virginia
Stevens, Jonathan Hole, Russell
Hicks and Howard Kyle.
"Cyrano de Bergerac," Edmond
Rostand's play, with Walter Hamp-
den again in the title role, will begin
a four weeks engagement this eve
ming at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
Shuttle Along of 1892" new Ne
gro revue, will open this evening at
the Mansfield Theatre with Flourney
Miller, Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake
in the chief roles.
Goodbye Again" by Allan Scott
and George Haight, is scheduled for
Wednesday night at the Masque
Theatre. Osgood Perkin and Sally
Bates head the cast.
Twentieth Century" by Ben Hecht
and Charles Macarthur, will open
on Thursday at the Broadhurst Thea
tire with Eugene Leontovich making
her first appearance since Grand
Hotel"
Girls In Uniform" adapted by
Barbara Burnham from the German
play by Christa Winsloe, will be pres
ented on Friday evening at the
Booth Theatre with Florence Will
liams, Rose Hobart and Roberta
Beatty.
The Broadhurst Theatre will house
Late One E aning," a comedy by
Audrey and Waveney Carten, which
is scheduled for Saturday night.
Ursula Jeane and John Buckler head
the cast.
The Civic Repertory plays for the
week: "Lilionn" tonight and Thurs
day and Saturday evenings "Alice
in Wonderland" Tuesday and Fri
day matinees; Camille" Tuesday
evening; Peter Pan" Wednesday
and Saturday afternoons; Cradle
Song Wednesday evening. and
Dear Jane" on Friday evening.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26
"KAMERADSCHAFT," (COMRADE-
SHIP AT THE ACME THEATRE

Kameradschaft," or "Comradeship,"
c.. w. Pabst's much heralded and
very much acclaimed film of the
mines, about which all the critics Of
New York City rave, and which was
awarded the gold medal by the Lon
don Faculty of Arts as "the best
picture of the year" is now playing
at the Acme Theatre,
The story revolves around workers
of different nationalities, sy1nbolized
by the miner who south of the polit-
ical frontier speaks one language and
north of it another The plot, based
on the Currieres mine tragedy of
1906, when 1 400 French miners lost
their lives, and the German miners
over the frontier went to the rescue
of their comrades.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26
IN TRIBUTE
TO MAXIM GORKY
Present Awards to
Three Writers

NEW YORK.-About 1900 workers
and intellectuals gathered in Central
Opera House Friday night and paid
an enthusiastic revolutionary tribute
to Maxim Gorky, famous Soviet pro-
letarian writer, on the occasion of
the 40th anniversary of his literary
activity. The celebration was I'M
der the auspices of the Revolutionary
Writers Federation.
Greetings were received from Theo-
dore Dresser, Sherwood Anderson,
John Dos PaSSoS, Eva LeGallienne,
Newton Arvin and Granville Hicks.
Joseph Freeman, editor of the New
Masses and author of the THE So
Wet Worker was chairman of the
evening
OIgin Chief Speaker
M. j. Olgin, editor of the Morning
Freiheit," was the chief speaker of
the evening. Olgin gave keen Marx
list analysis of Gorkys role both as
writer and as an outstanding fighter
for the oppressed masses.
Louis Lozowick, artist, representing
UllG UOllll IbGCQ SluD dllO LII WctAA
Dahlberg, novelist, of the League of
Professional Groups, also spoke. A
stirring ovation was given to the
spokesman for seven Japanese writ
ers from Los Angeles, who after be-
ing ordered deported to Japan, won
the right of voluntary departure to
the Soviet Union.
The meeting elected them as a
delegation to bring personal greet
ings to Gorky from the American
revolutionary workers, writer's and
intellectualS. Michael Gold, noted
proletarian writer, and Loui Sc
Thompson, of the Negro Film Group
that visited the Soviet Union, were
unable to speak because of illness.
Present Gorky Award
The outstanding Feature of the
evening was the presentation of the
Gorky awards, given to the authors
of the three books judged to be the
best revolutionary novels of the year.
The awards, consisting of autograph
ed sets of Gorky's works., we're given
to Grace Lumpkin, author of ITO
Make My Bread" Fielding Burke,
author of Call Home the Heart, .
and John Dos PasSoS, for his novel,
1913"
An interesting musical program
was presented by the Compinsky Trio,
who donated their services for the
evening, The Workers International
Relief Orchestra also played revolu-
tionary songs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26
BY DAN DAVIS

NEW YORK.-The workers called
him Baritone. No one knew his
real name. But his song was one of
the few bright spots in their lives.
His rich Negro voice mellowed the
bleakness of the empty slaughter
houSe-the 39th ST., Hooverville.' He
sure made them feel good with his
singing" So they called him Bari
tone"
For several days they missed him.
That was after they had gone to
Commissioner Taylor and demanded
better shelter and relief. He pro-
missed them lin a few days"
But what about the men who are
sick?" they had asked.
That's your problem" Taylor
said
Baritone" was one of those who
we're sick
They reported back to the workers
in the 39th Street building. A little
hole under the loading platform, 2
feet in diameter, was the entrance.
Until a few weeks ago these workers
had huddled IN CnlS novel, ashamed
to walk the streets in the daytime.
Then they were drawn into the West
Side Unemployed Council. So far
they had forced the city to promise
them building lin few days" In
those few days." Baritone was
missing.
Eaten BY Rats
Last Wednesday they found him.
A worker looking for a more shelter
ed room stumbled across one that
had been unused. 1t was dark. He
lit torch of newspapers and looked
around. There on a frame covered
with old rags and cotton lay Bari
tone" The flash of his face was
torn away. His upper lip hung in a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26
Hunger March Film
First Showing Jan. 2

NEW YORK Hunger" the full
length motion picture of the Ma
tional Hunger March and a piano.
ramic vision of the nationwide bat
tie of the working class, will be
shown for the first time Monday,
Jan. 2, from 10 am. to 80 pm at
the Fifth Ave Theatre, 18th St. and
Broadway. Scenes we're photo
graphed by the Workers Film and
Photo League and it is shown in CO.
operation with the League of Pro-
fessional groups. No part of this
picture has ever been shown before.
At each showing one of the follow
ing will speak: I. Amter Herbert
Benjamin, Malcolm Cowley, Michael
Gold, Felix Morrow or Edward Dahl
berg.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26
500 Vets at Meet See
Film on Bonus March

NEW YORK. About 500 veterans
gathered in Finnish Hall, Is West
126th Street, Friday night at mass
meeting organized by Post of the
Workers Ex-Servicemen's League.
The feature of the evening was the
showing of a film on the bonus
march.
Among the speakers were S. j.
SLENDER, chairman of the Greater
New York Veterans Rank and File
Committee; Walter Trui11bul, ma
tional secretary of the w. E. s. L.;
and Mike johnson, organizer of Post
2. The speakers showed the necessity
of intensifying the struggle for local
relief and against evictions as part
of the fight for immediate payment
of the bonus.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26
WHAT'S ON :

MONDAY
Pageant Rehearsals for Lenin Memorial
meeting Monday and Friday at 800 pm.
st Workers Center, 50 e. 18th St. All in
yited
Entertainment and bail by youth section
Of r. N. NJ Aid Society," Manhattan Ly-
ceum. so o. Fourth st,
Alfred &. Morris, F. s. u district organ
iser. on Education in Soviet Union,' at 8
pm at 1871 Douglas st., Brooklyn.
First meeting of American Youth Club ut
pm. in East New York. in temporary
quarters at 962 suter Ave, Brooklyn
Mass Meeting at 8 pm. at Manhattan
Lyceum, 66 g. Fourth St, called by LID
to protest deportations and give mass fare
well 10 seven Japanese and one Indian
worker who won voluntary departure for
Soviet Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26
DAILY WORKER CHORUSES
ORGANIZING IN OTHER CITIES

A Daily Worker Chorus" was re-
ccnly organized in Philadelphia.
other cities are following the lead
of New York, where the first Daily
Worker Chorus" has been organized
a few months ago. 1t is urged that
workers join the New York chorus
in masses, so that we may in the
shortest time possible build it up
into a real workers mass singing or
ganization.
The Daily Worker Chorus" of
New York meets every Wednesday
evening at $50. Place: IS E. Third
st. between End and Bird Aves).
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26
More state Marchers

Marches on state capitals follow
the National Hunger March and a
call from the newly elected National
Committee Of the Unemployed Coun-
ellis for such action
Already marches have been ar
ranged for: Michigan to reach Lam
sing Dec. 27; Oregon to reach Salem
Jan. 8. Washington to reach Olym-
pia Jan. g: California to reach Sac
ramento Jan. 10; Illinois. to reach
Springfield, Jan 49, Colorado to
reach Denver early in January, and
Pennsylvania, to reach Harrisbrgh
Feb. /. Others win be arranged
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26
MINING, MOST HAZARDOUS
INDUSTRY

Coal mining and construction work
are far more hazardous than other
industries, according to a report of
the Labor Research Association. This
is illustrated by figures on compen-
sation awards in Pennsylvania during
1881.
Less than per cent of the total
working population of the state are
employed in coal mining, but they
received 43 per cent of the total COM
pensation cost for all industries
Construction and contracting" in
dustry employed about Z per cent OF
the working population and received
about IA per cent of the total awards
Manufacturing, on the other hand
employed about SO per cent of the
workers, but received only "a pei
cent of the compensation award.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26
DRIVEN TO WORK IN CEMETERY
(By a Farmer CorrespOndentl

CAMP HILL, Ala. - The white
bosses of this place have got gang
of Negro boys and men working in
the white bosses cemetery to pay off
the landlords street taxes They do
not have anything to eat or job,
There are three bosses over these
Negroes seeing that they don't get
any rest until 1890. They only give
them 80 minutes to try to find some
thing to eat.
Is there any law to work in the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26
MARCH REPORTS
UNITE ,JOBLESS

NORTH HILLS, Pa, Dec. 25.-
Over 200 Negro and white workers,
representing thousands of unem-
ployed in Upper Dublin and Alberton
Townships and the towns of North
Hills, Pennlyn, Ambel, Arsly, Willow
Grove and Cressmont met here
Friday in the public school building
and heard the reports of the National
Hunger Marchers from this section.
The conference elected committees
to form unemployed councils in all
these towns and distributed quanti-
ties Of Unemployed Council Support
ers Cards for campaign to line up
supporters.
Forced Labor
It was brought out at the confer
ence that a vicious form of forced
labor prevails in Montgomery County
Workers applying for relief are
put to work on county roads at
wage" of 30 cents per hour. They
work hours a day, 4 days week.
Ca days wages $240; days wages
$500.
If q, worker works 4 days, he re-
ceives pay for one day, $40, and a
food slip worth $3.50. The balance
is never paved to the worker, but
he is told that it is held back to
provide food for him when work on
the road is finished.
Workers who only work days re-
ceiye no pay at all, only a food slip
for $3.50.
Negroes are Disseminated against
even in this plan. Only a VERY
few work the fourth day. In fact
only very few get chance to get
on the job at all.
Arrangements are being made for
Montgomery County Hunger March
on Norristown, Pa, the County seat.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26
LABOR UNION
MEETINGS
ALTERATION PAINTERS

ALTERATION PAINTERS
Midtown local No Of Alteration Paint
ers Decorators and Papefhangers Union
meets every Monday at 8 pm. at u West
ll5th St., Room 10.
LAUNDRY WORKERS
General membership meeting Of Laundry
workers industrial Union OH Thursday at
$50 e ts8th 81.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26

The Daily Worker is the leader
and organizer of the entire Amer
lean workingclass. Attend it's Ninth
Anniversary Celebration New Years
Eve, Dec. 81, in the Bronx Coli
scum.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26
MOTHER MOONEY
NAILS TINES LIE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

brate his freedom.
81 should have been shocked at
the lies of the Times if / had not
met with this same dirty work be-
fore on my tour. When L went to
the Republican convention in Chi
cago to fight for my boy, an awful
report was spread through the
papers that was Struck totally
blind My footsteps have been
logged by the papers of the OPP
pressors that framed my innocent
son. They are doing every low, vile
thing to keep Tom in jail.-in a liv-
ing death. But will fight on
and I ask all working people and
all honest people to raise their
voices still higher, 10 help the fight
to free my innocent son and TO
free the poor ScottsbOro boys and
all other innocent victims"
Mrs. Mooney, 81 years old, re-
turned Thursday from Europe, where
she attended the World Congress OF
the International Red Aid.
NfcINNIS-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26

Send in your bundle orders for
the special Ninth Anniversary
Lenin Memorial edition of the
Daily Worker Jan. ID.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26
Stage and Screen
SOVIET FILM TO BE SHOWN AT
PUBLIC THEATRE

The Public Theatre, Second Avenue
and Fourth Street, reopened Satur-
day with a showing of the famous
Soviet film, False Uniforms" Mat
inee prices up to 5 pm. are 10 cents.
Evenings the prices are is cents.
Shows will be changed daily
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26
Cuba Jobless Seize Food

HAVANA. Dec. Is. - Unemployed
workers on Saturday raided the stores
of merchants in the market place,
Selling food for their starving fam
lilies. Sharp clashes occurred between
the workers and the merchants and
police. Three persons were hurt.
Police also attacked another un-
employed demonstration in another
section Of the city.
The Cuban military took over the
policing of Santiago yesterday morn
ing. following a series of militant
struggles by unemployed workers, led
bv the Cuban Communist Party. Nine
persons, two of them women, were
arrested. Drastic military measures
have been ordered at all points in the
interior. Even the church, loyal
supporter of the fascist regime OF
u. S. imperialism's tool, Machado,
was affected when police banned the
holding of Christmas mass for fear
that the growing unrest of the masses
would find expression even in such
assemblies.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26

Hold an Open Hearing on Hunger
in your neighborhood; invite all
jobiess and part time workers and
keep a record Of their evidence
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-26

cemetery to pay street tax? have
been living here quite some time and
have never heard Of it before.
"A White Farmer.