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The Omaha guide., 1932-07-23
Opera
Presentation is
1892 Musical
Sensation

CLEVELAND, O@.MOre famous
singers attended the world pre-
miere of "Tom-Tom," the first all
Negro opera. than have ever at
tended an operate performance in
the United States. 1t was
second performance of the series of
eight, of Cleveland's annual sum
mel festival at the Stadium.
In the audience was Mary
Garden, Elsa Alsen, Aida Vane.
Gina Pinnera, Eleanor Cisneros, Ed
wilma Eustis, Isabella Guarnieri.
Pearl Besuner. Carabelle johnson.
Josephine Milavec, Gladys Burns,
Rena Titus, Paul Althouse, Pasquale
Ferrara, Amund Sjovik, Foster Mil
Ter, George FasSnacht, Jr., and
others principals who appeared
in Carmen" Aida and "Valky-
rie."
Ask About "TOm-TOm"
AS fast as they arrive, from
various parts of the United States,
and from Europe, the singers first
asked about "Tom-Tom," and the
enthusiasm of their inquiries evin-
ceS genuine interest in the revolu-
tionary project.
The production Of "Tom-Tom" is
regarded as the greatest opportunity
that members of the African race
have had to demonstrate their cul-
tural ability. These who attended
came away with glowing reports ot
the opera and its singers.
The composer is Mary Shirley
Graham. who is doing postgraduate
work at Oberlin University.
Tom-Tom' represents the ira
gic destiny of a race" said DR..
Ernst Lert. with Laurence A. Hig-
gins co-director of Laurence Pro-
auctions. incorporated, producers Of
tie summer festival.
Such principals a Jules Bledsoe.
Charlotte Murray, Mary Branch,
Luther King, Augustus GrisS, and
Lillian Cowan, who are making
their own juts in opera. are par
ticularly well suited to their parts.
The entire cast of 200 is highly en-
Unused over its opportunity.
The Story
The action of the opera trace
the race from its source in Africa
through it's first appearance in
America, to modern times. The
four principal symbolic characters
are the Boy. the Girl, the Mother
and the Witch Doctor. Bledsoe
whose splendid singing in SHOW
Boat" and other Broadway musical
productions is recalled. sings the
Boy.
Only the percussion instruments
of the opera are employed to &C
company the uniSo., chants of the
opening primitive scenes of the
African jungle. Other instruments
are added as the opera progresses.
In the final scenes in New York,
the entire orchestra. spirituals and
jazz bands are used simultaneously.
in various keys. AS in the earlier
scenes, the tom-tom continues to
weave its weird spell through to the
end.
Concurrently, there appears an
exhibition of Negro literature and
art at the Museum of Art. This
includes the work of children Of
the Playhouse Settlement. Some of
the drawings manifest an almost
startling genius. The State Asso-
citation of the National Association
for the Advancement Of Colored
People. is taking an active part in
support of the production.
People came to Cleveland TO- the
for the premiere. from New York,
premiere, from New York, Chicago.
and other cities.
The Omaha guide., 1932-07-23
DROPPED VOWELS

Have you noticed how Ashton
drops his a%spirates?"
It's nothing to the way he drops
his vowels. I've got more than q
dozen of his I o U's!"
The Omaha guide., 1932-07-23

Irons can be cleaned by mixing
rottenstone with streeG oil, spread
ing it on a board. and running the
iron back and forth until bright and
clean.
The Omaha guide., 1932-07-23

same number of gallons of water.
Let it settle we'll and pour off the
liquid. Soak feathers IN this solu-
ton for 4 or 5 DAYS and then rinse
in several changes of water and
dry.
To keep your cut flowers a long
time, dissolve a small quantity OF
camphor or charcoal in the vase
or receptacle.
The Omaha guide., 1932-07-23

In order to stop the squeaking Of
shoes, place the shoes in a pan of
water at night, just enough water
to cover the soles.
The Omaha guide., 1932-07-23
Household Hints

Cover the oil spots on the carpet
with a paste made Of fuller's earth
and water. and let it remain "a
hours. If it is oil from oiled
streets. scrub with benzine.
The Omaha guide., 1932-07-23

In order to cure feathers, dissolve
equal pounds of quicklime to the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-01

still correct on the whole at the
present moment.
The chances whic have taken
place in the general situation in
the class struggle of the proletariat
and likewise the changes in the
organizational structure, the meth
DDS of work and the composition OF
the leading cadres of the Com
munist Parties and the revolution
airy r. U. movement since the VI
Enlarged Plenuln of the E. G. G. l..
make it necessary to make some
additions and amendments to these
decisions. First of all, practice
shows that it is no longer advisable
for trade union departments to
exist further in countries with a
legal revolutionary trade union
movement.
The G. P.'s of France, Germany
and Czechoslovakia have already
done away with their trade union
departments. The Presidium of the
E. c. C. L. sanctions these decisions
and resolves to alter the directives
of the second international organi-
rational meeting and to instruct
the other Communist Parties in
countries with legal revolutionary
t. U. movement to abolish their
trade union departments, and in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-01
The Work of Trade Union Fractions

THE whole practice of carrying out
the decisions of the VI. Congress
Of the G. I. and the decisions of the
Plenums of the E. G. G. I. which
supplement them confirm the fact
that it will be impossible to solve
the central task of the moment
the winning over of the majority Of
the working class in preparation
for the fights for the dictatorship
Of the proletariat,-unlesS everyday
systematic stubborn and properly
organized work is carried on both
in the revolutionary unions, which
are under the theological and or
ganizational influence of the Com
munist Parties and in the refor1niSt
and other reactionary trade unions.
However, this most important sector
of the mass work of the Commu-
mist Parties still continues to be the
weakest one, and this weakness of
VIC WI n VI btlC al OlCo
in the trade unions is now one of
the main hindrances to their
further development. In the reso-
luton of the second international
organizational meeting on the
structure and methods of work of
Communist fractions inside the
trade unions, confirmed by the VI.
Enlarged Plenum of the E. G. C. L.,
the most concrete instructions are
given to the Communist fractions
in the trade unions on how to build
up the work of the Communist
Parties in the trade unions. These
decisions of the second interna-
tional organizational meeting are
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-01
A Barrage Of Lies

HERBERT HOOVER has added insult to murder. While
H blood still being spilled the banks of the Potomac
while the embers of the shelter of the homeless veterans
were still burning Hunger President in the White House
who gave the shoot club and gas unared defense
less starving veterans their wives and children issued
statement goatng the achievements of Bloody
Thursday The action of the veterans in peacefully
bling petitioning for the the government owes them
ia called by Hoover covert lawlessness.
Hoovers order the army to burn out the veterans
their families contained clause trying to make appear
that Communists criminals He said many in the bonus
army not veterans at ALL but Communists and persons
with criminal records This lie is nailed by the capt.
tast press reports which reveal that all wounded workers
In the Washington hospitals veterans To back the
charge that bonus fighters criminals the forgery experts
the department justice and the various police depart
ent busy taking records against John Pace and other
rank and file veterans leaders Government by murder is
supplemented by lies and forgere of police records well
as forgeres of soaled discriminating documents This old
hoax has been used time without number by agents of the
United States and the stool pigeon brgades in
the employ of imperialism.
Hoover is branded hypocrite when he pretends to
shrink from violence and says there can be safe arbor
in the United States for violence This monstrous lie is
reuted every day by the existence of the capitalist
government which itself, instrument maintained for
the purpose imposing and violence the working
class which the Wall Street way out of the crisisthe
way of increased slavery and terror.
The Hoover government and its republican and demo-
cratic hackers cannot their responsibility for the
assault the veterans The Hoover government aided by
the bonus Hoovers Reconstruction Finance Corporation
found billions for the relief of the bankers industrial
ists but not cent for the bonus veterans the
employed Now Hoover has the audacty to and
that organized violence against the veterans
and workers and farmers essential to economic
strucon These words threat to the oilng
They attacks against the workers who fight for
jobs and bread.
This second note of Hoover is an added insult to the
veterans and to the whole working class is challenge
that shall be taken up There is only fit reply to such
attack and that sFTGHT BACK Close ranks and fight
shoulder to shoulder veterans unemployed parttme
workers. nativeborn and foreignborn Negro and white
against the Hoover hunger and war program
Fight against capitalist and for the rights of
the workers!
Fight for the Bonus and Jobless insurance.
The crime against the veterans of 197-the heroes of
Yesterday who treated outcasts of todavs Bloody
Thursdaymust be the signal for determined action AGAINST
the growing imperialist danger
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-01
HAMMER AND SICKLE
Rochester, N. Y.

Rochester, N. Y.
Dear Comrades:-
While collecting Election Petition
signatures recently gained some in
formation which 1 believe will be val
liable.
The demagogy of the Socialist
Party and the Socialist Labor Party
have confused the workers with the
result that most of them don't know
the difference between the S. p,
S. l.. p, and the c. P They believe
that all parties represent the workers.
A group of workers said to us: "The
old parties are no good. Well show
'em. We're going to vote for Nor
man Thomas. He's the one. Sure we
will sign your paper" We explained
We were not the Socialist Party but
the Communist Party, and our can
didate is w. z. Foster, but evenly
then I know they only dimly under
stood. So I pointed to the Hammer
and Sickle, explained it's significance
and told them to vote only for those
candidates whose names we're with
it. BY the interest they showed I
know this made an impression on
their minds.
The hammer and sickle should be
on all Communist leaflets and espe-
cially on all election propaganda.
I also found 1t aided me in obtain
ing signatures il the workers were
told that our Party Is the same kind
Of Party as in the Soviet Union, at
the same time contrasting living con-
ditions of the workers in the two
countries.
The experiences I have written
here occurred in Perry, N. Y. town
OF 5.086 population. 1t has a knit
ting. mill in which two wage cuts have
tssen spisce. Many are unemployed.
-4A4ssl4 A----4--- ----------.- -. II.
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organizations (the Party Commit
tee and its bureau, general meetings
and conferences, etc.
In countries with an illegal re-
volutionary trade union movement,
instead of having trade union de-
partments under the Party Com
lnittees, there must be formed after
the example of the G. P. of Poland
regularly working gatherings of
representatives of the trade union
fractions in the leading trade union
organs, under the leadership of
specially appointed representatives
of the corresponding Party Com
mittees of the bureaus of the frac-
tons central district and locaD of
the revolutionary trade union CEN
tres.
When liquidating the trade union
departments, it is very important
that the corresponding Party com
mittees shall not deal with this
matter mechanically. In every con-
crete case there must be well
thought out preparations with a
definite principle, SO that as the
result of doing away with the trade
union department, the contacts of
the fractions with the Party Com
mittee will unquestionably be made
stronger and so that the Party
committee and the whole Party or
ganization should take part as a
whole in tn esystematic discussion
and solution of trade union ques-
tons.
ITO BE CONTINUED)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-01
Organizational Questions; Trade Union De-
partments Under Legal and Illegal Conditions

the future to bring about the lead
ership of the work of the trade
union fractions directly through the
bureau of the corresponding Party
committees. For this purpose, |.
when constructing the leading
organs party Committees, buearu
of Party committees), take steps to
include in them the leaders of the
chief revolutionary trade union or
CARNATIONS; 2. at meetings of the
Party committee and it's bureau,
have regular reports made on the
activity of the fractions of the
corresponding trade union organi-
cations to which the influence of
the given Party Committee extends.
In connection with these reports of
the Communist fractions, the ques-
ton of trade union work should be
raised and discussed in the Party
Committees; 8. one of the mem
bers of the secretariat Cor bureau
of the Party Committee must be
charged with carrying out daily
contacts with the fractions of the
corresponding trade union organi-
cations and preparing to raise the
question of the activity of these
fractions preliminary discussion,
preparation of draft resolutions,
etc. for discussion by the Party
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-01
WHAT FOSTER SAYS OF SOCIALIST
POLITICAL SWINDLE
By QUIRT

Comrad William Foster receipt the the political swnde
Daily Worker Grand Rapids, Mich, follows
1892
corruption illustrates the great
awakening
the
WORKER did
the socialist Hldemann julius
s~asaSxsaxerI z.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-01
XfL
TYPICAL

the of the ConeF
the American Freeman acknowledged
20 ne k can the saNE hedae
h aatemens % the aprans tmdayh
a o a o Of his OF socialist
dgFac He preferred like capitalist
Thar Words
craven sane uM New Leader sue
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-01
ON MALATESTA

EICO MALATESTA anarchist leader died in Rome Of double
- pneumonia last Monday years old
For the last ten
Ved IN Eome where his followers claim virtual prisoner
by h6ussolni f-
In announcing his death the New that in 1921
e communists warned Premier Giot
rested would be slain party This an outright
liz Mslatesa bitter enemy the Communist who however ney
demanded arrest - ~ Aoe-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-01
VOTE COMMUNIST FOR:

!. Emergency relief for the poor
fArMers without restrictions by
the government and banks; ex-
eBption Of psor farmers from
tasea aad ~ SdEnel seS3ve-
ttsn n rvats e. deses. 49,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-01
Letters from Our Readers
USE SYNONYMS
Atlantic City, N. j.

Atlantic City, N. j.
Dear Comrades:
We are faced with a problem of
vocabulary in our Party literature
and especially in the Daily Worker.
The use of such terms as Glass
Struggle, Exploitation, Capitalism,
Imperialism, ETC., without any ex-
PLANTATION, drives the uninitiated
worker further away from lis, rather
than drawing him closer to the Party
and its struggles.
propose that the Daily Worker
adopt Comrade Hathaway's method
OF inserting a synonym or word of
explanation in parenthesis after the
obscure word. Translate the word
at once in It's first appearance in the
article.
Connradeiy,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-01

Dear Comrades
Have followed Gorky's days with
,Lenin" with pure delight. Sorry it
had to end. do not agree with "And
no other man has SO well deserved the
eternal resemblance of the world y
Indeed there are others, Marx and
EngeIs, for instance. We cannot iso-
late L.enin from these other two. He
would permit IT. Nor would history
permit 1t.
hope we win have more Of that
kind Of writing. H. b.
Evening star., 1932-10-08

Supreme Court bench could really call
all its own. He also took leading
role in the preliminary planning of the
structure
His immediate successor as Chief
Justice, Charles Evans Hughes, who
now Is chairman of the United States
Supreme Court Building Commission,
carried on the work of supervising the
planning of the structure and will Of
flciate In the dedication ceremonies.
First Meeting Place.
The first meeting place Of the Su-
preme Court was in the Royal Ex-
change Building at the foot of Broad
street in New York City. in 1870. Later
it moved to Philadelphia, to the City
Hall Building there, near by Independ-
ence Hall. The court followed other
branches Of the Government to Wash
ington. and met here first in 1901,
when temporary quarters were pro-
vided for members of the bench in the
Capitol Building.
In addition to Chief Justice Hughes,
the members of the United States Su-
preme Court Building Commission are
Willis Van Devanter. Henry w. Keyes,
James A. Reed Richard N. Elliott,
Fritz Lanham and David Lynn, archi-
tect of the Capitol.
The building is being erected by
George A. Fuller Co. from plans by
Cass Gilbert and associates, under the
supervision of Mr.. Lynn
Evening star., 1932-10-08
SILVER STAR HOME
EXHIBITION CLOSING
Today and Tomorrow Are
Last Days of Hoban Road
Demonstration.

Today and tomorrow will be the last
days of the exhibition of the Silver
Star Home at 1871 Hoban road, in Col
ony Hill under the auspices of The
Star. The house has been open to the
pubic for month as a part of the
better homes demonstration conducted
by this newspaper. Hundreds of in
terested visitors have studied its many
interesting features during this period.
The house is located in the develop
ment of early American and Georgian
styles residences north of Reservoir road
and west of Forty-fourth street. It is
open from am. to 6 pm. 1t may be
reached by driving out Q street to Wis
consin avenue, right to Reservoir road
and west to Hoban road, just beyond
Forty-fourth street, then right to the
house, marked by Silver Star Home
sign
The dwelling contains II main rooms,
three baths, a guest lavatory on the
first floor and a servants lavatory in
the basement, where also are found a
large garage. a laundry, heating room
and recreation room.
The house was built by Boss &
Phelps from plans by Horace W. Peas
lee, architect. and its grounds were
handicapped under the direction of Rose
Greely.
The house was awarded a place in
the Silver Star Homes program by the
committee of home building specialists
which arranges the program for The
Star.
Members of the committee are:
James S. Taylor and DR.. Louise STAN
ley, Government specialists; Frederick
" Murphy and Gilbert L. Rodier,
architects; E. H Rosengarten. general
contractor; j. F. M. Bowie, realtor. and
John H. Small, Sd, landscape archi-
tect.
Evening star., 1932-10-08
SECURITY PRESCRIBED
FOR HOME LOAN BONDS
Conservative Requirements of Plan Under Which
Federal Banks Will Operate Described by
Philip Lieber of Building and Loan League.

ME conservative requirements Of the
redera @ Home Loan Banks will operate is illustrated the
t may issue according to Philip Leber first president
the United States Building and Loan League. -
citing provisions the
the nome finance official points that every worth
OF Su oonoS Will be secured by first liens
real estate with total value of at least $285 O00
The Home Banks it
source OF funds the original OF
Evening star., 1932-10-08
Volume Less Than 1881.

Volume Less Than 1881.
Dwelling construction here is less in
volume this year to date than last. but
it holds a relatively more important
place, since it represents considerably
larger proportion of the cost of all types
of private building.
In the first nine months of last year
plans were approved for the erection of
1,098 houses having total estimated
cost of S8,221 ,030 This amounted to
considerably less than one-third of the
cost of all types of private building,
estimated at S27 ,22l ,594, as compared
with the residential figure for the nine
months of this year, which amounted to
more than half of the total of all classes
of private work to date in 1882.
Residential building this year is re-
vealed by the following figures: Per-
mits were issued last January for lis
houses costing s707 500; February. 78,
$53O,550; March. 152, S950900; April
66, S492,250 May, "a. S536. 400; June,
rs, S4o0,6 500; July, As. S284,90 August,
rs. $4496 800, and September, IA, $685.
300.
Last year permits were issued for
dwellings during the first nine months
as follows: January, 103 houses costing
1855, ,780; February, 86, $721 ,375; March,
lG0, Sl,UUl DOW, ApllI, no. 9i,to.'too'
NAV. 1874, 928. 600; June, 143, sl008,05o;
July, 12I, s976,975; August, l18. $872,-
700, and September, lat, 1898 200.
971,2S0 Total Cost.
The total cost of all types Of private
building here last month, s97l,2S0. was
less than the figure of s1,017,740 for
August last, but was we'll ahead OF the
month of July this year, when the total
was s648.570 The figure for last month,
however, was less than for September OF
last year.
Dwelling construction accounted for
the expenditure for one class OF build
ing here last month. when there were
permits for IA dwellings having total
estimated cost of s654,800. There were
plans also for the erection of SIX fats
providing accommodations tor 70 1afhl-
lies and having a cost of s54,5oO,
There were permits last month also
for repair work costing sl49.82 Tor a
Community house costing $4,000, Tor
eight stores costing $4,000, ana TWO
Offices costing sl,l00.
Evening star., 1932-10-08
BUILDING MATERIAL
PRICES UNCHANGED
Wholesale Index Reveals Only
Slight Fractional Declines
in Week.

The wholesale cost of building ma
terials showed practically no change
for the week ended October /, as COM
pared with the preceding week. the in
dex revealing but slight fractional
decline, according to the current report
Of the United States Bureau Of Labor
Statistics.
The index for October l was 70.6, as
compared with TOT for September "a.
The figure was higher than the level
of 70.4 for September II, 7O.2 for Sep
tember 10 and 500 for September 3.
The index numbers are based on
average prices of 1926 as 100
The index for housefurnishing goods
has remained steady at 746 for the
latest four weeks reported by the bu-
resu. The figures for September was
TAB
The Wholesale cost of fuel and light
ing was indicated by an index Of II Z
for October l, the same as for the pre-
ceding week. The index for metals and
metal products was 5000 for October /,
as compared with 80.1 for the preceding
week and 1916 for September IL.
Evening star., 1932-10-08

sociation holds mortgage on a $4,000
oWner-occupied home, on which the
borrower still owes S3.333. He pledges
this mortgage to the Home Loan Bank
as security for a cash loan OF not more
than $4,000, or so per cent of the s3,333
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