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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-08
ThedtreGniId VIII
Produce Scottsboro
Play by ]. Wexley

sSTHEY SHALL NOT DEP
Anew play based on the Scots
boro case, written by John Wex-
ley, a member of the John Reed
Club of New York, has b cen
bought for early September pro-
duction by the Theatre Guild. -
Wexley, who recently returned
from the Soviet Union where he
made an extended study OF the
Soviet theatre, is the author of
THE Last MILE which was pre-
sented on Broadway in 1890, and
Steel" presented in the Fail. of
1881.
"They Shall Not Die!" is also
being considered for production in
Moscow, it is reported
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-08


WILLIAM FOX. BY Upton Sin
clair. Published by author, West
Branch, Cal.
Reviewed by SAMUEL BRODY
I ENIN once told Maxim Cork
- that he would like to see book
written telling Of the earths plum
der by its capitalist rulers; book
which would dramatize the robbery
Of the worlds mines, mills. waters,
forests, railroads, etc, from its
rightful owners, the workers who
toll in these mines and mills. This
desire of Lenin's was expressed
some % years ago and remains I'M
realized to this day. When such
book is written-and it is bound
to BEL know now that UPTON Sin
clair, Of West Branch, California,
will not be its author.
Even Sinclair's most faithful and
consistent admirers will agree with
me after reading Upton Sinclair
Presents William Fox" for here is
book that does not tell how the
master class is enslaving, degrading
and starving millions of workers in
its relentless efforts to capture
more of the earth and its wealth,
but instead holds up before us as a
martyr one of the plurderers and
degraders himself. who happens to
have been victimized by members
Of his own class.
WAD Upton Sinclair limited him.
Ia self to an expose of the cut
throat methods employed by Amer
lean finance capitalists in their
struggle for power, and the his
torically- unparalleled political cor
ruption in Washington that consti-
tutes an inevitable part of that
struggle, then William Fox" might
be set down as valuable contri-
button to the all-too-meager lit
erature on the subject. Sinclair has
completely negated the value of
his book, however, by the light in
which he has chosen to present
that arch-poisoner of the minds of
the American masses, William Fox.
He has fallen all over himself in
an attempt to present Fox in a
sympathetic light. So skillfully has
Sinclair turned the trick that one
closes the book full of compassion
for the hero" now left to tide over
these hard times with a few scraps
Of paper known as the Tri- Ergon
patents, and mere cash fortune
of twenty million dollars! There
Is no longer any room for the little
$10,000,000 business man." Sinclair
weeps.
william Fox" contains a supple
ment in the form of letter writ
ten by Mrs. Upton Sinclair (now
famous for her part in bringing
about the rape of Eisenstein's
Thunder Over Mexico'D to Mrs.
William Fox. In this letter she has
given an lnQe8 TO JIle Tone IN
which her husbands book is con-
ceived:
First I want to get it clear
that / am writing as one who
recognizes William Fox as a great
man. In the terrific battle of
competitive humanity, he has
proven his superiority as
swordsma.n."
william Fox started in the
motion picture business in the
year 1904, he being then 26 years
of age, and putting in a capital
of $1,000. He worked with de-
moniac energy for Is years, at the
end of which time he controlled
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-08

Mexicop' a great filmD
CINCLAIR has bent all the way
oback in an effort to make the
reader understand that he is con-
sciously treating Hollywood gently.
81 hope that no one will get
the idea that my comparison
means that am comparing the
productions of the picture stu
dies with that of the packing
houses"
Sinclair actually believes that the
products of the picture studios of
Hollywood are essentially less NAL
odorous than the Chicago packing
houses!
Sinclair quotes the following
from William Foxs story without
word of real critical comment,
as though it were just part of
the natural scheme of life that
must be accepted cold bloodedly.
He limits himself to felicitating his
hero" for his unusual frankness:
81 told Greefield that 1 was an
admirer of Mr.. Hoover, and that
/ was dosirous of working for his
election, and that my companies
could be instrumental in his cleo
ten; that the Fox Film Corpora
ton made and released in the
theatres of America the Fox
Movietone News, and that /
would be happy to devote it in
behalf of Herbert Hoover; that
the Fox Movietone News has TO-
F 100000 theatre patrons, and
considered it very strong force,
and a great ally for any political
party to have"
And in talk with Herbert Hoo
YER:
II told him of my admiration
for him and my willingness to
work for his election. told him
frankly Of my using Movietone
News in behalf of his nomination,
and that for the election cam
paign I would be glad to take the
most efficient executive / had,
and put him in charge of all the
picture work that Mr.. Hoover
would like to have. Mr.. Hoover
replied that my offer was the
most generous enc that he had
as yet received during his cam
paign, and that he appreciated
it,"
CONFUSING AND
MISLEADING
TO Sinclair, Foxs war with the
A"credit conspirators" represents
the struggle of a greedy and merci-
lezs handful of Wall Street finan-
cierS to destroy and swallow a
great, hard working industrial ge-
MUS and organizer. Despite the
above revelation, from his "heros"
own mouth, which should have
damned this despicable Fox in his
eyes, Sinclair retains intact this
immaculate conception of Ameri-
can capitalism to be admired and
pitied, and winds up with an ap-
peal to the Halseys, Stuarts, Wig
gins, Baruchs, and billions, about
whom he wrote few chapters ear
Her, that perjury, jury bribing,
overlapping, burglary, arson and
even murder" are part of their
technique:
~. You who have the wealth,
the leisure, the training in COM
mand, you have yet time to help
us, If you will. If you can per-
form the supreme act of humili-
ty, Of self-renunciation, If you
can bring yourself to cancel your
paper titles, to wipe from your
hearts your ideals of private prof
it, and lend your skill and energy
to free and happy world"
Upton Sinclair Presents William
Fox establishes with conclusive
proof the fact that the House of
Morgan owns Hollywood as COM
pletely as it does Washington cabi-
nets. But, notwithstanding the
wealth of material it presents in
this connection, it remains con-
fusing and misleading book.
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WORKERS FROM BENCH

1t was the spirit of the thing.
The athletic festival was not a
sport event, as we know it in cap
italist countries. 1t was a demon
stration of the fitness of the So
Wet youth for the fulfillment of
its historic taSk-building socialism.
These athletes were not profession
als-nor pampered amateurs" they
were workers from the bench, men
and women who make machines,
melt metal, manufacture clothes,
pave streets, build homes, operate
trolley cars, fly airplanes = the
makers, builders and masters of the
new order. In their pursuit of sports
and athletics they never lose sight
of the larger meaning of physical
culture in the Soviet Union-the
slogan which speaks in white let
tiers from the red panel on the
GUM. Building opposite the Lenin
Mausoleum: I'VE must raise new
generation of healthy, cheerful
workers, capable of enhancing the
strength of the Soviet land, de-
Tending it staunchly from the at
tackS of it's enemies" (Stalin). 1t
is in this sense that the sport pa
geant was magnificent and it was
this magnificence of healthy, joy
Gus masses of the proletariat that
thrilled the spectators on the side
lines and enanated from the BEAM
ing faces of the athletes.
THEY marched in units represent
ing various types of athletics
track runners and oarsmen, tennis
players and swimmers, soccer teams
and fencers, hockey players and
boxers. Some units bore aloft the
implements of their sport-a sway
ing wave of tennis racquets, a for
est of cars, a moving mass of box
ing gloves; others left their sport
ing things behind and merely par
AIDED their splendid marching dis
cipline and fetching athletic uni
forms; there we're columns of men
alternating with women's columns,
middle-aged workers kept step with
youngsters-bu all of them march
ed behind the banners of their
plants and factories. The parade
proceeded in sections representing
the various districts of Moscow,
and at the head of each district
came the unit of color bearers with
the banners Of the plants and fac
tories of the given districts massed
in an impressive and thrilling ar
ray. Many of these banners had
been won and lost in the stirring
campaigns of socialist competition.
Not district but had number of
such trophies of victory won in the
battles for socialism; not a plant
but displayed proudly its insignia of
reward and recognition for out
standing achievements in the field
of socialist construction. And when
they marched by the reviewing
stands, submitting themselves to
the inspection of the leaders Of the
Communist Party and the Soviet
government, to the scrutinizing eyes
of the newspapermen and the mer-
CHESS lenses of the movie cameras
these hundred thousand proletar-
ians knew very we'll that they were
passing muster before the eyes of
toiling humanity not merely as
athletes, not merely as skilled per-
formers on the sport ARENAS, but
also and mainly as builders of So
cialism. Their very fitness in a
physical sense was a measure of
their fitness to rebuild the country
on new foundation, setting a model
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corporal" SAM A SHORT STORY.

with Sam and-well, we only fin
iShed Is ceilings that day. Sam was
all broken up. At first I asked him
what the trouble was. What did he
see in Washington? Did he see his
boy? But he only waved his hand
and kept silent. At lunch time he
went down to eat at the cafeteria,
alone. He didn't want to be with us.
And we talked only of him. What
could be the matter with Sam? Did
he have some trouble? Was he
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The Martyrdom of Saint Fox
According to Upton Sinclair

UPTON SINCLAIR PRESENTS
WILLIAM FOX. BY Upton Sin
clair. Published by author, West
Branch, Cal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-08

MOSCOW-For sheer pageantry
AVA and color the annual athletic
parade, held here on June II, was
a magnificent spectacle. Against
the setting of the Red Square,
which is always thrilling and which
was for this occasion decked out
with streamers, panels and the
&c. T. O.. athletic emblem of the
U. S. S. r., passed in review, COL
umn after column of men and
women clad in light sport wear of
many patterns and colors. These
were the sport societies of the vari-
Gus plants and factories Of Mos
COW and each factory came with
its own color scheme and its own
assortment of light and heavy ath-
letics. Brigades of white-trousered
athletes, bare headed and wearing
white sport shirts, alternated with
units wearing colored trunks and
shirts of the bathing suit type, to-
gether with their bright skull-caps
presenting 9 symphony of color
combinations. There were flaming
reds and pale lavenders, navy blues
and blush greys, with several shad-
ings of each color and in many
fetching combinations: grey-and-
blue, white-and-b red-and-
white, all white with blue emblemS,
all blue with red emblems, and so
on and so on. Phalanx after phal-
anx marched by the reviewing
stands in faultless formation, keep
ing perfect time, with light springy
steps, heads up, chests out and
faces beaning. 1t was a superb
spectacle animated by something
over and above pageantry, glitter
ing with brightness beyond color
schemes and ringing with overtones
that lent peculiar magic to the
familiar revolutionary airs played
by the orchestras and sung by the
marchers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-21
STRONG BASKETBALL
 CARD MONDAY NIGHT

Next Monday night Douglas Fire Department and George Brothers
 basketball teams meet on the high school court in a game whose out come will have a vital bearing on the Channel League race. The Islanders have clean slate to date and the Grocers have dropped one game, so both quintets will put everything they have into the contest to bring victory. The teams are evenly matched, playing fast and aggressive type of ball, and the game should be thriller.
 The curtain raiser of Monday $ doubleheader will be a game be- tween the B. P. R. and United Meat. The road men are favored to win, but the butchers have been showing remarkable improvement in the last two games they have played and may spring surprise
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-21
METHODISTS TO BRANCH OUT IN
 THIS CITY NOW
Dr. Torbet to Make Rec ommendations - To
 Improve Property

The Rev. Walter Torbet D.D., of the Board of Home Missions and Church Extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who left on the Northwestern Thurs day morning for Ketchikan, stat ed before sailing that after con- ference with the leaders of the Methodist Episcopal Church of this city he was ready to recommend to the Board a program for a great movement of the church in this city.
 In the recommendation the church property is to be repaired, repainted, decorated and modern ized. The church life in all the departments is to be renewed. The actual ministry, socially, education ally, and spiritually to the people of Juneau is to be reorganized. Larger cooperation of the Home Mission Board will bring success to the forward movement, the Rev. Torbet said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-21

ham Thursday night or Friday morning
 Situation Peculiar
 "The situation at Windham is peculiar, as people in Juneau are aware" MT. Caro said. "The min- ing camp is at the head of nar- row inlet, and a narrower neck bottles up the bay during the win ter. The Shuck River empties in- to the bay, causing it to freeze up during the cold weather. Mail and supplies from the Pacific are delivered at cabin on the beach about five miles from the camp and taken overland by Windham residents along a trail to the set tlement. This is understood in our mail contract with the Post Of- flee. We are to deliver Windham s mail at the point nearest Wind ham we are able to reach and we rebate to the government for the mileage we are unable to make. When we deliver the mail three miles away, we rebate charg- eS for six miles, etc."
 No Lapse in Schedule
 On it's trip two weeks ago, the Pacific was disabled, and the Ex- eel of Petersburg was chartered to finish her trip. The mail from Petersburg to Windham was two or three days late. Aside from this there has been no lapse in the mail schedule in Windham Bay.
 Two mining men from Windham, John E. Moffitt, general manager of the Alaska Windham mine, and J. c. Jackson, company engineer, came to Juneau on the last trip of the Pacific, were in Juneau for several days, MT. Moffitt leav- ing for the South on the North
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-21
STOCK MARKET
 TRADING EASY,
 SHORT SESSION
Prices Inclined to Advance Gains and Losses
 Mixed Today

NEW YORK, Jan 21.-The Stock Market was more inclined to edgs upward than otherwise at the short session today but on the whole trade was stagnant and extremely small.
 Fractional gains and losses mixed through the list with the average net changes unimportant.
 Car loadings reports showed q fair seasonal gain for the week.
 Business news failed to shed any new light on the outlook and the market still adhered to watchful waiting.
 Upturn in Steel Steel production had fair sea- sonal upturn but reports indicated the gain may be held with some difficulty during the next week.
 The market showed traces of firmness during the first half of the session and a number of issues gained from fractions to more than one point.
 Selling appeared for the leaders late in the session and the close was barely steady.
 Fraction Losses
 American Telephone and Tele- graph weakened during the last hour and closed off a major frac- ton.
 United States Steel and Union Pacific were off small fractions.
 Rails, as a group, held up well
 Farm implements lost their gains in late trading.
 General Motors closed up a frac- ton.
 Corn products went up thr e c quarters of a point; Liggett and Myers B was up one point and Crown Cork, Owens and Illinois Glass went up fractions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-21
s. HELLENTHAL
 PREPARING FOR
 COM. MEETING
Chairman of Dem C ratle Committee Leaves to
 Discuss Gathering

To visit various communities briefly and spend few days at Kstehikan, s. Hellenthal, Chair man of the Democratic Commit tee of this Division, left today on the motorship Norco. He will re- turn here some time next week.
 A meeting Of the Committee is to be held here about February l, it has been announced. Mir. Hel- lenthal will call on the members at Sitka, Petersburg, Wrangell and Ketchikan and urge them to att tend personally as it is desired to have every committeeman on hand for the gathering.
 Appointments to Federal offices in the Division as well as filling of Territorial offices will be dis cussed at least tentatively at the meeting. It is possible the organ ization's patronage slate will be completed at that time.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-21
NORCO ARRIVES AND SAILS SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON
Passengers and Mail Arrive from Seattle on North
 land Company Vessel

Bringing passengers, mall ana supplies for local merchants, the motorship Norco, Capt. Echolm in command, and H. Knight, purser, arrived in Juneau at 3 am. today and sailed south, by way of Sitka from the Juneau Cold Storage dock, where she loaded fish for Seattle delivery, at 10 o'clock this morning
 Passengers arriving in June Il were Miss Lucille Bathe and L. F. Barr, from Seattle; Herbert Cole man and F. Hodgkison, from Ket- cllikan; J. F. Chamberlin, N Mc- Eachran, L. Hebert and K Edwards from Petersburg.
 Southbound passengers on the Norco are: Mrs. Phyllis Carter, s. Hellenthal, Duncan Nixon, for Ket- chikan; Mrs. II. F. Starr, Mrs. Ray Peterson, J. L. Netle and wife, Len Sparks and John Dolan, for Seattle
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-21
MANY STUDENTS
 ILL WITH FL J
Solution of Yesterdays Puzzle

The students of the Juneau Pub lie Schools were quickly decreasing in numbers as slowly but surely the influena epidemic spread. On Monday, Jan 9, there were 193 ab- sent; Tuesday, PA; Wednesday, 249. To prevent those students who were not i'll from contracting it, those who had symptoms were sent home. Schools were finally forced to close because of the lit tie headWay made.
 School was resumed on Monday with only 139 absent. It was a remarkable decrease and everyone became busy making up work and burning midnight oil for examina- ton preparation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-21
School Band Plays at
 Juneau Douglas Games

The Juneau School Band of twsnty-two pieces, under the di- rection of Miss Pauline Reinhart, played from the reserved position on the balcony at the Douglas-Ju- neau games last night. Between halves at both games it marched in formation on the gymnasium floor.
 The white outfits with the new black satin capes with red Things, made a colorful showing and the band was greeted with great ap- plause Bandmajor LeRoy West led the marching column, and twirled has baton with the dexer- ty of professional.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-21
Sulphur Fumes Perfume
 Chemistry Glass Air

"Aw, it's some junk they got in chemistry, there ought to be a law against it. Inside the Lab, small groups of wheezing students delv- ed weakly into the odorous mys- teries of sulphur. Burners roared, glassware rattled: everywhere sul- phur compounds seethed and boil ed. Fumes rose in dense clouds;
 you couldn't see them, but they were there beyond a doubt. Every few minutes some would-be scien- tist leaned too close to his work and rushed gasping to the venti- lator for first aid with fresh air. Practical jokers found their ele- ment at last. What could be sweeter than passing a tube of fuming joy-killer under the tor tured nose of your best friendp'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-21
CLOSING PRICES TODAY

NEW YORK, Jan. 21. - Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 12ls, American Can 60h, American Power and Light IFS, Anaconda 7A, Bethlehem Steel 15A, Calumet and Hecla 2as, Colo rado Fuel and Iron, no sale; Cur tiss- Wright 21s, Chrysler IA, North American 29, Fox Films 1A, Gen. eral Motors IA, International Har- vester 217s, Kennecott g, F ckard Motors 212, Safeway Store. 41A Standard Brands 15A, United States Steel 285s, Westinghouse Electric
 30. 0
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-21
GETCHELL CONTINUES TO FIND LOOT; SAYS EMPIRE HELPED OUT

From a house on Willoughby Avenue more goods allegedly stolen from the Forest Service Warehouse was recovered today by Chief of Police Getchell
 Chief Getchell says that the re- covery of the goods today was the result of a story recently pub lished in The Empire pointing out the fact that the holder of stolen government property is liable to prosecution even though they were not involved in the theft.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-21
HARRI MACHINE SHOP
 TENDER IS ACCEPTED

The bid of Harri Machine Shop for installing an iron railing on the concrete walk on west Ninth Street was accepted last night by the City Council which held its regular semi-monthly meeting at City Hall. A report on relief ac- tivities was received, and the ses- sion otherwise was devoted to rou- tine business.
 The Harri bid was the lowest of four submitted and just edged out one by Rice & Ahlers Com pany. Harri bid $79 for the work and Rice & Ahlers was $1 high CT at $80.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-21
High School Party
 Held Alter Cames

A student body dance was given Friday night, January 20, in the Grade School Gymnasium. It was the second High School dance giv- en this year and it was a greater success than it's predecessor. The Jazz Orchestra, which has been practicing for the past few months. was highly complimented on the fine music they played.
 Many of the Douglas players, students, and town rooters stayed to enjoy the dance after the inter channel contests.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-21
CURTIS SHATTUCK EXECUTE
 HOME FROM SHORT VACATION

Curtis G. Shattuck, whose vaca- tion trip to the States was inter- rupted by the serious illness of his mother Mrs. Allen Shattuck, in Seattle, left that city today on the steamer Alaska. MT. Shat tuck, who left last week, will re- main with Mrs. Shattuck during her convalesence.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-21
AT THE HOTELS

Gastineau John P. Chamberlin, Ketchikan; {; Lisle F. Hebert. Anchorage, K. B. Edwards, Seattle; N. A. McEach- ran, Spokane.
 Alaskan c. w. Wright, Juneau, Frank Mozar, Juneau, E. w. Hillman, Hoonah; L. F. Barr, San Diego.
 Zynda MT. and Mrs. J. L. Netle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-21
JUNIOR FORESTER MORAN
 RETURNING FROM STATES

Wendell Moran, Junior Forester attached to Regional headquarters here of the United States Forest Service, will arrive here next Tues day on the steamer Alaska after spending a vacation with relatives in Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-21
ADDITIONAL
 J BIRD NEWS
fContinued from Page Seven
ACROSS

 ing and there let them examine the skyline with the trees upside down through the theodolite. Down through the stairs they went again, to little room where MT. Doug las inflated a balloon. Bigger and bigger it grew. Oh! Look outl All those standing around it hid their faces in their collars. It would certainly break now. But no, such a catastrophe did not occur.
 After the balloon was sent up, the class stood eagerly waiting for the readings to be taken each min- ute of it's ascension. Then they worked several trigonometry prob- lems. The period was up too soon and they returned to school.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-21

western and MT. Jackson returning to Windham on the Pacific Thurs day. While they were here it is thought that they would have made it known if there was a shortage of good or have complain ed to the mail contractors had there been any cause for com plaint.