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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-20
It's a Problem.

Now that seems TO me q sane snd
creative attitude toward jazz. 1t is
important to discuss jazz, because jazz
affects the whole American problem
OF proIetaIian art. We know jazz is
a cheap abused, commercial product,
vet 1t belongs to the masses. It is
m the spirit of the tabloid newspe-
pefs, it is the spirit of radio humor,
IT'S what gets printed in our books
and magazines.
It's America, degraded and made
vtlagar by capitalism, but still, our
mass-America. What is difficult is for
an intellectual to take over this
shoddy nlass-hooey and use the best
of it, when he really hates its CUTS.
Connrade Seig1neister may have tried
TO use jazz elements in his work, but
T feel sure, unless he is a genius,
that it is labored thing.
There must be spontaneity, A
George Gershwin might be able to
write native proletarian music, be-
cause he comes from the jazz soil.
I doubt of course that he could, as
one needs great deal of proletarian-
ism too - perhaps more than one
needs the other.
Langston Hughes has come the
nearest to what Siegneister projects.
Comrade Hughes has written some
fine lyrics in the jezg-rhythms, and
their content is proletarian. By the
way, why aren't our American COM
posers setting some Of these songs to
music? Bella ReinitZ, young Wen
csc, has arranged one OF them, I
believe.
The outstanding composer OF The
world proletariat, is Hans Eisler, !
believe. He wrote the music for Red
wedding, Comintern and other IA
NOUS songs. I heard him play these
compositions m Berlin a few years
ago. before the days OF Hitler. In
Eisler one feels the new power, cour-
age and creative heroism of the work.
ing-class. There are national ele-
nlents in his work, bnt ID seems to me
they are unconscious--even unnotice-
able. Eisler has really found a kind
of international style--if this is pos
sible.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-20
A Consumer Speaks.

Comrade Curran, you are right,
but if anyone can convince me that
comlnercialilsn can be taken out of
jazz without a social revolution,
will be ready to believe in Grover
Whalen's Mira.
Some frank person named Shaw,
who lives in Clinton, Pa, writes in
to say that in his opinion jazz is
only a way to find a mate. It has
nothing to do with music, he insists;
''it's simply case of the bull finds
a COW ready" And Mr.. Shaw claims
to be an authority; Eyes, I have
probably jazzed in so different cities,
including New York"
Let us hope that this jazz-veteran
hasn't gotten as tired of jazz as some
of us. But here is the voice of a
zz-consumer, Comrade composers;
how would you like to try to produce
for I4rn?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-20
AS Good AS Wagner.

But here's another interesting let
ter, signed by a comrade named Dale
ClIrran:
Jazz is the main American con-
ribution TO folk art and proletarian
art Jazz grew up out of the Negro
reaction TO white chauvinism; 1t
therefore expresses both Negro and
white.
America took 10 jazz readily
Mat ATTITUDE Of covering mp senti-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-20
PrOletarian Party
Leaders Involved in
"Self>Helb" Racket
Messy Details Of Farm for Unemployed" Get
Airing at Recent Detroit Party Convention
BY A. b. MAGU

DETROIT, bombshn the national
ventiOn little held
recently The bOmbshl revelations that leaders of the
Detroit operating capitalist politician
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-20
Seattle Longshoremen
Stopped Munition Ship
ments to White Guards

Editors Note. - M any marine
workers will be delegates at the
United States Congress Against
War which will meet in New York
Sept. 20 to Oct. 1. A marine worker
delegate also has sailed to the
World Youth Congress Against War
and Fascism, which opens in Paris
Sept. %. The role of marine work
ers in war, and in the struggle
against war Is discussed In the fol-
lowing article, by the editor of the
Marine Workers Voice."
BY HAYS JONES
They force us to Join the Naval
Reserve to keep us from striking fol
better conditions" an unemployed sea
captain wrote TO the Herald Tribune
early in September, of this year. That
is only small part of the significance
of the Naval Reserve requirement OF
the merchant ship owners. Beyond
a doubt, the strikebreaking phase is
q big factor In it.
@h"OVhci ioOOoi - IildJ Ufle Onlteu
States government paid the shipown-
ers to build most of the ships now
flying the American flag, and still
pays for many Of them through ship
subsidies, to have those ships ready
in case of war to be used as COM
merce raiders, transports, and auxili-
airy cruisers.
The Jones White Act, s0dsr
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-20

to stop the starvation conditions
here was greeted by the gathering
at the court house.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-20
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BY Michael Gold
Returning TO Jazz.

Many readers of the Daily Worker
evidently are interested in jazz, for
strange as it seems, a column on jazz
was the one that seemed to draw
more letters than any have written
to date. Now try and figure that out,
Comrade Editorl 1t would be inter
esting to give some extracts from
these letters.
Evening star., 1933-10-16
|. C. C. BUILDING
WORKERS RETURN
1000 Back on Job After Truce
Between Carpenters and
Ironworkers.

The thousand workmen employed on
the new Interstate Commerce Comms-
sion-Labor Department Building, who
have been idle for a month as the re-
suit of a jurisdictional dispute between
the carpenters and ironworkers, went
back to their jobs this morning.
Most of them were put to work I'M
mediately, while the remainder will be
absorbed as the work progresses, E. A.
Burnap, superintendent for James
Stewart & Co., general contractors for
the structure, said.
All work on the huge building had
been suspended since September 10,
when the contractors found they could
not continue without the carpenters,
who had walked out September l.
The strike was in support Of the con-
tention of the carpenters that they
should do the work of installing metal
radiator covers, which was being done
by the ironworkers.
A temporary truce was effected Fri
day. through mediation Of the National
Labor Board, requiring that the radiator
covers not be installed by any one at
the present time. Mr.. Burnap said this
will cause rearranging Of the work and
result in considerable extra expense and
trouble. Meanwhile permanent set
tlement of the dispute will be sought.
The truce was worked out by Senator
Wagner, chairman of the National
Labor Board, and Edward F. McGrady.
Assistant Secretary of Labor, and was
reported agreed to by the presidents Of
the two unions involved, William L.
Hutcheson Of the carpenters and P. J.
Martin of the ironworkers.
Evening star., 1933-10-16
MILK HEARINGS
RESUME MONDAY
Senator King Will Confer
With Legal Adviser on Plans
for Procedure.

Hearings before the Senate District
Committee on the local milk investi-
CATION probably will be resumed next
Monday, Chairman King of the COM
mittee announced today.
The Senator said he has arranged
to hold a preliminary conference Sat
urday of this week with Assistant
Corporation Counsel Elwood H. Seal,
legal adviser to the Milk Investigating
Committee. at which the exact time
for reopening the public hearings will
be set. When the hearings are re-
Sumed it is the Senator's intention to
quiry.
Completes Baltimore Study.
The committee recessed in the lat
ter part of August. after some testi-
mony had been taken, to enable Mr..
Seal to assemble additional informa-
ton for future hearings. One of the
tasks assigned to him at that time
was to study the Baltimore situation to
ascertain to what extent the milk mar
kets of the two cities are related. Dur
ing the past six weeks, therefore, Mr..
Seal has been gathering data regard
ing the milk situation in Baltimore,
as well as making further studies Of
lie QdlIV DuSlll6SS mere.
Seal said he anticipated the hearings
would require about a week, on the
basis of new evidence he plans to sub
nit Meanwhile. it was announced
that Dr. Frederic c. Howe, consumer S
counsel for the Agriculture Adjustment
Administration, would confer this after
noon with various interests affected by
agreements proposed for
the Washington milk shed.
Will Confer With Peek.
Conferences also will be held with
George NJ Peek, administrator of the
A. A. A., it was stated.
Among subjects to be discussed, it
was announced. would be various abuses
in the local milk industry as revealed
by the investigation conducted by Seal.
The entire subject also is related to the
milk marketing agreement proposed un-
officially by organized dairy interests,
which would call for price of 20 cents
a gallon to milk producers for basic"
deliveries. This proposal has met with
opposition from group Of independent
dairies.
Evening star., 1933-10-16
COMPLIANCE BOARD
TO REPORT D. c. CASES
Maj. Walter Will Submit Data on
Alleged Violations of N. r. A.
Codes by Employers.

The N. r. A. Compliance Board
late today will forward its report on
Washington employers who have gotten
into difficulties in carrying out or fail
ing to carry out the provisions of the
codes under which they operate to the
District Recovery Board, of which Ben
Prince Is chairman.
According to Maj. Raymond Walter,
executive officer of the Compliance
Board, the report, which he was pre-
pairing early this afternoon, will review
the cases of alleged code violation
which have been studied by the Com
pliance Board The cases forwarded
will be, for the most part, those which
could not be settled by conciliation be-
tween the Compliance Board and the
employers, and they may ultimately
draw formal recommendations to the
National Recovery Administration that
the Blue Eagle be denied the offending
employers.
Evening star., 1933-10-16
WAR DEPARTMENT
FURL0UCHS CLERKS
47 Set Aside Without Paw,
Pending Decision of
Commission.

Forty-seven married clerks were miss
ing from their desks in the adjutant
generals Office at the War Department
today, having been furloughed without
pay until their cases are decided in
dividually by the Civil Service Com
mission.
More than a month ago these clerks,
most of them women, were given dis
missal notices effective October 16. Be-
fore such an order could be effective,
however, the Civil Service Commission
would have to approve it. This has
not been done yet in the cases of the
clerks in the adjutant generals Office,
with the result that John w. Martyr.
administrative assistant to Secretary
Dern, said the employees had been fur
loughed until definite decisions had
been reached.
Many of these clerks had been en-
ployed in the adjutant generals ofice
since and before the World War. They
had carried their fight for retention dl-
rectly to Secretary Dem.
At the same time. 1t became known
today that II additional clerks sched-
uled for automatic retirement today are
still at work The law protects them
for the time being. since it holds that
in classes where reductions of force
must be made, married clerks in that
class must be dismissed before any
clerks are retired. All the II clerks af-
fected have had 80 or more years
service
There is no indication when the Civil
Service Commission will rule on the
married persons. the cases having been
before the commission at least month.
Evening star., 1933-10-16
zoo HOME OWNERS
SIGN SOUTHWEST
PROPERTY PETITION
Urge President to Order Ac-
QUESTION of Area Desig-
mated for Purchase.
HOLD FAILURE TO BUY
HAS CLOUDED TITLES
Declare Slum Areas Affect Values
and Mar Beauty of Govern
ment Buildings.

approximately 200 property owners
of Southwest Washington today had
signed a petition sponsored by the
Washington Board Of Trade calling
upon the President to order the pur-
chase by the Government of properties
designated for Federal acquisition under
the public buildings act of May rs. 1926.
The petition, which alleges that fall
ure of the Government to buy the prop
erty set aside for the public buildings
program has practically effected a
cloud on the titles" is expected to be
signed by 300 owners of land and build
ings in the area bounded by Virginia
and Maryland avenues on the south.
Delaware avenue on the east. Four
teenth street on the west and north to
aforementioned property abutting
the Mall.
Purchases Authorized.
"Under the public buildings act OF
MAY 25, 1926, and the amendments
thereto" the petition AYERS, the Sec
retary Of the Treasury was authorized
and directed to acquire economically,
and at an early date, certain areas in
the city of Washington for public build
ing purposes. and a large portion OF
the southwest section of the city is in
cluded in the area he was so directed
to acquire.
Acting under the above he did &C
quire many Of the properties in various
squares in the said area. The exigencles
of the economi; situation brought an
untimely end to the completion of the
program Of acquisition of land and con-
struction of buildings.
The direction of Congress practi-
cally effected a cloud on the titles to
she properties in the areas named which
has made it difficult to sell properties
or rent them to individuals or to renew
mortgages that become due or to place
mortgages on properties that are at
present free from encumbrances.
Affect Property Values.
The petition requests the President to
order the acquisition of the land under
the section of the industrial recovery
act which provides for construction. re-
construction. alteration or repair under
public regulation or control of low
cost housing and slum clearance prof.
ects.
Properties located in such area des-
ignated slums are detrimental to
the community and affect the value Of
nearby properties, also injuring the
beauty of nearby Government struc-
tures'
The property owners state that the
property can be purchased "at reason
able cost"
A spokesman for the Board Of Trade
said the Government owns at least one
piece OF property in almost every square
in the area mentioned. and is leasing
them at a very much lower rate than
the property owners can afford to
accept.
Evening star., 1933-10-16
FIRST PARACHUTE FAILS. SECOND
TEARS, BUT JUMPER LANDS SAFE

at an altitude of 1000 feet He tried
for 1000 feet to open his first para
chute and then resorted to the second,
which the Department of Commerce
prescribes must be worn by all exhibi-
ton jumpers. He had fallen so quickly
during his 1,000-foot drop that the
shock as the second chute opened
ripped the four panels out.
Nothing daunted by his mishap, But
Ter is planning a night jump at the
out" at 8 pm. from an altitude Of 1000
or 5000 feet, carrying a magnesium
flare, on the end of long cord, to IL
illuminate him and his parachute as he
drops. A second flare, on parachute,
probably will be dropped from the plane
before he jumps.
Evening star., 1933-10-16
Residents of Apartments Are
Frequently Charged Only
Minimum.
SURVEY TO DETERMINE
AN EQUITABLE DIVISION
Commission Seeks to Find Equita-
BILE Adjustment of Rates for
Washingtonians.

A comprehensive study has been un-
dertaken by B. NICK. Bachman, chief
accountant of the Public Utilities Com
mission, to determine whether WASH
ington apartment house dWellers are
carrying an equitable share of the
burden of gas and electric costs.
Although incomplete, the survey, it
was said, indicates that large num-
Der of apartment house residents are
paying minimum bills of rs cents
month, whereas the larger bills for
both gas and electricity are being paid
by the consumer who lives in a house.
The study will cover the 1882 calen-
dar year. In that 12-month period Mr..
Bachman has learned there were 1851
apartment building in the District hav-
ing approximately $4,000 apartments.
OF these "a, 500 were occupied.
All but 209 of the 1851 apartment
buildings are located in the northwest
section. The northeast section ranked
second with 130 apartment buildings.
the southeast section third with so, and
the southwest section fourth with 10.
Mr.. Bachman believes the small gas
and electric bills of the apartment house
dweller is due to the fact that many
have their meals, with the exception
of breakfast in lunch rooms and res
taurants. The gas or electricity used
for cooking breakfast for the average
family in an apartment building is said
to be very small and often does not
go beyond the minimum 75-cent charge.
The apartment buildings listed by Mr..
Bachman include every type from the
smallest to the largest. Some are for
mer private residences which have been
converted into apartment dwellings
In a number of these apartment
buildings, especially of the newer and
most modern types, Mr.. Bachman found
that tenants are served through mas
ter meter.
In such cases the owners pay the
bills, which has made it difficult for
Mr.. Bachman to ascertain gas and cleo
trio bills of individual consumers
Mr.. Bachman's report is not expected
to carry any recommendations, but it
will put squarely up to the commission
to determine whether it is fair for the
large domestic consumer of both gas
and electricity to carry the greater
share of the burden of these items
which are reflected in the rates through
meter, distribution, production and
other costs.
Evening star., 1933-10-16
President Holds
Museum Official
For Extra Year
Buildings and Labor Su.
perintendent, Goldsmith,
Not to Retire Now.

James s. Goldsmith, superintendent
of buildings and labor in the National
Museum. who would have been COM
PEELED to retire at the end of this
month, having reached the age of 10,
will be permitted to continue his pres
ent position for another year by order
of the President.
The Executive order granting Mr..
Goldsmith one years extension from
October. 1888, was issued by the Presi-
dent today upon recommendation of
DR.. c. G. Abbott. secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution The latter, in
his recommendation. said: "Mr Gold
smith is very valuable to the public
service. is very competent. and still in
full efficiency and ideal on his present
job"
In the face of this recommendation.
tie President, who under the retire.
ment act has authority to make excep-
tions. when in his judgment the public
interest will require. signed the order
making it possible for Mr.. Goldsmith
to stay on.
Mr. Goldsmith has been in the Gov
eminent service so wears.
Evening star., 1933-10-16
SENATOR ERICKSON
ROBBED IN SLEEP
Quiet Thief Takes S34 and
Watch-Many Petty Rob-
berries Reported.

Senator John E. Erickson. Democrat,
of Montana, was robbed of S34 in cash
and a gold watch while he was asleep
in his room at the Willard Hotel last
night, he reported to police today
The thief worked 90 quietly the Sen
ator was not awakened and did not
learn of his loss until this morning.
Police believed the Senator left his door
unlocked They are holding three
suspects in another robbery and seek
ing numerous others in a wave of petty
robberieS over he week end.
The trio arrested is alleged to have
seized a metal cash box containing
S11620 after breaking the glass in the
ticket office of the Broadway Theater.
Seventh and streets and waving
gun in the ticket sellers face about 10
O'Clock last night.
Pursued by Employees.
The three robbers, all colored. fled
with the cash box. Employees of the
theater pursued them and overlook
and-one-ha street recovering the box
Later police arrested Charles Young,
%. 1900 block of Fourth street. and
John Brown. %. 1900 block of Colum-
bia road. All were held for investiga-
ton
Charles Muldoon. 300 block of Four
teenth street northeast. told police he
threw good money after bad early to-
day when he tried to locate man to
whom he lad given SIS with the request
to get the bill changed
Muldoon gave the bill to man in
a lunch room in the southeast section.
When he failed to reappear. two white
men and a colored man offered to lead
Muldoon to the missing man. Instead,
they took him to First and Canal streets
southwest, where they fell upon him
and took S12 from his pockets.
Lunch Room Man Robbed.
Thomas Fleming. 1000 block of S
street, night manager for lunch room
in the 21OO block of Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. was robbed of $45 by an armed
bandit early yesterday.
His interest in a game of matching
pennies with strangers last night COS.
Rippon w. Moore of Greenville, N. c.,
$10O, Moore told police. He fell into
conversation with the strangers at a
bus station at Fourteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue.
Burglars early yesterday carried off
a safe containing $3.50 from a chain
grocery at Second and G streets north
east, along with a quantity of provi-
sions. The intruders entered by side
window The safe, ripped open and its
contents missing, was found in Rock
Creek Park.
Theft of a solitaire valued at 5000
and a wedding ring worth S125 was
reported to police yesterday by. Bernard
c. Jarboe. He said the rings were
stolen in the last three days from his
home at 1918 Longfellow street.
Evening star., 1933-10-16
AUTOMOBILE DEALERS
PLAN CODE Meeting
Will Consider Ways to Admins
ter Provisions and Nominate
Committee Members.

Washington employers in the retail
automobile trade will discuss the appli-
cation of the N. R. A. code for their
business at a meeting in the Racuue.
Club at 8 pm. tomorrow. The meeting
is sponsored by the Washington Auto
motive Trade Association, but partici-
patton in it is not confined to members
of that body.
F. L. Haller. president of the asso-
citation, will open the meeting, after
which it will elect a chairman. Spe-
cifcally, the conference will consider
ways and means of policing and admin
istering the code in the District and its
immediate trade area" The meeting
also will nominate five members of the
State Advisory Committee called for By
the code, one of whom must be an ex-
elusive or independent used car dealer.
Evening star., 1933-10-16

She has done no real sailing before
and she Is having the time of her life.
Family plans were to leave Barbara IN
Washington with her, grandparents
Senator and Mrs. Thompson-for
schooling this Winter. But then fam
lily plans can be easily scuttled by fair
winds and sweet-sailing ships on run
down the Atlantic to the Delaware Bay
and a passage through the canal into
the headwaters of the Chesapeake. The
story now is that Barbara will go on
with dad and mother in Hal Loong to
Miami where she will study. OF course,
that means some time lost from classes.
but then Barbara, although II, is In
the seventh grade anyway and Is thus
a year ahead
After about two weeks here. Hal
Loong will head down the Potomac to
Chesapeake Bay and out through the
Virginia Capes to sea again. She Will
make the run to Miami on the outside
all the way. Beyond the season there,
only the little sea god in his teak taber-
nacle knows.