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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-04
HoIly1Co0d Ne1gS And Gossip

ter Catlett was q prize fighter = and was knocked out only once in 116 fights.
 Mona Barrie was discovered by a Fox studio scout on top of a Fifth avenue bus in New York.
 It requires very little more light to shoot picture in Technicolor than with the ordinary black and white film.
 On three different occasions Sid Silvers has bought tickets for Eu- rope-but he never yet has been out of the United States. He's afraid of the water and even hav- ing the tickets in his possession doesn't give him the courage to go through with the trip.
 Florence Desmond, famed stage and screen imitator, started imi- tating various persons when she was only three years old. >
 
 Too Many Touches
 Richard Dix now has 2S relatives living in California.
 Although redhead herself, Clara Bow says she doesn't care for most women with red hair.
 
 trap drummer in Hollywood-but he has to do plenty of pounding to keep ahead of Buddy Rogers.
 Fl Brenders real first name is Elmer.
 And Heather Angel was christ ened just that.
 Reginald Denny once was strand ed in India when an opera com pany went broke. He earned his passage back to London by giving vaudeville performances for Hindu potentates.
 Still in Short Dresses
 Lillian Harvey still likes to play with dolls.
 Preston Foster can write equal ly we'll with either hand.
 Victor Jory once invaded @ hobo camp near Butt, Mont. and became @ member of the outfit after whip ping the boss tramp.
 Warner Baxter began his theat- rical career with a show in his mothers back yard while living in Columbus, O..
 Sally O'Neil, once was marooned in a Utah snowfield for 28 hours, following an airplane accident.
 Stuart Erwin is very fussy about his clothes-he has more than @ dozen suits and hundreds of neck. ties.
 He's a Magician
 Cary Grant has 50 hats in his wardrobe-and seldom wears any of them.
 Josef von Sternberg has started new in Hollywood = he wears black, red, or dark b1ue velvet jackets while he is on the set directing.
 George Bickel, who has been on the stage and screen for 50 years, plays every known musical instrument.
 Jack LaRue has turned author and is busily engaged in writing an original screen story, in which he hopes to play the leading role.
 Would you recognize the great Theda Bara, heroine of silent street today? We'll, here she is, on stret to-day? Well, here she is, on and on the screen, at top in one of her vampire roles, below at c re. cent Hollywood party.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-04
FRIENDS CAN PLACE BETS

Montreal - (U.P.) - Any per- son may accept bets on horses from personal friends here without breaking the law, but if he accepts wagers from strangers he is guilty of operating a public betting house, according to Q ruling just made by the Recorders Court here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-04
Rx DAN THOMAS

Hollywood Interesting facts about the movies and movie makers:
 Victor McLaglen once served as the provost marshal of Bagdad.
 Wallace Ford spent the first Is years of his life as Sammy Jones, the name being given to him in an orphanage. He took his pres- ent name from 8 young hobo with whom he had travelled when the youth died.
The Washington times., 1933-08-03
Automobiles for Sale

BARGAINS in used cars Northeast Motor.
920 Bladensburg Rd. n. f. AT. 020O.
The Washington times., 1933-08-03
68-LOts For Sale

LARGE lots or - acre tracts close. in.
Terms Arthur Carr. Iyattsyille 159.
PRICE S6O-S2 cash, So mo-; eIec: one
car fare zone Zantznger MAI :1In
COTORED-6 beautiful lots. 20x1O0 It.
in d C SS2 so. lots. SG2 30: 81
down. 81 month National 1850
The Washington times., 1933-08-03
Buick

Buick Coupe, 192S-NIotor quiet G1S7
and powerful. Priced for a UAOS
quick sale Your own terms.
NOLAN MOTOR co.
III 18th n. w. & Conn. Ave. n st.
The Washington times., 1933-08-03
Real Estate
Waterfront Property
IS Homes and Estates for Sale
District of Columbia

BAY ST, S. E 1928 bel. 18th & 10Th.
B & G Sts. 5. E.::-6 large rms. & bath
porches. equipped for two families Al
condition. h.w Opportunity to ouy
home for less tnan rent. 500 cash and
S52 so monthly Keys on premises. Call
MI Clark MAJ 3OO7.
The Washington times., 1933-08-03
% Farms and Land for Sale

10 ACRES high level woods IS miles
D. C. Price S2S5. $50 down. GE. 24O!.
81 ACRES, 7-rm. modern house. barn. or
S6 800 Robert Graham. Fairfax. Va.
The Washington times., 1933-08-03
Automobiles for Sale

USED CHEVROLETS AND FOkDS
OURISMAN CHEVROLET SALES CO.
625 n st N e. Lincoln lOZOO
The Washington times., 1933-08-03
SIS 95O-BIG DETACHED BRICK

Exclusively located west of 18th St. on
q beautifully planted lot this fully de-
tached home contains ten rooms and two
baths, including complete bath on the
first floor Modern in every appointment,
Including Frigidaire and Bryant gas heating
system. Is practically new and perfectly
The Washington times., 1933-08-03
81 5OO-MODERN BRICK-N. E.
sc Houses and Estates for Sale
Suburban

1ish % BRICK bnneaiow. 6 large, rooms and
servant room. ..car garage lot lpoS postng ;,g'
ali modern convpnences For quick sale.
will take 1915 for NV equity. For lnfor-
nation call Mr.. Bushy. SEten. :. 1S-J.
The Washington times., 1933-08-03

Chevrolet 1929 Cabriolet-Appls QSS
green finish. new khaki top. VOO
New tires all around. thor DOWN
oughly reconditioned. Ask for car
No. 500.
1920 NJ st. \. w. Dist. 8SOO
The Washington times., 1933-08-03

Chevrolet 1881 sedan-Nsw CHG
paint, black with cream O1VC
wheels apd cream stripe; down
thoroughly reconditioned and ne"
tires. Ask for car No. 22S.
DONOHOE CHEVROLET. INC.
1soO NJ ST. \, w, Dist. $500
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-25
Southern Farmers
Demand CWA Jobs
BY JIM MALLORY

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. "a
The wave of mass meetings and
demonstrations against the policies
of the C. w. A., that has swept
Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee and
other Southern states in the last few
days, has moved further South into
Louisiana.
The chief grievances of the work
ers in Louisiana are that the Off
Gals are using c. w. A. jobs to build
up political machines, and that
farmers, though they may be starv-
ing, are forbidden to register for
C. w. A. work.
A mass meeting of 400 people at
Arcadia, La, charged that the re-
lief officials are playing politics with
the empty bellies Of the workers. 1t
was revealed that workers applying
for jobs with the c. w. A. are asked
about their political affiliations and
sympathies. 1t their answers are
not acceptable to the officials, their
applications are invariably side
tracked,
Two hundred hungry farmers and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-25
Chicago Workers on
C.W.A. Meet Dec. rs

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec 24.-The Pro-
visional Organization Committee of 10
representing workers from over so
different CW.A. jobs in the city of
Chicago Is calling a mass meeting on
Tuesday, December Goth, 7 p. m. at
the Northwest Hall, 2403 w. North
Avenue, for. the purpose Of organizing
a union of all the C.W.A. workers, and
those on public and federal jobs in the
city of Chicago.
The Organization Committee for
mulates the following demands: I. I'm
mediate and regular weekly pay days.
2. Union wages on all jobs with a
minimum Of 83c an hour. 8. Time and
transportation to be paid from city
limits. 4. Shelter and fire to be pro-
vided on all jobs in open. 5. Full pay
for time lost due to sickness and bad
weather. g. Men to be protected
against accident and injury as pro-
vided by Illinois Workmen's Compen-
sation Act. Z. Relief to be issued in
case Of part time work and imme-
diately at end Of job. 8. Recognition
OF Job Committee. 9. Against discrim-
nation against Negro. Mexican, youth
or other workers. 10. For the Workers
Unemployed and Social Insurance Bill
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-25

NOTE: In future the method of
handling shop paper reviews will be
changed. Instead of reviewing one
paper q week from all angles, we
will take up each week one specific
shop paper problem, and discuss 1t
on the basis of how the various
papers at hand have handled that
question. The first problem we ex-
pect to take up, next week, is how
paper should be issued by an in
side shop organization. This article
must necessarily be based primarily
on the methods of work of the New
York City shop papers, since they
are the only ones from which con-
crete detailed information Is at
hand.
THE SHAPE-UP NEWS" Vol. 1,
No. /, Dec. Is, 1888, issued by the
North River Rank and File Action
Committee Of the I. l.. A., 1893 Broad
way, Room 1913, New York City.
Reviewed by Gertrude HaessIer
Here we have dock paper issued
by the Opposition Group within the
International LongshoremenS Asso-
citation, which is affiliated to the
American Federation Of Labor. The
I. l.. A. controls the jobs on the docks
on which this paper is issued. Thus
there is rather complicated organ
national situation here, which re-
quires the utmost clarity in handling.
It Is Just as important to be abso-
lutely clear on organizational policy
and tactics in shop paper as 1t is
to be clear on these questions in the
DAILY Worker" or any other work.
ing-class paper. The "Shape-up
News" becames the educator on the
docks.
But the "Shape-up News" is not
clear and not specific. In fact, it
betrays lack OF a clear-cut policy.
The Jobs on the docks are con-
trolled by gang Of the most notori-
Gus racketeers that even the A. F. Of
L. can produce. The rank and file
dock workers are trying to build up
rank and file committee within the
I. l.. A. for what purpose? d) to
bring pressure to bear on their union
locals to act on dock grievances;
ca to gain rank and file control OF
the I. L. A. locals; 60 to organize
struggle directly against the eNploy-
ers on the docks, over the heads of
the officials Of the LILA, who won't
be moved to act, and even refuse to
call local meetings.
The "Shape-up News" can become
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-25

number TO drive down the conditions
Of those employed.
IT,. .n....c.u,o.;o, p,a,.
AUG
On Pier . registration Is already
beginning The worker ia forced to
telI his name. address age. color,
where horn. how long In the q. 8. A..
and whether a citizen or not. The
Dies Bill Is already in operation on
the New York docks. The article
calls for unity of the lonrshoremen
To fight against this, but does not
exnlain whv this unity is necessary
from . workinr-class standpoint. But
we know that some American-born
,ongshoremen NOT vet awakened TO a
feeling OF class LOYALTY. wouldn't mind
seeing the foreian-born deported. so
thew can have more work. We know
fhat some white workers would not
be sorry to see the Negro workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-25
Brooklyn Meeting
Protests Decatur,
ReichStag Trials
l. L. D. Needs Funds
for Scottsboro
Appeal

NEW YORK.-Printing Of Scots
boro trial briefs necessary to appeal
the case, will cost $500, while ST.
500 Is required for court stenograph-
ers' fees and other appeal charges,
William l.. Patterson, National Sec
rotary of the International Labor
Defense, declared yesterday in ap-
pealing for defense funds.
Samuel Leibowitz, one of the
Scottsboro attorneys, speaking at q
meeting at the Brooklyn Academy
of Music last Friday night, charged
the State of Alabama with perjury
and forgery in the conduct of the
Decatur lynch trials, at which Hay
wood Patterson and Clarence Norris
were sentenced to burn in the cleo
trio chair on Feb. 2.
Leibowitz told how the names OF
Negroes had been inserted on the
venire in the original trials at Scots
boro in an effort to hide the syS-
tematic exclusion Of Negroes from
iuries.
DR.. Broadus Mitchell, professor OF
economics at John Hopkins Univer-
sity, speaking at the same meeting
attacked Gov. Richie of Maryland
for his failure to prosecute the known
lynchers of George Armwood, Ne
gro worker, taken out of the Prin-
cess Anne jail, Eastern Shore, and
lynched on Oct. Is.
The meeting adopted resolutions
against the Decatur lynch verdictS
and for the release of the defend
ants in the Reichstag trial and OF
the hundreds of thousands of politi-
cal prisoners in the Nazi dungeons.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-25
Rank and File Win
at UMWA Sub-Dist.
Meeting in Danyille
Pass Resolution on
Unity of Action; Pick
Code Delegates

DANVILLE, H., Dec. 24-At the
Conference of the Danville Sub-Dis-
trict of the United Mine Workers of
America, of Is local unions, in spite
OF the presence of II sub-district
board members, the rank and file
delegates were able to defeat the
maneuvers Of the board members to
sidetrack the basic demands OF the
miners. The conference adopted
resolutions based on the Cleveland
United Front Conference, which had
already been endorsed by Is locals of
the U. M. w. A.
The Resolution on Unity in Action,
which was adopted by a vote Of 10
to Is Gin spite of the fact that all
board members voted against the
resolution), calls for the election OF
the. rank and file delegation to Wash
ington to the hearing on the Btu
minous coal code and for a strike on
Jan. 5, to enforce the decisions as
proposed by the miners in opposi-
ton to the sell-out policies of the
Lewises and Pearcys.
The resolution reads as follows:
Whereas, the Bitu1ninous coal
code tends to establish even worse
conditions for the miners, supported
by Lewis and Pearcy, proposing the
SIS basic wage scale without any
minimum guarantee of earnings,
with its 40-hor week minimum,
without any demands for unemploy-
ment insurance or strike proposal to
secure a better code, but compulsory
arbitration;
Therefore the code does not repre-
sent the interests of the miners. and,
Whereas, the coal miners, divided
and engaged in discorded movements,
have been unable to actually present
a code expressing their demands, and
Whereas, the rank and file code,
endorsed and adopted by this con-
ference, represents the interests Of
the miners. therefore be it
Resolved that we elect mass rank
and file delegation of as many as
possible to present our code to the
MIRA. Labor Board Hearing on Jan,
5th, and also declare Jan. 5th a
miners holiday and on that day hold
huge mass meetings in support Of
our code and send messages to the
Labor Board demanding that the
miners delegation be heard, and be
it further
Resolved that this conference
elect an official committee that will
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-25
4 to Tour Country
for LIST Convention
of Furniture Union
Industrial Union Has
IA Locals, 500
Members

NEW YORK.-The National Com
mittee of the Furniture Workers In
dustrial Union, has issued a call for its
first convention to be held in New
York City on February 9, 10, IL and
IL, 1884. From the few scattered Or
CARNATIONS which the furniture work
ers counted at the time of the Eastern
State Conference held at July 8 and
9, 1898, today the National Commit
tee reports IA existing locals through
out the country with a national mem
bership Of 8,100.
The National Committee in prep
aration for this convention has de-
cided to send out four field organ
izerS covering the most outstanding
furniture centers in the United States.
The following cities will be covered
by the field organizers:
Tour No. ALBERT Brown, member Of the
National Committee of the F. W. I. q.
will cover the following cities between
January 1 and February 8, 1884:
jamestown, N Y; Buffalo, N. Y; Troy,
N Y; Amsterdam, N. Y; Albany, N. Y;
Detroit, Mich; Grand Rapids, Mich;
Cincinnati Ohio; Cleveland, Ohio; Chi
cago, H.; Rockford, ILL.,; Richmond
Ind; Indianapolis Ind; Evansville, Ind;
Minneapolis. MINI; Milwaukee, Wise;
Kenosha, Wise.
Tour No. 2-Joe Kiss, National Secretary OF
the F. w. I. u, will cover the following
cities between January l and 10, 1884:
Allentown, Pa. Scranton, Pa; Wilkes
Barre, Pa; York, Pa; Red Lion, Pa;
Philadelphia, Pa; Baltimore, Md;
Hagerstown, Nd.
Tour No. IN Pizer, National Chairman Of
| the F. W. /. u, will cover the following
cities between January 10 and 40, 1884:
Boston, Mass; Springfield, Mass; New
Haven, Conn; Providence, r. l.; Hart
ford, Conn.
Tour No. 4-Jack Novak, Representative OF
the National Committee Of the r. W. L
o., will cover the following cities be-
TWEEN January 10 and 20, 1884:
New Jersey State, exact cities to be
worked out with the New Jersey T. o.
q. G.
Furniture workers in these cities
are asked to give all assistance in the
organization undertakings Of the F.
w. I. U.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-25
NEWSPAPER WRITERS Get
Blunt WARNING AGAINST
ORGANIZING into UNION

from Lindsay Rogers to General Hugh
S. Johnson" The fact that he handed
it to the delegate, however, shows not
only that the sentiments were his own,
but that he expected the delegate to
convey the situation to his fellows to
sway them toward a conservative pol
icy if he didn't actually intend that
the entire group should be warned.
I telephoned to the Professor on
Friday to ask what he could tell me
about the memorandum.
81 don't know what you're talking
about" he said, and again, when I
described the memorandum, Il am
sorry, can't discuss it. don't know
anything about it. I have written a
thousand memorandums in the last
month and no one of them was for
publication"
Many of the convention delegates,
including Broum, regarded it as a
threat. At least one Of them called
for exposure instead of suppression OF
the document-and that delegate was
not I. Urgent work kept me away
from the meeting. am a charter
member of the New York Guild, how
ever, having joined while I was a
member of the World Telegram
(ScrippS- Howard staff. Therefore
when I learned what had tranSpired
I rushed to the meeting. 1t was just
breaking up. Departing delegates said
that Broun burned the memorandum
in order to save the person who was
given the memo because, after it was
read, that individual became excited
and said the memorandum might
have been passed on in confidence
To my assertion that this was nc
excuse since the delegate concerned
could be protected, an officer of the
Guild responded, IT don't want to be
snooty, but we already have agreed to
drop the matter. It's all over. We
decided"
This same officer, am informed
warded off proposal made during
the meeting, to take the memorandum
to Roosevelt with a protest, pleading
Now listen, fellows, the President is
on our side. We can't afford to put
him on the spot by bringing TINS thing
up"
Try To Spike Affiliation
A few days after the convention
Broun interviewed himself in his col
umn. Asking himself whether the
Guild intended to become q regular
trades union,' he replied to himself
at the present time very large ma
jority of the Guild membership is
against any sort of affiliation."
Then Arthur Brisbane, the real
esate-man colunmnist for William
r. Hearst, flung out the hint, in his
column, General Johnson guaran-
tees newspaper reporters the right tc
organize for collective bargaining with
publishers. Young gentlemen most
anxious for a reporters union viii
make the worst reporters and a ma
iority will REMAIN REPORTERS
Capitals Brisbane's).
P. S.-The guarantee was giver
by General johnson in speech tt
the Guild delegates at luncheon. Il
was just a few moments later thai
Rogers, who accompanied johnson tt
| the luncheon, did his part by deliv-
| ering the memorandum.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-25

powerful factor In putting this pol
icy into effect. Its first issue, how
ever, does not clearly enough follow
these tactics.
Specific OrsanizationaI Advice
To the very excellent dock news
contained in the paper, the editors
react only generally. Build Rank
and File Action Committees on the
Docks and in the L l.. A. locals. >
This Is one step it advocates. But 1t
should give these workers some ex-
PLANTATION, particularly in this first
issue of the paper, on how these com
mittees should be built.
In practically every article the con-
clusion is what-PROTEST. Protest
to whom?-to the !. l.. A. officials,
to the N. r. A., and to the bosses.
Protest how-nobody knows. What
do these workers expect to achieve
through this protest-this is not
clearly stated.
Remember that this is the first
issue OF the paper. 1t would have
been good idea to have carried a
statement on the aims of the or
ganization, ON the structure of the
organization, on the methods OF
struggle of the organization. Is the
organization already SO well estab-
lished and recognized that the long
shoreman not directly connected with
the movement knows what 1t is all
about? No paper can take anything
for granted. You are dealing with
workers like any average worker-not
yet understanding the political Sig
nificance of events and conditions
very well, still filled with all the
prejudices the bosses pour into him
Here we have this vicious PROPOSE
ton Of the Federal government tc
"decasualize" longshore labor. II
means to register all longshoremen
divide them against each other, drive
considerable proportion out Of the
industry, and retain just a sufficient
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-25
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NaW mNssMM SHOP PAPER REVIEWS VM.EY
SHOP PAPER REVIEWS

the basis Of the analysis.
The mistake made, in handing the
Decentralization Plan, was that 1t Is
made abstractly, on the first two
pages of the bulletin-a long edl-
torial, occupying Just one-haf the
entire paper. AS far as the plan
goes, the paper could have gone even
farther-the whole paper could have
been taken up with this plan-but
how? In short articles, on the basis
of dock grievances, with explanations
and advice on what to do. Then
the analysis, the grievances, working
class political issues, and organiza-
tional advice could have been dealt
with inseparably, as they should be.
Then concrete organizational tactics
of struggle on the docks could have
been put forth.
Struggle on the Job
The most serious organizational de-
feet, however, is an organizational
shortcoming which almost takes on
the nature of a contagious disease
in nearly all shop papers-no strug-
gle on the job. This paper is not
alone in this weakness and should
not be too drastically taken to task
for 1T. The whole shop paper &C
tiyity of the workers must begin to
orientate on struggle on the job. This
paper puts forward nowhere IN its
pages the struggle on the docks
against the employers The employ
ers are our main targets. When we
hit out at the union officials, we
hit at them as agents OF the en-
ployers, but it is the employers who
must get the most concentrated fire
How will the rank and file opposi-
ton convince these workers, who are
in the grip OF the bosses, and also
in the grip Of their own racketeerine
oflcials, that their program is cor
rect and effective, unless they show
this in concrete leadership right or
| the docks. We realize space limita-
ttons. and the harassin0 conditions