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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
Music
Butterfly" To Be GiUen At
Stadium Tonight - Hurbi
Guest Leader Wednesday

This evening opera will be given for
the first time at the Stadium. II the
performance of Butterfly" which is
scheduled under the direction of Ciu-
seppe Bamboschek proves that opera
is possible in the open and is popular
there is possibility that opera will
be given with the regular symphonic
concerts next season. The cast in
cludes Anne Rosellc, Dinlitri Onofrei,
Marie Powers, Joseph Roger, Marie
Farrar, Crismar Hirsch and Pompilio
Malatesta. The Metropolitan Opera
Company Chorus will be used. In
case of rain the opera will be post
poned until the following evening
and Willem Van Hoogstraten will
substitute his orchestral program OF
the 22nd in the Great Hall.
Van Hoogstraten will conduct his
last concert on Tuesday. The pro-
gram: Wagners Prelude to Die
Meistersinger" Bach's Air for Strings
from Suite No. 3; "Fledermaus" waltz
of Johann Strauss, the Ravel Bolero
and the Brahams First Symphony.
Jose Iturbi will again appear at the
Stadium on Wednesday as guest con-
ductor, directing the Schubert "Un-
finished" Symphony in B minor, the
Mozart Piano Concerto in E fiat
(Koechel 1927, and the Beethoven
Symphony No. in c minor. In the
Concerto he will act in the dual capa-
city OF pianist and conductor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21

wife said would you please pass the
cheese and the limey's eyes popped
out of his head for the liquor which
wasn't there. He turned in disgust
to the steward and asked if there
was any English mustard aboard.
ENGLISH mustard, mind you," he
insisted, meaning this as dig at
the Captain.
After the soupe, Mr.. Ben Haw-
kins, the lanky editor from Hart
ford got up and proposed a toast.
That is, it would have been a toast
Tif there had been anything to drink.
But the proper thing had to be said
and done anyway, and Mr.. Haw-
kins, as a prominent citizen of his
community, had the necessary ex-
perienee for such occasions. For,
as all the passengers soon got to
know, Mr.. Hawkins was member
of the Chamber of Commerce and
Rotary Club of Hartford, as well as
being Chairman of the Fairview
Golf Links, Grand Master of the
Knights of Columbus, 33rd Degree
Member of the Order of Masons,
and brother-in-law to the Vice Presi-
dent Of the First National Bank.
Rising gravely to his six feet two,
this parsonage now Grated: "Cap-
tain Hortens, / am sure | am ex-
pressing the sentiments of the rest
of my fellow passengers, as well as
my own, in conveying to you our
appreciation of, and thanks for, the
splendid voyage which we have en-
joyed under your experienced COM
mand, and for your safely bring
ing US across the high seas to our
destination"
The old mans pink jowls turned
purple with modesty and he bent
his head as if taking the pope's
blessing.
at has been wonderful trip; the
weather was wonderful; the ship
made wonderful time; the service
was wonderful all around, and l am
sure most of us wish we could make
many more trips under your able,
experienced and highly delightful
captaincy."
HAVING heaved this line, Mr.. Haw-
IL kins made fast to his chair.
There was sort of embarrassed
silence after this speech. A couple
of the passengers started clapping
The Chief Engineers nose twitched
as he kept himself from laughing
out loud. The Captain rose and
said thank you, and the stewards
served the fish. Mrs. Seaham
across the table from Mr.. Hawkins
congratulated the orator on his
speech, saying it reminded her of
her minister. Upon which the con-
yersation turned to the church, and
Mr.. Hawkins had to confess that
his strenuous work as newspaper
man, together with his many social
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21

Hawkins, you know. My father
owned large plantations in Louisiana
and Tennessee, and do you know,
he built over 900 churches for his
Negroes during his lifetime"
"You don't say!" gasped Mr..
Hawkins, REFRESHING a hiccough.
eyes indeed. Oh, it doesn't cost
but a few dollars to put up one of
those little Negro churches. You
know the kind,-little wooden shacks,
all whitewashed inside, with a few
benches and little alter up front.
After all, one worships the Lord
from the heart as my dear old
father used to repeat, and it mat
ters not, if the floor be of humble
earth. Oh, as little girl l attended
many Of those church dedications
with my father. How his Negroes
loved and respected him! 1t was
such consolation to them to have
somewhere to go to pour out their
woes and sorrows!"
Eyes, yes" agreed Mr.. Hawkins,
looking at her diamond rings. eyes
indeed, the Negroes are truly re-
ligious folk. Mrs. H. and myself
enjoy so much to listen to their
spirituals, which are so full of
rhythm and expression"
CONTINUED TOMORROW
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
A White Mother Fights for
the ScOttsbOrO Boys
. By BELLE TAUB Il.

peal by a White Mother for tn
Scottsboro Boys and the ministe
read this from the pulpit, while
watched the black men and women
to see how they would respond
Later / talked with them out O
the church and they said they wer,
deeply impressed. But how's tina
going to help, materially, in gettins
those boys Free I thought.
"Then I bought 100 pamphlets
They Shall Not Die and went fron
store to store in Harlem, barbe
shops, grocery stores, restaurants
with my message. Many promised
me they would carry on the work fol
defense of the Scottsboro boys.
"But you must remember those
were the days when / was not yet
aware what powerful weapon the
International Labor Defense was anc
l thought that the Scottsboro boys
simply depended on help from we'll
meaning men and women like my.
self.
Joined the /. L. d.
Gone day, while trudging around
the Harlem streets with my pamph-
let's, Negro worker whom I had
approached said to me-'Are you a
member of the International Labor
Defense?' Then he went on to tell
me that he was and to describe the
work of the branches, their plan of
mobilizing all the workers in their
territory for defense, and thus
spreading out into the sections, dis
tricts, even throughout the entire
country and then out beyond the
geographical boundaries, that the In
ternational Labor Defense was the
American Section of a world wide
movement. And from him I learned.
81 too become a member Of the
international Labor Defense, but
asked to be assigned to a Harlem
branch, where l would be working
shoulder to shoulder with all the
friends l had made for the Scots
boro boys.
Ruu ~ 60 rum uOOE " UUOE,
from house to house, reviving old
acquaintance, refreshing their. me-
mories of the past, and awakening
them to the terrible danger facing
the nine innocent boys. I walk up
steep flights of stairs, knock breath
lessly on the door, greet some old
friend, talk to her for hours, Just to
get chance to sell some Of the
"Save the Scottsboro Boys" penny
stamps.
81 am 4 mother, as I told you be-
fore, Of five children. And have
much work to do. But sometimes,
get so absorbed in my work that
forget the time, and get home too
late to prepare supper for my chill
dren. Then I explain to them that
was only helping those mothers
of the Scottsboro boys-and they
understand"
Then she asked for another thous-
and stamps, and was gone.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21

With today's issue, the Daily Worker be-
gins the regular announcement Of programs
OF the four most powerful New York broad
casting stations. Readers will notice that
tne programs given begin only at 2. m.
This Is done for several reasons.
Space considerations prohibit pubIica-
ton OF complete programs.
2-Most workers are too busy during the
day to listen in on the radio.
3-Jobless workers who sometimes spend
day at home THAT is, if they have a place
to stay and small radio) report that
most morning and afternoon programs are
made up of dull. uninteresting exercises,
boring advertising speeches and fifth-rate
music.
Radio comment will appear in this column
from time to time. Readers are urged to
write to Tuning In" on matters of interest
to worker radio fans.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
-LNSTALLMENT SEVEN
The Captains Dinner

THE UTAH; was due in Copen-
hagen Monday, so the Captain
gave "his" passengers farewell
dinner Sunday night. All day Sun
day, the Chief Steward waddled
around giving orders, quacking i'm
portantly. Even the passengers
took the occasion seriously. Old Mrs.
Seaham, who was wealthy enough
to change her address with the
weather, sat in front of the dresser
for over an hour, trying to hypno-
tise her wrinkles out of existence
with vanishing creams. Mr.. Harold
Thomas Bentley, the -bald-headed
English bookmaker, manicured his
nails and clipped the sprouts out
of his ears and nose. He person
ally considered the Captain to be q
"sillp- old ass" but was hoping he
would be decent in the way OF
drinks. -lls-
: The mates wife, an English CIR
who chad known many men but who
had weakness for playing the re-
fined lady. spent most of the after
noon slowing away her 100 pounds
Of assorted ldelicacies in all kinds
OF, belly bands. brassieres, corselet-
ties, and pantalettes. The Old Mar
himself, drawing the curtains over
the port holes Of his cabin, sprinkleo
Coty's "Fleur d'amour" under his
arnpits and raised hell generally
WITH his salty old carcass.
Finally the gong struck, and they
allshnarched in. The saloon was
deeked out with the flags of all the
ports Of call,-except the flag OF
the Soviet Union. What use hac
such2refned company for a Hammer
and Sickle? The tables were decor.
ated with swell cold cuts, celery
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
Stage and Screen
Brady To Open Season
With NoUelIo Play "LoUe
And Babies" at COrt Theatre

Love and Babies" farce by Her
bert Mccormack, is now scheduled
for Tuesday night, opening at the
Cort Theatre with a cast including
Ernest Truck, Glen Anders, Linda
watkins and Ruth Weston.
The Chalk Circle" Chinese fan
tasy by Klabund, with the English
version by I. S. Richter, will have its
delayed opening this Tuesday evening
at the Playmillers Theatre, the home
OF new group at 233 West 48th st.
Adrienne Lachamp heads the cast.
which also includes Herbert Standing,
Esther Pinch, Paul Byron and John
Hamsa.
On Wednesday evening William A.
Brady will open his current season
with the London play. "A Party a
comedy by Ivor Novello, with Mrs.
Patrick Campbell in the chief role
Others in the large cast include Lora
Baxter, Clssie LOTUS Edward Gran
dali, J. w. Austin and Nita Naldi.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
By HARRY CANNES

"A full review is given in this issue
OF the Steel and Metal Worker" of
the struggles of the workers around
the steel code.
After a period Of demise, the paper
is revived in a liYelier, more powerful
form than ever, rejecting the rapid
growth of the Steel and Metal Work.
ers' Industrial Union and especially
the major struggles going on in this
ace of basic industries.
The story Of the exposure of the
Morgan and other trusts steel code.
and the contortions of the bosses
When John Meldon, secretary of the
union, sought to call Frank Palmer.
with his brief case full of spy faces.
Is told in full in this issue. On an
other page are some Of the spy facts.
,.-- Steel and Ship Codes
There is also a full account of the
struggles around the shipyards codes.
with some of the points made by
George Powers, chairman of the ship
wards delegation, to the Washington
hearings.
Both the steel and ship codes, pre-
sented by the workers, are printed in
full and make this issue of the great
est Importance for winning over steel
and metal workers behind the Steel
and Metal Workers Industrial Union.
On the discussion among thousands
OF steel workers on the unions code
there is a very fine story concerning
Secretary of Labor Perkins and the
code, Handed copy of the code,
she told so Washington correspon-
dents: THE code submitted for the
iron and steel industry by the Steel
and Metal Workers Industrial Union
is a rational, reasonable proposal, al
though, Of course, some of the terms
may be .debatable, as in all codes
submitted. and it should have the
consideration Of the recovery admin
istration."
struggles Ahead"
Having gone through the steel mills,
she couldn't sidestep a code so popu-
lar with the workers themselves.
Asked by reporter: Isn't it too
radical?R she answered: IF that
code were branded radical, it would
be boost for the radicals"
There is splendid editorial on
Struggles Ahead" telling of the
rapid growth Of the S.M.W.IU. and
the bitter tasks confronting the union.
The paper is attractively made up,
has plenty of workers correspond
ence, original pictures and features.
Disproportion of News
There is one very great dispropor-
ton. Two full pages are devoted to
New York, important as metal CEN
ter, but small in comparison to Pitts
burgh and Chicago-Indiana districts,
which get only one page So far as
the Chicago-Indiana districts are
concerned, there is great void. Even
the lack Of direct news from these
centers, or workers correspondence,
should not do away with the neces-
sity of writing an article on this storm
center of the great steel strike of
1919. From the Pittsburgh district
there is little, and certainly not the
survey of the field necessary at this
time.
Every worker interested in steel
and metal should get copy OF the
paper-and more for his shopmates,
Other workers interested In the de-
ve1cpment Of the struggles in this de-
cisive issue can learn a lot from the
Steel and Metal Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
Mrs. Roosevelt in
Mine Area Praises
Starvation Gardens

MORGANTOWN, Va, Aug, IS.
Mrs. Roosevelt has just COM
pleted two days tour of the north
ern West Virginia mine fields and
is returning to her palatial estate
at Hyde Park. The Presidents wife
expressed great satisfaction with
the subsistence gardens kept by the
unemployed miners.
These gardens are called by the
miners "existence gardens" since
they are enough for their exist
ence. Unemployed miners have
been living on these gardens" for
four years. Many of them have
seen nothing but green leaves fried
in lard everyday in their menu
which is praised by the first lady.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21

living friend whose words coincide
with the visual reconstruction of the
dead mans life. Old wine in FIVE
gallon bottle, that's all. Flash
back?" No. That sounds too old.
"Narratage?" Yes! Didn't the Soviet
directors gain fame throughout the
world with "Montage?" The final
"tage" ought to do the trick ;.
That's all it requires to proclaim "a
revolution in the talkies" in Holly
wood.
And now briefly about "the drama
so great :. blah, blah Tom
Carriers rugged individualism has
made him a railroad president from
a track-walker. So rugged is his in
dividualism that he manages to direct
the slaughter of over 400 railroad
workers during a strike. CThere is a
- Foired stril.e-ieader in the film
who harangues the strikers. Almost
{ olrlcate OF the red" in Heroes for
Sale foreign accent and all) Yes,
a tough herman, our hero, who defies
the strike-leader and squelches the
men, Hitler fashion. That isn't all,
OF course. This murderer whom the
officiating minister eulogizes as ga
o''-~A ''-1n" utter his death, has son
whom he hates and later loves; a
wife whom he loves and later hates;
@ paramour whom he loves-hates-
loves-hates, and a male secretary
whom he loves-loves-loves. Think
I'm kiddin'? Even William Boehnel,
who knows how to be awfully charit-
able to Hollywood, remarked in bis
review of the film: The Power
and the Glory has something of the
wearing monotony that might be
achieved by a scene of drunkenness
that lasted throughout picture :. :"
SAMUEL BRODY.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
Film ReVieu
Neither P0Wer Nor Glory in
Fh"Narrdtage" Picture at
~. SlUaHky Gdiety

The other night solid bronze tab
let was unveiled in the lobby of the
Gaiety Theatre on Broadway to COM
n1emorate the world premiere of "a
drama SO great that it required new
technique to bring it to the screen.
Now, the use Of super-superlatives
in the usual hysterical wave of pub
lefty attendant upon the appearance
of a new picture is something that
even the most innocent among us
have learned to accept with several
grains of salt. But here was some
thing different. Something that made
lot Of pessimistic and tired film
fans sit up and lend ear. None OF
the well-k-lown passion thrill-mys-
tery-love- jealousy -hotcha- legs stuff.
sir, eArt!" 1'Narratage!" "a Revolu-
tionaiy Teeilniquel" And then a
learned few words of explanation for
the benefit Of the ordinary folks by
none other than the producer him
self, Jesse l.. Lasky The Power and
the. Glory is the first narratage
screen-play ever made. 1t embodies
the action of the silent picture, the
reality of voice. and the searching
penetration of the novel 1t is a
pleasure and a privilege to present
this powerful STORY to the American
public sasf
And naturally enough the "Ameri-
can public responded by staying
away lin such huge droves that the
night after the courtesy pass" open
ing4tf swanky Gaiety Theatre held
more empty seats than Congress dur
ing, a'filibustering session.
And how a few words about the
new technique" that had to be re-
sorted to In order to bring so great
a; drama to the screen" If the method
employed in "T'he Power and the
Glory is new and revolutionary, then
SO. isomy grandmother's hoop-skirt,
THE Face on. the Bar-Room Floor"
and a. bicycle built-for-two None
other than David Wark Griffith dis
covered it around the year 1908, to-
gether, with score of other then
revolutionary cinematic forms that
are IN use today by Hollywood, often
under the fraudulent pretense of be-
ing. something, new under the movie
SUM-. In movie language it is known
as the flash back" and consists in
interrupting the ordinary chronicle
gicaf development Of the narrative
and Flashing back" to some other
action or events.
The "fiash-back" as used in 1.-THE
Power and the Glory" differs from
its use7in many other films YOU have
seen only insofar as it is consistently
applied to the whole film to form
its basis rather than Just as an &C.
casionaf expedient Events in the life
OF a; dead man are narrated by his
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
FL A SH Els
and
.CLOSE-UPS
By LENS

Metro is rushing production on
Soviet. Wherein Jean Harlow
is an American communist, Clark
Gable an American engineer under
contract in the Soviet Union, and
Wallace Berry copiously whiskered
member of the G. P. U. =.
RIALTO THEATER WILL SHOW
A LESSER SINCLAIR CRANE
FILM CALLED THUNDER OVER
MEXICO" FALSELY PUBL
CIZED AS BEING THE WORK
OF THE SOVIET DIRECTOR
EISENSTEIN. In making the
announcement Variety adds; "Un-
less several political snags are
cleared up during the next couple
days, however, Arthur Mayer, oper-
ator Of the house, will drop the
thing.
Write in for proof that the blue
"hawk-eagle" NRA bird is stirring ur
an awful bit of kicking among film
shop employees. :. Pity handsome
Rob Montgomery who received a
mere $10,500 for appearing in person
on the Capitol stage for a week. +.
Calling Seymour Etern, editor of the
exclusive Experimental Cinema, last
seen dashing madly up and down
Manhattan Island trying to locate
the headquarters of an organization
called the Workers Film and Photo
League 200 East Fourteenth
Comrade =.
The Italian barber in "Smart
Money" who asks Edward Robinson
to bet on the second race for him is
Nicholas Bella, a member of the
Workers Film and Photo League.
Jimmy Cagney, that swell guy who
rose sky-high in popular esteem
since his open support Of Thomas
Mooney, finds it harder to sock his
tough danes and molls nowaday;
Neuritis in his right mitt
Warner threatened Jimmie with al
the damnations of hell when they
learned of his intention to at
tend Mooney mass meet in Lo;
Four thousand foreign actors
are stranded in Hollywood
These include 200 stars!
Take a swell tip from Australian
movie audiences If they DOM
like picture they simply count il
out Someone in the audience
yells out "one!" and those sharing
his sentiments about the film con
tinue the chorus up to ten By
that time either the house manager
will have caught on or the majority
of his audience will have walked out
l wonder whether there will be any
reference to the Tuscaloosa lynchings
in Marshall Nilan's forthcoming pro
duction "Chloe-The Romance of the
Sout"rnd"? C. B., of Brooklyn,
SER - name of Constance Ben
nett as he rominat OF for the worlds
worst actress. and adds almost de-
family: "And never mind the
iea sonst"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
Telephone Girls Fight
National Recovery Act

BOSTON, Mass, Aug. 18.--More
than 500 telephone operators met
Thursday in protest meeting
against the National Recovery Act
code applied to them. This code is
supposed TO cover some 5000 opera
tors in the Greater Boston area. The
meeting unanimously agreed that the
code was an infringement on their
conditions under which they had been
working for years. They also made
it clear to the bosses that they I'M
derstand that the payment for a 40
hour week in place of the full week
as before meant a reduction of 81 to
IS weekly for operators earning less
than $35 weekly. The girls are or
ganizing into a union of their own
and are making plans to fight this
official wage-cutter, the National Re-
covery Act.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
Students Protest u. S.
Issue of Hitler Book

sNEW YORK.-A sharp telegram
protesting against the American pub
lication Of Adolph Hitler's book, my
Battle was sent to the publishers,
Houghton Mifflin Co., in Boston, by
the Brooklyn Evening chapter of the
National Student League.
The telegram declared the stud
ents would do all in their power to
spread a boycott Of the publication
declaring that 1t serves as an impetus
to Fascist propaganda and the sup
preston Of workers and students
rights in this country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21

stuffed olives, cheese in all colors,
and printed menus. The Chief Stew
ard stood still as a statue in his
white uniform. The stewards stood
at attention at each door. They
had butterfly collars on and looked
like the end of the world. The
honeymoon couple from st. Louis
broke the spell by exclaiming ooh
how lovely"
THEN the soup was brought in.
Special soup spelt "soupe," with
the yolk of an egg floating in the
middle of each plate. Everybody
began to talk about how lovely the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
DENIED RELIEF


GRETNA, La-Sidney Csrmouche
applied for relief at the Emergency
Relief headquarters and was told that
he Is not physically fit for work.
When ne saw the section chairman
and asked for work in the office or
on the committee this was denied
him. He was told to send his brother
to work. When ne complied the
chairman threatened the brother if
he appears here for work.
Carmouche is an active worker and
is secretary Of the International Lab
or Defense here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
Police Put Torch on
JObless' Shanties

Hartford, Conn, Aug. 49,
Over 100 shanties where homeless
workers lived were put to the torch
by police today. People living in the
"squatters colony" at South Meadows
stood shivering in the rain as even
this cover over their heads was de-
liberately being set on fire by the
police.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21

duties, had kept him from attending
church these last years. But he
always contributed to the church,
and in fact, to all churches. II be-
lieve in the church." said he, ~ be-
lieve in it as social and spiritual
institution which helps to bring
faith and courage to the masses of
the people, especially in such try
ing times as these"
Old Mrs. Seaman tapped the
editor on the hand with her finger
tips. There you are speaking like
my dear old father, may his Soul
rest in peace" She sighed gently
"He was great believer in the
Church. We are Southerners, Mr.