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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-15
Plan John Reed Club
Art Exhibit in N. Y,
Invite French Artists

THE Artists Section of the New
i York John Reed Club is send
ing out invitations to all local ar
lists, Art Sections of other John
Reed Clubs and to the artists Of
the AEAR of France, the French
equivalent of the John Reed Club.
to participate in huge exhibition
against Fascism, Hunger and War.
The exhibition is slated to open
in the Club gallery, 583 Sixth Ave-,
New York, ON Dec. I.
The circular sent out by the
Club gives an analysis of the three
subjects and their effect upon ar
lists, workers and culture gener-
ally, the meaning of the National
Industrial Recovery Act. points out
the fascist manifestations in this
country, the growing war danger
and how the artist can be vital
factor in the struggle against fas-
cism, hunger and war. Z
The participation in the exhibl-
ton by the artists of the AEAR
will be the first establishing Of re-
lations with revolutionary artists
of Europe.
A fee OF as cents will be charged
to each American exhibitor to cover
the expense of the exhibition. Last
day of entry for works is Novem-
Der Is For further informaticsey
write to the Exhibition Comm :
tee OF the John Reed Club.
Sixth Ave, New York.
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''LENINISM H." BY JOS.
STAIN, SUNS UP RECENT
EXPERIENCES OF U.S.S.R.

I ENINIsM, VOL. III. by Joseph
IL Stain, just issued by Interna-
tional Publishers, enlarges upon and
develops further the basic policy
and tactic described in Leninism,
to which this is a companion vol
unle.
Stains important political adj
dresses and reports contained in
Vol. II deal with collectivization
and the question of the relation of
the working class and its dictator
ship to the peasantry; Industrial
ization and its tempo; the Five
Year Plan and the building of So
cialism; the right danger in the
Communist Party OF the Soviet
Union and in the Communist In
ternational; the international po-
litical situation and the tasks of
the varied Parties; the history of
the Bolshevik Party; problems re-
lated to the planning and building
of socialist economy.
Stains speeches, which we're de-
cisive in initiating new stages in
the building of Socialism, are also
included. Such are: "A Year of
Great Change Dizzy With Sue
cess" New Conditions, New
Tasks and his political reports to
the Party Congresses, Interviews
with delegations of foreign work
ers and articles on questions of
policy and tactic serve to round
out the volume into a comprehen-
sive presentation of Leninism in
its latest developments.
Leninism, Vol. l, contains some
of Stains most basic works, such
as Problems of Leninism" and
Foundations of Leninisrn." Vol.
II concerns itself for the most part
with the application of the principal
enunciated in the first volume to
the building Of Socialism and the
problems of the international Com
munist movement.
The second volume is uniform
with the first. No Marxist-L enin-
list library can be complete without
it. 1t is an indispensable political
source for all activists and stu
dents, Obtain your copy (467 pp,
clothbound, s2,50) from bookshops
or direct from international Pub
fishers, 381 Fourth Ave, New York.
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PATERSON
By ROSE PASTOR STOKES

By ROSE PASTOR STOKES
Rose Pastor Stokes, revolutionary
nen for than 80 and took leading
strikes died recently Frankfurt Germany,
caused by blow from = poicemans
Our folded hands again are at the loom
The air
Is ominous with peace
But what we weave you not through the gloom.
It's terrible with doom.
Beware!
You dream that we are weaving what you will?
Take care!
Our fingers do not cease
We've starved-and lost; but we are viewers still;
And hunger's in the mill .
And Hunger moves the Shuttle forth and back
Take care!
The product grows and grows
shroud it is; shroud Of CHASTITY black
We've never let you lack!
Beware!
The Warp and Wool of Misery and Defeat
Take Care!
See how the Shuttle goes!
Our bruised hearts wiii bitter hopes now heat
The Shuttle's sure-and fleet
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Movie Notes
SHAME

THIS is one of the most interest
ing of the recent Soviet dialogue
films and is the combined effort Of
Ermler, Director of Fragment Of
an Empire" and Yutkevich, Di-
rector of Golden Mountains
Now, together they have made q
film about the shortcomings and
successes of workers and engineers
in Leningrad Turbine Plant that
gives a pretty clear picture of how
revolutionary morality functions in
the Soviet Union.
What is it that makes new
Soviet film a kind of event in this
country where workers are con-
tinually being insulted by filmsP
Especially during these days Of
mass unemployment and wage cuts,
where the factory boss's daughter
is always falling for young factory
hand, who automatically thereupon
becomes manager of tn ecompany,
marries the girl and presto up
goes the stock market, their com
petitors crash the ground, and 10
and behold shining new smoke
stack arises symbolizing success and
fortune.
Why when We see a picture like
Shame do We feel as tho we have
been in close contact with revolu-
tionary workers and active parti-
cipants in their experiences, instead
of merely warming our chairs and
watching dumb actors go thru their
parts?
Soviet films are inseparable from
the life and experiences of the So
Wet workers. The reality of Soviet
life, work, play, plans, is deeply
rooted in their films. The incidents
of Shame occur in thousands Of
factories all over the Soviet Union
every day. Here we have the living
factory, the fine comradely spirit
among the workers and engineers,
the feeling of play, joy, humor,
gentleness, vigor, determination,
fairness-the whole of Soviet work
ers life.
1t Is this strong unity between
the filmic presentation and the liy-
ing reality that makes Shame and
most Soviet films memorable long
after they are seen. Don't miss
Shame, showing all week at the
Thalia Theatre.
N
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Book Notes
NEW INTERNATIONAL"
BOOK DESCRIBES LIFE
OF BRITISH WORKERS

AN exhaustive, popular and highly
"A interesting account of conditions
in the British Isles is contained in
The Conditions of the Working
Class In Britain, by Allen HUT,
just issued by International Pub
fishers.
For the first time since Freder-
lex Engels wrote his classic, The
Condition of the Working Glass In
England in 1874, 80 years ago, the
present book sets out to diagnose
capitalist society today, as ex-
pressed in the conditions of life and
work in Great Britain.
In his introduction to the book,
Harry Pollitt, British Communist
leader, says: I'm Allen Hutt's book
we get AN indictment even more
damning than that which Engels
penned in 1914. The stark re-
atty is that in 1888, for the mass
of the population, Britain is hun
cry Britain, badly fed, clothed and
housed. Allen HUT proves this
from the actual facts and figures
provided by life itself and the re-
ports Of capitalisms own agents.
The other aspect of the problem he
presents is that of the working
class finding its way forward,
struggling against capitalism and
reformism, building up in unem-
ployed and strike struggles the
power and leadership that can go
forward to the revolutionary over
throw Of capitalism, the establish
ment of the workers dictatorship,
and the building of Socialism"
1t is therefore clear that, aside
from the informative value of this
book, it holds much in the way Of
lessons and theoretical guide for
the workers in America.
The chapter heads indicate its
value. They are: The South Wales
Coalfield Today; Lancashire: the
Classic Soil" of Capitalism; Crisis
on Clydeside; London; Unemploy-
ment and the Economy" On
slaught; Women and Children
First" The Toilers of the Coun-
tryside; The Middle Glass and the
blaek-coated workers; The Attitude
of the Bourgeoisie Toward the Pro-
letariat; The Fight for Socialism.
The book (272 pages, clothbound,
so may be obtained at bookshops
or direct from International Pub
fishers, 381 Fourth Ave, New York.
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doctor to attend them filled him
with a fierce resentment 1t was a
burden he carried with him and
his detection grew with the fear
that Jackie might die. Martha was
saying something. He looked up
and noticed with a shock how thin
she was and how dark the rings
under her eyes were.
We've been dispossessed, JIM"
she said.
He had expected that, and he
had known by her calm way of first
serving his food and telling him
that Ellen was better, that this
was coming.
Jim got up early the next morn
ing and stood in line at the Relief
Bureau. When his turn came he
was shown into q room where a
woman sat very straight at a large
desk in the center and three other
women bent over three smaller
desks, one to the right, one to the
left and one behind her. Their
desks were covered with piles Of
papers and they were very busy
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the stranger about the long years
at the front. And he told about
the long years since then. A job.
Being fired. A job. Long hours.
Fired. A job. Low wages, speed
up. Fired. Looking for job. A
rotten grind. Getting q job. A
rotten grind with the added worry
of being fired. Living from hand
to mouth. You raised a family,
only to see them in constant want.
When he was silent at last the
stranger said, Tough, alright"
And shaking his head sadly re-
peated, Tough"
I'M, walking slowly homeward,
y felt q sudden anger at the
strangers final word. 1t was as If
word meaning nothing had been
thrown into a void and left no
mark.
Martha met him at the door
eagerly. "Anything?" she asked.
Nothing"
Onc turned away. opening can
OF beans she dished them out and
set a place for him at the table.
The gas had been turned off five
weeks and they ate only canned
food with their dry bread. Jim ate
in silence and Martha sat watch
ing him across the bare table with
only their two plates between them.
From the bedroom came a faint
whimpering.
TITS Jackie" said Martha softly.
'His ear is worse. It's been run
ming badly all morning.
"And ELEM" asked Jim.
"She's a little better today. But
I'm still keeping her away from
Jackie. 1t would be awful If he
caught the measles now"
WE'VE BEEN DIsPOSsESSED"
Jim swallowed his food in silence.
The thought of the children lying
in bed sick day after day with no
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mass of them were resisting the
attempt of a group of men to en-
ter the house. There was a brief
scuffle and the police came, crash
ing into the crowd of protesting
workers. There were shouts of
"There will be no evictionl" and
the, crowd plunged with one sweep
in on the men who had come to
move the furniture into the street.
The police swung their clubs ON
inously and struck out wildly.
Cries mingled with the shouts, but
the. surge of the crowd grew more
persistent, No one ran away at
the cops warnings The crowd had
attracted more people and the
shouts of Down with evictions!"
was taken up by the newcomers.
From a ground-floor window the
landlords head appeared. He beck
oned to someone and the commit
tee of five went in.
II didn't want such a distur-
bance," the landlord said, He was
agitated and at a loss for words.
What can 1 do? What can 1 do?"
he kept repeating.
The committee told him. No
eviction and an extension of time.
The Relief Bureau would have to
pay.
%All right, all right" he agreed.
The perspiration was running down
from his bald head. He was afraid
now, and he agreed to their de-
mands quickly. "Only send that
Council away!" he said.
When the police and the marshal
had gone small groups stood around
talking, 1t passed from one to
the other of them, how effective
the action of the Council was.
I'M, talking to a member of the
JCouneil was radiant with graft
tude. He had not thought it pos
sibie, he said, only workers against
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-15
NEW BOARD CHOSEN
BY JOHN REED CLUB


NEW YORK.-A new executive
board OF the John Reed Club, elected
at general membership meeting
held Wednesday evening at $50 Sixth
Ave, will guide the clubs activities
within the next few months. 1t is
lists and writer's bureaux,
The artists are Max Spivak, Walter
CURT, Mitchell Fields, william Siegel,
Jacob Dainoff and Anton Refregier.
Joseph Freeman, Manuel Gomez,
Conrad Komorowski, Maurice Colman
and Edwin Rolfe compose the writer's
bureau.
Arrangements are in progress for
the Eastern Seaboard regional confer
ence of John Reed Clubs, to be held
in New York in the fall
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-15
BY DAVID PLATT.

THE United States Department OF
Commerce recently released fig
ures as of June l, showing that while
the film industry increased its prop
critics through the addition Of sound
by $20O,OO0,Oo0, the average weekly
attendance in movie houses has
steadily declined until today it Is Sc
per cent under the peak year of
sound, 1923.
In 1928 the average weekly at
tendance at movies was estimated
at the enormous figures of 100,-
900, 900. Today it is mere 44,SOO, 600.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-15
Portrait of a Southern Jail:
Letter from Prisoner Tells
Of Filth, Disease and Graft

oners. The food we get here never
costs the Jail more than is cents
day at most, and certainly this is
not such a wonderful hotel that
we should be charged $1.10 a day
daily for room. This leaves ire
mendous room for graft, and every
one here knows it.
PAY FOR FAVORs
This is only part of the graft.
In order to get favor done, you
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ARTISTS AND WRITER'S
URGED TO CONTRIBUTE
TO THE FEATURE PAGE

The Editors of the Daily Worker
cordially invite contributions from
revolutionary artists and writer's.
Short stories, poems, features,
etc. are wanted to appear every
Saturday on this page.
All contributions should be ad-
dressed TO the Editor of the Fea-
ture Page Daily Worker, so e. 18th
st., New York, N. Y.
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cops, only a handful of workers
against the laws process.
The Council member answered
him. Man, you came out to fight
the last war with bullets and ma
chine guns. That wasn't your warl
You must fight this one against
starvation and evictions. You
must come out OF your hidden COR
ners into the light and fight. This
one is yours!"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-15
IGNORE SICK
PRISONERS


1.-THE rules are that sick persons
are to be taken care of, and given
proper medical attention and prop
er food. The county is being paid
for this, but it takesiaa long time
before doctor shows up, and even
then all they give us isoan aspirin
tablet, no matter what4ails per-
son. -
Right at this moment there are
prisoners who have gone insane
from conditions here. One man lay
sick in his cell for days before
anything was given hiul.ssAnd he is
now in the insane cell. Several
have gone insane since. we have
been here. The bywordsin this Jail
is Die and prove that you we're
slck' Otherwise no! one believes
you.
The food in this jaileis becom-
ing worse every day. only last
night the food was SO bad that the
men flooded their celfs in protest.
They we're all locked up immedi-
atey in solitary, but this morning
we got some pretty good eggs for
breakfast. But the other meal was
Just as bad as before. Most of the
foods here are starches Corn bread,
grits, rice, fat-back cooked SO bad
it is UNBEATABLE many times. Even
though this is the season for veg
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THIS IS YOUR WAR! 3, A As Srq Rss,.u

THE sun was pouring its molten
Trays over the city. 1t blazed over
Madison Square, drying the few
blades Of grass and soaring the
leaves of the scant trees. 1t burned
down on the ragged figures of men
sitting there. Young men and old
men, gray-faced and tired. The
heat mingled with the misery Of
their hunger, turning them all into
old men. Their eyes were dull and
lifeless, and they sat and stood
about silently.
Jim DAILY, leaning on the rail-
ing, watched the pigeons picking
morsels out of the ground. His
shoulders dropped disconsolately as
he rested on his arms.
"They seem to be having a tough
time of it, too," the man beside him
spoke for the first time.
He looked up sharply, "What?"
"Pecking around the dirt for
grub" the man explained. mot
much in the dirt for all that
bunch"
Jim remained silent. The man
was small and his clothes hung
Imply on his bony frame. They
sagged unevenly to the ground with
a hopeless bagginess. 1t was as If
they despaired of ever being filled
in.
The man persisted with a grim
chuckle They're not so different
from us"
Jim WINGED.
"Well, don't we scratch around
barrels for the best pickings in the
garbage2" the man demanded
Il don't. Not yet, anyway" Jim
said. Cant do that for wife and
kids"
still hanging on to them, huh"
said the man. Il left my son
months ago. Don't even know
where he is now"
"You can't very well leave a wife
and coupla sick kids to starve."
mo. Ye can't do that, but it
doesn't help them much to starve
with them"
Been looking for any kind of
work." jim explained, I'm a ma
chinist by trade"
"Gave up looking, months ago.
Amt no use," said the man lacon-
ically.
ST know. I tried every factory
in Brooklyn, and I've been around
in Manhattan, too. Nothing at
ALL"
Its tough" said the man.
IT'S A WAR ALRIGHT
They were silent for a time,
watching the birds scrambles. The
sun grew hotter. The street was
flooded with heat, baking it like an
oven. They looked across at the
three cornered flatness of the Flat
iron Building with its window
broken surface. 1t stood there,
aloof, and peered at them from a
hundred points of reflected light.
They looked down at two pigeons
squabbling over a crumb.
"It's fight alright" the stranger
remarked.
yeah. Fight" Jim said. "a
war for crumbs" He looked at his
hands. "Only haven't even got
that left"
Were you in the WARP"
yeah. At the front. Bugles,
drums, uniforms and a lot of hur-
rains. Trenches, marches, bullets,
dead bodies. Blood and dirt mix
ing until you couldn't tell which.
Filth and stinks and rotten food.
What do you get at the endl Med
ais and letters telling you how
brave you were. And now look at
me! Can't even get job"
Jim Missed the words from be-
tween his teeth. He spat them out.
A pent-up flood let loose. He told
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tllc oyl ccl-
THERE WILL BE
NO EVICTION"

Outside the sun shone down
peacefully. The Unemployed Coun-
Gil mad turned out and the whole
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-21

The Greeks believed turquoise
could save the wearer from death.
and this blue stone was said never
TO be seen on the hands OF or worn
by q person killed"
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NEXT - A baritone sings THE
Prisoners Song" of bride
charges. beatings. and what hap
pened i'm the FARMS Office
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Had Advance Notice

But Williams tells of the mysteri-
Gus manner in which farm officials
knew what was happening before it
happened. in an incident surround
ing LueSse.
"One evening Arment he speaks
OF + L. Arment. assistant superln-
tendent of the farm came TO me
and said. LueSse is going to write a
letter. and he told me to bring him
over the next morning and TO be
sure and get the letter
T. continues Williams affidavit.
event over to LueSSe and told him
wanted 10 see him after all the rest
had gone TO the mess hall While
my back was turned. Luesse ran and
gave the letter to another fellow and
I took them both over 20 Arment's
Office.
Sent TO Hole"
Later I learned that they put
the boy who got the letter il chains
and LueSSe went back to The hole.
Luesse had gotten out Of the hole
only the day before says the for
mer guards affidavit
Il have been stationed rs a guard
during supper time IN the hole.
Some were put there Justly and some
not Justly" charges Williams, in his
sworn statement.
The former keeper vouches for the
reports in the afiidavtS of other for
mer inmates that prisoners in the
hole" are fed but one slice of bread
as meal and given water.
II have heard that prisoners were
beaten up after they've been hand
cufIed. Swears Williams under oath.
Chained to BaIk Escape
Sometimes a rat Che means a
talebearerl would go and tell Ar
men K. L. Arment. assistant super
intendent. in charge of farm diScip-
line that some fellow was going 10
escape and Arment would put the
suspect IN chains and sometimes in
the hole, aSerts Williams under
oath
He declares that Arment took the
rats word instead OF the prison.
er's. on occasions Of this kind.
SnugneSS of the TT OF chains on
lees Of some prisoners at the farm
Is told by Williams with The chains
1T pretty tolerable tight around the
leg I have seen inmates wrap things
around their legs 70 keep the chains
from hurting. Some chains or leg
bands are bigger than others. and.
OF course. some fellows have bigger
legs
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EX-GUARD VERIFIES STORIES
Of PENAL FARM CRUELTY:
TELLSOF Holes HORRORS
Inmates Placed in Dungeon When Suspected
of Escape Plots; Club Was Alarm
Clock in Prison Dormitory.
This is ninth Of conditions at the Indi
BY ARCH STEINEL
M tan

An old man droops" senty him
Indiana farm orders Go the Wreck
guard captain called The old placed
d D eW
drag fo STAYS there No ed aid
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One Bath a Week

Sometimes the dormitory linen
wasn't changed for new men. Linen
was changed once a week. The men
got change of clothes and a bath
once a week. no oftener. The in
mates who worked in the shale pit
and the coal beavers would get
pretty dirty in a weeks time" as
serts Williams sworn statement
Earlier affidavitS 10 TIE Times
told Of special Jail cell IN the hos
pital for inmates whom they feared
might escape.
It's regular cell in the base
ment," adds the affidavit Of the for
mer guard
Former Guard Williams tells of
one fellow in my dornitory called
Cubic who claimed to be a Cuban.
and he was really mean, but 1
don't think he was crazy.
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Grapevine" Is Effective

They continued Williams state
ment, sent him to the criminal in
sane ward at Michigan City. He
was Just a petty offender like the
rest of the men. I never had any
trouble with This Cuban"
The ease with which tips got out
at the state farm of probers, inves-
tigating committees, or the coming
Of the farms board is explained by
Williams affidavit with
Zone more thing. Whenever any
one came out TO look the state farm
over, we always knew about their
coming" concludes Williams in his
affidavit
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Bribery, Theft Charged

He says he found 81 in tobacco
and toothpaste on the fellow, a
Negro.
Lots Of officers bribed prisoners
to get meat and stuff to them to
take home, charges Williams in his
affidavit.
Il have seen Captain Arment slap
men, but the ones 1 saw him slap
l thought deserved it. I have seen
men come in the dormitories with
knots on their heads and say that
guards did it, accused Williams. in
his notarized statement.
CloSeness of the recreational hall
on Sundays when prisoners congre-
gated there is related by Williams
in his affidavit.
In No. dormitory they some
times had bedbugs-some times they
were pretty bad declares Williams
statement.