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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10
FLASHES and
CLOSEUPS
BY DAVID PLATT
TbaelntaHn Film in Danger

TkGetHtdHn Film, IN Danger
AN ATTEMPT is being made in
n Cleveland, Ohio, to stop per
formances of that sterling anti-fss-
cist film Ernst ThaeImann, being
released throughout the country by
the Thaelmann Liberation Commit
tee -. as a result Of pressure from
both the German and the Italian
Consulates of Cleveland, an attor-
ney from the Attorney Generals
office and two representatives of the
Censors Board came up to the the
atre where the film was scheduled
to be shown and questioned the
right to show the picture uncen-
sored the reply was that the
film was news-reel and therefore
not subject to censorship but
the officials maintained the stub
born attitude that a news-reel
meant something like Hearst's and
other Hollywood news-reels and
could not possibly be meant to in
clude thoroughly n-American
film like Ernst ThaeImann-Fighter
Against Fascism >. the case is now
pending with the Censors Board
in the meantime the film is
being held up and will probably
be rejected unless a protest cam
paign is started against the actions
of the Cleveland authorities.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10

NCH oy CdLilCo UC4QUu DUilusOu.
Vanguard Press, publishers. Price
SIPS.
Reviewed by
CYRIL BRIGGS
MR.. JOHNSONS book is a pro-
lu grammatic document Of the
Negro petty bourgeoisie from the
pen of one Of its most brilliant rep
rensentatives.
1t is one Of the ironies of history
that a representative of that group
which, by its reforrnist policies and
shameless trucking to the white
ruling class, has led the Negro peo-
pie up blind alley, now essays the
role Of a Moses to chart the way
out" The irony is further height
ened by Mr.. Johnson's admission
of the political and intellectual
bankruptcy Of his class: I'VE are
not so sanguine about our course
and our goal as we were decade
ago. We are laundering"
Despite this admission, Mr.. John
sons goal, cleverly camouhaged be-
hind a pretense of unprecedented ap-
proach, impartial examination and
scientific" elimination (of oppos-
ing views, is to maintain the hege-
mony of this bankrupt class over
the Negro liberation movement,
particularly against the growing
challenge of the young Negro pro-
letariat and the increasing convic-
ton of the Negro masses that only
the Communist program offers the
way out of their intolerable condi-
tons.
In his foreword, Mr.. Johnson an
nounces his intention of outlining
the racial situation as it exists
today" and of pointing the ways
which, believe, lead out" But
only quack doctor would neglect
to diagnose a given malady. To
find proper cure one must under
stand the malady. And Mr.. John
son completely ignores the funda-
mental causes of Negro oppression,
which are deeply imbedded in the
capitalist system of robbery and
repression Of the vast majority of
the population, black and white, BY
an insignificant minority of CAPT
talists and big landowners.
I AYING claim to realistic APP
Il proach to his subject, Mr.. john
son ignores the most realistic fea-
ture of capitalist society and its
significance to the Negro liberation
movement: the class struggle, with
its growing solidarity of Negro and
white toilers in the developing class
and national struggles.
The half-slave conditions in the
Southern Black Belt continue to set
the pattern for the economic and
social oppression of the Negroes in
the North, but Mr.. johnson Of
fers no program for the Negro toll
ers denied possession of the land
they till, plundered of their labor
and crops by the white landowners
and bankers, and subjected to all
forms of violent repression, accept
the thread bare reformist illusions
in the fairness and impartiality"
: of the lynch courts of the land
owners. He brushes aside this ba-
sic question of the Negro liberia
ton struggle, the fight for the pos
session of the land by the land
less Negro farmers, with the shame
full lie that the actual enslavement
(Which he admits of the Negro
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10
Reorganization of N. y. Film
and Photo League

THE Film and Photo League oil
l N. Y. has undergone complete
revision to facilitate planned flm
and photo production =. workers.
writer's. cameramen, typists, cutters
technicians, directors, organizers
badly needed assistance OF john
Reed Club writers in scenario ana
editing departments especially vel
coined the field Of the fllm is
certainly broad enough to include
other cultural workers besides ca
meramen high time the reVolu-
tionary cultural movement began
actively supporting the one revolu-
tionary cultural medium of our time
whose potentialities are without
limit because the film is bigger
than any single art or individual
it can thrive only when nourished
by other arts and individuals en-
gagged in them there is no
reason why the cinema since it is
the one medium of our time capable
of reaching millions of workers in
a single day, cannot soon become
the central focal point of the cul-
tural movement !. new address OF
the N. Y. League is 81 East 2ist
Street. -.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10

Wanger showed it I don't know, but
the chances are he did, for the
blast appearing in the Examiner
this morning seemed directed at
this picture likely, too that
Luther, the Nazi, was at his home
while the picture was shown, for
he also was a house guest OF Hearst
last weekend. CThe next day there
appeared the editorial "Fascism and
Communism" and the editorial at
lacking France on the situation IN
the Saarl !. :" Watch this column
for further news on THE President
Vanishes," Hearst's campaign lot
federal censorship Of films, ana
Call to Arms"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10
You Young
BY WALKER wIEsLOw-

You young, you're in an army
You can't help it,
You were born In It.
And you don't fight,
You'll die in it.
1t is a big push to eat,
And bigger push to live at all.
The chevrons and insignia
You wear were well earned d.
Gaunt ribs, hard hands
And hungry eyes.
Look upl
Why even the sky is fenced
And love
Halt for it and they'll hem you In.
You'll starve and she'll sterve,
And your children will stsrve,
Playing they have job.
There are two armies;
The one that's hungry and the one that's not
ThereT be trouble telling the one you're in;
And all the distractions that lie between
Are no-mans land and a battling ground
1t isn't question of fight or not fight
It's question of live or die,
And revolution is life =.
Death you can get in any bread line.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10

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borhoOd for funds for the Daily
Worker. Only one week Is left In
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10
CoNFmENTIALLY SPEAKING

CONFDENTIALLY SPEAKING
Don't tell anybody. but Unit 6
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this is what they think of him.
Sec. 1S Unit .......S 1880
(Sl3 of this previ-
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listed.)
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Total -...... 385.47
Del will present a beautiful colored
portrait of his cartoon characters
every day to the highest contributor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10
CHANGE
THE
WORLD!
By MICHAEL GOLD

UERE three glasses containing white liquid. Is it
Al safe to drink from all of them?
On examination the first glass is found to contain
water the second contains gn and the third poisonous
acid.
It would be wrong therefore to group these three
glasses category they alike in
their the waiter in the restaurant did this
they lump fascist dictatorship in the poll
category petaran dictatorship This loose thinking
perhaps purpose surely wfu docy Of
the of attracted today
by great Hberatins hope of the Soviet Revolution
thinkers often accused the Mar1dsts Of
simphcaon problem; the poll
tics seeing black and white
liberals their anxiety capitalism who have
lost the ability clearly dictatorship be the
working the form by which the
carefully examined Certainly the goal
dictatorship more than worlds apart
Life and Death Struggle
IN THE fascist form Of dictatorship poison
oppression medieval darkness the
horror that intensified desperate capitalism.
proletarian dictatorship finds inter-
natonalm equality equality of desire
the renaissance
of our tortured humanity that attends growing socialism
say relationships the to
honeybee the since both belong
to the insect world
e. organizer of American labor Henry Ford
organizer Does this make them the sameP
they pursuing Of not; policeman
could instruct the difference.
happens to be the most glazing and monumental
Fascism and Communism mortal enemies
its chief inevitable
nd-death struggle for the world
Surely history demonstrated this deny
prove that there kyscrapers
In City,
Yet this precisely They
whether glass water is preferable glass of
poison the of Utopian gin they choose with all its
vague impossible planned capitalism confused demo
rhetoric muddy thought decisions grandeur They
reality decisions it involves Capitalism the great
promises half the human another
liberals this Hamlet, haven't the
the revolutionary this they
unpack foolish words.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10
The World Is in Motion

to analyze capitalism doesn't permit him
n easy verbal victories of the liberals
taught Marx Lenn Stain in the school of
daect searches for the he ignores
situation Besides knowing that truth is
concrete he also that the world dynamic and
that nothing in be studied in state of rest.
Everything everything contains contradictions 1t is
these contradictions that analysed since
negative and positive the electricity Of life
born But the anMarx liberals given to the abstract
generaies static philosophy of life When they
dictatorship fact them when they
another such fixed and eternal verify
them nothing changes They be made
that the proearn dictatorship
political system drawn according divine blue print left
altered blasphemou hands but that
between historic Of capitalism
Communism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10
Federal Censorship of Films

FedeTdL censorship or RUNS
THE fascist Hearst press has fired
the first gun in the campaign
for federal censorship of films
which is expected to consume many
sessions of the coming Congress
the Chicago Herald and Examiner
in its issue of December LIST, devotes
a leading editorial to what it con-
siders to be the communist" trend
in Hollywood production F.. States
Mr.. Hearst: IF motion pictures are
to be used for Con1munistic prop
uganda, it will not be long before
the American government will have
to step in to censor and suppress
such propaganda and directly to
supervise the film companies re-
sponsible for it and see that they
are conducted on a patriotic Amer
lean basis :" Perhaps the fol-
lowing letter dated Nov. 30th, Just
received from our Hollywood CORE
spondent will throw some light on
exactly what Mr.. Hearst means by
"communistic propaganda" -.
There seems to be quite a lot
of organized opposition toward The
President Vanishes," Walter Wan
gers newest film. Hearst is par
ticularly bitter, for the film shows
an ex-publisher and several mag
mates plotting to force the U. S.
into a European war -. this morn
ing the local Hearst rag printed a
tilgey article directed toward the
industry, particularly condemning
it for its prevalent use of propa-
ganda films in typical fascist
manner he threatened the industry,
stating that if they continued
spreading Communist (sic) propa-
ganda, it would be necessary for
the government to regulate the
business and dictate the type of
picture to be produced appar-
emily this opposition coming from
Hearst and other sources is having
It's effect. Paramount is nervous
and is delaying the release date of
1.-THE President Vanishes." Wanger,
worried about it all, has just flown
to New York with the object of
Strengthening out dangerous stu
alton 1 know this that
Hearst sent for the film and wanted
1t run at his San Simson home,
when he had as his guests, Dupont,
Raskob, Hutton and others of the
Liberty League, organizing at the
time in Los Angeles whether
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10
S, o. S.,

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No contributions we're received
today to the credit of Lab and
Shop.
Total to date. ...... s2e4.14
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10
Is a Starving Man Free?

THE all the fine shades of capitalism for this is
enemy conquer it better than
the capitalists themselves
reply the false alternative offered by
liberals that between dictatorship
that there
acknowledges that North
Stronghods political established with
Cromwell Washington
brought liberty
class market Beginning against
feudalm the attempt Of rising merchant class to shake off its
astocrac expo this capitalist did section
population usher in remarkable of expansion
great majority the population the
middle class really benefited by the capitalist
they of all the
depression capitalism They
starving struggling
district knows that his people vote equally with Mr.
Morgan tell in yacht
mockery
ITO be continued tomorrow
DISPLACED BY MEDICAL BOARD TODAY
third place todays contributions
the Medical Board However
highest percentage in quota
Party of Baby Fedor Observation-Disclosures 675
Smith LOO
E. Nonen 10
jamestown
Well wishing Crnlc LOO
Comrade Co.'s 200
Reed Club Cleveland ..................... zoos
Previously Reed ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S2316
Total .SS6892
Of
ii "Changeth
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10
Censorship in Pennsylvania

Censorship in Pennsylvania
THE Film and Photo League of
Philadelphia recently dug up
the following important data on
censorship in Pennsylvania
POtemkin - banned in Pittsburgh
for the past nine years because it
'incites to riot" Torch Tango
Eliminate closeup view of tear-gas
bomb in box" Eliminate dia-
logue: It's tear gas bomb. When
that explodes there won't be a dry
eye in the house" Cheaters-
Eliminate capitalized words where
they appear Suppose you did
prefer the straight and narrow &.
YOU'VE FOUND THAT THERE
AREN'T ENOUGH JOBS IN THE
WORLD FOR HONEST PEOPLE
MUCH LESS FOR JAIL BIRDS,
HAVEN'T YOU?' The Expec-
tant Father Eliminate all speech
es describing longings of pregnancy
also the word 1iverwurst' wher-
ever it appears" From Variety,
Sept. 18th, 1884 And in Penn
sylvania where taxpayers are es-
timated to contribute 100000 per
annum for censor maintenance, no
feature picture can contain Sc
quence dealing with rioting, despite
the fact that news-reels can tell
their story in the same state I'M
touched" I'm Pennsylvania it
is estimated there are from 200 to
300 per cent more deletions and
reflections than in any other state"
THE present Penna. Board
of Censors, long considered one of
the toughest in the country will
cease to exist officially January LIST
:. while few in the industry regret
the present boards disarmament
question is what kind of crowd is
coming in" :. Yes, what kind? (.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10
Blind Alley Way Out
Offered Negro Masses
By RefOrmist Misleader

NE GRO AMERICANS. WHAT
NOW? By James Weldon johnson.
Vanguard Press, publishers. Price
81 q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10
Periodicals
and Bulletins

An Important Organizer
TIE WORKING WOMAN, Deem
Der issue, published at so East Is
st., New York City. Five cents.
Reviewed by
LOUISE BROWN
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-05-16
NATIONS PLAN
TAKING HAND in
CHACO WRANCLE
GROUP or WORLD POWERS.
INCLUDING THIS COUNTRY.
SAID TO BE PLANNING
CONCERTED ACTION

LONDON, May i6---Tho Assoc
eiated Press was informed author
'itatively today that . group
of world powers, including the
United States and Great Britain,
are planning to take concerted ae-
ton to end the bloody war in
Chaeo between Paraguay and Be-
livia.
These powers are considering
measures Of repression which in
clude political economic and finsn-
ciai phases.
Action il being seriously con-
sidered here. in Washington and
Geneva.
II is regarded - possible that
the League Of Nations Itself MAY
take action shortly.
High authority asserted action
wopld ~be aimed At both govern
meats equally.
Possible lines 81 setisn might Ia
volve eeonosnie and financial non
cooperation with the two nations
in additicn 70 political ostxactsm.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-05-16

the senate and few are his equals
in fast give-and-take arguments
ton. In debate he combines pugna-
city, politenes sand logical thought
easily expressed.
1t is believed he holds the all
time capitol hill record for receipt
of fan and pam mail. To charges
that he has been inconsistent and
disIoyal to his party, he has re-
Piled:
II follow issues, not men. Ny
record shows no inconsistency Of
principle.
There was talk a year ago when
he was in poor health that his po-
litical career was drawing to a
close. But friends say he has made
an amazing recovery since a ma
jor operation a few months ago
and he, himself, says he feels as
he did Is years ago. Much of his
recuperative power has been at
tributed to abstemious living. He
neither drinks alcoholic beverages
nor smokes; he even refuses cof-
fee.
On June 20 he will be SO years
old. The years in the political arena
have left their mark on him, but
Borah Of Idaho still rides strong
ly, and alone.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-05-16
PINCHOT LOSES
!. In RACE AGAINST
SENATOR D. REED
DEFEAT AFTER
OPPONENT HAD PILED UP
MAJORITY or MORE THAN
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND

PHILADELPHIA. May 16.-
After Senator David Reed had
rolled mp a majority of more than
100000 in twc-thirds of the state.
Governor Clifford Pinehot today
conceded defeat an his effort to
win the republican nomination for
senator.
Blaming his defeat largely on
his health which prevented him
from making a personal tour of
the state, the governor. who twice
before had been defeated in his
efforts TO enter the senate, left
what political observers looked
upon as an intimation that he may
try again in the general election
in the fall.
If he runs it viii be on an in
dependent ticket against Reed on
the republican ticket, and Joseph
Guffey, democratic nominee.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-05-16
DOHERTY DAY
FUND GIVEN TO
HOSPITAL HERE
L. r. ARTMAN. CHAIRMAN OF
COMMITTEE, PRESENTS
CHECK TO MATRoN OF IN
sTITUTioN YESTERDAY

Maria Gutsens, matron of Mer-
eedes hospital, was made happy
yesterday BIZ the presentation of a
check for $685. by L. r. Artman,
chairman of the All-Florida DOH
erty Day committee in Key West.
March 10. 1888, was the day on
which this statewide celebration
was observed and all merchants
agreed TO give a part Of their prof
its on special sales to = fund for
advertising Florida and lis re-
sources.
A letter from the state commit
tee received Monday advised that
for Number Of reasons the move
nient fell far below expectations.
The entire amount collected
throughout the state was approx
mately 81. 500.
IL was decided 10 return to the
chairman in each city the amount
received, and S93.s5 was the sum
received by the chairman in Key
West.
After discussing with number
81 The contributors the NEST wor-
thy cause 10 which the money
could Be donated Il was decided to
give il 10 Mrs. Gatsens Tor use ~
the institution q which sAe has
devoted many years % her time.
heaee the presentation II the
ehe~k b 4g. Artnaaa yesterday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-05-16
MARITIME DAY
PROCLAMATION
OBSERVANCE OF MAY ~ rs
DECLARED NATION
Al EVENT

Under date Of May IL, notifica-
ton was sent out by the secretary
of the navy to all stations and
ships calling attention to the pres
ident's proclamation designating
May 20 as National Maritime Day.
The proclamation reads:
II, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
president Of the United
States Of America. do call
ppon. and. urge the people Of
j sbS U1ithd States u observe
May zz, 1854, IS National
Martins Day. and hereby
direct that government Off
eiaIs display the flag on all
xovernment buildings ON that
day"
Lieutenaht w. B. jackson. U. s.
n, officer in charge at the Key
West naval station told The Citi-
zen that naval commanders have
been advised to give consideration
TO requests received from local
maritime organizations for assist
ance with celebrations Of the day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-05-16
FURTHER SPONGE
SALES ARE HELD
THOSE TODAY SMALLER
THAN THOSE or YES.
TERDAr

Sponge sales this morning were
small in comparison with those Of
yesterday and last week, total for
the morning being approximately
e75e.
The sale bringing the most was
= lot which was offered yesterday
and the price refused. This sale
was consummated this morning,
the lot bringing 1851.
Another small lot brought slO5
and several small offerings
totalled about 500. One 81 the
lets received aEl,ids. the top
price Of fa71 being refusea 81 TIM
owners. AZ
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-05-16

has been a good back slapper,
baby kisser or post office peddier.
& Most Idaho folks apparently
have figured he didn't have time
to bother with such things as get
ting bridges or power sites for
his state. He had to be free, they
said. to do ''heavy thinking" on
!. the League Of Nations, disarma-
Iment, war debts and other big
matters.
There is story told to illus
tratc this sentiment. A farm boy
who had visited in Boise returned
home to tell his father with con-
siderable pride that Senator Borah
had been pointed out to him walk
ing down the street and looking in
store windows just as ordinary
people do.
The father, snorting specifically.
said:.
Son, those city people were
giving YOU big yarn. What the
hell do you think a man like
Borah would be, doing in Idaho?"
Fan And Pan Mail
Some political observers have
said the senator reached his zenith
in prestige a few years ago, that
his star has been fading. But he
still is rated the best orator in
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-05-16
TWO CASES ARE
DISPOSED OF in
CRIMINAL COURT
SAMUEL KELLY SENTENCED
TO THIRTY DAYS IN JAIL;
TALMAN CAREY PLEADED
GUILTY TO yACRANcY

Two cases were disposed Of in
criminal court at the session this
morning. Case No. IS. Samuel
Kelly. colored. and Case No. Is.
Talman Carey, were the ones
tried.
Kelly was charged with aggra-
waited assault on his stepfather
during an alteration, it being al
legged that Kelly started to draw
q knife which was found secreted
in his cap after his arrest.
Judge ]. Vining Harris was adj
vised he had been IN jail 81 days.
He was sentenced to spend an
other period of 80 days at hard
labor.
Talman Carey was charged with
When arraigned before
Judge Hugh Gum yesterday he
was charged with trespass but this
was modified to vagrancy and to
this he pleaded guilty.
This morning he entered the
same plea. His stepfather, WAL
ter Munro, stated that If released
in his custody he would see that
Carey left town. Asked how long
it would take to have arrange
ments made to send him out, the
court was informed 48 hours at
the most.
Judge Harris ordered the pris-
oner held in Jail until such time as
his transportation was provided
and then have him accompanied
to the railroad station and guard
ed until the train departed.
No further business was sched-
uled for the day and an informal
recess was ordered and jurors in
structed to report 10 o'clock to-
morrow. e