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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-19
How the Press Whips
Up ''Anti-Red" Frenzy

( to cash in on It but are making
little Roadway. People who read
and hear these things take them
with a grain Of salt-or perhaps
/ several grains Of salt. The workers
I cannot forget that the Communists
did win strikes whereas the A. F.,
Of L. unions, in the main, are in
/ active except for the collecting Of
dues.
/ And because Of the very indiffer-
ence Of the people to the Red"
scare, the newspapers are becoming
more bitter In their comments. It
is interesting to see a typical edi-
torial about the Reds and I shall
quote one from the Los Angeles
Times The reader viii notice
that it not only urges the formation
Of fascist groups but the last para
graph boldly hints that the use Of
force would not be q bad way TO
drive out the Communists.
Says the editorial:
Formation of the Imperial VAL
ley Anti-Communist Association to
repel and combat the Red invasion
is, in view Of the Communist threat
that not a car Of cantaloupe will be
allowed to be shipped this season,
very timely. The inroads of Com
munist agitators among the Mex
lean laborers are believed to have
been checkmated by action Of the
Mexican Consul; but full precsu-.
tons should nevertheless be taken
to guard against agitation and agi-
tators'
Mote: In several instances the
Mexican Consul in the area affected
by strike or q prospective strike,
organized Mexican migratory
workers in Mexican union"
These unions usually got slight
raises in the wage scale, but the
moment the harvest was over it
disintegrated-with the cooperation
of the consul. The function Of the
consul was to keep the Mexican
migratory workers from joining the
Csnnery and Agricultural Workers
Union--J. L. s.
ITO be Continued.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-19
CHANGE
THE
WORLD!
THE
The Press Reports" An Anti-War Meeting
BY MICHAEL GOLD

The Press Reports An Antl-War Meeting
Dear Mike
April swarmed Nicholas
Arena support rally against held
League
The hall speaker the program
Harry Ward League
and Fam other speakers Various organizations
there IN force Speeches made the most vital issues that
confront civilization resolutions drafted
hunderngly passed.
morning buy copy the Times to
what the capitalist had the affair An the News
That's Fit to Print Not line Not word But what's this? Here's
paragraphs speech
Right Holmes Community
I give up
capitalist press msrepnts many
important
factualy crmnay dsorng
truth virtue of what by virtue Of what refrains
from saying the
President the front and bue truthful account
Of strike of factory workers in TO- the Times lying When
gives four columns to the exadon proceedings against insult
one-twenty-sevnth Party
ton lying space
Guiding photos parades speeches
to 5000 crowd rally addressed it is lying.
All the News That's Fit to Print Ell?
fit print against murder
not fit hardly Times"
feelings
Times knew that the audience
market the
Times" hardly buy
sheet let alone the models displayed the automobile
tsemens
This they try revolutionary events
what the real damage But like the Daily
only breaking through these walls They the
effect they have on the workers by the demand for truth they
srousng in the workers forcing the capitalist pay
attention to truth bunk. PHILIP POLLACK
P. S--FIave L wrong Times"
1t they the concluding
speech against (Which
could reported
also been rally of 5000 at St Nicholas Arena That's all.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-19
A True Story

Daily Worker; Daily Worker
Lewis hollered automatically,
"Goddam you'll" shrieked the nov
thoroughly enraged cop. you son Of
bitch, if you don't get out of here
I'll smash your brains in" With
this the cop started punching anc
pushing Lewis around.
"Boo-o-o-o!"
"Cossack!"
Leave him alone!"
Down with the Tammany tllugs!'
The workers we're springing into
action.
Gimme Daily"
ME too"
'I want one too"
Incensed by the actions of the
cop, sympathizers who had already
bought papers bought a second copy
to show their solidarity with Lewis
Stay right here, comrade-"
Don't let him chase you away
Get his number and we'll report
him."
Such were she comments from the
crowd which by this time had
grown to a considerable size.
Baffled and defeated the cop
turned his attention from Lewis to
the crowd that had assembled and
tried to break it up. All this time
workers kept coming up to Lewis
and buying papers until they were
all sold out. Gradually the crowd
melted away and the corner re-
turned to normal once more.
The next day the Greenwich Vii
lage branch of the International
Labor Defense sent a vigorous letter
of protest to the Police Commits
sioner condemning the action of
police officer No. 1898, and demand
ing the right to sell the Daily
Worker in front of Stuart's Cafe
terra, No answer was ever received
-but-Bill Lewis is still selling the
Daily Worker at the old stand.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-19
Red Builder

don't femme have to tell you again
This is your last night on this cor
ner. Let that be final. If I see va
around here tomorrow night, I'm
gonna run va in. Now don't say I
didn't warn va"
20. K, officer, thanks for the
warning. I'll be right here as usual
tomorrow night" replied Lewis.
Bill Lewis had been in the work
ing class movement long enough to
know that the police had no bust
ness to interfere with his selling
the Daily Worker. If he had been
selling the capitalist papers he knew
he wouldn't be bothered. 1t was
only because he was selling the
Daily Worker which exposes the
police terror and the rotten cap
italist system for which the police
are watchdogs, that they bothered
him. 1t always happened when
ever anyone tried to build up a new
corner. Well, If the police wanted
to make an issue of it, Lewis was
willing and ready to go the limit if
necessary to once more establish
the right to sell the Worker" of
this particular corner.
The next day Lewis went to an
I. L. D. lawyer to find out lust
exactly where he stood. Explaining
the situation to the lawyer he was
told what he had been fairly sure
Of, that Chapter % Article 10 Sec
ton 149 R of the Code of Ordin-
ances specified that no license or
permit of any kind was needed to
sell papers on the street.
In order to check up on any reg
ulation the Police Department might
have, the lawyer called up Police
Headquarters. The head operator
at Headquarters told the LAWYER
that no regulations existed govern
ing the selling of newspapers by
any adult, that anyone could sell
all the papers he wanted, anywhere,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-19
WHAT'S ON
ThnrSdnu

CORLrSs LAMONT lectures on under
standing Soviet Russia" at De witt Gin
ton High School, Mosholu PARKWAY Sub
way Station, $50 pm Auspices. Bronx
Boro Branches F.s.U. Adm. use. Balslsiks
Orchestra.
OPEN FORUM Pen g. Hammer Club. ia
W. 2fst st., $40 pm. Lecture on Housing
and jobs by Leonard Gross of Economics
Comm. Adm. i5c.
SENDER GARLIN, of the Daily Worker
Staff, will speak on THE Meaning Of May
Day" at Premier Palace. Suffer Avenue
and Hinsdale St, Brooklyn, tonight, at
o'clock Pictures of conditions under
MIRA. following lecture. Auspices Browns
vile section Of Y.C.B.
PARTY In honor Of 18th issue of Wall
Paper at Tom Mooney Br. lid, 1923 E. 18th
St. s:l5 p. m. Entertainment, Refresh
ments. Adm. free.
EDITH BERGMAN Br. LID. meets at
Borough Park Cultural Club 1880 5sth
St, Brooklyn. Joint membership meet
ing Of all West End Branches. $50 pm.
SOVIET CHINA. The Imperialist Race
in Sinkisng Province and its Relation to
Soviet China. Lecture by John Phillips
at Friends of the Chinese People, 1888 w.
2Srd St. $3.50 pm. Adm. 15c.
SUNNYSIDE Branch LID. Lecture by
Joseph Tauber on THE Role OF the In
ternationsl Labor Defense in the Glass
Struggle" Monroe Court, 4sl3 47th ST.,
$50 pm. Adm. 15c.
Friday
GALA American Youth Club Anniversary
Celebration presenting the biggest concert
ever seen at Premier Palace, Suffer Ave.
and Hir8dsls St
ALBERT NfALTZ co-author Of peace
on Earth" lectures on ''The Role OF the
Theatre in the Revolutionary Movement. /"
fremont Prog. Club, 56e E. fremont Ave.
$3.50 pm.
MAX BEDACHT, General Secretary Of
Two. speaks on the Negro Question and
Youth Work in Harlem at a general men,
oership Of the Youth Sect Of TWO. at
i22 Second Ave, Bird floor, pm. All
members Of Two. invited.
Boston
l2th Anniversary Entertainment and
Dance given by Y.C.L. at 11s Dudley St
Roxbury. Adm. 35c. Good time for ali
Friday, April 20, pm.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-19
Music By White Guardists

capacity respectable bourgeois
attended the of the Prince obeensy
Town Hall the other night There excellent opportunity
witness the decadence cultural bankruptcy
residents of New Yorkan instance their
bankruptcy the world
Imagine you program music prporting to be repre-
sentative spirit
single that
Of an oppressed peasany ranng at the yoke OF their masters
Where the proetarat heavng
under the iron heel of depotc capitalism
for freedom?
yelling Russia we we're treated
to efuaons like the "Cherubm Fveky
duo of the Chanters Created by Tchesnoko
Worthy Is Thy Lamb Tschaikowsky
ngiou and operate pieces.
choice of these numbers lies in their texts
Thus FVey song which opened the begins with the
holy angels solemn gathering through the air
Far from our hearts this blessed day drive earthly
The remnants of Russian tyranny compare themselves to ov an
ges they have earthly they they plots
bthe the Soviet Union in
blood Tchesnokofs Lord these erstwhe
butchers call themselves Gods
The concert concluded with Nous
sorgskys Boris Godounof The
the revolutionary aspect of this
Boris at his coronation typical prostitution!
The performance calls for chorus
o recruited on the basis of social prestige rather than ability
sang like members dying clan spirit quality marked
their efforts How different the average
chorus in its effect The difference between the quick the
the truth fa1sehood.
obensky bassocantante rendered several solos
From the swollen hulk of his the
climbing critics of the metropolitan da distressing although
they were polite and tactfu in their reviews Between
Prince contributed several hearty bece
The most interesting factor audience Few
tickets paid for almost all passes
Still dreaming OF the time when they ruled
and still hoping to their lost preeners
their best clothes play being Often clothes
consisted OF an obviously rented borrowed
Many royal neck deserving
monds that formerly the armies OF
Denkn and Kolchak Lips fabby with cruelty
kissed hands bathed in workers blood
bath The disgusting conscious observer
one TACT about the audience hearening
well on IN years Members of
therefore more anxious to alive But
must be patent to them daughters brought
race 10 race with reality
eutabe triumph Of the proetaat gives to the
Forward to the World Reyolution
am Writing this letter to because
for me to review the dpassionay and my paper is too
democratic and liberal" allow popagandistc criticism So
as need my job / shirked writing
reason pseudonym communicating with YOU
include revolutionary greetings other GLASGOW
sclous newspaper men EMMETT SAUNDERS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-19
BY w. L.

by w. IL.
Daily Workerl Daily Worker!
Read about the big coal strike in
tomorroW's Daily Workerl"
Bill Lewis, Red Builder, blew first
on one hand and then on the other
as he shifted his papers. New York
was in the grip of its first cold snap
of the season. Lewis had no gloves
The lights Of Stuart's Cafeteria,
situated on strategic corner in
Greenwich Village glared brightly
as he continued hawking his papers.
Occasionally one would stop and
buy one, making sure 1t was the
following days paper. In New
York the workers daily, like the
capitalist press, was on the streets
by nine o'clock.
Daily Workeri Daily Work."
Hey you-Ya gotta license to sell
that paper"
Bill looked up to a husky well-fed
limb of the law glaring at him.
Its well known fact, officer,
that no license is needed to sell
papers on the street." stated Lewis.
"Oh yeah, who told you that?'
growled the cop.
why only last week a Judge dis
missed worker arrested for selling
this paper" Lewis told the COP.
Pulling a clipping out of his pocket,
he showed it to the officer.
"Where'd va get this from?"
snarled the cop.
From the Daily Worker, that's
the only paper that would print the
truth about such a case"
The clipping gave an account of
how a Red Builder who had been
arrested for peddling papers with
out license, had been freed by the
court.
Yeah, well that don't mean a
damn thing to me- growled t he
cop. You'll have to get off of this
corner. You've been told before, now
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-19
ScottsbOro, Ndzis,
HerndOn Featured
in Labor Defender

LABOR DEFENDER. Monthly pic
tOrisl of the International Labor
Defense. April, 1884. Price 10
cents.
Reviewed by GRANVILLE HICKS.
7 HAVE just read the current issue
of the Labor Defender from
cover to cover. Three articles par
ticularly stick in my mind; Angelo
Herndon's story, Joseph Brodsky's
descriptions Of some highhghts Of
the Scottsboro case, and Anna
Schultz's brief account of Eugene
Schoenhaar, who was slain by the
Nazis.
The first installment Of Angelo
Herndon's autobiography only car
ries his story down to 1881, but al
ready it is a story of bitter labor,
of hunger, Of the most perilous kind
Of organizing work, and of education
in the class struggle. There is also
in this issue a letter from Herndon,
describing the rotten brutality with
which he is treated in prison. Incl
dentally. such stories as Herndon's
show how far ever the best proletar-
ian novels are from realizing the
epic potentialities Of the revolu-
tionary struggle.
Brodsky's article is sharp and
vivid, and Anna Schultz gives a re-
vealing glimpse Of anti-war activity
in the midst of war. Then there
is William Patterson's biting ex-
posure of the Non-Partison Labor
Defense a Trotzkyite outfit
Editorl And there are the pictures,
especially the pictures of the strug-
giles Of the Austrian workers.
Oother contributions are good. but
not quite so good. Reports on local
struggles are less detailed and less
dramatic than they should be.
After all, we count on the Labor
Defender both to keep us in
formed and to rouse us if our de-
termination lags. 1t is difficult, 1
know to get vivid reporting, but
it is very important.
One thing I particularly like in
this issue of the Labor De-
fender is the emphasis, in al
most every article, on the fight
against Fascism. The way to pre-
vent Fascism is to resist every effort
to terrorize workers, whether the
effort Is illegal" or illegal. Fascism
is the organization Of such terror
istic methods on a national scale.
and it must be fought now in all its
local manifestations. The Labor
Defender plays major role in
this fight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-19
"They Shall Not Die!'
Dear Comrade Gold:

Dear Comrade Gold:
want 70 express my appreciation of the write-up
in your column particularly appeal the ay Thev
Shall Not Die was invited by friends declined as
did not care to give support organization Guild
But your argument convced that
TINS like the scoboro Boys by going right So went
hook and landed rows among the stuffed
shirts and frozen mugs But the applause balconies was
heartenng particularly at mention action
only prices were within reach the
clear illusions of fair trials
learned diferent-fghing sherifs sales and 50 on
III Comradey
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-19

as long as he was not blocking the
sidewalk or any entrance to a
building,
Armed with this information and
assurance, Lewis went back to his
corner that night. Before going
back he spread the word among the
workers in the neighborhood and
told them to come around that night
to back him up if necessary in his
fight to sell the Daily Worker.
Daily Worker! Daily Worker!
Read the latest news about the
coal strike. Tomorrow's Daily
Worker!"
Tt was after midnight, nearly time
for the cop to come around. Lewis
was ready Many workers had
gathered around inside and outside
Of Stuart's. Almost the entire
u. L. D. branch had come down from
their meeting, Other groups from
the National Students League and
the John Reed Club were sitting in
the restaurant waiting for some
thing to start. The air was getting
tense. For some unknown reason
Lewis started trembling. He couldn't
decide whether it was from the
cold or a sort of nervous reaction.
He was determined to see things
through, come what may. He didn't
have long to wait. Out of the COR
ner of his eye he saw the cop walk
ing down the street swinging his
club. Pretending not to see him
Lewis started hawking his papers
again.
Daily Workerl Daily"
Hey you'll I thought I told you to
get out of here"
Officer, L"
Don't argue with me now. get
outta here" Giving Lewis q shove
he pushed him off the sidewalk and
Into the gutter. Standing his
ground, Lewis stepped back on the
sidewalk.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-19

True Art Belongs
to All, German
Dancer Says

NEW YORK-"They are denying
nternationalism in Germany. How
does this affect culture and art?
Art in its greatest fulfllment is in
ternational, is human" Fe ALI. Ger
man dancer, declared in an inter
view yesterday.
She will be guest soloist at the
Workers Dance League Recital at
the Brooklyn Academy of Music
Friday evening.
She has been in this country only
for a few years. Most of her family
is still in Germany, feeling at first
hand the brutality of Hitler fascism.
Certainly there are national char
acteristics in art, but national trsdi-
tions should be utilized as means
of breaking through such boun-
diaries"
When asked what she thought of
the Workers Dance Groups in the
United States. she said: "I think
they have achieved good work from
the point of view Of organization and
the spirit Of cooperation. Incident
ally I think it very significant that
the Negro group has joined the
League and will participate in Fri
days program.
But the groups must develop from
mere dance groups into mass dance
groups, in order to give real express
sion to the struggles of the masses,
and to show that cooperation in
mass is the strongest weapon that
the masses have.
Although the work of the groups
in the League is still lacking in per-
lection they stand distinctly opposed
to the dance groups Of the bourgeois
world which have nothing to offer
but the Self-expression of the group
leader or the soloist."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-19
WABC86O Kc.

200 P. M.-Myrt and Marge
7:15-Just Plain Bill--Sketch
7:30-Serenaders Orch
7,45-News-Boake Carter
-Rafles-Sketch
S:30-Concert Orch; Alexander Gray,
Baritone; Mary Eastman, Soprano
9:00-Evelyn MacGregor, Contralto;
Melodeers Quartet: Warnow Orch
lo:00-Gray orch; Stoopnagle and Budd
Comedians; Connie Boswell. Songs
l0:30-Whesler orch, Doris Lorraine, Songs
l0:45-To Be Announced
il:0o-A i2-Point Program for Crime
revention-Attorney General Homer
s. Cummings
i1i5-News; Jones Orch,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-19
John HI. Lawson On
Fellow Travellers At
John Reed Club Sun.

NEW YORK.-John Howard Law
son, author of "Processional," "Suc-
cess Story" "Gentlewoman," and
other plays, will speak on THE Fell
low-Travelers and MARKHAM Criti-
cism" at the John Reed Club Forum,
430 Sixth Ave, next Sunday evening,
April %, at $3.50.
Unusual interest is attached to
this forum in view of Michael Colds
recent incisive analysis of Lawson's
work, and Lawson's spirited rejoin-
der in the latest issue of the New
Masses.
John Wexley, author Of the rev.
dictionary play Of the Scottsboro
boys, They Shall Not Die" will act
as chairman.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-19
GarIin Speaks On ''The
Meaning of May Day.
In Brooklyn Tonight

NEW YORK. - Sender Garlin,
feature editor of the Daily Worker,
will speak on THE Meaning of May
Day" at Premier Palace, Suffer Ave.
and Hinsdale st., Brooklyn, tonight
at 8 o'clock.
Following the talk Garlin will
show slides portraying conditions in
the U. S. under the N. R. A.
The meeting, which is held in
one of the largest halls in the
Brownsville section, is arranged by
the Brownsville section of the
Young Communist League, Sadie
Berg, section organizer of the Y.
G. L., will act as chairman.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-19

Ukralnlan Dramatic Group,
also Of New York, won second
place, with the Los Angeles
Blue Blouses and the Workers ORA
matte Club of Gary, Ind, tied for
third More than 1000 attended
the festival.
News Boy" dynamic sketch
based on the poem by v. ]. Jerome,
was presented by the New York
Laboratory Theatre with the same
fervor tempo and perfect artistry
that thrilled thousands in New
York and made the Shock Troop
the choice Of the nine judges. The
performance equalled that of any
professional group. The electrified
audience all but forgot to breathe.
While the New York group is far
in advance with both political con-
tent and presentation, the other
groups from throughout the country
showed the healthy growth of a
workers theatre movement in the
United States.
The plays Of all showed the wide
experimental experiences being
learned. Players, delegates and au-
diences felt the wealth of material
brought in by the festival.
Ukrsinian Group Secured
The Ukranian Dramatic Group
won second place with an agit prop
play depicting the capitalist coils
wound round an emigrant worker
to keep him from the ranks of the
revolutionary section of the Amer
lean working class.
Roosevelt was portrayed as the
Hindoo mystic that sought to hyp-
notize the rising masses into docil-
ity through the mediums of the
N. R. A., Johnson, the Socialists
and Bill Green in the skit presented
by the Los Angeles Blue Blouses.
A court scene frame-up of steel
striker, written by an International
Labor Defense Attorney from an
actual experience, was presented by
the Gary group. The players were
workers who had themselves met
the terror of the steel city's police
and courts. The audience was
placed in the position of workers
packing the courtroom and despite
the rapping of the court gavel,
laughed uproariously at the smash
ing exposure of the frame-up by
the I, L. D. attorney and the ner-
vousness of the state prosecutor.
j. r. G. Groups Represented
The John Reed Dramatic Group
OF Detroit. after but three weeks
preparation, presented q perfect
agit prop sketch called Troops are
Marching Grave Yard" combi-
nation of symbolism and realism
showing Morgan. Roosevelt and
Norman Thomas rising from graves
of capitalist decay, and being driven
back by united Negro and white
workers and farmers, was presented
by the Tri Cities moline, Daven-
port, Rock Island) Group.
The Albany Park Jewish Speak
ing Group of Chicago presented
"The Blue Eagle" Kreymborg's
America, America" was used with
effective shadow effects by the
Workers Little Theatre of Cleve-
land while the Chicago Workers
Laboratory Theatre forced wage
increase through rank and file or
ganization of stock-yards workers
in Hog House"
A two-day conference was held
by the League of Workers Theatres
with delegates present from the
cities competing in the Festival and
from Toronto, Windsor, Montreal,
Canada; Boston, Newark, Indian
apolis, Louisville, KY, Milwaukee.
Grand Rapids, Tennessee, Moline,
Ill, and other parts of the country.
The festival was opened by A.
Bonn, member of the Presidium of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-19
Banquet, Entertainment
For Workers School in
Cleveland on Saturday

CLEVELAND. The Workers
School will give Spring Banquet
on Saturday, April 81, at D. M,
in the auditorium of the School, to
greet the workers that have been
sent to attend a full-time District
Training School.
Following the Banquet will be an
exceptional all-Negro program con-
sisting of play, instrumental and
vocal music, and pianologues.