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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-27

times jealous-they live. They no
more resemble some Of the classical
shock brigaders depicted in some OF
our books than their grandfathers
forgotten and hungry, resemhled
those Economically depicted shep-
herds. Many Of our authors follow
the path of least resistance. In
portraying living man it is much
easier to make mistakes than in
making declarations.
In bourgeois society the young
writer has to break the wall with
his head. In our country he has
excellent opportunities. This is our
pride and I hope you understand
that I am not in the least inclined
to protest against it. I only want to
say that this path Of least resist
ance followed by some of our
authors has a weakening effect.
They substitute slick rhetoric for the
painful process of creation. They
carefully avoid themes which seem
to them difficult. The path of
creative development, however, is
long and winding,
Now few words about the
methods of collective writing. am
speaking here of course not of news
paper work. 1t is possible to get
together collectively a volume OF
great documental importance. And
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-27
w H A t. S O N

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Daily Worker.
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NEW THEATRE will present Newark
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Reserve seats now Csc to 9sc.
CONCERT and Dance given by LID
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-27
Stage and Screen
Rene Glars July 18th"

Friday evening, Sept %, will
bring to the 28th Street Theatre at
Broadway, for one. evening only
the first showing at popular prices
Of July 14th," Rene Glars moving
and artistic picture of modern
French life in the popular quarter
Of Paris, which received enthusiast
tic critical acclaim at its first pres
entation.
An added feature will be one of
the new Russian Mickey Mouse
Cartoons. There will be three COM
plete showings, beginning at pm.
and running continuously there
after.
The presentation will be under
the auspices of the Committee for
the Support of the Southern Textile
Organization, which is composed of
professionals and numbers among
its members Paul Peters, author of
"Stevedore," who is chairman; John
L. Spivak, Erskine Caldwell, Louis
Lozowick, Grace Hutchins, Esther
Lowell, and others equally we'll
known.
Proceeds of this event will go to
further the work of the committee,
which directs It's efforts toward in
telligent, effective organization of
the textile workers in the South to
the end that these workers may
have an opportunity to better the
VIGOROUSLY bad conditions under
which they live and work.
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woman remained unmoyed, her
hands propped on her hips, await
ing an answer. To the astonish-
ment of the men, the stranger said
to her:
81 also have heard of the girl
Chang. She married Chu Teh and
is fighting with him in the Red
Army. Her feet are of natural size
and so she can march and fight
we'll"
The little woman lifted her chin
and looked at the vanquished men
triumphantly. May she live long
and have many sonsl I will today
burn incense to her and to the Red
Army in the temple"
The young peasant turned on the
woman: Little good your incense
does the girl Chang or the Red
ARMY 1t is guns.
"You, kwang-kwen rascal, with
the smell of milk still about your
mouth, do not know everything
even if you are a travelled man!
Everything may help some, and if
the gods. -"
1.-THE Red Army has split the
gods open with their swords and
nothing happened! The gods are
made by the landlords and Tu-
hao to keep us stupid! 1t is guns
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-27
To Depict New Kind Of Nan Is the Rare
Destiny of Soviet Writers, Says Hya
luxembourg addressing Writers Congress

what is more important in our days
than living human documents? But
it seems impossible that one can
create collectively lyric poem or
a novel.
I hear sometimes such arguments:
Hitherto the writer was alone, a
handicraftsman. He will have to be
substituted by a collective. This
I simply cannot understand. The
living writer Of our country is init
mately bound to the collective by a
thousand threads. He can conceive
neither himself nor his hero outside
Of collective. The world and people,
however, he depicts through his own
individual experience. The richer
his experience, the more alive are
his heroes. the more monumental is
the collective that he depicts. The
creation of an artistic work is an
individual affair, I shall say an in
innate affair.
Cultural Level Rising
Our society is deeply democratic.
Yesterdays shepherd is today an
engineer. The cultural level of the
masses is rising every day, but We
have not, as yet, one homogeneous
mass. We have peasants who have
just learned how to read and we
have scientists from whom their
American and European colleagues
come here to learn. The same is
true of our literature. Take for
instance the poetry of Mayakovsky
and PaSternak. In order to under
stand it, one must be generally cul-
tured and even have a specific lit
erary knowledge. How many times
have I heard young workers and
students complain about how diff
ficult it was for them to understand
Mayakovsky's rhythm or Boris Pas
ternak's associations, and how gen.
erously they were rewarded after
wards when they did understand it.
These complaints are one more tes-
timony of the growth of our socialist
culture.
Can one chide an author for not
writing in popular style? Love
songs on harmonica are much
easier to play than a Beethoven
symphony. In a complicated style
write only talentless and empty
people. A true artist strives for
simplicity. But there are also vari-
Gus kinds Of simplicity. The sim
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-27

prominent members of the Moscow
Art Theatre and Honorary Artists
of the Republic. Ostrovsky's play
is a strong indictment against the
religious and class prejudices of
Czarist Russia.
1t is the opinion of leading mo-
ton picture critics that the direc-
tor V. Petrov, has combined in this
picture the realism of Eisenstein
and Pudovkin, with the poetic
beauty of Dovienko. AS the pro-
duction is revolutionary in art, SO
the music, which accompanies it,
written by the young Soviet COM
poser. Vladimir Scherbachev. helps
to sway the emotions which this
masterful picture creates.
The complete English superim-
posed titles make it unnecessary to
know the Russian language to I'M
derstand the Aim
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-27

and more sense we need"
Then why don't you get them?
How many guns do the White
troops here have?" challenged the
stranger.
THE assembled men gasped. The
L young peasant laid a hand On
the arm of the stranger. All began
talking, lowering their voices. The
little woman went to the door and
looked cautiously up and down the
street. IF the Red Army can
the Red Army will the Red
Army came the hum from
the table.
The woman returned, then passed
on into a back room. In few
minutes she returned with three
boiled eggs and a bowl of rice and
placed them before the stranger.
And when he drew money from his
girdle, she refused it. She filled his
cup with fresh hot water and re-
fused his coppers for the tea.
The stranger spent the night in
the hut of the young peasant.
Neither of the men slept and men
came and went. Soldiers slept in
the temple few streets away, still
they knew nothing of it. Yet there
were many men in town who knew
that the stranger in their midst
was not just a peasant from Cha
ling, as he had first said, but a
scout from the Red Army. And be-
fore the morning light came he,
with the young peasant, had al
ready walked swiftly over the hills,
going back in the direction from
from which he had come.
GO THE scouts went in advance of
y the Red Army. Unarlned, alone,
in groups of three or five, they
secured the hills and mountain
paths. Peasants themselves, they
knew every village, every path.
Honesty, bravery, intelligence, abil-
ity to walk great distances, to en-
dure great strain--such were the
QudllOlcS QcllldIlOSQ VI I11ClIls 1llCy
went amongst the toilers, feeling
their way, gathering news Of the
enemy troops, of the struggle OF
the peasants and workers.
There were scouts who became
too audacious, too courageous. To
the two companies of them in the
Army, Chu Teh once spoke:
Comrades" he began, 1--WE must
improve our scouting methods.
Some of you look and act too in
diligently. That is dangerous, and
we have lost a number of good men
who have gone into the camp of
the enemy and asked direct ques-
tons that aroused the suspicion of
the officers. Another of our scouts
has just been shot in a market
town because he even tried to ex-
change eggs for bullets from the
soldiers!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-27
TUNING IN

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-27
By ILYA EHRENBOURG

Translated by Leon Dennen)
THE boundaries of our country ex-
tend not only in space but also
in time. Our foreign guests are now
taking a ride in the train of time.
They are seeing the world Of the
future. Alongside the remnants Of
our past, our backwardness and pro-
vincialism, they see the foundation
of the new world. When say this,
1 have in mind not so much our
technical achievements as our new
people. We startle the world at the
present moment not with our ma
chimes but with the people who
make these machines.
In order to understand the posi-
ton in which our writer's find them
selves, we must first of all under
stand the conditions under which
the writer's abroad in the capitalist
countries are working. I saw in
Paris and in Prague German writer's
who had just escaped from the jails
of the concentration camps. The
great and honest writer, Ludwig
Rem, is now confined in a German
jail. I heard yesterday the Chinese
writer, XII Wen Che, relate how they
buried alive Chinese revolutionary
writer's. There is among us now
the German writer, Bredel, who
spent a year and half in con-
centration camp. I see also here my
friend, the Slovsk writer, the poet
Novomesky. When I was last in his
country I was told that he was in
Jail writing lyrical poetry.
The contemporary bourgeois writ
er can be compared to a we'll
equipped factory that lacks the raw
material. He has everything - a
tradition, linotypes and excellent
paper. Only one thing he lacks
people.
We lack many things-both tech
nique and paper. We have, how
ever, something to write about. 1t
is our rare destiny to depict people
who have never yet been depicted.
Millions of builders of a new life in
our country expect it from lis, as do
millions abroad. Here neither sta
tistics nor newspapers can take the
place of the artist.
Comrades, we gathered at this
Congress not only to greet each
other but also to work, and I want
to speak frankly about aur occom-
plishments and what is yet to be
accomplished. Although we have
achieved a great deal. we have also
had many failures. Our new man
is much richer, more sensitive and
complex than his shadow on the
pages of our books. Why, for in
stance. cannot a shock brigader also
be a dreamer? Tell me, what does
he think about on his day off when
he gazes at the river? Isn't it pos
sible that shock brigader may be
jealous, gay or sad?
Workers Are Living People
I once saw film. A shock
brigader. Everything, it seems, as
1t should be. I tried to tell some
one that somehow it didn't look to
me like shock brigader. was
answered: Pray, our shock brigader
looks alive. He even drinks glass
of vodka. Our workers are living
people They toll, struggle, love,
kiss, read books, dream, are some
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-27

but he has the bravery and endur-
ance of thousand Generals. So
has Mau Tse-tung. I have heard
that Mau Tse-tung can defeat the
gentry In writing verses and COM
positions-yet he fights for us peas
ants. He is a Changsha man and
once he became ricksha coolie to
organize the ricksha coolies OF
Changsha. Mau Tse-tung and Chu
Teh both travelled and studied in
foreign lands and they speak two
different foreign languages. They
are big men and intellectuals, yet
they fight for the poor"
THE stranger listened to the young
peasant with deep interest. Then
he said: "You know much. Have
you travelled far?"
II have not travelled as far as
Changsha, but once was in Heng-
chow, and that is half as far. In
Hengchow there are so many peo-
PIE that they have to live on top
of each other instead OF having
their houses all on the earth as we
do here. There are many troops of
the generals in Hengchow, too, fell
lows in wickedness rape their
motherSi"
How many soldiers are there
here in this town."
"a hundred. In the big market
town to the north there are maybe
five hundred They have killed
many people"
The woman who kept the tea
house thought not at all of the
number of troops, but of other
things. She turned to the stranger
and asked:
Tell me, have you heard?
Chu Teh married girl intellectual
named Chang and she is in the
Army with him, with gun hang
ing from her waist. Her feet are
as big as fails and she can fight
better than any man"
An incredulous laugh came from
the men. But the sturdy little
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-27
Scouts

A MAN interrupted: "Chu Teh
n can do more, it is said. He can
summon the wind and command
the STORM He takes the stride Of
ten men and he can lift a horse
with one hand. I have heard he
can see before and behind him at
the same time without turning his
head"
The young peasant protested:
THAT I do not believed We do not
live in the time of the San Kuo.
Yet you tell tales from the San
Kuo. Chu Teh cannot see before
and behind at the same time, but
he has glasses hanging about his
neck and when he looks through
them he can see the enemy from
a hundred Ii. . Now, tell me why
should he lift a horse with one
hand2 Of what value is that? He
cannot take the stride of ten men,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-27
NeU SOUiet Film viii Open
at Cameo Friday

Thunderstorm" the latest Soviet
film, which will have its American
premiere at the Cameo Theatre, re-
ceived prize at the Worlds Ex-
hibition of Cinematography in We
nice, was proclaimed by the Paris
press as IAN example of artistic
achievement and one of the most
beautiful films ever seem and has
been hailed by critics and audiences
throughout the most important
centers of Europe.
Thunderstorm" is based upon
Ost-oYsky's famous play snd the
cast includes some of the most
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-27
Hero of Soviet Novels
Is Still in Process
Of Formation

plicity of Mozart is not the sim
plicity Of Krylov's fables.
| We have the right to be proud
that some of our novels are acces-
sible to millions and millions of
people. In this, too, we have over
taken the capitalist countries. At
the same time, however, we must
and should cherish those forms of
our literature which, although to-
day only understood by the Soviet
Iintellectuals and the upper strata of
the working class, will tomorrow
become accessible to millions.
limitations of the Past
The great writer's of the past
century have left us method and
it is still warm; it is a living method.
But often, instead Of studying this
method, we merely initiate it. Thus
we get poems about tractors which
suspiciously resemble pre-war love
songs; novels and stories that
blindly initiate the old nsturalistic
method.
I have neither a program, literary
school nor prescription as to how to
write a novel. consider myself
among those Soviet writer's who
hesitantly seek new forms that will
correspond to the new content. We
do not attempt to copy WAR and
Peace" or some of Balzac's novels.
The classics have depicted life and
heroes that were already formed.
We describe life in motion. The
hero of our novel is not yet formed.
Our life changes so rapidly that by
the time a writer gets through
writing his novel his hero is no
longer the same. Therefore, the at
tempt to adapt the form of the
classical novel to our time often
results in a false plot, especially in
false conclusion.
The flourishing of the sketch, the
tremendous interest of the artist in
new people, all these minute stem
ographic reports, diaries. confessions
all this is not an accidental &C.
currence. Here one can already see
the beginning of the new form Of
the novel. We often make mistakes
and suffer many defeats but as far
as I understand, this is the only
honest way. We do not attempt to
put a new content into ready-made
but worn out forms.
I want to illustrate this with my
own case. There were critics who
said that my book, "Out of Chaos"
was not novel, that half of it was
sketch, that it did not have a
well developed plot.
Writers Are Met with Love and
Hope
Comrades, the richness of our life
is such that it does not allow us to
work on complicated plot, and be-
sides, don't see any sharp distinc-
ton between a sketch and artistic
prose. Like other writers who seek
new forms. do not mind if I seem
to some of our critics a newspaper
man, sketchist, a second grade
writer as long as I do not substi-
tute the word ''kolhoznik" for
prince" and rewrite watery high
school compositions.
At no time and nowhere was the
writer in such a favorable position
as in our country. No matter where
we come-to the factory, on a con-
struction, to the kolhoznik-we are
always met with love and, what's
more, with hope. They expect from
us a great and necessary work, for
with our books we change the world
and this increases our responsibility
thousandfold.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-27
Thursday

NEW Soviet film. Sentenced to Health, F"
dancing and refreshments to follow at
Fordham Br. Fs,U., 1923 Jerome Ave,
near Burnside $3.50 pm Adm. 25c.
JACOB DAINoFF Memorial at 27O0
Bronx Park East. Speakers from John
Reed Club and I. W. o. on the life OF
Dainoff
REGISTER now for Fall Term OF John
Reed Club School Of Art, 43o Sixth Ave.
Full time day and evening classes under
prominent artists in all branches Of draw
ing, painting sculpture. once hours this
week, IL am. to 5 pm, and Tuesdays
and Thursday evenings 7 pm. to 10 pm.
HENRI BARBUssE Br. LID. first meet
ing OF the Fall season at w. 9lst St.
Apt. Sc, $50 pm. All members and friends
are urged to attend
FREIHEIT Mandolin Orchestra weekly
rehearsal prcmtply at pm. Late corners
cannot take their seats. Beginners class
to open in few days. Apply, 1O6 E. 14th
Street..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-27
Questions and ANSWERS

This department appears on
this page twice week. Questions
should be addressed to Questions
and Answers" so E. 18th Street,
New York City.
QUESTION: There are some
questions on the BRO Bijan situa-
ton that I would like to ask you
AS I understand it, Jews in Russia
are able to do work and live free
from any official anti senitism. If
this be the case, why is it neces-
sary to create an autonomous re-
public for Jews? Is there any forci-
BILE compulsion. I would appreciate
very much a lucid answer to my
questions-A. L.
ANSWER: There is no official
anti-semitism in the Soviet Union
and whatever anti-semitism was
left from the Czarist days is being
eradicated by Socialist propaganda
and education, by furnishing anti
semitic and all chauvinistic acts,
and generally through the building
of the new society. But the build
ing of Socialism in the Soviet
Union does not mean the abolish
ment cf national CULTURE nation
al in form. Socialistic in content
(Stalin). The Soviet Jews, because
they are minority in all districts
of the Union with the exception
of the four very small Jewish ma
tional agricultural districts. three
in the Ukraine and one in the Cri-
meal cannot have the same oppor-
tunities as other nationalities in the
sphere of building a governmental
apparatus Of their own. in their
own language (Soviets, courts, uni
versities. etc.. They are not par
ticipating as national minority
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-27
CHENA'I RED
Array MARCHES
By AGNES SMEDLEYt

The following are selections
from Agnes SmedIey's dramatic
book, "China's Red Army
Marches" published by Interna-
tional Publishers, 381 Fourth Ave.
Editors Note.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-27
Rising Cultural Level
OF Masses Demands
Best Work

The following is a speech de-
livered by IIya luxembourg, we'll
known Russian author, at the re-
cent Congress of Soviet Writers
held in MOscOw.-EditOr's Note.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-27
Problems of Middle
Class Jews Theme of
New Dahlberg Novel

Those Who Perish, by Edward Dahl
berg. Published by John Day Co.,
Inc. New York City, 242 pages,
$500.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-27
FridaH

JULY a." Rene lClair's masterpiece
shown at 2Sth st. Theatre at Broadway
from to II p. m. Committee for the
support Of Southern Textile organization
Prices 25c-35c
MOVIE Road to Life" shown at Hun
gsrian Workers Federation, $40 Southern