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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-20
Some Good Ones

think George Brent, nee Nolan,
is one of the brightest possibilities
in Hollywood if he ever catches up
with the right stories. To date he
has just had playground roles.
The Earle, by the way, has a
marvellous lineup of pictures for
the late summer and early fall
trade. Mr.. Payette won't give an
inch to anybody on these pros
poets, all of which are potential
lobby lockouts: Mae West in Belle
of the Nineties," Bing Crosby
by in "She Loves Me Not" Mar
lene Dietrich in The Scarlet
Empress" De Miles cleopatra"
with Claudette Colbert, Ruby Kee-
Ter and Dick Powell in DANES,
Leslie Howard and Gay Francis
in British Agent" and the afore-
mentioned Desirable" There are
others but these should be able to
ride to nice profit without the aid
of any $4,000 headlinerS on the
stage.
Fox Reflections
Reflections on the Going Ma
tive" revue at the Fox! The
beautiful costumes, lighting, en-
semble grouping and dancing give
the production its professional
touch. Marjorie Hartoin and Gene
Ford take bow for this. What
these all-Washington shows dis
cover in their talent hunts is
that vaudeville nowadays to most
young folks who aspire, consists
of tap dancing and microphone
singing. Few develop or offer
comedy and the biggest problem
is to get laughs. Is the art of
the monologist dead? And where
are all the coming jugglers, the
parody singers, those who give
limitations, and the one-act black
out Skit authors. All too busy, I
guess, taking dancing lessons and
trying to initiate Bling Crosby. .
A big red rosy apple then to
Carlisle Mainfort of G.
w. U. who was so nervous could
see him shaking from the third
row, but who ran through a rou-
tine of card magic without drop
ping a deuce. "A gardenia to
Marjorie Mitchell who was good
enough actress to put the re-
quired fun into Loew'S Fox Serv-
ice. To Eddie Perkins diploma
for a voice with a quality of
sweetness that will take him
places. "A currant bun to Arthur
Godfrey for his breezy non
chalance and sustained effort,
but his walk registers as
comedy gait on the stage. The
biggest bouquet of red, red roses
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-20

with him on this opus and re-
hearsals begin September Is with
the first performance on E Street
in mid-October.
Fred Stone will abandon musical
comedy to play the lead role in
THE Jayhawker," without singing
or dancing. First straight dra-
matte role for the comedian and
he will have his daughter, Carol,
18 years old, in the cast. OF fur
ther interest to Washington is
that John Hays Hammond, jr.,
will supply the funds for the play
as the financial mentor of the
production company.
The dictionary defines jay
hawker as member of band of
guerrillas, especially in Kansas and
Missouri, before and during the
Civil War" Mr.. Lewis defines the
term as IAN abolitioniSt, a Free
SOiler"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-20
MI OWE
O'CLOCK

FEATURE PHOTOPLAYS
at Washington's leading pic
ture theaters today and their
starting times are as follows:
FOX.
"HIDEOUT"
TO-: 80 A. NJ, l 20, 4:1O, 7 10,
9:1O P. NJ. Stage shows at
u :O5, 2:55, sos, 8:55 P. NJ.
EARLE.
IMAM WITH 2 FACES"
II A. NJ, 1:35, 1925, ITO,
10 P. NJ. Stage shows at
u :35, 3 20, CLIO, s :55 P. NJ.
METROPOLITAN =.
HERE. COMES THE
II A. M, los, $40, 5:15,
7:2O, $50 P. M.
RKO KEITH'S.. $3.50.
"JANE EYRE"
Ills, A. NJ, :O7, $50, 4 :32,
6:24, 8:16, 1908 p. NJ.
PALACE.
"TREASURE ISLAND"
II A. NJ, los, 3:15, 5 20,
80, $40 P. NJ.
COLUMBIA.
"CHARLIE CHAINS
COURAGE"
II A. NJ, - As, 2:35, 4 20,
Clio, s, 9:45 P. NJ.
HOWARD.
"BABY, TAKE A BOW
- 40, 8 :55, :O5, 1910 P. NJ.
Stage shows at 2 40, $50,
Cos P. NJ.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-20
Treasure Island"

Away back in 1881 such a dis
tinguished author as Robert
Louis Stevenson was worrying
about writing a true pirate tale
for boys without using cuSs
words. How he managed to do
it you may read in Treasure Is
land" the pictured version of
which is at Loew's Palace this
week.
The research department of
Metro-GoldWyn-Mayer has uncov-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-20
Fred Stone Coming

Some weeks ago this department
announced exclusively that Author
Sinclair Lewis would open his first
play, THE Jayhawker," at the
National Theater inasmuch as
he wanted the reaction of a Wash
ington audience. Mr.. Lewis other
plays have been adaptations from
his novels. Lloyd Lewis, Chicago
dramatic critic and authority of
the Civil War era, collaborated
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-20
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

How do you like the combination of Irene Dunno and Rudy
Vaee for the version Of Hammersten Sweet AIDE
line y? Sounds like what the crap shooters call natura
to
It's the latest Warner Bros hook-up goes into production
right with Zone Manager Johnny Payett notified he
can expect for New Year week at the Earle Another
team that W. expect big dividends from is George Brent
and Jean Muir whose first picture Desirable" has been
completed and previewed Looks though compete
for the important first money By the way George Brens
legal name disclosed his application for naturalization
George Nolan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-20
Murray Kinne| In
Chan Thriller

Murray Kinnell, who left the
stage with George Arliss to ap-
pear with the star in the screen
version of his play "Old Eng
lish," has an important part in
the mystery thriller, Charlie
CHAINS Courage" which is play
ing a weeks engagement at LoeW'S
Columbia Theatre.
Warner GLAND heads the cast
of this picture which shows
screendom's super-sleuth solving a
most battling mystery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-20
Biggest Spectacle

The Battle of Actium, as pre-
sented in Cleopatra" is the most
effective spectacle he ever put on
the screen, in the opinion of Cecil
B. DeMille, director of the pic
.ture,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-05
Seamen Demand Relief
From NRA; IA jailed
In New Orleans, La.

NEW ORLEANS, March 4.-Fom-
teen unemployed seamen were ar
rested here Friday while demonstrate
ing before the Office of Joseph
Rhodes, N. r. A. Administrator. The
seamen, led by the Marine Workers
Industrial Union and the Unemployed
Council, were demanding three whole
some meals a day. This relief the
seamen demand shall be supplied by
the government and distributed by an
elected committee of workers.
The arrested men are held for 5000
bonds each. The demonstration was
organized following the cutting of re-
lief and was also directed against the
terrible conditions in the flop houses
where unemployed marine workers are
forced to live.
Joe Nelson, seaman who was ar
rested here a week ago and held I'M
der the dangerous and suspicious law,
was released due to the mass pressure
of the seamen. Nelson was defended
by the international Labor Defense.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-05
Gouge CWA Workers for
transportation Costs

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., Mar. 5.
Lewis Compton, Middlesex County
director of C.W.A. and Emergency
Relief, has announced that in ac-
cordance with new regulations origi-
mating at Washington, no trans
portation will hereafter be provided
C.W.A. workers.
The statement of Mr. Compton
follows: Effective Friday morning,
Feb. 23rd, 1884, no transportation
will be furnished to any C.W.A.
worker. This is in accordance with
instructions from Washington"
This means that in some town.
ship communities many workers will
have to walk to and from work over
distances of from six to eight miles.
Even then work Is not always to be
had, though it is necessary to report
in order to be continued on the
"active list
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-05
Liberal Nation Writes
to Divide Ranks of
the Workers

collected funds for the strikers. We
organized mass demonstrations and
mass picket lines. We popularized the
strike amongst the workers in other
industries. We fought side by side
with you on the picket lines for the
winning Of the strike. And we mobil-
lied all of our affiliated locals
throughout the United States for the
purpose Of stopping the shipment Of
scabs to New York as we'll as to de-
velop real strikes, as was done under
our leadership in the hotels in Pitts
buurgh, Pa. The strikers are realiz-
ing more and more the correctness of
our policy. The strikers realize the
betrayal by the offlcialdom of the
Amalgamated.
At the same time you members OF
the Amalgamated still have the job of
cleaning your union of all labor takers,
to arrange a general meeting, and
there to elect a rank and file COM
mittee to take over the job of running
the union on the correct policy. You
must take the leadership into your
own hands. Raise the question of
unity and the establishment of ONE
Union in the hotel and restaurant in
dustry Immediately.
We on our part are ready, even now,
to discuss the details with your
elected representatives of how to es-
tablish the one union. We are willing,
together with you, to work out the de-
tailed plans of how to merge both
our unions into ONE BIG UNION.
The conditions demand from all of us
now more than even before the strike,
to consolidate all our forces, to es-
tablish one union and to prepare for
futher struggles which will enable US
to establish real conditions for the
workers and prevent further betrayals.
Drive the labor takers out of your
ranks.
For one union in the industry based
on rank and file CONTROL
Workers. Fight together with all
workers against discrimination and
for one Union! By joining our Union
you will help to carry through the
program for one Union in the industry
and against blacklisting and discrimi-
nation!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-05
How Field Cannon and Citlow Betrayed the NY Hotel Strike

The bosses are the ones who will
choose whom they want and whom
they do not want back to work. The
fate of the blacklisted workers and
their families will be referred to these
misleaders to the Committee of Five
for consideration. The result will be
that the blacklisted and Disseminated
workers with their starving families
will continue to StarVe for weeks and
months, and then will remain without
jobs!
The strike was not lost just because
the bosses were strong, but because the
strike leaders" and their labor ad-
visers, Gitlow and Cannon, the Trot-
skyite, Lovestonite, and Gitlowite
cliques betrayed the strikers with
their wrong policies. Instead of util-
izing the sentiment developing around
the Waldorf Astoria strike in order
to spread the organization in the
other hotels and to develop a real
general strike, they called unprepared
strikes. They issued leaflets calling
on the workers to Strike Now and
Come to the Union Headquarters. .
AS a result only small numbers of
workers in certain hotels came out
on strike, leaving behind, inside of
many hotels, the majority of the
workers.
The Nation Does Its Bit
In the vanguard Of the forces sup
porting the betrayal maneuvers was
one Herbert Solow, writer, member
of the Trotzky group and ex-mem-
Der of the editorial board of the
Menorah Journal.
Writing in the last issue of the
liberal Nation, this gentleman,
under the guise of supporting the
strike, launches into a vicious attack
against the Food Workers Industrial
Union and the Communists. who
were active from the first day of the
strike on the picket line and in meet
ings attempting to unite all the
workers against the hotel owners and
the betrayal moves of Mr.. Field,
Cannon, Gitlow, N. r. A. officials and
others.
Calling the Food Workers Indus
trial Union the 18th Street Gang
MI. Solow proceeds to declare that
the clearest voices of the progressives
in the strike were ]. P. Cannon and
his paper, the Militant, the chief
function Of which was to attack the
Communist Party.
Indeed, If MIR. Solow looks around
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-05
M a d e M any Promises,
Refused to Build
United Front
BY WILLIAM ALBERTSON
Secretary of Local 119, F.WLU)

NEW YORK-On Tuesday, Feb. 81,
1884, the general strike of the hotel
and restaurant workers of New York
City, was called off by Messrs. Field,
Gitlow, Cannon, Kostas, Caldis,
Christman, Hill and Company. The
strike was called off at regular
strike meeting where no vote was
taken.
For six weeks, the workers fought
bitterly, sacrificing everything they
had in order to win higher wages,
shorter hours, better conditions and
security on the job. But while the
strikers were fighting the bosses, the
Ama1gamated Officials behind closed
doors, agreed to call off the strike and
send the workers back to work. In
this decision to send the workers back
in all of the betrayal policies carried
through by the Union officials, these
misleaders Of labor were actively as
sisted by Burkhardt and Gundt-Gen-
eral Secretary and Organizer of the
Amalgamated Food Workers of Amer
lea.
At the meeting, the workers ex-
pressed their revolt against the be-
trayal action of their leaders. This
showed definitely the mood of the
workers for continuing the struggle
on militant basis and against the
betrayal. However, the strikers 7ere
promised that everyone would be
taken back within two weeks, ano
that special Committee of Five
would handle the cases of discrimina-
ton after the two weeks period. The
strikers, not trusting their leadership
and realizing that the agreement hac
already been made with the bosses
even before the meeting, are being
forced 10 submit to this betrayal by
the terrorizing tactics of the officials
Left at Bosses Mercy
What does this betrayal mean tc
the striking hotel and restaurant
workers? 1t means that the strikers
are left at the mercy of the bosses
1t means that hundreds of the most
active strikers will be blacklisted ano
Disseminated against by the bosses
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-05

he will find himself standing with a
united front of strikebreakers, which
include the police, Matthew Vol,
Grover Whalen, Hamilton Fish and
others who, also call the F. w. 1. U.
the 18th st. Gang" And in SO far
as the "progressives" are concerned,
one cannot deny that Cannon belongs
to this group. La Guardia, Mrs.
Gilmore Herrick, Morris L. Ernst
strikebreakers all-they are also
progreSsives."
The Daily Worker is accused Of
SANDER by Solow. The fact of the
matter is that the Daily Worker con-
tinually exposed all strikebreakers,
from Weasel Duffy to James P. Can
non, and was the only paper which
consistently pointed out the correct
trade union policy of unity, which,
had it been carried out, would have
taken the strike out Of the hands of
the betrayerS and placed it into the
hands Of the militant rank and file.
No Activity to Spread Strike
Instead of tying up the hotels from
the top floor to the cellar, they only
called on the dining room and kit
chens. No activity was organized to
spread the strike to every hotel and
restaurant in the city. They refused
to allow the strikers to elect broad
rank and file strike committees in
each shop to handle the shop prob
lens and to lead the strike as the
workers wanted it. These officials es-
pecially sabotaged every effort on the
part of the strikers, and all workers
organization to raise relief for the
strikers. No real functioning relief
machinery was established during the
whole course of the strike.
Believed In N. II. A.
Why did the officials pursue such a
policy? Because they believed that
the N. R. A. would settle the strike.
Instead of having faith in the workers
and their militancy, they believed in
the N. R. A. Regional Labor Board.
Only the militancy and united action
Of the workers, the intensification and
spreading of the strike, the develop
ment of real relief campaign, would
have forced the N. R. A. and the
bosses to settle the strike favorably
for the workers.
Hotel workers, when you go back on
the job, remember that the fight is
not yet over. Do not be afraid to
raise your voice. Do not be afraid to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-05

make of capitalism stable, enduring
system.
What has Roosevelt accomplished?
Through the MIRA. and A.A.A. he
has increased the power of the trusts,
the big corporations. The so-called
codes Of fair competition have been
shown to be vicious weapons against
the workers, the farmers, and the
small business men. Within the
codes, the big banks and dominant
trusts gain the benefit of higher
prices, greater control over produc-
ton, and the lower wages enforced
on the workers. While the prices of
farm commodities have risen, the
prices of all other commodities have
risen faster, through the control of
the trusts, catching the farmers be-
tween the edges Of a sharper and
more powerful scissors.
Growing Unemployment
The very MIRA. which was sup
posed to decrease unemployment,
tends to increase it. The evidence of
this fact is constantly piling up.
Here we will mention only few of
the items: On Feb. &c, 1924, the
New York Times financial page car
ried the following headline:
Production rises, but jobs decline.
The Reserve Board reports indus
trial gam and price advance for
six weeks. A. F. of L. cites lay-offs.
Green puts December January to-
tai (lay-offs) at 921, O00-sets unem-
ployed at 11,690,0OO."
The financial editor of the New
York Sun, on February 20, 1884, gen.
eralized this fact by saving: indus
trial production can increase con-
siderably without any increase or
with little, in employment, thanks
to the growing use Of more efficient
machinery"
The very shortening of hours
under the code intensifies rationale
cation and speed-up to such fright
full degree that Ford workers unable
to stand it any longer walk away
from the belt. In the steel mills new
speed-up methods are being intro
duced, against which the workers are
fighting. In every large plant in the
country, under the MIRA, a process
is going on of elimination of workers,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-05
NRACutS Theatre
Workers Wages
Union Leader Stalls
Off Strike Action

NEW YORK.-The fact that the N
r. A. has reduced the wages Of the
ushers, cleaners and doormen of the
New York theaters was revealed Sat-
urday when Charles G. Levey, secre-
tary of the Theater and Amusement
Employees Union, presented evidence
before the Regional Labor Board
showing that ushers we're reduced
from SIS to $40 a week under the
minimum wage clause in the code
Doormen have been reduced to $14 8
week.
Although the workers belonging tc
the union voted for a strike over g
week ago, Mr.. Levey continues nego-
tiations with the Labor Board, OBJ
viously attempting to stall off strike
action and pin the workers hopes or
the N. R. A., which is responsible fol
reducing their conditions to the pres
ent miserable level.
1t was also revealed that theatel
owners are intimidating workers ir
an attempt to keep them from join
ing the union. Workers of the LoeW
State Theater were asked by the en-
ployers to sign a petition stating that
conditions we're satisfactory.
Workers in the union should see tc
it that the strike action for which
they voted is carried out. Organize
committees in every theater and dc
not rely on the maneuvers with the
N. r. A. Force your demands BY
militant strike action.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-05
Decree Aims To Crush
Anti-Eviction Fight;
U.F.L. Calls Protest

! CHICAGO, Il.-A nationwide
mogement to smash the injunction
against the United Farmers League
and the Unemployed Council granted
temporarily by Circuit Judge Howard
Babcock in Sisseton, South Dakota,
has been called for by the national
office Of the United Farmers League.
Eighteen Dakota farmers in Rob-
erts County, including Julius Wal
Stad, state secretary Of the United
Farmers League, are held in Jail
and more arrests are expected hourly
as the state, at the insistence Of the
bankers and insurance companies,
goes, forward with its attempts to
crush the resistance of the farmers
to foreclosures and evictions. Mean
while meetings of farmers to prepare
for the defense of their imprisoned
comrades are being held despite the
fact that the injunction forbids them
to hold meetings.
The Judge has set March q for a
hearingoat which the farmers must
show cause' why the temporary in
Junction suppressing the United
Farmers League and the Unem-
ployed Council should not be made
permanent.
The United Farmers League calls
on all workers and farmers or
ganizations to mail or wire pro-
tests to President Roosevelt, to
Governor Berry of Pierre, South
Dakota, and to Judge Babcock at
Sisseton.
Roberts County is one of the best
organized counties in the West, and
because of its strength, threatens the
profits of the mortgage holding banks
and insurance companies" says the
U. F.. L.. This organization has been
built. I'D, at the price of much sacr1-
flee. and. hard work on the part OF
the tanners to protect their homes
1t is, this organization which the state
is attempting to suppress and de-
stroyln,,,
Directed Against U. F. L.
The injunction is designed to make
illegal any action of the farmers and
workers. Ninety-two farmers ano
workers, the United Farmers League
and the Unemployed Council are
named IN the injunction. The named
persons, along with persons I'M
known, ;" are forbidden to advocate
or encourage mass action, which il
labels "tnob action and riotous as
sembly.e' or to "obstruct justice o.
obstruct the statutes of the state Of
, South Dakota" Meetings Of the
| militant organizations, or the dis
tribution of literature advocating the
J stopping of foreclosures and evic-
tons are made unlawful and Grim
NAL by the Injunction.
The national office of the United
Farmers League characterizes the
injunction as "headlong move Of
the state government and the banker
class towards, open fascism."
eff permitted to continue, the
Injunction deprives the farmers
and workers of the most eIemen-
tary civil rights of free press, free
speech and the right of assembly
guaranteed by the constitution"
states the national office. ut is a
direct attack on the militant class
organizations of the workers and
farmers in an effort to crush the
resistance to foreclosures and evic-