The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-28
What's Doing in
The John Reed
Clubs of US.
By ALAN CALNIER

which was sent to Hans Luther was
printed in the Philadelphia Record.
Members Of the club were arrested
for picketing the German Consul
late. A Free Thaelmann" meet
ing was held recently, and stories,
poems, ETC., on German Fascism
were read on this occasion.
Members of the Boston club have
also picketed the local consulate.
A mass meeting was held at the
clubroom with Eugene Gordon,
leading Negro writer, as the main
speaker. At the Indianapolis JR.C.,
William GalatsEy. secretary of the
Chicago Committee to Aid the Vic
tins of German Fascism, addressed
large crowd on Thaelmann.
John Reed MAGAZINES
THE second issue Of The CauldrOn
1 organ of the Grand Rapids John
Reed Club, has just appeared. 1t is
an excellent illustration Of how eff
fective a local publication can be-
if it puts its emphasis on local prob
lens. The first number contained
survey Of the Grand Rapids fur
niture industry The leading article
in this issue deals with recent
case in the city in which workers
protesting against a cut in relief
were arrested. The article is not
written in an ordinary fashion, but
is a breezy piece of reporting with
dialogue and description. The club
Joined in petitioning the governor
for the release of the prisoners, and
the Grand Rapids Press featured
the story. A biographical sketch of
David C. DeJong, a resident of
Grand Rapids and author of the
novel, Belly Fulla Straw" is also
included in the magazine; the ar
ticle is written by Belongs brother.
In Hartford, small JR.C. group
edits The Hammer, mimeographed
magazine. The current issue con-
tains piece of revolutionary in
trospection, Spring Night in Hart
ford" by Miriam Clark, an analy-
sis of recent strikes in the city, and
movie reviews.
New issues of Left Front, organ of
the Midwest John Reed Clubs; Left
Review of the Philadelphia J.R.C.,
Partisan Review of the New York
club, as well as of Blast and Dyna-
mo, have just appeared. They will
be reviewed on this page.
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Indianapolis Club Starting Library
THE Indianapolis JR.C. is estab-
fishing a circulating library It's
librarian pleads for contributions
of suitable books: II am sure a lot
Of people have such books idle in
their bookcase doing no one any
good; we'll guarantee to put them
to good use" Contributions should
be sent to John Reed Club, 318 Co.
lurnbia Securities Bldg, 143 E. Ohio
st. indianapolis, Ind. The club will
gladly pay the postage.
Recent lectures at the club
which boasts of the only regular
forum in the city-include Joseph
Friend on 1.-THE Novels of Dos Pas
$685." Warren G. Huddlestone on
Culture and the Profit Motive"
and r. B. Davis on the Economic
Crisis. The club has just started
l2-week study course in Marxism.
Negro IntelIectuals in Cleveland
j. r. C.
THE Cleveland club has been sue
cessful in winning Negro intel
lectuals, students, and professionals
to the revolutionary movement.
Members of the local Negro drama
groups and publications are joining
the J.R.C. The club has put most
Of its stress on mass work. Like
many clubs in the provinces, the
J.R.C. has served largely as a means
of drawing white-collar elements
into active revolutionary work. It's
members help to edit shop papers
Individuals in the club prepared a
manual for leaflets that is very SER
viceable to the whole revolutionary
movement (the Indianapolis J.R.C.
has also done excellent work in
conceiving of simple, but effective
devices for mass Leaflets.
A mural project for workers
center in Cleveland is under the di-
rection of B. Limbach, well-known
revolutionary artist, who painted
the first murals for the Joint Coun-
Gil of Industrial Unions and Hun
garian Workers Center in Cleve-
land.
Chicago Club Holds New Elections
DICHARD WRIGHT, young Negro
IL poet, has just been elected ex-
ecutive secretary of the Chicago
John Reed Club. Morris Merlin, on
the art staff of Left Front, is the
new organizational secretary Edith
Mango, who has contributed a Sc
ries of sketches entitled 1.-THE South
Side Sees Red" is secretary of the
writer's group.
Recent activities of the club in
clude the following: An art exhibit
ton will be held on Chicagos South
Side; this is an effort to draw in
Negro artists and writer's. A dele
gate was sent to the No-Jury Art
Society to aid in formulating plans
for housing project for artists.
Plans for artists and writer's
schools are going ahead. A defense
committee has been elected to work
in behalf of Jan Wittenber, a Chi
cago J.R.C. member, who was ar
rested in Southern Illinois and is
on a hunger strike in prison. Plans
are being made for an art exhibit
ton and unity ball to aid the LID.
in its defense work.
Detroit Dramatic Group Active