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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-23
W H 4 T. S 0 N

MONDAY
PRESS LEAGUE, open membership
meeting at Roof Hotel Alerton. 57th st.
and Lexington Ave, 800 pm. Guest
speaker, Otto Durick. former editor Der
Arbeiter," will discuss German Situa-
ton"
LECTURE at ia w 14th St by Prof.
NJ. Schlaugh. of N. Y. University on
Study Of Folk Lore. Recent Russian
Studies of Epic Literature. 5000 pm.
Auspices NSL.
LECTURE at ia w 14th st. by Char
lotte Todes on History of the American
Labor Movement" Auspices NS.L Adm.
15c. 1880 pm. Speaker, instructor in the
Workers School and Educational Director
of the T.U.U.L.
TUESDAY
NEW THEATRE film showing at New
School, &C w. 18th st. Two showings.
1850 pm. Auspices New Theatre Maya
zine. Three Aims. You'll roar Adm. 35c
LECTURE at ia w l4th St. DIR. Bern
hard j. Stern Of Columbia University on
'Nazi Race Theories" Auspices N.5L
1880 pm. Adm. 15c.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-23
Chicago Art Auction
To Aid i'm Defense of
HilIsbOrO Prisoners

CHICAGO.-Pominent artists here
have contributed works Of art to an
auction arranged by the Jan Wit
TENDER Defense committee, in behalf
of the Hillsboro prisoners. Among
the well known painters are Todros
Geller, Rifka Angel, Mitchell Sipo-
rim, Constantine Pougialis, Louis
Cheskin, Morris Topchevsky, Louis
Weiner, Sam Greenberg. Spinoza
Ginsberg, John Groth, A. Raymond
Katz, Gilbert Rookie, Axel Anderson
N. P. Steinbe-g, David Becker,
Mauri Ritman, Cecil Rosenberg,
and Majewski.
Among the works submitted are
etchings, Autographs, paintings,
water colors and drawings. Also
paintings by Jan Wittenber. Most
of the artists were eager to help
Jan, who is very popular and much
beloved in Chicago art circles.
Dr. Curtiss Reese, prominent Uni
tartan leader, and Dean of Lincoln
Center, Chicago, has donated the
painting Eviction" by Jan Witten-
Der, which was exhibited and at
tracted much comment at the ALL
American Show at the Chicago Art
Institute. An etching by Max
Lieberman, the outstanding German
painter, has been contributed by a
friend for the auction.
John Groth of the Chicago John
Reed Club, and art editor of Esquire,
will give a talk on culture in the
Soviet Union. He has just returned
from sketching tour of the Soviet
Union, where his paintings were
exhibited in Moscow.
David Becker, prominent Chicago
portrait painter, has volunteered
his services for this evening as
sketch artist. All proceeds from
Bekker's work will be contributed
by him to the Defense Fund.
The auction will be held on We'd
nesday evening, July 25, at $3.50 at
the Medical and Dental Arts Build
ing, 1876 Wabash Ave, Suite 818. All
workers, friends of Jan Wittenber,
and those who would like to obtain
good works of art reasonably and
at the same time help the defense
are urged to come and bid for pic
lures.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-23
MiShet PiastrO SOiOiSt at
The Stadium Wednesday

Mishel Piastro, violinist, will be
the soloist on Wednesday evening
at the Stadium, playing Tchaikoy-
sky's violin concerto. Brahms SYM
phony No. in E minor and "Acad-
emic Festival Overture will be on
the same program.
This evenings program, directed
by Eugene Ormandy, will include
Chaconne, by Bach Hubay; SYM
phony No. in D minor, Schumann-
Mailer, LIsle Joyeuse, Debussy;
Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan,
Critics, and the Harry Janos" Suite
by Kodaly. On Tuesday night
Ormandy will conduct the New
world" Symphony by Dvorak,
Tchaikovsl1y's Francesca da Ri
mini, Don Juan by Strauss and
Weinberger's Polka and Fugue from
"Schwanda"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-23

WOR-Stewart Orchestra
WJZ-Minstrel Show
WABC-Evan Evans, Baritone
:15-WABC-Looking at Life-Roy Heltor
9:30-WEAF-Joe Cook, Comedian; Donald
Novis, Tenor; Frances Langford
Contralto; voorhees, Orchestra
VORTEX Fletcher, Songs
WJz-What Am 1 Ofered?-Sketch
With Douglas Hope, Alice Hill and
Others
WABC-Gluskin Orchestra; Hen
rietta Schumann, Piano
9:45-WOR-John Kelvin. Tenor
00-WEAF-Eastma Orchestra; Lullaby
Lady-Ruth Lyon, Soprano
WOR-Eternal Life-Drama
WJz-National Music Camp Orch
1nterlochen, Mich, Howard Han
son. Conductor
WABC-Dance Orchestra
Acknowledgement Events-H E. Read
10:30-WEAF-Cothic Choristers
WOR-Brogales Orchestra
WABC-Care and Feeding of Hobby
Horses-Talk
Observation-Disclosures j. Hamilton
Lewis of Illinois
1;00-WEAF-Stern Orchestra
WOR-Weather; Kahn Orchestra
WJz-Lsmbardo Orchestra
WABC-Fats Waller. Songs
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-23
Reporting the News"

WHEN the struggle between the file
takers of the San Francisco Labor Council
OF the General Strike the capitalist played
the veteran leaders of the
Tom Mooney and help keep him imprisoned ghngy
and not CONTEMPORARY the
trying to uncover the past" of Harry Bridges
leaders of the Longshoemen When police
into picket line shooting than numbering
capitalist softend
clashes between the strikers the police"
Even before the General Strike
went into fit of heading writing
food riots When
melting
fully in laying the basis for the raids
headquarters which follow.
When the Vlane by the
with the approval of the city state authorte
workers halls beating
ment wrerg workers shops libraries capitalist press
justified this action
Vgntes of 49, result
of concerted action by words that the Vganes
step ahead of the police"
They call public opinion" With
bought paid popa
machinery forgetting news
damnabe gall to talk about public opinion!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-23
T u n I n C. In

TOO WEAF-Baseball Resume
wOR-Sports Talk-For Prick
WJZ-King Orchestra
7:l5-WEAF-Gene and Glenn-Sketch
WOR-Larry Taylor. Baritone
WJZ-Press-Radi News
WABC-Nick Lucas, Songs
WJz-Mario Cozzi, Baritone; Lew
White, organ
:30-WEAF-Shirley Howard. Songs; Trio
WOR-The 'Neills-5ketch
WJZ-To Be Announced
wABC-Paul Keast. Baritone; Orch.
45-WEAF-Sisters Of the Skillet
WOR-Miller and Swift, Songs
WJz-Frank Bucks Adventures
WABC-Boake Carter, Commentator
:00-WEAF-Himber Orchestra
WJz-Garber Orchestra
WABC-Kate Smith, Songs
s:15-wOR-Lucky and Lefty-Sketch
wABC-Edwin C. HILL Commentator
o-WEAF-Symphony Orchestra; Gladys
Swarthout, Soprano, and others
WOR-Wallenstein Sinfonietta
WJZ-Lucy Monroe. Soprano; Igor
CORN. Baritone; Levitow Orch.
WABC-Lillian Roth, Songs; Edward
Neil, Jr. Baritone Dance Orch
300 WEAF-Gypsles Orchestra; Robert
Simmons, Tenor
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up near the hospital. The pris-
oners of the west wing we're lined
up in the north end of the court.
They were put through the up
down forward march y
drills about hundred times until,
breathless, they fell to the ground.
In the meantime the prisoners of
the east wing had to sing songs,
accompanied by a small band of
music. Every few minutes the
Nazis passed before them with the
body of a horribly multilated pris-
oner. The minutes passed, and
with them the prisoners. The band
played, drowning out the screams
of the tortured victims. Hundreds
of men stood against the prison
wall like stones. Hundreds of men
clenched their fists in helpless fury.
The guards shouted, "Sing, will
you, you swine. -. =" But they
could not sing. The tears rolled
down their cheeks.
Everything was ready for the
provocation. A Nazi stood in the
dormitory with his gun corked. The
prisoners, strained to the breaking
point, imagined that their last
moment had come. Sixteen wounded
prisoners were carried before them
to incite rebellion. Suddenly, hun
dreds of voices broke into song.
once I had Comrade" rang
through the courtyard. The pris-
oners of the west court joined in
this song of solidarity and COM
radeship of the i-fascists.
One of the guards, Bauer, ran
into the east court and yelled, You
sons of bitches have you gone
crazy? stop it stop it at
once The song continued
for four minutes more, and then
ceased. All the prisoners, with the
exception of those who were too i'll
to stand up, we're ordered into posi-
ton for drill.
Ito Be Continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-23
This public Opinion"

WHAT this public opinion capitalist press explains
been outraged by the action of the California
fighting the elementary pub
lie opinion? The millions of the bought paid
deluged daily with capitalist propaganda
readers for example daily injection from him announced
the first day of the General Strike
not
What the method the capitalist press
the strike of the Pacific Coast workers? vd
and marine when they first walked
and played down the file mtans
courageous struggle against the powerful shipping interests when
Joseph p the president
Shoremens Union newspapers
his arrival and him their blessings the who would settle
things amcably When his l-ou
down. the newspapers talked about Red gos
stir conflict at all costs" When the
the entire Pacific sp
iciSn" that the General Strike would actually develop
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-23
Play on Dimitrof Is
Feature IN New Issue
OF the ''NeaU Theatre''

( as a basis for further discussion,
his use Of psychological terms
seems to me vague and annoying.
When he speaks of satisfying the
wish" and Of escape" psychology
as applying both to bourgeois and
70 proletarian theatre, I think he
is INDUCING in an intellectual
hocus-pocus which I resent. The
escape" mechanism, as we CUSTOM
arily understand it means an avoid
ance of dialectic fact, a running
away The purgative value OF thea
ire in Aristotle's sense was not q
running away, it was direct emo
tional experience; to say that a
middle class audience gets the same
sort Of emotional experience from
Strange Interlude" IS a working
class audience gets from "Stevedore"
is to ignore the fundamental char
acter of the classes. A good prole-
tartan play is both direct emo
tional stimulus and call to action.
To call "Stevedo1e" a working class
escape" play simply because it
shows the workers "a way out" IS
to invent new and Objectionable
definition Of the terms.
have the greatest admiration
for Blankfort as a director. His
failure in my opinion) to theorize
clearly simply shows the lack Of
scientific theoretical base for most
of the current activity in the
theatre. Similarly Alfred Ssxe's
analysis of "Newsboy-from Script
to Performance" gives us very little
Of the dynamic quality of the play,
or how that quality was achieved
QY FAR the most exciting thing in
y this issue is the play, "Dimi-
troff" by Art Smith and Ella Kazsn.
This play is great achievement
its economy, its sense of historical
forces and mass pressure, show US
that the creative side of the revolu-
tionary theatre is sometimes far
ahead of the theoretical side. "Di-
mitrof" and the Scenes from the
Living Theatre" photographed by
Film and Photo League, are enough
to make this issue intensely menu
orable.
The other job which faces New
Theatre is the creation of a broad
working class base in the form of
reports of worker activity in all
phases of the theatre and movie in
dustry; How about more detailed
comments on the Equity Situation?
How about articls from members Of
Chorus Equity? How about detailed
stories of exploitation in the must
cal comedy and night club field?
How about articles from members OF
yees in burlesque theatres, in movie
presentation" houses? How about
vaudeville? How about the brutal
exploitation of extras and other
employees in Hollywood? How
about worker correspondence and
investigation of cases?
No doubt the editors of New
Theatre will maintain that 1 am de-
manding too much of them-that
it is impossible to do all of these
things quickly, and that the stand
ards of the magazine are necessarily
dependent on their contributors. I
heartily agree. I am aware of the
difficulties, and the editors have ac-
complished so much that they give
us every reason to believe that a
richer and more proletarian maya
zine will soon be a reality.
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In a Cellar on Bread and Water
| HAVE mentioned only some of
the things that our comrades
underwent in the concentration
camp of Sonnenburg. But in spite
of this, there were few, very few
who weakened before the Nazi ter
ror and betrayed their comrades.
Among those who did betray asso-
ciates was former social-demo-
cratic police official, Boettcher. Al
though a prisoner himself, he in
formed on dozens of Communists
and social-democrats in the camp.
One of the prisoners said that
Goebbels was poor orator; an
other, that Hitler would not remain
IN power very long; another, that
the food in the camp was poisonous.
This spy, Boettcher exposed all
three. AS a result they were moved
to the cells in the cellar.
Absolute darkness reigns in these
cells. The windows are covered
with sacking. The food consists
solely of bread, water and coffee,
with warm bouillon every three
days. There are no chairs, no tables,
and the bed stands upright against
the wall all day.
The prisoner is forbidden to sit
on the floor except when he re-
ceives his meals The walls are
moist. dank and covered with Shiny
growths. The prisoners suffer con-
stantly from colds, rheumatism and
other illnesses.
One of the favorlte pastimes of
the Nazis is to tell one of the pris-
oners that he is condemned to
death and that he is to be executed
in an hour. They affect an air of
kindness and humanity and tell him
to write his will and farewell let
tiers. Certain that he is about to
die, the prisoner writes to his wife,
children and parents and eives the
letters to the Nazis. Then the
ceremony begins. He is put on his
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-23
NEW THEATRE, official organ Of
the League of Workers Theatres,
Juiy-August, 10 cents.
Reviewed by
JOHN HOWARD LAWSON

JUN N1O W ARD LA " sur
The issue of New Theatre for
July-August shows a great and ex-
citing improvement over previous
issues both in form and in material.
For this the editors deserve hearty
praise. Nevertheless, I feel that the
issue falls far short of the poten-
tialities: New Theatre has huge
job ahead of it; its function is i'm
po-tant; there is need to fulfill that
function quickly and fully. There
fore it seems proper to subject the
paper to searching criticism.
The fact Of the matter is that. in
spite of improvements, New Theatre
is not giving us the MARKHAM attack
or the p-oletarian vitality which we
(workers in all branches Of the
theatre, trying to solve the diff
culties of revolutionary approach,
trying to orient ourselves toward an
entirely new kind of stage art,)
need so desperately.
I, myself, dc not pretend to be IN
experienced MARKHAM critic; in criti-
Ching New Theatre, I do not assume
that I am able to give a const-uc-
tive remedy for its faults. I speak
simply as a dramatic worker, who
feels that New Theatre should be an
immediate potent force for revolu-
tionary development.
The magazine should be authori-
tstiye in two fields: first in techni-
cal discussion Of problems relating
to dramatic production, the motion
picture, and the dance; second, in
reporting and commenting on the
working class struggle, in giving a
survey of the daily problems of the
workers in all sections of theatre
activity.
EFT us look at the technical dis
l. cussion in the July August
issue. I turn to these with great
expectation demanding new and
precise information on questions of
moatage, scenic design, play con-
struction. But I find these discus
sions suffer from a generalness, a
vagueness, which remind me of me
arty stuff published in Theatre
Arts Magazine and other bourgeois
publications.
E. Stephen Karnot tells us that
the Krasny- Presny Theatre in the
Soviet Union is utterly unique-but
he describes it in a way which
leaves me confused: The sheer
dynamism Of all this is Immediately
perceptible," he says; and he speaks
Of the acting: Here is neither
ranting nor studied mannerisms.
Here is not the elaborate puppet,
but the Man" I am very glad to
hear it, but I don't know what he
means.
John Mitchelrs description of
THE Brookfield Playhouse" is Z,
teresting but thin, insofar as it
gives very little concrete discussion
of the ideas and policies which
Virgil Geddes has applied in this
venture-above all, the article
omits all reference to Geddes'
ideas in relation to the revolution
airy theatre.
While Michael Blankfort's analysis
of the New Audience is stimulating
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-23
ITS a Revolution ~

THE
anche about Revolution And is that the
fighting fink
halls the and for the right maintain their
halls effort with the degradation
which hiring
barely hired the
companys liners
n
defending" people
hatred disguised
the dispatches the editorials
indictments the strikers particularly
militant sections strikers Liberal newspapers
Telegram exception Consider
which the played up
Wagner the displays given their fascist stkebreang
Those noble of accurate reporting"
fashionable bait revolutionary
labor struggles they who charge that
interested presenting the partisan
how they the the capitalist press
in the Pacific Coast situation?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-23
International Music
Buro, USSR, Announces
Choral Work COntest

NEW YORK.-The following COM
munication was received by the
Workers Music League from the In
ternational Music Buro, U. S. S. r.,
of which the Workers Music League
is the U. S. A. section:
Aiming to increase the revolu-
tionary repertoire of workers Choir
uses by stimulating the work of
revolutionary composers, the Inter
national Music Buro has decided to
organize an international competi-
ton for the best choral works for
three or more voices.
THE compositions must be of
high artistic quality, and must
have a mass character that is,
adaptable for use by good workers
choruses and suitable for workers
audiences.
Rules of the Competition
Cd The theme must be based on
the tasks and aims of the revolu-
tionary struggles of the proletariat
of all countries for socialism and
against capitalism (anti-fascist, de-
Tense of the U. S. S. R., fight against
imperialist war, internationalism,
liberation of oppressed peoples, etc.
90 Form and size of composition
to be decided by composer. A capel-
la, piano or orchestral accompani-
ment optional.
go The composers identity is
kept from the judges until after the
prize winning compositions have
been selected. The two copies of
the manuscript must be submitted
bearing only slogan. This slogan
must be written on an accompany
ing sealed envelope as well as the
envelope containing the composers
name and address.
"a The following are the prizes:
First Prize: 1900 rubleS.
Two Second Prizes: $50 rubles
each.
For foreign composers the prizes
announced are:
First Prize: three weeks stay in
the U. S. S. R.
Second Prize: ten days stay in
the U. S. S. R.
These include all expenses in the
U. S. S. R. but exclude fare to and
from the Soviet border.
90 The judges represent the fol-
lowing musical organizations in the
U. S. S. r.. The Union of Soviet
Composers, States Publishers of
Moscow Philharmonic. Moscow Con-
servatory, the Cultural Department
of the All Union Council of Trade
Unions, the International Music
Buro, the International Union of
Theatre, Interna-
tional Union of Revolutionary
Writers and the International Labor
Defense.
Co Compositions accepted for
publication by MUSGIS Estate pub
fishers of music will be paid for at
the regular rates.
Cd The two copies of the manu-
script should reach the Office of the
Workers Music League, E. 10th
ST., New York, N. Y, not later than
October IL, 1884. The decisions
will be made known not later than
20, 1884.
The Workers Music League is N
constant touch with the Interna-
tional Music Buro and will be able
to give any further details concern
ing this competition.
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STAGE AND SCREEN

melodrama by George Abbott"
Purple Is AS Purple Does" by
Leonora Kagan and Anita Phillips
and new comedy by Damon Run
yon, as yet untitled.
John Charles Brownell, author of
Her Majesty, the Widow is COM
plotting new play with a New
England background entitled Soil"
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them? Well, he just can't tell the
truth"
Can you tell us some particular
lie Wittenber has told" we asked?
Eyes, he lies about everything.
well. can you give us an ex-
ample?"
Eyes"
What is it2'
well, he just doesn't tell the
truth"
Would you testify to the fact
that Wittenber lies?"
Il didn't say he lies"
What did you say them"
Il said he doesn't tell the truth"
We informed Saathoff of our sur
prise and how hard it was for us
to believe this of Wittenber. We
informed him that Chicago artists
and writers whom we represented
had the highest regard for the
honesty of Wittenber.
well, III tell you how that is"
said Saathoff, "a man can be good
all of his life and then some day
decide to be murderer"
Give the Calf Plenty of Rope"
EET listen" said the sheriff, I'm
Il going to tell you some more
and ask you some more questions.
Five hundred of these people went
down to Nokomis and forced the
mayor to sign their demands. They
picketed the homes of the best
people, councilmen and so forth.
Do you thing that's right?"
why do these 500 people act SOP"
we asked. isn't there some reason
why they picket the homes of the
town officers?"
"Oh, they'll do anything. They
do anything they're told to do.
They amt got no sense. Why the
day they come down to the court
house in Hillsboro two thirds of
them were drunk. Why, if 1 were
to have thrown match into the
crowd I would of blown I'D the
whole bunch of them. OF course I
got some sense. Do whatever you
want to- Wittenber told them. Tear
down the courthouse if you want
to. Don't be afraid, my organiza-
ton has million dollars to de-
fend you with Give the calf plenty
of rope and it will hang itself, that's
my motto"
Less Than Humans
Listen, some more. 1 been a
public servant for 80 years. I dealt
with all kinds, murderers of the
worst type and I amt never had
anyone act like them fellows"
Maybe they object to being ar
rested and held in JAIL" we vol
unteered.
"Object! OF course they object
but they can be decent about it.
I'm going to tell you something
about them that in my personal
estimation makes them less than
humans. Do you know an old
preacher went in there to comfort
them and they wouldn't even listen
to him. Get the he'll out of here
they said. And the poor old man
left almost with tears in his eyes.
You know people like them don't
deserve any consideration.
Tried To Overthrow the State
WE asked again to see the de-
W PENDANTS, and emphasized the
fact that the men were being held
illegally.
No, you can't see them. They
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-23
Courtney Burr To offer
-Four NeW Plays Next Season

Courtney Burr, producer OF
Sailor, Beware" now current at the
Lyceum, is planning to stage four
new productions the coming season.
The first, scheduled for September,
will be Small Miracle" a melo-
drama by Norman Krasna. The
others are: Ladies Money" a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-23

would only lie and you would lie
We amt dumb here"
well, will you tell us just exactly
what they are accused Off"
Il didn't make out the warrants, y
was the reply. "They were made by
the mayor of Nokomis. I just did
my duty"
We'll, how about John Adams, -
We asked, "is it true he wasn't even
at the protest meeting where the
others were arrested?"
"YepI you bet, I arrested him
myself, got out his warrant"
Then he is held on different
charges than the others?"
Nope, he's held on the same
charges. They intended to over
throw the U. S. government and to
do something illegal"
isn't it strange" we asked, that
they should come to Hillsboro in
stead of going to Washington to
overthrow the federal government?"
"Oh, well, it wasn't the federal
government, it was the state they
were going to overthrow, the state
government. But that John Adams,
he's going to get good long stretch
in the penitentiary. I'm going to
see to that Go in the stores and
take whatever you want, he told
the people, tell them to charge it
to Governor Homer. I gave him
plenty of rope though. Give the
calf plenty of rope, that's my
motto"