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The Washington times., 1934-02-22
New Tango Dance

A new tango embracing II diff
ferent rhythms and combining
the best features of the French
and Spanish tangos and the
rhumba with a variety of new
steps, yet simple enough that it
can be danced by the average
person, will make its bow in
"Bolero."
The Washington times., 1934-02-22

Paramount'S potential box Of
flee plums on the list include
Marlene Dietrich in "The Scarlet
Empress" and that curvacious
damsel, Mae West, in 1T Amt
No Sin.
Probably one of the best pro-
gram pictures turned out by
Warner Brothers, "As the Earth
Turns" will be an early booking.
Exhibitors are afraid of it be-
cause the fat roles go to Donald
Woods and Jean Muir, compare
tive unknownS to the n-ovie pop
ulace.
Donald Woods is known very
well in washington despite his
newsneSs elsewhere. For he was
long Steve Cochran's leading
man and this department was
among the first to point out that
he must eventually land in Hol-
lywood.
"As the Earth Turns" is a
story concerned with the fresh
soil of Maine and the New Eng
land native. For that reason the
world premiere Of the picture
will be at Bangor, Maine.
They say Donald Woods Is
very, very good and that Jean
Muir, who looked very promis-
ing in her first picture, really
arrives in "As the Earth Turns"
The National Theater is fac
ing four dark weeks. Next at
traction is Madame Jeritza in
the new operetta, "Annlna.
This was originally scheduled for
March 19 but Jeritza, laid low
by I'M lenza, has been delayed
starting rehearSals. so the new
Washington date is March rs.
Novarro Is Trouper
Ramon Novarro has the heart
of a trouper, I suspect. For 1t
is written specifically into his
contract that he will not have to
sing five times a day except on
Saturday and Sunday. Four
times fulfills his obligations on
the other days Of his weeks
engagement.
BUT Ramon Novarro discovered
that by singing five times a day,
or including an extra perform
ance at the Capitol Theater, in
New York, he could surpass the
enviable boX-office record made
by Robert Montgomery. So Ra'
mon is singing that many times
and will depart with the Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer box-office record
for Broadway, a mark away over
100000.
City Manager Carter Barron,
of Loew's, expects to have him
give five shows at the Fox The
ater tomorrow. For this boon
Mr.. Novarro will only have to
sing three times on Sunday. At
the Fox he will aim at a box
office target with 100000 as the
bullS-eye. I think he can hit it.
About Dancers
According to George Rats pic
ture, "Bolero," an expert male
ballroom dancer can make the
grade with just an ordinary girl
partner. I wonder.
That great dancer, Maurice
(Movert) probably was the in
The Washington times., 1934-02-22
HUT {: :: !: From
HOLLYWOOD!
BY GWYNN
Especial to The Washington Tlmes)

HOLLYWOOD Feb 22-Just to spike lot of about
the why and wherefore of what Twentieth Century doing
the main for not taking up lot Of options because
make OF special productions
The Washington times., 1934-02-22
Bar Problem

Those Virginia censorS have
held up Warner Bros wonder
Bar" while they ponder on whether
it is sacriligeous or might offend
church people.
What they object tor rather
question-is the propriety of show
ing the primitive colored mans
idea Of heaven. In this scene the
blacked-up AL Jolson and his
merry cohorts frolic inside the
pearly gates. This was not in the
original wonder Bar" and is a
Hollywood addition.
For the benefit of the censors
and others such a scene was and
is in "Green Pastures depicting
the fish fry right insidN. st. Peters
domain. I have never heard 1t
mentioned that the scene' gave Of
fense or that it even outraged dig
nifty, being staged in a mood of
high glee, but reverentially and
with due regard for the Sacred
Book.
Manager Stiefel, of the Howard
Theater, has no qualms about how
his customers will accept this
scene in wonder Bar" He has
booked the picture for uptown
Washington after it has completed
its Easter week date at the Earle
Theater.
The Washington times., 1934-02-22
HALLIDAY Role

John Halliday has been assign
ed one of the important parts in
Finishing School," which is now
shooting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-29
Philadelphia Workers
School Opens Tonight

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadel-
phia Workers School opens tonight
at it's headquarters, 908 Chestnut
Street, a splendid location in the
heart of the downtown section OF
the city, with a renodeled building
made suitable for school purposes
The school committee announces
that there is still opportunity for
late-comers to register for all the
classes, and should there be larger
number of applicants than can be
handled in the classes already pro-
vided for, special arrangements will
be made to increase the number OF
classes.
Besides the standard courses in
Principles Of Communism, Political
Economy, Marxism-Leninism, Prob
lens Of the Negro Liberation Move
ment, Trade Union History, Trade
Union Strategy and Tactics, Organ
ization Problems, ETC., there are
classes on Sign, Poster and Leaf1et
Making, Parliamentary Procedure,
especially for members OF A. F. OF
L. unions. English, Russian, Spanish
Origin of Man and Civilization
Friday night forums will be held
every week in the school building.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-29
Questions and Answers

councils through the smashing Of
the capitalist state"
On the other hand, the Socialist
slogan, Vote Socialist for a Social
ist America" is based on the So
cialist Party theory, expressed al
most every day by Norman Thomas,
that the abolition of capitalism and
the building of Socialism can be
accomplished purely through legal
electoral means; that is to say, by
voting capitalism out of existence.
This theory is in direct contra
diction to the fundamental teach
ings of Marxism, and violates the
entire experience of the working
class. For Marx and Engels, basing
themselves on the analysis of the
capitalist State showed that the
proletariat can never abolish the
rule of the capitalists without
smashing the capitalist state power
through revolutionary mass action.
The whole history OF the struggles
of the working class has proved
that. The recent history in Ger
many, Austria, Spain have con-
hrmed it.
Therefore, the Socialist Party
theory of the electoral, peaceful
path to Socialism actually serves to
disarm the masses through illusions,
through failing to organize the
masses for the revolutionary seizure
Of power.
The use of capitalist legislative
bodies is part Of the revolutionary
strategy of the working class. The
Communist Party conducts its cam
paigns in revolutionary way, con-
stantly exposing the capitalist die
tatorship behind the trappings of
capitalist democracy. The Socialist
Party in its election campaigns, by
failing to expose The class character
Of the capitalist dictatorship which
is hidden by the trappings of cleo
tons, voting. ETC., only serves to
strengthen this capitalist rule by
striving to blind the working class
to its essential revolutionary mis-
sion, to smash the dictatorship of
the capitalists and set up its die
tatorship, the dictatorship of the
majority over the exploiting minor
ity.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-29
TUNING In

7:OO-WEAF-Ray Perkins, Songs
WoR-Sports Talk-Ford Prick
WJz-Amos m Andy-Sketch
WABC-Myrt and Marge-Sketch
7;15-WEAF-Gene and Gleen-Sketch
WOR-Comedy and Music
WJz-Plantation Echoes Mildred
Bailey, Songs; Robinson Orchestra
WABC-Just Plain Bill-Sketch
1:30-W EAF-Minstel Show
WOR-Mystery Sketch
WJz-Red Davis-sketch
WABC-Paul Kesst, Baritone; Orch.
i5-WEAF-Frank Bucks Adventures
WOR-Dsnce Music
WJz-Dangerou Paradse-Sketch
WABC-Boake Carter. Commentator
$500 EAF-Himber Orchestra
WOR-Lone Ranger-Sketch
WJZ-Jan CARRIER, Supper Club
WABC-Bar K Days-Sketeh
s;15-WABC Edwin c. Hill, Commentator
$50 WEAF-Symphony Orchestra: Gladys
Swarthout. Soprano; Margaret
Speaks, Soprano: Frank Chapman,
Baritone; Fred Hufsmith. Tenor
WOR - Campaign Talk Robert
Moses, Republican Candidate for
Governor
wJZ-King's Guards quartet
WABC-Mario Chamlee, Tenor; Con-
cert Orchestra
o;i5-WJZ-From Schooner Seth Parker
O0-WEAF-Gypsies Orchestra; Frank
Parker, Tenor
WOR-The Witch's Tale
WJz-Minstrel Show
WABC-Rosa Ponselle, Soprano;
Kostelanetz Orchestra
9:S0WEAF-Joe Cook, Comedian; Donald
Noyis, Tenor; Frances Langford,
Contralto; Voorhees, Orchestra
WOR-Lum and Abner-Sketch
WJz-Dramatic Sketch
WABC-Gluskin Orchestra; Block
and Sully, Comedians; Gertrude
Niesen. Songs; Chiquito, Songs
Breckenridge Campaign Talk
1000 WEAF-Eastman Orchestra; Lullaby
Lady; Male Quartet
WOR-Campaign Talks - Governor
Lehman, Lieut.. Gov NJ William
Bray and Senator Royal S. Cope
land, at Yonkers
WJz-America in Music; Methods of
Transportation; John Tasker How
ard, Narrator
WABC-Wayne King Orchestra
19:is-W OR-Current Events-H E. Read
o;so-WEAF-1934 Mobilization for Human
Needs, Play-Soeiety's Business
With Miriam Hopkins; Speaker
Fannie Hurst, Author (Also on
WABC. WIZ
WOR-variety Musicale
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-29
BY JOHN L. SPIvAK

GERMANY, because of the pro-
- tests aroused in this country by
her slaughtering and torturing of
Jews, was very anxious to counter
act Jewish as we'll as Gentle pro-
tests. The best counteraction was
to carry the "hate-the-Jew" creed
to the American Jew so that Amer
lean Jews would have their hands
full with their own worries. 1t thus
became important not only for the
secret German agents to organize
anti-Semitism on a national scale
in this country but to disseminate
the attack on the Jews made in
Congress by McFadden.
Let us how this anti-Semitic
propaganda was disseminated and
whether there was any connection
with organizations working hand
in glove with secret German agents.
A member of Congress has the
right to get copies of his speech
printed by the Government to mail
to his constituents and others. The
Congress of the United States also
gives the Representative the priv
ilege of stamping his name on the
envelope to avoid payment of post
age. McFadden wanted to flood the
United States with his attack on
the Jews.
The @ ernm mt apparently
would not print as many copies of
his speech as he wanted so the
speeches were printed at some one
else's expense! Who paid for the
printing I do not know, but Nc
Fadden's whole life, as 1 shall show
in this article, has been such as to
cast doubts about his paying for it,.
1t has been McFadden's custom to
borrow money, not to spend it.
This anti-Semitic speech, designed
to arouse race hatred in the United
States, is marked Not printed at
Government Expense" but countless
thousands were mailed out at Gov
eminent expense. The readers at
tention is called to the illustration
in Saturdays paper.
Nor were these anti-Semitic
speeches mailed to citizens
directly by the Congressman. His
office sent them out by the sack
load to the espionage Order of rs
which in turn mailed with
out paying postage-to carry on
anti-Semitic propaganda. Sack
loads, too, were shipped to the head
of the Crusader White Shirts espi-
onage organization in Muscatine,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-29
J. R. c. Artists Group Reorganizes
To Work More Closely With c. P.

The artist group of the John Reed
Club has undertaken a complete
reorganization with view to full
filling it's function more adequately
both on the cultural front and in
close and active participation in
the work Of the G. P. This will
be done through organized units
in the various craft subdivisions,
special service units. etc.
The work of the John Reed
Club covers very broad field of
activities, lie, art school, exhibit
tions, trade union work, the theatre,
chalk talk, murals, artist union, pub
locations, posters, lectures, etc, etc.
An estimation of the present
forces cannot begin to meet the
growing needs of the revolutionary
movement.
The solution lies in organized
work and growth through activity
in and for the revolutionary move
ment.
In line with the above policy, the
school has adopted a program which
can be an immediate step in rem
edying the lack of forces and can
help to achieve the ideal organiza-
tional set-up of Party units, that
of making each Party unit an ade-
quate propaganda machine.
The School Board of the John
Reed Club School of Art as first
step has decided to form Poster
Design, Lettering, Shop Paper, and
Leaflet Design class The work will
cover all phases of designing of let
tering for posters, placards. leaflets,
and mimeogrsphed shop papers. etc.
The class will meet on Sunday
morning from 1890 to 1870. Eve
ming classes will be formed as re-
quests come in. A special price
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-29
CORRECTION

In the article on Upton
Sinclair, by Karl Radek, printed
in yesterdays paper, an error
was made. in the sentence read
ing, III ence If circumstances
compel the latter party to ad-
vance demagogic program of
combating big capital and Crap
pling with poverty, the petty
bourgeois masses are sufficiently
gullible to fall for such social
demagogy, especially if its ex-.
ponent is man who is energetic
and without the personal pc
cuniary ambitions of Roosevelt"
The name Sinclair" should be
substituted for Roosevelt" -
Editors Note.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-29

Iowa, a gentleman who always
places the Hitler swastika sign after
his name signed to official letters.
AS EVIDENCE that Congressman
n McFadden sent bundles OF his
race-hatred speeches to organiza-
lions working closely with secret
Hitler agents, so that they could
distribute the material without pay
ing the government postage, I offer
the letter dated Sept. %, 1893, sent
to Royal Scott Gulden by Jane G.
Bittner, McFadden's private secre-
tary:
Dear Mr.. Gulden:
Two mail sacks, one containing
four bundles of five hundred
speeches and the other containing
two bundles of five hundred
speeches each, were sent to you
this morning. i shall appreciate
it If you will let me know when
You receive them.
Also, please turn over to your
postman the two mail sacks as
they are the property of the U. S.
Government.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) JANE G. BITTNER,
Secretary.
The Order of rs not only mailed
copies to individuals but also shipped
them out in bundles. Everyone was
having a grand time with the gov
ernment's postal facilities, since by
using McFadden's name on the en-
velope one did not have to pay
postage. 1t got so that vast guam
titles of the race-hatred speeches
were returned to the Congressman,
and he wrote a letter of caution.
The letter, dated Oct. rs, 1888,
reads:
Dear Mr.. Gulden:
Evidently some one Is mailing
out my speeches from New York
unaddressed as great number of
them are being returned to me
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-29

OF 81 per month was made for this
class but for Party members a lower
price will be arranged. The inn
portant feature of this class is that
work done and discussed will be on
actual assignments and organized
for production. with special en-
phass on the mimeographing.
Production Of good leaflets is
major political task and must not
be underestimated
The Board Of the John Reed Club
School therefore proposes that every
Party unit designates one of its
members to take this course.
The John Reed Club has an able
and experienced staff for this course
and because of its Importance to
the revolutionary movement will
give it all the necessary support.
One of the largest and most pop
ular classes that the school conducts
is the Saturday morning childrens
art class. 1t serves 40 purposes, that
VI RAeSoSANaAly u oAloAablll5 thCllbS lICHl
the MARKHAM viewpoint and drawing
closer to the movement the mothers
of the children. Children are very
interested in drawing and the
mothers usually come with them
and call for them.
The Board as a result of pre-
liminary investigation, feels that
such children's classes conducted in
Workers Clubs throughout the city
would constitute splendid or
ganizing base.
1t is, however, important that
they be properly organized, To do
that it will be necessary for clubs
to confer directly with Comrsds
Pearse, Secretary of the Art School.
In anticipation of a response to
this proposal the Board has begun
a training class for instructors.
The John Reed Club and the
School Board invite suggestions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-29

here, indicating that they were
mailed at Grand Central Station,
New York. Possibly someone is
tying them up in bundles with one
address on the bundle and they
get united. 1 understand the Post
Office is not authorized to accept
packages in that manner. Maybe
you can give me some light on
this.
am returning to my home and
shall be glad to hear from you.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) L. T. McFADDEN.
We now see the definite connec-
ton between this Congressman and
a secret espionage organiza ton
which is working closely with Hit
Ter anti-Semitic agents in this coun-
try. Let us now examine the en-
velope in which this amazing flood
Of "hate-the-Jew" propaganda was
sent out-without paying the gov
eminent for postage.
The envelope, in order to get the
propaganda across as well as pos
sible, carried the following legend:
"GentiIes have the paper while
Jews have the gold and lawful
money"
This legend, upon which he based
his attack on the Jewish people,
gives us the right to examine Con-
gresham McFadden's past, to de-
termine whether he has any evil
dence to support his assertion or
whether, like so many dishonest
people, he makes an accusation to
stop charge of exactly the same
nature against himself.
I shall now present evidence that
Congressman McFadden is crooked
and that. in fact, his whole life has
been devoted to getting the gold
and lawful money" while leaving
both Jew and Gentle holding
worthless paper.
THERE was a man named Pat
i Mari who had a wealth produc-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-29

I I lOnged to forgive them, yet
they never smiled
He addressed his own genera ton!
ooh young men oh Young comrades
1t is too late now to stay in those
houses
your fathers built where they
built you to build TO breed
money on money 1t is too late
oh comrades
advance to rebuild -.
advance to rebel :"
In his concluding poem he declsress
No man
Shall hunger; Man shall spend
equally.
Our goal which we compel: Man
Shall be man.
Our programme
Death to the killers, bringing to
life"
These poets have gained their
strength from Communism, from
the Working-class movement. They
have found in Communism the vital
spirit necessary for a healthy, living,
and growing modern poetry. And
this new influence in the field Of
poetry, more particularly in Eng
land where the triumvirate, Auden,
Spender, and Lewis, have been
popularly acclaimed. has had in
turn an effect upon individuals and
groups.
COME comrades are inclined 10
scott at poetry as an effective
medium Of change and revolution.
Actually, they attribute to poetry
those emasculated features which
mark the decadence of ruling class
culture and the leisure class life
with which poetry has been identi-
fed. Their scoffing tends to belttle
the accomplishments Of young
working-c poets within their
own ranks when these writer's need
the utmost encouragement in order
to continue working in a field in
which they are very capable and
which is SO deprecated But the
poetry of revolution is a poetry Of
change and not of aesthetic stasis.
In England, led by the afo-e-
mentioned three poets, a new poetry
movement has arisen and has, to
a marked degree, changed the IN
tellectual cast Of the younger gem
Grafton, and more particularly, the
literary generation, the new voices
that express the sentiments OF
people and agitate for its ideals. 1t
has won over new poets, writer's,
and artists, to the cause of Com
munism. 1t has stimulated and
aroused nationwide controversy and
interest concerning the fundamental
issues and contradictions Of cap
italist society where formerly a
widespread lethargy concerning So
cial issues existed in bellies lettres
and middle class English Society.
There is a growing group of pro-
letarian poets whose songs will be
heard in America, and the noisy
sneers of philistine prejudices must
not subdue their voices.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-29
McFadden Uses Order
of TO to Mail Out
His Speeches

This is the second instalment
of the fifth article by John L.
Spivak of the series Plotting the
American Pogroms," appearing
weekly in the NEW MASSES. In
the first part Spivak produces evil
dence that Congressman Louis T.
McFadden Of Pennsylvania, who
launched a vicious attack upon
Jews from the floor Of the House,
and then had this speech distrib-
uted by the thousands at gov
eminent expense, has been closely
connected with the anti-Semitic
Order of rs, and the Silver Shirts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-29
The Twitching of a MonOcle

DY THIS time Henrys monocle is twitching
~ already realize They
desire working for the ending of the capitalist order society
They aim order based profit
cooperate They that the working
builders of this that the change
ionary effect politics
themselves with that will
And when Henry reads that the membership of this Writers
will include
the terroristc dictatorship of dying capital"
the best achievements human culture" will
against impeialist
Union the where the foundations
laid we'll the monocle falling completely
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-29
Two Talented British
Poets Find Source of
Strength in Communism

Poems by Stephen Spender. Ran
dom House. $3.50. SO pages.
Poems by w. H. Auden. Random
House. $3.50. 215 pages.
Reviewed by
STEVE FOSTER
THESE two poets are Of aristocratic
origin and yet they are writing
radical poetry. The emotions of
an individual the feelings of 4
group, are registered most sensitive
ly in poetry, and when these two
poets revolt against their own class
it is a clear indication Of the sJer-
ility Of leisure-class culture and the
values represented by the British
aristocracy.
w. H. Auden describes "a world
that has had its day:
Romans had a language in their
day
And ordered roads with il, but IL
had to die"
And he pictures this dying world
So. the roads have almost
vanished and the expresses never
run:
Smokeless chimneys, damaged
bridges, rOtting wharves and
choked canals,
Tramlines buckled, M shed
trucks lying on their side across
the rails;
Power stations locked, deserted,
since they drew the boiler fires;
Pylons fallen or subsiding, trail
ing dead high-tensiOn wires. :"
He declares that 1T is time for the
destruction of error" "Financier,
The game is up for you and for
the others" and the financier cannot
escape.
IN The Dance of Death, Auden
writes from a definite Marxist
viewpoint and presents "a picture Of
the decline of a class, of how its
members dream of new life, but
secretly desire the old. for there is
death inside them We show you
that death as a dancer" The dancer
represents capitalism. IN musical
comedy form, Auden parodies the
pretensions and philistine virtues of
the upper class. At the conclusion,
Karl Marx enters with two young
Communists and gives the final
verdict over the dead body of the
dancer. The instruments of pro
duction have been too much fer
him. He is liquidated."
The Dance of Death provides good
satire and entertainment and can
be easily performed before worker
audiences. The Workers Labora-
tory Theatre and dance groups
should interest themselves in the
work and undertake a production
of The Dance of Death.
Of the two poets, Auden is teen
nically more proficient, he is more
mature, more observant and realis-
tic, and intellectually more brill
liant.
Stephen Spender's work is OF
lyrical nature and his poems convey
more personal note. He, too,
writes of his disillusionment with
the old world, and he describes the
new with romantic ardor He re-
calls scene from childhood.
my parents kept me from chill
dren who were rough
And who threw words like stones
and who wore torn clothes.
They were 1.-THE, they sprang out
behind hedges
Like dogs to bark at our world.
They threw mud
And l looked another way, pre-
tending to smile.