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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
WHAT'S ON
Thursdnn

Thursday
EDITH BERRA6AN BIZ. LID. Open Meet
ng, Educational Program, Discussion.
Borough Park Workers Cub, 4794 18th
ave-, Brooklyn.
HARRY snn1s BIZ. LID. meets at $500
18th Ave, Brooklyn. Symposium Europe
N the Barricades'' Admission free
MAX BEDACHT speaks on ''Fascization
Of the Us" at Open. Forum Of Pen g.
Hammer, ia ". 3lst st., at $50 PM.
CLARA zETKR Br. LID. holding
rhaelmann Protest Meeting Al n. 7. La
Dor Temple, 247 &. s4th St, p.nn. Eng
ash and German speakers.
MARCEL SCHERER speaks on 'sThe
Austrian Revolution" st the Prog. Com
nunity Center. $50 T. ssrd st., Brooklyn.
TOM LEWIS speaks on IAN American
Looks at Soviet Russia" at Paradise
Manor, II W. Mt. Eden Ave, Bronx, $50
pm. Adm. l0c. Auspices, Mt. Eden Br.
FaU
FREIEErT Mandolin orchestra rehearsal
for Town Hail Concert All except con
;ertinas must come. Tbs wind instruments
Fill participate
PACKAGE Party Social at sparts Youth
sr. TWO, 14i8 Boston Rd., pm. Ad-
Mission one package
5-DAY BAZAAR In Middle Bronx work
RS Club, 432 Claremant Parkway. Friday.
Saturday and Sunday Music, concert.
MEMBERSHIP MEETING OF Cultural
Groups Of Daily Worker Volunteers, as z.
Welcome
Friday
LECTURE by Harry Raners, '=Tns war
Danger Ia the Far East at fremont PROG
Club, 866 E. fremont Ave, s:4s pm
EARL sROwDER speaks on Two The
Dries OF Working Class Unity at fryius
Flaza, II irving Place BENEFIT National
Training School, Auspices Of the worker,
School.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08

(Which here means certain objects
of refined pastime) that it is even
beyond the humanity understand
able impulse Of the escapist. It is
SO far beyond everything indeed,
that it achieves a certain type Of
purity - pure removal or pure
vacuity. People in this state need
nothing, want nothing Except
money! and whatever passes
through their mind is accidental
movement. So, while it is all Just
fun, it is also quite sad.
THIS, we repeat, might not be re-
l garded as anything more con-
siderable than the games of a
wealthy idiot, and since 1t takes
on an essentially unpretentious
form We might have put it out OF
our minds with smile and shrug.
But as 50 many people have seen
fit to let it represent their taste
either for true art or for pleasur-
able diversion, it Is necessary for
us to point out that because some
talent may have gone into its max
ing does not mean that the result
is valuable in any respect, and be-
cause it succeeds In distilling a few
drops Of faint emotion 1t does not
follow that any normal human be-
ing should be interested in 1t to
the slightest degree. On the con-
trary, although we may "condone"
It as a plaything, we feel certain
thet peonle who are really en-
raptured by It are incapable in
their regular pursuits Of any
genuinely creative work.
When DIN Downes, music critic
Of the New York Times, Henry
Mcbride, art critic Of the New York
Sun, Carl Van Vechten, popular"
novelist, and their like, "rave"
about ~ Saints we may consider
it sufficient evidence that they have
nothing whatever to contribute to
the growth Of true cultural express
sion in this country. They and
the public they stand for, even
when they hold forth on artists
Of greater stature than those in
volved in the present opera, are.
underneath it all, the kind Of
people who try to derive the con-
ISOLATION from art which is the
equivalent Of a baby sucking It's
toe.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
: Treasure Island" To Be
Screened BIZ M.G.M.

Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper will
be featured in Treasure Island" film
version Of Robert Louis Stevenson's
famous story which Metro-Goldwyn will
produce.
Frank Buck is preparing his new film,
wild Cargo for release here on March
IS, according to an announcement from
KKo-Radio. Buck photographed some
100000 feet on his jungle trip, which he
Is now cutting to some 5000.
z Norma Shearer and Charles Laughtou
will play tho principal roles in THE Bar
-etts Of Wimpole Street" screened from
The stage play in which Katherine Cornell
vas seen here In 1881. Sidney Franklin
will direct the picture.
Universal is planning to produce 1.-THE
Black Cat" based on q story by Edgar
Allan Poe" Boris Karloff and Bella Lu-
sosi are scheduled for the leading roles.
Tbs Wheeler-Woolsey film, Hips Hips,
Hooray," " illeb shown at the Albee Thea
re, Brooklyn, beginning tomorrow. The
stage SHOW includes the SiAubert revue
Artists and Models with Jimmy savo.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08

much care JOHN L. SPiVAk
whether that change is brought
about by the ballot or the shot
gun.
One Lincoln County share crop
per, who had come to town for
sack Of -four from the Red Cross
was standing on the sidewalk at
the foot of the stairs leading UP
to the relief Office. He was talk
ing with several other farmers
when I came by. All had that
same lean, worried, yet determined
look. Their shoes were caked with
the red dust of Mississippi roads
The blue denim overalls which they
had was all the clothes they had
Them Bolsheviks was right" hi
was saying. "They had the right
idea. Why, do you know what they
do over there? Everything that's
made or grown Is put in govern
ment warehouse and If you need
something you just go and get it,
II I got two children I get one
sack Of flour. II you got four chill
dren and need more you get two
sacks Of -four. The government
owns everything and gives it to
them that needs it. There amt
no millionaires there. If you got
q lot of money the government
takes 1t away from you and gives
it to the poor" His knowledge Of
the workings Of Soviet economy
was Of course, little vague, but
his militant sentiments were re-
vealing.
"Hell, we're living under Soci-
ahst government now" another
farmer said, cutting wide swatt
with mouthful of tobacco Juice
'Ain't the government telling u;
how much we can plant and what
we can sell 1t for? The only trouble
IS that the government is still be-
ing run for the millionaires"
The conversation went on in this
vein. There was no doubling the
deep bitterness they had against
"the millionaires" -yague figures in
the East and North who pulled
strings and made the farmers dance
like puppets.
You know what Tuey P. Long
says? The wealth Of this country
is in the hands Of about dozen
men. Now that amt right-that
they should have all them millions
and we amt got a sack Of flour.
Huey Longs demagogic advocacy
Of redistribution Of wealth, tax
ing Of the very rich and so on has
reached into the Kingfish's neigh
boring state and left a profound
effect upon the Mississippi farmer
Almost everywhere one hears Huey
Long or Will Rogers quoted, the
Kingish by the farmer in the field
and Rogers by the middle and
upper class.
what would have happened il
the government had not given you
men relief" 7 asked this group
other individuals or groups, outside
the land agents Office. the charity
organizations offices, in the streets
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
Marching Feet ,
Is A Confused
Liberal Play
By BILL ANDREWS

CHICAGO.-The chief lieutenant
Of American imperialism, the right
hand man of American Sugar in
terests in Cuba, suddenly sees the
errro of his ways and decides TO
organize the workers against war.
This is the revolutionary" message
Of the play, Marching Feet" by
Chester Horne.
The Chicago Workers Theatre
must have chosen this play In
desperation. Only a. complete lack
Of available revolutionary plays can
explain the choice Of this play by
workers theatre.
Though the program calls
Marching Feet" an anti-imperial-
list play, it is typical example Of
liberal. confusion. It's sympathies
sre directed, not toward the Cuban
masses who are the chief victims
OF American imperialism, but to-
ward the servants Of American
finance capital who have the Job
OF directly depressing the colonial
workers. 1t sheds tears over ths
fact that occasionally the big capi-
talistS sacrifice the small fry, fore
men, ETC., in order to strengthen
the position Of finance capitalism.
But when the play, in an obvious
effort to sound revolutionary, ends
on the conversion Of the hench-
man Of the chief expIoiter, and his
decision to throw up a chance to
he director on one Of the most
powerful corporations and instead to
lead the workers in the struggle
against. war, it becomes not only
weak, but ludicrous
The play does expose, to a limited
% extent, the rule Of big corpora
lions over the government. 1t at
tempts to debunk the glory Of war
idea. It's failure to consider the
Cuban workers, however, leads 1t
to open white chauvinism in one
or two places. For instance, one
of the more sympathetic characters
makes this observation about the
Cuban general who Is organizing a
revolution financed by the Amer
lean Sugar Refinery Co. mo white
woman would speak to him except
at the point Of gun" No effort
is made to show the Vciousness Of
this remark.
This production, which played at
the Hull House Theatre here,
shows some improvement in the
,capability of the Chicago Workers
Theatre. Compared to the produc-
ton of Precedent" by the same
group last year, this production is
many degrees higher in technique.
* During the first act the makeup
seemed to be overdone, with a
change for the better in the
latter part Of the play;
TEE Chicago Workers Theatre has
proved that it has possibilities
Of becoming very competent
group. It is making progress which
must be continued. If 1t can only
find some means, either by more
extensive. search for revolutionary
plays. or by establishing It's own
play writing group to obtain real
proletarian drama it can, in the
near future, become a very i'm
portant factor in the workers cul-
tural movement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
By JOHN L. sPIvAK

BROOKHAVEN, Miss.-A
gradual realization that
wealthy men were becoming
Weather at the farmers ex-
pense while he was getting
poorer transferred long suppressed
undercurTent OF dissatisfaction here
into open talk Of rebellion. It Is
the sort Of talk which could very
easily become action with the
slightest leadership.
The small landowner, the tenant
farmer, renting farmer and share
cropper have about reached the
END Of tolerance. Many farmers
say what we need is q revolution"
but not all have a very definite
idea Of what = revolution is. But
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
Organ of West Coast
John Reed Club Has
Stories, Poems, Articles
Reviewed by ALAN oALNIER

Reviewed by ALAN CALMEH
The Partisan is q journal of art,
literature, and opinion" published
by the John Reed Clubs on the
Pacific Coast. Designed for mass
circulation, it is printed in the
form of a newspaper and sells for
a nickel. The current number con-
tains a timely article on Upton
Sinclair, by Harry Carlisle, novelist
and political writer on the West
coast. Michael Quin, author of
"We Are Millions" a pamphlet
dealing with the homeless youth of
America, continues his vivid report
ing of labor struggles in Southern
California.
Lincoln Steffens, whose article,
"The Boy from Oregon" in the
first issue of The Partisan was an
outstanding contribution TO the
literature on John Reed, continues
his reminiscent reporting. Quinn
adds a note stressing the import
ance Of Reed as a literary as well
as political symbol to the revolu-
tionary movement.
Mollie Prayer, a California poet
ess, contributes another story to the
growing body of fiction dealing with
the white collar worker in the
crisis. clean Fields" a long poem
by H. H. Lewis; "A Patriarch Earns
His Wings" an Indictment Of Edwin
Markham, by Walker Winslow; and
a competent review Of 1.-THE Great
Tradition" by Douglas Hammer, as
well as news of film and drama
work on the Pacific Coast, help to
make a well-balanced issue.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
Stage. and Screen
Group Theatre To Present
LdWsOn's NeW Drama Mar. Ii

John Howard Lawson's new drama,
eGentleweman," will be presented by the
Group Theatre as its second Offering Of
the season, opening at the Cort Theatre
On Monday. March 10. Stella Adler, Lloyd
Nolan and Claudia Morgan head the cast
Another Love" Jacques DevaFs comedy
is announced for March 10, at the Van
derbiit Theatre George Oppenheimer
adapted the play Leading players in
elu6e Mary Seryoss, Suzanne Caubaye,
Raymond Walburn and Romano Calender.
Men In White" the Group Theatre pro-
1uction at the Broadhurst Theatre, will
give q special matinee performance on
Friday afternoon for the benefit OF the
Actors Fund of America.
'rhe Rats Of Norway" by Keith Win
Ter. auhtor OF The Shining Hour" now
current at the Booth Theatre, has been
acquired by Max Gordon and will be pro-
iuced here next season.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
Red PEN as New Phila.
John Reed Club Organ

RED PEN, Jan, 1884. Is cents
"Red Pen" is the organ of the
Philadelphia John Reed Club. The
first number contains stories by
Vincent Norman Hall and E. Clay,
a translation OF Russian poem by
M. Spiegel, book reviews by A. Alex
ander and N. Hall, an article on
WAR Danger" by Maxwell White
man, and a manifesto, Towards a
New Theatre" written by Lester
Glass of the John Reed Theatre
Group in Philadelphia.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
The Function of
the Revolutionary
Music Critic
By CARL SANDS

WHAT about the revolutionary
W music critic HIMSELF Hitherto,
musical critics have been, on the
whole, literary men who knew some
thing about music. They have ac-
customed us to a special type Of lay
criticism constituting a view Of nu-
sic from the outside. Their increas-
ing efforts at inside, technical criti-
cism have been conspicuouSly fu-
tile. In the revolutionary movement
we do not have to waste man-poweY
in perpetuating a special class Of lay
critics Of music. AS everyone knows
who has done musical work with
mass organizations, the proletariat
Is capable Of excellent lay criticism
Lay criticism Of music will also
be given by revolutionary writer's
generally, though they most Of them
viii need to spend more than q lit
tie time deepening their knowledge
Of the subject. What we need for
q revolutionary musie-crttical pro-
fession is not men who are primarily
adept at something else and only
secondarily at music, but men who
are primarily musicians who know
something about writing. Such men
will not only recognize and appraise
new values In revolutionary music,
but they VIII. a. living workers In
that music, be able correctly to
Judge which Of the values in the old
music are best TO preserve. But their
greatest strength will be where their
bourgeois prototype was weakest.
The bourgeois critic is always quick
to call attention to defects. It Is
easy. But beyond that he can uSu-
ally do nothing. This also Is easy.
He never could prove his adverse
judgments in the crucial test of
showing how the defect could be
remedied. The revolutionary critic,
on the other hand, must attempt
this: he must be required to attempt
it. He must be as adept at construc-
tive IS at destructive criticism. In
other words, like the old Negro
preacher, he cannot get by If he only
"argufy and sputify"-he must also
Show wherein"
Music lovers and musicians in the
revolutionary movement or sympa-
thetic to i'll Help us to get away
from the overlooking Of music
critical issues now going on In the
endless and Improbable hair-split-
ting over personalities and triyiali-
ties Of bourgeois musical life. De-
mand in the revolutionary press, in
stead Of the irresponsible impress
Sionism of personal opinion with
which we are now surfeited, four
things:
ID A Marxist Interpretation of all
musical activity, whether bourgeois
or proletarian;
90 A proletarian viewpoint. Civ
ing at least as much space to the
emerging proletarian art as to the
decaying bourgeois;
CD A breadth Of view that sees
something more than the careerists
on the stage OF Carnegie Hall;
az Good, sound, revolutionary
music-critical propaganda, Demand
II the critic give destructive criti-
clsn OF proletarian art, that he give
also constructive criticism: that he
get down to brass tackS and neither
give, in language, minute prescrip-
ton for the remedy Of the defects
or else show in concrete musical
way what he can do. Demand that
he live in the present, a worker for
music as a weapon in the class
struggle, with his eyes directed, not
always backward, but forwardI
(THE ENnl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08

That deep I'M
rest, the long
years of misery.
especially since
the depression.
has left in them
, strong feeling
that by some
kind Of change
t h ey co III d
e sc ape tn e
domination o I
the landowner
The storekeeper
The banker and
the politician
md they don't
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
CHANGE
the
WORLD!
BY SENDER GARLIN.

! GENTLEMAN by the name Of A B. Campbell who's
n working with those N. R. A. people, sent letter to
the Workers Bookshop so East 18th Street. New York.
few days ago. It was rather sharp letter, for it
tanned a complaint and threat.
Mr. Campbell, who is in charge of a department called
the Loss Limitation Department of the Retail Code
Authority City told the comrades in the Workers
5ooshop informed hat selling Browns BOOK
cost at store The title capoes
] version.
A. that under the provisions Of the
sell item below net invoice costa In order
may you complying with the provisions Of
the you kindly bring this Office invoices showing the
price Of the article" Emphasis is Mr.. CanpbensO
that the socaled National Recovery Admin
aion could single for petty persecution they
chose the Brown volume prepared by
group Of distinguished bourgeois u exposing the mderous NsA
regime IN Germany
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
NGSis C0strGte 3 BY
Secret Court Order

BERLIN. March Three per-
sons were castrated by orders
Of the Nazi courts under the
sterilization laws yesterday. The
proceedings Of the court are
secret, and no information was
given as to who the victims
were.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
TUNING IN

Paul KaminSky will discuss John
Middleton Murry's 1.-THE Necessity
Of Communism" at S:l5 pm. today
over WARD.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
Too Busy Exposing N. R. A. to Cooperate"

NATURALLY the Workers Bookshop did not
rush to Mr. Campbes IS 18th Street. New York ito
kindly bring showing of this article since they
selling pamphlet What Every Worker
r. A." &C. exposing the N r. A. so Mr.
Campbell sent down follow the matter
It seems that the despite Of the Socialist
Roosevelt the for "SoaisO In
minimum ten cent profit on all
books they Cmpbens emissary down to
Booksop Franklin suggested that
all the books that being sold at
less than price should be singled out special
target.
Mr Ca1npbes and said "Wen,
this kind Of thing unless don't
get a complaint from Of the bookdealers"
porting the invoices for few minutes however, Mr.
mpbels Boohop the
10 Per cent pont required (Which profit incidentally
is further the fight against the N r. AZ.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08

Send us names of those you
know who are not readers of the
Daily Worker but who would be
interested in reading it. Address;
Daily Worker, so e. 18th ST., New
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
Guess Who Complained!


INQUIRY bookseller who against Work
Booksop making possible the Brown Book
Of the Hitler Terror other than the R. Macy Company
ads in the metropolitan pressed
explain" would not Join the boycott against NaN goods
Now happens (Which also the
big Baberger store and It's Newark
wealthy is important to note
the most notorious pce-cutters when comes to selling publishers
garbage
ago regarding advertising practices" Macy
Division OF Research and Planning brought report
! completely whitewashing the
s-ons leading
he N at R. Macy
name, gentle readers is Mr. Oswald Knauth
Hitler at Discount-at Macys
point picked up
Akawanna $4,000 and learned from Macys book department
they gladly discount
especially interested
books which had been recently published.
you Tragedy Russia" A-why
you have any books on Roosevelt and the New pe Aer
We have number OF excellent books THE
Roosevelt Revolution" for example Ernest Lndley
QDo have my Struggle by Adolf Fter2 Awhy, don't
ur you you wish.
a-Do a A-oh Of course
Dangerous Thoughts" in the Schools
uHIE employed struggling salary
and unemployed teachers fighting relief the Legislature
Of the State of New York considering Of Teachers
Oath Bill the State Society,"
Revolution, which would oncay joke
amendment adopted "every pro-
instructor teacher who provisions
this article who shall hereafter for license
the following oath affirmation soemnly
support the Constitution America
Constitution OF State
York that will faith
fully mpartay and justly perform all the duties
which am assigned hereafter be assigned"
Things Are Different Now
TOUR hungry teachers battling cops
in the Loop in Chicago teachers strikes in cities the
country thousands Of schools many
such time seemingly patriotic" becomes
weapon against the struggling
Another word What could right i good
rewriting Of Upton Sincars Step" capitalist
control Of education, written about years
The capitalists and the ckey boards
the struggle going to
a hell q tne
TOMORROW: "The Marine Workers. for Example,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-16

made by Rock for Notre Dame,
how Father ODonnen had broken
his health to carry on and pleaded
with Layden not 10 follow in their
footsteps Of overwork.
With Jimmy Crowley, himself one
of the four horsemen, acting as
POSTMASTER and unleashing his
Witticisms at the speakers, famed
men from far and wide, members
Of the great team of 1924. Noble
Kizer, Harry Stuhldreher, Don Mil
Ter, Chuck Collins, all lauded the
selection Of Layden, one Of their
team mates.
Governor Paul V. McNutt, one Of
the speakers, reminded the throng
that while the dinner was a testi-
monial to the 1888 football team, it
was d fitting birthday celebration
for the school that ninety years ago
Monday was granted an educational
institutional charter by the state Of
Indiana