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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-02
By Blosser

/ Quincy yell, Look out! We've turn
ed somersauit. We're just about
to land"
The next thing that the TIMES
knew, poor Quincy, and the wee
ant, too. went ploc upon the shore.
The girls rushed up to lend a hand.
As Duncyestocd up on his feet, he
said, THAT really war Il treat. II
gave me quite an appetite. When
do we have some slurchy"
or Nature Nick, who stood near
by, said, Very shortly. lad. cause
I am hungry. too. just watch me.
now. have u happy bunch"
He promptly ciapped his hands
In air, and Their he shouted. Hey.
look there PA funny man appear
cd and shouted I'm produce q
thrill"
He shook Tho bumbersboot q bit
and big doughnuts appeared In ~.
Tbe man began 70 hand them out.
lie cried, "AIl eat your NIL"
Copyright, 1874, NEcA Service, Inc,
(Ehe Tinies rec real slower
dance Id flle next stCrys)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-02

sIIurray! We're sailing DER the
sea, and we're rs happy as can be-"
sang QUINCY, az wee Scouty pulled
him slowly to the shore.
This bumbcrshoot Is like a boat.
Gee, ! am glad the thing will float.
I've had enough Of swimming. so
/ don't want any more
The ant then added, Nor do J..
TIM glad l didn't have TO try to
reach the shore by swimming. ]
would still be in midstream.
II think that S:outy was just
grand to throw a rope. and lend o
hand. The way that he has rescued
us Is almost, like a dream"
'sWeil. stop your singing" Scouty
cried. "Just paw attention to your
ride and zee that you don't tumble
out until yoittre safe and sound.
"A wave Is coming t'ward you
cow. Twill wagh you up. on shore.
somehow. You both can sing till
tou're tired out, when you are on
Ary ground. a
Thon came the wave. and what q
AwelI! The whole bunch heard wee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-28

move around within an enclosure
of bayonets and black shirts 500
yards wide and a mile long. During
the hours allotted for a walk on
the only street that might be called
such, the first thing which catches
the eye is the variety of types and
dialects. They, come, in fact, from
all regions, for the struggle against
fascism exists everywhere over the
Italian peninsula. Puglie is not less
represented than Piedmont, Tus-
cany and Lazio rival each other
numerically, and Venice compares
with both Of them.
Ravages of Prison Life
Powerful physiques, open and
energetic, reveal majority of these
exiles as the workers of the
shop and land. Politically also their
composition is varied. The mass of
them are Communists, but there is
quite a group of anarchists, a rep
resentation of republicans and of
the Slovak national minority so
fiercely oppressed by the caricature
IF Roman imperialism.
Many faces impress one with the
marks of deep suffering and phys
zeal deterioration. This is because,
apart from the hard life in Ponza,
a third of the eXiles have served
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-28
Richard Watts Replies

MR. WATTS replied vaguely as
Nl follows in that Herald-Tribune
of November Is:
MY only reply to Mr.. Platt's elo-
quent query is that the picture does
treat of Lenin in devotional man
ner that possesses, as does Mr..
Platt's letter, every trace of the
mystical worship that is called re-
ligion. Therefore, I think, either
the Communists should admit to
the possession of mystical, script
ural fervor for their chieftain, or
they should denounce the film as
counter-revolutionary in attempting
to identify their cause with religion.
Mr.. Platt attempts to pin me down
to a declaration that the picture
merely maintains a mood which is
perhaps not inherently felt by the
workers and peasants of the So
Wet Union I said or implied no
such thing. I merely claim that
if they do have this particular at
titude toward their leader, then it
is an attitude that possesses all the
outward signs of religion" All
of which simply repeats what Mr..
Watts stated in his earlier COM
ment on Three Songs of Lenin, and
does not answer the questions
raised at all.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-28
T U IN G IN

-wEAF-The American Musical World
Comes Into It's Own-Rupert Hughes,
Author
WoR-Sports Resume-Ford Prick
WJz-Amos n Andy-sketch
WABC-Myrt and Marge-sketch
5-WEAF-Gene and Glenn-Sketch
WOR-Marion Chase, Songs
WJZ-Plantstion Echoes; Mildred
Bailey, Songs: Robson Orchestra
WABC-Just Plain Bill-Sketch
3o-WEAF-Gould and Shelter, Piano
WOR-vecseq Orchestra
WJZ-Red Davis-Sketch
WABC-Paul Keast, Baritone
45-WEAF-Uncle Ezra-Sketch
WOR-Dance Music
WJZ-Dangerous Paradise-Sketeh
WABC-Boake Carter, Commentator
o0-WEAF-GirI of the Golden West
Play, with Mary Pickford, Actress
WOR--Lone Ranger-Sketch
VIVA Karat Lead-Sketch
WABC-Easy Aces-Sketch
I5-WABC-Edwin C. Hill, Commentator
o-wEAF-wayne King Orchestra
WOR-Variety Musicale
WJz-Lanny Ross, Tenor Salter Or
chestra. Mary Scott, Soprano
wABC-Alexander Gray, Baritone;
Elizabeth Lennox, Contralto; Mixeo
Chorus; De Wolf Hopper, Narrator
-WEAF-Fred Allen, Comedian; James
Melton, Tenor; Hayton Orchestra
WOR-Hillbilly Music
WHO, 900 Years in Sing Sing
Sketch, with Warden Lawes
WABC-Grete Stueckgold, Soprano;
Kostelanetz Orchestra
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-28

him,
what do I use for money!"
Shorty asked.
"Fll fix it," Joe said.
THAT night Joe and Shorty visited
the headquarters of the Taxicab
Drivers Union After Joe had ex-
planned the situation to the union
organizer. the latter introduced
Shorty to an International Labor
Defense lawyer, The lawyer lis
tened to his story and told him not
to worry. He said to Shorty, you
just be in court when the case is
called"
When Shorty appeared in court
the next morning he was surprised
to find Joe waiting for him. Joe
said it was Q. K. and that he had
taken the day off. The lawyer ar
rived a little while later. 1t was
IL O'Clock befo,e the court called
the case. He asked the COP for
his complaint. Then the I. L. D.
lawyer presented Shorty's side. 1t
was evident there never should
have been an arrest. The magistrate
looked annoyed. He pointed fin
ger at the cop. you men on the
force have a nerve clogging the
calendar with such complaints" he
said shortly. Then he turned to
Shorty. Don't let me find you here
again." he said grouchily. Case
dismissed.
Shorty. Joe and the lawyer left
the courtroom together Shorty
thanked the lawyer but the latter
said it was all right and that the
union always took care of its men
After a while the lawyer hailed a
street car. 80 long" he said. $50
long" Shorty said. Joe didn't say
anything and ..ey both walked OIL
Finally Sho.sy said, You shouldn't
have taken the day off. You won't
get a cab tomorrow That's ok
81 never got the union angle, .
Shorty said slowly.
Joe grinned. Il know you'd get
it after while" he said, smiling.
The light changed color and they
crossed the street together.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-28

there are two enemy encampments,
but instead of one facing the other,
one is encircled by the other and
they are thus perpetually divided.
Prisoners Solidarity
When the circle of police, fascist
guards, carabinieri, ETC., by orders
of local authorities or the govern
ment, edges too close to the camp
of the exiled and begins an attack
of provocations and Ordinances"
that makes life impossible, one can
see the exiles closing their ranks
en- masse. without distinction of
political creed, standing firm and
hard and reaffirming their read
mess to defend themselves in the
best way they can under the cir
cumstances.
1t is very high example that
our vanguard in the hands of the
enemy gives us. We must rally
around these heroic comrades of
our, agitating their cause, which is
ours as well, in our places of work,
in meetings, and at other occasions.
We must demand for those in
prison and exile, where all amnesty
is shut out and where sentences are
automatically renewed at their ex-
piration, complete amnesty and
freedom.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-28

e:3o-WoR-Lum and Abner-Sketch
WJz-John Charles Thomas, Bari
tone; Concert Orchestra
WABC-George Burns and Oracle
Allen, Comedians
9:45-WOR-Garber Orchestra
WOR-Interviews with Gladys Shaw
Erksine and Harold Hadley, Authors
WJz-Business Conditions in Europe
Thomas ], Watson, President IN
ternationsl Business Machine Corp.
WABC-Broadcast to and from Byrd
Expedition; Warnow Orchestra
0;l5-WOR-Current Events-H E. Read
WJZ-Mme. Sylvia, Narrator
l0:3o-WEAF-One Mans Family-Sketch
WoR-Variety Musicale
WJz-Denny Orchestra; Harry Richs
man, Songs
WABC-Mary Eastman, Soprano;
Evan Evans, Baritone '"ssf-r
:00-WEAF-To Be Announced
WOR-News
Midlothian Orchestra SO :,
WABC-BelaSco Orchestra
i:l5-WEAF-Robert Royce Tenor
WOR-Moonbeams Trio -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-28
BY HARRY KERMIT

nay friend Joe Vittori who drives
M taxi relates simple incident
to show how the New York Police
Department taught his hacklnan
pal, Shorty Morrison the strength
of organization. Until then my
friend Joe, who was an old Wobbly
and belongs to the Taxicab Drivers
Union, had been unsuccessful in
his efforts to interest Shorty IT
the union.
Joe was cruising up Eighth Ave-
nue. in his hack one Afternoon
when he noticed Shorty emerging
from the West Side Court, Joe
pulled his cab up to the court en-
trance and hailed Shorty. Whats
wrong?" he asked.
Shorty swore profanely in the di-
rection Of the court house.
Come on, spill it" Joe said.
tits not enough that as hack
man work practically for nothing
for twelve hours a day." Shorty
said. 81 also gotta battle cops"
what happened?" Joe asked.
Shorty explained he was parked
on Fifty-second Street and Fifth
Avenue earlier in the day when a
horse cop came along and ordered
him off the corner. IT take his or
ders and move my cab into ths
middle of the block. The cop fol-
lows me. Where's your license?' he
asks. What for?' I ask. o. X he
says. I see you don't want to show
your license So he walks his
horse up to the corner, come back
steps on my running board ano
orders me down to the station
house. I'm going to lock you up,
he says. So I tell him to walk tc
the station house. And he walked
When we got to the station house
was booked for disorderly con-
duct and hacking off hack stand
Then they took me to West Side
Court where the judge paroled me
for hearing tomorrow"
Joe nodded. That's the way the
bastards work it," he said.
81 guess it's a ten buck fine, >
Shorty said.
you need lawyer" Joe told
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-28
Freihett Gesang Farein
Scores Another Success

THE Freiheit Gezang Farein and
i the Freheit Mandolin Orchestra
gave a joint concert at the Brook
| Ign Academy of Music Saturday
evening, Nov. oath. The occasion
was special one for it celebrated
the twentieth anniversary of Jacob
Schaefer's creative work in and for
the proletariat.
AS such the program very justly
consisted mainly of compositions
and arrangements by Schaefer who
is the conductor and animator of
both organizations. The musical
part of the concert revealed to us
again the able choral writing, the
warm, lyrical talent that distin-
cuisines Schaefer's works. Project
ing these through his extraordinary
mastery of the art of choral con-
Quoting, Schaefer reused capacity
audience to a high pitch of
enthusiasm.
All of the city sections of the
Freiheit Gezang Farein participated.
Throughout the evening their sing
ing was magnificent-an improve
ment even over their impeccable
standards of last year. The audience
after tirelessly applauding the adult
singers of the chorus, outdid itself
when the outh Section of the
Farein sang the lamented Davi-
denko's arrangement of "The Young
Drummer"
The playing of the Freiheit Man
dolin Orchestra was of slightly
lower grade owing to the tendencies
of the concertinas to wander from
pitch. They acquitted themselves
best in Schaefer's arrangement of
veprik's Jewish Dance"
The whole concert was another
marker in the achievements Of the
Freiheit Gezang Farein which is
already head and shoulders above
many of the best professional
choruses in the country. 1t en-
phasized again the exceptional and
unrivalled work of its conductor and
his commanding merits as an or
ganizer, conductor and composer.
G. NJ.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-28
LABORATORY
and SHOP David Ramsey

. gases and deadlier germs are on the
order Of the day, and fascist the
oreticians like Banse preach this
doctrine that only the most ruth
less use of virulent baciIli will en-
sure the destruction Of the enemy,gs
forces. -
In a recent article French medi-
cal officer discusses the general
technique Of spreading epidemics
and pestilence. His words are Of
great significance, since General
Rcmieu is the chief medical officer
Of the French army.
He points out that a nicrobial-
toxin is powerful weapon of ar
tack since it reproduces itself in
fnitely. There is no dif1culty in
preparing cultures of deadly naie@~
robes which can multiply in the
trillions and quadrillions in a few
days. Romieu passes over the COM
paritiYely mild" viruses like measr-
les, scarlet fever, smallpox and
typhus, and stresses the use of those
deadlier microbes that are amen
able to some degree of control.
For practical reasons he rejects
those bacteria that are carried by
rats and insects. They cannot be
"coordinated" and may turn upon
the army that Is using them. There
fore, the military bacteriologist must
conf1ne himself according to Romieu
to typhoid, the plague, dysentery,
cholera and the like. These diseases
are propagated by germs that can be
cultivated easily But the general
is pessimistic about their use. He
contends that the necessary vac
cination of troops before they
stormed contaminated areas would
be bad for morale He is also dis
couraged because the spread of the
diseases by way of the water supply
would be fought by chemicals and
the boiling Of all drinking water
The general is more impressed by
the possible uses of animal diseases
like anthrax, CHAMBERS and foot-and-
mouth disease. These could wipe
out draft and food animals and
cause general havoc.
While the general seems to have
eliminated most of the dangerous
possibilities of bacterial warfare for
one reason or another, he admits
at the end that he has merely been.
using verbal arguments. The secret
brews of germs that are being pre-
pared by all the military stats have
in all probability circumyented many
of the difficulties that he raises.
Furthermore, it must be obvious TO
the reader that from any viewpoint
the generals arguments are pretty
poor. 80
He pointed to the fearful horrors
that are in store for us in order to
justify the use of ARCHAEOLOGICAL
techniques by the French army.
Having established this point. he
then tries to play down the danger
by minimizing effects of known
germs. But the implications Of his
own presentation indicate that
bacterial techniques have all the
possibility of spreading epidemics.
and in this case as in other phases
of warfare, the offense has OUT
stripped the defense. In other
words, the brewers of microbes
would always be few steps ahead
Of those who were perfecting protec-
tive vaccines. --,-s.s,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-28
Heroic Anti Fascists
ROtting in Italy's
Barren Exile-PrisOns

long prison terms before coming
here; there are some sent to exile
for five years, without having been
able to see their homes and
families after having served in
jail from seven to ten years. Half
Of them are i'll and about a third
are affected with serious diseases.
But what strikes one most in
these workers and peasants, fighters
Of their class in the hands Of fas-
cism, is not all this, but it is their
attitude towards the enemy which
surrounds them and scrutinizes
them as to bend the dagger of
their class spirit. In vainI In Ponza
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-28
Title Lerner's First
Novel TO Be Published

Tillie Lerner's first novel will ap-
pear under the Random House i'm
print next season. Tillie Lerner is
the twenty year old girl whose first
stories in the Partisan Review, BIZ
monthly organ of the John Reed
Club Of New York, attracted the at
tention, first, of Robert Cantwell,
and then of all the other New York
reviewers. She followed with splen-
did accounts of the San Francisco
strike in the New Republic and Par
tisan Review, and by this time a
dozen New York publishers were
waving contracts before her eyes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-28
of
MUSIC
Sh0StdkOUich's Opera
Receives OUatiOH
Reviewed by
CARL SANDS

ARTHUR RODZINSKI conducted
n the Philharmonic through an
all-Russian program last week, the
most significant number being
Shostakovich's Two Entr'acte from
the Opera Lady Macbeth of
Mtsenk." The two pieces were re-
ceived with an ovation demanding
bow from the whole orchestra.
Dmitri ShostakoVich was born in
Leningrad in 1906. Of the many
Soviet composers he is the best
known. Lady Macbeth" his second
opera, was completed in 1882. He
is working upon his Fourth SYM
phony and has produced much
chamber music, music for the stage
and for the films.
Lady Macbeth" is said to be the
first of a set Of three operas-a
trilogy = portraying the develop
ment of woman under the three
periods of modern Russia: the old
regime, the revolution and the
building of socialism Shostakovich
believes "that the highest purpose
of musical art is to serve as a
vehicle of social propaganda" says
the program note by Lawrence Gil
man, continuing, ITO what extent
he has made his (work) an instru
ment of social doctrine is not quite
clear-though he is said to have
given a MARKHAM turn to the story
by Nikolai Leskov whence Chez de-
rived the libretto of his opera"
Some notes provided by Vladimir
Lakond. now in this country, prove
this to be quite the case.
THE first of the two entr'- actes
i follows the murder of Ekaterina
Izmailova's father-in-law. The or
chestral palette is grand, turbulent,
almost turgid. 1t reveals the COM
poser at about the stage of devel-
opment of Stravinsiy when that
renegade composed the "Firebird."
Sometimes he is more conventional,
sometimes more in advance of the
''Firebird." But always one feels a
bigger sweep, deeper emotional
current than Stravinsky ever had.
1t is not so mastery as its models,
Wagner and Strauss.
Technically, it is distinctly CROP
ing-at times the composer seemed
lost in the mazes of his own Or
cheStral writing But it has a Sc
robustness that was set in clear re-
lief by the "Petrushka" of Stravin-
sky that followed on the program
with it's clear happy playful pre-
war and pre-revolutionary non
chalance. Shostakovich is perhaps
the most promising young COM
poser of our day. We can expect
great things of hin-not least be-
cause he says he has and actually
shows that he has a sense of the
social function of musicl
The second entr' acte follows the
discovery in cellar by two moujiks
of the body of Ekaterina's husband.
1t is a magnificent composition,
sharp, hard, fast like the Hopak,
strongly in the spirit of Moussorg-
sky, but full of originality and
more up to date that the earlier
entr' acte. We shall have an OPP
portunity to know this work in its
entirety when, on February 5th,
the League of Composers presents
the opera itself
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-28
SCIENCE UNDER THE NAzIs

DR.. R. A. butcher, professor of
biochemistry at Pennsylvania State
College, spoke on the plight Of
scientists in Germany, at a recent
meeting Of the Philadelphia section
of the American Chemical Society.
He spent six months there visiting
the major universities, laboratories
and the leading scientists, includ-
ing Nobel Prize winners.
His observations illuminate the
degraded state Of science and
scientists when they become as in
Germany the open jobbers for war
industry. For example, research
work is mainly directed at devising
ways of providing cheap foods such
as soy beans formerly used as
fodder for cattle) for the masses.
The other emphasis is on producing
all kinds of substitute materials, es-
pecially those that are required for
war purposes.
In physics, to cite another ex-
ample, theoretical training and re-
search are scorned as forms of jew
ish degeneracy. The stress in this
field is on the physics of war, re-
search in ballistics and allied fields
being especially favored. The Nazis
in their anxiety to establish "Aryan
mental supremacy" are repeating
the most established experiments.
The results are then published as
evidence of the superiority of true
German science"
What has happened to the stu
dents sand scientists has been just
as catastrophe. Hundreds of pro-
fessors and thousands of students
were killed, exiled or imprisoned
for being Jews, for being opposed
to the Nazis, or for revolutionary
activity.
The number of university and
higher technical students was dras-
tically reduced from around 10000
to 5000. Prior to enrolment the
students are forced to serve for two
years in the "Arbeitsdienst" under
rigid military discipline. This bar
rier and the steady elimination of
women students will soon reduce
the number of German advanced
students to a small fraction Of their
former number.
Thousands of Phi. DIS and tech
nical graduates are unemployed and
spend their time and utilize their
training by digging bitches for six
cents a day and skinny meals in
the forced labor camps. There is
no future for them, since the Nazi
military program can utilize but a
limited number of research workers,
and these are taken from the ranks
of the fascist organizations.
Those laboratories that are sup
ported by the Rockefeller Founda-
ton have been allowed to function
in a normal manner. To get
around the contradiction of having
a few famous Jewish scientists still
working at such institutions, the
Nazis have granted honorary Aryan
citizenship" to such scientists as
Warburg, the biochemist who is re-
nowned for his work in chlorophyll
and the pigments of the blood.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-28
CHANGE
THE
WORLD!
BY MICHAEL GOLD

IN THE 'Dybbuk," that very fine and moving play of
Jewish mysticism, there is excellent little story told
of wise rabbi rich to the rabbi and asked
him to reveal what mysterious ailment it that
troubling
Go to the window" said the rabbi.
The rich walked to the window and looked out
What you see?" asked the rabbi.
st people," said the rich
Nov go the mirror" said the rabbi
The rich walked to the mirror and looked in
you asked the rabbi.
"I myself" said the
$50 rabbi the window there glass and
the the mirror
with little silver only yourself"
Jews Face FasCism
story rabbi reading reply
of another rabbi conducted by
the magazine Opinion, called Jews Fascism"
previous Rebecca Pitts whose
symposium posi-
the threatening
an-semitm economic capitalism decay
resorting maintain itself power
inevitably persecution minories
popular attention from
the he constitutes
minority will be the victim of Fascist oppression.
impossible however Miss Pitts to united
part against
differences within ranks the themselves
effectively therefore, the
this throw their lot with revolutionary
maintain their
attain cultural autonomy function creaiey
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-28
tspeeial % the palIy Workerl

N0FVVIaI
PONZA, Italy, Nov. Is. = The
exile prisons for Italian anti-fas-
cists are numerous: Calabria, Sar-
dogma, the island Of Ventote, etc.,
But Ponza is typical. Rocks upon
which break the threatening waves
of the Tyrrhenian Sea, a bit of land
and a few ugly hills burnt by the
sun, cactus plants, naked and full
Of stickers and symbolizing the
hostility of the island, exiles and
fascist guards-these are the out
standing features at glance.
At present the exiles number
about 450. They are allowed to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-28
THE KIDS JUST BEGUN TO
FIGHT,

Little Lefty is hanging on to
the coat tails of none other than
Burck, who is dashing about
madly, trying to win his former,
place in the race. Little Lefty's
only per cent behind Burck in
quota per cent reached, and the
little fellows giving the old care
toonist a run for his life!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-28

METEOROLOGICAL WARFARE
In their preparations for the next
war the imperialists are stressing
research in chemical and bacteri-
illogical warfare. The use of deadly