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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
New Orleans Unions
Completely Shattered

II SPENT several days hunting Hsr.
1 Dempsey. After q number Of
phone calls 7 finally managed 70 Get
from the Community Chest, on
which he represents labor. the
headquarters address. II was Ben
vile St. I was told. There, IN the
Office Of a small local union, I was
informed that Central Trades onle
got its mail there occasionally ana
that the headquarters was on So,
Rampant st. There, in the motion
picture operators local I was told
again that he did not appear there
except for OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ne
had no definite headquarters. The
best way to find him, was told,
was in this barToOm or that bar
room. I followed him from bar
room to barroom but he was al
ways two barrooms ahead of me. I
left notes for him in all Of them: I
left notes in his car, at his home
and in the end I never did see him.
When he was not in q barroom he
was said to be down to the CITY
hall consulting with the Mayor. I
am inclined TO think that he did
not want to see me and answer
questions about union labor IN New
Orleans.
I give these details not 10 show
that Mr.. Dempsey goes 10 barrooms
but to show what has happened
to what was once q stronghold Of
union labor. The Central Trades
is nothing more than a name, a
president and a few members Of
affiliated locals which still show
some signs Of life.
In my effort to locate an A. F. Of
L. spokesman who might know the
activity Of what locals we're left, I
finally met with William L. DON
nels, editor of the Federationist,
organ Of the Louisiana State Fed
Grafton Of Labor. From him tried
to get facts and figures. For years
he has been telling what is left of
organized labor here just what the
labor situation is. Most Of his an
swers were like those I got from
small local business agents who,
though knowing a little about their
own local, could not be expected to
know the whole labor situation.
asked Mr. Donnels first how
many members there were in the
Central Trades and Labor Council
Il would rather not say. I'd
rather you'd get that from Demp-
sey."
How many locals are there aH1l-
lated with the Central Trades7"
There are about 100 locals in the
city and about rs affiliated with the
Central Trades
And with sN these the Central
Trades cannot afford an Office or
a telephone?"
I'VE have an Office" He gave me
the address on BienviEle 5t. I told
him had been there, too, and what
the local union officials at both
places told me. The editor smiled
and shrugged his shoulders.
How many workers are there in
New Orleans97
Il don't know
How many are unenapioyed?s
Il should say about rs per cent
Of them"
How many Of those that are
employed are working only part
timer"
About so pet cent Of them
TO Be Continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
By JOHN L. sPIvAK

NEW ORLEANS, La.-Or-
ganized labor, which at one
time was strongly entrenched
here, is now completely shat
tered. New Orleans was an
American Federation Of Labor
stronghold with almost all crafts
organized, but since the depression
A. F, Of L. business agents CO.
operated with employers to reduce
union wages TO meet the require
ments Of the times" and in due
time most Of the unions we're de-
stroyed and those that are left are
weak and inpotent.
Even in the days when union la
Dor was well organized and even
before the depression the open shop
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
This Money Changer Is Back in the Temple

WE HAD been wondering lterav
" acketeer Charles Yale Harrison thought revolutionary
movement IN an awful lurch when he dmonsratve resigned as
contributor
that Stain somehow other responsible suicide of Tros
kys daughter
Wel it seems that Charles
ceived this office he is scheduled TO deliver
double barreled dquiion provocative topic Political In
fuences IN Contemporary American
Fascm and on Our Younger Urters in the
Educational Series of the Junior
OF Jewish Charities at the Temple Beth Emeth F1abush
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15

the A. F. Of L. representatives, Of
fered little objection so that the
New Orleans Association for Com
merce used to state officially:
While nearly all crafts are or
gani7ed, open shop conditions pre-
vail as a rule, union and non
union labor working together har-
moniously."
AS result Of this harmonious
working together" organized labor
here still has few locals and bust
ness agents but scarcely any mem
bers. Labor leaders have stopped
worrying about labor's needs since
the depression and have become
small time politicians playing
around with local political lights.
The workers are forgotten and nei-
ther they nor their leaders are do
ing anything to offset the tide of
wage cutting for those few who still
have occasional work.
New Orleans is more Of white
collar" town than an industrial one.
The largest individual industry
from the standpoint of the num-
Der Of workers is the longshoremen,
with the public service (power
| trust) ranking second. Longshore-
men once numbered around 5000
and the power trust some $780,
Today there are about the same
number Of power trust employees as
longshoremen since the city dropped
from second largest port in the
United States to fourth; and Of
these 1000 longshoremen (the rest
have found work with government
relief projects only small. linz
tied number work even occasion
ally.
Labor spokesman here are even
more lost than they we're in Char
lotte, N. c. The one outstanding
thing I gathered from A. F. of L,
leaders here is that they simply do
not know what is going on. ex-
cept that the unions have been
shattered, They have no facts. no
figures and those few figures they
offer an inquirer are exaggerated in
their favor When they give YOU
what they think are facts they are
actually only guessing and fire.
quently guessing wrong. Everybody
seems to be in a nebulous state. I
got the impression that they were
floating around in air, locking wor-
ried and harrassed with a sort of
intense frenzy. I expected some of
them-and this is true of public Of
ficials as well as labor leaders-to
grow tails suddenly. They were for
all the world like dogs trying to
catch their own tails which were
hurting them and turning round
and round in an increasingly dazed
frenzy.
They know only that organized
labor Is simply a name. No one
even talks about unions; they know
that those who do occasionally get
work are paid wage far less than
the minimum living scale, and they
don't know what to do about it. so
they play politics. I do not know
whether they are playing with To-
cal politicians for their private ad-
vantage now that the unions are
shattered, or whether they actually
think that this procedure might
help them in their organizational
work.
The Central Trades and Labor
Council here, with James Dempsey
as president and which claims rs
affiliated locals out of the claimed
100 locals in the city, is only
name. 1t has no such number of
locals and no such membership as
the claimed $4,000 It cannot af-
ford even an office or a telephnna.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
Lot In Sodom' In Last TUo
Days At Acme Theatre

Lot In Sodom," nov showing at the
Acms Theatre, will close on Friday along
with the Palestine picture, THE Dream
OF My People" in which Cantor Rosen-
blatt Is featured
On Saturday morning. the Acme will
present the Soviet film '.Rubicon" or 1.-THE
Strike Breaker" for its first showing in
America, The picture was produced in
the U.S.S.R. by Soyuzkino and was di-
rected by vladimir weinchtak.
The House of Rothschild" a new
Twef.sieth Century film with George Ar
liss in the leading role, opened last night
at the Astor Theatre
The GUTTER" with William Blackwell,
Charles Grapewin and Barbara Weeks, is
the new picture now showing at the Nav
fair Theatre
Midnight" based on the Theatre Guild
play is the screen feature at the Roxv.
Henry Hull plays 3 leading role.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
The Hordes That Battle
BY JOSEPH FREEMAN

The hordes that battle for the worlds domain
Sweat impatently within each camp
Once the bloodsoaked earth roars with tramp
OF Armies laundering the plain.
And now again the long eternal rain
Shall drum in darkness taps upon the damp
Cracked bodies, the yellow lonely lamp
Of night glow the entrails Of the slain.
And we who awoke from the slow dream
OF peace and childhood to behold the sky
Broken asundsr By the flaming steel
Of shells whose death came with monstrous scream,
Shall this time, having lived, know how to die
Rifle in hand, TO make just dream real
From Dynamo" No. 1, Journal Of Revolutionary
Poetry1
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
Leaders of the PrOIetarian Red
Army of the U.S.S.R.

III.
SIMON BUDENNY was born In
1888, the son of peasant in the
Don Region. He was soldier dur
ing the Russo-Japanese War in
1905, and during the imperialist war
OF 1914-18. During the latter he
was promoted to non-commissioned
officer and Master of the Guards.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
Boston to Hear Dana in
8 Illustrated Talks on
'sThe Land of Soviets''

BOSTON. Beginning this Thurs
day evening, March Is, Professor
H. w. L. Dana will give a series Of
eight illustrated lectures on 1.-THE
Land Of the Soviets" at Credit
Union Hall, 81 Chambers st., West
End, Boston.
The lectures are held under the
auspices Of the Workers School of
Boston
The fee for the eight lectures Is
$3.50, single admission 40 cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15

" a S a ! r e a d Y
making inroads
with little or no
objection on the
part of the walk
ing ele gates,
who have since
adopted the eu-
phonious title Of
b u S in G S S
agents. The
open shop in
rOaoS were tacit-
" accepted by
the union off,
Gals. The work
ers themselves,
placing faith in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15

In 1917 he carried on revolution
airy work at the front and was
chairman of the Soldiers Council.
Budenny joined the Communist
Party in 1919. A year previously
he formed the first Red Cavalry
Division which gradually was built
up into a regiment, brigade, cavalry
corps and finally the First Red Cav
airy Army. During the Civil War
Budenny with his cavalry army had
various brilliant victories over the
caTalry Of the White armies (an-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
Chicago Pen & Hammer
Holds Anti ar Forum

CHICAGO. - Professor Frederick
L. Schumann of the Political Sci
ence Department of the University
OF Chicago will lecture on 'The
World Prepares for War" and Sol
Galatsky on Anti War Activities
and Organizations, this FRIDAY.
March l6, in Room 40, Lyon d
Healy Building Auspices Chicago
Pen & Hammer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
WHAT'S ON
ThursddH

SPRING TERM Workers School. Regis.
tration is open, 35 E. 18th ST., New York
Register now before the rush
YORKV1LLB Br, F.S.U. Protest Meetin,
against the defamation of the Soviet Unior
by Fascist agents. Speakers: NJ. Halber
stadt, B. Friedman; Labor Temple. ga
z. 54th St. at O'Clock.
NURSES and Hospital Workers 1eaTu,
general membership meeting; i0s z. 1ztt
St, $3.50 pm.
THOSE interested in singing. moderr
proletsrisn music and who can read note;
are requested to come to Pierre Degeytel
Club Chorus, z. 18th St., O'Clock, fol
addition
LABOR under the NRA and under
the Soviets," lecture by Hayes Jones al
West Side Br. F.s.U., 2s42 Broadway al
Tooth St, $3.50 pm. Adm. 15c
GERTRUDE HUTCHINSON will speak
on New Morals In A New World al
wilkins Hall, 1890 wilkins Ave. Auspices
East Bronx Br. F.s.U.. $50 pm.
SINGING CLASS-Harmony theory s.d
solfeggio at Mosholu Prog. Club, $3.50 Balm.
bringe Ave, a45 p, m. Yasha Friedman
instructor
WORKING and Travelling in the Soviet
Union" at Burnside Manor, IS w. Burn
side Ave, $50 p. m. Speaker. Manuel
ON-N-N+N4As mum wv OuGuiplDNHu Tree
HARRY SIMS LID. Br. meeting at $500
18th Ave. Brooklyn
MEETING of Medical Unit wIR at new
headquarters, Bedford Center, 1888 Berger
st., near Nostrard Ave, $50 pm. All
sympathizers are welcome
MEETING of New Youth Club in East
New York, 962 Suffer Ave, $50 pm. All
interested are invited
REHEARSAL Freiheit Mandolin Orches-
ira for Town Hall Concert All members
including Concertinss must come, 8 pm.
CANARSIE Br. 527 Two. meeting at
1882 E. s2nd st. at Flatbush Ave, $3.50
p. m.
Friday
ONE YEAR of Hitler Dictatorship. open
Forum at German Workers Club. 70 E.
10th St, End floor. Speaker: A. Harris.
Adm. free
ONE YEAR of Hitlerism. What Nextq"
lecture by Otto Durick, editor of Der Ar
better at American Youth Federation, 32s
E, 18th St, near Second Ave, $40 pm.
Adm. l0c
GRACE HUTCHINSON, lecture on New
Morals in 3 New World at fremont Prog.
Club, 1855 z. fremont Ave, BIAS pm.
V. JEROME lectures on The Armed
Revolt of the Austrian Workers" at Fol-
lowers OF Nature, IL E. 18th St, $50 nm.
Dancing afterwards Adm. 15c.
HARLEM Neighborhood Get-ToEether at
Harlem Palace. a W 1i5th st. Concert
and Dance for the beneft Of the Harlem
Section. Latin American and American
Music. Adm. zoe
Boston, Mass.
SPECIAL attention TO all mass orsani-
cations and Trade Unions in Greater Bos-
ton. Be sure that your organization has
its representative at the first Greater
Boston Daily Worker Conference to be
held Friday, March 49, at pm. Dudley
st. Opera House, l13 Dudley ST., Roxhury
HOUSE PARTY Friday. March l6, at 8
pm. at home Of Lee Kaplan. 50 Brunswick
St. Roxbury. Adm 1oc Auspices, Amer
lean Workers Chorus
Philadelphia
MARINE Workers industrial Union
Dance and Entertainment Friday, March
1e at 5i2 South Second st Adm 25c.
10th JUBILEE Concert Of the Freihsit
Gesangs Farein, Friday, March is, at $50
D M Academy Of Music. BROAD and Locust
Streets, Orstorio "Tzvei BREEDER" Tickets
can be obtained from all members of the
Chorus.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
PARIS COMMUNE LECTURE

NEW YORK.-Alexander Trach-
tenberg. member Of the Central
Committee of the Communist Party.
will speak at the Workers School
Forum, 50 E. 18th St., on Sunday,
March 10, at 8 pm, on The Paris
Commune and Msrxisn-Lenhisrn +"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
CHANGE
THE
WORLD!
BY SENDER GARLIN.

THE Art of the Dance-whether bourgeois prole-
taran-is one of my aesthetic blind spots. there
fore rather glad to receive from reader Of this column,
the following comment the recent forumrecital
ranged by the Workers Dance League of New York.
"The Workers Dance League writes S. R., arranged
forum the dance at the New School for Social Research
last Sunday which John Martin dance critic of the New
the Trends and Future Of
American Dance topic announced
clearly proved irritating boring to the audience
Mr. Martin talked and with limit to his time leading the
audience the blind alleys of criticism. With
out the fantest conception Of the social basis spun theories
beautiful ugly dancing Inslsence beauty
nothing sentmentaty' that
tnued ugly
ing.
Class Criticism-Even in the Dance
Just what defense York
Times critic for ugly dancing? Writing for the
naturally defends capitalist theology
The presen-day
technique which alike Martin con-
fesses) mysticism arts nconsequenta
narcstic conceptions
incidentally type of dancing which many members
of the concert audience macquaned with
audatoy gnuses dance have the temer
characterize as ugly.
In his talk Sunday, type of
ugly dancing had found only
story he reported Unfortunately for Mr.
triumphant tours Hudson parts
world revolutionary
her dance well her enthusiasm
anything but audatoy
two precious New York onaes following their
dance performances
of the Workers Dance
the socially minded Doha Sophia
Deza and critics like Paul example
day. however the bourgeois critic Martin succeededt
in winning the Workers Leagues audience
ct is unfortunately many members the workers
Dance League still worship Mr. John Martin of the
despite ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS omission
than commssionkes at the basis the aims the
Workers Dance League.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
The Role of Detachment

1T is quite clear all speech
those who from time time
he consistently refuses
spirited defense of the present-day
geois splitting Martin
many people the TO laugh at
There purpose behind defense Of say Martha
Graham's genius explain this purpose:
Ihe role detachment Roland pleases the political
masters for the detachment
where the destinies of the people
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
Want A Bite?

John Mcmahon Falls r. an old friend and neighbor
of Ryan Walker the revolutionary aroons who died in
Moscow two years ago, sends in the following item:
DOG FOOD FOR AMERICAN WORKERS.
At last the New Deal has American
1t comes in onepound equally dogs
and people.
FIT Tor Human Food,
lowed by the endorementU
by Department OF Agriculture pure protects the COM
bined fare for folks
Through nadvertence cans only
apply to dogs The fed condition of
animal FOR puppies thin with milk
similar duon is advisable Department Agriculture
gets around to it. we expect recipes
serving OF dog food the table ought enough
Tor an average family of the
it at the heads of the
1t recommended for contains no horse meat but is
mace from meat nyproducts grain
OF Chcago
line human proende produce the under the
name OF Wsco Dog Food Save the or thirty
OF them to General johnson,
picture OF a kennel beneath blue eagle rampant
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
WABC-86O Kc.

200 p. M.--Myrt and Marge
T:15-Just Plain Bill-Sketch
7:3o-Serenaders Orch.
7:45-News-oBake Carter
8:00--Rich Orch
8:l5-Morton Downey, Tenor
8:30-Concert Orch; Alexander Gray,
Baritone; Mary Eastman, Soprano;
Felix Salmond, Cello
9:00-Philadelphis Orch.
9;15-Emery Deutsch, Violin
9:so-waring Orch.
io:oo-Gray Orch: stoopnagle and Budd
Comedians; Connie Boskell, Songs
10:3o-Evan Evans Baritones Concert
Orch.
1f:o0-vera Van, Songs
1t:lS-News Jones Orch.
11:45-Sosnik Orch.
-: 0o-Nelson Orch
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
TUNING In
TONIGHT's PROGRAM
WEAF-66O Kc.

1:00 p. M-Mary Small, Songs
7:15-Billy Batchelor-Sket ch
7;30-Shirley Howard, Songs; testers Trio
7:46-The Goldberss-Sketch
8:00-Yallee Orch; Soloists
s:oo-Captain Henry Show Boat Concert
1o:00-whiteman Orch; AL Jolson, Songs
11:oo-Viola Philo, Soprano
11:l5-News Reports
11:2o-Cyril Pitts, Tenor
1l:30-Stern Orch.
12:00-Lunceford Orch.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
WoR-71o Kc

900 P. M.-Spcrts Resume
7:15-Comedy; Music
7;30--Lone Ranger--5ketch
S:o0-Little Symphony Orch: Philip
James, Conductor Martha Atwood,
Soprano
9:00--Variety Music
9:15-DramatiBed News
s.5o-De Marco Girls; Frank Sherry,
Tenor
9:4S-The Witch's Tale
1o:l5-Current Eyents-Harlan Eugene
Read
10:3o-The Jolly Russians
1o:45-Sports-Boake Garter
11;0o-Moonbeams Trio
II .3o-Coleman Orch.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
WJZ-76O Kc.

700 p. M.-Amos m Andy
7:l5-oT Be Announced
7:So-sagerquist Orch; Don Ameche and
Sally Ward in Dramatic Sketch
S;00-Cape Diamond Lights
8:3o-Adventures in Health-Dr. Herman
Bundesen
8:45-To Be Announced
e:oo-Death Valley Days-Sketch
s:3o-Duehin Orch.
10:o0-Canadian Program
1o:so-Merie Alcock, Songs; Archer Glib
son, Organ
11:0o-Cavaliers Quartet
11:15-News Reports
li:2o-Anthony Prone, Tenor
11:30-Madriguers Orch.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
An OrganizationaI Criticism

NOW that this specialized
~ should like put in organizationa
forllm-recita arranged by the Workers League
1t an axiom Of revolutionary organization
an audience for speaker Who directly indirectly
and work of the organization this
the New YORK Times did last Sunday for heard myself Defenders
of Mr. Martin ranks coming which
may may not be so But must be acknowledged
have been at least speaker definitely representing
airy viewpoint To depend the chairman questions
floor is not enough her discussion incidentally
the forum didn't begin until 43o)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
MO MORE LADIES

i New Comedy by A e Thomas WITH
MELVIN DOUGLAS, LucILE WATSON
MoRosco Thea. 4sth, W. Of B'wsy. Tvs
$50 Mats. Wed. Thurs. and sat. At s.4s
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PhilGdeLDhid

MARINE Workers Industrial Union
Dance and Entertainment, Friday, March
le at 5l2 South Second st Adm 25c.
10th JUBILEE Concert Of the Freihsit
Gesangs Farein, Friday, March Is, at $50
pm. Academy Of Music. BROAD and Locust
Streets, Orstorio "Tzvei BREEDER" Tickets
can be obtained from all members of the
Chorus
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09
Hacknen to
Hit Code at
City Hall

NEW YORK. To demand that
the provisions of the settlement Of
the taxi cab drivers strike be car
ried out, delegation of drivers will
appear at City Hall Saturday at
1920 am. The delegation VIII be
composed Of members Of the newly
organized Taxi Cab Drivers Union.
On Monday morning there will be
hearing on the MIRA. Taxi Code
at City Hall. All cab drivers are
urged to come out on Saturday and
Monday to support the delegations
which viii put forward the demands
Of the drivers.
The provisions of the settlement
have not been carried out, Sam
Orner, president of the Manhattan
Local, informed the press yesterday.
In addition to this, the recently an
nounced Taxi Code aims at still fur
ther reducing the miserable condi-
lions of the hackmen.
If the drivers permit the code to
be put into operation the maximum
wage will become s12 a week. The
minimum wage has been set at s12.
And in all industries where N.R.A.
codes are effective the maximum
wage tends to come down to the
minimum set by the code.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09
Dental Mechanics
Walk Out in n. Y.

NEW YORK-The false teeth ins
dustry was at a standstill yester-
day when the 100 dental techni-
clans in the metropolitan area went
on strike for recognition Of their
union--the New York Dental Tech
ntcia ms Equity-and increased
wages.
Notice to the men TO walk out
today was given by the Equity ex-
ecutive board at a mass meeting In
Irving Plaza Hall, 18th Street and
Irving Place, Wednesday night
Frederick Randell, president, and
Hugo Pollack, counsel, of the Equity
and Leonard Darwin, executive Sec
rotary of the Dental Technicians
Council of America, with which the
New York organization is affiliated,
gave the false tooth set fabricators
their final instructions.
officials of the Equity do not ex-
pect a prolonged crashing of un-
sound teeth. The reason for this
optimism is that the dental tech
nicians in the area affected are SO
per cent organized and that a num-
Der OF the laboratory owners have
indicated their willingness to sign.
the Equity agreement.