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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-18
BY JOHN L. SPTVAK

Los ANGELES, Cal.-The
OrganizationaI activities of the
Communicated Cannery and
Agricultural Workers Union
among the migratory workers
has brought to life 2 mushroom
growth Of fascist organizations.
Here, more than in any place I
visited so far, Communicated union
activities have not only been wide
spread, but have been very efec-
tive in winning strikes; and the
growth Of Communist activity was
followed almost Immediately by the
intensive development Of fascist
activity.
Open fascist organizations like the
Silver Shirts are, so far as I have
been able to ascertain, weak and
impotent as directors of fascism.
The Silver Shirts is simply racket
eering organization trying to get
as much money as possible from
the suckers Capt. Eugene r. Case,
leader Of the Silver Shirts in Cali
fornis, frankly admitted to me.
This organization, Friends Of New
Germany, and the Crusader White
Shirts which are active in and
around Los Angeles are all weak
in numbers and have incompetent
leadership. They are scarcely ac-
tive at all in other sections of the
state. Unless 1 am very much mis-
taken these groups, with the pos
sible exception Of the Friends Of
New Germany, will eventually 60
the way Of the Khan, with the mem
bership being absorbed by some
other, as yet unborn, fascist or
ganization.
Nevertheless, these groups are an
interesting phenomena, capable of
doing considerable damage to the
labor movement at the present time,
and their very existence shows a
trend which cannot be overlooked
and shall touch upon them more
fully in subsequent articles.
The real fascist organizations
here-organizations which are not
rackets in the strict sense of the
word-sre the vigilante committees
and these are increasing at a rapid
pace not only in numbers, but in
activities and effectiveness.
In 1882, when the Cannery and
Agricultural Workers Union became
active among the migratory work
ers, the employing class were caught
unawares, but soon rallied to fight
union inroads. Today vigilante
committees are being organized
months in advance in some regions
in preparation for the harvesting
season and possible organizational
activity.
Up until last week, though these
committees were active in suppress
ing organizing activities, the various
vigilantes groups were comparatively
weak because they we're confined
to their own counties, They did
not cross county boundary lines.
But this is now changed, During
the period when I was in Los An
geles the scattered vigilante COM
mittees in the Imperial Valley took
the first step towards the moulding
of a strong fascist organization
with no county boundary lines to
disturb their work. The four vigi-
lante committees which had been
the most active combined to form
the Imperial Valley Anti Communist
Association, with headquarters in
Their initial membership
was announced as 5000 and with
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-18
Stage and Screen
"SteUedore" Opens At CiUic
ReBertOrH Theatre TOniqkt

ReBertOry Theatre Tonight
"Stevedore," by Paul Peters and
George Sklar, a gripping drama Of
Negro and white workers on the
docks Of New Orleans, will be pre-
sented by the Theatre Union this
evening at the Civic Repertory
Theatre as its second production Of
the season. The cast, which includes
a large group Of Negro and white
players, is headed by Millicent Green,
Jack Hartley, Dodson Mitchell, Neill
OMalley, Edna Thomas, Al T. Watts
and Georgette Harvey.
Broadway Interlude," by William
Almon Wolff and Achmed Abdullah,
dramatized from the novel by Faith
Baldwin and Mr.. Abduuah. will open
on Thursday evening at the Forrest
Theatre. Robert Emmett Keane,
Suzanne Caubsye, Claire Whitney
and sally Starr are in the cast.
Are You Decent?," a new PLAY by
Crane Wilbur will be presented at
the Ambassador Theatre on Thurs
day evening with Eric Dressler, Les
ter Vail zamah Cunningham and
Beatrice Hendricks in ths leading
roles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-18
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-18
What's Doing in the John
Reed Clubs of the T..

including Joshua Kunitz, Louis Lo-
zowick, Malcolm Cowley and Meyer
Schapiro, have spoken on prole-
tartan art and literature for the
club. An important symposium. on
Writers and the Crisis, was given
by a number Of authors. including
josephine Herbst and John Wexley.
as We'll as the Philadelphia critic,
Albert Mordell. Sender Garlin will
speak in Philadelphia on John
Reed-His Life and Work" early
in May.
One of the artists in the Phila-
delphia j. r. C. was instructor at
the Workers International Relief
camp at Lumberville, Pa, last Sum
mer. Later the club held a public
exhibition Of the drawings of the
children in this class. On invitation
these drawings were entered in the
Spirit of Youth exhibition, held BY
bourgeois philanthropic and educa-
tional organizations, where they won
first prize as well as four indi-
vidual prizes.
In January, Red Pen qater
changed to Left Review was issued;
the aim of the magazine is to in
terpret the local scene from the
revolutionary viewpoint. Early this
year a photo group, including pro-
fessionsl photographers, was formed.
The second annual exhibition of
the artists group opened on April T.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-18
WHAT'S ON
Wednesday

WedneSd1y
DR. REUBENs s. YOUNG lectures or
"A Doctor Looks at the Soviet Union" al
Labor Temple, 247 E. 84th St, $50 pm
Auspices Yorkville Br. Fs.U.
'D1ALECTICS AND MUSIC" lecture BY
M NJ, Agranov at FsU. Midtown Rr
1855 W. 23rd St, $50 pm. Adm, 1sc.
MEETING Of all delegates to Festival
and Bazaar Committee, n. z. District, al
75o pm, 50 e. 18th st., Room EOS.
REHEARSAL Daily Worker chorus, 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-18
Phila. Club Nears
Third Anniversary

THE PhlIadeIphla Club IS approach
ing its third anniversary. It in
cludes groups of writer's, artists, and
theatre workers who are all seri-
ously engaged in creating revolu-
tionary culture Last August the
club held an Anti-War Night, in
GLIDING original writings, chalk
talks, and mass Rotations all on
anti-war themes. Numerous critics,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-18
Activity in the
Southwest

HARRY CARLISLE, one of the
IL charter members of the Holly
wood Club, came to Sante Fe, New
Mexico, last year to complete his
second novel. There he met PhiIiu
Stevenson, another novelist. They
organized local J. r. c. At their
first meeting, Boardman Robinson
presented a colorful, first-hand ac-
count Of John Reed, with whom he
had worked in Central Europe dur
ing the war.
Sante Fe is q village of no more
than ten thousand, of which a
large part is composed of Spanish
natives and Mexicans. The mem
bers Of the club distribute literature
among the workers in the Madrid
coal mines. The club played a
prominent part in the state unem-
ployed convention held in Sante Fe
early in February.
Year in and out. Santa Fe is a
veritable foreign legion of painters.
poets, writer's, musicians, dilettsntes.
aesthetics, socialists, polo-players.
tra-n1ode1ns, and bourgeois eclec-
tics" writes the secretary of the
club. A few Of these people are now
attending a class in Marxism-
Leninism conducted by the j. r. C.
A sketch class is given by jim
Morris, who has exhibited in various
cities, and a fresco-claSs is con-
Quoted by a member of the
club. Several Of Philip Stevenson's
one-act plays on social and economic
themes have been produced by the
Atalaya Players, local theatre
group.
For additional news of the acti-
vities of the clubs, together with
notes on contemporary revolution
culture, read the national J. R. G.
Bulletin, obtainsble at 430 Sixth
Avenue (3c).
New work by J. r, c. members:
John Wexley's They Shall Not Die, f"
and Maltz and Sklar's Peace on
Earth" have just been published in
book form. Mordecai Gorelik, who
designed the sets for several cur
rent plays, is represented in the
International Theatre Art Exhibi-
ton which was held at the Museum
of Modern Art and which is now
touring the country Melvin P.
Levy's new novel, THE Last Pho
neer," is about to be released by a
New York publisher. Edward New
house is working on a revolutionary
novel which has just been accepted
by a New York publisher. Leon
Dement'S book on THE Jews in the
Soviet Union will be published in
the fall by King =, Hugo Gellert's
Karl Marx; In Autographs" is to
be published in a Soviet edition by
the Marx -Engels-Lenin Institute.
William Siegel and Anton Refregier
have an exhibit of their work at
the New School for Social Research.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-18
It Is Doing Vital Work
A Sample Issue

a
UFE is sample of issue In the was
the usual brilliant editorial political events of the
week; cartoon by
circus story on Soviet bonds stirring report
by jeremiah Kelly letter from strachey; cores
pondence theatrical review by the writer
nan OF remarkable new play the Kentucky by
oZ (and 1t is remarkable) study Novel
by Granville Hicks article
irish genius James Joyce, from viewpoint the former
Prince Mrsky who summary the books
published thus far 1884, Earl Browder review
o recent Soviet literature by that Soviet
literature Joshua Kunits; Bodenhei reviews
by Robert Simmons Louis Hacker Taggard Field
various books of the farmers struggle criticism bv zen
meth Burke and most valuable reading Msrxisn
BY Oakley Johnson; many pictures and cartoons.
This magazine like everything that genuinely breatbes
Gas It's defects 1t tends believe
too often IN the direction of
times the mody smell of the Republic the Nation rises
from its pages Perhaps this some of the former
crdee though for believe that revolutionary journal should
never be placid, tght-m minded, O. over-rehned
But this weekly which the revolutionary workers of America
can well be proud Of They must throw their behind it, and
push over the top along with the Daily Worker is their serious
responsible and fighting organ And would close with
word to some of those in the John other cultural
groups your local important developing young writer's
put II you neglect building national organ if YOU fail IN
view the New Masses in its broader the whole
movement you are still afflicted with
kness of left ~
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
Committee Trickeru on the Mcleod Bank Pay-Off Bill

In order that the course Of the Banking and Cur
rency Committee on bank depositors relief legislation
may be clear let review the history of the Mcleod
bill.
The bill was introduced on February IL and referred
to Mr. Steagalls committee which referred it to sub
committee headed by Representative Aiming S. Prall,
of New York. The subcommittee held few hearings,
but took no action on the measure.
When it became apparent that the committee in
tended to take action friends of the Mcleod bill filed
petition to discharge the committee from further con-
sideration.
That petition signed by 145 members of the
House, required by the rules. But the committee,
realizing that the petition would force action hurredy
resored to trckery to hwar the expressed wishes Of
large group of the House.
It reported entirely dissimar measure under the
name and number of the Mcleod bill But even this
not deemed certain enough to defeat the will OF
the House. the day that that report was filed
The Washington times., 1934-04-23

The House Committee on Banking and Currency,
under the Craftsmanship of Representative Henry B.
Steaga of Alabama has gone to extraordinary lengths
to prevent the enactment of legislation which would
meet the Governments obligation to the depostors of
closed banks.
THE RECORD OF CHAIRMAN sTEAGALL's
COMMITTEE ON THIS TYPE OF LEGISLATION
rs A RECORD OF AVOIDANCE AND SUBTER-
FUGE.
It is complete refutation Of the ordinary concep
tion of the function Of Congressional committees
Ordinarily one understands that the duties of such
committees include the expedition of the business Of
the Congress and the carrying out of the will of the
majority of the members of the house which they serve
EITHER THIS CONCEPTION OF CONGRESS
SIONAI, COMMITTEES WILL HAVE TO BE RE-
VIsED OR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
BY CLEAR-CUT AND DEFINITE ACTION Will
HAVE TO LET MR. STEAGALL KNOW THAT THE
COMMITTEES ARE THE SERVANTS, NOT THE
MASTERS. OF THE HOUSE.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23

another report, of similar tenor and with the same
object was made
BOTH OF THESE REPORTS WERE ILLEGAL
AND WERE so FOUND BY THE SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE.
THAT DIDN'T DAUNT REPRESENTATIVE
STEAGALL AND THE TRICKSTERS ON HIS COM
MITTEE.
On Saturday they embodied the first two reports in
another report
Ordinarily when committee reports bill favorably
it means that the committee favors that bill But the
Banking and Currency Committee does not favor the
bill on which it has made three favorable reports
THIS SPECTACLE OF COMMITTEE MAKING
THREE FAVORABLE REPORTS ON BILL FOR
THE DEFINITE PURPOSE OF KILLING IT
SHOULD INTEREST AMERICAN CITIZENS AS
SHOWING THE EXTENT TO WHICH SOME
OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES WILL GO ~
THWART THE WILL. OF THEIR COLLEAGUES
AND OF THE PEOPLE.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
By Elsie Robinson
By Nelson Harding

the sacrifices, which alone keep
thought and emotion alive.
IF YOU WANT THOUGHT.
YOU MUST THINK. IF YOU
WANT FEELING, YOU MUST
FEEL. AND IF YOU REFUSE
TO DO THESE THINGS FOR
RSELF. THEY WILL
CEASE.
Your body will continue to
live. Your organs will function.
But you will cease to have a
human life. There will be no
real humanity in you. And the
most frightful part about 1t
will be that YOU WON'T
KNOW TT. But everyone else
will.
What is the matter with a
lot of people? Why are they.
in spite of their seeming
pleaSantness and good sense,
so endlessly boring and use
less, often so actually repulsive?
That Is why. They are not
living people any more. THEY
ARE WHITE ZOMBI"!
Do you know that horrible,
jungle superstition, once filmed
so dramatically, Of the Living
dead, whose bodies move at
their masters command, but
whose hearts and brains no
longer function?
HUMAN BEINGS WHO RE
FUSE TO THINK AND FEEL
BECOME WHITE ZOMB1!
[copyright, 1894. King Features
Syndicate 1nc.S
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
Democratic House Cleaning
Due at Coming Primaries
Ru Tnxooo n Williams Tr
By James T. Williams, Jr.

State shares with the Federal
Union the humiliation, the dis
grace and the other evils that
follow in the wake of electing
to either house of Congress a
Senator or Representative who
is either unworthy of the honor
or unqualified to discharge it's
manifold responsibilities.
Veterans of both houses who
possess at least some Of the
stuff of which statesmen are
made will confess in confidence
that the standard of legisla-
tive representation in the Fed
eral city today is far below
the standard of executive lead
ership exemplified by President
Roosevelt.
Supplant Mediocrity
The abler and truly patriotic
Democrats in both Houses are
well aware that the Democratic
party is suffering today
throughout the country by rea-
son of the antics of certain
so-called Democrats in Con-
greSs. These undesirables are
responsible to no leadership.
They have no principles.
Their appeal is never to the
intelligence of their local or
their national constituencies.
Their appeal is always to igno-
rance and prejudice. They show
this by their speeches, as well
as by their votes. Instead of
being a help to the President,
they constitute one of the
heaviest handicaps under which
his leadership labors. Instead
of being an asset to his party,
they are an unmitigated liza
bility.
Congress is not strengthened
by the presence of such men
but finds in their membership
only a source of modification
and weakness.
It will be much easier to
raise the standard of the next
Congress if President Roosevelt
can impress hts fellow Demo
Gratis with the firmness of his
resolve not to lift his little
finger to help or hinder the
denomination of any Demo-
cratic Senator or Representa-
tive in the present Congress.
This assurance, already given,
may we'll be reiterated. It will
challenge the Democratic party
North, East, South and West,
to strive in the coming pri-
maries for the Senate and the
House to supplant mediocrity
in Congress with ability, and
pork barrel politicians and pub
licity seekers with the most
intelligent and patriotic legis.
lators that the party Of Jeffer.
son can draft.
1884, The Washington Times(
The Washington times., 1934-04-23

make fleSh-on mineral salts,
fats, starches, proteins, water.
Thought and Feeling live on the
things which make thought and
feeling-on information, interest,
experience.
# you feed a body well, you
have healthy flesh. If you feed
a body poorly, you have mall
nourished flesh.
If YOU FEED YOUR SPIRIT
THOSE THINGS WHICH
MAKE THOUGHT AND FEEL
ING, YOU WILL CONTINUE
TO HAVE THOUGHT AND
FEELING. IF YOU DON'T
YOU WON'T.
And there's the catch. For
the things which make Thought
and Feeling are not always easy
to take. They are tough, rough,
humiliating and heart breaking
things. It takes a great deal OF
courage to seek them, to endure
them. But if you want to really
live, you'll have to do it-and
no one else can help you.
You can't continue to Think
about life by reading about it in
books or listening to lectures.
You can't continue to Feel about
life by watching other people
emote OF stages or films.
YOU MUST DO THE JOB
YOURSELF. You must, your.
self, face the conflict and crit
icis1n, take the chances. make
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
LISTEN WORLD

feeling and thinking. To the
contrary, you can be terribly,
tragically sure that, UNLESS
YOU PUT UP A STIFF BAT
TILE, the dreadful day will come
when you will no longer think,
no longer feel-when you will
60 around with as little interest
or emotion as a stuffed sausage!
And that day may be coming
very soon. 49,.
TT MAY ACTUALLY BE
HERE NOW!
That's a disturbing thought.
Let's hope it diSturbs you plenty.
If you're disturbed enough, you
may be able to save yourself
from the worst Of all fateS-
namely, BEING DEAD AND
NOT KNOWING 1T.
You know when q body dies.
You realize, plainly, that bodies
die quickly If seriously diseased
or deprived Of food, air, water.
BUT UNLESS YOU HAVE
MUCH MORE INFORMATION
THAN THE AVERAGE PER-
SON, YOU DO NOT REALIZE
THAT THE SAME THING is
TRUE OF OUR THOUGHTS
AND FEELINGS.
Thought and feeling must be
nourished exactly as flesh must
be nourished. Unless they are
fed, they die Of starvation or
asphyxiation or slow paralysis.
Flesh lives on the things which
The Washington times., 1934-04-23

If President Roosevelt adheres
to his present intention, he will
decline to interfere, and he will
forbid Postmaster General Far
ley to interfere, in any senator
ial or congressional Democratic
primary to be held this summer.
BY keeping his Administration
out Of the coming Democratic
primaries, Mr.. Roosevelt will
demonstrate his faith in the fit
ness of the American people to
choose their own candidates for
the Senate and House Of Repre-
SentativeS without any meddle-
some interference by the EXecu-
tive branch of the Government.
And, if given the chance, the
people in State after State will
vindicate that faith by raising
the standard Of the Democratic
party's representation in both
houses Of the new Congress to
be elected next November.
It would be q tremendous
benefit to the Administration,
the Congress and the country
If at least a half dozen Senators
and one half of the Democratic
membership of the House could
be defeated in the summer pri-
marieS of the Democratic party.
This achievement would mean
that the Presidents party would
elect a new Congress better quail.
fled to serve the country and aid
the President.
Political Clowns
There are too many political
clowns in the present Congress.
There are too many noisy pub
licity seekers. There are too
many bellhops Of special priv.
ilege and there are too many
dupes Of various and sundry
6chemers, both foreign and do-
IneStic.
These undesirables lack the
character which the people
have a right to require shall
distinguish their Senators and
Representatives in Congress.
These undeSirables lack the
sense Of moral responsibility
that stamps a statesman. They
lack those high ideals Of public
service that the plain people
associate with the name of
Roosevelt. These undesirables
have no right to call them.
selves the political followers of
Thomas Jefferson or Abraham
Lincoln. They have no place
In an American Congress.
In too many States the peo-
pie have fallen into the habit
Of electing a political medi.
ocrity or undesirable to Con.
gress In the vain belief that
they are getting him out Of
the State. This is never true,
save in physical sense. The
The Washington times., 1934-04-23

ALWAYS BE ABLE TO THINK.
YOU WILL ALWAYS BE
ABLE TO FEEL. ..
No matter what happens to
your body, or your pocketbook,
you're certain that you can al
ways have interesting, exciting
thoughts. you can always have
warm, comforting feelings. And
as long as you're sure Of these,
age-horrid as it may be-iS not
without its compenSationS.
But you're wrong!
You can't always be sure OF
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
ONCE OVERS

The little things enumerated
are services that you can do
for yourself without any ex'
penSe.
Your negligent appearance
shows that you are losing re-
spect for yourself.
If the type Of your employ"
ment prohibits your being
neatly dressed there Is an ex-
cuse; otherwise there is none.
If you would keep yourself
looking as we'll as your flnan.
cial and workaday position Will
permit, you would be surprised
what a difference it would
make to your self-respect.
copyright, 1884 King Features
syndicate, 1nc.S
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
Keep Up Your Appearance

Keep Up Your Appearance
Are you letting yourself slip
Sartorially?
Are you careless about the
way you knot your tie?
Do you wear it in a wrinkled
condition instead Of having it
pressed?
Are your trousers too short
because they are out Of shape?
Are you careless about having
your shoes shined?
You used to shave every day
but now you cut your beard
every other day.
Do you wear your linen until
it Is badly Soiled?
A reduced income Is no ex.
cuse for appearing slovenly.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
Springs Traffic Lights

A man doesn't take a girl
around, these moonlight spring
evenings, because he admireS
her mental qualities, any more
than a burglar enters a house
because he's interested in in
terror decoration.
MeduSa'S little feat of turning
q lover into stone was mere
child'S play beside the feat Of a
modern girl who so often has to
turn a human "stone" into a
lover.
Love is not dead SO long as a
man takes the trouble to lie to
. woman: but when he cheer
fully admits the truth, with that
"Well-what-of-it?" smile Of de-
fiance, it's time to order the
lilies.
Marriage used to give a girl a
chance to slump down and take
life comfortably; but in these
days Of misunderstanding, the
competition doesn't end at the
aftar-it BEGINS there, and
only ends at the grave.
It requires energy, effort and