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The Washington times., 1934-11-28
Movie Champions

MOTION PICTURE HER
AID in the December l issue
will announce the 10 biggest
mOney-making stars Of 1888
"a. It is a story Of tickets
sold, not opinions ventured,
and is compiled from returns
submitted by the independ-
ent exhibitors Of all Cont
mental United States. The
result:
/. Will Rogers.
2. Clark Gable.
3. Janet GaynOr.
4. Wallace Beery.
5. Mae West.
S. Joan Crawford.
I. Bing Crosby.
8. Shirley Temple.
8. Marie DreSSler.
10. Norma Shearer.
In all 2O8 picture actors
and actresses figured in the
poll. The second ten of the
final ballot: Katharine Hep
burn, Joe E. Brown, Clau-
dette Colbert, Jean Harlow,
Eddie Cantor, Dick Powell,
George Arliss, Warner Bax.
ter, Wheeler and WOOlSey,
James Cagney. 1t is the first
time that a child star has
crept into the list of the first
ten.
The Washington times., 1934-11-28

AMBASSADOR Manuel Bofjl
and his Filipinos hold forth dur
ing cocktails and supper. Very
amusing and gay.
MAYFLOWER-The Lounge
for soupcons and after-ten parties.
Sidney and his MayfloWer orcheS-
ira with Buddy Harmon and Sid
CoWan singing.
-Fenton Froom and
Ernestine Gardner singing duets
with Johnny Slaughter's orchestra
in the Bamboo Room.
SHOREHAM-A new floor show
every week in the main ballroom.
Maxim LoeW's music with Barnee
directing.
CLUB HABANA-Gala opening
tonight with jolly singing and
Nadine and Girardo dancing.
Moe Baer playing from dinner on
CLUB L'HIVER-Formal open
ing tonight in extremely Continen
tai atmosphere. Excellent floor
show with Fran Trapp and his
music.
CLUB MICHEL-Frank McCor.
mick still holding forth as M. c.,
with a new Jack Pomeroy Revue,
Homer ZirNe and his orchestra
playing from dinner on. Phil
Diamond singing.
HEIGH-HO CLUB-Pete Ma,
cias' swanky rendezvous with a
bit of entertainment including
the White Brothers and Archie
Hawk.
CLUB CHANTECL Ran
amusing spot for cocktails with
John Shevlin, N.B.C. tenor, sing,
The Washington times., 1934-11-28

THE Barrets of Wimpole Street."
In fact all his roles have been
character leads. Still he won
the Academy award last year! No
straight romantic leading man has
ever won the Academy award.
Actors coming from the stage
seem to forget that once they set
foot in a motion picture studio
they'll be typed That typing bu5l-
ness. one Of the tragedies OF the
film business, will ruin them sure.
Producers seem to forget, too,
and once leading man can't play
leading roles any more, he's done.
So IT. may be a good thing Tor
HollyWood's actOrs that today'5
public demands character leading
men.
Kinema knick knack3 MGM
pulls a real stellar scoop by put.
ting Bill Powell, Jean Harlow and
Myrna 10y in Wife VS.. Secre-
tary"-and with Clarence Brown
directing. That Is a box Office
combination Bill Rankin and
Ethel Griffin started out as a
scenario team, but have suddenly
blossomed into a romantic duo. :.
Cecilia Parker is absolutely Ernie
Orsattis biggest thrill.
Boulevard buzzings Oscar
Paramount's famous oootblacK.
started his fourteenth year at the
studio. He began his shoeshlnlng
and acting career while working
as Wally Reid's valet, chauffeur
and night guide. His little stand
grew out of an idea to oe OF serV
ice to other stars on the lot.
Director Irving Cummings, who
burned to white heat when
Loretta Young claimed she had
played her role in The White
Parade" as "she saw fit" has kept
himself busy during the past week
dishing up interviews against
conceited film stars who refuse to
acknowledge the directors part IN
the creation of an effective
screen portrayed" - and he's
grabbed a lot of space for himself
with the idea.
The Washington times., 1934-11-28
Hero As Cusser

hero AS OuSSer
Which is to say that the i'm
mortal George Washington in
"Valley Forge" does some cussing.
His soldiers do a great deal more.
1t is my best judgment that the
playwright adds nothing to the
stature of his hero character by
profanity where other words II
Vigor, vehemence and force would
serve equally as well. For other
characters, swearing, perhaps. But
not for Washington.
In the last analysis vile language
has become frequently the conven-
lent device of feeble playwrightS
for making an audience sit up
straight when they might other
wise be inclined to doze through
dull stretches. Playwright Ander-
son strings words together too
gracefully and has such facility
for beauty in phraSinC he rates
far above these drama hacks. But
he must accept some responsibility
for starting the flood of indecent
dialogue, evil smelling and sound
ing words which now dot most
musical comedies.
The movies bar them all. So
does radio. I haven't seen the
slightest evidence that these
amusement anches sacrifice
either realism. interest or appeal
by the restriction.
Duke Is Coming
Duke Ellington and his band
come to the Howard Theater Fri.
day, and Manager Nate Stiefel
will make it an occasion. On
next Tuesday night he will play
request" numbers and quite
few of Washington'S eminent mu
sicians will be present for this par
ticular performance.
The Duke is the king of the hot
maestros, but only few appre-
ciate he is a genuine Washington
The Washington times., 1934-11-28
No Longer Device for Shocking,
1t Is PIaywright's Crutch;
Ellington Requests
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

If recollection it Playwright Maxwell Anderson
in what Price Glory who began the of unbushng
family the stage Or possibly his collaboration in the
best of the World War plays Laurence Stalings.
Whoever inserted the naughty words in the script started
something Not has passed since without bringing
dramas in which language the gutter is exploited
often for other rhyme purpose than passing shock
From the standpoint of novelty daring the unbrded flow
of language the stage has long since dpated its shock
Co1ue
The Washington times., 1934-11-28
M O V II
A'ACLOCK

KEITH GALLIAN in
"MARIE GALANTE"
10 As A. NJ, l :35, 4 :25, 7:15,
1905 P. NJ. Stage shows at
- 80, $40, 6, S 80 P. NJ.
The Washington times., 1934-11-28
Fired From Engines

Thank an irate engineer at Co.
lumbia University for Edward Ar
mold, appearing in THE President
Vanishes." He went on the stage
because the engineer fired him
from his oiling job for letting the
engines run hot.
The Washington times., 1934-11-28
Knows the Dance

Leroy Prinz, directing Rumba
dance sequences in Paramount's
"Rumba," once directed similar
dances in Casino La Playa, in
Havana. Cuba.
The Washington times., 1934-11-28

1O:45 A. M, l :35, 4:25, 7:15,
1905 P. NJ. Stage shows at
u 80, $40, 6, S 80 P. NJ.
PALACE. g..
GRETA GARBO in
"THE PAINTED VEIL"
II A. NJ, :O5, 3:15, 5:25,
1885, 9:45 P. NJ.
COLUMBIA.
MAURICE CHEVALIER in
1.-THE MERRY WIDOW"
11:15 A. NJ, l 20, 8 20, 5:2J,
80, 9:35 P. NJ.
EARLE.
DICK POWELL in
"FLIRTATION WALK"
II A. NJ, l 40, 4 rs, 7:05,
$50 P. M. Stage shows at
1880, :35, 6 20, 9 P. NJ.
METROPOLITAN.
DOLORES DEL RIO in
"MADAME DU BARRY"
11:35 A. NJ, l 40, 3 40, 5 40,
7 As, 9 :45 P. NJ.
RKO KEITH'S..
ANNE SHIRLEY in
ANNE OF GREEN
GABLES"
II :43 A. NJ, l :46, 8 :49, 5:52,
:55, 9:5S p. M.
HOWARD.
DICK POWELL in
"HAPPINESS AHEAD"
- 40, 3 80, :O5, 1910 PM,
Stage shows at 2:40, 5 so
and 9:05 P. NJ.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-21
4FL Keeps Up Attack
On Pay of Millinery
Workers in Chicago
(By a Millinery Worker
Correspondent

CHICAGO, Ill.-Certain employees
Of the Original Hat Shop, mil
linery), Randolph and Wabash,
Chicago, want the open shop, they
say. They claim they have been
"pestered by the union to join"
These workers are mainly older wo-
men, economically illiterate. They
are encouraged by the boss, Of
course.
j. Roberts, Millinery Workers
Union, "a. F. L., and J. Shirley
Tark, Mid-Western Millinery As
ISOLATION and recently named Code
Authority for the Millinery Indus
try in Chicago, are proceeding in
their endeavor to lower the codes
minimum for "sub-standard" work.
erS.
With the temporary postponement
OF the 4715 cent an hour minimum
ceasing on Feb. 10, there is less ex-
ouse than ever for the efforts Of
these two men, who are in respon-
sible positions, to lower the already
low minimum standards for mil
linery workers.
Roberts claims that the Sub
normal" workers would be thrown
out of their jobs unless their pay
is cut. But haven't we got a union,
and aren't the rank and file work.
ers willing to struggle to maintain
standards to keep these workers
from being throwns into the street,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-21
Fight 3P.C.
Pay Cut in
Paterson
Is First of Reductions
Put Over By UTW
Every 90 Days
BE a Textile Worker Correspondent

By a Textile worker correspondent
PATERSON, N. j. - The silk
workers in Paterson are putting up
fight against a three per cent
cut. The A. F. L. leaders tell the
workers to accept this wage cut,
because they claim the workers in
other centers are getting less. Sup
pose this were true? viii this wage
cut in Paterson help to raise wages
in other silk centers? No! On
the contrary, wage cut in Pater-
son will start wage-cutting drive
in all silk centers.
The National Textile Workers
Union warned the workers that
the agreement signed by the A.
F. of L. leaders was like a rope
around their necks. The agree
ment paves the way for a wage
cut every so days. and the Arbitra-
ton Board has been set up thru
the NRA. in an attempt to pre-
vent the workers from striking and
picketing against these wage-cuts.
In some of these silk shops where
they belong to the A. F. L. union,
they went out on strike over the
heads Of their leaders.
The workers of the Roy Silk Co.,
shop local Of the N. T. w. q.
are striking against the three per
cent wage cut which the q. T. w.
leaders ordered the bosses to put
through.
The boss began to shoot the same
old line of boloney. "If you accept
this cut, I will have lots of work
for you" And the workers re-
minded him as they do other
bosses, that bosses are constantly
claiming to be losing money and at
the same time have cars, nice
homes, etc.
The Roy shop calls upon the silk
workers to fight against the three
per cent cut and to prepare them
selves now against another con-
templated cut.
The silk and dye workers will
have to watch the leaders of the
United Textile Workers Union Of
the A. F. L. or the leaders might
try to pull the stunt on the dye
workers if they are not careful.
How can we kick out these A. r
L. traitors? How can we stop the
wage-cuts? BY organizing a new
union controlled by the rank and
file, which will unite all organiza-
tons of silk and dye workers into
one big powerful union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-21

nine and a half hours; with a pay
cut.
In the case Of women piece-work-
ers, if they couldn't make the wages
the code specified, they were dis
charged and others took their
places that could work that fast. I
overheard the latest plans Of the
bosses. They were discussing the
amount of work that the piece
workers were putting out. 1t seems
that they were spying on the work
ers who were pressing the hats
These fellows have a habit of saw
ing some of the slips telling how
many dozens of hats they had
pressed that day, for some future
day when they didn't do very much
If they didn't do this the boss would
cut his rate per dozen.
Lately, some new machinery has
been installed in the Hanging de-
partment. Despite the fact that no.
body has been thrown out of work
these workers have to work with the
machine and as their pay-rate has
been cut, they have TO speed-ur
their work to get as much as three
quarters of their former pay.
Any legal complaints against the
hat shop would be useless for the
simple reason that Mr.. Sargent
owner of the shop belongs to the
N.R.A. District Board. Thus, this is
truly a slave shop.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-21
Fines Rob Textile
Workers Of Wages
BY a Textile Worker Corresn

BY a Textile Worker Correspondent
MIDDLETOWN, N. Y.-An evil
that has existed in the Dundee
Textile Corp. of Middletown, N. Y.
over period Of several years is
the practice of deducting certain
amounts from the wages of the op-
orators for imperfections in the
cloth irrespective of whether the
operator is at fault or not. These
lmperfectionS are in many cases
due to faulty conditions of the
looms. These deductions are, ac-
cording to the rulings of the Attor-
ney General of the State of New
York, a violation of the State La
Dor Board.
No doubt the reason this and
other evils have existed in this plant
for years is that the workers are
unorganized.
Another thing that the writer has
observed in this plant is that GER
tain operators are running five and
six looms.
Last spring the workers of the
Katterman and Mitchell Silk plant
OF Port Jervis, N. Y, went on strike
against the terrible conditions. At
the time the workers organized I'M
der the banner of the U.T.W.U-
A. F. of L. The writer has learned
from various sources that a great
deal of dissatisfaction has crept in
and the workers are sadly disillu-
stoned. This is easily understood if
one stops to analyze the tactics and
moves of the A. F. of L. officials
that were pulled off at the various
conferences and the final making
of the silk and rayon code.
There are a number of textile
mills in this vicinity and rumor has
it that other plants will locate in
this section in the near future. So
it is up to the workers to get busy
and so something. Bring the work
ers into the ranks of the National
Textile Workers Union, which is I'M
der the able and fearless leadership
of Ann Burlak.
The textile workers should de-
mand of the bosses the installation
of clocks on looms to check on the
production. Some mills have clocks
on the looms but they are few in
number,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-21

MUM on this goods. The company
of course, sells this slightly dam
aged goods for good price.
The whole sum and substance o.
this is that the N. R. A. has beer
a detriment instead of a help tt
the weaving trade. I wonder il
something could be done about
this? 7 hope this bit of infor1na-
ton VIII get to Hugh Johnson''
hand.
A HARD WORKING WEAVER.
EDITORS NOTE:-Part of the
N. r. A. propaganda, which the
Socialist and A. F. of L. leaders
are active in spreading, is that
the worse conditions caused by
the N. r. A. are not the fault of
the N. r. A, but is the fault only
of the particular boss.
This weaver hopes that John
son will do something if he learns
about such conditions. He is mis-
taken. johnson knows about
these conditions. He is not inter
ested in changing them. He is
interested in putting over his job,
which is to put over the N. r. A.
program of helping the capitalist
class, including this Aberfoyle
Mfg. Co. mill, at the expense of
the weavers and all other workers.
Only a militant union, which
johnson fights; only a strike,
which Johnson is trying to cut
out by his N. Il. A., will be effec-
tive in lettering the conditions
that the worker describes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-21
Two LayOffS in
Week At Lane
Cotton Mill
BY a Textile Worker Correspondent

BY Textile Worker Correspondent
NEW ORLEANS, lathe second
group Of workers this week were
laid of at the Lane Cotton Mill
here this morning. Some Of the
people were told to return to the
mill Monday, that It might be pos
sible that they would be put back
to work.
This mill is supposed to have
several carloads of cloth without
the Blue Eagle" that they are I'M
able to dispose of. The president
of the Lane mill claims that the
company is unable to pay their
hands decent wage. Some get
as low as six cents per hour, such
as sweepers and cleaners. The
present average weekly pay of the
operators is about Sc per week.
The president of this mill, S.
Odenheimer, feels that it is more
his duty to humanity to buy fish
and monkeys for the Audubon Park
Zoo than to furnish work at a
decent wage to his employees. He
also charges them high rent for
"shacks" without toilet or bath. In
some cases people are charged as
high as $40 per month for shack
not quite good enough for decent
COW.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-21
Work 800 Harder in J. p. Goats Mill Under
n. r. A., Says Workers Letter to Johnson
Declares She Will Fight Under Leadership of
Real Union Against Wage Cut and Spy Program
BY a Textile worker Correspondent

BY a Textile Worker Correspondent
PAWTUCKET. r. Here is an
open letter I wrote to Mr.. Johnson,
N.R.A. administrator:
Dear Mr.. johnson:
I am a worker in the J. P Goats
Co., Inc, Rhode Island, the largest
thread mill in the USA. It en-
ploys close to 5000 workers. Most
of us are young girls earning s13-
s14 a week. A big bunch of the
workers are hired as learners" and
are paid half the salary, then are
laid off after working a month or
two and new learners" are hired
for a month or two, and it keeps
going that way.
Yes, I want to congratulate" you
on the success of your MIRA. ma
tional Robbers ASSN. Yes, I mean
success. but for whom? It GER
tainly is a success for Mr.. Horton,
superintendent, Mr. McColl, and all
our other -bellied stockholders of
the J. P. Coats. Oh, yes, we only
work 40 hours now instead of 49,.
Sure, but how much harder do we
work in these 40 hours?
I am now working at least 30 per
cent harder than before your
MIRA, and what goes for me goes
for all of the workers in this damn
sweatShop.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-21

And, imagine, your MIRA. gives
us the right to join any union we
see fit. Sure, you and my bosses
don't mind if I join the United Tex
tile Workers of America "a. F. of
L.. Oh no, haven't they proved that
they are loyal and faithful to the
textile bosses? They betrayed our
fellow workers in the silk mills last
July and November.
Yes, we are organizing into the
union that we see fit, but this is a
real union, a union controlled by us
workers, a union that will really
force you and the millionaires to
give us higher wages and shorter
hours, the National Textile Work
ers' Union.
Yes, I know you and your gang
will give our bosses a hand in black
listing all the good union workers,
the way you have already black
listed many workers in PaWtucket
and Central Falls, R. l., because of
their activities in the last strike, but
that will not stop us, it gives us all
the more reason to put up resist
ance to the fake program, which
you're trying to shove down our
throat.
From a Dissatisfied ]. P.
Coats Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-21
Halls Militant
Solidarity Of the
Fur Workers

BY a Fur Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK.-It seems to me
that the furriers have won the So
cialist Competition with the cloak
and dressmakers in their struggle
against the bosses, their company
union, and the MIRA.
Anyone who comes up to the Fur
riers Union will admit that the
cloak and dressmakers will have to
work overtime to beat the furriers.
Over 100 shops have shown their
splendid example of class conscious
discipline in the struggle.
No wonder that the poor Love
stoneites did not dare to face the
furriers when the old council mem
berS are now with the leadership of
the Needle Trades Workers Indus
trial Union.
Now, when the frrriers have once
more taken up the struggle in a
splendid strike in the shops and are
winning better conditions despite
the bosses and their servants, Pan
ken comes along with a program of
peace in Washington at the Labor
Board meeting, saying that per
cent of the workers have a right to
have a union and they could be
forced to belong to a company
union; because he himself knows,
that 95 per cent of the furrers are
with the N.T.WI.U.
No wonder that the furriers
themselves expressed their contempt
so vigorously in a splendid strike.
The poor Lovestoneites have
rushed in to help the Socialists.
They are indignant at the contempt
shown by the furriers. But the fur
riers received their lesson in 1927,
when they were forced to register in
the company union.
The furriers will set a splendid ex-
ample with the leadership of the
N.T.W1.U. I can tell you because
I am in the fur trade. The fur
riers will show you their solidarity
under the leadership of the
N,T.WI.U. The brutality of the DO
lice will not stop the fighting spirit
of the fur workers from fighting
the social fascists.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-21

The Central Committee, in isSu-
ing it's call for the National Con-
vention OF the Party, gave a short
outline as to the composition of the
delegates to the various conven-
lions and as to the members Of the
incoming Party committees. There
were many section conventions and
some district conventions held in
the past week; but the bulk of the
conventions, especially district con-
ventions, are scheduled for this and
the following weekend. Fourteen
out of the 20 districts will have
their conventions on March "a and
March 81 weekend. We would like
to re-emphasize the directives Of
the c. C. concerning the compost
ton of the delegates and the Party
committees.
The Open Letter states: CAS-
delegates to all Party conferences,
section and district conferences,
and above all to the Party con-
gross, there must be elected COM
rades who carry on active mass
work and who have distinguished
themselves in mass struggles"
This sentence of the Open Letter
must be our guide in electing dele
gates. According to the directives
of the Central Committee-"The
decisive majority Of delegates must
be on-full-time functionaries of
either Party organizations, trade
unions, or other mass organiza-
tions. The majority must be shop
workers, preferably from the basic
industries as we'll as unemployed
workers. From the point of view
of the political importance of the
particular district special attention
must be given to the election Of
Negro delegates and delegates from
among working women in the in
dustries. Furthermore, the dele
gates shall include Party members
active in the unions, particularly
the A. F. of L. unions, in the hide
pendent unions and of course COM
rades active in the T. U. U. L.
unions and unemployed organiza-
TONS"
Examining the composition of the
delegates to the various section
conventions held during the pre-
vious weeks, we find that these
directives were carried out by every
Party organization. In the New
York Section conventions, we had
good representation of factories
and the street nuclei sent their best
and most active mass workers to
the convention. These examples