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Germany has ruled that unem- ployment relief money cannot be used for betting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-28

Communist principle. On the con-
trary its policies have strengthened
the world proletariat and are the
basis for the further development
of the proletarian revolution
throughout the capitalist world.
The principles laid down by Lenin
furnish the answers to the two
questions. We must remember that
after Hitler was given power by
the German capitalists the situation
in Europe altered. French imperial
ism saw its spoils threatened by the
aggressive war policies of German
fascism, At this time new impe-
rialist war was not to the advantage
of the French bourgeoisie. The in
terests of the French imperialists
and the interests of the Soviet
Union which consistently opposes
another imperialist slaughter, Co
incided," as Lenin puts it, so far as
peace in this particular situation is
concerned.
Consequently the French imperial
lists who formerly were in the van
guard Of the interventionist plots
against the Soviet Union, changed
their relationship to the U. S. S. r.
BY drawing closer to the Soviet
Government they paid an unwilling
tribute to the Soviet Union which
is the greatest force making for
peace. The Soviet Government, on
the other hand, continuing the rev.
dictionary peace policy which it has
pursued since the October Revolt
ton, made use of the conflicts be-
tween the imperialists to further
the interests Of the international
working class.
By entering into non-aggression
pact with the French government
the U. S. S. r. helped to CONSOLE
date world peace. In acting to pre-
vent the outbreak OF another i'm
perialist war, the Soviet Union did
not enter into an alliance for
war against Germany. 1t will not
support the imperialist aims of the
French bourgeoisie, anymore than it
will support the capitalist interests
of any bourgeois government.
The policy of the Soviet Union
is not directed towards obtaining
capitalist allies for an inevitable
war, but is toward the strengthening
of all possible factors that make for
peace. 1t would never be embroiled
in any imperialist adventure. On
the other hand, to further the in
terests of the workers against their
enemies, the capitalists, the Soviet
Union would not hesitate to come to
some kind of agreement" with the
French government. 1t would do
so only if at the moment a military
understanding would weaken the in
ternational capitalists and further
the revolutionary advance of the
world proletariat towards socialism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-28
TUNING IN

oo-WEAF-PhiI Cook Show Shop
WoR-Sports Resume-Stan Lomax
WJZ-Amos N Andy-Sketch
wABC-Myrt and Msrge-Sketch
-WOR-Lum and Abner-Sketch
WJZ-Plantation Echoes; Mildred
Bailey, Songs; Robson Orchestra
WABC-Just Plain Bill-Sketch
3o-WEAF-Hirsch Orchestra
woR-Mystery Sketch
WJz-Red Davis-sketch
WABC-The ONeills-Sketch
:45-WEAF-Uncle EZra-Sketch
WOR-Front-Page Drama
wJz-Dangerous Paradise-Sketch
WABC-Boake Carter, Commentator
0-WEAF--Bourdon Orchestra; JeSsiea
Dragonette, Soprano; Male Quartet;
Football-Grantland Rice
wOR-Lone Ranger-Sketch
WJZ-Jewels Of Enchantment-Sketch
WABC-Fray and Braggiotti, Piano
a:I5-WJZ-Dick Liebert, organ; Arm
bruster and Kraus, Piano; Mary
Courtlsndt, Songs, Male Quartet
WABC-Edwin C. Hill Commentator
s:3o-WOR-Katzman Orchestra; Lucille
Peterson, Songs; Choristers Quartet
WJZ-Goodman Orchestra; Jane
Froman and Al Bowlly Songs
WABC-Court of Human Relations
9;o0-WEAF-Lyman Orchestra; Frank
Mum, Tenor; ViVienne Segal,
Songs
WOR-Hillbilly Music
WJZ-Judge E. o. Sykes Of Federal
Communications Commission, In
terviewed
WABC-March Of Time-Drama
9:l5-WJZ-Siberian Singers
9.3o-WEAF-Bonime Orchestra; Pic and
Pat, Comedians
wOR-Lum and Abner-Sketch
WJZ-Phil Baker, Comedian; Martha
Mears, Songs; Belasco Orchestra
WABC-Hollywood Hotel-sketch,
With Dick Powell, Jane Williams,
Ted Fio-Rito Orchestra, Others;
Frances Lederer Guest
e:45-WOR-Garber Orchestra
1000 WEAF-Monsieur Lamb Chop-Sketeh
wOR-Elaine Jordan, Songs
WJZ-Minstrel Show
10:l5-wOR-Current Events-H. z. Read
3o-WEAF-symphony Orchestra; Frank
Black. Conductor; Mixed Chorus
wOR-variety Musicale
WJZ-The Jew and Christian-Rabbi
Morris Lazaron
wABC-The O'Flynn-Musical Drama
o-WEAF-Talk-George Holmes, Chief,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-28

Radio communication is a po-
tential weapon of the working
class.
This week we are reprinting an
interesting article by the ops on the
Chelyushkn Expedition. Credit goes
to the Sheepshead Bay radio club.
Ten hours after the sinking of the
Chelyushkin, we had rugged up our
radio on the ice and we're ready to
work; but as part of the apparatus
had gotten damp and the storage
cells had lost their voltage through
being almost completely frozen (the
temperature was 33 below, we were
unable to make contact with the
mainland that night. Nevertheless,
We could heard the coast stations
talking among themselves. as our re-
ceiver was working perfectly,
TN the morning, after breakfast
prepared over a campfire, the
whole expedition went to drag lum-
Der from Under the ice, where it
had been caught.
In the meantime we, ops, dried
out our apparatus and warmed up
the storage cells. For several hours
we sent out co.'s to Wellen and
North Cape, and they in turn made
every effort to reach us. We could
hear them but they could not hear
us. Finally, we measured our wave
length and came to the conclusion
that 1t was too short. We heightened
the aerial, altered the tuning of
the transmitter to longer wave
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-28
Short WaUe Radio News

and for nearly three hours sent out
cas-. At last the Wellen station
picked us up and Comrade Schrade,
the op of that station, told us that
he could hear us very well and that
our wave length was about $50 m.
Without waiting a second we sent
for Schmidt, who was also handling
lumber. Like an electric spark, the
news flashed along the lines Of the
men at work; The radio has got
through Joyful smiles shone
through the frost-encrusted faces
of the Chelyushikin crew. The work
progressed better, heavy beams at
once became somehow lighter.
Meanwhile Professor Schmidt
was sending his first dispatch to
the Soviet Government as to our
position on the ice. Thus commu-
nication with the mainland was es-
tablished rs hours after we leaped
onto the ice from the sinking ship.
Routine work commenced. The
camp radio station sent out wX info
several times day, and the air.
planes which were coming to our
camp were guided by our meteoro-
logical summaries. Almost every
day we picked up the Rosta PIX on
various political events both here
in the U. S. S. R. and abroad We
regularly received the statements Of
the government commission on the
measures which were being taken to
rescue US.
1--WE also received over the radio
the qtr which were SO necessary for
astronomical observations to deter
mine the location of the ice-foe. We
radioed our off to the airlnen.
This Is sufficient to show clearly
the great role played by radio in
the rescue Of the Chelyushkin eype-
dition from the ice. It would be
difficult to say what the outcome
would have been had there been no
radio.
"But while giving radio its due,
we must not over-rate it. 1t justi-
fled itself in the complex scheme
of measures undertaken by the So
Wet Government to save the Chels
yushkin expedition, and gave great
help to the intrepid Soviet airmen."
We have received several requests
for information on the authorizations
used in this column. One way OF
finding out is to visit and join
radio club. The New York club
meets Friday nights at AZ Union
Square, one fight up: formation Of
regular classes is being considered.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-28
HopO Members of the ". 1T.
Shock Troupe LiUe and York

urstively and literally. It is diff
ficult, in crowded quarters, to find
the proper environment for the va
rious creative activities that go on
simultaneously. But through it all,
the Shock Troupers carry on.
Food is a major problem, and is
provided on q weekly budget Of
about s13-a sum that calls for al
most any adjective but bountiful.
The department of the cuisine
changes its personnel from week to
week. and with it. the menu that
has held the boards for a weeks
tenure. On the kitchen bulletin
board. the notice appears; Dish
washers of the week, the pots are
filthy" TO which the morrow brings
reply. "From the dishwashers to tae
House Manager greeting, tell the
cooks to stop cooking beans with
out water"
Here around their table, the
Shock Troupers find an opportunity
to forget the immensely Of the task
they have set for themselves for a
few minutes of banter. The con-
versation often takes the form Of
one long, continuous improvisation.
IF a phonograph record were taken
of it." Author Martin remarked, cit
would make Gertrude Stein sound
like Noah Webster" Here also
they discuss the serious prob
lens that beset them and their or
SANITATION. After performances, the
Troupers gather around for tea, and
fer into the night, serious voices
discuss the questions Of the w. L. T.
New Years Eve Fest
This year, the Workers Labor
atory Theatre is celebrating its
fourth year of existence, and the
greatest year in its brief but dy-
manic existence. For three years,
the w. L. T. played widely, but
its fame did not reach much be-
yond the confines of its audience.
The appearance of New Theatre, the
magazine devoted to the problems
Of the theatre of the working class,
has publicized the work Of the w.
L. T., and given it tremendous i'm
petus. Together they plan to cele-
brate a year Of expanded work and
energy on New Years Eve.
This year % new plays we're
added. bringing the repertory up to
80. About one hundred thousands
people watched the Shock Troupe's
presentations, so that their audience
to date numbers a quarter Of a
million.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-28
Questions and Answers

Question: Why did the Soviet
Union enter into on-aggression
pact with France? Does the pact
mean that the Soviet Union would
support France against Germany in
the event of war? - Communist
Sympathizer.
Answer: The answers to these
questions are interlocked, and can
only be understood in the light Of
the principles underlying the rev.
dictionary peace policy of the Soviet
Union. The Soviet Government as
the dictatorship of the proletariat
would never support the imperialist
ambitions of any capitalist country.
But in the interests of peace and
socialism it utilities the contradic-
tons between the rival groups of
imperialists for the safety of the
workers state and the revolutionary
advance of the world proletariat.
The general principles which
guide the peace policy Of the Soviet
Union can be found in Lenin's
famous Letter to American Work
ers" international Publishers, 5
cents. His analysis Eliminates the
recent tactics of the U. S. S. r. in
dealing with the imperialists. Lenin
points out that when we speak of
an agreement" between the Soviet
Union and any imperialist power,
we must remember that there are
agreements and agreements" The
decisive test of such agreements"
is whether they further the interests
of the proletariat.
Thus Lenin did not hesitate to
come to an agreement" with
French military officers in 1918
when the German imperialists at
tackled the workers and peasants
republic. He did this to halt the
advance of the German armies, and
to save the proletarian revolution.
AS Lenin says, both partners to the
agreement" were ready to chang"
each other. But for a time their in
terests conceded" Lenin made
use Of the rapacious counter-inter-
ests of the French bourgeoisie to
throw back the rapacicAs advancing
German fmperialists, and thereby
weakened the international capital
lists and at the same time strength
ened the proletarian revolution and
the working class throughout the
world.
Lenin emphasizes the point that
Communists always strive to adj
vance the interests of the world
proletariat and to weaken the i'm
perialists. Their policies must al
ways be judged in the light of this
primary principle. And in exam
lining the revolutionary peace policy
of the Soviet Union, we shall see
that it has not abandoned this
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-28
Illustrated 'BOner.
Attempt to Laugh o. !
Misery of UnemployeC

years. Now he does not know which
way to turn" accompanied by
drawing Of a man literally tied up
in knots may be inoffensive enough
but another one:
Woman says every time she gets
a chance to do something, a younger
woman is taken in preference" is
not funny enough to make one for
get the tragedy on which it is
based.
Life may begin at 40 for Mr..
Pitkin, but it ends about that time
for any worker who tries to get a
job in competition against younger
men.
Milk is needed for the baby and
father is unable to supply il" is Of
the same type. The humor presum-
ably, lies in the implication Of the
babys mistake about his fathers
biological capacities, but there are
hundreds of thousands Of fathers
in every part of the country who
won't think that's funny.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-28
By JAMES WARREN

AN impromptu platform and the
n stage is set. From the Civic
Repertory Theatre to a hall any
where in the length and breadth of
the city-to a street corner some
where on the New York waterfront
the Shock Troupe of the Workers
Laboratory Theatre moves often in
one night, to present their dramatic
calls to action And after the per-
Torrance, back to their headquar-
ters and home, a five-room flat to
house the thirteen shock troupers,
where they live collectively. shar-
ing their lives and the ighting
hopes that fill their hearts and their
work.
The shock troupes bring to the
Workers Laboratory Theatre widely
varied backgrounds and experiences.
Director Al SAKE, one Of the most
up-and-coming directors in the
American threatre, director Of
"Newsboy.' halls from the Middle
West, with burlesque, cabaret. and
little theatre work as his dramatic
cradle.
Who's Who in the w. L. 7.
Director Stephen Ksrnot worked
with Boleslavsky in the American
Laboratory Theatre, studied with
Meyerhold, and was close to the
work of Stanislavsky.
The actors represent professional,
stock, and amateur backgrounds -
from the hinterland to Broadway.
Author Peter Martin. dramatist,
lyric writer, has several novels to
his credit, and arrived through the
script departments Of radio and
vaudeville.
Musician Earl Robinson, contrib
utor to The Workers Song Book,
has written among other things,
quartet for brasses, and he has con-
tributed much to the work Of the
w. L. T. by his catchy tunes, which
thousands find themselves humming
after they have seen and heard the
Shock Troupe in action. Most fam
Gus of these are Flying Squadron"
Labor Takers" and Union Card"
Robinson's hands, also, are those
that strum the guitar sccompani-
ment at w. L. T. presentations.
Life In the Collective
Life in the collective has its ad-
vantages. but its inconvenience are
by no means insignificant. Thirteen
people in few rooms find that it
is often impossible to avoid step
ping on one another's corns, fig
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-28

kulaks. He has written books on
collective farms. Babel, author Of
Red Cavalry" has become a first
rate veterinary on collective near
Moscow. He is finishing a book
called Peasants" Panferov is still
studying farm conditions and turn
ing his farm novel, "Brusski" into
a series. Stetski brought to the
Writers Congress the heroine of his
farm novel, THE Run" Gladkov
left industry for a while and wrote
a book about collective farmers.
The peasants are interested in
Russian classics about as much as
they are in contemporary literature.
More than 100000 copies of Push
kin, 1885,, 900 copies of Chekhov, $780,
600 copies Of Lermentov were sent
to them last year. The farmers
have good examples set them by
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-28
Soviet Peasants Are Swiftly Becoming
Most Cultured Farm Masses in History
Books Like Tractors
Stream Over the
Countryside

This is the third Of four ar
ticIes written by Ben Field on the
life of farmers and peasants in the
Soviet Union. Ben Field recently
returned from a visit to the U. s.
S. r. where he made study of
farm conditions, visiting many
cOllectlYes, as well as attending
the Writers Congress. He con-
tributed while there to Pravda,
Kolhoznik, the Literary Gazette,
and is the American correspondent
for the Soviet Peasants Gazette
and the French 'Voice of the
Peasant"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-28

their leaders. Lenins works are
studded with references to Tolstoi.
Read Stain and you see in what
mastery way he uses stories from
Chekov to illustrate his points.
Stain knows the new writer's as
well, writers like luxembourg and
Pilnyak 1t is said that he had
much to do with the calling of the
Writers Congress. Voroshiloff and
Kuibeshef are on the committee to
commemorate the Tooth anniversary
of Pushkin's death in 1896.
While libraries are being closed
down in the United States, huge
special editions of books are being
turned out for the Russian peasants.
Last year 100000 copies CT such
books were circulated. This year
the total circulation will exceed 49,
100000. While capitalist publishers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-28
P easants Creators of
Literature AS Well
AS Readers

here complain about sales and WELD
the double-edgsd knife which cuts
writers and readers. young, relative
~ unknown poets from the ranks Of
the workers like Nicolai Tolpegin,
former fireman, are given 5000
rubles for a single book Of poetry.
And the State Publishing House in
the first six months Of 1888 alone,
made 100000 ruhles while in the
first half Of 1894 its sales shot up
to 100000 rubles.
Farm Libraries
There are very few collectives
that have no library. A huge farm
like the 100000 acre Zernograd has
a library Of $1,000 volumes. A small
collective like Lenin Commune in
the Black Earth region has a
library of 5000 books. At least 1000
rubles are spent on new books every
year. During the busy harvest
season So per cent Of the collective
peasants take out books, during the
winter season 100 per cent Of the
collectivists read.
This collective has a radio for
every worker. 1t has radio broad
casting station which kent the col
lective informed about the Writer'S
Congress. This collective held ex-
hibitions Of paintings done by art
lists who spent the whole summer
working on the farm.
The peasants are not only read
ers Of literature. They are becom-
ing creators Of literature. There
are fore than 1000 workers and
farmers literary circles. Subway
workers, farmhands. carmen. sea-
men, etc., have their literary circles.
The ablest Russian writer's come to
these circles to help the green
writers. Locomotive engineer Az
deyenko and seaman Soboleff. who
have written two of the most i'm
portant books Of 1884, are graduates
of these literary circles.
On the huge zernograd grain
farm there is a literary circle. The
Red Banner tea plantation Chekva
on the shores of the Black Sea has
a literary circle. Machine tractor
stations, beside helping establish
more than $500 book kiosks, help
with the literary circles, helm with
the publishing of magazines, literary
pages. newspapers with columns
called, propaganda for books"
Hunger for Culture
One of the unforgettable days
spent in the North Caucasus was
with Gnevushun, red partisan, edi-
tor of Tractor" He told us about
peasants writing poetry and showed
us their poetry. One Of them, Skri-
pow, had Just finished novel, Fire
on the Steppes." A group was
working on a history of this world
famous grain farm.
Nowhere else in the world is there
such a demand for books, such a
hunger for culture as among the
Russian workers and farmers. Such
hunger is killed under capitalism.
Capitalism is interested in crooks,
not books; in booty, not beauty. 1t
is only Communism that has been
able to feed the belly and spirit Of
the Russian masses. With voltage
higher than any that can be shot
from heaven, Communism has re-
leased unheard of energies from
that most backward of all atoms,
the Russian peasant.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-28
CHANGE
THE
WORLD!
- kE e
4 II E
By MICHAEL GOLD

CRITZ THYSSEN is in Brazil.
L swarm of rumors, guesses and explanations
round his sudden voyage from the domestic field of
his activities the Hitler Reich, to South America.
Has he been driven from the Third Empire by fear
Of the Brownsht he brought to power2
complex msnoeuvd into position the
Wilhelmstrasse split?
himself contended, Brazil merely
extending
and the Nazi International deep into the capitals of the smon
South American countriesG
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-28
The King of the Ruhr

FROM king
Germany power vaster ambitions larger
armies ably weaponed than the KaierS In the
Totaarian" state of Hitler he the
ing military uniform decorated with medals
Kaiser nevertheless though he the throne
the official documents himself.
How hyssen obtained this commanding position the
life became the dictator
heavy industry the lord essential
the history putting
which the
actually betrayed this in the interests of the biggest industrial
lists and Junkerha class against whom the city shokeepes
and their and the middle farmers thought they being led
to fight.
1t only months after the Nazis took
uneashed
that the dictator entire
district the seat of heavy industry.
became the estate Councillors political office standing
above all local authorities position Goerng
personally.
And Immediately after this the leaders
almportant districts Of Dusseldorf
South Wephaia addressed declaration
officially recognized him matters policy" Supreme
State authority for these At the
in the Naz nration friends Thysen
fellow shareholders and magnaes leading posi-
lions in the
Thysn became the actual Nazi Party thus
real Fuehre thus heavy industry became the living
cialisn"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-28
IT'S A GREAT RELIEF! BY John
TElly and Joseph Kloman, Van
guard Press. SI.00.
Reviewed by
pEyTT I'D GTERTTNC
PHILIP STERLING

NO one has greater need for the
" tonic Of laughter than the thou
sands of public relief workers who
have become an important and
well-known group in the life Of
American cities during five years Of
economic crisis.
But laughter should be pertinent.
The little collection of boners culled
by Messrs. Tully and Kloman from
the reports Of New York Home Re-
lief Bureau lose a great deal Of their
sparkle because the humor incidsn-
tally laughs of some Of the most
bitter problems Of the jobless.
The method of the book is to
translate into literahstic pictures
each boner which is quoted. Thus:
Applicant was a former vaude-
vile contortionist. Out of work two