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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-25
New York Workers School
Opens For Fall Term.

New York Workers School
Opens For Fall Term.
The New York Workers School,
IS East 18th Street, opened its doors
yesterday, to approximately $500
students. Although registration for
the Fall Term is officially ended,
literally hundreds of students are
still coming to register. That the
workers and intelleetuals of New
York are beginning to realize the
rottanness of the capitalist system
and are seeking a way out, is proven
by the fact that although the
school prepared twenty classes in
Principles of Communism, four
more had to be opened to meet
the overwhelming demand for this
course. 1t is still, as it has always
been, the most popular course in
the school.
However, there are other timely
and unusually interesting courses
still open. Of particular impor-
lance is Comrade Komorowski's
course describing the History,
Structure and Role of the Soviets
in China. 1t deals with the official
historical records of the national
liberation struggle Of the peoples CT
China, will present a graphic ac-
count of the present struggles Of
the Chinese Soviet Republic, of the
role of the imperislists in the Far
East, and in general will offer a
comprehensive picture of the world
historical forces acting in the
Pacific area. Much unpublished
material will be presented.
Another, is the Problems of the
Negro Liberation Movement, by
Ccmrade James Ford. This course
will deal with the present condi-
tons of the Negroes and the meth
eds and organizational forms to
win them to the revolutionary
struggle for the self determination
Of the Negroes in the Black Belt and
against capitalist exploitation, Other
courses are: Colonial Problems, De-
cline of American Capitalism, Social
and Political Geography, History of
Science and Technology, Revolution
airy Interpretation OF Modern Liter
allure and Origin of Man and Civil
lization. These classes are still open
for registration.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-25
Workers School Of Boston
Opens For Fall Term.

The Workers School of Boston will
open it's Fall term for the third sue
cessive year on October 1, at 919
Washington Street. Every trade
union, every organized group Of
workers, professionals and intellec-
tuals should send members of their
organizations to the Workers School,
as we'll as popularize the school
amongst friends and sympathizers
of the working class.
Some of the courses offered will
be Principles of Communism, Public
Speaking, History of the American
Working Glass, Trade Union Stra-
tegy and Tactics, Political Economy
and Marxism-Leninism. A special
feature of the term will be a Cur
rent Events Glass. Leading speak
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-25

had acted as some protection. Be-
hind the boulder the snow had been
trampled down, and there was raw
earth from which stones had been
torn. Yu-kung looked from the
earth to Li-kwei's dirt-covered
hands, and then to the bamboo
flute, one end covered with earth.
The little lad had been digging up
stones. Too frail to hurl them him
self for any distance, he had been
helping some comrade. He had used
one end of his precious flute to pry
the stones loose.
The sound of the scraping shovels
digging shallow graves on the slope
below came no longer to Yu-kungs
ears. The series of picture mem
cries marching through his mind
ceased. A rough hand of miner
soldier went about his shoulder and
down over his chest, encircling him.
He looked down at the hand and
saw that it was becoming wet with
his own tears. Surprised that he
had wept, he turned and walked
down the slope behind worker
carrying the body of Li-kwei.
VU-KUNG watched his comrades
lay his younger brother by the
side of the men who had given
their lives for the Revolution. They
lay in a long row, lean wasted
peasants and workers with hollow,
stern faces. About the grave stood
the living, gazing for the last time
at them. At one end of the trench
stood a revolutionary soldier in
uniform holding a great red ban
ner OF the Army, Its folds hung
free at an angle, disclosing the
black star with its yellow hammer
and sickle.
Good = cover theml" came a
voice.
Men bent low, raised the ragged
jackets of the dead, coving their
faces with them, and then began
shovelling the raw earth over the
bodies.
Then toward the east a bugle
sounded. mere was the rattle OF
arms, the. clank of steel, the soft
tramping of bare feet, the steady
silent marching of men. The
wounded gave their guns to others,
and, leaning upon their comrades,
began to march forward.
Yu-kung turned from the mass
grave where his brother lay. Down
the path toward the east his tear
dimmed eyes caught the flash of
the great red banner with the ham
mer and sickle now held high, I'M
folded in the wind. Grasping his
bugle firmly and squaring his thin
young shoulders, he looked about,
ran to his unit, and began march
ing steadily forward.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-25

my attitude at the time a poten-
TALLY for working class exploitation
in the interests Of the small bour-
geoisie; I realize this today, and
I repudiate it,"
cPACE is lacking to follow the ex-
y perience Of Fernandez as related
in this notable document. which
could stand as a manifesto for so
many intellectuals who have been
compelled by the course Of events
toward a revolutionary Communist
orientstion. The following, however,
may be quoted in conclusion:
Ladies and Gentlemen Cof the
bourgeois) I thank you heartily.
After having been wavering friends,
YOU have become for me the most
dependable Of teachers. You have
knocked from my eyes. one after
another; the scales that hid nv
sight. You have made me a Com
munist, or the next thing to it. At
any rate, you have made me a rev.
olutionist. I now know that your
values are hollow, and that the
most decent Of you is content to
take as gods the windmiIls of cap
italism, which he is careful not to
clog.
There is possible an economic
system which, freeing mankind.
from want, shall lift real humanity
to the plane of real power; yet you
are so blinded by self-interest, BY
Incidence and fear, that you see
in all this only humanity's down
fall. So much the worse for YOU,
Ladies and Gentlemen"
IN the same issue with Fernandezs
article is an excellent piece on
the California terror by Tillie Ler-
ner, Comrade Lener writes like
a house afire. She's got intensity, -
power, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES a ter
rifle emotional impact. and we
gladly forgive the Partisan Review.
which was supposed originally to-
be for New York Reed Club mem
bers, for going out to California to
get her. The Macmillan Company
ought to consider itself lucky to
have signed this excellent young
writer for her first novel,
In addition, the contents Of the
new issue Of the Partisan Review
inclIde poems by Louis Aragcn,
Edwin Rolfe, Isidor Schneider and
Kenneth Fearing; short stories by
Murrell Ednunds, Nelson Algren,a
Alfred Hayes, j. S. Balch, Gertrude
Diamant and Miller Brand; critic
ism by Philip Rahv, Wallace
Phelps, William Rollins, Jr., and
Alan Calmer. ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-25
Reviewed by
EDWIN SEAVER

EDWIN SEAVER
THE new issue Of the Partisan
l Review performs a real service to
American intellectuals by providing
a translation of Ramon Fernandez's
article, Il Am Near Being A Fas-
eist." In this article Fernandez,
who was once a preeminent human
ist and who is still the foremost
French literary critic, takes his
stand definitely for Communism
and against Fsscism with Roman
ROLAND, Henri Bsrbusse, Andre
Malraux Andre Glide, Jean-Rich-
ard Bloch. Louis Aragon and others
the greatest of the French con-
temporary writers.
Il came near being a Fascist"
writes Fernandez, Il did not miss it
by far, merely by the commonplace
material circumstances of not hav-
ing been absent from Paris from
February 6 to IL. For in the posi-
ton that I was in, there was no
theological nicely that could have
brought me to this side of the bar
ricadeS, no reasoned argument, but
rather, an atmosphere of passion
and OF struggle was required-to put
it briefly, acts Of violence witnessed
at first hand and reconstructed in
such fashion as to bring out the
truth inherent in them"
ChaFacterizing Fascism as 1.-The
art Of quoting the social unrest of
intelleetuals, by leading them TO
engage in a revolution which will
neither alter their habits nor saeri-
flee their interests" Fernandez goes
on to tell how, by signing a call for
anti-Fascist concentration and the
general strike" he made the first
step to the left and was promptly
kicked down the remaining steps by
his good friends among the bour-
geois intelleotuals who could not
find erdure vile enough to throw at
him for stating his political oonvie-
tions. From the 7th of February on,
after reading the newspapers it be-
came apparent to me that the work
ing class constituted the sole ram
part capable of protecting the in
terests of the Left, the spirit of the
Left, if you like I did not then
understand spirit of the Left in
MarXist sense. My course of rea-
soning might have been that of any
sincere radical, that of any man
concerned with parliamentary liber-
ties. There was even discoverable in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-25
Theatre Guild Adds "Storn'
Song" To Seasons Schedule

Storm Song" new play by
Denis Johnston, author of THE
Moon in the Yellow River" will be
produced by the Theatre Guild later
in the season. 1t may follow the
presentation of THE Sleeping
Clergyman, by James Bride, which
opens the Guild season on Oct. Is,
with Ruth Fordon, Helen Wesley,
Glen Anders and Ernest Thesiger in
the cast.
Courtney Burr will present his
new production, Small Miracle"
melodrama by Norman Krasna, at
the Reyale Theatre on Wednesday
night, Sept, 26, TIE players in
clude Joseph spurin- CalIeia, Ilka
Chase, Robert Middlemass and
Myron Mccormick.
j. G. Nugent's new comedy,
Dream Child" will be presented on
Thursday evening at the Wander
bilt Theatre, with Mr.. Nugent,
Alan Bunce and Ruth Nugent in
the principal roles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-25
"PetersbUrg Nights" In Last
Days at Cameo Theatre ~.

Petersburg Nights" the Soviet
talkie based on Dostoyevski's fs--
nous novel white Nights" now in
its third week at the Cameo The.
atre, will end its run on Thursday.
The picture will be followed by an
other Soviet production, Thunder
storm which is scheduled to have
its American premiere on Friday.
Mass Struggle" the Odessa pro-
ductien now showing at the Acme
Theatre, is now in its final four
days. The four language film-Rus-
sian, Ukrainian, Jewish and Polish
based on the revolt of the
Ukrainian peasants in the 18th CEN
fury, will close on Friday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-25
"The Great Waltz" Opens
At The Center Theatre

THE Great Waltz" musical
play based on the lives and music
of the Johann Strausses, father and
son, was presented by Max Gordon
on Saturday night at the Center
Theatre in Radio City, Moss Hart
rewrote the libretto from the Lon
don production and Hassard Short
directed, Leading players in the
cast include Marion Claire. Guy
Robertson, Marie Burke, Dennis
Noble, H. Reeves-Smith and ernest
Cossart. Alexandra Danilova is the
prima ballerina.
"Merrily We Roll Along" a
drama by George S. Kaufman and
Moss Hart, will be presented by
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-25
Blue LiQht" To Open At
55th Street PLAYHOUSE

The 5sth Street Playhouse will
open its fall season tonight with
The Blue Light" Continental
film produced in Italian Tyro1
country The picture, which is based
on an Italian legend of the Dolo-
mites country was written and
directed by Leni Riefenstahl, who
also plays the leading role.
The Radio City Music Hall is now
showing The Richest Girl in the
World" new RKO-Radio film,
with Miriam Hopkins and Joel Me-
Crea in the chief roles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-25
RELIEF LISTS RISE

NEW BRITAIN, Conn, Sept. 81,
Declaring that the winter months
would see greater demands for re-
lief, Welfare Commissioner G. T.
Kimball, in his report to the Board
of Welfare here, announced that
relief lists had swollen by one
third in the one year period from
August 1888 to August 1884. In
August last year, the relief report
stated, ITO families were on the
relief list. For August 1884, l,s42
families were on the complete lists.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-25

The following are selections
from Agnes Smedley's dramatic
%0K, "China's Red Army
aaaFches," published by Interna-
tional Publishers, 381 Fourth Ave.
Editors Note.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-25
STAGE AND SCREEN

Sam H. Harris on Saturday night
at the Music Box as his production
of the season, Kenneth MacKenna.
Mary Philips, Cecilia Lotus. Wall
ter Abel and Jessie Royce lands
head the large cast.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-25
What's Doing in the Workers
Schools of the L. S.

ers will conduct this discussion group
throughout the term.
In addition, the South End Branch
of the Workers School will offer a
course in Revolutionary Traditions
and Problems of the Negro People.
A Workers School to
Open in Queens.
A branch of the Workers School
for Queens will begin classes on Oc-
tober Is, The growth of the influ-
ence of the revolutionary organiza-
tons in this highly industrialized
area of New York City has made
imperative the establishment of a
school for the training of new
forces.
Courses in the following subjects
will be taught: Marxism- Leninism;
Political Economy; Problems of the
Negro Liberation Movement; Prin-
ciples of Communism; Organiza-
tional Principles; Youth Under
Capitalism; Trade Union Strategy
and Tactics English and Russian. A
special series of lectures will be
given by prominent lecturers on the
Role of the Intellectual and Labor
Movements" Registration will be-
gin on September "a at the tenn
porary headquarters of the School
Advisory, Board, 42-O6 9th Street,
Long Island City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-25
What's On

CANCELLED lecture by George Siskind
on international Importance Of Stain
Foundations of Leninism." Tickets viii
be henored at any Of the subsequent lee
lures.
CHORUS Meeting Of New Culture Club,
2s4s Coney Island Ave, $50 pm All in
terested are welcome
REGISTER at Moslolu Prog. Club. 1880
Bainhridge Ave. l207th ST. for classes in
Principles Of Communism and Political
Economy. Instructor, G. Ellstsin, OF Work
ers School. Registration nights, Sept. 10
to 90, s;3e-10 pm.
LECTURE, Dancing Refreshments at
Relmoh Club. II w 18th S., $50 p. m.
IsidoFe Schneider, critic and author will
lecture on Recent Trends in Modern
Literature"
OPEN Unit Meeting of Unit 2 Sec. ls
at 2el Schenectady Ave, Brooklyn $50
pm. Discussion on 18th Anniversary of
the Communist Party"
Philadelphia, Pa.
MASS MEETING and send-of of Phila-
deiphis Delegation to Chicago Anti-Wsr
Congress Speakers, Maxwell S. Stewart.
Foreign Policy Assn; Mary Winssr and
others. YM.C.A. Building, 1925 Arch St.,
Tuesday, Sept IS, 8 pm.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-25
Registration Now Going On at
Youngstown Workers School.

The youngstown Workers School,
situated at 5l0 West Federal Street,
Youngstown, Ohio. has begun regis
tration for the Fall Term. The fol-
lowing courses will be taught: Prin-
oinles of Communism; Principles Of
Organization, Trade Union Strategy
and Tactics. Youth Problems, Eng
lish for Workers, and Russian. The
Fall Term will begin October 18th.
Students are urged to register early.
Vel. District Training School.
For the first time in its history
the Young Communist League of
New York is able to organize a full
time District Training School. The
need for such a school was felt for
a long time in view of the need
for new cadres in the League to lead
the struggles of the youth in New
York.
This school will last for period
of four weeks. The major subjects
of the school will be; Marxism-Len-
inism, Trade Union Problems, Or
ganizational Principles, the Negro
Question.
The Fall Term starts this week at
the Brownsville Workers School,
1855 Pitkin Avenue, There is still
time to register without missing the
first session.
Registration is still going on at
the Harlem Workers School, AIS
Lenox Avenue. The School has had
record registration this term. 1t
is imperative that these wishing to
register should do so at once.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-25
Famous French Critic
Takes Communist Stand
In Partisan Review

The Partisan Review: 4. Septem-
ber-octObeF, Published by John
Reed Club of New York, 430
Sixth Ave, n. Y. c. Price zoe.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-01-11
MISS |. CURRY
DEAD; FUNERAL
SERVICE TODAY
KEY WEST WOMAN INJURED
BY AUTOMOBILE TUESDAY
NIGHT sUccUMBs AT HOME
LAST EVENING

Miss Leonora Curry. 81 years
old, died $50 o'clock last evening
at the home, SOB Margaret street.
Miss Curry was injured Tuesday
night when struck by an automo-
bile at the corner OF Duval and
Eaton street.
Funeral services are being held
4 o'clock this afternoon from the
residence, Rev. Van Ryan of the
congregation of Brethren officiat-
ing.
Survivors are the mother, Mrs,
George G. Curry; five sisters, Mrs.
Edith Henriquez, Mrs. Thomas O.
Sweeting and Mrs. Winnie Young,
Key West; Mrs. Bramey Pinder,
Matecumbe; Mrs. Robert Baker,
Miami.
Pallbearers will be selected from
Brethren of the Gospel Hall.
The Benjamin Lopez Funeral
Home is in charge of arrange
ments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-01-11
MOORE SUCCEEDS
STRUNK in CWA
POSITION HERE
DEMERITT RECEIVES TELE.
GRAM APPROVING HIS sE-
LECTION AS ASSISTANT
DIsBURsING OFFICER

James S. Moore has been APP
pointed assistant disbursing off
Ger for the Civil Works Admins
tration in Monroe county, vice E.
A. Strunk. Jr., resigned.
Some time ago Mr.. Strunk
found that the duties of the of
flee seriously interfered with his
position as manager of the South
Florida Contracting and Engi-
neering company, and rendered
his resignation.
Since that time he has been
conducting the affairs Of the dis
bursting office pending the APP
pointment of his successor.
Several days ago William w.
Demeritt, director of C. w. A. in
Key West, sent in the name of
Mr.. Moore for approval and yes
terday received telegram from
Tallahassee appointing him to the
position.
Mr.. Strunk will remain in
charge until Mr.. Moore has filled
out the papers necessary to his
qualification.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-01-11
WANTS PICTURES ]
OF KEY WEST FOR
Use in ARTICLE
PICTURE EDITOR AMALGA-
MATED PREsSPHoTo ASSN.
TO BE PROVIDED WITH
SAME BY CHAMBER

William Rand. picture editor of
the Amalgamated Pressphoto As
ISOLATION Of New York city, win,
at his request, be furnished photo
graphs of Key West and Dry
Tortugas by the chamber Of COM
meree.
In letter TO the chamber Mr.
Rand writes they have on file a
story Of Tortngas, Key West and
the old fortress which they want
TO embeIlish with interesting photo.
graphs Of the locality.
Pictures Of Key West, the Gulf
and Island Fortress the interna-
tionalIy famous shark infested
nioat. an interior view Of the for
tress and the famous mystery
grove" are the ones needed.
As these are "a feature the
salient points az the story and
viii he Of ineStinsAhle value 70
Ecy West. the chanher decided to
comply with the request and the
photographs are being secured.
When they are In readiness they
win be cent to New York.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-01-11
Three Persons Are Killed As
Blaze Destroys Woodwork Co.
Building In Aurora, Illinois
Believed That Bodies OF
Other Possible Victims
Might Be Buried Under
Debris
CBy Associated Press,

AURORA, ILL.,, Jan IL
The death toll in a spectacu-
lar midnight fire of a five
and ten cent store was plac-
ed at three known dead to-
day as the body of one fire
captain was recovered, and
those of two others sought in
the basement of the build
ing.
The victims were Cap
tains Edward Rees, John
Peterson and Charles Hoff-
man.
They were trapped when
the three story outer wall
of a building occupied by
the Woolworth Company
toppled over, endangering
the lives of hundreds of
spectators at the height of
the conflagration which
caused a 1925. 900 damage.
Belief that bodies Of other
victims. some of them spec
tators, might be found un-
der the debris, was express
ed by firemen.
Cause of the fire was said
to be unknown.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-01-11

line for an hour to get seats where
there was room for less than 200.
A crowd composed mostly of
women began jostling and push
ing in the Railways and an emer-
gency call brought score Of sher-
ifs deputies and bailiffs as spec.
tatoas began screaming and shout
ing.
The crowd was finally ordered
from the building, but lines again
began forming.
The defendant was carried in 4
chair to the building, but walked
into the courtroom assisted by a
nurse.
The son. Walter wynekOop.
went to his mother and took her
in his arms affectionately and
gave her = lingering kiss and con-
versed with her. cheek 10 cheek,
for several minutes.
Dr.. Wynekoop's daughter. Cath
ernie. also kissed her mother. The
selection 81 the jury began Is the
judge entered the chambers
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-01-11
OFFICERS LEAVE
FOR INSPECTION
OF KEY PROJECTS
MRS. LOUISE WILSON. Ac-
coMPANIED BY MISS ILEEN
WILLIAMS, DEPART THIS
MORNING OVER HIGHWAY

Mrs. Louise Wilson, director of
woman's work projects of the
Civil Works Administration in
Florida, left over the highway
this morning for an inspection of
the keys, in company with Miss
Ileen Williams, social service Sec
rotary.
Mrs. Wilson was in Key West
for two days taking up matters of
interest pertaining to the admins
trative work in Monroe county
and looking over the accomplish
ments during the past.
She was very much pleased, she
said. with the way matters had
been and were being handled in
Monroe county and had no criti-
cism to make of either the admin
istratiye branch or the work ON
the projects.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-01-11
StaUsky Scandal Causes Great
COmnOtiOn In French Chambers
tBy Associated PRESS,

lBy Associated Pressa
PARIS, Jan sIlsThs Stsvisky
scandal STORM broke with full
fores On abe government Of Pre-
misr Camille chau.emps in the
chamber Of deputie, today.
The cabinet went before the
chamber and sought to avert its
overthrow by frank admission of
faults and negligence. and
promises Of drastic reforms and
punishments in police and judicial
procedure.
Deputies opposing the govern
ment charged that corruption in
government, parliament and press
enabled Serge Handsome Alex
Stavisky. who killed himself Mon
day when police closed in upon
him, to fleece the public Of more
than $4,000. 900.
Stavisky founded the Bayonnc
Municipal Pawnshop, leaving with
assets three weeks ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-01-11
CORONER'S JURY
in CURRY CASE
FRANK o. ROBERTS. PEACE
JUSTICE. ISSUES SUM.
MONS

When the death of Miss Leonora
Curry was announced last night,
"a hours after being struck by an
automobile driven BY John Mel.
son. coroner's jury was being
summoned to investigate the
tragedy.
Frank o. Roberts, justice of tho
peace. coroner ex-officio. issued
the summons for jurors and the
following were empanelIed:
George A. Lowell. selected a
foreman; Fernando II. Cato,
George E. Mcdonald. George NJ.
Park. Mark PIummer and II. L.
0iivieri.
As the funeral services are be
ing held this afternoon and the
two principal witnesses, Mrs.
Young. sister Of Miss Curry, and
John Nelson. driver Of the car,
are undergoing great mental suf-
ferine. ii has been decided to post
tpone the inquest until Saturday
afternoon.