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noble outline and the apparatus q
a strike, the meetings and 0rgsnizs-
tion that CO much to remould the
characters Of the mill workers Is
entirely neglected.
But if Rollins knowledge Of the
specific stuff of the class struggle is
somewhat hay. he more than
makes up for this deficiency in his
gallery Of bourgeois portraits. Fere
Rollins has demonstrated once again
the solution to a problem that has
concerned certain Of our more sec
tartan writer's. In his portrait Of
Harry Baumann, the son Of the
milloWner, he has shown us that it
is possible to write q story solely
about the b0urgeoisie and still re-
main an excellent revolutionary
writer Harry Baumsnn IS q new
and Unforgettable character in the
galleries Of literature; he incarnstes
the inevitable doom Of the bour-
geoisie.
The Shadow Before, besides these
excellent transformations, contains
devices that keep you aware ell
through the book of the throb and
pulse Of the mill pervading the
town, Of the immediate. visual reac-
tions to demonstrations and pro-
letarian parades The role Of the
United Textile Workers. the A. F..
Of L. union. and of the church and
the newspapers is demonstrated
with revolutionary clarity. There ia
an excellent satiric treatment Of
the bombast, pomposity, gestures.
and pretensions Of lawyers laboring =
in the cause Of Justice"
Though the book ends with the
decentralization Of the strike by the
A. F. Of L. and the courts, and the
return to the mills of the defeated
workers. you lay aside The Shadow
Before with a feeling of assurance
and exultance. The throb Of the
mill spreads through the town again.
The workers suffer from an intensi-
fed speed-up. But you know, know
with certain knowledge, that the
final reckoning will be ours.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-21

treasury gained over $2,000,j from
the strike-J.D) and made an open
bid to Gary for a separate agree
merit and settlement on the exc of
the strike"
VET the conclusions Davis draws
on the strike are weak. He at
tributes the failure TO the weakness
and timidity of the A. F. of L..
leadership" instead of stating plain
ly and truly the facts that it was
the deliberate sabotage of not only
Tighe and Davis but also of Com
pers and the heads of the other
International Unions that helped
the steel trust to break the strike.
From 1929 the A. A. permitted
itself to be driven out of IA mills
without putting up any real fight
Except that put up by the local
lodges involved.
The book concludes with sum-
mary of the program and activities
of the Steel and Metal Workers In
dustrial Union and winds up, "Of
the two (the A. A. and the s. M w.
I. ID the S. M. w. l. U. is, in
spite of its youth, the better fitted
by policy, structure and personnel to
lead the steel workers in their
struggles"
Here we have given an outline Of
Labor and Steel and stressed its
many positive features.
On the whole the book is good
job, certainly the best yet done on
the subject. 1t is a good addition
to the Labor and Industry series
put out by International Publishers
under the direction of Labor Re-
search Associates. 1t should be
read by every steel worker who can
possibly get hold of it and by all
others who want to learn more
about the industry.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-21
THE HOUR OF DECISION, By Os-
valid Spengler. New York; Al
fred A. Knopf. s2.50.
Reviewed by
HARRY CANNES

EOR Oswald Spengler, that philoso-
l pher of decsying capitalism,
whose writing shines with the phos-
phorescent luster of putrid dung
heap at night, the hour of decision
is the hour when the hordes Of fas-
cism and capitalism will declare war
on the outpost Of the world revo-
luton, the Soviet Union
Spengler is a sacred COW Of the
Nazis. He is allowed to criticize
forms, for he is sinew Of the sinew.
and bone of the bone Of content of
fascism.
Three quarters Of the book is q
despairing howl of ruling class
which sees the onrushing prole-
tartan revolution, looks around for
succor and can find none. But in
the introduction. and the conclusion,
written when Hitler was washing
the stones Of his dungeons with the
blood of Communists, the beast at
bay sees a ray of hope.
It see further than others" admits
Spengler. Though his hindsight his
nostalgia for Caesarism grated on
to capitalism a la Steinach, is more
gifted than his foresight, he does see
a few things. 1--WE live in one Of
the mightiest ages of all history, and
no one sees, no one realizes it,
(Spengler excepted, of course) We
are experiencing a volcanic erup-
ton. The highest stakes are be-
ing played for"
The man writes with great power
and violence, the violence Of a con-
scious force feeling itself being
pressed to the wall and reaching the
exploding point.
He greets German fascisn's seizure
Of power with joy, as the first step
to a mighty world conflagration to
destroy what he sees as the two
main dangers, the advancing prole-
tartan revolution in conjunction
with colonial liberation Of the col
ored races.
We abstract IN order to make
clear his thesis on the role of fas-
cism: Germany is the key country
of the world a frontier against
Asia Russia has been recon-
quered morally by Asia . Ger
many :. is taking up her old posi-
ton as frontier against Asia.
Human history is war history.
We have entered upon the age of
world wars"
Clearly the grandiose plan is to
plunge the world into war against
the Soviet Union. But Spengler sees
few bitches, and few immediate
allies. rs the Red Army really re-
liable and employable?" he philo-
sophically whistles to himself.
Japan, on the contrary" he muses.
holds very strong position" Here
the great thesis of the decline Of
the West and the rising tide of color
breaks down a little bit on imperial
list lines against the proletarian rev.
olution.
IN THIS book, Spengler reaches
i both the lowest depths of pessi-
mism of the bourgeoisie and its
highest optimism. Several times he
declares the proletarian revolution il
all over but the shouting. "Ano
now at last" he records, as If chisel-
ing an epitaph over the grave OF
his class, "it is possible to record the
success which the world revolution
has achieved. For the revolution
has reached it's goal. 1t no Longer
menaces, 1t triunphs 1t has won
| But what whale of a difference
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-21

North. He points out that In south
ern mills "even when the colored
millwrights helper is teaching the
trade to white worker, the white
is called the millwright and receives
millwright's pay and Is addressed as
boss by his instructor" And the
infamous company store system, es-
pecially prevalent in the South,
puts white as well as Negro work
ers almost permanently in debt to
the corporations.
The tremendous increase in mech
anization and speed-up is shown.
Output per worker in blast furnaces
increased 50 times from 1850 to
1925. Production per worker in the
industry as whole increased 1874
per cent between 1889 and 1929.
determination improvements in
sheet mills results in 20 workers
equalling the output of $50 a few
years ago.
Just what the Steel Trust is and
how it works is told in Chapter 8,
including history of how it was
formed THE founders of U. S.
Steel of course violated the Sher-
man Antitrust Act, but they
weren't worried about Jail sem
fences" we read. Why? Here
Davis shows how one after another
steel trust employee, official and
stockholder held Offices of U. S. At
torney- General, Secretary of State,
Secretary of the Navy etc. He neg
lected to add that big stockholders
Of U. S. Steel contributed heavily
to the election of Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
digging into the complicated f.
" nancial statements of the Steel
Trust, Labor and Steel analyses
what they really mean and finds
that from 19o1-31 every employee of
U. S. Steel made $12 per week profit
for the stockholders.
The fabulous profits in war times
are shown, company by company,
90 well do bllS Cu1lllcCIlOllS VI Oile
steel trust with war propaganda.
How even during the crisis, while
laying off and starving workers, all
major steel companies continued to
pay their bondholders and many
also paid stock dividends is shown.
Also the fact that in 1882 U. S.
Steel Directors paid themselves 500
for attending short directors meet
ings where they voted to cut wages
of the workers.,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-21
An Entry in a Contest

AND my entry in competition
n workers which understand being conducted by the
Workers League.
Our movement must learn to SING song marching
courage song really
emoonazd and put into form where catches the imagination
of great of people and sets them on fire
their best days when they militant and proearan,
Iw.w. singing Every migratory
wobby song
in his ovas In boxsrs or in lumber camps in the hopelds or
wheaelds the picket line strike, oapbox
meeting western slave market the workers brought out these
books
was force singing helped fight
grow organization today only shadow of It's
persisted like prehistoric animal because could not
adapt itself to world 1t is the most striking example know
bad basis theory movement Yet
in its time the wobbes played American history
though today they Just another little sect that fights the
Soviet Union
HILL their maker forgotten.
the life worker and this life freshly
and realistically 1t isn't it looks to write good workers
But Hill the bell each time He had wit and force
and he literary" the bankers and bosses of
raedup him and shot their bullets into the mighty heart of
Joe Hill, they killed Americas first proetarian poet
anthology of the poetry the working
sky" Casey
luah, I'm Bum" must surely be given place of honor
ONE of the basic faults of the Socialist wobby
that they generally written
of the workers mark the theoretical
advance of the that today the revolutionary
trying create kind which will
identified with the workers that take from them
This theft has happened recently The Nszis
failed win the German working to their horrible
have attempted every
effective as ham actor in this masquerade and the workers see
through them easily
unions and workers political parties the workers believe
they revouionsts and friends Of the workers What bloody
They have taken of the familiar Communist
Young Guardsmen of the Proearat the International"
and written their filthy
bawng his typical besait Death to the Jews death
workers. to the tune of International And imagine
Of mind that think the
tactics and be made forget and forgive the mseakabe crime
that has been done them
The Nazis have the low cunning of Shyser Such
thrive for day. but in the
the Every day
his death the transition history this
appears then bug
the marching feet of the distant
German working class will this Hitler
and bring them before the bar of justice
Treason murder and corruption will be the charge
the will be this befouing
the
nation creed and color, the International
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-21
Valdes, Once Liberal
Novelist of Spain, Is
New Fascist Convert

MADRID. - Arnando Palacio
Valdes, once hailed as SPANS
greatest liberal novelist, announced
this week that he had become a
fascist.
Since the newspapers and ira
vellers praise the regime of order,
well-being and prosperity which
reigns in Italy, I desire something
similar for Spain" the eighty-year-
old author declared.
Speaking of Communism, he
added:
1T is Christian ideal that all of
us who are Christians should love
and appreciate. If the theory that
all men are brothers is correct,
there should exist no irritating in
eoualities among us. But it must
not be forgotten that this is an
ideal and that ideals are not real
lied on this earth. In order that
idealism might triumph, it would be
necessary that human egotism be
abolished and that we should all
love one another"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-21
Siqueiros, James W.
Ford and Mike Gold
To Speak on Sunday

NEW YORK. famous Mex
lean revolutionary painter, David
Alfaro Siqueiros, will lecture on
''The Art of the Working Class on
Sunday, 2 p. M, at Lexington Hall,
1911 E. 116 St., under the auspices
of a number Of Spanish and Mex
lean workers organizations. Michael
Gold, Of the Daily Worker, and
James w. Ford, member of the cen
trail committee of the Communist
Party, will also speak. There will be
a musical program, followed by dane
ing. The admission is free.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-21
Symposium at ''Pen
and Hammer" Sunday

NEW YORK-Three members of
the Arts Committee of the Pen and
Hammer will discuss Literature and
the Crisis" at a symposium Sun
day evening, April %, at ia w. 2lst
st, They will deal specifically with
the American writer and war, the
position Of literature and the writer
in fascist Germany and the Soviet
Union and the impact Of the eco
nomic crisis upon American writer's.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-21
American Songs

TO COME back to songs
1t gratifying that revolutionary musicians
experiments proetaran
style One Of the best have heard the Scosbo
They Shall Not Die don't know it's authors but it
strong original quality that million
from the sentimental old hymn
Hans Esler of Germany who wrote the
Cominen the Red Wedding" pioneer
the proearian style Some of composers
evidenced this
thrilling Scottsboro.
The nearest thing had to Hills baladry
has from southern momtaineer Molly
Jackson and the martyrd textile Ella Mae Virgins
also contributed ballad 1.-THE Souplne Song"
Maurice Sugar There hundreds of spontaneous
being today the militant
like Langston Hughes taking
left off by Joe Hill.
But need musical style I believe
caught spirit from its rhythm has poli-
cay Those who hear it affected These emotional
logical lust the same
Yes, is force and political time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-21
TUNING IN

ST. LOUIS Maurice Sugar, member OF
the National Committee Of the F.SU. now
on q national tour, will speak In St. Louis
over Station RsD on Monday evening
April o. His topic will be AN American
Looks at Soviet Russia"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-21
CHANGE
THE
WORLD!
Song of the Unemployed
By MICHAEL GOLD

Song of the Unemployed
We grew their corn and laid their steel,
We we vel
We tramp their roads now for meal,
We, we we!
They burn our wheat and hoard our gold,
They, they they!
And let us starve in rain and cold,
No, no, mol
CHORUS:
See proud before us
The Red Flag Is bright,
Here is our answer,
We won't starve, but FIGHT!
The surest death there is today,
Ha. hs, hal
Is waiting for the NR.A.
Ho no, hol
They sent us to the breadine school,
They, they they!
And now we love their rotten rule,
Yes, oh yesl
CHORUS:
See. proud before us
The Red Flag is bright,
Here is our answer,
We won't starve but FIGHT
The cops are thick, the banks are fet,
But, but, butt
A mans man for all Of that,
Yes, yes, yesl
We used to beg. now we demand,
We, we wei
We plan to build workers land,
March, march, march,
CHORUS:
See, proud before us
The Red Flag Is bright,
Here Is our answer,
We won't starve, but FIGHT!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-21
Reviewed by NATHAN ADLER

Reviewed by NATHAN ADLER
WILLIAM ROLLINS JR. who re-
" ported the Gastonia trial in
1923, for the New Masses has
written a revolutionary novel on
the struggle Of the textile work
ers that can easily take its place
beside the outstanding works of
American literature. II you can't
afford to buy it, it is a book YOU
should beg. borrow, or steal. You
will do more than read a book:
you will live through a gripping and
stirring experience. The Shadow
Before creates with a vivid and dra-
matte impact the class forces and
characters that were thrown into
q bitter struggle when the textile
mills Of Fullerton. the typical New
England mill town, disgorged their
workers for a six months strike. So
easily does this novel outdistance
anything that has previously been
done in American revolutionary lit
erature, that I for one, would vote
to award it the Gorky prize Of 1884
Rollins has drawn upon the works
Of Dos Psssos and Joyce for his
form. In doing so, I believe he has
answered for all revolutionary writ
ers the problem that has concerned
them so, what can we take and what
must we leave untouched in deca-
dent literature. Because he is fur
Their removed than Dos Passos from
the naturalist tradition and temper,
with this one book he has success
fully outdistanced the older writer.
From Joyce he has taken the tools
that permit him to reveal the psy-
Geological fiux and fusions within
his characters. that make him sue
coed in creating the most subtle
relationships andn atmospheres. He
has taken those positive elements
from decadence that allow him to
disclose the tensions, complexities,
rhythms and neuroses of modern
life.
THOUGH the outstanding qualities
l of the book merit the superlatives
We have written, there are deflcien-
cies, too. Even though Rollins has
worked in the mills both ss ripper
and bobbin boy, his insight into pro-
letarian character remains vague
and indistinct, Marvin, the organ
izer never becomes more than a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-21

Down Tools, Demonstrate May
LIST to force the adoption Of the
Workers Unemployment Insur-
ance Bill, HI. r. 1898!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-21
sprvAK SERIES ON MONDAY

John L. Spivsk's articles on cOn-
ditions mong California agricul-
tural workers will be continued in
Mondays issue.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-21

Down tools May / against in1~
perialist war and for the defense
of the Soviet Union and Soviet
China!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-21
labor and Steel' Penetrating Expose;
Shows Need Of Militant Struggle

LABOR AND STEEL, by Horace B.
Davis New York: International
Publishers. Price 81.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-21
''The Shadow Before"
Is Stirring N0UeI Of
Textile Mil Workers

THE SHADOW BEFORE. by VII
liam Rollins, Jr. New York: Rob-
ert Mcbride g. Co. s2.50.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-21

Down Tools May First!
The Washington times., 1934-09-06
The Weather

District of Columbia-Cloudy
tonight and Friday, probably oc.
casional rain; cooler Friday after.
noon and night; gentle winds,
mostly easterly.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. rain prob
able tonight and Friday; cooler in
the interior Friday afternoon.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. rain to-
night and Friday; cooler Friday
night and in west portion Friday
afternoon.
The Washington times., 1934-09-06

Departures From Normal
Accumulated excess of tempera-
ture since January /, 1884, 1872.
Deficiency of temperature since
September l, 1884, IA.
Accumulated deficiency of pre-
cipitation since January /, 1884,
2.97.
Excess of precipitation since
September /, 1884, OCT.
The Tides
High tides today at 6:02 a. m.
and 6:37 p. m.
Low tides today at 1926 a. m.
and 1857 p. m.
High tides tomorrow at 6:47
a. m. and 1921 p. m.
Low tides tomorrow at LA
a. m. and 1889 p. m.
The Sun and Moon
The sun rises today at $40 a. m.
and sets at 6::32 p. m.
The sun rises tomorrow at Sal
a. m. and sets at $50 p. m.
The moon rises today at 3:l7
a. m. and sets at 5::22 p. m.
The moon rises tomorrow at Alt
a. m. and sets at 5:46 p. m.
The Washington times., 1934-09-06
TOMORROW
CIVIC AND SOCIAL


AM-Concert, Marine Band Marine Barracks.
Residence of Mrs. Lola Beach, 1913
Twenty fifth st. N. E.
TRADE BODIES
900 AM-Meetng, American Railway Association. Raleigh
1000 A-Meeng radio advertisers wholesalers Raleigh
Raleigh Hotel.
PMLuncheOn Merchants Manufacturers Association
Raleigh Hotel.
800 PM-Meeng Restaurant Employees Alliance,
Local 781
7:45 PN-Meetng Association Friend
ship House, Third St. Virginia Ave. S. E.
CONVENTIONS
Electrical Inspectors MayflOwer
Nursery Supervisors George Washington University
Association Study of Neopasc Diseases. Mayowr Hotel
CODE HEARINGS
Millinery industry. willard
needewOrk industries 2O6266, Commerce Depart
Ceuod button novelty Washing
Radio wholesalers Raleigh Hotel
The Washington times., 1934-09-06
D. c. League Of Women Voters
Plans Drive for Better
Juvenile Court Law

Plans for a new and adequate
Juvenile Court law for the Dis
trict Of Columbia will be. dis
cuSsed extensively by the vote
less D. C. League of Women
Voters when the organization
holds its first meeting of the
club season around the middle
Of next month, announces Mrs.
Richard w. Hogue, president OF
the league.
Mrs. Jesse C. Adkins, wife Of
Judge Adkins, is chairman OF
the committee working on this
problem. The league will give
its full cooperation to Judge
Fay L. Bently, of the Juvenile
Court, who is member Of the
league5s board and one Of its
arden workers.
It was made known by Mrs.
Hogue, also, that the District
League will throw its weight
into the movement for an
amendment to the Constitution
to obtain national representa-
ton in Congress for residents of
the District of Columbia. This
same amendment would grant
District residents the right to
vote in the Presidential and Vice
Presidential elections. To work
for this amendment the league
will join with the Federal Sut-
frage League.
Mrs. Hogue said:
1--WE are also going to work
with the National League of
Women Voters for an extension
Of the merit system in all de-
partments of our Government.
And also with the National
League, we will study the tax
system"
In its program of work for
the coming year, the national
league already has recon-
mended for support a reform of
tax systems to provide adequate
revenue for essential govern
mental services through an
equitable distribution of the tax
burden.
Taxation of the District will
be studied under the leagues
department of government and
its operation, of which Ms.
Charles Weston is chairman.
Mrs. Dumas Malone, chair
man of the committee on edu-
cation, expects to work particI-
1arly hard this year on the
adult and parent education
project for the District, in CO.
operation with the Federal
Emergency Relief Administra-
tion. If this project succeeds,
adult and parent education will
become a rergular part Of the
pupil school system.
Unemployment insurance and
housing will be two other i'm
portant items to be taken up by
the league this winter.
The Washington times., 1934-09-06

session there will be a bing,
party.
The Washington times., 1934-09-06
Fraternity Meeting

The Washington Club OF
Alpha Gamma Delta National
Fraternity will hold its next
meeting october II at the home
of Mrs. Lucille Saugstad. Miss
Eleanor craven is president OF
the group.
The Washington times., 1934-09-06
Maenusson to TaIk

Leifur Magnusson, director of
the Washington office of the
International Labor Organiza-
ton, will speak at a dinner of
the Business and Professional
Section of the Women's City
Club next Wednesday at $50 p.
M, at the clubhouse, 1856 Jack
son Pl. N. w.
Miss Julia D. Connor, chair.
man of the section, will pre-.
side.
The Washington times., 1934-09-06
OFFICE ROBBED

Mary r. Hawkins, of the 1900
block Seventeenth st. N. W.. re-
ported to police yesterday that
her office in the WorkmenS Com
pensation Clinic in the Washing,
ton Medical Building was broken
into and her purse valued at SIS
was stolen.
The Washington times., 1934-09-06
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Marriage licenses have been is
sued at the Fairfax County Court
house in Fairfax to Robert Aus
tin Dodge, %, Fort Meade, Md,
and Vlasta Hnyla, 81, Shipley
Heights, Md, and Emmett E.
Lancaster, 26, Clarendon, Va,
and Resa Wiltshire, 80. Fairfax
The Washington times., 1934-09-06
Candidates Plan
Rally in Maryland

Candidats for various offices in
the Maryland election in Novem-
ber will speak at a rally at Clin-
ton tomorrow evening, sponsored
by the Southern Maryland Young
Democratic Club. The public is
invited to hear the speakers at
Miller's Hall, beginning at $50.
The Washington times., 1934-09-06
Home Circle PARTY

Gardenia Circle, No. 596, Pro
tected Home Circle, will meet
tomorrow night at 1880 o'clock
at the Y. w. C. A., 614 E st.
N. w. After a short business