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was taking on nationwide proper
tons. In European countries, the
Communist press took up the ex-
poSure Of this brutal act of national
oppression and rallied tens Of thou
sands Of workers and intellectuals
to the defense Of the boys and Of the
Negro People. It is this worldwide
mass fight that has saved the boys
so far, that has four times pushed
back the bloody hands of the execu-
TONERS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06

The white rul-
ing class deliber-
ately fosters false
theories Of Negro
inferiority. 1t uses
the schools, the
bourgeois pre- IS,
t h e theatre q n d
other instruments
under its control
to spread the most
vi c | Gus ISLANDERS
against the Negro
People, grou n d
down under its
oppressive rule. It
naintS Hap1,nAe alS
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struggle against inhuman exploita-
ton, wage cuts, speed-up, etc, the
problems in the unions, the struggle
against unemployment, for unem-
ployment relief and unemployment
insurance; the struggle against the
NR.A., against oppression and jim
crowisn1 Of the Negro masses,
against lynching, ETC., all these re-
Quire an intelligent understanding
Of how to carry on these struggles.
The capitalist class, through its
press and through its agents, create
many snares for the workers. In or
der, therefore, for the latter to re-
act to all the problems in class
conscious manner, the education of
the workers must be political edu-
cation, based on the theory of the
Z class struggle.
Through its editorials, news
5 stories, articles, workers CORE
sponoence, the Daily Worker brings
the problems before its readers, it
explains the meaning OF events, it
throws light on many things which
appear obscure to many workers.
The Daily Worker, like a powerful
Searchlight, uncoverS and exposes
the filthy work carried on by the
capitalist class and its allies, the
social-fascists.
It was the Daily Worker which
!, exposed the activities of the Nazis
In this country and the connection
OF Hamilton Fish and others with
: them. 1t is the Daily Worker that
is constantly exposing the betray-
ais Of the workers by the leaders
Of the A. F. OF L.
An Organizer Of the Masses
The Daily Worker, the only work
ing-clasS daily In the English Ian
guage in the United States, is more
than an educator of the masses.
1t Is the organizer and leader of the
masses. The mobilization of the
workers for struggle against unem-
ploynent, for unemployment relief,
for unemployment insurance, for
the struggle against lynching, for
the liberation Of the Negro masses,
for the defense OF the Scottsboro
boys, mobilization Of masses of
workers In the fight against I'M
perialist war-these and many other
campaigns would be impossible
without the Daily Worker. II. was
the Daily Worker that exposed the
forging of documents by fwhalen
against the Soviet Union. Our
Daily carries accurate and vivid
reports of what is taking place in
the Soviet Union; it explains to the
workers the meaning and signifi-
canoe of the Soviet Union.
Through the workers CORE
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mountable. But Bolsheyik cour-
age and determination can over
come all obstacles.
We are proud to greet you on
your tenth birthday.
Long live the American Daily
Workerl
Long live the Communist Par
ty Of U. s. Al
Daily Worker OF
Great Britain.
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SUPPORTS STRUGGLES OF
NEGRO CHOPPERS

When, in Dec. 1882, Alabama Ne
gro troopers heroically defended
themselves, with arms In their
hands, against the attempts of the
landlords to rob them of their mules
and cows and thus Deprive them OF
their sole remaining l. ans of hveli-
hood, it was again the ally Worker
which gave the true DRY OF the
Battle Of Reeltown. The Daily
Worker told the story OF the land
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to the workers?
orkers in the
shops, factories,
mills, mines, rail-
roads and steam
ships are face to
face daily with
important prob :
lens which are
often too diff
cult to solve or
even understand,
unless the worker
Is equipped with
at least a mini
mum Of political
education, T h e
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06

degenerates and rapiSts. It incites
chauvinist hatred against Negroes.
It instigates and organizes lynching
and other terrorist actions in its
attempts to crush the struggles of
the Negro masses against its brutal
oppression. And by way Of COM
pensating" the white masses for
their own miserable conditions and
bringing them to support its attacks
on the Negro People, it offers them
the farcical privilege Of considering
themselves members of q superior"
race.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
By A. MARRIOTT

Director of Workers SCHOOL,
II the question were asked, do the
1 workers need education, the an
Swer would most certainly be: Yes!
The next logical question is: What
kind of education do the workers
need? What should be the aim of
the education? How will this educa-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
- Negro Workers Face Lynch
Mob in Ala. AS Trial Opens
on Horse Swapping, Fair Day
Bosses Plan Mass Lynching to Strike Terror
at Rising Temper of Masses; Must
Answer On May First
BULLETIN.

SCOTTsBORo 6fob $685. the most people
Negro workers went
openly expressed their
speedy appointed BY the court
youths 20 eA The
are not eighteen.
motion = change ~ Immediately denied 1kS
demanding electric chair Mob spirit whipped up TO ssch
knowledge there will be ynhins OF
all MIN II such q verdi Is not speedily rendered.
with machine surround the court
b protection Sergeant OF Company expressed
nchnS
against youths Of rapng two white girls
official admitted lpvesssster
girls attacked notoSr sa-
Htutss The trial may last SeZessi days ps tss -
story in Daily Worker OF April 1881 giving first Of Scott
trial.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
BY CYRIL BRIGGS

THE policy Of the capitalists and
l. the big landlords is divide and
rule" Unity In struggle must be the
answer Of the American toiling pop
ulation, white and black, native and
foreign-born.
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The Daily Worker AS
Educator of the Masses

spondents the Daily" brings to
light the conditions and struggles
of the workers throughout the
country.
THE DAILY WORKER
tG0UTHPIECE OF THE PARTY
In our work of agitation and
propaganda, Of establishing contact
with workers in shops, factories,
mills, etc, our Daily" is an indis-
penSable instrument. A newspaper
often helps us establish contact with
workers where personal approach is
difficult.
Lenin says:
"The mere function Of dis
txibuting a newspaper will help to
establish real contacts. The
scope Of OrganiZati0nal work
would Immediately become ever so
much wider and the success of a
single locality would serve as a
standing encouragement to fur
Their perfection and = desire to
utilize the experience gained by
comrades working in other parts
Of the country. This news
paper daily paper, A. M would
become part Of an enormous pair
of smiths bellows that would
blow every spark of the class
struggle and popular indignation
into a general cOnfiagrat ton"
Nenin-'Nyhat Is to Be Done?"
p. 15S, International Publishers.)
In our systematic educational
work conducted in schools, forums,
study groups, we find the Daily
Worker indispensable. Our teach
ing Of the th3ory Of Marxism-L Len
inism would be indeed sterile if we
would not concretize it with ex-
amples from daily events in society
as a whole and in the labor move
ment in particular. The Daily
Worker must be the daily text in
our classrooms. Every student must
read the Daily" and the inStruc-
tors will find their work facilitated
by referring to editorials, articles,
workers correspondence, etc.
SHORTCOMINGS IN
THE DAILY WORKER
During the recent months the
Daily Worker made big step for
ward in the direction of becoming
3 real mass paper. 1t has intro
duced new features which are of
to the masses. Many of
the features are means of educa-
ton. The editorials are timely; the
special articles are of great help;
,he workers correspondence has
But there are still many
defects. We will deal with only
few.
l. The editorials are often too
vague. For example, the editorial
Of Nov. "a, called THE Initiation
which discussed the ques-
ton of initiation in connection with
the monetary policy of the Roose-
welt administration, did not make
clear to the readers the fight be-
,ween Al Smith, Professor Sprague
and the Roosevelt policy.
2. The language used in the
Daily" is still to a great extent
and too technical for
many Of the readers.
3. There are other defects Of
technical character which will I'M
doubtedly be improved when the
acquires it's new press.
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SHIASHES BOSS PRESS
CONSPIRANCY OF SILENCE

The effectiveness Of the mass fight
Is shown not only in the successive
setting back Of the dates set by the
Alabama rulers for the lynch muir
ders, but by the smashing of the
conspiracy Of silence by which the
capitalist press OF the entire country
supported the lynch verdicts. The
capitalist press has been forced to
record the progress of the mass fight
to save the boys, and TO report the
proceedings of the recent Decatur
trials" 1t has been forced even to
admit the irnpossibility Of Negroes
securing justice in the Southern
courts, albeit now attempting to fool
the masses into the belief that the
q. S. Supreme Court, to which the
fight for the boys will again be
taken, is lust" and impartial" ana
can be trusted to see that justice Is
done"
Evening star., 1934-11-22

always duly impressed by this cha
peau. One told us about Fogarty's S
hat before we ment the gentleman
himself. He remembered 1t from the
last time the tenor was blocked here.
Some sort of a whole bloomin' So
ciety came down here one night when
he was singing, too," said the sage
of the backstage crew. They sat out
front and nearly tore the house down
applauding."
This was the Montana Society,
which is never unappreciative OF the
native sons who made good. Many
of them remember Fogarty since the
time when, as young boy, he ran
aWav from home to join the Army
and get himself mixed up in the World
War, After his return, he began to
study voice, concentrating on the
classics. Although his reputation was
made as a singer of modern songs,
the heavier education has stood him
in good stead, especially on the radio.
Back in Montana the Fogarty fam
ily are quiet business people. None
of them has ever been connected With
the stage except an uncle named Fred
Fogarty, we believe, who was one OF
the better monologists of vaudeville
a generation ago. John always had
a particular admiration for the legend
of this uncle, which may have &C
counted for his selection Of the foot
lights instead of the desklight.
If the autographed hat, or any
lo-gallon hat at all, excites your
curiosity, don't bother to go around
this time. Fogarty didn't bring it
with him. r. B. P, Jr.
Evening star., 1934-11-22
Where and When|
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

National - Walter Hampden in
Richard ILL.," at 8:15 pm.
EarIe-"A Lost Lady" at II am,
1870, 4:10, 6:45 and $40 pm. Stage
shows at l2:40, 3:20, 5:55, and
1920 pm.
Loew's Fox-"Evelyn Prentice" at
IL am, lao, 4:20, 7:10 and 10 pm.
Stage shows at 1885, 3:15, sos and
8:55 pm.
R-K-O Keith's-"Caravan," at 1884
am, 1874, 3:34, 5:34, 7:34 and 9;34
pm.
Palace-"Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage
Patch" at 11:15 am, 1:20, 1925, $50.
7:35 and $40 pm.
Metropolitan - THE Lemon Drop
Kid" at 1l:10 am, lis, 3:20, $50,
7:35 and Gas pm.
Columbia - 1865 Nights in Holly
wood" at 1910, 2:10, 4:05, 6, 8 and
s:55 pm.
Tivoli-"The Cats Paw" at 2, 3:55
$50, 7:45 and GAS pm.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" at 6, 1855
and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1934-11-22

waited several days, then went to
his Office. He offered to show me the
sights of the town, but said he had
no word that was to make a theater
appearance.
Many more days went by, while
lolled in luxury in my suite-unti I
was ordered to move because the new
American Ambassador was to take
over my rooms. My chagrin was
somewhat cooled when 7 was asked
to become the first Betsy Ross Of Rus
sia, to fashion an American flag for
the Ambassadors arrival, for it seemed
that Russia had not been on speaking
terms with America so long that no
one in the country knew what the
American flag looked like.
More days passed and finally Dank-
man sent for me. ! wanted to make
good impression, so as he took my
hand to shake it all Of my 800 knives
trickled out of my sleeve. There
wasn't laugh in the house Finally,
Dankman informed me that it didn't
take an artist to drop knives on the
floor :. . and did drop them while
played the harp?
Invited To Dinner.
was fed up with this farce. On
the eve of my eleventh day in Mos
cow I was invited to Litvinoff's house
for dinner.
Next day was packing up to leave
when a platoon of Russians charged
into my rooms. There must have been
so of them, all from the Moscow Art
Theater. They had eventually ar
rived to assist me with my sketch.
assured my guests that all need
ed were two extras" tall man and
girl who could sing, and a day for
rehearsal. They insisted that I take
nine of the finest actors and the nine
best sopranos in the country.
I picked the prettiest girls-Helen
Ketat to impersonate Chico and Iona
Brotsky to mimic Groucho-and I was
ready to go on with the show,
Not so with the Russians. We had
to rehearse five days in Moscow and
five days more in Leningrad before the
act opened. With the first laugh.
was assured everything was all right.
until heard the entire house kissing
at me.
learned later that the misses were
ibis, bis" which means encore in
French.
After the first appearance, we had
Evening star., 1934-11-22
PUPILS IN PLAY.

AS Jack "vth," young Betty Bliss
will head the all-children cast Of Miss
Minnie Hawkes. presentation Of the
famous folk story, "Jack, the Giant
Killer" Saturday afternoon at Ward
man Park Theater, as a part Of the
dance recital Of pupils.
Two Of Broadway's talented
actresses entered upon their stage
careers in the role Of Jack when they
were pupils in Miss Hawkes. dancing
classes. The creator of Jack, the
Giant Killer" was Ina Claire and the
other. who was Jack ILL.," was Helen
Hayes.
The Jack who played in between
those two was Minnie Saxton, now
Mrs. Edward Goring Bliss, and the
mother Of the fifth Jack, who will be
seen in the forthcoming production.
Mrs. Bliss has written many drama
tizations of popular children's stories,
as well as original plays for children,
which have been produced in Wash
ington.
The last time Miss Hawke presented
"Jack, the Giant Killer" was 10 years
ago and the little girl. who played the
title role then, Catharine Prichard, is
one of the trio who founded, this past
Summer, Washingtons Roadside
Theater.
Evening star., 1934-11-22
HAMPDEN IN
"HAWLET" At
THE NATIONAL
SpIendidPortrayalMdkes
Shakespearean Role a
Feature OfRepertOire.

Since Richard Burbage, many have
kept alive the spirit of Shakespeare's
immortal Hamlet, and last night at
the National the last of the truly
great American portrayers of Hamlet
brought to the flesh and the stage
again the tragic figure of that undying
prince of Denmark.
Following Burbage came Thomas
Betterton, David Garrick, Edwin
Booth, Sir Henry Irving, Sir johnson
Forbes Robertson, E. H. Sothern, John
Barrymore and, lastly, the one who
relived Hamlet last evening, Walter
Hampden. Of all these Hamlets, only
two or three are still living, but only
one is carrying on the heritage that
is his, the princeship of the then
powerful Denmark.
The audience was generous in its
applause, but less generous with its
time, for many arrived so late that
once Hampden waited for a late ar
rival to seat himself.
In the first sohloquy, when Hamlet
is pondering the course of action he
should take to prove the guilt of his
uncle and spoke the lines, the plays
the thing" Hampden reached un-
parelled heights in his artistry. giving
to his portrayal all the indecision
despair verging on madness, and
morbidity that could have been
packed into one scene. There fol-
lowed curtain call after curtain call
and all were deserved. Hamlet's
scene with Ophelia, too, despite being
overshadowed by a late arrival, was
played to the very hilt, again dis
playing the indecision, but the power
Jul motivation of revenge dormant
in the unhappy prince. Indeed there
was no scene in which Hamlet ap-
peared that was not filled with all
that Hampden as an actor could give
to portrayal.
Others are no less deserving in
praise for their support of Hampden,
and their artistry in scenes given
over to them. Horatio, friend to
Hamlet, as played by Dallas Ander-
son, was a true and sympathetic
friend Polonius, doomed to death by
I1dlI1CGS Ildllll, dllU Olle VI Vic lNO
light touches of comedy in the other
wise tragedy, in the hands of P. j.
Kelly was an amusing old figure, as
became him, while Eleanor Goodrich
gave to his daughter, Ophelia, the
tragic touch of an artist in her mad
scene.
Mabel Moore turned the queen and
Hamlets mother into a Scheming
queen with few moments repentance
King Claudius, uncle to Hamlet and
murderer of his father, became, under
the acting of Ernest Rowan, a power
full, robust, but crafty king, who could
find no consolation for his evil deed
in prayer.
Those who completed the retinue of
this death oyershadowed court were,
Howard Gait, Franklin Salisbury,
Arthur Henning, Edwin Cushman,
Edwin Ross, R. c. Schnitzler, S.
Thomas Gomez, Hannah Clark, Albon
Lewis, Katherine Lane, Richard
Bowler, Elliot Leland and LIE Roy
Operti.
Mr.. Hampden took many bows at
the conclusion of the performance,
when an entranced audience showed
its appreciation in thunderous
applause. j. N. H.
Evening star., 1934-11-22
valley Forge"

At the National Theater next Mon
day evening the Theater Guild will
present Maxwell Anderson's new play,
Valley Forge" with Philip Merivale
as George Washington. Last season
Mr.. Anderson's Mary of Scotland"
was one of the outstanding successes
Of the year.
This time he has turned to an
American theme, the Revolutionary
War and some social scenes incidental
to history, but possessing great hu-
man appeal.
The Theater Guild has assembled a
company Of rare excellence. Besides
Mr.. Merivale the cast will include
Reginald Mason, Stanley Ridges, Ruth
Weston, George Coulouris, Alan Bunce,
Florence Gerald, Erskine Sanford,
Grover Burgess, Harland Tucker,
Charles Ellis, Frances Sage, Charles
Francis, Harold Gould, Philip Foster,
Jock McGraw, Edward Trevor and
many more.
The play has been staged by John
Houseman and the author.
Evening star., 1934-11-22

dll CdlllC NOA4SSS'
We were in the midst OF "duck
SOUP" at the time and I planned 10
invade Russia as soon as We finished.
But Chico broke leg trying to make
a no-trump bid in a bridge game,
which held up my departure Tor
several weeks.
When I finally started out, I took
along 300 knives for my pantomlme
act. harps, 4 red wigs and copy
of Russian in Six Easy Lessons, Wnlch
were hard to understand because tney
were all in Russian.
Enters Gloomy Paris.
Eventually landed at Cherbourg,
and after a tiff with the customs peo-
pie, who objected to me cutting my
way into France with 300 knives, I
finally reached Paris. remained there
for 10 days, sharing the gloom OF the
natives because of the decline OF the
tourist trade, meanwhile firing salvo
of messages to Dankman asking When
he expected me to arrive in Moscow.
I waited another week without any
| reply and decided to beard the
Russians single handed. I packed up
my knives, my harps and my wigs
and threw in a pile of heavy under
wear, hot water bottles and bed warm
ers, and started out to face the great
unknown alone.
I had sealed my trunks in Paris.
not to be opened until they reached
the Russian border, so they were OF
little trouble to me. After two days
of self inflicted silence en- route, for
nobody spoke my language, I arrived
at the border with my outlay OF
props"
Trouble descended on me like an
avalanche. I could speak no Russian.
The Russian customs officials could
speak no English. They unsealed my
trunks and found the 300 knives. 1t
was impossible for me to explain them.
! Too, my name was Marx, the same as
that other Marx, Karl, who wrote a
book that started revolution.
| There was no denying it was a
Marx revolutioniSt sneaking into Rus
sia with 300 knives to arm 300 revo-
| lutionists for 300 assassinations.
Saved BY Englishman.
I was ready to pack up and go back
home when an Englishman, who spoke
Russian, intervened. With his help I
escaped to Moscow-but not until after
I had signed document promising not
to lose a single knife while in Russia
and to carry every one of them back
out of the country.
At my Moscow hotel hired an in
terpreter. She must have been the
prettiest blond in Russia. But she
couldn't speak English, so had to hire
second interpreter to interpret the
blondes conversation with me.
I finally settled down, polished up
my knives and tuned harp and sent
word to Dankman that was ready to
do my act. He said he would call me
back. He apparently forgot about It..
Evening star., 1934-11-22
GIVE ONE.ACT PLAY.

The Pierce Hall Players will hold
their regular meeting tonight at s:15
O'Clock In the alliance room Of AL
Souls Unitarian Church, at Fifteenth
and Harvard streets northwest.
1.-TWO Naughty Old Ladies'" a one
act play by Ada NJ. Rose, will be
presented under the direction of Will
liam E. Bryant, chairman of the
council. Parts will be taken by Miss
Agnes S. Newmeyer, Ilsie M. Smith,
Katherine Kammerer, Mrs. Margaret
Sweet and Martin. r. Haven.
Miss Esther Cloyd, soprano, will
give a group of songs, accompanied
at the piano by Mrs. Gerald F.
Loughlin.
There will also be a short business
session to consider revision Of the
constitution and bylaws.
Evening star., 1934-11-22
Troupers
Glinpses of Stage Folk
in Washington.

RECAUSE Of his name and the fact
he was born in Great Falls, Mont,
John Fogarty is always being referred
to as the Irish tenor, or the cowboy
tenor, both of which he is not. That
is to say, his Irish ancestry has not
limited him to the performance of a
lot of bloody sentimental ballads, nor
does he concern himself solely with
the cowboys plaintive wall. If occa-
sion demanded, he could burst forth
In ditties French or German this week
on the Fox stage, instead of the popu-
lar tunes with which he regales his
listeners.
The singers only Western affecta-
ton is a large 10-gallon hat, and he
Evening star., 1934-11-22

the story Of a private in the Regular
Army who enters the Academy and
emerges as a regimental commander
In his final year. The film was made
under the supervision of the War De-
partment and with the full co-opera-
ton of Academy authorities.
Col. Timothy j. Lonergan and Lieut..
M. P. Echols served as technical ad-
visers to Director Frank Borsage, and
the scenario was reviewed here in
Washington by Maj. John B. Wogan
and Maj. Carl H. Seals Of the Gen
eral Staff.
The title Of the picture was de-
rived from the traditional "Flirta-
ton Walk at the Academy.
Evening star., 1934-11-22
STUDENTS RECITAL.

The recital which will open the
tenth season Of the junior department
of the District of Columbia Fedora
tion Of Music Clubs will be given
Saturday evening at s o'clock at 1910
Connecticut avenue. The following
students will present music of the
classical and romantic periods: Doro-
thy May Borden, Howard Blachly,
Claire Eliason. Virginia Langston,
Marie Reitz, HARLAN Meyer, Margaret
Wallace and Mary wilkins.
Evening star., 1934-11-22

poured out Of my sleeve and clattered
on his toes.
1t was the last laugh in Russia .
And that's my story and it's stuck
to me.
Copyright. 1894. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
Evening star., 1934-11-22

a big banquet on the stage. We played
for seven nights to packed houses in
Leningrad and returned to Moscow for
the farewell show.
After that, I was sorry to leave Rus
sia-so, when I had my final hand
shake with Litvinoff, the 300 knives