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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-17
Current New Theatre
Provides Guides for
Workers. Drama Groups

mans question as to whether or
not Rice will continue his growth,
there are already some indications
that he will not. In I'VE the Peo-
pie" Rice attempted to sit on
fence and the results were not too
successfr.
Now he seems to be trying it
again, because he has already sad
died himself with a Broadway the
atre, rumored to cost some forty
thousand dollars-he must make it
pay-and he has already declared
that his audience will be a bour-
geois audience-his price scale is
from a dollar ten to th.ee-thirty.
Having done this he must either
choose financial failure or else write
plays which viii please a bourgeois
audience. The Broadway Theatre
has already demonstrated, with few
exceptions, the sort of play that
the bourgeois audience will ap-
plaud
THERE is an article on Meyerhold
By Lee Strassburg Of the Group
Theatre, made interesting by St-sss-
burgs excitement over Meyerholds
production methods. Could there
be more on Meyerhold? I, for one,
do not know what Meyerhold is
really about. what his contribution
to the theatre really is. StrassburZ
states that Meyerhold's methods fol-
low from his purpose and his pu--
pose is TO explore life more fully
by means Of the theatre" What
does this mean for US?
I'm sure, for instance. that in d.
recting Men in White" Strassburg
himself tried to do this. To a GER
tain extent any intelligent director
tries by means Of his own technical
inventiveness to enrich the mean
ing Of play. Is Meyerhold Just
cleyerer and more imaginative than
the rest, or is there something
else to his work? Could we have
an article in which a well known
play we're imaginatively produced in
the Meyerhold manner?
The September issue also contains
several articles on the movies and
the dance-too many, in fact, to
review all of them here. Elions
article on the dance, in its emphasis
upon content. cannot be considered
too important. There is no point
to workers dance movement or
literature or theatre If they are
unintelligible to workers. Too many
"proletarian writer's employ the
highly technical, intellectualized
style derived from James joyce. too
many dancers follow the bourgeois
mode of highly abstract, formalized
dancing. There is, of course, no
one proletarian form" But there
is a proletarian standard and that
Is intelligibility and meaning.
Breines, in an article on THE
Shadow Dance" contributes an ex-
cellent suggestion for a new mode
OF expression by dance groups. He
is mistaken, believe, in thinking
that the shadow dance will remedy
the defects that have often marred
workers dances. Workers dancing
can be made meaningful if ths
dancers will have something to say
and forget any method" that in
terferes with their saying it. The
Shadow Dance is something else be-
sides. But it too will suffer if dane
ers use it only to posture. Bour-
geois dancers have made the art OF
the dance into meaningless ges-
ture. Our workers groups must not
make the same mistake.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-17
They'd Rather Not Diet
T u n [ N C. IN

TOO P M-WEAF-Baseball Resume
wOR-Sports Talk-Ford Prick
WJz-An1os N Andy-Sketch
7:15-WEAF--Gene and Glenn-Sketch
WOR-William Larkin, Tenor
WJz-Martin Orchestra
WABC--Nick Lucas, Songs
7:3o-wEAF--Arlene jackson, Contralto
WCR--Mystery Sketch
WABC-Paul Keast, Baritone;
Orchestra
5:.5-WEAF-Frank Bucks Adventures
WOR--Dinner Music
WJz-Mario Cozzi, Baritone
WABC-Boake Carter, Commentator
B:0a-WEAF-Himber Orchestra
wOR-Senator Kean Campaign Talk
WJz-Jan CARRIER Supper Club
WABC-Mountaineer Music
Observation-Disclosures Sinfonietta
WABC-Edwin C. Hill. Commentator
:3o-WEAE-Symphony orchestra;
Gladys Swarthout Soprano;
Margaret G9eaks, Soprano;
Frank Chapman, Tenor;
Fred Hufsmith, Tenor
wCit-Gorodensky Orchestra
WJz-Bainbridge Colby, Secretary Of
State in Wilson Cabinet. Speaking
at Constitution Congress,
PHILADELPHIA
WABC-Lillian Roth, Songs; Edward
Nell Jr.. Baritone; Dance
Orchestra
500 wEAF--Gypsic5 Orchestra; Frank
Barker, Teaox
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-17

Party in Section l DOWNTOWN has
extended its aid to the two first
mentioned unions, Local 306 and the
Empire, in picketing struck thea
tres and combating the company
union.
AS to the question of racketeer-
ing in the union. This does not
change the situation insofar as the
rank-and-file of the union is con-
cerned. The rank-and- filler is still
striking, and to patronize theatre
where he is picketing injuries the
strike. Our problem is on the one
hand to aid the rank-and-fil by
plcketing with them; on the other
hand to aid the militant opposition
to fight the racketeering elements
within the union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-17
Edwin Seaver Is New
Editor of FSU Organ,
Soviet Russia Today

NEW YORK-With the current
issue, Edwin Seayer, novelist and
critic, becomes editor of Soviet
Russia Today" Herbert Goldfrank,
national secretary of the Friends Of
the Soviet Union announces.
Seaver is the author of a novel
dealing with officer workers called
The Company" and has written
literary criticism ever since his
graduation from Harvard in 1922.
He was at one time literary editor
Of The New York Call.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-17
STAGE AND SCREEN
petersburg Nights" In
Second Week at the Cameo

The Cameo Theatre, which is now
under new management, is holding
over the new Soviet talkie, Peters
burg Nights" for a second week. The
picture which is based on Dostoyev-
skis famous novel, white Nights"
has been highly received by both
press and public. The Daily Worker
calls the new talkie, "a worthy ad-
dition to Soviet Movie Art 6.
Petersburg Nights creditably brings
the genius of Dostoyevski to the
screen magnificent performance
by the entire cast"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-17

tire this evening. The opera will
run through Wednesday night.
First Episode comedy by Ter
ence Rattigan and Philip Heimann,
imported from London, will open
tonight at the Ritz Theatre spon-
sored by the Shuberts. Patrick
Waddington, Haddon Mason, Max
Adrian and Leona Maricle play the
leading roles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-17
Opening Speech Of Maxim
GOrky

THE opening speech was made by
Maxim Gorky, greatest and most
popular of Soviet writer's. He urged
a greater knowledge of the literary
heritage of the past and a revalua-
ton Of cultural history. He spoke
Of the tasks before the Soviet writ
ers of today, discussed their short
comings and defects, urged a
greater attention to beauty and
purity of style as we'll as greater
use of the rich and vital subject
matter offered by the tumultuous
life Of the present. He defined the
purpose Of Socialist realism as fol-
lows:
Socialist realism interprets life
as activity, as creation, the aim of
which is the constant development
of the richest individual abilities of
man, for the sake of his victory
over the forces of nature, for the
sake Of health and long life, for
the sake of the great JOY of living
on the earth--every bit of which he
wants to cultivate, in accordance
with the ceaseless growth of his
needs-as a beautiful dwelling
place for humanity, united into one
family"
In the concluding section Of his
speech, outlining the accomplish
ments Of Soviet writer's, and the
tasks before them, Gorky said:
This is not the time nor the
place for me to dwell on the sharp
differences between our literature
and that Of the West-that would
require long and painstaking labor
and is partially dealt with by
Radek in his salty report. AS to the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-17
Of the Recent Congress
of Soviet Authors Held in MOScOW
Greater knowledge of
Past Culture Urged
by Maxim Gorky

THE first All-Union Congress of
Soviet Writers opened in the
House Of Trade Unions in Moscow
on Aug. II. The congress, which
marks the consummation of two
years organizational work in Gre
ating the new Union of Soviet
Writers, was preceded by local
meetings to discuss the problems of
literature in all parts of the Soviet
Union. thousands of literary cir
Giles in the factories and collective
farms took part in this nationwide
literary movement, as we'll as the
professional writers of the cities
and cultural centers.
Over 500 delegates attended the
congress, from all parts Of the So
Wet Union and from its varied ma
tional groups. A large number of
delegates also came from other
fields of activity.
The presidium Of So members in
cluded such well-known Soviet lit
erary figures as Demyan, Biedny,
Gladkov. Fsdeyey, Panferov, Ehren-
hourg, Marietta Shaginian, Koltz-
ov, Ivanov, Novikov-Priboi. Leon
ov, Alexey Tolstoy, Illesh, Faster
max, Seraflmovieh. Lydia Seifulina
and Sholokhov. Looking down on
the congress from the columns all
around the great hall were the pic
lures Of Virgil, Dante, Shakespeare,
Molliere, Cervantes, Balzac. Heine,
Pushkin. Gogol, Dostoyevsky. Chek-
hov and other giants of world lit
erature.
The idea of this gathering goes
back to April %, 1882, when the
Central Committee of the Commu-
mist Party passed a resolution dis
solving the RAPP association of
Proletarian Writer'S and providing
for the foundation of single
Union of Soviet Writers to unite all
the noyelists, poets. dramatists and
literary critics of all the peoples of
the U.S.S.R., party and non-party
members alike, fellow travellers"
as well as Communist writer's.
RAPP had committed many blum
ders through it's narrow dogmatic
attitude, through insisting that all
writer's hew to a definite line, and
had a sitting effect on creative ac-
tivity in literature. The April deci-
sion put an end to the inner divi-
sions in the Soviet literary groups
and threw the gates open to all
Soviet writer's united by the COM
mon literary idea of Socialist real
ism" After two years preparatory
work the Congress met to complete
the organization of the Union of
Soviet Writers, to define and am
plify the method Of Socialist real
ism" and to raise the standards by
which Soviet literature of the pres
ent is judged.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-17
Spring TGLlen. N. I.

ENTERTAINMENT for benefit Daily
Worker at G9rins vallsv. n. y. Tuesday
Sept. 18th. Auspices Spring Valley Unit
G. r.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-17
NEW THEATRE, organ Of the
League Of Workers Theatres, Sep
TENDER issue, 1Oc.
Reviewed BY
ALBERT MALTZ


ALBERT MALTZ
THE September issue OF New The
stre" is the first 4 have read
in four months. Although I knew
Of the steady improvement in the
magazine, I didn't know how ire
mendous that improvement has
been. Reading it now am not
surprised to discover that from May
to September the circulation Of the
magazine jumped from twenty-five
hundred to sixty-five hundred
Perhaps the most outstanding
quality of New Theatre" as con-
trssted with bourgeois theatre mag
azines is the sense of activity it
gives. Like the workers theatre
movement itself, it is going some
where-it has goal, it has a di-
receive, it is fighting for something.
This is far cry from the bour-
geois magazines - theatre gossip.
silly, sugared articles on polite play
wrights, dull, academic criticism
the whole thing selling for fifty
cents.
New Theatre" is the expression
and discussion of a problem-thc
problem confronting the workers
theatre movement-the problem of
internal growth, of broadening the
field of its activity Of raising It's
artistic level. In facing this prob
lem, therefore, the magazine must
analyze the technique and expose
the theology of the bourgeois the
atre, it must discuss the financial,
technical and theological problems
Of the workers theatre and it must
constantly draw on new sources of
information and suggest new me-
diums of expression. This is pre-
cisely what the September issue of
New Theatre" does.
WE FIND on the one hand an
" article by King Vidor where,
in the simple observation that the
purse strings of the movies are held
by the business men and not by
the artists, Hollywood director has
exposed the whole machinery OF
Broadway and Hollywood, has ex-
planned the romantic slop, the in
tellectual d-ivel, the chauvinistic
themes that pass for art.
And, on the other hand, Stephen
Karnot, continuing a series of ar
ticles called From a Directors
Notebook, has been concerned with
a method for play production by
workers theatres-perhaps the most
important article in the magazine
because it can serve as a guide to
workers inexperienced in play pro-
duction. In Toledo, for instance,
during the recent strike, a group
Of young workers discussed the
need for theatrical group but felt
unable to proceed without some
sort Of instruction. Articles of this
sort should be a regular feature of
the magazine.
There is an excellent article by
Joseph Freeman on Elmer Rice,
who is traced as early melodramat-
list ("Within the Law'), as petty
bourgeois humanitarian ("Adding
Machine"), as able, sincere drama
list who until now has been con-
fused in his understanding of the
forces of society owe the People'O.
And though this new season of
plays will probably answer Free
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-17
Questions and Answers

This department will appear on
this page twice a week. All ques-
items should be addressed to
Questions ard Answers" care Of
Daily Worker, 50 E. 18th St., New
York.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-17
SATURDAY.

ADDRESS of Michael colds lecture
changed. He will speak on Literature and
Revolution on Saturday. sept. 22nd PM
ct li6 University Place cor. 18th St
Auspices workers Bookshop. rs cents
worth of pamphlets entities you to e
FREE ticket Tickets Is cents in advance;
Is cents ct door ONLY LIS seats
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-17

Answer: AS matter of principle,
class conscious workers should never
patronize shops, stores, restaurants,
or theatres in which the employees
are on strike, irrespective of our at
titude to the leadership of one or
another union. This attitude must
be basic.
In the specific situation at hand,
there are two bona fide unions, Lo-
cal 306 Of the Motion Picture Oper-
ators Union GA. F. of L.. and the
Empire State Operators Union. Both
of these unions are nghting the en-
ployers, who are using a company
union, the Allied. The Communist
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-17
What's On
MOndau

ATTENTION-'Hell On Earth" today
and tomorrow at 28th ST. Theatre. 2sth
and Broadway. Continuous from $50 to
IL PM. Morning 15c; Afternoon 25e:
After 5 PM. IS cents. The greatest of
anti-wsr films" says Henri Barbusse Aus
pices Film and Photo League and Amer
lean League Against War and Fascism.
ATTENTION - Ernst Thaelmann." a
| film struggled out Of Germany; shows Hit
Ter terror and fight against It; released for
first time anywhere in New York City for
| four days-Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
Saturday of this week at 2sth st. Theatre,
2sth and Broadway. Continuous $40 to
IL PM.
REGISTRATION for fall term now going
on at Workers School. IS E. 18th 81,
Room sol. Register now. Ask for de-
scriptive catalogue.
REGISTER at Mosholu Progressive Club
$3.50 cambridge Ave. (2o7thl for classes
Principles of Communism and Political
Economy. Instructor C. Ellstein of Work
ers School. Registration nights-scpt. 10
to 26th. $50 to 1000 pm
GALA OPENING of Eastern Theatre Fes-
tival at Civic Repertory Theatre. Friday
sept 2lst. $50 pm. WILT, Artef, Jack
London Club Of Newark and others Aus
pieces League of Workers Theatres. ia w
l4th ST. CHELSEA 2-952s Admission Csc
to 90 cents
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-17
CHANGE
THE
WORLD!
: n Z
By SENDER GARLIN

Et1E scene is Columbus, Ia Inc Tune was on sunday
morning, long before the present textile strike. Will
liam D. Anderson president of the Bibb Manufacturing
Company, and of the biggest mill in the South
called together 1900 of his workers in the local school
house
Perhaps there less than 200 workers. for is
doubtful that places
ney have in mill towns in Georgia the publicity department OF the
United Textile Workers suggests in releasing the story of Mr.
Andersons eventfl gathering.
had a message for workers
(sbuthen-cooked) belly freshly
poyees heard speaking
Cbomen
mill workers steamed up" because of the srechout system
newfanged scientific method which workers tend three times
formerly than they had received
fore the sretch-out was instituted
He Faces the Issue Squarely
WORST Anderson, president Bibb
ing told by his dhey also called
toopgeon that there talk of strike because the workers
unable to feed themselves and their families the they
getting Moreover most Of them working partme and could
barely body and soul together with the few pennies that Mr. An
derson paying them.
president Manufacturing Company
the quare decided to have harohea talk with his
hands" thought belcose Sunday
ing Why take the bull the and show how foolish this
talk about low wages in the mill?
poor
of education. Most
wouldn't hold that against them The Lord Mr. Anderson always felt
had rewarded those worthy punished those
unworthy had opportunities
than plain anin'" of the pattern which the
explained of
Bbb Manufacturing Company and not just a mill hand
Science That Is Profitable
THE word Science had seeped down into the deep South
spite Of the anevouon trial the fact that
hundreds shut lack of funds Anderson
prded himself the fact that provincial subscribed
to the Atlanta Constitution and thought that the Rev Hudson
the Georgia who demanded the electric chair for Angelo
Herndon "an caught of the
mighty fine educated and outstanding OF Mr. An
didn't believe the kind science that made skepcal
regarding the nscruabe but the Sunday he
called his together he felt that there certain
that sometimes useful to mankind
the notion of balanced diet" which seized
imagination that fine Sunday morning in Columbus His
already short time that Of them
felt that cotton mill full time pretty But
Anderson had solution their troubles he explained
confined to themselves but all mankind The problem
said make ends meet But the textile workers. he explained
would caring themselves they
the right foods the UTW list
of supplies which he set forth example for textile workers
farnilvo fournn fara
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-17

Question: What should our atti-
tude be toward motion picture thea
tres which are being picketed by
either A. F. of L. Local 306 Motion
Picture Operators Union or their
competing independent Union2
Should we ignore these pickets, be-
cause they represent racketeering
unions, which as we read in the
newspapers, charge each operator
$1,000 to be permitted to work, or
should we boycott these theatres
because they employ Scabs? What
are the facS of the controversy?
We are trying to be class conscious
and to help working conditions
E. 8,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-17
TOTAL

Now there further for dontent OF said
Anderson always have chronic gmbers and beyache
people of work with the for cotton being
folks be satisfied with whatever the provided
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-17
TuesduU

WORKERS LAB THEATRE NIGHT, at
Hinsdale Workers Youth Club. 572 Suffer
Ave, Brooklyn. $50 pm. Full evening
revolutionary plays. Ernst Theelmann, !"
Great Marriage" Hollywood Gees Red"
Blue Eagle Quartet" Admission CSC in
advance; 30 cents at door.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-17
Some Concessions, Too

Of COURSE the president of the Bbb Manufacturing
ceded if folks from to time hankered for little
be reasonable guided
principal Of "ve let live mill might
In addition the -four lard potatoes and meal
coffee week IL atbck The
for this diet
at $168 week.
isn't that sensible? If folks would reasonable
listen to the advice Of such thoughtful Mr. Anderson there
for strikes trouble that
nifty bad outside the state
a somewhere n
diet suggested by Anderson salt provided
vegetables potatoes Not vegetables missing
fresh meat and most important-fresh milk.
that enterpsing Individual called the United
Public Health the Anderson
do you inquirer he had fin
ished
think you perfect prescription pro-
ducng pellagra," the answer
They'd Rather Not Diet
the bones and which ultimately kills the victim.
disease which
milk, butter, fresh vegetables
view of this fact it is that
Bib Manufacturing Company of Columbus
balanced
hundreds of thousands of other textile workers
IS shaking the entire country.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-17

7:00-Morning Devotions
7:15-Don Hall Trio
7:3O-Cheerio
S:OO-Farm Flashes
8:15-Breakfast Club
S:oo-Gowboy Singer. Jules Van Allen
9l5-Sunshine Hour-Myron j. Ben
nett, AL Lowrey, organist
S:4O-Weather Bulletins
9:45-Radio. Press Bureau News
9:5O-Manchester Biscuit Program
9:55-Markets
1O:00-Juan Reyes
10:15-Nyal Ucatone Program
!O:30-Benjamin Moore Triangle Club
lO:45-Fields and Hall
Police Bulletins.
World Bookman and Road Re-
port
I:15-Heinz Hostess Counsel Program
! :S0-National Farm and Home Hour
12:30-Silent
2:0O-Markets and Weather
2:O5-Academy Of Political Science
3:00-Rhythmic Serenade
5:30-Oxydors Own Ma Perkins
S:45-Folk Music Of the South
4:l5-Benjamin Franklin Hotel Orch.
4:30-Mobile Moaners
MISREPRESENTATION OF the Wizard Of
Or
s 500 . Cugat and Orch.
S:ao-Mhan the Organ Played at
Twilight-Al Lowrey
5:45-Little Orphan Annie
6:O0-Martha Meers, Soloist
6:l5-Harry Turner and Orch.
6:45-Dinner Concert
7:O0-Royal Gelatin, Baron Munchau-
sen
7:SO-Danny Russo and Orch,
7:45-Hal Kemp and Orch.
500 Thursday Music Club Concert
8:15-Keyboard Kapers
S:3O-Lenten Meditation Service
8:45-Phyllis WOlverton, Soloist
9:OO-Corn Cob Pipe Club OF Virginia
9:30-"Adventuring With Conoco''
lO:OO-S. st. Paul Livestock Markets
Program Resume
1O:15-Zeke and His City Fellers
10:45-David Rublnoff and Orch.
11:00-Ralph Kirbery
11:O5-Hotel Pierre Orch
l:30-Clyde Lucas and Orch.
12:0O-Silent
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-17
McC Cloud Explains
Vas, sub, Das All
.Yas. sub. das I'll"

Radio listeners who hear that
phrase know at once that the
program Is the Sinclair Greater
hrinstrels, heard over IN NBC net-
work, including KrYR Of BIZ.
marck. each Monday from . 70
$50 p. m. tCSr, and the speak.
q Is Mac McCloud. ''MamaS lit
~ red hot" and one of the end
men.
The origin Of tho phrase. Nc
Cloud says, dates to . leisurely
jaunt he made through the South.
some years ago. his medium Of
transportation being whatever ul1-
occupied box cars he could dis.
cover. Mac, who had gone into
vaudeville after his return from
the World War, had ambitions tor
. minstrel show ana decided 10
seek minstreliance ct ii source.
tho Southland.
His Journey led him one day to
Z box car IN which the African
dominoes were rolling merfily.
Never averse 70 IN occasional
game Of chance, Mac Vas Per.
suaded to risk his measer bank-
roll
IIs luck was phenomenal. no r.
calls, and his passes even began
reducing the bankrou Of one burly
Negro who previously had accu.