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Evening star., 1934-04-24
BY GRACE HENDRICK EUsTIs.

"HE exhibition at the Corcoran
Gallery Of Public Works of
Art Project, from which Pres
i ident and Mrs. Roosevelt have
chosen 81 pictures to be hung
in the White House. Is a selection
from the works of $500 artists. These
men, who have created Is, 900 works
of art during the last four months,
have been paid total of 81 400 900.
The money has been paid out to them,
at craftsman's wages, by the Public
Works of Art Project. which, in turn,
operates under the Civil Works Ad-
ministration.
The exhibition includes oil paint
ings, sculpture, water colors. etchings.
Autographs, drawings, ceramics, tex
tiles and products of various crafts, all
representing, in some form, the Amer
ican scene. Hung on the walls of nine
rooms and around the entire extent
Of one hall are 600 examples of
creative art. They have been care
fully selected. First, the regional di-
rectors culled the outputs from their
territories. Then the National Com
mittee, under the supervision of Forbes
Watson, technical director, and Ed
ward Bruce, assistant technical di-
rector, weeded and assorted and
created an exhibition which has both
brilliance and vitality.
young Worker" Chosen.
Mrs. Roosevelt took the newspaper
women who attended her press con-
ference to the exhibition yesterday
morning. She showed them the pic
lures that she and the President had
chosen. These paintings are to be
hung in the executive offices of the
White House. Some are done in oil
and some in water colors. The one
Mrs. Roosevelt likes best is an oil
painting of young man by Julius
Bloch of New York. called Young
Worker" 1t is a portrait Of a boy
with sulky mouth and a look Of de-
feat in his eyes. His workman's shirt
Is open at the neck and a cap is
jammed down over his forehead. Mrs
Roosevelt said she thought it was a
swell picture" portraying infinite
pathos.
There were other paintings the First
AnOy uACo. OLc WdS d SpIIIUcQ OIL
called 'The Timber Bucker," by Ernest
Norling Of Seattle, Wash. It is a pic
ture of a man with gargantuan
muscles saving q huge tree. Another
was a snowy, rough sketch in oil of
the trek Of q covered wagon. This
was painted by a cowboy from Oregon
named c. S. Price, who had turned
artist through adversely.
Mural Of Horses.
There Is big mural of horses
moving across a plain, by Frank
nE>,Ln,, - nn~yer ro1@ "a L.
Evening star., 1934-04-24
Editorial Writef Dies.

DAYTON, Ohio, April "a R.-
Harry A. Haberer, IS, editorial writer
on the Dayton Herald and formerly
sports editor Of the Dayton journal,
died yesterday after a brief illness at
his home. In 1915 he was appointed
managing editor of the Herald and In
1921 became IN editorial writer.
Evening star., 1934-04-24

won 1t for pioneering work in the
field Of public health nursing, and
Annie w. Goodrich, dean of the Yale
University School Of Nursing. for
leadership n nursing education.
Evening star., 1934-04-24
CHARLES T. GRANDY DIES
Former Reporter in Capital Ex-
pires in North Carolina.

Charles Taylor Grandy, 10, q for
mer reporter in the Senate for the
Washington Post, died yesterday at
his home in Elizabeth City, N. c.
Funeral services were held today at
his home and the body will be brought
here for cremation.
Grandy was a widely known news
paper man in the South, where he
edited the Roanoke (Va.) Times for
many years, later becoming interested
as a publisher and editor In Rich
mond.
He is survived by sister, Miss Lily
Grandy of Elizabeth City.
Evening star., 1934-04-24
Birth; Reported.

John w. and Esthid NJ Crow. girl
Gerald j. and Mildred Murphy. boy.
Eldridge {. and Edna L. Wood, boy.
Evening star., 1934-04-24
Mural Of Horses.

There is big mural of horses
moving across q plain, by Frank
Mechau Of Denver. Colo. It Is
Evening star., 1934-04-24
Light Shed on Universe.

The light shed on the structure of
the universe by the latest astronomi-
cal discoveries was presented before
the academy last night by DR.. Edwin
Hubble of the Carnegie Institution of
Washington.
"On the grand scale" DR.. Hubble
said. I'VE may picture the stellar sys-
tenn as drifting through the universe
like swarm of bees drifting through
the air. From our position somewhere
within the system we look out through
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-18
Relief RunarOund
In Decatur, I'll.
BY a Worker Correspondent

DECATUR, IIl.-For the past
three or four weeks, Miss Elizabeth
Graham, emergency relief director
of Macon County, has refused to
meet the committee from the I'm
employment Council.
The police were kicking against
making unnecessary calls to the re-
lief station when they were not
needed, So the committee went to
see Chief of Police E. F. Wills, and
asked him to use his influence that
they might meet Miss Graham, as
there were SO many families in a
starving condition that needed i'm
mediate attention.
However, the chief gave them to
understand he would not intercede
in government affairs. He said he
would take part neither way unless
the unemployed started disturb
ance. Nevtrtheless, he tried to
smooth the situation over with the
committee, told them to go and see
c. H. Logan, chairman of the county
relief committee. AS soon as the
committee was out of his office he
called Logan's coffin factory, and
told him the committee was on its
way over there.
When the committee got there
they were told Mr.. Logan was not
in. So they decided right there to go
to Mr.. Logans home. The girl in
the office told them he was out OF
town. So the committee started
away, but one man went back to
get a drink of water. He over
heard the office girl call Mr.. Logan's
home and tell him he had better
leave, for that unemployed COM
mittee was just here to see you and
are on their way to your house.
This is the deal the workers got
when they attempt to assume a
right for a voice in their living
conditions.
Mis- Graham says she will moi
respond to committee which has
the idea of taking relief admins
tration into their own hands. The
poor hungry workers are moi
capable, in her estimation, of know.
ing their needs. Comrades, every
where, let us put our shoulder tc
/ the wheel, and help along the cause
that will erase this demagogic sys-
tenn that is trampling US into the
earth.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-18
Poor Collect Spoiled
Meat Dumped Out By
"Relief" Warehouse
BY a Worker Correspondent

TAMPA, Fla.-I'm going to tell
you Just what I saw with the
Emergency relief council.
7 had business at the emer-
gency relief farm and while there
I noticed quite a few men out in
the woods putting something in
burlap sacks. I asked one man
what they were doing and he said
they were getting some Of the
smoked pork that the relief coun-
Gil had dumped there. Most of
it was mottled, and some had
worms.
Now for four or five weeks be-
fore this they were not giving out
any meat to the poor and needy.
Seems like they were just hold
ing it up in the warehouses. let
ting it spoil, and not giving it
away to the people that need it.
Since then they have dumped
more at the same place.
Now just what's wrong that the
people can't get this before it
spoils.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-18
|. Miller FOremen Are
Allowed to Hire and
Fire At Will
BY a Shoe Worker Correspondent

ny a DnUS NOIk6I Correspondent
NEW YORK; am worker in
I. Miller Shoe factory, I worked
there before this so-called union. the
Boot and Shoe. came in, and I am
working there now. Conditions
were bad enough before, but now
with this so-called union it's worse
than ever.
The foremen can do whatever
they please. They can lay you off
or fire you whenever they like. And
you can't complain to anyone, for
the chairman and the foreman
work hand in hand, for they are
both agents of the boss.
Anyone that complains is liable
to be fired, for only reds ask for
better working conditions. And reds,
as the boss calls workers who de-
mand better conditions are better
out of the factory than in.
The only reminder that there is
a union in the shop is when the
agent comes to collect dues.
Fellow workers, it's time to wake
up to the realization that only we
ourselves can better our conditions
by organizing groups in the diff
ferent departments to fight the
rotten conditions and make this a
real union shop, and not a COM
pany union shop.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-18

six basins to so men.
There are not sufficient ice boxes
to keep meat and other food from
getting spoiled, 50 very often meat
and other perishables are mellow
and rank. On this account there
have been a numbe.. of times here
when the men of an entire camp
became sick. In fact a Convention
of hristian Endeavor SOCIETY was
also poisoned. Fortunately there
has been btu one death during the
month I spent here.
There are about 500 of us here,
where we are separated from the
society of the outside world, with
no more liberty than the prisoners
of penal institution,
The men here are of all walks Of
life, accountants, artists. farmers,
engineers, ex-Servicemen, truck
drivers, youth, high school and
college graduates, and boys just out
of grammar school, old men in
their dotage.
On Sunday afternoon, just at
meal time, three automobiles loaded
down with religious fanatics drive
up to our door and proceed to save
our souls with lengthy preaching
and singing, telling us We ace sin
ners and must be saved They
should be sent to annoy our way
ward politicians. We can't sin. we
are watched too closely. fl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-18

A MEETING in Madison Square
"A Garden is a political event of
major Importance. Not only are
thousands of workers informed OF
a given situation, but they are I'M
bued with their mass strength by
the fact that so many get together
under one roof. Further, the capi-
talist press is forced to give pub
licity to a Madison Square Garden
meeting, which results in addltlonal
hundreds of Thousands Of baoom-
ing acquainted with the issues
raised at the meeting, as for ex-
ample, the publicity given to the
meeting held by the Communist
Party or July 9Th about the Ger
man situation and the campaign
for the freedom of Ernst Thael-
mann.
A problem in connection with
Madison Square Garden meetings,
for the revolutionary working class
organizations, is one of finances.
With proper isucs Garden meetings
can be made a political success as
is proven by the July 6 meeting
which was on one of the hottest
days of the year and was arranged
only on four days notice.
The normal cost Tor a Garden
meeting is approximately $4,000.
The usual rent r. $500. Che
rent for the July meeting was
$4,000 because it was midsummer
and the date was open) Other ex-
penses in connection with the Gar
den itself averaged $500 to $500. Be-
sides this there is publicity, leaf
let's, etc., which costs an additional
$500 to $500.
The seating capacity of the Gar
der is about 1920. Therefore, with
the usual expenses running about
$4,000, it can be seen that each
seat costs about ~ cents.
From the above it must follow
that unless we can convince those
who are able to pay more than the
Is cents general admission to do SO,
the meeting will be a financial loss
which no Revolutionary organization
can afford. This is especially true
when we realize that thousands OF
unemployed workers request free
admission and cannot be turned
away.
For this reason the Communist
Party generally charges Is cents for
general admission and 40 cents and
81 for reserved sections. OF course,
we take collection. But the col
lection seldom, if ever, meets the
loss incurred at the gate. The above
does not take into account the need
for profit from such meetings SC
that the revolutionary organization
holding the meeting can further its
work.
From all the above it should be
clear to all those who can pay fol
the higher priced tickets, that they
should do so. Often many workers
knowing that unemployed are adj
mitted free, come to the meeting
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-18
How Boot and Shoe
Union Helps Bosses
Officials Let Boss Send
Out Work to Scab
Contractor
By a Shoe worker Correspont

BY a Shoe Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK.-As worker in the
Palter g. Delisso shoe shop, I want
to say that conditions here are be-
coming almost unbearable. This is
q Boot and Shoe Union shop, but
it seems that the only function Of
the Boot and Shoe is to condone
every sort of rottenness that is
foisted on the workers.
The men have been getting along
on starvation wages, due to the
prolonged slack season. 1t is so bad
that many Of them are carrying
around dispossesSes in their pockets.
And on top of all this, when little
work does come in, what do we
find?
The boss gives the fitting room
work out to strikebreaking con-
tractor by the name of Pofkin.
Complaints have been registered
with the chief organizer Penner,
but have been consistently ignored.
The shop chairman is afraid to say
anything, That the Boot and Shoe
is a bosses and not a workers or
ganization is only too evident. They
seem bent on letting the whole
crew here starve.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-18
PARTY LIFE
Answers Criticism, Of Party's
attitude TO Boston School
Had to DrGlO In NerC Forces to Build School
Comrades already Overloaded With York
BY N. S. SPARKS
District Organizer

munism, Trade Unionism, and
above all Organization Principles.
This so-called emphasis on theory
was in itself distortion OF theory,
since MARKHAM theory is inevitably
distorted when divorced from prac-
tice. 1t was further necessary to
combat the tendency Of some ele-
ments on the School Committee to
concentrate on greater variety OF
more advanced subjects for better
educated selected groups rather than
on a greater mass Of worker
students to take the most elements
airy courses.
A second general difficulty in the
work of the School was the con-
slant underestimation on the part
of Comrade j. G. of the necessity
of Party guidance and of the in
volving of the Party oranization in
the work of the School. 1t was the
Party organization, with the IN.
doubted and valued help of the
sympathizers on the committee,
which built the School. 1t was the
same Party leaders who were up to
their necks in other work who
unfailingly served as instructors in
the School, popularizing the School
and fixing the interest of the stu
dents in the movement. 1t was the
sections and units of the Party and
the Communists in other organiza-
tons who got the workers to regis
ter Yet, despite all this and de-
spite Comrade J. G.'s statement in
the article that "the Party must
take the leadership in the work of
the local school committee" despite
the fact that j. G. and others on
the committee are themselves Party
members, there remained the unac-
countable tendency to create issues
between the School Committee and
the Party and to reject Party
guidance and advice.
With the record that the School
has now built up Of two years con-
tinuous functioning, with the OPEN
ing of the new bookshop opposite
the School, with the increased cir
culation of the Daily Worker that
we expect to obtain in the drive, we
have no doubt that all minor diff
ficulties will be overcome and that
the next season will see a great
increase in the number of workers
drawn into the Workers School.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-18
Hearing
BareS Conditions
At Hull House
By a worker CORRESPONDENT


CHICAGO, nl.-A few of us at
tended an open hearing held re-
Gently at Hull House by the Workers
Committee. This is the outfit the
leaders of which at all times have
refused to cooperate and work in
unison with other organizations
to help raise the standard of living
of the working class.
The master of ceremonies sure
was slick at choosing the ones he
wanted to ask questions. He had
his usual stool pigeon of La Mari
who was previously kicked out of
the Unemployed Councils for his
dirty work, who tried to give a
glowing account of the garbage he
got to eat in the flophouse. He was
trying to refute statements made
earlier by a few single men, regard
ing the inhuman treatment melted
out to them in the Lighthouses. He
also tried to make excuses for the
flophouse superintendent robbing
men of their Is cents after working
five hours for it, just for being a
few minutes late.
Mrs. Gresso, a comrade, demanded
and got the floor When the mas
ter Of ceremonies saw the reception
she got, he tried to tie her down to
a few silly questions and got rid of
her as soon as possible. He soon
found out she was not so easily
fooled; she answered his few ques-
tions, then gave a talk, and general
expose Of the whole rotten system
of relief. She was given a great
ovation, which showed quite clearly
a general awakening of the workers
to the tactics of this group of mis-
leaders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-18

1t is necessary to correct certain
points raised in the article by Com
rade J. C. on the Workers School
in Boston published in the Daily
Worker of June 90. One would
gather from Comrade j. G.'s ar
ticle that the struggle to Build
the Workers School in Boston" was
primarily a struggle aaginst the dis
trict leadership and that the main
obstacle to be overcome was the
resistance of the district leadership.
This is absolutely contrary to the
facts, and it would certainly be a
remarkable situation in any district
if this we're so.
1t sometimes happens that COM
rades attempt to start a new phase
of work upon the same ingrown
basis and narrow circle of Party
members who are already over
loaded with SC many tasks that they
are unable to do anything well. In
such cases it is necessary for the
District leadership to explain to the
comrade that new projects must be
started on the basis OF drawing in
new circles of people who can be
specifically interested in this prof.
ect. If the comrade concerned does
not understand this fundamental
necessity and does not have cor
rect attitude towards Party leader
ship in general, then they may mis-
conStrue this guidance and say,
The Party won't let us do any
thing" This is exactly what hap
pened in the case of j. G. The
statements attributed to the District
leadership are doubtless due to in
correct recollection after two years;
and the fact that the Party posi-
tion was correct is shown by the
fact that the conrade willingly or
unwillingly did grasp the point and
organized an outside committee and
got the funds from outside the
Party treasury" The statement
that the District Organizer refused
to sanction this work, saying There
was no need for Workers School
at that special time" is pure mag
nation and would be impossible on
the part of any District Organizer
OF the other points raised by
Comrade j. c. as to the difficulties
in popularizing the school, ETC.,
these are largely correct. How
ever, there were two additional diff
ficulties. The first was the tradi-
ton of numerous elements in and
around the movement in Boston
towards theory without practice. It
was for this reason that the Party
suggested to the School to adopt as
its motto Stains slogan: Theory
without practice is sterile; practice
without theory is blind
The Party had to conduct a con-
slant struggle against those ele-
ments in the School Committee who
wished to place all the emphasis
on advanced courses in political
economy and other such subjects,
while completely Understanding
courses in Fundamentals of Com
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-18
SPYING BY GOVERNMENT
BY Worker Correspondent

BOSTON, Mass. = Specialists in
Washington are trying to figure out
a test which will enable examiners
to determine whether applicants for
citizenship believe in an organized
form of government The test is
to be some sort of set of trick
questions.
The country wants to make citi-
zens, to assimilate the alien ele-
ment for machine slaves and can
non fodder. But so many citizens
are beginning to demand the rights
that citizenship promises but does
not fulfill, the government is try
ing to invent test to pick out the
yellowbellied workers who believe"
in the present capitalistic form of
government from the Communists
who fight for workers govern
ment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-18
By a worker Correspondent


MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.-Medicine
Lake Transient Camp, located on
the shore Of Medicine Lake about
10 miles from Minneapolis, IS
under the supervision of Reverend
Paul. WHO'S also in charge Of the
Union City mission of Minneapolis.
This camp was originally set up
by an association of ITO churches
of Minnesota.
Medicine Lamp is now a govern
ment camp for jobless single men
regardless Of residence.
Since the government started to
pay the bills for Rev, Paul and
Mission Grove Farm, a few addi-
tions have been made such as con-
verting hog pens into sleeping quar-
tiers, and some tents have been
erected on the grounds.
In the summer the bosses who
hide under the cloak Of religion
spend it at Medicine Lake Tran
sient Camp. They all arrive at one
time, and so it becomes a conven-
ton paid for out of the pockets Of
the followers Of religion.
When the first convention ar
rived the men were moved out of
the main camp building and their
lodging houses, and moved into the
tents, which are Is by five feet,
and contain eight beds each, no
lights. Also the converted pig pens
were brought into use with the beds
placed 18 inches apart and no
place to store clothes except a few
nails on the wall.
The conventionists are given
medical treatments by the govern
ment physician. while the men Of
the samp are forced to wait They
are also given the use of camp
cooking utensils, play grounds,
bathing beach, boats, and the men
of the camp are given the job of
cleaning up the sleeping quarters
and rubbish left behind by the
prayer leaders and their favorites,
and then are given strict orders
to remain near their own sleeping
quarters after their work is done,
and not to disturb visitors by their
presence.
Of course there are lots Of bosses
here to see that the men work.
They ride around from one camp
to the other in big cars and trucks,
and then theer are more bosses who
remain on the grounds at all times
The work consists of farm work
raising crops to sell to the govern