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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-24
'Artef Production
OF Gorky Praised
By FurrierS Union

The growing practical importance
Of cultural weapons in the class
struggle is reflected by a resolution
adopted by the Fur Trade Board of
the Needle Trades Industrial Union
calling on workers to support and
visit the productions of the Artef
The resolution mentions particularly
"Yegor Bulitchev," by Maxim Gorky
which is the current production OF
the group on view at the Heckscher
Theater. Fifth Ave. and l04th ST..
every Saturday and Sunday eve
ming.
The resolution declares:
1.-THE Fur Trade Board Of the
Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union recognizes the Importance of
Artef (Jewish Workers Theater Al
lance to the entire working class
movement. The stage has always
been propaganda weapon for the
ruling class. The bourgeoisie use the
theater to spread illusions concern
tng the justice Of the present social
system.
THE problems OF major impor-
lance to the working class are never
portrayed ON the bourgeois stage
Love and Subservience to the present
social system Of exploitation for
profit are the chief messages
preached from the bourgeois stage.
The truth about the life of the work
ing masses Is consistently concealed
in the bourgeois theater.
"a working class theater to serve
the needs Of the masses. to help
them organize and fight for better
living conditions is crying need,
Plays to reflect the life of the work
erS are necessary for the growth OF
the working class movement.
1.-THE Artef, in eight years of ex-
iStence has succeeded in forming a
group of able players drawn from
the ranks of the working class. The
plays presented by the Artef reflect
the class struggle under capitalism
and the achievements Of the victo-
r1ous proletariat in the Soviet
Union. The fruitful artistic activity
OF Artef is an example OF the crea-
tive capacities of the working class.
"The Fur Trade Board calls on all
fur1terS and all other members of the
Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union to support Artef and to at
tend its productions"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-24
DimitrOvna in London

| I ONDON.--After wandering all day
Il and looking at the beautiful
things that had no money TO buy,
went to Kingsway Hall. The crowd
was still very small but soon the hall
was filled up and the speakers took
their places on the platform. One
Of the comrades noticed me sitting at
the front and asked me to come up
to the platform. In the meantime
he whispered something TO young
woman. AS soon as I reached the
platform, the chairman introduced
me to the young woman.
"Comrade.' he said "this is An
tonoff, and this is Dimitrovna, sister
Of Comrade DinEtroff."
Revolutionary greetings from the
American workers and farmers" I
told her.
She squeezed my hand hard and
thanked me.
You are from America, Comrade
Antonoff. Tell me how the American
workers are fighting against German
fascism and TO save our comrades
from the guillotine"
Her face and eyes we're on fire
The chairman opened the meeting,
so we had to stop talking.
The first speaker was Leo Gallagher
from America. Everybody rose to
greet the veteran American attorney.
He exposed before the 5000 London
workers present the fascist methods
OF justice. Once more he declared
to the world that Hitler and his party
are guilty Of the Rechstag fire, and
not the accused Communists.
Two more speakers, an Italian
comrade and Bulgarian attorney.
Detcheff, spoke, and then Dimitrovna.
1t is absolutely impossible to describe
the spirit and the enthusiasm Of the
London workers when they greeted
Comrade Dimitrovna. She spoke in
Russian and concluded her speech in
English with the following words:
workers of London and workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-24
PROLETARIAN NOVEL OF
TIE SEA JUST PUBLISHED

NIKE PELLS IS. S. Utah. novel
W. about the sea, has just been is
sued by International Publishers.
Parts Of it were published serially in
the Daily Worker recently.
The author is an American sea-
man, a working ABB His novel is a
character study of the seamen on an
American boat bound for the Soviet
Union. His searnen are real. express
ing their views and emotions natur-
ally, reacting in their own way to
problems of their daily work and
world events. Continual controver-
sizes rage aboard the freighter, be-
tween the men and the officers and
among the men themselves. The So
Wet Union helps to clarity the issues
Of the class struggle.
s. S. Utah t2l4 pp., clothbound, rs
cents may be obtained at boolshops
or through Workers Library Publish
ers, Box 14s, sta. D, New York.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-24

Of the world, appeal TO you 70
close your ranks and unite In the
fight against fascism. Unite and
save The lives of my brother and
his three comrades. Unite fof world
Communism" A storm Of applause
and singing Of the international by
everybody in the hall. Then the
resolution Of protest and Conrade
Campbell Of the Party spoke.
I was the last speaker. As soon as
the chairman introduced me. again
everybody rose and sang the Interna-
tional. NY first words were drowned
in the storm Of applause. I was
never 50 inspired in my lie. Never
in my life did I speak with such Yigor
and determination.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-24
NOR Kc

ZOO p. M.--Sports-Ford Frick
7:I5-Ccmedy; Music
7:5o-Osborne Orch; Radie Harris--Tak
8:00-DetectiYes Black and Blus-Mystery
Drama
a:l5-Billy Jones and Ernie Hare Songs
8:30-String orch; william Hargraye, Bari
tone
5:45-Redfern Hollinshead
e:00-Magazine Of the Air
e;3o-Dorothy Miller and Garfield Swift,
Songs; Shaekley Orch.
i0;0o-De Marco Girls; Frank Sherry. Tenor
i0:15-Current Events-Harlan Eugene Read
1o:S0--Gypsy Prince
io;45-Paplin Alpert. Piano
it:00- bsnns Trio
1i:30-Eslzen Orch.
12;00-Dance Orch
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-24
On a Soviet Ship

/ m Tuesday morning I woke up very
y early and walked for an hour on
the streets Of London. At 10 am
the ship agent came with taxi and
We went to the pier. Here she Is
standing with the Red Flag flying
hercscally passed the gang plank
Here I am standing on the Soviet
ship Sibirsk under the Red Flag. The
blood moves faster in my veins.
one of the sailors who spoke En-
glish practically well, asked us to
step inside and asked us for the
ticket. Another one showed us the
cabin and helped me carry my bag
gage into it. For two hours I stood
on the deck and watched the workers
Anish landing the different cargoes.
At one o'clock the captain steps on
the top deck and asks the Comrade
Engineer if he is ready.
Eyes, Comrade Captain, we are
ready Let's 60" he says, and we
are off the shore through thick fog.
We are pulling out slowly but surely
toward the open sea. All Americans
except one or two and most are young
people. -Four Negroes are on board.
The sailors are very friendly, par
ticularly TO the Negro workers.
They ass questions about Scots
boro, about the Maryland lynchings.
how the Negro workers were treated
on the Berengaria and so ON.
The Negro workers feel free. They
explain everything in detail.
We are permitted everywhere on
the ship-in the captains cabin. III
the engine roon--in the sailors club.
There is Lenin'S corner. with Lenin's
picture, the picture Of the Scottsboro
boys, photographs of London.
On the opposite side photographs
Of construction in the Soviet Union.
We are so occupied that we almost
miss our dinner.
-Four o'clock we are served tea and
salami, cake, Everybody enjoys the
lunch. After lunch everybody is out
on deck, in the sailors cabins. in
the club, In the Lenin corner.
The sailors apologize for not hay
ing more American literature. The
ship sails on. The sea is rough but
nobody cares. We are. in different
world heading for the land Of the
Soviets.
More letters from Antonoff will
appear on this page tomorrow
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-24
Workers Theatre Movement
Gro'os in Direction of More
Popularity, ASSERTS Critic
Buchwald Surveys Recent Presentations of the
Workers Laboratory Theatre

IN the Worlds Fair the MIRA. and
4 its opponents come in for a good
deal Of ridicule The nbrettist Of
this series Of skits Cwhy is not. his
name mentioned in the program?
and why this affectaton Of with
holding the names Of the directing
personnel? The idea of the collec-
tive theatre by no means includes
obliteration Of the individual lead
ers) clearly knows his politics, and
his Sallies against the NR.A. are well
conceived and aptly aimed. The
demagogic trickery Of the MIRA.
propaganda is cleYerly brought out
in the skit called The House Of
Cards, and the crazy logic OF CAPT
talism which considers good crops a
misfortune finds fitting expression in
the very droll skit Of the Four Pro-
fessors.
The New York City election sklt
deals with the candidates Of the va
rious bourgeois parties and their "ba-
loney."
The treatment Of the Socialist
Party candidate, Solomon, leaves
much to be desired. He is too much
ike the rest Of them, and his line
Of "baloney" does not even in words
diner from the political hokum OF
O'Brien, LaGuardia and Mckee. This
is not good socialism" for if any
thing does distinguish the Socialist
Party polit' lans from their bour-
geois cole agues, it is their lingo
While the phrase who's got the
baloney?" is fetching in itself, the
image employed to symbolic the
political "baloney," a big, red ssu-
sage, does not add to the clarity Of
the sllit. In order to give a literal
illustration of the workers refusal
10 take the baloney," the librettist
ana the directors have resorted to an
altogether illogical device of the sau4
sage being passed from one candidate
to the other until it reaches the balk-
ing workers candidate.
THE tendency away from the slo-
ganized agitprop stencils and in
the direction Of live, truly popular
and truly entertaining revolutionary
theatre, is characteristic Of the whole
workers theatre movement in its
present phase. The success Of the
Workers Laboratory Theatre viii
serve as a model and an encourage
ment to those groups which are de-
termined to make the overdue step in
the same direction.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-24
TONIGHTS PROGRAMS
WEAF--660 Kc.

s;G0 P. M.--Prcblems Of the District At.
torney--William c. Dodge, District At,
torney. New York County
7:i5-Billy Bachelor-Sketeh
7:30-Shirley Howard, Songs; Testers Trio
7:45-The Goldbergs-Sketch
8:00-Jaek Pearl, Comedian; Van Steeder
Orch.
3:30-WGyne King Orch.
9:OO-Troubadours Orch; }, Harold Murray
faces
9:3O-F rcd Allen. Comedian; Grofe Orch.
10:O0-H lllblly Music
io:3o-Ai. Nal and Ocean Mail Subsidies
Senator hugo l.. Black OF Alabama
i1:00-Eisus Orch.
11;15-Anthony Frome, Tenor
1i:30-Denny Orch
12;00-Harris Orch
12:3O A. M.-Sosnick Orch
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-24
Chamberlain, Dahlberg and Burke at John Reed
Club Symposium Sunday, at Irving Plaza

Bourgeois and Proletarian Types
in World Literature" is the subject
Of symposium to be held under the
auspices of the John Reed Club at
irving Plaza Hall, 18th st. and r.
wing Place on Sunday, Jan. %, at
8 pm.
Those who will take part an the
symposium are John Chamberlain,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-24

author Of Farewell TO Reform; Ed
ward Dahlberg, author of Bottom
Dogs" and From Flushing to CAL
vary" and Kenneth Burke, author Of
Counter Statement" and "Toward
Better Life" Joshua Kunitz viii be
chairman. Admission Is IS cents
Tickets will be available at the door.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-24
CHANGE
WORLD!
For Rights of Political Prisoners
By Michael Gold

THE Committee the Defense Of Political Prisoners l56 Fifth
recently campaign for the recognition
of political and labor prisoners as SUCH
Even days Gar revoutos managed 70
authorities them this status This meant that many
and reading matter they wanted could
letters their outside bring them food
fight this civilized and democratic"
country prisoners different needs than the usual
Jail population cruelty them OF all
intellectual contacts.
Committee that making this fight began 1t with
serving there
that he
There another frame
waiting gets out If
again sentence for him of 20 years to life This
Mooney
certainly weinst from this further
torture and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-24
Jacob B1trck, Victor
in Fund Competition

NEW YORK. - Jacob Burck,
staff cartoonist of the Daily
Worker is the official winner Of
the Socialist competition that was
started by Michael Gold during
the $4,000 Daily Worker cam
paign, contributions from readers
sent through Burck reaching a
total Of $61769.
The sports column was second.
with s59326; DR.. Lut5inger third.
With s5572.0z, and y chael Gold
fourth with ss41.40. Contributions
through "DeP amounted to
szO7.50 and through Helen Luke,
$169.26.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-24

steps and dance patterns. each with
the cultural background Of some par
ticular country or even province.
The celebration will be held at the
G9th Regiment Arlnory, 18th St. and
Lexington Ave. Admission to both
the concert program and ball is IS
cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-24
WHAT'S ON
Wednesdnu

/ " eGHesday
clARTE. 304 W 5sth St. Is having a
! Tjlnl Showing CT Two Thieves and a
I Charlie Chaplin short at $50 pm. Con-
trihuticn zoe.
SENDER GARLIN, Of the Daily Worker
7 Stat, spesks On The Press-Maior Indus
/ try" at the Daily Worker Volunteers, sc
4 Avenue &C. at o'clocS
/ FILM Showing and Lecture on Unemploy-
nent Question given by Unemployed Coun-
ellis Of Harlsm al German workers Club
/ i5Gi Third Averco az 3:S1 pm. Adm. free
( OPEN FOSUE at the Prospect Wcrssrs
I Center, 115T Southern Blvd. Prominent
I speakers Discussion.
4 REHEARSAL Of Daily Worker Chorus at
Z SIS e. 18th St, 5th floor at 8 pm. 1t is
urgent for every enc to be present.
REGULAR monthly social at the York
I vile Br. F.S.U. at Labor Temple. 24S E.
/ s4th St. st pm. Soviet movie Cain and
! Artem," refreshments, entertainment. Ad-
mission 15c.
CLASSES still open in Political Economy,
Labor Journalism and Public Speaking at
Harlem workers School, 200 w. 1s5th ST.,
Room 2l2B. Register now.
LECTURE on "Fascism and the German
Working Glass" given by the German work
I ers Club Of tire Bronx at Hungarian Work
ers Club, 6i2 Southern Blvd. near 1A9th St.
Thursday
THE DAILY WORKER Volunteers Discus
sion Group meeting at 7;45 pm at IS E.
18th ST., 9TH floor. Carl Reeve, of the
/ Editorial STAFF Of the Daily Worker. viii
lead the discussion on Unemployment In
.strance and the Various Phases of the CIV.
A. and the PWA
ALFRED RUNGE will speak on the Cuban
Situation at the Edith Berknan Br. LID.
47O4-l8th Ave. Brooklyn, at $3.50 pm. Ad-
mission 10c. Unemployed free
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-24
BY NATHANIEL BUCHwALD

| HAVING been away from the U. s..
- for more than a year, the writer
can the more readily notice the prog
ress Of the workers theatre move
ment. 1t has been rapid and in the
right direction. The two programs
recently presented, the first under
the auspices of the Theatre Club Of
the Workers Laboratory Theatre at
City College and the second of the
New York Section Of the League of
Workers Theatres at the New School
for Social Research, reveal a remark
able growth in artistic maturity of
one Of the pioneer groups in the
field. the Theatre of Action Of the
Workers Laboratory Theatre.
The Theatre of Actions presenta-
ton Of excerpts from Worlds Fair
and its rollicking show dealing with
the municipal election campaign in
New York City, were received en-
Enthusiastically by surprisingly large
audiences on each occasion. The
lively sale OF librettos of the cleo
ton skit in the lobby of the New
School was a tribute to its authors
and producers. The Workers Labora-
tory Theatre was acclaimed By the
severest critic of any theatre, the
audience.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-24
PLAYS ARE
ENTERTAINING

The secret of this success is not
far to seek. The Workers Labora-
tory Theatre has recognized the
knack of presenting its plays in the
yernacular and of making them en-
PERTAINING first of all. It has aban-
doned the slogan-ridden script in
favor of swift and racy colloquial-
isms, and the barren "agitprop"
cliche's give way to native theatrical
idion. OF political content the group
sacrificed nothing, it's skits being as
clear-cut in their revolutionary ide-
ology and as unmistakable in their
propaganda intent as an "aggt-
prop" play ever was.
The plays also possess the virtue
of tineliness and the technical ad-
vantage Of mobility. Both Worlds
Fair and Who's Got the Baloney?
(the name Of the election slit) can
be given on any platform with or
without the benefit Of an equipped
stage. But the effectiveness of the
propaganda contained in these two
pieces is greatly enhanced by the
use of satire and broad comedy and
by the employment OF clever and
striking stage devices. Both the COM
edy and the staging have in them
something OF the native brand of
popular theatre, the wise-crack, the
doggerel rhyme, the current rage in
slangy expression and the knock
about farce and horse play. These
"lowbrow" ingredients are framed in
such familiar and racy forms as the
chow booth with its loquaciGuS har-
ker and its fake wonders of the
world, the unpretentious harmony"
quartet of the inferior vaudeville
brand, the line chorus and the
"small-time" vocal solo with all its
mannerism and absurdity.
ShameIessly borrowing its tunes
either from the rich store Of popu-
lar airs Of the Farmer Grey variety
or from the inexhaustible treasures
of the Gilbert-Sullivan repertory,
the lbrettists of both shows man
aged to make their lines fit both the
rhythmic pattern of the music and
the political message Of the day. The
result is altogether delightful as en-
tertaEnment and very effective as
agitation and propaganda.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-24
CIeUeIand, Ohio

The Slovenian Labor Club 'Iskra" will
hold an affair on Sunday jan 25 starting
at pm. with an act Of the Paris Com
mune ard other musical numbers Dancing
begins at pm. Grdina Hall, 6021 St.
Clair Ave.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-24
LID. Seeks Speakers
For Scottsboro Drive

NEW YORK.-The Information
al Labor Defense has issued q call
for speakers TO address Negro and
white club to mobilize all organ
cations for mass demonstration
demanding the retrial and release
of the innocent Scottsboro boys.
Speakers will communicate with
LID. at S26 Village Ave. at 126th
ST., on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday nights.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-24
T UN [ n G IN

WJI-760 Kc
700 P. M.-Amos n Andy
7;i5-John Herrck, Songs
7:30-Potash and Perlmutter
:45--Hollywood-Ir Rich
8:00-Dead Reckoning Sketch
2:So--Dangerous Paradise-Sketch
8:45-Red Davis, Sketch
9.00-Warden Lewis E. Lawes in 000G
Years in Sing Sing-sketch
9:30-John Mccormack, Tenor; DAILY Orch.
l0:0O-Lopez Orch; testers Trio; Adele
Starr, Songs; Tony Cabooch, Comedian
10.30-Alexander Troysnovsky. Soviei Am
bassador to United States Speaking at
Testimonial Dinner, Hotel Aston
I1:O0-Pickens Sisters, Songs
11;f5-Robert Royce, Tenor
1i:30-Stein Orch.
1I:45-Free;nan Orch.
l2:0o--Molina Orch.
1880 A. MO Be Announced
WABC-860 Kc
700 p. M.-1Iyrt and Marge
7:15-Just Plain Bill-Sketch
7:3o-TraveIers Ensemble
7:45-News-9oake Carter
3:0o-GTeen orch; Men About Town Tgio;
Vivien Ruth, Songs
-News-Edwin c. Hill
83o-Albert Spalding. Violin; Conrad Thu
bault, Baritone; Voorhees, Orch.
9:00-Philadelphia Orch.
9:15 - stoopnagle and Budd, Comedians;
Vera Van, Contrslto; Renard Orch.
9:30-Lombardo Orch; Burns and Allen,
Comedy
10:00-Waring Orch.
1O:30-News Reports
-Kostelanetz Orch; Evelyn 2IacGregor,
Contrslto; Evan Evans, Baritone; Mixed
Chorus
1i:l5--Negro Quintet
11:so-Little Orch
12:00--Gray Orch
1880 A. M.-Hall Orch
i:o0-Light Orch.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-24
Chicago

ANNUAL BAZAAR Of the N.T.WLu or
Jan. 26. 27, % at Workers Lyceum, 279:
Hirsch Blvd. Dancing every night.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-24

Fight for jobs or relief-elect
delegates to the National Conyen-
ton Against Unemployment in
Washington, Feb. 3.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-22
Giant Indoor Waterfall Is
Feature Of Musical Comedy

The largest indoor outdoor water
fall ever constructed is to be seen
as one of the scenic features in
musical comedy movie, Down to
Their Last yacht"
The fall, consisting of two
branches. drops fifty feet into a
rock-bound pool on stages nine and
ten on the Hollywood production lot.
The cliffs from which it pours are
made of plaster, cleverly formed in
to granite" by studio craftsmen.
A fire hose, running full capacity,
by the falls source!
1t is part of the tropical island
of Malakamokalu, where most OF
the productions action takes place.
The island itself is held to be the
most elaborate inside construction
of outdoor settings ever attempted.
1t covers approximately 10000 square
feet. or two great stages.
Water from the fall seeps through
the rocks into a blue lagoon, some
thirty feet deep, which covers about
five hundred square feet of floor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-22
Lew Davis Playing
at TaIIy-Ho Room

The Tally-Ho room at the Hotel
Antlers, opened the regular season
last night, under the new manage
ment of Johnnie Banks as host, and
L. c. Levering, hotel manager.
The music for the occasion was
furnished by Lew Davies and band,
who have been engaged to play at
the downtown club.
Davies formerly was a member of
Jan CARRIERS orchestra, playing the
saxophone and doing the arranging
for the band.
Last night was Carnival Night
with balloons, favors, hats and
whistles much in evidence. Flor
ence Davidson is the featured singer
with the orchestra. Banks has an
nounced that dancing will be the
vogue at the Tally-Ho every night
except Monday, beginning at pm.
and lasting until am.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-22
Movie Children Are Given
Excellent Care by Studios

Motion picture studios are re-
vealed as one of the best mothers"
in American industry, according to
figures and facts just made known
by Rachel Smith, in charge of child
welfare at Paramount studios.
An average of 5000 children come
under Miss Smiths tutelage and
care each year, and during the ten
years her department has been
functioning, not one case of even a
mild childish disorder has resulted
from motion picture work.
Miss Smith estimates that her
yearly averages can be multiplied
tenfold to give a true picture of
Hollywood's child welfare work, and
her estimate is supported by Statis-
tics compiled by the Central Cast
ing Bureau, where some $4,000
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-22

children are registered for screen
work.
Miss Smith reveals that before
each infant or child is employed
by Paramount, it must undergo a
complete physical examination,
given by a physician. During the
course of the child's subsequent en-
ployment, these examinations are
repeated frequently.
Ever since he made his screen
debut at the age of months,
Baby Leroy has been a charge of
Miss Smith. Today, she is with him
continually on the set of THE Old
Fashioned Way" Miss Smith also
has 5-year-old Shirley Temple under
her care in Now and Forever"
with Gary Cooper and Carole Lom-
bard.