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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-06

The woman continued to explasa
that the only way they could do
was 70 organize into q real fghtt-a
union. which would fight for them.
Not betrav them the way Cor
man did" added Leah.
pEFORE a courtroom containing
u mere than one hundred and
fifty white and Negro workers, al
Of them clearly sympathetic with
the defendant, Leah Young ez-
planned why she believes so firmly
in the need for Negro and white
working class unity.
They tell us about dirty Negroes,
yet Negroes cook for the white folk,
and work in their homes. Many
bring up these ric1 white peoples
children. So see they call the Ne
groes nasty and dirty Just to keep
US from uniting with them. The
white worker is suffering just like
the Negro, and in many cases is
worse off. And he is worse of be-
cause he will not Join with the
Negro worker against their common
oppressor. 50 the white bosses profit
from the poison that keeps the
workers fighting with themselves
instead Of with the bosses"
No Day of Rest
Leah had always been taught that
one day was the Sabbath, for rest.
But mill workers never have a day
of rest. The seventh must be used
to wash the clothing and do all the
other chores about the house they
are too tired to do during the week.
Plenty day was too tired even
to eat"
THE first witness was Leah Young's
seventy-year old mother, who
also told of a life Of labor and mis-
cry. During the entire testimony
the four children sat an dlistened
while their mother explained every
thing she did was because she
wanted to make life a little easier
for them.
III from Rotten Jail Food
Annie Mae, Leah,s younger sister,
also took the stand, corroborating
her sisters story She described the
frightful conditions in the Jail
claiming that the food was so rotten
she had contracted a painful illness.
Annie Macs brilliant lf-defonse
forced Judge Howard to promise
that she would be examined by the
county doctor. and sent to hos
pital if necessary.
The International Labor Defense
has redoubled its efforts in Atlanta
to arouse mass support for the two
pickets. Protests are being sent to
who is prosecuting them. as
well as to Judge Howard. The In
ternational Labor Defense calls on
all working class organizat tons to
send protests to Judge Howard at
the Fulton County court house,
Ga.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-06
Can You Hear Their Voices
At Civic RepertOry, Oct. Z

The Jack London Group Of Newark (of
whom George Sklar wrote so enthusiast
caly in the September issue Of New Thea
tre) Will present Can You Hear Their
Voices" the play adapted from whitaker
Chambers' story by Halle Flanagan. en-
Get, 7. afternoon and evening at the Civic
Repertory Theatre The play deals with
the farmers struggles for bread Abbe
Mitchell and Esther Hal from the cast
Of "Stevedore" viii sing revolutionary and
spiritual songs. Lillian Shapiro will pre-
sent dance entitled Good Morning Rev
olution' based on Langston Hughes poem.
Elmer Rice. whose Judgment Day" Is
now at tle Belasco, announces a new play,
Between Two Worlds" for an October Is
opening, Alfred Hesse, James Spotsswood
and Anne Tonetti. all Of whom have ap-
peared in previous Rice plays, have been
engaged for important roles.
"Jayhawker.' the new Sinclair Lewis and
Lloyd Lewis drama which has been placed
in rehearsal by Henry Hammond, Inc, will
have Walter c. Kelly in the role Of Cen
eral Philemon Smallwood, Confederate
ofdcsr in the Civil War. Kelly will be re-
membered as the Virginia Judge" and
for his part in Both Your Houses" Fred
ssone will be starred in "Jayhswker."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-06
Music Notes
New York HippOdrOH,e
Opens NeU Opera Season

The Cosmopolitan Opera Associa-
ton, with Max Rabinoff as manag-
ing director, opens the new opera
season at the Hippodrome on Mon
day night, October 8. Carmen" will
be the first offering, with Coe Glade
in the name part and Armand
Tokatyan as Don Jose. Other sing
erS Of note, who will appear in a
repertoire Of many popular favor
ties, include Sigrid Onegin, Anna
RcSelle, Nanette Guilford and Bruna
Castagna.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-06
Plotting the American
POgrOms
Infamous Protocols of Zion Dragged Out
by American Nazi Agents

Bolsheviks. I don't know the exact
amount, but it was up in the mil
lions. He Dragged about it, I I'M
derstand."
Didn't Germany, whose govern
ment hates the Jews and the Com
munists as enthusiastically as you,
also loan millions to the Bolsheviks
in the form Of trade credi's?"
Eyes, but they did it as a war
measure"
They have extended credits
since Hitler got into power"
cULDEN turned irritably ON
u me.
II don't care what the Germans
do! That's their businessl I'm in
terested in America"
Wen get to that" I started to
assure him, when Mr.. Hemple in
terrupted with quiet assurance:
THE Jews must be destroyed.
Even the Old Testament says the
Jews must be destroyed. jeremiah:
"a: Behold, I will command, saith
the Lord, and I will make the cities
of Judah a desolation without an
inhabitant.'
THAT seems to settle it."
agreed. But what do you do for a
living?"
Il smoke cigarettes and hang
around here" he returned, with
obvious distsste.
I turned again to Gulden.
TITS dawning on me that you
don't like the Jews. However, there
are millions of them. What does
your organization think should be
done with them?"
They ought to be made to stop
spreading their semitism in our
faces. It's just a question of how
long our patience will hold out"
He hesitated, shrugged his Shout
ders and added, Il suppose history
will repeat itself"
What do you mean by that?"
Il mean the good old fashioned
pogroms!"
Your organization is in favor of
pogroms against the Jews?'
If 1 say that, I'll be liable to
arrest, I assume" he said slowly.
But I will say this: we're trying
to prevent. pogroms by preventing
the Jews from driving people to
start pogroms against them. We
must defend ourselves. If the Jews
keep sweeping on, then we will de-
fend ourselves You can depend
upon one thing: if pogroms are
forced on us, we will not run aWay!"
Forced on you'll" I looked at him
with amaSement. Are the Jews
pogroms against you?"
Yes" he said heatedly. 1.-THE
Jews are making economic pogroms
against us. They are taking our
our professions away
and if that continues pogroms will
start. And when they do you can
bet the Order of rs will be there!"
He paused and added, And
don't care if you do say that in your
Communist New Masses"
IN quote you exactly. But tell
me, don't you realize that when this
story comes out Jews will cat their
hot dogs without Gulden's mus
tard?"
Gulden looked grave for mo-
ment.
I'm times like these" he said very
seriously, we must all make sac
rifices."
ITO Be Continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-06
Girl Strikers Make
Stirring Defense In
Atlanta Lynch Court
Frightful Conditions of Southern Workers Are
Exposed in the Personal Stories of
Leah Young and Her Sister

ATLANTA. Ga.-Lesh Young and
her sister, Annie Mae feathers we're
arrested on the picket line before
the Exposition Cotton Mil during
the textile strike. They are being
held in 5000 bail. on the charge Of
circulating insurrectionary litera-
ture." The literature they were dis
tributing was the Daily Worker, the
Rank and File Federationist. and
other working class material. These
two militant young women are be-
ing defended by John H. Geer, Ne
gro attorney for the I. L. D.
At the hearing on Wednesday,
Leah Young was on the stand for
over two hours, during which she
gave a moving account Of the ter
rible conditions confronting the
southern worker. She spoke of her
tubercular husband who had to
leave for a sanitarium five years
ago. He had continued to work
even though he knew it might kill
him, until the day he was fired for
union activity in Thomaston. Ga.
Scraping together a few dollars.
they came to Atlanta with four Of
their five children, to live with her
folks. Since then, Leah Young has
been the sole bread winner for her
family.
Had to Sleep on Floor
Many nights I had to sleep on
the floor, in quilts borrowed from
neighbors. There were sixteen of
us in three-room house. We had
no food and the Salvation Army
refused to help.
"The children began to suffer
from malnutrition and exposure. but
we were too poor to get a doctor.
Our friends, who were all mill work
ers, were in the same condition. and
could not help us. Then I got work
in the mills, Somtimes two and
sometimes three days I would get
as high as three dollars a week.
sometimes. The household frlrni-
ture was table and one dilapidsted
bed"
THE day Leah had been arrested on
the picket lines, she had been
to relief station, but had been re-
fused aid She knew her children
were at home, hungry. Milk to them
was an unknown commodity.
The greatest moment in her life.
she testified. was the day she heard
a woman explaining that the work
ers had to stick together.
When we 60 for groceries, we
have to pay the price that is set.
We can't get it for less. The same
thing We must do for our labor.
We must set a price for our labor,
and refuse to take less"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-06
Stage and Screen
FeuchtUGnger's "POWer"
Comes to the Music Hall

The Gsumont British Production of Lion
Feuchtwanger's Power" started its first
American showing at the Radio City Music
Hall on Thursday. Starring Conrad Veidt
with Bonita Hume Frank Vosper and
Cedric Hs-dw.cke in the supporting cast
Power was directed by Lothar Mendes
"A Lost Lady" villa Gathers short
novel Of a few years back, has been made
into picture by Warner Brothers and is
now on view at the Strand. Barbara
Stsnwyck, Frank Morgan, Ricardo Cortes
and Lyle Talbot are featured.
Wagon Wheels" a Paramount produc-
ton Of Zane Grey's novel, is the current
Offering at the Mayfair.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-06
Infamous
By JOHN L. SPIvAK

| DON'T know why this head of
the espionage society should have
obeyed my sharp tone unless men
with guilty conscience always try to
avoid trouble. The man seemed
bewildered after he handed me his
permit and for a space eyed me
narrowly as though trying to de-
eide whether he should answer
questions or throw me bodily out Of
his office. Hemple broke the
silence.
Before we go on with this IN
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-06
On the Nazi Trail

CPIvAF1S writing style
tricks those graceful subes which the powder
and of of the anec ntelcuas their substitute for
rugged health
All his effects gained by the Skfl dramazaon the bare
facts Sometimes there the these simple facts
will pile into heartbakng in his article "A Letter
to the President which he wrote for the New his last
around the country study the N.
Spak is the trail of the their
propaganda system III this country They formed alliance
with American antiabor groups such the Silver Shirts
This series OF articles the New Masses the
Daily Worker and would advise single reader of the Daily
Worker to follow this
spyak doing ordinary exposure Many
Naz Affiliations have been touched the Dcsen
congressional committee unearthed which this
d-baiting committee would like suppress.
He showing and naming the concerned that quite
few Americans who high governmental under
ve in direct league with the Nazis them high
cials the State Department He is also going show wealthy
Jews actually helping finance the semitic
of these organizations the kind preservation
of their Jewish brothers Germany
rich Jews are still immune because of this bribery.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-06
CHANGE
THE
WORLD!
By MICHAEL GOLD

John L. SPIVAK seems to about the best reporter
. at work in the United States
Reporting is one of the great arts, and was once
recognized such in America Reporters like Richard
Harding Davis Stephen Crane and Lincoln Steens
another time the novelss and paywrghts
all the and sciences decay with the decadenc capitalist
civilization and reporting is exception The capitalist
longer its the truth
porter of bloodhound is his best when
hot the trail Of and significant truth
But what would such truth consist of in America today? 1t would
story millions surely
reported the capitalist
but find tabu The preparations
other world abuhe fact that shpyard and
tons plant mountain of warmatera being while
American carries such materials to and Asia
growth this country the vigiantes
thugs paid the strikes labor
facts they the history
truthful reporting
also capitalism capitalist
busy with the yats of the latest murder kidnapping divorce
Nobody write greatly trivial theme Reporters
exception gifted working
capitalist who doomed to complete Illustration 1t
significant that the outstanding American reporters Of the
decades have been radicals like Lincoln sens John Reed
and John Spvak.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-06
From TabIOids to Georgia

CPrvAK years hgpowered brazen moving picture type
of Macddens tabloid crimes
he committed in this bourgeois have been confessed amusng
by him articles in the American Mercury.
something happened to him probably his
healthy reyoed much the
South to write Of the changang system 1t resulted
Georgia Niger" the first pioneering in this field.
ocialdom practically oulawed
this book this daredevil
joke of them addition having turned of their beasy
crimes. Single-handed the north Yankee
the reprebe Spiak had to their most torture
chambers He had the the Georgian nqustors He
had copies which told of whppng murders
the unfortunate prisoners little had
the take photographs of the most terrific torture
something than fascist China.
the he always makes that the
bound uable truth This the capitalists cannot for
day truth is revolutionary
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-06
Harry NJ. Cooke Nth Unitu
Theatre

Harry NJ Cooke who was recently seen
in The Bride of Torozko," has been
acquired by Unity Theatre to direct three
plays for the coming season, the first to
be new play by the German playwright.
Friedrich Wolf, titled The other Road"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-06

The Group Theatre, having completed
its session Of summer rehearsals, will leave
for Boston next week for a six weeks
subscription season. There 1t will present
Men in white Success Story" and
Gold Eagle Guy for two weeks each at
the Majestic Theatre
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-06

Dance With Your Gcds" is the new
play which Laurence schwab presents at
the Mansfield tomorrow night, having
been postponed from Wednesday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-06

The Daily Worker can Better Aid
Your Struggles If You Build its
Circulati-.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-06

The new bill at the Roxy Theatre
brings Jackie Cooper back to the screen
in "Peck's Bad Boy" Short subjects on
the Roxy screen include La Cucsracha, :"
in technicolor, and Mickey Mouse car
toon. The new variety revue on the stage
stars Irving Kaufman
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-06

Continental Varieties" an evening Of
European vaudeville, has commenced a
limited engagement at the Little Theatre
Presented by Arch selvyn and Harold B
Franklin, Lucienne Boyer and Vicente Es-
cudero are the featured artists Nikolai
Balieff, Of "Chauve souris fame, is a
member of the company.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-06

3s7 Seats Available for Afternoon SHOW
IFS Seats Available for Evening Show
Can Civic Box Ofiee; watkins 9-7450
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-06

TOHN L. SPIVAK seems to me about the best reporter
. at work in the United States.
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
Public Opinion Demands
Justice for AirlineS
D., Tn.,,oo ~ LUH77sup.,o r..
By James T. Williams, J.

until a special report giving tht
Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives and the public evi-
dence that will satisfy the courts
and the country that fraud and
collusion invalidated all the con-
tracts cancelled the issue raised
by this act of cancellation will
not down.
This will not surprise those
who know how deep is the
American peoples passion for
justice. It equals their love of
liberty of whose being justice is
the life-giving breath.
Pride of America
It has always been the pride
of the American people that
even a criminal is not con.
demned and punished without
a hearing, except where a mob
takes the law in it's own hands
and lynches the victim.
The adherence of the Amer
ican people to mob rule and
lynch law is the outward and
visible sign of their passion for
justice.
Democratic Senators and Rep.
reSentativeS in Congress know
all this just as well a8 the Re.
publicans. But not all Demo.
Gratis have the courage to de.
mand justice for those citizens
whose contracts were cancelled
without a hearing, without
notice provided by law, without
due process of law. Nor have all
Republicans the self restraint
and the patriotism to limit
their discussion to the main is
sue raised by the cancellation
of the air mail contracts-the
right of every citizen under the
flag to a hearing, to his day in
court before he is condemned
and punished.
This question of the way in
which these air mail contracts
were cancelled is not primarily
a question of air transport, Of
the Federal air mail, of the ma.
tional defense or of the develop.
ment of civil aviation. These
are secondary questions and very
secondary when compared with
the question whether the Gov.
ernment at Washington will
protect every citizen, rich or
poor, strong or weak, in his
American birthright-the right
to his day in court before sen.
tence is passed upon him and
punishment inflicted.
This is a question Of Amer
ican justice primarily and not
question of the future Of Amer.
lean aviation - military, naval
or civil.
Copyright, 1884. by The Washington
Times)
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
By Elsie Robinson

the fog as my boys spirit had
been lost in that fog which my
love could not pierce. But I
knew the bridge had another
end. I knew that it led to
solid land, great highways, busy
cities and beyond them the sweet,
green meadows and the sea.
I could not see the bridge go
on but knew that it did go on
for I knew that men do not
build great bridges to end in
nothingneSS. One end Of that
bridge was proof to me Of the
other-even though the dark
ness lay between.
I had seen the beginning OF
life-the beautiful, complicated,
infinitely precious beginning OF
life. And I had seen it vanish
in the black, cold fog of death.
But did it really vanish? Was
that all there was?
Men do not build to end in
nothingness. Dds doda
The Washington times., 1934-03-16

thinking of my dead boy and
of the beauty and pity OF that
lovely life which had ended at
twenty-one. So much had gone
into that life. So much OF my
own love and effort, and such
priceless contribution from all
generations that had gone be-
fore.
Ever since the beginning of
time life had been working to-
ward that boy-forming him
out of all the tangled beginnings
until at last his life rose in a
flying span-only to be cut off
so quickly by the dark. WAS
THAT THE END?
Standing there in the night I
asked that question and I knew
that all over the world others
were asking that too. And sud-
denly, the bridge itself seemed
to give me the answer.
I could not see the other end
Of the hdgs. It was lost in
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
LISTEN, WORLD

low through the years-blun-
dering your way along-never
seeing clearly where you're go,
ing-winding up so often at a
dead wall, or in the gutter.
Presently l came out of the
tangle, to the bridge itself.
Just the beginning of the
bridge-all the rest was lost in
the fog
No matter, how often I see
them, can never get over the
beauty of these great spans,
rising so suddenly out of all the
muck and confusion-rising up
so grandly and surely-taking
off, into a clearer, higher air
rising up as life rises, out of
tangled beginnings and taking
off into-where?
Standing there, in the fog,
with the darkness blotting out
that flying arch. I asked my
self that question. 7 was sad.
Bitter, perhaps, I had been
The Washington times., 1934-03-16

The action of the House in accepting the five and five
proposal on Government salaries should result in
speedy though temporary settlement of the restoration
issue.
Naturally the amendment sponsored by the House
is not satisfactory those who believe that justice
and equity demand the complete elimination of the pay
cuts.
But as practical legislative step the House action
indicates considerable progress.
ITIsAF FAR CRY FROM THE ATTITUDE TAKEN
BY THE HOUSE WHEN IT ORIGINALLY CON-
sIDERED THE INDEPENDENT OFFICES APPRO-
PRIATION BILL AT WHICH TIME 1T VOTED
ONLY FOR FIVE PER CENT RESTORATION ON
JULY l. ITS LATEST ACTION DEFINITELY COM
MITs IT NOT TO GO BELOW A FIVE PER CENT
RESTORATION AS OF FEBRUARY AND AN AD-
OPTIONAL FIVE PER CENT ON JULY l.
so THAT NOW THE ONLY POINT AT ISSUE BE-
TWEEN THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE IS
WHETHER THE SALARIES SHALL BE RE-
STORED IN FULL ON JULY l OR WHETHER
FIVE PER CENT SHALL BE LEFT DEPENDENT
The Washington times., 1934-03-16

UPON ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION AT THAT
TIME.
SENATOR PAT McCARRAN, OF NEVADA, WHO
HAS so ABLY AND so VIGOROUSLY CHAM
PIONED THE CAUSE OF THE WORKING MAN IN
THE FIGHT ON GOVERNMENT SALARIES HAS
ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL STAND FIRMLY
FOR FULL RESTORATION.
AS long as he and other members of the Senate and
of the House realize that in insisting upon full restora
ton they carrying out the professed desire and in
tention of the Government to increase the purchasing
power of the consumer, they take no other stand
The doctrine of expediency may decree the acceptance
of final agreement midway between the present posi-
tions of the Senate and the House.
BUT PRINCIPLE COMMANDS THAT THERE BE
NO SURRENDER TO THOSE WHO WOULD HAVE
THE GOVERNMENT DENY TO ITS OWN WORK
ERS THE JUSTICE WHICH IT INSISTS IS THE
DUE OF WORKERS IN INDUSTRY.
The House has not disposed of the pay restoration
issue by it's action the five and five proposal IT
HAS RATHER PROLONGED THE STRUGGLE.
Because the House should prevail upon the Senate
to change its mind and desert the full restoration cause
The Washington times., 1934-03-16

Justice is the great interest
OF man on earth. 1t is the HgG.
ment Which holds ciUiFged bvA
ingS and civilised 1GfsonS ~
gether.
-DANIEL WEBSTHE.
In writing the prGamblG to
the Federal Constitution the
trainers enumerated the 03jec-
tives of the Government they
were establishing. The first of
these was 'to form a more per-
feet union" and the second was
"to establish justice"
To establish. justice was in
the estimation of the trainers
of the Constitution an objective
that had priority over providing
for the common defense or pro-
noting the public welfare.
Public sentiment now as al
ways supports the sequence
adopted by the patriots who
wrote the preamble to the Con-
Stitution. Public sentiment is
forcing the Congress to estab-
lish justice in regard to the
cancellation of the air mail
contracts ahead of every thing
else ahead of providing
larger air force for the Regular
Army, ahead of promoting civil
aviation in the public interest.
Until those Senators in Con-
gress who by their allegations
Probe to Continue
of collusion and fraud insti-
gated the cancellation of all do
mestic air mail contracts with
out due process of law, without
giving the contractors a hear
ing or the notice for which the
law provided, can produce proof
of their charges that would be
accepted in a court, Congress
will continue it's investigation OF
the whole unfortunate affair.
Already Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress, both
Democrats and Republicans, are
letting it be known that Sen
ator McKellar, of Tennessee,
and Senator Black, of Alabama.
must produce the proof that all
these contracts were the fruit
of collusion and fraud before
pending legislation dealing with
American air transport can be
enacted.
Although more than a month
has passed since the order OF
= cancellation was announced, the
special committee appointed to
investigate ocean mail and air
mail contracts has not COM
pleted it's inquiry. After the in
uuiry is completed the report OF
the committees findings must
be submitted to the Senate.
Until that report is filed, or