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Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-04

found his material for his biogra-
ply of Franklin, Mr. Fay found
himself in the possession of some
interesting information regarding
the party politics of our early his
tory and wanted to put it to good
use. It is difficult to believe that he
really feels that Benny Bache ac-
tually eXerted as much influence as
he credits him with.
1t is, however, interesting reading.
Mr.. Fay's style is lively. He has a
decided knack for drawing vivid
character sketches. His description
of the Philadelphia of that time is
so realistic that it makes the reader
feel that he had been there him
self.
The author has additional means
of attracting interest. He is q
Frenchman who has assumed the
role of an internationalist. He di-
vides his time equally between
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-04
ADOPT PLANS
FOR CENSUS
Of BUSINESS

Plans for the forthcoming census
of American business have been
completed, according to word re-
ceived yesterday at the Ell Centro
Chamber of Commerce from Will
liam l.. Austin, director of census,
and 10000 supervisors and enumer-
ators will begin their duties in ev-
cry section of the United States
within the next few days. Funds
for this important undertaking will
be furnished under the CWA and
the census will cover every retail
and wholesale organization and
Z most service and amusement bus
4 inesses and will be the first accur-
ate measurement of the effect of
the depression on these businesses.
1t will be extremely valuable to
compare such basic data as en-
ployment, salaries and wages, total
business and expenses during a
year of depression 1933) with those
obtaining in a year of prosperity
1920.
The local chamber is informed
that the census of business will af-
ford temporary employment to APP
proximately one person for every
40 business establishments in the
United States and it is planned to
have every town and city share in
employment opportunities under this
enumeration.
To make it possible to complete
the work in the field by February
Is, and to enable businessmen to
supply the information readily, a
simple questionnaire has been pre-
pared of but eight questions on a
single sheet. All these questions
call for an accurate description of
the business establishment can
vassed, the kind of merchandise
handled or service offered for sale,
the principal functions performed,
the employment given during the
year 1888 to men and women on a
part time and full time basis, the
salaries and wages paid to such
employees, other operating expens-
es, net sales or other business re-
ceipts, stocks on hand and amount
of business done on credit basis.
Director Austin has asked the Ell
,Centro chamber to cooperate with
the census bureau in encouraging
businessmen to fill in the necessary
data when the enumerator calls.
The bureau desires to complete the.
census with speed, accuracy and
completeness and Austin states that
all businessmen will give coopera-
ton once they appreciate the value
n q nj
the 1929 census has been demon
strated during the current year in
the process of organizing business
codes and in preparation of back
ground for economic planning. This
new census, Austin states, will en-
hance the value of the 1929 census
to great degree by reason of the
comparison which will be possible.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-04

Others might flee to escape the
plague; but not Benny Bache.
The great pity of it was that, with
all his enthusiasm and hard work,
he could not be the great man his
grandfather had been. He was not
a diplomat. He never developed a
fine literary style. He gained his
only prominence because of his Wit
riolic remarks about Washington
and the Federalist party and the
assistance rendered Genets despic-
able cause. Then, as a tragic finish
to his career, he died, a victim of
yellow fever.
One has the distinct feeling that
the publication of this book came
about largely due to the fact that
following his intensive research in
various libraries, where he had
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-04
GOLD RUSH AIDED TOWN

BASIN, Mont. U.P)-Basin, an
old-time mining town in jefferson
county, Montana, laid claim to an
unusual distinction today-it had
no unemployment problem. Every
able-bodied male in town was en-
ployed Revival of gold-mining ac-
tivities under the governments
new gold buying program was re-
sponsible. Every local resident was
given work. Outsiders, however,
were barred,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-04
CURRENT BOOK REVIEWED FOR
Il CENTRIC PUBLIC LIBRARY

In his work, "The Two Franklins"
Bernard Fay has produced a book
which may be enjoyed by a variety
of people. Rather than being the BIZ
ography of man whose chief claim
to fame is that he was Benjamin
Franklin's grandson, it is a sketch
of party politics of the period which
includes the administrations of
George Washington and John
Adams. 1t is an attempt to explain
the overthrow of the Federalist
Party in terms of the influence of
the elder Franklin and his medic
ere grandson, Benjamin Franklin
Bache.
The book is a logical sequel to
the authors biography of Benja-
min Franklin which appeared sew
eral years ago. AS that account en-
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-04
u1e of President Roosevelt and His Cabinet

the President Franklin Roosevelt
members of his cabinet seated in the cabinet The Pes
dent the the back left to right William
H. Woodn treasury leave; Homer s. Cummings at
A. Wal
Perkins,
Front left Cod Hull secretary of state George Den
secretary
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-04
UNDERTAKEN BOUGHT JAIL

CARRIER MILLS, Ill. U.p)-Ed
Miller, an undertaken, offered $50
for the city Jail at an auction here
recently. He was the only bidder,
and SO now he has Jail.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-04

The foregoing review is by Miss
Edith Hedrick, of the Central Union
high school faculty.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-04

France and the United States. He
has an enviable reputation as a
scholar.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13
THE BREAKUP
A Short Story of Unemployment
By N. HONIG

IT'S terrible to see a fellow gone
Jittery, jumpy, when you know he
used to be strong as an OK. poor
Joe" they said when Geary wheeled
the baby carriage down the block.
Looks like he's goin' to pieces
Poor joel" Three years with no
more than few days work. What
did they expect? 1t wasn't Poor
Joe" when the Chelsea Steyedorine
grabbed every healthy man they could
get, when young husky like Joe
Geary was a natural in the shape-up
on the docks, Fifty dollars a week
that was chicken feed to Joe.
And Cornelia Haagi Maybe she
didn't get bargain in Joe. When
Cornelia, freckled, white-skinned, tall.
and altogether lovely, finally landed
Joe, the wedding in st. Agatha's was
a bigger event in the teen1ing life of
Tenth Ave. and Twenty-Seventh than
"a Vanderbilt show in the Little Church
Around the Corner is to the society
column Sob-Sisterhood,
Back in those days Saturday was
big-time night for Joe. Saturday
noon was pay-off. On week DAYS
Joe would come home filthy and dead.
Even after hard scrubbing, and a
good steak, man was fit only for
the hay. But Saturday was q diff
ferent matter. Saturday night was
reserved for the gang, and a round
OF the SpeakeasieS on Tenth Ave, and
then to meet Cornelia at the Demo-
cratic Club for the dance. Then came
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13
IL HARRY RAYMoNn

TIE First National Convention OF
the Furniture Workers Industrial
Union, which concludes its sessions IN
New York Monday, was ushered In by
a new 12-page special tabloid issue Of
the official organ Of the union, the
Furniture Worker.
The paper yeritabIy bristles with
struggle-struggle against the Roose-
welt n RIA. code. which through the
minimum wage joker, has reduced
the wages Of skilled furniture workers
in the South TO 80 cents an hour and
"a cents in the Northern states.
Activities and struggles which the
naUer reports extends to various sec
tons Of the country. New York.
jamestown, Philadelphia, Lancaster,
Chicago, New Orleans - all these
cities have witnessed militant strikes.
most Of them successful, led by the
union. And over In New Jersey, in
Passaic and Newark, the union is
roofing itself in Il metal bed, mat
tress and spring shops, preparing to
take crack at the blue buzzard.
In the fight against the Roose-
welt code the paper points out the
concrete tasks confronting the locals.
in the South the unions must carry
on campaign against the differea-
tiation in wage scales set forth in
the bosses furniture code; all local
unions are to repudiate the whole
Roosevelt code for both North and
South and at the same time open a
campaign for the adoption of the
code presented by the F.WLU. at
the code hearings in Washington,
which demands 10 cents an hour
for unsidlled workers and from 70
cents to Its for skilled workers.
These tasks are presented clearly in
a short, wellwritten editorial on the
second page. (Other trade union
papers take note)
In uniting the workers In the FW.
III. with the rank and file in the
A. F. Of L. unions the union has
shown some marked successes. The
F.WI.U. gave considerable support
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13
Sidney HoWdrd's NeW Play
"DOdsUOrth" Comma FEB. I.

Sidney Towards dramatization Of
'Dodsworth," the Sinclair Lewis
novel, will reach Broadway on Feb.
10, a week earlier than originally
planned, according to an announce
Inent received from Max Gordon, the
producer. The theatre has not been
set. Walter Huston Is starred In the
production.
mo More Ladies" the A. e. Thomas
comedy was transferred last night
from the Booth to the larger Morosco
Theatre. by Your Leave" moved
from the Morosco TO the Ethel Barry
more Theatre.
Richard Of Bordeaux" an hIsto-
rical play by Gordon Daviot. dealing
with the life of Richard II, and his
conflict with the English barons, Is
scheduled for Wednesday night at the
Empire Theatre, with Dennis King IN
the title role. Others in the cast In
clude Francis Lister, Henry Mollison,
Margaret Vines, Hugh Buckler. Char
les Bryant and Montague Love.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13
''Peace on Earth" TO
Close Soon; Workers
Urged to See the Play

NEW YORK.-Ths Theatre Union an
nounced yesterday that peace on Earth. =
It's sntiwsr play, viii be withdrawn in the
next few weeks to make way for a new
play, "stevedore," dealing with the Negroes
in the deep South.
"Pesce on Earth has run three months
at the Civic Repertory Theatre on 10th St.
and has been seen by over 100000 workers,
Charles r. Walker Of the theatres executive
board said yesterday. 1T will close in few
weeks so that we may stage 'stevedore,' By
Paul Peters and George Sklar, a play about
Negroes in New Orleans.
Peace on Earth Is the FIRST professional
American play that presents the workers
point Of view. 1t has been supported BY
over 100 unions and mass organizations; ane
has been universally praised by leaders OF
the labor movement and honest inteIlectuals
Despite this widespread support, how
ever, tens of thousands OF workers connected
with the unions and the mass organizations
have not yet seen this stirring anti-vs~
drama. The play viii shortly be withdraw,
Meanwhile 1t is plain to everybody that war
hovers in the air. The u. s. War Depart
ment proclaims National Defense Week and
pours billions into bsttleships and arms
ments. In the struggle against war for
profits, every worker should see Peace on
Earth at once"
Meanwhile, the Theatre Union continues
its drive for 10000 supporting members, and
10 organizing It's Cultural center Ior WORKERS
consisting Of Sunday forums, a studio in
acting methods, workers dance group TN
Ter Anna Sokolow Of the Martha Graham
Dancers, play contest for plays that work
er dramatic clubs can use, ana series Of
radio programs on THE Social Theatre
Henry Hull, star OF Tobacco Road" Nor
decsi Gorelik. scenic designer, Blanche
Yurka, Ibsen actress, John Howard Lawson
and Albert Maltz. playwrights, will be speak
ers at a symposium Sunday night, Feb. 10,
$3.50 pm. in the Civic Repertory Theatre
The topic is 1.-THE Theatre in Society" Kyle
Crichton will preside and the Theatre Union
Dancers will perform.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13
You Sure Haze a Brain

PADDY brain many exhibiting
bsts and buoks and empty mind become
without studying politics economics without reading
political article your ncanny
that there's be made therefore
good showmanship demands that there be this
Marvellous your shownanship something
the people like yourself poht by finally
remember Daddy to have flock photographers
around the steel mills fishing camps
will revolution Daddy plunged
and gland into against the Soviet Union
will be revots there photographers may
first records of a Soviet Orient Europe
Keep Clean Daddy and listen rbngs everywhere
The working masses Of the world cheerful
world Doarseekers like Yourself thing
will finish it. They aresck They
even take moving picture millions Daddy
where will be? Don't Daddy
shows ignorance These revolution
a happy thought for old miIionares,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13

His coming home would be the
signal for Cornela's pent-up feeling;
to burst. "Loafin' all day, I suppose
It's 'shaned Of yourself you ought to
be. Me weanin' the baby, and worSin
myself to the bone, rubbin,' and
scrubbin Just look at me. Look
at me! It's an old woman I'm be-
comm" 1t would end in food Of
hysterical tears on her part. and g
half-hearted attempt by Joe to COM
fort her. "It1l be all right soon. The
papers say
'The papers, the papers, you're
always talkin' about the papersl Look
at me, an the little one; maybe the
papers tell you what to do about
thstl'
The first real quarrel came when
Cornelis said she was going TO take
in washing.
"There1l be none of that in my
house" Numbered Joe. Me own wife
workin' 1 won't have it, d'you heart
Corneha went to Father Donlan
with all her troubles, There. there, "
the priest would say, "the papers say
d. ." Corneha didn't shout at him
like she did at Joe when he men
toned the papers.
st. Agatha's Church and Father
Donlan led to the second ~ quarrel
between Joe and Con .ila. Joe
stopped going to the Church. There
was little Of rebellion in this; ne
simply lost interest in everything. "A
fat lot Of good your Father DOMAINS
done us, and the others too" he
shouted when they fought about it.
you rInnin' to him every day; and
what does it get us, if you please2"
Blasphemin'! 1t was too much for
Cornelia. She ran out Of the house,
crying. Poor blissful, ignorant Little
Joe lay in her arms.
Cornelia stayed that night with
the Rooneys the first time she had
been away from Joe.
FATHER DOMAIN did something
L for Coneia one day. He spoke
to Paddy Connery at the Democratic
Club, who spoke to somebody else,
and Joe had q job with a paving
gang. 1t paid dollar q day, but it
smoothed things over for a while.
And Cornelia, she was almost like
the old Connie again.
Joe went away early one morning
but was soon back whats the
matter" asked Cornelia.
Strike. The men struck. A dollar
day for work like that! I'm not
blanlin' theml"
"And you quit your job, what with
Father DOMAINS tryin' for you, and
Paddy Connery an all. Mary, mother
of God :"
I'm sorry. But Joe Geary's no
man to take the bread out Of other
mems mouths. had to quit, same
as the rest"
Cornelia put her shawl on, lifted the
baby in her arms, and slammed the
door. God forgive youl I'll not be
comm back"
Joe sat for hours, dazed. Air,
must have some air" He walked out
of the house, into the sunlit street.
He sought his old haunt. Herself
has left me-" he told the bartender.
I'm sure don't know what the
worlds comm to-" said the bartender.
In the morning Joe left the speak
easy, sobered up now.
In daze Geary walked along the
waterfront Of West st, He had walkeH
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13

here proudly once. A commotion
lifted him from his daze.
He saw long, straggly line of
people, marching, and raising their
voices high. Bread" they shouted,
Give us breadl"
Jews" he heard man say. DIRTY
Russian Jews"
Geary looked intently at the march
ers.
They were not Jews" and what
if they were2 They were longshore-
men, like himself. Women marched
with them, and children too.
Suddenly, policemen raised their
clubs. One was about to strike 8
woman.
"a woman" Gesry said out loud
I"Swingin' at a woman!' CorneIiaS
these women we're, like his own Cor
lnelis, no longer able to stand their
babies wailing.
He dashed from the sidewalk
Here. you" yelled the man who had
said Jews"
But Geary did not heed him. His
hands, the strong hands of dock
walloper, closed around the police
man't throat.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13
STAGE AND SCREEN

Sunday evening, Feb. %, at the st.
James Theatre.
NeEC Orchestra to GiUe
AI-RussidH Program
An aIl-Russian program will be Of
fered by the New York Symphony
Orchestra this evening at Carnegie
Hall under the direction Of Nikolai
SokoIoff. The program: Overture.
The Fiance," Nabokoff; Rachman-
inoff's Symphony IN e minor; Nous
Sorgsky's "A Night on the Bald Noun
tain" 'sLiadoYf's The Enchanted
Lake" and Rinnsly -Korsakoff's In
PRODUCTION and March from lie Coo
dor"
Max Rosen, violniist, will give his
recital tomorrow night at Carnegie
Hall,
Ruth Page viii make her only New
York appearance this season with
the students dance recitals this Sat
urday evening at the Washington
Irving High School.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13
Pamphlet on Movies by
Potamkin Ready Soon

A most influential weapon Of capt.
talist education Is subjected to a
keen Marxist analysis by Harry Alan
Potamkin IN "The Eyes of the
Movie" No. 38 of International
Pamphlets. Written Just before his
death, Potamkin's pamphlet is to be
published in collaboration with the
Film and Photo League and will be
ready within week. s,oefo,
Born in the laboratory and reared
in the counting house." Thus Po-
talnkin, whose judgments were re-
sperted even by his pro-capitalist op-
ponents, describes the modern film.
The IFS" of the movie are analyzed
as the inventor, irnpresario, impe-
rialist and investor. Imperialist and
investor, Transforming actors into
wooden soldiers Of class propaganda.
use the film for their own ends-to
prepare the ground for wars OF loot.
for 1ynching Of Negroes, for anti
Semitism, for capitalism in general.
William Chopper illustrates the
cover Of this pamphlet, which sells
for 10 cents, and special edition
has also been issued at Is cents, II
may be obtained in quantities from
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13
Latest Issue of "Blast," Magazine
Of Short Stories, Shows Improvement

cessive stages of economic degrade
ton which leave him at the head Of
Bowery bread-line, anarchisticaIly
fiinging his bowl Of mucky soup at q
cop. The story, for all its honesty,
seems written according to static
formula.
Free Slaves" by Alfred Morang.
reveals writer who is apparently
thinking about new devices and new
approaches for telling the story of
working class struggle. 1t reaches a
clear emotional pitch and achieves
the additional minor triumph using
Civil War veteran to sound the
revolutionary note of the story. This
is no small satisfaction to those who
have always had Civil War veterans
held UP to them in fiction as SYM
bols of unquestioning patriotism.
P. T. Turner's Symbol is also bit
on the subjective side, but It is writ
ten with a human touch that shows
the writer's capacity for staying close
to earth, if he stays close to the
class struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13
Furniture Worker Now a
Tabloid, Has Many Features

TO the workers IN the A. +. Of l.
Federal Union No. 1856, az Kenoshs.
Wis, IN their successful struggle 10
Gust 2 corrupt leadership and put in
their places militant rank and file
workers.
The paper does not forget ths fur
nitUre workers in Canada. Il links
up closely the struggles Of the work
ers In the q. S. with our brothers
across the border. A short article in
the Furniture Worker deals with the
recent National Conference held in
Montreal and the launching OF the
National Furniture Workers Union OF
Canada
ONE Of the most important tasks
confronting the union at the pres
ent time is mobilizing the furniture
workers to fight for unemployment
insurance and relief and 10 link this
fight up with the strike struggles,
The paper reports that 80 per cent
OF the furniture workers in the fur
niture towns are unemployed. More
space, think, should be devoted TO
this question-more concrete organi-
rational ideas on trade union work
among the unemployed.
One Of the outstanding features OF
the Furniture Worker is It's excellent
workers correspondence section. The
conditions, grievances and struggles
Of the workers are well presented in
this section Of the paper. One worker
reports that cabinet workers in the
Red Lion plant In York, Pa, are
---''-'-9 for SO to 81 a week. Quite
a reduction for this skilled section
Of the working class. These workers
sent q delegate to the convention.
This issue Of the paper is an out
standing accomplishment for the
union. Let's hope that the next one
will be even better. It should give
greater attention 70 the unions or
ganizational questions, especially the
problem Of the united front and, as
I mentioned before. unemployed
work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13
A Great Shown,an Speaks

DADDY reached depths OF however little
piece publicity that recently appeared uni
This weekly bayhoo Of the gotten
different butchers Hollywood for the who
manage Forthcoming
exhibitor
masterpiece of all time the kind Of hnga
touching like gem is suitable
provided by Beloved 1884
Of the page the following little story:
Universal NewHee Ready for War"
Carrying tradition OF the ready
happens Universal Nweel ready for the
already Managing organ
GOOD SHOWMANSEIP DEMANDS MUST
BETWEEN JAPAN Laemmle
that there build like this without something definite
and exciting coming out OF it,
Naturally the faYoriteS He has
adapted experience carry the
possible"
follow details which Daddy Laemmes
is being carried
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13
Tonight

Meet at Film at Photo League, IL E. nth
St, at II Noon for demonstration against
Na5i films at Bavarian Films, Inc, 4S9 Filth
Ave at 42nd st.. P. M.
CHORUS of the fremont Progressive Club
meets at $50 p. NJ, 866 fremont Ave All
members are urged to attend.
sPARTs YOUTH BR. 4os Two. meets at
1871 Prospect Ave. Glass in Glass Struggles
from to 8. Ping Pong, checkers. etc.
MINNEAPOLIS. MINI. Soviet Film ''Rosd
to Life shown Thursday, Feb. 18th at 2
and p. NJ. at Metal Workers Hall, 52s
Cedar Ave; Friday the 10th, at P. NJ, at
Workers Cultural Center, 1879 Logan Ave.
No.; Sat. the nth at and 10 P. NJ, at
Finnish Hall, 1917 Glenwood Ave No Ad-
mission l5c adults; Ioc for children,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13
Workers Theatre in
Chicago in Special
Offer to d. Readers

CHICAGO.-Readers OF the Daily Worker
Who are planning to see Marching Feet"
the anti-war play chosen by the Chicago
Workers Theatre for its first production this
season, are being offered special rates on
tickets for limited time Regular admis-
sion will be so cents Readers Of the Daily"
may purchase tickets at the special rate Of
IS cents during the four days, Wednesday,
FEB. H. through Saturday, Feb. H. This Of
fer is good only at the following places:
Workers Book Stores, 2oio ". Division st.
and 430S Indiana Ave; Workers School, 1922
s. Michigan Ave, and John Reed Club, 1875
s. Michigan Ave. This offer positively will
not be extended beyond Saturday, Feb. IT,
Readers desiring to take advantage Of this
offer, should clip pthis article, or bring
along their "Dsilys' for Identification.
Marching Feet" will be shown three
nights only: Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
Feb. 20, "a and rs. at Hull House, 300 s.
Halsted Sc.