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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
Reviewed by
CLINTON SIMPSON

CLINTON SIMPSON
THE issues of "The Anvil" that
have appeared so far show q
continuity and definiteness of aim
that are rare among little" maya
zines-and needless to say, are never
met with among the "high-hat"
periodicals.
The magazine Is sub titled stories
for workers" This supplies the key,
perhaps, to certain characteristics
of its contents. The stories are
almost always simple in style; they
are presented in forms easy to I'M
derstand; they are based on themes
closely connected with the work
ers' everyday life; they are never
esoteric or precious; and they are
almost never concerned with sub
jeets of interest chiefly to sophis-
ticated readers.
Just as honesty and directness of
statement characterized Conroys
'The Disinherited," so they charac-
terize the work in The Anvil"
There are exceptions-no magazine
can be quite consistently in one
tone-but in general this is true;
and the magazine gains in strength
by sticking close to one point of
view and one purpose.
The fifth issue follows the general
line of previous issues. The first
story, alone in Chicago" by Meri-
del LIE Sueur, contains some effec-
tive writing, somewhat in the An
dersonian manner. It tells of the
encounter of an unemployed man
with crowd fighting an eviction,
and his growing realization of
where the river ran" The author
employs a rather original image of
the concerted flight of pigeons to
symbolic the spontaneous resist
ance of the workers, as it appears
to spectator.
Filling Shoes" by Jay Greulich,
Is a grim tale of man who gets
job when a worker is killed. The
unemployed man happens to be
talking with a friend about his
failure to get work when they both
see sailor injured on a ship where
coal is being loaded. Here is his
chance at lastl He is given the
dead mans work clothes as well as
his job. HE won't be needing
them again" IF you can fill these
boots, you're man" says the
bo'sun, throwing them down before
him. The new worker sits on the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
CHANGE
THE
WORLD!
he
By MICHAEL GOLD
Dear Mike:


you've something
ea but don't believe you Daily mentioned
struggles Struggles Of newspaper would
have been with the Ballroom
and heard for the first time organization
outlined Newspaper Guild
F. Elmer rank and file member of the International
Typographical Union the speakers asked
discuss the question of whether the Guild should affiliate with
the American Federation Of Labor,
1T good thing affiliate Brown advised the Guild but
only aaion solidarity with the other workers
the presmn nopers msiers This cannot be achieved
by relying the A. F. o [. ofhcialdom
strkebreakng Major president
Only joining efforts of the rank
printers amsgamaton of all the printing craft
unions anything then pledged
support printers the struggles
editorial higher job security and better conditions
applause greeted this address showed that
the Of real unity with
the other newspaper workers
Howard president the International Typographical
Union, editor Editor Publisher the two other
guest speakers invited to discuss the question
the entire throng about 500
through the finished oratorcs
address, reviewing inviting
newspaper workers Join the L. but being careful
promise nothing question what support
editorial workers in their struggles
unconstitutional the printers anything
other members the that the A F. Of
posed principle sympathetic" strikes
possible" but the printing indicated
Guild A. F.
the rank file the printing and
utilization would be only of the many traps of the NFA
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
A Great Artist DiGJecticiGn
RefIecting the Workers. Life

chap from the village and far from
being literary. In his youth ne knew
Maximich. It so happened that he
heard there was such writer as
Maxim Cork. but he did not know
that this was the Maximich he had
known. I remember when he was
reading The Goltve Fair he sud
denly looked up at me with Won
dering eyes and exclaimed:
This is a wonderful tale. brother.
Reminds me Of the time when Max
mich. used to tell stories. You
remember Maximich. Somehow
though, Maximich gave a clearer
picture
All his life, in all his literary
revolutionary work. Maximich has
striven to make his work and that
Of his pupils more clear" He has
always struggled for a militant
revolutionary materialist action Of
literature against reactionary nys-
teal artistic word juggling,
Rising from the darkest and "Iow-
est class" to the world heights Of
culture Of this epoch, he has pre-
served, as his best weapon Of love
to the toilers, hatred for exploit
ers, thirst for live people and
live work, revolutionary realism
Of creative power, an attention to
everything concrete, regardless Of
where and how it might happen.
These are the most important ele-
ments in the life ans work Of a
Bolshevik writer, which should serve
as a model to others. Therefore it
is that working with Cork is a
wonderful school, ard a tremendous
pleasure.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
By MICHAEL KOLTsov
tCOIunnist Of the "Prsvda")

EVEN today, Just as yesterday, for
Il eign newspapers continue to
spin yarns that Cork sold himself
to the Bolsheviks for two carloads
Of caviar and 81 100000; that, to-
gether with his family he sells
paintings from the Hermitage Gal
leries, presented by the Government
on Sukharevsd Market.
Yes, it is true, the Bolsheviks have
bought Gorki-bought him outright
for permanent service. The Bolshe-
viks have bought him, because in
the Bolshevik Party Cork found
an army of even such fighters for
the interests of the working class
against the oppression Of man by
man, Of even such tireless warriors
for the cause of humanity, as he
himself has been, during the whole
course Of his long interchangeable life.
Gorki's style in his work is Boil
shevik style. His unquenchable long
ing for culture, which arose in early
childhood and, with the years and
after the last periods Of close con-
facts with the Party, has increased
is a Bolshevik longing. That is why
the Bolsheviks and Cork are fond
Of each other.
Persistent With Ideas
Cork travels through cities and
countries, meets thousands Of peo-
pie, receives thousands of letters;
yet, in all this whirlpool of affairs
persistently and patiently he pushes
forward with his ideas and plans
does not forget nor give them up
Nothing disturbs him in the tur-
MOL of Berlin, defending the Palekh
artisans, In the deaf areas Of
Lower Moscow, looking through a
window upon the autumn-naked-
birches, persistent and eager as ever
he exclaims:
why, there you were in Spain
and yet you didn't hear of E. de
Queros! Although Portuguese, he is
well known in Spain. His anti-reli-
gious novel Relics is a brilliant
thing, I'm surprised it was allowed
to appear in that world there
Though it has certainly been added
to the Pope's list of forbidden
books"
Confusing his ignorant compan-
ions, he talks with them about the
latest excavations in Italy, on ex-
periments in blood TRANSMISSION from
corpses. on the American method
of oil refining. A strong mind, how
ever. does not only collect heaps OF
facts, but compares them with the
boldness and freedom of a great
artist dialectician.
Saw It In Erivian
Cork once happened TO visit the
Moscow Music Hall After his visit
the directors, struggling their shout
ders, said:
''He saw our 'Follies,' and for some
reason said: I believe I saw some-
thing similar in Erivian,' Why in
Erivian? Probably he saw similar
show in Paris. But in Erivianw
Their condescending tone anc
their smiles showed that they be-
lieved the old fellow was slightly
confused. But the old fellow was
not in the least confused. Cork
actually saw in Erivian 3 remark
able ballet performed by Turkish
Armenians which, by its unusua,
rhythm and structure, resemblec
that Of the Moscow Music Hal
''Follies."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
What's Doing in the Workers
Schools of the US.

CALIFORNIA is poisoning out
v with an additional Workers
School in the city of Sacramento.
The comrades have collected money
from liberals and radicals there
and have signed years lease on
q, whole building at 1929 Eighth
st. Courses will start not later
than the middle of May, in the
following subjects: Principles of
Communism, Political Economy,
Organization Principles, Trade
Unionism, History of the American
Working Glass, Public Speaking,
Spanish, and English. They are
also offering a course in Current
Events, a course entitled Agitation
and Propaganda, Self-D e ems e
When Arrested and in Court,
course in Art and Posters, and a
course in Revolutionary Dramatics.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
LWT Calls Meeting of
All N. Y. Groups for
May Day Mobilization

NEW YORK. - The League of
Workers Theatres is calling a meet
ing of all the groups of the New
York Section on Thursday, April 26,
$3.50 pm, at AZ E. 18th ST., to COM
plete plans for their participation in
the United Front May Day celebra-
tons. Megaphone-B rigades, songs,
and short-skits will be organized. In
addition, a report on the Chicago
Workers Theatre Festival and Con-
ference will be given by John E.
Bonn.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
Detroit JRC Launches
May Day Campaign for
NBC Moscow Broadcast

DETROIT.-The john Reed Club
has launched national campaign
for May Day broadcast from
Moscow, and calls upon all workers
and cultural organizations to flood
the offices Of the National Broad
casting Company, Radio City, N, Y,
with thousands of requests for this
broadcast.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
Harlem School
Postpones Opening

The Harlem Workers School. zoe
w. 135th St., New York, has post
poned the opening of its Spring
Term to April 80. In addition tc
the IL political courses they are
offering, they have enlarged their
English Department to include
three classes, one in Elementary
one in intermediate, and one in
Advanced English. Registration is
now being taken at the office OF
the Harlem Workers School.
The New York Workers School
will hold Spring Festival to
celebrate the completion of the
school year on Friday evening,
April 81, at Manhattan Lyceum,
Sc East Fourth st. The program
will include the Unity Theatre in
the death of Jehovah" Mara
Tartar, singer of revolutionary
jazz songs, tie new Duncan
Dancers, and the Latvian Group
Chorus. There will also be dane
ing. Tickets are obtainabke in adj
vance for Csc at the Workers
School office, IS e. 18th st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24

We will mail copies Of the "a
page May Day edition of the
Daily" to your friends. Send MS
their names and addresses, and
enclose 5 cents for each copy b
cover cost of mailing and postage.
Send list and money to the Daily
Worker, so r. 18th st., New York
City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
THE 23rd PsALM-1s34 EDITION.
By a Post -Office CLERK


Dedicated to the humanitarian A.
Postmaster General and National Chairman the Democratic Party
Farley but want He maketh lie
prvation dsoyeth leadeth
destruction for his though walk through the valley
of the shadow of starvation fear evil for Thou with
sympathy and thy New Deal they humate the
last crumb from before in the of family
anointest head with My rnneth empty Surely
misery poverty will follow administration
and I will be substitute for Thee
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
NOTICE.

If Morris zelnick who wrote to
Michael Gold criticizing his descrip-
ton of Lovestonites as disrupters
will send his address to the Daily
Worker, We will reply to his letter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
The Publishers Side

DEW gave which ahliaton Of
afraid the might get together in
reality the they would the noble loyal
do animals that publishers Laughter greeted
his upidies applause the mild polite
to the enthusiastic reception
THAT does not of that
action business meeting the end accepted
alphabetically the foolish with the aid
the Guilds attorney nothing to the Regional
Labor conduct vote NA backing for
lective nothing the MIRA fritz
months Of around after officials
this that
will hardboed understand that
struggles the individual
negotiations will the Guild membership which
1900 be these struggles neither the
of officials the MIRA people expected help
the rank and file members of all the newspaper workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
White and Silver Shirts
Have Secret Instructions
For Selling Government

the authorization Of Camp Hesd-
| quarters. Our aim must be secrecy
at all times. Members of the force
viii not be told the names Of any
members Of the Silver Rangers other
than the members Of his own squad.
Practice notifications Will be
held by each individual squad from
time to time. The expense Of such
practice mobilization must be shared
equally by members Of the squad.
Expenses Of a Group. Company. or
Camp mobilization will be borne by
Camp Headquarters.
1T should be borne in mind at
all times that We are a strictly lave
full organization and it is recon-
mended that all Silver Rangers be-
come members of the National Rife
Association or some other orgsnizs-
ton from which the right to possess
firearms cannot be taken away. ..
TN order that members may be
at all times under the protection Of
the law it will be necessary for
each Camp Commander to contact
that branch of the Civil or Military
authorities which are most in SYM
pathy with our patriotic aims Then
each Silver Ranger will be sworn
in as a Deputy Sheriff, Deputy q.
s. Marshal, or Deputy Constable, or
Special Police Of1cer. ,e-
THE Silver Rangers will never be
called upon to assist in breaking
any strike, unless the strike is
clearly Of Communist origin and
likely to get out from under the
control of the local authorities.
Then the Silver Rangers will take
charge and gently, but firmly restors
order.
Each leader will be held strictly
responsible for the loyalty and dis
cipline Of all men under his COM
mand.
These instructions will be given
verbally and committed to memory.
Under no circumstances will they
be reduced TO writing or permitted
to fall into unfriendly hands,
CONSIDERING that the Silver
y Rangers, the military" group Of
the Silver Shirts in California are
fewer than 100 men, that's pretty
big talk. There are not more than
500 or 500 Silver Shirts in the whole
state here, and most Of them re-
tired farmers, judging by their APP
pearance at the weekly meetings,
But this sort Of stuff with its MILF
tary air and secrecy" seems to ap-
peal to q small class Of people, es-
pecially the secrecy part, 1t is a
good deal like the old Khan in its
rites and secrecy. It makes the
muddled middle class farmer who
does not know what it is all about
but who feels that the depression
has left its mark on him, feel that
something is being done. But even
at that the vast majority Of the
population do not seem to swallow
it.
ITO be continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
CTo Roosevelt's New DeaD
BY CHARLES G. WIKLUND

Roosevelt is Shepherd and want maketh
lie down benches soup
He restoreth doubt the Democratic
the paths of destruction for His
Yea though walk through the valley the
ton do fear evil for Thou against politics
podteers they rghten Thou prepares
before in the OF dependents my
income with taxes My runnet
povrty and unemployment will follow
cratic administration house forever
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
edge of the bunk, staring duly at

edge of the bunk staring duly at
them.
MARK MARVIN'S But That's
M Propaganda" Bob Reeds Cot
ton Picker Boy" Raymond Kresen-
sky's The Worlds Gone Haywire"
and Edward Newhouse's Murder
Him. jim" all have interesting
features. There are great variety
of themes in these stories as we'll
as in the short sketches by Harry
Kermit, Eugene Joffe, and Ksrlton
Kelm
There are also excellent poems by
Norman Macleod, Richard Wright,
and Warren G. Huddlestone
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
Excellent Stories and
Poems in the Fifth
Issue of The Anvil

THE ANVIL: A Bi-Monthly Maya
zine, Edited by Jack Conroy, No. 5.
March April, 1884, r. r. 4, Mo
berly, Mo.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-26

Declaring that state employees
should devote all their efforts to
serving the taxpayers who furnish
their salaries, and that their best
service could not be rendered to the
state if they engaged in political &C
tivities during working hours, Cover
nor Olson recently reminded heads Of
state departments under his jurisdic-
ton of an executive order issued by
him in 1882, asking that candidates
for political office now holding state
jobs, should resign. Persons affected
by the order were William A. Ander-
son, special Investigator for the Tax
Commission, candidate for Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court; A. E..
Smith, chief factory inspector for the
Industrial Commission, candidate for
Congress from the Fourth District,
and A. H. Hoffman, Conservation
Department, candidate for State
Treasurer.
To meet severe decreases in receipts,
OccasiOned by present adverse eco
nomic conditions, operating expenses
of the Game and Fish division were
| cut nearly 100000 during the fiscal
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-26

been rejected and new bids will be
called for. Mr.. Erickson stated that
he was satisfied that calling for new
bids will result in reduction in the
price.
The commissioner of purchases
also entered into contract for the
supply Of natural gas for the st.
Peter State Asylum. This brings the
number of state institutions using
natural gas for heating purposes to
six, the others being the Rochester
State Asylum, the State Public School
of Owatonna, and the schools for the
feeble-minded, deaf, and blind at Fart
bault. According to Commissioner
Erickson, survey reveals a savings
of 20 per cent in fuel costs by the
use of natural gas as against coal
Increase of $5.OO3,353 in the amount
Of deposits in 4S0 state banks and
trust companies for the period OF
April Z, 1884 to June 80, 1884, was
reported by the state banking de-
partment. Largest increase was in
the demand certificates and cashiers
checks, which jumped $1,792,4O
Savings deposits increased $1,437.2 1922
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-26

during the last quarter. The rise in
bank deposits was due, according to
Elmer Benson, bank commissioner, to
renewed confidence in the banks be-
cause of the federal deposit insurance,
which guarantees deposits up to
$4,000. Bills payable as Of June 30
were $105,S75, or a reduction of $685.
SSS, which is healthy indication.
Latest figures on the growth of the
cooperative movement in Sweden
show the tremendous strides that
have been made in the movement in
this land where a summer cottage
and a motor boat are regarded by
workers and farmers as necessities
and not luXuries. Membership in the
various cooperative unions since
1918, has jumped from 214,000 to
5,34O,OOO. One third Of the people
get their necessities of life through
cO-Operatives. The sales of the local
organizations have increased from
145 million crowns, to 352 millions in
1888. Savings in the amount of &c.
100000 crowns have been returned
to consumers. The story of the
growth of the Swedish co-operatives.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-26

their battle against industrial mon
opOlies that were strangling the
country, and their ultimate success,
placing Sweden today among the least
hard hit of the countries i'm the world,
is a very important phase of modern
depression history.
Those who preach, for their own
selfish gain, that there is no unity
of interest between the working man
and the farmer, will have a hard
time explaining the recent happen
ings in Virginia. There, tenant farm
ers-as most of those in Minnesota are
went on strike, protesting that they
did not receive enough for their la
Dor. Adopting union methods. pick
cts were thrown around the farm to
prevent produce from being moved
out. An unsympathetic governor
turned the state troops on the strik-
ing farmers, who were joined by union
laborers from the city, killed several
and broke the strike, sending farmers
back to their unremitting toll. Such
an affair points out most emphati-
cally the need for a political union
between the city and farm worker.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-26

patrol travelled 424,400 miles, 296,5S4
by automobile and 1885 by motor
cycle. Patrolmen assisted victims of
81 accidents; seized % cars; tagged
724 additional cars operating with i'm
proper license plates; arrested Ais
drivers, and saw $500 collected in
fines. The patrol was instrumental
in collecting $3.50 for license cor
rections. Seven drivers receiving a
total of 410 days in the county jails
and other corrective institutions.
Awards for 1O2,42O tons of coal, of
which $3.50 is to so-called all-rail
operators of Illinois and Indiana, and
the balance of 32.47O tons to dock
companies, was announced last week
by Carl Erickson, commissioner of
purchases. The awards total $780,
1OS. Because the coal industry OPP
crates under the MIRA code, there is
an increase in price over that of a
year ago of 90 cents ton on all
rail coal and IS cents a ton on dock
coal. Bids on wagon-haul delivered
coal for the State Capitol. Gillette
Hospital for Crippled Children and
the Duluth Teachers College have
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-26
State Capitol News
By A. l. HARRIS

Under orders from Governor Olson.
the state department of agriculture
opened up a produce market during
the truck drivers strike in Minneapo-
lis. At this market, farmers brought
in their produce, unmolested by strike
picketers. There it was sold, COM
mission free, to grocers, housewives,
and others desiring fresh market pro-
duce. The Governors timely action
protected farmers from any loss on
account of the strike.
The state highway patrol assisted
77,54O motorists the first six months
of 1894, according to a report by J.
P. Arnoldy, chief patrol officer, to N.
w. Elsberg, commissioner of high
ways. In the same period the patrol
warned 139.199 drivers for various
traffic violations and tagged 1871,
most of them for operating their cars
with illegal lights and brakes. The
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-26

year ending June 30, as compared to
the previous year. Receipts for each
of the two years amounted to approx
imately one-half million dollars. Elk
penditures for operating functions
during the past fiscal year were kept
to S5O7,S43.1 while the year before
these expenses totalled $6O7, 236.42.
Wild life-not wild life as some peo-
pie may think exists in our large
cities, but wild life in Minnesota's
northern FORESTS receiving a new
deal. A survey is being initiated, &C
cording to E. V. Willard, commissioner
OF conservation, to determine the rela-
tive abundance and Importance of the
various animals and their food and
cover. Federal funds are being pro-
vided for the work which will form
an important part, when completed,
for game management in the wild
which is recognized as the most feas-
ible and economical method of main
tanning wild life species.
For $3.50 a year you get money
saving advertisements and wide news
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-26

For $3.50 a year you get money
saving advertisements and wide news
coverage in the Askov American.