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pleted by the establishment of the
Soviet power, or must surrender to
extreme counter revolution: there
was no middle course.
Through this succession of events
and developments the Bolsheviks
won more and more completely the
overwhelming m a jority of the
masses behind them, in Petrograd,
Moscow, and the big centers, in the
trade unions, in the northern
armies, in the Baltic fleet. The Boil
sheviks won the majority in the
Petrograd and Moscow Soviets by
the beginning of September.
At the Democratic Conference"
summoned by Kerensky in Septem-
Der, the trade union delegation, the
Soviet delegation, and the national
groups all voted overwhelmingly for
the Bolshevik line of opposition
to the Coalition Government. The
Moscow municipal elections, which
in July had shown 10 per cent of
the votes for the Mensheviks and
Social Revolutionaries, in Septem-
Der gave these only 10 per cent, and
81 per cent to the Bolsheviks.
Finally, the Second All-Russian
Soviet Congress, elected from all
over Russia under the auspices of
the old right-wing Central Execu-
tive Committee in October, and
meeting under their auspices on No
vember Z, showed: 800 Bolsheviks,
179 Left Socialist Revolutionaries
joining with the Bolsheviks), 35
Internationahst Mensheviks, and
only 81 Mensheviks and Right So
cialist- Revolutionaries
There was no question that by
October, and even by September,
the masses had declared over
whelmingly and, above ALL in all
the big centers, for the Bolsheviks.
This was the basis of the Bolshe-
viks. This was the basis of the
Bolsheyik Revolution, and of the
completeness of its victory, on No
vember T.
ITO Be Continued.l
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I Haze No Illusions
Mooney Tells Herndon
CIV orking Class Protest
Will Force Them
To Free Me"
BY ANGELO HERNDoN

WHAr 90 you think the United
" States Supreme Court will do
about your case, Tom? Do you think
they will let you go?"
AS one political prisoner whose
case is coming up before the court
Of last illusions to another, I asked
that question of Tom Mooney. 1t
was one of whole series I
asked in the hour I had with him,
visiting him in San Quentin prison.
His answer-much the same an
swer, allowing for different circum-
stances, that I would have given
had anyone asked me, what do you
think the United States Supreme
Court will do about your case, An
geIo?"-was:
'I have no illusions about what
they will do. For eighteen years
they have refused to have anything
to do with my case. In fact they
have kicked and tossed me around
so much, I can't expect anything
from them unless the protests Of
the working class will force them
to free me-"
I asked another question along
the same line:
81 suppose you know that Profess
sor Moley has asked Governor
Merriam to pardon you SO the work
ers will stop making such noise
about your frame-up?"
Eyes, I know about that" Tom
said. But you see there is Scots
boro, your case, and mine, all COM
ing up before the Supreme Court.
Moley thinks that if Merriam par
dons me, the case will not go up
there, and so they will be saved
further exposure"
Prisoner 1891
When asked to see Mooney
made the trip to San Quentin from
San Francisco, where I had been
speaking on the SCottsboro case
one of the guards disappeared be-
hind trick steel walls and we could
hear him yelling;
"tTooney! Three one-nin two
one Mooney! Three one nine-two-
onel"
Within few minutes. Mooney
came out, dressed in his white
prison garb, He was smiling. He
leaned over the wooden partition
between us to shake hands. One of
the comrades from the San Fran
cisco International Labor Defense
introduced us.
Il have heard all about the frame
up of the Scottsboro boys, and your
SELF" Tom said. 81 am glad to see
you out, and for you to pay me a
visit is indeed a treat.
Negroes in Georgia
Il know Georgia." he went on
II remember away back before the
ruling class of California framed me.
how they used to treat Negroes.
There was the Williams Farm
down there, where they used to
work the Negroes until they were
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plantation owner, would make them
almost dead. Then Williams, the
dig their own graves, and kill them
with an axe. I think he was put
in prison, later.
Tell me how they handle the
prisoners here" I said. What priv
ileges do you have, as one who
has spent 18 years here?"
Il have been here a long time
now" Tom said, "and they are
forced to treat me with some re-
spect. But when my dear old mother
died, and her dead body was brought
to the gates of the prison so that
I might see the last remains Of a
dear old soul who had fought and
suffered for her son and her class,
they would not even let me go as
far as the first door leading to the
outside"
There were tears in Toms eyes.
A Real Fighter
"She was a real fighter" he said,
who spent her last days on the
battle field, always agitating and
organizing her class brothers and
sisters for the final upheaval that
will not only set her innocent son
free, but break the chains that are
bound around the necks Of all work
ers."
I told Tom about what I had seen
and read Of the workers fighting
for his freedom all over the world,
about the meetings of the LID.
where I spoke on the Scottsboro
case. and how there was never a
meeting where the question of his
freedom was not raised, and how
warmly the workers received it.
Il am grateful to all those who
have been fighting for me all these
long 10 years" he said. 81 only want
to say that if the fight is inten-
si1ed the capitalists will be forced
to accede to the demands of the
workers"
1t was at this point that the two
questions spoke of at the begin
ming of this account of my interview
with Tom Mooney were asked and
answered. We talked about the life
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
New Issue of Partisan
Review To Be Larger

The new issue Of Partisan Review,
which will be off the press in about
week, marks a new stage in the
growth of this magazine and in the
general development of revolution
airy literature and criticism in
America which it reflects. The new
number will contain ninety-six
pages and will have larger formal.
The increase in size of Partisan Re-
view will permit the publication of
larger and greater variety of
stories, poems and articles. The en-
Iargement was made necessary by
the increased productivity of our
revolutionary writer's.
Among the features which Par
tisan Review No. will contain are.
an article by Andre Malraux on
Literature in Two Worlds: two
long stories, Benefits of American
Life" by James Farrell. and 1.-THE
New Housekeeper" by Ben Field. a
long poem by Alfred Hayes en-
titled, Post of New York: a section
from Edwin Seaver's forthcoming
novel, Between the Hammer and
the Anvil"
In addition, there are militant
stories by Nelson Algren and a new
writer, Arkady Leokum. The other
poems in the issue are contributions
by Kenneth Fearing, Muriel Rukey-
ser, Harold Rosenberg and Richard
Goodman. There is an article by
Wallace Phelps entitled Forms and
Content" and reviews by Philip
Rahv, Edwin Berry Burgum, Alan
Calmer, Samuel Putnam, William
Pillin and Gertrude Diamant.
Partisan Review has its office at
430 Sixth Avenue. New York City.
Single copies will sell at Csc, and
years subscription is offered for
SIPS.
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Salter Orchestra
WABC - Everett Marshall,
Baritone: Elizabeth Len
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Chorus; Arden Orchestra
9:00-WEAF Fred Allen,
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Mixed Chorus
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Soprano
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Tenor; Concert Orch.
WABC - George Burns and
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1000 WEAF-Lombardo Orch.
WOR - Literary Justice
Sketch
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From Byrd Expedition
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Prosperity Notes
BY HARRY KERMIT

BROOKLYN.-A gaunt and emaciated looking
middle-aged man walked into the Liberty Avenue
station here and asked to be sent to a hospital
Questioned by the desk lieutenant he said his name
was Louis Henson, age a, and that he had no
job and no home. An ambulance doctor from the
Unity Hospital examined him and said he was
suffering from the effects of starvation. He was
brought to the Kings County Hospital where he
was reported seriously ill.,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
Taniris and Group
In r Revolutionary
Dance r ecital
Reviewed by
MIGNON VERNE

TAMIRIS, assisted by her group
gave her first recital of the sea-
son at the Civic Repertory Theatre
on Sunday night and showed that
she is shedding her bohemianism
of an earlier era and continuing to
create dances expressing American
social life.
Years ago Tamiris commenced to
compose revolutionary dances as a
contribution to the American Dance.
She has the distinction of being the
only one Of a group of concert
dancers who have come to the
front in the past five years, and
who has progressed by infusing her
dances with vital ideas. Her pro-
gram on Sunday showed that there
is nothing mystic, nothing sterile,
nothing dead about her content,
and this new content has given her
work a new strength. Tamiris
direction of her group is also an
achievement and a noteworthy con-
tribution to the revolutionary dance
movement.
One of the most effective num-
bers on the program was "The
Mass and the Individual from
Cycle of Unrest" presented for
the first time. With interesting
choreography and convincing ges-
lures, Tamiris satirically depicted a
character who superciliously dis
dams to become part of a prole-
tartan group. This dance was an
integrated composition expressing
the sterility of individualism.
Another impressive revolutionary
group dance was Conflict" Here
the antagonism was shown between
the bourgeoisie-in the persons of
three evening -gowned ladies - and
three proletarians-in sweaters and
skirts When this vanguard brought
forward their forces and a mass of
workers appeared on the stage de-
flying the decadent f1nery and power
of the bourgeoisie, the perfumed
ladies sat down and rose up in
ludicrous fashion only finally to
wilt away before the strength and
militancy Of the msas.
well" said a needle trades
worker sitting near me as she ap-
plauded this dance enthusiastically
IF it were this way in real life,
it wouldn't be so bad. But the
workers feel the struggle more, and
the bourgeoisie are not so easy to
defeat"
Aside from this, the grouping was
good and the music highly APP
propriate, with its fugal form of
bourgeois waltzing and proletarian
marching.
A CONVINCING solo dance by
"a Tamiris was Hypocrisy" satiriz-
ing the treachery behind piety.
There were other effective dances
on the program; the audience was
most appreciative of those numbers
which sought to deal with vital
ideas.
1t must have been evident to
Tamiris' audience Sunday night
that she is slowly but definitely ma
turing as revolutionary artist, al
though she is reluctant to leave be-
hind her some of the inconseuuen-
tial numbers of previous years.
What TamiriS needs in order to be-
come a genuinely effective revolu-
tionary artist is an emotional in
tensity which can come only from
an integrated absorption with the
stirring class issues confronting
millions today.
Genevieve Pilot ably assisted
Tamiris with her own compositions
and accompaniment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
BY R. PAINE DUTT

The Daily Worker Is printing
serially the extremely valuable
and popular booklet by r. Paine
Dutt, Life and Teachings of V.
l. Lenin," published by Interna-
tional Publishers.
January Fl will be the eleventh
anniversary of the death Of Lenin.
During these ten years the teach
ings of Lenin have spread to ever
wider sections of the globe, inspir-
ing the workers and oppressed to
greater assaults on capitalism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16

Don't allow your copy of the
Daily Worker to lie around the
house. Leave it on the subway or
street-car or give 1t to someone
else.
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White Collars and OveralIs

IT WAS the first Congress, also, where hundreds
OF delegates from the whte-colar and profess
sional groups joined hands with the men in over
allS.
America has always been the leading white
collar nation of the world We were told for years
that you could never move the petit-bourgeois
masses out of their rosy American dream they
were too individualistic But at this Congress YOU
found delegates from doctors and dentists unions.
from the Newspaper Guild, from the musicians
ana scenic artists unions, and from organizations
of small home owners, Office workers students So
cial workers, actors and teachers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
Change
the
World!
By MICHAEL GOLD

WILLIAM GREEN and his fat boys sent
" out one of their notorious red-baiting
letters recently to all the locals of the
American Federation of Labor.
They warned Americas workingmen
against the Congress for Unemployment and So
cial Insurance held recently in Washington
It was all a red, red Communist plot, this con-
ference meant to gain the right to bread for the
desperate nation. Only Moscow could have origi-
mated this red idea that America owed its work
ers a living, and that social insurance was due
the millions of men and women who put their
lives into producing Americas wealth, and re-
ceived nothing in return but breadlines.
Let them eat cake, Bill Green evidently believes.
The Workers Bill for social insurance was as awful
as any Communist Manifesto, he told the workers.
It would ruin every American home, bring on a
series of earthquakes, and inaugurate free love,
the seventy ar-itch and anarchy, he limited. Be-
sides, and this was equally important the Bill was
unconstitutional.
Well this cunning old weasel Green had good
cause to be alarmed. For months he knew,
throughout the usually apathetic locals Of the
American Federation of Labor, there had been
raging rank-and-fe discussion on the Workers
Bill for Social Insurance.
Green's malicious bogeyman letter couldn't stop
it. His payroll patriots slugged and expelled rank
6nQ-ILe members 10 VOICE bIlSI
but interest in the Bill mounted.
Hearst might well take lesson from this. The
American people are too close TO starvation to
worry about red scares. They seriously in
terested in any movement, whatever the label that
promises them relief from the cruelty, indifference
and organized greed Of the industrial rulers Of
America
Green's red-scare letter tabled or thrown
in the waste basket by hundreds Of locals. They
was better than the granddaughter looming over
them. Why didn't Bill Green grow excited
about wage-cuts as he did over a Congress for
Unemployment Insurance, they reasoned?
The red-scare collapsed. Over $500 locals and
central labor bodies approved of the Workers Bill
Chush, hist MoscowD and they sent some BOT dele
gates to the Workers Congress in Washington
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
The Stuff of Austrian schutzbunders

THE United Front between Socialists and Com
munists made great step forward at this Con-
gress. Some 81 Socialists were present some of
them on the leading executive committee of their
states.
To meet these men and women talk to them,
listen to their caucus, watch them in action was
to get new picture of the thousands of fine work
ing class people who still belong to the Socialist
Party, and are at last waking up to the social
realities despite some of their William Greenish
red-bating leaders.
There were Socialists at the Congress- workers
and white collar both, who have the stuff of the
Austrian Schutzbunders in them, and will never
surrender to the red-baiters among their leaders
This Congress will worry every fascist We are
years closer to the mighty United Front that alone
can stop fascism
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Questions
and
Answers

This department appears daily on the feature
page. all questions should be addressed TO "Ques-
tiOns and Answers" 70 Daily Worker, 80 East
18th Street New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
Times Critic Takes
Trip Around World
To Escape Reality
THE CINGALEsE PRINCE, BY
Brooks Atkinson, Doubleday
Doran, $3.50.
BY del
Reviewed by
ARLINA MCMAHON

TO the bourgeois literature Of es-
cape can be added this travel
book by Brooks Atkinson, dramatic
critic of the New York Times. In
fact, Mr.. Atkinson himself describes
his long journey on a freighter, as
just that. In fiamboysnt Ianguags
he stresses the need Of escape from
everyday life.
He says Escape is no cowardIy
activity. 1t is our business to es-
cape into peace and health, to flee
the unburied dead whose bone rat
Ting gestures direct the days toll in
factories and offices" He asks rs
it life to be imprisoned within the
sooty cloud that factory chimney's
belch?" He solemnly remarks,
tarred with the brush Of mysticism.
For men ere born net to frittc. their
lives away in factories and Offices,
but to breast the universe, rising
and falling endlessly in a bouyant
toss above the spray"
These are very pretty sentiments
indeed for a successful bourgeois
newspaper man who can afford to
take trip around the world on a
leave of absence. The 1900, 900
unemployed people in the United
States who are more than bored
with capitalism, who are losing their
homes, who are hungry and who
have to fight for every cent Of re-
lief they get, can hardly take q
trip around the world and their
problems can surely never be solved
by individual escapes geographically
or intellectually, The workers of
America know that life in capitalist
factories. low wages, rotten working
conditions and speed up is no life
for man but when they make their
Will known it won't be in mystic
travel books but the creation of a
Soviet America to take its place
beside the Soviet Union.
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THE book is peppered with ma
tional chauvinism, racial pref
udice and a faint though rank
odor of working class hatred. No
narrow minded Rabbit could have
expressed more lack of understand
ing Of foreign peoples than he. OF
the Chinese he has to say, Having
a genius for being Chinese they had
contrived to make their quarter in
tolerably crowded, nervous and
complex; the smells from their
laundries and food shops were rank,
and their streets we're sloppy"
Of the Shanghai dockhands he
has to say, For these men were
cheap. They carried on their backs
and shoulders the metal goods of in
dustry that only derricks move
where men are dear and have pride
in their manhood" Just what
country has the eminent critic in
mind? Surely not America where
longshoremen stand hours waiting
in line at the morning shape up,
where unemployment is more usual
than employment and where speed
up is so terrible that thousands are
injured.
Perhaps the most fragrant exam
pie Of anti-workingclass feeling dis
played throughout the entire book
is his description of the various
cargo boats lying in Singapore
Harbor. He merely names those
from other countries and then says
"A German ship flying a Nazi
flag. grubby Soviet cargo ship that
alarmed our skipper with her SLOW
emily spectacle of sailors lounging on
the bridge" We can understand
why the skipper was alarmed and
why he preferred the eminent critic
of the New York Times to lounge
on his bridge than to see the Rus
sian sailors making themselves at
home on their own ship. Inciden-
tally The Cingalese Prince was
manned by Malay crew who prob
ably cheered at this sight from the
dark smelly quarters reserved fol
the rank and file seaman on cargo
boats.
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Forging Common Bonds

WHAT happened to these delegates at this Con-
W gress? Each came from some remote corner
of America where perhaps he and his group had
felt isolated At the Congress they discovered their
own strength. In every other corner of America,
wherever workers were gathered there were mil
lions of men and women like themselves, suffer-
ing from the same troubles, and feeling their way
to the same solutions.
granite cutter from Vermont meets Negro
sharecropper from Alabama. They exchange i'm
pressons, and each is amazed to find that despite
all the differences Of geography, occupation, and
race, each has the same fundamental interest that
unites them. They discover that in their widely
removed communities the same intense debate has
been going on and the same forces lining up, for
and against the Workers Bill.
Multiply this education by a thousand imagine
seamen and farmers school teachers and lumber
jacks miners and physicians speaking from the
same platform, eating at the table, conpar
ing notes. learning to understand each other. The
value of such human contacts is enormous. The
Congress started body of strangers who had
arrived from hundreds of cities and villages all
over America. 1t ended in spirit that made one
think of nothing so much as meeting of One
Big Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16

ITO Be ContInued.l