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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-23

bfib 4OibI1OHb uuebblOn lot AL ilOntot
supporters of unemployment insur-
ance to decide is, Which unem-
ployment insurance bill is best for
Ohio workers."
The rank and file of the Ohio
Federation of Labor have revolted
in large sections against the federal
Wsgner-Lewis bill supported by the
Roosevelt administration. In the
important industrial centers of
youngstown. Canton and Cleveland
trade unionists have gone on record
for the Workers Unemployment, Old
Age, and Social Insurance Bill H.R.
2827.
SO Unions Back HR. 1927
Against the wishes of the off,
cialdom, in Cleveland, the rank and
file organized center for unem-
ployment insurance, THE A. p. Of
l.. Members League for Unemploy-
ment Insurance" This League,
with ninety-three affiliated local
unions, has endorsed the Federal
Workers Bill. They supported and
sent an observer to the National
Congress in Washington, D. G. So
great was the support for the Work
ers' Bill that the members de-
manded that the officials model a
state bill after the Workers Bill
and introduce it into the State leg
islature. This was proposed because
the rank and file did not know that
the Workers Bill would be intro
duced in Ohio
Re3etionary forces connected with
the League, however, did not follow
the wishes of the rank and file to
model the state bill after the Work
ers' Bill. Instead they inserted
some practical features" which. ac-
cording to them, would "help its
passage by the Legislature. What
are some Of these features which
will help pass their Bill2 Are they
features which will benefit the
workers?
Calls for Tax on Wages
This Bill calls for the payment of
the insurance by "the employers
paying not less than three per cent
Of their total payroll" and "the en-
ploye shall pay not more than one
per cent of his wages" Any worker
can see in this a three per cent
wage-cut by the employer and an
additional one per cent contribution
from his meager wages to pay for
unemployment insuranee-for I'M
employment for which he is not
responsible. The ridiculous argu-
ment for this is given that the
worker should pay something or the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-23

lar functioning Of the unit and
regular issuance Of the shop bull
letin.
Eight Main Tasks
The Central tasks of the coming
period are: Cd Work in the steel
industry; (2) Work among the I'M
employed; 90 Extension and consol-
idation of the united front move
ments already started and the de-
velopment Of a broad united front
movement in support of the steel
workers struggles; a. Developing
mass agitation for Labor Party, to
be followed later by concrete organi-
rational steps in those towns where
there Is basis for 1t; 90 Work
among the Negro masses and (6)
Spreading the Daily Worker The
Plenum adopted the following con-
troll tasks as guarantee that the
central tasks be carried out by May
First;
% To have a dues paying mem
bership of $50. The recruits should
be especially employed steel work.
ers, members of A. F. of L. unions
and Negro workers. Double the
membership of the Republic Shop
Unit in Youngstown and stabilize
and build the Republic Unit in
Warren.
(2) Fulfillment of the Daily
Worker sub-drive quota and de-
velop a daily circulation of 500
copies.
CD Build the Republic nucleus on
q well-fllnctionins basis and issue
the shop paper.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-23
Labor College
Quiz Started

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Feb. a.
A move for Federal investiga-
ton" of Commonwealth College,
Mena, Ark. has ben started here by
three State legislators, leaders in a
similar move begun last Saturday
by joint committee from the
Arkansas House and Senate.
The attack on the labor college
is admittedly based on the support
given by President Lucien Koch
and other faculty members and
students to the struggles of Arkan-
sas Negro and white tenant farm
ers and sharecroppers.
Five legislators concluded q
secret investigation of the college
last night. They indicated they
would submit evidence" to the
ederal grand jury
The latest issue of the Common
wealth College Fortnightly calls
upon all friends of the college,
upon all labor and liberal groups to
flood the Speaker of the House and
the President Of the Senate, Little
Rock, with protests.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-23
Silk Workers
Are
Won In Easton
Wage Demands and I'm
ion Conditions Won in
Short Walk-Outs

EASTON, Pa, Feb. 22.-Two strike
victories in two days is the achieve
ment of the silk workers here under
the leadership of Branch Of the
American Federation of Silk Work
ers Omitted Textile Workers..
The first strike took place In the
Belvidere silk Company and the
PhillipSburg silk Company, two
mills owned by Mckinley. Although
wage cuts were announced for all
departments, only the weavers took
the necessary steps to stop it. When
their committee was told by Nc
Ginley that he couldn't do anything,
both mills were closed down tight.
The workers were informed that
the five per cent cut would be with
drawn if they would return for the
next night shift. To make sure
nothing would be slipped over on
them by MCKINLEY, the workers on
the day and the night shift all went
together to the mill and waited out
side until their committee came out
with a signed agreement. Then the
night shift went to work.
+ The second strike occurred at the
Tflton Mill when q girl was fired
for refusing to go TO work on five
looms instead of four. BY evening
Of the same day all demands were
won, including: Reinstatement Of
the fired worker; yards of the
weavers to be posted every day by
the management; maximum work
load Of four looms in the mill;
workers permitted to take time off
by giving the management enough
time to get extra workers; no dis
elimination because of union ac-
tivity.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-23

a. Establish functioning frac-
tions in the A. A. and other A. F..
Of L. unions as well as in the other
mass organizations.
(5) The Party units in Warren,
Ellwood City and Newcastle must
assume the responsibility for form
ing Vel. units. In youngstown we
must help the YCL. to form Y.
CL unit in Republic.
90 The Party fraction in the I'M
employment Council must help TO
carry through the decision Of the
U. C. to have dues paying mem
bership in Youngstown Of 500 by
MAY First.
CD To develop a campaign
against the sales tax,
(s The Party members in the
TWO, the LID. and the other
mass organizations must form
definite. regularly-functioning frac-
tons. These fractions, with the help
of the Section Buro, must become
the driving force for the building of
these organizations and the de-
velopment Of the political conscious
ness of their membership At the
same time the fractions shall not
replace the leadership of the or
CARNATIONS, but, on the contrary,
work in such way as to develop
new and broader cadres for leading
work.
Propaganda Work
80 We must decisively improve
our mass agitation and begin to
react to all important political prob
lens Of local, state and national
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-23
5000 Demand
Police Chief
Be Removed
Workers in South Bend
Smash Move to Build
Fascist Outfit

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Feb. ~.
Three thousand signatures were
gathered in one day here demand
ing the removal of Chief Of Police
Lane for his threats against the
strikers of the Oliver Farm Imple-
ment Company.
A movement on foot to form a
Khaki Shirt organization folded up,
for the time being anyway, when
the Central Labor Union landed an
attack upon it.
William Green and Dillon spoke
to several thousands last night.
Both made very radical speeches
and, for once, did not attack the
Communist Party openly. Green
apparently had his ear to the
ground and sensed that his usual
SANDER of the Communists would
not go so we'll in South Bend.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-23
China's Red Army Advances

SHANGHAI. Feb. 22.-Several di-
visions Of the Chinese Red Army
not the Red Army nov entering
Szechuan but one operating further
north-have entered Shensi Prov
ince from the Southwest. Land
lords, criminals and missionaries
are fleeing the area.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-23

papers, COnbEOi Gne Tcllel dppa1 AUS.
and every other institution.
At least half the miners are I'M
employed although the season is
now at its height. The agreement
with the coal operators is hardly
worth the paper it is on, as far as
the workers are concerned. Very
few actually get the contract scale.
In face Of this the miners are
split between two unions as the
officials of both have been waging
a war for jurisdiction for 10 months.
and are as determined to continue
this splitting policy as ever.
Scale Not Paid
If you would talk to any of the
district officials who we're involved
in drawing up the agreement under
which the miners are working, he
would tell you; miner gets s6.75
for an eight hour day; laborer
gets $685..
But do the miners get any of
these2
Not if you talk to the miners.
A typical story is something like
this: A miner gets 1884 for a five
ton car Of coal. Out Of this amount
he takes the responsibility to pay
his laborer. In fair days work,
they will load four cars. From the
S1016 the miner must pay Off to
the laborer, stands the expenses
for the powder, repair, cost of tools
and other such needs. There is
very little left for the $6.75 which is
provided in the agreement.
Three Dollar Wages
The real wages are therefore
closer TO the three dollars a day.
If the miner gets a bad spot to work
in, it's often gamble if he will
get anything after all expenses are
paid.
The bad conditions for the an
thracite miners are not new deyel-
opment. They have existed for
years. The officials of the United
Mine Workers, headed by John l..
Lewis and John Boylan worked
hand in hand with the mine opera
tors, and did everything in their
power to prevent the dissatisfied
miners from using their union as q
weapon. A tremendous force was
collecting in the ranks of the min
ers, especially with the increase Of
hunger during the crisis. This force
threatened to sweep the reactionsry
Boylan machine from power.
But soon it was diverted by an
other set Of officials, who differed
only in that they mouthed phrase
ology that seemed to express the
longing for fighting, rank and file
controlled union. They used this
sentiment for creating another
union, the Anthracite Miners of
Pennsylvania. But although the
majority of the workers went into
the new union, it's officials also
played with the politicians of the
capitalist parties, and spent their
energies, and the unions funds, to
get the benefits" Of the N. R. A.
Then the officials Of the United
Mine Workers came forward for q
long awaited opportunity-to deal a
death blow to the new union. They
have the contract although the new
union had most members. For
months there were jurisdictional
struggles. The climax was reached
when the present strike at the Glen
Alden Coal Company, largest coal
producer in the world, broke out
No sooner had the strike taken
effect than it became clearly re-
vealed that the company and the
U. NJ. w. A. officials proceeded &C
cording to a prearranged plan. An
injunction outlawing the strike was
ready and needed only the sigma
ture Of Judge Valentine. State
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-23
STRONG UNITED FRONT
CAN WIN THE DEMANDS
OF HARD COAL MINERS
Miners Can Defeat the Glen Alden Company
InjunctiOns by Joint Committees
of Members of the Two Unions
BY George Morris

The Anthracite coal region presents picture of misery
and poverty for the workers such hardly finds comparison
in other industrial regions.
The few large coal companies maintain dictatorship.
They the county governments their police force news
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-23
Social Insurance Drive
In Ohio Must Be Unified
Provisions for Organized LabOr-Croup
Supports HI. r. 1927 Nationally
BY Frank Rogers
Secretary, Cleveland Committee for Workers Bi

WITH many unemployment insurance and
" schemes being dumped into the State Legislature
by clever politicians who the growing demand for
ca legislation by workers and by reaconary forces who
want to block genuine legislation for the unemployed
La opinión., 1935-06-02
Los "YANKIS" Sc LLEVAN
LAS GANANcIAS

LAS GaNANClAS
Sc dice que ell agudo 3nteres
que Sc manifesto por Ell mercado
britanico de peliculas obedece al
hecho de que una de las princi-
pales companfas norteamericanas
obtuvo sus ganancias Ell ano pa
sado por concepto del alquiler de
III pelfculas.
Puede asegurarse, sin tenor a
equivocacion que ~Inglaterra e.
p%resenta uno de los mercados
cinematografieos mas promete-
dores, superando quizas a algu-
nos sectores del mercado norte-
americana. Ell mejor ejemplo que
Sc puede ofrecer es que despues
de las siete de la noche es cast
impossible obtener un asiento CO.
modo en- algunas de las salas
cinematograficas de primera cla-
Sc de aqui, y no Sc exagera al
decir que todas las salas del Sc
gundo circuito tambien Sc ven
atestadas noche a noche. o lar
gas "colas" pacientemente espe-
rando a que Sc abra al taQuilla-
Tratando de acaparar este mer
cado, Ia empresa Gaumont-
Brithish. con George Arlis, Mat
thews. Walter Houston y Conrad
Veidt, como artistas de primera
Inca, proyecta ~invertir siete MI
Homes y medic este verano, con
un promedio de d~oscientas Gin.
ouenta mil dolares por ~pelicula.
La firma British international,
con estudios en- Elstree ,cuenta
con Richard Tuber, Lillian Har-
vey, Buddy Rogers. Gita Alpar y
Gretta Nissen bajo contrato. ade-
mas de otros artistas de gran a
tel que han actuado en- pelfculas
norteamericanas, proponiendose
invertir Inc cuatro millones y
medic en- cosa de treinta pelfcu-
las
Sc coNFEccIoNAN SUPER
PRoDUccloNEs lNGLEsAs
Doce de las proyectadas produc
Clones seran de la categorfa de
super producciones con I'm costo
mayor de un cuarto de million
da una, y destinadas al mercado
International
Entire Ia Gaumont British y
la British International contro.
Ian unas 300 salas cinemato-
graficas en- Inglaterra, y cuyo
ndmero aumentan constante-
mente.
La empresa London Films, prt-
mera que inttrodujo las produce
clones inglesas en- ell mercado
norteamericano con la estupenda
production la Vida Privada de
Enrique Wiz, dispone de dos
millones y medic para invertir-
los en- seis o siete grandes pelf-
culas, en- las que actuaran Char
les Laughton, Give Brook, Mau-
ricto Chevalier, Leslie Howard,
Merle Oberon y otros actores. Ell
productor, Alexandra Korda, no
distrae su atencion en- pelfculas
de "relleno".
Otra empresa que tambien n
foca su atencion en- ell mercado
tngles y extranjero es la Asso-
ciated Talking Pictures, que dig
pone de I'm presupuesto de 80.
~$3.760,00o sin dejar de mencio.
mar a la British & Domfios o
I'm capital disponible de dos mi
Homes listos para i~nvertirlo en- Ia
CONNECTION de sells a ocho pelfcu-
las. Ambas compaf1fas emplean
exclusivamente artistas ingleses
de ambos sexos, y distiguiendoss
la Associated Pictures por pagan
a Oracle Field I'm sueldo de 49,.
$4,000 al aho.
Cabe decir que no hay NADIA de
e~xagerado en- las sumas desert
tas en- los parrafos precedentes.
Cada empresa de las menciona-
das ha venido acumulando su-
mas considerables do dinero
anualmente por espacio de los dl-
limos cuatro amos. y destinadas
La opinión., 1935-06-02

que aquellos ninos ST tienen co.
neccion con los protagonistas
adultos. pero este usando de la
imagination. Ahora, ell dialogo
es a veces tan falso como ell del
d~iscurso del maestro que habla a
los ninos de la escuela de vos.
Con esta falsedad, cae la fuerza
de la cinta; ell realismo que es
10 1nico que convence y commune
We, desaparece y entonces en- 1u-
gar de yer en- Ia pantalla Ia vida
misma-cosa a la cual debe as
i. pirar TODD productor o director
sc la analiza como una simple pc
hcula. Por otra parte, nuestros
productores insisten en- estanear
Ell dsarrollo del argumento i'm
poniendo al espectador diez o
ounce minutes de canto por Ia
1nica razon de que la protago-
nista es cantante de profession,
aunque a veces 10 haga NAL. En-
pelfculas buenas este Sc hace, Pc
70 de una manera accidentada,
dejando que continue a I'm mis-
mo tempo Ell desarrollo de la
trama. Sc pueden incluir nd-
meros de bale, m1sica y canto,
pero n la vez i%ntercalar escenas
pertinentes al argumento para
que no Sc interrumpa la hilacion.
De otra manera, como paso con
ell canto de Luisa Maria Morales,
la p~elicula desciende a la lentitud
tan com1n en- nuestras produc-
clones.
La opinión., 1935-06-02

ojos a~vizores de Hollywood ha-
bfan posado va su mirada en- la
jovencita rubia Y atractiva, n
contrando en- ella I'm tipo ideal.
Joan ha sido de las pocas artis-
tas que han iniciado la carrera
desde ell principle hasta llegar a
convertirse en- una de las mas
favoritas del pdblico, aunque no
le ha sido possible, nj le sera
probablemente, ell lograr I'm EXT
to tan rotundo, tan clamoroso y
tan complete como Ell que pudo
alcanzar su hermana Constance.
Otro de los ejemplos de artis-
tas que han sido preparados y
entrenados por ST padre es Ell de
Elena Costello, asf como tambien
ell de su hermana Dolores, las
cuales fueron lanzadas por ell
coloso entire los fdolos de la PAN
ITALIA, Maurice Costello, qufen
ahora SO encuentra totalmente
retirado de las lides cinemato-
graficas. Ell viejo Costello fue
quien inicio a III hijas en- ell ar
te de la pantalla. Dolores hui
biera sido, probablemente, la mas
grande favorita de todos los p1-
blicos 81 no Sc hubiera retirado
para casarse o John Barry
more, una aventura matrimonial
que, por cleric, Sc rumora que
ha tocado va a 81 fin, surgiendo
ahora la posibilidad de que Do
lores vuelva a la escena. Elena
estuvo figurando en- algunas Pc
lfculas, pero Sc ha perdido para
Ell p1blico.
Entire los actores de Hollywood
que Sc han negado a recibir ayu-
da alguna de sus padres, Sc cuen
tan los nombres de Phillips Hol-
mes y ell de Douglas Fairbanks
jr., que ahora son prominentes.
Ambos 81 rehusaron a aprove-
char en- forma alguna las in
fluencias, reputation o dinero de
sus ~respectivos padres y. 10 que
es mas, ell pnblico nj siquiera pu-
do darse cuenta, sino hasta mu-
cho tempo despues. de que
Phillips Holmes era NADIA menos
que ell hijo de Haylor Holmes.
famoso en- su tempo.
FL joven Fairbanks conquisto
solo la popularidad, en- la que
lego a su maxine despues de su
matrimonio con Joan Crawford.
BESIDE su divorcio no ha tenido
va ning1n papel de importancia,
con exception del que desempe-
nc en- Ia cinta titulada Catalina
la Grande". que fue filmada en-
Inglaterra.
I'm muchacho que lleva uno de
los nombres que mayor popula-
ridad alcanzaron en- ell cine. Wa
lace Reid jr., es Ell que Sc ha
e~ncontrado con los obstaculos
mas serios para llegar a figurar.
Una vez muerto su padre, ell 10
ven Wallace realize esfuerzos
~inauditos para abrirse canine
por la senda que lleva a la glo-
ria, sin haberlo degrade hasta
ahora, y sin posibilidades Tampa
co de poder lograrlo en- un futu-
70 proximo. Ha tenido que con-
formarse con papeles insignifi-
cantes. de los que Ell pnblico nj
siquiera Sc ha podido dar cuenta
Sin embargo. asegura que 81 ira
baja como "extra" 1nicamente,
con ell fin de procurarse Ell dine
TO que Ie es indispensable para
cpntinuar sus esudios, pues ST.
La opinión., 1935-06-02
Ell CINEM A
EN- MEXICO
LA PELIcULA "MADRE 0UERIDA" PUDO SER UN EXITo
Y ES UN SONORO FRACASo-UN GRAN ACTOR DE
DOcE AMOS DE EDAD-MARlA LUISA MORALES NO
ES UN TIPO FO~TOGENlcO
" Por HoRTENslA ELIzoNDo -
Especial para esta Psgina de LA OPINION

va hemos hablado desde estas
Columns de la fiebre de produce
cion que sc apodera de los nues-
tros que aunque no tengan los
conocimientos suficientes para
lanZarse a hacer cine, por ell so
10 hecho de contar cor unos
cuantos miles de pesos y tener
en- las manos I'm argumento, Sc
ponen a producer. ann ante la
amenaZa de un fracaso. La in
divividualidad Y ell amor propio
va conocidos, los empuja a ira
bajar por ST mismos, antes que
encomendar su empresa a YER
daderos conocedores. Ell case de
Juan Orol, director y adaptador
de "Madre Querida" es este pre-
cisamente. Ell senior Orol ha es-
tado en- conexion o los estudlos
por algdn tempo; produjo las
pelfculas "Sagrario" Y Mujeres
Sin Alma, trabajando en- ell prin-
cipa1 papel en- esta Ultima. Ell
senior J. Cisneros Tamayo lie ten
do ell argumento de "Huerfanos
del Destino" que despues Sc IT,
tulo "Madre Querida" y Ell sehor
Orol decide producer, dirigir v
adaptar la pelicula 81 mismo. Pc
70 para empu1ar ell megafono Sc
necesita un complete conoci-
miento de esa trilogfa esencial,
adaptation, continuidad v corte,
es decir, direction. Y ell senior
Orol. teniendo en- las manos un
buen argumento. no supo nj
adaptable nj dirigirlo. En- MA
Dire Querida" Sc toca la cuerda
sensible del amor maternal y es-
tamos seguros que bien tratada
la trama, hubiera resultado en-
una pelfcula 81 no perfecta. ST
acceptable. Pero empezando por-
que sobran muchas escenas, por-
que la continuidad sc interrum-
pc y la actuacion de los actores
esta NAL manejada. Por ejem-
plo, en- ell principle de la cinta,
hay varias escenas en- una es-
cuela de nihos, en- donde nj ell
dialigo nj la actuacion de los Pc
quehos justifica ell desarrollo
posterior de la trama. De estas
escenas Sc pasa abruptamente
a la casa del protagonista CAL
berto Martf), donde este cuenta
su historic a un pariente-detalle
por cierto muy trillado y vulgar
y que resta vigor a una pelicula
o a un libro, porque 10 que pas6
es menos ~interesante que 10 que
pasa. Solo hasta va cast la MI
tad de la %pelfcula, Sc adivina
son obras artfsticas que contri-
buyen a hacer una pelfcula mas
agradable, Y objetos titles para
ayudar a los desafortunados.
La opinión., 1935-06-02
UN ACTOR DE vERpAD

En- cuanto a la actuacion, In
creible parecera decir que ell nj
ho Antonio Biceaga, figura cen-
trail de "Madre Querida", que ma
da mas cuenta doce amos, no So
lamente superb a todos los inter-
pretes adultos de la pelfcula. sino
que cast casi Sc lie podrfa lamar
ell dnico verdadero actor de Me-
xico. 81 juzgamos por su magnf-
flea actuacion en- la cinta a que
nos referimos, que es la primera
que filma. Tiene una escena,
por ejemplo, quiza la mejor de
todas, en- que sale del Reforma-
torio para encontrarse Con que
su madre ha muerto. donde To-
era 10 que pocos actores nues-
tros o ninguno han hecho, llegar
hasta ell fondo del corazon v
arrancarle lagrimas. Bien diri-
gido, este muchacho puede con-
vertirse en una figura infantil
de relieve. Los otros nifios, Car
los Domfnguez v "Toho ell Ne
gro" que canta como un grande
en- Ia %pelfcula. estan menos per-
fectos que ell pequeho Liceaga,
pero mas n%aturales y mas con-
vincentes que los mayores, sobre
TODD que Alberto Martf quien
parece tener la firme creencia de
que actuar es arquear una ceja
y mover mucho la cabeza al ha-
blair para expresar la situacion
que representa-. Maria Luisa
Morales-la cantante-no es TO-
togenica y a pesar del maquillaje
oscuro en- los parpados, no logro
dar la impression de que estaba
muriendose. Mercedes Moreno.
esta menos NAL en- un papel mas
corto.
"Madre Querida'. por su argu-
mento, pudo haber sido una bue-
ma p~elfcula, aunque ST declara-
mos que Sc incurrio en- algunas
falsedades, pues tenemos enten-
dido que ell Tribunal de Memo
e no aplica sanciones sin antes
indagar la culpabilidad del acu-
sado y que en- case de enferme-
dad o muerte de algun familiar.
aquel es puesto Embellishments
en- libertad provisional. cuando
menos Por supuesto que 81 omi-
ten esos detalles, entonces... no
habria habido pelicula....
Mexico, Mayo de 1885.