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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16

To the older generation it is an old story; to the
growing youth of this country, it may be something
new. For that the Daily Worker feels it neces-
sary to recount a little history.
1t the year 1898. Powerful sugar interests in
this country, in alliance with other large capitalists
anxious to seize Cuba. Hearst in the van of
these.
An excuse was needed. What matter if it cost the
lives of American, Cuban and Spanish workers? Lives
of workers were-and are-cheap to Hearst.
So that worthy gentleman set about working up
spirit in this country-exacy he is trying to
build up anti-Soviet anti-Communst, ant-abor
campaign today
What happened is matter of record. 1t was made
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
William Randolph Hearst Lies About the Communists Party


IL William Randolph Hearst, accuses the Communists
r almost every crime in the calendar.
Through his newspapers, his magazines, his radio
stations his newsree this modern baron shrieks the
UIest lies about the Communists.
Who is this sterling patriot Hearst?
Does he come into court with clean hands?
He does not
He is the man who coIdly, calmly, deliberately
planned to involve the United States into war.
He is the man WHO helped send thousands of Amer
lean and S Spanish GOrkers to their deaths.
He is that most hateful of all hateful people-a
War-monger.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
This is the answer Remington got /:

This is the answer Remington got:
Remington
HdUdn1
Please remain. You furnish the pictures and
ri furnish the Car. HEARST
This, workers and farmers of the United States is
the man who dares to attack the Communist PARTY
which leads in the anti-war fight in the United States
This is the whose hands is the blood of
thousands of the of the American working class
We will let the tolers of America Judge as between
Hearst and the Communist Party We are confident
of the choice that the American working people will
make
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
Halls Improvement in
Editorial Features
by Cropper

Brooklyn, N. Y.
Comrade Editor:
I wish to congratulate you on the
improvement in the arrangement of
Page I of today's issue Il would
suggest that the Laboratory and
Shop feature be placed in the
column with Questions and
Answers; and particularly the
marked improvement in the set-up
of today's editorials (the larger
print, emphasis by heavy italics and
more white space. The set-up of
Bill DUNES article is especially
good. The content of the editorials
are beyond criticism; simple Ian
guage, short, free of -r-revolution-
airy phrases, with wide appeal to
different sections OF the masses.
read these editorials right
through. I usually read the first
paragraph of the usual type and
glance at the rest. Please stick to
oOOoJ d INT.
I suggest series of short state
ments on Hearst of today's length,
exposing him; for instance on his
role in the Spanish American War;
his pro-Kaiserism in the World
War; description of his financial
interests; how he treats his en-
ployees; his colossal political in
competence in failing to get elected
though he ran for many Offices; his
morality; an essay on his yellow
journalism.
Perhaps groups of liberals. intel
lectuals, socialists, etc. may be per-
suaded to make use OF this series as
forum to express their viewpoint
on Hearst.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
? DOES HE REMEMBER THE MAINE?

public by James Creeman for years Hearsts London
correspondent in article in the September 1906,
issue of Parsons Weekly
Hearst had sent the famous artist. Frederick Rem
ington to Cuba to get pictures that could be used in
the Hearst press to help whip up antiSpansh cam
pagn in this country.
Remington arriving in Cuba, found that every
thing quiet He Immediately sent Hearst the fol-
lowing cable:
". r. Hearst
NeU York Journal
NeU York
Everything is quiet here. There is no trouble
here. There WiU be no lcar. I irish to return
REMINGTON.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
Answers to Hearst
Are Effective

New YORK, N. Y.
Comrade Editor:
The new feature that has ap-
peared on the top of the editorial
page is excellent. Although the two
I have seen are concerned with
refuting Hearst's attacks on feminist
teachings, I believe that the form
they have taken is extremely effec-
tive and should be valuable for use
in many connections. The idea of
taking up single important point,
bringing factual material in its sup
port, and its position at the top of
the page. are impressive. let's have
more of the same!
We'd also like to add our word
Of appreciation of Little Lefty. Tell
Grandpa Del about this.
A. L. S.
H. M, J.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
They Are International
Working Class Words

ANCNbC4lJs I1lCIl.
Comrade Editor:
Ever since I've heard some of
your spells about 'bugg-o-see" and
"pro-lee-tary" I've wondered, who
be them fellers? I had to admit that
I never met either one in this
country.
If those two words had been
deleted from the propaganda voca-
bulary for the last twenty years and
the American Capitalist" and
worker" substituted, who knows.
maybe the Daily Worker would be
ticking off forty million instead of
2 measly forty thousand, and
Washington would have million
house guests next Sunday.
j. V,K.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
The Dictatorship of the Proletariat

"THE dictatorship of the proletariat is
special form of class alliance between
the proletariat, the vanguard of the toll
ers, and the numerous -proletarian
strata of toilers (petty -bourgeoisie the
small masters, the peasantry, the intelli-
gentsia, etc. or the majority of these;
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
Letters From Our Readers

Because OF the volume of letters RI
ceived by the Department, we can
print only those that are Of general
interest to Daily Worker readers. How
ever, all letters received are carefully
read by the editors. Suggestions and
criticisms are welcome and whenever
possible are used for the improvement
Of the Daily Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
Unemployed Ex-Soldier
Sends Donation

Cnlcago, III.
Comrade Editor:
My wife and I are unemployed,
have been for two years. I am an
ex-soldier; have not been well since
my return from France in 1918.
Just returned home from the hos
pital after beng treated for ulcers
of the stomach.
Once in great while 1 am able
to do an odd job to earn few
pennies, so 1 am sending what we
c3n spare, three times. and We wish
it were three hundred dimes. With
these dimes we send revolutionary
greetings to the Daily Worker, the
organizer of the American working
class. the leader in the fight for a
Soviet America
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16

it is an alliance against capital, an alliance
aiming at the complete overthrow of CAPT
tai at the complete suppression of the re-
sistance of the bourgeoisie and of any at
tempt on their part at restoration, an
alliance aiming at the final establishment
and consolidation of socialism,"
Lenin's Collected Works Vol. XIV
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
A Good Meeting Needs
Good Audience

Brooklyn, N. Y.
Comrade Editor:
l attended the anniversary of the
Daily Worker. The program started
too late, but what was even worse,
there was too much disorder to en-
joy it. C. NJ
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16

prisoner, marine worker framed
on charge Of felony, and sen
fenced to from 81 to 25 years in
Attica State Prison.
Attica. N. Y.
Dear Comrade:
-. The World War wiped out any
sanguinary ideas I may have previ-
ously held. I am not posing when I
tell you that to me, even the MAIN
ing OF birds and animals in the
name Of Sport is brutally stupid.
o course, I was charged, with the
others, Of feloniously placing, ETC.,
with intent to inflict bodily harm"
on an inoffensive worker. Even the
District Attorney had his tongue in
his cheek when he harped his swan
song. None of which is what I what
I want to talk about except that I
want my attitude understood when
I speak to you of the Kirov murder.
Whenever the enslaved masses
gained power, they have invariably
erred in the matter of decisive ac
ton. During the Commune, even
the bourgeois gold was held as a
sacred COW. The Italian workers in
sisted upon extreme gentleness, and
how they were repaid! OF course, it
was the leadership that fell down
but really advanced proletariat
is not easily betrayed.
The boss class has no mistaken
ideas. That class believes in law and
order as eXemplified by the Austrian
butcher in his attack against the
Karl Marx Apartments, and those
other dogs, Machado of Cuba, Hitler,
the U. S. steel and coal bosses, etc.
Now the U.S.S.R. owes duty not
only to the 17o,0o0,oo0 within its
borders, but also to the world pro-
letariat, and in liquidating those
cancer spots of conference.-the
, bv means of the firing squad, the
U.S.S.R. not only performed a sur
gical operation that will give the
workers fatherland 9 measure Of
relief. but gave added assurance to
the international proletariat that
the victory of the October Revolu-
ton will not readily be relinquished.
The Soviet Union must be as dis
passionate as steel in these matters.
and every worker throughout the
world will easily recognize the over
tone of fear in the strident screech
Of the bosses press.
Many thanks for your numerous
kindnesses OF the past year.
THOMAS BUNKER, 1914.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
Party Life
Study Circles Needed
Hand Monograph
Is Easy to Use

A Study Circle in Every Unit
THE outstanding weakness in
every unit I have worked in Is
an ignorance of theory,
An organizer has the greatest diff
flculty in persuading comrades what
should be done in any situation,
and often he feels that the COM
rades are carrying out his sugges-
tions, not because he has been able
to convince them of the corresct-
ness Of doing so, but because he is
the only one who does not appear
| confused on the issue.
If he is not very careful he will
find that he is making all decisions,
thinking out problems alone. and
lust insisting that the others fol-
low him.
This they may do, but because
they are not convinced that such
or such is the correct course. they
will follow half-heartedly and un-
certainly. If he is in the right. and
success is met, they will depend
more and more upon his Judgment.
If he is wrong, or else if they don't
theoretically carry cut the decision.
they will place the blame for failure
on his shoulders.
In either case they are not devel-
oping one iots. And, If they are
fortunate enough to have an ex-
perienced organizer, they will be all
the more unfortunate If he is ever
removed to other fields and they
must fend for themselves.
I have seen more units crippled
because of no collective develop
ment, and more members drop out
OF the party for this same reason.
than for any other.
Also, and as another evil of theo-
retical ignorance, there is the sharu
division in some units of intellect
ualS and workers. The intellectuals
have been schooled in studious
habits, while most Of the workers
have not. Therefore the first
named become the guides and the
workers the followers. This is OBJ
viously very bad. We don't want
thinkers on one hand and doors on
other; we want the two merged and
/ collective.
The situation calls for more than
urgent appeals to study and ac-
quaint ourselves with the rich back
ground and theory of the class
struggle. IL calls for a systematic
building of study groups wherever
units exist, and at once. if our
members are to become developed
Bolsheviks.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
Hanover, N. H.
Hand Mimeo. for Unit Use

hand MlmeO. for Unit Use
II WANT to state the experience I
have had in using the small
hand mimeograph machine. This
machine contains everything rec
essary to make it ideal for use by
every unit.
First. it is cheap Git costs only
$3.50 which makes it possible for
eevry unit to have at least one. When
the comrades beoin to use this ma
chine thev will see that it is Dos
slble to have three or four in each
unit. Think what this would mean
If it became necessary to print
material quickly. Secondly, it can
be operated verv cheanlv. 1t uses
only about one third the ink nee
essary in A REGULAR mimeograph ma
chine. 1t will Use an ink pad in
definitely. Due to the fact that there
is no pressure of a roller. there
Is almost no wear and tear on the
stencil which means that it is Dos
Sible to print at least 10000 leaflets
without the necessity of making a
new stencil. 1t saves paper too be-
cause there are no double or bad
sheets.
The advantage Of simplicity can
be seen readily. The machine can
be set On anywhere and put to work
in five minutes. All these things. in
my opinion. does away with the
necessity for hectographs or any
other kind of duplicstor. 1 don't
mean BY this that these type of
duplicators should be done away
with Not at all Comrades
should End must become familiar
with all methods of printing. /
simply mean thet the hand mimeo.
does everything that all these other
things do, does them more effec-
lively, cheaplv and simply. I'd like
to conclude by saving that all these
remarks are based on experience
with all methods Of printing. NV
unit bought one of these machines
as soon as it appeared and we have
been able to do some good work
because Of this machine. hence this
letter. I'd like to impress on all
unit bureaus. on all Party members
that they take action immediately
by getting one of these machines
and organizing small unit class in
order to show the comrades how to
use the machine. Such unit class
could also learn how to cut stencils
etc.
j. H, New York.
Eitor's Ncte
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16

These mimeo machines NAV be
ordered through your District or di-
rectly from A. Benson. p. o. Box 81,
Station D, New York, N. Y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
Decisive Action Of U.S.S.R.
In KirOv Murder

NOTE: The following is an ex-
cerpt from letter from Thomas
Bunker. Bunker Is a political
prisoner. marine worker framed
on q charge Of felony, and sen
fenced to from 81 to % years in
Attica State Prison.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
World Front

- BY HARRY CANNES -
Blood Speaks, Says Hitler
What Now in the Sarr?
We Are in the Fight
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
The Puzzled Man

THE Socialist Party organ, the New
Leader describes Roosevelt's message
to Congress as the speech of puzzled"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY IS, 1895
The Washington times., 1935-09-10
Roadsiders In
Gay Drama

The RoadsiderS - those un-
daunted trouperS who so bravely
restored Washington'S only rural
summer theater - last evening
brought their production schedule
into a glorious home stretch by
their applause winning revival Of
ITO Die at Dawn" the thrilling
melodrama of passions amid Ken
lucky counterfeiters.
In this hilarious and somewhat
violent old thriller, you will see a
diabolical william, a moist eyed
and winsome heroine, a stalwart
and manly hero, a dauntleSs
Oman with nerves like steel, and
above all. you will see settings
which are alone worth the extended
drive.
Those more prominently cast
and who deported themselves with
enthusiasm. included Gail Dennis,
Elinor Cox Karsten, Frances
Brunt, Eugene Kressin, Ralph
Fowler, Harold Stepler and John
Edwards. The entire production
was under the direction of Anton
Hardt, while the effective sets
were created and executed by
Edith Allen.
You may see 1t this week-at
$40 q m. R. H.
The Washington times., 1935-09-10

progress and well deserved pro-
motions.
Mr.. Grimes was transferred
first to the Savoy and then to
the Avenue Grand Theater, where
he became assistant manager.
In 1927 he was made manager of
the Empire Theatcr. Two years
later he was placed in charge of
the Home, and then, after some
months service at the Avalon,
was made manager of the Colony,
where he remained for four and
a half years.
Land Is Promoted
Mr.. Grimes is native of Vir-
ginia. where he was born in 1904.
He is married and is the father
of two girls, 4 and 6 years
of age. He enjoys motion picture
work, and is undertaking his new
tasks with enthusiasm, eager to
equal the splendid record made
by Harry Lohmeyer, whom he
succeeded.
w. Claude Land has been ap.
pointed manager of the Home
Theater, according to an an
nouncement made today by John
j. Payette, Warner Bros. general
circuit manager. The appoint
ment of Land fills the managers
post left vacant at the Home
when Mr.. Payette last week made
promotional changes in several
Washington theaters, as a result
Of moving Harry Lohmeyer from
the Earle to District Manager Of
the Washington houses. Continu-
ing his promotion from the ranks,
Mr.. Payette has placed Walter
Cannon, chief of service at the
Metropolitan, as assistant man,
ager at the Central, the position
vacated by Mr.. Land.
George Crouch, Veteran
In view of the fact that Mr..
Wonders and Nat CHASER, who is
district manager for the Virginia
theaterS, will be in their respective
territories so much, Mr.. Payette
has realigned some of the home
office work, making Nat Browne
general secretary in the Washing
ton office. All correspondence for
district managers, and all matters
pertaining to sound and projec-
ton equipment will be cleared
through his office, in addition to
his regular duties as secretary to
Mr.. Payette.
George A. Crouch, assistant
zone manager for the 35 Warner
theaters in this zone, will continue
to assist Mr.. Payette in the buying
and booking of all screen product
used in this territory. Mr.. Crouch
is the oldest employe in point Of
service now associated with these
theaters, his career having start
ed in 1908 with Harry M. Gran.
dali. Mr.. Crouch is we'll known to
WashingtonianS, having started
in the Crandall days in a minor
capacity, until now he has become
assistant zone manager.
The Washington times., 1935-09-10
She Tells Why
Stars Fail

Hollywood is no place for an &C
tor who lacks courage.
There are plenty Of rough spots
to be surmounted in the film
business. and one who expects to
reach the pinnacle of screen fame
must be able to take them In
stride with the smooth.
To do so requires courage plus
lot of hard work.
That, in brief, is the explanation
of Marion Davis for the failure of
some stars and the continued sue
cess of others.
Some leading screen players
Skyrocket for a period of year
or so, then fade out" she re-
marked, while others go on year
after year with increased popu.
larity. The latter have the cour'
age to pick themselves up after
stumbling and to continue on un'
til they reach smooth highway
again.
Sooner or later" said Miss
Davies, who has the stellar role in
Page Miss Glory" her first Cos
mopolitan production as a Warner
Brothers release, now at the Met
ropolitan Theater, "every star will
get a bad play and make a bad
picture. They can't all be good.
The good plays, of course, help
while the bad ones retard.
The Washington times., 1935-09-10

Good Direction
I trace much of the success Of
Harmony Lane" to the skilled
direction of Joseph Santley, who
also shares honors with Elizabeth
Meehan for the scenario. He has
injected some deft human touches,
and also has managed to tighten
the story with comedy incidents,
judiciously inserted.
Douglas Montgomery plays the
young composer. His career is
pictured from the time that the
lovely Susan Evelyn Venable) ,
became the inspiration for his
"Oh Susanna" until, broken and
discouraged he dies, as the famous
minstrel, AL Christie, is about to
stage a benefit performance to
start him anew.
One learns that Composer FoS-
ter'S abiding love for Susan never
faltered although he married
Jane (Adrienne Ames) through a
misunderstanding, and thereafter
lived a life of regret. Harmony
Lane" shows the old, colored
preacher (Clarence Muse). who
was to become immortalized as
the prototype of "Old Black Joe"
and there is background music
incorporating his other enduring
heart songs. ,
The comedy is entrusted to and
woven around the character OF
Christie the minstrel, and William
Frawley does such an excellent
Job with this merry and bibulous
happy-go-lucky it becomes one OF
the highlights Of the picture. Joe
Cawthorn also unreelS some good
laughs as a lovable old music
teacher.
Montgomery Stars
Douglas Montgomery (once he
gets over his tooth-conSciouS mo-
mentS) etches an appealing por-
trait Of the composer. Evelyn ven
able and Adrienne AmeS, in make
up suggest 1885 girls. with their
pluked eyebrows, but are adequate
in holding the love interest of the
story.
Harmony Lane" is well pro-
duced. It is made by Mascot Pic
lures, one of the smaller compa-
MES, but is good enough to war
rant the label Of any big-league
producer.
Katherine LaWlor and the
Crimoline Girls take part in an
atmospheric stage prologue and
the Southernaires sing Foster
songs by the epilogue.
The Washington times., 1935-09-10
press it by ignoring t
Sunday Is Poor

Sunday in the Washington
legitimate theater is not a desir-
able theater evening. Most shows
pass up the chance to begin en-
gagements at the National Thea
ter on the Sabbath for the very
good reason that only minority
audience attends. Big musical
comedies alone are able to over
come the Sunday hoodoo in Wash
ington.
Neither can Mr.. Steve Cochran
understand why Promoter Joe Tur-
ner and other sports impressar1oS
battle for the right to present
their attractions on Monday night.
On E Street Monday night is a
light box office evening. Always
has been. Washington becomes
National Theater conscious most
on Wednesday. Thursday, Friday
and Saturday nights.
Why Sunday night is not a good
legitimate theater date is just one
of those things. It is big night
with the downtown movie houses.
Similarly, though the movie houses
may juggle their opening day.
there are invariably one or two
days in the week when business
is off. Usually Monday and Tues
day.
Kathryn Givney, erstwhile OF
the National Players. has been
signed by the New York Theater
Guild for an important role in
IF This Be Treason" a new play
by the Rev. John Haynes Holmes.
Miss Kathryn is the third grad
uate of the Cochran forces to be
The Washington times., 1935-09-10


Washington, D. c., always will
occupy a top spot in the memo
ries of not only Ted Weems but
also his band. In 1924 they
played their first theater engage
ment from behind the footlights
of the Rialto on Ninth Street,
and this also on Ted's honey
moon.
He is a graduate of mechanical
engineering from the University
Of Penn, and not the only mem
ber of the Weem's family to lay
claim to fame. A relative, Mason
Locke Weems, was the author of
"Weem's Life of George Wash
ington," and is credited with the
first revealing of the cherry-tree
yarn that is smiled upon so
tolerantly today. Uncle Cabel
Weems formerly was Congress-
man from Ohio, and Cousin Wal
ter Weems, the screen scenarist,
wrote the material for the 1.-TWO
Black Crows" and was the dis.
coverer of Stepin Fetchit for
Fox's first big Negro musical,
Hearts in Dixie"
Ted goes back to the Palmer
House in Chicago this fall and
will broadcast from there over
WIN on the Mutual system.
And around the corner at the
Fox, Art Jarrett lays claim to
writer's in his own clan. His
father is well known of see
narist for Paramount and Educa'
tional comedies and wrote the
script for the film Moonlight
and Pretzels." His uncle, Dan
Jarrett, also writes for the screen
and the legitimate stage.
Art himself began his stage ca
reer at the age of S, when he
strobe boldly on the boards as
Little Hal" in the "The Squaw
Man" and has continued his in
dividual efforts up until a year
ago when he organized his band
His aggregation moved into the
famous Blackhawk Restaurant in
Chicago for a hit month and
then came close to a record run
at the Sherman Houses College