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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-18
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outstanding figue among the young
modern composers Of that period.
EISLER, however, was not happy in
the surroundings Of the musical
bourgeoisie. To be one of a great
number of decadent musicians
meant a futility stagnating to his
talent. Only when EisIer came into
the struggle of the working class
did he find his medium and with it
grew his power of composing music
which expressed not only the life
and battles of the German workers,
but Of the working class of the en-
tire world
He pointed the way to many new
composers, among whom we're such
talents as Stefan Volpe, the COM
poser Of "Rote Soldaten," beloved by
the masses in Germany, as we'll as
in the United States and many
other countries.
Eisler has taken an active part in
the struggle of the working class of
Germany. That is why his songs
find instant response from the
masses. Even the bourgeois critics
have been forced to admit that the
music of this revolutionary COM
poser is unique" vita " brilliant, /"
powerful" stark in its essence. I"
(Deutche Algemeine zeitung) The
anti-radical "Leipsige Folks lei
tung" also had to admit that Els
ler's music was mot just for the
connoisseur alone-it appeals to the
masses. 1t is new music from a
master, sincere and singable."
Those who are acquainted with
his Solidarity song from the "Kuhle
Wampe," 1.-The Ballade Of Soldiers -
ION Guard" Roter Wedding, f."
"Comintern," Address to a New
Born Child" know the stirring mes
sage he tells in his music. The
workers and peasants of the Soviet
Union we're quick to appreciate this
and his ION Guard" "Comintern'
and others are tremendously popu-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-18
Proceeds of Concerts
to Aid Victims of
Nazi Terror

lar. One hears them wherever
workers gather.
THE revolutionary movement, under
the leadership of the Communist
Party, has brought to its ranks
many musicians whose activities are
Of great help in the class struggle.
In the eight years, 1925 to 1893, the
music Of Germany, for example,
saw period Of great activity
among the workers. The revolu-
tionary musicians were able to turn
the old and traditional "gesangs
ferein" into musical vanguards of
the German proletariat. Music, in
one form or another, had its place
at gatherings, celebrations and dem
onstrations. Thousands Of choruses
spread revolutionary songs, helping
to stir the masses to action.
The difflculty has been, and still
is, in finding the right idiom to ex-
press the class struggle in music, 50
as not to be obliged to follow in the
tradition Of the old bourgeois dit
ties. At the same time the masses,
who have not had the opportunity
Of studying and listening to good
music, must be given simple but Wig
orous songs. 1t is one thing to dis
card the idiom Of the decadent COM
posers, but it is more complicated
to create new one.
This Hams Eisler has done with
remarkable success. We, in the
United States, are acquainted with
some of his songs, but not by far,
to the degree deserved by him or
needed by us. He is one of the lead
ing spirits in music for the worker,
an outstanding musician, a comrade
and always on the battle-line with
the rank and file.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-18
Hams Eisler Exile d
From Germany and
Music Banned
BY sERGEI RADAMsKY

uANNS EISLER, the famous revo-
lutionary German refugee COM
poser, arrived in this country a few
days ago. Every effort has been
made by the Hitler government to
ferret out all of Eisler's music and
to destroy his influence with the
workers. To own one Of his records
in Germany is punishable by i'm
prisonment. To be caught singing
one of his songs is punishable by
torture. Nevertheless, thousands
upon thousands of records of Els
ler's revolutionary mass songs are
still played in Nazi Germany and
his popularity is as high as ever.
The spreading Of revolutionary
music among the German workers
was not an accident, nor was it
easily accomplished. The Commu-
mist Party in Germany had to fight
the old beer garden atmosphere and
nationalistic ditties of the middle
class which had found their way to
the masses
In this cultural and musical de-
velopment, the German workers
were led by Hams Eisler. The class
struggle in Germany, strikes, barri-
cades, First Of May celebrations,
and other demonstrations, are
bound up with his name.
Eisler is a pupil Of Schoenberg.
He also had earlier musical train
ing in the classics and old tradi-
tions of music, possessing knowledge
and technique of the first order. His
chamber music, piano compositions
and songs were performed at many
music festivals in Central Europe,
which gained him recognition as an
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-18

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OF Taxation--Merwin K.
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State Economic Council
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Of the
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-18

So little difference that one con-
fuses them-that is, If one belongs
to the former,
But unwittingly, through innocent
considerations of atmosphere" Mr..
Henderson almost spills the beans.
Lady Macbeth and Wozzeck are
truly the two outstanding operas of
this generation. Both Shostakovich
and Berg went to authors of a hun
dred or so years ago for plots that
center around the exploitation of
the individual by capitalist society.
(Why?) WoSzeck is the poor little
soldier who is bullied by his officers,
experimental upon by the regi-
mental doctor, cheated of his sweet
heart and ends his miserable life
in murder and suicide. Katerina
IzmailoYa Lady Macbeth is the
high-spirited young woman who
finds herself married (sold) to
rich fool of a merchant, bullied by
her father law, takes a common
and logical way out through love
affair with an entirely unworthy
young man. and tries to escape from
the subsequent dilemma by murder
and, finally, by suicide.
THAT such solutions of such prob
l lens are commonplace of capt.
talist society and capitalist art,
everyone knows. But in all the his
tory Of opera, no composer has ever
dared to make fun of it, much less
to satirize it. A new idea, Mr.. Hen
derson! An idea not only in libretto
but (what is far more difficulty
in music. For the sharpest barbs
Of the satire are in the music.
If these critics would try to write
an opera themselves and had any
self-criticism at all, they would be
more humble before their master.
If they were not fatally blind to
the cheap role they play as apollo
gists for social system (of whose
rottenness the plot of Lady Mac
beth is good example) they might
have some self criticism.
As to Downes of the Times, it is
in his review of February 10 that
the absolute low water mark of
critical Incompetence is reached.
ITO Be Continuedl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-18
BY CARL SANDS

ONLY one thing remained to con-
v vince us that our Con the whole
favorable judgments of Lady Mac
beth" were correct. This one thing
was an unfavorable Judgment on the
part of New York's old guard of
music reviewers of the
Herald-Tribune, Henderson of the
Sun and Downes of the Times. But
they have come through, 1aughably
naive, scurrilous and superficial, true
to type as usual.
Gilman confessed at once that the
work had its moments" (Hearts
began to sink at the prospect that
any part of the opera could actually
have been bad enough to appeal
to Gilman as a "moment.~ But
reading on we learned to our in
tense relief that the moments were
mostly "melodrama of juvenile
sort" Musical barrenness," i'm
aginative indulgence" "portentous
emptiness, very young for his age"
''yeasty and naive mind" "pretenti-
Gus musical sterility," premature
impotence" from man who
has never shown that he has in his
whole body as much musical taste
or skill as Shostakovich has In his
little fingerl Better and better,
to the final slam: 1T is barely
possible that economic propaganda
is not the perfect soil for merely
musical ideas" -.
Yes, this is a good sample of what
passes for music criticism in our
dailies Of large circulation. That
Gilm MS column-and-a-half of
crude, half jocular and entirely un-
conscious capitalist propaganda is
not perfect soil for merely musical
Cor merely any kind of ideas is GER
tainly true. 1t serves most effec-
lively to set in relief the very COM
potent, subtle and highly magma
tive propaganda of Shostakovich,
who. with equal certainty is the
most promising young composer of
today.
BESIDE the shameless phrase
~ mongering of Gilman, the more
1udicious Henderson is pale reading. |
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chestra
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Narrator
Io:3o-wEAF-The First Seven
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James A. Moffett, Federal
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WOR-Variety Musicale
WABC-The Man From
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Harry II. Moore
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-18
LID. Five-Day Bazaar
Will Begin Wednesday

Ten thousand buttons, with the
imprint Free Glide Allen" will be
issued by the New York District In
ternational Labor Defense for sale
at its five-day defense bazaar
starting Wednesday in Manhattan
Lyceum, IS East Fourth Street, to
raise funds and rally mass pressure
for the release of this framed Ne
gro worker railroaded to IS years
in Sing Sing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-18
What Earl BrOWdeH. Thinks
Of BurCk'S Cartoon Book

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-18
French Var Budget

French Var Budget
QUESTION, Is it true that the leaders Of the
Socialist Party of France supported the recent
French war budget in one form or another? Is it
also true that "LHumsnite" the organ Of the Com
munist Party Of France contained no criticism Of
this act? / G. and c. P
Answer; /. MOI Since the signing Of the pact Of
unity between the Socialist and Communist Parties
on July g. 1884, not even the small reactionary
leadership Of the Socialist Partys right wing has
dared to take the responsibility for approving the
war budget Of French imperialism.
Are I. G. and c. P. sure that they do not mean
the Radical-Socialst Party Of France This party.
Of which the French workers say that it is neither
radical nor Socialist has consistently supported
most of the legislation coming up in the Cham
Der of Deputies. The strength Of the Radical-So-
Cialst Party lies mainly in the petty oourgeoise and
the pessantry, and its character as faithful ally
of French capitalism may be gathered from the
stamp Of treacherous anti-working class renegades
that has made up its leadership, men like Millerand,
BRAND and Barthou, all Of whom betrayed the
French workers.
The powerful sentiment deeply buried in the
actions and attitude of the Socialist Party MEM
bershp, against war and against fsscism was the
specific base on which rested the united front Of
Socialists and Communists. 1t was strkingly re-
yealed at the decisive conference of the National
Council Of the Socialist Party on July Is, 1894 when
by vote of 3,471 for and only 366 against, the
united front agreement was accepted. Thus even il
certain leaders Of the French Socialist Party Fros-
sara for instance, were not unwilling to subscribe
to the budget the mass conviction Of the party
membership against war would have prevented such
a move.
O. The Socialist Party leaders not having sup
ported the war budget "LHumanite" could not
have printed any criticism of their position But
generally speaking, when any cause for criticism
presents itself to either the Communist or Socialist
Party, there exists strong and effective critical
organ especially set up for this purpose This the
Committee of Coordination which meets regularly
and which comprises a large number of representa-
tlves Of both parties According to the terms Of the
united front agreement all questions of procedure
and criticism are brought to this body.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-18
TUNING IN

series of talks under the auspices of the News
paper Guild of New York take place over WMCA
every Monday night from tbs to 730 p m Work
ing newspapermen and women, of which there are
1900 in the New York organization, will speak
about the news stories of the day or week-ther
experiences in covering them, the happenings that
do not get into the papers etc. The speakers will
be drawn from all the newspapers in the city
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-18
Socialism Without Workers

nF COURSE Lewis Mumford has been doing
great socalizing job in reaching this class, and
breaking the intellectual hold of capitalism on their
minds.
But he still believes you can have Communism
without party that can organize it. or a social
ist world without the workers. Is it enough to-
day that one attack capitalism, or attempt to in
spire vague revolutionary mood in the middle
class2 Whoever does not also teach them the fun
damental truth of socialist politics. that the work
ing class is the historic class that alone can usher
in socialism, is he not leaving them unprepared for
the specious logic of fascism2 Writers like Ramon
Fernandez and Roman ROLAND have begun to
see this clearly, and am still as sure as was
years ago that not seeing this plain is the fatal
lack in Mumfords philosophy I hope he will be
present at our Writer'S Congress in May where all
this will be discussed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-18
NEW PAMPHLETS

MOTHER BLOOR, by Ann Bar
ton. Workers Library Publish
ers, 3 cents.
LENINISM-THE ONLY MARX
ISM TODAY. A Discussion of
the Characteristics of Declining
Capitalism, by Alex Bittelman
and v. j. Jerome. Workers
Library Publishers, Is cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-18
Reviewed by
LEON ALEXANDER

JACINTO BENAVENTE is a Nobel
y Prize winner and one of SPANS
foremost dramatists. This does not
prevent the play under review from
being dull and formless, as well as
somewhat moth-eaten in subject
matter.
The play deals with the problems
of one of SPANS foremost noble
families royal blood flows in its
veins-on whose doorstep is left the
natural and only son of the de-
ceased head of the family, and, if
the descendsnce is recognized, the
only heir to the dead mans for
tune.
Irene, Marchioness of Montalban,
is all for keeping the boy and rec
ognizing him. Doubts, however,
arise as to the actual father of the
child, for the demimondaine who
was his mother was at the same
time having an affair with a shady
young man who now turns up to
blackmail the noble family - or
to furnish them proof If they want
to contest the boys paternity.
Upon discovering that the child
is not her brothers, the Marchion-
ess sends him callously out Of her
home; then, since she has grown to
love the boy, repents, takes him
back-and love conquers all, even
the pride of blood.
THE early Benavente, satirist and
1 realist, consciously or not, stood
against the aristocrats, on the side
Of the rising bourgeoisie. Satire was
the weapon of the bourgeois revolu-
tionary playwright: He flung his
sharpest barbs against the aristoe-
racy, and against that provincialism
which is the social child of feu-
dalism-There is not character in
the play toward whom the audience
can feel any affection; with the
exception of the boy, they are
either scoundrels or fools; the aris-
tocracy of Spain are described as
greedy, hypocritical, selfish, ILL
mannered--or good-naturedly stu
pid, like the Duke Of Santa Ollala,
an uncle Of Irene's and led by the
nose by demimondaine, blackmailer
or interloping go-between. Irene re-
mains only an abstraction, a vague
symbol.
However, nineteen years have
passed since Field of Ermine" saw
its first production in Spain. Time
has not been kind to it; its humors
have grown stale, its irony has lost
it's edge. Benavente was writing Of
a Spain still emerging from feu-
dalism whose past power had been
based upon the mercantile exploit
tation of its colonies. These coll
onies were gone, lost to more ag-
gressive capitalist cuntries. Its feu-
dial superstructure was crumbling;
rising industrial bourgeoisie chal-
lenged the rule of the aristocracy.
The recent bourgeois revolution has
finished the job which economic
change began; the very social soil
from which Field of Ermine'
sprang has been changed. Today,
the irony of the play falls mainly
on uncomprehending ears.
Ben Ali Haggin has given the
play one of the "hammiest," most
amateurish productions of the sea-
son, and set it in a Spanish in
terror in the best Alice Foote
McDougal style. The acting is in
general on a par with the produc-
ton; outstanding only was the work
of st. Clair bayfield, as the Duke of
Santa Ollalla, and Alma Kruger in
the role of one of the Warehouses
viperish female relations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-18
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-18

BESIDE the shameless phrase
~ mongering of Gilman, the more
Judicious Henderson is pale reading.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-18
WORLD Of the
MOVIES
Fake PacifcisHl

THE MAN WHO RECLAIMED HIS
HEAD, adapted from the play by
Jean Bart, screen play by Samuel
Ornitz and Jean Bart, Universal
production, directed BY Edward
Ludwig.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-18
WORLD Of THE
THEATRE
Stale Satire on Spanish
AristOcrGcy

FIELD OF ERMINE-A play by
Jacinto Benavente, adapted by
John Garrett Underhill, produced
by Crosby Gaige, Inc, staged by
Ben Ali Haggin.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-11-14
Girl To Face Trial For Murder OF
Father In Moral Code Revolt Case

WISE. Va, Nov. Il. UP)-Dogmas
OF the Virginia Blue Ridge noun
.taineers will be brought into court
here when a 21-year-old girl goes
on trial charged with numbering
her father in a bitter quarrel which
developed after the Jaw of the hill
folk-that an unmarried woman
shall not be outside the home after
sunset-had been broken.
The defendant is pretty Edith
Maxwell, school teacher whose trial
opens in this little backwooo coun-
" seat Nov. Is. It will be a story
OF the struggle between the family
code Of the mountaineers and the
infringing freedom of modern youth.
Miss Maxwell has been held in
the Wise county Jail since the
Staying last July 81. The noun
tain girl learned the soft feel of
store clothes while she attended
normal school IN the outside
world" She experienced life that
was directly opposite TO the code
Of the Pound scattering
OF mountain Shacks where she re-
sided. She could not reconcile her
self to accept again the hill code
Imperial Valley press., 1935-11-14
MEXICO Halls
TOURIST BOOM
INTO INTERIOR

MEXICO CITY, Nov. IA. U.P)-
Touring to the real Mexico" is on
a boom.
If it keeps growing at the pres
ent rate, the tourist business soon
will become as important to ma
tional economy as silver mining,
corn growing. or oil drilling.
simultaneously, the so-called
frivolous tourism" along the bor-
der points has almost vanished due
to President Lazaro Cardenas' ord
er prohibiting gambling.
In the old days, millions of tour
lists every year crossed the United
States Mexico border to go as far
s Tijuana, Ensenada, Cludad
Juarez, and such places, where
they visited race tracks, casinos,
cabarets and other centers of at
traction.
Nowadays the animation of those
resorts is a thing of history, but
tourists in increasing numbers are
penetrating into the heart of Mex
ico. The increase is graphically
shown in the following figures OF
the department Of national econo-
L
Imperial Valley press., 1935-11-14
FRENCH WAITS
RISE TO POSTS
OF HIGH HONOR

PARIS, Nov. IA. U.p)-Official sta
tistics reveal that 1900 babies are
abandoned in the Department of the
Seine, Paris and district, and left to
the care of the state, every year.
But, despite their poor start in life,
some of these waits have made a
hit" in life. Two of them are sena-
tors, four are deputies and one was
IN secretary of state.
In the army, two are generals and
seven others hold high rank. One is
III admiral and nine are captains in
he navy. Other "unwanteds" have
made fortunes in commerce and in
dustry.
In France, no formalities are ne
,essary for the surrender of a baby
Mothers bring their children into
he state home at any hour.
There are many who grow up
moving neither their name nor the
place of their birth.
The little wards of the state, as
oon as they are big enough, are sent
nto humble families a ID there rear
ID, the state continuing to watch
)Ver their education and welfare.
In cases where they show promise,
heir education is continued They
IRE sent to a secondary school and
hen to a university.
But the waits who fell in the war
annot have their real names on
he ROY of honor. The state, sworn
secrecy, has to keep the list in
| is secret archives.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-11-14
HEARING TESTS
MADE IN VALLEY

Audiometer tests for hearing are
being made today and tomorrow in
Imperial Valley under the auspices
Of the Imperial Valley League for
the Hard OF Hearing.
El Centro children We're to be
tested this afternoon at Mckinley
school, Calexico and Heber young
tiers being tested this morning in
Calexico.
In Calexico high school alone y
cases of hearing defects were dis
covered by means of the audio-
meter stated Mrs. Margaret Rad
cliffe, lip reading teacher, showing
the value of the tests.
Brawley and Calpatria students
will be tested Friday morning at
the Brawley Barbara Worth school.