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Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-06
Many Nationalities
Included In Jooss
Renowned Ballet
By Jane Archer

IA /HILE spaniard Stays spaniard 81
w in bloody shell-racked Spain,
and rioting fills the streets of Paris,
and threats gather in ominous
clouds the face of Europe. Kurt
Jooss tours America for the third
time with his Europeen Ballet, includ-
ing again in his repertorv the ballet M
1.-THE Green Table" perhaps the most M#
eloquent peace propaganda ever
launched
This year Jooss brings his troupe
to the Pacific Coast for the first time.
For the first time audiences in California, Wash
ington and Oregon will be privileged to see the
famous dance macabre, the powerful 1.-THE Green
Table," that won the international Dance Con
gress Prize in Paris in 1882: "The Big City;
1.-The Prodigal Son; Johann Strauss, Tonight
and the rest of his ballets
It was Germanys loss and the gain OF the
rest of the world when Hitlers ant-Semltc
campaign drove Fritz Cohen, musical director
and composer for the troupe, from that coun-
try Jooss and the rest of the troupe naturally
had to follow him. and now, exles from their
native land their art belongs to the world.
For his peace propaganda, Jooss has chosen
artists from many nations-Germany, Holland,
France, Russia, England and America His
1.-THE Green Table opens with five black-coated
gentlemen on either side of a long table 1hey
are gesticulating wildly, and although no words
talk is heard in pantomime. Old men and young
politicians, poets and cranks, profiteers and
fanatics of all kinds rant and rave. And 1t ends
in war Six grim scenes follow. Death in green
ish black moves through them all. When he
isn't actually dancing he is ever in the back
ground. There old mothers and young girls
bidding farewell to their loved ones, suggested
skrmishes, executions follow. And old and
young, patriot and traitor, mother and SON
death claims them all. All save the diplomats,
the same gentlemen who started the war. They
are shown in the last scene, back at the Green
Table They alone are unharmed, busy planning
another war.
lOOSS has striped away all extraneous mat
- ter-he has dispensed with lavish costumes
and the huge symphony-his sole accompani-
ment being two pianos. Yet he manages, su-
perbly, to present perfect wordless dramas.
AS Arnold Haskell, confirmed balletomane,
has said of Jooss and his "The Green Table:
"He has enriched his repertoire of movement
and has left the monotony of Central European
posturing with it's imprisoned earth-bound
stamping far behind. . Frankly, have doubts
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lious sentiment in my soul. still do not know
whether I spent time absorbing his ideas
or quarreng with him. When things came to
the boiling point l married him. Somehow
after that stopped quarreling, and it seems
that now our ideas harmonic to such an extent
that 1 am his assistant. This doesn't mean that
we always agree, but at least we are able to
compose our differences and achieve real col
laboraton.'
T.HE sumptuous settings, luxurious atmos-
phere, spendidly beautiful costumes and
large symphony orchestra of the Ballet Russo
are missing in Jooss European Ballet. So is the
sense of Illustration and confusion missing that
is so often felt by the audience after Graham
or Wigman recital-the sense of Illustration that
is felt because, no matter how thrilling the
dances may be- the audience has little concep-
ton of what they about They are not
within the scope of experience of the average
person.
There are no stars in the ballet. Each men,
ber knows that he must work, must do his
best, and then work to make his best even
better. He knows that the whole is far, far
greater than the individual. Jooss has not
broken with the classical school, He has
stemmed from it. He early abandoned the un-
satisfying angularities of the school of Wig
man. Kreutzberg and others. He has struck
about half way between the purely classical
and the angular modern, and with his own
genius has done something new in his own
right,
This then is Kurt Jooss this quiet young
man, this young of farmer stock, exile from
his native land, modern, yet clinging to bits
of the old classicism And he comes to
America again, this young with dancers
in his troupe from half dozen nations, to pre-
sent the most stirring and bitter satire on war
that restless world has seen in recent years.
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soil and follow in the footsteps of his forebears.
This he did for little while Fired with the
desire to dance, he went again to the city and
studied under the same eccentric who taught
Wigman. Not satisfied with this form of the
dance he abandoned it to produce his own
balets, all created by himself In the meantime,
he had met talented young musician, Cohen,
and persuaded him to join his troupe, and COM
pose music for the Jooss baets. Cohen was
delighted with the opportunity and has re-
manned with Jooss as musical director ever
since.
Jooss' task, in the first place formidable
one due to lack of financial backing, was made
still more difficult when Hitlers anti-Semitic
campaign forced Cohen to leave Germany.
Naturally, the whole troupe had to leave with
him, first because a musical director Cohen
practically indispensable; secondly, they
were forced to leave their native Germany
through friendship and loyalty. After roaming
about and making several financially unsuccess-
full tours, the Jooss European Ballet finally
found pleasant peaceful home at Darlington,
England, where now, home from tours they
work in peace.
Jooss as artist and man is a simple, natural
person. He seems Indifferent to fanfare and
publicity He is completely the artist, SO
fired with the ambition to improve his work,
to perfect his art that he would do it though
he received no recognition whatsoever
While in Germany Jooss married Aino Simola,
a charming Esthonian. At the age of II, Aino
was fired with the desire to dance. She finally
persuaded her astounded family to allow her
to join the practically unknown Jooss Ballet
There the headstrong young lady met Jooss and
tells of their tempestuous courtship in these
amusing words:
"While admired his talent-t is more than
that-genius, it was his persistent driving force
with his pupils that called forth every rebel
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about the actual scholastic method, since I be-
lieve that classicism properly applied is all en-
bracing, but there is one thing about which l
have no doubts, and that is Kurt Jooss' chore-
graphic genius and the inspiring leadership
that has produced this remarkably sensitive and
finely disciplined company of dancers.
$50 far he is the only choregrapher of world
Importance who has emerged away from the
influence of Diaghileff, and there is the possi-
bility that considerable part in the future
development of our art lies in his hands, Yes,
it is possibility that must be reckoned with:
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Jooss and the shade of Petipa may yet COM
mune and find some common meeting ground
=. My admiration for Kurt Jooss, unquestion-
ably one of the deepest and most sincere crea-
tive minds the dance of our generation has pro-
duced. The fact that he is idealist is evident
in all his work He never strives after some
easy effect, but continually seeks below the sur
face of things
.FHE father of Kurt Jooss was a farmer who
also conducted a brewery. After finishing
school. Kurt was expected to go back to the
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-06

Minceme1t Rounds: These come from
Merne England and make you think of Wash
ington Irving and Charles Dickens.
S.Uedisb Cookies: Brightly decorated
ginger cookies that are loved in the land of
the Vikings.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-06

PfsfernHesse: Germany's famous spiced
cookies. Martha Meade simplihed the ancient
recipe for busy modern homemakers.
Tiennese Egg Cookies: Golden waters
studded with eandied fruit, typical holiday
dainty Of gay Vienna.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-06

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IA IHILE Spaniard slays Spaniard
w in bloody, shell-racked Spain,
and rioting fills the streets of Paris
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-10-16

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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-10-16
544 ADDS GROCERY
BOSSES TO IT'S
VICTORY STRING
By ARTHUR HOPKINS

The strike oil Local 544, Cen
eraI Drivers Union, ended Wed
nesday with a victory Tor the I'M
ION. ga is recognized as the re-
preventative Of the workers, who
are returning TO work without dis
criminauon with seniority rights
established, and the wage rates
demanded by the union acceded by
the bosses tor drivers, warehouse
men, and inside workers. Only the
wages OF certain unclaSsified cate
CORES of inside workers are yet
to be settled and this will be re-
ferred to a board Of arbitration.
There is every Indication that in
this arbitration the workers will
emerge as victorious as they hao
from the picket line, for the union
workers of 544 do not allow the
gains won on the picket line to-
be chiseled from them at the con-
ference table.
This strike was the longest that
the union has conducted, and the
determination and militancy OF
the bosses for a showdown with
the union was quite as strong as
in 1884 when Local STA, the pre-
decessor of the Local 544, esta-
blished itself as the leader of the
militant labor movement of the
city. Here is a union that does not
90 out on strike until the proper
groundwork has been prepared
and this is education, agitation,
and organization, and proving to
the workers that not only must
there be unity among the workers,
but intelligent leaders, students OF
Marxist theory and practice, to
conduct the strike along Marxlst
lines.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-10-16
GAMBLE-SKOGWO co.
SIGN UNION CONTRACT

The Gamble-Skogmo Company,
operators of the Gamble stores,
have signed a contract with Local
544 covering the working condi-
tons of drivers, helpers and inside
workers. Recognition of the union
was the basis of the company's
battle with the union. This is the,
first step in Minneapolis to or
ganize this industry, that of dis
tributing and selling automobile
supplies. The HOigaard Tent and
Awning Company has signed a
contract with 544, after three
weeks struggle, by which the I'M
ion is recognized as the repres-
entative of the workers, all of
whom are in Local 544, Seniority
rights, wage increases and hour
reductions are also included in the
contract.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-10-16
FEDERAL WORKERS FIGHT
FOR MORE RELIEF

The Federal Workers Section of
Local 544 is holding mass meet
ing tonight to discuss the ques-
ton of securing relief supplement-
al to the $6O.5O pittance they now
receive regardless of the size of
the family. The FWS demands
that the city Welfare Board sup
ply the difference between $60.50
and the $1,000 demanded by the
union as the minimum for a fami-
ly of three. In addition, SO per
month is demanded for each ad-
ditional dependent. For a family
of two $66 is demanded as the
minimum.
FWS workers thT0GaUm that if
their demands are not met they
will go on direct relief which will
cause the whole relief load to fall
upon the state and local relief
agencies, and also causing a stop
page of WPA wages which are a
considerable item in the economic
life of this region. The painting
if the city's shopkeepers for a
share of the WPA workers
wages will be a factor that augers
we'll for the successful issue Of
the FWS campaign for supple
mental relief.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-10-16
LABOR PARTY Is Born

Dor" whose political careers are
tied up with the money powers
Only when it has a party Of its
own, as a rallying point for brain
workers as well as manual work
ers, for small tradesmen and sbon
keepers for professional men. will
the trade union movement be in q
position to fight it's battles on the
political front just as it has baen
fighting them on the economic
front.
The existence of such a party
IN New York State is therefore
of more than local interest. IT
may well prove the spearhead of
the entire labor party movement
its officers and executive commit
tee are men and womenn whose
entire lives have been devoted to
organizing the unorganized and
protecting the rights of the work
ing population to decent wages,
humane hours and improved condi-
lions. Anon them are such true
and tried standard bearers of la
Dor as Sidney Hillman, president
Of the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers of America, George
Meany, president of the New
York State Federation of Labor;
David Dubinsky, PresideR& of the
international Ladies' Garment
Workers Union; Andrew 7. Arm
strong, President of Local 2,
Printing Freshmen Unin; Andrew
j. Kennedy, President of the Am
algamated photographers Union;
Rose Schneiderman, President of
the Women's Trade Union League.
More significant than individual
leaders are the labor unions af-
filiated and paying per capita to
the party, over 800 local and cen
trail bodies in the state, with new
ones joining the parade to labor
power in the politicl field every
day.
The campaign is under the di-
rection of Gilmore M. Herrick,
well-known for her decisions
friendly to labor as Regional D1-
rector of the National Labor Re-
latiOns Board. AS a member of
the Regional Compliance Council
under the MIRA, Mrs. Herrick was
hailed throughout the country for
her firm support of labor's right
to organize without interference.
She was always quick to see
through the disguise of fake I'M
ions set up by the bosses.
The program of action of the
American Labor Party is simple
and not to be mistaken, in this
election to help reflect Roosevelt
and Lehman, and in the heat of
the election to forge new instru-
ment for permanent political ac-
ton by labor.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-10-16
NORTHWEST
LABOR NOTES
By ARTHUR w. HOPKINl
STRIKE WAVE
HAS ABATED
BUT LAUNDRY
WORKERS THREATEN

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 16.-Ehe
strike wave that Minneapolis mas
experienced for the last few
months has abated somewhat,
with only one strike-that of the
battery workers - in progress.
There are, however, prospects that
the laundry workers, who have
Offered a new contract to the
bosses which would give them
better working conditions and
wages, will go out on strike if
their demands are not met. A
strike vote was taken last Wed
nesday and the workers voted to
strike if the bosses do not sign
the agreement. Negotiations are
now in progress, but whether the
bosses will sign up is at present
doubtful. The workers are well
organized and will no. doubt win
che strike, if and when called.
Over 1000 workers would be in
volved.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-10-16

Local 1859, Furniture Workers
Union, is very successful in organi-
zing the workers of the WOODEN
ware industry of this city. Con-
tracts are now signed with nearly
all the woodenware factories of
the city. This union is only year
old, but in this time it has won
several strikes and has grown
from only a few hundred members
to over a thousand, constituting
itself as a very important arm of
the militant labor movement of
Minneapolis.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-10-16
LEGION BUSTS
RED MEETING
In FLORIDA

Earl Browder, Communist can
didate for president, was stopped
from making a speech bv a moo
OF men wearing American Legion
caps at Tampa, Fla. Several per
sons in the crowd were hurt by
the mobsters.
at is clear" Browder said
chat mobs in Tampa are working
IN COLLISION with the police to deny
freedom of speech. Under these
circumstances, l will not attempt
to speak here"
A few days previous, he had
returned to Terre Haute, Ind,
where for a second time he was
prevented from speaking - this
time by a mob of drunken bust
ness men.
In Mineola, N. Y, a Republican
city administration refused to pes.
nit the American Labor party "a
hold q meeting calling it 'uR-
American" and an organization
ininical to the best interest of the
wage earners. The American La
DOR party consists almost wholly
Of members of organized labor.
and is supporting Roosevelt for
reelection.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-10-16
BATTERY WORKERS STRIKE
IN FOURTH WEEK

The battery workers strike is
now in it's Fourth week, and al
though they are negotiating with
the posses there seems to be- no
immediate prospect of a settle
ment. The strikers will not return
to work unless their demands are
Interrogation of the union and
better working conditions. The
strike will probably be a long, and
bitter one, but the workers lntend
to continue the victorious Mime
apolis strike tradition.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-10-16
TRY TO FORCE
RELIEF CLIENT
INTO SCABBINC

CLOSTER, N. J.-(FP)-"I the
undersigned Gage So swear that
the city officials, namely Mayor
Oliver and Councilman Smith of
Closter have threatened to take
away my relief ($2.5O per week.
unless l go to work n the Acme
Braid Co. which has been and is
still on strike here in Closter for
the past three weeks. Sincerely,
Agnes L. Bamberger."
This affidavit has been sent to
Gov. Hoffman by the Joint Coun-
Gil Knitgoods Workers Union, ac-
companied by a demand for May
or divers removal from office
for using relief as a club t foorce
citizens to scab. The mayor has
refused to permit union meetings.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-10-16
544 NEGOTIATING NEW CON
TRACT WITH COAL BOSSES

544 is negotiating with the
coal bosses for a new agreement,
the old one having expired last
April. The coal bosses were the
first to lose to Local 544, then
Local STA, this occurring late in
1888. Since then the union has
marched from victory to victory,
until the score now stands 10 to 0,
in favor of the union. No doubt
it will soon be Ito O.
y
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-10-16

RAINIER, Ore.-Ernest Hollen-
beck, 40, was in a serious condi-
ton at a Clatskanie hospital to-
day from injuries inflicted by a
95O-pound black bear he shot and
wounded in the orchard of his
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-10-16
i,naene Lyons

Eve and powerful Ia
zoll15 lone the dream Of
pity .r lin and women
' To19' ated into reality in
3a State. The American
York o'T resting directly on
"a F,I' ORGANIZATIONS Of the
.-'f ,o ~ launched and is by
ts' 1; nth the thick Of the cam
49,. York state affiliated
.e Ton-Partisan League,
. 5ss3 Labor Party, has
l i. ~orl, one long step be
d. II League sy as a whole. It is
LIZ .'oSn~sifituted as a political
-, +' - enlarge its activities
,iS11 j n after this cleo
=. oyerllight the party has
Z. - n Important element in
.. r., picture Of New York:
y .@S' accident that political
' =. and editorial writer's
- .,,.rers which have no par
!, .i Ike for labor as an organi-
-. .s have begun to do a
7 .:rss,ce!ating as to the role
(. .ssr, party in the mayor
.... szo in the nations lar
, IT, next year, and-even
~ .,S,sortant-its role in the
"a campaign for a new
YES =. in 1898. and a new Presl-
L 1910. .r..,..o 49,
.-@s9 L4Jor Party. with an
rI. oi ..trade-union ana
amor organizations with a
Tsaaers6lp OF over 100000,
-.'1rr the reelecGs Oh Of Presi-
s1oseye!t and AsJyernor Her
/ !, lehman, tlss New Deal
mex Of New Y0A. This, how
does not nles-a. that labor's
Srty is in any \, ~ committed
n Democratic h.. rty. On the
rary, its Htera ire and it's
I'd are constant undermining
/ is an indeperA mt party OF,
ana ior labor, - npletely in
aden! Of anyoles. except the
. and progressive Drganizatins
Hated with it.
he reelection of flres. RoOse-
land Of Goverro< Lehman in
York~~happens 10 have be-
b 4 matter Of paramount i'm
lance 10 labor and progressive
BPS Ganged up. against them
al the tories all the henchmen
bed and special privilege. The
Bon Of Landon would mean in
fact the election of the du
3 and M0rgans and Rockfel-
and. Hearsts. 1t would turn
government over tO-Landon
@i couldn't stop this from
a1g-tO the Liberty Lea
the Manufacturers Associa-
gld other sinister forces.
American Labor Party
.-9re found it:not only possible
Imperative to place Roosevelt
lehman at the head off it's
q 1t expects to be a determin-
actor in placing New York in
roosevelt column when the
Is counted after November
But that is only. half the bat
Seyond: that is the need to
a genuine and permanent
party for independent poll
s3ipg less than labor's politi-
I. 9raependence is the goal set
new party It recognizes
yea to safeguard the social
..lop Of the present. Admin
\. --s; ~ Washington and in
AZ L IS. deeply conscious of
i, .p9r'ance Of defeating The
.,.3 combination now
~ under the Republican
ana !; But it knows that the
enc. /. not ended with this cleo
. ~u?lal issues involving labor
Lung sIHg always more to She
sur itself must help solve
~ ~ 'e Its organizations, it's
81, i,.s bread and butter, its
,s s~at to live and breathe as
~ spsG :. human beings are
~ y It cannot continue to de-
: -S.o-called friends of Ia
III. Kno,,,,4.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-10-16
LONG. LONG AGO!

In these days we fight Tor
ideas, and newspapers are our
tresses=Heine.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-10-16
"BIG SIX" AFFILIATES
WITH LABOR PARTY

NEW YORK CITY.-The "Big
Six" of the International Typo
graphical Union last week affili-
ated with the American Labor
Party. Local Six has 10000 mem
bers in greater New York.
Evening star., 1936-06-18

by fear of punishment will not be
eradicated by more punishment or by
giving the child more reason to fear.
Il Is necessary to help him realize
that lying is an unworthy and weak
evasion; 1t is necessary to help him
feel that IL Is IN every way better and
more satisfactory to face the conse-
quencies Of wrongdoing. A challenge
to self-respect will be more construc-
tive than an appeal to fear.
Again and again We force children
into speaking untruthfully by our ap-
proach to q situation or by OUR tone
Of voice. We all know how child in
school can be made to give the teacher
an answer which Is not exactly what
the child thinks. but rather what the
child thinks the teacher wants to hear.
In the same way, outside the school
we frighten or challenge the child into
making false statements when We
might, with proper handling, have him
speak confidingly and truthfully.
tcopyrisht. 1850