The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 18, 1924, Page 4

i { ye Four THE DAILY WORKER Tuesday, March 18, 1924 “APOT SCANDAL AS NOTHING ON MISSOURI GRAFT rliticians Soaked Beer Graft By MARTIN A. DILLMON. Gyecial to The Daily Worker) ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 17.—At- ition of the Missouri citizenry has en attracted from the ‘Teapot me scandal at Washington to iolesale bribery and political cor- ption within their own state, Sev- al perfectly good political repu- tions are threatened with disaster ‘@ result of the confession of a - Louis brewer, that he paid large ms of money to certain state offi- als for “protection” in the manu- cture of real beer. For sometime past rumors had 2en afloat to the effect that “pro- ected” beer was being widely sold this city. The rumor reached fashington, and federal investiga- ws were dispatched to St. Louis in- mding to raid the Griesedick brew- in cy, which was under suspicion. Evi-| ently there was a leak somewhere nd state dry agents made a spon- aneous raid on the brewery and con- seated a huge quantity of bottled eer. One Dollar a Case. Taken into custody, officials of the rewery made confessions in which hey said they paid $1 for each case £ real beer sent out of the brew- ry on the condition that there vould be no intereference from dry mforcement agents. During a per- od of fourteen weeks, the confes- sion says, about 15,000 cases of pro- weted beer were sold by the brew- ary for a total of approximately $60,000, of which $15,000 was paid n bribe for protection. The con- fession names the recipient of the bribe money as “a prominent state offictal.” The “prominent state official,” ac- cording to the confession, took the lead by proposing to the brewers that they resume the production of real beer, for which the firm had paid fine and penalties of $17,000 as a result of a previous raid. The state official, the confession continues, professed to be acting for another state official and for a third party in official position. He further rep- resented to Griesedick, according to the confession, that two other St. Louis breweries were being protect- ed for cash, and that “he could take on one more brewery.” Brewers Squealed. The brewer was told his “protec- tion” would cost him $1 for each case of reel beer sold, and that in consideration of the bribe, he would not be molested. “I accepted the proposed terms and began the man- ufacture of beer,” the brewer says. Several times the brewer complain- ed to the bribe taker that $1 a case ee ‘was excessive and did not leave the brewery a fair profit, risk considered. The “prominent state official” refused to consent to a reduction, and collected his graft until the raid, February 21, Following promptly the brewer’s accusation of the mysterious “prom- inent state official,” Charles S, Pra- ther, State Food and Drug comm: sioner, handed Gov. Hyde his resig- mation. Prather is known as a close pal of the governor, and has been re- . garded as his confidential political adviser. Prather figured in the Low- den slush fund scandal in the Re- publican national convention, 1920, the result of which sent Warren G. Harding to Washington as President of the United States. Labor Head Mentioned The name of Heber Nations, state labor commissioner, has been men- tioned in the investigation of the bribe ring. He is a brother of Gus ©. Nation, chief of prohibition agents in St. Louis. Both Nations and Prather are appointees of Gov. Hyde. Prather received a re-appoint- ment last June for a four-year term. Nations was appointed by the gov- ernor last year. With several other appointees of the governor under fire, including the recent charges that revolting conditions exist in some of the state penal institutions, and with the ex- plosion of the beer scandal, it is re- called that Arthur M. Hyde made his race for eda on a “house- cleaning” platform. Hyde waged a battle with some of the un- popular men in the Republican party, of which he is a member, and walk- ed into office hands down, Hyde captured many votes on his mock pretenses as a “friend” of la- bor. That friendship was demon- strat when he lent state troops to the railroad companies as scab herd- ers during the strike of shopmen. There was no violence in the strike centers. When it became known that the Governor had ordered out the militia, R. T. Wood, eo souri State Federation of bor, headed @ delegation with him to re- consider, But Hyde then was safo- ly in office, election day was far dis- tant, and he laughed the labor men out of court. Labor Union Foe ming vacancy on the St. Louis bony 5, Doar, Hyde "mleted lar monweelth Steel company, an out- ‘e-tomie J slave owner and a bitter foe o! ot labor rae tt At the time of appointmen: loward’s P were and are yet on strike employes ki for union se ir ee Howard may now “fie eertkabreaking. ox: yzet back under the yoke of exploita- IOHEES® SRF R AELE RIe ——= MENTIONING THE MOVIES By PROJECTOR. “NEW DISCIPLE”—LABOR FILM. After a constant stream of hostile Pro-plute propaganda films it is a pleasant relief to see a “labor film,” even tho its ideology be wishy-washy and its technique imperfect. “The New Disciple,” revived by the Chi- cago Federation of Labor for a run at the“Aryan Grotto, is one of three pictures made under labor auspices and with the backing of the A. F. of L. It tells a good labor story: a small capitalist, enriched by war pro- fiteering, widens the gap that separ- ates him from his erstwhile fellow- workers, and listens to the advice of the Big Business representative who secretly plots his ruin. There is an unsuccessful’ strike and a lockout, and some good material against the so-called “American Plan.” Finally the schemes of the Trust to buy up the plant and dismantle it are thwarted by the local business men and farmers who see their own ruin if the wage-workers do not quickly tion. But the film does not say it that way. Its ideology would certainly not stand the test of Communist |principle, from Main Title to “The End” it reeks with the “social com- pact” reformist viewpoint of those who call their unionism “pure and simple.” The picture is just this— pure enough for the babies and sim-| ple, too,—too simple. It even has the praise of Sam Gompers. The main title, specially made for |the Chicago presentation, is a gem of fundamental misunderstanding. It is almost impossible to credit to John Fitzpatrick, whose excellent state- ment on the need of a labor press immediately follows, the authorship |of such inane bosh, “Strife often fol- lows misunderstanding,” begins the | title, and goes on to justify the mere jexistence of the labor movement be- cause “it enlists the thoughts, en- jergies and ideals of great numbers” who seek protection against “employ- ers who seek profits so greedily that they disregard the welfare”\(of the worker). “The New Disciple,” it concludes, “has a purpose in society. It is to help bring about a public understanding of-labor and unionism to the end that ignorance and bigotry may not be used by selfish individuals to fan the flames of industrial | antagonism.” | Not a word of class conflict of economic interest inherent in the | Wage system as the explanation of | “industrial antagonism!” It is all due to “misunderstanding” and “‘sel- fish individuals” who use “ignorance jand bigotry” to fan the flames of jclass war. Precisely the charge made |by the Chamber of Commerce against the labor movement! This main title is truly the key- |note thruout the picture and at times | the attitude is entirely naive. Wood- |row Wilson’s “The New Freedom,” is |referred to constantly thruout the |film and the advertisement indicates \that the picture is founded on this pbunk book. The picture cannot rise jmuch higher than the meagre intel- jlectual and ideological foundations upon which it is built. There is nothing wrong with the picture except its little faulty lighting on interior sets. The acting and jcasting, generally is superb. The ac- |tors are finely chary and make-up and | behave like real human beings. But |the titles! The many different |varieties indicate that many changes jhave been made during the life of. |the picture, probably to adapt it to different audiences. This last adapta- tion must have been the least success- ful of all since.a very small crowd }came out to the first performances jdespite the batking of the Chicago |Federation of Labor. Bad weather |might have contributed to keeping |the attendance small. Two musical |numbers and a Musicians’ Union band |rounded out the program. | This picture could be titled into a \tipping picture. But it would take a straight class struggle viewpoint to put the lacking punch into it. When it was first produced Woodrow’s sacred passages and his sanctified phiz may have been desirable camouflage to get it passed by censors and such, But today, when worker and farmer has his back to the wall, such stuff misses fire. A labor picture today must have fire, it must have punch. But even as it is “The New Disciple” is a pleasant relief from the puerile stuff fed us by the commercial pro- ducers, and Daily Worker readers will spend an enjoyable evening at the Grotto during its run. Any effort at labor film production deserves the support. of every worker, and it is to be expected that our first efforts in bn ane will leave some things to be lesired. Czech “Oil” Scandal Forces Resignations of Dollar Statesmen PRAGUE, March 17.—In connec- tion with the scandalous implication of the Czechoslovak government in their little teapottery—this time an affair of a corrupt deal in aleohol— Communists in parliament here placed a souvenir upow the bench of Prime Minister Svehla. The souvenit consisted of a whisky flash, filled with wood alcohol. The ag 4 premier swept the flask ‘rom his desk, »; the contents prev his callzngeen, Dealings en- 8 The scandal involves the sale of adulterated spirits, mostly for mili- tary purposes, to the army, with the ge of cabinet members. It is that many aviators met death, owing to the fraudulent gaso- line used Pong rome ~The senate presi and one cabinet minister have resigned, po CITIZENS GAN BE DEPORTED UNDER IMMIGRATION BILL “Joker” Paves Way for Grossest Tyranny A joker in the Administration’s Immigration Bill which by two words would “permit the wholesale deporta- tion of aliens and indeed of American citizens and would subvert all settled \principles of procedure’ was re- vealed at a hearing before the Sen- late Committee on Immigration by Walter Pollak, New York attorney, representing the American Civil Lib- erties Union. _ The joker, according to the union, is contained in section 23 of the bill, which puts the burden of proof on any individual whose right “to re- main in the United States” is chal- jlenged. According to the argument Presented to the committee, it ap- plies equally to citizens and aliens, and would require anyone challenged ito prepare an elaborate defense of \his right to remain in this country. Liberties Union Fight. A brief on the law and the practi- cal dangers of the section by Walter Pollak and Albert DeSilver was sub- mitted to the Senate Committee on behalf of the American Civil Liber- ties Union, with the request that the words “or remain” be stricken from the bill. Under this section, ‘the attorneys declare, the mere change of a de- portable offense against an American citizen or an alien would force upon him the burden of proving his in- nocence, “contrary to the presump- tion of innocence, one of the strong- est known to law.” “A woman could be deported unless she could prove that four or five years before, and at a place perhaps 3,000 miles away, she had not been guilty of prostitution or some con- nection with prostitution,” the brief states. “A man who lives in Port- land, Maine, might be suddenly threatened with deportation in Gal- veston, Texas, by reason of some oc- currence, real or fancied, in Seattle, Washington.” The brief makes five points against the section. They are: Unconstitutional. 1st. It would make possible de- Pportations in the entire absence of evidence and would therefore be unconstitutional ; 2nd. It would violate all settled practices and presumption of or- derly procedure; 8rd. It is inconsistent with basic principles of both constitutional and common law, and would create immeasurable confusion in prac- tice; 4th. It would involve intolerable hardship to poor and obscure per- sons and pave the way for private and official corruption and tyranny; 5th. It is without example in our jurisprudence; the Chinese Exclu- sion Act—which provides for judi- cial and not summary administra- tive action and affords the alien a definite mechanism for establishing his right—constitutes no precedent. Citizens or aliens challenged to ‘prove their right to remain in the United States would have to prove their sanity, freedom from disease, and innocence of crime, according to the attorneys. “The citizen or alien can be deported even if there are no witnesses against him. There may even be no hearing in the case. He will lose his right to remain in the United States altho there is not one serap of evidence against him. The mere fact that there is no evidence in his favor will be fatal.” Russian Workers Send Contribution To Daily Worker How much importance the mili- tant workers of the world and par- ticularly the militant workers of Russia attach to the success and es- tablishment of the DAILY WORK- ER is indicated by the action taken recently by a group of Russian workers in Soviet Russia, Great enthusiasm has been mani- fested in Soviet Russia over the es- tablishment and the successful be- ginning made by the DAILY WORKER and in order to back up enthusiasm by deeds, a small group of Russian toilers raised among themselves the sum of $61.00 which they have sent to the DAILY WORKER thru Comrade Leo Wish- nak, representative of the JEWISH DAILY FREIHEIT. “The rank and file of the Russian workers is tre- mendously enthusiastic over the showing made by the DAILY WORKER, said Comrade Wishnak, in making the remittance to the DAILY WORKER. While the leaders of the Russian vernment have also expressed ln on the importance of the establishment of a daily communist newspaper in the English language, it was surprising to many to note how much interest all of the work- ers in Russia have been taking in the success of the DAILY WORK- ER. To them it is a revolutionary event of the greatest importance and they were very. proud that out of their small means they have been able to collect $61.000 which mea- sured by the Russian buying power of this amount of the money is a very large sum, CHARKOFF, Mar. 17.—The Cen- tral Poenpnnd for ori hel sess unem| ent appropriate: A ‘old rubles for the needs of the Siensa, Kieff, Charkoff a) Ekat- labor ECONOMIC SUICIDE FOR NEGROES TO 0 PPOSE UNIONISM, SAYS NATION Opposing labor unionism is eco- nomic suicide for Negroes, says the New York Nation, is an edi- torial commenting on the follow- ing declaration against unionism and “economic radicalism” which passed the reactionary Negro Press Association’s convention at Nashville, 'Tenn.: Be it resolved, That it be the policy of the National Negro Press Asociation, in its efforts to hus- band strength in and further the industrial destinies of our people, that we as vendors of news will discourage and discredit all forms of unionism and economic radi- calism. The Nation's comment follows: Fortunately for the Negro the National Negro Press Association is not representative of the entire press of the Race. For to oppose unionism among Negroes is to ad- vocate a form of economic race suicide. The African Negio be- longs by compulsion to the work- ing class, and the color of his skin wing him preference from his em- ployer only if it means that he will work for a lower wage. The! open shop employers in the North who encourage Negro labor do so be- cause for the present it ig unor- ganized and therefore cheap. The Negro can fortify his industrial position only by alliance with his white fellow-workers. That has not always been easy; but the bars are falling. The American Feder- ation of Labor has officially in- dorsed the policy of organizing col- ored workers on an equal basis with white, and some unions, like the Molders, are justly proud of their record of no race discrimi- nation. The Negroes, too, are learning the old Amezican lesson that in union is strength. The ex- traordinary “Negro Sanhedrin” recently held at Chicago was one symptom of the growing race con- sciousness; the resolution adyocat- ing unionization which almost passed that conference, made up largely of. conservative Negro or- ganizations, was another sign of progress. In Honor of Lenin. MOSCOW, Mar. i7.—The Pravda is running every day a few columns in memory of Lenin, where reports of official action in connection with the immortulization of his name are printed, also incidents of his life are related by soldiers, workers and peasants. A Lenin Institute bas been created by order of the government. Conduetors’ Vice-President Dies, ST. LOUIS, Mareh 17.-—William C. Turner, Order of Railway Con- ductors, died at his home here last week at the age of 68. He was elected grand lodge officer in 1913. For many years the deccased had been chairman of conductors on the Missouri Pacific, He is survived by the widow, one son and two daughters. Can’t Forget Englewood. When the list of meeting places of the Chicago branches of the Young Workers League was published, the Englewood branch was omitted. Englewood branch meets at Prospect Hall, 64th St. and Ashland Ave., on the second and fourth Thursday of each month. Labor Organization Is Negroes’ Hope, Despite Urban Leaguers; Very Few Get $1,000 Per Year The economic conditions which face the Negro in industry to a large extent determine the standard of living of the Negro family, and hence must be considered in any discussion of the Negro housing problem. The Negro, who is forced to live in the worst. dwellings in the city, is at the bottom of the ladder as a wage earner in American industry. A family of three cannot live decently with sufficient nourishment for a fair amount of health and efficiency, on less than $1,800'a year, according to the United States Depart- ment of Labor. And yet the latest income tax figures show that less than six per cent of all the country’s wage earn- ers are receiving a salary of $1,000 or more. Under $1,000 a Year. Under five per cent of America’s Negro wage-earners receive a sal- ary of $1,000 or more, which is 800 dollars less than the minimum amount required to live decently, Over half the colored women who are wage earners are mothers also. They have the burden of industry, Sanhedrin on record for solidarity between the oppressed of both races. Quiz Urban Leaguer. It will be remembered that the social welfare type of leaders at, the Sanhedrin, such as Dean Kelly Mil- ler, tried to keep the labor issue off the floor. It. was in an effort to de- termine the position of the social welfare people that the DAILY WORKER secured an interview with A. C. Thayor of the Urban League, 8 member of the recent Lowden Commission on Race Relationships. Mr. Thayer willingly admitted that a terrible housing crisis pre- vails at this time among the Negroes in Chicago. He told the DAILY WORKER reporter how many of the Negroes have members of their families sleeping in bathtubs. “Nine out of ten families in the Negro quarters have taken in lodgers,” Mr. Thayer declared. He conceded after a long questioning that. they have taken in lodgers not only be- cause of over-crowded quarters, but because the wages of the Negrces are so low that they must take in the burden of motherhood and the burden of race prejudice as well as the burden of the wage earner’s world. ‘Is it any wonder that the Negro homes are in such a terrible state and that the Negro family life is being destroyed? The Negroes’ only protection is by legislation and organization, we learn from Mrs. Humphrey Ward, who made a study of this subject. “The standard of living is being raised, if at all,” Mrs. Ward tells us, “by the organized effort of the Ne- gro workers themselves.” ~ Must Organize. “In the wage earning world the Negro worker must forget his past and press on toward better and bet- ter conditions with the. white work. ers,” a recent. investigator of Ne- gro wage earning -onditions de- clares. “If the white workers do not recéive him, he must organize on his own account and cease being the cheap and exploited worker. He must make the white workers rec- ognize him as a fellow in the strug- gle toward a higher social and in- dustrial life. Workers dare not longer fight each other in this in- dustrial world of competition and monopoly. “They must organize and demand for each class and group of workers the same standards. Humanity is of greater worth than property. Not stocks and bonds but. huma) ‘ings of a high standard should be the na- tional asset.” The Negro workers are paid such low wages that they cannot afford to rent adequate and sanitary dwell. ings, even when such are available. That is why the Workers Party and the. African Blood Brotherhood at the recent All-Race Sanhedrin, showed the necesity for an alliance between the black and white workers, at the same time that it scored the reactionary real estate sharks who sabotaged the fight against segrega- tion at the Congress, and condemned the chamber of commerce interests that sabotaged efforts to place the Chicago’s Contest For 1,000 Subs Was a Whiz;.Heinrichson Winning; Race For Second Thousand Begins Tabulation of the scores of Subscribers by March 10th”, has been concluded. i lish Branch leads the list with exactly 400 points to his Englewood Epg! Chicago’s campaign contest for “1,000 New John Heinrichson of the creait, and in appreciation of his efforts, received a Remington Portable ‘Typewriter given by THE DAILY WORKER. The second prize, a Gold Watch, goes to Comrade Plav, of the North- west English Branch, with a score of 144 points, Anna Fox, leading sub- seription getter of the Douglas Park English (Branch, with 88 points, re- ceives a fountain pen as third prize. Englewood Scores 460 P. The Englewood Branch, scoring 460 points, easily carries off the prize offered for English Branches, a fine framed picture of Nicolai Lenin. A similar prize goes to the West Side Scandinavian Branch, which stands at the head of the list of the Language Branehes with 69 points. The lat- ter branch is one of the smallest branches in the city, with but 10 members. Considering its small membership, the score can be con- sidered as a creditable showing for the branch. Another Scandinavian Branch, the Lake View Branch, wins second prize, a slightly smaller framed pic- ture of Lenin. This branch is also one of the smaller ones and consid- ering the fact that most of its mem- bers can barely get along in the mer language, the score is very good, John Reed Branch Wins. A similar prize as that given to the leading English and Branches, goes to the John Reed booster Branch, the leadin, Young Workers Tanbae aR Honorable mention must be made for the efforts of the I: Douglas Park,’ and N. Branches, whose scores creased erably during dleatee 2. grester competition cates a C new contest startin Northwest Russian, danavian, and First Branches, while not ag have made fairly : i F aly ak ne H iu i ? e i ‘ i contest for 10,000 new subscribers by June 15, have been made and Chicago considers that its quota, one- tenth of the total set as a minimum by the DAILY WORKER office, is easily within fts reach. The special two-months trial sub- scription, should make it possible for Chicago to reach the figure of 1,000 new subscribers long before the con- test closes but see subscriptions will be emphasized. The special of- fer to subscription getters, in the way of half-year subs for either the Liberator, the Labor Herald, and Soviet Russia Pictorial, leading ma- gazines in their respective fields, will serve as a special inducement. Keep Old Subscribers, An addition to getting new subs for oing peal euees t get - ig spe a ion to keepi i old readers on the list. a old subscribers on the merits of the ell eats * the ONE @ inguage repre- sent and furthering the interests of city and farm workers in the United lodgers to pay their excessive high rents. Soft Pedals Wage Issue. For some reason or other, the Urban League representative did not want to admit that the wages of the Negroes were lower than wages of the whites. Finally it was dragged out of him that very few trades are open to the Negroes. -“I have new several trained stenographers and account- ants whom I have been unable to place,” he said, “and if I did secure them jobs they would_have'to work at lower wages than the whites re- ceive for the same work. However, when we secure jobs for unskilled Negroes, they work at the same wages as the whites.” “The Negro is pushed from two sides,” Mr. Thayer continued. “He not only must pay to both white and Negro landlords Lighar rents in re- stricted areas, but he finds it diffi- cult to secure jobs for which he is trained and must work at the very lowest wages in unpleasant . posi- tions. The only remedy I sce for the present housing crisis is pub- licity.” What About Organization? » The DAILY WORKER agrees with the Urban League in describ- ing the condition of the Negro as deplorable, and it is glad that the Urban League has from time to time in the past, conducted exten- sive housing surveys which prove the Negroes are living at a lower standard than the whites, and pay- ing higher rents. But the, DAILY WORKER does not agree that pnb- licity is the only remedy for ‘the housing evils, and it has a few ques- tions to ask the Urban League. Why is the Urban League so passive in ORGANIZING the Ne- groes to fight their own battles for better economic conditions? Is the Urban League an employment bu- reau for securing cheap Negro labor for the employers? The DAILY WORKER is in- formed that Mr. Hill, head of the Urban League, has gone on record as being in favor of the Negro girls acting as strikebreakers in the present garment strike in Chicago. The DAILY WORKER wants to know if the organizations like the Urban League ve as their direc- tors large Negro landlords who are reaping a golden harvest from the congested housing situation. Can't Trust Seab Agents, The Negro workers of Chicago must learn that they cannot put ary faith in prominent members of their community who are always willing to sell them out to profits for themselves. How can the workers expect aid from members of their race who advocate scabbing “on a union which contains many Ne- gro members? The Negroes are pleased to go to fashion shows, and see the clothes worn & woman who made a million dollars off of them. The Associated Business Clubs, and various church and. civic organizations make good reading in the paper. But Negro workers have noth- ing in common with leagues and so- cieties that profiteer on them. They can expect no material help from strike-breakers, grafting cone bribe-taking politicians, keepers dens of vice, and large property owners. Chicago's Negro must help themselves. Negroes Mostly NORWAY HARBOR STRIKE FORCES COAL RATIONING Bosses Retaliate by Big Lockouts By PAUL HOYER. (Staff Correspondent of The Federated Press) CHRISTIANIA, Norway, Mar, 17- —The employers of Norway have embarked upon a great offensive. Thirty thousand men have just been locked out, a second batch of 35,000 are expected to be locked out soon. The rumpus started with a strike of the harbor workers, The unions had taken the usual course pre- scribed by law and had tried to ar- rive at an agreement with the bosses. The question was chiefly one of high- er wages. The harbor workers con- tended that, since the government had embarked upon a policy of high- er import duties, they must have higher wages to cope with the in- creased cost of living. Bosses Stiff-Necked. The bosses, fearing that the grant- ing of the demand of the harbor workers would lead to a demand for increased wages all around, declined. While negotiations were in prog- ress between the two parties, the bosses suddenly. appeared with an en- tirely new and unheard-of demand. They insisted that a clause be insert- ed in the new agreement, by which the unions were to agree to deposit a sum of money in a bank, this money to be paid over to the em- ployers in the event of unauthorized and “unnecessary” strikes breaking out. The unions were even to make themselves responsible financially for unorganized workers, The unions de- clined and the lockout resulted. 24,000 Locked Out. The trades affected by the first lockout of 24,000 are: Building trades, masons, shoe factories, tex- tile, tobacco, furniture factories, min- ing industry, sawmills, tailors, and dynamite industry. The further lock- out involved brewery workers, the electro-chemical industry, the = graphical trades (with the exception of the newspapers) and chocolate manufacture. It is evident that the bosses are trying to use the economic crisis of Norway—there are already 19,000 jobless out of a population of 2,500,- 000—for forcing the workers to their knees, Meanwhile the strike of the har- bor workers is making life so serious in Norway that coal has had to be rationed, : Woman Violin Champ Performs Difficult Scotch Fantasia By ALFRED V. FRANKENSTEIN. Olga Eitner, winner in the violin section of the Socicty of Ameriean Musicians’ contest, was soloist with the Chicago Symphony erchestra at the popular concert in Orchestra Hall, last Thursday night, Of late there has been an epidemic of women violinists, and two, Erika Morini and Cecilia Hansen, have be- come quite well known. Miss Eit- ner’s performance of the difficult and wild music of the Bruch Scotch fan- tasia showed her to have much of the warmth and heautiful interpre- tation of Miss Hansen, coupled with much of the brilliance and cold fire- works of Erika Morini. The orchestral part of the pro- gram was mainly given over to light music. There was the brilliant overture to Mignon, by Thomas, and the. tinselled “Nutcracker” of Chaykovski. Edward MacDowell’s' A Minor suite is a romantic set of oral pictures, “A Sketch of the cay of Central Asia,” by Alexarf der Borodin, that queer Russian chemist-musician, a molancholic de- seription of desert plains completed the program. | Better Than Balzac To the DAILY WORKER:—Am “A ado ep os Log ays Sn tainly does paint actors in glow- ing tian. Fr think it is as good if not better than “The Gs ya French Revolution story, The author has all the present day writers beaten to a frazzle, not count~ in Jack London.—W. J. D. Every new DAILY WORKER reader means a new recruit in the ranks of Workers