The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 10, 1925, Page 8

| a Fake Child Labor Programs HE WORKERS PARTY demands that the emaciated anti-child labor amendment to the federal con- stitution now before state legislatures for ratification by supplement by full governmental maintenance of all school children of workers and poor farmers. The trade union bureaucrats and liberal anti-child labor organiza- tions who are pretending to be against child labor, are on the other hand interpreting the amendment so as to make it altogether useless, John H. Walker president of the Illinois State Federation of Labor, in his annual report to the state con- vention in Peoria on Sept. 8, practical- ly assures the employers that they need not fear that this amendment, even if ratified by 36 states, will abol- ish child labor. “The enemies of this legislation are trying to prevent the different states from ratifying this measure by making it appear that, if ratified; it becomes an operating part of the constitution and, that congress will likely pass 4 law prohibiting any young person from working at any- thing until they are eighteen years of age,” says Walker. “THIS,SORT OF ARGUMENT IS PURELY DEMAG- OGY. IT IS THE RANKEST KIND OF MISREPRESENTATION, The eighteen year provision included in the amendment enables congress and the legislatures of the different states to enact legislation THAT “WOULD REQUIRE THAT A PERSON UNDER ERIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE WHO MAY BE WORKING BUT WHO IS BELOW THE STANDARD IN EDUCATION THAT WOULD FIT HIM PROPERLY TO BECOME AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, DEVOTED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME IN SCHOOL OR IN SOME OTHER WAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIR- ING A SUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE AND TO MAKE THEM FIT FOR AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP.” Walker, in. other words, is for the child labor amendment because it does not abolish child labor, and considers any interpretation’ of the amendment to imply that it does abolish child labor as “rank misrepresentation.” The amendment is useless enough as it-stands, It provides that “congress shall have the power to limit, regulate and prohibit the labor of persons un- der eighteen years of age,” but does not definitely curb child labor in any way. The National Child Labor Commit- tee, an organization of liberal, petty bourgeois and capitalistic organiza- tions, has pushed the so-called child labor amendment more than any other body. But this conglomerate orgahi- zation, including side by side with the women’s welfare clubs, such cap- italistic bodies as the American / Legion, is equally as careful in point- ing out that the amendment might as well be ratified as it doesn’t mean anything anyway. This body inter- prets the amendment to mean that ¢hild labor on the farms is by no means affected. Owen R. Lovejoy, the petty bourge- ois spokesman for the chlid labor com- mittee, asks,—‘Will congress attempt to regulate employment of children on farms? The National Child Labor Committee believes not. The National Child Labor Committee includes in its organization citizens of every state who are known to be leaders in child labor reform and YET ARE DEFIN- ITELY AVERSE TO ANY SUCH EX- ERCISE OF FEDERAL POWER. THE ATTEMPT TO LEGISLATE AGAINST EMPLOYMENT OF CHIL- DREN ON FARMS WOULD LIKE- WISE BE OPPOSED, WE BERIEVE BY THE NATIONAL MANUFACTUR- ERS ASSOCIATION, THE NATION- AL GRANGE AND SIMILAR ORGAN- IZATIONS.” Lovejoy’s statement, made officially for the child labor committee, is all the more amazing when it is recalled that the overwhelming majority of child laborers are employed on the farms. The U. S. census figures for 1920 show that of 1,060,858 children between the ages of ten and fifteen inclusive, who work for a living in By KARL REEVE the United States, 647,309, are employ- ed in agricultural pursuits. In other words, the child labor committee, at the start interprets the already futile child labor amendment to mean that 61 per cent of all children working in the country must continue at work. The Workers (Communist) Party, on the other hand, takes the lead and calls for a united front of all workers and poor farmers in America against child labor everywhere. The Workers Party demands the, passage of laws, not only abolishing child labor, but providing for full governmental main- tenance of all school children of work- ers and poor farmers. The Commun- ists call on the workers to enforce, thru their organized power, the relief of the suffering child workers of America. Coolidge has refused to work for the passage of even the futile child labor amendment. The A. Fy of L. bureaucrats are laying down in the fight against child labor. The liberal and petty bourgeois child labor com- mittees are accepting the interpreta- tion of child labor laws laid down by the manufacturers associations and the capitalistic supreme courts. The Workers (Communist) Party is the only organization which bands the working class together for a relentless fight to overthrow child labor and capitalist control of industry. By ALFRED V. FRANKENSTEIN A BOHEME,” the operatic par dise of all sentimentalists, wa given its last performance by th Chicago Civic Opera company at th Auditorium last tuesday night. The music of “Boheme” is, on the whole, too good to account for the opera's popularity. The explanation of the appeal of this Puccini opus is in the plot. The story is familiar to all who go to opera. The four Bohemians, Ru- dolph the poet, Marcel the painter, Schaunard the musician and Colline the philosopher, live together in an attic in Paris. Their nighbor, Mimi, comes to borrow a light for a candle from Rudolph. Love at first sight. In the second act the four friends and Mimi dine at an open air cafe. Musetta, an old flame of Marcel, ap- pears with an ancient lover. Marcel and Musetta patch things up and the six principals make a hurried exit leaving the basso bouffe to pay the bills. While the curtain is down between the second and third acts Mimi and Rudolph have a fight. They meet at the gates of Paris in the beginning of the third act and are reconciled. Mar- cel and Musetta quarrel again in the same act. In the last act, Mimi dies of TB Colline pawns his coat to save her, bu‘ she dies anyway, leaving the five other principals scattered about the stage in various attitudes of sorrow and depsair. The appeal in this plot is that deep down in the makeup of anyone artist enough to enioy opera lies the desire, either suppressed or unfulfilled in the majority of cases, to live the bohemian life. The bohemian life is the complete- ly individualistic one. Your bohemian is free of all the compulsory contacts and observances of ordinary men, You never have heard of a family of bo- hemians living together, have you? Whether or not a real bohemian exists on this planet is quite another argu- ment. Puccini’s score for “Boheme” is much better than those of “Madame Butterfly” or “The Girl of the Golden West,” but not so brilliant as that of “Tosca.” “Boheme” contains fewer set arias and duets than most of Puccini's other works, “Butterfly” and “Tosca” are two character operas. “Boheme” is divided between six principals. The cast was splendid in each part. Edith Mason is not so sylph like as a good Mimi should be to look the part, but she can sing it in 100 percent fashion. Gladys Swarthout was a good MICIIG = DOTA Es DRA king, convincing and attractive Mu- etta. Of the four bohemians two were iayed by some of the best singing ctors in the company, Deside Defrere 1s Schaunard and Virgilio Lazzari. hat prodigious Italian bass, as Col- line. Mr. Hackett’s Rudolph was a little cold, perhaps because Hackett has not been in good health lately. Mr. Rimini sang Marcel. That man Puccini had an astounding fund of sentimental tunes. “Boheme” keeps constantly this side of the vul- gar. It takes an artist to write a tune that might be.vulgar and isn’t. Mu- setta’s waltz song at the end of the second act and Colline’s farewell to his coat in the last act are two of Puccini’s greatest melodies. e838 Y The eleventh week of the Chicago Civic Opera company’s season brings an interesting reportofre, with a num- ber of extra matinees and special performances. On Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the second performance of Louise will be sung with Garden, Claessens, Ans- seau, Baklanoff, with Polacco con- ducting. Monday night, Samson and Delilah will be given a second performance with Homer, making her last appear- ance this season. The artists assist- akin an ing her will be Marshall, Formichi, Oukraisky, Mlles. Elisius, Méilar, Nemeroff, Shermont and Corps de Ballet.. Conductor, Polacco. Tuesday night, Tales of Hoffmann will be given for the second time with Macbeth, Forrai, Ansseau, Schwarz. Conductor Lauwers. The Wednesday matinee will be a special performance of Otello with Raisa, Perini, Marshall and Schwarz. Mornazoni will conduct. Wednesday night, Martha will be sung for the first time with Mason, Perini, Schipa and Lazzari. Moran- zoni again conducting. Thursday night, the Jongleur de Notre Dame will be given its second presentation with Garden, Cotreuil, Kipniss. Polacco conducting. Friday night the first performance of Boris. Godunoff will be given with Van Gordon, Cortis and Chaliapin. Polaceo again conducting. The Saturday matinee will be L’Amrore Dei Tre Re, The Love of Three Kings, with Garden, Anssean, Baklanoff and Lazzari, with Polacco in the pit. Saturday night, Hansel and Gretel, at popular prices, with Orens, Derz- bach, Lenska, Swarthout, Westen and Beck, followed by the Ballet Divertiss- ment, with Frank St. Leger con- ducting. THE LITTLE DEVIL IS GOING TO GET — E Shop Nucleus of the DAILY ¥. ¥. Ww. L. will donate their tinkling WORKER has granted a special privilege to the little red _ printers’ devil in the shop. On Monday night at the FIRST DAILY WORKER birthday party at Imperial Hall they will allow him (at the danger of ar- rest of course) to “associate with” Communist printers. But his social debut must be made with proper de. corum (not full dress) or the printers insist he will be a poor little one at the next nucleug,meeting. This is party because there is weal to be done that night. A newspaper will be made up and the whole DAILY WORKER staff will participate ‘in this novel stunt that will break all established Robert’s rules of order There will be other novelties, as all will admit when they hear that no party discussion will be allowed. And woe to the poor suckers who attempt it--for Steve Rubicki and his Cheka will be on the job. As a free supper will be served, no points of order will be considered But it will be a classy meal the com mittee assures us. The Flaming Youth orchestra of the =, bait Bo tintinabulations to secure a lively movement on the dance floor. And there will be vocal and piano solos by Margarite Lewis whose work will|D. some day make her city-agent-hus- band the better-half of a famous woman, There are other novel stunts in store for those who will spend fifty cents to attend the party of our daily —and they will get other things be- side a free meal to take home with thenr. Comrades Natalie Gomez, and the well known sisters, Gussie Kruse and Emima Blechschmidt form the com- mittee whom you will have to thank for the evening’s jollity, and they are arranging a treat that will make DAILY WORKER parties a by. word in the movement, - GREAT WORKERS PARTY CONCERT AND DANCE ON TOMORROW, SUNDAY This Sunday, Jan. 11, the Russian and Ukrainian branches of the Workers Party will give a concert and dance at Schoenhoffen Hail, corner Milwaukee and Ashland Aves. Half of the proceeds will go for the Russian Communist daily, “Novy Mir.” The concert promises to be an_ interesting one. The Ukrainian ‘workers’ chorus, a man- dolin orchestra, singers from the Russian grand opera, classic danc- ing and other numbers will be on the program. Russian and American dancing will follow the concert. Be- ginning at 4 p. m. Comrades from all nationalities are invited to enjoy a good time and help a good cause. CHICAGO, ATTENTION! All friendly organizations, T. U. E. L. groups, party branches, language federations and Y. W. L. branches! Arrangements have been made for the following major city affairs. Do not arrange conflicting affairs on thes days: Karl Liebknecht Celebration-—Sun- fay, January 11, Northwest (all, corner North and Western Aves Auspices Y. W. L., Local Chicago. Lenin memorial meeting—Wednes- day, Jan. 21, Ashland Auditcrium, Van Buren and Ashland. Workers Party, Local Chicago. The Red Revel—Saturday, Feb. 28, West End Women’s Club Hall. “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” and “Russia in Overalls,” greatest mo- tion picture program, auspices of the DAILY WORKER and the Internation. al Workers’ Aid, co-operation of Work- ers Party and Labor Defense, Ashland Auditorium, Thursday, Feb. 5, continu- ous show 7 to 11, admission 650c, 7,000 attendance expected, come early. ft PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. RASNICK DENTIST Rendering Cxpert Dental Service for 20 Years. 645 SMITHFIELD ST., Near 7th Ave. 1627 CENTER AVE,, Cor, Arthur St. a LEARN ESPERANTO The Internatiunal Language The following — are received ree: Esperanto for All, grammar and vocabulary, Esperanto and its Critle ma Prof. Collinson. " WORKERS’ ESPERANTO ASSN., 625 7th St. Rockford, I.