The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 5, 1927, Page 4

vage Four THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1927 What the Russian Worker Has Gained tS propagandists and |the famous Narzan spring Kislov- some labor leaders often) cdsk was once the most fashionable risons between con- | watering-place in Ru ; the beauti- | and conditions in| ful park and gardens are now throng- lea count the fundamental dif: tween the stage of ment reached in England is more t ahead of Ru in indu two cc hundre rial deve han sia ment she is therefore very much riche le m: problem yesults that her herit- age from is the which can only be effected by r ing from raising wages to a leve which all the profit of his labor comes io the worker, or by charging high prices for manuf ods (there- hy “exploiting” In Englan : prener tured 9 the pi d capital hea tions by the the workers, entailin fering in the days ¢ Revolution, but the belongs not to t ploiters, the c them to save. is for the t the whol so cre » their ex- forced the economic neces- in spite of the rapid of the country which is proceeding, the workers in Russia are undoubtedly very much better off than before the rev more, in spite sity of “ industrializat ve heen the first p! hours ped to a r mum of eight end to six for men employed on specially arduous, dangerous or tiring labor, such as coal-mining, working in bl furnaces, ’bus driving, and he hor in the oil industry. Before the revolution hours were anything from nine to cleven and a ha figure being very usual. Before ution no holidays with p. Now every worker get weeks’ soa with full pay every year. on the heaviest la- bor, as s ped vove, get fonr week: instead of two. A large number are further accommodated free of charge during their holiday in hos Those who are ill or in poor health are'sent for six weeks to a sanator- jum, also free of charge, plus wages These rest houses and to be found all over Russia, isi the largest number are in the Ca end along the shores of the Sea, where the palaces and summer yesidences of the old nob‘lity and middle class have all been confiscated and utilized for this purpose. sold by the head doctor of ore them that 200,000 people pass thr re ve given. rest agh the sanatoria in these two districts every summer. T spent two weeks anyself in such | the | The conditions | a sanatorium at Kislovodsk in Northern Caucasus. were excellent: beautifully clean rooms, good food, wonderful mountain air and bathing in the water from aor On. Strikes ‘In Colorado— WE miners are at grips with the bosses. This is only ‘another of many great fights of American Labor. There is inspiring reading in all these booke that will show you the glorious fighting tradition of American workers: AU JON OF MOTHER great struggles of the past 50 years and has been in the past fights of the Colorado miners.) Cloth $2.00 THE GRE oL STRIKE By Wm. 7 Cloth $.60 PASSAIC By Albert Wefsbord is HE PASSAIC TEXTILE STRIKE By Mary Heaton Vorse 85 GOVERNMENT, STRIKE BREA. tR-~By Jay Lo Paper .30 In England loth .60 THE BRITISH STRIKE By ‘m. F. Dunne 10 THE GENERAL STRIKE AND AENERAL BETRAYAL By John Pepper 3 MEANING OF THE GENERAL STRIKE By R. Palme Dutt 10 REDS AND THE GENERAL STRIKE—By C. B. 05 Read Also i The WORKERS LIBRARY PUBLISHERS 89.B. 125 St. New York. wl matoria are T wasi of ed with workers dri day best or in hospital garb In the n the evening for a fe one can go and hear the “Peo- Orchestra,” once the “Imperial who used the musician t to me sgbian (a Mo- a sue sus) oil He s that be- rom Bak re of the lucky ones, 1 y everyone had te work cleven. As regards holi- s, he er bh any unless he left nd went back to iving in his mountain en 2 man or woman is ill, but 1 enough to leave work, he or ght sanatorium. I at Moscow in z the patients ved. raight own and after a bath put on the linen clothing provided by the iam. They all had their own diet and treatment preseribed, and efter supper went to bed in cool whitewashed rooms with open win- dows. IT was impressed both h at Kislovodsk wi and “cult 5 aust weeks i and h ate great Eyed : rfect clean- pdically imp » the and workers who in their childhood and youth before the revolution never on to know anything about asnect of ilization and 7 never had an opportunity re cleanly ha cer- aequ Special provisions have since the revolution for chileven. All mothers employed in in- given two months’ leave the birth of their months afterwards. In on they receive a sum for the ette and 25 per cent extra on their the child. When she returns tc work the mother must be allowe:! tims off at least eve: 1s hours to feed her! ild. and this period counts as work ing time. In all the factories one sees creches where women can leave their | {babies in competent hands while they vo to work. Not all babies can yet | {be aceommodated—lack of funds pre- {eludes the complete realization cf many! an ideal in Russia—but the babies are chosen first from the moth. ers specially burdened. There is also often a kindergatern on the factory premises, and frequently one finds the former owner’s house turned int a school, Space precludes an account of the | jenermous educational work being idone in Russia, but if one tries to | reckon the various benefits which the revolution has brought to the worker and his family one must not omit th imnortant fact that nearly ali work- ers can now have their children edu- ‘eated and can see them go on to she university if they are specially gifted. Besides these workers’ children who | proceed to the university tlere are {those workers themselves who are chosen by their Trade Union to enter a “Rabfac,” where they receive four | years’ education to prepare them for |the university. Whilst at the univer- | sity they receive a subsistence allow- |ance as well as free instruction. In |this way tHe Soviet state is training its own working class “specialists” to | take the place of the old bourgeois j ones. | The social insurance funds which | provide the sanatoria and other ser- | vices, such as maternity benefits, are \ derived from payments made by the | factories over and above the wages jpaid to the workers. Each factory jalso pays 1 per cent to 2 per cent on |the wages bill to the trade union | funds, and also pays for the mainten- ence of clubrooms and bathhouses on | the factory premises, for some cul- |tural work and even sometimes for the upkeep of a technical school. The trade unions supply many of | the amenities of life free to their |members. Each union has clubs: in |the town or in the factories them- | selves, and in the big towns they also | own gardens or camping grounds out- | ae the town. Here their members jean go in the evening to talk, to have | cheap meals ($d. buys a good dinner), ‘to listen to concerts, plays and I:c- jtures given by the various “circles” ~or play games of various kinds, bathe or row, and this in a country where be- fore the revolution “sport” was un- | known to the workers, who had neith- |er time nor opportunity for it. The ‘club where I used to go for meals at | Leningrad had formerly belonged to }a wealthy banker; it was right on the water, and the union owned many rowing boats and two yachts for the use of their members. All along the Neva one saw beautiful houses and palaces converted into clubs, rest | hous childven’s homes and sana- |toria. The most attractive clubs \I | visited were the gardens in various \aierts of ‘iflis, ‘the work++s' chil dren ‘can now spend the summer a in camps in the country, ed in their noli- j to | es for nine months while feeding | to read and study. They can} drill to j where they plays games, study, learn farming come wonderfully healthy I visited severa! of these “Pioneer’ camps, where lovely healthy children! |were learning to make the Commun- } fist society of future, and one} could not help contrasting them with the many pale, thin children of our towns, to whom no such opportuni- ties of health are given, music, the A visit to Russia leaves one in no| doubt that Commu m means “the } exaltation of the common man.” The workers do re that they now have | power, and ap: from material im-} ; provements and all the social serv mount of the ices. provided there is the par fact that they are the {country, make rule themselves heard conce’ agement of the factcry where e employed, to h abuses remedied, fellow-workers if they fe been unjustly {In each factory selves are held responsible amount produced, and they changes in methods of productic | working arrangements through their clected factory committee. This com mittee felected every months b ell the workers in the enterprise) many functions. It participates with jthe management internal regulatio in me put. It adjudges fines for work and it even proposes the they have penalized or dismissed. them- r the the workers six for the factory, faul dates for the control and manas ment of the ory—the “Red” di- rector, ctc the local rer is de union and it b orief over the man- the due observ- laws, trade union al insurance tative of the a sort of wat¢ agement to ensure ence of the labor agreements. § and so forth ‘ation Every- : done to make the work that the factories are the factor and that the future of the} cuntry is in their hands. To appre- | inte fully the tremendous importance of the new management of industry one must recall the brutal tyranny of the capitalists who owned the fai tories before the revolution. In addi- tion to low wages and long hour the workers had to submit to being treated and spoken to are treated by their white employ ers today. The workers in Russia t day know that their future is lone, know that the available wealth lof the country is being fairly dis- jtributed, and know that the existing | | machinery is being worked to its ful!- est capacity. ; If some of the wages quoted sound | ‘low it must be remembered that food is much cheaper than here, that hous- ing is either free or paid for by a ery low rent, and that the social ser- vices of various kinds received by all yvorkers are equivalent to something ike 20 per cent to 30 per cent on to | their wages. | One leaves Russia feeling that it is really true that the economic struc- | ture of socialist society is being built jup by the conscious efforts of work- rs and peasants, and one leaves it | with the impression that it is a coun- 'try where progress has already been | 'so rapid that everyone hopes and be- lieves in the future. | —FREDA UTLEY, M.A. Work Daily for the Daily Worker! Pass the Paper to a Fellow Worker! and be-| and strong. | to appeal to a tribunal of | in drawing up the} ng estimates and plans of out- | § coolie work- | i a bright ROCKEFELLER ECONOMIZING, NOW DISPENSING SMILES | INSTEAD OF TEN-CENT PIECES Special To The. Daily Worker night oil but they don’t any more and ' SAVANNAH, Dec. 4. John} Morgan, who is deeper \D(ime) Roekefeller is tired of. the tric field than-I am, gets three cents \bie hearted role he has hiterto played |out of every dime I give away. And oe ee e ie oclae ees sides a s ine a t 1 jon the golf links. Until now’ John . besides, a staunch Baptist, — |was always good for a dime and believe everybody should be in his ‘many a prosperous Southerner can one nee i a AES tae , ‘attribute his present financial sol-|UM¢SS Ne Aas to work nighi ivency to the start he got from the | soft John admitted y pon aes A ALL* clair and Doheny is hardly fit for WORKER representative who inter-| ..., (omy | RAEN ; hi consumption, !viewed the great man while en route) , t > ; Movida | “L am always ready to do any- | to his winter home in Florida.',,. bi Aken : S “Charity has a demoralizing effect ;‘hing that will contribute to the te eridted health of the nation,” replied the| have an unlimited supply of ether lessly there are others I am sorry to : on hand and that the water supply who squandered it on booze and! |. ce Senne pas = will last for a few more years, There | women in New York night clubs. Al... rer So is no money in that suggestion. dime that comes easily goes easily.” that they have the right to} rning | ing this decision by the observations ite aaa ae famous Englishmen George! WhO spent almost all his life bringing | [Bernard Shaw on the panhandling happiness into the lives of the people | proclivities of the Irish people, as wil! leave them now without a ray [published in the-press a few days|f hope, a beam of light, something lago” was the next question hurled at/t? give them a vision of better things, | Rockefeller by your an incentive— M j and “safe satisfying himself that he}! have found a cheaper and_ better | janes fe re 5 i i way to dispense happine Money is too hard, too materialistic. I wa el “ater an inve on the lookeut for something male ‘ 2 ing ten years, reports that spiritual.” ninety-nine out of every hundred; what is the new elixir?” | dimes I gave away eventually reached|I asked. t x of Irish saloon epers. “Smiles,” replicd John, and he gave This. would have been alright in the’ one each to the little group that had en. people burned the go d on its beneficiaries. that dime fr a night sporting editor in the viei “Would it not be possible,” ed your correspondent leggers a special price The stuff they are get suggest- “to give boot- on gasoline? ting from Sin- cultan. “I am through giving away dimes,” sterday to a DAILY earted oil 2 While it is true of those who received a me did not spend it reck- great philanthropist, but the bootleg- gers told my advance agent that they mar SBut,?: ent, “it per ed yi r hard to bel “Have you been influenced in mak- ve that a man corres- } The New E “Stop!” commanded baron, with as sweet a you saw on the face of am not thru try happy. Daddy Brow ning and my: wil] never quit on th le of dea lent. The oline Cautious Baron. ever y petroleum moloch looked around to see if there was! a vampir nz to make Reon le mid- ered around his car. : mae No. 4, N. Y. 40.00 | ore Contributions to , Luzern 00 | Ri H. Lawrence, St. Chie ago . TH1.5.00 | uthenberg Daily ||; Siroky, St. 35, Chicago, Til... .9.00 | Worker Sustaining ||| Stect Nucleus No. 31 i] zs © Women’s Club, Green, Mich... . 5.00 AL Fund Bee an, Bronx, N. Y -1.00 |= <== i Nake 1.00 St. Nucleus No. 8, Detroit, Mic’ _ Bronx, h 1.00 M. R. Rodwick. Santa Barbar, C: + Bronxy:N. Y. -1.00 (H. -BrinlgaN, 20 Guise 5 ‘New Haven, Conn 1.00 IM. C. re, Cincinnati, O... BON. WY. Cones oe -1.00 \M. Stresow, Central Islip, N.Y J. Johnson, Grand Rapids, Mich. .3.00 | A. Olson, Brooklyn, N. Y F vr, Grand Rapids, Mich. .1.00 | hlemmer, C) i L, Druker, Grand Rapids, Mick. .1.00 {Te Stone, Richmond, V: A. Sompolinsky, Grand Rapids. .1. 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Benjamin, assistant direc- tor, to register immediately in the of- ‘fice of the Workers School, Room 32, (108 E. 14th St., for a special course P, Wi TR OLAS caer Soar lin the “Principles of the Communi: Pi Jansar, Gleveland Ohio. . % Movement” to be given Tuesday eve- an Kalning, linden N. J nings at 8 p. m., beginning next week. Z. Sache Linden: N. |There is no fee for this course, which F. Milbrat Linden. Nea aH 50 pee consist of 5 sessions. ac, Chaplik, Berkeley, Cal. ..8.70| The course will take up the follow- A. Knutson, Bismarck, N.-D. 2.00 |ing topics: W. C. Bloyed, Canon City, Colo..1.09| 1. In what kind of society do we E. J. Olehowsky, Chicago, Ill....5.00 | live. 2. What kind of society do we C. Ruck, N. Y. C.........+.++.+-1.00 | want? 3. How will we obtain such aj R. Michelson, Sointula, B.C., Can.1.00 | society? 4. The working class move- S. Zollinger, Chicago, Tl 1.00 | ment, especially in the U. S. 5. The L. P. Demley, Phila.,-Pa...... 6.00 'role of the Communist ee of Colorado, \Los Angeles To See. | Russian Film Soon | Breaking Chains, Russia’s reel moving picture romance of two factory workers during the turbulent days of the revolution and the recon- struction years of 1917 to 1928, played entirely by Moscow workers, will be shown at the National Theatre, 2229 Brooklyn Ave., Los Angeles. The dates are: Thursday evening, Decem- ber 8; Saturday matinee at 2:15, Dee. 10; Sunday December 11, two shows, one at 1:30 p. m. and the other at 4:00 p. m. Music will be furnished by the well known Leningrad artist Grisha’Kazdan in conjunction with a spectacular prologue. only appearance of this film in Los Angeles, seven This will be the | Big crowd that gathered outside 26 Broadway, offices of the Standard nists paraded with banners protesting against the murder of miners by the Rockefeller-controlled police WATCHING THE PICKETERS © Oil company, while Commu- Buy your tickets at The DAILY WORKER office, 108 East 14th St. and help The DAILY WORKER and this theatre. The NEW PLAYWRIGHTS THEATRE production of THE BELT now playing at the PROVINCETOWN PLAYHOUSE 133 MacDougal Street. Telephone Spring 8363. Performance every evening (except Monday) including Sunday at S:40, Matinee Saturday at 2:40, The first modern Labor play to debunk company unionism | and the so-called prosperity in the Ford factories. { in the elec-! spond- | “|tra and when the king arrived from | served it. Given a more modern trag- | als Urged to Enroll in the ' Margaret Anglin Re- vises “Electra” at the Gallo Theatre Sophocles’ tragedy was acted last | Thursday night before as fine a se- lection of fur coats and dinner suits jas I have seen in many years. The | theatre is spacious and so is the stage |which was quite adequate to accom- | the the of | Argive maidens and the numerous at- | tendants that waited on “ the medate leaders, chorus Electra,” on murderess Clytemnestra and on who had sition at all. This is a fe good murder story but not near as thrilling as the Remus | ‘trial now engaging the attention of {Cincinnati lawyers and newspaper readers in general. It is the old story of a husband going to w: and leav- ing a wife in loneline Men in an- | ; cient as well as in modern times were | \sympathetic to ladies upon whos | hands time hung heavily, so it is no | surprising to learn that Aegisthos, the | nephew of Agamemnon became enam- oured of his uncle’s wife Clytemnes- | everybody any kind of a Do: Gives a delightful performance as Ferdinand in “Immoral Isabella?” awton Campbell’s clever satire on Columbus at the Ritz Theatre. preven Briefs | his war with the Greeks he got bump- | \ed off. Which proves that Greel: i | wine even in those days did not help| Openings scheduled for this eve- la king ceep his wits about him. {ning are: “Happy” at the Earl Car- Elect daughter of the king by roll; “Out of the Sea,” Eltinge; |Clytemnestra, decided to devote the |“Brass Buttons,” Bijou; The Argen- e 2 e: fio. st of her life to the business of | tine Pla Manhattan Opera House venging her father, a mission which land “The Banshee” at Daly’s 68rd others also found to their liking. The | ot phoatre. result , two nice homicides which | ~~ Che jwere committed off stage much to nge Interlude,” the second of ‘the O plays to be done by the | Theatre Guild this season, will have ‘the disappointment of the audience. The performance is good but a prac- tical person like me could not help Lynn Fontanne in the leading fem wondering what the shouting was ative Pole |ahout and why actors in classical, ~~ = jplays must speak in sepulcheral | pied: - ‘ ‘tones, toss their cloaks around and | Edwards and his new revue 1 Nights,” heads the Pal- ace bill this week. Other acts include: ; Fannie Brice; Hermanos William, an |impression that the ancients were aj tbenctl of four-flushers trying to | Pee dancer; Fred Peontine | frighten people with their mouths and | ¢d by eee Hoffa; Harry Brosius getting away with it. The play left | and Joe Barton, me cold and I would not be moved if | the entire population of Argos was | |iake long strides whether they have to go cr not. You get the Yvette Rugel is at the Riverside slaughtered behind the scenes. |this weck, Dave ee and eee in, baptised “Anglin | Pany; Davis an arnell; ree eee eee eae voes Alexan. | Swifts; Niles and Mansfield; Reed eee ~ and Le Vere; the Kitayamas and jer Wooleott of the New York World| ee given a great ovation and de- | Maxine and Bobby are the acts. ledy she would bring tears, but! ‘The Hippodrome acts include: “Les the murder of Agamemnon is £00 | Folies Rouges,” with Stanisloff and | seedy to get excited about, particu-! Gracie; Florrie La Vere and Low arly in an era that provides so much | Handman; Francis X. Silk; the Pion« competition in deeds of violence and | eer Tap Dancers; the Edna White |gore as the twentieth century. | Quartette. Thomas Meighan in “The —T. J. OF. | City Gone Wild” is the film feature, 45 St, W. of B'way Eves. 8: 40 Matinees Wed. & Sat. at 2: a ESCAPE, with Leslie Howard | —— The Theatre Guild presents —, PORGY +, ‘Th., W. 42d. Evs.8:40 Republic yy2ts wea.dsa BOOTH wi inthrop 1 iia Pp: oarthy's New. Play | | Nati ee ee | .|National ysisiso. ats. Wed.&Sat.2:80 | | vie | i Bernard Shaw’s Comedy ; DOCTOR'S DILEMMA Guild Th., W. 52d, Evs, 8:20 aint] “The Trial of Mary Dugan’ By Bayard Veiller with HARDING REX OHERRYMAN | Mats. Thurs. &Sat.,2:20 AN ‘The Desert Song | with Robt, Haliday & Eddie Buszell end Year THBA., 45 6t.W.of B’way IMPERIAL ''Svenings 8:30 Mats. Wed. and Sat., 2:30 | ret ee | Chanin’s W. 45 St. Royale. Mts.Wed.,Sat. | All Performances mee Mon, & Thurs. | Winthrop Ames “Mikado” | Gilbert & Sullivan Max Reinhardt’s | “Midsummer Night’s Dream” Central Park West CENTURY g" 2d St. vs. 8:00 Mats. Fri. and Sat. at 2. with MUNI lcs ak key se | Opera Ngee Gai 1OLANTHE® y 5. ves, oly of John Golden “Wiatesat. 2:30 thurs ©. “PIRATES OF PENZANCE" | 5 3c Thea. W.44 St.Bvs.8.3d |GARRICK FAs Bee sR 3:8) | ERLANGER’S Stats. “thurs. & Sat. BASIL SYDNEY and MARY ELLiS with Garriek Players in the Modern THE MERRY MALONES TAMING of the SHREW with GHORGH M. COHAN DRAce FULTON ' 2 eae Thea.,W.43 St.E.v.8.90 | Henry Miller's S Matinees Thurs.& Sat. CULA | Grant Mitchell "62,34, °ehans American Farce ca eet | THE BABY CYCLONE Post. | y, 46 St. Ks. 8.30 |'wm. Fox presents the Motion Picture 8. Wed.&Sat. 2.30 | i Directed by SUNRISE «& W'ncrna By HERMANN SUDERMANN | symphonic Movietone Accompanimeat | Times Sq. Thea., 42a St., W. of B # in the new Frances Starr ms" IMMORAL ISABELLA? with JULIUS MeVICKER w TWICE DAILY, 2:30-83 1 & Sat. | Work 1 Baie for the Daily Worker! Buy your tickets at The DAILY WORKER office, 108 East | 14th St. and help The DAILY WORKER and this theatre. | “THE CENTURIES” By Em Jo Basshe The Fall and Rise of the East Side Masses A Beautiful and Thrilling Play at \ | The New Playwrights Theatre ‘40 Commerce Street Performances Hvery Night Except Sunday Matinces Saturday Afternoon | A New Playwrights Production | __SPECIAL-—Daily Worker Night, Thursiay, De. 8.