The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 16, 1928, Page 4

THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1928 SWEAR IN THUGS AS 2 BIG OHIO ~ MINES RE-OPEN One RELIGION & SOCIAL JUSTICE. By (Continued from Page » of this book by the intern: fF the w t men in the f at the rest of the world. “Our ne is greater than the en- newspapers the mine the hall hen the attack on i the negotiati of most other countries, which finally re y millions of Ger- the attack : and forty-three hall. He -Yet, with the the room, in our debt, a score of less ready filed eusarhcy ral ons to eo What th the average without; worker he y another com- | to show sh the middle class } dows; pools of bloo t work eight months which the dead boc indicating that window from whic as the police claim. support his family and four months every year toward paying the na- al debt.” Yet in these jri of all s lean wherever we iad Shee: United Denies Declar: The attack on the pa terwards on the hall, was n for a Herd Labor works fout go. li n ithority long hours for low wages. Hundreds oat inavtial lav f thousands of workers live in homes 10n 0: martia a io i & Pe : a issued by Governor Adams, the only | © ned by othe hty-two per man with a legal right to procl cent of the Am n people pay no martial law. Adams now denies that | "Com Eddy write ate he issued any proclamatic the copy used was sig rect representative, Lewis head of the te polic mayor of Walsenburg, Teun Pr A resolution of the city cou lesson of Jesus is apparently Manufacturers, financiers, , are bent on getting all they an out of the world. Exploitation is e order of the day. Inevitably this The hibiting demons’ will bring about more wars which week befo: will further wreck the social struc- tains quote ture. clamation—-if it was fa The picture appears dismal to the The mayor and Scherf were directly | good man until he s certain in- and personally in command of the duals who in a small way troopers who did the killing Thursday, |shown to be regenerating society. and cannot escape responsibility for | There is “Bill” Simpson of that. a modern “St. s Papers See Radical P lot. gave up the alt to embrace a life The nev poverty, preaching among lumber- | “ whole th I icks and railroad navvies the gospel | cal plot to murder t f love. “He became convinced that | keeping absolute’ a new spiritual and social order would | mysterious dec yme not by change of system but by Elsewhere he says, social chang. through edue sses. «by ge of heart.” e believe that be effected denied b mtinually all speeches” mad the parade, but in re no eeones on Le is not by de- struetive revolution.” sion, and t * * a ae Eddy picks out William T. Hap- amiga difficult’ to aceee - een 4 ec aianagalia fruit-preserver; g ee W siseabarg Seebohm Rowntree, a, manufacturer Be. tccane the Columbine of York, England, and Arthur Nash og ca ee ee in the penitentiary for telling men to the Walsen rike for better eeaee ond (Special To The DAILY WORKER.) Not By T. J. O}FLAHERTY. t Eviden PITTSBURGH, Jan. 15.—Over 200 show that iking coal miners picketing en e scattered the scab working force of the Y. & O, mine Number 2 at Rush Run, about five miles from ubensville, O., Friday morning. George Lacr a striking miner, man who sh« was ted at his home by two liceman ties yesterday and charged with ice cla ng to riot. Rite wae ax and ©. mine, which had an autor ing on a fake cooperative the side compelled to close. The miners patrolled all roads in f of the mine. nmen Deputies. am T. Allison sent a to the county commissioners for sufficient funds to maintain a special force of deputies to protect cabs. he operators are preparing fever- ishly for the opening of two of the largest mines in the county Monday pen shop basis. The sheriff the mine owners had sent gunmen to him to e ago, a Single Another miner is ¢ ing to strike” at (¢ law by which he may h-Ohio Miners’ Relief ent a representa- le to keep in touch at the Broad- will play Shylock cast include: Murray Leonard, George 1, Hardie Hi *“KABALE UND LIEBE,” (Love and Intrig y Friedrich Von Schiller, wil! be th rdt ented by his I ¢ ye he ¢ ondey night. Helene Thining wi re her first appee « here with the players. “THE PASSING CF THE THIR D: FLOOR BAC’ Jerome K. ti. I ‘anger. > Davenport t will enzct e be Mor nes Dale, co Theatre Isobel Elsom in Ervine, for ‘special matinees, be- the Augustin role, Tue 5 no pla ‘ DRI ing at the i », Katherine Wi gi ying: Duncan Masque Theatre. will he title neent Lawrence, will open Wednes- Theatre. Louis Calhern, Mary New- n and Felix Krembs head the cast. RS,” a new pla Milton Herbert Gropper, opens at the t Theatre We lay night. RIOT,” by Alfred Neumann, ic Theatre on Thursday evening. The cast is headed Faber, Madge ‘litheradge, Lyn Harding and John The drama deals with the life and times of Tsar Paul 1 of Russia, will have its premiere at L indignation wrapped in a toga exe Y. M. C. A. ECONOMICS Sherwood Eddy. Geo. H. Doran Co. $2. and yearning for a halo is the a RL OT OF ational secretary of the Y. country. G. K. Chesterton, Catholic writer of detective stories, whose heavy-handed wit has made him one of the most comfortable-look- ing literary men of contemporary times, of Cincinnati as éxamples of indus- ists who have discovered the h to peaceful evolution.” The on is of course: Do al! workers to wait for the second coming of S into the consciousness of manufacturers before they do any- thing about their situation? Should the soft coal miners accept peonage they behaved naughtily? “Christianity” may be |there is power to enforce it. If it is jmerely taking the gaff, then it is |good only for the aggressor. In a world not yet developed above a jungle secept ideas of meekness. The world far |talists far too militant for such in- } dulgence. Mr. Fddy’s five points for the so- lution of world problems hinge on the asis of religious experience. Simple life, brotherhood, peace, redemption of the social order and covery of God is the bare outline of his recipe for a social cure. What either of these points involves he does not state. Neither does he tell us bow this transformation may come about, or who is going to superinduce this hypnotic spell over mankind that men may suddenly cease from their conflicts. = * * The book means well. It states the problem soberly, and a Christian gen- tleman would feel elevated by its sen- timents. mention the aims of a labor move- ment. He does not see the world as a conflict of exploiters and exploited | which can cease only when the work- \ers tire of shouldering the social bur- |dens. He does not see the function of nor the meaning of revolutions. Despite history’s ten thousand years of painful progress, he does not learn anything from it. While he states the case well, it must be admitted that he becomes flat when it comes to the program for doing something about it. He must remember that the working class cannot wait for a Christian pro- gram, but must take definite sides in the struggle. —ED. FALKCWSKI. BOOKS RECEIVED. Dan Minturn: A Labor Novel. By M. H. Hedges. Vanguard Press. The Child of The Home. By Dr. B. Liber. Vanguard Pre: | | ¢| Prosperity ymposium. Edited | by H. W. Laidler and Norman Thomas. Vanguard Press. wih P AMES JOHN ‘GAL SWORT: YS ESCAPE, with LESLIE HOWARD Bys. 8:40 WwW. 0 GEORG in THE M ARLISS RCHANT OF VENICE beste Bway, 46 St. Eys. 6.30 Mats, Wed. &Sat. 2.30 THAN THE BAT? | Winter Garden 7y< hao eaae cated LAUG 4 Ss | By Bayard Veiller with Rex Cherryman | fo LAST He sees the senseless piling | it is hardly advisable for workers to | too hard boiled and the capi-| a new dis- | | | |New Playwrights Theatre on Satur- | vital and advanced ling “Processional,” LAWSON PLAY “AN! ‘INGENUOUS DRAMA OF THE REVOLUTION | OHN HOWARD LAWSON’S “The } International” which opened at the| day night, is obviously an honest and courageous attempt to treat a sub- ject. which thus far has. been strictly taboo in the Ameri- can bourgeois the- atre. Lawson is one of the most of the younger playvrights of this country, and has already made a number of signifi- cant contributions to the new Ameri- can drama, includ- JOHN HOWARD LAWSON “Loud Speaker,” and his earlier “Roger Bloomer.” “The International” aims to be a} satire upon the devious processes of international diplomacy and the) world struggle for oil. Unaware, however, of the intricacies and all the social and economic implications of | this struggle, Lawson’s play becomes a romantic and ingenuous medley of improbable situations and people, ob- sessed with romantic conceptions of} the world revolution. | Curiously enough,, there are no} workers participating in this world revolution. The only “revolutionists” in “The International” are: the young, handsome son of a millionaire oil magnate; a neurotic adventuress, sen- timental and sexually predatory; Karneski, a Russian Bolshevik for- merly from Rahway, N. J., who wan- ders about inexplicably in far-flung in exchange for a conviction that the | unconvincing conception of a Soviet operators will in the end find that |c | David Fitch, is reminiscent of some of alright if | But Mr. Eddy does not once | |cate ship subsidy, he thinks the public |treasury must aid private operation ; and Rubeloff, an extremely ‘The millionaire’s son, Upton Sinclair’s messianic college boys, impregnated with the dubious philosophy of pre-war radicalism. Undoubtedly the play is entirely too ambitious. Wherever Lawson intro-| duces the element of high-spirited satire he is very successful. For in- stance, the scene describing a finan- cial conference in which two Ameri- |cans and one Frenchman discuss the high aims of civilization in terms of oil concessions and cash is the most effective in the play. When, how- ever, Lawson attempts to erect a philosophic structure of world revo- | lution, he reveals the intellectual con- fusion characteristic of most liberal | minds. Another scene whose effectiveness is tragie rather than satirical, is the one in which the Negro prostitute de- scribes how she strangled one of her “lovers.” This scene is a surprising interlude in the predominant jazz tempo of the play. The sets and lighting effects are unusually striking. Despite its num- erous inconsistencies and irrelevances, thé play is worth seeing. —Sender Garlin. ‘Coolidge Wishes to Rush Ship Sale WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 15.— President Coolidge has let the press know that he is indignant at the slow progress made by the Shipping Board in selling the government’s merchant fleet. He notes that one member of the Board has voted against every proposed sale of ships. Coolidge’s view is that the government cannot operate ships, although it is now do- ing so, because governments are not run for profit-making, and all busi- ness is run for the sake of profit. While he does not definitely advo- through mail-carrying bonuses and by making officers and crew a part of the naval reserve. These proposals will be fought by the organized labor lobby at the capitol if they are pro- ».| ASTOR _ THE MERRY MALONES The Trial of Mary Dagan” ° / MUSIC AND CONCERTS — WALL i 4_WALLS |; Roston, Feb, 26—Phila., March 5 (i {14 Friends; | Fulton and Mack. lth George Arliss will make his debut in a Shakespeare role playing Shy- lock in “The Merchant of Venice,” atre tonight. Two other openings for this evening are Max Reinhardt’s production of “Kabale and Liebe,” at | the Cosmopolitan and “The Passing of the Third Floor Back,” at the Da- venport Theatre. The Broadway Theatre beginning today will include the following vau- deville program: Larry Rich with his Rich and Cherie; Bobbie Rowland & Co.; Lamont Four, and The feature pic- ture this week is, “The Girl from Chicago,” with Conrad Nagel, Myrna Loy and William Russell in the cast. Vaudeville headliners-at the Palace eatre include: Nazimova in “In- dia,” a new one-act drama by Edgar Allen Woolf and Fannie Hartz Friend, based on Katherine Mayo’s “Mother India”; Taylor Holmes; Con- rad, with Marion Eddy; Allan Rogers; Henri Margo and Helene Beth, with Margaret Fallienus and Jay Seiler, and Nee Wong. A third company of “Good News,” designed for Philadelphia and Boston will go into rehearsal today. This company is scheduled to open at the Chestnut Street Opera House on February 13, “The Greenwich Village Follies” opens Monday in Newark prior to the showing here. The cast is headed by: Blossom Seely and Benny Fields, Dr. Rockwell, Whalen and Florence Misgen. Max Lief, a well-known newspaper writer and his brother, Dr. are writing the lyrics, and Ray Per- | kins, will do the music. es which opens at the Broadhurst The-| Eddie Lambert, Jans andj tory Theatre, Plays the chief feminine role in “The Enemy,” Channing Pollock’s film play of war horrors, at the Astor Theatre. The Shuber have acquired the rights to “Patricia’s Diary,” a com- edy by Reginald Bach, director of “The Silent House,” the new English mystery play due here in three weeks. Mr. Bach is now appearing in “The Taming of the Shrew.” Winchell Smith has written a new eomedy which John Golden will pro- duce later. Smith and Michael Arlen collaborated on “The Zoo,” tried out abroad and out of town. The next production of the Labora- “The Bridal Veil,” will by Madame Anderson- This pantomime, written be directed Ivantzoff. Nathaniel Lief,| by Arthur Schnitzler and with music by Ernst von Dohnyani, will be ready the last of January. M ine Owner Gunmen Mobilize to. Attack Successful Mass Pickets in Ohio INSANE ASYLUMS ARE OVERCROWDED BADLY EQUIPPED ALBANY, Jan. 15.—Overcrowding in public insane asylums to the -ex- tent of 31.9 per cent or 10,509 pa- tients above the normal capacity is re- vealed in statistics made public by Dr. Frederick W. Parsons, head of the Department of Mental Hygiene. The population of public asylums is con- stantly and rapidly increasing, Dr. Parsons shows, while little or no provision has been or is being made. U. S. Prohibition in 8 Years Costs $70,000,000 WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—EKight years of the National Prohibition Act, completed today, have cost the Fed- eeral Treasury alone a total of $170,- 000,000. Starting with appropria- ions of $2,220,000 for the first six months of the act, and $6,350,000 for the fiscal year 1921, the annual out- lay for Prohibition enforcement has now reached $35,000,000. Loss of taxes derived from the manufacture of spirits and liquors, and the con- struction of 25 destroyers at a cost of $37,500,000 must also be figured in the bill. ANOTHER ORPHANAGE BURNS PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 15. — Five girls are dead and another nine- year-old girl and two firemen are in a critical condition as a result of a fire which little William Preno un- wittingly started when he struck a match to look for toys in the closet of the Germantown Community Centre. Over 100 children were at play when the fire spread. The boy is in the custody of the Holy Rosary Parochial School, which adjourns the destroyed building. 6 posed in a bill. CRU prevents —y PORGY » The W. 420, Evs.8:40 Republic ycais we 40 Bernard Shaw's Comeay DOCTOR'S DILEMMA Week Jan, 23, “Marco Millions” 7 Th, W. 52d, Bys. 8:20 Guild | Mats Thurs.éSat.2:20 ANTI-WAR The ENEMY Theatre, Brway at 45th St. Twice Daily, 2:80-8:30, ERLANGER’S ™ Ss Thea, W.44 St.Bv! 0 Mats. Wed. & Sat. with GEORGE M, COHAN OPERA COMPANY SON, SUNG IN ENGLISH 2s, 8120, Matn, 2:20, Sith, W. of Bway PHONE COL, 1140, Mon., Wed. Ey Faust Tues. & Fri. Eve., Wed, Maat, Marriage Figaro Thurs, & Sat. Eve. Mme. Butterfly DANCES MUSIC SINGING ©The International” HITS HARD “The International” SPEAKS PLAINLY “The International” FIGHTS FEARLESSLY 10% Discount NOW PLAYING By John Howard Lawson TICKETS on Sale at DAILY WORKER, 108 East 14th St. New Playwrights Theatre ~The International _NIST play to be pro- duced in an American theatre. —has the red _ blood Revolution. might. —capitalism, —is the FIRST COMMU- of —shows Labor rising in its imperialism trembling. “The International” ENTERT AINS —tells of the class struggle. —of The International marching on. —of China - India - Thibet awakening. —of fight of workers, for workers. A Labor Play in a Labor Theatre By the author of “‘PROCESSIONAL” NEW PLAYWRIGHTS THEATRE Telephone Walker 5786 40 Commerce St.—3 Blocks So. of Sheridan Sq. 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