The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 20, 1928, Page 4

Aiea THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1928 } What the Passaic Strike Taught the Textile Workers About Government ON SHIPPING BILL ‘rehearsal under the direction of REY Reuben Mamoulian. TEACHERS LOSE P > Gilbert Miller in association with E. A a Ray Goetz to present Irene Bor- | eS Ce doni in a new play by Martin Brown, | ~ % Pt eae ; the author of “Cobra,” with songs and | Greta “The Divine Woman” ‘ POLICE WHO CLUB, JUDGES WHO JAIL SHOW PARTY NEED incidental music especially composed | by Cole Porter. The tentative title ‘ordoni’s new starring ve. (2,000 In Kindergartens Policy of Giving Fleet ie Mis hicle is “Paris.” Leas : Away Attacked x : . ‘Find City Breaks Word P4 ieee peat Latest Garbo Film at the Capitol Theatre aj .) .. Gun ; i Mi by 3 Pg RERy me ae r % ° he om Cushing play, “La} 2 * aie ave ba kG A--strike hat quickly x Pee ah de taee eiscrtly Splendid Production Gringo,” will be seen during next| TW° thousand New York city pub- orees pec . For or : _ AS 4 oe Hace bill i qaeeas bos fue | week-at the National Theatre, Wash-|lic school teachers will not get pay again stion ai cate manned iio: the saletide so nin tkiae power to this picture.}a Lady Out of Lizzie—Chrysler what aa Charles L. Wagner ana|raises they expected Feb. 1, Mrs, pes : + on. commerce swith thes puecoeueet ere’s smooth capable direction.|2 cat!” There's more contagious | Hamilton MacFadden are the pro- | Johanna M. Lindloff, president of the clears . ker. Hi “ aintaini government. ownership 'There’s ‘splendid photography and| humor in a dance feature called | ducers. They play is scheduled for the | Kindergarten to 6B Teachers’ Assn, learns in ant Y ay who is im Se ISI OS kOe mine ig OMe mean rere’s splendid photography an@/«panet caprice’—an amusing bur-| Little Theatre the following week. | 3 z 2: ; nae THs and operation of the merchant fleet, there is a beautiful and capable ac- AS os lates M i God lhas discovered. The 2,000 teachers his friend and who is his enemy Pee 2 je the amfinislea) i iG a Bun lesque of classical dancing. —W. C. | i : 3 U. S. Government Is Boss Machine. +e bg sae, f . iain oA es a SS OF tress photographed. Whatever flaws A. H. Woods announces the re‘urn 8% in grades covered by Mrs. Lind- : 1 ; the senate by a vote of 61 to 20, ; Bx tad “ ‘ jee att ae During the Passa By this astion the senate has con. there are in this film presentation ‘Broad B of Ann Warding to the cast of “The Joff’s organization and are fighting | ee ae ; demned President Coolidge’s policy of they ave not the flaws of its leading roadway Briefs Trial of Mary Dugan” at the Na-|for higher increases than those orig- ie cae are ot giving eway the fleet The Janes bil lady. Gita Gath) |tional Theatre. Miss Harding was inally granted. The heralded $14,- \ the A inetion—these were the gifts |°™Phasizes the duty of the shipping Prfirst race star_it| 12 League for Mutual Aid is giv-|not of the cast for a period due to |000,000 raise for teachers goes mostly chine 1}of the government to the workers. beara : fe date hey ae : no first among the|ing a theatre party at the New Play-| illness. |to the upper ranks and officials in- that th 1 The workers learned that the ieee sige aad ue ie Nad a stars of American|wrights Theatre on Thursday, Jan. 26, | =e stead of to the big majority of teach- instrument of { he w e din building: up aloe ching shall be mede except by ¥ movies. — ____|where “The International” by John| Cynthia White is giving her annual |ers in kindergarten to 6B grades. Be oection i ie my of gunmen, scabs, thugs |i mous recorded affirmative vote of Jn “The Divine) Howard Lawson is the current attrac-| Greenwich Village revel at Webster! ‘The pay raises for the 2,000 affect- OF fsht for ; ions. scoundrels of all descriptions. |h" board. Goolidge has vigorously Woman” (thank| Hall tonight. “Two orchestras ‘will! 5 eachars were taken’ away’ at a se Boss Government in Passaic. the government officials were | | tested against this plan ia who seek the) °" , furnish the dance music and there will |¢¢ teachers were taken away at a se- Let =e jearn- |§ the formation of lynehing PTS og vot is for the title) | iecea ; he's costume: revue. jcret board of education meeting dal celeb ate and committees to drive out the union ly ; ne id vole i re ; 8 y bad s a combina-|_ Helen Flint, Alan Mowbray and | fete | which revoked certain provisions mak- eat goveram h fous SSHeHIrY saoe athe oats Were those of BEE tion of fortunate,| Minor Watson will support Chrystal] pucctina Giannini will have the as-/ing increases automatic for teachers vee Tt is no wonder that\in Passaic Bitshan, Biesse1Ghtise, Roce one could almost | Herne in “Those Modern Women,” a| sistance of Frank La Forge at her re- lwith 8 years’ professional training or 1. Pol d police clubs, The | More Map se places, the workers Gillett, Glass, Gould, Greene, Hale, fk By oe ae to: new play by Lawrence Langnor, now| cital in Carnegie Hall on February 1. 25 years’ experience. workers learned that these are used | ROW Know that the government 1s 2 Keyes, King, McLean, Metcalf, Reed Byte Ceo r BE at i a Sh 2 castle Pee ake to break up picket line to cripple De ett 21 oie itior orce to keep the workers in subjec- our hard earned wages. z ta ¥ ‘These are | 10% Whenever they dare to fight for ica, an independent class tice To Victor Seastrom goes credit for — ; “gent | better conditions party that belongs to the workers ana splendid direction. You'll find no Beet ve troor Laber Pariy Against Bosses’ Gov't | to no one else. movie over-emphasis, no ‘ tabloid in when the police iff had two jobs workers who foug where that throw them ¢ establish a liberties for the work Bae Roaies Own City G t The capable hand of sensible direction Textile Bosses Own City Government. Gite Bon y evisnonera LOS Passos Disousses:' The International’ 1 © ah ise the: eulding| i} in Pas-;| For a United Labor Ticket! hysteria here. For which movie pa- For a Labor Party in the 1928 trons must be grateful. Lars Hanson | elections! + gives character to his part. The bal- | : ance of the supporting cast, like Lar- N { son, téne down their acting to give a| realistic performance that does not/| credulity nor patience. And now that the workers e know this, they know that they st build up a Labor Party in Amer. in -on hand of a chef in a good meal. of public sa were found to be en rare.thing for the movies. Miemonrial eeeied body and aon ee one Editor, The DAILY WORKER: Unravelling technical problems is his Above it all there’s Greta Garbo. érs ae Seen ses ated « buck,| Please allow me a few exceptions job. If he isn’t inter din tech- Her’s is a splendid job. True to nical problems and their relation to character she gives a performance the content of the play he hasn’t any that smooths out the wrinkles of the more right to pretend to be a critic story that runs off occasionally into than a plumber has to mend shoes. sentimentality and would run off into If the New Playwrights’ Theatre slush if splendid acting guided by |was an established organization with sensible direction did not keep it a compact group behind it, news- within the bounds of logical reality. to Sender G n’s review of Lawson’s “The International” which appeared in Monday’s issue, First a note about which he obtained spe- the textile opera The mayor of a f & ss Employee of the Botany Worsted Mill. |the whole business of newspaper And so on. 4. The judges—who were they? criticism of plays: naturally if you go to the trouble of inviting new paper men to the openings of uw One judge owed his appointment di- St ane petecwas ata poeSuTe RR a ae ‘ io Wee ceri caners eadiwas di shows you have no reason to kick if Deu criticism would not matter, but The Divine Woman,” is by no reetly to the : 8 fn Pile (they spill their bile afterwards [2° things stand its existence is ex- means the best that has yet been vectly their agent. nother was a ° tremely precarious, and it is up to done in our movies. It is however, a Meeting Newspaper criticism is only impor- tant in connection with and as a ymptom of the battle of ideas that accompanies the attempt to introduce a new form.in social life, the arts or dress goods, or anything. mémber of the Chamber of Commerce, and was himself an open shop em- ployer. These were the local record- ers. The “higher-ups” were more re- ‘fined, but of the same stripe. those who want it or some similar or- first rate job deserving attention of | ganization to continue, to give the those especially who have given up| {plays it represents not boosting, but movies in despair. Here’s an occa- sincere and expert attention. If you sion where the direction and acting | n : think, as your reviewer seems to im- have given distinction to a film State Government Versus Workers. i san’ ply that the New Playwrights’ Thea- story. 5. The state officials. The state Criticism is a lineup, nee taets jtre is a bogus enterprise, it’s your} There’s a lavish outlay in the Capi- ened e labor.. McBridge, used | with you is against you. In tryIn& duty to your readers to come out flat-|tal stage presentation that accom- is office to spr LENIN SAID: We cannot wriggle out of an im- perialistic war, we cannot have a d such lies as that |t9 start a radical theatre we have | footedly and say so. ies the fil t’ the ‘Capitol this : the lls in Passe av che cleanest gece on the asumpton that such an | E SOHN BOs BAcEOU: (eon eee ee democratic peace, but only a peace ih, the world, that, they pay their | enterprise would be valuable to the Sy 4 4 brute ene dane Pana ype : : PS Bs fie Best 1h the world, that |sopie connected with it, to tho labor |) yo 7 TMS me ae as gral by violence, until we overthrow the f] in gorgeous costume, we point out a | well-staged song at the expense of v Ford called: “Henry’s made power of Capitalism. are the most movement and to the playwright the’ bosses in Pas: Se re, ‘8 telligent in the world, etc. At the|trade in general. Naturally neatly| Dairy WORKER oe ee same time, Governor Moore rattled |,yerybody else thinks the opposite.) the sabre. In speeches, he} put it is disappointing at a moment exhorted the citizens, practically, to when we have our backs against the go on a lynching bee and by sheer|wall and are getting the universal force to dr the union organiz raspberry from ajl the capitalist Then he tried telling | press, to find The DAILY WORKER, ne rious machine rolled by the i ‘ above the usually impoS~ | m-~-se LEE CUED ee romreaee byte nd of Pennsylvania, Sackett, Shortridge, (uction far above ne as | SSS that tHe state is an instrument of Thomas, Waterman, and Watson. . “ible t SS = ~ JLemun the workers to go back to work and/so notoriously lenient and uncarping So 49 — The Theatre Guild presents —— | then he might do something to settle | jn its reviews of uptown shows that/} Onn GALSWORTHYS | the str get universal praise, giving the New i with LESLIE } | Nor fail | Playwrights’ Theatre such a careless | 4 _ HOWARD i | oe ee of | Bina GE xt Ngee aoa : taco ae: Sender (it ys. 8:40 4 | Republic 2! W. 24. | fo show where it stoc or or jand hearted write-up as 8 H Wed. 2:40 H Pp Mats, Wed.&Sa ‘ Against.” It passed legislation Garlin’s. ) eT ERE SI 7 ¥ D a .W.44§ ' fused protection otherwise accorded| { don’t mean for a second that we | ;Broadhurst ists wead s: \ in to the kind of picket that was|want or expect praise or unstinted | cnonee A RELI get H | going on in Passa ‘boosting. Obviously the theatre is | 1 ME: Fr ! Federa! Government Versus Workers. | not Communist or definitely tied up 3.6. “Our” national ~—_ government. | with any section of the labor move- : Millionaire “Secretary f Labor” | ment and its plays are far from being | Davis told the workers that he was a nally kosher, but as an attempt ANTI-WAR Worker once, and that therefore they |to start an organization that may be 5 Should go back to work and stop be-\yseful eventually and that serves as | ing “dirty foreigne If théy did} g certain focus (tainted if you wish | The ENEMY Re stop being “dirty foreigners” then | with all the “liberal,” “demi-bour-! «BETTER THAN THE BAT” | ie, Secretary of Labor Davis himself, | geois” d “intellectual” diseases) | —~— eee _ Theatre, Bway at 45th St. a 3 >} geois” an 2 e | By. 2 " pe map Would deport the whole blooming |for yevolutionary ideas, I do think| Winter Garden [xc (330.. Mats. ASTOR (twice Daity, 2:20-8:30, push. As for Coolidge, he was too|that its plays deserve careful and WORLD'S LAUGH § P busy at that time seeing Charleston jexpert consideration. \A tists 3 Mod 1 | BREANGERS Thee eee @ancers to notice the Pa trikers.| Jy common with his brethren of the | D els THE MER RYM ALO N ES As for members of congr how headline press your reviewer was so Natidcsit tate cdi ec wareaelt | pe athey ted ae ener to the Hk anxious not to be sown thet he — National vs8.00. Mte Wen ‘cant ie with GEORGE M, COHAN | e Protecting the Passaic b by an Trias internation? is not ay he “The Trial of Mary Dugan” |~ © AND CONCERTS a ison q- ar en 85 per cent tariff? By means of this |seemed to imply written in the cur- | 4 AL , } By Bayard Veiller with Rex Cherryman tariff, the good congressmen showed |yent idiom of the New York stage, aa Be i ————— ~ COMPANY ey eye prerece, ane oe the way “Broadway” or “Coquette”) JOHN GOLDENTRESRE Ws er | , N ENGLISH t lustries of this country so that such |ig where the aim is to create an illu- LAST ear ‘ 8 ats. 2:20. UU ¢ eal industries a the $50,000,000 | <jon that the characters are real and) WEEK WAL LS teen ? OP paar : Botany mill could club down the |that what is going on on the stage is} ———~ Marriage | Doors Open 6 P. M. Butterfly 9 ! m™ Muni Wisenfrend - | Tue & Fri. By ay orkers here, just as the Dawes plan |«+eally” happening. An attempt was j doing in the German plants of the made in the staging and writing to | tany mill. Every possible lie, from | yo back to the simple popular forms lie that the strike leaders hadio¢ old melodrama and burlesque in| *~ $200,000 in Russian gold to the mean-| which the actors are visibly actors BB Fin slander, was peddled by Senators|and out of their career across the ‘ c and Edwards of ‘New Jersey, |hoards of the stage; and from eight a. of whom knew where their bread |forty-five to eleven-ten a pattern buttered. arises in the minds of the audience. : ree ee oe i Mass Revolutionary Pageant—1,000 in Cast—Proletarian Tickets on Sale Now .at:: Daily Worker, Ballet—Freiheit Singing Society—-200 Voices—Members of 108 E. 14th St.—10% Discount. the New York Symphony Orchestra ik a How Government Fought the Workers |This pattern, in this case, is a very THE INTERN TI ‘ BRA pas, eee Wrens [Tide sateen, a le ons 6 es A Speakers: JAY LOVESTONE—P. T. LAU—WM. Z. FOSTER . uring the strike the workers learned, (aeeete aay rvenile G0 pee aa BY JOHN HOWARt ROBERT MINOR—M. J. OLGIN—JOHN WILLIAMSON. y learned that the police closed |ings under the impact of our worl 4 I IWARD LAWSON n all halls and meeting places of |today. “The International” is a broad | ats ‘s WILLIAM W. WEINSTONE, Chairman. strikers during the critical per-|cartoon of the dynamics of current | Author of “Processional ) : of the strike. That wholesale |history. It uses all the stock car- | x d ‘ sts, searches, and seizures were |toon figures and ideas, warping them | Struggle for Wealth — Oil — War — Love TICKETS MAY BE OBTAINED AT: f ¢ ide illegally and legally. That the |to its own purpos Because it is | z . MANHATTAN BRONX CONEY ISLAND i jion headquarters were raided and |the first time that this has been done | Revolution — Adventure Mua Un leaesityasieco art «Sees CROAT. EIDE BIRO! 8 TU) a ee a i ; mn officials seized and thrown into }on the raregines stage everybody IN bet Lah MC tare th 380 Women’s Council Cloakmak- 1 Fulton Ave, Aladle Vitage | That the prisoners arrested were |Comes out lustered and starts curs- } renner . Py Selig’s Res Ps 5 ait ers, 1420 Boston Road, . STATEN ISLAND ed inside the cells, given far- ing the’ play out for not being “real- New York —- Moscow —< Paris — China soma’ Avenue, ie: Een AUTEUR tOM A VER e Mase Dryeonds Store, 1080 | trials under heavy bail and then istic” or a number of things that it : Mano Seventh Aveo oe BROOKLYN hed with enormous fines and jail|never intended or wanted to be. | DON’T MISS IT—-GET TICKETS NOW! gollins Dining Ioom, 216 2. 764 — 40th Street. PP Saline te ar Aa ntences, i ‘ ; | @hat’s all very well, you say, but, it) ast i1otn St. nave Tet ae Aah ibgiig i ak ‘The workers learned that the |the readers and editors of The DAILY | . 350 B, 81 St. London Vegetarian Restau- PASSAIC, N. J. des used the criminal law, the evic-| WORKER have got more important The New P laywrights Theatre Parra ite de biaruppclicoen vet oa Workers Club, 27 Dayton Av. Ost ion process, and injunctions to their things to worry about than the tech- | 7 ig j z \ ximum_ effect. Workers framed |nique of the drama, But that’s why 3 A desing eptiane net He es iota AUSPICES:—WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY, DIST. 2. . | ip and put away, families thrown out |you send a man around who is pre- | x ve hai balk | ncchat hich pees Nc H heir homes, picket lines forbidden |sumably an expert yto act as critic. | ae |