The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 8, 1929, Page 4

Page Four ee Anii-Easter Dried oft 7 Workers of the Wu: SSR , as well as to idays do in A connection with ical and economical (A Letter from Moscow.) The Union of Atheists of th 8. 8. R. carri his anti-re work systemat from day. th its anti-religiou Uraza-Ba; The chur 3 de, where all forces velopi ve we together in order to raise credents during prove farming, to The Union of lectivization and this year an ricultur the r cal good crops ign gon _a large ° and The work plained to the reac in the t r possible way by the example of thi s helping to c ol so Sap el ural ¢ ign in the coun The Ur des, but a self in thi oving Ap vanguard 0: ela Sabet? . ” existence, extir- campa gether with the of the pa: whole eae y unions, League, school organizatio: sociations, the Anti- League, p societ i soins first of all, the Communist P: spies ives which is leading and guiding mistertel whole wo 1 : for inducing All this guarantees a mass prc ses of people in socialist build- in town and cou g the ng popu ganda work inclu spheres of the wor! of the Soviet Union in atheist work mass town and country. Atheist Work. Beginning from the carnival and during the whole Lent atheist work is c In clubs, large tic Atheist “Sowing.” er campaign age athei During the anti f this the vil sowing on the base ‘onomy, in order to ‘op; they will be skir- improve the in organizing the peasants to them do the ; they will create m com- unities, peasants’ associations, and iow them the use of new agricul- 1 mae And in doing this they will ca on athenist propa- 1 howing the peasants God not necessary, that science and collective labor, that the ion of workers and peasants in their struggle against class enemies are the only ut of misery, hun- ger and oppression, these remains of the past. The Central Council of Unions of Atheists put up for competition the best nucleus of the Union of atheists showing itself in the crop campaign. | The town Atheists will study the 1 | every-day of workers in order (among Jewish|to induce them to begin a new, cul- tural life. Rcligious names of pics are used for lec-; streets will be changed to revolu- ’ | tionary ones, the remainders of for- mer religious emblems and inscrip- tions on buildings will be taken off. and encou i homes, and organize reports idec.> of cre- with Ea dent people in connectic ter, the greatest of Christian h days. We are quoti lectures: “The History the point of view o “The class character fession, and sacrament,” “The cro: and third Sunday of Lent,” “Ant Semitism and ? “The origin of Lady-day,” urrection po sible?” “The Easter “Whether “Intr ducing new “Fascism and re of Jewish Easter population). Following ‘ures in Lenir homes: “Whether it is necessary fast,” “Whether Octobrines (red uch Lent Lent from of ristening) and red weddings are Agitation will be carried on for re- necessary,” “Infection through moving saint images and other sacrament being possible,” “Whether church objects from the worker 1 in atheist families; sanitary conditions in homes and workshops will be improved and comfort will be created in public it is necessary to bake eac home, first o: and matzo and make p: for the holidays,” “How must live,” the atheist helping to build social: » “Ts it necessary places. Struggle against alcoholism to wear a cross,” “Is the sun truly is of no mean importance, The dancing on Easter-day,” “Who has erection of childrens’ homes and interest with the holidays-drunks.” | cribs, or red corners in workers’ Based blems. homes, utilization of churches for It is clear now tha eligious | club: other cultural institutions propaganda v has as its problem | —th are practically the problems the Union of Atheists town-nuclei are to solve during the anti-Easter lcampaign, Organizing large confer- |ences of workers in mills and wor! not only to show the economic roots of holidays but also their political character, holidays being a weapon of the exploiting cla: and a d Workers Organizing for Class- Struggle [rupor wn) Follow the Lead of Trade Union Educational League to Fight the Reactionani thru whi By H. SAZER. the bosses in organized The whip of speed-up, unemploy- trades forced upon the workers the ment, long hours and starvation | speed-up tem, will not and cannot wages brought together in New York fight against it. The workers will upon the call of the Trade Union have to, over the heads of the offi- Educational League 418 delegates|Cialdom, organize for a struggle representing unions, militant T. U.| against the speed-up system which E. L. groups and workers from un-|}S making hundreds of thousands of organized shops and factories to lay | workers permanently unemployed. the basis for a new militant metro- | These unemployed will be utilized by politan area Trade Union Unity the bosses in order to reduce the Center which would take up the|wages and working conditions of struggle for the organization of those employed, The workers will white, Negro, men, woman, and have to organize themselves into young unskilled and semi-skilled shop committees, and under the workers of industries. leadership of the Trade Union Unity ee | Center fight against the back-break- Composition of Delegates. ing, inhuman speed-up system, which In contrast to the composition of| js ruining the health of the workers. the A. F. of L. conferences and) 4, F, of L. Fakers or “Progressives” gatherings at which well-fed, well- clothed, and highly paid bureaucrats get together to lay their plans of betrayal of the interests of the work- | The “old experienced” misleaders ers, or the fake progressive Muste of the American working class, the group who represented nobody but | officials of the American Federation themselves, this conference consisted of Labor, are in the “union business” of workers who have come to the|for many years. The policy that conference from the shops and fac- they have pursued was to organize tories, from the picket lines andjonly small portions of the skilled jails, like the Food, Textile, Shoe workers inindustry; they have served and Iron workers, representatives the interests of the bosses by keep- from unorganized shops and factor- | ing the working class of this country ies, facing the danger of losing their | divided into organized and unorgan- means of livelihood: who have ac-| ized, foreigners and natives, white tively participated in the conference and colored, men and women, under assumed names. Through this division they forced the In their reports, they have un- worlrers into submission to the rule veiled a picture of extreme exploita-|of the bosses. All kinds of fake pro- tion and poverty of the unorganized | 8tessives have time and again workers. The full meaning of the | adopted resolutions “favoring” the treacheries of the agents of the | organization of the unorganized; the bosses, the A. F. of L. bureaucrats, delegates of this conference realized found its expression at this confer-| that not until the workers them- ence. The struggles of the militant | Selves take up the struggle for the textile workers, food, shoe workers, organization of the unorganized, the marine workers, needle trades work-| greatest majority of the American ers, iron and bronze workers and | working class will remain unorgan- others. Struggles in which the work- ized. These were the seatiments ers have shown their readiness to | expressed by the representatives of sacrifice, and a determination to/| the various unions, minority groups, fight for better working conditions, and shop representatives, Struggle Against All Speed-Up| Constructive Program Adopted. i Schemes, | The conference not only listened Struggle against speed-up sys- to reports about situations in the various shops, factories, trades and is the struggle of the workers elves. The bureaucratic offi: industries, but also analyzed the which was the instrument | present general situation throughout, \orhd Resolutions Will Not Organize the Unorganized. ' gratuitous Schools will organize evening and |from DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, \ EMIL JANNINGS | | The noted German screen artist will appear in a series of his well- known pictures, which will be re- vived at the Film Guild Cinema be- ginning today. “The Way of All Fl ” will be screened today and tomorrew, with “Faust” to follow on Monday and Tuesday. shops is recommended, in order to Ive masses in building up a new) life. There is a project to put up for competition the best cultural home of an atheist worker. in Crop Problems, The lasting problems of crop rais- ing and of building up a new life promise the anti-religious campaign to be of long duration and to begin thereby th ematic atheist work in Against the large agitation work and rabbis during these | days of christian and jewish Easter, | the atheists will set their own agita- tion, giving it interesting, showy, and varied forms, characteristical for new revolutionary would divert the attention of masses from the church, This agitation work will carried out in the street. Streets} will be adorned with anti-religious | slogans, placards, emblems, and| wall-newspapers, and Anti-rel us carnivals, processions, garden promenades, river | will take place everywhere. The en-| trance to theatres and other public} shows, as well as to clubs, will be in the Easter-night. morning shows for unorganized chil- | dren and their families. Many millions of working people will leave church this year and most of them become members of the Union of Atheists. It must be mentioned that there was issued this year an abundant literature specially for this cam-} paign, such as an anti-Easter almanac, atheist plays, folders, slo- gans, pamphlets, a wall-newspaper | and other publications. The atheist} periodicals of the Soviet Union printed many articles concerning the campaign, and among them reports | on campaign-work. The Soviet) press in general increases anti-| religious work, | Let us hope that the anti-Easter | campaign of this year, that is gain- ing a large swing, will present the| socialist building with new attain-| ments and make millions of new} atheists, helping them to escape out of the hostile hands of religious | communities. - {the country, giving an estimate of | the importance of the militant strug- | giles of the textile workers, cafeteria, | shoe, needle trades, iron and bronze | workers, and others; endorsed and pledged support to the coming strug- |gle of the fur workers. The dele- gates realized that it is not enough to fight for increased wages, shorter hours, etc., but that one of the main | struggles facing the American work- ‘ers is the struggle against the war | preparations of the imperialists of | this country, as well as the imperial- | jists of other capitalist countries, for | jan attack against the Soviet Union jand for hegemony of the world market, The delegates realized that the) socialist pacifist elements and A. F. of L. bureaucrats who are serv- ing the bosses will be at the service of the imperialists of all countries. The conference adopted a resolution pledging itself to carry on an energetic militant struggle against the war preparations of the U. 8. government and A. F. of L. official- dom, This conference worked out a con- structive program and plan of or- ganization which raises new hopes for the organized as well as the un- organized workers for future strug- gles for the organization of the un- ‘organized, and exploited Negroes, women, young and adult workers, for the building of militant class strug- gle, industrial unions and intensi- | fying the struggle in the reactionary | unions, for the 5-day, 40 hour week, |for unemployment, sick and old age insurance, paid by the employers | and administered by the workers or- | ganizations, | | For international working class) | unity, for the recognition of the U. S. S. R. and against the war danger. The conference also adopted resolu- |tions to greet the revolutionary workers of China, India, Italy, Ger- many and Latin-America, and for |sending a childrens’ delegation to the \U. S. S. R., to greet the Southern textile strikers, food, shoe and needle workers in the struggle against police brutality, and injunctions against the jonment of the act- life, which | WTitt be | Would be too much to describe this illuminated. |history of Turco drama may be bet- drives, | that until quite recent years Turk- flying meetings near churches, with |menistan had neither theatre nor estrade concerts and street movies ballet. Plan Series of Emil = 3’ Jannings HE Film Arts Guild has planned ; ple to form their own conclusions on | American premiere last night at the |these two points. The first June 8, to Frida a series of film-repertory, the of which will start today at the Film Guild Cinema, and be de- voted to a review of Emil Jannings’ work. With the recent return of this screen artist to Germany after a Hollywood sojourn of two years, the question has arisen in many quar- ters as to whether his efforts here outrank his achievements in Europe; whether his consummate character- ization as the old doorn The of “Passion” (in which he plays Louis to an in Last Laugh” is superior to his three- fold roie in “The Way of All Flesh”; he whether his creation of the mad czar in “The Patriot” is finer than his portrayal of Boss Huller in “Va- riety.” Some claim that his style was cramped on the West Coast, giving | in, rise to the age-old discussion as to whether an artist can do worl: which is vitally creative in an atmosphere alien to his psychology. The three weeks of Emil Jannings’ Repertory will probably help a number of peo- XIV and “Street of Sin.” The second week, f “The “The Hyr mand” and “Quo Vadis, The third week, from June 22 to June 28, will be devoted to the pres- entation of “The Patriot,’ “Loves of Pharaoh,” “Variety” and “Sins of | ing topi Created Better Work in Europe or} America? nings’ C ‘and Why? ant Nymph at | | Const Little Carnegie «THE Constant Nymph,” Basil/ Dean's film adaptation of Mar- garet Kennedy’s best seller, had its Plays in N. y| |Little Carnegie Playhouse. The from Saturday, | regular performances of the picture y, June 14, inclu-| will commence today. will be given to the exhibition] Mabel Poulton, English actress, “The Way of All Flesh,” “Faust,” | plays the role of Tessa and Ivor Novello is seen as Lewis Dodd. The film, which was made in London and in the Tyrol mountains, has had a great success throughout Europe. The London Film Weekly selected this picture as the most outstand- ing British picture of 1928. Super- vision of this picture was Basil wee to Pola Negri’s “DuBarry’”) from June 15 June 21, will mark the showing Last Laugh,” “Tartuffe,” crite,” “The Last Com- ” in which 5 H E Performance Continuous 2 to Midnite “AMUSEMENTS: ‘OPENING TODAY! AMERICAN PREMIERE BASIL DEAN’S ADAPTATION OF MARGARET KENNEDY'S FAMOUS NOVEL CONSTANT NYMPH : Little CA RNEGIE Playhouse CiRele 7551 146 W. 57th St. Popular Prices ‘hie ns plays the role of Nero. Dean’s first association with the motion picture industry. Adrian Brunel directed the film for Gains- borough Productions. Many American companies ° planned to make this picture but m Guild Cinema is offer-|gave up the hope after Will Hays each for the | banned the story. The picture could | s on the follow-|have been produced here under an-| Emil Jannings | other title, but Miss Kennedy in- sisted on the use of the original title. “The Green Hat,” which was barred at the same time, later ap- peared on the screen with another rd essa: (2) Which of Emil Jan- ‘acterizations is his Best, The Turcoman Drama Flourishes HE first play in the Turco lan- {thing like a primitive operatic per- |formance, Bakshi popular poets, but at national holi- | days or weddings they frequently improvise, shi in Turkmenistan. Baba Kambara is considered the jfather of these national singers, and | |his best pupils Siran and Halvina (a {woman Baksha). in the |€™mS are the famous musician and comic, Ismael Bairan and Klitch, and Sarkha Karieva of Kizil-Arvat. |Such were the sources of the Turk- ish theatre in the accepted sense of the | jword and it is therefore no wonder | |that the first experiment—the per- |fermance of the play already men- | tioned—was |Two years wer sometimes performed in|the seed to fi In 1921 the first dramatic circles : jg came into being. For the most part Millions Leave. lworthy of attention, The principal |they acted translations of a revolu- Bakhsha called to one of his com-jtionary nature, only one original rades in a song, and the next singer Performance in his turn addressed another, so Jamal.” | The work of the dramatic circles | did much to train an original type | PHILIP BARRY’S ‘HOLIDAY’ °f local actor and to prepare the guage was: acted in those days when the Red Army, driving the white troops out of Kizil-Arvat, were still fighting. It was hurriedly en by Atajev, a Turco worker, and was called “The Taking of Kizil-Arvat by the Red Troops.” It | military sketch as a drama. The true significance of this ver- itably revolutionary event ter conceived when it is realized The only form of art con- taining within itself the seeds of the drama was the practice of the declamation of lyrical works by singers (Bakhshanii). In distinction the Caucasion Ashugi the Bakhshi groups, creating something like a| chorus. The procedure itself that the audience witnessed some- | IN FINAL WEEK. “Holiday,” Philip Barry’s comedy, which has been playing at the Ply- mouth Theatre since last November, will close this Saturday night after a run of twenty-eight weeks. The play will begin a road tour next October in, Boston with the current company, according to an announce-! ment sent out by the producer, Ar] thur Hopkins. Barry’s Bound,” which was presented in| Pren ex London with Edna Best and Herbert Marshall heading the cast, was re- cently withdrawn after weeks’ engagement. es ing district organizer of the Com-| munist Party, District 2, N. Y., and| the continued imprisonment of young workers, and workers’ chil- dren arrested during the police parade for protesting against police brutality, for the organization of the office workers, for the support of the Paterson dye workers preparing for a general strike. Support to the coming fur work- ers, All-American Anti-Imperialist | League, Anti-Fasc'sti League, the Daily Worker, Freiheit, Labor Unity | and the press supporting the work- ers in the class struggle, and finally decided to prepare for the National Convention for the formation of a new trade union center, which would unite and co-ordinate the struggles | of all workers of this country. | to Successful Conference! m a National | This slogan will be heard in every shop, factory, union and T, U. E. L. group which was represented at the Metropolitan New York, New Jersey Conference. The work of the conference ahead of us demands the active cooperation of every delegate for the mobilization of more workers Seis i relic July 24—G ‘Washington and workers ‘rganizations to sup- ed orbs arene July 27—Leviathan i port and participate in the work of | avoiding meats, y foods juor, and take free Russinn Visas; Stopover building the new class struggle trade | SantalMidycap aeedeaba? Ipirregular, Erivilegest ae gotten in 3 union center. scanty or burning passages an goFlal | lays, by ci + Frequen We must from now until Aug. 3, | "ight#isingfrombladder weak = ae eciue danereal cc 5 nu Aug. 91) ness. Genuine bear sig- See your steamuhip ngent or’ the opening of the national confer- nature of . < ence, intensify our campaign for Dr.L.Midy American - Russian delegates and funds. Let every dele- gate carry the message of organi- zation and struggle to all workers, \the peasantry who flocked in from | the aouls. were performed. The peasants from | \the surrounding aouls poured in, | whole families at a time. Despite unfavorable material cir- | “Paris | cumstances, studio must be said to have fully | tified its existence, and there is a four/every reason to regard it as the | foundation Turkmenistan theatre. Lee | title. “Kitty,” by Warwick Deeping, at the Cameo Warwick Deeping’s novel, “Kitty,” | is now in film form and will open at the Cameo Theatre today. The picture was produced in London and at Henley on the Thames and im- ported to this country by World Wide Pictures. It has both sound| and dialogue sequences. “Kitty” | has been the most successful and| popular of all the Deeping novels.| The book is already in its eleventh) edition, Deeping’s novels have also} | been successful on the screen, “Sor-| jrell and Son” and “Doomsday” were | both screened. | | _ The cast includes: Estelle Brody, | John Stuart, Marie Ault and Doro- \thy Cumming. It was directed by Victor Saville. | | | in the USSR’ ' The repertoire of the} included many songs by There are famous Bak- Among the mod- | F drama. Turkmenistan had no ss The New Plays | |“NICE WOMEN,” a new play by! William A. Grew, will be pre- sented by L. Lawrence Weber at the Longacre Theatre on Monday night. Robert Warwick and Syl- | via Sidney will play the leading roles. | “ADAM’S APPLE,” a. farce-comedy | by Test Dalton, will open at the | received but coldly. required to bring ion. being given—“Ghul In 1927, thirteen plays | | WARWICK DEEPING'S great novel i SS a == produced in actual Locales where story was lai RADIO - KEITH - ORPHEUM Starts TODAY | | 44th, W. of mead and lack of suitable | mises—the theatre led a nomad | mee with no fixed abode—the | | | AMEO THEATRE 42ST. 6 BWAY Thea., | Shubert Evenings 8:30 Mat.: Wediesday and Saturday 2:30 The New Musical Comedy Revue Hit AUNIGHT IN VENICE MOROSCO 7H Ei” Matinees: “Wed., Thurs. and Saturday, at 8:30. JOHN DRINKWATER’S Comedy Hit stone of the future Restaurant 113 East 14th Street For good and wholesome food, don’t fail to visit us We serve special luncheon plates from 11:30-3 p. m. | INGERSOLL FORUM Guild Hall, Steinway Building, 113 West 57th St. N. ¥. C. SUNDAY EVENINGS TRY OUR SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER! 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