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genre Two WALL STREET GOVERNMENT KILLED HUNDREDS IN HATI, IT 1S CLAIMED (Continued from Paye One) I+am waiting for a representative|tardily and inconspicuously vy of the United Press, who is going to finally admitted to be twelve. Cuba, I am writing you this letter} The writer of the letter seems to which will be posted by him in Cuba ji for you. colonial peoples, who think that a “Outside of all {he news you know |so-called “moral appeal” will “change Now, there that they may) the situation,” to use the letter’ hide, but v Id be brought| terms, Certainly he shows a dis. to light— « Cayes affair. |tinct disinclination to sacrificing “Hundreds itian peasants | himself or his interests in the cause who were coming to Aux Cayes to |of the Haitian peasants, since in the same breath that he asks for an “{mpartial investigation,” he shows i how “impartial” he expects it to be ; tobacco and the stand-| by an appeal not to be quoted—since of coffee, have been | ‘we have martial law and I may be Women, children, were | in trouble.” ally they acknowledge| It is such as the letter’s writer and but the bourgeois lawyer to whom it was sent, that—w protest, ee th hout any arms, simply al ‘Coco Macaques’ | the way they slaughtered. killed. Offici twelve dead and forty wounded, there are hundreds. “Be sure and try to have this in- vestigated. Don't quote me. We have martial law, and I may be in trouble, but push for an impartiel investigation of the Aux Cayes af- of Yankee imperialist oppression— stand in the way of an effective struggle of the Haitian toiling ma: fair, agents, native as well as foreign, | “All you have foreseen and pre-/out of Haiti. dicted arrived. We hope that our| Capt. Napoleon Bonaparte Mar- situation will change.” Some Conclusions to Draw. Worthy of comment it is to note that the letter states that its writer gave it to representative of the United Press. If thi the case, the only real force existing in the United States making a genuine fight for the liberation of Haiti, is was shown by its battle by thousai it must also be true that the United |of workers led by the Communist | Press, a capitalist news agency, was | Party, on the streets of New York in pos: mn of the same informa- | recently, tion as stated in the letter. Yet the | tivities to reading the letter to the | United Press remained silent on it, | |bourgeois “Foreign Policy Associa- and gave only the official imperial- | tion’. D. W. ANKIVERSARY| stereoptican slides will be one of the | features of Red Art Night, which is being held tomorrow (Saturday) Harvey, Ex. ae Tells |* be" at 8 o’clock, at Labor Danilo: of Its Significance 14th St. and, Second Ave. Local “The Young Communist League’ New York, Workers International | Relief, and the John Reed Club are | greets the sixth anniversary of The | Dialy Worker,” declared John Har- | | arranging Red Art Night, and the | proceeds will go for the-relief of ‘vey, National Executive Secretary the striking Illinois miners and for of the League. “The Daily Worker | has played a tremendously impor- | the U.S.S.R, tractor fund. tant role in the struggles of the! working class of this country in the | past years, and today, with the sharpening class struggles the im-| portance of The Daily Worker be- comes even more important than | ever. | “The Daily Worker has been of | great value to the young workers in their struggle, and it has been of great service in the building of the Young Communist League—as- well | as the Communst Party. Together | with the Young Worker, the daily | has conducted an uncompro: ing struggle against capitalist militar- ism and its pacifist mask. “Every League member and every young worker should aid in making the sixth anniversary issue of The | s and on this| The distribution of Communist usion bring The Daily Worker |Party literature and its importance to thousands of new readers among|to the working class will be dis- th workers.” cussed at a special meeting of all — Communist Party unit and section HUISWOOD AT SUN FORUM. | literature agents of the district this The Workers School announces | Friday, December 27, 7 p. m., at the the next lecture at its forum Sun-| | Workers Center, 26 Union Square. day to be “The Negro in Industry. >| fy ERIN TORT AN Comrade Otto Huiswood, director of | the Negro Department of the Com- | munist Party, will speak. The lec-} ture will be held at 26 Union Square, December 29 at 8 p. m. | _GROPPER IN NOVELTY AT RED ART NIGHT SATURDAY. a unusual novelty in which Will- Gropper, famous proletarian | \artist, will show some of his re- |markable drawings in the form of MOST INTERESTING AFFAIR. The Proletarian Cabaret Dance, which takes place Saturday night, December 28, promises to be the most interesting affair ever held in New York. Besides a varied program of songs, dances, movies and other sur- prises, there will be dancing and re- freshments served by girls in cos- tume. The tickets are only 50 cents; the proceeds of this affair are for the Working Woman, the January issue of the paper, a special anti-war | issue will be off the press in a few days. | pens TODAY. YOUR ORGANIZATION. Go to its next meeting and pro- pose that it greets The Daily Worker upon the occasion of its Sixth Anniversary. OPE G OF THE FOURTH National “Icor” Jubilee Convention Tonight, at 8:30 CENTRAL OPERA HOUSE 67th Street and Third Avenue Program 1) FREIHEIT SINGING SOCIETY 2) FREIHEIT MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA Jacob Shaffer, Conductor 3) VICTOR PECKER Famous Jewish Actor ALL TICKETS 35 CENTS CONVENTION BANQUET Tomorrow Night at 9 O’clock at the CARLTON 4-6 West 111th Street $150 per plate MPLOYED AND NEEDY WORKERS will have to be supplied > the W. 1. K. Collect and send clothing to TERNATIONAL RELIEF STORE MOTT HAVEN 6654 ‘or kera 4 Ho |shall, while knowing full well that | in the section conventions whic version of the “five killed” which | be one of that class of all oppressed | they make consid- | erable fuss over the violent nature | es to drive imperialism and all its | |the revolutionary working class as} nevertheless limits his ac- | at Union Square, | | LITERATURE AGENTS TO MEET | (Comuniniateat Mobilize for Action in Section Conventions Sunday A call to participate enenge! take place December January been Communist Part; trict 2. After drawing favorable economic and p ditions under which the cc are being held, the call y | the importance of sending p ans to the section conven’ are connected with the the workers in the shop of the shops in the basic “These section conventions,” the eall goes on to state, “are the most important section conventions «tha have been held within Dist and every party member nr conscious of his duty and pate actively in the disc the resolution that will by the Section Bureau, and i election of the best ele the nuclei to the Section on 1 5 has issued by of the U.S.A,, on be presente of tion of the enti r to figh ast S ad their allies, th | socialists, the Mus‘ of L. and the stoneites and T An important item on the ager of the conventions will be the p membership drive which is b carried on under favorable ob conditions, The influx of new letarian elements will be tl means of fighting and the right danger in the 4 | party, the call states, and conclv with the following appeal: | “Make these section conventions the starting point for an energetic campaign to build the pa bership. Make these conventio the beginning of a campaign to de- | stroy the right danger in the These conventions must be a stration against the d | group which today has united with every corrupt, degenerate ecleme {in order to maintain even a sem lance of activity. These section con- ventions must be a demonstration | of the correctness of the li Communist International | Central Committee Pr | sections within District | section conventions must be | demonstration of unquestioned loy- alty to the line, the policy and the |the capi meni- tional.” Organizations Working Women Conference. Anti-war working woman's confer- gnee will take place So ¥. 33 4 at 2p. m., Irving Plaza Hall, irvin | and’ 15th of the Commu District, All resentatiy organizations delegates. ed’ to eloct are req eg he Working Class Worrens Council. The educational directors and liter- ature nts of the local counc the United Council of ¥ in Women wilt weet on, erie Dec. 27, 8.30 p. m. at’ the Work Center, 26 Union Sa ‘The mi bership committee elected at the last central body meeting of the x 3 a, 11th St. yoom pee ieee 2 Beal, MeGinnis Spi Fred Beal and Bill McG sentenced to 20 years to 15 discipline of the Communist Interna- | tl Labor and Fraternal °° tKEP, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, Ramon Novarro is the chief at-/ traction in Metro’s new musical pic- 4 , “Devil May Care,” at the As- | : Theatre, The elaborate talking | places the “Hollywood | ch ended its long run| Sidney Franklin has di- | the production, which is | on a French story by Eugene | be and Ernest Legouve. The | music is by Herbert Stothart, who | is well known as a m==‘eal comedy | | composer. The principal’role is that of Arm- | ‘and de Treville, an ardent Bona-} t, in the days of the return| rom Elba, the action comprising | the period between Napoleon’s fare- n-; Well to his Old Guard and his land- | the |ing at Cannes. Highly spectacular | sing the |in character, the action proceeds | Eng- from the escape of Armand from a firing squad, his ge in the | south of France and his final escape cted 1ocent 1 t tr from the royalists, “Devil May th Care” is a Dumas type of theatri- | cal fare. ovarro himself scores a decided > Sikhs, who ‘ : onal hit, one which. probably pei v a ‘acibad puts him in the lead in portraying | by ey attack roles of this sort and reminds one of the late Valentino. The cast of remaining principals is a short one. | Dorothy Jordan and Marion Harris, | the leading women in the story, are Communist Activities by the upper 8D. 28, ronx Unit Dec. m. No. 1, | Good time ing store, * “pnit uF. LiF will meet Unit work at 1179 Broadway rades of this Unit must c ail, * * Dintrict Literature Agents Meet. on the the ma on 6 must at- to elect dele- onvention. 1F 0 at Manhattan ‘at Manhattan at Manhattan 30 at 46 Ten Eveck y, 6.30 at 129 Myrtle + * * Workers School Secretaries Attention, All secretaries are epected to come ell as the Brit- 1, knowing that the In- = i 1 shrink back at |to net meeting of student council which wi A report on the y of the ' school w lay Fraction. The J lav fraction will meet today at 8 p. m., at 347 E. 72nd St. iD ART NIGHT OF THE JOHN: REED CLUB Saturday, December 28, 1929, at 8 p. m. LABOR TEMPLE, 14th Street and Second Avenue benefit for f and USSR Tractor Fund Auspices: JOHN REED CLUB and WORKERS INTERNATIONAL RELIEF 799 Broadway includes: M. J. OLGIN, HUGO GELLERT, WM. ART YOUNG, H. HICKERSON, LOUIS LOZO- ving of a Special Russian Film. Tickets 75¢ Rp Relie Local N. Y.. Pro zram | GROP! ai | WIc K: Saturday Evening, NAOHM BENDITSKY, Cellist DORSHA, Interpretive Dancer Sixth Anniversary Celebration January Ilth - CONDUCTORLESS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TAYLOR GORDON, Noted Baritone in a group of Negro songs Speakers: ROBERT MINOR ALFRED WAG: NKNECHT JAMES FORD MAX BEDACHT DECEMBER 27, 1920 Novarvro Starred ii in 1 New Talkie at Astor Theatre not particularly happily cast, the men’s parts being played decidedly better. These are portrayed by John GEORG GIVOT Principal comedian in “Sketch Book,” the Earl Carroll review, at the Forty-fourth Street Theatre. Miljan, William Humphrey as Napo- | leon, George Davis and Clifford | Bruce, OLD WORLD TRIO AT WASHINGTON IRVING H. S. This Friday evening, at Washing- | ton Irving High School, 16th St. and Irving Place, under the auspices of | the People’s Symphony Concerts- Chamber Music Series, the Old | World Trio will give a special con- cert on ancient instruments. | The program: Sonata, Vlentini; | Minuet From Don Juan, Mozart; | Sonata in A minor, Schumann; So- | nate, Gluck; Sonate, Loeillett. |which haye su |change on the local | Saturday Evening, Dec. 28th MIDNIGHT, SHOW The Great Soviet Epic Film “IN OLD SIBERIA” will be shown at the new LAKELAND THEATRE Brighton Beach ion 50 Cents Sharp Gaul. on the Incr | Admis Coated from Page One) ber 1 ism in. some quarter caused’ pessim | “For All Kind of Insurance” business in tex It | Murray Hill “Local mi d that many dealers in all | vill experience. financial dif- during the Chinese New is expe lines ficulties Telephone: Year settlement next Febr i East 42nd Street, New ¥ A sharp slump is reported eas he a asia aS | Japan. [he gover ent is consid- | —-———— aan Jering the transfer of indus strie u der its control to private owners. Patronize | The I | sores lo. -Tip Barber Shops| growng es on the R of the worsening of the eco 26-28 hace Sriisees i| ditions in these countries, as vi HOD RRONK Hee BAT | 2 United States. In T (coshide “Allerton Av || the crisis is growing “General b opere ess ered from a sion during the past ceived another sett of the recent ¢ Cooperators! Patronize SEROY 1ST 657 Allerton Avenue 215 Bronx, N. ¥ | as a re in foreign e du: which the Turkish pound sharply.” Estabrook 3215 The unemployment situation in oe Great Britain is given as follows: " HERTS “December 2 the number of persons ps registered at employ; ment exch: on) q as secking work aggregated Frances Pilat 000 in Great B MIDWIFE 351 E. 7/th St, New York, N. ¥ Rhinelander 3916 4 northern Islan resent increases of 51,000 and 2,000, | respectively, within the month.” | Tel. STRIKING? OVERWHELMI TANIC! The Cinema “R. U.*R.” “METROPOLIS” Phe tremendous drama depicting the revolt of the workers against the master. cla “FILM GUILD CINEMA Direction: Symon Gould Special Forenoon Prices: Weekday, Theatre Guild Productions “METEOR” By 8. N. GUILD ¥- Mats. Extra Matinee New Year's “GAME OF LOVE AND DEATH” By ROMAIN ROLLAND “RED RUST” By Kirchon & Ouspensky 45th Street MARTIN BECK #3¢% street IVIC REPERTORY [ith st Ave. Eves. 8:30. Mats, Thur. Sat., 2:30 0c, $1, $1.50 EVA Le GAL Today Mat—*P Tonight—"THE: ‘Tom, Mat, Tom. Night—“A Ss OR NING” and “LADY FROM ALFAQUEQUE” JOLSON’. hea. 59th St. & Tth Eva. BABES IN TOYLAND VICTOR HERBERT'S Popular Prices—Sl to $3 NOW PLAYING! SPECIAL DOUBLE-FEATU Continuons F VEGETARIAN Dairy ‘nestavna Cc des Will Always } v ant to Wine at Our 1787 SOUTHERN BLVD, r ivéth & PR o NE INTEE | ose | | NAL || Vegetarian } | RESTAURANT | | 199 SECOND AVE. | E PROGRAM 1 Drama of Post-War Life in Europe, GRETA GARBO in “STREETS OF SORROW” ons of en of the t | RATIO A Powers Bet. 12th and 18th Sts. Strictly Vegetarivn Food ——————————— HEALTH FOOD } Vegetarian RESTAURANT } t rant | 1600 MADISON AVE. Phone: UNIversity. 5865 A place with atmosphere 1 where all radic: meet } 02 EB. 12th St, ew York | SPRIN ss 12-2—25e: Phone: Stuyvesant 3816 s Restaur: ITALIAN | wiseon 178 9 PICTURE PATROL with CYRIL McLAGLEN Meet at | BRONSTEIN’S a Vegetarian Health i Restaurant 558 Claremont All Comrades IGHBOR HOOD TH Parkway, Bronx PITKIN DR, J. MINDEI| Pitkin Aven Brooklyn SURGEO) ST 1 1 UNION SC ON BOTH SCREENS com 803—Phone quin 8183 8 Not connected with any other office | JOAN CRAWFORD “UN TA MED” PIRST LL PICTURE Dr. ABRAHAM ee AUS SURGEON DENTI 24) Ba TALICING DAILY EXCEPT FRIDAY se telen Telephe Stage Shows—Both Theatres from CAPITOL THEATRE, BROADWAY Lebigh 6022 DUNCAN CARNEGIE HALL, Seve BUY YOUR TICKETS at the DAILY WORKER OFFICE 26-28 UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK Here Again from Moscow for United States Tour DR. MITCHELL R, AUSTIN Optometrist 2705 WHITE PLAINS AVENUE Near Allerton Ave. Bronx, N. ¥ TRL. ESTABROOK 2631 Special Appointments Made for Comrades Outside of the Bronx. Advertise your Union Meetings here, For information write to The DAILY WORKER Advertising Dept. 26-28 Union Sq., New York City Workers, 1 W, 21K St.N, ¥, Ce Phone Chelsea 2274 is meetings held the first of the month at § ducational meetings—the onday of the month, Executive oard meetings-—every ‘Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock. One industry! One Untoa), Join and Fight te t Office cpen from W. I. R. CLOTHING STORE b42 BROOK AVENUE Telephone Judlow 3008 Cleaning, Pressing, Repairing High Class Work Done Goods Called tor and ‘Delivered. All profits go towards strikers © and their families, SHOW YOUR SOLIDARITY with THE WORKERS: DANCERS nth Avenue and 57th St. Saturday mater, December 28th, at 2245 P, M. eg a fom, —- 2s ~

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