The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 21, 1933, Page 2

Page Two STAGE AND SCREE Minor Urges Huge Turnout NI at Mooney Film at Cameo Today By ROBERT MINOR. I have just come from an advance showing of the movietone picture, “The Strange Case of Tom Mooney,” this morning at 10 the Cameo Theatre, 42nd St. roadway, New York, Tom Mooney telegraphed from San Quen- tin Prison, asking me to see it. It had already been described by peo- ple who had seen it as extraordinarily good i}l open But the picture is far better than it had been described. As one who| lived through all of the important| events of this greatest of all Ame- g the past 17 is a true pic-| side from two or three unim- maccuracies, and aside from| ‘ew of the scars of censorship, i as the framers the rulers of the a evitable Moon Tom Reader Takes Issue With “Daily” Review of “Island of Doom” Worke rade:—I was surprised to} ok by “S. B.” on the} Island of Doom” in} ly Worker,” an attack | ems to me to be entirely e and unwarranted this film and found it to be a very clear, simple story of three People who symbolize in a realisti¢ and human manner three class forces | to be found in a revolution: the capi- talist stool-pigeon, who is shown to be first and last a rat in all his dealings; the petty-bourgeois actress, | who is shown to have the inevitable characteristics of her class, weakness | and vacillation; and the revolution- ary proletarian, who is shown to be the only one who has a definite pur- ote in life, strength of character, | and the ability to show the petty- | b ‘is the road to union with the | Proletariat in a life of decisive and | purposeful action | ‘The clement of suspense is power- | fully and throughout the story, with the great- | @si artistic economy (the whole thing | a almost entirely in one set- | three characters); and the| O-C love interest” makes this film particul, Dai masterfully made use of | fitted for the con- sumption of the American movie au- dience, which been rendered almost bject incapable in the of absorbing any movies unless it is through the medium of a love story. T have ot Seen the reviews of the S on this film, but I hey could not be more their rejection of it hat appeared in and this is too ure is really a good one. Yours with comradely greetings, JUDITH KNIGHT. Meet your friends at the Daily Worker Picnis, Plevsant Bay Park, July 30! country. It is also necessary to ob- ject to a certain cynical manner in the remarks of Frank P. Walsh, the lawyer, who speaks from the screen in a too patronizing way of Tom Moo-| ney’s belief that he is a martyr to “a” cause. (Yes, Mr. Walsh, the cause!) Mooney himself appears on the sereen and makes a speech that is an eple of the class struggle. The most|Tetail price of milk. This was the| gratifying thing about this speech is| line of discussion at the meeting yes-| that Tom tells the real significance| terday of the Empire State Dairy-| of the struggle without lying or truck- | ling. } Because of the effect it will have| in reaching millions of workers, on the advice of Tom Mooney I recom- mend that all Trade Unions and other organizations pass resolutions and present petitions to the loeal movie- tone theatres in their Cities and neighborhoods demanding that the picture be exhibited. There ought to be a big crowd at the Cameo Theatre this morning. Cagney in “The Picture Snatcher” At Jefferson Beginning this Saturday the Jef- ferson Theatre will present a double | feature screen program including James Cagney and Alice White in “The Picture Snatcher,” and “Trick For Trick,” with Ralph Morgan and Sally Blaine. The program begin- ing Wednesday will and Hardy in “The Devil's Brother,” and “Terror Abroad,” with John Hal- | liday and Charlie Ruggles on the screen. The Radio City Music Hall is now showing “Double Harness.” a new RKO Radio picture, with Ann Hard- ing and William Powell in the lead- ing roles. The stage show theluaes | Charles Weidman and his dancers; a spectacle, “Gay Vienna”; Celia Branz, contralto; Ross Graham, | baritone; a ballet, “Melody in F,” by | Rubinstein and “Il Guarar by | Gomez. Want to Deport Negro | Worker After Arrest! At a Scottsboro Meet, NEW YORK —Although the state| authorities dismissed the case of Robert Smith, militant Negro work- er, who was arrested at an open-| air Scottsboro meeting in Harlem,| April 26th, the federal authorities | took up the case and at the hearing| held Wednesday he was ordered to| be deported to Panama. The International Labor which handled the case for Smith,| who claims American citizenship, | will sue for writ of habeas corpus in order to test the decision of the De-| partment of Labor in the Federal Court. NEW YORK. — Carl Winter will speak on the Workers Municipal Re- lief Ordinance tonight, 8 p. m. at| the Prospect Workers Center, 1157 Southern Boulevard. ie es Demonstrate DAILY WORKER PICNIC JULY 30th The WORKERS A Seven Piece Negro WORKERS ORGANIZATIONS Get Tickets $10.00 a Hundred Come in Thousands ae The Hungarian and Armenian Nat'l Dishes THE NEWEST DANCES BY THE NEW DANCE GROUP A FREE TRIP TO THE SOVIET UNION The John Reed Club Artists The Labor Sports Union Events Books by MARX, LENIN and STALIN and Red Front Band Support DAILY WORKER || PICNIC Pleasant Bay Park WORLDS FAIR Jazz Band All Day Admission at Door 25¢ With Drawing Ticket \15c Full ticket from your Organization 25¢ HISTORY FOR GIRLS and BOYS I claim that this is the first book of its kind for the youth of the world and that it is the only book which meets their greatest cultural needs in this revolutionary century.—W.M.B. . + ry A $1.50 book for 26 cents, five copies for $1.00, stamps or coin; paper bound, 320 pp., 27 chap. ° * : Money refunded if after examination the book is not wanted and is returned in good condition, SCIENCE and .The Bradford-Brown Educational Co., Galion, 0. | | By William Montgomery Brown | many DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1933 LEHMAN'S BOARD | AGAIN BOOSTS | PRICE OF MILK Farmers Threaten New Milk Strike to Get Part of Raise SYRACUSE, July 20—A new milk strike looms to try’to compel the State Milk Control Board to. pay dairymen at least 45 per cent of the men’s Association, representing 30 independent producers’ organiza- tions. “Unless we get action by August First, we will strike,” said Albert | Woodhead, one of the leaders of the milk strike that oecurred several months ago While the farmer gets 3 and 4 cents a quart for milk, it is sold to | the consumers for 10 to 16 cents a |quart. The Tammany-appointed and controlled milk board, which Gov- ernor Lehman said would aid the farmers has only helped the milk |trust gouge more millions out of | both farmers and consumers. Yesterday at Albany it announced that the retail price of milk was again to be boosted a cent a quart. The retail cost of the have Laurel| cheapest grade milk will be 11 cents| | up-state and 12 cents in New York.) Silk Store Strike NEW YORK.—The strike at the Superior Silk Mills Stores at 406 Fulton Street was won yesterday after three weeks of coristant picket- ing and arrests. The strike was called when the boss wanted to give the boys two weeks vacation without pay. The young workers were paid $50 each for the time they were on strike. All the workers in the store joined the Retail Dry Goods Union. Striking Newsboys | in Pittsburgh Block Publishers’ Robbery PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 20.—The circulation of newspapers came to a complete stop this morning when newsboys joined the strike wave in | Pennsylvania, in protest against the «o| rise in the price charged them for Defense papers, from $2 to $2.25 a hundred. None of the three local papers ld be distributed. The young rikers tore up papers and halted | newspaper delivery trucks. | Federal agents were rushed in by the Roosevelt government to fight the strike, and George Bailey, 21, said to be an Unemployed Council organizer, was arrested and rushed through to a jail term of five days. 'Dorscha and Group To) Dance at I. L. D. Picnic NEW YORK.—The picnic of ‘the N. Y. District International Labor Defense which was originally sched- uled to take place last Sunday has j been postponed to Saturday on ac- count of the rain. While the ILD is mobilizing all its forces for the fight for the freedom of Palumbo and Terzani, two workers arrested when Fascists shot and killed a young student in Astoria last week, it an- nounced the urgent necessity of rais- ing funds to carry on this and the other local and national struggles. The ILD is taking advantage of the postponement by improving the original program and mobilizing even more workers for the pienie, Dorscha and her group will dance, the Jewish Workers’ Chorus of 500 will sing, there will be an interesting revolu- tionary movie, the Dramatic Group of the ILD will perform a Scottsboto mass chant The park can be reached by taking the Pelham Bay Subway to Zerega Avenue Station, where ILD busses will meet the workers, or by taking the Lexington or Seventh Ave. I R. T. to 177th St. Station, and crosstown car to Union Port. | | | | | When the Home Owners Loan troit to aid home owners who were help, The bank heliday in Ford’ thousands destitute. Mortgage Burdened Storm Office Corporation opened an office in De- about to lose their hemes, hundreds of the mortgage burdened of Detroit stormed the doors to get the first 's city, but recently ended, has left Won After 3 Weeks Workers Will Hear New | | Scottsboro Song Today i} “Scottsboro,” a néw mass song writ- ten to help in the struggle to free the Scottsboro boys will be sung by the Flatbush ILD chorus at the Scotts- boro demonstration in Union Square Today. were written by Abron, are: “The Scottsboro boys shall not die, ‘The Scottsboro boys shall not die, Workers of the ILD will set them free, set them free.” ‘The song was written by L. B. Swift, a young composer, member of the The chorus of the song, whose words | Composers Collective of the Pierre Degeyter Club. Swift has won recog- nition in the music world for his concerts and his compositions. He became active in the revolution- aty movement last year. One of his recent compositions “United Front May Day, 1933” was inspired by the May First demonstration in which | he took part. | The song may be purchased for two |} cents a copy at the Workers Book | Store, 50 E. 13th St., or from the Workers Music League, 55 W. 19th St. + =] 40 Bove, shall a6t die, the Seotts-bo - ro boys shall not die. | PF ka = ES aa 3 4 sit tis ¢ NEW YORK.—With a Home Relief Bureau investigator sitting on their doorstep at 128 EB. 111th St., holding checks to pay their rent, three fam- ilies—Motropolis, Silez and Milling- | STRIKE SIGN ACROSS HOUSE at 128 East 111th St., where three families were evicted yesterday, but workers continue struggle. von, had their furniture thrown into the city moving van yesterday.. The landlord refused to accept the rent checks. | the leadership of the Lower Harlem Unemployed Council. The seventeen tenants now left in the house are determined to continue the strike until their demand for a rent reduc- tion is met. At one time during the eviction Mrs. Mestropolis, one of these whose A rent strike has been in progress, at the house for the past week under, Refuse Rent Checks, Evict . But Tenants’ Strike Goes on furniture was being hurled on the truck, with 100 workers standing around her forcétl the return of part of the furniture. The rest was taken to the city warehouse. The furniture of the three families had been returned to the house when they were evicted in the rain the day | before. CHILDREN LEAVE FOR WORKERS’ CAMP NEW YORK. — 25 children left New York yesterday for Camp Wo- chi-ca at Wingdale, N. Y. Readers are ufged to help provide funds tc make it possible for more children | of unemployed to be sent in the next two week group. Send money to United Camp Committee, 870 Broadway, ¥. TABAK MEET JULY 24 NEW YORK—A Tabak defense conference will take place Monday, July 24, at 8 p.m. at Ambassador Hall, Claremont Parkway and Third Ave. All mass organizations in the Bronx have been asked to elect two delegates to this conference, which will plan a campaign for the defense of Tabak, a militant worker who has been framed by the Home Relief Bureau. § ‘BOTH PARTIES IN CONFAB AGREE T0 RAISE SALES TAX | NEW YORK.—-According to Mayor | ovBrion conferences are taking place | between democratic and republican leaders which will result in agree- ment to raise the saies tax when the | legislature convenes next Wednes- | day. The mayor pointed to the fact that minority leader George R.| Fearon of the senate and Speaker Joseph A. McGinnies of the assembly, who lead the republican machine will | approve the tax. The Unemployed Councils in a statement issued yesterday called on all workers’ organizations in the state “to send telegrams to Governor Léhiman demanding a hearing of the workers’ delegation before the legis- lature.” Besides sending a délegation to Albany committees of workers’ in the neighborhoods will go before the state senators and assemblymen in their respective districts with the request that théy vote favorably towards hearing the workers’ delegation and give approval to the demands pre- sented by them, The announcement of the special meeting of the state legislature has so far served the purpose of city of- ficials to entirely neglect appropria- tions for immediate relief. In most instances relief was gotten only as a result of the determined demands of unemployed before the Home Relief Bureaus. Jobless on work relief jobs found a 10 per cent cut when pay was given out. Protest resolutions are now cir- culated demanding that the city res- cind the eut. All workers on relief jobs should report to the office of the Greater New York Unemployed Councils at 10 E. 17th St., for in- formation concerning the petitions. PROTESTS FREF CUBAN LEADERS, Vivo, Ordoqui, Villar | Released From Jail NEW YORK, July 20.—A powerful series of mass protests throughout Cuba, growing constantly despite un- | precedented terror,‘ has forced the | Machado government to release the | |three Cuban workers’ leaders who | were imprisoned early this spring at the time of the widsepread strike wave. Jorge A. Vivo, leader of the Cuban revolutionary workers and a member |of the Executive Committee of the International Red Aid, who was im- prisoned by the Castilio del Principe; Joaquin Ordoqui, leader of the rail- | way workers, and Jose Vilar, national | secretary of the Cuban Trade Union | Federation, who were held on the | penal colony of the Isle of Pines, have been released, according to word re- |ceived by the International Labor | | Defense. Ever since their arrest the workers of Cuba have made tremendous dem- onstrations, supported by demonstra- tions in America and throughout the | world. While_ these three leaders have | been released, at least 50 workers were arrested for revolutionary activ- | | ity in Cuba in the month of June, | the I. L. D. has learned. | ‘Communists Nominate | | Nykanen for School | Board in Virginia | VIRGINIA, Minn., July 20.—The Communist Patty filed as its candi- date, Carlo Nykanen for the local school board elections. The steel trust is running the sshool district Jas it docs everything else here. | When Nykanen’s father was given | wotk in order to get relief by the school boatd and was unable to go as he was sick, he sent his son. The company stools saw that the militant young Nykanheh should get no work. Later the father had to accept the job although sick, in order to get | sufficient to live on. The Communist Party in the elec- tions has not only presented a pfo- gram for the interests of the workers, but is actively fighting in the day to day struggles of all toilers. HERE are some very important straws that show which way the economic wind is blowing. The wheels of the big industries are beginning to slow down again, even though there forced speeding up did not be- gin to draw off the millions of un- employed. Roosevelt's first dose of inflation has spent its force, with capitalism now left with a larger indigestible mass of commodities that the work- ers cannot buy back because their wages are 60 per cent below 1926. Here are a few more signs of com- ing greater unemployment, as report- ed in the New York Sun’s finaneial columns, July 19: “The steel trade reviews note some slackening in orders, and the automobile industry is slowing a bit to see if the public is going to buy all the cars that have been manu- factured, Steel ingot output this week, accordifig to the Iron Age is down a point to 58 per cent, the first decline s'fce early March when the rate was as low as 12 per cent.” ET ‘ROM the Department of Labor we get a very devastating report. showing that within this period of upturn, building construction dropped faster than at any period during the crisis. , Building permit reports re- ceived by the bureay of labor statis- ties of the United States Department of Labor from 762 identical cities hav- ing a population of 10,000 or over show a decrease of 36.5 per cent in expenditures for total building oper- Steel Production Beg Workers Ate Less Food During High Point of Roosevelt Forced Upturn; Department and A. & P. Sales Dropped in June ations comparing June with May, 1933. In June, when there should be an increase in building operations, in this year of Roosevelt prosperity there was a sharper drop than ever before. ie et oe FTER the great hollaballoo/ about the public works construction that was supposed to put—what was it?— around 3,000,000 to work this sum- mer, the department of labor has the following report to make: “The various agencies of the United States Government award- ed contracts during June for build- ings to cost $1,039,304. This is the smallest award for Federal build- ings for any month during 1932 or 1933.” But what about the battleships? Mis MK Te best proof that the poverty of the masses is increasing despite the rise in production is contained in the reports of the big depattment’ stores that sell things the cheapest, and whose sales are the best guage to consumption of goods that the workers buy. The United States Weekly, a news- paper, that publishes government, re- partment store sales during June the ports ‘says this about the drop in de-|— high point of the Roosevelt inflation and war-construction upturn: “Value of department store sales declined slightly more than is nor- mal during June, the Federal Re- serve Board announced July 10. . “The Board's adjusted index, which allowed for seasonal varia- tions, dropped from 67 in May to 66 in June. ... “It was explained that, because production was on the increase during June, the department store index showed that consumption was not keeping pace with production.” * « 8 ‘HAT, of course, is putting it very mildly, What it really shows is that while production was going up the purchase of articles of clothing, food and so on, was going down. The workers whose needs were greater had Jess money with which to buy even the cheapest goods. An emphatic indication that the workers were eating less during the Roosevelt inflation bo (for the report of A. and P. sales Dally Worker by a worker ii New Jersey: ; “Sales of the Great Atlanti ins to Turn Downward ® | weeks period ending July 1 were | $79,503,203. ‘This compares with | $86,061,928 for the same period in 1932 and is a decrease of $6,558,785, or’ 7.62 per cont, “June cales, exptessed in. toms, were estimated as 507,361 this year, com- ated with ~531,08% in June, 1932. This is a déctease in quantity of merchandise sold of 23,721 tons, or 4.47 per cent. “Average weekly.sales in June were $15,900,64: co! red with $17,212,398 in 1932, a dectéase of $1,- 311,757, Average weekly t sales were 101,472, compared wil eirge in June, 1932, & decrease of 4,744 tons.” ‘ 4 * VERY worker knows that the At- jantic and Paetfic stores sales is an accurate gauge to what tre work- ers are eating. ‘Whatever way you look at it, the abové report shows the workers are paginind less money for food, and the tonnage of food sold shows they are eating less food. . This all took place at the high point of the Roosevelt forced march to prosperity. It took place when the stock market was sky rocketing with stocks increasing in value around, 100 per cent. The stock market gamblers, not excluding a hord of Mr. Roose: velt’s close and intimate friends, cleared some tens of billions of dol- Jars out of the stock market, out of the perspective profits that the bosses expect to gain because they can make Hed workers eat tons and tons of food less, | AMUSEMENTS “BORN ANEW” OCTED BY A CULTURAL SHOCK BRIGADE of the CANNERY WORKERS OLUB in DAGHESTAN — All Native Cast — (English Titles) Dased on a true story! See Plan came into the severe Daghestan! See how centuries heart of the workers in present day Russia! aso “A Day in Moscow” —_iw-baits' Wositit tH uns ACME THEATRE (ion Savane DEATH OR A LIVING GRAVE? World Premiere "THE STRANGE CASE OF MOONEY* * A First Division Picture (Also GINGER ROGERS in “A SHRIEK in the NIG & B'way|1 P.M. 25¢ Today — FRIDAY, JULY 21st A DRAMA EVERYONE SHOULD SEE — OF THE U. 8. 8. B.'s “MEN AND JOBS” Russia's Film of the Five-Year Plan — ALSO OTHER FEATURES BRONXDALE AIRDOME — White Plains Ave. and Pelham Parkway BARNES AIRDOME — Allerton and Barnes Ave. ‘Admnission:—Adults 18¢ — Children 10¢ 14th St. & ] ano Jefferson jis St * | Now FREDERIC MARCH and CARY GRANT in “EAGLE and the HAWK” and “PAST OF MARY HOLMES!” witb ERIC LINDEN and HELEN MacKELLAR MUSIC TADIUM CONCERTS==—=—= Philharmonie-Symphon: BLENHEIM THEATRE—169th St. and Park SATURDAY, JULY 22 AMKINO Presents “The 5-Year Plan” The Truth About Soviet Russie Have you approached your fel- | Lenlscho, Stadlame Amy. Ave B 1388? low wotker in your shop with a LEON BARZIN, Conductor EVERY NIGHT at 8:38 PRICES: 25e, 50c, $1.00, (Citele 71-7575) copy of the ‘Daily? If not, do so. CAMP UNITY FULL All Friends and sympathizers of Camp Unity who are planning to spend their vacations in Unity should postpone their arrival until Sunday, as the camp is all filled for the week end. “Daily Worker” Week Spend YOUR Vacation in Our Proletarian Camps NITGEDAIGET | UNITY BEACON, New York WINGDALE City Phone EStsbrook 8-140 Camp Phone Reacdh 731 New York Proletarian Atmosphere, Healthy Food, Warm and Cola Showers, Bathing, Rowing, Athletics, Sport Activities # NEWLY BUILT TENNIS COURT IN NITGEDAIGET WEEK-END RATES : 1 Day .. $2.45 - 2 Days . 4.65— Uneluding tax) white CARS LEAVE FOR CAMP from 2700 Bronx Park East every day st 10 Friday and Saturday 10 2. m., 3p. m., 7p. m.—Take Lexington Avenue Plains Road Express. Stop at Allerton Avenue. ROUND TRIP: to Nitgedaiget . . . $2.00 to Unity ..... $3.00 £ 5 Vacation Ratés: $13.00 per week (INCLUDING TAX) Week End Program for Camp Nitgedaiget Friday Evening—“Daily Worker” Camp Fire. Saturday Morning—Track and Field Meet. Prizes will be given. Afternoon—Swimming Races and Tennis Tournament, Rowing on the Hudson. Evening—"“Daily Worker” Concert Program; Nitgedaiget Trio; “Daily Worker” Pageant; Childten’s Play, “Why,” with a chorus of 50 voices; Followed by Nitgedaiget 4-Piece Jazz Orch, Sunday Morning—Cafl Brodsky will lecture on “The Role of the Daily Worker in the Workingclass Movement,” Afternoon—Baseball Game, Evening—Dancing. ae In CAMP UNITY, Herbert Benjamin will lecture on “The Role of the Daily Worker in the Workingclass Movement,” Sunday- morning. There will also be the usual attractive week-end program.: the Supervision of a former New York Inspector | Unlimited number of individual lessons on new carg given by our expert instructors License guaranteed — driving in traffic — ‘classes for ladies. YORKVILLE. AUTO SCHOOL 288!" See CH Workers Cooperative Colony ‘2700-2800 BRONX PARK EAST ; (OPPOSITE BRONX PARK) thas now REDUCED THE RENT ON ‘THE APARTMENTS AND SINGLE ROOMS CULTURAL ACTIVITIES Kindergarden; “lasses for Adults and Children; Library; Gymoasivm; Clubs and Other Privileges NO INVESTMENTS REQUIRED 3EVBRAL GOOD APARTMENTS & SINGLE ROOMS AVAILABLE Take Advantage of the Opportunity. ; Ui nile: Avenue train to White! Office open daily ame. to 8 Road. Stop at Allerton Avenue! Friday & Saturdey Dom. to5 Station. Tel. Betabreok 8-1400-~1401! Bandar 10 a.m. to 9 pa.