The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 13, 1933, Page 5

Illustrations by Philip Wolfe THE STORY SO FAR/ he. crew of the 8.S. Utah, after the boat has stopped at Copenhagen, Helsingfors, and Leningrad, U.S.S.R., re- turn to their boat, deeply impressed by what they have seen in the Soviet port, as contrasted with the ports in the other countries. So, when they are awakened at 4:30'one morming and have to wait around for an hour before beginning work; and when they are ordered to work on Sunday, their day off, they refuse. Im this move their leader is Slim, @ member of the Marine Workers Industrial Union. Yesterday you read ‘how the seamen, after organizing for tlae strike, held their ranks solid- ly and stood for their demands befowe the threats of the Captain. ‘Now read on: » * INSTALLMENT 27 A Question of Tactics. “QELL, what are we going to. do now?” demanded the Polack. Sone of the others looked worried, 00. “Do you know what the mate, was hinting at?” broke ou the Professor, his. eyes as big as his spectacles. “MUTINY! Know what that means?” He looked impressively at Slim. ‘I think I’ve heard the word. be- fore,” replied Slim cooly. “Hey, come back here!” Gunnar started after the little Finn, “Where you going?” “Up to see the captain,” answered he, weakly, “Come back here,” repeated Gyn- nar, starting to grab him. “When we go up to see the captain, we'll all go together.” Gunnar’s arms had more effett on this runt than his words. He sat him down on the bench with @ thud, and mounted guard near the door. Lug was getting into his shoes, and some of the others were restless. “I don’t see any reason for all go- ing, up there,” said Slim. “We elected | 3 know.” He turned to the other men, and picked out Lag. “Do you refuse to put in a couple of hours of extra work for me, Lag?” ete * | @LIM saw the Captain’s game and quickly broke in: “Look here, | Captain. There’s no use asking all these questions. The crew has de- cided —” “SHUT UP!” the Captain’s face blazed purple. His calm superiority Was gone now. He got up. The mate took a step toward Slim. Stanley Squared his shoulders. “Another word out of you,” the Captain’s words were steel, “and I'll put you in irons, you G-o-d d-a-m-n R-e-d!” Slim bit his lip to restrain himself from saying and doing what was surging through him, Better let the & committee: Gunnar, the Professor, and myself, That’s plenty.” “You heard what the mate said,’ | broke in Lag, “what’s the use of mak- ing extra trouble?” “Yeah,” agreed the Polack, got to go up.” “What for?” insisted Slim. “Didn’t we elect a committee? You seared just because he said bolshevik?” “It ain’t that,” insistea Lag, “but it will look better for us.” “Sure,” agreed the Polack, “then he won’t have any comeback.” ‘The little union man spoke up from the bench: “That's what f been think- ing in the first place.” Here was a questian of tactics. By attempting to force these three men, they might split the front which until now they had maimtained. On the other hand, what would be lost by going up all in a body? If the com- mittee set a good example up there, these men would gain a lesson in militancy. “All right,” said Slim aloud, “we'll all go up together this time since you insist on it. But when it comes to talking, remember, let the Committee talk for ail!” Then they all marched out the fo’- castle, Gunnar and Slim up front, with the Professor and Stanley alongside. As they marched up the deck they could see Moonface and Barney peering out of the refriger- ator-room, and the cooks and scylly watched them silently as they went past. the galley. Their faces showed that they knew what was up and that ‘they shared big interest in this fight. Up midships, standing on Num~- ber Three hatch, the second mate was waiting. He looked at the, tign as though seeing them for tie fist time in his life, and pomted tongue- tied to the saloon: “In there!” Before going in, Gunnar glanced back. Fritz was up on the boat-deck, supposedly arranging some beer bot- tles, Eddie was on the other side of the wireless shack, watching from behind the door of the battery room. eee Strike Committee at the Wheel. ‘APTAIN Hortens was sitting be- hind a green covered table-when the men came in, ‘The mate and bos’n were standing at the far end of the room. The Captain waited a minute. The sec- ond mate came in, closed the door after him, and remained standing there. The mate and bos’n were at the other door. The only other way out of the saloon was through the pantry door, which was locked. A “we all couple of husky shoulder blows could | force it. The Captain had his dress uni- form on. His gold-braided cap lay-on the table. He glanced at the’ men, stretched out in a row in front of him, marking each one individually. He clear‘ his throat importantly and began: “Men, Mr. Calder, the chief mate, tells. me you have refused to turn to today, because it is Sunday. Now, some of you men have been with me long Fea etite know that I never tun. the deck gang to on a Sun gless Ihave to. This is a case ee 3,have got to have Number Four wi Five holds cleaned out by tomor- ow morning for a load of paper nieh is waiting for us in Raumo. (agi whole job could have been. fin- ished. by 4 o'clock if you had put your backs to it. Now what's holding you-back men—or who?” at At this last word Slim glanced sharply at the Captain. But he seemed to be looking elsewhere. ‘Gun- nar broke the silence: the. * “Look here, Captain, This is my fifth trip on the Utah now and I've never kicked before. But it looks’to me like conditions are getting worse all the time.” , yah “In which way?” demanded the Captain. ei “In every way. Every tithe we get ‘mto a port, or leave a port, it’s al- ways on our time, or there's some extra work to do. This..trip it was the.same story in New York, Copen- hagen, Stockholm, and now Lenin- grad. This morning we had to, get up,-at half past four, then hang around for nothing until six,, with no;breakfast or nothing.” ahites “For Christ's sake,” broke in. the mate; “we heard all that before. This morning’s done and over with. For- “Yes,” started Gunnar, “and what's more——” : 2 a “Wait a minute,” soothed the Cap- tain, commandingly. Gunnar hac soo many grievanges to suit hir He:-sparred for another opening. | Capiain do something first. He felt | the blood blinding his eyes, but did | not move. | “G-o-d d-a-m-n R-e-d,” repeated the Captain, hoping to provoke Slim. Then he burst out: “And the rest of you! Do you know what I can do to you for this? Put you all in irons, and then have you sent to jail in the States for mutiny!” He paused a minute, waiting for signs of weakening, and inwardly gloating in this show of power he held over these men. His eye fell on Lag and the little Finn, who were standing together: “And you two! You hayen’t even got your citizenship papers! You know what you'll get for this, don’t you?” The men looked as though they knew very well what blackball and deportation meant. There was a moment's silence. Deadlock. ‘ “Look here, Captain!” A new voice was speaking—the deskboy Prof! To the surprise of the men, the Captain let him speak. “This thing can be settled. All we want is a dollar an hour overtime and a free day in port tomorrow, besides a free day in port for every Sunday spent at sea. If you agree to this, we'll turn too at once!” ‘The Captain looked at him, and then at the mate. But the mate looked dumb and in turn looked at | the Bos’n, who looked just as dumb. | “A dollar an hour, and a day off!” echoed the Captain, not believing his ears. “Who's asking this?” “All of us! If you agree to that, we turn to at once!” exclaimed the Professor hopefully. Upon which the Captain stiffened. This Company does not pay the ship’s crew any overtime, and never | has paid any, on no ship.” “Well, this is a good time to start a new practice,” muttered Slim. The Captain pretended not to have heard, and continued addressing the | Professor. Besides, such a thing as | paying overtime is not up to me, it’s up to the Company.” “Well, I don’t know why the Com- pany shouldn’t pay overtime,” insist- ed the Professor. “I know for a fact that they make plenty of money on their freight and mail contracts, let alone their passenger business.” “fYou know more than I do then,” returned the Captain coldly, He con- sidered a moment, tapping nervously on the table, “So that's what you all want, a dollar an hour and a free day, hey?” The men nodded. eee ain “WJELL, I will tell you what I'll do. As you know, I am only Master of this vessel, owned by the Frantic Lines. I have no right to pay any wages other than specified in the articles. In the first analysis, | am only a paid worker myself, but I will do whatever I can for you if you men will be reasonable, I will let you have the free day in port tomorrow. The future free days you will also get—in New York.” The Captain could not restrain his hate sufficiently to entirely hide the threat which lay behind these words. “As to the matter of overtime wages, I promise to take this up with the company as soon as we get to New York, and to do what I can.” The Captain cleared his throat, That’s fair enough, isn’t it?” He turned to the Bos’n, “Bos’n, you mark down the exact time each man puts in, and give me the record when the job is done.” “Yes sir,” answered the bos’n. There ‘was a movement among the men to go. Stanley, Gunnar and Slim ex- changed quick glances. Gunnar broke out: “Captain, we dont’ want to wait until we get to New York to find out. New York is too far away, and we don’t know what might happen there.” The Captain glared: “Don’t you take my word for it?” “Yes, we take your word for it, ‘ut you said yourself it will be up o the Company, and they might de- ide to fire the whole gang of us. “You're not the whole crew, yc cut if we're going to work today, we DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1933 “THREE HUNDRED SAILORS ACT AS EXTRAS IN HOLLY- WOOD PICTURES.” “EXTRAS ASK MARY PICK- FORD TO APPEAL TO NRA FOR THEM.” These two headlines, appearing within a few days of each other, are sefl-explanatory to those who under- stand Hollywood methods; to others it should be explained that they in- dicate the exploitation and hypo- crisy that is peculiar to the “city of fluff” When 300 sailors are hired to work as extras, you may be sure that they are offered by the Government with- out compensation being asked from the producers. Thus, 300 more work- ers are deprived of wages by the | pretenders sponsoring unemployment | relief in the form of NRA. (We Do Our Part—to keep them unemployed). America’s Sweetheart” | As for Mary Pickford, she was the first to burst into print with a de- fense of the “poor Hollywood extra.” | They were underfed, underpaid and underdogs, said Mary in a published appeal to NRA’s Labor Advisory Board, some weeks ago. Taking Mary seriously, a group of extras in New York sent her a wire asking that she appear before the Board jn Wash- ington and present their case. But Mary was too busy; she couldn’t possibly go to Washington. The truth of the matter lies in Mary Pickford’s desire for publicity, especially at this time when the lady’s popularity is waning. To fur- ther believe that she would assist workers when she herself is a pro- ducer and an employer of extras, would be like having faith in the NRA. “America’s Sweetheart” saw a swell chance for publicity and she grabbed it in a hurry. Low Wages for Extras The exploitation of extras belongs in a category directly from that of any other type of American worker, They are, as you may know, mob- scene actors engaged by the day, and paid at the conclusion of each day’s work. Because of the tremendous number of extras in: Hollywood, their earnings, if reckoned on a yearly basis, are extremely small. It is nov uncommon for extras to work but three or four days a year; the rest of the time they spend in plodding from one studio to the other in Search of the one day’s job. The “glamour” of Hollywood at- tracts thousands of screen-struck Persons, young and old, each feeling greatness will be theirs once they get inside the holy studio portals. Each year thousands arrive expecting star- dom and remain as extras. Today there are known to be over 12,000 extras in and around Hollywood, and there is work enough for only 600 every day. Fair Living for Only 200 , Of the entire 12,000 but 200 receive a fair living from this work. They work possibly three to four days a week and receive on an average of. $7.50 per day. These few privileged count as assets, appearance or sperial characteristics which classify them as types; or they may be on the Preferential lists of the studio em- ployment office or of the Central Casting Office, controlled by the Will Hays organization. Special relation- ships, in the case of girls, with direc- tors, assistant directors or executives, give them a place on the preferred list. It amounts to prostitution usually, with payment made via the preferred list. The Central Casting Office orig- inated with Will Hays some years ago, when news of the scandalous treatment of girls reached the outer world. It was intended to parcel out work fairly, remove the commis- sion evil, and permanently eradicate the preferred ljst. Within the past two weeks, Central and its manager, want to get paid today!” The mate shook his head in a rage. Even the second mate threw up his hands. This firm team work on the Part of the Committee was having its effect. The Captain’s eyes turned to steel: “You can put the matter before the Shipping Commission in New York!” Gunnar: “No sir! We don’t trust =e Government paid officials eith- er!” The Captain sprang up, at his wits end. How he burnt to put this man in irons, as wel as that damned Red, My God, they were all Red! “This is what a trip to Russia has done to you men, hey?” Without realizing it, the Captain only inspired the men to greater mil- itancy by such a remark, They all stood firmer now than ever. The Captain couldn't stand‘it any longer and surrendered: “All right, I'll pay you your dollar an hour, but it will cost you dearly in the end.” He turned to the mate: “Have these men turn to at once and clean those holds out. Keep a strict record of the time put in!” Then he turned to the men, a mighty tarnished King Jesus: “Aid now clear out of here, the whole damn lot of you!” (CONTINUED TOMORROW) ‘Shoot the Extra!’-- Unskilled Labor in the Film Industry Dave Allan, have been attacked on the very evils they intended to wipe out. Allan, the attackers stated, has instituted a preferred list, and com- missions were again being demanded from extra people. For two days the industry was aroused; an investiga- tion of Central was demanded. An officer of the Hays organization took charge of the investigation and it was quietly steam-rollered into oblivion. The stench from the Central Casting Office remains! Wholesale Prostitution The wholesale prostitution of the extra-girl in Hollywood is far from being a fantasy. . Many girls get jobs with the understanding that they are desired for other purposes than extra- work. When a location trip is plan- ned—which means that a company will leave Hollywood for some time—j| only girls who are completely aware of the functions they are to perform are taken along. In addition, the scarcity of work drives many of the screen-struck girls into the streets. Coming to Hollywood expecting the large salaries of the stars, these men and women are shortly saddened by the actual wages paid for extra work. The day rate varies with the classi- fication of work. For fancy-dress and ball-room scenes, requiring large ex- penditures in wardrobe, they are paid up to $10 a day. The cost of this wardrobe reduces considerably the average yearly income. If they are only required to wear street clothes for inside studio work, the rate paid may reach $7.50, but $5 is generally paid. As part of a mob scene an extra’s pay is $3, and as low as $1.50 has been paid. How the Crisis Hits Extras In every case they are required to look well and dress fastidiously, otherwise they will not be chosen from among the thousands applying for the| very few jobs, A further expense is the “cut-back” for commission that some assistant directors demand. If an agency calls the player, he or she is obliged to pay a 10 per cent com- mission, During crisis the amount of jobs for the professicn extra has been con- siderably decreased by the reduction of production costs and other meth- ods, There is a large army of volun- teers who will giadly work free. Sometimes they are friends and rela- tives of the producers and sometimes the connivance of the producer will attract crowds to work extras with- ‘out pay. A producer advertises a free- circus or rodeo in some small towns; hundreds come to see the show sel- dom realizing that they will be used in the mob-scenes. Society girls with« time on their hands seek a thrill by working in the movies—without pay of course. Visitors from out-of-town relish the idea of appearing before the camera, with the hope that the home town will see them in a real moving picture. No Cash, No Union From time to time efforts have been made to organize the extra. The American Federation of Labor and Equity, the actors’ union, have at- tempted the job; the organizers resign | quickly upon learning what little cash there is in the pockets of the average extra, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a swindling, bunkem organization, controlled by What They Didn’t Tell Him | Stage atid Screen “Kultur,” Hitler Satire, With Charles Coburn, Opens at Mansfield Theatre Sept. 18 | with the Hitler-regime, will be pr sented by J. V. Vincent at the Mar field Theatre on Monday evening, Sept. 18. The play was adapted from the German of Dr. Theodore Weach- ter by Adolph Philipp who staged the production. Charles Coburn heads the cast, which also includes Made- line Grey, Alan Ward, Craig Ward, Wathleen Lowry and Lester Allen. “Amourette,” a comedy by Claire Kummer, is announced by Peters and Spiller, producers-of “One Sund Afternoon,” opening on Broad | Sept. 25. Leo Bulgakov is directi: | the play and the cast includes F: |cesca Bruning, -Arthwe Aylesworth, Tom Morrison and Frances Halliday. “Heat Lightning,” the new play by Leon Abrams and George Abbott, originally schduld- for Thursday night, will open: -on y at the Booth Theatre. “A Trip To -Pressburg,” by Leo | Perutz, adaptedfr6m the Gern | Harold Johnsriid’ | hearsal yesterday’ ’by ti Pola Negro and”Richard W | play the leading roles. Mooney Film Being Shown at the Bijou Theatre |. “The Strange .Quse of Thomas | Mooney” is now ngefeatured at the Bijou Theatre, mue B and 12th | Street. The picture is an account of beginning with-~the Prepared: Parade in which. the explosion o1 | cured and ending with a plea by | Mooney himself. « for. vindication, | Theodore Dreiser. appears in the in- troduction and ,expla how and why he became interested in Mooney. The added attractions are “Ann Car- ver’s Profession” .and “Gigolettes of Paris. the producers and acting as a com- pany union, will odeasionally send out, for effect, a feebié-call in behalf of the extra. a aay, but when it an’ sas if it the idea is hastily strangled and buried. As indicated in thé first part of this article, the goverrithent and its NRA snachine are aiding beautifully in increasing the miset? of this class of of extras in Hollywood, and if the | Roosevelt machine. is to practice the same theory used in the case of “surplus” cotton, wheat and sows, | they may well, observe Soglow’s car- toon in the current New Masses and follow the suggestion; shoot the sur- |plus extras and another problem will |be solved by General Johnson's | army! | ‘Robert Minor’s Life| | Story Concluded in) Tomorrow's ‘Daily’ | The third and last installment | of Philip Steriing’s life-story of | Robert Minor, ,Communist can- didate for ma: “of New York, | | will appear in ‘tomorrow’s Daily | || Worker. It will include the his- | |tory of his political ‘activities dur- | |ing the war and after, and bring | \the story up to the present. Don’t | [miss this last article! TONIGHT’S PROGRAMS WEAF—660 Ke. 7:00 P. M.—Mountaineers Music 1:15—Holst Orch, 7:30—Lum and Abner 7:45—The Goldbergs—Sketch 8:00—Olsen Orch.; Fanny Brice, dienne 8:30—Napoleon Oreh.; Merrill Lee, Songs; Male Trio 9:00—Conrad Thibault, Baritone; Grofe Or. | Music 9:15—Trapper '30—One Mi 10:00—Corn Cob Pipe Club 10;30—Merchants Association of New York Dinner, Hotel Pennsylvania; ‘Speakers, istra uis K, Comstock, President | Merchants Association | 14:00—Davis Orch. 11:15—Rogers Orch, 11:30—Dance Orch, 12:00—Ralph Kirbey, Songs. 12:05 A. M.—Bernie Orch, 7 8 8 WOR—710 Ke. 7:00 P. M.Sports—Ford Frick :15—Jack Arthur, Songs 7:30—The Count of Monte Cristo--Sketch 1:45—News—Gabriel Heatter 8:00—Detectives Black and Blue—Mystery Drama 5—Veronica Wiggins, Contralto. 9:00—Gordon Graham, Du Baritone; Ohman and Arden, Pini 10 10:00—Wilberforce Quartet 10:15—Current Events--Harlan Bugene Read 10:30—Market and Halsey Street Playhouse 11:00—Time, Weather 11:02—S¢otti Orch. 11:30—Lown Orch, 12:00—Robbins Orch. Come-| :30—Kstelle Liebling’s Old Singing Master | WJZ—760 Ke. :00 P. M.—Amos !nj, Andy 15—Ross Peardon, DEG }0—Cyrena Van Gordon, Contralto; Wal- ter Golde, Piano 7:45—Himber Ensemble 8:00—Crime Clues—It Couldn't Happen 8:30—Potash and Perlmutter—Sketch | 8:45—Jesters Trio | 9:00—American Legion Program—Dramatic } Sketch hd | 9:15—Wages and, Sayings Under the NRA | —Owen D. Young * © 9:30-—Ortis Tirado, Tenor | 10:00—Shield Oreh.; Ruth Lyons, Soprano; Edward Davies, Baritone 10:30-—-Presentation of Woollcott Gibbs Medal to Dr, Richard Willstatter of iaanica, Germany, at American Chemical Society Meeting, Chicago 11:00—Hillbully Songs 11:15—The Poet Prince 11:30—Denny Orch)!» 12:00—Mills Oreh. ». * | 1280 A, Me—King Orch. | WABC—860 Ke. 7:00 PB. M.—Morton Downey, Songs 7:1$-—Demny OreRy em arm 7:30—Martin Orch,; Travelers Quaztet 1:45—News—Boake’ Carter 8:00-—-Green Oreh.3" Men ‘About ‘Town ‘Trio; Harriet Lee, Contralto. 8:15-—Newo—Edwin t. til 8:30--Metropolitan’s Orch, 9:00—Irving 8. Cobb, Stories; Goodman Orch, as 9:15—Kate Smith, Songs 9:30—Lombardo Oreh,; Burns and Allen, Comedy ‘ . Richman, Songs; Milton Berle, “Coihedian 10:30—Alexander Woolleott—Town Crier. 10:45—Symphony Oreh.,, 11:15—Vera Van, Contralto 11:80—Davis Oren, “7 12:30 A. M.—Gray Qnoh. 1;00—Light Orch, “Kultur,” a dramatic satire dealing Y | clas ‘The Power Station in Harlem; Today's Film Since the Civil War Days By JAMES 8. ALLEN { A new type of education for the | Negro is to be formally instituted | when the Workers’ School opens in | Harlem this fall, As among other peoples oppressed and forcibly re-| tarded by imperialism, there is among the Negro people of the United States an intense desire and striving for education. This education has been adminis- tered in partial doses for the most part directly by the white ruins The cry for equal and free public education was raised by the | Negro people together with other demands in the period immediately following upon the Civil War. Hardly had chattel slavery been overthrown, when the Negro masses an outgrowth of the Scottsboro movement and all it symbolizes. Just as in the movement to free the | Scottsboro boys the workt rose to take the leadership, so in this| movement for a useful education that will be of service to the liberation | struggle, the working class also takes the lead. As in the Scottsboro move- ment, there will be many non-work- | ers who have broken away from the} domination of the National Associa- | tion for the advancement of Colored | People and Uncle DuBois, and wish to be re-educated in a revolutionary way This school can become the coun- terpart of Tuskegee, serving as a power station for the current of the/ class struggle. Its classrooms must | |entered upon the struggle for a free | Prod ce men and women ready to} | school system equal to that enjoyed | Play a leading role in the strugele | by the white masses, such as it was. | 7T Ne eee and working | Y | revolut the significant episodes of the case,| It will arcuse interest for | may grow into a ‘sizable movement,) workers. Certainly there is a surplus | For a time during the period of the ary Reconstruction govern- | ments in the South, this demand was | at least partially being realized. In| a number of Southern states Ne-| groes acted as superintendents of | | the state educational system, eloquent | testimony to the fact that the Negro | people were in the forefront of his- | tory, the principal driving force in| | the South against the old slave in- | | stitutions, | Lost Few Gains In 1870's | With the desertion of the cause} of the Negro people by. the Northern | ruling class in the 1870's, the Negro masses in the South were enserfed, and whatever rights they had won were taken away from them or| abridged. Among these abridged rights was the right to public educa- | tion. To this day in the South 30 per cent of the Negro children do | not go to school at all, others only |for a few months or a year. The {school facilities are inferior, the teachers paid very little, and state | | appropriations for the jim-crow school system discriminate heavily | against the Negroes. | In the North the Negro people | | have been able to participate, with certain limitations arising out of} | segregation, in the benefits of a school system dominated entirely by | | the white ruling class. | Past Negro Misleaders Liberals and reformists generally | jlike to point to the Negro schools “as an example of the progress made by the Negroes since the Civil War. Booker T. Washington, who is gen- erally hailed along with Frederick | Douglass as one of the foremost of the earlier Negro leaders, founded his school at Tuskegee, Alabama, on )the principle that the Negro would} have to lift himself and make him- | | self “equal to the white man” be-| jfore he can hope for any equality. | His whole philosophy was based on | an acceptance of the lot of the Ne-| gro people and the theory of white! | superiority. He became famous, | especially with the white ruling class, |after his speech at the Cotton Ex- | position in Atlanta in 1876, in which he said, raising his hand with his} | fingers as far apart as they would | go: | “In all things that are purely so- | cial we can be as separate as the fingers of this hand, yet one as the | hand in all things essential to mu- tual progress.” | Deeds of the Negro Bourgeoisie | Booker T. Washington is the spir- | itual father of the Negro upper class | today, and his philosophy pervades | | the Negro colleges and schools, What | | this policy leads to is best shown by | \the incident at Tuskegee Institute | | during the struggle of the Tallapoosa | |croppers with the deputies and land | owners last December, when a/ | wounded Negro cropper who ‘sought | |refuge at the institute was turned | lover to the Bourbon authorities to | | be killed in jail. The advancement | that Tuskegee has been able to at- | tein i6 dmons d by the fact that) the number of Nesroes permitted to. vote in that town can be counted on} the fingers of one hand and that its graduates, as well equipped as whites | in their particular field, must work | }as porters, janitors or scrub boys, if | | they find work at all. The same} | holds generally true for the other! | Negro institutions of higher learn- ling. The present-day followers and step-children of Booker I. Washing- ‘ton, including those with a tinge of pink, like Schuyler, are bankrupt, For it is necessary, not to try to worm oneself into a comfortable hole in a rotten system, but strike at the very reots of that system until it is overthrown, Now—Working Class Education With the opening of the Workers’ School in Harlem a beginning is made towards breaking the monon- | oly in Negro education of the white | ruling class and the Negro reform-| ists. Here the working class enters | to administer its own education, It is education with a definite class purpose. There is nothing about it of meek acceptance of the rule ot | American imperialism. The servile) prating of the so-called race leaders | is replaced by a new, aggressive, self- assertive tone. The workers of Har- lem come to this school not merely to be educated, but to be better equipped for the struggle for Negro liberation, The School is in a sense | WHAT’S ON.- Wednesday DR. BSTAMLER WILL LECTURE ON “THE) CUBAN SITUATION” at 2700 Bronx Pk. East at 8:30 p.m DAILY WORKER ADVERTISING DE- PARTMENT WILL CO-OPERATE WiTH T. U. U. L. UNIONS, Mass Organizations and) C. P. Units for the upbutlding of the DAILY WORKER. Ads help to support the “Daily.” Send all information to Business Office, 60) 13th St, (8th floor), or telephone AL, 4-7955, 1905" MOVIE SHOWING, Workers Oen- ter, 50 B. 13th St. Auspices Section 2,/ C.P. 50 per cent, Proceeds to Daily Worker. clas ating WHAT I5 THE NRA— Open Air Rally, | Speakers, Robert Minor, Grace Hutchins, | Alice ‘Trepst at Intervale and Wilkins Aves. Auspices, Friends of the Soviet Union. ee ae DAILY WORKER VOLUNTEER CHORUS} is beginning the rehearsals at 35 B. 12th | St. Workers and students are invited and asked to bring their friends with them. «8 ALL GREETINGS FOR THE PARTY AN- NIVERSARY EDITION SHOULD BE SENT TO THE BUSINESS OFFICE OF THE DAILY | WORKER IMMEDIATELY. } woe. REGISTRATION NOW ON FOR THE| WORKERS’ SCHOOL, Pall Term. Office: | 35 E. 12th St., Room 301. Thursday SYMPOSIUM—“THE COMING WAR.” Speakers: A. J, Muste, Dr. 8. Leroy, Para dise Manor, 11 W. Mt. Eden Ave. at 8:15 p.m. Mt. Eden Branch F. S. UV. us eae SACCO-VANZETTI BRANCH f. L. D. gen- eral meeting at 792 E. Tremont Ave. Blec- tions of Executive Committee. Discussions on the Three Months’ Plan and N, R. A. All invited. ATTENTION Y.C.L. All Section Young Worker and Literature Directors and Agitprops, very important meeting Thurs- day, September 14, 1933 at the District Office at 8 p.m. | The DAILY WORKER si @ spectator, a witness—more, mentous strug no worker should fail to see.” a participa 26 Commissars ‘“crmu Addea Feature “JEWS 0. Also “BUILDING SOCIALISM the great revolut. Dancing Afier the Movies — Auspices: Sec. 2, Communist Party. COME AND ENJOY INTERNATIONAL CABARET and COSTUME NITE: New International Hall, 42 Wenonnah St. ROXBURY, Mass. + FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 Dancing; Floor Show; Costumes; Refreshments; Guest Artist “ SUBSCRIPTION 25¢ - - ~- - LAST DAYS—2 SOVIET PRODUCTIONS see this picture is to be 2 of the Baku workers——a picture which | WEDNESDAY SEPT. 13th, at 8:30 P. M. A Soviet Film Version of Gorki’s*Famous Novel “MOTHER” “1905” WORKERS’ CENTER, 35 EAST 12th STREET ~ NEWARK, N. J. EARL BROWDER General Secretary of the Communist Party of the U.S.A, Page Five by QUIRT — ° . ° os gequcnn Brae Negro Education in America («2 # sxira Picture Done By Expert Hollywood Hand “Lady for a Day,” a Columbia Piece ture, from the story by Damon Ruitfi- yon, presented at the Radio Olfy Music Hall. Re a We wonder whether it’s the starva- tion diet on which Hollywood keeps the critics that makes them smack their lips so loudly when a faifly entertaining picture finally does ab- pear. At any rate, the reviews that have greeted “Lady for a Day” would have you beNeve that a veritable masterpiece has swept its way across the screen. We wonder what effect all this shouting creates—perhaps in the tumult of praise that has syr- rounded it, the picture does take oh an added lustre, perhaps the many voices raised in adoration do glorify a picture that is merely good. We wonder at his’ puzzling lagk of pro- portion that has afflicted our es- | timable critics—is it because thi spend so much of their lives in “a world of fiction that their viewpoint is inevitably distorted? ‘ This is not to say that “Lady for a Day” is not worthy of praise. It | is a good picture. It has its measure W| of sadness and happiness mixed skill+ fully by an experienced Hollywood hand, It has a convincing performs ance by the veteran actress, May Robson. It entertains. But its im- plications and its tone are so shallow and uninspired as to keep it at the first heaven of cinema perfection, And there are seven heavens! ‘The plot: Apple Annie, who selis apples and drinks booze, has a secret past, Once she belonged to the high er classes. Then, she had an ille- gitimate daughter, whom she sent to a convent in Spain to be educated, Annie’s degradation becomes com- plete with the daughter blissfully ig- norant of her condition. The mother successfully carries on the deception until the daughter becomes engaged to a count’s son, and the count, in- terested in family tree and dowry, det cides on @ trip to America, The complications that ensue are ironed out with the aid of a Broadway rack= eteer. The whole thing's improbable, but pleasing. FRANCIS ANTICO Amusements -RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL— | SHOW PLACE of the NATION Direction “Roxy” Opens 11:30 AM. Last Day: “Lady for a Day” STARTING TOMORROW “The Power and the Glory” and a great “Roxy” stage show 25e to 1 p.m.—s5e to 6 (EX. Sat, & Sam.) RKO Greater Show Season il BKO Jefferson ih 5 # | Now ~ KAY FRANCIS and NILS ASTHER ¥ Paar in “Storm at. Daybreak Also “HEROES FOR SALE,” with “ Richard Barthelmess and Loretta Young! — 2h : THE WORKERS ACME | THEATRE c 9am. to 1pam, | exe. Sat. Sun, and Holidays SOIL” Masterpiece of the Great Soviet Director. PUDOVKIN; IN U.S, S, BR.” and “LENIN”, jonist in action Admission 20c; at Door 25¢ 50% of Proceeds for Daily Worker. 7 cone BOSTON, Mass. *; Auspices: American Workers Chorus.» R226 will be the principal speaker at the GRAND CONCERT ~— 4 Celebrating the 14th Anniversary of Communist Party of U.S. Mae Globerman, Concert Pianist at the SATURDAY | Menaeisohn Trio, in a varied selec- | Y.M. & Y.W.H. SEPTEMBER | “tionary songs. W. Kinney |. 1933 | The Workers Laboratory Theater | js Pipe yet 8:00PM. | from New York, in revolutionary | igh Streets ® sketches, ADMISSTON—EMPLOYED, 40 CENTS Auspices; Communist Party, Distriet No, 1, 7 Chariton 8t., Newark, N. J. Newark, N. IL. /EMPLOYED, 10 CENTS.