The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 14, 1933, Page 7

WHAT WORLD! By Michael Gold More About Admirals THE OTHER day I described the manner in which a certain British admiral with a remarkably Jong and important name paid his good- will visit to New York and Mayor O’Brien. King George didn’t like this Bronx cheer. The monarch cabled that my story was irreverent to the Union Jack. “A British admiral can do no wrong,” said his cable. “Even if he could, would he do it to America, our powerful cousin across the sea? No, he would choose Ireland or India, to whom it is both legal and easy to do wrong, where there ain't no ten commandments, and a man can raise a thirst.” “George Rex,” I cabled, in answer, “a committee consisting of Frank Sullivan, Dorothy Parker and Will Rogers inspected your admiral and brought in a verdict, Such authority is not to be sneezed at. These emi- nent specialists on the life and diseases of British admirals said of your recent specimen that it was badly fogged and had developed mould. All New York agrees,” So-the King wired back, “To hell with American jingoism! What about your own Admiral Yates Stirling, Jr., Commandant of the Third Naval District? Letter and clipping from the New York Times follow by air mail.” ‘The letter and clipping have been received, and take it all in all, the King really has us Americans on the spot. His Admiral may have been foggy and pleasantly gaga, but, one must confess, he was a tower of in- tellect when stacked up alongside of our Admiral Stirling. \'The British admiral made no attempt to shine as a brain. He knew his limitations, and stayed within them. His job, as he explained it, was merely to sail around the world and methodically display the British flag so as to cheer up the colonies, He didn’t attempt to write poetry; he didn’t try to think about national affairs, But our Admiral has done both, and it is terrible. How often has one been asked, “Do you really believe the Reds could run this complex na- tion?” One can only answer, “If Admiral Stirling can, then even the lads of De Witt Clinton High School can do a better job.” Daughters of the Evolution . r WAS at a meeting of the New Netherlands Chapter of the D. A. R. at the Hotel McAlpin, These daughters of evolution (Note to printer: NOT revolution) have a crush on admirals, generals, anything in uniform. The daughters are too well known to need description; they are the ladies who want war, any kind of war against anybody. They knitted tons of ban- dages in the last skirmish of the House of Morgan, and hounded many a young proletarian into the trenches to bleed and die for them. God, how they hate “lily-livered pacifists,” these obese old wealthy femeles who've never missed a meal, walked a mile or slept in the mud! They look under their beds every night and if they find a pacifist there they step on him, They visit public schools, and if a seven-year old Pio- nee rafuses to go through the bayonet drill, they ring for Hitler's heads- man, The daughters prowl around everywhere, sniffing for reds, pacifists, end other similar people. It was they who made up the famous blacklist ef public enemies, on which were to be found such dangerous names as Jan Addams, Judge Ben Lindsey and Morris Hillquit. But I need not describe them here again; every Americar patriot is famuliar with their noble, endeavors to save America from the Japanese, the French, the Germans and the British, the Patagonians, the Turks and the Roecshians. What a land this might have been had it not been for these dear old gels! . . . A Poet In Uniform y Nodes fs Admiral Stirling told them at the Hotel McAlpin that mili- tary and navy men were not advocates of war, but believed a big navy was necessary only-to be held as a “big stick for the benefit of covetous nations desiring to expand at the expense of weaker nations, and a shield for use against radicalism within our borders.” He warned the daughters that “we are much weaker than we need be —almost alarmingly so,” and then he read his poem, a silly old man’s wretched piece of rhetoric. It is ‘a long “poem,” and I can quote only a few of the passionately senile lines: “Nations have been born in war and expire in peace. ‘Wisdom in war and betrayal in peace. Man’s shrinking soul turns away with loathing and. horror from the carnage and suffering that follow in-your well-blazed path, ( And will not see that you have been a purifying fire through which the diseased human soul has been poured. Evil has been your enemy, and evil was born in peace, ‘You teach men how to die, while peace shows them only how to live.” If there is a better line than this last one in the whole monstrous literature of Fascism, I want to hear it. It is at least honest. These admirals do not believe in life; “It only shows men how to live.” What they want is death; a world of death. They will get it soon in the second world war that is being shaped by them. That is, unless the proletarian makers. of peace learn how to fight effectively against the capitalist makers of war. That is, unless Socialism doesn’t outstrip Capitalism and War. But we digress. And we grow indignant. 5 Flow can anyone get angry with such an admiral? Let us discuss his masterpiece coolly and calmly, like Joseph Wood Krutch and*othér judici- ous old critics, ’ Mixed Metaphors or Something ADMIRAL must have occasionally been to sea, for his lines teeter and toss until they make the average stomach seasick. What does the following dizzy sequence mean? For the best answer to this cross-word puz- ule, we offer a set of cast-iron teething rings: f “I arraign you, War, and charge you to be man’s enemy, Yet in s0-accusing you, I beg that clemency be shown, For you are a hideous reality only because of man’s spiritual frailties. Man, while yet in’ your aid, has called you the enemy of peace, ‘Yet that peace for which he craves is in truth, progress's most bitter foe. Wordly lusts and cessation of work bring spiritual death, ‘The microbe of decay is impotent in the presence of life.” ‘In all this adolescent poetizing, one shudders at the basic thought that emerges through the fog. This decadent old militarist actually hates peace and constructive life. He has not the brains to function anywhere in militarism, which is probably the reason. Yet what a mind to rule A dull, mean, little mind, preaching perpetual war! And this is mind for which our liberal President is building the world’s biggest e HELLO, Comraoe! T RUSHED RIGHT DOWN AFTER HEAR- ING OF YOUR ARREST — ay ‘Tin ano « youns SOCIALIST. WORKER ARE IN JAH To- GETHER, THE YOUNG SOCIALIST WORKER REFUSES TO BAVE THE LLO BECAUSE OF THE Socialist Party ATTITUDE, BUT WHEW @ MASS DEMonsTRA-'| | TION FOR TIM APPEARS HE CHANGES IS MIND! PUTe AILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1933 “_ye Seven WHAT'S O | Saturday MOSSAYE J, OLGIN will lecture at the Workers School, 35 E. 12th 8t., 2nd floor, at 3 o'clock on “WHAT IS HAPPENING IN RUSSIA?” DANCE AND SOVIET SLIDES AT WORK- ERS CENTER, 35 E, 12th St, Arranged by | Young Communist League, District 2. Ad- mission 25c—with throwaway 20c. DAILY WORKER CHORUS meets at 7 | o'clock at Pen & Hammer, 114 W. 2ist St. | OHN SMITH loved to think of himself as a “level-headed Amer- ican.” For the life of him he couldn’t understand why he was selected to go with a workers’ delegation to the U..8. 8S, R..He had never been a “red.” He had no particular sym- DANCE to the well known rhythm: kings, recitations, folk dances, refreshments at American Youth Fedration, 20 St, Marks Place (between 2nd and Srd-Aves.) Admis-| sion 25¢, DANCE at the Washington Heights Work- ers Center, 501 W. 161st St. Admission 200, ’ MID-OCTOBER BALL, given at the Har- lem* Progressive Youth Club, 1538 Madison Ave., corner 104th St. Negro Jazz Band, entertainment, Admission 250. | THEATRE NIGHT in the WORKERS! Schdol, Three plays by Theatre of Workers School; report on Soviet Thea ie irtclined to think of “Russia” as an oppressed land and of the Bol- shevik “experiment” as a failure, He knew that the American Com- munists were all “Moscow agents.” This was plainly stated in the paper. he read every day. Somebody must have made a mistake in picking him for a delegate, he thought. In fact, he said that much to the Red organizer in his shop. But the other ‘Hot Jazz Band. athy with the Soviets. Rather was | Admission 15c.| Please note it will take place at 42 E, 12th St. CONTEMP CLUB, 1961 Dance and entertainment, gram, Prospect Ave. Excellent pro- only smiled. “John,” he said, “we know you for an honest worker and we want you to look at everything with an unbiased eye.” “You. bet I will,” he said to him- CLARTE, PRENCH WORKERS CLUB has moved to more spacious club rooms, Reg- ular Saturday night dance Will be held at 304 W. 56th St., near 8th Aye. CONCERT and DANCE, given by Branch | 132 IWO at Prospect Workers Center, 1187 | S. Boulevard, Bronx, at 8 P.M. Tickets in advance 25c, at the door 30c. WICTORY DANCE in celebration given by Shoe Repair Dept. of S.L.W.LU. at Irving Plaza, 15th St. and Irving Place. Proceeds for strike fund. DANCE and ENTERTAINMENT at Na- tional Student League, 583 6th Ave. Red Dancers, refreshments. | Admission 20c. and ENTERTAINMENT at New ‘oup Studio, 12 E. 17th St.,_ given by Unit 3, Section 1. Proceeds for. Com- miunist Election Campaign, AUTUMN PARTY, gven by the Mid-Town Section of T.L.D. at 417 W. 53rd &t., home of Mrs. Saunders. Admission free. DANCE and ENTERTAINMENT, given by Manhattan Youth Club, 114 Ludlow St. Carl Brown and Negro Cotton Pickers, New Dance Group and many more, PARTY, given by Student Council of Har- lem Workers School, 200 W. 185th St., Roorh 14A. Proceeds for lbrary sustaining fund, PREIHEIT MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA, Chamber Music Concert at 106 E. 14th Bt. Ensemble trio and soprano soloist. Ticket 2c. FILM SCHOOL OF WORKERS, Film Photo League Begins Nov. 6, at 220 E. 14th St. Register immediately for courses in technique, theory and production of motion picture, ‘Professional instructor. self. “Those Moscow propagandists won’t put anything over on me.” John Smith consequently assumed the attitude of a man who cannot be taken by surprise. On board ship he hardly mixed with the other mem- bers of the delegation. He didn’t want to be influenced by “cant.” He wanted to keep a cool head and all this endless “palaver” was, to him, of no use. The red banners and welcoming speeches at the border station left him cold. “Anybody can arrange a reception like this,’ he said. Even the mass of three thousand or so workers who met the delegation at the Moscow teminal, bidding them an enthusiastic welcome in the name of the proletariat that is building Socialism, failed to* impress him. “Well staged,” he had to admit. I wonder what these fellows actually think in private.” At the hotel where the deleg stopped, John Smith remained eri cal and aloof. He disliked the place. There was no hot running water in his room. The food was not to his taste. The elevator stopped at nine o’clock, Worse than tnat; Smith dis- covered that the lock of his door was of a make used only in the back- ward places of the U. S. A. “How can they run a country when they don’t even know how to put up a lock,” he grumbled. There began a series of visits to the most modern factories and beau- tifully equipped plants. Receptions; speeches: inspection of shops under the guidance of experts; again speeches; lunches with caviar, but- ter, meat and cheese, fruit and cake. John Smith failed to enjoy any- thing. “It is all for show,” he com- mented to himself. “Those darned Bolsheviks have fixed up a few places like this to fool foreigners. Tl -bet they have put in the few best mechanics they have. And why do they serve all this good food, any- way, When everybody knows their people ate starving?” “No, you can't foo] John Smith,” he thought every evehing before go- ing to sleep. “I am a hard-boiled Yankee.” Not even the visit to the Tractor Plant changed his mind. “Anybody can hire American engin- eers and buy good U. S, machines to build a big plant. No trick in that,” he said. He was already preparing in his mind the chief points of a re- port he was going to make upon his return. “Can't we sneak away and do a little exploring for ourselves,” he asked Komroff, another member of | Bronx PARTY, given by Unit 22, Section 5, at | 241 B 169th St. Apt. DB. | CONCERT and’ DANCE, given at the | Neighborhood Center, 459 E, 17ist St, at | 8:30 P.M. Admission 100, Brooklyn | GALA _CONOERT, given at 240 Columbia | st. by United Front Comm, for Communist | Election Campaign. Refreshments, orchestra, mass singing, Workers Laboratory Theatre. MASS BANQUET and CONCERT to celeb- vate the opening of the International Work- ers Club, at Coney Island Ave., corner | Brighton ‘Beach Ave. GRAND OPENING and HOUSE WARM- ING PARTY by Flatbush Progressive Club, 486 Kings Highway, Admission 20c, eae | Sunday JULIAN KENTON will lecture at the Workers School Forum, 35 B, 12th St., at 8 o'clock on the “N.R.A; and: the Crisis." Admission 25c. HARLEM WORKERS SCHOOL FORUM, 200 W. 135th St., Room 214A, lecture by Harry Heywood on “Which Way Out for the Negro Masses,” at 3 o'clock. Admission free, SOL HARPER will speak on “Communist Position on Unemployment Insurance,” at the Upper Harlem Unemployed Council, 109 West 13rd St., at 8 p. m. Also reci- tations by two Negro workers, Benita Wil- liams and Ruby Edwards. LECTURE on the “Strike Movement un- | John Smith Goes to Russia By Moissaye J. Olgin the delegation. “You speak Rus- sian, don’t you? And I know you are not one of those Bolshies.” Komroff, a big burly Bulgarian, agreed. They took their credentials with them. as they left the hotel. John Smith immediately assumed command. | “T ET'S take the first street car and go as far as she goes,” he sug- gested. It took them some time be- fore they found even standing room in a car. Gradually, however, the number of passengers dwindled. The | car was moving through a wide street flanked with old one-story houses. John Smith looked at every- thing With disapproval: the cob- blestones of the pavement, the din- gy stories, the drab looking eating places. “Nothing like the magnifi- cence they show their dupes, hey?” he remarked to Komroff. “That's real Russia for you. It isn’t at all like the window-dressing they have treated us to.” John Smith didn’t know those were left-overs from tsarist time. The terminal station proved to be a platform with a lamp-post and a sign, It lay in an open space out of town. The place was flanked by what seemed to be a pine and birch grove. ‘The two entered the grove. It was green and shadowy, and they walked more to enjoy the spring than to explore, In fact they were quite sure they had come to an uninhabited, place. Still, John Smith couldn't help criticizing. “Such fine timber under their very noses and yet they talk about shortage of building material,” he remarked. They were following a path cut straight through the woods. In a short while they noticed something white glimmering between the tree- trunks. Before long they reached a clearing. They were facing a long; row of magnificent 4-story structures, behind which, through side streets, they could see other rows placed at intervals one behind the other. The ‘We Do Our Part’, Inscribed on Cops’ Clubs in Parade (By a Worker Correspondent) WILKES BARRE, Pa.—The city of Wilkes Barre has just celebrated its day of the Blue Eagle, on the 26th of September at 2 p. m., wehn the policemen marched through the streets with brand new clubs with the inscription on them, “We do our part.” Following the policemen, were the undertakers, and after these the coffin-manufacturers and then came the officials of the United Mine Work- ers of America leading the coal min- ers towards the clubs and exploita- tion. All this under the wings of the blue eagle. It is true that the Lewis traiters and the police are doing their ‘The coal miners of the Anthracite, being unable to stand any longer the treachery of these officials and the exploitation of the coal barons, have revolted against their oppressors. But the struggle is a difficult one. The coal operators are being assisted by Lewis and Co. der-the N.R.A.” at the J. Louis Engdahl Workers’ Club, 3092 Hull Ave., cor. 204th St, at 8:30 p. m. LECTURE at the Bronx Workers’ | Club, 1616 Boston Road at’ 8:30 p, m., on “The Election Campaign and the Struggle for Unemployment Insurance.’ Speaker Ben Levy. “THE ROLE OF THE NEGRO IN THE AMERICAN LABOR MOVEMENT,” lecture by J. M. Cooke at the Brownsville Workers’ Club, 1440 East New York Ave., Brooklyn, at 8 p.m. IMPERIAL VALLEY BR. OF ILD. will hold @ reception and dinner at 288 E. 174th St., Bronx, at 3 p, m., for a group of Im- perial Valley prisoners, Admission 40c, in- cluding dinner. LECTURE by Dr. Harry F. Ward on the “National Minorities in the Soviet Union” at the Harlem Br., F.6.U., 87 West 126th St, at 8 p.m. CLASS IN “POLITICAL ECONOMY,” given by Prof. Oakley Johnson at Washington Helghts, 501 W. 16ist St. at 11a. m. MAURICE CLARKE of Alabama will speak on the Negro question at the headquarters of Post 191 W.E.S.L., 69 E. 3rd Bt., at 8:30 P. m, Admission free. ¥.0.L, PARTY AND DANCE at 2800 Bronx Park East. Good time assured. Given by Unit 9 of the ¥.C.L. FAREWELL PARTY given for Comrade McKirnin at home of Comrade Weisdort, 2215 Cropsey-Ave., Brooklyn. . Auspices: Unit 12, Section 11. CONCERT AND ENTERTAINMENT: given by Women’s Council No. 38 at Washington Height headquarters, 501 W. 16ist St., at 2 p.m. Admission 15c. Children 5c. LECTURE, “The N.R.A—Will. It Brin Back Prosperity?” by William: Larence at the Pelham Parkway Workers’ Club, 21794 ‘White Plains Road at 8:30 p.m. Admission 10 cents THEATRE CLUB of the Workers’ Labora- tory, Theatre Night at City College Auditor~ ium, 23rd St. and Lexington Ave., at 8:30 p.m. Tickets 25¢, 50c and ‘Sc. JOHN REED CLUB SCHOOL OF ART FALL TERM starts Oct. 28. Day and evé. TONIGHT’S PROGRAMS WEAF—660 Ke. 1:00 P, M—Mountaineers Muste 5—Davis Orch. The Optimistic Mrs. dones—Sketeh, With George Prame Brown :45—Jack and Loretta Clemens, Songs 00—Secret Service Spy Story :30—Antobal Orch.; Antonia and Dantel, Songs 7 9:00—Jack Pearl, Comedia; Goodman Oreh.; Demarco Trio; Robert Simmons, Tenor; Leaders Trio 9:30—Yacht Club Boys; Vivian Ruth, Songs; Reis ch. 10:00—Rolfe Orch.; Men About Town Trio; Lew White, Organ Man's Family—Sketeh + Mary ‘Wood, Soprano; Tommy Harris, Songs; Oynthia, Blues Singer; Ryan and Nob- lette, Comedy; Senator Fishface, Come- dian; Hillbilly Group eos 8 WOR—710 Ke. 7:00 P, M.—Sports—Pord Frick U15—The Purdy Bfother—Sketeh 7:30—Yerna Osborne, Soptano 7:45—Inspirational Talk 8:00—Little Symphony Orch; Mme. Marie Sefanotf, Piano; Philip James, Gon- ductor 00—Nelson Orch, L.S.N.R. PHILADELPHIA BANQUET art in ae drawing, painting, Fresco, PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 12—The ‘ulpture. oster, Political Cartooning, Lithography, under Minor, Gellert, Lozo- Rat saree, Steno Ot we pene ue of Struggle for Negro Rights has ar- ranged a Victory Banquet for Ted Richards, 19-year old Negro youth, who has just been released from jail, after being sentenced by the Negro- hating JudgeMcDevitt for speaking at an open air meeting for the release of the nine Scottsboro boys and re- wick, Refregier, Dibner and other” promi- nent artsts. Office open for registraton this week from.2 to 4 p.m. Address; 430 Sixth Ave., New York City. iene nail) BOSTON, Mags.—John Reed Club, 825 Boylston St.’ Dance for benefit of the Daily Worker. Admission 25¢. Saturday, Oct. 14 at 8 p.m. fe we vate YEH! But WHY THE ARREST IN. THE FIRST Mef for unemployed workers. The banquet will be held this Sat- urday, 8 p. m,, at the Nat Turner Workers’ Center, 1810 South St. PHILADELPHIA, Pa,—Concert and Man- quet at Greek Club, 1036 Locust St., to ratse funds of Phils, Waterfront, on Oct, 16in at p.m. aes AMSTAKE and STYLUALL GE SETTLED- But OF CouRSE You'Le UAve TO ‘sTaN©o IRIAL- BUT TANTS NOTHING, NOTHING), ¢ 9:30—Bronx Marriage Bureau—Sketch 10:00—Helene Daniels, Songs 6—Kane and Kanner, Songs j0—Orgen Recital 11:00—Weather Report 11:02—Trint Orch. 11:30—Holst_ Orch. 12:00—-Robbins Orch * © WJZ—760 Ke 7:00 P. M.—John Herrick, Songs 7:15—Treasure Island—Sketch 0—Brown and Llewelyn, Comedians 45—Hillbilly Song: Dance Orch.; Ray Perkins, dian; Shitley Howard, Songs :30—From Montreal, Canada; Caro La- moreux, Soprano; Ludovic Huot, Tenor; Concert Orch. 9:00—Stokes Orch,; Hoofinghams, Comedy ‘Teams; King's Jesters; Morin Sisters, ngs; Mary Steele, Soprano; Edward “Davies, Baritone 0—Mad Luke—Drama Barn Dance 0—King Orch. A. M.—Childs Orch. . 88 WABC—3260 Ke. 7:00 P, M.—Political Situstion in Wash- ington—Frederic William Wile 7:15—Mildred Bailey, Songs; Eton Boys Quariet; Berrens Orch. 7:30—Jane Froman and Charles Carlile, Songs; Berrens Orch. 8:00—Eimer Everett Yess—Sketch 4 8:15—Michaux Congregation :80—Spitalny Orch.; Ethel Pastor, sopra- no; Nicolini Cosentino, tenor. 9:00—Triple Bar X Days and Nights— Bketch. 9:30—Prom Toronto: Symphonic Btrings. 10:00—The Significance of the Current Peace Conference—Dr. Manley O. Hud- son, professor of international law, Har- yard University. 10:15—Ann Leaf, organ. 10:30-—Rich Oreh.; Vera Van, songs; Melo- Comes deers Quarts; George Jessel, comedian. 11:00—Jones Orch. 11:15—News Bulletin. 14:80—Beiasco Orch. wrought-iron balconies shone with] brass knobs. Patches of flowers grew in front of many buildings, and there was a big grassy lawn in the center. ‘They stood. amazed, “That must be a place where the real dictators live — the bosses, I} mean,” ventured John Smith, Wi ea EY walked through the settlement. On a bench under an elm they saw an elderly man in a worn blouse and with a crumpled cap on his head. His bare feet were stuck in| a pair of old galoshes. “He must be a watchmal suggested. “Let’s talk to him.” They did. The man answered will-| ingly, Komroff interpreting. “Who lives in these palaces?” was Smith's first question. “We,” was the modest reply. “Who are ‘we?'” “The workers.” “What workers?” “The workers of the machine-con- struction plant yonder,” “You, too?” “Why not?” “Gan you show us your place?” “Gladiy.” ‘The man who gave his name as Golovin led them to the third row of houses on the left side. Over a spotless staircase with granite steps they entered an apartment flooded with sunshine. One room appa- rently served as a dining room, the other as a living room, the third as a bedroom. There were shelves of books in the living room, portraits of leaders on the walls. The furni- ture was clean and solid. A samovar stood cn the big round table of the dining room, Through an open door the guests could see the spacious kitchen. A door opened on a bal- cony. decorated with potted plants. A radio was playing. Golovin’s story is very simple. He is a worker in the machine plant. He is recovering from the “flu” and therefore taking it easy. His wages are paid for him from the sick in- surance fund. They live, five of them, in this apartment, Golovin, his wife, who is now on a visit out of town, a son of 20 and a daughter of 18, the former working in the plant as a mechanic, the daughter studying in the factory school. Golo- vin’s salary is 180 rubles a month; his son earns 150. The girl's pay for technical work is 50 a month and the boy brings about 30 every month. Between them they earn over 400 rubles monthly. The rent for the apartment is 30 rubles. They get food from the co-operative store at low prices, The noon meal is had by each at the place of his work, except the old woman who stays home. Smith IOHN SMITH listened to this ac- curate and detailed information. He asked about the owners of the houses and found they had been built by the factory only a year before. He learned also that such houses are being built by the tens of thousands all over the country. He asked about savings and learned that although the family had saved up a few hun- dred rubles in government bonds nobody actually cared to save be- cause their jobs were secure and the aggregate income was bound to in- crease. He asked whether Golovin was a member of the Communist Party and found that he was not, although he had been through the revolution. His son was a member of the Young Communist League. - “You: mean to say they do not discriminate against non-Commu- nists?” Smith asked. Golovin. smiled, “The Communists work harder, but they do it with pleasure. That’s about all.” “And who is managing all this?” was the query. “We,” Golovin replied. An hour passed quickly. Finally Smith suggested that they visit the plant. Smith knew machine con- struction when he saw it, and he wandered from shop to shop watch- ing the most expert work well done. In one shop the foreman was point- ed out to him, a lad of twenty-three in a khaki shirt. “He is a po “1ct of our own plant,” Golovin re- marked. “He has a splendid head on his shoulders and has two inventions to his credit.” In another shop Golo- vin made them shake hands with a worker who was explaining some- thing to a group. “This is our director,” Golovin explained after- wards, “He was a worker here only three years ago, Almost all our ditectors are workers,” John Smith listened and watched and wondered, In one shop a young tall Russian was handling a new machine. John Smith watched him for a while, then he stepped up and took his place. “This is the way to handle h son,” he said curtly. The other stepped aside, watching. Two hours passed, and still John Smith worked, looking neither to the yight nor to the left. He did not notice the group) that gathered around him. He did not hear the siren announcing the end of the shift. Late that eyening, at a meeting in the House of Columns, John Smith} was speaking: And I say this country is the only one in the world where the working elass is actually free. The 12:00—Rapp Orch. 12:30 A.M.—Florita Oreh. ‘ 1:0—Haymes Orch. Russians show the way for the work- ers of the world.” USE THE T.LD.— suicioe 2 you'd GET THE Lient! WHAT! a by QUIBT | Stage and Screen | “Champagne, Sec” To Have| Its Premiere At Morosco Theatre This Evening Theatre Night to Begin Membership Drive Tomorrow NEW YORK.—Performances . by Helmsley Winfield, distinguished Ne- gro dancer, the Group Theatre, whose play “Men in White,” is being hailed as Broadway's outstanding hit, and professional revoluti re and Dwight Deere Diman has changed the name of the “Fledermaus” to “Champagne, Sec,” and will present the production this evening at the Morosco Theatre, ‘This is a new vet-| ance groups, will feature the intro~ sion of the Johann Strauss operetta, cumen 8 Pera ee can ner a revised by Lawrence Langner and VED OF SR See . Laboratory Theatre, at Theatre with some new lyrics by Robert A. Night in the Auditorium of the Col- Simon. Peggy Wood will have the chief role. Others in the cast include | lege of the City of New York, 23rd Helen Ford, George Meader, Joseph | St. and Lexington Ave. tomorrow Macauley and John E, Hazzard. evening. a ‘j : Mordecai Gorelik, eminent scenic Fee ee eet ication “or| designer, will begin the drive for Christopher Morley’s novel, is an-| ™embership. The Theatre Club is an organiza- nounced to open on Broadway the| . tion that will attempt to draw in week of Oct. 30. The cast is headed by James Bell, Hortense Alden, Kath- erine Warren and Louis Jean Heydt. Stanley Ridges, last seen here in “American Dream,” will have an im- everybody interested in the advance of the revolutionary theatre, making them active in the actual growth, both artistic and organizational, of the drama. By means of symposiums, portant role in Maxwell Anderson’s drama, “Mary of Scotland,” which the Theatre Guild will present here on Noy. 13. round table discussions, and criticism of productions in rehearsal, they will play the same-role for the theatre here as is played by the mass audi- ence in the Soviet Union, keeping the theatre in its proper place as @ part of proletarian mass culture, and tak- ing active part in its progress. “A Month of Sundays” has already been announced, when the Theatre Club will begin its actual work along those lines. Besides the Group Theatre and Helmsley Winfield, there will be pre- Ginga, Mae seen eateries ead Theatre of Action, New Dance foun open un ake and the c Dram d Those who join are entitled to take | ? Sons Woe ae hoes either courses or active parts in the playing companies. Workers Laboratory Theatre To Begin School Term On October 16th NEW YORK.—Courses in voice control, bio-mechanics, technique of acting, and social basis of the theatre will be given at the Workers La- boratory Theatre, 42 East 12th St., Keep Your Party on the Ballet. ister Communist October 9 te 14, AMUSEMENTS iy en - “4 Stars, A New Masterpieee In So THE PASSION OF JOAN of ARC’ With Narrative Dialogue in English ADDED SOVIET YOUTH DEMON- ATTRACTION STRATION IN LENINGRAD ACME THEATRE onto savazz CITY AFFAIRS BEING HELD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE e Daily, Qorker October 14th: Chow Mein House Party snd En- tertainment, given by Units 11 and [15 cs. sen. & ,-RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL SHOW PLACE of the NATION Direction “Roxy” Opens 11:30 A.M. “ThePRIVATE LIFE of HENRY theath” with Charles Leughtom and = great cas and © great “Rexy” stage show Me to 1 p.m.—Sée te 6 (Ex. Sat. & Sun.) ——_ RKO Grester Show Season ———- | 2° Jefferson i. * | Now KAY FRANCIS and LYLE TALBOT in “MARY STEVENS, M.D.” Also “DEVIL'S MATE” with 12, East Side Section at 810 E. 6th || peGGY SHANNON and PRESTON FOSTER 8t, top floor, at 8 p.m. Dancing, cl refreshments, Admission free. THE THEATRE GUILD presents EUGENE O’NEILL’s COMEDY, .. AH, WILDERNESS! with GEORGE M. COHAN GUILD 724. 3224 5t.. W. of Brway Ev. 8:20; Mat. Thar., Set. £:20 JOE COOK in HoLD YOUR HORSES A Musical Ranaway in 24 Scenes Winter Garden "ma ise. mas, vs. 8:30, Mats. Thursday and Saturday at 2:30. Concert given by Unit 10, Sect. 8, at 573 Stone Ave. Brooklyn, 8 p.m. Film Showing of a New Soviet Feature Film at the Gorki Club, 64 E. 4th St., New York City, 2nd floor, at 8.15 p.m. Given by Unit 2, Sec. 1, Chow Mein Party, Movie Showing and Concert given by Unit 5 and 6, Bec. 1 at 29 St. Marks Place, N.Y.C., at 8 p.m. Studio Party, Concert and Dance at ‘77 Sth Ave., N.¥.C. Top floor. MUSIC Dance and Entertainment given’ by Unit 8, Bec. 1, at 95 Avenue B, Roof Garden Party at 810 E. 6th 8t., near Avenue D. Given by Unit 11 and 12, Sec. Philharmonic - Symphony |] WALTER, Conductor. AT CARNEGIE HALL This Sunday Afternoon at 3:00 Entertainment and Social, given by the Maiman and Sanger Shop at 114 W. 2ist St. Lots of fun! John Reed Club. Professional dancing. a Et Soloist: ARTUR BRAM: Sat. Dance at 58 W. 133th St. from 8.30 p.m, until dawn. Blind Negro Jazz Orchestra. Admission 1c. SCHNABEL, BEETHOVEN—JANACEK Eve., 8:45; Next, Sun. Aft., 9:00 Soloist: MISHEL PIASTRO ARTHUR JUDSON, Mer. (Steinway Piano) Concert and Entertainment, given by at jahl Workers venue at 204th St. time assured. Club, 3092 Adm. 15¢ The Biggest Event of the Year at the American YOUTH CLUB 408 ROCKAWAY AVENUE BROOKLYN L—THE LITTLE GUILD STRING QUARTET A Program of Chamber Music, Il--NEGRO QUARTET AND 8TRING TRIO Concert and Lecture, given by the Alteration Painters Local 1, at 1472 Bronx. Program, “The in the Strugsle Against lecture by Sadie Van of Struggle by Negro Recitations, Bar, Liberator C! A Friendly Social at the home of Dr. J. Levinson, 1187 Grant Ave., corner 167th St., Bronx, at 8 p.m. Concert and Dramatical Recitations qiven by Dzerdzinsky Br. 34, I.W.0., at 813 E. 180th St, near So, Boule- vard. Adm, Ibe, en by Unit 7, Section 8 at the Herzel St. Block Com., 137 Herzel Street, Brooklyn, at 8 p. m it-DAvip AULD, 20K Gala Yorkville Communist Election INSTITUTE d Dance at the . ‘i ge hoed || Piano Recital. , Candi- Negro Spirituals. String Presentatfon. IV.—LITHUANIAN AIDA GIRLS. date for Harlem Jazz Band. Section 4 C. P. bereingieh os A Program of Dramatized Songs, Da 15 , tober 15th V.—AMERICAN YOUTH CLUB ART Party and rtainment given by SECTION Tmit 9, Sec. . at 95 Avenue C, at Art P: ie A pm. Good time, Plenty of food, pr son * Adm. 0c. Saturday, October 14 8:15 P. M. SHARP Admission with this ad 25 cents, Regular Admission, 35 cents. Due to the length of theprogram will start on time, Be prompt, Movie Showing of “Land of Leni and “‘Strugtle for Bread” given by Unit 13, Sec. 11, at 4109 13th Ave., Brooklyn Note: ven by Unit 19, Sec- 17 at House Party, © tion 1 at 183 Henry St., Apt. 5p. m. BANQUET and CONCERT in celebration of cal 14th ANNIVERSARY OF COMMUNIST PARTY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14th at 8:39 P.M. wt at DEL-OR PALAIS” MASS BANQUET AND CONCERT Opening of the International Workers Club Coney Island and Brighton Beach Ave, SATURDAY, OCT. 14th, 8:30 P.M. PROGRAM: Luker Reimer and Schneiderman A214 14th Aveaue, Brooklyn of the “Artef” (14th Avenue and 43rd Street) ROBERT MINOR and WILLIANA BUR- ROUGH. Main Speakers. : ADMISSION 25 CENTS.» Arranged by Section 11, C..Py World-famous violinist Fradkin & a chorus of 20 will sing Admission 49e With ticket 40c THEATRE NIGHT THE GROUP THEATRE THEATRE COLLECTIVE HEMSLEY WINFIELD at the City College Auditorium 28rd Street and Lexington Avenue ADMISSION 2%5e; 50c; Te Workers’ Laboratory Thea, introduets THEATRE CLUB® THEATER OF ACTION BRONX WORKERS’ CLUB NEW DANCE GROUP ~' Sunday Eve. — at 8:30 O'clock — October 15th Presents: