The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 5, 1933, Page 5

| } | \ DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1933 ae Page Five MERICAN school teachers and students who read Maxim Litvinoff’s speech in the. newspapers, must have followed with special attention that’ part-of it, which described the forward strides of Soviet public edu- cation, sat THY8Was one of the passages which Litvinoff humorously hoped did not tr@fBgress His agreement with President Roosevelt regarding propa- ganda: ~ For. although he made no references to this country, many of those who read his speech could not help making comparisons in their own minds. “tt cannot be denied,” Litvinoff said, describing the achievements of the Soviet Union, “that public education has made gigantic strides for- ward. Instead of the 70 per cent illiteracy which prevailed before the ? revolution, 90 out of every 100 inhabitants of the Soviet Union are now able tocread; and instead of 8,000,000 there are now 26,000,000 children at- tending'primary and intermediate schools.” Litvonoff later added that there “fre 2,000,000 students in Soviet workers’ faculties, technical high schools'ahd factory and shop schools. ‘Asvone considers the rapid growth from year to year in the number of Sovietschools, teachers and students, one cannot help thinking of the lameritable state of public education in the United States today. The- breakdown of the school system in Chicago is notorious. ‘There, as well as-in_ Detroit, I found that the fraction of school teachers still stry to:keep body and soul together on the scrip which their omes @ report from the United States Office of Education which shows that Chicago and Detroit are no exceptions. The Little Red School- house is-<folding: up under the Blue Eagle. an te a ‘< "THIS, Autumn alone, the federal government reports, ynearly 2,000 rural sohaals: failed.to open. Sixteen institutions of higher learning have been closed since last year, along with some 1,500 commercial schools and colleges; ‘Private and parochial schools are also closing in great numbers, In_séinéflaces, free public schools have been shut down and reopened on a fuiti66l sis. incl of funds, resulting from the economic crisis and from that alisgreed which considers education less important than police, armies ad ‘political graft, has compelled one out of every four cities in the United States to shorten the school term. Some 715 rural schools are expictéd to be open less than three months during the coming school year. Noh >ply is the American school year now shorter than the Soviet schooL year; itds behind even capitalist Europe, Today the average school yearvin-this. country consists of 172 days as compared with 200 in France, 210 in Sweden, 264 in Germany, 210 in England and 246 in Denmark. $ the situation at present, but the government assures us that worse is y¢t io come. The state of Michigan is expected to shorten school terms in $0 per cent of its schools. In Nebraska 15 per cent of the schools will.cut their terms by at least one month, In Missouri 100 high schools and. 1,500-rura} schools face early closing. And further reductions in the schoo] tesm. are- planned in New Mexico and Virginia, New York’s schools ate also.feeling the crisis acutely, and teachers are being fired or having { their pay<cut and-held up. PP ‘ Apart.from the disruption of school organization, there have been vital cages in curricula. Fifty per cent of the cities in the United States have eliminated important courses of study from their schools, Among the curses which have been omitted are physical education, art instruc- tion, horhé. economics, industrial art and health service. HE Ditited States Office of Education further reports that about 200,000 teachers are unemployed. It‘might have added that those who are still employed Jive precariously even in those cities which have not yet introdneed.scrip. A-teather fh a school near New York tells nie that colleagues still on’ thé petrol” ‘but not drawing pay for the past few months are economtzing by pigkiag. up newspapers from garbage cans. ‘It seems that the charges made against the effects of the October Revolution, which‘never materialized in the U. S. S. R., have materialized in ‘the “Gpitalist “countries, Th is hot sécialism but capitalism which is killing culture. Education flourishes in the Soviet Union and slides rapidly down-hill in America. Writers and artists create in the Soviet Union and are hounded in Fascist Germ: ‘has the contrast between the two worlds been as sharp as it is ‘Js no Ionger possible for any honest thinking man or woman, hn of former prejudices, to ayes seaying comparisons, . oC ach comparison was recently ‘dees B Professor Harold Rugg of Colttbi University, Speaking at the Women’s Conference on Current Probieing?in October, Professor Rugg said that while the youth of the Soviet” ion As energetically participating in the construction of a new social order, millions of young men and women in the United States are deprived of an Opportunity to exercise their creative faculties, “asomatters stand now,” Professor Rugg said, “from 2,000,000 to 3,000,- 000° of the" ablest- young minds in America are idle, out of use, and de- generatiti.” “The ‘so-called ‘Lost Generation’—those born into the anesthetized world of the turn. of the twentieth century—are adrift, brought up and educated:in one.¢loistered and protected world and then plunged into a totally different-one, with no assurance of # job and with no clear sense of valtits.*"No by-product of the collapse of the economic system {s of more significance than this. “Tn Russia youth was given a social program of disciplined order and definite tasks to be carried out under the drive of an idealistic purpose. ‘Today 6,000,000 young Russians in the Communist Youth Organization are a fing, constructive contribution to the construction of a new social order. i “Here is war psychology of dramatic action which is so dear to youth, set to the great building tasks of peace.” Some of Professor Rugg’s comparisons are fruitful. It is'a pity he did not go further. It is only middle class youtis who are brought up in aio go er, sly ecu outa who ae tet apn | different one.” he youns worker Das s continuous existence in the word in which he {s brought up. But it is @ world of poverty and misery. Above all it is a world which gives “him no education until that red-letter day when some mighty event, such_as a strike, brings him into contact with the revolutionary move. ment, and thus with working class education. . * waxy bourgeois educators have visited the U.S.S.R. and returned with an admiration of its school system, which they thought could be [ig me But Soviet education is no more possible under ‘capitalism: than Soviet planned economy. You cannos transplant’ the tree transplanting its roots. | ‘The’ bE Soviet education is made possible by the social system of that = Only when capitalism and private profit have been abolished can ig thr ight aa rc pliregger aplealtrl she A healthy culture for all can flourish only on socialist _Btibine, ‘the revolutionary movement in the capitalist countries velops educational system of its own. Its schools, classes, lectures, cultural, societies; its newspapers and magazines; its art clubs and film ant photo organizations; its theatrical groups; and above all its trade untotis and political organizations, teach the worker the fundamentals of the clads struggle. They show him the true nature of the society which enslaves and exploits him, and instruct him in the Marxist sclence which shows him the road toward a newer and better world. ‘Through this science he wil understand that only when the working- @lass takes power, abolishes the profit system, and begins to create a psa Siteacoteemate art, and literature become possible, Sed So sou onli ed ectagtl td hig Mecho with Dr, Luttinger, Edward Newhouse, Helen Luke, Jacob ok and Del to raise $1,000 in the $40,000 Daily Worker Drive: E, Marty and E. Fleet . Previous Total TOTAL TO DATE .. See. John Reed Club Wil- Hold Farm Problems Symposium on Sunday NEW YORK.—First-hand reports on the Farmers Conference just held in Chicago will be made at a sym- posium at the John Reed Club, 430 Sixth Ave, on Sunday, Dec, 10 at 8:30 p, m. Among the speakers will be John Moore, Negro sharecropper of Ala~ bama, who will talk on the Negro Farmer in the South. Moore was one of the delega.\; sent to the Chicago Farm Conference by the 6,000 mem- bers of the fighting Sharecroppers Union. The chief stronghold of this Negro farmers’ union is only 300 miles from Decatur, where the Scottsboro Boys are now being tried. Milton Howard, of the editorial staff of the Daily Worker, will speak on “The Communist Party and the American Farmer.” The American farmers are beginning to wake up to the fact that the Communist Party is the only party in the country worth its salt. At the Conference the 700 farmers and farm women from 40 organizations greeted heartily Clarence Hathaway, the only speaker who ac- cepted the invitation extended to all the political parties by hammering down a real militant program for rank and file farmers. The John Reed Club was repre- sented at this historic conference by Ben Field, its executive secretary. Field, who has been a farmhand, was present as a fraternal delegate. He will speak at the symposium on “The Revolutionary Writer and the Farm- | ers’ Movement.” The chairman will be John Wexiey, well-known playwright, author of “The Last Mile,” and a play on the Scottsboro case which the Theatre Guild may stage within a few weeks. “Samson and Delilah” At Hippodrome. Tomorrow The Chicago Opera Company will give a special performance of Saint- Saens “Samson and Delilah” at the Hy tomorrow night with the following cast: Marie Powers, Pas- quale Ferrara, Ettore Nava and Luigi Dalle Molle. Giuseppe Bamboschek will conduct. Other operas’ of the week include “Faust” this’ evening, with Monroe, Standing, Power, In- terrante and Ruisi; “Mefistofele,” ‘Thursday; “Norma,” Friday; “Barber of Seville,” Saturday aftefnoon; “La \“Peace On Earth” Arouses Class Anger of Reviewers | Wieks Lecture Dec. 10 Power and Vitality By PAUL PETERS With what energy and fervor the| dramatic critics of the capitalist press | Tush to arms in defense of their masters as soon as the class struggle rears its head in the theatre has been | illustrated the past few days in the/ reviews of “Peace on Earth,” the anti- war play presented at the Civic Repertory Theatre, 14th St. and Sixth Ave., by the Theatre Union. / “Crude,” “angry,” “old-fashioned,” “hysterical,” “frothing at the mouth,” | are some of the adjectives used by these hired commentators about a play hailed by America’s foremost literary men and playwrights as one of the most vital and important plays | ever presented in America. Com- paring the acclaim of the honest in- tellectuals of the country. with the malicious, angry complaints of the bourgeois critics shows how sharply the class line cuts across the “pure art” of literary criticism, Reviews of “Peace on Earth” in the capitalist press also reveal that critics, no longer daring to disclose their hatred for working class art} openly, have become more subtle in their assaults. It is no accident that} three of the critics attacked one of the few American plays to show workers in direct strusgle with cries of “old fashioned” ahd “late in ar- riving.” Listen to Gilbert Gabriel of the-American, for- instance?: “College professors are not being ‘thrown out of work for expressing socialistic ideas these days. They are being in- vited to Washington to advise the President.” Mr. Gabriel seems never to have heard of Donald Henderson, Kicked out of our own back yard, Columbia, for expressing some ideas about economics that weren’t palat- able to Nicholas Miraculous Butler and the Board of Trustees. Profes- sor HendersGh was never invited to Washington. “This is a pre-Rooseyeltian script,” says John Mason Brown of the Eve- ning Post, “laid apparently in those Traviata,” Saturaay night, and “Rigo- letto,” Sunday night. a beet Safety Meeting came to order: Hawley mounted the platform. His fat little “hands fluttered. In oily, throaty tone, he launched into his monthly spiel on safety. “Now, men, you know how careful the company is of your welfare—We have one of the best records of any steel mill— You must co-operate in cutting down the accident rate.” He felt a mild sort of contempt for the wooden-faced gang of chippers grouped below. Drawing. $5,000 a year. as.Safety and | Personnel Director, he felt -he -could afford to adopt a democratic, father. “Bunk!” The single word shot out from the mass of men. They shifted, grinned laughed. “Why, why, this is unheard of!” The pouches beneath Hawley’s eyes stood out as his face whitene~ The crowd stirred and maa. ~.ay for Big Joe, who pushed forward, si- lent and grim. Husky men all, Joe towered a head higher than most. He mounted the platform and Hawley backed off, Bullitt, the foreman blus- tered up, “See here, what do you mean by interrupting the Safety Meeting? You're fired!” His head hunched forward a little, shoulders bowed from years of chip- ping steel with a 50-pound chisel, Joe just looked at Bullitt, looked, and Bullitt backed away. There was a menace born of hatred and “misery in Joe’s eyes, the menace of. dyna- mite. “Listen, fellows, you and I’ve been listenin’ to Hawley’s line of bull for vears now. I for one am. sick of it, ip artist here.” Indicating Bullitt. “How about grins and shouts of approy- al met Joe’s question. He felt re- TTC STI assured. This was no sudden move on his . All his life he had been in revolt against the grinding misery of @ modern wage-slave, As a child in central Europe he was born to labor le. As a young. man he was and driven from the an- | }{ threctte elds, And. afere. see days when professors were figures But Honest Playwrights and Wr ”| tellectuals of America: Workers’ Audience at, Chicago ForumToHear CHIOAGO—The Central Open! Forum of the Communist Party an- : iters Hail the mounces an extraordinary progr am | of Anti-War Play \for Sunday evening, Dec. 10, at t |regular Forum Hall, 69 E. Van (Bu ” St. H.M. Wicks will speax on “ eae st Wasnt ist-Leninist Lterature, posters, “I couldn't find any answer beyond |ings, cartoons, newspapers, etc. trond | she news that pacifism 1s not enough,” |the ‘French revolution through the| vee ape ranhpaes the safe Ef vel three great Russian revolutions. ourn: ough @ dozen worker de- | monstrations had been paraded be- lane RRNA WH “be anon 6b. te go Workers’ School, 2822 8S. fore him during the night. And/srichigan Ave. and will be open the | | Brooks Atkinson of the New York| Times, chief organ of Wall Street,!1; anq 42, objects to “this bitter fantasy over mob rule in war time,” Compare these estimates with the | Organizations are urged to attend. reviews of the honest critics and in-| On Sunday night, Dec. Sherwood Anderson: “‘Peace on Earth’ is vital and-alive. It is full of the curious dramatic realism of | everyday American tife.” 4 Mordecai Gorelik, famous scenic) | Bruno Walter esigner: “In a theatre which avoids | all the main {ssues:of contemporary | Viennese Program Wednesday life, ‘Peace on Earth’ is a real ex-/| perience. It enters. boldly into the! sacred field of controversy and finds| with Friedrich Schorr as soloist-will much to laugh and cry over.” | be presented by the Philharmonic Or- Music | |afternoons and evenings of Dec. 10, | | | A special concert of Viennese music | econd of Soviet Film Programs Rachel Crothers’ New Play B Give S “Talent” Opens Dee. 27 | to be wen oon |g NEW ,YORK , the Film 2 the New Masses w ond program of t Stage and Screen [ “Talent,” Rachel Crot y, Will open at the Royale ‘ Wednesday, Dec. 27, in the leading role. ide Paul McGrath, John ro de Cordoba and Kath- the sec- of film of films and eee cine of the Brain,” “Problems of Fatigue,” d “Master of Existence,” the latter being an ans | imated cartoon dealing with the ques+ A. play..about. proletarian Jewish |tion of cleanliness and hygiene and Possessed Her,” a fare ck Nevin, si announced by id Moore for production the latter part of this month, will include }10, part of ‘the exhibit’ will’ be: at | family lif, in the Bronx, “Awake and | made with marionettes, using. thetilm |the Forum. “All workers and ‘their! Sing,” by Clifford Odets, will be pre- jas its medium. fastes late in December at the Little! ne “problem of Fatigue” is » film re. that should be particularly interest- The Neighborhood Playhouse will|ing to workers, both shop and office esent its Junior Players in “The|Workers. Tt is a study of fatigue in dventures of Ola,” at the Heckscher | industry and nature and shows the Theatre on Tuesday and Thursday {causes and the preventive measures jafternoon, Dec. 26 and 28, Louis|Which the Soviet Union has insugus Will Present | Horst has arranged a special musical /Tated for the benefit of the workers: | Experiments are shown, taking labor- aati ety typists, dressmakers, pugilists and “y, 7 ” A jothers and explaining the results of olga. Volga”. Coming To |1.ricue in relation to productivity: 36 Cameo Theatre This Month | shows how accidents occur more often {when fatigue overcomes the worker, | score, Zone Gale: “ ‘Peace on Earth’ leaves | one hungry for more of this kind of drama which is about something, Here is a powerful tragedy both in content and in draftiatic conception.” | Moissaye Olgin, editor of the Frei-| heit: “It is a very effective anti-war | play, effectively produced. I urge| every worker to see, it.” Clair and Paul Sifton, playwrights: “Peace on Earth’. is real, exciting, immediate. It is a drama of today} and tomorrow. Wé are sure that it will mean something “to those who! do not want to send their children or brothers out to die-for-divicgads.” John Howard Lawson, author of “Processional,” “Success “Story,” etc.: | “This play is the most exciting event | of the season; it:is' skillfully and imaginatively presented.” | Stephen Rauschenbush, economist, expert on power trusts-and big in- dustries: “This play has the low- down, That is the way company police shoot men down, That is the way sheriffs talk, and that is the way workers accept the risk of death. In the coal and steelbrea.of Pennsyl- vania a large part of ‘Peace on Earth’ who were more at home on campuses “Joe here is fired, and every man that joins with him in making trouble is “tired. I am‘boss here.” Bullitt barked glaring at the men. “Hawley, make a note of any other trouble makers in this crowd.” The men wavered, were undecided. Despite the ballyhoo of N.R.A. jobs were scarce: They were driven un- mercifully and the man that slowed down on the job was laid off at onee, All had families on the border- line of want and they knew that once out of work, relief was hard, to get. SEEN by Hawley and Bullitt, sev- eral of the tien had’ come closer, Members of the-union, there had been dissent in their ranks the night be- fore, Not all believed that the chip- pers were willing to fight, but they were willing to risk their jobs in the attempt. At ‘Bullitts’ words they grabbed him and Hawley and flung them none too mildly out of the chipvers’ shed. “This is our meeting now, Joe,” one called as they returned to the group. Joe spoke again. Bitter words. Burning words. Pictures floated in his mind as he talked. Of his work- worn wife that needed an operation has been playing ail this summer,” SAFETY. MEETING ~A Short Story-By JOHN GREGORY] |« } they couldn’t. afford.“‘Of his grimy cottage, drafty and:cétd: in winter. At first surprise had -grinped the hundred odd chippers: ‘That one of their mute number-should take over this company meeting,on company ground, and agitate for a strike was unheard of; unthinkable.-But it had been done. Their minds accepted the and courage. Joe’s misery and rebellion was their misery and rebellion. The smoulder- ing fire created by three long years of crisis flared into: open flame. Joe raised their hands at once. Other hands shot up. Like“a wave a fight- ing spirit infused the men. True, some arms went up slowly, prompted by grim looks by fellow workers. But the laggards were few, and in a mo~ ment every right hand was in the air, “a araiad spontaneous cheer broke out, “We're all with you, Joe, let’s go!” shouted one. “Wait a minute. We need a com- mittee to see the bosses, Here they | TUNING IN TONIGHT’S PROGRAMS WEAF—660 Ke. 7:00 P. M.—Mountaineers Musto 1:15—Billy Bachelor—Sketch: 1:30—Lum , and Abner T:45—The Goldbergs—Sketch oe) Sanderson ‘and Prank Crumit, 8: s0—Wane King Orch. 11:30—Whiteman Oroh, 12:00—Valles Orch. 12:88 A. M.—Martin Oreh. | * WOR—710 Ke 7:00 F. M.--Sports—Ford Friek 1:15—News—Gabriel Heatter 7:30—Terry and Ted—Sketch 5—De Marco Girls; Frank Sherry, Tenor 00—Grote Orch.; Jean Sargeant, Songs; Frank Parker, Tenor 30—Prank and Flo, Songs i5—Marie Gerard, Songs; William Har- grave, Songs 15—Thres Rascals, Songs 0—Footlight Echoes :00—Teddy Bergman,’ Comedian; Betty Queen, Songs; Rondolier Quartet 15—Current Events—Harlan Eugene Read }0-—-Eddy Brown, Violin; Concert Orch, ‘Weather Report '02—Moonbeans Trio Z—760 Ke Sprigg, Chairman Oitizens Emergency Council, Dayton, Ohio; Professor Leonard D. White, University of Chti- cago; Carl H, ‘Chatters, Director Municipal Finance OMcers Association 7:48—String Quartet 8:00—Cold Blood—sketeh 8: #0—Adventures in Health—Dr. Herman oil “FMlipot ana ‘Scrappy Lambert, s 9:00—Altes Mock, Soprano; Edgar Guest, Poet; Koestner Orch. 9:30—Men of Daring—Dramatic Sketch | 10:00—Markel Orch.; Sid Gary, Songs; Syd- ney Mann, Soprano; Nordstrom Sis- ters, Pieno Due 10:30—Ortis Tirado, Tenor. 11;00—Leaders Trio ~“ 11:15—Anthony Frome, ‘Tenor 11:30—Davis Orch. 12:00—Harris Orch. 12:30 AL Merrie ore. WABC-860 Ke 1:00 BP, M—Myrt_ and Marge 1:15—Just Plain Bill—Sxete 7:30—Dell Campo, Bomba 7:45—News—Boake ©: 8:00—Elmer Everett ‘eve sketen 8:15—Singin’ Sam 0—-Voice of Experience 8:45—Dance Orch. 9:00—Philadelphia Orch., Leopold Stokow- ski, Conductor 9:15—Poet's Gold 9:30--California Melodies -.. 10:00—Gray Orch, 10:30—News Bulletins “<> 10:48—Nimo Martini, ‘Tenor;* Symphony Orch, 11:18—Gertrude Nes “songs it 12:00-—Lopes 7:00 P. M.—Amos ’n' Ant 7:15—Why Taxpayers St: o—Judge Carroll TIM AND TH! PRETTY unas clansmen, 19:30 A. Bt, —Brieade Orch, 1:00—Hopkins Orch. | Symphony, ' German Dances, | Schorr at the piano in two groups of fact, and it gave saicaie confidence } | chestra under the direction of Bruno} The English version of “Volga Walter on Wednesday evening at} Volga,” an historical romance of early Carnegie Hall. The orchestral num-| Russia, dealing with an incident out) bers include Shubert’s “Unfinished If the Iife of Stenka Razin, one of} Mozart's Minuets and/the first revolutio: in Russia | the Overture to| against the Czars, is announced to| Suppe’s “La Belle Galathee,” “Tales | open at the Cameo Theatre late this of the Vienna Woods” and the Over-| month, ture to “Der Fledermaus” of Johann} Strauss. Walter will accompany S Strike Me Red’ Cast songs, one from Schubert and another | '['g See ‘Peace on Earth’. by Hugo Wolf. | oe The Brosa String Quartet will ap-| NEW YORK.—The entire cast of pear at the People’s Symphony Con-| 70 children in “Strike Me Red” have cert at Washington Irving High] been invited: by the members of the School this Friday night, presenting | Theatre Union to see their first play, | @ program of Haydn, Prokofieff and| “Peace On Earth” tonight. After a Beethoven. “Surprise Party,” held by the chil- dren Sunday; which included ¢: FINNISH YOUTH BACK “DAILY” | Cs™ of the init “Strike Me Red,” a decision was TACOMA, Wash.—The Tacoma Fin-| passed to give three more per- ish Youth Club and Tacoma Branch | formances of Potamkin's operetta in land Finnish Federation sent in additional $20, from Worcester, M The Finnish workers are doing splen- | did work in helping to save our Da’ Worker, will be the Daily Worker, THEATRE UNION TO PRESENT | SOPHIA PD a 1 performance of | “ of the Finni Harlem and Bronx, for raised $2,16, to helj free to shoe-shine bo: in its $40,000 dri and child laborers. Dates and plc announced fn later issues of jand how his efficiency is lowered. | When the fatigue of the worker i treated with consideration, we are \shown how production increases, and |the mutual benefits derived are pos- sible only when the government Is ‘one of, by and for the workers. | “Mechantes of the Brain” is an il- |lustrative study of the work of Pay- lov, the world-famous reflexologist and director of the Physiologic lab- oratories in the Soviet Academy of |Science. It deals with the funda- |mental processes of the phystolegy~; of the nervous system and their con- | trol and is directed by Pudovkin, who | needs eno introduction to filmgoers. | | David Ramsey of the Workers School + will present a short lecture on Science... |in_ the Soviet Union. Performances | Will be given at 7 and 9:30 p.m, Film Showing “Wer t Firemen’s Hall, ckaway Beach, + War and Fascism, Wednesday DANCE RECITAL OF SEASON NEW YORK-—Sophia Delza will SYMPOSIUM 6: hat Recognition Means U.B8R,” at the Schiff give her first dance recital thi Caves StShe ee spices of the The: St. Lecture in? | Union Sunda ning, Dec. 10, in Np er la SPR jthe Civic Repertory ‘Theatre. Alex- iene: See {come now,” replied Joe. | Led by Hawley and Bullitt came j and Gertrude Karlan will pla: Grainer, the ge’ 1 superintendent | percussion instruments. ™ Di several plant watchmen, experienced | program. sluggers, armed, | ander Semmler will be at the piano} the} of the steel mill, Flanking them were | will include many new dances in her Women's Coun~ y at the home | JUST how the committee was se- | lected no one could say exactly, The chipping gang did not have a| — luncheon club, or a country club, or | banquets to foster unity. Nor could | they talk on the job. Bullitt saw to} that, But Joe found six workers be- | side him, ready to face the bosses. He | Peed javho will: strike, Raise | knew four from bits of talk in the | anor | SOVIETS SI? (ENGLISH TITLES) r hands!” . washroom. The other two were mem. u The nucleus of. union members, | bers, like himself, of the union group, | begat babe | TS SING AND DANCE Scattered loosely in. the front ranks,| “Well, what do you agitators || & | ACME THEATRE 298 6} ial Bie want?” barked Grainger, Big and | Wednesda: at ? nc hae cw Mee AMUSEMENTS S HOLOM “LAUGHTER ALEICHEM’S | raans brusque, he was no fool, He had de- termined to take the aggressive and bluff the workers. Slowly Big Joe replied: “A 5-cents | an hour raise, heat to keep us warm, and no more speed-up, Right, fel- lows?” He turned to the committee. “And kick Bullitt off the job,” add- | ed one, Grainger thought fast. He forced a smile. “Why, we just gave you a raise. We comply with the Steel Code.” “That raise don’t mean much, the | way prices are going up.” | “Go back to work and I'll take this | up with the Central office and we'll AH, WILDERNESS! with GEORGE M, COHAN MOLIERE’S COMEDY WITH MUSIC The School for Husbands with Osgood PERKINS—Jane WALKER Biway & 40 8t..Ey. ‘ats. Thurs.&Sat.2.4@ EMPIRE ‘sox: MAXWELL ANDERSON'S New Play MARY OF SCOTLAND with HELEN PHILIP HELEN HAYES MERIVALE MENKEN ALVIN The, £24 8t.. W. of Biway Ev.8.80.Mats.Thur.&Sat, 2,80 More pgs than pai “GOw” | Adventure in the Pacifie Isles 43nd St,!3 to 3 P.M. RKO CAME & Bway|Mon. to Pri! THE THEATRE UNION presents PEACE ON EARTH | new play by George Sklar & Albert Maltz authors of “MEREY-GO-ROUND'- | Civic Repertory Theatre, 14th St. & 6th Ave, | Eves, 8:45. Mats. Wed. & Set, 2:30 WA, 9- PRICES: B00 450 600 81.00. $1.08 | JOE COOK in see what we can do,” parried Grain- ger, soothingly. ‘We aren't going to be fooled by MUSIC A Musleal Ronaway Tonight 8:20 . Faust | Samson and Dalilah THURSDAY EVE. FRIDAY EVE. stalling and soft-soap.” Joe pulled out his Ingersoll. “You can have ten | minutes to call the office long dis-'| tance. If the answer is no, we all) walk out. We will pull out the second and third turn chippers, mass picket, and before you know it every man in| the whole mill will be out on strike. '38e $1.10 THE THEATRE GUILD presente EB EUGENE O'NEILL's COMEDY E N, H. HIPPODROME, 6th Ave. & 484 St, orp YOUR HORSES ‘som St ‘Beenes ROBERTA A New Musical Comedy NEW AMSTERDAM Theatre, West 42nd i, Evs, $1-$8; Mats. Wed. &Sat.50e-$2.50, plus tax” Now, take it or leave it.” This time Sues Big Joe was the aggressor. Grainger’s eyes rested on. the big billets of alloy steel resting on the rails. A rush order to the firm’s best customer, He saw lost profits; an ex- pensive shut-down. The loss of his bonus and if this trouble spread as it well might, the possible Ioss of his Job for not anticipating it. He wheeled, went into Bullitt’s of- fice, and called long distance. While they waited, the committee DUE TO THE. MANY COMPELLED TO TAKE OVER THE BRONX COLISEUM INSTEAD OF THE ST. NICHOLAS RINK (See Advertisement Below) REQUESTS—WE ARE talked briefly and to the point among | themselves. Joe let the others ad. dress the men. He knew they would say what he would say. And they did. “Tt was sink or swim—all together.” “Meet tonight in Cragin’s Hall to-or- ganize.” Every face there was set and grim. Through the window they saw Grainger talking, talking fast and talking soberly. At the’ other end of the wire, they all’knew, the Big Shot, who had just bought off a chorus girl with a hundred thousand dollars, He hung vn the receiver, came out, and faced the men. “O.K. We meet your demands.” A forced grin was on his face. 10" Se Se TUR A ADMISSION; In advance 40c; at Ins Sergei Radamsky | Watting E T.L.D. LAVYER “ARE WORRIED —~_ © for the Verdict BUT NOT THE PROSECUTOR -A@M0 THE JUDGE CALMLY. EATS A DEMONSTRATE WITH US AT THE DAILY WORKER ANNIVERSARY: BRONX COLISEUM, 177th Street. TICKETS for SALE: Daily Worker (Store), 35 E. 12th Street; Workers’ Book Shop, 50 Kast 13th Street” of New songs, | Dance Till Dawn. AY, DEC. 30%,1933 the door 40c; Red Press Fund 0c. BRINGS THE DECISION