The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 16, 1933, Page 7

ee ' four comrades and start another little sheet and the agitat DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1938 Labor History in Japan A to labor racketeers of the A. F. of L. have always fomented race hatred of the Japanese workers in this country, for Hitlerish reasons. They present these workers as unorganizable, but Sen Kateyama’s book, “the Labor Movement in Japan,” published in 1918, gives the lie to this charge. Japan was the first Oriental nation to emerge from the long stagnant dream of feudalism. Its workers had to take the sudden leap from peasant serfdom into the machine age. They made this bewildering transition with courage. Tm 1807, after the war with Chine, the cost of living went up and there was @ wave of strikes in the new industries, Comrade Katayama, a young peasant, who had gone to America and worked his way through college, and Takano, a journalist, and Sawada, @ tailor, were the three leaders who fully understood what was happening. They took advantage of this spontaneous movement, and began to organize the workers. The first trade union in Japan was the Iron Workers’ Union, or- ganized in Tokio on Dec. 1, 1897, with over a thousand members, Com- vade Katayama was its secretary. Other unions were organized and month after-Month the movement grew. New leaders and speakers rose from the proletarian ranks to sup- plement the original three. A weekly newspaper was established, “The Labor World,” and Katayama was the first editor. All through his long life Comrade Katayama impressed upon his fellow-workers the enormous value of a newspaper in organizing the masses. It was always his first step in agitational work in a new situa- tion. ‘The Iron Workers’ Union had enrolled 5,400 members at the end of four years, and “The Labor World” became a daily, The tone and spirit of the moyement at the time is illustrated by a quotation from this daily: “The people are silent, I will be the voice of this silence, I will speak for the dumb; I will speak for the despairing silent ones; I will inter- pret their stammerings; the grumblings, the murmuring and the tumults of the mass; the complaints, the cries of men who have been so degraded by suffering and ignorance that they have no strength to voice their wrongs. I will be the word of the people. I will be the bleeding mouth trom which the gag has been snatched, I will say everything.” The author of this paragraph is not given, but is this not the poetry of Shelley and Robert Burns, of Gene Debs and Bill Haywood? Labor speaks. in many tongues, but that is a historic accident; what is more certain is that the great heart of Labor beats with the same passionate dreams in every land-beneath the sun. Socialism is Discussed ANY other unions sprang up in ali the cities of Japan. Co-operatives were established; “our working class then was very eager for any new knowledge and were not slow to act on an idea when they got hold of it.” ‘There were unions formed among the dockers, metal workers, plasterers, shipyard and arsenal workers, stone masons, peasants, etc. ‘Then some college professors set up a brain trust. They organized a mew movement under the name of Social Reformism. They believed that the interests of capital and labor are the same. The Labor World answered them by inaugurating in 1899 the first public discussion on Socialism in Japan, Two years after forming a trade ‘union, this was first done, showing the careful and slow progress of Katayama. ‘Those were the honeymoon years of the movement. Industrialism was so new that the capitalist state had as yet passed no laws to legalize the oppression of labor unions. All classes became interested in Socialism and social reform, including even the nobility. It was something like Russia before 1905. The indus- trialists also committed the usual cruelties to arouse public sentiment against them. But in 1900 the Diet passed the Public Peace Police Law, which made all labor agitation a form of treasonable crime, This seemed to intensify the propaganda for Socialism. In 1901 the Nippon Railroad Workers’ Union passed a resolution in favor of Socialism as the solution of all labor problems. Other unions did-the same, and Katayama and his/co-workers decided the moment had struck to form a Socialist Party. There were six charter members, of whom Katayama, was one. A mani- ‘testo was published in various newspapers; and the government at once suppressed the Party. But the six members went on, and formed a new party under an- @ther and non-political name. They held meetings all over the country, and their members wrote articles for the press. A few months later they held a mass meeting in Tokio, to which 50,000 workers came, paying ad- mission! The police tried to stop the meeting, but were powerless. It was then, with an initial cost of about $1,000 for type, machines, etc., that Comrade Katayama financed and published the first Socialist daily in Japan. It lasted for two months, and then failed because of lack of business management and the fact that Comrade Katayama broke down on account of overwork (how familiar this is, too). . * War Comes to Japan \ DURENG the years 1902 and 2908 Soslalism was:e popular topic of publio \ study and discussion, Our comrade was back at work, editing again the , (Labor World” of the iron workers. Many books were written and pub- by their printing shop; many prominent people openly said they were Socialists, including a former Premier; there was a flood of utopian socialist literature; thousands of mass meetings were held. In 1903 the Tirst national conference of Socialists was held in Osaka, at the great hall of the ¥, M. C. A. And then war clouds gathered, the Russian and Japanese imperialists were quarreling over unhappy Korea. All the fair-weather liberals and socialist utopians deserted, as they always do, and became rabid jingoes. ‘The government brutally suppressed all the workers’ organizations, but the fight against the war went on, nevertheless, . . . [R38 suring this war that Katayama, of Jepan, met Plehkahnoy, of Srp ne eecianllgi Ligaen conference. ‘The two embraced form, as a symbol of working-class internationalism, Both were “traitors” to their “countries.” Again and Again to Begin : Socialist movement in Japan was considered dead many times, again and again the slow, patient Katayama . hundreds of thousnds of Japanese Communists live under The Need for a Workers’ Theatre By GEORGE SKLAR and ALBERT MALTE (Co-author of “Peace on Barth”) ‘The Broadway theatre of today is a@ class theatre—a theatre existing solely for the amusement of the so- called upper classes—a parlor theatre dealing with parlor problems—an es- cape theatre—a sterile theatre. It’s time we had another theatre— ® worker's theatre! It’s time we had a theatre which will reflect the fact that we're living in a certain type of society, @ society gripped by the most severe economic crisis that capitalism has known. It is the purpose of The Theatre Union to be such a theatre. With its first production, “Peace on Earth,” it has broken ground for the permanent etsablishment of such a theatre. When one looks at the current thea- tre, one wonders how it is possible for an art to be so completely barren of any suggestion of the misery and hunger, the exploitation and thé struggle of the millions of workers in this country. The answer is simple: The standard American theatre does not exist for the workers. The mere price of tickets is a guarantee that no worker receiving the N. R. A. min- imum {s likely to attend the Broad- way theatre, And since workers do not attend the theatre why should writers devote any time to the prob- Tems and the lives of the workers? A writer today who depends for his living on the professional theatre must write for his audience. And since his audience is a bourgeois audience, he must write bourgeois plays, With one or two exceptions this always happens. ‘That is why the American theatre is a barren one. That is why plays about love are called art by bourgeois crities and why plays about strikes are called propaganda—why “Peace on Earth” is called propaganda. And as the class struggle deepens, this theatre will become more and more a theatre of escape—it will tend to be- Jong more and more to the small, wealthy class—and the more it belongs to this class the further its subject matter will be removed from life and from the world of real events. This is not so in the Soviet Union. We see there an interest in the art of the theatre such as the world has never known before. We see a theat- rical center not in one city like New York, but a theatrical center in every city, in every factory, in every village. Why? Because the Soviet theatre is not 8 theatre of one privileged class but the theatre of a whole country, of @ whole people. And it is a vital theatre because it belongs to those who are building a new society and not to those who are clinging to a dead one. ‘The future of the theatre in Amer- ica lies in the creation of a worker's theatre, It rests with worker's clubs, “gnguage groups and agit-prop thea- tres. Where workers attend the thea- tre the plays will become vital be- cause they will deal with the vital struggles and lives of the workers themselves. And it rests, in the grad- ual development of professional thea- tres like the Theatre Union, whose purpose is to produce plays about the working class, written from the point of view of the interests of the work- ing class—where workers can attend plays at prices they can afford and where the theatre is a form of tittilation but is a moving cultural force, dramatic and alive. Until the American theatre becomes identified with such a worker’s theatre, it will pare no vital place in American sul- ure. Bard Picked to Paint Murals for Club Room of “Daily” Volunteers NEW YORK—Phil Bard, young revolutionary artist, was chosen by the John Reed Club of New York to paint 4 series of murals on the walls of the Daily Worker Volunteers’ club room, 5th floor, Workers’ Center, 35 E, 12th St. Numerous designs and themes were presented by members of the John Barbusse Branch, ILD to Hold Theatre Party for “Peace ¢ on Earth” pltees ; 8 BF 3 i : i & yl z gk 2 : 5 our country to educate means to revolutionize. That is, we must emancipate children from inherited habits of thought and from fallacies based on age-old ways of living; falla- cies based on the struggle of the in- dividual to defend himself and to assert his individualism and national- ism as “eternal laws‘ of human so- clety. From their earliest years, even in their games, children must be weaned away from the past. To do this we shall have to acquaint them not only with the bare facts of history, the ideas and theories of former genera- tions, but we shall have to show how these facts and theories arose out of the prevailing productive processes of @ given society. We must show that freedom of thought is only possible when men. are wholly free to do vital work—a condition which never ob- tained previously, but which is fun- damental in a socialist order, So-called firmly established facts not infrequently play a conservative role, hold thought in bondage to the obvious and thereby slow and ham- per perception. pointed out that facts themselves are creative. worker and his clever head. We have to show children the his- toric man who has evolved from the dim past and his semi-conscious ways of working at the very beginning. They must have some idea of the road traversed from the inventor of the stone axe to Stephenson and Diesel; from the creator of the fairy tale, which is a fantastic hypothesis, to the teaching of Marx, which has shown us the wide and direct road to a bright future for toiling human- ity. In entering into a new world, & world where technique lightens labor, and into a classless society, the children must know the tremen- dous importance of physical labor; how labor changes the face of na- ture and creates a new environment, “a second nature.” ‘They must know, too, that if the freedom of man’s spontaneous toil had not been manacled and limited during the course of history by the self-seeking and greed of the gov- erning classes, humanity would have immeasurably exceeded the present stage of general culture. a Se |AN, the bearer of energy, is cre- ating a “second nature,” a new cultural environment; man is the agent of nature, created by nature as if for its own self-perception and transformation: it is this which must be impressed upon children. Conse~ quently the acquaintance of children with life must begin with tales about the distant past, about the beginning of labor processes and the organizing work of thought. To create an artistic and educa- tional literature for children, we must train talented writers who can put down their thoughts simply, at- tractively and instructively; we must train cultured editors with political and literary background; we must have publishing facilities. Since such tasks cannot be accom- plished in a day, we must start upon them at once. It will perhaps help to indicate a few subjects that need to be elaborated in creating a new Uterature for children. Briefly they may be outlined as follows: the earth; the air; water; plants; animals; how men appeared on the earth; how men learned to think; how men mastered fire; how men learned to lighten their labor and their life; what the mastery of iron and other metals signified for men; the wonders of science; thought and deed; technique in the future; the nature of religion; how sclence Ph SAIN BS LA ASS AR cH SRL ASR ERT RARE SEES Lr UNING IN | What Books Shall We Give Our Children? By MAXIM GORKI But Marx brilliantly He and he alone clearly showed that the fundamental cause of life’s tragedy and the sufferings of humanity is the artificial break between the clever hand of the from the steam engine to the Diesel; man and | his environment. turned men into giants; A specially important and serious| task is to provide children with books showing how private property Nas} arisen and how, in our time, prop-| erty becomes the chief obstacle on} the road to the development of man. | Must Get Writers and Artists We must endeavor to obtain the} best writers and artists for the pro- duction of books and albums devoted ' to the peoples of the world. Geog-| raphers and participants in the nu-| territory of the entire Union can best tell us about the peoples of the U.S. §. R. They will show us the life of these peoples in process of change and will educate the children in a spirit of internationalism. In general, we must reconstruct the whole of children’s literature on quite a new principle, opening up the widest perspectives for descriptive, | scientific and artistic perception. This new principle may be formu- lated as follows A struggle is going «m m human society for the emancipation of the labor energy of the working masses from the oppression of the institu- tions of property and capitalism. It is a struggle for the transmutation of the physical energy of men into the energy of reason, intellectual energy. It is the struggle for power over the forces of nature, for health and -| longevity, for the unity of mankind and a free, diverse and unlimited de- velopment of man’s capacities and talents, This principle must be the basis for all literature for children. We must remember that the most fan- tastic tales of the past have become realities through the work of science. Children must be provided with stories based on the most advanced hypotheses of modern science; they must Jearn not only to count and} measure, but also to imagine and foresee, There must be no sharp distinc- | West merous expeditions scattered over the |! tion in our literature between the artistic and the popular scientific; book. How is this to be brought’ about? How is the educational book | to be made moving and emotional? | (CIENCE and invention must be] portrayed not as a sum of ready) iscoveries and inventions, but as an} arena of struggle, where living men are overcoming the resistance of | matter and traditional thought. ‘The authors of such books can and should be the best scientific workers and not hack compilers, It is only with the direct collaboration of real scientists and highly talented writers | that we shall be able to undertake the publication of books devoted to the artistic popularigation of scien- tific knowledge, Side by side with the writers, mas- ters of language, “men who did some- thing” should contribute their ex- periences to children’s literature- hunters, sailors, aviators, agrono- mists, workers in the machine-trac- tor stations and so on. Tt is obvious that what is indicated here is but a rough scheme of the work and that it must be carefully considered in detail. For that pur- pose @ group of young scientists and men of letters should be organized without delay. Bovingdon Will Give Poetry-Dance Recital at 8 o'clock John Bovingdon will give ® poetry and dance recital at 144 W. 12th St. Bovingdon recently returned from the U, 8. 8. R., where he was in charge of the cultural centers both in Moscow and in Crimea. TONIGHT’S PROGRAMS WEAF —660 Ke 115 PF, M.—Religion in the News — Dr. Stanley High ‘1:30—Clreus Days—Sketch 1 teineers Music 8; ‘Orch. 8:30-—-U. 8. Naval Reserve Program; om, x Admiral W. D. Leary, Lieut. Commander Prank M. Harris and Others; U. 8. Navy Band 9:00—Jeck Pearl, Comedian; Goodman Orch.; De Marco Sisters, Songs; Robert Simmons, Tenor; Leaders Trio 9:30—Yacht Club Boys; Vivien Ruth, Songs; Reisman Orch. 10;00—Rolfe Oreh.; Men About Town Trio; Lew White, $ WOR—710 Ke m FP. M.—Sports—Ford Frick i McCooey, Baritone tia Symphony Orch; Philip James ‘Conductor; Rappaport, Plano | WJZ—760 Ke 7:00 PF. M.—John Herrick, Songs ‘7:15—Three Musketeers—-Sketch 7:30~Trio Romantique 7:45—Kngineering ‘Thrills 8:00—The New Deal vs. Socialization —| Norman Thomas, Socialist Leader, The NRA ys. Socialism—Donald Richherg, 00—Variety Musteale 10:00—Flags of the Matterhorn—#ketch 11:00—Barn Dance 12:00—Martin Orch. 18:80 A. M.—Scott! Orch. | desi 4 | Saturday NEW YORK.—On Monday evening |” WABC—860 Ke. 7:00 PF, M.—Political Bituation in Washing- ton—Frederic William Wile ‘T:15—Tito Guizar, Tenor 1:30—Michaux Congregation 58—Sketch 8:15—-Fray and Braggiott!, Pino Duo 8:30—Simons Orch.; Dorothy Page, Songs Leopold’ Stekow. ductor 10:00-—Rbroadeast From Byrd Expedition En Boule to Antarctic; Muste From New ‘or! 10:30--News Bulletins 10:45—Leaders in Action—H. V, us bay arene} 9 Contralto; Orch. 11:30-—Gray Orch. 12:00-—Lyman Orch. A, M.—Amheim Orch. ussell Orch. Kaltenborn Jessel, Comedian; Vera Van, Boys Quartet; Rich : d The Communist Party Section Gets Busy Theatre Symposium at New School Tomorrow NEW YORK.—The interest of the lentire theatre public, both bourgoise and revolutionary, will be centered on the symposium at the New School, 66 12th St. tomorrow evening when leading directors and critics will discuss the future of the Amer. ican theatre. Some of the speakers have already recognized the inevi bility of the revolutionary thea in the theatre, others sympathize and some object. Al Saxe, direct of the Theatre of Action, will spe: for the Workers Laboratory The: now well known for its World’s Fa: and Vote Communist. Other speakers are Lee Strassberg Director of the Group Theatre, w fs recognized as one of America’s finest theatre craftsmen, and who di rected such hits as “House of Con nelly,” “Success Story,” and “Men ir White,” the outstanding Broadway hi of the year; Virgil Geddes, Directo’ A of the Brookfield players and author of numerous plays; Michael Blank- fort, of the Theatre Union; and John Lyman, of the Reportory Playhouse Stage and Screen “Volga Volga” Portrays Life|? of Legendary Stenka Razin “Volga Volga,” the new Russian yécture now being shown at the RKO Cameo Theatre, 42nd St. and B'way., portrays an incident out of the lite of Stenha Ragin, the legendary tig of Old Russia and the most fay nero of Soviet Russia. . . The Soviet comedy “Laughte Through Tears,” begins its sixth and final week at the Acme Theatre to- day. The picture wos screened in the U,S.S.R. from the novels by} Sholom Aleichem. Following the run of “Laughter Through Tears,” which ends on Fri- day, the Acme will present “Mirages de Paris,” which opens on Satur- day, Dec. 23, a film directed by the noted Soviet producer, Fedor Ozep, who directed “The Living Corpse,” In which Pudovkin played the leading] role; “The Yellow Ticket” and “The Brothers Karamazoff.’ WHATS ON |) CELEBRATE THE 10TH DAILY WORKER ANNIVERSARY ON SATURDAY, DECEM~ BER 30 from 8 P, M, to 2 A. M, at the Bronx Coliseum. SEE AD FOR PROGRAM. WINTER TERM WORKERS SCHOOL — Registration is now going on; 35 %. 12th St., New York, third floor. (Manhattan) WION Concert and Dance at Harlem ‘og. Youth Club, 1538 Madison Ave. John Smith Orchestra—3 act Play BANQUET, Concert and Dance at Down- town Workers Club, 11 Clinton St. Adm. 85¢ CONCERT and Dance given by Cli Grand Youth Club, 380 Grand St. Music by well known jazz bond. MUSIC, Dancing, Recitations at Needle Trades Dance Group, 58 W. 39th St. Come ring your friends. Auspices of Butld- min., 498 Seventh Ave. OE and Entertainment at Steve Ke- r. LL.D. at 15 B, 3rd St. Good or- chestra, excellent program, Adm. 0c; SURPRISE Entertainment and House Pa ty given by Sect. 1 at 286 H. 13th St. Apt. 25, Proceeds for Workers Center. ENTERTAINMENT and Dance given by Furniture Workers Union for the benefit of Sam Weinstein et 812 Broadway, 8 p.m. Balalaika and Jazz Band Orchestra. Adm. 20c. in advance; at door 26e. PARTY at Liston Oak's, 126 E. 27th st. Hamburgers, entertainment, fun, SOLIDARITY Affair of the Anti-Pascist League st tho Manhattan Lyceum, 66 5, 4th St. Good program, concert, etc. ‘Tick- ets at the Arbe ce, 35 E. 12th 8t., 6th floor, and Workers Club, 79 E loth Bt. ROSE PASTOR STOKES Br. LL.D. Grand Party at 224 W. 4th Bt., facing Sheridan rtainment for the bene- Center at Pen and Ham~- ist St. Adm. 36c, ‘Worke: 14 W. fit of mer, SPANISH WORKERS CENTER celebrates its 6th Anniversary with a dinner at their Club, 1413—Sth Ave. at 7:30 pan. HARRY ALAN POTAMKIN Film School Party, film showing, entertainment, dancing at Ann Dubrowitz, 183 Pooper St., Brook- lyn. Phone Stagg 2-8490, CONCERT and Dance given by Harlem Needle Trades Workers Club, 415 Lenox Ave, Adm. 25¢, DANCE and Entertainment given by tl Mutualista Obrera de Habla Hispana at FE. 116th St. Rhumba Orchestra. ARTE, 304 h St. House Party at 9 pm. Good tim MUSIC and Entertain man Workers Club, 79 E. 10th St. Adm. free, INAUGURATION of New Hall— Dance ven by Latin American Youth B. 118th St. (Bronx) DOCTORS, Dentists, Nurses and other members of the medical profession are ine yited to attend a party-given by the Bronx Medical unit at 1895 Walton Ave. Apt. 5-B. PROSPECT Workers Center, 1157 Southern Boulevard Concert and Dance. Interesting program. CONCERT and Dance given by the West~ chester Club at 1548 Westchester Ave. HOUSE Party by the N.6.L. chapter of City College Day and Bvening session at 277 B, 169th Entertainment, and refresiments. Adm. 200, GALA CONCERT end Dance given by Tremont Progressive Club, 866 H. Tremont Ave. Joseph Hubergritz, violin; Groveman Ensemble, Sohriftman dancers and Cotkin Trio, Dancing till dawn. CONCERT and Vetcherinka given by Sac- 68 ent. Surprises. Ger- Festival Club, 101 co Vanaetti Br. LL.D, at 792 Tremont Ave. Adm. 20c, Excellent program arranged. ENTERTAINMENT and Dance given by the Advance Guard Club, 936 B, 163th St. GALA Concert and Dance given by Pel- ham Py ay Br. F.S3.U. at 2179-A Whit) Plains |. at 8:30 p.m. Dance Orchestra. (Brooklyn) LL.D. Scottsboro Br. will hold a” party at Comrade Kushners house, 1491 Lincoln Place. Apt. 3. BORO PARK Workers Club, 4704-—18th Ave. banquet and entertainment for the lub charter. BANQUET and Concert’ at the Benson- hurst Workers Center, 2006—T0th St., cele- rating the 4th Anniversary of the Wo- men’s Council 33, “GREET Bronwsville Workers Banquet at 1813 Pitkin Ave. Comrades g its place as the leading force |; Adm. 25¢. | JOH! School* | | Me . | Dancin ir given by the LL.D. Coney is and BIR Heywood Br. at aris! Center, Brighten and Coney | Toles section and Bill Haywood Br. at Sunday | ‘The Followers of Nature witl hike to Jac~ jobs Ladder, Meet at Van Cortlandt Park tion, 10 a.m. ke to Roman Bathe, Sta, of Van Cortlandt Sub- Fore 300. Lender, Harry R PEN Fofum at Tot t 108 E. 14th St, Workers Music Degeyter Orchestra, Pinnish d Daily Worker Choruses; Libers- Dancing; 15 W. dvance; at door 36e, Radio Danos at Place. Adm. 100, ents ernational Br. “Struggle h 8. 8 p.m.| | M rd a New Theatre” at ol for Social Research given by re Magazine, Speakers: A. Kreyme Strassberg, Michael Blanhford, r John Ryman, Alfred Saxe. RICHARD B. MOORE will speak on “The ro People in the Struggle Against Fes- "ab the Workers School Forum, 00 3. ‘2 Gain by Soviet ide Workers Forum, 100th Bt.) Aurpices ide unite, |r West E by Oakley Johnson on “Will ‘alist War Polnt the Way Out of the at Steve Katovis Br. LL.D. at 18 » 8 p.m. ‘OWN Workers Olub, ood Band, Adm. 18s. JM given by Daily Worker 1L Clintoa n Ave. at 2 p.m. mary Dance Means | hibition on, Hunger, Pascism and | War at Jobn Reed Ciub, 430 Sixth Ave. Datly 1 to 7 and Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. |ARD GIMON, formerly with the eat speak on Tho Art and i , St p.m, Mat Harlem Workers School, 200 h St, 3:30 pm. Maria Halberstedt k on Lessons from Rise of Fas- Germeny for the Negro People, FORUM given by Red Pront and at 95 Avenue B. Alfred Morrie will on the Recognition of the Soviet einway Hall, SALAZAR will lecture at Mutualtste Obrera Mexicans, 46 B. 116th St. JOHN STRACHEY vill lecture om “Ont- 136th | headquarters, 35 B. 12th p.m. Tom ‘Truesdale will} | speak on “The Scottshoro Case.” Adm. 150 SPOSTUM op “How to Pight Wi ig . Youth Club, 1598} ness of the Theatre at Young Amerios | 113 W. 57th st.| fuse and Pascian” under auspices of Jotn Reed Club ot City College Auditorium, 28rd Mt. and Lexington Ave. at 2 p.m. Michael Gold, chairman. THE Negro Question and lecture by Tom ‘Trusdale at Workers Club, 3983—-3rd Ave. at 3:30 pint. COMMUNIST PARTY FORUM, Bhgeo Biondell will lecture on ‘The New Phase of the Revolution, Ave. at 8:30 p.m. OPEN FORUM on Wai tinsky at Mt. Eden Wo: 14th Bt. at 3 p.m by Dr. Appel on = dues tion and Birth Control » Forum League, 1473 Boston Rd, at 8:30 p.m OPEN FORUM given by Tremont Pring ian in the Z, ® Bronx at 2075 Hinton Glub, 866 Tremont Ave. Universe” a 8:90 p.m LE on nployment ‘cera Club, 3092 Ingura: Hull Ave., cor, SUPPER and ertal Unit 17, Bec. 5 at #02 Home tervale). Proceeds for Workers Cen mission 256. by Dr. H. J. Zlotkin on “edith During the Crisis” at Intwor Youth, tub, 1018 B. Tremont Ave. at 8:30 p.m. LROTURE given by Women's Counvila 1 4 25 on “German Situation” by Mary stadt, 4109-—13th Ave., Brooklyn... NCING every Sunday night st "Pros. Workers Culture Club, {59 Sumner Ave, Brooklyn, from § p.m. to 1 4m VILLE Workers School ¥orum Oharies Alexander will lecture on “Revolu- tionary Background of the Negro People and the tasks of the White Workers” st 1613 Pitkin Ave. at 8 p.m. OPEN PORUM on Recent Lynch Terres at Brighton Workers Center, Brighton: ent Coney Island Ave., 3 p.m. Adm. free. by Coney Island Bec. L1.D. UNIT HOUSE given hy Unit 16, Seq, ti a W215 Mermaid Ave. Apt, 3-A at § pam. CELEBRATION of the 16 years bx! Russian Revolution sf Stilwell Ave. era Center, 1639 Stilwell Ave., Interesting program. Adm. 23¢. BORO Park Workers Club, 470419 Ws having @ dance. Good band, Adm. Newark COUNCIL of Working Women will bet ® concert and package party on Seturdag, Dec, 16 at South End Club, 818 Ave. Admission 3c. Boston RED Shindig given by the Distriet Worker Comm. on Dec. 16 at 7:30 pm. Dudley St. Opera House, 113 Dudley 84, | Roxbury, on Saturday, Dec. 16, 7:30 p.m. TEA PARTY arranged by the Wi Ent and North End Party units on Sunday, De- j cember 17 at 93 Stamford Bi, MURIEL COLBY will speak at the Jobr Reed Olub, 825 Boyston St., 3 p.m. Sunrise, Dec. 17 on Contemporary Spanish Litera- ture, Adm. 25¢. Hartford, Conn. CONCERT of Instrumental and Veee! Music at Agora Hall, $20 Ann 8. on Son- day, Dec, 17 at 3 p.m. Philadelphia JAMES W. FORD will speak at ® mass meeting on the Relationship Between the Beottsboro Case and the German Nazi Ter- rorigation, at U.N.LA. Hall, 2109 W. Colum- bia Ave. on Sunday, Dec. 17, 30 p.m. T.U.U.C. Dance and Midnight supper or Sat. Dec. 16 at New Garrick Hall, 507 & et &, Adm. 2c. | yiaatsm Comedy ( | ADDED | FEATURB LAST 7 DAYS—DON'T MISS SEETNG SHOLOM LEICHEM’S “LAUGHTER THROUGH TEARS” English Titles). & Soviet Production | SOVIETS SING AND DANCE &| Metot Mon. “| (obri) Children tse Direction “Ry | Ann Harding \]in “The Right to Romance” and 2nd week of “Roxy's Sch sade" ROBERTA A New Musical Comedy NEW AMSTERDAM Theatre, West 4tnd St. Evs, $1-$3; Mats. Wed. &Sat.50e-$2.50, plus tax THE ANTI-WAR PLAY PEACE ON EARTH | Repertory » 1th St, Evenings 8:45; Mats, Wed. & 8 WA. 9-7450, PRICES: 80¢ to $1.50. No tax SECOND EDITION BTHE ROAD By GEORGE MARLEN ‘ A Communist - Novel Against Fascism - - ~ $150 REDSTAR PRESS P. 0. Box 67, Sta. D, New York LEARN RUSSIAN From An Exp Teacher, Mrs. 80 E. 95th St, Phone: Brooklyn Slocum 6-8782 @ Lecture., vy the Struggle for Power” and JOHN ST SUNDAY, DEC, 12, 3 P. M. 4 The story ef Stenks Resin__The most romantte revolutionary hero of old Russia VOLGA AMERICAN axo CAMEO THE THEATRE GUILD presents— EUGENE O'NEILL’s COMEDY AH, WILDERNESS! with GEORGE M. COHAN GUILD nt W. of Biway Ey.8.20 Mats. Thurs.@S8at2.20 MOLIERE'S COMEDY WITH MUSIC The School for Husbands with Osgood PERKINS—June WALKER EMPIRE ‘Thea., 40 St..By. 8.40Mats.Thors.&Sat240 MAXWELL ANDERSON’S Ni PREMIERE ¢ 4and Bt.|25 to 1 PB, & Bway|Mon, to Pri. aur sca MARY OF SCOTLAN with HELEN PHILIP HELEN HAYES MERIVALE MENKEN 82d St., W. of Bway ats. Thar.&Sat. 2.80 Philharmonic - Symphony HANS LANGE, consuctee AT CARNEGIE BALI 1. At. at 2:0 (Students’ ©, FP. E. BACH—VAUGHAN WILLL RAVEL—RIMSKY-KORSAKOFF ARTHUR JUDSON Mgr. (Steinway Piano) author of “The Coming “The Menace of Fascism” RACHEY on “Culture and Fascism” MIKE GOLD--Chairman CITY COLLEGE AUDITORIUM 23rd ST, & LEX. AVE. Reserved seats 35c, 50c and $1, on sale at door ALFRED KREYMBORG, THIS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1993—8:30 P. Me Playwright and Poet, SYMPOSIUM: Toward A New Theatre | CHAIRMAN __ SPEAKERS Michse Biankfort (Theatre Union); Lee Strasberg (Group Theatre); Virgil Geddes house Association); AT THE NEW SCHOOL 66 West 12th Street, New York—Auspices: New Theatre Magazine Tickets 36-50-75 comts. (Brookfield Players); John Lym Alfred Saxe (Repertory Play~ (Workers oratory Theatre) FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH “| ‘On sale at Workers Bookshop, 50 E. 15th St., N.V.C, THIS SPORTSEVENT OF THE BOSSES | ISNT AN ORDINARY ONE-IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS ARRANGED To TAKE TUE BYES OF THE WORKERS FROM THE MARIN /* FRAME-UP, AND TM SURE IF SUCCESSFUL THE BOSSES Witt FOLLOw tf UP uted A COMPANY UNION ATO WAGE CUTS— COMRADES, WELL LPATE (N THIS THING! WE'LL DRAW PLANS RIGHT HYOUR PLAN IS WORKING FINES! I SEE VISIONS OF (V GREAT FuTURe pe T'S @ WHIZ, TZ THAT PROF. 15 A MARVEL ~ Mie onoresson’s PLAN IS BEING DIS- CussED IN THE SECTION OFFICE OF THE 6.R FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE