The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 18, 1933, Page 5

DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1933 Page Five WwW HA T WORLD! By Michael Gold ae ‘They have called it a trial of the Communists on the charge of having set fire to government buildings. But we know these trials: Sacco and Vangetti are fresh in our minds and hearts. Tom Mooney 1s still in jail because of a similar trial, and the Scottsboro boys are in the midst of another. I say “similar” advisedly, because the Reichstag fire trial is different from the past and current frame-up trials in the United States; there is no appeal possible for the four fearless Communist defendants. And the mass of German workers, tinlike the workers of this country, cannot raise its clenched. fist of protest without immediate bloody suppression by the Nasi butchers. ‘The great heart of the German working class lives and grows daily in power. But it must work underground, no public protest ts possible. Yes, the workers of the world are familiar with these “trials.” Millions of people have been taught by such trials that the capitalist court is merely another instrument of oppression in the hands of a master class, an ex- tension of the blackjack, machine gun and gas bomb which police use against strikers. ‘The Nazis needed an excuse for their massacre and torture of working class Jews and Communists. They created one by burning down the Reichs - tag and framing up Ernst Torgler, a leader of the German Communist Party, along with several Bulgarian Communists. ‘The frame-up collapsed, as all of them eventually do. The Nazi proee- cutor, in his summing-up, has had to drop the charges against Dimitroff and the Bulgarians. But he has asked for the death penalty for Ernst Torgler. A lame conclusion to his summary was certainly made by this petty Herod of the Nazi regime: “The nature of Torgler’s participation in the arson has not been re- yealed in this trial. But considering Torgler’s Communist activity in the past, if I add everything together I come to the conclusion that in some sort of fashion he had an active part in the deed.” And the little Nazi Herod finished in a burst of that vile hypocrisy which has become a feature of capitalist decay. According to the New York Herald Tribune, “Werner appealed to the court to render a just and im- partial verdict, saying, ‘May God grant you power and insight for this task,’ and asking the court to consider nothing but justice, ‘that Justice which is the best pillar -of our state’.” No wonder the brave Dimitroff, whom the sadist Naai leader Goering promised openly to hang after this “trial,” laughed aloud so often and uproariously that the upright judge rebuked him. The whole proletarian world laughed from China to Peru, a deep ‘bitter laugh which some day the Nazis will be impaled upon, as by red spears. ‘This justice! thi¥ capitalist justice in Germany, in Alabama, this Ku Klux lynching justice! S bigs prosecutor had to make a case out against Torgler. There was no real evidence to go on, except for the clumsy perjury of a squad of stam- mering stupid Nazi gunmen. So the prosecutor delved into Torgler’s past, and tried to point the portrait of an evil life. ‘When one reads this part of his speech, one marvels at the depths of ihe Nazi mind. Even as_yeported briefly in the New York Tribune, the prosecutor described nothing but a life of proletarfan honor and social passion and self-won intellect, “Werner recounted in detail the story of Torgler’s career from the time of his birth 40 years ago in a poverty-stricken working-class family in Berlin. “Torgler’s mother, according to the prosecutor, encouraged her son in ,s the study of Sodialist doctrine, and he could never reconcile himself to the fact that a working class child, however gifted, could not obtain the same educational advantages as-could a child of wealthy parents.” And so the Nazis want to hang Torgler for this sin. They would also have hung Jack London, and Robert Burns, and Maxim Gorky, and every other proletarian genius who felt in youth the burning horror of a world where the Working-Class mind is darkened and suppressed by poverty! { “With a brilliant school record behind him,” says the Tribune in fur- fer reporting the prosecutot’s speech, “Torgler sought to become a school sacher, but his fanaily’s straitened circumstances prevented, and he had va go to work as a clothing store salesman. “Originally a member of the Social Democratic Party, he left them during the war because in the Reichstag they voted to stand behind the Kaiser.” And this, too, is a erkme in the eyes of the Nazis. But in the eyes of the world masses this, an@all that theprosecutor has said, presents the portrait of a true proletarian, struggling for self-education against all the great social odds, becoming a Socialist so that a better world might be born where ail children would be equal, then leaving his party when it betrayed the working class during the war, and with others, forming a new honest proleterian party, the Communist Party. + * . RGLER'S old working-class mother, who brought her son to Socialism, ‘was there all through the trial, brave as her son. Van der Lubbe, the weak degenerate whom the Nazis have used as a “ stool-pigeon in this trial, heard the death penalty called for on him in the same stupor as he has showed all during the proceedings, He has been drugged, all observers report, and is not aware of what is happening to him. The Nazis will kill him-off to get rid of a possibly dangerous tool. Dimitroff laughed agaim and again at the prosecutor's summary, It is he who has given the world @ spectacle the Nazis never counted on. He has taken this trial which ‘they intended as a frame-up of Communism, and made it into a great forum and sounding-box to trumpet to the world the message of Communism. Dimitroff and Torgler have given a classic example of how true Com- munists conduct themselves in a capitalist court. On trial for their lives, surrounded by the filthy pack of brown-shirt perjurers, hypocrites, gun- men, torturers, and cynical Sadists, these great spirits, noble and monu- mental as our own John Brown, have fought not to save their own lives, but to defend their Communist ideals. ‘This trial was intendedaby the Nazis to finish off Communism. But it has helped spread the Communist flame. It is a trial that has made revo- Nutionary history. Every German worker discusses it afid feels its inspira- tion. Communism has livef™in that courtroom. The workers of the world are moving to the aid of Ernst Torgler and his fellow-defendants. The Letpzig trial is not over; it has only begun. lelping the Daily Worker through Michael Gold. Contributions received to the credit of Michael Gold in his Socialist +) competitiza with Dr. Luttinger, Edward Newhouse, Helen ‘Luke, Jacob Burok a1 Del to raise $1,000 in the $40,000 Daily Worker Drive: arour ‘Jerman Painters... 2.00Mrs. Fuller . Br each . ws. 100G. T. Hill, Jr. Ue 5 ees ase. .25PREVIOUS TOTAL . toh. .... 4 Club, Philla......... 10.00TOTAL TO DATE Radamsky to Talk on Music in Soviet Union NEW YORK. — Sergei Radamsky,| at the Pierre Degeyter Club, 5 vorld famous tenor, who has recently | 19th St., at 9:15 p. m, ‘turned from the Soviet a Radamsky’s talk will follow a bric " ; special meeting. All readers who ar ‘sik on “Musicians and Musical Life| interested are invited to attend. Ad in the Soviet Union,” Monday night! mission is free. ‘IM MARTIN So tue pRoFEssoR's PLAN GOES OUT (NTO THE WORLD To MEET (TS FATE- WORKERS* QND THEIR ORGANIZATIONS DISCUSS IT: SPORTS CLUBS ARE ENTER ING INTO ('T~ THE YMCA, UNLOAS, SOCIALIST PARTY TAND ALL ARE-—~ [ihre cay RETIRES FROM TR DISCUSSING THE COMING COLIDAY ~ NEWS PAPERS BLAT OUT THE NEuws, ewe LE AGDFRS SPout Z ABOUT THE GENEROSITY. Concert Tonight to Aid Defense of Scottsboro Boys NEW YORK. — A concert for the benefit of the Scottsboro defense is being given under the auspices of the National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners tonight, at 8:30 P. m,, at the Community Church, 546 W. 110th St. Dr. John Haynes Holmes is con- tributing the use of the auditorium to help in the fight to free the Scotts- boro boys. Two of the artists, Theodore Fishberg and Samuel Lip- schitz, are players in the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and Emily Gresser, violinist, has played exten- sively on the concert platform in America, Canada, Germany, Holland and Austria, The program and names of the artists follow: 1. Quartet in G Minor for Strings and Piano—W. A. Mozart. Emily Gresser—Ist violin Theodore Fishberg—viola Milton Forstat—cello William Gresser—piano 2. Double Concerto in D Minor for 2 violins—J. 8. Bach, (plano accompaniment) 3. String Quartet in G Minor—Olaude Debussy. Theodore Fishberg—Ist violin Archie Fishberg—2nd violin Samuel Lipschitz—viole Tickets may be obtained at the of-| Sovi fice of the Committee, 156 Fifth Ave., at the Workers Book Shop, 50 B. 13th St. and at the Columbia Uni- versity Book Store, Broadway at 6th Bt. Philip Wittenberg will speak. N. Y. Workers School to Give 16 Classes in CommunismNextTerm NEW YORK.—The Workers School, which is now taking registration for its winter term at 35 B. 12th St., of- fers 16 classes in Principles of Com- munism. The course has been re- vised so that it approaches the sub- ject from the point of view of the Two World Systems of society, and serves as an introduction to the study of Marxism-Leninism. It aims to give the student a general under- standing of the fundamental ele- ments of the revolutionary movement of the proletariat. The economic crisis and its causes, the general crisis of capitalism, im- perialist contradictions, imperialist wars, proletarian revolution, the dic- tatorship of the proletariat, and the role of the Communist Party as the vanguard of the working class, are the main topics studied in this class. In addition to the older instructors, several new instructors will give this course. Among these are two young comrades from the Young Commu- nist League, Sam Roberts, who was @ substitute during the Fall term, and Louise Perl, who served an appren- ticeship as a co-instructor last term. Professional Group Raises $250 to Help Daily Get New Press NEW YORK.—Rallying to the aid of the Daily Worker, to help put the $40,000 drive over the top so that our paper can install the new, modern press, @ group of 250 teachers and professionals held an affair here at which $256.60 was collected for the Marie Radamsky, noted soprano, re- cently returned from the Soviet Union, contributed her talent to help make the affair successful. A spirited competition took place between the sections of the audience, divided by the center aisle, as to which would contribute the largest amount. URING the Genoa Conference in 1922, Sidebotham, one of the most thoughtful of English ‘publicists on foreign policy, speaking of the Soy- iet Delegation to the Conference, judged Maxim Maximovich Litvinoff as the most important diplomatic force in the U. 8.8. R. The British Statesman cleverly grasped the fun- damental characteristic of Litvinoff: his clear mind, which permits him to See things as they are, his strong will and his purposefulness. In 1933 that old Welsh fox, Lloyd George, warned Bitish diplomats against the machinations of Maxim Litvinoff and scared them with his talent to delude the innocent lambs of European diplomacy. He warned them not to allow this diplomat wizard to lead them astray. We do not know whether Maxim Maximovich intended to delude either rose-cheeked Sir John Simon or the Tepresentatives of British dip- , but at the root of the en- It is useless to attemt to prove that this respect is not based on any love for the head of Soviet diplomacy, but simply on an acknow- Jedgement of the fact that in the sphere of diplomacy you can’t hit the ets below the belt. Avoids Pitfalls of Now, when Litvinoff’s portrait decorates the pages of both Soviet and American newsp' while to dwell briefly not merely on those objective factors which have brought Litvinoff to the fore in world diplomacy, but also the personal qualities which parr him to speak and act on behalf of the land of the Soviets in such a manner as to win unflagging admiration. Diplomats frequently fall into the error of misunderstanding the source of their power, in attributing their success purely to their own brilliance. Litvinoff, belonging to the old guard of Bolsheviks, has along with the rest of our people, been reared in Marfxism and is therefore inpervious to such ailments which frequently tend to make even the most brilliant diplomats appear ridiculous. The exceptional victories which Soviet diplomacy has recentiy scored, which have placed her in the posi- tion of world champion and have compelled many of the hostile pow- ers to recognize our peaceful aspira- tions, have their root in the power which the Soviet Union has become a8 & result of utilizing the creative forces of our proletariat and the eae leadership of the Central mittee of our Party with Stalin at the heim, The yoice of our diplomacy has acquired stich strength because be- hind it stands the vast country grown out of an agrarian land into an in- dustrial power of the first rank; be- cause behind it stand tens of mil- lions of workers and collective farm- ers who are today consciously build- ing a new life which they are pre- pared to defend with their lives. Diplomacy by Plan The voice of our diplomacy is so powerful because behind it stands our Red Army, the only army in the world which combines political con- sciousness with up-to-date tech- nique. Our diplomacy is forceful just because it is supported by the sym- pathy of all that is best in humanity. Our diplomacy cannot miss its mark for it follows the direction and works according to the plan laid down by our Central Committee. Be- cause it works on the basis of an analysis of the situation, given by a leader such as Stalin, who, using the Marxist-Leninist method, is able not merely to determine at any given moment the disposition of an en- emy’s forces, and judge the correla- tion of their forces to ours (which is most important) but is able, through the chaotic tendencies of TUNING IN TONIGHT’S PROGRAMS WEAF—660 Ke. bee be M.—Shirley Howard, Sonss Jesters i 15 Bitty Bachelor—sketeh 7:30—Lum and Abner ‘1:43—The Goldbergs—Sketeh 8:00—Dramatic Sketch 8:30—Lawrence Tibbett, bgt pel are) eas Baritone; Concert Orch.; ‘Tran- sportations—Harvey 8. neaatenn 3 Jr. 9:00—Gypsie Orch.; Prank Parker, Tenor ee gi ts Joy, With Captain Hugh Bar- 10: on cmepeane Orch,; Lullaby Lady; Gene rator Arnold, Nai 10:30—-Marcel Rodrigo, Baritone; Concert Oreh, 11:00—Viewing the American Scene—John Erskine 11:15—Jesters Trio i 30-—Russell Orch, 2:00—Olgen Orch, ° WOR—710, Ke 7:00 F, M.—Sporte—rord Frick 1:16—News—Gabriel Heater 7:30—Terry and eatery etch 1:45—John Kelvin, ‘Te See Black ‘ond Blue—Mystery ame 4:15—Billy Jones and Ernie Here, Songs :30—Morros Musicale 00—Alfred Wallenstein’s Sonfoniette, 310-70 Be Announced 1:45-—The Witch's “15—Current: into taran Bugene Read ‘:30—Musical Revi WJZ—760 Ke, 7:00 P. M.—Amos 'n’ Andy 7:15—Baby Rose Marie, Songs 7:30—Potash and Perlmutter—Sketeh 1:45—Frances Alds, Soprano 8:00—Morin Cisters, er — Jesters; Stokes Orch.; Cliff Soul re meee Finn's noc eeunte 9 :90—Paoternack Orch.; Theodore Webb, 10:CO—World Court Justice Frank B. Kellogg, Sinciir Lewis, Author, and Others, Speaking af Dinner Celebrating 100th Anniversary of Birth of Alfred B. Nobel, ‘Swedish. Retactiat Sh ott Roosevelt 10:30—Fenrt Deering, P! 10:45—Planned Reecpopoctetary of the Interior Harold L, Ickes 11:00—Roxy's Gang 12:00—Bestor Orch, ° WABC—860 Ke. 100 P. M--Myrt and Marge 7:15—Just Plain BUl—Sketch 7:30—Travelers Ensemble 1:45-News—Boake Ca: 8:00—Green Orch.; hy ten About ‘Town Trio; Vivien Ruth, Songs &:16—News—Bdwin 0. iit Rik cand :30—Bing set Songs; Hayton 3 Mills Brothers, ‘Songs 00-—Philadelphia Orch, 18—Alexander Woollcott—-The Town Orier :80—Gertrude Niesen, Songs; Lulu Mc- ; Jones Orch. —~ AND ITIS THIS SPIRIT OF NIZING (T'S Bond wittd LaBoRr THATIS 4 GUAR ANTEE OF PROSPERITY PROFESSOR. BRIGHT Our Foreign Co MmMIissar | ——S By KARL RADEK the capitalist world, basic trend and foresee the direction of development for many years ahead both én this country and in the capi- talist world, to- Giscern ‘the : it takes.@,man of Maxim Litvinoff’s calibre and abili- ties to carry out the line of our Cen- tral Committee and the Soviet Gov in the sphere of complicated to be able to hold his own ostéle camp with such y as to compel the respect and admire- tion of his opponents. As. 1 stated above, these qualities Wete’ remarked by Sidebotham, and above :them.all, Litvinoff’s remarkable mid: At his post on the diplomatic front of our Party, Litvinoff: with piercing enting the source of our th "That's no prot ost te arty diplomacy. F than state f Jomatic struggle with the Me in which Litvinoff took a p) part, has no doubt stood hi stead, Tribute to His Personal Chatm Last but not least, we m tribute to Litvinoff for his com Common sense cant ties, but while diale marily, a deep analy tion in order to determine the tr of events, for direct practical dip- ef wear 0 4 4 Drawn by MORRIS J, KALLEM. M AXIM LITVINOFF actual proportions. His "Marxist training, combined with a, wealtlt oi experience, guards him from illusions and endows him with a sober out- But look and a calm demeanor. history has bestowed Litvinoff v another quality, gained asa 1 of the path he has followed to the pinnacle of Soviet diplomacy. As a former undergrourid “worker, who participated in the‘ feyolution- ary struggle against tsarism,*and who actually i gener the Russian pro- | st aga staunch ine_against the Mecthevtke while an emigre, M. Litvinoff has developed.a strong will and a grim determination. Tt is most interesting .to read in the old “Social-Democrat” of the scehe Which took place at the London Conference of the Entenie in Feb- ruaty 1915. Vandervelde and Mac- Donald, with whom Litvinoff's dip- lomatic duties now frequently ring him in contact, at that time would not even permit him to read the declaration of the C. C. of the Bol- shevik Party. But all the efforts of | democracy to silence the tive of the proletarian } them nothing. Now when we read. the report of that meeting we can feelshow Maxim Maximovich brought his ‘yhole weight (physical and revolutionary) to bear on the bourgeois hangers them to listen to his~ declaration. With his perseverance and his force- ful character he has neyer, permitted himself f be Jed astri “but has unswervingly adhered to our-line, the line which corresponds to Jour in- terests. Lenin once remarked jocularly, re- Tepresenta- rty gained }2forcing | L' sense. This makes it possible to of contradictio S, actor which does not, on ", exist but upon which “ai iptomat must nevertheless base mseli. Let us dwell for a moment on the t's charm. In the first p' anner is ex- ceedingly simple in diploma tic. con- . Whether engaged in the ks or in less complicated M. | work, Litvinoff never loses his good humor and equanimity, a trait most essential to a good diplomat. He can combine a fine suavity of manner with complete brusqueness should the occasion require. Suffice it to recall the scene during the session of the ratory Com mn in Geneva when this combination of manners on his part almost gave Lord Cush- endun an spoplectic fit then that an old @ man who knows the italist worfd as he | knows his right hand, who possesses an iron will, decisiveness and a fine jirind, a man who haa graduated |f{rom the school of Leninism, who represents a tremendous country s founding a new world—is I repeat, that M. M. , our Peoples Commissar of Affairs, so splendidly con- the policy of the Party and the Govern 1 compels the dip- capitalist world to ac he domain of dip- task set by Sta: | Stage and Screen : meee Monte Carlo Ballet: Russe Opens Friday Night The Monte Carlo Ballet,-Russe’ will be presented by S. Hurok-on Friday night at the St. James Theatre. ‘The company, which is making-4ts frst American appearance, includes some sixty dancers and will present twen- ty-two productions. Among-the bal- Jets to be shown will be~“Petrushka,” with music by Stravinsky; Polovtsian dances from “Prince Igor”; “hes Syl- phides”; “Costillion,” with, muste. by Charbier; Brahms’ Fourth: Symphony; Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony; ‘Le Lac des Cygnes,” with music. by Tchat- kovsky and “Carnaval,” with music by Schumann. Hurok also announces the teturn of The Piccoli, Podrecca’s marionette theatre, which will open at the Hud- son Theatre on Jan. 8, for a fare- well engagement. Several new variety numbers have been added to the pro- gram presented here last season. The Kroll-Prinz-Sheridan Trio will present a program of Brahms, Mozart evening. “Jezebel” Opens Tuesday At Ethel! Barrumore; “The First Apple” Friday At Booth bel,” a drama of the old South by Owen Davis, will have its premiere on Tuesday night at the Ethel Barry- more Theatre with Miriam Hopkins in the principat role. Others in the cast include Robert Wallsten, Cora Witherspoon, Frances Creel and Frederic Worlock. ‘No Mother To Guide Her,” a re-| vival of the play by Lillian Mortimer, will open on Thursday night at the Belinont Theatre, with a company of fifteen midget players, Lynn peer comedy, “The First Apple,” is announced for Friday night at the hea Theatre with Conrad Nagle as the star. Irene Purcel, Spring Byington, Nana Bryant and Albert Van Dekker are in the supporting cast. “Ten Minute Alibi,” the melodrama, which has been playing at the Barry- more, will be transferred this evening to the Bijou Theatre, VADES Ca DANS OF STRIFE - AND CUSTOMS by QUIRT MY FRIENOS, A NEW SPIRIT PER— IN CHESE OLD Laws ARE BREAKING UP Cea erraus™ uous and irritating of“diplo- | cy we have already fulfilled the | freiheit chorus nal lines of the nday night in ng many ou come to hear Republic, nest, most began. The ed that this represent The a ulture. ht to hear t teel and fire and roism, with the mor and valid anticism that es with the words “New Soviet great deal of this music tie quality, has ad, this is what! When Ash- ley | put j the the interpre- led in the f the win- 1d Instead we heard aw mod- shadow of Liszt, empty, sonorities, a plodding, The whole, short w dull. In this stodgy ere asked to see, first, the; torical background of Russia; sec- le of the reyo- of determination was not the slightest correla- tion between the ambitious program note and the theatrical banality of “Chorale.” The concert had Phen came the third quartet of . Chronologically this is| ed to be a recent composition. rtheless this quartet has been | sed at least a hundred times This is not paradoxical. dates in form to the era, while its harmonic So undistinguished that it ed to reflect the personality composer except a8 and -me-down 2 anck. It's 1 sentimental tri The | | Openi: legro” even gets tired of | being fast and goes for a rest into }a boudoir hung with pictures of the is of Russian mi Medtner, Rachmaninoff and Gretch~ | aninoff, The ‘second movement, \" ‘Theme and Variations,” takes a/ | simple folk-like theme and puis it | through academic capers and a stage- |prop-moon romanticism. ‘This is} Miaskowsky musically hitched to the j Bast, usite famine, of Socii Ir the roar of steam shovels and the | laughter of Soviet children in a fac- | tory nursery, We honor him for having stayed on in the U.S.S.R., for his faith in the new life that wrenched him from:the old. But this | pretty, inane music with its polite- | ness and embroidery, its crutches of the past, is surely not music of the revolutionary proletariat. Next came Vitacek’s “Sonata” for violin and piano, Here was a young Soviet composer—24 years of age— all his education received in Russia. The same hopes and the same let- down. Thematically weak and un- original, it drew its substance, such as it was, from assorted troughs. A little bit of French modernism with emphasis on Ravel, a little bit of Scriabine, a memory of Wagner, a little bit of Viennese operetta and a whole lot of movie dramatics. No- | Where a bite, a thrust, a living pulse, nowhere even the occasional great AMUSE THE THEATRE with GEORG! GUILD THEATRE EXTRA MATINEE: MAXWE! MARY OF with HELE! HAYES ALVIN THEATRE College, a con- | ~ | breathing grown out of the| viet — Such a vn at the piano and | e planist’s fingers to| of list construction, | 2nd St., West of Brosi Matinees Thursday Panair MERIVALE send 8t., Matinees Thursday ani EXTRA MATINEES CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR'S DAY |Praise Powerful Singing of ed’ Songs by Freiheit Chorus | patterns of purely decorativ music. The ‘Third unental Qu of surprise. atmosphere as Lekeu, ©! post-Franc Red Poppy popular to put Giiere consis bacl throw into strices which relief the | sincerit; namism of social upheaval. The idiom of the work is Wagner and Strauss with an occasional lapse into the eclectic Russianism of Tschaikowsky Nevertheless it is unified and terse says something impressively and stays awa ym the powder puffs and gly- cerine tears of Miaskowsky. day, when Gliere breaks off his too- ms and conventional and rolls up his sleeves, he may write a work that will make us as proud of him as we are Shostakovich and Mossoloy, The account is clear and the sum- when it comes to the t “Freiheit Gezang Farein,” by Comrade Schaefer, ’ throats sang revo~ lutionary songs erbly, led by # worker who has learned to 6 high and fine degree the art of choral | writing, conducting and interpreting. |My neighbor leaned over when -the |Fretheit chorus had gone through Davidenko's “Red Cavalry Song” and said “I was wondering where the | tev olution Was before, I hear it now.” Besides the vigorous musical ex- | cellence of the chorus there yas play- ing of a commanding order by all the instrumentalists. It is a pity that for the most part they had 60 little | reat material with which to work. | GEORGE MAYNARD. For the Pierre Degeyter Ciub nnd Workers Music League. conducted Scores of workers Trade Union Members ito See ‘Peace on Earth’ | Tonite and Tomorrow YORK—Monday and Tues- have been selected . as jon nights at “Peace on Karth” the anti-war play at the Civic | Repertory Theatre. Members of trade unions can obtain, at reduced rates, | tickets for these nights from_ their j union headquarters, from the Trade Union Unity Council, or the Worker: Book Shop. It is interesting to note that one jof the incidents prominent in the action of “Peace on Earth” has just been duplicated in actuality in Ner Haven, Conn., where two Yale stud- ents were arrested for their activities in behalf of a foundry strike now go- ing on. As in the play the authori- ties of the university declared them- selves as out of sympathy with student interference in such things. Dean Mendell refused permission for the use of the campus by Yale mem- bers of the National Student League and stated that students would not be allowed to involve the university in any way. George Sklar, one of the authors of “Peace on Earth” and a graduate of Yale, remarked on hearing of the incident, that this attitude was “typical of the age-old reactionary tradition of the university.” MENTS GUILD Presents NEW la Trade EUGENE O’NEILL’S COMEDY AH, WILDERNESS! E M. COHAN » Kvenings 8:90 6 Saturday 8:20 NEW YEAR'S DAY 1 ANDERSON’S new play SCOTLAND MENKEN Wet of Mrondway. Reaaings #94 OME — 8B An intimate view of the C EMBASSY NEWSREEL % — REAR! “LITVINOFF MEETS AMB ASSADOR LONG” omissar when he called on | the American Ambaseador in Rome. THE NEW REVOLT IN SPAIN and other interesting items. THEATRE fy sear ANY SEAT, 25c, ANY TIME Tonight--Trade Union Night THR ANTI-WAR FLAY by the authors of “MERRY-GO-ROUND” SIDNEY HOWARD 5: ‘The Onty | Stirring and Timely in Town” | Civic Repertory Theatre, 14th St, & 6th Ave. Evenings 8:45; Mats. Wed. & Sat, 2:30 | WA, 9-7450, PRICES: 200 to $1.50, No tax Roland YOUNG and Laura HOPE OREWS in “Her Master’s Voice” esi TH AVE. PLAYHOUSE, near 13th ST. “ROAD TO LIFE” (The Wild Children of Russis) English Titles Beginning Thars., “KUHLE WAMPE” or “WHITHER GERMANY” 800 1-6 p. m.; 400 Evenings BEACON, N, Y. Make Rservations Now Cars Leave 10:30 A. M. Daily 7100 SPECIAL CAR PEACE ON EARTH. Christmas at CAMP NITGEDAIGET Sledding! Ice Skating! Hiking! Skiing! Dancing! Heated Gym! Gala Xmas Program! Join the Fun! TASTY WHOLESOME FOOD Bronx Park Kast, Bstabrook #-1408 SCHEDULES | TAST 8 DAYS OF SOVIET COMEDY } SHOLOM _ “fanshter ALEICHEM'S Tears” Yiddish Talking with Koglish Titler \ —Special Added Feature— “SOVIETS SING AND DANCE” ACME THEA. 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