The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 7, 1934, Page 5

| CHANGE | —=THE—— | WORLD! By Michael Gold in Jail For Us EVER must we forget the class war prisoners. of resolutions, very easy to forget them. These men and women go to jail fighting for the cause of working-class justice. They go from picket lines, free speech, struggles, anti-Nazi demonstrations, into the “houses of the dead.” But on the outside the fight goes on, and comrades are often too busy to remember their comrades who were snatched away. The greens to force recognition of the special status of political 4 prisoners started by the National Committee for Political Prisoners to \ help our saieain in jail was reviewed here briefly a week or so ago. | And now come two highly interesting letters on this subject, one from ' & prisoner in a Southern jail, a white worker who fought against those who oppress our Negro comrades; the other from a miner who con- tracted tuberculosis in jail ‘Hoe is on = passions just the same. From a Southern Jail “I. have, with the greatest of interest, read in your column in the ‘Daily’ of the plans made by the National Committee, in reference to reading matter for political prisoners. I greet this plan in the heartiest manner. I also want to thenk you personally for driving this plan forward, through the prominence you are giving it in our press. “Tn my case, before starting my six months sentence, I made elaborate plans for a thorough study of Marx and Lenin while here. This idea drove the heavy sentence almost into insignificance. I thus broutht with me an ample supply of rending matter. Imagine how I felt when all of my material has been confiscated. Luckily I am getting-the ‘Daily’ in here regularly and I am able to follow events, But for theoretic reading and study, I am spiritually condemned— ‘nay, I feel even worse than executed. One book by John Dos Passos and H. G. Wells’ “Outline of History,” is all I could pick among this conglamoration of intellectual junk, I am of the opinion that those two mentioned books give the authors little credit to have been placed in this library. “I hope that this campaign the N. C. undertook will be hastened and worked with the greatest of speed, throughout the country. “Tam in here serving a six-menths sentence growing out a fight against the Jim Crow law in this state. I am a white worker who “jumped at the throat of the oppressor of the Negro masses.”—L. B. * * * ° Letter From a Fighting Miner HE second letter is from Leo Thompson, who was sent up for two - years for his organization work in the 1931 mine strike in Wash~- ingion County. He contracted T.B. in the filthy hole where they sent bim, and now is up North, “trying to fight the T.B. bugs.” * Zils letter has the fine militant ring of ell such proletarians. It is a spirit that no Hitler or Henry Ford will ever crush. The working class can never be defeated. It may lose many battles, but it will win the i Good luck to you, Comrade Leo, and may that dauntless heart of yours go pumping courage until every one of capitalism's t.b. germs have taken the count of ten. Here is his letter: I have read about the case of Comrade Weinstein in Sing Sing with great interest. I understand, yes, I FEEL the imperdiive need of immediate, concrete action for the daily assistance of the growing hundreds of class-war victims who are serving long-time sentences all over the country. I have gotten this understanding through per- sonel experience; for I am an ex-political myself. Seven months ago I finished serving a two-years’ term in one of usiest and toughest jails in Pennsylvania. I was sent up because y activities as organizer of the striking miners in Washinzton in the 1931 strike. I found that I contracted T.B., and, as six of these past months I am confined in a T.B. sanatorium iddle-western state—and I’m still here. Fighting tuberculosis thtful experience compared to doing time in that inferno otf the Melions—so use your imagination to get an inkling of what our cormredes have to go throuzh. Twenty-year old Eddie Sherwood is still there, serving the last year of his three to six year term. When young Eddie “hits the bricks” again my guess is he will be a human wreel". Count & result, 1 congratulate the National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners for having undertaken a campaign for the recog- nition of the status of political and labor prisoners as such. It should in my opinion, together with the LL.D. and other workers’ and farmers’ organizations, endeavor to make the American public keenly conscious of growing numbers of men and women doing time fn various penal institutions merely for fighting for the most elementary economic and civil rights. We must make the masses intensely conscious of the sadistically inhuman and brutalizing systems of punishment exist- ing RIGHT NOW ‘in the hell-holes and dungeons of “democratic, civilized” America. I, for one, could relate personal experiences and eye-witness accounts that would be shocking to say the least. We must expose the fakery of such self-styled ‘liberal, humanitarian’ peno- logists like Warden Lawes of Sing Sing, who is systematically spread- ing many jllusions through his ghost-written bocks and commercialized radio-bvoadcasts about the humaneness of prison conditions in this country. Warden Lawes is making a fine racket out of his brand of penal ‘humianitarienism.’ Many unsuspecting, gullible Americans really believe that the ‘big house’ on the Hudson is a second edition of the Waldorf-Astoria. If the facts were known to them, they would become cruelly disillusioned. Without exaggeration, we would need another Dante to give the world a realistic picture of the American Inferno— life behind prison wee Concrete Gusneunne “Concreiely, what can the Natfonat Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners and the I.L.D. do in the way o! material, tangible resuits? The most.importent thing is to maintain permanent contact with our comrades behind bars, who are practically stranded in totally. different world from that which we know on the outside. The bourgeoisie tries systematically to destroy the vanguard of the working class by demoralizing its most militant and obstinate fighters. In so doing, the bourgeoisie tries to intimidate the revolutionary workers, intellectuals and sympathizers who are still “free.” Inside of the prison walls, the despicable flunkeys of the bourgeois state try to paralyze the militancy of our comrades throucth various methods. The best antidote for counteracting this paralyzing demoralization is a continu- ous, healthy contact of our imprisoned comrades with the outside world.’ “How can this contact be established and maintained? Just as we try to develop a corps of workers’ correspondents to the Dafiy Worker —in the same way, we must develop correspondents who will steadily keep in touch with cur comrades in prison. Even if the lettevs are brief and personal—without political news—it is really remarkable how a mere letter refreshes the morale of a man behind bars. It gives him new strength, new confidence, and beats back the danger of melancholia, cynicism and acute pessimism. “The question of reading material, as Comrade Weinstein says, is next to the food in importance for political prisoners. Many of us yould be glad to miss two days’ meals for a single copy of the Daily Worker. Here's an interesting personal experience. In my entire two years of prison life, I have succeeded in getting only one copy of our Daily—which was smuggled in; I still don’t know how or by whom. You should have seen how this single copy of the Daily was recived by our comrades. I could hardly wait until I was. safely locked up in my cell and out of the sight ot the ‘screws’ (prison slang for guards). By the time we all got through reading it, I suppose most of us almost knew each article by heart. _ “Now the question of financial assistance. While in the outside world small things like matches, chewing and smoking tobacco, tooth- paste, postage, stationery, etc, are taken for granted—when you are in prison these small things assume a mountain of importance. Some inmates would rather have a tailor-made cigarette than a whole meal. A permanent fund, sustained by regular donations and pledges trom mass organizations and individuals, must be organized seriously— and not in the slip-shod hit-or-miss way it is handled until now. This is especially important in cases of new comrades who are not steeled with an indomitable loyalty to the movement and whose morale can very easily be broken down. ~ “In conclusion, Mike, I do hope you will devote more of your wane dawnde? ua ora kate Ca a ee prisoners. Meanwhile, I am trying hard to ‘liquidate’ these d: TB. Toigaieeg that "Y onsi: ence awoce take ‘my toenier place ia! Geo revolutionary movement, “Comradely yours, “LEO THOMPSON.” Tt is, despite the best | DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1934 T “New Deal” is putting the penniless boys and girls of the country into forced labor camps. Until now the Federai government) has paid entirely for these camps, but } now State and Federal officials are displaying interest in “self-help” or- ganizations. These are so called ment from the | financing them. | Certain Texas officials have de- veloped one such camp—Diga Colony. newspapers all over the United States as the “medel” transient camp, and it is run on a “self-help” basis. Diga Colony hudd'es miserably in the middle of a hot, dusty prairie. | It is far enough from San Antonio to keep the wealthy from worrying about the germs that flies might carry into the city. Rich visitors and the like come out on slumming parties. For the most part, it is desolate ex- cept for the trains that go rushing by at intervals, screeming out shrill salutes to the 200 or so inhabitants. The colony dates back to“ last October, when @ small band of bonus marchers drifteed in from Washing- ton, too discouraged and exhausted te go farther. The rich people of the city were irate because they did not see why the expesition grounds should be cluttered up with such camps. They demanded that scme- thing be done. An oil company, sens- jing inexpensive publicity, donated 29 jacres of land. The Miscouri Pacific Railway company gave 50 box cars to the colony. Construction was com- pleted within a short time. From the first, the colony operated under military discipline. The rules jae made by its sponsors, and those merely because they free the govern-| responsibility of | For six months it has been lauded in| i | i ee A group of the children in Di elders, are being regimented by By LOUISE PREECE Diga, the “Model” Transient Camp in Texas | iga County, Texas, who, like their the Keosevelt “New Deal.” who abide there must obey all of them without question. leavewithout a pass, im against arrest a e same tim whereabouts during hs a call is sounded each mi men must report ready 4 men are assigned to labor TUNING IN SHORT WAVE CLUB TONIGHT A special membership meeting of held at the Middle Bronx Workers’ at 8:30. TONIGHT’S PROGRAMS | WEAF—660 Ke P.M.—Martha Meers, pte S—Billy Batchelor, sketch :00—Jack Pearl, comedian; Van Steendan's | Orchestra 2—Wayae King’s Orchestra 0—Trowy:dours Oreh.; Bernice Claire }0—Fred Allen's Revue, and Ferde Grote Barnyard music, with mals quartetie 20—Sena‘or William E. Borah ‘00—Emil Celeman’s Orchestre | i1:15—The Post Prince 11:90—ack Denny's Orchestra rey vais WOR—710 Ke 7:00 P.M.—Sports, Ford Frick 15—Hollywood stars ‘30—Will Osborne's Orch.; R. Harris, soloist i | | | } | { i 8:15—Billy Jones and Ernie Hare s—"Lavender and Old Lace” 00—Heywood Broun and Sigmund Spaeth 0—Dorothy Miller and Garfield Swift 0—DeMarey Girls 10:15—Harlan E. Read | 19;30—Willard Robison Orchestra 1600—Mconheams A:30—One Nelson's Orchestra WIZ—760 Ke P.M.—Amos 'n’ Andy ¥. 7:15—John Herrick, songs 30—Potash é& Pezimutter 45—Irene Rich, Hollywood 00—Mystezy Drama: ‘7 Lovely Butchers” 8:30—lste Hitz and Nick Dawson §:45—Sketch: “Red Davis” 9:00—Prison sketch with Warden Lawes 9:00—John McCormack; Wm. Daly’s Orch. 00—Musical Cruiser; Lopez's Orchestra 30—-A Dickens Pageant with Wm, Lundell ‘00—Pickens Sisters 15—Robert Royce, tenor 11:30—Julle Stein's Orchestra 11:45—Buddy Rogers’ Orchestra Cae aa WABC—860 Ke. 7:00 P.M.—Myrt and Marge | T1S—YJust Plain Bar" 7:30—Jim Kemper, comedy | 7:45—News, Boake Carter ews 8:30—Albert Spalding and Conrad Thibault; Orchestra 9:00—Stokowski’s Orchestra ; Burns, Allen 00—Ted Plorita’s Orchestra; Dick Powell ‘30—Current events 45—Kostelanets Orch.; Evelyn MacGregor ‘S—Five Rhythm Spirits }0—Little Jack Little's Orchestra the Workers’ Short Wave Club will be/ Club, 432 Claremont Parkway, tonight | Reviewed by HERBERT IN VIEW of the taxi dr! in New York, one of the le: articles in the February Labor Ur is of paramount importance—I refc to the one by D. Davis on the recen The article is esp: York because it hat F. of L. leaders did with the Phila- WHAT’S ON | Wednesday “THE SOVIET UNION,” lecture by G. senfeld, at Edith Berkman Br., LL.D. | Boston Road. Open meetins- |_ “The Situeticn in Germany,’ |, Mins at Yorkvilis le Br, F.S.U., Temple, 243 B. S4ta St,, at.8 p.m. Lecture. on the, ©. W. A. at the Geor, Dimitroff Br. LL.D., at Spy Oal Ttoo all, 3077 Westchester Ave., Bronx, at 8:30 p.m. Admission free. Open Branch meeting and lecture of Wi ter Rojck Br. ILD. 82 Graham Brooklyn, at 8:30 p. m. H. White ture on “What is happening in # today.” Admission fr Prospect Workers vard, Open Forum. Report on P. S. U. Convention. Helen Lints will re: Unemployed Conference tn Wa: [STORY OF CLASS WAR PRI! by Paul Miller at Tom Mooney Br. = E, 13th St., at 8:15 p. m. Admis- TLD Chorus mects at 2239 Church Ave, Brooklyn, at 8:15 p. m. All welcome. “THE CHINESE AGRARIAN QUESTION,’ will be presented ond discussion led by Conrad Komorowski. Friends of Chinese Pecple, 198 W. 23rd St., Room 12, at 8:39 p. m. Admission free. REH®ARSAL DAILY WORKER CHORUS, 35 B. 12th St., 5th floor, at 8 p. m. Every member must be present. | CONCERT & 1. ; Onemployet Conf | 2874 Weest 17tn 8 . ETING, report on at Workers Club, Thursday LL.D. BAZAAR DELEGATES will meet at | Manhattan Lyeccem, 66 E. 4th St., at 7:99 p. m. All delegates from branchecs and | mass organizations must bring in all ads, | sreetings, ete. Reegister your booth. This is the last meeting. LECTURE on “School System on N. | by J. Begun at Intwor Youth Club, i ‘Tremont Ave., at 8:30 p. m. Admission 10c. * * Milwaukee, Wis. JOINT BAZAAR of LL.D. and T.U.U.L. on pe 2 p. midnigit “Admission, 10 cents ea Philadelohia General Transvortation | the| me | Coney Island, 8 p. m. for outs enefits to the colony. d through “Son- r cent ned over This to the not allowed to leave ‘New Vork Taxi Sirike Pa Featured i in “Labor fae e A. F. of sly norn in on the New York Fred Biedenkapp’s article answers @ by Fred Biedenkapp, | York shoe workers, | tives the answe In the South, 3 its treditional striksbre: shown is a Sou! by: the A. F. of..L, tne jend the part played by Worke: the }1934 is one of intense strug: | pecially in the Detrolt area. | John Ballam shows what has hap< med since the general silk Ke, e Notions! 's Union—how does’ it an to work in the coming days? | | These prob! ation of workers in all in-| ber of the trade un‘on de Cuba; on the Silver Shirts an t Prouvs in this country. There lare bock reviews, questions and an- swers, and a shert story. There is }% mew department, long needed in |Labor Unity—the Organizational Sec- fon, in which are dealt with such quest‘ons as “How We Organized a Ranch Committee,” by a California | sericultural worker; “How We Do | Educational Work,” by the Chicago T. U. U. C. educational director B. Jenkins and others. ‘The appearance of the magazine is attractive, with many illustrations and an especially fine cover in colors. | 1} But mili-| e| pal PIONEER, February, 1934. 24 of 1933, 3 Auto rs Union, the A. F. cf L. and) yy ay ,,| other organizctions, The pros: | ation Camps (by a } on “What I Saw-i by Henry Sheperd, Negr on lender who was @ mem-| 7 Page Five | the camp to look for work. They | are required to sew, cook, and other-/| wise engage in the occupations which require feminine skill. The children, 65 in number, are sent to to rompete with chi who come from independent | . They are given} | daily injections of patriotism, are taught to sing songs boosting the/ ‘camp as they are driven to school jin trucks. The dev elopment of Diga Col Ls the Texan Fascists hi hopes for the future. Congressman Pat Jefierson, for instance, advocates the placing of transient camps at oe railway station in order that | the 75,000 destitute men and women | jor Te: may be placed in them as } fast y come off trains and roads |“‘They should not be allowed to go | into the towns,” he has stated. “If ® person wishes to Ieave a camp, he should be allowed to beard a train | only to ride on to the next one.” | Jefferson’s idea of dealing with the | homeless is to have a “splendid” de- 1% lousing epparatus in each camp. Out- of that his chief |to be an ar to jof the camps the’ jpresent form of government. transients are a broken-down, alized lot, thinking now only preservation,” Rep. Jefferson Most of the oc ; of Diga lulled by ir temporary | nd robbed of Sprites sense | en ins of the demor- of self-| g| have net yet realized the desr: “nd danger to which their rezimented tives in the colony is subjecting them. | where, Diga| | Colony stands an ‘object lesson in | the dangers of Fascism. | | | NEW PIONEER . Price 5 cents. New | ences 35 E. 12th St., New York. eae ae a Reviewed By G. W. j | }EMPORARILY overcoming finan- | cial difficulties, the New Pioneer| hes appeared again this month in| issue that contains the same com- } tent work that has made it note- | thy among radical pubiications. we find a story | head of the} ; “We Must etch of the | | American Revolution; further adyen- | |tures of Alice in Hungerland, an en- | |saging group of sketches by Sasha | , and the usual science, stamp, | | etters, and puzzles sections. A Pp prod of a Soviet child tying on his sketes attracts the eye and This is an brightens uD the issue. | unexploited ficld in children’s maga- | A skillful use of pictures con- ‘i an child “in Hun- | rland” and the child in the Soviet Unien could do more than reams of ore abstract writing. (But a deficit $2,800 doesn’t buy many pictures, af course). It is unfortunate that there is nothing in this issue to counter- act the intensive war-drive that will be made in the coming Jingo Week n the schools. It is better to teach | the chiid the truth about the war- drive before the school system in- tensifies its work of building jingo- |‘sm. Eradicating erroneous ideas and |-hen building the corzect conceptions eee perspectives is a more difficult sask, A final word about this issue: Buy | t, read it, spread it—the only maga- zine in the movement which appeals 9 the greatest group in the country ‘aving similar immediate needs, the 70,000,000 to 12,000,000,000 American school children. By LAHN ADC ADOHMYAN be should a workers’ chorus sing? In the past, during the period of growth of Socialist choirs, almost any song was suitable for performance at a choral concert. The clacs con- flicts were not as sharp as they are today. The Socialist leadership of a workers’ chorus found it perfectly feasible to sing even such works as the Mesciah and similar composi- tions, The problem as to what a workers’ chorus should sing is closely bound up with the nature of the particular group; its peculiar functions. Rough- ly we can divide our workers’ cho- ruses in two main categories: 1—The “Club Chorus”; 2—The more ad- vanced chorus—a group whose ing is not just “anothe>” activity of 3 club, but is the major work of the group, as an integrel part of the revolutionary | workers’ movement. 4 ba first-mentioned category com- prises, undoubtedly, the largest number of workers’ singing organ- ‘zations. Their reperoire, in the main, has consisted (and we must consider what they have been singing in the past before any proposals are mde “or fu‘nre muttones) of me and two voice songs. In the field of revolu- tionary songs in English the most typical ones are Comin‘ern, S‘an4 Guard, The Scott:boro Boys Shall Not Die, Seng of Wrath, etc, In cther ‘anguaces the repertcite is of a simi- ‘ar nature. All those songs are of @ very direct character, and what- ever their musicol merit, they ex- nre-s at least in words the foe and aspirations of the working cl: What Songs Should Workers Choruses Sing ? At demonstrations, mass meetings, in workers’ camps, they are sung by choruses as well as by the untrained nass of workers. Occasionally the “Club Chorus” will sing a two-voice song. Gen- crally it would be a folk-song of one nationality or ancther. At times a ‘ood Sovict'rong in two voices would be presented. However, sinting i more than one or two voicss hes not ‘een the practice of the “Club Cho- "us,” although of late there is a ten- dency to ask for some easy four- voice songs. One thing must be clear in any ort of analysis of our singing groups’ work: 's come to our groups to learn, They are impelled by the de- sire to express in a higher art form the life and aspizations o° their class. “Music may mean a number of thinzs ‘9 many people, but it certainly is, smong other thinzs a form of recren ‘ion. We must combine, both lea: ‘ng and recreation. Th2 bours: 's fully conccious of this esect of “ausic and is mobilizing some of its | ¢ best forces for this purpose. This ctivity docs rot cover the field of organization of sinving gzoun: but extends itself into the snhere cf carefully selected rope-toire designed to lull the masses. And it is here that we must just es carefully apnrocch the question, “Whst should an ad- vanced workers’ chorus sing? . Second catezory—the advanced chorus is, unlike the “club cho- Tus,” a much older institution, As f-r -s the U, 8. is concerned. the tzadi- tien of the work-rs’ chorus, singint society, etc., is at Inst 30 to 40 yeors jass.{old, However, all or most of this nly, | * character. It was not until about two years ago that the formation of such choruses in the English language was idertaken with any degree of se- vicusness and co) ency. fiy, we can say that from ‘their appearance to this day, work- choruses have sung anything from sentimental folk songs and naive workers’ songs to the short tionary cantata and, finally the ‘evelutionary ovatorio, employing’ a large chorus and symphony © or- chestra. ‘The workers’ singing organizations clmest all along the line kept up with the development of political strug- gles of the working class. The songs; quite naturally became more direct; beth in words and cccasionaliy in music; they've definitely begun -to. Seal with the concrete problems that orose in the course of the many class sattlos. As the groups developed, so cid the realization that our. songs: ore a OTe purncve. Thev have t and project the struggles of ng cless both in a geiteral -s woll as a specific wey. They real- days when a workers’ chorus wes content with appeacing before its audience three or four ‘imes & season at most, were gone. Today cur groups enpear at leasi. once a week and quite often much more frequently. Our repertoire needs: constant freshening up, Our groups qrew in numbers and in variety. ‘To sum up: (1) The “clud chorus” {s in great need of new one and two voice sonzs; it needs some lishte> four voice songs. (2) The advanced, ehorrs is in need of the revolution- ary cantata small oratorio, as woll as tradition is of a foreign-language | the repertoire used by the “club chorus.” The advanced choruses do not pay | sufficient attention to the mass song. The latter has great possibilities and | it is easy to learn. Already many new tongs are being written by the revo- ‘utionary composers of this country. The forthcoming publication by the Workers Music League cf a new song book will include mass choral and songs. Nevertheless, songs can- mot be supplied fast enough to fill! the truly gargantuan appetites of our singing groups. ie aaa | OW is this gap to be filled? We/| must draw on a number of sources: on exchange and translation of revo- lutionery songs in different lan- suages. The Soviet Union and pre- Mitlerite Germany have produced come of the best exemples of sonczs. In this country we have a virtually untapped source of folk songs which eould be ‘arranged, both for the “club” as well as the advanced cho- tus. Necro songs of protest, work songs, railroad songs, cowboy and hill congs. These would be a colorful ad- dition to our repertoire. Such. an sonre-ch would carry us, a long way toward rooting our work in the tra- dition of American music. It would sive the lic to those who insist that eur music is nothing but an imnorta~ tion from the outside. It will be the task of revolutionary composers to jtearn the needs and desires of the working clacs and create music suf- ficient in quantity as well as dis- tHnetive in quality, so that workers’ | mounced for Monday night at |gaged for | Piano Concerto No. IF I WERE COMMISSAR —~By Gropper | Congressman Hamilton Fish, the Red-baiter, would be a toreauce— that fs, a bull-thrower. (Don't for- get the Gronper competition: send in suggestions for “If I Were Com- missar” and win an original Grop- per drawing. A number of swell suggestions have already come in. Address: Feature Edito Daily Worker, 35, E. 12th St. ¥. ©), Stage and Screen Sidney Howard’s “Dodsworth” | | \Coming Here February 19th “Dodsworth,” a play in 16 scenes. | dramatized by Sidney Howard from | Sinclair Lewis’ novel is announced | for its New York opening on Feb. 19, by Max Gordon. Walter Huston is) starred in the production. The sup- | porting cast includes Fay Bainter, | Nan Sunderiand, Maria Ouspenskaya | and Kent Smith. The play is having {its tryout engagement in Philadei- | phia this week, The opening of “Legal Murder,” the Scottsboro play which was an- the President Theatre, has been tem- | porarily delayed and will open in a few days. (Editor’s Note—This play is not to be confused with “They Shall Not Die,” by John Wex which is scheduled to open at the Theatre Guild on Feb: 26.) Mady Chris “A Divine Drudge,” has been en- an important role in| “Races,” the anti-Hitler play which | the Theatre Guild will present in March, } “Moulin Rouge” Opens At Rivoli Theatre Today Constance Bennett in. “Moulin. Rouge” will be presented at the Rivoli Theatre today. This is Miss Ben- nett’s first picture for Twentieth stege play of the same name. Fran- chot Tone, Helen Westley and Tullo Carminati are in the supporting cast. | Novaes Will Be Soloist with Philharmonic Orch. Thursday Guiomar Novaes, pianist, will be} the soloist with the Philharmonic | Orchestra this Thursday evening and | Friday afterncon at Carnegie Hall. Hans Lange will conduct the fol- lowing program: Symphony in al Major (B & H No. 64) Haydn; | piano concert in A Minor, Schumann; | Adagio, from String Quintet in F major, Bruckner; Suite for Orchestra, Walter Piston, and “Barn Dance” by Robert L. Senders. Vladimir Horowitz, pianist, will be the soloist at the Sunday afternoon concert under the direction of Lange. The program includes the Soydn Sympony, the Bruckner number, “Winter-Spring: Two Poems for Or- chestra”. by Bloch, and Brahms 2 in B-flat! major. Do you want to hear how the Ger- man Party is able to effectively lead the German working class in spite of illegality? Hear Earl Browder speak at the Bronx Coliseum, Feb. 11! ions, last seen here in | Century and was adapted from the} The “Daily’ In Towns of | So. Dakota Dear Comrades You have from city com sell the Worker them with interest and have never seen one |horse town like this of four or hundred inhabitants. When I came bac business” men. & copy of the wishy-wa T am Wednesday issues of now handling #, bundle o the Dail Tr here and 10 of the Saturday jedition. I also sell a few issues of jLabor Defender, New Masses, Serie ; Russia Today and a coup.e°of left. | wing farm papers, not to speak of | some Petters. from Workers Li- brary Publishers. Whenever I rs down to the post- | office or a stove I put a few copies of the Worker, etc., in my pockets and {sell them when the opportunity pre- sents itself. With the magazines, ies ecially, I even invade the homes. |The farmers are too hard up to sub- |seribe, or think they are, so-they teli me usually, if they are quite in- | terested, to leave the Worker for them jee some restaurant, pool hall. or ge they patronize: This usually es the proprictor so: mad-he gets ‘blue in the face but he does not dare ‘to protest for fear of losing a cus- tomer. It gives the employes of the place a chance to read the paper be~ fore it is calied for and in this way the Daily Worker is getting to be quite well known here, | If ft have any unsold ‘copies left, I usually leave thom: with a friendly barber who puts them, with his own \copy, on his reading table. This is # great help. Of course this burns up the old fascists but it happens that |this barber has no mortgege hanging over him so bankers, etc, have no strings on him. |to boast about but b jeommunities are pr resented ae your letté ee doing in this n in the bu work at Fred | county in Ri \chinson and o} state. The people in “the hinterl |are beginning to wake up. | Comradely, EDWIN PFUTZENREUTER (Signature in. i » Mars! Urges More Space for | Workers Theatre: New: | Feature Editor, Desr Comrade: I would like to second the sugges- ‘ton made by ‘Nathaniel ‘Bachwald jn Mike Gold’s column last Thursday, that the “Daily” feature editor give more space to the workers’ theatre movement. At present, we who are in the | movement in Chicago are somewhat. | limited in our contacts to the more or less “arty” little theatre groups; + and this fact prejudices our’ tecruit- ig. We need to draw in mire work- ers. I believe that it is through the |“Daily” that these workers can best be reached, Our group is now rehearsing Johr Dos Passos’ new ply, “Fortune | He'shts"—for production Feb. 23, 2¢ jand 25, | Fraternally yours, Frank McGaork, BUYS, AND CONTRIBUTES ALSO. New York City. Dear Comrade Hathaway, Just to let you know that I am civing the Daily Worker 25¢ per week. I buy a copy of the Daily Worker every week-day, at the news- stand at the southwest corner of Eighth Ave and 128th St. I have |been reading the Daily Worker for the past three years. —z. B. Send to the Daily. Worker, 56 B. ~ | 13th St, New York City, names of | these you know who are: not reads ers of the “Daily,” but who: wonlé be interested in reading it, AMUSE MENTS HELL on EARTH ADDED | FEATURE ACME THEATRE LATEST SOVIET N iat UN GREAT INTERNATIONAL TAURIE! THE DAILY WORKER SAYS: we “Fine Anti-War Picture . . ‘Tt Should Be Seen by Everyone Opposed to War} ~ and Capitalism.” with WLADIMIR SOKOLOF¥ (Moscow ArtTientre), ERNST BUSCH (now in exile) EWSREEL Ambaes tpn, i der bh STREET AND | js BIG ——THE THEATRE GUILD presents—, EUGENE O'NEILL’s COMEDY AH, WILDERNESS! with GEORGE M. COHAN GUILD ceissinttstincasats 2 MAXWELL ANDERSON'S New Play MARY OF SCOTLAND with HELEN PHILIP HELEN HAYES MERIVALE MENKEN ALVIN fiisieatnte-tner.asat 320 EUGENE O’NE'LL'S New Piay DAYS WITHOUT END Henry Miller’s P7305 Evenings 8:10, Mat. Thurs, & Sat. 2:40 No MORE LADIES New York Smartest Comedy with MELVYN DOUGLAS—LUCILE WATSON “A DEFINITE HIT."—Herald Tribune Matinees Wednesday and Sa! 7 XEGFELD FOLLIES ~ with FANNIE BRICE Willte & Euzene HOWARD, Bartlett SIM- MONS, Jane FROHMAN, Pat-icia BOWMAN. WINTER GARDEN, B'way and 50th. Evs. 8.30 Matinecs Thursday and Saturday 2:30 JUDITH ANDERSON, Come | OF ACE » & RICHARD ADDINSELL choruses from the smallest to the *arvest—that, workers’ audiences will declare: “This is our music!” ’ SaRINE el ELIOT'S ‘Then., 39th, E. of Bway Eves. 8:50, $3.30 to S5c, Mats. Wed. & Sat. TON SQUARE WEEKS RADIO CITY MUSIC HALI—,) 50 St & 6 Ave.—Show Place of tht Nation Opens 11:30 A. M. ANNA STEN in “NANA” Based on Zola’s Famous Novel and on the stage “THE 1ST MUSIC HALL REVUE" 2KO Jefferson 1 § ©) Now | LEW AYRES and JUNE KNIGHT in “Cross Country Cruise also: “FUBY OF THE with DONALD COOK and PEGGY Stan POSITIVELY LAST WEEK + Oo) ST. JAMES Thee. £48h Bi f Every eve. ine, Sui i im. & Sa. 5 Evgs. SI to $3—-mats. $1 te 8250 (plus tax) a ee Sle Theatre Union’s Stirring. Play - THE ANTI-WAR HOT rd Big Month: PEACE ON EARTH CIVIC REPERTORY Thea, 11th S, & 6th Avs. WA. 9-7450. Evgs. 30° os gee. 50. NO. ae Mats, Wed. & Sat , 2:30. Arranve ‘Theatre Partiss for tion by telephoning Wa! 82051 a inna YOUNG ond taarg WORE FETWE “Her Master’s. Vi i W.. 45th St. Evs. 8.40. Plymouth "sri, ‘Thers yeahs Bn |