The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 3, 1934, Page 5

i CHANGE THE WORLD! By SENDER GARLIN (Batting for Michael Gold) ILL ROGERS is one of the favorite “philosophers” of the American capitalist press. His little daily para- graph of homespun “wisdom” is prominently displayed in scores of newspapers throughout the United States, and even the torpid and austere New York Times reserves a special place for his telegraphic comment from Beverly Hills, California, each morning. Some folks even consider Will Rogers “radical” and from time to time gleefully point to some quip which they interpret as 4 sly dig at the system, Such enthusiasts, particularly, should dote over the following paragraph which recently appeared in the papers which carry Will Rogers’ daily feature: “BEVERLY HILLS, Cal—Say, that stopping that strike was the best bit of luck that’s happened to us in a long time, for it looks like the basis of stopping all of them; if the participants will all be as liberal as these were. “There wns one thing they brought out in the agreement that seemed pretty fair; that was that no matter what union, or group, or if none at all, that in any settlement you was to have representation in proportion to the number of workers in your group. orhaee been one of the big troubles before; supposed leaders who didn’t represent everybody, but were in there talking for ’em. “So it looks like the President has earned his vacation, even if he was going on Morgan’s yacht. Which he isn’t. It's Vincent Astor’s yacht. Yours, WILL ROGERS. * * “One Thing in the Agreement That Seemed Pretty Fair’ RETTY “radical,” eh? You see what Will Rogers is so enthusiastic about, and why papers like the New York Times play up his cute little telegram every morning? He's talking about the strike of the automobile workers and the campaign of the Roosevelt administration to hog-tie them with com- pany unionism. In fact what appeals to Will Rogers most is “one thing they brought out in the agreement that seemed pretty fair; that was that no matter what union, or group, or if none at all, that in any settlement you was to have representation in proportion to the number of workers in your group.”, How pleasing! A company union, bought and paid for by the slave-driving, speed-up artists who rule in the auto industry, will have the same status as a union of the workers’ own choice! “That's one of the big troubles before,” comments Will Rogers. Supposed leaders who didn’t represent everybody, but were in there talking for ‘em.” Propaganda for the open shop, union-smashing manufacturers? Oh, no! Just a little “humorous” feature,—quaint, literary and so impartial! * * * ... And Arthur Brisbane NOTHER and more practised journalistic demagogue is Mr. Arthur Brisbane, the favored courtesan of William Randolph Hearst. This columnist acquired a nodding acquaintance with the vague, utopian “socialism” of the pre-imperialist era as a result of being the son of Albert Brisbane. The elder Brisbane, a land-owner in Batavia, N. Y., was one of Fourier’s utopian disciples in the United States. After reading Fourier’s “Treatise on Domestic and Agricultural Association,” the elder Brisbane became enthusiastic and declared: “I had come across an idea which I had never met before—the idea of dignifying and rendering attractive the manual labor of man- tind; labor hitherto regarded as a divine punishment inflicted on man.” Significantly enough, the building in which the social-fascist “Milwaukee Leader” is located is named “Brisbane Hall” in honor of Albert Brisbane. The “Milwaukee Leader,” which enthusiastically ap- oroves the clubbing of jobless workers, recently removed the quota- tions from Marx from its masthad and substituted the rapacious Blue @agle of the N.R.A. Inspired, aparently, by this dominating passion of his father—‘to lignify and render attractive the manual labor. of mankind’-—the younger Brisbane embarked on a newspaper career. For many years he served well the enterprising journalistic scavenger, Josph Pulitzer, of the old New York “World.” Later other newspaper publishers vied for his services, and Mr. Hearst, aided by a fortune his father had made in mining exploitation in California, paid Brisbane the price that brought him around. Brisbane is reputed to be the highest vriced newspaperman plying his trade in the United States today. * * * An “Independent” Writer—for Hearst! RISBANE'S column “Today” is read by more than 230,000,000 persons in the United States. Like his colleague-in-arms Will Rogers, Brisbane, too, frequently deceives many guillible readers with his specious “radicalism.” Sandwiched in between a paragraph which gives free publicity to some railroad in which he holds stock and a homely parable taken from the Scriptures, Brisbane sometimes lets drop a bit of chatauqua demagogy which fools many readers into thinking of him as an “independent” writer. (Fancy an “independent” writer working for Mr. Hearst!) Brisbane remains in Miami now, although his colleague Broun has retyrned to the colder climes of the North, And in his column on Monday Brisbane sends the stirring news that “the President sends Easter greetings from Vincent Astor's boat, and indicates that the fish are biting.” Then follows some palaver about General Johnson’s gener- osity to the coal miners in letting them work seven hours a day (when, in fact, hundreds of thousands of coal miners haye been unemployed for years). And, incidentally, the coal miners in the Soviet Union— none of whom are unemployed—have for years been working six hours a day, with one month’s vacation with pay each year! A few days before Roosevelt left for his trip with his millionaire play-boy, Vincent Astor, Brisbane warned that “workers should think over carefully the results of a gigantic strike at this time, for if things zo wrong, they, and not their leaders, will pay the piper.” Continuing on an optimistic note, Brisbane declares that: “Fortunately, President Roosevelt holds the deciding power. He is not controlled by anybody, or afraid or anybody; has no reason to be afraid.” Most decidedly not! Franklin Delano Roosevelt, no doubt, got the nomination as President of the United States as a result of a political immaculate conception! Brisbane would have us believe that there were no caucuses in Wall Street; that no huge campaign funds were raised by the masters of finance capital. ‘ Of course Brisbane knows that the capitol of the United States is located, not in Washington, but in Wall Street, but he wouldn't be so useful to the capitalist class, which serves, if he indicated any doubts on this score. * * * TOMORROW: Michael Gold on “The Socialists and the Taxi Strike.” ‘Just Sign Your Your Name, He Was Told By MALYINA GOODMAN Simon Alvarado, father of American-born children and two Mexican-born, signed a paper in the Immigration Office at San Pedro, Calif. They told him it was of no importance, that in order to get a report from Washington on whether he was to deported to Mexico or not, he should sign the ‘paper, The people were friendly, off- hand, positive. They sat behind big desks in big offices, and they seemed to know what they were doing. Simon didn’t. He read the paper they handed him, called a Certificate of Residence. It seemed to say mainly that he had been here more than a certain time and was entitled to certain privilges. In this country over six months. Cer- tainly. As a matter of fact, over eight years, first in Arizona pick- ing cotton, then in California where he works alternately as cotton picker, railroad worker, ditch dig- ger, concrete worker—when and at any job he can get. His son was working under the CWA. There would be an end of that, he knew, but surely the new president would take care of a fine American-born boy who wanted to work if he could only find a job. In Mexico, Simon knew no one. He had nothing with which to get started there. He knew workers who were “repatriated,” were dump- ed at the end of a railroad spur and left, with their roped bundles and their families, to die. But the conslar official, who sat with the immigration board and told him he was there to protect the rights of Mexicans in the United States, told him ft. was nothing. He was merely to testify that he was entitled to “the right of repariation” under such and such a law, number so and so. Then. when word came from Washington that he was allowed to stay here, he would stay. So, in a beautiful, sharp hand- writing, Simon signed his name— Simon Alvarado. Four years ago, when he was sick and could not work, he had gone to the county for help. His chil- dren were too small to work then even in the cotton fields, and there was nothing he could do but go to the county. They gave him food, clothes and rent money, and put him in a hospital. They said it was worth $50. Now, the immigration authori- ties give him a bill for $125. If he could pay, he could stay in the United States. If he could not (and of course, he can’t) he must be re- patriated: He had signed a paper. Alvarado will leave, with his wife and children, the broad fields he has tilled and made to bear crop after crop, which was sent out over the rails he has laid. He will leave the wide, concrete roads he has made, and over which he drove his car once, before the finance com- pany took it away when he owed only $15 more. He will leave the shelves of cotton cloth, and the gas and sewer lines he has laid to make comfort and cleanliness for a section of the town where he and his family were never allowed to live. He will ride in a cattle car over the rails he set, and he and his wife and seven beautiful children, will be set down somewhere in Mexico to die. Simon Alvardo signed the death sentence of himself and his family with his own hand. He did not know it was a death sentence. He trusted the Mexican consul and the immigration authorities. Motker of 6, Seeking Bread, Is Jailed; Goes on Hunger Strike CLEVELAND, April 1—She asked for bread—she got ten days in jail. And now Mrs. Fanny Gulkin, mother of six, is on a hunger strike in a desperate effort to force Cuyahoga County relief authorities to feed her children. She was arrested when she pro- tested against the cutting of her re- lef allowance to $8 a week. “My children?” she oried, “What will become of thém? I can’t send them to schodl because they have no lunches. But I haven't enough food for them at home either.” Two demonstrations, one in front of Central Police Station and one in Police Court were organized by the International Labor Defense and the Unemployed Council—of which Mrs. Gulkin and her unemployed husband are members. With three others who joined her in the protest, she was arraigned before Police Judge Greene. When Morris Berkowitz, a social worker testified that Mrs, Gulkin five Sleep, Little Baby By DON WEST Suck, little baby, suck long, Body must’nt be frail Muscles growing firm and strong— Daddy's in the Fulton jail, Sleep little baby, sleep sound, Under the southern stars. Body growing hard and round To break the prison bars. Hate, little baby, hate deep, ‘You must’nt know my fears. ° Mother is watching your sleep But you don’t see her tears. had called him a bad name she rose from her seat. “Your Honor,” she said, “that is not so. He is not speaking the truth.” “Silence,” roared the judge, look- ing his judicial blackest. “You are sentenced to 10 days in jail for con- tempt of court.” Mrs. Gulkin fainted. When she came to she was lying on a bench in @ cell. When her husband went to the police station with his children to plead for his wife's release, he was struck on the head by an officer and led away to a cell. The children were left to get home the best they might. As their father had the key, they had to stand shivering in the cold until he ‘was released by the police. WHAT’S ON Tuesday WORKERS SCHOOL Term. Last week of registration, 35 E. St. Classes are filling up. DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, APRIT A MEDICAL SOCIETY GUES INTO ACTION Correspondence Drama in Four Acts—With a Prologue and a Possible Epilogue Prologue When the writer moved down- town, in the early Fall, he requested @ transfer from his medical society. Nothing was heard about it until Act I (Two months later) SOCIETY 400 E. Fordham Road, New York January 4, 1934. “Dear Dr. Luttinger: “We have at hand your letter asking for a transfer to the New York County Medical Society. “Since it arrived too late to be acted upon by the Comitia Minora at its December meeting, it will be necessary to take it up at the Jan- uary meeting. In order therefore to grant a transfer during the year 1934, the By-Laws require that the dues for that year must be paid to the Society granting the transfer. In other words, if you pay your 1934 dues to us we will willingly, though reluctantly, give you a transfer to New York County (where you will have no further dues to pay until 1935). “We would very much prefer that you would remain a member of our Society as you are one of our oldest members. Very sincerely, B.C, POVDIN, M.D. Act A “B. C. Podvyni, M.D. Bronx County Medical Society 400 E. Fordham Road New York, N. Y. “Dear Dr. Podvin: “In reply to your letter of Jan- uary 4th, I am not satisfied with the explanation you gave for your failure to transfer me to the New York County Medical Society. I The Doctor Writes a Drama | realize th: to have me pay my to the Bronx County Med Society, instead of to another county. This merely emphasizes the picayune motives which are prevalent in our medical societies, “With so many economic problems staring us in the face, the unoffi- cial medical organizations have failed to do anything for the solu- tion of any of them. The rank and file physician, as well as the in- digent patient, are worse off than they ever were since I began the practice of medicine, twenty-three years ago. “For a time, I thought that I could do something to stir up our colleagues into organizing on mod- ern economic lines; but it seems that their social and political prej- udices are stronger than the real (economic) interests which under- lie them. “In view of the above facts, I have decided to resign from the Bronx County Medical Society and to contribute the $20 annual dues to one of the many proletarian or- ganizations which, at least, are do- ing something for the welfare of their members. “Regretting that I cannot accede to your desire of my remaining a member of the Bronx County Medi- cal Society, and trusting you will not consider this letter from a per- sonal point of view, I am Very sincerely yours, PAUL LUTTINGER.” Act HIT “BRONX COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY 400 E. Fordham Road, New York March 15, 1934. “Dear Dr. Luttinger: “You are requested to come to a meeting of the Board of Censors of the Bronx County Medical So- ciety, which will be held in Room 411 of the above address on Mon- day, March 19, 1934, at 3 p.m., in What's Doing in ihe Workers’ Schools of the U.S. {ses Spring Term of the Workers School of New York opens Mon- day, April 9. An opening assembly of the Spring Term students will be held on Saturday, April 7, at 3 p. m. at the Workers School, 35 E. 12th St. aS Ree Registration has doubled itself since last week, reaching the figure of 1,000 students, with almost a wi to go still before the open- ing. Indications are that the Spring Term this year will be far ahead of any Spring term in the history of the school. Course in Problems of Youth Movement Great interest is being shown in the Course in Problems of the Youth Movement, which will be given by Mae Weiss, Editor of the Young Worker. This course, which is open to members of the Young Communist League and active young workers in trade unions and factories, deals with the develop- ment of the revolutionary youth movement from the International Youth Conference in Berne in 1915 to the consolidation of the Commu- nist Youth movement since 1919, and special stress will be laid on the development and tasks of the Young Communist League in the United States. There is no fee for the course when taken with any other course. ates A new course is being given by Paul Keller in the History of Class Struggles during the 20th Century, which will include the Russian Revolution of 1905, the class al- lignments at the outbreak of the World War, the Russian Revolu- tion of 1917, and the Revolutions of 1918-19 in Central Europe, the class struggles in the colonies, and the Chinese Soviet Republic. It will conclude with the contradic- tions of capitalism in the period of the general crisis of capitalism and the consequent rise of Fascist movements, Research Work in Historial Materialism The Advanced Course in Histo- rical Materialism, given by V. J. Jerome, has been made into a semi- nar course designed to encourage students to do original research in various phases of historical mate- rialism, oriented particularly around the major concrete tasks of the Party for winning over the majority of the working class. This course is open to students who have taken Historical Materialism I and to those who are found eligible by the instructor. Sew le The Brownsville Workers School reports that they register Party members for the school right in the units. Last week each unit organizer received registration cards and all material for regis- tration and the school was placed on the agenda of every unit, In one unit, out of a total of 16 members present, 15 members reg- istered for courses in the Browns- ville Workers School and paid for them then and there. The Brownsville Workers School is taking registration for the Spring Term every day at its headquar- ters, 1855 Pitkin Avenue, Brook- lyn, N. ¥. ae se sate Last week, the nstructors of the New York Workers’ Schools had a specal conference to discuss the function of the Workers School in the revolutionary movement. Fol- lowing are some excerpts from the opening speech made by A. ‘Markoff, National Director of Workers est Schools: BROWNSVILLE Workers pf week of registration, spring term, 1855 Pit- kin Ave. A Wednesda SOVIET [A—-National Minorities in Kuomintang and Soviet China, lecture by John Phillips, at Friends of the Chinese baler ge ‘W. 23rd Bt., 8:30 p.m. Admis- “On several occasions the ques- tion came up as to what should be the specific activities carried on by the Workers School. Can the Work- New York? Can the Workers School take the initiative in certain situ- ations? Oan the Workers School carry on. activities outside of the classrooms? It was decided to have @ conference on this question... . First of all, as far as the purpose of the school as such is concerned, there is no difference of opinion. But the question is: What is the relation of the school to the Party apparatus, and what is its parti- cular function? Does the school stand outside of the Party, the same as an ILD. or W.IR. or FS.U. branch, or any of these mass or- ganizations... . or is the school an integral part of the Party appar- atus? ... “The School is not an outside or- ganization. The School is an in- tegral part of the entire Party ma- chinery. It is a part of the Agita- tion and Propaganda work of the Party. In fact, when first the Cen- tral Committee decided to assign me as the head of the schools throughout the country, they at that time split the Agitprop Department into two parts, Agitation and Pro- paganda, and the school was placed in the Propaganda Department. ... “On the question of other specific activities of the school. For exam- ple—Comrade Martin will probably deal with it—he thought that the Workers School should be the one to take the initative in coming out against the decrease in the appro- priation for the schools in New York, that the Workers Schools should take the initiative in pro- testing against wage cuts of the teachers, etc. I say this: that the Workers School should do these things, but when it is put in that way; that because the school is an educational institution, it should do these things, that is wrong. This is a Party task. The whole Party should take it up, and the school also, as @ part of the Party, should take part.” ate 32 COURSES IN SAN FRANCISCO News from San Franciseo, Their winter term had over three hundred students, and their Spring Term began yesterday (March 5th) at the Ruthenberg House, 121 Haight St., with thirty-two courses scheduled. A quota of six hundred students has been set for the Spring Term, on the basis of 100 per cent growth dur- ing the last term. Well, we hope the comrades are not disappointed, but our experience has shown that, the Spring Term always shows a drop in registration. Fee New Jersey reports classes in Eli- zabeth and New\ Brunswick in Principles of Commuiism and Polit- ical Economy, with an attendance of 20 to 30 students, composed of painters, carpenters, small business people and laborers, also farmers, professionals and housewives. They have made use of the system of re~ ports in the classes by students, and found that in one case a student who gave a good reports in class could be used to give the same talk in a neighboring town to a branch of the International Workers Order. e288 From Washington, D. C., we are informed that a class in Fun- damentals of Communism is given by Emanuel Levin, of the Work- ers’ Ex-Servicemen’s League, and another class in “The Negro in America,” is given by Charles Spencer, every Friday night. pee haa In_ Richmond, Virginia, there is a forum held every Sunday night, under the auspices of the Commu- nist Party, at 608‘2 North Second Street. We hope the comrades will soon be able to gather enough forces to establish a real Workers’ School and be an antidote to the so-called “Workers School” of the Socialist Party in Richmond. (This column appears every Tuesday, Send communications to ers School as such participate in’ A. Markoff, Room 301, 35 E, 12th certain movements that develop in St. New York.) relation to a health column that you are conducting in a newspaper Pending the disposal of this mat- ter, you will understand that noth- ing can be .done regarding your resignation Very truly yours JOSEPH LANDY, MD., Secretary, Board of Censors. ACT Iv March 16, 1934 Joseph Landy, M.D., Bronx County Medical Society 400 E, Fordham Road New York, N. Y. “Dear Doctor Landy “In reply to your short-notice re- quest to appear before your Board and at an hour m irtéonvenient for me, I hereby decline to do 50 for the following reasons: “Monday, October 16, 1933, I had telephoned for a transfer to the New York County Medical Society to the secretary of the Bronx County Medical Society. His efficie! office failing to comply with my re- quest, I wrote to the organization directly, on November 3rd. To this letter Dr, Podvin replied January 4th, 1934, asking me to reconsider my desire to transfer. Evidently, the reply was delayed for the sole pur- pose of forcing me to pay my 1934 dues to you. Inasmuch as I had long been in disagreement with the county, state and national policies of our official medical societies with their utter disregard of the eco- nomic interests of the rank and file, I decided to resign and advised you accordingly on February 1st. “I heard nothing further from you until today (six weeks later) summoning me before the Board of Censors, in relation to a health column that I am conducting. What has this to do with my resignation? And why was nothing said about my. column when there was still a possibility that I might remain a (dues-paying) member? “Tt is clear to me that you are trying to find fault with my literary activities in order to have technical grounds for expelling me, instead of permitting me to resign. What arouses your ire is that I should have the temerity to write for a Communist publication. Had I been @ contributor in a capitalist sheet and willing to continue paying my dues, you could have over-looked anything; otherwise I am to be censored “Realizing that the cards are stacked against me, I refuse to ap- pear before your Board. You may expel me if you like, but it will be to your eternal shame. As for me, I have thrown in my lot with the militant section of the working class, whose official organ is the Daily Worker, against the prevailing sys- tem of greed and exploitation, Very truly yours, PAUL LUTTINGER, M.D.” ‘The Epilogue will appear in my column as soon as it takes place. Watch for it! TUNING IN TONIGHT’S PROGRAM WEAF—660 Ke. 7:00 P. 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Smith, President Allegheny County League of Women Voters; Prof. R. C. Brooks, Swarthmore College; W. C. Beyer, Director Philadelphia Bureau of Municipal Research 7:45—Cavaliers Quartet 8:00—Cadavier's. Conviction—Sketch 8:30—Conred Thibault, Baritone; Lois Bennett, Soprano; Salter Orch. 9:00—-Alice’ Mock, Soprano; Edar Guest, Poet 9:30—Duchin Orch. 10:00—Gale Pae, Songs: Stokes Orch.; Ray Perkins; Dorothy Gish, Actr 10:30—Reginal de Koven Annivers gram 11:00—Coleman Orch. 11:15—News Reports 11:20—Anthony_ Frome 11:30—Harris Orch. 12:00—Masters Orch. 12:30 A, M.—Simons Orch. WABC—860 Ke. 3:00 P. M.—Myrt and Marge 7:15—Just Plain Bill—Sketch ‘7:30—-Serenaders Orch. 7:45—News—Boake Carter 8:00—Little Oreh. 8:15—Rich Orch. 8:30—-Voice of Experience . 8:45—California Melodies 9:15—Ruth Etting, Songs 9:30—Minneapolis. Symphony gene Ormandy, Conductor 10:00—Gray Orch.; Stoopnagle and Budd, Comedians; Connie Boswell, Songs 10:30-—Harlem Serenade 11:00—Cherles Carlile, Tenor 11:15—News; Barnett Orch. 11:45—Light Oreh. 12:00—Sosnik Orch. 1&89 A, M.—Pancho Orch 1:00—Robbins Orch. ‘Tenor Orch., Ev- SOVIET TALKIE IN NEW BRUNSWICK NEW BRUNSWICK. — The Soviet talkie with English titles, “Diary of a Revolutionist,” will be shown on Wednesday night, April 4, at the Workmen's Circle Hall, 52 New Street, under the auspices of I, W. O. Branch 1556, ‘The Strange of Mr: By JOHN L. SPIVAK TULSA, Okla.—My discus- sion of general causes with Mrs. Solomon brought the }same kind of hazy answers jthat it brought from the Sec- retary of the Chamber of Commerce. | from a restaurant worker, a refinery worker, an oil company executi | politician. Their vi varied slightly. They e read or heard, especially wha some “name” said. In most cases they repeat it wrongly. They must not trust the person who said it Jespecially if he is a politic if he utters the phrase of thou: often enough, and specially it jhas a catchy, ea remembered | phrase. sinks into the citizen's |mind and stays there. This is a jcountry of “names,” “authorities, “big shots.” I am becoming con- vineed that persons of more or less prominence who get publicity for their views, through the newspapers especially, mould the American mind; events may mould it in the! long run but the “names” get their seeds in four jumps ahead I have gone off on these com- ments because Mrs. Solomon's views have been expressed to me so often wherever I’ve been, not only by social workers but by labor leaders industrialists, bankers, workers with jobs and workers without jobs. Mrs. Solomon believes the de- pression was caused purely by the “selfishness of the rich man.” And when she uttered this dreadful phrase she leaned over confiden- tially. It sounded a little too radi- cal and in this area people are terrified of being considered radical “Let's pick on Ford, for instance,” said she. “Who made him the rich man he is? The people who worked for him. Are they not entitled to some of that wealth?” “In what form?” “In 4 little increased wages," she said confidentially. “A more equal distribution of wealth by increasing wages so the worker can buy the} things he produces, Have the work- ers been paid for their contribu tions to his wealth? I don’t belli they have. Then take the store keeper, the ‘big chain stores. Big | business has pushed the little busi- ness man out. The little store- keeper can't compete with the chain store. You don’t realize how many storekeepers are now getting cha- rity—just forced out of business by the chain stores. Something ought to be done about it.” “You mean prohibit concentra- | tion of large chain stores?” “Concentration is all right but it should be controlled.” “Like through the NRA?” “The NRA is all right if the poli- | ticians didn’t run it.” “What are you going to do with the surplus labor which cannot be } absorbed in industry?” | “Open up the lands. Put them | -| there.” As I rise to go she thought of another thing important “to over- come the depression and prevent | others.” | “Oh, yes,” she said. “Don't for- | get the stock market. That's got to be controlled.” | “Okay,” I promised. | The stock market. On a lonely | farm in Mississippi I heard a share | Page Five *Phi losophy’ s. Solomon of Tulsa lashed in the newspapers, due to a general im- provement but solely to government money paid to local workers who spend them in local stores Estimates of local retail business improvement range from 5 to 20 per cent. In the opinion of the Cham- ber of Commerce, retailers lost more than 50 per cent of their business since the depression and regained some 10 or 15 per cent since the C.W.A. Of this gain, W. A. Raison, f the Retail Merchants’ here, said that most of d to the holid charts not bee! eC tma. October but wi nt that the C.W.A. would be liquidated. | nediately, We haver jet es,” Mr, Raison told me. retail busi ness grew steadily worse since the crash in 1929. How much it dropped we do not but it dropped enou ly every- thing at a People had no mones with which to buy. “With the coming of the holiday trade business picked up a bit. T guess it was mostly C.W.A. money because everything’s dropped again now that the C.W.A. is being dis- banded.” “How much have wholesale prices increased?” “I don't know. We haven't any details—but they have increased some a little and some a good deal. How much have retail prices in- creased here?” i don’t know that either. T imagine they've jumped in the same proportion.” TTH oil companies the same vagueness exists as to actual percentage of the much hailed in= crease in business. There is no doubt that there has been a small increase, but everyone with whom I talked attribute it to CWA money. But after reading the locat papers where I happen to be about glowing increases and then asking for facts, figures and percentages I find in every instance—not almost. every instance, but every instance— that the very ones talking of busi- ness increases have little except ague and hopeful guesses. I am inclined to think, judging from what I encountered so far, that there has not been so great an increase in business as the papers and the leading, boosting business lights in the community say. A gen- eral, steady progressive increase is not perceptible. One of the interesting things about my discussing business in- creases with business men and American Federation of Labor offi- ciels is that the labor officials in evitably place a higher increase than the business men and the Chamber of Commerce, The Chamber of Commerce is not very hopeful that this business in- | crease will last. Border frankly ex- pressed his belief that retail as well as wholesale business would drop. with the liquidating of the C.W.A. So far as the N.R.A. is concerned even the Chamber of Commerce be~ lieves it has been “a complete flop.” “The re-employment agreements are rather thoroughly discredited,” Border said to me. “You know it and I know it. I was a member of the local compli: board and - ought to know. The’ NUR.A, didnit accomplish a great deal. It put very. few extra people to work but cropper talk’ of controlling the | brought in its wake a general de- stock market. On a deserted wharf | crease in wages. There are some in New Orleans I heard a Negro| who think the N.R.A. helped but talk of controlling the stock market, |I don’t see that it helped a damn And here again——.The stock mar-| bit. The only help I can see came ket crash started the depression and | from the C.W.A. they feel that control of stocks somehow would have prevented it. te Ubdbarencaroe! Repetition of phrases they have | read or heard——. | Retail business improved in Tulsa for a few months but has dr d ‘ % Gace now ae aclitie ances Redan Soviet Film announce the showing of the depression period. of the Russian sound film wifh The improvement, traceable di-| English titles, “Road to Life.” to be rectly to C.W.A. money, reached its| Shown in Dayton for the first time. peak during the holiday season be-| There will be two showings at the ginning last October and, with the| Industries Building Auditorium, present liquidation of C.W.A. work-| Third and Ludlow Sts., Wednesday, res, is falling rapidly. T believe this) April 3. at 7 p.m. and at 9 p.m. An, is clear evidence that whatever im-| added attraction will be the latest provement in business has been rec-| Soviet, newsreel,” The October Cel- orded in the optimistic graphs and ebration.” “ROAD TO LIFE” IN DAYTON DAYTON. — The Friends of the AMUSEMENT: ——— AMERICAN PREMIERE —-——- CHALUTZIN | (Pioneers of Palestine) with the Habima Players Hebrew Talking Picture of the Workers in Palestine (English Dialogue Titl (ACME THEATRE } 14th STREET and UNION SQUARE ~—-RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL—— | 50 St & 6 Ave—Show Place of the Nation Operis 11:30 A. M. FRANK ay a \) ruce's “WILD CARGO” with FRANK BUCK in PERSON plus a MUSIC HALL EASTER STAGE SHOW Extra! Walt Disney's "“PUNNY LITTLE BUNNIES* \ KO Jefferson 1h &* | Now LIONEL BARRYMORE & MAE CLARKE in “This Side of Heaven” also:—“THE BIG SHAKEDOWN”™ with CHARLES FARRELL & BETTE DAVIS NOW ON BROADWAY. The great Anti-War Hit! ‘Peace on Earth’ AAth ST, Ther. W.ofB way. Evs. 8:45 | | i Matinees Wed. é& Sat. 2.40 209 GOON SEATS AT 300 TO S108 IEGFELD FOLLIES | with FANNIE BRICE | Willie & Eugene HOWARD, Bartlett SIM-/ MONS, Jane FROMAN, Patricia BOWMAN. | WINTER GARDEN, Bway & 50th. Evs. 8.30, Mats, Monday, Thursday & Saturday 2:30 GILBERT & SULLIVAN St4® CAST ‘Week April 9—“PIRATES OF PENZANCE” MAJESTIC THEA., 44th St., W. evgs. 8:30, 50¢ to $2.00, Mats. Wed & Sat. Se to $1.50 | NEW AMSTERDAM, W. 424 st. azmes “THE MIKADO” | THE THEATRE GUILD presents—=| JOHN WEXLEY'S New Play THEY SHALL NOT DIE ROYALE Thea., 45th St.. W. of Broadway, Eves, 8:20, Mats, Thursday and Saturday, 2:20 EUGENE O’NEILL’s Comedy & AH. WILDERNESS! with GEORGE M. CORAN ~ | Thea.. 524 St, W, of Biway | GUILDev 83 Mats. Thur. &Sat.2.20-|-- || MAXWELL ANDERSON'S New Play MARY OF SCOTLAND” with HELEN PHILIP = HELEN HAYES MERIVALE MENKEN 2d St., W. of BY .20Mats.Thur.&Sat.2.20 | ROBERTA | A New Musical Comedy by JEROME KERN & OTTO HARBA\ Eves. 8.49. | Matinees Wednesday and Saturday 2.30 | | WALTER HUSTON in Sinclair Lewis* DODSWORTH Dramatized by SIDNEY HOWARD SHUBERT, W. 4ith St. ys, 8:40 Sharp. Deatinnes tibecizd ies Sat. 2:30 “a MADISON SQ. GARDEN > TWICE DAILY Includin; HOW SUNDAYS Doorsopent &7om cain ba ALL NEW THIS YEAR | {BIGGER THAN EVER! . 2&8P.M. RINGLING BARNUM a BROS and hd s BAILEY 1000 NEW FOREIGN FEATURES. Tickets Admitting to Eve: (including Seats) $1.10 to $3.50 Incl Te ae nm under 12 Price Every z, va | noon except Sat TICKETS at Garden, Macy's and Agencies