The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 12, 1934, Page 5

Some Comments on “The Average Mind” ——— CHANGE THE — WORLD! By MICHAEL GOLD “IT have been reading the Daliy Worker for only a short time and am very much delighted with its frankness and wonderful devotion to the cause of the oppressed, especially with your column, which, with its directness and limpidity of style, has always something inter- esting to say,” writes C. R. “In the course of my studies I have become very much convinced that that strangely-misunderstood entity, the so-called “average” mind, is far from being pitifully imbecilic, as it is fondly pictured by pro- fessorial prigs and high-brows. Indeed, to any honest observer, it remains an undisputed truth that, if the present crisis has brought bitter disaster to the workers, it has, at any rate, excited their minds to a tense pitch of curiosity and inquiry concerning the profoundest questions. Beneath the seemingly sluggish surface of the toiler's mind there lies 2 mighty stream of energy that has now burst its bounds, rushing into channels of keen polemics and earnest thought. In proof of this, one need only step into a public library or dawdle around some of our squares. “In closing, Jet me express my earnest conviction that Communism will usher in an epoch unrivalied for its brilliance, because only then men shall be free, and in being free they will certainly do justice to the hidden wonders of their minds and personalities, which otherwise remain thin and stunted in the stinking, suffocating fumes of a decom- posing world.” Fighting Fascism in a Small Town . . Dear Michael Gold: We who live in rural towns and villages, know that fasciem in America is no longer an academic, parlor discussion question; it is a living, concrete menace. We come to grips with it every day. A lecture sponsored by our group was attacked Wednesday night by the Ku Kluxers, who tied a burning cross to the wooden fence outside the house. Then another burning cross was tied to the limbs of a dried pine tree in front of a@ member's house. This is only the most recent in a host of outrages. The first May Day meeting ever held in Monticello was attacked by the American Legion’s imported hoodlums, our Center smashed and taken away from us, our leader arrested, and one of our group was arrested and deported to Ireland: For two days we were hunted as though we were a pack pf wild dogs. Intimidations and threats have never ceased since then. Our organizations collapsed. We recently reorganized our branch, after haying been quiet for about eight months. After the attack Wednesday night it will be a difficult task to Mnaintain our organization, unless the terror is smashed. We want to grow. We want to live. But how? Our town is in the mountains; it is a Summer resort village and has only a population of 3,500. We have no factories and few workers. It is a town of shopkeepers and parasites, We want to defeat fascism. Fascism must be defeated. But how? How can we do it here with no predominantly proletarian population? We would appreciate advice from you or from those who have had similar experiences in small towns to advise us how to smash this terror. It would be a monstrous shame to give up our work now. Fraternally yours, FRIENDS OF THE SOVIET UNION, MONTICELLO BRANCH. Cultural Activities in Chicago Dear Comrade Gold; We are making headway in cultural work among the south side LL.D. members, We believe we are the first chorus in Chicago to emphasize mass singing and make a real effort to spread the workers’ songs by sending representatives of the chorus with mimeographed song sheets to mass meetings, educational meetings of the I.L.D, branches, etc. The response is good, always. The cultural lag, however, is more serious than most of us realize —no question about it. An example: The Chicago preliminaries for the National Workers Theatre Festival were held on Sunday, March 25, at People’s Auditorium. Eight or nine theatre groups performed— before an audience that did not half fill the main floor. The Ukrainians, who were scheduled to compete, failed to appear, and instead ran a social affair on the top floor of the same building—e birthday party for one of their number. And an out-of-town leader, looking in on the empty seats of the auditorium, said, with satisfaction in his tone, “See, the cultural groups have no following!” Did he ask himself: “What cultural groups have a following—ours or the enemy’s?” No. His comment neatly expressed the attitude of too many comrades, that cultural activity is a waste of time and a distraction from serious revolutionary work. Well, we still have a heavy task before us—to convince our own members that skilled proletarian drama and music are politically im- portant, and that only such agitprop forms can break the strangle- hold of bourgeois culture. Much more effective publicity is needed, to accomplish this. Every poster and leaflet must not only announce the cultural event concerned, but must carry slogans that strike at these misconceptions and awake in the workers an understanding of the struggle on the cultural front and a real desire to support those groups that are pioneering in this fleld. Comradely yours, * . * RAE MOSHER. ’ . . On Film and Photo League Tickets S “The Film and Photo League,” writes M. Callejo, “is a revolutionary and sincere group, with a high spirit of comradeship. Because I was unable to pay the whole fee for the course, they accepted readily only one dollar for my enrollment, and never bothered me about the balance. Another time it was decided that the students see the picture “Thunder Over Mexico,” and protest against its showing. Almost one half of us had no money; but, rapidly and cheerfully, the rest of the other comrades, asked by the school, paid our tickets, “However, the recent idea of refusing to admit to a film showing a comrade because he was 25 cents short, is certainly no attitude for a workers’ cultural group to take, The statement by the League seems very weak. We know that money is necessary to pay expenses, but with the revolutionary movement the workers are first, and financial considerations secondary. Because we love the comrades of the Film & Photo League and tts work, we expect that such a sorry and ugly incident should never happen again.” Dear Mike Gold: May I use your column to call your attention to many sad mis- conceptions held by many workers and intellectuals concerning the question of literature. I know, from actual contact with working people and intellectuals that a good number of them, though they extend their sincerest sympathy to the cause of Communism, are nevertheless, in their literary tastes, strongly wedded to feudal and bourgeois master- pieces of the past. Indeed, many of these people told me that they dislike proletarian writing and never bother to read such, because it is too much of a propagandist character. Please comment on this problem in your column some time. —B. Ww. Dear Comrade Gold: You probably realize how rapidly the Workers Laboratory Theatre has progressed in the last few months. Every day we feel the necessity more and more, of having a theatre library well equipped with all the literature essential for the making of politically and artistically devel- oped comrades. But then, the usual difficulty arises and we find that we are financially unable to equip ourselves with such a library. Therefore, I appeal to you, Comrade Mike, to do what you can to publicize the theatre drive for all literature, theatrical, politcial, etc. If any more information is needed, it can be secured from the Workers Laboratory Theatre, 42 East 12th St., New York City. Comradely yours, f ANNE GOLDFARB, Chief Librarian. Ask Abo ut “Roosevelt, | Heover, As Well As Dr. Wirt By MARGUERITE YOUNG CLEVELAND, April 11.—“Do the Communists look upon Roosevelt as | essentiaHy a capitalist in philoso- phy?” a capitalist newspaper's re- porter innocently asked Earl Brow- der, General Secretary of the Com- munist Party. “Roosevelt is the most effective agent Wall Street has had in sev eral years,” Browder replied. nance capital never before has re- ceived such gifts as it is receiving now.” | The reporter could not—or would not—understand. If Browder were | correct, why did Socialist Party leaders approve of Roosevelt, and some capitalists oppose him? Brow- der smiled. He said: “It’s because of two factors. Stu- | Pidity, yes: the capitalists have no monopoly on brains; sometimes they have a distinct shortage. Be- sides, there is often a division of labor: sometimes the ruling class has a policy of executing its pro- gram through misleaders of the working class. In Germany the cap- italists worked through the Social Democratic leaders. We may see in the United States such a thing as finance capital having its poli- cies carried through by Norman Thomas of the Socialist Party.” “But is there no difference be- tween Hoover and Roosevelt?” pleaded the reporter, hastening back to simpler, solider ground. “Yes, there is a difference. The masses feel it in their stomachs.” That satisfied the reporter—until another question brought out that Browder meant that the American masses “feel” the difference by feel- ing less food in their stomachs, un- til Browder said, “Hoover was not @ good leader because his policies were such as to arouse the masses :.. but the masses have less food, less clothing, more inadequate shel- ter now than they had under Hoo- ver. The recovery that is heralded is the recovery of profits for finance capital—the big corporations.” Roosevelt Aids Finance Capital Then surely Mr. Browder would agree with the Roosevelt Brain- lls Repo r Two |Reporter Gets Original, Asks About “Funds from Abroad” convention was that the Gommu- | mist Party is becoming “a mass party of the American workers, a y leading daily struggles and sning daily victories, a party rap- | idly gaining masses not hitherto at- | tached to it.” per cent of the victorious strike | struggles since Roosevelt took of- | : | fice, Browder said, and mass organ- |izations which recognize the cor- rectness of the Communist pro- gram in special fields and follow it |mumber around 500,000 members— } not including “our following within | the American Federation of Labo | which is considerable and growing ‘Truster quoted by Dr. William Wirt} That suggested to one of the press | to the effect that Roofevelt is only | that the Communists are emphasiz- “the Kerensky of this revolution?” | ing the “bore from within” tactic. Browder smiled once more and pa-~| Browder promptly explained that, EARL BROWDER a SAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, APRE: 12, 1994 Broder Te Capitalist Press a Thing o | The Communist: Party led 75 to a5 | rters from Necmactetion| A. for Mass Song Contest | | | NEW YORK.—“One More ‘8’ in| the U. 8. A.,” a poem wriften by the | revolutionary poet, Langston} Hughes, on the occasion of the} Fighth National Convention of the | Communist Party, and publighed in the Daily Worker on April 2, is to} be the subject of a contest for a/ workers’ mass song. The competi- | tion is sponsored by the Daily Worker and the Workers Music| League. Both organizations will offer | prizes to the winner of the compe- tition, which is to be nation-wide. | Further details as to the rules of the competition will be published in First Revolutionary Modern Danee Group Started in Chicago | CHICAGO.—The first successful] revolutionary modern dance group is| getting under way here with the} organization of the New Dance| Group of Chicago. | The group, which meets every} Friday night at 20 East Ontario St.,| is to affiliate with the New York tiently replied, ‘‘No, there’s no simi- larity. Roosevelt is succeeding for the moment in increasing the prof- its of finance capital—Kerensky never did.” And these were the most signifi- cant, the weightiest questions that they could find to ask—these half- dozen reporters who sat around Browder in a room of the house in which the Highth National Conven- tion of the Communist Party was approaching adjournment. The one who asked the most “knowing” questions addressed his interviewer cunningly, “Comrade Browder.” The others stuck to their “Mr.” They were, as capitalist spokesmen in- variably are when they run up against a Communist leader, non- plussed. The only time they really saw the satirical jab that lurked in Browder’s answers was when he told them Communist Party mem- bers pay 2 per cent of their income, as dues, and a highly graduated in- come assessment if they have more than $50 a week. One wanted to know whether there were many in the above $50 class. “No,” Browder solemnly replied. “We aren't getting mass support from the capitalists.” Party Leading Workers’ Struggles He had just explained that the most significant thing shown by the National Thea tre Festival Will Open in Chicago Tomorrow CHICAGO.—The National The- ater Festival will open on the eve- ning of April 13th and will continue on the 14th and 15th at Turner Hall, 820 North Clark St. Fifteen work- ers’ theater groups, from a]l over the country, will perform. The Rebel Players of Los Angeles, the Ukrai- nian Dram Group of New York, and Workers’ Theaters from Cleveland, Toronto, Detroit and Gary will be on the program. The New Jersey Stage and Screen Theatre Union’s Second Play “Stevedore” Opens April 18 “Stevedore,” by Paul Peters and George Sklar, the Theatre Union's second production, will have its pre- miere next Wednesday night at the Civic Repertory Theatre. “Peace on Earth,” the anti-war play now at the Forty-fourth Street Theatre, will close its uptown en- gagement on Saturday night. “Are You Decent,” a comedy by Crane Wilbur, will open next Thurs- day night at the Ambassador Thea- tre. Eric Dressler, Lester Vail, Zamah Cunningham, and A. J, Her- bert head the cast. Another play announced for next Thursday is “Broadway Interlude,” by Achmed Abdullah and William Almon Woiff. } “Dodsworth,” Sidney Howard's dramatization of Sinclair Lewis's novel, celebrated its fiftieth perfor- mance at the Shubert Theatre last night. Toscanini To Offer AH- Wagner Program Sunday Arturo Toscanini returns this evening at Carnegie Hall, directing DETROIT. Three workers met with very serious injuries Saturday in the Chrysler-Jefferson plant, De- partment 482, This accident, which could have easily killed and maimed a score of workers, is directly due to the intensive speed-up driving system practiced in the Chrysler plants. Art Morey and Warren Witte are Speed-up Gradually Increased In Department 82, which is a re- the speed-up of the lines has been’ stepped up daily. On Saturday, April line was to per. In this moving inferno, men must lie with heads and shoulders un- derneath the cars, testing brakes motor vibration. Since the speed-up in the assembly depart- John Reed Club Dramatie Group will present the mass chant, “‘Scotts- boro;” the Albany Park Jewish Workers’ Club of Chicago will give a satiric play, “Blue Hagle;” the Workers’ Laboratory Theater of New York will give their now-fa- mous impressionistic sketch, “News- boy;” the Moline Dramatic Group offers a play called “Graveyard,” id the Workers’ Laboratory The- ater of Chicago will present the re- alistic stock yards play, “In the Hog House.” There will be three evenings of competition, each play lasting only thirty minutes. A group of com- petent judges will pick the winning groups. In addition there will be a guest performance of scenes from “Fortune Heights,” by John Dos Passos. On April 14, the Second National Theatre Conference of the League of Workers’ Theaters will be held at the People’s Auditorium, 2457 W. Chicago Ave. Three hundred dele- gates from all parts of the United States and Canada will atttend. the Philharmonic Orchestra in a program which includes the Con- certo Grosso in G minor, Op. 3, No. No. 40, Kodaly’s Summer Evening; Paganini’s Moto Perpetuo and Ber- loz’ Overture to “Benvenuto OCel- lini.” This program will be re- speated on Friday afternoon and Saturday night, Sunday afternoon, Toscanini will conduct the first of his three Wag- ner concerts. The program includes a “Faust” Overture, the Siegfried Idyi, the Waldweben from “Sieg- fried" and the Love Scene from Act II of “Tristan and Isolde” with GeGrtrude Kappel, Marion Telva and Paul Althouse as soloists. MURDER IN DETROIT ment js just as great, many cars arrive without the driver's seat, compelling men to drive sitting on the floor, On this day the depart- ment was to work straight through till 12:30 without taking time off for lunch. Workers Crushed At 11 am., one of the cars that was without a driver’s seat slipped off the revolving rollers. Since the motor was running and the clutch was in, it shot forward the moment. the wheels touched the floor. It smashed into the cars ahead, push- ing all of them forward and pinning four men between the bumpers of the various cars. Line Keeps Moving Forward There was first a crash then a blood-curdling scream, but the line kept moving forward. One man who was fitting on DeSoto hoods was caught between two bumpers and had both legs crushed to pulp. An- other man who had been adjusting a fan had one leg crushed, Another worker farther down the line was caught, and was in danger of get- ting his abdomen caved in. A fourth worker was unable to extricate him- self and was yelling for assistance. But still the line kept moving re- lentlessly forward. Workers were frantically trying to push the cars apart and yelling for the line to stop. But on this line of close to 150 yards in length, there is only one control box #t the very begin- ning of the line in charge of a foreman. His instructions are “to keep the line moving no matter 2, of Francesco Geminiani; | Mozart's Symphony in G _ minor,! “Where it is possible to have trade unions under revolutionary leader- | ship, We much prefer it.” But, nev- jertheless, the reporter’s paper next day heralded the “fact” that the | | Communists are again up to their | “bore from within” tactic. No Political Seorets He told them, in answer to ques- tions, that the Communist Party's annual budget is from $125,000 to $150,000; that it picked Cleveland | for its convention because this city jis the center of the industrial popu- lation to whom it appeals; that an- | other crisis “is so near we can feel jit on our backs,” and that it would | not reveal the names of its Central Committee because, “Politically we have no secrets, but we never know | at what hour attacks will be made | against the Communist Party, and jwe see no reason why we should help our attackers by revealing all our leaders.” And then came the real fillip— the prize cliche: “Tell us, Comrade organization of the same name.j Male and female workers who wish | to join the group will find it under|} competent direction. | [TUNING IN| TONIGHT’S PROGRAM WEAF—660 Ke. 7:00 PM League Couct? tional Commander, Ai 7:15—Billy Batchelor—Sk: 7:30—Shitley Howard, Songs; Jesters Trio 5—The Goldbergs—Sketch 8:00-—Valle Orch.; Soloists 9:00—Capt. Henry Show Boat Concert 10:00-—Whiteman Orch.; Al Jolson, Songs 11:00-—Kathryn Newman, Songs 11:15—Naws Reports 11:20—Oyril Pitts, Tenor WOR—710 Ke. 7:00 P.M.—Sports Resume National Defense the Edward A, Hayes, Na rican Legion | Browder, is the Party getting any | 7:15—Comedy: Music Sie | outside money now? Any fina 7:30—Lone Ratiget—Sketc! support pone hG'n Pa financial) {to-title symphony Oreh., Phillip po we James, Conductor; ‘Thomas’ Richner, | “At the present historical mo- Piano 9:00—Variety Musicale 9:15—Dramatized News 9:30—Success—Harry Balkin 9:45—The Witch’s Tale 10:15—Current Events 10:30-—Jolly Russians 11:00—Moonbeams Trio ment, the duties run the other way,”~Browder said. “We financially help the German and the Cuban} |Communist parties. We still have |an opportunity for mass work, and the duty therefore runs from us to | i1:30—Dance Music them.” outa pea is WIZ—760 Ke. Marguerite Young to aac enn mea 7:30—Sagerquist Oreh.; Don Ameche and Selly Ward in Dramatic Sketch 8:00—Grits and Gravy—Hillbilly Sketch 8:30—Jack and Loretta Clemens, Songs 8:45—Robert Simmons, Tenor; Sears Orch. 9:00—Death Valley Days 9:30—Duchin Orch. 10:00—Canadian Program 10:30—America Must Choose — Senator John H. Bankhead of Alabama, K. I. Harriman, President U. 8 Ohamber of Commerce 11:00—Cavaliers, Quartet 11:15—News Reports 11:20—WLS Tenth Anniversary Program WABC—2860 Ke. 7:00 P.M.—Myrt and Marge 15—Just Plain Bill—Sketeh 30-—Serenaders Orch. 45—-News—Boake Carter 8:00-—Raffles—Sketch 8:30—Concert Orch,; Speak on the Press in | New York Sunday Night NEW YORK.—Marguerite Young of the Daily Worker Washington Bu- reau, will speak on “Press Report- ing at Washington” on Sunday eve., April 15, at 8 o'clock, at the New School for Social . Research, 66 W: 12th St. Before coming to the Daily Worker, the speaker was a staff writer on the World - Telegram, and prior to com- Ing to New York worked for four years for the As- sociated Press, Alexander Baritone; Mary Eastman, Soprano 9:00—Connie Gates, Claude Ries, Songs: John Oorigliano, Violin 9:30-—Waring Orch. 10:00—Gray Orch.; Stoopnagle and Budd, Comedians; Connie Boswell, Songs 10:30—Wheeler Orch.; Doris Loraine, Songs 10:45—Emery Deutsch, Violin 11:00—Vera Van, Songs 11:15—News Reports 11:20—Jones Orch. Gray, Marguerite Young This is Marguerite’s Young's first public appearance in New York since her Washington assignment, The meeting is arranged Press League, by the | “Communist Flame Continues |To Burn,” Admits Goering BERLIN (By Mail) —Admission that the Communist Party of Germany continues to exist despite the murderous Nazi terror was made by the Prussian Premier Goering, speaking recently at a memorial meeting held in Essen in honor of the police forces killed during the Ruhr disturb- ances in 1920-23. to burn underground and it close our eyes to the fact.” By to understand. He thought the men were only kicking at the speed-up. Finally, a group of workers started to rush toward him determined to knock him down in order to get to the control box. It was only then that he turned the switch that. stopped the line from going for- ward. Fully a minute passed by after the men were pinned down. The victims were finally extri- cated, one with both legs crushed, one suffering from possible internal injuries and another with minor wounds. They were all rushed to the hospital. No sooner were the workers on their way to the hos- pital then men from the Cost De- partment came down to check up the damage that had been done to the cars. The men were saying, ‘‘See those sons of They don't care about our lives, just about the Profits.” Anger of Workers Rises The rest of the workers gathered together. Fach realized that it might have been himself, that it might easily have been 20 workers instead of four. Heads could have been crushed, necks broken. All realized that the whole accident was entirely due to the murderous speed-up system. There was talk of forming a department commit- tee elected by the workers to regu- Jate the rate of production and to Put a stop to this wholesale murder. Company officials tried to quiet things down. The lines were started up, but a majority of workers re- What happened,” He couldn't seem fused to go to work. Foremen tried to break up group gatherings, The “Do not imagine,” declared Goering, “that Commu- nism has heen completely destroyed. The flame continues would be madness for us to Phil Raymond In Migrat By JOHN b. SPIVAK FRESNO, Cal—The A. F. of L. locals here feel the ef- fects, especially sinee their own unions have not been particularly aggressive in bet- tering union conditions or even in fighting for the enforcement of code guarantees. It is only within the past year that the standard trades like building have shown the slight- est sign of life. During the past five years many of the former con- servative union men and their families have been driven either to charity or into the migratory class of workers—and over 400 former union men became migratory work- ers who used to be members of Fresno local alone. ‘These former union men who now wander endlessly about the state from field to field, in the process of their migrations, return to the area they started from. They meet | their former associates and tell of the conditions they work under, the wage scales, the indifference of the |A. F. of L. to organizing agricul- tural workers unless they can be classed as a trade like lettuce pack- ers, and point out that Communists are organizing winning strikes. It might be advisable to take up here the question of why organizers are able to make very perceptible | gains and have apparently not been able to make them in other areas I visited. As near as I have been able |to ascertain there are two reasons: 1—The strikers’ greatest advantage is the crop itself. The crop must be picked immediately after it is ripe or the entire crop is lost to the farmer who had borrowed money towards it, had worked and had waited a whole year for this har- vesting. Peas, for instance, must be picked within the week, cotton be- fore it rains, etc. 2—The absence of highly central- ized and efficient anti-red propa- ganda. This area has not been sub- jected to the high pressure anti- Communist propaganda carried on in the East. This applies equally to the business man as to the A. F. of L. and the newspapers. Ever since the I.W.W. passed out of the picture as a factor in organ- izing migratory workers, things were undisturbed here. There was no threat against farmers or their labor clearance houses. like Agri- | cultural Labor Bureaus which set wage scales, hours of work, etc. When Communist activities among migratory workers, and later, among small farmers, started in 1932, the red-scare machine was not functioning. Communists were thus able to gain a foothold which was tremendously strengthened by their winning several small strikes. Newspapers and business men are only just waking up to the “Red menace” and an intensive publicity drive is on now in the capitalist Press as well as almost hysterical activity by vigilante groups, fascist organizations and the law itself. Neer ag ONSERVATIVE labor have tried to close their eyes to conditions in the agricultural fields “because they didn’t want to be- come radical,” as C. E. Dowd, presi- dent of the Fresno Labor Council, told me. “Why, do you know, a reporter told me that he was present, when sev- eral Tulare County farmers took some of these migratory strikers and shot them down in cold blood. The reporter was there. He saw it. These workers were unarmed, too; They didn’t even have a club with them when they were shot down. “Now the district attorney in Tu- Jare County has drawn up an ordi- nance which would make it a crime for two or more automobiles to park close together at the same time anywhere in the county. You know, we're supposed to have freedom of assemblage and that ordinance is designed to stop it. They're trying to keep these migratory workers from congregating anywhere for a meeting. That's the purpose of the bill. As 4 rule the A. F. of L. is not interested in organizing migratory workers. They give as reasons that they are notoriously bad dues-pay- ing members and too wandering a tribe to keep track of. Yet, though 1 “Not Int leaders | erested” ory Workers |the A. F. of L. has generally kept away from this field, there have been a few instences where lore) Officials persuaded them to try to organime a migratory group When they learned the Communiste were active among them. his they un- dertook but the results have been too inconsequential to merit more than passing mention. Fresno itself, with its population of about 66,000 has some 70 per cent native whites. Of these 65,000 about 45,000 are classed as workers. The percentage of workers was much |smaller in 1928, but here, as in ev- ery area I visited so far, the deep- ng depression threw a great many women into the labor field, especially in the packing and ean- ning industries: Almost everyone of working age, male and female, in Fresno County, is in the labor mare ket. Out of the 65,000 population, 14,000 are school chiidren. Out of the remaining 51,000, some 6,000 are wives of business men and white collar workers. IN 1928 there were approximately 500 persons who might have been classed as unemployed. This num- ber was due chiefly to the seasonal nature of the work they did and was constantly fluctuating so that though there were an average of 500 unemployed, they were not af- ways the same persone. In 1930, however, the number of registered unemployed jumped to the startling figure of 6,000—or 12 times as many as before the de- pression. This figure rose to 17,000 |im 1931-32. Im 1933 the registered unemployed were close to 9,000 and when the government work relief projects started more than 12,900 registered. Of this 12.000 there were quite a few duplications, such as |the same application for a C.C.C. |job and a O.W.A. job, but officals estimate that this duplication did |not, counterbalance the number of | unemployed who did not register | with the government. | (To Be Continued) | WHAT’S ON Thursday |" MOVIE and Lecture, | New, in pictures, by Am kins Hall, 130 Wilkins A f&., 8:30 p.m. Auspices | F.8.v. LECTURE on “Youth Advances Under the Soviets” at Met. Bten Br, P.8/U., 1401 Macombs Road, cor. 170th St. Prominent speaker; 8:30 p.m. Adm. 10e, DR. 6. LEROY lectnres on “Pascism, the N.R.A. or Planned Eeonomy” at Surn- side Manor, 85 W. Burnside Ave., 8720 n.m. Russis Old and Auspices: Forham Br. ¥.8.0, Adm. 10¢, Unemployed free. DR. LOUIS lL. SCHWARTZ, member of | "Red Medicine” investigating party, will | speak on “Soviet Health Service” at West Side Br. F.8.U,, 2642 Broadway at 190th | St, 8:30 p.m. Adm. 15¢ | GORRIGAN of M.W.LU. speaks on “Ex- | Deriences and Struggles of the Seamen” at Edith Berkman Br. 1L.D., 4704 18th Ave, Brooklyn Borough Park Workers | Club, 8:30 p.m. | MICHAEL HAGOPA Protest | 4100 13th Ave, David Schriftmen, | attorney, main speaker. Ausptces: | May Br. LL.D. Adm. free. OPEN FORUM, Pen & Hammer Club, | 114 W. 2ist St. Edward Amden speaies “Type Psychology and Capitalism,’ p.m. “SOVIET CHINA - SUN-YAT-SENISM in | the development of the Chinese Revoluion. | Friends of the Chinese People, 168 W. 28rd St. 8:30 p.m. Admission 1S¢. THE TRACTOR Group will have s spe- cial meeting at 122 Second Aye., top floor, at 8 p.m SEMI-MONTHLY membership meeting of Nurses and Hospital Workers League, 33 E. 20th St., 8:30 p.m. Interesting discus- sion. Friday DEBATE on “Communism or Fascism,” Max Bedacht, Communism; M. Plumaint, Fascism; Irving Plaza, 15th St. and Irving Place, 8 p.m. Auspices Br. 2 LW.O. Ad- mission 25¢. SYMPOSIUM “Architecture and Bocial Planning in United States” (P. Goodman), German (Dr. W. Hegemann), Soviet Union (Simon Breines), Meyer Shapiro, Ohair- man, Girls’ Industrial High School, Lex- ington Ave, and 22nd St, 8:15 p.m. Aus- pices: Technical Bureau, F.9.U. Adm. 28¢, DANCE and Entertamment at Finnish Workers Hall, 115 W. 196th @. Music by Jazz Johnson. Ausploes, Dally Worker Comm. Finnish Club. BEN GOLD lectures 9 Workers Giub, 20h se att Metal 8:30 p.m. CARL SANDS speaks on “Glass Music™ with piano iilustrattons at Tremont Pro- | gressive Club, 868 %, Tremont Ave., 8°86 p.m. PROF. TREDWELL SMITH will lecture on “The Danger of War snd the Yough’ at the Brighton Workers Center, a Coney Island Ave. 8 pm. Anspices of ¥.0, L. and Brighton Shule. Meeting at ILD. Islané id Ave, AMUSE MENTS ——— Soviet Russia’s Great Satire on Disarmament! “LET'S HAVE PEACE” Also: CHALUTZI M (Pioneers of Palestine) With the HABIMA PLAYERS Hebrew Talking Picture of the Workers of Palestine (English Dialogue isles) ACME THE 14th STREET ATRE Suna men simply ignored them. Five minutes later the lines again stopped moving, lights were turned out and foremen announced a half- hour lunch period. Company stool-pigeons began talking among the men, declaring the accident was due to careless- ness and that the company was not to blame. They also advised the men to take up any grievances they had with their department repre- sentatives. Every one asked, “Well, who the hell is he? We never saw him.” After the half-hour was up, half the men, particularly those who showed the greatest indigna- tion, were sent home. Many Chrysler workers are now convinced of the necessity of form- ing a militant fighting organiza- tion. They are certain that a Shop Committee backed up by workers ready to take strike action if neces- sary could have enforced the fol- lowing demands of the workers and made impossible such an accident as occurred. 1. Slow down the line—give the men an opportunity. to put in all parts and to adjustthem properly. 2. Cars on the line to be no less than six feet apart. 3. Eliminate bonus system, pay straight hourly rates. 4. Control boxes every 75 feet so that workers can themselves stop the lines in case of emergency. The Auto Workers Union has is- sued a leaflet.calling on all Chrysler workers 0 organize and fight against the murderous speed-up system and for nereased wages, ——THE THEATRE GUILD presents — EUGENE O'NEILL's Comedy AH, WILDERNESS! with GEORGE M. CORAN GUILDevesv stets.thnresntce) MAXWELL ANDERSON'S New Play ARY OF SCOTLAND” with HELEN PHILIP HELEN HAYES MERIVALE MENKEN St., W. of Bway ur. &Sat.2.20 « MADISON SQ. GARDEN TWICE DAILY 2&8 P.M. Includin: SUNDAYS Doorsopent AT pm RINGuNG BARNuy 3 BAILEY CciRCUS ALL NEW THIS YEAR § BIGGER THAN EVER! 1000 NEW FOREIGN FEATURES ‘Tickets Admitting to Everything (includi Seats) $1:10 to $3.50 Including Tax. Children under 12 Halt Price Every After moon except ve . TICKETS at Garden, Macy's aad Agencies IEGFELD FOLLIES with FANNIE BRICE Willie & Eugene HOWARD, Bartlett StM- MONS, Jane FROMAN, Patricia BOWMAN. WINTER GARDEN, Bway @ 50th. Ers. £30 Mats, Monday, Thursday & Saturdey 2:20 ——RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL— 30 St é& 6 Ave—Show Place of the Nation Opens 11:30 A. M.- || Trene @ THIS MAN Dunne IS MINE” Constance Cummings—Ralph Bellamy and as Springtime Music Hal Stage Show RKO Jefferson Mth 8. & | Now 3rd Ave. JEAN PARKER & TOM BROWN in “TWO ALONE” adied feature:—“MIDNIGHT” with SIDNEY FOX & HENRY RULL Sane tenia iors nee —NOW ON BROADWAY. The great Anti-War Hit! Last Week! ‘Peace on Earth’ Thea..WofB' way, Evs. 8:30 44th ST. Matinee Wed.& Bat. 2:45 200 GOOD SEATS AT 500 TO $1.00 ‘The THEATRE UNION Anno STEVEDORE dy PAUL PETERS and GEORGE SKLAR Directed by Michael Blankfort Thrilling drama of Negro and white workers on the docks of New Orleans OPENING WED. EVE. APRIL 18 CIVIC REPERTORY THEA. 105 W 14 Eves. 8:45. Mats. Wed. & Sat. 2:45 300~450-60c~75c~$1.00 & $1.50 Por information on benefits and pre- view performances ‘Phone WAT. 9-2451 '——Benefit Preview Perf. Apr. 14-16-1 WALTER HUSTON in Sinclair Lewis’ DODSWORTH Dramatized by SIDNEY HOW, SHUBERT, W. 44th §t. Eva, 8: Matinees Wed, Pri. & Sat.