The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 24, 1934, Page 5

CHANGE THE WORLD! By MICHAEL GOLD “Dear Mike: “You've said something about actors, dancers and writers in gen- eral, but I don’t believe you or the Daily Worker has mentioned the struggies or “struggles” of the newspaper workers. I wish you would have been with me in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel New Yorker, end heard, for the first time since its organization, the clear, con- crete program of action outlined for the New York Newspaper Guild. “F, Elmer Brown, a rank and file member of the International ‘Typographical Union, and one of the guest speakers, was asked to discuss the question of whether or not the Guild should affiliate with the American Federation of Labor. “It was a good thing to affiliate, Brown advised the Guild, but only if affiliation meant solidarity with the other newspaper workers, the pressmen, the linotypers, the mailers, etc. This cannot be achieved by relving on the A. F. of L. officialdom. “Brown cited the strikebreaking record of Major Berry, president of the Pressmen’s Union. He cited the splitting craft union tactics of the A. F. of L, leaders. Only by joining in the efforts of the rank and file printers, Brown said, for an amalgamation of all the printing craft unions, will affiliation mean anything to the Guild. Brown then pledged the support of the rank and file printers to the struggles of newspaper editorial workers for higher wages, job security and better conditions. “The bursts of applause that grected this address showed that editorial workers are ready to support the program of real unity with the other newspaper workers. “Charles Howard, president of the International Typographical Union, and Pew, editor of Editor and Publisher, were the two other guest speakers invited to discuss the question. “Howard, the only one in the entire throng of about 600 to come dolled up in a tuxedo, went through the paces of a finished oratorical address, reviewing the noble record of “trade unionism,” inviting the newspaper workers to join the A, F. of L., but being very careful to promise nothing. To the question of what concrete support the me- chanical unions would give the editorial workers in their struggles, Howard said it was “unconstitutional” for the printers to do anything to help other members of the craft, and that the A. F. of L. was op- posed on principle to “sympathetic” strikes, He said he favored vertical unions “where possible” but not in the printing trade. He indicated quite clearly that if the Guild trusted the A. F. of L. officials and did not contact the rank and file men in the printing and press rooms, affiliation would be only one of the many traps of the N.R.A. . * . The Publishers’ Side EW gave the publishers’ side, which was against affiliation of any sort. He was afraid the newspaper men might get together in reality with the printers, and then they would not be the noble, loyal, docile animals that publishers loved so much. Laughter greeted most. of his stupidities. The applause at the end was mild and polite, in strong contrast to the enthusiastic reception given Brown. “That does not mean, of course, that newspaper men are com- pletely ready for action. The business meeting at the end accepted apathetically the foolish program put over with the aid of Morris Ernst, the Guild’s attorney, for doing nothing but appeal to the Regional Labor Board to conduct a vote so as to get N.R.A. backing for col- lective bargaining. To do nothing but rely on the N.R.A. means frit- tering away months of running around after government officials who are expert at this sort of shadow dance. It is to be hoped that news- paper men will be “hardbotled’ enough to understand very soon that only by struggles in the individual shops on concrete issues, as well as city-wide negotiations, will the Guild membership, which now totals 1,400, grow and be strong; and in these struggles neither the A. F. of L. officials nor the N.R.A. people can be expected to help, but only the rank and file members of all the newspaper workers, —George Lewis.” * * * THE 23rd PSALM—1934 EDITION. By a Post-Office Clerk Dedicated to the great humanitarian and seer, James A. Farley, Postmaster General, and National Chairman of the Democratic Party). Farley is my master. I work but want. He maketh me to lie down in privation. He destroyeth my soul, He leadeth me in the paths of destruction, for his name sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of starvation, I fear evil, for Thou art with me. Thy sympathy and thy New Deal, they humiliate me. Thou takest the last crumb from before me in the presence of my family. Thou anointest my head with cares. My purse runneth empty. Surely misery and poverty will follow me all the days of thy administration, and I will be a substitute for Thee forever. * * * . (To Roosevelt's New Deal) By CHARLES G. WIKLUND Roosevelt is now my Shepherd and I am in want. He maketh me Ne down on park benches. He leadeth me beside the free soup houses. He restoreth my doubt in the Democratic Party. He leadeth me in the paths of destruction for His name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of starva- tion, I do fear evil, for Thou art against me;.Thy politics and Thy profiteers, they frighten me. Thou preparest a reduction in wages before me in the presence of my dependents Thou anointest my income with taxes. My expense runneth over my income. Surely povrty and unemployment will follow me all the days of this Demo- cratic administration and I will dwell in a rented house forever. What's ; Doing i in the Warkers’ Schools of the U.S. ALIFORNIA is blossoming out) Jack Stachel Addresses with an additional Workers i ft | Workers School Teachers School in the city of Sacramento. Jack Stachel, secretary of the Th have collecte FE ne orice LT. ik Ost delivered’ « talk ta-the from liberals and radicals there and have signed a year’s lease on| instructors of the Workers School 3 whole building at 1529 Eighth |in New York last Saturday after- St. Courses will start not later | 00m, in which he dealt with def- than the middle of May, in the pa Pe ee i ibjects: i following subjec' Principles of groupe: int sie American: edema Communism, Political Economy, | 8% Organization Principles, meade tion of Labor, the problem of the Over 2,000 Cheer Workers’ Dance League e Recital By BEN WOLF ROBABLY not since the ap- Pearance of the Isadora Duncan | Dancers from the Soviet Union in| 1928, have the staid walls of the| Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera} House reverberated with such warm | and enthusiastic applause as that} which greeted the Workers Dance | League recital last Friday night. The performance as a whole was far from perfect. There were many flaws. The program was poorly bal- anced, the lighting arrangements | were badly managed, some of the} artistic conceptions were crude,}| some of the individual dancers be-| trayed an obvious lack of technical training, some of the dances sorely | needed first aid from an experi- enced choreographer; yet, notwith- standing all these, which are, after all faults of immaturity and can be overcome with added practice) and experience, there was an ali- pervading sincerity and vitality that completely captured the audience} and furnished ample corroboration of a noted dance critic’s statement concerning the W. D. L. that, “Here is the nucleus about which the fu-| ture American dance will develop. »| Furthermore, two of the groups and the guest soloist gave performances that clearly ranked among the best ever seen on any concert stage within the past season, ’ Outstanding, from the point of technical finish and perfection were the New Dance Group, Theatre Union Dance Group, and Fe Alf. For political clarity, however, the award must go to the well-known, but still popular “Black and White,” with Add Bates and Irv Lansky capably fulfilling their roles. As the final spotlight revealed the two figures, representing the Negro and the White races, in a firm hand- clasp of solidarity, the house spon- taneously broke forth in a tremen- dous outburst of approval, pee a | [OST encouraging was the New Dance Group. Showing marked artistic growth since their appear- ance at the City College recital, with a firmer grasp of technique and choreography, and a basically clear ideology, they stirred their audience with “Uprising” and “Van der Lubbe’s Head.” The latter was done to a recitation of Alfred Hayes’ poem. With the aid of strik- ing costumes and masks, they real- ized to the fullest. the dramatic potentialities of the poem. The Theatre Union Dance Group, with characteristic finesse, per- formed part of their Anti-War cycle, and a short and stirring “March of the Pioneers” to music by Prokofieff. Here is, undoubtedly, one of the foremost dance groups of the day, yet, despite its fine technique and consistently interest— ing choreography, it still lacks, a clear and unmistakable proletarian | orientation. In winning over the support and sympathy of Fe Alf, the Workers Dance League has made a decided and worthwhile conquest. The re- viewer has witnessed practically every dance recital of the past sea- son, yet not once, has he seen as inspired, natural, and apparently spontaneous a bit of dancing as Unionism, History of the American Working Class, Public Speaking, Spanish, and English. They are also offering a course in Current Events, a course entitled Agitation and Propaganda, Self-Defense When Arrested and in Court, a course in Art and Posters, and a course in Revolutionary Dramatics. Chor ama Harlem School Postpones Opening The Harlem Workers School, 200 W. 135th St. New York, has post- poned the opening of its Spring Term to April 30, In addition to the 12 political courses they are offering, they have enlarged their English Department to include three classes, one in Elementary, one in Intermediate, and one in Advanced English. Registration is now being taken at the office of the Harlem Workers School. ae ee The New York Workers School will hold a Spring Festival to celebrate the completion of the school year on Friday evening, April 27, at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East Fourth St. The program will include the Unity Theatre in the “Death of Jehovah,” Mara Tartar, singer of revolutionary jazz songs, the new Duncan Dancers, and the Latvian Group Chorus, There will also be danc- ing. Tickets are obtainable in ad- Vance for 25c at the Workers School office, 35 E. 12th St. Independent Federation of Unions, etc. This initiates a series of such talks by leading comrades of the Central Committee on important questions of the day, such as the question of the American Work- ers Party, the United Front Policy, Fascism and Social-Fascism, etc., to be given for the clarification of the instructors of the Workers School. The next talk will be given on Saturday, May 12, and the speaker will be announced, Siac (This column appears every Tuesday, Send letters, comments, and news about Workers School to A. Markoff, Sahool Column, Room, 301, 35 E. 12th St, New York), LWT Calls Meeting of All N. Y. Groups for May Day Mobilization NEW YORK. — The League of Workers Theatres is calling a meet- ing of all the groups of the New York Section on Thursday, April 26, 8:30 p.m., at 42 E, 12th St., to com- plete plans for their participation in the United Front May Day celebra- tions. Megaphone-Brigades, songs, and short-skits will be organized. In addition, a report on the Chicago Workers Theatre Festival and Con- ference will be given by John E. Bonn, that which Miss Alf gave in her “Summer Witchery.” Mass pres- sure, in the form of “Bravos” and thunderous applause, forced a re- petition of the number. In “Slay- ery,” she exhibited to good advantage the tremendous power and control of her movements. The dance suf- fered slightly, however, from too much repetition, In “Fille de Joie,” from the same cycle, “The City,” she expressed the forced gaiety of the prostitute. In the space of a review like this, one cannot ade- quately treat of all the elements of Fe Alf’s art, yet there can be little doubt, that, thought she is, as yet, not a revolutionary dancer, with time and further experience, much is to be hoped for, ria aie! New Duncan Dancers, bear- ing the unpleasant burden of opening the program, suffering from slight. nervousness and the conse- quences of badly managed lighting, did not fare so well in their opening number, but came back later to give a fine and finished presentation of “In Memoriam.” Similarly, the Modern Negro Dance Group, appearing for the first time and crippled by the ab- sence of a number of its members, made an unfortunate appearance in “Life and Death,” but afterwards, their later number, “Black Hands, Black Feet,” a simple, rhythmic study, took six bows. The Red Dancers presented for the first time their Scottsboro Dance. In choice and construction of theme, they displayed a com- mendable political consciousness. With further working over, this dance will undoubtedly be a strong presentation, for it has within it the elements of “good dance.” It is suggested, however, that in future presentations, a masculine voice be used for the reading. In general, the recital forebodes well for the next big event of the Workers Dance League —the June Festival at which fifteen groups will compete for prizes. Detroit JRC Launches May Day Campaign for NBC Moscow Broadcast |of each other. BATLY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 194 A Great Artist Dialectician Reflecting the Workers’ Life By MICHAEL KOLTSOV (Columnist of the “Pravda”) ‘EN today, just as yesterday, for- eign newspapers continue to spin yarns that Gorki sold himself to the Bolsheviks for two carloads of caviar and $1,500,000; that, to- gether with his family he sells paintings from the Hermitage Gal- leries, presented by the Government, on Sukharevski Market. Yes, it is true, the Bolsheviks have bought Gorki—bought him outright, for permanent service. The Bolshe- viks have bought him, because in | the Bolshevik Party Gorki found an army of even such fighters for the interests of the working class against the oppression of man by man, of even such tireless warriors for the cause of humanity, as h himself has been, during the whole course of his long indefatigable life. Gorki’s style in his work is a Bol- shevik style. His unquenchable long- | ing for culture, which arose in early childhood and, with the years ani after the last periods of close con-| tacts with the Party, has increased, | is a Bolshevik longing. That is why | the Bolsheviks and Gorki are fond Persistent With Ideas p Gorki travels through cities and countries, meets thousands of peo- ple, receives thousands of letters; | yet, in all this whirlpool of affairs persistently and patiently he pushes | forward with his ideas and plans, does not forget nor give them up, Nothing disturbs him in the tur- moil of Berlin, defending the Palekh artisans. In the “deaf” areas of Lower Moscow, looking through a window upon the autumn-naked- birches, persistent and eager as ever, he exclaim: “Why, there you were in Spain, and yet you didn’t hear of EB, de Queros! Although Portuguese, he is well known in Spain. His anti-reli- gious novel ‘Relics’ is a brilliant thing. I'm surprised it was allowed to appear in that world there. Though it has certainly been added to the Pope's list of forbidden books.” Confusing his ignorant compan- ions, he talks with them about the latest excavations in Italy, on ex- periments in blood transfusion from corpses, on the American method of oil refining. A strong mind, how- ever, does not only collect heaps of facts, but compares them with the boldness and freedom of a great artist dialectician. Saw It In Erivian Gorki once happened to vi the Moscow Music Hall. After his visit the directors, shrugging their shoul- ders, said: “He saw our ‘Follies,’ and for some reason said: ‘I believe I saw some- thing similar in Erivian.’ Why in Erivian? Probably he saw a similar show in Paris. But in Erivian!” Their condescending tone and their smiles showed that they be- lieved the old fellow was slightly confused. But the old fellow was not in the least confused. Gorki actually saw in Erivian a remark- able ballet performed by Turkish Armenians which, by its unusual rhythm and structure, resembled that of the Moscow Music Hall “Follies.” Excellent Stories and, Poems in the Fifth Issue of The Anvil THE ANVIL: A Bi-Monthly Maga- | zine. Edited by Jack Conroy, No. 5. (March-April, 1934), R, R. 4, Mo- berly, Mo, Reviewed by CLINTON SIMPSON issues of “The Anvil” that have appeared so far show a continuity and definiteness of aim that are rare among “little” maga- zines—and needless to say, are never met with among the “high-hat” periodicals, The magazine s sub-titled “stories for workers.” This supplies the key, perhaps, to certain characteristics of its contents. The stories are almost always simple in style; they are presented in forms easy to un- derstand; they are based on themes closely connected with the work- ers’ eyeryday life; they are never esoteric or precious; and they are almost never concerned with sub- jects of interest chiefly to sophis- ticated readers. Just as honesty and directness of statement characterized Conroy's “The Disinherited,” so they charac- terize the work in “The Anvil.” There are exceptions—no magazine can be quite consistently in one tone—but in general this is true; and the magazine gains in strength by sticking close to one point of view and one purpose. The fifth issue follows the general line of previous issues. The first story, “Alone in Chicago,” by Meri- del Le Sueur, contains some effec- tive writing, somewhat in the An- dersonian manner. It tells of the encounter of an unemployed man with a crowd fighting an eviction, and his growing realization of “where the river ran.” The author employs a rather original image of the concerted flight of pigeons to symbolize the spontaneous resist- ance of the workers, as it appears DETROIT.—The Jonn Reed Club has launched a national campaign for a May Day broadcast from Moscow, and calls upon all workers’ and cultural organizations to flood the offices of the National Broad- casting Company, Radio City, N. Y., with thousands of requests for this broadcast. NOTICE! If Morris Zelnick who wrote to Michael Gold criticizing his descrip- tion of Lovestonites as disrupters will send his address to the Daily Worker, we will reply to his letter. to a spectator. “Pilling Shoes,” by Jay Greulich, is a grim tale of a man who gets a job when a worker is killed. The unemployed man happens to be talking with a friend about his failure to get work when they both | an see a Sailor injured on a ship where coal is being loaded. Here is his chance at last! He is given the dead man’s work clothes as well as his job... “He won't be needing them again.” “If you can fill these boots, you’re a man,” says the bo'sun, throwing them down before | @ newspaper. him. The new worker sits on the MASI GORKY = NEVER confuses but unites | numberless facts. Names and living people are tied into creative knots of life by this wonderful tire- less writer and man. He has a Bol- Shevik mind. With this Bolshevik mind he thinks and creates for the Bolsheviks, for the workers for those | who composed the former “lower | classes,” out of whose ranks he him- | self’ sprang, Forty-two years ago Gorki’s first | story appeared in the columns of “Then he wandered about in a white embroidered Russian shirt, his long hair falling around his broad face, reminding one of. a good- natured wise village lad. Probably at that time no one thought that this lad would become a great mee Yet even then he was 9 onderful story teller, and he spoke hs clearly and idly in his rough bass voice that his listeners remem- bered his tales for many years.” Practically nothing had yet been narrated, nothing had been written Much and vary important had, huw- ever, already been experienced. 25- year-old Maximich had already passed through a dark, bloody, op- pressing “Childhood” in dirty Volga villages, in the midst of drunken brawls, primitive cruelty, utter hu- miliation of people. Already he had experienced long weary years of boyhood, “In the World,” in filthy shoe stores, in ikon-painting shops, as a ship's cook, living with drunkards, thieves and bandits. He had been already a pretzel-maker and baker, a rail- road watchman, He had roamed through the Ukraine and the Don, through Bessarabia and the Crimea, along the shores of the Biack Sea He had rested on the seashores with Chelkash and hunted out Cain and Artem in the alleyways. At that time, when only on the threshold of his literary work, he already knew thousands of wonder- ful things, thousands of characters: he knew social collisions and class contradictions, He knew and ur- derstood, pea eee = HAD harnessed himself for life to persistent, determined revo- lutionary creative work. He worked in order to teach and educate and Struggle with people. For this pur- pose he constantly educated and taught himself, struggled with him- self for his own improvement. Reminiscences In reminiscences about Gorki we find the following: “There once was a fellow, a plain [TUNING IN 7:00-WEAF—Baseball Resume WOR—Sports Resume WJZ—Amos 'n’ Andy—Sketch WABC—Myrt ang Marge—Sketch 7:15-WEAF—Gene and Glenn—Sketch WOR—Comedy; Music WJZ—Local Government and the New Deal—Dr. T. W. Foster, of Consumers Advisory Board; Harold D. 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Emilio edge of the bunk, staring dully at them. ew Roe ARK MARVIN’S “But That's Propaganda,” Bob Reed’s “Cot- ton Picker Boy,” Raymond Kresen- sky's “The World's Gone Haywire” and Edward Newhouse’s “Murder Him, Jim,” all have interesting features, There are a great variety of themes in these stories as well as in the short sketches by Harry Kermit, Eugene Joffe, and Karlton Kelm. There are also excellent poems by Norman Macleod, Richard Wright, | White and Sil chap from the village and far from | being literary. In his youth he knew Maximich. It so happened that he heard there was such a writer as/ Maxim Gorki, but he did not know | that this was the Maximich he had | known. I remember when he we reading ‘The Goltve Fair’ he su denly looked up at me with won- dering eyes and exclaimed: “This is a wonderful tale, brother. | maintaining the kind of or: Reminds me of the time when Max- | imich. used to tell stories. You remember Maximich. Somehow though, Maximich gave a clearer | picture.’ ” All his life, in all his literary- | revolutionary work, Maximich has| striven to make his work and that of his pupils more “clear.” He has always struggled for a militant-| revolutionary materialist action of | literature against reactionary mys- tical artistic word-juggling Rising from the darkest and est class” “low- to the world heights of |culture of this epoch, he has pre- | served, as his best weapon of love to the toilers, a hatred for cxploit- ers, a thirst for live people and live work, a revolutionary realism of creative power, an attention to everything concrete, regardless of where and how it might happen. These are the most important ele- Bolshevik writer, which should serve as ® model to others. Therefore it is that working with Gorki is a wonderful school, and a tremendous pleasure. We will mail copies of the 24 page May Day edition of the “Daily” to your friends. Send us their names and addresses, and enclose 5 cents for each copy to cover cost of mailing and postage. Send list and money to the Daily Worker, 50 EF. 13th St., New York City. Writers Speak On C. P. Convention on Friday Night NEW YORK.—Three revolu- tionary writers who reported the historic Convention of the Com- munist Party held recently in Cleveland, will speak at a sym- posium on “The Eighth Conven- tion of the Communist Party and the Intellectuals” this Friday night, April 27, at Irving Plaza Hall, 15th St. and Irving Place. The speakers include Harry Gannes, member of the Editorial Board of the Daily Worker; Marguerite Young, Washington correspondent of the “Daily”; and Joseph North, co-editor of The New Masses. Granville Hicks, author of “The Great Tradition and lit- erary edtor of the New Masses, will act as chairman. The symposium, which will undoubtedly attract great in- terest among workers, intel- lectuals and students, is being arranged jointly hy the New Masses and the John Reed Club of New York. Second Annual Musical Olympiad Will Feature Monster Chorus of 800 NEW YORK.—The Second An- nual American Workers Musical Olympiad, will be held under the auspices of the Workers Music League, on Sunday, April 29, after- noon and evening. at the City Col- lege auditorium, 23rd St. & Lexing- ton Ave. The afternoon concert of orches- tras, beginning at 2:30 p.m. will pre- sent the Pierre Degeyter Symphoni- etta, in a program of classical and modern music; the Freitheit Mando- lin orchestra; the W.I.R. Band and the Friends of Soviet Union Bala- laika orchestra. The evening concert, beginning at 7 pm., will be a competition of seven workers’ choruses, in their own language; the Freiheit Gesangs Farein (winner of last year's Olym- piad Banner), conducted by Jacob Schaeffer; Daily Worker Chorus, Lahn Adohmyan, conductor; Italian Worker Chorus, Giovanni Camajani, conductor; Aida Lithuanian Chorus, Bernice Shelley, conductor; Finnish Workers Chorus, W. A. Birch, con- ductor, and the Ukrainian Workers Chorus, Lahn Adohmyan, conductor. The grand finale will consist of the combined choruses of the Work- ers Music League, with 800 voices, singing new songs from the Inter- national Collection of Revolutionary Songs, and the winning May Day Song. The judges will be George Maynard, George Antheil, Aaron Copeland, E. Seigmeister, Charles Seeger, Harry Martel and others. Gala Costume Ball to Be Held April 25 By Film-Photo League NEW YORK. — The Film and Photo League announces a Motion Picture Costume Ball for April 27 at Webster Hall. George S, Kauf- ;man will broadcast the affair over WOR on April 25 during the “Talk of the Town” program, from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Some of the features of the eve- ning will be an exhibit of photo- graphs by Margaret Bourke White, Ralph Steiner, Berenice Abbott, Irv- ing Browning and the Film and Photo League; a nickelodeon show that will show some of the earliest films made; personal appearance of stars from stage and screen, and a sound recording of the activities of the evening. Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Fox, Warner Bros., and Col- umbia Pictures have agreed to co- operate and send their stars to the and Warren C. Huddlestone affair. ments in the life ani work of a} |made at once | Washington | not always get richer and the poor) Have “Secret Page Five ver Shirts Instructions For Seizing Government” By JOHN L. SPIVAK FRESNO, Cal.—“Crusader White Shirts should law enforcement officials we consider ‘lares the secret of that outfit. “Preparations essential,” instructions should for Crusader White requisitions will be fi the purpose of obtaining other things needed should be assigned to a trustworthy X Committee. “Generous dona ons ¢ tained from most people Crusade by merely appealing to their patriotism. However, a triotic appeal will probably not have much effect on the people who have most of the money nowadays. Th will be a great temptation to use a few pineapples to loosen up those fat pocketbooks, but this tempta- tion shold be righteously resisted “As soon as you are fully equipped and prepared to go to Washington, | report to the Commander-in-Chief of the Crusader White Shirts at Chattanooga, Tennessee, stating the number of men, how equipped and the time required to reach Washing- ton, but do not move until dered. Nothing must fail. | “This is a lawful organization and | it cannot be stopped by law means. If anyone uses unlaw means to start a fight, just be sure | that YOU finish it. or- “Read these orders VERY care- | fully. Strike hard, straight andj} swiftly, Get what you start out to| get.” I may be wrong, of course, but I | cannot take this sort of stuff se- riously. To me it is very funny and reminds me of a musical comedy! | These White Shirts also have an “American Declaration of Economic Independence,” but there is no use} giving that even in parts. The chief change wanted is that the rich shall | should not always get poorer. I gave the “General Orders” in full because, though it is funny,| nevertheless it is significant as a trend and tendency which is ap- pealing to a certain class of people. For the poor devil who has lost his farm or for a retired farmer who has lost his income or for a worker who cannot get a job, these gen- eral orders, beautifully printed, sound swell. You raise your eyes from reading them and expect to find the city ball surrounded by nice, new clean white shirts. It sounds like action. That's why I thought it was good salesmanship to the people it appealed to. Actually the line about “generous donations” is the key to the whole outfit. Here, as in the Silver Shirts, the appeal is made to members on the basis of a disturbed and erumbling economic system, Though the White Shirts may be drilling (they have very few in California) and though they may talk grandly of seizing power, those who do swallow it do so because if offers some way of crystallizing their surging rebellion against conditionss as they are. The Silver Shirts, and its “mili- tary body,” the Silver Ranger, also has detailed secret instructions on how to seize power. These secret instructions are as funny as the White Shirt General Orders. “The Unit for all Silver Ranger activity will be the Squad consist-| ing of one leader and four men. Squad equipment shall be as fol- lows:—one auto, a supply of First Aid Kits, two shovels, two axes, five sacks (capable of holding sand for barricades) three rifles and two shot guns. Bullet proof vests will be furnished by National Headquarters | as soon as finances permit. | “Four squads will form one Group| under a group leader. “Five Groups will form a Com- pany (105 men.) | “No mobilization of groups or com- | panies will be permitted without’ | mand. in as a Deputy S. Marshal, or Special Police Dep’ Officer “The Silver Ra called upon to | any rike. c of ely to get out control of Then the Sil charge and ge! order. “Each leader will responsible for cipline of all men under his com- verbally and com ted to memory. Under no circumstances will they be reduced to writing or permitted to fall into unfriendly hands.” 'ONSIDERING t Rangers, the “mil the Silver Shirts in Calif fewer than 100 men, that’s big talk. There are not more 500 or 600 Silve: than hirts in the wholé: state here, and most of them re- tired farmers, judging by their ap- pearance at the week meetings. But this sort of stuff with its mi tary air and “secrecy” seems to an= peal to a small class of people, es- pecially the secrecy part It a good deal like the old Klan in rites and secrecy. It makes t muddled middle class farmer who does not know what it is all about - but who feels that the depression has left its mark on him, feel that— something is being done, But even at that the vast majority of the; population do not seem to swallow it, (To be continued) Scene from the Big Cirous—~ Ringling Brothers and Barnum” & Bailey's Combined Shows—now in its last week at Madison Square Garden. AMUSE MENTS AMKINO’S Film Masterpiece BROKEN SHOES The Workers’ Ohildren Join in The Struggle Against the Nazis “Superior to Famous ‘Road to Life’ Y. Times. Produced in U.S.S-R. English Titles sé. TWO GREAT SOVIET FEATURES! ACME THEATRE SOVIET NEWS EXTRAORDINARY! George Dimitroff, ee and Taneff, acquitted in Leipzig Trial, arrive in Moscow--RED ARMY Parades in Red Square in honor of the 17th Congress of the Communist Party, etc. Mth STREET NOW & UNY —— The THEATRE UNION Presents — | stevedore oy PAUL PETERS and GEORGE SKLAR Thrilling drama of Negro and white workers on the docks of New Orleans CIVIC REPERTORY THEA. 105 W 14 St. ves. 8:45. Mats. Wed. & Sat. 2:45 TICKETS ON SALE AT BOX OFFICE Re-45e-HNe-The-$1.00 & $1.50, No Tax | gee For information on benefits Phone Wat. 9 2451 “THE THEATRE GUILD presents— EUGENE O’NEILL's Comedy AH, WILDERNESS! with GEORGE M. 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