The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 4, 1934, Page 5

ea WORKER W YORK, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1934 CHANGE _——THE— ‘WORLD! By MICHAEL GOLD “IN THE March 3rd issue of the New Leader,” writes Henry Mells, “there appeared an article by James Oneal, the ‘theoretical giant’ of the Socialist Party, in connection with the Austrian occurrences. After the Daily Worker had reprinted literally thousands of the shameful, incriminating statements given by the Austrian Socialist leaders to the capitalist press and its satéllite the Fordward, this political weasel ferreted out the ‘tremendously significant’ fact that there had actually been printed two sentences between quotation marks attributed to Otto Bauer, that were incorrect. With this devastating evidence in hand Oneal commenced a diatribe which for malicious inference and unadulterated hooey is surpassed perhaps only by the ravings of Ralph Easley. “Lenin, insists this English writing counterpart of Abe Cahan, once wrote the following: ‘To practice trickery, to employ cunning and to resort to illegal methods—to sometimes even overlook or con- ceal the truth’—claiming this to be a ‘text’ from a pamphlet published by ‘Staiin’s American conscripts in 1923’ entitled ‘Should Communists Participate in Reactionary Trade Unions?’. Using this quotation as a basis plus his psychopathic logic, Onéal slanders and distorts the entire Communist position, insinuating thereby, that all Communists are liars at all times and under any circumstances. “Brainstorming onward, with insidious innuendos, he implies that any and all information from a Communist source-should be com- pletely ignored and consequently that the editors of the Daily Worker, its entire reportorial staff, ifs columnists, including yourself, are a pack of unmitigated liars, to say the least. Thus the Communist Party, the Third International, the Left Wing Unions, the National Student League, the John Reed Club, the League Against War and Fascism, the so-called ‘innocents’ clubs’ such as Workers Centers, etc. —in short, any and every organization with the slightest symptoms of bacillus class-consciousness are to be unceremoniously dumped into this category and sneered at—lied at—hooted at—‘but no touch.’ “In all Socialist literature, in contact with the ‘cream’ of the Socialist Party leadership, one invariably encounters this attitude: that Communists are ‘ghouls’ vandals, lepers,’ instructed by Lenin to stoop to the vilest, most nefarious methods. “Uon examination of the evidence which forms the foundation for Oneal’s flights of fantasy, one discovers that the pamphlet re- ferred to is an extract published by the Contemporary Press in 1920, from Lenin’s booklet ‘Left Communism—TInfantile Disorder’—a fact, Incidentally, which is carefully overlooked in Oneal's article. Recently, I had the pleasure of reading the booklet and was surprised to discover an entirely different translation of this important passage, which follows: “Undoubtedly the leaders of opportunism will have recourse to all tricks of bourgeois diplomacy, will appeal to the help of bourgeois governments, to priests, police, courts, in order to prevent Communists from entering the trade unions, by all and every means to put them out, to make théir work as unpleasant as possible, to insult, hound and persecute them. It is necéssary to be able to withstand this, to go the whole length of any sacrifice if need be, to resort to strategy and adroitness, illegal proceedings, reticence and subterfuge, to any- thing in order to penetrate into the trade unions, remain in them and carry out Communist work inside them at any cost.’ “In checking up on the above transcription, I unearthed the fol- lowing: “1, The same Contemporary Press which published the pamphlet used by Oneal, that same year, 1920, also published the booklet ‘Left Communism’ with the above translation. (Worker's Library). “2, The Communist Party of Great Britain in 1920 also published Yhe above translation. (Worker’s Library). “3. The Toiler Publishing Co. (no date) also published the above translation. (Worker's Library). “4, The Marxian Educational Society of Detroit, Michigan also published the above translation in 1921, ‘the only authorized trans- lation.’ (This booklet is in the Rand School Library). “One can easily discern the difference between the two trans- lations. One carries a sinister, underhanded meaning. That is why Dneal continues to utilize this translation when he must assuredly be aware of the existence of the correct one, The other sounds logical, precise, comprehensive and certainly implies nothing that Oneal attaches to the other. At any rate there is a definite gap between the two. “T hope this will assist in exposing the Socialist Party leadership and their methods, especially in the light of what occurred with the vecent Severing articles. “Comradely yours, “HENRY MELLS.” * . . . In a recent column I informed our readers of the predicament af Tom Myerscough, one of our bravest fighting miners, who needed hospital treatment for an old wound in his leg. Prompt and generous contributions have flowed into the Daily office, and I am happy to say that Tom is now in @ hospital getting the necessary treatment. Altogether $94.60 was received, and the National Miners Union as well as the Communist Party, Pittsburgh, wish to express their great ‘ppreciation to those comrades who came to Tom Myerscough’s help. * . . . WASHINGTON, April 13 (U. P.)—Relief rolls reached an all- time peak of 4,700,000 persons April 1, 1934, despite employment in- creases, Relief Administrator Harry L. Hopkins said today. Hopkins attributed the increase to final exhaustion of monetary reserves of persons who had been unemployed during a major portion of the depression. (From Long Island ‘Star.”) ‘WASHINGTON, April 14 (U. P.).—A sharp decline in federal relief nditures, with expansion of business and termination of the C.W.A. pi » Was shown by Treasury Department figures today. (From N. Y. “World--Telegram.”) “These successive United Press stories don't seem to fit together the way they should,” writes Jack Stone. “Can it be that as relief rolls soar to an all-time high, each miserable dole is hacked and chopped away so that, despite the added numbers on relief “federal relief ex- penditures show a sharp décline?” The United Press credits it to decline in R.F.C. expendigures. Can # be that the N.R.A. is supplanting the R.F.C. in subsidizing big busi- ness and monopolies and banks while the workers are being catapulted by thousands onto relief rolls? Franklin never told me anything like that. Anti-Fascist Committee Charges Doug Brinkley Is Nazi Propagandist Benefit Party Will Be Held for Victims of Austrian Fascism The Commission Investigating Fascist Activities informs the Daily Worker as follows: NEW YORK.—A gala entertain- ment and party on Karl Marx’s birthday, under the auspices of the “Doug Brinkley, an American re- tently returned from Germany, gave What was advertised as an impartial report of conditions in Germany in an address at Town Hall, New York, recently, on “Germany as I Have Seen It.” The United German So- cieties, having taxed their members with tickets for the talk, were well represented; also the Silver Shirts. A number of Storm Troopers were scattered about the hall. To the anti-fescists present it soon became apparent that the lecture was mere- ‘ly another Nazi rally. “He assured his listeners that he visited Germany as an impartial observer and unofficially, at the same time admitting that through his travels in Germany the govern- ment granted him official escorts. “Brinkley is a regular contributor to German Outlook, English supple- ment of the Deutsche Zeitung, offi- tial Nazi organ in America. “Brinkley is scheduled for a lec- ture tour in many American cities. Anti-fascist groups in each of these cities have been notified in order that Brinkley's true purpose may be exposed. downtown section of the LL.D., for the benefit of the victims of Aus- trian Fascism, will be held on Sat- urday, May 5, 8:30 pm., at Palm Casino, 85 BE. 4th St. A number of artists and writers, including Edward Dahlberg, Sender Garlin, Michael Gold, William Gropper, Robert Minor, Dr. Luttinger, Jo- seph Pass, have sponsored this af- fair, Norman Tallentire, of the American League Against War and creator, will provide ment, and dance music will be sup- plied by a Negro jazz band. Anti-Nazi Committee Will Hold Conference NEW YORK.—The United Anti- Nazi Conference Committee is call- ing @ delegated conference on May 5, 12 noon, at Irving Plaza Hall, 15th St. and Irving Pl., for the purpose of unifying hundreds of organiza- tions in New York in the struggle against Hitler fascism, against Nazi organization in the U. 8, and for the support of Hitler victims | very vitals of Those Alabama By MYRA PAGE (OMMUNIST miners and steel workers of Alabama have studied the Open Letter of our Party to the membership, especially its direc- tives “to make the turn to the shops.” “That's right,” they say, “that’s talkin.’” And resolutely, in the face of great terror and semi- legal conditions, they have set out to build the Party in the big trusti- fied industries of Alabama. True, we have only the beginnings of this work as yet. But even these first months of rooting ourselves in the industry and the | working class have produced results |that might well be studied by our entire Party. Last month, the first issue of the Communist unit’s shop paper in the} Steel Trust’s powerful T. C. I. ap-| pearéd—The Blast. It proved up to| | its name, creating a sensation both| among the millmen and miners, and | in the superintendent's office. Some) T. C, I. workers’ homes were raided in the night, by company thugs. By} day, the management called factory meetings, where cajoling was inter- mingled with open threats. Straw) bosses did their best to discover | what damn Bolsheviks had the| nerve to put out this sheet, distrib- utéd right in the mills! The workers) confined their talking, however, among themselves. There, they did plenty. What a swell job! Wanted—50 More Copies of Shop Paper “If I could get hold of about 50 extra of these,” a white steelman confided to a fellow Negro worker, “T'd sure put them to good use.” He got them. A biting cartoon of one hated foreman, a speed-up demon, carjcatured with horns, tail and pitchfork, complete, proved the main hit. Evidently it hit the foreman too. Calling his department together, he said in an aggrieved tone, “Boys, why do you write such things about me?. . .I'll lay off. And remember, no more pictures.” Soon the sec- ond number of ‘The Blast’ will be out, helping to launch the red Steel and Metal Workers’ Industrial Union in this heavy industry center of the South. Last week Y. C. L. units were or- ganized in the T. C. I. Party units and are already at work in mills and mines of the Republic Steel, Sloss-Sheffield and others. Several C. W. A. jobs have been organized) solid by our Communist units. Solidarity of Negro, White Workers Through this turn to the shops, and only through this, by taking up the day-to-day struggles there, our Party has been finding the one key to its toughest problems in the South. Before this, we had not been able to draw in but a scant hand- ful of southern white workers. We had hardly begun to cement that solidarity of Negro and white which| is the prime pre-requisite of any! working-class advance in the South, | and of the further growth of the national liberation movement of the oppressed Negro people. Until we began basing our work in the shops, unity of southern labor! could not be achieved. Roused by the magnificient Scottsboro cam-| paign, several hundred southern Negro workers and croppers had! taken up the struggle and joined our Party. But the white workers, laboring undef all the bogies of race prejudice and red scares, remained} almost untouched. Only a small! | people. minority realized that had anythi of thi Scottsboro repeated lies that ain't nigger-lovin y of them, the Com-mun-ist ‘or white men. It’s just a society.” The point was, that we had not found the} character of the N. R. A. is far from! on the unionizing spirit among the means of proving to them, in actual struggle, that the Commu Part uncomprising fight for Negro rights and freedom of the Black Belt was an essential part of their fight (of the whole working class) for better conditions and freedom, Once in the shops, organizing and carrying on struggles right on the job, today we are making progress in welding the revolutionary unity of Negro and white. Here is the place to break through the vicious Jim Crow caste system. Men who Slave side by side below ground or around blast furnaces are not slow to understand the value of unity against their common boss and cor- poration job-owners. From _ these struggles against speed-up and wage-cuts and for union rights, the Communists explain and lead their fellows to understand the whole capitalist system and the goal of workers’ rule and a freed Negro Then while not easy, it be- comes much easier to win southern workers, white and Negro, for our full Communist program. It is one of capitalism’s fatal con- tradiction that within its most vital parts, precisely at the point of pro- duction, it creates those conditions which force the working class to struggle, and struggling to begin to unite. This is as true for those divisions along race lines as of any other shackle with which the mas- ters would bind their wage slaves; in the shops the shackle both girds and cracks. As one Birmingham miner put it, “When you go down to dig coal, the company doesn’t care what's the color of your skin. All they care about is coal. Cheap coal.” Communist demands for equal pay for the Negroes, and no discrmina- tion, miljtant unions in which all Jim Crow is barred, with wide response among white as well as colored workers. They see it is to the advantage of both. And seeing this, it comes easier to see farther—how the whole Jim Crow system is a clever policy of the cor- porations to divide and rule. As Negroes form about four-fifths of Alabama’s heavy industries, the urgency of our program is easily apparent, Since the turn to the shops, the Party has been growing fast. In the last months, scores of miners, steel workers, C. W. A. workers and unemployed have joined our Party. More than a hundred of these were| white workers, some of whom a short | time ago were members of the Ku| Klux Klan. District No. 17 today} has nearly a thousand workers, | staunch proletarian Communists, | Negro and white, the vanguard of} the southern working class. Terror| of the corporations and its white! shirts bands can not break their ranks. We have only begun this rooting of our Party in the shops. We have many weaknesses in our work to overcome. Above all, our mine and mill units must become leading organs of active struggle in each shop, leading and winning the workers, by militant Bolshevik deeds. Propaganda, leaflets are not STAGE AND SCREEN “The Milk; To Cort “The Milky Way,” a comedy by Lynn Root and Harry Clork, will open next Wednesday night at the Cort Theatre. Hugh O'Connell, Leo Donnelly, Brian Donlevy and Gladys George head the cast. “These Two,” a play from London by Lionel Hale is scheduled to open on Monday evening at the Henry Miller Theatre. The players in- clude A. E. Matthews, Bramwell Fletcher, Helen Chandler and Kay Strozzi. The stage show at the Radio City Music Hall this week includes “Ro- mantic Delft,” a musical number with Hilda Eckler; Kay, Katya and Kay; Eddie Miller and Evelyn Duerler. The screen feature is “Twentieth Century,” from the play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacAr- thur, with John Barrymore angi Carole Lombard in the leading roles. At the Roxy beginning today, on the same program with “No Greater Way” Coming ‘heatre May 9 Glory,” the new Columbia picture, screened from the novel by Ferenc Molnar, will be a special Fanchon and Marco Revue, “Tomorrow's Stars,” presencing a group of actors new to Broadway, headed by Gladys Beck, Jack Liss and his Junior Mel- ody Masters and Chuck and Chuckles, € Fe Se “Pirates of Penzance” Re- turns To Majestic Monday Gilbert and Sullivan’s satirical operetta, “The Pirates of Penzance” will return for a second week be- ginning Monday night at the Ma- jestic Theatre. “Patience” was originally scheduled for this date, but heayy demands for “Pirates” prompted the group to bring it back for a week. Herbert Waterous, Roy Cropper, John Cherry, William Danforth, Vera Rose and Vivian Hart will again play the chief roles. “The Black Crook” will be revived on May 29, at the People’s Theatre on the Bowery, under the manage- ment of Cleon Throckmorton and Tony Sarg. Symposium on “B’way And Propaganda Theatre” On Sunday NEW YORK.—A symposium on “Broadway and the Propaganda Play” will be presented by New Theatre, organ of the League of Workers Theatres, Sunday evening, May 6, at 8:30 p.m., at Irving Plaza, 15th St. and Irving Pl. The speak- ers will be John Howard Lawson, Michael Blankfort, Paul Sifton, Frank Merlin and Virgil Geddes, In addition, a new play will be shown by the Workers Laboratory Theatre. FOR WORK IN THEATRE ‘The W.L.T. Shock Troupe, win- ners of the national workers’ thea- tre competitions recently held in Chicago, is planning its summer and autumn production plan and wel- comes candidates for membership in the troupe, which is a full-time organization. Previous experience in the theatre is ble but not nec- essary. Those to apply should see Karnot at the Workers Laboratory Theatre, 42 E. 12th St., 1 and 4 p.m. every day ex- cove Tumday African Dance Group To Give Native Opera NEW YORK.—A group of 22 na- tive African dancers will present an opera of authentic African folklore, dramatized in dance form to the Stern Speaks On “Race Theories and Nazis” On Sunday NEW YORK.—Bernhard J. Stern will speak on “Modern Race Theo- ties and the Nazis” on Sunday, May 6, at the John Reed Club, 430 Sixth Ave., at 8:30 p.m. Stern, well-known lecturer on anthropology and the social sciences at Columbia University and the New School, is assistant editor of the Encyclopedia of Social Sciences. ‘The Nazi myth of Nordic superi- ority, and its practical consequences in new sterilization laws, will be discussed by the speaker. Tllinois University Will Hold Anti-War Conference May 4, 5 CHAMPAIGN, Il.—An anti-war conference will be held on the campus of the University of Illinois on May 4 and 5, Gene Bechtold of the American League Against War and Fascism will deliver the key- note address to the gathering. Discussion groups will center around, “The Causes of War,” “The Preventing War.” The final ses- sion will begin with the report of the resolutions committee, which will be. followed by discussion and the presentation of resolutions from the floor. rhythm of tom-toms, on Saturday evening, May 5, to Sunday, May 13, inclusive, at the Unity Theatre, 24-26 BE. 23d St. Tell your friends and shopmates about the Daily Worker. Let them is meeting} Student and War” and “Means of; (2) un enough. Action and more action is faster: events demand it is far from complete Must Expose N. R. A. to Southern Workers | Moreover, the anti-working class The turn} being exposed before the southern workers. Many illusions persist about Roosevelt and the Federal] | Government. Confused, dissatisfied, | the workers do not clearly see as) | yet how the Blue Earle is daily be-| |coming more and more a fascist |swastike. Firmly rooted in the| mills and mines, the Party can arouse the workers against the im-| minent dangers of fascism and war,| and make clear to them the rev-| olutionary way out of their misery} and oppression. In Alabama and the South gen- erally, the issue of who is to lead the workers is immediate and acute. The workers are in ferment, having | Suffered to the limit. They want an end to the wage differentials (‘Why is a ton of coal mined in Illinois worth more than one in Al- bama? Because we ain't organized!”) In no uncertain terms, they have rejected company union schemes, in the mine field, Republic Steel, T. C. I. and other places. But the A. F. of L. has big prestige .among them. They don't know as yet how these Greens and Lewises, kind of sell-outs. But the recent mine strike, described in an earlier article, proved a costly lesson. So did the laundry strike. The fight for equal rights for Negro workers on the job and in the union is never raised by the A. F. of L. officials; quite the contrary. Nevertheless, when strike struggles occur, Ala- bama workers have been moving in the direction of unity, closing ranks. Many white workers told | me, with some surprise and frank | admiration, what good strikers and | 9:30-WEAF—Variety Musteale; Pie and Pat, Comedians WOR—Jack Arthur, Sem Hearn, Comedian; Mixed Quartet | WJZ—Phil Baker, Comedian | WABC—Jack Whiting, Jeannie Lang, Songe; Denny Orchestra | 10:00-WEAF—Dramatic Sketch WOR--Godirey Ludlow, Violin WJZ—Now It CanP etaoi etacinetao WiJZ—Storles That Should Be Told— Pulton Oursler, Author WABC—Variety Musicale 10:15-WOR—Current Events—H. BE. Reed ‘WJZ—Mario Conzi, Baritone; Lu- cille Manners, Soprano 10:30-WEAP—Jeck Benny, Comedian; Res- tor Orchestra; Frank Parker, Tenor WOR—Walter Ahrens, Baritone; Ma- rie Gerard, Soprano WJZ—The Blue Eagle and NRA's Ex- periment—General Hugh 8. John- son, NRA Administrator ‘WABC—Conflict—Dramatic Sketeh 10:45-WABC—Columbians Orch. 11:00-WEAF—Pollack Orch. | WOR—Weather; Moonbeams Trio | WJZ—Three Scamps Trio WABC—Edith Murray, Songs 7:00-WEAF—Baseball Resume WOR—Sports Resume—Ford Frick WJZ—Amos 'n’ Andy—Sketch WABC—Nick Lucas, Songs . Baritone; 2 TUBE SET BUILT BY WORKERS SHORT WAVE CLUB Here is a short wave receiver that was built by many members of our club, who informed us of its splendid performance. This set proved more than once that it was worth the cost of $5.50, and the few evenings that were spent on it. We believe that this set can be built by any worker who is handy with tools, particularly the soldering iron. The woring of this set is simple and can be followed from the wir- ing and pictorial diagrams. This set uses two tubes of the 30 type in @ regenerative hook-up. The first tube is & regenerative detector, the second an audio frequency amplifier with transformer coupling. Two No. 6 dry cells connected in series are used for the filament, or “A” supply. ‘The plate current is suppiled by two 22%- volt ““B’ batteries or by a oné 45-volt “B" block. If you look at the list of parts you will notice that three 4-prong sockets are ARAL is used for the plug in coils. All the parts except the two variable condensers and the rheostat, are mounted on a» baseboard, 10 inches by 10 inches, to the edge of which you attach by means of screws an aluminum panel, on which the two vari- able condensers and the rheostat are mounted on the left of the panel. The plug-in coils can be bought ready- made, or else they can be made by ob- ining several discarded 4-prong tubes, and using the bases as coil forms; of course the glass and the inside must be cleared away. No. 22 cottoncovered wire is used. The wire is closely wound around the base of the tube, and & vertical slot is cut in the side of the base, and the wires pulled through the side and through the four pins and soldered from the outside as shown on the diagram. The tickler turns are always below the secondary turns. Go over the wiring diagram and read your copy. Ask them to sub- scribe, check your job accordingly, to make sure that all eonnections are corr Action C. 1. Magaz firm union men the Negroes made Bosses Capitalize A. F. of L. Unions Not only is the A. F. of L. coming in with full force and the tacit con- sent of the companies, to capitalize “Reflects Reviewed by LEONARD MINS workers. The Socialist Party offi- cials have suddenly “discovered” the South. Their ambitious program | for expanding in the South both in| yyITH the American publication of the cities and among the share-| Nos. 2 and 3, Vol. 11. the “Com- croppers, js of course on a Jim Crow) munist International,” official organ basis. It would be dangerous to|of the Executive Committee of the console ourselves that the program | Comintern enters upon a néw phase will remain largely on papér. The! in its expansion all over the wo! Reverend Thomas recently toured| The publishing of the “C. I.” in this the South, taking time to speak to| country marks a decisive step for- Birmingham's laundry strikers, and! ward in the basic theoretical politi- counseling them to be “quiet and/o,) education of the revolutionary Peaceful.” At the same time, he working class in the United States waxed eloquent over the laboring| and reflects the advances made by man’s rights. |the Communist Party of the U.S.A. When Tighe, one of the infamous) quring the past year. betrayers of the Great Steel Strike| je ss u 1 The “Communist International of 1919, spoke on unionism to Bir- now appears twice a month in Eng- mingham’s massed steel workers, the ish. fumslen, German, French, Ohi- controls both the mills and the city,|™ore widely distant points than any bry Slag he men who saw fit to| Other journal in the world, as be- Published in the U.S. Advances Made by Party of U. 8S. During Past Year” meeti wi all in the city’s} ey iatbek teria Mngraes were | nese and Spanish; it is published in jim-crowed in the balcony. Morgan|™ore different languages and at) Mitch and Tighe can soft-soap and} wax militant in speech, then go di-| rectly into conference with the cor-| the leadership of the coming big}The magnificent TUNING IN | grant this meeting place. Any op- position that these corporations) | show to the A. F. of L. is largely| front-page stuff. The rest is fear| of the rank and tile “getting out of! control” of the Mitchés and Tighes. Will the Communist Party take big A. FP. of L. officials together with Socialist misleaders betray them? Our failure to win leader- ship or even really to influence the! course of past strikes ought to prove a timely warning. By spreading and strengthening our turn to the shops, and by building stronger fractions and oppositions in the U. M. W. A. and other A. F. of. L unions, and a strong Steel and Metal Workers’ Union, we shall be able to decide the} question in the Party's and south-| erm workers’ interests. | 7:18-WEAF—Gene and Glenn—Sketch WOR—Front-Page Drama WIZ—Youth and Reconstruction—A. A. Berle, City Chamberlain WABC—Just Plain Bill—Sketch 1:30- WEAF—Trappers Music WOR—To Be Announced WJZ—George Gershwin, Piano WABC—Armbruster Orchestra; my Kemper, Songs ‘1:45-WEAF—The Goldbergs—Sketch WOR—True Stories of the Sea WJZ—Arlene Jackson, Songs Jim. |summary of political events fits the organ of the international fighting working class. The editorial in No. 2 reviews the | XVII Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, “the con- gress of victors. the congress of the construction of classless socie' achievements of porations and negotiate the worst/ struggles in the South? Or will the! the workers of the Soviet Union are graphically summarized in the fact that “on the eve of the first Five- Year Plan the U.S.S.R. occupied fifth place among the countries of the world. On the eve of the sec- ond Five-Year Plan, it had ad- vanced to third place in the world and second place in Europe.” Comrade Stalin’s analysis in dis- cussing the revolutionary situation throughout the world is a timely | admonition Parties: “A revolutionary crisis is matur- ing and will continue to mature . . + But the victory of the revolu- tion never comes by itself. It has to be prepared for and won. And only a strong proletarian revolu- tionary party can prepare for and win victory.” An article on the “Revolutionary battles in Cuba” gives a concise in the Yankee semi-colony since the rise of the Grau-Batista government. “Once More About Work in the Reformist and Fascist Unions,” by Comrade Piatnitsky of the E.C.C.L., again raises the extremely vital question of the defects of Commu- to the Communist 1:00 WARE Boske Carter, Commentator | nist work in the labor unions. Tak- Dragonette, Soprano; Revelers Quar-|ing concrete examples from the ac- a ae ee | tivities of the Swedish, Polish, Ger- A Pe: Sine Seabee ees man and British Communist Par- WJZ—Walter O'Keefe, Comedian: 4 Friad ‘ Ethel Shutta, Songe; Dolan Orch, |ties, Piatnitsky points to the Com- WABC—Men About Town Trio; munists’ general failure to consoli- Vivien Ruth, Songs date their gains made during the leadership of strikes—which is a 8:15-WABO—Easy Aces—Sketch 8:30-WOR—Novelty Orchestra; Slim Tim- 2 TUBE SET BUNT +y WSWAC blin, Comedian; Cavaliers Quartet WJZ—Carlos Gardel, Baritone WABC—Court of Hut Relations 8:45-WJZ—Baseball Comment—Babe Ruth 9:00-WEAF—Lyman Orchestra; Prank Munn, Tenor; Muriel Wilson, S0- prans WOR—Block and Sully, Comedians WJZ—Harris Orch.; Leah Rav, Songs 9:15—Ruth Ftting, Songs . - The aerial for this set should be not less than 150 feet over all of No. 14 enameled copper wire, the ground being the nearest cold water pipe. To operate the set loosen antenna con- dé F-1, half way, turn the filament few notehes, plug in the 30-70 |, and get to work on the con- denser dials. With the tuning condenser ab any one setting turn the other con- denser in slowly. If the set has been Wired correctly, you will hear the typical rushing sound ‘of a regenerttive detectar, followed by squeals and whistles indicat- ing different stations. If the set regenerates, but tends to let out a loud squawk just on the point of oscillation, as happens in some sets, a 250,000 ohm grid leak is connected across the secondary of the transformer, which is marked X on the diagram. If the set does not oscillate at all, the trouble is probably in the reversed tickler connec- tions. As to the adjustments of C-1, try to tune in on « North American short ‘wave station, thereby obtaining the loud- major defect in our trade union work in the United States as well. The issue concludes with Comrade Earl Browder’s speech at the 13th Plenum of the F.C.CI. which should be read and studied for its | Cogent analysis of the New Deal and | den. planist, program of Soviet and |the problems facing the Party in| the months to come. The leading article in No. 3 of the “Communist International,” by | V. Knorin, an outstanding leader of the Communist Party of Germany, surveys the “Vanguard Struggles of the Second Round of Revolutions” signalized by the revolutionary évents in France and Austria last February. What has happened in Vienna and in Paris is a timely object-lesson to the workers of the United States in their mobiliza- tion against the New Deal regime. “Fifteen Years of the Commu- nist International,” planned as theses for party instructors, is a very valuabie and concise summary of the history of the international working class as reflected in the development of its world leadership, the Comintern. The colonial and national questions, trade union work, the betrayal role of the So- cialists, the rise of Fascism, and the problems facing the Commu- nist Party leading the proletariat towards Soviet Power through revo- lutionary struggle are brilliantly analyzed in these theses issued by the Agitprop of the Comintern. Comrade Rust, of the Central Committee of the C.P.G.B., discusses the advance of Communism in Great Britain during the past 15 years in his article on the problems of uniting all the revolutionary forces in Britain into a single, pow- erful, Communist, Party. The les- sons of the Communist work in England are of considerable impor- tance for us in the United States ‘The issue concludes with two val- uable reports on the problems of Seek provocateurs and illegality. Com- rade Bronkovsky of the Communist ine to Be the Communist Part cent of Poland discusses exposure of agents-provoca- teur who had wormed t posts ese provocateurs hould be carefully s makes the experience man Communist Party tion from a legal mas party workin derground con cist terror available to n in t e Imperial Vall and po sharecroppers. tightening of against Commu: Party members must devote consid- Jerable study to the problems faci the Party in buildi: he apparat and in the methods of work sary for illegal acti At 10 cents per issue and $2 fo a year's subscription “Commi- |nist International” is indispensable for every class-conscious wor It is imperative that every Party or- ganization, beginning with the fac the tory nucleus, that all Workers | Schools, that ev workers’ club. make the “Communist Interna- tional” a part of its regular peri- Odical file for reading and study its members. No proletarian library is complete without this important current survey of revolutionary problems and the work of the Com- munist Parties all over the world Spread the “Communist Interna- tional,” popularize its contents, or- ganize discussion of the outstand- ing problems raised {n each issue— make it part of our revolutionary life here in the United States. WHAT’S ON | Friday GERTRUDE HUTCHINSON speaks |New Morals in a New World” at Pros- pect Workers Center, 1157 So. Bot DR. B. LIBER lectures on“ and Soviet Health Work’ at Prospect Bi | F.8.0., 1071 Bergen St., Brooklyn, at 8:30 |Petisan x WOODRUFF tect res on "My | Second Trip Thru Soviet |trated. Auspices Mt. Ed | 1401 Jerome Ave. cor. 17 | Adm. “10e | PROF. TUGW SMITH lectures on | “War and Fascism’ at West Bronx Youth League, at Else Hall, 170th St. nesr College Ave. & p.m | MILTON HOWARD speaks on “One Year of Roosevelt’ at Tremont Prog. Club, 866 |B. ‘Tremont Ave. 8:30 p.m | _ PIERRE DEGEYTER Club, Norman sical workers; 8:18 p.m. at 8 F. 19th &t Adm. 2he. sion will follow. | DaviD A speaks on “Peace and | Plenty—Goal of the Soviet Union" at Har- lem Prog Youth Club, 1888 Madison Ave | 8:30 p.m | JOSEPH ARCH speaks on the | Anti-Lynch Bill Do Away with Lynching”? Can | Harlem International Br. P.S.U., 87 W. | 128th St., 9:30 p.m. Adm. free. PAUL 'PETERS speaks on ‘ Trends in the Theatre” at Boro P: Workers Club, 4704 18th Ave, Brookl 8:20 p.m GALA DANCE and ster Hall, 119 E. 11th pices Associated Office and Professiona Emergency Emplovers. Adm. 2Se “WHAT'S HAPPENING in France?” Lec ture by F. Andrey of French Workers Club at German Workers Club, 79 E. 10th St Adm. free. | Saturday ENTERTAINMENT and Dance at Ger man Workers Club, 78 F. 10th St. Contri bution 15¢. PARTY and Dance given br Mt. Eder Youth Br. F.8.U., 1401 Jerome Are. 170th St., 8:30 p.m. Adm. free. Entertainment for Relief of Victims Aus. trian Fascism at Palm Casino, 88 E. 4th St., 8:30 p.m. John Bovingdon, Norman Tallentire; Jazz Band. Adm. 36¢. Auspicos | Downtown Sect. LL.D. DANCE st Tremont Prog. Club. cor RAR OE |"Tremont Ave. Excellent farz band, 8:45 | p.m. Daneing till dawn. |_ KID KARNIVAL, Office Work | Unten, W. ith St, 8 pm. Dancing to Bepiece jazz band. Refreshments. 8 | scription a6c. Philadel phia SCOTTSRORO Mass Meeting at Dauphin St. Baptist Church, 29th and Fleteher Bt Priday, 8 p.m. Speakers: Rev. D.D. Gib » Dr, Lovell, and others, Auspices Lenin Br. LL.D. Cambridge, Mass. AMERICAN Youth Club Dance at Pare dise Garden, 2 Central Square, Saturday May 5. Cleveland, Ohio TAMARKIN will review John “The Coming Struggle P on Saturday, May 5, 8 p.m. at Forum of Workers School, 1524 Prospect Ave, Strac AMUSEMENTS THE THEATRE GUILD JIGSAW A comedy by DAWN POWELL with ERNEST TRUEX—SPRING BYINGTON ETHEL BARRYMORE Theatre, 47th Street, W. of Broadway presents. Evgs. 8:30. Mat. Thur. and Sat. 2:30 EUGENE O’NEILL's Comedy AH, WILDERNESS! with GEORGE M. COHAN ‘Thea., 52d St. W. of Biway GUILD fy.820 hur. &Sat.2.20 MAXWELL ANDERSON'S New Play “MARY OF SCOTLAND” with HELEN PHILIP HELEN HAYES MERIVALE MENKEN ALVIN ‘Thes., 52d St., W. way Ev.8.20Mats.Tho pk & Ue caus re BA ‘Nation with an insulated serew driver, to elimi- nate hand capacity. List of Parts O-1—.0001 U.F. antenna condenser O-2—.0001 Midget variable condenser 0-3—-Same as 0-2 ©-4—.0001—Mica Grid condenser B20 ohm okt filament sNeoetet m grid leak RFC—Short wave R.P. choke AF—3:1 transformer A. F. “A"—Two 1'%4-volt dry eeclic “B"—48-volt “B” battery y Phones—2,000 ohm type 3—-4-prong sockets ens 11:30 A. M. JOHN’ BARRYMORE in “20th Century” with CAROLE LOMBARD pins an Elaborate MUSIC HALL STAGE SHOW FERENC MOLNAR’S Mighty Human Document «“ ” ume "ees" menes| NO Greater Glory 18-30 . e y erik i $ y 7th Ave. at 50th Str iso300 Fs 4\ROXY [oS Cine to 2 P.M —2 Great Soviet Features!— Last Day “Superior to Famous ‘Road to Life’ " —N, ¥, Times. A Soviet Talkie, English Titles George Dimitroft, Popoff and Taneff, acquitted in Lei Trial ve in Moscow--Red Army parades in Red Square of Communist Party, etc HEA 14th Street ACME T << ee —— THE THEATRE UNION Presents — CIVIC REPERTORY THEA. 105 W 14 St. Bves. 8:45. Mats, Tues. & Bat. 2:45 30e-40¢-60e-750-$1.00 & $1.50, No Tax cast All This Week — —“IOLANTHE” Week of May 7 TES OF PENZANCE” MAJESTIC THEA., W. 44th St., evgs. 6:30. A New Musical Comedy by JEROME KERN & OFTO HARBACK NEW AMSTERDAM, W, 404 St. Evgs. 8.40 Soviet News Extraordinary! in ‘honor of 17th Congress The Season's Outstanding Dramatic Hit GILBERT & SULLIVAN 8345 50c to $2.00. Mats. Wed & Sat. B0e to $1.50 Matinees Wednesday and Ssturday 2.80