The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 8, 1934, Page 5

i ae i atte | ee #6 E z DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1934 EN. YS ee Page Five “Marionettes,” |Western Union| Students Study the || CHANGE | —-THE— WORLD! By ASHLEY PETTIS (Batting for Mike Gold) INCE the appearance of the article published in Mike Gold’s column in the Daily Worker, March 31, several § incidents have occurred which cast new light on the atti- tude of various people with relation to the singing of the International at a Stokowski “Youth Concert” in Phila- dephia. Athough there has been much discussion of this concert, the fact that it still arouses heated controversy impels me to call attention, very briefly, to what I feel to be reactions which should receive our consideration. Sunday, April 1, at a meeting in Philadephia, a woman, said to be @ high school teacher, took me to task for having endeavored to make @ “hero” of Stokowski, when as a matter of fact (as she furiously asserted) he is only a “prima donna” conductor! In the original article I mentioned that such allegations probably would be made, as it has long been the custom to “impute mase motives to unexpected deviations from conventional procedure in the acts of Stokowski.” A device, frequently used by bourgeois critics and wise-cracking columnists, has been the sweeping-aside of a man’s work of a life- time with a gesture—of course, in the form of a “cleverly” turned phrase. Such criticis, having no actual experience in similar activity, are able to dispose of the accomplishment of a life time with the use of witticisms and wise-¢racking generalizations, even when such achievement is based on the most sincere motives and developed with unrelenting expenditure of time and energy. Marxian ideology permits of no such baseless criticism, founded upon an incompete considera- tion of salient, pertinent facts; upon an assumed knowledge of un- derlying motives; or “smart” and “clever” use of irrevelent phrases in order to destroy what has been built through protracted and honest effort. In this particular instance, admitting she was no musician, this Philadelphia high school teacher was able to dismiss Leopold Stokowski’s life accomplishment with a mere phrase which has been used before in the same connection and will undoubtedly be used again, and with as little relevance. 'TOKOWSKI was even accused of requesting that the Interna- tional be sung in French in order to keep at a minimum the number of singers participating and thus keep down the enthusiasm which would have resulted from its being sung in a language familiar to the audience. But, upon comparing the original French with the available English translations, there is no reason to doubt thai he requested the much more intense and expressive original because of sesthetic considerations, and that his signed statement (in my pos- Session) is true that: ‘We tried to find an English translation that was close to the original French of Pottier, but all the translations we found changed the meaning, so we sang the original French version.” Tt is a relief to turn from the foregoing incident to the written account of a correspondent who attended the concert in question, which was sent to the Daily Worker, and which has just come to my attention. This first-hand picture is so complete and enlightening that comment would be superfluous: Soviet Film at the Acme, Fine Satire’ By GEORGE LEWIS | The workers in the Soviet, Union | are not only learning how to use American machinery, but, in the latest picture being shown at the} Acme Theatre on 14th St. in New| York, they have adapted the most machine-like method of expression | that Hollywood has turned out, the musical revue. The Soviet film, “Marionettes,” | will surprise many people. It has @ chorus of girls that go through the drill paces of musical comedy like Ziegfeld veterans. They are j as pretty, but far more attractive. | They haven't got the patient, far- away expression of American chorus girls who don’t know where their next meal is coming from, and who aren't told and don’t care to know | what the show is all about. “Marionettes,” like the American original, has a fantastic plot about ® mythical kingdom, “Bufferia,” with love and comedy scenes and lyrics in the Maurice Chevalier | jmanner, People who like that sort of mechanical rigamarole will like “Marionettes,” And people who don’t care for this medium will like “Marionettes” anyway, because there is one vital difference in the plot | of “Marionettes.” The plot has a meaning which is vital to the lives of every worker in every country in the world. In the fantastic, seemingly foolish story of “Bufferia’ (a buffer state on the borders of the Soviet Union) is worked out the politics and the play of forces going on at present in every country in Europe, whereby the crisis is pushing the capitalists on to armed intervention against the U.S. 8S. R. The fascist, the liberal, the social democrat are satirized so deftly that the pictures stick. The noise and the foolishness, and the girls’ chorus fade from the memory on the way out of the theatre. We've seen and heard them before. But the’ picture of the menufac- turers pulling these “marionettes” by the Strings, the story of the dis- ;covery of a Comintern “plot,” the snivelling liberal and the scheming “humane” social democrat, and the “accidental” boom of the cannon let \loose in the great Act of Provoca- tion against the Soviet Union, these things a workers audience will not forget. TUNING IN “A few months ago Leopold Stokowski, conductor of the Phila- dephia Orchestra, announced that the International would be played by the orchestra and sung by the audience at the next Youth concert. “This announcement roused a storm of comment, pro and con. ‘The American Legion, D. A. R.., religious organizations, and other ultra- patriotic defenders of this gorious ‘land of liberty’ burst forth in print condemning Mr. Stokowski and even went so far as to call him a Communist. “One enterprising reporter of our prostituted press went so far as to interview Comrade Frank Hellmann, Org. Sec’y., and ask him if Stokow- ski was still a ‘mister’ and not yet a comrade. For weeks the debate raged on and soon reached the proportion of a rather violent ‘storm in a teakettle.’ At last March 22nd rolled around... . “That. evening I went to the Philadelphia Orchestra Concert to sing the International. The house was packed with 3,800 youth ranging from 13 years to 25. Among them were quite a number of Y. C. L.'ers and other sympathizers. When the time came to pay the Interna~ tional, Mr. Stokowski made a few prefatory remarks. He said that ‘we had sung the Star-Spangled Banner, the Marsellaise, and many members of the audience had asked that the next song be the In- ternational, and in view of this request the orchestra would play it. ‘However, he was very sorry that he could not find a translation of the French (a voice from the ampitheatre shouts, ‘that’s all right, we have one’) so ‘all those who want to sing can do so, even the members of the orchestra.” . 'HE first note of the International sounded. Immediately the Y. . L. members and sympathizers arose. Their voices blended with the sounds of the orchestra and the whole thing left an unforgettable impression upon those who attended. At the close of the International there was a storm of applause. “The orchestra next played the Star-Spangled Banner to counter- act the International. Many members of the Y. C. L, did not rise when they played this. Was this correct? The Star-Spangled Banner was played in a trite and listless manner and evoked little applause. Oh, ves, by the way, some members of the orchestra sang the Inter- national with the audience. “At the close of the Star-Spangled Banner, Mr. Stokowski said that the ‘Star-Spanged Banner was originally an English song and more than that, an Engish drinking song.’ This dig seemed to fluster may of our debs, sub-debs, and others of the 105 per cent variety, who seemed to think-that Mr. Stokowski had sullied or besmirched ‘our’ na- tional anthem. “At the end of the concert, the Y.C.L.’ers gathered outside the Academy of Music and shouted slogans and sang songs. There seemed to be quite a friendly spirit and interest among a great many of the youth who listened to our songs. Before the concert, we distributed many leaflets together with the International among the audience.” Los, Angeles Center Conducts Many Varied Activities “Heat Lightning” and “Wonder Bar” at Jefferson “Heat Lightning,” with Aline Mac- i Mahon, Ann Dvorak and Glenda Farrell, is now showing at the Jef- ferson Theatre. The same program includes “No More Women,” with Stage and Screen LOS ANGELES.— The neighbor- hood center opéned at 837 East 24th St. by the Workers International Relief has become a lively center of activity in the few weeks since its opening. A number of classes for adults are well attended. Freda Ginsberg, who studied with Kosloff, conducts ® class in interpretive dancing. A class in tap dancing is led by May Brooks, stage dancer. Children from six to ten years of age are attending these classes. Abe Pinchey, professional actor, is Birecting two plays, the casts of ‘rhich have been chosen from Negro and white workers in the neighbor- Open forums are held on Sunday evenings, On April 15, Serril Gerber of the National Student League de- \ bated with Crispus Wright, colored member of the U. S. C. debating team, on the subject “Does Roose- velt’s N. R. A. Benefit the Negro?” Sam Ornitz, well-known author, acted as chairman. On April 18, Ishmael Florey spoke before an au- dience of 100 on “Why I Was Ex- pelled from Fiske University.” Other activities of the center Include a Mothers’ Club, a Mothers’ Clinic, conducted by Claire Warne, the originator of the mothers’ clinics in Los Angeles, and regular Satur- @ay night socials, to which all the \ neighborhood is invited. \ b Edmund Lowe and Victor McLagen. Thursday and Friday the program includes two films: “Wonder Bar” with Al Jolson, Ricardo Cortez and Kay Francis, and “Riptide,” with Norma Shearer. “Manhattan Melodrama,” with Clark Gable, William Powell and Myrna Loy, is the new film now showing at the Capitol Theatre. Jack Benny heads the stage show. The Theatre Union announces that the mid-week matinee of “Stevedore” will be played on Tues- day, at the Civic Repertory Theatre hereafter. The change has been made due to many requests from professionals, Detroit Dance to Aid “Daily” Next Saturday DETROIT.—The annual Concert and Dance arranged by the Daily Worker District Committee will take place on Saturday, May 12, at Fin- nish Hall, 5969 14th St. District Or- ganizer Weinston will be the main speaker. The hall will be decorated by John Reed Club artists. The outstanding number on the program will be a Caucasian Mountain dance by professional dancers from Cau- casia, 7:00 P, WOR—Sports Resums—Ford Frick ‘JZ—Amos 'n’ Andy—Sketch WABC—Morton Downey, Tenor 7:15-WEAP—Gene and Glenn—Sketch WOR—Comedy; Music WJZ—Chicago Over the Hump—J. 0. M.—WEAF—Baseball Resume Rees, Secretary of Committee on Public Expenditures and R. B. Upham, Controller of Chicago WABC—Just Plain Bill—Sketch 7:30-WEAF—Eddie and Ralph, Comedians WOR-Footlight Echoes WABC—Serenaders Orchestra 7:45-WEAF——The Goldbergs—Sketch ‘WJZ—Grace Hayes, Songs WABC—Boake Carter, Commentator 8:00-WEAF—Reisman Orchestra WOR—Grofe Orch. Frank Parker, Tenor; Betty Barthell, Contralto WJZ—Too Hot to Handle—Sketch WABC—Little Orch, 8:15-WABC—Voice of Experience 8:30-WEAF—Wayne King Orch. ‘WOR—Minevitch Harmonica Band WJZ-Conrad Thibeult, Baritone; Lois Bennett, Soprano; Honey Dean, Songs; Salter Orch. WABC—Lyman Orch, 9:00-WEAF—Ben Bernie Orch. WOR—Backstage Musicale WJZ—Alice Mock, Soprano; Gues, Poet; Concert Orch. ‘WABC—Maury Paul, Commentator 9:15-WABO—Ruth Etting, Songs 9:30-WEAF—Ed Wynn, Comedian WOR—Eniccess—Harry Balkin WJZ—Duchin Orch. WABO—Minneapolis Symphony 10:00-WEAF—Operetta, Eileen, with Helen Jepson, Soprano; James Melton, Edgar Tenor WOR—Eddy Brown, Violin WJZ—S. 8. Van Dine, Author; Gale Page, Songs; Ray Perkins, Humor WABC—Gray Orch.; Stoopnagie and Ae Comedians; Connie Boswell, § cs 10:15-WOR—Current Events—H. F, Read 10:30-WOR—Johnston Orch. WisZ—Symphony Orch.; Gogorza, Baritone ‘WABC—Confiict—Sketch 10:15-WABO—Harlem Serenade 11:00-WEAF—Leaders Quartet WOR—Moonbeams Trio Emilio de Give me a piccolo Hello workers! How many Hello workers of the Over a Holy Trinity Dividends have been Tighten your belts I have received much What is wealth? Let Wealth and poverty Hello millionaires of God bless you! Be kind, make it 49, Hello millionaires! We need a new cath Remember, God is w: God bless you! This is private prope Yours is the glory For a better day From salted herring Give until it hurts Beat for you, Hello workers of the Behold the Dawn! By JOSEPH VOGEL Things are looking down up here God is eating kippered herring and pumpernickel Making the best of a reduced income | and pray! | What is poverty? us have fewer questions and more religion! Like salt in the rocks What is ordained should not be questioned My heart goes out for you! Be kind to the unemployed Remember, God is watching over you Why cut wages 50, 60, 70 per cent? And put a little more sauce into the soup! Hello workers of the world! Tighten your belts and pray Remember, no revolts, Got is in a bad temper And my heart, our hearts up here go out Over the universe, over the earth Over the National Broadcasting System This is Pius the Dope signing off You will now hear the Star Harp Quartet Play a little tune entitled A Hot Time Was Had In Hell! And blast your castanets | miles is it to Babylon? ‘Bars Protest Wire. ‘on Scottsboro Case (Daily Worker Midwest Bureau) CHICAGO.— An attempt of the Western Union Telegraph Company | to interfere with the mass campaign world! This is Pius the Dope speaking to you hookup... | reduced in heaven fan mail asking are ordained the world! 59, 69 per cent edral on Park Avenue atching over you riy—hands off! forever S, no monkey business and pumpernickel for you world! 'HE Workers’ School of New York marched as a body on May Day, with a lively contingent of slogan shouters, red pennants, new silk banners and placards. A_ special doggerel verse made up on the spot by somebody in the march was par- ticularly popular with the Workers’ School marchers. It went like this: Don’t be a bosses’ tool! Learn to fight at the Workers’ School! When they passed a post-office, they got a good response from the workers there by taking up the slogan, “Fight the Economy Bill,” and the revolutionary slogan from Earl Browder’s speech resounded again and again with ever-fresh vigor — “Fight—for — a — Soviet— America!” Harlem School Issues Student Paper The Harlem Workers’ School is- sued its first student paper recently, . * The Quality of By A. MARKOFF NE of the urgent problems of every school conducted by our Party is the quality of the teaching. There is no doubt that every com- rade assigned to teach at the school does his very best to convey to the students the most essential prin- ciples embodied in the particular subject he deals with. Teaching of Marxism-Leninism is a highly or- ganized, systematized form of prop- aganda work, It, therefore, differs from ordinary propaganda work in one essential point. The teacher, in addition to requirements of every WJZ—Lopez Orch. By PREVAL GLUSMAN [ARRY HIRSH SIMMS—he was a young chap, only 19 years old. He was a self-made leader, Com- munist and fighter. Sincere and devoted to the class strugle, he was a self trained revolutionist. Springfield, Mass., can consider it- self greatly honored; it was his birthplace. Harry was born on De- cember 25, 1911. Coming from real working class parents, his childhood was spent much the same way as most working class children. He liked to be out in the street with the rest of the kids and play baseball. His education was gotten from the public school and high school and what he read by himself. He read books, that most boys like to read— Nick Carter, Sherlock Holmes, a little bit of Shakespeare and an oc- casional novel or play. As he grew older, he began to observe things more closely. Becoming aware of the fact that there was such a thing as the class struggle, events brought him in contact with workers from the revolutionary organizations. He started to read working class litera- ture and newspapers. Finally, realiz- ing his place in this system of so- ciety, he joined a unit of the Young Communist League in his town. This was in 1928, At that time lacked leaders and good proletarian youth elements. Harry showed great interest and conscientiousness. Soon he was made organizer of his unit. During this time (he was already out of school) he worked as an office worker and then in the textile mills of East Hampton. Although, work as a Young Communist occupied | Leagu much of his time, his friendship with the fellows around the blocks, was kept up. The fellows thought good propagandist, 1. e., a thorough the Y. C, L. also as a result of his influence. Almost ivariably he was seen together with two Negro young workers, who were his pals. They, too, became Y. O. L. ers. rae a9 IN 1929 Simms was sent to the district training school. This school is organized for tie purpose of training new functionaries for the Y. C. L. There he absorbed all possible, about Marxism, theory and practice; about the trade unions and the methods of winning over the working youth. Harry Simms showed exceptional zeal and en- thusiasm in his studies. After the training school was over, he was equipped with more knowledge, as well as the burning desire to carry on a stronger fight. He was sent to Connecticut as district organizer for the Y. C. L. That winter the work- ers of the Ludlow, Mass. textile mills, struck. Harry was one of the leaders of that strike. Likewise, he was active in all the other struggles of the young workers and students in that district, that were con- ducted during the period he was or- ganizer. On March 6, 1930, he led a demonstration of 10,000 unem- ployed workers, in Waterbury, Conn. For this he was beaten up and sent to jail for six months. After he served his term in the New Haven | on. County jail, resumed his post as District Organizer. In 1930, Harry came to New York to attend a meeting of leading com- rades of the League. When he com- pleted his report on the Connecticut district, he made a proposal. Namely —that he be sent to the South, to organize the Young Communist ie. The comrades of the Na~ tional Executive Committee of the Y. ©. L. considered the proposal: he was a young worker, had had a lot of Harry. Many of them joined some schooling, some experience, What’ 8 Doing ii in the Worker Schools of the U.S. Workers Schools | & mimeographed publication called | “The Harlem Worker-Student.” The | issue includes reports on school ac- tivities, such as forums, affairs and probiems that come up in class, a} short story, and an article by a student in the class in Current Ne- fro Problems entitled “Can There | Be Black Chauvinism?” Workers’ School | Bulletin Out The first Spring-Term issue of the Bulletin of the Workers’ School, student publication of the Workers’ School in New York, came out last week. It.is a May Day issue, con- taining several articles on the sub- ject of May Day. Other features are an interview with one of the sailors of the Soviet ship Kim by one of the students and a letter from the Editorial Committee of the newspaper of the students of the Krupskaya Communist Institute of Political Education in Leningrad, Teaching in the knowledge of the subject matter, must also be equipped with a mini- mum of the knowledge of teaching methods. Due to the rapid growth of our schools we have been unable to de- vote much attention to this subject. We find, therefore, in our schools three types of instructors: one, theoretically well equipped, has a clear understanding and knowledge of the subject, but poorly equipped as far as the knowledge of pedagogy is concerned. On the other hand we have instructors who have a fair understanding of the method of | theatre telegram | Workers’ Schools. to free the nine Scottsboro Boys was revealed here today by the Workers Laboratory Theatre of Chicago The W. L. T., a revolutionary group, sent the following to Warden Erwing of Jefferson County Jai): ‘We demand you release Scotts- | boro Boys from solitary confinement and permit them to receive visitors, | etc. We demand removal of Deputy Warden Dan Rogers as unfit for of-| fice because of torture of boys. We hold you and your administration responsible. Insist you grant these demands or suffer the consequences. Workers Laboratory Theatre of Chi- cago.” After accepting the telegram. Western Union sent the W. L. T./ the folowirg notice: | “Cancel message owing to libelous | nature.” | The Workers Laboratory Theatre is calling upon all revolutionary cul- | tural groups and other workers or-| ganizations to protest against vicious suppression of mass prot of the subject matter. There are also instructors who possess both, | the knowledge of the subject. plus teaching ability. It is necessary for | us to discuss both problems in order | to find ways and means of solving them. Most of our instructors are re-| cruited from the ranks of comrades actively engaged in the work of the Party, the Young Communist | League, trade union movement, etc. | This is an important prerequisite | for an instructor in our schools. One who is not participating in the | movement actively, one who merely | studies from books, no matter how much bookish knowledge he has, is not suitable as instructor in the It is because of} this that our instructors have little time for further theoretical devel- opment. How should we overcome} this? The Workers’ School in New York | has tried several methods, which | brought good results. One is the establishment of various depart- ments, such as a department of Principles of Communism instruc- tors, a department of Political | Economy instructors, etc. Each de- partment should meet regularly and discuss the material for the lessons. One of the instructors makes a re- port which is followed by discussion Here also the method of presenta- tion, the method of teaching is taken up. Although we have made only a beginning in this field, the results are gratifying. A seminar in Political Economy | has been established, where the subject is studied theoretically and pedagogically. This also helped much in clarifying many phases of the problems involved in the teach- ing of the subject. Another important step is the general conference of all instruc- tors. This conference can take place once in. two or three weeks. At this conference one of the lead- ing comrades of the Party leads a discussion on an essential problem in the movement. At the last con- ference of the instructors in the New York Workers’ School, Com- rade Stachel discussed the prob- lems of the trade union movement. This was a real contribution. Our instructors in the classes are often confronted with all kinds of ques- tions. At the conference many of these questions are brought up and clarified, The next general conference of the instructors will take place Sat- urday, May 12, when Comrade V. J. Jerome will speak on “The Critical Analysis of the Program of the American. Workers’ Party.” The con- ference is called for 2:30 p.m. All instructors are requested to be pres- ent. Other problems of the Workers’ Schools will be dealt with in sub- sequent articles. It is desirable that comrades engaged in the theoretical training in the Party should write articles for this col- umn. Send your articles to A. teaching, but a relatively poor grasp Harry Simms---A Young Revolutionist and most of all is willing and cap- able, therefore, the Y, C. L. plenum, sent comrade Simms out as D. O. for the Y. C. L. to Chattanooga, Tenn., where he worked under the name of “Gilbert Harris.” At the Sixth National Convention of the Young Communist League, held in July, 1931, he was electad to the National Executive Commit- tee of the Young Communist League of America. Pull of plans and energy, he set out to work in the South, with the full-realization of the responsibilities and difficulties facing him. For, as difficult as it is to carry on work in the South at this day, it was many times more so, then, since it was ac- tually the initial steps to route the class struggle in the Black Belt. To do Communist activities, was to conduct illegal agitation, in the South. The lynch terror was (and 1s now) very great. The white ruling class did everything possible to stop the organization of Negro and white workers. However, with the strong resistance of the comrades of the Communist Party, the Young Com- munist league and of other revolu- tionary trade unions and the I. L. D. plus the enthusiastic response from the Negro and white workers, ac- tivities of our movement are going T that time, the Kentiicky miners were preparing to go out on strike, he came to Kentucky to help mobilize the young miners. As a result of his activities there, a num- ber of units of the Y. C. L. were His last big achievement was the convening of a successful Kentucky Youth Strike conference, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1932, in Pineville, Ky. This was the first successful youth con- ference to be held in the South. Tt was on the morning after this Markoff, 35 E. 12th St., Room 301, conference, that Simms and Green Lawson (section organizer in the Brush Creek section) were walking along a railroad track on the way to a meeting. They stepped off the tracks when they sighted a hand- propelled railroad car. In it were two Brush Creek Deputies, in the pay of the Rockefeller coal subsi- diary, Arlen Miller and Red Davis.) Recognizing Simms, Miller drew a gun and deliberaly shot him in the stomach. Green Lawson was ar- rested, taken away while Simms was lying beside the tracks, bleeding for hours, before he was brought to a Barbourville hospital. By slow degrees, lapsing into un- consciousness, every now and them, from pain and weakness, he lay dy- ing. This, however, did not keep the district attorney from resorting to the most brutal form of cross- questioning. There was little he could say—Harry was nearing his end, and a very painful one it was. At 9:20 that evening, he died. He died, but a boy, yet a full pledged revolutionist, a martyr to the cause of the working class. Because of the fearless fight. which he carried on and his tireless struggle to organize the working class youth, he will never be for- gotten, The cause for which he died was a common one. On National Youth Day, May 30, 1934, a monument to the mem- ory of Harry Simms will be un- veilled on his grave. This monument will be the pledge of the whole working class to carry on the fight, for which Harry Simms gave his life. ‘We appeal to all workers, students and intellectuals to help get this|’ “ monument, by sending in all con- tributions to the National Office of the Young Communist League, P. O. T. C..” “Join the working class in struggle against imperialist war,” | ete. In most of the colleges in New he Dean roared York the demonstrations reached jo funny, these Handbook of trugele JEROME ARNOLD By IT IS YOUR DUTY TO BREAK TUDENTS learn irom workers.| THIS FOUL MOVEMENT! The recent n: © anti-war| . “This can only be accomplished strike demonstration the large| »Y # militant opposition! sert numbers that marched in the May| Your_Tights as loyal students! Day parades, show that they are| “REFUSE TO COOPERATE studying the handbook of m SOLIDARITY: “Students! We need you hehind working class struggle again pe and fascism and adapting - “BREAK THE RED MOVE- et. to the most rr methods to the most powe MENT? stitution of capitalist propaga the high schools and colleges. But if students are workers, school authorities are get ting some valuable tips from cit officials, bosses and reform 8 misleaders. Students are 1 weapons of mass meetin tions, demonstrations, s School administrations are ing the art of demagogy, and to employ police brutality scabs. Take the recent wave of war strikes and demonstrations held in hundreds of high schools and colleges throughout the country It was the seventeenth anniver- | Sary of the entrance of the United! ' learning from Dean Gottschall Charges Mecting <| States into the World War—the| DUrly | ~ | Week set aside by the American] ‘@nants. "|League Against War and Fascism}, 474 like work Jemor as “Anti-War Week.” April 13 was national strike day in the schools.| Students Pour Onto Campuses |! Led by the united front of the| >! militant National Student League and the Socialist-controlled Student | League for Industrial Democracy. block police for but | thorities objected bec ing “infringed a college many thousands of students poured Alexander, one of lead onto their campuses in mass meet- tr wa spended ings against imperialist war. There were speakers, shouting of slogans, Radicals and placards calling for “Schools— ested epee not battleships.” “Down with R. O. so many sympathizers that school authorities feared to prohibit or in- terfere with the strike. Some even} issued statements supporting “the the students fast. So are the They're aping thei are aims, but not the methods used.”/ City and industrial b . | Others were silent. Many sincere|@8 they can. But they'll never learr the correct | college professors and instructors in the | the more “liberal” schools actually dismissed their classes at the hour| Because ‘ set for the strike and urged their| ™ethod—there is no method students to join the strike. can successfully hh It the rising But just as some city officials use| of mass anti-m school—nor, for t demagogy while others prefer police| 4 terror, other school authorities de- cided to employ strong arm methods in handling the anti-war strikes This was true especially in the high schools where the vast majority of| the student body are from prole- hops and on the Unity Theatre to Move To Long Island June 1 tarlan and petty bourgeois homes NEW YORK On June 1 the “Strong Arm” Methods !Unity Theatre moves to Mineola, In De Witt Clinton High Scho-lit ong island, for the summer. There the principal, A. Mortimer Clark,| wi) be about 20 in the group, and decided to use both methods. First, | they a anni a season of in- he declared himself “in sympathy| hey are planning with the anti-war movement.” Then cor ai iehaig oe ins one 3 t he called on the students not to| {om during the summer and next fuppert the strike becarise it wae| Winter. Many young men and cErenieed hy trade jin Mineola are anxious to become Tum Before the ‘strike hour he| members of Unity Theatre and thus ealled two special assemblies at) Mart @ dramatic aroup of thelr, own. which he exhorted the students to Theatre will make it possible to “be loyal to the school and coun-| try,” and not to “listen to thorse| Strengthen plays at all the Workers reds." At one: ofthe assenibiies a| Centers in Long Island, of which student. Joe Lev, rose and called|there is an ever-growitie the four on the students to join: the strixe,| The repertoire w ide the fou short revolution’ One of the instructors slapped him! * . in the face amid the cries of the| Death of Jehovah,” Doll students to “Let him speak!” |ration” and “Broadw which iiddanke Benton |are now being presented every Fri- Later, at the library where the) ay. Saturday and Sunday evenin striking students met for an orderly | #t the theatre's headquarters march out of the school, a group! WHAT'S of R.O.T.C. boys and instructors | charged the group. Some of the anti-war students were beaten ans thrown into their classrooms. Just to make sure, Clark had a squadron of fifteen police marched} up and down in front of the School |. with their revolvers displayed out- |” side their coats! A somewhat similar incident oc- ON lrisenen nL NITY T) oga Olobe. 9 p.m | Wednesday Adm, 35 curred in Thomas Jefferson High} _M. BLOOM speaks on School, Brooklyn, but there was a|Défense” at or little better organization and the|p.m. workers students defeated the attempts of} Bellaire, Ohio the administration to break the) soy FILM tele en des strike. | 8th, at Roma Theat Bist & Belmont Just before May Day, A. Mor-| Philadelphia, Pa. timer, of De Witt Clinton, distri-| SYMPOSIUM Repub Democratic buted the following leaflet to the! Socialist and Communist candidates wil? students: | present program for the “Crisis in B “STUDENTS! ! tion.” Harry M. W Communist “Your school is being permeated | “idate for Senate, will speak. zrigay, Mey by radicals! Today these subver- | Girden Sts, auspices Unemployed Thee tres’ Council. Admission 25¢. | San Francisco, Cal. ANNUAL COMMUNIST Party Picnic, | Sunday, May 20th, at Oak Grove Park, near San Mateo. Chicago, Til. TO ALL WORKING CLASS organizati in Chicago. Do not plan any affatr June ith. This, date is taken by LD. for a pienie at Bergman's Grove, \Jath Bt. and Decplaines AMUSEMENTS sive elements intend to persuade you to march in their red parade at Union Square! “You must combine your every means in a determined effort to break this foul movement! “If you are an American, if you respect authority, if you care to defend your school against a hab- bling mob of dissenters—THEN —— AMERICAN PREMIERE SOV IET’S First Musical Comedy Satire! MARIONETTES ss HILARIOUS! SPECTACULAR! SEE the MUNITION BARONS pull the strings of the “MARIONETTE” CAPITALIST RULERS Enacted by MOSCOW ART THEATRE | Russian Talking — Singing — Dancing PLAYERS and the MOSCOW & LEN- INGRAD BALLET | Specini Musical Seore (English Titles) A comedy by DAWN POWELL with ERNEST TRUEX—SPRING BYINGTON ETHEL BARRYMORE Theatre, 47th Street, W. of Broadway Evgs, 8:40. Mat. Thur. and Sat. 2:40 EUGENE O'NBILL's Comedy AH, WILDERNESS! with ee CORAN GUILD reniiistets thar eset.) MAXWELL ANDERSON’S New Play “MARY OF SCOTLAND” with HELEN PHILIP HELEN BAYES MERIVALE MENKEN ALVIN ‘Thea,, 524 St., W. of 7 Ev.8.20Mats.Thur.&Sat.2.20 \——- THE THEATRE UNION Presents — The Season's Outstanding Dramatic Hit stevedore OLVIC REPERTORY THEA. 105 W 14 St. ves. 8:45. Mats. Tues, & Sat. 2:45 300-400-600-75e-31.00 & $1.50, No Tax The Daily Worker gives you full news about the struggle for un- Box 28, Station D, New York City. to the Daily Worker employment insurance. Subscribe | 14th STREET id ACM TW EAT RE eae THe THEATRE GUILD presents—))——RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL— J T G 50 St & 6 Ave—Show Place of the Nation Opens 11:30 A. M. | JOHN’ BARRYMORE | in “20th Century” | with CAROLE LOMBARD | plus an Gorgeous MuUSI¢ HALL STAGE SHOW DODSWORTH Dramatized by SIDNEY HOWARD SHUBERT, W. 44th St. Evs. 8:49 Sharp | Matinees Wednesday and Saturday 2:30 ROBERTA A New Musical Comedy by JEROME KERN & OTTO HARSACK NEW AMSTERDAM, W. 424 St. Evgs. 8.40 Matinees Wednesday and Saturday 2.30 MUSIC HIPPODROME OPERA— Pasquale Amato, Director TONITE, 8:15 RIGOLETTO Wed. Eve. ANDREA CHENTER. Thurs, Eve. SAMSON and — — 25e-35e-55e-83e-99e inet. — ~HIPPODROME, 6 Ar. £43 St. V, Ry oe >