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G hicago C. P. Candidate Is Red Builder (Daily Worker Midwest Bureau) CHICAGO, Aug. 28.—You'll find him today, selling his Daily Work- | ers around the neighborhood near North and Crawford Aves. Or else fighting for relief for some family at the Cragin Relief Station. Or talking for the rights of his chil- dren and other workers’ children in & parent-teachers’ meeting. While doing these things, Hans Pfieffer is campaigning for a seat in the State Assembly from the 25th Assembly District. That’s one of the things about Hans, he doesn’t change his tactics just because he’s a candidate. The only new thing he has undertaken since he was Neminated by a united front con- Frence of workers in the neighbor- pod, is the Daily Worker. He’s king the drive seriously, because knows from his experience that strong circulation for that paper the best weapon in the hands of e workers in their fight for a de- Int life. Beck in the years of the war, fieffer was an active militant lead- r in the ranks of the American Federation of Labor. He'd be there today, if the top officials of the A. F. of L. hadn’t forced him out for fighting for the interests of the rank and file. Unpopular With Bosses Pfieffer first became unpopular with the bosses and leaders of the Federation when he organized the workers of the Northwestern Terra Cotta Company to fight for in- cres’sed wages. He was working in the shop, a 16-year-old youth. The failure of leaders of the Bricklayers Union to support the movement caused its defeat. During the war, Pfieffer was drawn into the stockyards. He rap- idly rose as a leader of his shop mates, becoming the second presi- dent of Local No, 484 of the Amal- HANS PFIEFFER Communist candidate for Illinois State Assembly, 25th Dist., and his son, Red Builders and working class fighters, both. gamated Meat Cutters and Butchers of North America. He later became the local’s first business agent. In spite of the “no strike” rules of war-time days, and the opposi- tion of the top leaders of the Amalgamated and the Chicago Fed- eration of Labor, Local No. 484, composed of sausage makers in 24 struck for increased wages. en went out 100 per cent, and on for two weeks without king ranks. Oscar Nelson, then federal con- ciliator for Chicago, and now an of- ficial of the Chicago Federation of Labor and an Alderman in the Chi- eago City Council, with the assist- ance of Dennis Lane of the Amal- gamated, broke the strike, which they branded as “illegal” and “out- law.” As business agent and leader of the strike, Pfieffer had his sec- ond dose of the A. F. of L, be- trayal policy. Blacklisted from the Yards He was blacklisted from the yards after the war; he turned to plumb- ing. He remained in the Plumbers Union till 1933, when he was ex- pelled as a Communist. Out of a job, he joined the Un- employed Councils and fought for the relief of his fellow workers. He was a member of the steering com- mittee of the Oct. 31, 1932, Hunger March through the Loop, which smashed a 50 per cent relief cut. Pfieffer was one of a group which took over the Irving Park Relief Station for a solid week before that march, refusing to leave, staying night and day, fighting relief cases. He was also on the negotiating committee, which met for two days with the relief commission, and which, backed by the mass pressure of thousands of workers preparing for the. Hunger March, forced the repeal of the ordered cut. Jailed for Demanding Milk for Babies Pfieffer has also learned what capitalist justice means. Jailed on several occasions, he served a 16- day sentence for demanding milk for babies. _ Pfieffer is still active in the strug- gles of employed as well as unem- ployed workers. He was arrested for picketing during the Stewart Die Cast strike in his neighborhood. When asked what he intended to do when and if elected to the State assembly, Hans said the following: “Tm going to fight against every- thing that is for the bosses and against the workers. I'm against the sales tax, I’m going to demand that the school teachers get their back pay, I’m going to fight foreclosures. Also, I'll put up a scrap to see that the small store owners get the un- employed relief orders, instead of the big chain stores. Of course, the line of the Communist Party, it's state and local platform, will be my guide. Will Keep on Fighting “Being in the State Assembly won't keep me out of the struggles of the workers. I’m going to keep right on with the fight both inside and out of the state capitol.” For further information, go out to North and Crawford and buy a Daily Worker from the husky fel- Jow on the corn-r, or from his little son who works with him selling papers. he a S » DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1934 Campaign Being Waged in Seattle to Recall Mayor Smith, Who Called Out Armed Forces to Break Waterfront Strike By BILL DUNNE SEATTLE, Aug. 28.— Recently I saw something I have never wit- nessed in any other American city: On Third Ave., just above James St. —one of the busiest downtown sec- tions—a man picked a half cante- loupe out of a restaurant garbage can on the curb, and stood and ate it while hundreds of people passed. The appalling thing about tt was that of the whole throng, I was the only person who paid any attention to him. Such incidents evidently have become commonplace even in the Seattle business district. The depth and scope of the mass, unemployment and poverty which this incident indicates was the background against which the waterfront strike occurred. Unemployed Helped Strikers But the unemployed who are forced to live under these condi- tions have kept their will for class solidarity. They did not take the opportunity to scab. At no time were any but a negligible number of waterfront strikebreakers re- ® United Unemployed Groups, Refusing to Scab, Prove Powerful Weapons a or Workers and Their Organizations employed workers. The Unemployed Councils and the Unemployed Citi- | zens Leagues, taken over by Com- munist workers and _ left-wing groups after the debacle of the “self-help” program sponsored by | Carl Brannin and other Musteites, | were powerful weapons at the dis- posal of the waterfront workers and their organizations. The work of the Marine Workers Industrial Union among the Seattle unemployed bore rich fruit for la- bor. As a matter of fact, nowhere on the 2,000 mile strike front was there greater solidarity between strikers and unemployed. Professional Scabs Open Pier Not a pound of cargo was moved by strikebreakers until along toward the end of the whole Coast strike— |and this was accomplished only | after bitter and bloody clashes with the police and shipping company cruited from the ranks of the un- | @ guards on one side, and the strik- | the self-styled progressive type, like ers and unemployed on the other. Pier 40 was opened after a series of these clashes, in a number of which the police were defeated. Pier 40 was opened with a crew of professional scabs, some college stu- dents and bankrupt business men to whom Mayor Smith had promised the assistance of the entire police force. The chief of police resigned and Mayor Smith took personal | charge of the armed forces. Campaign to Recall Mayor Smith One of the major political reper- cussions of the strike is the cam- paign now going on to recall Mayor Smith. Some 30,000 signatures are needed to force a recall election and about 24,000 have already been se- cured. Central Labor Council officials of GOING EAST A Novel of Proletarian Life By DANIEL HORWITZ (Synopsis: Cliff Mulligan, 19-year old unemployed worker, is on his way east to look for a job. In a small town on the way he finds work in a wire factory. At a dance he meets Edna, handsome daughter of a local with her.) VI. (LIFF was thinking hard about Edna. She stuck in his mind no matter what he was doing. “Never felt that way before about a girl,” he said to himself.“ Lentz’s talk of her being stuck up made him feel a bit uneasy. At any rate, he’d have to dress up nicely and try not to be tough. He didn’t pay for his board, bor- rowed four dollars from Lentz and bought a suit. It wasn’t a new ene, but looked good on him. When he went to meet her he thought of buying a box of candy, but had only one dollar and that he might have to spend for a show. He felt rotten about it. He was trying to think of some interesting stories to tell her. He thought of this and that. No, none of them would do. No hobo stories would do. Well, when the time came something would come up.. He peced back and forth near her house for some time. His heart jerked. If she didn’t show up! An hour passed. He didn’t know what to do. Go inside the house? She might not like it. Finally Edna came out. “Gee, I thought you wouldn't come. I been around here, gee, I don’t know how long I been around here.” “You came way ahead of time,” Edna laughed. “No kiddin’? That’s one on me,” Cliff said, blushing. They walked off to see a show. It was a funny picture and they both chuckled. Cliff felt good hold- ing her white hand. He didn’t try to kiss her. He made up his mind to be nice. “8 HEN they got outside, the dark pavements were covered with a white blanket. They stood watching the small flakes of snow, sparkling silvery in the blinking electric lights. But the streets soon became deserted and the lights were put out. They walked back home. Cliff began telling her stories. He cracked jokes and Edna laughed. “You're a pretty good talker, boy,” Edna commented. “Well, if a fellow meets people, he hears lots of things, and knows what to talk about,” Cliff felt proud and flattered. “You ain’t any of the town boys, are you?” “No, I come from out West. I just came here to visit my aunt. I kind of like this town so I got a pretty good job at the Macs and might stay.” “Who is your aunt?” Edna cut in. “God, why did I say that?” Cliff thought. “Oh, I don’t think you know her.” “There ain’t nobody I don’t know in this town,” she said. Cliff didn’t know whom to name. The landlady was the only one he knew. “Mrs. Porson,” he said, and abruptly switched the conversation to the town and the weather. They sat on the porch joking and talking. They also kissed and pet- ted, she combing his blond hair with her fingers. They were both happy. Cliff met her two and sometimes thye times a week. The other fnights she'd be busy at her father’s store. He'd take her to the movies or to a dance, but he had little money to spend and felt pretty bad that he couldn’t buy her the things that he wanted to. . * 'LIFF began to look around for a job that paid more money. He thought if only he could get a bet- ter job he could talk to Edna about getting married. He asked some of the boarders if they knew of any- thing. They said there were hun- dreds of men walking the streets and there was no chance of getting any work. Cliff tried to find some- thing at the Macs that paid more money. There was nothing doing. Instead there was a lay off. Many men were discharged. Cliff got away with it. He was shifted to a new job as an assistant fireman. George, the new foreman, told him that if a fellow puts his noodle to the work. he could learn to take care of the boilers himself, which would earn him a lot more money than being an apvrentice. Cliff was happy. He thought he'd got a break. But when his new chief ex- plained all the intricacies of the controlling valves and the amount of coal he'd have to shovel into the . shop-keeper, and falis in love fire boxes of the boilers, Cliff began to feel a bit shaky. “How can a fellow do all that?” he said to Weber, the mechanic. “Don’t know, lad. Don't know what them bloodsuckers want a man to do now,” he said, jerking his shoulders. Cliff got to work, shovelling coal, running up and down the ladder, squeezing in between hot pipes, shutting or opening valves. “Gee! It’s hell,” he cursed. After a couple of hours of sweat- ing, his knees began to bend and his back ached. He sat down to catch his breath. He forgot all about having to watch the gauge. He got lost wondering how long he could stand this kind of work. George sneaked in and began to bawl: “Them boilers are cold as hell an’ you sit an’ squat,” he yelled. . Cliff jumped to his feet. He threw a contemptuous look at the hard faced foreman. “Say, how in hell can a guy lug all the coal?” he growled. “Well, this ain’t no restin’ place. An’ if you don’t like it, you can get the hell out of here.” Cliff didn’t answer. He walked off leaving the foreznan bellowing. He grabbed the shovel. He wanted to take a swing at him. With all the power of his muscles he stuck the iron blade into the heap of coal. A blast struck his sweaty face as the mouths of the boilers opened to swallow the coal. The blood was stirred in him. He showered the fire with curses. re Reh IE CAME home all knocked out. He couldn’t go to see Edna. His bones ached. “To hell with the job, I'll throw it up,” he said to himself. But in the morning, when he had rested up a bit, he began to think that if he quit this job, he might not get another one, and there was a chance here to advance himself, He'd have to stick to it. It took him a couple of days to get_used to the work and Jearn the ins and outs. But Weber, the chief mechanic, kept on grumbling. “This guy gets my goat,” Cliff said to himself. One day he burst out: “I don’t know what you got to kick about. I'm workin’ hard as hell.” “What I got to kick about?” the half gray-haired, stocky mechanic glowered, “they sacked old Motty an’ put you on. An’ I have to run after you an’ watch things. We been takin’ care of two boilers. Now we got to feed four. It ain't your fault, lad. I see that you're breakin’ your back an’ sweating like a horse. If them in the office would put an- other man on, things wouldn't be so hard. But they are trvin’ to make us work our heads off while they make the big dough.” Weber spoke without a stop. Cliff listened with the docility of a child. He wasn’t sore any more at Weber. Another man was sure needed, but the fellows up the office were stingy, he thought, and they would make ’4m sweat as much as they could. (To Be Continued) LUTHER IN MASSACHUSETTS NEW YORK.—Hans Luther, Nazi ambassador, is now at Woods Hole, Mass. Individual workers and or- ganizations planning to send pro- tests against the imprisonment of Ernst Thaelmann and other German anti-fascist fighters should address their letters and telegrams to Am- bassador Luther in core of Wright: F abi -Photo League on Call for National Film Conference In September James Duzcan, who opposed and} sabotaged the movement for a gen- | eral strike, dare not openly oppose the recall of Smith. But they are covertly sabotaging the recall just the same. | The notorious Rey. Matthews, re-| actionary, anti-labor professional | crusader against “vice,” has come out against the recall of Smith. Secretary Doyle of the Central Labor Council, arch-faker, repudi-! ated by his own Painters Local| Union, recently re-elected by a vote of 114 to 76, is naturally against | the recall of the mayor who com- manded the police in their murder- ous attacks on strikers. (These Cen- | tral Labor Council officials sabo- | taged the mass funeral for a mur- | dered longshoreman with the pre-! t Disposal of Waterfront text that the exact time of funeral could not be decided.) The employers, of course, are against the recall of Smith. He has earned their gratitude. So we have the sweet spectacle of the whole Central Council of- ficialdom—‘conservative” and “pr gressive’—the employers, and thei clerical hangers-on like Matthew all opposing Smith’s recall 24,000 Signatures of Rank and File Where then have these 24,000 signatures come from? From the rank and file of the unions! In a way, this shows what the sentiment of the local union mem- bership was for a general strike in support of the waterfront workers. They were never allowed to vote on the question. When the struggle on the general strike issue reached what the offi- cials believed to be a dangerous NEW YORK.—The National Or- ganization Committee of the Film and Photo League has issued the following call to all branches of the Film and Photo League of America, and to all movie and photo clubs, film societies, guilds, unions and other amateur and professional or- ganizations, for a National Film Conference to be held in Chicago during the last week in September, 1934: “After an examination of the status of the film and photo or- ganizations throughout the country we find that the rate of growth and level of. effectiveness of organiza- tions in this field are far behind both the needs and the opportuni- ties for the development of a genu- ine independent solidified film and photo movement in the United States of America. “The commercial film industry, Jong in a stage of cultural stagna- tion and economic chaos, has not improved. On the contrary, the gigantic fissures in the economic base of the movie industry have spread beyond mere patching. The film products of the recent and present period show a marked tendency toward political reaction and cultural decay. Films are increasingly being used for anti- labor, jingoistic, pro-war pur- poses. The commercial news reels have become open instruments in the hands of the Wall Street con- trolled movie industry for strike- breaking, anti-labor, pro-fascist and pro-war propaganda. It is clear now that from the main stream of the capitalist film world can come only preducts inimical to the needs and desires of the great masses of working people of the country. “During the recent and current strike waves and struggles of the unemployed for relief and social insurance, the commercial news- papers, magazines, rotogravures, etc. have shamelessly distorted reality, utilizing more extensively than ever before: faked poses, ly- ing captions, substituted photo; Moreover, they have consciously and systematically covered their .pages with inane and innocuous pictures, thereby omitting picto- rial reference to the real condi- tions of the life of our times. “This fifth year of the crisis finds a continuance of mass mis- ery and unemployment, brutal terroristic assaults by police, mi- litia and vigilante-fascist bands. Even cameramen and_ workers, film exhibitors have been un- constitionally arrested and de- prived of the right to take and show films (Jersey City, Detroit, Tulare, Cal., San Diego, Cal). We find, however, an uninterrupted development of local, sectional and national struggles on the part of workers, farmers and white col- Jar workers—both employed and unemployed—Negro and white— for economic needs and political rights. “The ‘Legion of Decency’ move- ment, the most important devel- opment in the field of motion pic- tures since the crisis, presents two main dangers: (1) Pressure for the production of anti-labor, jingoistic, pro-war films. (2) Pres- ure for establishment of Federal Film Censorship. “We find that in opposition to the capitalist film industry and in behalf of the working class, there exists as yet no solidified national film and photo move- ment that is in any way commen- surate with the great tasks and opportunities at hand. Millions of movie patrons who have re- jected Hollywood because the capitalist films do not check with the experiences of their lives present an anxious audience for honest and creative films made in their interest. The country is truly a gigantic studio for the production of vital films and pho- tos. The great masses of workers, farmers and Negro toilers now in struggle for decent conditions of life are in need of films and pho- tos that actually tell their story. “Tm order to take the first steps for the formation of a solidified country-wide film and _ photo movement the forthcoming Na- tional Film conference will devote itself to a discussion of the eco- nomic, social and political condi- tions that face the amateur and professional film and photo work- er; a discussion of the organiza- tional problems facing film and photo groups; a discussion of the elementary technical and creative problems, the collective creation of a program and plan of work for the building of a National Film and Photo League, the elec- tion of a National Executive Com- mittee, “All branches, affiliated groups and all other film and photo or- ganizations are invited to elect two or more delegates and to write immediately for further de- tails to National Organization Committee. Film and Photo League, 12 East 17th St., New York City.” Cleveland Workers’ Sthaol “™nvestigated’ By Local Press As ‘Red’ Center CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 27.— The Cleveland Workers School has been singled ott for “honorable mention” in Washingtcn and Cleve- land following the publication of an “alarm” in the super-patriotic mag- azine, the National Republic. Re- sponding to this, the Inter-City News Service of Washington wired the fellowing story to the Cleveland papers: Washington, Aug. 23 (ICN).— Revealing the startling gain in Communistic activities and the red menace throughout the na- tion, George A. Blasser in an ar- ticle published in the August is- sue of the National Republic, ed- ited by Walter S. Steele, na- tionally famous authority on Communistic menace in_ the United States, cited the Cleve- land, Ohio, school, located at 1524 Prospect Ave., as a boiling pot of Communism in that city. “The Cleveland school,” de- clares Mr. Blasser, “is reported filled to its capacity with youth and adult students who are evi- dently eager to obtain more of the high-lights in Communist re- volt tactics.” Mr. Blesser’s survey on Com- munistic activities in the United States takes in cities from all over the United States and his findings show that the red government spends thousands each year in the United States in “anti-war” and “anti-defense” propaganda to alienate our youth from our gov- ernment. “Cleveland,” Mr. Blasser states, “4s rapidly becoming one of the big red centers of the nation.” On recsiving this wire, the Cleve- Nobska Road, Woods Hole, Mass. ‘land Press sent a reporter to the school to “investigate the charges.” Following this “investigation,” the afternoon edition of the Press an- nounced to the whole city that there would be a record enrollment. for the fall term of the Workers School, which opens Oct. 8. The Press story carried the heading: “Brands School Here Communist.” Registration for the fall term is now in progress. The school, which is beginning its second year, has set itself the goal of 500 students for the coming term. During the first year of its existence, approxi- mately 800 students attended the various classes. The school fi- nanced itself from the very begin- ning. At present, it is helping to establish workers’ schools in Youngstown and Cincinnati, which will open in the fall. The Fall Term Catalog of the Cleveland Workers School an- nounces 32 courses, including many new courses such as Radio, Self- Defense in Court, Leaflet Making, Illustrating and Sign Painting, as well as the regular political courses in Marxism-Leninism. Six new in- structors have also been added. The class for children in Science and History, based on Bishop Brown's book, which proved successful dur- ing the summer term, will be given again during the fall term on Sat- urdeys. The registration fee is $1.50 for a course or three months (12 weeks). Workers are urged to regis- ter immediately at the school head- quarters, 1524 Prospect. Our Readers Must Spread the Daily Worker Among the Members of All Mass and Fraternal Organ- izations As a Political Task of First Importance! point, they procured a telegram from President Green of the A. F. of L. declaring in time-worn terms that the Central Council had no | authority or right to take part in |}such a movement Had the Longshoremen’s Union leadership been of the same mili- tant type as their San Francisco | leadership, they could have forced the issue. But they were denounc- ing the Communist Party and rais- ing the red scare after the manner }of the Central Labor Council offi- | cialdom. | But all these gentlemen of “the |best elements of organized labor” who sabotaged the strike and who | support Mayor Smith, murderer of | workers, are going to have a hard |time laughing off these 24,000 sig- | natures. These signatures for Smith's recall, and not the Mayor pious jdeclamations of James Duncan, are |the real expression of the senti- {ments of Seattle labor—organized |and unorganized, employed and un- employed. LABORATORY AND By Power from the Sun Capitalism has criminally squan- dered some of our most essential fuel resources. Engineers predict that the present devosits of oil, gas and coal will be exhausted in a few generations due to their wasteful exploitation. This is a very signifi- cant fact for future generations since 90 per cent of our energy and fuel demands are supplied from these resources whose limits we are rapidly approaching. Water power will not take the place of oil and coal as a source of fuel. Steinmetz once proved con- clusively that water-power as a source of energy could only supply about one-tenth of all our needs, The truth of his conclusion has been brought to light recently by the drought which showed that most water supplies are needed for agri- culture — and that, furthermore, a drought season seriously impairs the sources of hydro-electricity. Consequently, scientists are in- clined to believe that utilization of the inexhaustible energies of the sun will be necessary, if civiliza- tion is to continue. Researches are being conducted with sun-boilers and photo-electric cells in order to develop a cheap and efficient sub- stitute. It is significant that the Soviet Union leads the world in these in- vestigations. On the one hand, it is the only country in the world where natural resources are carefully uti- lized according to long range plans. On the other, it is the one country where, due to the organization of scientific research on a planned basis, such problems as the utiliza- tion of the sun’s rays are studied on a scale that, cannot be matched in @ capitalist country. There is no jockeying for control of patents. There are no obstruc- tions put in the way of research by vested interests. And the problem is tackled by scientists who possess so- cial consciousness and whose work is co-ordinated according to plan. Due to the importance that the Soviet Union places on such long- range problems, helio engineering has reached a comparatively high state. There are annual conferences of helio engineers, where progress is reported and where plans are laid down for next year’s research. As a résult the “sun-boilers” developed by Soviet scientists have a co-effi- cient of efficiency much higher than those developed by other European models. They have also developed cheap photo-electric cells which convert the sun’s rays into measur- able amounts of electricity. All of these investigations are still in an experimental stage. But we can be sure, due to the make-up and direction of scientific research in the Soviet Union, that the question of getting power from the sun and other scientific problems of a simi- lar scale will be solved there and not in a canitalist country. mye wt ce A Call to Scientists A number of distinguished French and British scientists have issued a call to the scientists of the world inviting them to a conference for “the maintenance and protection of free science” to be held in London during September. The appeal, in part, reads as follows: “With increasing concern we have observed that, as a result of the po- litical development in many coun- tries, the freedom of science has been threatened or entirely de- stroyed. We have seen how scien- tific investigations have been sup- pressed, or their results falsified, in order to make them serviceable to the dominant political doctrine. We have seen, for instance in Ger- many, how doctrines unsubstan- tiated by science or entirely dis- credi‘ed by it have been elevated to the rank cf useiul knowledee through pressure from the state, if these doctrines appeared useful for political aims. . . . “We have verified the fact that in various countries science is sub- ordinated to the need of war in- dustry and to the propagation of a chauvinistic ideology. From the last war we have learned the de- vastating effect of a war period on scientific research, and we are con- vinced that at present the very threat of a war danger hampers free scientific investigation and re- duces it to the function of a slave to wer industry. . . “In (Germany) the exact sciences have been openly degraded to job- bing for war industries. During the education of young physicisis and chemists much time is devoted to lectures and practical exercises in ‘defensive science’; gas protection, air protection, study of explosives, war intelligence service, which have DAVID KAMSEY SHOP no relation to the scientific signfi- cance of this field... . All branches of physics which cannot be made to serve political and economic im- perialism are therefore hampered and restricted... . ” The appeal of the scientists then points to the “brutal subordination” of biology, medicine, history and teaching by the intellectual terror of fascism. They conclude by say- ing that: “Through misuse of and contempt for free research there is imminent danger that the whole structure of scientific knowledge, will be de- stroyed and from the fragments a new series of enslaved pseudo-sci- ences will be erected, which will be harmful for the progress of man- kind. “Because of this condition of af- fairs we believe that the moment has come to summon all scholars and scientists of all countries and to lay it upon them as a duty to look beyond the limits of their spe- cialities and to recognize the com- mon danger. Let them join with us in the maintenance and protection of free science, as one of the most essential elements of international culture and peaceful co-operation.” cee beac + bese is a document of the great- est significance. For the first time dn organized group of dis- tinguished scientists, realizing that fascism is incompatible with scien- tific advance, will fight the pseudo- selentific doctrines of fascism, and will join workers and intellectuals in the great anti-fascist front that is forming all over the world. The conferenee will, no doubt, work out a minimum program around which many scientists can be rallied. Young scientists and students in the United States who are returning to the fall sessions of the universities must utilize the ap- peal of the scientists and the Lon- don Conference as a means of or- ganizing scientists to oppose the pro-fascist and jingoistic influence of the Millikans and the Comptons. The appeal was sent out by a group of scientists who are among the greatest in the world. Among them are Sir Basil Blackett, Har- old J. Laski, J. B. S. Haldane, Hy- man Levy, Julian Huxley, Sir Ear- nest Rutherford, Albert Langier, Paul Langevin, Paul Rivet, Lucien Levy-Bruhl, Marcel Prenant, Henri Wallon. Mathematicians, physicists, chemists, anthropologists, political scientists—they have all gone be- yond the boundaries of their spe- cial fields to call on all scientists to join the fight against fascism, whose triumph would mean the end of sci- ence, progress and civilization. To prevent such an appalling possi- bility, every honest and courageous scientist must join the working class and its allies in their struggles to rid the world of the menace of fascism. R.K.O. Apollo Opens Friday With W. C. Fields Film RKO Apollo Theatre, Clinton and Delancey Sts., will open under its new managemen*> on Fridey night, Aug. 31, with “The Old Fash- joned Way,” with W. C. Fields and Baby LeRoy. The same program includes -Earl Derr Bigger’s story, “Charlie Chan’s Courage,” with Warner Oland. The Trans-Lux Theatre is now showing “Let’s Play Post Office,” a musical comedy film with Jean Sar- gent; Pete Smith’s “Attention, Suckers,” an expose of gambling tricks, and a cartoon film, “Puss In Boots.” The Newsreels present some of Soviet's fastest trotter races in Moscow, with Ambassador Bullitt an interested spectator. » Page Five Investigation Of ‘Red’ Movie Stars Assailed NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—The Film and Photo League issued a statement charging that “Red” Hynes of the Los Angeles Police Department “Red Squad,” deliber- ately launched an inquisition into the private affairs of movie and other individus wood movie colony to divert the tention of the Congressional Come mittee to Investigate Nazi progae ganda, David Platt, executive secretary of the League, yesterday stated: “The notorious ‘Red’ Hynes has de- liberately diverted attention from the revelations of recent weeks about the drilling of armed Silver Shirts near San Diego, the purchase of U. 8. Army and Marine corps arms and ammunitions by local Nazis, the formation of McLaglen’s fascist Lighthorse Riders, and has instead created a tyrannical search for evidence of radicalism in Holly- wood. “Moreover, the hue and cry of radicalism in Hollywood is being utilized to divert attention from the tyrannical attempts to destroy the militant Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union and to frame up the militant leaders in the Sacramento trial. “We call upon workers, artists, writers, and all others of the Hollys wood film colony to send a barrage of protests to District Attorney Neil McAllister, Sacramento, Calif., de- mandirg the immediate release of the militant workers under arrest and demanding that he keep his inquisitorial snoot out of the affairs of movie stars and other indi« viduals.” TUNING IN 7:00 P.M.-WEAF—Baseball Resume WOR—Sports Resume—Ford Frick WJZ—Kardos Orch. 1:15-WEAF—Gene and Glenn—Sketch WOR—AI and Lee Reiser, Piano | WABC—Vera Van, Songs 1:30-WEAF—Pickens Sisters, Songs { WOR—The O’Neills—Sketch WJZ—Jewels of Enchantment— Sketch, with Irene Rich ‘WABC—Paul Keast, Baritone 1:48-WEAP—Bisters of the Skillet WOR—To Be Announced WIZ—Frank Buck's Adventures ‘WABC—Boake Carter, Commentator 8:00-WEAF—Jack Pearl, Comedian WOR—Dance Orch. WJZ—King Orch. WABC—Maxine, Songs; Spitalny Em semble 8:15-WABC—Emery Deutsch, Violin 8:30-WEAF—Wayne King Orch. WOR—The Lone Ranger—Sketch WJZ—Mario Cozzi, Baritone WABC—Everett Marshall, Baritone, Elizabeth Lennox, Contralto; Are den Orch.; Mixed’ Chorus; Colette Carles, Songs 8:45-WJZ—Off the Record—Thornton Fisher 9:00-WEAF—Fred Allen, Comedian; Songe smiths Quartet: Hayton Orch. WOR—Footlight Echoes WJZ—Ruth Lyon, Soprano; Cyril Pitts, Tenor; Shield Orch.; Joan Blaine, Narrator WABC—Baseball—Mickey Cochrane, Manager Detroit Tigers 9:15-WABC—Detroit Symphony Orch. 9:30-WOR—Tex Fletcher, Songs WJZ—Dancer of Barcelona—Sketch 9:45-WOR—Dramatized News 10:00- WEAF—Lombardo Orch. WJZ-Dennis King, Songs; Katamam Orch, WABC—Broadcast to Byrd Expedie tion; Warnow Orch 10:15-WOR—Current Events—H. E. Read WJZ—Duchin Orch. 10:30-WEAF—Mercarda's Mexican Orch. WOR—Variety Musicale WJZ—Denny Orch.; Harry Richman, Songs ‘WABC—Mary Eastman, Soprano; Mixed Chorus; Symphony Orch, 11:00-WEAF—Meyer Orch. WOR—Block Orch. WJZ—Pickens Sisters, Songs WABC—Nick Lucas, Songs 11:15-WJZ—Robert Royce, Songs WABC—Little Orch. 11:30-WEAP—Modernization of Real Estate Properties of the Nation — A. Deane, Deputy Housing Adminir trator st WHAT'S Wednesday aia OPEN HOUSE NIGHTLY! Chess, check= ers, ping-pong, other games and music. Friendly discussions and what have you. Friends of the Workers School, 115 Uni- versity Place, corner 13th St., two flights up. Open at 6 P.M. NEW THEATRE and FILM & PHOTO LEAGUE presents “Ivan.” New School, 66 W. 12th St. Showings at 7 and 9:36 P.M. ‘Tickets 36¢ in advance, 50e at door. LECTURE by Rabbi Goldstein on “Reli- gion and War” at Cooperative Auditorium, 2700 Bronx Park East. Auspices: Upper Bronx Section Women’s Councils, Adm. 10c. DEBATE—The Artists Union, 11 W. 16th St. “Is Art Propaganda?” 9 p.m. Adm. 5¢ for members and 10c for non-members, Everyone invited. THEATRE GROUPS, New York — Send delegates to L.O.W.T. meeting, 8:30 p.m. at Theatre of Workers School, 47 E. 12th St INTERNATIONAL SURVEY SERIES lec- ture by R. Andrey on “United Front in France,” at 11 W. 18th St. United Front Supporters Hall, 8:45 p.m. Rockaway, L. 1. WELCOME OUR DELEGATE, “Mother”? Ella Reeve Bloor, who has just returned from World Women's Congress Against: War and Pascism held in Paris. Come and hear her stirring message a Jewish Center Academy of Far Roc! 1295 Far Rockaway Blvd. (Central Auspices: Rockaway Br. A.W.F. ks re.) LABOR. DAY WEEK-END to Nature Friends Camp. sponsored by Red Spark Club, 62 Second Ave. Leaving Friday, Aug.” Bist, 7:20 p.m. Includes three meals per, day and three nights sleep for $5. Leav- ing Sept. Ist, 2 p.m., includes seven meals and two nights sleep for $4.25. Return Monday Sept. 3rd, evening. Register at above address. LABOR DAY WEEK-END OUTING to Camp Kinderland by Harlem Prog. Club, 1888 Third Ave. Leaving Sunday, 7:30 a.m. Return Monday night. Round trip $1.25. Register now at club rooms, Philadelphia, Pa. CLASS IN MARXISM held every Friday evening between 8 and 10 P.M. weekly charge. Auspices: West Philadel- phia Workers Club, 1137 N. 4lst St. AMUSE MENTS TWO SOVIET FEATURES First Theatrical Showing! “THE PROBLEM OF FATIGUE” A Study of Fatigue in Industry and Nature, Produced in- the U.S.S.R. by the Russian Academy of Science. ‘Bnglish Titles) | — FOR 1 WEEK ONLY: LATEST SOVIET NEWS SEE x GORKIT'S HOME LIFE Native Songs & Dances—Moscow Children at Zoo — Ambassador Bullitt in Kharkov — Ete., Ete. ——ACME THEATRE, 14th ST. & UNION SQUARE — Always Cool— T.ONTCGHT WED., AUG. 29 Two Showings: 7 and 9:30 P.M. New School, 66 W.12th Tickets 35¢ in adv., S0c at door, at Workers Book Shop, 50 E. 13th St. New Theatre and Film and Photo League Presents DOVZHENKO'S GREAT FILM “TVAN” FIRST UNCUT SHOWING and CHARLIE CHAPLIN IN “THE IMMIGRANT”