The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 20, 1934, Page 5

| WORLD! By SENDER GARLIN Oiling Out the Trouble | eaten who are having trouble keeping their workers on the job were advised to give them doses of cod-liver oil. The suggestion was made before the American Chemical Society, which held a solemn con- clave in Cleveland recently. How would the thing work? Simple. According to the United Press report, “nurses, stationed at every factory door to dole out heaping tablespoonfuls of the ofl to each worker, would materially decrease ‘in- dustrial absenteeism’.” The scholarly reports presented by Holmes, Piggott, Sawyer and Comstock acknowledged that this method of keeping workers on the job might run into money, but in the long run it would more than pay for itself. CHANGE | —THE— | | Authors Give Estimate DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1934 Pa Page Five U. S. Writers Describe Influence of jctmen Bolshevik Revolution on Their Work Of Fascism in Vivid Of Soviet Literature In Statements On the occasion of the recent Soviet Writers Congress, the Sec- retariat of the International Union of Revolutionary Writers addressed three questions to prominent writers in a number of countries. The questions werc: What influence has the Bolshe- vik revolution had upon your work? What do you think of So- viet literature? What problems interest you most at this time? Among the American writers to whom these questions were ad- dressed are Joseph Freeman, — poetry, between art and revolution, which we were unable to resolve. | As a result of this sectarianism, a number of our writers abandoned literature altogether and devoted themselves exclusively to journal- purely political work. Not a Crime to Write Poetry When I came to the Soviet Union| Which opens a vast new evoch in|the 28th Street (Broadwa |in 1926, I discovered that those| the life of humanity; its hero is tre American comrades who despised| the worker laying the foundations and Saturday daily from 9 am. (or feared) art and literature did| not at all represent the Communist viewpoint in the USSR. It was not a crime to write poetry as some of our sectarians in the US.A.| thought. I had abandoned writing | poetry for several years, but re- |tradictions between politics and Soviet Literature Is Too Vital To Be Standardized erature is that it is not the anar- | ism, and in some cases even to, Chie outpouring of isolated talents, | | but part of the gigantic process of | can screen, one of the most power- building a socialist soci Its theme is a great historic period of a classless Communist world. The present generation of Soviet writers has had the tesk of describ- ing one-sixth of the globe ccom- pletely transformed by the October Revolution. This in itself is ex- Powerful Indictment ‘Free Thae “Ernst Thaelmann—Fighter Against Fascism” Reviewed by DAVID PLATT For the first time on any Ameri- ful propaganda films against fever assembled is being It will continue today, Friday ll pm. Four stirring reels of the tant German workers on par: in battle, led by the tireless, dominitable fighter for freedom, |Ernst Thaelmann, on the screen. This is something to keep Adolf Imann’ Film Thaelmann” unti Some of the sh n and Dimitrov in action are in ble revelations of tt of these two gre: working-class. In tory of the screen I car 5 the one where the r Dimitrov at the Ri turns around and ft the finger of accusation aga It is how some of the pictures obtained at all, they are most interesting the historical con- \ . * . Theodore Dreiser, Malcolm Cow- | sumed it under the influence of So. | e™mely difficult; how much more | pitier tossing in his sleep for many of the life of the j “Are You a “Projectionist”? ley, Louis Adamic, Isidor Schnei- | viet writers and artists whom I met | seus Lp seccaA et a night. What he wouldn't give to | Germ : Ems¢ | ) IN HUNDREDS of apers throughout the United States, a jazzi- | S¢% Granvifie Hicks, Corliss La- jin Moscow, notably Mayakovsky,| alone enables one to understand | °°, ®ble to add this unbelievable | Thaelmann ar 1925 to ; of newspape! mont, Joseph Kalar, James | Asseyey, Dinamoy, Anisimov, EFisen- | ~ {Collection of data against Nazism to the tim Sis e teen nt i are advised to give them doses of cod liver oil. The suggestion WaS | Steele. We are reprinting here late and’ Maveshola: ete spoes ena 4 develop the ade-|his vast storehouse of flames and We see the cated feature called “Explore Your Mind.” Recently the learned doctor | the answer of Joseph Freeman, | I mention this as an example of | quate aesthetic form which raises | ashes, lous existence of undertook to answer the question as to whether when “we cannot solve and will publish the answers of the influence of Soviet literature the novel or the poem about revo- lutionary change through various 'yenew the battle for the fre: phases of development, each | Thaeiman d for the liber: marked by the inevitable strugglc! caper erg sland press the others in subsequent issues of the Daily Worker.—Editor’s | Upon our “group of American writ- ers, not only in regard to theme, | our mental and emotional problems, do we tend to blame others in- stead of ourselves?” Wiggam, D.Sc., answers unhesitatingly in the affirmative. Dr. Note. hai ae bt ae seerinle ci poi for of pieeaniiscaail kendatives ba ia cuted victims of German gf@. Hatry: We diepner, ie sive, “SLOWS te We al re ee aaa By JOSEPH FREEMAN importance in the revolutionary| Soviet Literature Not Uniform | “Ernst Thaclmann—Fighter ‘project’ our failures upon others.” Elaborating he says that “the pup! Tociay! say. sing cand’ taldly; * | movement, for the need of effective | Not Agsinst Fascism” is a powerful ) who fails on examination may project the cause to the unfairness of the teacher. The man who fails in business may impute his losses to the powerful forces of Wall Street. These thoughtless people speak of capitalists as though they were an organized body of ogres whose pur- pose is to destroy human happiness. Such critics are merely projec- tionists who find it easier to blame some one else than to think their way. out of their own dilemmas.” Well, according to this analysis there are just about 15,000,000 un- employed workers in the United States who have lost their jobs simply because of this “projection” habit, hundreds of thousands of small business and professional men haye been ruined by the same process, and of course the nature of capitalism with its cyclical crises has nothing to do with the case! Ah, what a convenience is this thing called science. * ’ ’ Bootblacks Must Aid “Recovery Program” ROM Los Angeles comes the news that the City Council has risen in all its majesty to demand that the bootblacks make a contribu- tion toward restoring prosperity in the United States. The members of the City Council, who themselves earn $100 a week (officially speak- ing), has passed an ordinance decreeing that the kids who carry shoc- shining boxes in an effort to provide a few pennies for impoverished homes, pay a $3 annual license tax. In other words. the boys are com- pelled to shine 60 pairs of shoes to get the privilege of being child laborers on the Los Angeles streets, In this connection, it is interesting to note the kinship between the Chamber of Commerce and Matthew Woll, vice-president of the American Federation of Labor; acting head of the National Civic Fed- eration, and president of the Union Labor Life Insurance Company. “Liberty” magazine for Sept. 22 proudly sports the following letter from Arthur G. Arnoll, secretary and general manager of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce: “We greatly appreciate ‘Liberty's’ permission to make use of Mat- thew’ Woll’s article, ‘Is Red Russia Striking at American Industry?’ which appeared in its July 21 issue. We believe this is one of the best articles of ‘Liberty’ for bringing forth these matters in such a sound and logical way for the information of the American public.” (Credit- line to “Krimson Krank” of Los Angeles for this item.) * * * Grim Humor in the Churches oe correspondent from the West sends me the glad tidings that 110,000 churches have received from the Federal Council of Churches a message and a prayer to be read from pulpits, In the prayer, God is asked to restrain from the methods of violence, those who would take money from those that have it and divide it up, and also to put the spirit of Christ in the vested interests of accumulated wealth, and incline them to be more generous. Twelve textile pickets have been murdered and scores wounded by gunfire and bayonets in the hands of the agents of “those that have it.” It looks very much as if the prayers of the Federal Council of Churches are being written by the publicity department of the Ameri- can Cotton Menufacturers. . . . Blood Money ROM Belden, North Dakota comes a message and a clipping from W. J. Husa, a fighting farmer, whom I met out there a couple of years ago. “Am sending you herewith,” writes Husa, “a clipping from the Commissioners’ Precedings, as published in the Sept. 13 issue of the Stanley Sun, official paper of Montrail County, N. D.” Circled in the report of the “Proceedings” are the following words: “Albin O. Anderson, Marshal, assigned to Sheriff to apply on. pp. tax blood transfusion to Mrs. N. J. Aune, Plaza......$20. Perhaps this sounds a little ambiguous, but Comrade Husa makes it painfully clear: “After reading same, I am sure that you will agree that the times have not improved yet very much under the ‘New Deal’ when a per- son has to pay his taxes by the sale of his own blood.” = . . Gorman. and the Management OHN R. McMahon of Little Falls, N. J., an old friend and neighbor of Ryan Walker, in commenting on my recent column on the textile strike, says: “Gorman, leader of the national textile strike, makes statements im which he continually bandies the word ‘management.’ It seems he has no quarrel with bosses, capitalists, or even mill owners, but solely ‘with their tyrannous subordinates, the officials, superintendents, fore- men’ and suchlike Simon Legrees who manage the industry. This shows a pretty nice sense of words as well as a chivalrous consideration for the top financiers or the actual ruling class. Only a bourgeois pro- fessor might criticize Gorman’s neat term, advising him to use instead of ‘management’ the de luxe label, ‘entrepreneur’—meaning the person who ‘takes the risk’ of getting more or less profit while the worker ‘takes the risk’ of being clubbed, gassed, shot or bayonetted when strik- ing against slavish toil and starvation pay. “yet Gorman deserves well of the finance, capitalists for handing them the very serviceabie mask of ‘management,’ which sounds Ameri- can while confusing people just as well as that bit of French lingo. The ruling class of every capitalist country needs such masks and is not ungrateful to its mask-makers and peddlers. Once the Russian autocracy had a Gorman who invented the ‘Little Father’ mask, which was extremely popular until bullets spewed through the eyeholes. Then the workers cleaned up everything behind that false front. And those premises of one hundred and sixty million folk are still clean. Mean- while the American ‘management’ of one hundred twenty millions huddles in Wall Street behind the transparent bit of Gorman gauze and barks orders to its soldiers, thugs and police on the firing line. goon the textile and other workers will flip off the masks from all class enemies.” TUNING IN WOR—Pauline Alpert, Piano WJZ—Death Valley Days—Sketch WABC—Bar X Days—Sketch 9:15-WOR—Larry Tayler, Baritone 9:30-WOR—Madriguera Orchestra ‘WJZ—Bavarian Orchestra ‘WABC—Waring Orchestra 10:00-WEAF—Whiteman’s Music Hall, With Helen Jepson, Soprano, and Others WJZ—Canadian Concert WABC—Forty-five Minutes in Holly- wood; Music; Sketches ‘ 10:15-WOR—Current Events—H. E. Read 10:30-WOR—Variety Musicale WJZ—The Constitution; Our Fathers Built—Representative dames M. Beck of Pennsylvania 10:45-WABC—Tito Guizer, Tenoz | 11:00-WEAP—Rozers and Vance, Songs ra, 7:00 P, M.-WEAF—Baseball Resume WOR-—Sports Resume—Ford Prick waz—Amos 'n’ Andy—Sketch WABC—Augustine Orchestra 9:15-WEAF—Gene and Glenn—Sketch WOR—Comedy; Music WJz—Stamp Club—Capt. Tim Healy 1:30-WEAF—Danny Malone, Tenor WOR—The O'Neills—Sketch WJZ—Regulation of Issue and Sale of Sccurities—Ferdinand Pec- ora, Member Securities Exchange Commission, at Farmers Union Co- operative Convention, Des Moines WABC—Jack Smith, Songs 9:45-WEAF—Frenk Buck's Adventures WOR-—Stvdio Music WABC—Zcake Corter, Commentator 8:00-WBAF—Vallee's Varieties WOR-Little ony Orchestra, ductor; Edith ‘The House jestor Orchestra WABC—American Federation of La- Piano end Gravy: °° fm! Tongs “on. Seprano; Charles v 6:39-" i 11:15-WRAT—Tne Toxprs Sp 308 ntion—Bainbridge Colby, At- L.. WABC—Studio Concert a torney = ryer and the State that the October Revolution altered j;™my life completely; it determined {my political affiliations, my work, my thought, my feelings; it drew me into the world-wide struggle of the workers for the overthrow of capitalism and the establishment of a classless society. The contin- ued successes of the Soviet Union, verifying the teachings of Marx and Lenin, have inspired millions of workers, farmers and intellectuals throughout the world; and among these millions I have the honor to count myself. vanguard of the worid revolution, upon its achievements as the living verification of Communist princi- | Ples. The victories of the Five-Year plan, for example, have had a pro- found effect upon many workers and intellectuals in the United | States, who have drawn the neces- sary conclusions from the sharp and capitalist anarchy. But not, alone has the Soviet Union af- |fected certain American writers; we have learned from it to look with new eyes on questions of phi- losophy, literature and art; on questions of race and nationality; on the position of woman and the education of children; on the treat- and eyen on the most subtle and profound of personal relations— toward one’s self. Books Influenced By Soviet Union My own work (since you ask about it) has been under the in- fluence of the Soviet Union and the Communist movement for many years. In journalism and criticism, I have tried to apply the principles of Marxism-Leninism to American problems, as well as to explain some of the aspects of Soviet life. My first book (written in collabo- ration with Scott Nearing in 1924) was “Dollar Diplomacy,” a study of American imperialism; my sec- ond book (in collaboration with Joshua Kunitz and Louis Lozowick) was “Voices of October,” a study of Soviet literature, art, the theatre and the cinema: my third book, “The Soviet Worker” (1932), was a study of labor conditions in the USSR. The title of these books will, I think, indicate the extent of the jinfluence which the Soviet Union has had upon one aspect of my work. In another of its asvects. the influence of the U.S.S.R. has been equally great. I have since 1921 been one of that group of writers and artists centered around the “Liberator” and “New Masses,” which has learned much from So- viet art and literature. Our devel- opment toward an American revo- lutionary art and literature has been slow and painful, but in the last three or four years the move- ment has gained momentum and has begun to produce works of genuine merit. Work of German C. P. Is Analyzed in New The “Communist International” (No. 16), just issued, contains many articles on the situation in Ger- many and the work of the Commu- nist Party there. One of the arti- cles is on the bloody events of June 30, another is on the lower func- tionaries of the Party in the illegal conditions of work, and two others are speeches of Comredes Piatnit- sky and Knorin in a mezting of the Presidium of the E.C.C.I. There is also an article on the Plenum of the Central Committee of the C. P. in the Soviet Union. In this article we see the remark- able ability of the leadership of the Soviet Communist Party to deal not only with basic theoretical problems, but also with the most concrete day-to-day questions, such as the details of solving the prob- lems of stock-breeding and the methods of work to adopt in over- coming the drought in the grain regions, The complete contents of “Com- munist International,” No. 16, arc as follows: June S0—and What Next? The Resulis of the Plenum of the Central Committes of the Commu- nist Party of the Soviet Union. Materials of the Sersicn of the Presidium of the E.C.C.¥. held on Tuly 9-10, 1934. The Beginning of the Crisis in German Fascicm and th> Tasks of the Communist Party of Gcrmny, |by V. Knorin. The Sitr-ticn in coal Some Questions of the United Front, | by O. Piatnitsky. Exver'ences of the WWegal Work ef the Communist Perty ef Ger- many. The I. Cie ane. - Fr ties ef the aCommunist Party of Germany, | ‘We look upon the U.S.S.R. as the contrast between socialist planning | in economic thought | ment of criminals and defectives; | love, friendship, and the attitude | Issue of ‘C. L,’ No. 16) JOSEPH FREEMAN From Soviet literature we learned | to see life socially, to describe from | the revolutionary viewpoint. This step in the break from the individualistic lit- erature of the bourgeoisie. It af- fected our themes, but with it came a considerable amount of sectarian- ism and a contempt for form. ‘There appeared to be certain eon- | Question: Several workers in this part of the country (Oregon) would like to have your opinion through the columns of the Daily Worker as to how the “Townsend Old Age Revolving Pension Plan” will ef- |fect the nation. This plan is now out in pamphlet form and it is cir- culated by business men. The} pamphlet states that the plan will be a panacea for all the people. This pamphlet I believe is confus- ing a lot of people and it would be a help I’m sure if you could give} us some material to work on. | The “Subsistence Farm Home- steading Plan” is another plan which many a worker is getting misled over and if you can tell us about this plan it will help the} workers from going to sleep and kecop them busy for a real way out. Answer: Labor Fact Book Ii, jby Labor Research Association, has the following to say about subsis- tence homesteads: “,,. experiments in subsistence farming communities for farmers themselves as well as for unem- ployed city workers have been be- gun in several rural communities, particularly in Georgia and Wis- consin. The Subsistence Home- steads Division, U. S, Department | form. Since then I have not only | continued to write vorse expressing | thoughts and feelings aroused by the revolutionary movement, but have been active in groups of revo- lutionary writers, artists, as well as the revolutionary theatre and cinema. Some of the things I have said above, answer, in part, your second question, which asks for an opinion about Soviet literature. To us the most striking feature of Soviet lit- Questions and Answers of the Interior, has charge of these projects. “This type of subsistence colony and subsistence garden is in fact a direct subsidy to big business and spired to a greater or lesser extent | the capitalist class. It enables in- dustrial concerns to beat wages down to mercilessly low levels dur- ing periods of competitive econo! expansion and to fire workers wholesale during other periods. The existence of workers produc- ing even a part of their own food enables industrialists to do these things without the unemployment insurance or higher taxes for relief. The invention of this method of taking care of un- employed workers and ‘exces farmers really aims to make hope- less peasants out of large sections of the population, and at the same | time relieves the rich of a large financial burden.” We do not have any information on the “Townsend Old Age Revoly- ing Pension Plan,” but you can probably get it if you write to the Inter-Professional Association, E. 22d St., New York City, and to the American Association for So- cial Security, 22 E. 17th St. New York City. Thursday ATTENTION — “Ernst Thaelmann,” a film smuggled out of Germany; shows’ Hit- ler terror and fight against it; released for first time anywhere in New York City for four days—Wednesday, ‘Thursday, Priday, | Saturday of this week at 28th St. Theatre, 28th and Broadway. Contintious 9:30 to| 11 P.M. REGISTRATION for fall term now going on at Workers School, 35 E. 12th &t.,| Room 301, Register now. Ask for de- scriptive catalogue. REGISTER at Mosholu Progressive Club, 3230 Bainbridge Ave. (207th) for classes. Principles of Communism and Political Economy. Instructor C. Elistein of Work- ers School. Registration nights—Sept. 19 to 26th. 8:30 to 10:00 p.m. REGISTER for courses at Workers Dance | League, 80 E. 11th St. starting at once. | Fundamentals of Class Struggle (special | course for dancers). : CONCERT -DANCE given by Crown Heights Workers School, at Elks Hall, 1068 Fulton St., Brooklyn, 8 p.m., W.L.T. Red Dancers, | Nigob-Pianist, Del-Cartoonist. Fine jazz band. Adm. 4 LECTURE by Hanst Chan, 8:30 p.m. at Friends of Chinese People, 168 W. 23rd St. Room 12, Subject: ¢ Chinese East- ern Railway Situation.” Adm. 15c. CONCERT-Dance, benefit Crown Heights Br. Workers School at Elks Hall, 1068 Ful- ton St., Brooklyn. Featuring Nigob, Del, Workers Lab. ‘Theatre in “Free Theel- mann” and Wm. Scott and his Rhythm |Boys for Dancing. Subscription 40c. NATURE Friends, international _workers- hiking organization hike from Southfeld to Lake Stahahe, Island-Pond and back to Arden, Meet Chamber St., Erie-Ferry, 7 a.m. Sunday, 5-hour walk. Excursion ticket to Arden $1.25. Leader, H, Moeckel, N. F. Center, 11 W. 18th St. FREIHEIT Mandolin Orchestra rehearsal 8 p.m. sharp at 106 E. 14th St. Applica- tions for beginners class should be mailed to above address. | MEETING Film Sect. at Film and Photo League, 8:15 p.m. sharp. Discussion reports | submitted for National Conference in Chi- | cago, | LECTURE tonight by Wm. Marvin on| “why Fascism Means Wer,” at Stuyvesant ‘American League, 140 Second Ave., .m. Adm, free. Bring friends. | OPEN Forum at 1993 Jerome Ave. near | Burnside Ave., 8:30. Auspices, Fordham Br. | P.S.U. Speaker, Peter Lewis, just returned from the Soviet Union. Subject, Health and Vacations in Soviet Union. Adm. 15c. GENERAL Sect. Meeting, Brooklyn S7c- tion, Asscciated Workers ‘Clubs, changed frem New Group to Rugby Youth Club, 84 E. 52nd St., 7:30 p.m. All members of clubs attend promptly. | Brooklyn Heich’ night 8:30 at Pe ulton St., Broo! lyn. SOVIET Film Showing, “Mother,” at Hotel Claridge, 44th and Broadway, to- | night 8:30. Based on novel by Maxim Gorki. OPEN Meeting Tem Mooney Br. LL.D. at °229 EB. 14th St., 8:15. Philip Kaplan will spesk cn Textil> Strike. Adm. free. ING of astern Thea’ A 14 Acmission 2%e 3 Theatzes. w | Mavhation Ivceum, 68 F. st St., \m. Prominent speakers. Adm. 1500 WHAT’S ON | | Saturday | ADDRESS: of Michael Gold’s lecture changed. He will speak on Literature and | Revolution on Saturday, Sept. 22nd, 2 p.m. at 116 University Place cor. 13th St. Auspices Workers Bookshop. 75 cents worth of pampniets entitles you to a FREE ticket. Tickets 15 cents in advance; 25 cents at door. Only 175 seats. | INSTALLATION of Branch Brighton | Beach Workers Center, at 3200 Coney Is- land Ave., Brooklyn, Sept. 29 at 8 p.m. Symphonic Quintette, Dance Band. Max Bedacht speaker. Auspices, Ernst Thael-| mann Br. 585 I.W.O. BAZAAR and Rummage sale at 25) Chauncey St., Brooklyn, from now until | Saturday. Donations of used clothing or | any article will be accepted. Benefit Crown Heights Workers School. Phone Dr. War- wick, Lafayette 3-1924. SECCND Series of Experimental Shorts at New School for Social Research, this Saturday, at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Splendid selection’ of experimental films will be shown. Tickets 0c in advance at Film and Photo League, 12 E. 17th St. Workers Bookshop, 50 EF. 13th St. Auspices Film and Photo League. Chicago, Til. PEN & HAMMER opening lecture by Jack Ho, Editor Chinese Vanguard, on “What's Heppening in Soviet China, | Fri- 21, 8 p.m. at new headquarters | 's Echool, 505 South State AFFAIRS FOR THE DAILY WORKER Friday DAILY WORKER Entertainment at Bush Ave. Hall, Mariners Harbor, Staten Island. Auspices, Sec. 19 Unit 1, 8:39 p.m. MEETING and Daily Worker Talk, 8 p. m., at Red Spark Club, 64 Second Ave. Saturday DAILY WORKER Affair at 82 Graham Ave., Brooklyn, 8 p.m. Auspices Sect. 6, Unit 22. DAILY WORKER Affair at 813 180th St, 8:30 p.m. Auspices I.W.O. Br. 132. Enter- , Red Vaudeville, Re- shmen MOVIE, entertainment and dance given by Sec. 2 Unit 9 C.P. for the benefit of the Daily Worker at the headquarters of the Film and Photo League, 12 E. 17th St. Adm. 25¢. Sunday DAILY WORKER Affair and 15th Anni- ir Celebration at Svia Hall, Carry West Brighton, Staten Island. Aus- pices Sec. 19 C.P. Prominent speaker. Del, Cartoonist, and others 30 p.m. cert and Dance et Fine time promised. DAILY WORKER Affair at 222 Lafayott Caturesy 39 at Ukr: Hall. » Play by Unity Pleyers = . Bill Taylor, of ven ©.P. and Chicaao. Til. VORXER A: . Sunday, S: and Jobn Ave. P ‘ons, individenl ‘S, games, dancing, 130 | ture; |tal illness, it has regross:d jcultural barbarism of the Middle | withstanding the libel of those enemies of the Soviet Union who pose as literary critics, Soviet literature has never been and is not uniform today. It is vital to be standardized; groupings. tendencies, currents are bound to exist, each contributing its work to | Soviet literature as a whole, each learning from those writers who Dest understand the essence of the proletarian dictatorship and who | best understand form. | Already a number of Soviet writ- ers have won reputations for them- selves in the United States. The best known, for one reason or an- other, are Yessenin, Mayakovsky, |Pilnyak, Leonov, Fadeyev, Babel, | Gladkov, Vsevolod Ivanov, and— best of all—Maxim Gorky. These | have been translated into English. | Their fresh approach to life, in- |by the October Revolution, and |their vivid literary gifts have |aroused the admiration of Ameri- |can writers and critics. But unfor- tunately, Soviet literature as a whole is still a closed book to | America. | For this reason, professional anti- necessity of | Soviet agitators are able to spread | bearing the burden in the form of | the most fantastic rumors about! | Soviet writers. Soviet writers may |be surprised to learn that they ave “artists in uniform,” complete slaves compelled to confine them- elves to the crudest political agi- tation, victims of a ruthless literary “inquisition,” etc. Yet such non- sense will continue to be circulated by the unscrupulous and believed by by the naive until an honest and intelligent history of Soviet litera- |ture appears in English. A number of American’ writers are eagerly awaiting such a book; be described for them. Fascism and War Main Problems You ask: What events and cul-| tural processes in capitalist coun. tries are especially attracting my attention? I am _ especially con-| cerned with the problems of fas- cism and war. Fascist tendencies are more and more manifesting | themselves in all capitalist coun-| tries; in Italy and Germany, fas- | |cism dominates. Fascism is the Jast | stand of capitalist society; its at- tempt to save itself by brute force. | With it goes the feverish and dese | perate preparation for war as a pessible way out of the economic crisis. There can be no possible way out of the economic crisis. ‘There can be no possible doubt that Japan is preparing to attack the Soviet Union; nor can there be any doubt that fascist Germany seeks war. Along with the piling up of arm- aments and the ruthless persecu- | tion of working class organizations, all capitalist countries, and those! with fascist dictatorships in par- ticular, have evidenced all the signs of cultural decay on a vast sc Today Germany and ihe Soviet Union stand as the living symbols of two worlds. Germany once stood on the highest level of world cul- today, when capitwviism h veached the last stages of its mor- to the Ages. Russia, before 1917, was |among the most backward coun- \tries in the world; today, as the Union of Socialist Soviet Republi it is among the most advanced countries technically, and the first | socially. | The issue has been clarified; the choice cannot be evaded. We must fight against the spread of fascism in the capitalist countries, the |U.S.4. included; we must defend the Soviet Union against military attack; we must expose the deca- dent elements in capitalist culiure, ‘and taking from it what is healthy must build roads in our country to- cure. National Conference Of John Reed Clubs, | NEW YORK —The ; Clubs of the U.S.A. will hold a na- tional meeting in Chicago, on Scpi. | 28 to 30, at the Chicazo John Reed | | Club headquarters, 505 S. State St. jwood, Oklehoma City, Detroit, Chi- cago, New York. Hertford, New Heven. Minne-nolis, Philadelphia, , cte., will ttend this mecting. Amonz the reports that will be presented are: Plans for J.RC. |magortines, the N.R.A. and the art- ists. the e: sien of cultural work mong Nezro inisllectuals, the ter- jror against luticnary » cultural jgromps in Califorsia. Incture tours ‘and travelling exhibits, etc, the power | and depth of Soviet literature must | and useful for our purposes, we | | ward a revolutionary socialist cul- | Chicago, Sept. 28-30 John Recd | Delegates from groups in Holly- | blow against the forces of reaction It is impossible to leave the thea- | § tre after the film without feeling that here is the most s seeing , | tional visual evidence you can de- Sire of the sadistic brutality and de- cadence of Hitler fascism. It is ail here: the Reichstag fire provoca- tion and trial where the heroic Dimitrov is‘shown in some of the |most breath-taking scenes you have ever witnessed; the notorious burn- ing of the books; the unbridled Nazi terror against Jews, Commun ;and others; the hellish concentra-! |tion camps where axe is king and |noose, queen, etc. Smuggled out of Germany and presented by the Theelmann Libera- tion Committee to strengthen the fight to free Thaelmann in the |U. S., the film contains incidents in |the lives of Thaelmann, Dimitrov and other anti-fascist fighters thai will knock you out of your seat and you want to shout “Free | make | STAGE AND SCREEN Jewish Art Troupe Opened Last Night with Soviet Drama) | The New York Art Troupe, or- ganized by former members of Mau-! rice Schwartz’ company to carry on his Yiddish Art Theatre traditions, will open their season this evening | at the Yiddish Folks Theatre with “The Verdict,” a drama of the Rus- | sian upheaval of a decade ago by | the Soviet playwright, Sophia Levi- | tina. Joseph Builoff, director of the} group, Anna Appel, Ben Zwi Bara- | toff, Michael Gibson and Hannah | and Isidore Hollander head the, large cast. | Dance Recitals For Workers | and Students | The Students Dance Recitals an- | nounces a series of 8 dance recitals for workers and students at the/ Washington Irving High School Au- | ditorium. The artists will be: Shawn and His Ensemble of Men Dancers, Oct. 13; Doris Humphrey é& Charles | | Weidman, Novy, 17; Miriam Winslow, Dec. 16; Dorsha, Jan. 19; Sophia} Delza, Feb. 2; Tamiris, Mar. 8; | Martha Graham, Mar. 23, and) Carola Goya, April 27. The sub- scription for the 8 dance recitals will | be at $2.50. Tickets are obtainable at the office of the Students Dance | Recitals. SERNS FIGHTER At 28th St Only 4 Days in of tt Reic here Thaelmann polled f millions and then followed by rise of Naz 1e Reichstag derground act: of the German Communist Party and the unparale leled world-wide fight to free Tael- mann, The film opens and closes with appropriate remarks by Earl Brow- der, General Secretary of the Com- munist Party, U. S. A., whose last words are: “Let us also understand that the fight against Hitler, for the freedom of Thaelmann is inex tricably bound up with the fight egainst Vigilantism, against the Ku- Klux-Klan type of fascism in Ame- st. four ria, and for the freedom of the Scottsboro boys, Angelo Herndon, Tom Mooney, Jim MacNamara, against company unionism, for the right to organize. Let us unite our ranks in protest and actions. Let our voice be heard around the world and let us forge a solid link of working-class unity, a united front of all workers.” It is our solemn duty as fighters , against fascism to see “Ernst. Thael- mann—Fight Against Fascism” and to spread the word wherever we go so that others might hear about it and see it. The magnificent musi- cal score that accompanies the pice ture, incidentally, is a tribute to the growth of the workers music move- ment in America. The comrades responsible are to be warmly congra- tulated for their work, as are all those whose have worked to put the film in shape for showing. So run don't walk to the nearest street car headed for 28th St. and Broadway for all roads lead there, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, all day from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. A Soviet cartoon, a Chaplin com- edy and a workers newsreel come plete the program. Amusements Max Gordon presents WALTER HUSTON in SINCLAIR LEWIS’ ODSWORTH Dramatized by SIDNEY HOWARD SHUBERT, West 44th St. 400 seats $1.10 Evs. 8:40 sharp. Mats., Wed. & Sat. 2:30 TTHAELMANN AGAINST FASCISM” — A Film Smuggled Out of Nazi Germany — reet Theatre at Broadway New York—Wed., Thurs., Fri. and Sat., September 19, 20, 21 and 22 Continuous Performance from 9:30 A.M. to 11 P.M. New Russian film worthy addition to Soviet movie art."—DAILY WORKER. DOSTOYEVSKI’S “PETERSBURG | NIGHTS” | SOVIET SUPER TALKING FILM | (English Titles)—2nd BIG WEEK 422°STE ceBway, THLIM CAME C SAT SUN POL 25 | WORKERS B at | Studs The Birth of Internationalism! First American Showing “MASS STRUGGLE” A Soviet talkie in 4 languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Jewish, Polish. Produced by First Odessa Comsomol Special musical score of Ukrain- folk melodies (English Titles). ACME THEA, 18 Street & Union Sq. far HERE’S YOUR OPPORTUNITY! OOK SHOPS | 20-50% Discount Sale | NOW ON — Ends Saturday, September 29 50 East 13th Street, New York City 699 Prospect Avenue, Bronx 369 Sutter Avenue, Brooklyn JOIN OUR CIRCULATING LIBRARY! EE EEE LS TPE A PO GALA OPENING See the Workers Laboratory |] Lendon Club of Newark, Daily Worker |] ACTION! Tickets 25¢ to 99c. Ausp , CHelsea 2-9523, PERFORMANCE of the Eastern Theatre Festival and Conference FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21) | || CIVIC REPERTORY THEATRE, 14th St., near 6th Ave. Theatre, Artef, Coney Island Jewish Theatre, Jack. 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