The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 11, 1934, Page 5

zation of social decay.” lO ? ew | ——THE — | WORLD! _————_—— By MICHAEL GOLD ANY readers have asked us to explain the work of Gertrude Stein, who recently returned to America after an absence of many years. In Paris, where she lived as a forbidding priestess of a strange literary cuit, Ger- trude Stein accumulated a salon frequented by some of the outstanding names of the modern art world and the reputation of a literary freak. People either gaped at her published writings, or laughed at her incomprehensible literary epigrams—‘a rose is a Tose is a rose.” She was looked upon by those who believed in her as the greatest revolutionist in the history of contemporary literature, and by those who scoffed as the pérdetrator of a gigantic literary hoax. AS it happens, neither of thé two opinions is wholly correct. Her “revolution” resembles a literary putsch, and if hér writing is “a hoax” Nevertheless she earnestly believes in it. Tn essence, what Gertrude Stein’s work represents is an exainple of the most extreme subjectivism of the contemporary bourgeois artist, and a reffection of the id¢tological anarchy into which the whole of bourgeois literature has fallen. . . A Literary Madhouse HAT was it that Gertrude Stein set out to do with literature? When one reads her work it appears to resemble the monotonous gibber- ings of paranoiacs in the private wards of asylums. It appears to be a Geliberate irrationality, a deliberate infantilism. However, the woman’s not insane, but possessed of a strong, clear, shrewd mind. She was an excellent medical student, a brilliant psychologist, and in her more “popular” writings one sees evidence of wit and some wisdom. And yet, nevertheless, her works read like the literature of the students of padded cells in Matteawan. Example: “I see the moon and the moon sees me. God bless the moon and God bless mé and this you see remember me. In this ‘way one fifth of the bananas were bought.” ‘The above is supposed to bé a description of how Gertrude Stein feels when she sees Matisse, the French modetnist painter. It doesn’t make sense. But this is precisely What it {8 supposed to do—not “take sense” in the normal meaning of the term. The generation of artists of which Gertrude Stein is the most erratic figure arduously set out not to “make sense” in their literature. ‘They believed that the instincts of man were superior to the reason- ings of the rational mind. They believed in intuition as a higher form of learning and knowledge. Therefore, many of them wrote only about what they dreamed, dream literature. Others prac- ticed a kind of “automatic writing” where they would sit for hours scribbling the random, subconscious itchings of their souls. They abandoned themselves to the mystic irrationalities of their spirits in order to create works of art which would be expressions of the timeless soul of mah, éte. The result unfortunately (most of them took dope in one form or another), revealed their souls as astonishingly childish or imbecilie. * ‘3 * Language and Meaning HE literary insanity of Gertrude Stein is a deliberate insanity which arises out of a false conception of the nature of art and of the function of language. A leistite class, Which exists on the labor of others, which has no function to perform in sociéty except the clipping of investment coupons, develops ills and neuroses, It suffers perpetually from bore- dom. Their life is stale to them, Tasteless, inane, because it has no meaning. They seek new sensations, new ativentureés constantly ih order to give themselves feelings. The same process took place with the artists of thé leisure class. Literature also bored them. They tried to suck out of it néw sensa- tiofis, new adventures. They destroyed the common usé of language. Normal ways of usins words bored themh. They Wished to use words in a new, sensa- tional fashion. They twisted grammar, syntax. Théy went in for primitive emotions, primitive art. Blood, violent death, dope dreanis, soul-writhings, became the themes of their works. In Gertrudeé Stein, att became 4 personal pleasure, a private hobby, a vice. She did not care to conimunicate because essentially there ‘was nothing to communicate. She had no responsibility except to her oWn inordinate cravings. She became the priestess of a cult with strange literaty rites, with mystical secréts. * * * Art and a Private Income IN THIS light, one can see that to Gertrude Stéin and to the other artists like her, art exists in the vacum of a private income. Ih order to pursue the Kind of art, in order to be the kind of artist Gertrude Stein is, it 1s necessary to live in that kind of society which will permit one to have a private income from wealthy parents or Sound investments. With this is a basis, you can write as you please. You can destroy language, mutilate grammar, fave or rant in the name of the higher knowledge. Nobody will distuth you. And in time perhaps you can impress or intimidate a certain number of erliios and win a kind of reputation. Gertrude Stein has won thé reputation, She returns home io America after ah absétice of thitty-one years to find herseif an object of curious réshect by book clubs and lecture societies, and front page news for the newspapers. Which, seems to mie, to be proof that with enough: money: and enough persistence a madinan can convince a world Of his sanity, Gertrude Stein appears to have conviriced Ameri¢a that she is a gefiius. * + * An “Idle Art” Br Marxists refused to be impressed with her own opinion of herself. ‘They see in the work of Gertrude Stein extreme symptoms of the decay of capitalist culture. They view her work as the complete attempt to annihilate all relations between the artist and the society in which he lives. They see in her work the sate kind of orgy ahd spiritual abandon that marks the lifé of the whole leisure class. What else does het work resemble more than the midnight reveis of a stockbYoker thtowWing a pent-house party for a few intimate friends? Would it be possible to have either of these symptoms of degeneration except in a society divided into Classes? Is there not an “idie art” just as there is an “idle rich’? Both do nothing but cultivate the insanity of their owh Gésirés, both cultivate strange indulgences. The literary idiocy of Gertrude Stein only reflects the madness of the whole system of capitalist values. It is part of the signs of doom that aré writteh largely everywhere on the wails of bourgéois society. * * * NEED MORE BE SAID? Mike Gold, judging by today’s returns, is by far the favorite of Daily Worker contributors. Irwin Ménken ......... “S$ 5.00 Painters Group Co-op . 5.00 Mr. Fisher ....... 5.00 Previously feccived . 868.92 Mretag! sae. i2s ay $893.98 To the highest contributor each day, “will présent an autographe copy of his novel, “Jews Without Money,” or an origitial autographed matiiceript at his “Change the World” column A Marxist Study A Gall to Struggle FASCISM aud SOCIAL REVOLUTION By Palme Dutt “Tmpossible to review,” many critics say—they want S Gtivte pages, chapters, the whole book! : Not only a scholarly an- alysis, but a ringing call to struggle against “the organ- Interhatiohal Publishers 881 Fourth Avenue, New York Gentlemen: Tam interésted ii your publica- tions and would like to receive your catélogue and book news. Name .. Addi CLOTH $1.75 INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS 381 FOURTH AVENUE @ NEW YORK, N. ¥. | CHANGE | | unusual to find artists and man- | | | | | | | DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1934 WORLD of MUSIC Splendid Russian Cellist c IS not often nowadays that the concert halls of New York ob- tain a capacity audience. Economic conditions are such that it is not agers running around half frantic in order to Make the concert “pay” and not be afraid of running into severe financial losses just to keep “pace.” Our bankrupt system has seen to it that there will have to be a merger between the Philhar- moni¢e and the Metropolitan in or- der to stave off the complete col- lapse of the opera. It has seen to it that the London String Quartet Should dissolve after an assotiation of 25 years because “the people who want to go because they love music, often cannot afford to.” one does see a capacity concert hall, there is reason to sit up and take notice. | Such an occasion was the debut at Town Hall on Dec. 3rd, of Raya | Garbousova, a young Russian cellist of Tiflis. Having studied at the Tiflis Conservatofy and then at the Moscow Conservatory, she finished her studies with Pablo Casals. The program she presented would do credit to any cellist, including Wal- lenstein and Piatogorsky. The program included works by Haydn, Reger, Boccherini, Tschai- kowsky and a group of shorter pieces by Scriabin, Rimsky-Korsa- kof and Albeniz. From the very start, one immediately felt the presence of a matute artist. Not only is Garbousova equipped with a flawless technique, but she had the other réquisites of musicianly accomplishment—a full warm tone, delicate and understanding phras- ing and a perfect bowing. It was | in the “Variations on a Rococo | Theme” by Tschaikowsky that all | these signs of a mature artist ap- | peared at their best. Rimsky-Kor- | So when | | Confidence J. B. McNamara Earl Browder New York, N. Y. Dear Comrade: | I think of you and all the c theirs. I would be very selfish life, and are denied them, while Expressed by M’Namara In Letter to Browder . B. McNAMARA is the oldest political prisoner in the world. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1012 charged with dynamiting the Los Angeles Times building, owned by the labor- hating open-shopper General Ha‘ in Workers triton Gray Otis. McN nara was one of the young militants of the A. F. of L., a printer by trade and a member of the Typographical Union. He was an outstanding leader in the days when the American labor movement was still young. The battle with the bosses grew hot, ahd came to a head in Los Angeles, traditional home of the open shop. Jim led the fight. The bosses got him, and gave him life to make Califor- nia safe for the labor-baiters. Out of this came the first clear expression of the treacherous role of the labor leaders of the A. F. of L., who deserted him, his brother and Max Schmidt. || Jim has but one answer to the || question of when he will get out: “I'll get out when the workers come and take me out.” Below is a letter sent by Mc- Namara to Earl Browder, Sec- retary of the Communist Party: San Quentin. omrades constantly. True, I have troubles, and plenty of them, but nty good set of senses warns me that I can never lose my troubles wntil the working class loses indeed if I attempted to lose my troubles at the expense of the workers. I have an undying con- fidence in all the workers, who toil an@ spin from childhood to old age, because they create and produce all the material things of the exploiters and all those who THEATRE |], Bunk to Stirring Play of Sailors’ | . On Strike f Revolt by Friedrich Wolf; translated by! « Page § VORLD of the Glamor of Night Clubs Attendants or More Pay SAILORS OF CATTARO—A play Keene Waliis, adapted by Michael Blankfort; presented by the Thea- tre Union at the Civic Repertory Theatre. Directed by Irving Gor- dan; settings designed by M. | Gorelick. | No Rich Men Waiting to Girls, Says Vice-Pres Reviewed by LEON ALEXANDER i ber Ss ilors of Cattaro marks the Checkroom Attendants U: whe t production of the Theatre ‘ Mae. eaid'a | Union. From Peace on Earth to members a: ; now picketi: we mid | Stevedore to the present play, this|'¥M night clubs to compel reco |important dramatic group has in-| ‘ition of their organizat creasingly clarified its social aims| ‘tf about the clamor of working and its ideological mship to|i8 & night club is the b its audiences, By widening its ap-| And of pi | peal to larger and larger groups it|Should be renorted here has becothe a genuine force on the ett end El Mo-occo, the By PHILIP STERLING Take it ffom Miss Helen vice-president of the War ‘obe and Del- | cultural front. clubs, have already Sailors of Cattaro is based upon ected ep ie Reed capclitn breatoel ts esa b, and no more,” M in de- | the be’ iNiing of 1918, in the last) + ¥ * , é ‘iclared drviv in the office of the year of the World War. Driven by union at 1630 Broadw “Other= & growing war-weariness, by the ill-| 0 > sah m venilc’ treatment which they suffered at the| Wise" She explained. “we, wouldn't t ganizing or striking. hands of their superior officers, by! p, ni = tar s s 9 check room attendants or the starvation rations they were fed cigarette girls ever find Wus- | While théir officers caroused, thé| pangs for themsélves among the jmen, led by rank and file sailors! yetrons they serve?” Miss Irwin jand petty officers, revolted, im-|-miled an indulgent smile | prisoned their officers, flew the red It’s Ali Ballyhoo | flag from the main masts of the) «tye been working atound night | Ship, and elected sailors’ councils t0 | ciyys for six years,” she renied, “and run their ships and to present their|1 don't know one cigarette girl or demands for peace. jcloakroom girl who ever marriéd | | But their success did not last long./a tich man. That sort of talk is | | The very war weariness, especially | all right in Broadway columns. It jof the older men with families,|makés good ballyhoo for the clubs, | which had catised them to revolt, | but it’s not true. Chorus girls, show | also prevented them from atcepting | gitls, sometimes make a food mari- | | @ revolutionary action which would|tal catch, but that’s another story. j have meant bloodshed. The rést of Most of the check room and cigar- the Austrian fleet did not revolt.|ette girls are working because they | The Social Democratic deputies in| have husbands or children or fam- Vienna betrayed them. The men_|ilies to support.” j hesitated, faltered, debated; and) Asidé from lacking glamor, the | 7 ti two of | », |} serve them, etjoy them. | With you and all the comrades heing the teacher and van- | while their councils discussed, the| Jobs of the more than 2,000 girls in | | enemy on shore madeé their plans,| night clubs and hotels lack, in most | blocked the exit channel with sub-| Cases, thé minimum standards of | Marry Poor Cloakroom ident of New Union, Confounding Broadway Columnists s they check. Miss Irwin freély admitted that “a few years ago, you couldn't have gotten any of us to organize.” “Things Are Different” it t aré different. o be good and , “and wages five dollars is get a scarce The girls t chance to r own was by organizing, ten of us got together one night and sent to the American Federation of Labor for a charter. We were chartered as a part of the Building Service Employees Union.” The last organization is the one whose leaders called off a strike of building elevator operators on the strength of Mayor LaGuardia’s blus- tering promise: When the charter was granted, the gitls were also given a profes- sional organizer, Mt. Benjamin Jacobs, who doesn’t do much talking but who seems to know all the organization ropes in the good old tradition of American Federation of Labor officials. Fees Are High According to some standards, the initiation fee and dues charged by the union might be rather steep, although Miss Irwin does not think so, “considering our expenses.” The Office Workers Union, affili- ated with the Trade Union Unity League, charges an initiation fee of oné dollar and has a graduated dues payment scale based on earn- ings, starting with 25 cents a month With warm comradely greeti and sacrifice for a better world sakoff’s “Flight of the Bumble Bee” was played with such delicacy and | finesse that the audience insisted upon a repétition. Such artistry, | espetially oh such a difficult instru- | ment as a Cello, has seldom been heard here before. One can’t close this review with- out thinking how much artists | would hever have to worry about | @ concert “paying” for itself, how ufnevessary it would be to think of financial failures, how an audi- encé would be able to attend con- certs and be able to “afford” it were we living in a world where the aftist and audiences are one— in a Soviet America —R. S. Labor Defender Out For Month of December Featuring three leading articles by olitstanding figurés in the literary and political world, the December issue of the Labor Defender, just off thé press, contains material of un- usually wide rangé and scope. Romain Rolland’s article, “Whom Mussolini Murders,” contains a bril- liant analysis of Mussolini himself and the biography of his most out- standing victim, Antonio Gramsci. Slater Brown Writes on “Spain's Oc- tober.” Dr. Kurt Rosenfeld describes the prisoners’ relief work of the German International Labor De- fense before it was driven under- ground by Hitler. A thorough analysis of thé present situation in the Scottsboro casé by Anta Damon, acting national secretary of the I. L. D., answets many pressing ques- tions of the moment. In addition there is a wealth of material on the Christmas Drive for Politieal Prisoners and their fam- ilies, and the usual dramatic ex- posure of history in the making, in pictures. Theatre Group Will Offer Scholarships PHILADELPHIA. — New Theatre afihoufices that in the hear future worthy members of political, labor, and trade union ofganizatiohs in Philadelphia Will be. given free scholarships to the New Theatre Classes. The Group is doing this in ordér that ach ofganization may Rave at its disposal at least one mémber acquainted with theatre technique when it finds it necessary to stage its own productions in order to increase its finances or for other reasons. In order to carry on this work, New Theatre must have money. Stu- dio partitions must be built = the stage, Offices, seats, lights, heating system. painting and various other things must be taken care of before actual production, classés and reg- ular Work can bégin. Each of its 160 mémbefs has pledged himself to raise two dollars for New Theatre in the next week of so by selling sub- scription methberships, getting con- tributions from labor organizations and by contriblting himself. = TIS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE to INTRODUCE MA.GO6G WHO WiLt RONRESS US ON “SCHOOLS RND SHE 7 “ie Social uP- LIFT cLub 13 HOLOING 17S ANNUAL AFFAIR AY We RITZ MORE HOYEL / ~ AND HAS INvIYED “THE HON. OE MMA G066 6 MAKE HE MAINADDRESS J From Coa REGISTRATION FOR WINTER | TERM BEGINS AT N. Y. | WORKERS SCHOOL | of courses lists 98 Classes, thirty-five of which are in Principles of Com- munism, and 21 classes in thé de- partment of Political Economy. For thé benefit of those who cannot at- tend school at night several classes in Principles of Communism and Element of Political Economy aré béing given in the afternoon (from 3 to 4:30 p. m.). The winter schédule shows a rich and wide field of subjects from which to choose. Among the new courses that should prove of in- terest aré “Current Strategical Prob- lems of the Revolutionary Move- ment,” given by George Siskind, and “Agrarian Problems.” Some of th? other coursés are: Marxism-Lenin- ism, Tradé Union Strategy and Tactics, Negto Problerns, Shop Leaf- let and Leaflet Prepatation, History of Econdmi¢ Theories, Revolutionary Interpretation of Modern Litsrature, ete. Thest are only a few of the courses given at the school. Lack of Space does not permit stating all of then: Classes fill up very quickly. We earnestly *titge those intending to} register to do so at once. Sched- ulés will be mailed on request. The fact that the Daily Worker- National Training School Drive quota of $1,500 has already besn reached and passed is not stopping the students of the New York Work- érs School ftom continuing collect- ing more tmohey. Over $1,700 has been collected to date, but the drive is still on! The Shock Brigaders and Shock Brigade classés recsived theit prizes at the successfill Schoo! dance given on December 8. ete cee REACTIONARY FORCES IN CHICAGO ATTACK CHICAGO WORKERS SCHOOL The Chicago Workers School Catfied on a splendid struggle against the distortions of Lenin’s Writings that appeared in the Hearst newspapers. The Hearst press, to= gether with the other reactionary @lements in the city of Chicago, are thobilizing their forces in an attack oh the Workérs School. In an at- ticle in the Chicago Athetican on Who Visited the school ities to create suspicion as to the source of the school’s finances. The director of tine Chicago Workers School, Bea- trice Shiclds, in answer to his ques- tion a8 to Whether the school is endowed, stated that there was no €ndowment and there was no other | financial soutce for the school éx- leept the tuition feés paid by the ViewooinT) ® guard of the working class, is it any wonder that I think of you and ali the comrades constantly? Comradely yours, Honday, Dec. 2, i934, the reporter | ings to you and all who struggle for all who toil, I remain | B. MeNAMARA (Signed) “25314” ‘News of the Workers’ Schools st to Coast students and occasional donations by individuals. s The Hearst press, howev., Comrade Shields attempted to hide the real sourée of financial ineome for the school. Let us state here |again that the Workers Schools throughout the country have no ho other source of income except the students’ tuition fees and the aid to the school that comes from many hundreds and thousands of friends who send in occasional con- tributions. Meanwhile, the Amer- ican Legion is having a conference for the purpose of “exterminating Communism” and they urge the de- portation of instructors and the closing down of the school. (The; Chicago School received, at the same | time, a dispossess notice from none! other than the anti-Semitic, Jewish Mr. Florsheim, who was exposed by John Spivak in his articles in the! | New Masses. ! An emergency conference is be- | ing called by the Chicago Workers | Sehool for Saturday, the 15th, to jlay plans to ward off the Fascist attack. All sympathizers, students and mass organizations should help to make this conference a huge suc- cess and rally their forces for the defense of the school against this fascist attack engineered by thé Hearst press and other reactionary | | elements. | An analysis of the Chicago Work- ers School shoWs a great increase in registration for the Fall term. The Central School has a total reg- istration of 411; Northwest Side School, 215; Seuth Side School, 68; South Chicago School, 67; making a total of 761 students registered. | See ae YOUNGSTOWN WORKERS SCHOOL The Youngstowh Workers Sehool has gone through a suedessfuil schoo! term. Already préparations aré un- der way for the secotid term. The registration of the clatsés was! greater than was expected, with an average of 60 students attending classes per week. The schedule for the winter term | has been doubled, The courses to be given are: Marxian Economics, | Principles of Orgahization, Prin- | ciples of Communism, History of the | American Labor Movement, Tradé Union Strategy and Tactics, and | Many others. . | | WASHINGTON WORKERS | SCHOOL | Over 80 students registered for the | fall term at the Washington Work- efs School. Thé tomrades an- nounce that thé attendance has beeh eéxcéllent, averaging 90 per eent. 6 llessly disorganized. marines, replaced the unreliable ar- | tillery men of thé land forts with | troops they could trust. | Two days after they had hoisted | the red flag, they surrendered, hope- | The few who/ remained true to their revolutionary pledge were arrested and court- martialled, in spite of the com-! manding officer’s promise that there would be no court martials. | for Workers earning from one to ten dollars a month. Gertrude Lane, organizer of the union. explains that initiation fees and dues are kept down to a minimum to prevent any restriction on the growth of mem- pay and working conditions which | exist in other similar lines of work. | They are intehsively and oft-times | brutally exploited. Their demands ih thé strike are a minimum wage | of $25 a week, which isn’t much bership. |for a work day which runs as high! On the wall of the Chéektroom as 12 hours. |Attefidants Union office this reporter Pay As Low As 88 observed a cartooi i The average wage now is about hae pieces $22 a week, thotigh a large percent- age get about $18 and mahy work for as low as $12 a week. In Green- Randolph Hearst's et poisoner of the mass American. mind—the New York The cartoon portrayed not | | The Winter term announcement | satisfied with, this insinuates that) the play. Friedrich Wolf, the|25 night club check room conces- author, who belongs to that cour-|sions controlled by the Metropolitan jageous group of German writers|Concessionaires, the girls are paid | | who have joined hands with thé|from $8 to $14 a week. A Mr. Sol| | proletariat, who have been exiled,/ Roth is the owner of the Metropol- | tortured in concentfation catfips,|itan company. | murdered on the streets and in de-| The gitls want oné day off éach | tention pens in Nazi Germany. did|week, no discrithination against in- | not find any need to distort history | dividual girls and recognition of the | for purposes of drama. His char-|union. The common working hours | acters live and breathe; his réevolu-|for the girls now are from 5 p.m. | tionary fervor breathes in them andj to as late as 4:30 p.m. | gives them life. Another corimon illusion about | Unluckily, the production of the|theit job, which has. been blasted | Theatre Union does not do justice | by the strike is the oné about tips. | to the play. ‘This is partly due to/The check room girls are forced to| the lack of reheatsal time, but the| ‘um over all the tivs to the con- | THAT is history, and that is also|wich Village, where there are about | whi | Miss Irwin, “ » Swinging a club at the back of an unsuspecting capitalist. In the process of doing so, the shaggy figure has smashed “labor” with the club on the back+ swing. Pointing to the cartoon I asked Is this really the way We Communists raté with you girls?” “Oh, don’t tind that,” she smiled. “Somebody vasted that up without | asking. It’s just one of those things.” Near-But-Not-Certain- Victory Lab and Shop, which was 2 per cent ahead of Mike Gold last week, has allowed the latter greater fault lies with Tom Powets’ eessionaires who run the chéck || t6 get ahead—by 8 per cent. conception of the leading role. In|Coms. To make sure that they || Ramsey suspects his followers the walk, in the voice, in the ges-|S¢t all the tins the concessionaires || have become a little complacent ures, it is a good, realistic portrayal of a sailor. But Rasch is not just a sailor. His is the voice of the revolutionary sailors. He was thé man who fomented, organized and led the fevolt of 6,000 men; he was! a leader, a great visionary; he saw the unity of workérs, sailors, sol- diers, bringing peace and socialism: His vacillations were not due to per-! sonal weakness; they are part. and} parcel of his revolutionary faith in| the masses. | Powers’ interpretation of the part, which present Franz as weak and hesitant after the revolt, casts a de- featist mood over thé play which his last words “We'll do it better next time,” and thé last act of some of the erew—to hide the red flag which had been pulled down and thrown) on the deck—cannot dispel. The rest of the acting was gen- erally good. Jamés McDonald, as the lieutenant, is the perfect, rigid, pettifogging junker and military maftinet. Harold Johnsfud’s act- ing as the ensign, has the maturity and the revolutionary fervor which some of the others seem to lack. Frederich Roland, as the captain, makes something of a caricature of the part in his first s¢ené, then im- proves considerably as the play progresses. Howard Da Silva as the gay, blustering Sepp Kriz is a dis- tinct addition to the eompany of the Theatre Union. THAT was lacking maifily in the play was the strong, controlling hand of a ditector. None but the first seéné of the play cartied a sus- tained mood. At no point do the actors convey the feeling that their action is going on beyond the im- mediate four walls in Which they are playing; seehe by scene, we are not aware of the rest of the ship compel thé girls to wear uniforms without pockets and to submit to Search after work. The entire idea of organization, to say nothing of a strike is as new to the girls as some of the Since last week's gaihs, and warns his readers not to become filled with delusions of victory too socn! Total to date $204.14 After scene three, thé direction of, “Py, Lge! the play disintegrates, becoines | Broken Shoes’ in-Omahe blurred, confused. There is difficulty| OMAHA, Neb—The Soviet fil hy in following the action of the|“Broken Shoes,” which dépicts the oy epamihiys ation robantip lee of workers’ children at the be- | high into space were impressive as|SiMming of the fascist regime in | Well as highly practical. Their full|@tinahy, is to be presentéd in betlal a eae Mand lost, oo be-| Omaha at the Tivoli Theatre, 4922 cause the lighting was bad. 'So. 24th St., on the evenings of the _ Now that its rane Seatie is/11th and 12th, under the auspices ee Browne poey be eathiciantis te oy Friends of the Soviet eo ft s |Omaha group. This is to the supporters can insure for every play | first of a series of Soviet films to panne te Fee Gen Ae valen shown in this city in the near 2 ‘uture. its enérgieés to the creation of a} competent and permanent acting) cotipany, that it strive to improve} the technical lével of what forces it | already posséss66, and that it seek to! TUNING IN draw, even from the bourgeois thea- petent forces who are in turn willing to learn from the Theatre Union what it caf teach thei: the purpose Sotial dramaturgy. ANOTHER INVESTIGATION Del, like Burck, has a justifiable complaint to make against those organizations before whieh he gave his already limited tithe (on his only day off, too!) in chalk talks, jand which failed thus far to send contributions to his credit. Spécifi- cally: Mapléton Workers Club, Ozechoslovak Workers Club, and | against those Which he understood |credit—Unit 20, Sec. 16, and Mid tre, new, larger, technically com-| \and the power of revolutionary, | {would sénd proceeds of affairs to his | dle Bronx Workers Club. | Mareus - Lipetz ‘Previously Received and the rést of the flest. Another failure of the direction is that it does not carry into the hext seene the tension from the preceding one; 8 1.00/ 385.47 as a résult, there is no clear drama- Total 386.47 | tic lifie, and evén the climax of! scone three, which should ave) e174 preptat & beauty cena stirred the whole theatre, fell flat.) svery day to the highest contributor De-bunked! “AE SMOOTH VELVETY TONES OF “THE “TRAINED ORATOR FALL Chl EARS OF THE Com 4 WELL-FED AUDIENCE By7— SODDENLY HE 1S INTERRUPTED, Dye by del PANDEMONIUM BREAKS Loose /N vain DOES THE CHAIRLADY RAP FoR ORDER~ SOME SUPPORT This MOTHER'S CHARGES, OTHERS | | DEMAND AWRY PoLIcE ARREST HER! 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