The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 28, 1935, Page 5

‘By MICHAEL GOLD N THE Fascist lands, Italy and German the youth is being trained only for war. One can judge a society by the ideals it sets before its youth; and bombs, machine guns and insane patriotic hatred are the Mental fare Mussolini and Hitler give the next generation. I. Rudin, a Russian author, recently visited a Soviet school for sixteen-year olds. They were all average kids, and he asked them what they ex- Pected to be when they grew up. The answers should certainly confound those liberal babbitts who assure us that the Soviets are tegimenting their youth. What vafiety and rich- ness of spiritual life one finds in these youngsters. Biology and literature are their favorite fields. Many of them, however, want to be engineers in industry, machine cohsttuctors, electro- ‘ians and chemists. The girls, especially, techni seem to prefer electrical engineering and chemistry. | Geology Was 4 favorite careéf, because it com- bined scientific réseatch with the adventures of an explorer. Many of these youngsters were drawn to atito and aviation engineering. to be doctors, ahd only one thought he would be & teacher. Rethetiber that these youngsters were not merely hoping to become all these things. The méans for study were asstited them, 4s they are to all Soviet yotingsters, afid an endless demand for trained workets awaited them whén théy gfaduated into the world outside. They displayed an extraordinary self-confidence, these average boys and girls in an average Soviet school, says the author. They had no fears as to thé futiire. ‘[hey were interested in everything; discussed history, literature, economic geography, All the sciehc#s; they followed every political event With the intensity of their elders. Somé of their statements follow, as reported in International Literature, that fascinating review which is published in English at Moscow: * * * Inspiration in Construction ‘ RAVEL DEMIN said: “Dofi't think we shall all be narrow svecialists. But the students are at- tracted to technical subjects, because construction inspires us. Our coufitry must ovértake the capi- talist countriés. The futufe shecialist will possess @ bF6AA political outlook and & Marxist approach t6 life. “I want to be ati éngineer who builds boats. I was born in Viadivostek, on the sea, and I love boats. Once I built a sail boat and went out to sea in it often. After completing school, I expect to stidy in Leningrad, at the shipbuilding institute.” + * * A Future Bee-Raiser IANYA KRANSNUSHKINA said she wanted to be a dramatic actress. But she wants first to get a good general education. Her varents had warned hér she ought first bé sure she has a drama- tic talent, “but I have tested myself in the drama- | tie ifcles, arid am sute of my ability.” Victor Shimansky was bothered because most of the 22 youngsters in his class wanted to be technicians. “What will happen to the arts?” he asked, Yet he himself loved natural science, and especially bee raising. “The boys joke about it, but I assuré you the | bee's boison has less effect on me than on other péople. I noticéd this when I worked as an amateur A few planned | WELL I'LL ai feo 1178 LEFTY, SELLING PAPERS DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1935 RS IN GOSH! | SURE AM A FLOPS } UNEVER DREAMED I'D See ThE | | \DAY WHEN MY OWN CHILO WOULD How to Chase the Hunger Blues! B by del Ce'Mon POLL CH | Sto? YouR HooEY “WELL - U Yiseve ecerie ABour FIGHTING For | | ORGANIZE a ee ee BETTER WORKING } ONE / “THE SrRee iim -RE0, “teD) CONDITIONS — WE : {Pepoe Par Vena Nee Se ES | 50 HE COULD HAVE \ OF EVERYTHING PENNIES / 1 WHERE ‘Soviet Evolution _ Textbook Highly | Important Item’ FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE | SCIENCE OF EVOLUTION, by| M. M. Belyaev. 136 pp. 104 figs. Moscow, 19384. (Order from New| Pioneer, Box 28, Sta. D, New| York, N. Y. Sixty-five cénts pef| copy.) Reviewed by | JOHN EDWARD GRAY eo hte appearing among A) | large abd valuable séries of | |translated Soviet school textbooks | | is Belyaev’s First Principles of the Seietice of Evolution. This book 15 |an item of outstanding educational | | importante and as such deserves | our attention. The introduction deals with (1) the unity of the organic world; (2) | materialism vs. idealism on the | problem of the origin of the organic world; (3) fhe meaning ahd signi- | ficance of evolution to the tmodern | bourgeoisie as contrasted with its) | meaning to the peoples of the U: | S.R. who have reworked the teach- | ings of DafWin as interpreted cor- | rectly by Marx, Engels, and Lenin. | A chapter oh the history of the| jidea of evolution opéns the book, | taking us ffom the records of the | Greek philosophers, through La- marek, of to Datwin, his life, and his théory of evolution. Concerning | | this theofy, Lenin writes: “Dar-| win ptt an efd to the view that the species of plants and animals are) | disconnected, accidental, immtitable, | ‘ereatéd by god’.” | Geneties and selection with re-| gard to animal ahd plant breeding |is explained as well as facts re-| garding these thedfies as applied by scientists of the Soviet Union. | Such difficult points as Mendel’s | |laws of heredity are clarified and the work of Michurin, the “Soviet | Burbank” is reported on at some| length, | Most exciting of all the chapters jis the one entitled Origin of Man. | Here is a complete explanation of | the truths of evolution: vestigial organs, atavism, embryology, studies | of man and the higher apes—gorilla, chimpanzee, gibbon, and orang- utang. Heidelberg, Peking, etc., are revealed in a manner that is at once cléaf and which Concisély informs us of the life of our ances- tors. The final chapter deals with an estimte of thé nature of class- | The fossil finds in Jaya, | Neanderthal, | Tricks of Demagogues and Labor Fakers Cleverly Scored By ALLEN JOHNSON Y ied pageant “America Today— Lenin Lives,” adapted by Al Saxe and Péter Hyun from a script by Petér Martin and George Sklar, |which was presented by the Theatre of Action at the Lenin| Memorial meeting last Monday,| was not the least of the factors that made that meeting one of thi most memorable in recent years. Both in design and in execution the Pageant cOnstitutes a marked ad- vance over previous attempts made by the revolutionary theatre to por- tray the influence exercised by| Lenin in the struggle of the world proletariat to free itself from the bonds of capitalist slavery. | The opening scene, which is in the nature of a prologue to the scenes that follow, depicts the murder of! a worker during the San Francisco| general strike by members of the National Guard. The prologue fades into darkness as the voice of a hidden announcer, in the mafiner heard above the turmoil: “The man of whom we speak, Lenin, borh in 1870, student of Marx and Engels, was a leading fighter in the strug- gle for working class unity until his death in 1924. Lenin never forgot the Ghoked whisper of the French workers duting the revolution of 1848, never forgot the deafening roar of the glorious "70 days of the Paris Commune. Lenin called the massés to open struggle against the mill owners, against the mine owh- ternational bankers. The race for) | profits grew madder, the imperialist dogs snappéd atid lashed out at each othef, but louder grew Lenin's voice, more insistant his call to | struggle. And his voice calls out to- | | day.” The last of these words is followed group of labor fakers, symbolically dressed as acrobati¢ clowns, who be- | | gin to cavort to the tune of “They Stirring Lenin Mem of the leader of a Greek chorus, i8|* | float through the air with the great- | ti Setne from “America Today—Lenin Lives,” Ditected by Al Saxe mained quiet while fhe anfouticers held the attention of the mass of Workérs, suddenly come to life. They assume the positions of typists and through a series of stylized motions type the letters N—R—A, O—K ‘The maés of workers form a parade. The aerobatic clowns of labor ate wild with joy. They cartwhéel and somefsault all over the stage. The figure of a capitalist app8ars otice ers, against the bond-sellers and i-| more. Suddenly the patade is trans-|the murder of our. fellow-workers formed into a breadline, et eee T a Signal the bréadiine is trans- the mass begins working again, an- other commentator says: “Lenin Predicted these false promises of capitalist democracy. Don’t be. de- jeeived by these false friends 6f la-| Ort bE aeee take asa eGuiCtitt [Dor ‘The. workers aré BACK Bt thelr|UPward towards a huge plaque of jobs. As they stop to Wipe the sweat off their brows, they hear the voice of General (N.R.A.) Johhson: | Suddenly the spotlight is thrown |Oh @ machine gun. As the workers huddle together the machine gun | begins to sputter leaden hail. Work- Jers fall. The sctéams of the wotind- ed ate then tfansformed into the | Soviet Furiefal March as the work- |@fs, falling ifto place in a funeral cortege, caffy the body of one of! | theif slaifi conitades off-stage. A |Wworker says: “We will not forget by the giits of the United States | goverhimeht. We will not forget! Howatd Speiry, James Engel, Nick | formed back into a factory. As|Bordois and our other fallen corh- rades. The pageant closes with the spot- light shining on a workér who is climbing a ladder while he points Lenin. The voice of a commentator is heard. “In America today Lenin lives. Organize, Fight together. Own HAVE NO UNION 7 1 WORK | orial Pageant |FLASHES and Produced by Theatre of Action CLOSEUPS By DAVID PLATT OME of the strongest agitation in ears is being carried on in the current sessions of Congress for fet- eral supervision of the motion pic- ture industry. Senator Gérald P. Nye of Nofth Dakota, and Fraficis D. Culkin, of New York, ate among the leading proponents of federal control of the movies; in this they have th i motis support of the Hea recently appointed N. Y. C cludes the names of Alfred E. Smith. former Governor of New York James A, Farrell, former President of the U. 8. Steel Corp.. Jesh P. O'Brieh, former Mayor of New York, | Martin Quigley. red-baiting pub- lisher of the Motion Picture Herald and Motion Picture Daily, and John | | J. Raskob, former Chairman of tlie | | Democratic National Committee. We can be certain that the line- up of notorious reactionaries is not for the entertainment of the movie- Boer. We khow that federal author- | | ities have been tremendously pleased | with the campaign and réception| accoftded their recent dafling “Flit-| tation Walk,” thé Warner Bros. military-musicale produced at West Point with the entire cadet corps as |supporting cast; afd “Président | Vanishes,” Paramount's sequel to “Gabriel Over the White House.” We also know that the government | is becoming more fearful of the} potentialities of a medium that can be used against them very nicely. Recently we read that certain prints of new motion pictures which fe-| vealed the existence of American| haval aircraft devices had been se-| cretly acquired by foreign powers | who had put the new apparatus to| good use. As a result of this: dis-| closure; rigid instructions governing | futute motion picture production of | naval activities have been issued by | the government to the movie com- | panies. No doubt carried out to the letter in the Warner Bros.-W. R.| Hearst-U. 8. Wat Department pro- | duction of “Devil Dogs of the Ai | We have also witnessed the increas- | ing attention paid to the rejection | of hewsteels that reflect workers’ | ; Struggles and capitalist violence; | the many attempts to céhsor Soviet | films, Thé Film and Photo League | Page 5 Questions and Answers This department appears daily on the feature page. AN questions showld be addressed to “Ques- tions and Answe c/o Daily Worker, 56 East 13th Street, New York City. ‘ . NOTE: It is gratifying to note that mort and more réaders are making use of this de- partment. We regret that becaese of limita- tions of space we cannot answer all questions that are asked by readers. We do our best to answer those questions that have the most general interest for the readers of the Daily Worker. However, all quc.tions are carefully read and considered, and readers can receive perconal answers by enclosing a self-addressed ahd stamped efivelope. . . . Question: Do Communists support thé 30-hour week? If they ate in favor of a shorter work week, then vy Bill w are they opposed to the Black-Connery iéh provides for 4 30-hour week? —K. J., Newark, N. J Answer: Communists favor the adoption of a 30-hour week without any reduction if weekly pay. Théy oppose the Black-Cotinefy Bill, because it contains no provisions for increased hourly ratés to compensate for the shofter work week. Because of this it would mean a wage cut for the workers, since their weekly pay envelopes would be reduced. The Black-Connery Bill is therefore a form of the spréading-the-work policy of the capitalist class which wants the employed workers to bear thé burdens of unemployment. The Communists are fighting for unemployment insurance for the uns employed, and for a shorter work week and higher wages to enable the workers to méét the fisihg cost of living. It is important to note that all plans to réduce wofking hours without guarantees against reductions in weekly pay are all directed towerds raising the profits of the employers. Question: Where can I get lecturés on the So- viet Union on the air? Do you print notices of such broadcasts?—A. B. C.—Colorado. Answer: Next Wednesday, Jan. 30, the Columbia Network Will broadcast a lecture by Corliss Lamont oh “The Student and the Soviet Union” from 4:00 to 4:15 p. mf. (subtract two holirs t6 get your mour- tain time). The “Tuning Ih” coltutin which ap- pears daily on this page cafries notices of such broadcasts, March of the Liberals By FRANKLIN NEWMAN: (Suggested as a lyri¢ for a musical show with acknowl- edgement to the backWatd march of the liberals in Ane dreyév's play 'Thé Rapé of the Sabiné Woren.) * « . We are thé libéerals, tried and true; we read the New Republic and the Nation, too, We're not dogmatic and we keep an opén mind: a conclusion is something we never can find. The wofld’s at the ¢ross-roadst We're needed! So— boldly into action let us go: | f ease,” ey fi eir| “Good evening, Aifiérica. After a| your world!” Moana. Aaa ecena ave year of the N.R.A. we stand con-| The Magnificent scope of the towards the figure of a. capitalist | Vificed of the esseritial rightness of | pageant is only slightly marred by headquarters a couple of Saturdays | and bend their knees to him in| the adiiinistration’s policy. Higher | the mechanical presentation of the | ago. characteristic genufiection. wages, better conditiéns, more em- | cofflicting forces represented by the | . * . in the efitomological section of the Zoo. The bees mist, feél my love for them—they practically don't touch me. Their trusi amazes mé. “I have read many books about bee raising. The Life of the “Bee” by Maetetlinck is a very good struggle and the problem of the | origin of man and life. This Work Will be a delightful ex-! perience to all those who have béen | educated in the bourgeois tradition | of N. Y. is tip before the courts this | week for showing newsrééls at its} (Chorus) One step forward ahd tWo stéps back: that’s the method book. Nattfe gave to thé bee that whith is often missing if manh—social instin¢t and miuttial respon- sibility. I believe that beé raisihe has a big future in the Soviet Union. After all, why shotildn’t every collective farm have its own apiaries: I feel there is much work before me.” * * * “How Interesting to Be Alive!” alte DOBROBOLSKAYA ielis about public dis- cussion she and her classmates had with the students of another school. “We argued about Darwin, about egoism, about love and about tech- nique. They acctised us of beiitg too fascitiated by applied science and technical stibjects. I defended Our passion. We aré cOnviticed that technique has the gréatest importance for out country, btit that doesn't prevent us from having two dramatic circles, and an art circle in the school arid all of us love literature. “T draw. My close friénds say I have talent, but I dowbt it. I think it is better to be an average engineet than an average artist. I hesitate between Pictures and méchanics. I love mathematics and draughting. How interesting it is to be alive. We know what we are aiming for.” Vasya Kudishin would like to be a geologist, to explore unknown regions, to firid meteors in Siberia, atid also to be an aviator. Vera Balasheva is fascinated by literature, yet has décidéd she is an organizer, and needs “moy- ing, living work.” : Vséveold is the best boxer in school, but is crazy about German and also wants to be afi auto construction engineer. Bora wants to be a builder of great canals; Yura an agronomist, ahd to ex- periment with plants, especially cotton. Sema Ber- kin was the only boy who wants to be a military man, because he is a good chess player, and likes outdoor life and discipline. But the others want to be chemists, doctors, min- ing engineers, professors of history, and tractor specialists. They want to help the Soviet Union. They do not dream of Fascist blood ahd hatred, but of the creation of a new world. They are future workers, not soldiers, Limited?! Autographed! HUNGER and REVOLT: Cartoons by BURCK This beautiful, DeLuxe edition is limited to 100 numberéd and signed copies. Printed on heavy art paper, in large folio size and con- taining 248 pages. HUNGER and REVOLT will be ready on February 1st. Orders accepted now. Fivé dollars, postpaid. N.Y. DAILY WORKER, 50 B. 13th St., | man a proud Sself-seeking individual, | a cfeature of god, and evén a crea- ture capable of distorting the teachings and findings of science so as to make them compatible with capitalism and religion. Ghief among such offenders is the anti- semitic Prof. Henry Fairfield Os- born, past president of the Améri- ; can Museum of Natural History. To M. M. Belyaev for his splendid pedagogical task, and to those that assisted him in this Work wé owe a debt of sincere gratitude. | PERIODICALS FILM FRONT No. 3; issued each month by the Natiohal Film and Photo League of the W.LR., 31 East 21st Street, New York City. Five cents. By HARRY KERMIT Important to workers in the general public is the editorial anal- ysis of the recent report by the Screen Actors Guild on wages and working conditions in the movie of Film Front. This néwest addition to the revolutionary cultural ptib- lication’ perforiis a Valtiable sérvice findings of the Guild. According to the editorial: “Excessive houts of work some- times 16 hours With no holidays, in- sufficient rest periods . . . no pay for overtime work, lay-offs at the uncontrolled option of the producet, no remuneration and often cancel- lation of contracts for enforced ab- sence through over-work, wage cuts to compensate exécutive extrava- gance, & coripany union set up by the producers as a bulwark against possible sttikes—these are some of the tany grievances aired in the Screen Guild’s report... .” Declaring that the problem of the movie actor afid movie extra Hes goné beyond the nafrow con- fines of the Guild and the N.R.A. Stage, the editorial contends “it is how up to the tank and file of the Screen Actors Guild, hand in hand With all exploited actors and extras and other film workers to take the militanht—the only way out of thé crisis.” Of interest to persons studying the techncial aspects of movie mak- img are the afticle “The Russian Cinéma Bef the Revolution,” ffanslated from L'Humamite, and Dziga Vertov’s discussion of the Kino-Eye school of the film. Film Front would enjoy a wider appeal if its editors took their cue from New Theatre and featured more popular articles — although authoritative ones. The detailed studiés of caméta Work. problems of direction, etc., are hardly calculated to give thé magazine a mass audi- ence, | of évolution; a tradition of making | screen industry as well as to the | field contained in the current issue | by making public and explaining the | At 4 signal ftom some of the ac- robats, the mass of workers is split, fithough théy contifue to labor at their work in a sytmphohic move- mefit which portrays groups of workers working on a bélt running through the mass, while other grotips take boxés off the belt and Pass thém to still other groups. All work suddenly comés to an end as the voices of the announcers are heard. “The manager of Sterling Motors regrets to announce,” says one. Another says: “The manage- ment of American Textile regrets to mafiagément of Pennsylvania Steel ly,” concludes the most resonant announcement of all, “several thousatid men will be released.” announce.” Still another says: “The | | fegrets to arinounce—” “According- | | ployment. I can say Without féar of |exaggetation that capital and labor jhere in the United States afe |Marching forward ahew to security and prosperity.” Sait was A WAVE of strikes now breaks out among the mass. Rapidly divid- ing into several groups, the en- semble symbolically portrays the strike struggles in Toledo, Minnea- polis, Sah Pedro, Seattle, Portland and San Francisco. Each strike is | tepresented by a new group-forme- tion ahd is attothpanied by the an- nouncement of a commentator off- |Stage. The thass is standing with |fists cléetichéd and hands upraised when Getieral Johnson's voice is heatd again: “We must run these Subversive influences out like rats, he says. Let's settle this matter. The labor clowns, who have rée- The Daily Worker is printing serially the exttemely valuable and booklet by R. Palme Dutt, “Life and Teachii of V. 1. Lenin,” published by Inter- national Publishers, ak aaa 9 CHAPTER Iii, Teachings of Lenin Iv. R teformers to attack one or an- other aspect in isolation of these policies (tariffs, or armaments, or colonial policy, or war) without at- tacking monopoly capitalism itself, or to expect monopoly capitlism to pursue a different “more enlight- ened” policy, Was like expécting a tiger to live on grass, i But monopoly capitalism means at the same time the parasitic stage of capitalism. The greater part of the world betomes tributary to the handful of great powers; the ma- jority of mankind is paying tribute | toa ony group of financial oligar- chiés. é réfitier class, living on dividends, atid without any contact with production, devélops in the imperialist countries; the numbers engaged in serving them develop; the proportion of those engaged in productive industry declines. At the samé time a proportion of the tribute of “suipéer-profit” is used to buy off the upper strata of the working class in the imperialist countries, by concessions, social reform measures, corruption of la- bor leaders, etc. So dévelops the phenomenon of the “labor aristoc- racy” ahd “bourgeois labor parties” in the imperialist countries, whose | leaders go hand in hahd with the capitalists. This is the basis of op- Poftiinism of réformisth in Europe (Let's do it now.” Life and Teachings of Lenin » By R. PALME DUTT ment, 05 ay Monopoly capitalism, however, as | its parasitic tendencies already re- veal, is dying Capitalism. Production has reached its maxithum possible development iitider capitalism; its | futthet developmerit is how hin- deted ahd aftificialiy restricted by the forms of capitalist monopoly. The productive forces afe in con- flict with the capitalist forms, The explosion of the World War vio- lently demonstrates this. The time is ripe for the proletarian revolu- tion. ae The Chief Task of Our Times--| The World Revolution IN his pamphlet “The Chief Task | of Our Times’ (fifst published in} Tavestia, March 14, 1918, and re- Published ih pamphlet form), Lenin | wrote: The humat race is ing through great and difficult changes which have (oné can say it with- ott the least exaggefation) a world-liberating signifi¢atice. The world is passing to the war of the oppressed against the oppressors. In this new wat the oppressed are struggling for liberation from the yoke of capitalism; from the abyss of suffering, torment, hun- ger and brutalization; they desire to pass onwatd to the bright fattre of a communist society, to ufiiversal well-being ahd a secure peace. And again: Outside of socialism there is no deliverance of humanity from wars, from hunger, from the de- stfuétion of millions and millions . and America, and the cause of the of human beings. (“In Louis | Class. | labor fakets and the N.R.A. on the ofe hand ahd the Lenin on the other. When, for ex- jample, the efhtire ensemble is de- |picted as being wholly misled by | the detagogy of the N.R.A., a small group of workers, representing the conscious vanguard in the Cormmu- | ist Party, should have been shown |calling on the others not to follow |their misleaders. Similarly, when |the San Francisco general strike | was broken it should not have been | portrayed as a complete defeat for | the strikers. These faults, however, reside as much in the limitations of the relatively static pageant form as they do in the writers of the seript. As it stands, “America To- | day—Lenin Lives” is an important |contribution to the constantly de= | veloping American revolutionary | theatre, | Split in the Working class move-, Blanc’s Footsteps,” the Revolution | Of 1917, Book 1, pp, 111-114.) The center of Lenin’s teaching was to make conscious that the world revolution was no longer a dream of the future, but Was the the present stage; that the objective conditions Wete already fully pres- of human beings.” The two decades ripe” dying capitalism; that it was to become conscious of the Ssittiation and act; ahd that delay could only mean ever increasing “torment, hunger ard brutalization,” “the destfuction of millions and millions of humn beings.” The two decades sinée 1914 have abundantly shown the truth of this, as the imperialist world, through delay of the revolu- tion, advances through increasing crisis toWards a new world war. cae Bein ENIN approached the problems and conception of the world revolution in an extfemely living, concrete, realistic fashion. It Was for him no dream of a millenhium or sudden conquest of power to be achieved overnight in a few glorious battles by the international working It was, on the contrary, a whole epoch, extending probably over decades. Marfx had alteady writteh in 1851 (in his Revelations on the Commithist Trial at Co- logne): We say to the workers: “You will have to go through fifteen, twenty, fifty years of civil wars and international wars, not oni, | in order to change existing condi- tions, but also in ordér to change yourselves and fit yourselves for the exercise of political power,” (To Be Continued) teachings of | direct, ufgent, indispensable task of | urgently eésseitial for the subjec- | tive factor of the world p¥oletatiat | E know that government battle- ships afid the U. S. Marie Cor-| poration stand solidly behind the | Hearst-Warner Bros. merger from | | whom we can expect plenty of| | forthcorhing jihgo dressed up to look | |innocent and attfactive. We khow | that the U. S. government through | the War Department sends Signal| Corps officers to Hollywootl for motion picture training to enable | them to come back and produce | federal films to help instruct officers and soldiers in the maneuvers of | war. We know all these things and | much more. | Nothing, therefore, would more) | Please the Sécretary of War, the Chief of Staff McArthuf, the Hearst | | press or the N. Y. Council of the| | Legion of Decency, than a federal investigation of the motion picture | industry siniilat to the one on muni- | tions (and the St. Louis indictments | |of the biggest of the producers and | distributors is a splendid opportun- ity), which would probably result in'| federal supervision and censorship | | of the movie industry as a prologue | to putting this powerful propaganda | armory under the sutveillance of | Military authority and on an effi-| cient war-time basis. The capitalist class has too much wool to pull over the eyes of the jmasses to continue to neglect a medium as powerful as the movie which they know servéd them in good stead dutiig the last World| War, That is why an aggressive bat- | tle by theatre, literary, film and} | other ctiltural groups against federal | intervention is essential at this time, | if we are to noticeably retard the| | Progress of the movement of the| Legion of Deceney and its backers | towards fascist regimentation. Not merely the film is being affected by | i these undérhand movés, but all cul- tural activities. The danger éanhot | be undetestimated. Workers’ Music School Offers New Courses. | In addition to the classes which | are already functioning, consisting | ; of Musie Appreciation, Music Criti-| cism, Elementaty, Intermediate and | Advanced Hafthony, and Voices Cul- ture, the Workers Muisic School, 799 | Broadway, is adding the following courses: Chorus, Instructor L. Adohmian; Song Léaders Class, Instructor L. Adohmian; Sight-singing and Ear training, Instructor George May- nard; Composition, Instructor L. | E. Swift. Group instruction in violin and piano will be given as soon @s stiffi- | cient registration makes well-gtaded | classes possible. Definite announce- | ments, stating time and place, will ibe issued shortly, | of our attack. We're too superior to take any side, we keep our minds and mouths open wide. In the clase-sttuggle we're neutral, too— so far above it were hidden from view (it's far tmofe convenient and safer, how true)! Ohe step forward and two steps back: that is our liberal plan of attack. We beliéve in sitting on the fence. Above the battle the view's immense: on the one hand it is very, véry true; but of the other it’s obvious too. The world’s at the cross-toads! We're needed! So— boldly inte action let u& go: (Chorus) One step forward and two steps back: that’s the method of our attack! TUNING IN 1:00-WEAP—Chilad Lab ot Ameéndment—Henry Noble MacOracken, President Va- ssar College WOR—Sports Talk—Stan Lomax WJZ—Amos 'n’ Andy WABC—M yirt afd Matge— WABC—Liuetézia Botl, 80- priced Kostelanetz Orch xed Chorus 9:30-WEAP—The Haydns— Sketch, With Otto Hare bach, Librettiet; Musié WOR—The Witch's Tale WJZ—Pénalty—Sketeh ketch WABC—Gluskin Orch; Block TE WRAP Borie ot the Biack | ane Buy, Comédy; Gerte ridé Niesén, Songs | a Abher— | be cA | 10:00-WBAP_Eastaian Oreh.; ws2—Plantation Ech6es; Lullaby Lady; Malé Quartet Robison Orchestra; Bouth- WOR—Toniahs Quartet ernaires Quartet WIZ—Proud ME ig WABC—Just Plain Bil— | WABC—WAtne ing Ofek, Bketch 10:15-WOR—Current Eventé— 1:30-WEAF—Trappers Orth. HB. Reed WOR—Maitery Sketch WdJZ—Ameri¢a in Musi WIZ—Red Davis—Sketch John Tasker Howard, WABC—Thé O'Néiils—Sketeh rator -WEAF—American Bntry 1:45-WEAP—Uncle Ezra— 10: Tate the World Court— Sketch WOR—Latry Taylor, Bari- Sen. Joséph T. Robifison tone of Arkansas Woz—Dangerous Paradise | WOR=Variety Musicale Sketch_ WABC--The Government's WABC—Boake Cartér, Com- Patt in Medical Gare— mentator : William Hard 3:00-WEAF—Himber Orchestra | 10:45-wJZ—Mischa Leviteki, WOR=Lone Rangér—Sketch Piaho Los Fray ahd Bragei6ts, a 11:00. WEA F—The Grummits— Wiz—Jan Garber Supper Club WABC—Diane—Musical Comedy Sketch 3:18-WABC—Edwin ©. Hill, WOR—News Commentator WsZ—Dance Music (to 4:80-WEAF—Giadvs Swarthout 1 acm.) —Soprano; String Oreh; WABC—Dance Music Mixed Chorus i (to 1:30 a.m.) WOR—Corinna Mura, 11:15-WEAP—Jésse Crawford, Soprano Organ Wa2—Caretree Catnival | WOR—Moohbéams Trio WABC—Katé Sifith's Réevué | 11:80-WEAP—St. Louis Syme 43-WOR—Boyé Clb Program 9:00. WEAF—Gypsiés Orch.) Frank Parkér, Téhor amp Orehéstra “Minstrel Show Photy; Viadimir Golsch. mann, Conductor WOR—Danee Music (to 1am.) 12:30-—-WEAF—Daneé Misio wi Ww