The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 30, 1935, Page 5

een en eR ER NRE ETRE) RR RT RE RRR DRE SIT TEGO EMSS SRE By MICHAEL GOLD Y NEPHEW Mike is busy these after- noons organizing new members into his Pioneer Troop. During the past week he contacted four boys and won them over, but only one of them was allowed by his mother to join. “The first kid that I approached,” he says, “liked hiking, and liked to come up to our meetings, after T told him what we did there. The only trouble with this kid was his mother had a lot of money and he couldn’t go any place without the crauffeur. You see, in the afternoon I went up to his house, and asked his mother about it. They own two cars and a big restaurant, but I think she was kind of snooty. She looked at me and snarled her nose, and made it go like this. “Just before she snarled her nose, T said, ‘Can Jackie come‘up to a club with me every Friday?’ So she snarled her nose, and said, ‘What, Jackie go any place without the chauffeur?’ So Jackie said, ‘Oh, gee, that old guy is always around and I won’t go with him. Can’t I do anything by my- | self?’ So his mother said, ‘Then you can’t go,’ and he said, ‘Then I won't go,’ and she said, ‘I won't have you go out with a bunch of roughnecks and no chauffeur around,’ so he said, ‘Listen, I know some of the kids there and they're no roughnecks,’ and she said, ‘You will not and cannot go any place without the chauffeur, and I have said it, enough.’ “So he said, ‘Oh, hell mamma, plenty of us kids have all this trouble with our parents and some day we'll do something about it, and I wish we didn’t have a chauffeur.’ So his mother said, ‘Some day you'll thank God you had a chauffeur when you were a boy, and you'll be glad you weren’t a roughneck,’ so he said, ‘I wish I was a roughneck and didn’t have to go around with a bunch of draperies on me’.” * . * Fishing and War ND Mike continued: “I asked Harry, another boy in my class, ‘Do you like hiking and also discussing things? ‘Will you join our club?’ He said, ‘Yes, I like hik- ing and discussing things, but is there any fish- ing in your club?’ So I said, ‘No, we haven’t a fishing circle organized yet, but we'll get one soon.’ So’ he said, ‘I don’t know whether I can go out hiking every Sunday with you.’ So I said, ‘Well, make up your mind if you want to go.’ So he said. ‘I don’t know if my mother will let me, but I do wish we had some fishing.” “So I said, ‘Are you against war, Harry?’ So he said, ‘Well, I don’t know, but if you tell me about it, maybe I will be.” So I said, ‘Do you think it's right for a person with a lot of money to take e-acything away from the workers?’ ‘It’s not fair at all.’ So I said, ‘Well, do you think we ought to do something about it?’ So he said, ‘Sure, let’s form a club against war.’ So I said, ‘That’s just what our club is for,’ so Harry said, ‘Well, mavbe I'll come hiking with you next Sun- day’.” City and Country and Lenin ERE are some more questions and answers. This time it was I who asked the questions, and Mike the Pioneer who answered them. Question: You have lived in the city and the country. Which do you like better and why? Answer: I like the country better. Reason one: because in the country you don’t have as much noise and as much smell around. Reason two: because in the country you can do some real sled- riding. Third reason: because country people are more interesting than city peonle. City people are more interesting about political things, but country people see everything around them, and they know more things about animals and farming and snow- shoe walking. Question: What do you know about Lenin? Answer: He was the starter and the creator of the Russian Revolution. He wanted the workers to be free, so that they could live well, and not be underground. If a person didn’t do what the Czar said, they would take his head off. But Lenin was against that; he thought every person should be able to give a complaint. Lenin was against war; and he said there would always be war if you didn’t make a revolution and stop all war. So the work- ers thought that he was right, and they made a revolution and stopped the war. Lenin was a very brave man to go against the Czar’s wishes. They hung his brother Sasha who was also brave. Lenin cared for his brother but he did not forget to go on with the work he was doing. Lenin was always ready, and the Czar could not stop him. Lenin’s mother was a musician, and he liked music. He was a friend of the children, and if I met Lenin I would say, gee whiz, it seems that if we knew how to organize, we could do anything! The Rus- sian workers made a revolution and now they live happily and Lenin was their leader, * + * What is Life For? \UESTION: How do you think the public schools could be improved? Answer: One thing, they ought to give better lunches in my school. The kids whose fathers are on relief get pretty bad lunches. It is a little bowl of lousy canned soup, and canned apple sauce, and milk and once in a while an apple. One of the kids near me was grumbling and grumbling to him- Self one afternoon. I asked him what he was grumbling about? He said, I’m grumbling because I'm hungry. So I said, well, say it out loud the next time. Question: What do you think life is for? Answer: Life is for making things and doing things and working with the workers so that there will be Communism, and the kids- will have more fun. YOUR OPPORTUNITY! Special Trial Subscription Offer TWO MONTHS -- 81.00 DAILY WORKER, 35 East 12th Street, New York, N. Y. COMRAD! I am anxious to subscribe to the “Daily” for the next two months, for the low rate you allow. Enclosed is my dollar. Name . City ..... +» State ....... < (Does not apply to renewals or in Manhattan and Bronx.) So Harry said, | Little Lefty DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1935 No WONDER HE'S Go CHEERFUL / BETCHA Parey PRESES “iS THEATRE The “Lady” and the Communist ODE TO LIBERTY—a play in three acts adapted by Sidney Howard from the French of Mi- chael Duran; produced by Gilbert Miller, directed by Mr. Howard. Reviewed by LEON ALEXANDER 'HIS is a good-humored, and also fairly obvious, lampoon of a | Communist, partaking more of |farce than of satire, and we should be the first to laugh at it. It has |some amusing lines, its characters are drawn with the end of a blud- |geon; its thin little plot is a thing |sadly neglected alike by its adap- geon; its thin little plot is a thing sadly neglected alike by its adaptor and its director. In other words, a Play of by and for its gags. The idea of the plot, which three Playwrights before Sidney Howard have made use of, each in his own way, is that of bringing a lady of the “upper classes” and a prole- tarian Communist together and | having them fall in love, of setting in contrast the cultured gracious- ness of the -ne against the crude intensity of the other. The Communist in this play is being sought by the Paris police, after taking a potshot at Hitler in Bavaria; the lady is disgusted with, | and separated from her dull, reac- tionary banker husband, and on the verge of taking as a lover her | liberal, newspaper-owner friend. As luck would have it, the Commu- nist takes refuge in the lady’s apartment; she hides him, then falls in love with him and pre- vents his escape. For four days, she keeps him hidden in her apartment, intercept- ing his mail to his friends; until | She notices that this bourgeois mode of life is beginning to “soften” him, Then she decides that it is time for him to go—to Spain where there are always revolutions. With the connivance of her liberal friend she hoodwinks her husband into | providing the Communist with a safe-conduct; and as the curtain falls, she is planning how she will | rejoin him in sunny Spain. #0 Ven HE funny part of the play is that, | while I suppose it considers it- | self a witty take-off on Communists, | its heaviest whacks were saved for | the reactionary banker and the liberal newspaper owner. And fun- nier still that a well-dressed au- dience in the orchestra seats of | the Little Theatre did not seem to realize that the joke was really on them. For if the Communist ap- pears as something of a boor, the | banker is drawn as a stupid, tact- less, brutish lout who well deserves to wear his horns. As for the liberal, he is the urbane, accomo- | dating go-between, helping the| woman he desires — with due de- corum—to escape with her Com- munist—“Good old Charlie!” Mr. Walter Slezak plays the Com- munist with the bright forthright- ness of a musical comedy juvenile. As for Miss Ina Claire, you either like her personally, or you dislike her acting. With what seemed like slight condescension, the lends her blonde charm to the portrayal | of a feathery part which cannot have interested her much. Tuning Int i Corliss Lamont, noted lecturer, author | and world traveler, will speak on “The Student and the Soviet Union" from 4:00 to 4:15 p.m., E.6.T., over WABC and the Columbia network. 7:00 P. M.-WEAF—Our President—Henry Morgenthau Sr., Former Ambassa- dor to Turkey WOR—Sports Resume—Stan Lomax ‘WJZ-—Amos 'n’ Andy—Sketch WABC—Myrt and Marge—Sketch 7:15-WEAF—Stories of the Black Cham- ber WOR-—Lum and Abner—Sketch WJZ—Plantation Echoes; Robison Orch,; Southernaires Quartet WABC—Just Plain Bill—Sketch 7:30-WEAF—Investor and the Securities Markets—Richard Whitney, 1 dent, New York Stock Exchange WOR—Harry Stockwell, Bariton WJZ—Red Davis, Sketch WABO—The O'Neills—Sketch 7:45-WEAF—Uncle Ezra—Sketch WOR—Jack Arthur, Baritone WJZ—Dangerous Paradise—Sketch ‘WABC—Boake Carter, Commentator 8:00-WEAF—Play, Forever After, with Mary Pickford, Actress WOR—Lone Ranger—Sketch ‘WJZ—Penthouse Party; Mark Hel- linger, Gladys Glad; Peggy Flynn, Comedienne; Travelers’ Quartet; Coleman Orch.; Jan Peerce, Tenor WABC—Diane—Musical Comedy 8:15-WABC—Edwin C. Hill, Commentator 8:30-WEAF—Wayne King Orch, WOR—Variety Musicale WJz—Lanny Ross, Tenor; Salter Or- chestra; Cameron Andrews, Mimic WABC—Everett Marshall, Baritone; Elizabeth Lennox, Contralto; Mixed Chorus; Arden Orch. 9:00-WEAF—Fred Allen, Comedian; Hay- ton Oreh.; Amateur Revue WOR—Hillbilly Music WJZ—20,000 Years in Sing Sing— Sketch, with Warden Lawes WABC—Lily Pons, Soprano; Kostela- netz Orch.; Mixed Chorus 9:30-WOR—To Be Announced Fi WJz—John McCormack, Tenor WABC—George Burns and Gracie aulen, Comedians 9:45-WOR—Sandza Swenska, Soprano 10:00-WEAF—Lombardo Orch. WOR-—Literary Justice—Sketch WJZ—Hollywood—Jimmy Fidler WABC—Broadcast To and From Byrd Expedition 10:15-WOR—Current Events—H, E. Read WJZ—Beauty—Mme. Sylvia 10:30-WEAF—One Man's Family—Sketch WOR—Variety Musicale WJZ—Secretary of War George H. Dern, Speaking at Women's Patri- otic Conference, Washington, D.C. WABC—Mary Eastman, Soprano; Evan Evans, Baritone \ Human Lives Chsenees To Operators Than Safety Devices By MAC HARRIS GILBERTON, Pa. Jan. 24—A Personal investigation by the cor- respondent of the Daily Worker, which included interviews with miners employed at the Gilberton Colliery, revealed the fact that the | Reading Coal Company, which con- trols this colliery, bears criminal responsibility, for the death of twelve miners who were killed by gas explosions on Jan. 21. Several of the miners revealed that two weeks prior to the recent- explosions, Charles Hinkle, a miner employed on the fourth level, was killed by a similar gas explosion. This is the level where most of the miners lost their lives in the most |recent explosion. Because, of this many of the miners feared a recur- rence of the explosion and only re- turned to work for fear of losing their jobs. A representative of the workmen’s Compensation Bureau visited Hin- kle’s home and remarked to his son “that he would like to do something | to avoid future accidents at the mine.” “You had better hurry,” replied Hinkle’s son knowing the dangerous situation in the mine. Four years ago eight miners were killed and thirteen wounded by a gas explosion at the same colliery. The state investigation committee completely absolved the company at that time. It is obvious that the state bears equal responsibility for the criminal death of those killed | in the recent explosion. Complaint Meant Discharge Continuing the interview the miners revealed that they were | compelled to work in gassy places, | Any complaint would usually mean instant discharge. The company. in its desires for additional greedy profits, did not live up to the 25 feet of cubic air prescribed by the state mining laws. Instead the} | company installed a compressed air system, commonly called by the miners the “push compressor.” This system did not provide for} withdrawal of any gases or foul air. ‘The explosion originally took place | at the sixth level and the gas shct | up to the fourth level due to the “push compressor”: air system. If the ventilation was that prescribed | by the mining laws all lives would | have been saved. However, it is a known fact | | | | WORLD of te Death of Miners in Par: n Explosion Laid at Door of Coal Company A California gold miner narrowly escaping death when a rock slide tore down timbers and other supporting structures, This ac- cident, like many others, could have been prevented by more adequate safety devices, amongst the miners that these laws }are continuously violated by the coal | operators, and are assisted by the| state officials, who usually do not) enforce these laws, Equal responsibility is shared by the U, M. W. A. district and na~- tional officials, who upon many cc- casions have totally ignored the complaints of the miners and re- fused to take action for the instal- lation of safety devices in the mines, Human Lives vs. Profits Installation of proper safety de- vices requires additional expenses | for the coal operators. As in the case of the Gilberton Colliery, human lives meant nothing to ther when it came to increasing their profits. Many of the miners who came out alive were burned beyond recognition. In some _ instances relatives were not permitted to view the bodies in the caskets as they were a ghastly sight. John Murphy, one of the miners killed, was a father of eight children. His wife is an expectant mother, The state has appointed an in- vestigation committee to “ascer- tain” the facts pertaining to the ex- plosion. The Communist Party, in a statement to the miners, con-| demned this investigation com-| mittee as an attempt to whitewash | the company, at the same time | bringing out what happened four years ago when a similar “inv gation” committee was appointed. | The Statement called for the im- | miners’ committee representing U. M. W. A. locals to carry on their own investigation. The miners were also called upon to send resolutions to Hartheady, state superintendent | of mines, demanding enforcement of | safety devices in the mines. Har- | theady was formerly president of District No, 1 U. M. W. A. Life and Teachings of Lenin CHAPTER III. Teachings of Lenin vi. 'HE dictatorshp of the proletar- iat is realized by the overthrow of the capitalist state machine, and the establishment of the working class as the ruling class through new organs of workers’ rule—the Soviets or councils of workers’ dele- gates. Thus is brought into being a new type of democracy, Soviet democracy or proletarian democracy —a thousands time more democratic as Lenin constantly insisted, than | bourgeois democracy, because for the first time drawing the masses directly into the work of adminis- tration and executive aecision. Lenin was not anti-democratic, as his enemies and some ignorant bourgeois admirers allege. On the contrary, it was because he was | genuinely and profoundly demo- cratic tht he fought with such hatred the sham of bourgeois dem- ocracy and fought for proletarian democracy as a very much higher democratic form, and as_ leading, through the abolition of classes, to the realization for the first time of the real and complete freedom and equality of classless society. The dictatorship of the prole- tariat is a dictatorship of the im- mense majority against the minor- ity of exploiters. It is the necessary weapon to carry through the class struggle to completion, to destroy the remains of the old order and build the new order. The dictatorship of the prole- tariat is the fiercest, deepest cut- ting, most merciless war of the new class against the most power- ful enemy, the bourgeoisie, whose power of resistance increases ten- fold after its overthrow, even though overthrown in only one country. The power of the bour- geoisie rests not alone upon in- ternational capital, upon the strong international connections of this class, but also upon the force of habit, on the force of small industry, of which unfor- tunately there is plenty left, and which daily, hourly gives birth to capitalism and the bourgeoisie | Spontaneously and upo~ a larze seale. Because of ali this the dictatorship of the proletaziat is indispensable, Victory over the bourgeoisie is impossible withont a jong, persistent, desperate life- \ | traditions of the old society; By R. PALME DUTT The Daily Worker is printing serially the extremely valuable and popular booklet by R. Palme Dutt, “Life and Teachings of | VY. I. Lenin,” published by Inter- national Publishers. January 21 was the eleventh anniversary of the death of Lenin. During these ten years the teach- ings of Lenin have spread to ever wider sections of the globe, inspir- ing the workers and oppressed to greater assaults on capitalism. and-death struggle, a struggle which requires constancy, discip- line, firmness, inflexibility and concerted will-power. And again: The dictatorship of the pro- letariat is a resolute, persistent struggle against the forces and a struggle that is both bloody and non-bloody, both vielent and peaceful, both military and econ- omic, both educational and ad- ministrative. (“Left-Wing Com- munism, Ch. V.) But the dictatorship of the pro- letariat is only a transitional form. As it completes its task, with the final ending of all forms of bour- geois resistance and the abolition of classes, the state as a machine of coercion disappears and gives place to communist society, or the }equal participation of the masses jin economic and social administra- tion and cultural life. The annihilation of the power of the state is the aim all Social- ists have had in view, first and foremost amongst them, Marx. Without the realization of this aim, true democracy, that is, lib- erty and equality, is unattainable. Tt can only be achieved by the So- viet or proletarian democracy; for this system prepares at the very outset for the “withering away” of any form of state by bringing the working people into a con- stant and absolute participation in state administration. (“Bour- geois Democracy and the Dicta- torship of the Proletariat.”) | * Pier 4 National and Colonial Liberation NE of the most essential keys for { the victory of the world revolu- ‘tion, as Lenin constantly insisted, | et forward the mass organizations of | is the union of the struggle of the | proletariat in the leading imperial- | ist countries and of the struggle for liberation of the oppressed nation- alities and subject peoples in the colonial and semi-colonial countries. | In principle Marx had already made clear the importance of the question of national liberation for \the working class movement and for |the world revolution, especially in | his treatment of the Polish ques- |tion and of the Irish question. In the era of imperialism this jquestion takes on a new and burn- ing importance. The majority of mankind become reduced to colonial |and_semi-colonial subjection. Col- | onial exploitation becomes the main | basis of strength of the bourgeoisie. | :| Of Marx and Engels, |The proletariat in the imperialist | countries can only win emancipa- tion in alliance with the struggle | |of the colonial peoples. The leaders of the old Second In- | ternational completely failed to un- | derstand the significance of this | question. The official |passed resolutions in favor of “na~ tional freedom,” “autonomy,” etc., work of existing imperialist rule, | jand giving no practical support to | the revolutionary struggle for in- | dependence. Another section argued that “na- | |tional freedom” was only a bour- and was therefore no concern of the working class; that socialism Was opposed to the breaking up of larger economic units, ete. (“im- Perialist economism,” as Lenin jtermed this latter argument). Both tendencies amounted in practice to support of imperialism. (To be continued) Wanted: Items from The Hearst Press Readers are urged to send us || clippings, cartoons and editorials from all Hearst newspapers— particularly items about the So- || Viet Union and the Communist || Party. Indicate name of news- || paper and date of publication in |] sending in this material. Address: || Feature Editor, Daily Worker, 35 || East 12th St., New York. LEFTY'S PAPERS AND WITHOUT RK WORD URNS on HER HEEL WHEAT CAN “HIS MEAN 2? mediate election of a rank and file | leadership | but always as within the frame- | |geois and not a socialist interest, | SY “KES ONE LOOK AY | | | AND WALKS Awan //H 0272? kl dl | Rises PY Workers’ Schools from East To West Coast NEW YORK | WORKERS’ SCHOOL The following is the first response by an instructor in the New York Workers School to this column’s cail for criticism and suggestions on the subjects and instruction at all Work- ers Schools. We are particularly in- terested in hearing from the stu- | dents. “A problem facing the teachers in the Workers Schools and that is con- stantly raised for discussion is the question of what method of instruc- |tion is best suited for the worker- |Student. That a method adapted to jour students’ capacity to absorb the lesson material after a day’s work |must be devised, is unquestionable However, when it comes to the selection of a method, there is no unanimity. Either the teachers | jignore completely the matter of | | pedagogy or else they are in passive | 2greement with one pedagogic method or another. | |. “From experience I can state that | both attitudes are wrong, and the | Sooner we adopt a correct method for our schools, the sooner will the |quality of our instruction improv: | The method I found most helpful |the one where the teacher presents the subject matter of one session to | the students, following which the| | students are prepared to study this | same material. At the next session |the class reviews the material of | sion, after which | the teacher introduces the subject | | for the coming class. In this method | the students have the opportunity | of ving one subject three LOUIS JOEL, instructor. | SHORT-TERM |LECTURE COURSE The short-term lecture courses in- troduced by the New York Work- ers’ School, which are given Satur- |day afternoons, have been very suc- |cessful. The next series of lecture | (following Jack Stachel’s series) | will be given by Ella Reeve Bloor, | on “Historic Strikes in the American | Labor Movement.” beginning Satur- | | day, February 9. | PHILADELPHIA WORKERS SCHOOL | This is the final week of registra- | |tion at the Philadelphia Workers | Scheol. It is exnected that there | will be a total registration of ap-| proximately 500 students for the {second term. | Besides the basic course, Prin- | ciples of Communism, there is heavy | registration for the two classes in Elements of Political Economy, | Marxism-Leninism, History, Prob- | |ems of the Negro Liberation Move- | ment, Organizational Principles and Trade Union Strategy and Tactics. | In addition to the regular classes | conducted every night in the week | except Saturday, the Philadelphia | Workers School conducts regular Sunday night forums at its head-| |quarters at 908 Chestnut Street, | which is in the center of the city. CHICAGO WORKERS SCHOOL | The Northwest Side Branch of | the Chicago Workers School, at 3911 W. Chicago Avenue, began its win- ter term Monday, January 21, 1935. The school calls upon all workers, especially railroad workers and members of labor organizations, to | register now for the winter term.| The school conducts classes from | Monday to Thursday, from 7 P. M.| to 10 P. M. Classes are taught in Political Economy, Principles of Communism, Public Speaking, Trade | Union Tactics. English Organization | Principles and History. Lenin on World-Wide | Historical Service | “The great world-wide historical |service of Marx and Engels lies in the fact that they proved by scien- | tific analysis the inevitability of the | downfall of capitalism and its tran- sition to Communism under which | |there will be no more exoloitation of man by man.” This character- \istically Leninist formulation of the | | Place of Marx and Engels in history | | was given by Lenin in a speech at| the unveiling of a monument to] ;Marx and Engels on Nov. 7, 1918. The text of the speech appears for) \the first time in English translation in “Marx-Engels-Marxism,” a selec- | |tion of Lenin’s essays on Marxism | {and its founders, recently released by International Publishers. “The great world-wide historical service of Marx and Engels lies in this,” Lenin continued in his speech, | “that they indicated to the prole- | tarians of all countries their role, | | their task, their calling: to be the |first to rise in the revolutionary |fight against capital and unite | jaround themselves in this struggle | all the toilers and the exploited. | “We are living in a happy time, | when the forecast of the great so- \clalists is beginning to come true. | “May the monument to Marx and| | Engels remind the millions of work- jers and peasants that we do not |stand alone in the struggle. The | workers of the more advanced coun- | tries-are rising side by side with us. | Hard battles are still in store for) | them and ourselves. The yoke of capital will be broken in the com- |mon_ struggle and socialism will | finally triumph!” \ Ls Page & Questions and Answers This department appears daily on the feature page. All questions should be addressed to “Ques- tions and Answers,” c/o Daily Worker, 50 East 13th Street, New York City. * . . Question: Did the present strike wave come as @ result of the progress that the country is make ing towards recovery?—J. F Answer: No! The strike wave started back in 1933, when the workers began to fight gainst the lowering of their living standards, before the speculative boomlet of the spring summer of 1933 the workers’ resistance to grew from and shouldering the burdens of the crisis month to month The workers are striking because they have not shared in what the capitalists call “recovery.” The bosses are enjoying the highest profits since 1930, but the workers find their living standards re- duced by the rising cost of living. Even in those industries have secured wage increases through str find that their gains are not This is admitted by the Annalist, the leading capitalist financial journal. It predicts that in 1935 there will be “higher living costs, demands for higher wages an e more labor troubles.” The ‘ that the capitalists and their apologists speak of has been an increase in their profits obtained by the increased plundering of the masses. There has been no genuine solution of the crisis; instead the greater poverty of the masses is leading to an intensification of the crisis of the capitalist system, the sufficient to meet the rising cost of necessities. es, Laboratory and < hop By David Ramsey CUTTING COSTS OF IDEAS (CARL PETERS, an architect, sends in the follow- ing interesting example of how big business re- duces the cost of technical ideas through prize con- tests which cost comparatively little and have advertising value to boot. He writes A competition for the “House Electric” is being conducted among the architects and engineers by General Electric in collaboration with Architectural Forum, a swanky trade magazine owned by the Time-Fortune publishers. Instead of calling upon the designers to beautify the American home, which a few years ago would have brought forth a round of deta: n Cotswold or French provincial or some other style cribbed from the archives, the program of this new competition invokes the Power Age, denounces the majority of homes in existence to- day as reflecting bygone standards of American life, and argues that “it is time that our creative designers produced houses which set new and higher standards, incorporating the best that American in- genuity can devise.” Notwithstanding the merit of this appeal to the architects to mend their ways, it comes at a time when most of them are wondering where they can find any means of livelihood. Perhaps no other profession has been so hard hit. The decline in building began earlier than elsewhere, and the latest statistics show residential construction drop- ping to another new low in 1934, which in turn in- dicates another new high in unemployment. N° HINT of such depressive matters is contained in the four hypothetical problems the program sets up, in the usual fashion of architectural com- petitions, any or all of which a competitor may undertake to solve. In Classes A and B, which differ only as to location in a northern or southern climate, a house is to be designed for a family of three: Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Bliss and their 4-year- old Junior. Mr. Bliss is a young and energetic engineer who enjoys tennis, golf, hunting, fishing, inventing, reading, quiet games of bridge with the neighbors, and occasional parties and celebrations, In true engineering manner he wants the new house to be planned in a definite “use sequence.” His wife likewise favors the best labor and time- saving equipment—“electricity is her servant”—and appreciates fine design, without style prejudices. The $21,000 in cash prizes offered by Mr. Swope’s Company doubtless will attract many contestants. In other architectural competition sponsored lest year by the flat glass manufacturers in conjunction with Peneil Points, a drafting room magazine, al- most 1,200 solutions were submitted; and the prize money was not nearly so large nor the advance publicity so highly pressured. Assuming that the “House Electric” campaign brings an equivalent response, and that each com- petitor averages 150 hours on his plans and perspec tives from the time the contest started (Jan. 2) until it closes at midnight on March 12, there will be exnended a total of at least 180,000 man-hours, At $3 an hour—the customary rate—more than a half million dollars’ worth of talent will likely be volunteered. Out of this the jury will vick two grand prizes at $2,500, two firsts at $1,500, four seconds at $1,250, four thirds at $1,000 and forty mentions at $100 each, or a total of 52 designs which automatically become by contract, the property of General Elec- tric at an average cost of slightly over $400 each. Any competitor so lucky, as to win one of the 12 major prizes is obligated, likewise by advance agree- ment. to prepare on request within 60 days a full set of working drawings and specifications, without additional compensation. Modern patronage drives a sharp bargain—so too did the old papal reprobates who got themselves handsome advertising by sweat- ing masterpieces out of their proteges for the greater wy of God. Limited! Autographed! HUNGER REVOLT: Cartoons by BURCK This beautiful, DeLuxe edition is limited to 100 numbered 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 Ist. Orders accepted now. Five dollars, postpaid. DAILY WORKER, 50 E, 13th St., N. Y,