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ran w. — a tet owe stm ee 1 item on oe ee LA 105-18124 ENTIAL oe "The delegutes of the following organizatiton ere present: Dovwntoin 1, Ceompesers' Collective, New Singers, Froihcit Gisance Verein, Tee. Bend, Verious German Singing Secicties, Ukrcinian and Finnish Work:rs' - Singing Crganizations, Daily \forker Chorus + "his move represents a great step forvmrd in the American workers! music movement. There are music organizations in almest every American tev, Amenc them are to be found rany outstanding and influential musicians who would be in sympathy with e movement against war and Fascism and e:cinst cultured renceticn. The United tusic League can, if it functions efficiently, rapidiy -develep ® movement in Amsrica which will include thirty to forty thousand menbers. And tho influence of this growth upon cuitural life will be most Significent. Individials, music groups, secieties tnd organizations through- out the cowstry sre invited te write to the league.* Ke The sersp book elso contzinod a revigw of tho pley “lother™ written by BEY ERSCH? and based on WAXKIL! GORIY's novel of revolutionzry Pussis. This article ' is inticoted to have beon in the wJovernber 22, 1935 issuo of the "Daily Worker". Accompanying it cro caricatures of EaANnS SISLE, who wrote the music, SERT BRECHT, who wrote the play, MAXIN SORKY, who wrote the novel on which tho piry vas based, and severojuother ehsrsct ers, The article stctes the settings were dasigned by WORDECATYCOR BLIK. Gu The scrap book contained an‘. ticle which appearod in the "Dceily Yorker" of December 19, apparently 1935. This article was cntitled, ute working Cinss Song HReeords,." It advised that workins class and revolutionsry songs were boing comnercially rocorded for distribution to tho working clinss. In cennection with the task of mxing theso rocordings, it is stated that HAIM'S BPISLER -- the world's acknowledged moster composcr ef workers! songs == arnored the finest ef his molodios. It continues by stating that "Comi ntorn" is urncouttodly one of EISLER's most popular SCngS- This song, it is acid, hes been. sung threughout the world for the past eight years snd stiil stirs the crowds at out-dcoor domonstrations and politiesl meotings. Other BISLoe songs cre also recoréed in this album of working class song records. Tho article states that it was the ides of “Friends of tho vorkers School" to make sucr. recordings. ¥u The serap bcoxk, on a _Pase deted January 17, 1936, conte ined tio news clippings, one of which was in the German Languigo. This wos in the form of tn annoymcenent and included the namos of BE2T BRECHT, Halci3 SISLIA, RUD. (RUDOLF ASRIDA, LURTARG SEIFOLD in the esption, Tho crticie <pponrs to be advertising « plsy of some sort to bo hold January 22 ct the Culture Heuse Thestcr, 288 Enst 78th Stroot, Now York oS Tho other article on tho page, dated Janucry 17, 1936, is in the English Languege and is entitlod, "Zisler's Songs “ill Feature Lenin Poeting.* The eub-title is "Browder, Ashford and Antor to Adéress Bs smoricl, Tho articlc states as follows; 7 ~15 - ce ete ee one ee ee ne ee ee