The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-28
TAFT ENDORSES
 LONERCAN

It has taken up so much space to publish the bad record of Senator Brandegee that the splendid construc- tive record of Congressman Lonergan, his opponent, was much neglected until Horace D. Taft of Waterbury and a large number of other prom1- who are supporting MT. Lonergan is sued an appeal giving the records of both men. The signers include Anson Phelps Stokes, Professors Irving Fisher, Henry w. Farnam and J. w. Tourney of Yale. Some of the others are:
 Donald Adams, John Coleman Adams, Benjamin w. Bacon, Se1den F. E. Beach. P. w. Bidwell. c. H. Bird. Charles R. Brown. Willis How ard Butler. w. R. Coe, c. D. Cooksey, F. l.. Cooper. A. B. Crawford, George Dahl. Give Day. John I. H. Downes, H. P. Fatrchild, H. F. Guilmont, c. H. Haring, G. L. Hendrickson. Els worth Huntington, Allen Johnson, Kirby. A F.. Kovarik, John Newton Lackey. Oscar B. Maurer, Stewart Means. Edward s. Moves, Leigh Page, George u |. p, Paine, R: ., A: Paterson 6ara Rockwell Harmon Potter. James Bronson Reynolds, Henry Brush, Richardson, E. A. Saliers. c. F. Scott, Charles Seymour, Newman Smythe. SneTTOu oOuIo, f1dfFlS IT, as M. Steele, J. c. Tracy, Leonard s. Tyler. H.. A. Watts, Eliot Watrous. John D. Whiting, William E. Whiting. M3iIt5 K9ger s; White. H; M' Wilc9x Wi,s F. " James s. Willi" mson.
 The circular reads In part: "He was especially active in the interests of men in the Service. He made it his special concern to secure good terms for soldiers and sailors under the War Risk Insurance act. He was the author of a bill giving the frank ing privilege to Service men on for eign duty, encountering considerable opposition but succeeding finally b9 obtaining his personal endorsement Of the President. He was the author of a regulation providing that Service men on furlough in this country should travel on railroads at the rate of one cent a mile.
 "Lonergan has been a steadfast supporter of the League of Nations. main issue of the present campaign. While considering that the covenant l as it stands fully safeguards the coun- | try's rights. he would not oppose | reservations that did not destroy its | force. He voted against the Knox l resolution for a separate peace with Germany.
 He voted for the Federal Reserve l Banking act. He has served on the House committee on Banking and Currency, and was member of the | subcommittee that framed some I minor amendments to the act in the | last session.
 "He has been generally favorable
 to measures concerning child labor ! and the betterment of labor condi-
 tions. In 1914 he, voted for larger
 bureau. He voted for the Federal
 child labor bills of 1916 and 1919.
 "He voted against the iteracy test l for immigrants on the ground that it I l..
 ity.
 He voted in favor of the Smoot bill regarding the leasing of public | lands containing coal, gas, oil, etc. This bill, while falling short of the ideal in the protection of the public | interests, marks a long step in ad- i vance.
 He voted favorably on the Woman | Suffrage Amendment in 1919."
 In addition to the measures men,
 toned in the circular he was record
 ed in favor of the following bills:
 War risk insurance law, bill to de- | port alien slackers, bonus to Federal ! employes, purchase of Farm Loan | Bonds, insurance against non-employ-
 ment, minimum wage bill, increasing l the pension of soldiers of Civil War
 Employees Salary increase, purchase l of embassy and consular buildings l abroad, Civil Service preference for
 soldiers and their dependents, sale of | surplus army food. to public, to pre- vent hoarding and deception of foods in storage, to prevent profteering in l food, fuel and rents, to provide for industrial vocation rehabilitation, to | establish minimum wage bill, amend ment to Naval appropriation bill re- 1 stricting use of appropriations for employment of stop watch and pre- mium system for labor, retirement of federal employees, bill to grant sol diers bonus all war legislation, Postal Savings Deposits, Spanish war and Philippines insurrection dependents pension.
 Interstate Commerce Commission approved a loan of $6,7sO,000 to the