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New Britain herald., 1924-03-20
ALLING AND PAONEsS.h

Two items of news regarding the men who will be, the standard bear CTS of the republicans and the demo- crats in the mayoralty contest-"con- test" it will be, judging by the char acter of the men. rather than fight" are worthy Of note. Mayor Paonessa has been endorsed by the independent Italian political organization of this city. and Judge Alling has made it distinctly understood that he is in the race with his whole heart
 There is more significance in these bits of information than would at first appear. The casual thinker would be inclined to believe that the Italian political orga anization would endorse Mayor Paonessa under all circum- stances. Such is not the case. Not long after his election to office it was stated by many apparently in a posi- ton to know that the mayor was not receiving the unanimous approval of members of this organization. There seems to be some foundation off the re- ports that this is. in fact, an inde- pendent organization. Many members Of it consider their duty to the city greater than the duty resulting from blood association. The endorsement of this organization, therefore, means something. The mayors strength with 1t has increased as his term has cx- tended. In its plan for political meet ings it is to be hoped that the organi- zation will display true independence and win hear the republican candidate US well us from Mayor paonossa whom 1t has endorsed.
 Judge filings statement. I'm in this to the finish; I'm not only going 10 finish but I'm going 10 win and will win." disposes of any rumors that he will withdraw-rumors which were given little crcdcnce by those who klibh illlll anu NilD IfdllE' lldI HlN decision to become a candidate did not come until after he had given tho proposition due consideration. And it may well be believed that he is now in the race with n determination 10 win. Whether or not he was reluctant about giving his consent to run, there can~bc no question but that hc will make every effort 10 justify the faith in him and his strength in this city shown by tho leaders of his party here and elsewhere.
 The contest between those two men should be a clean one, for they arc that sort Of men. And whoever wins, New Britain ls assured Of good mayor for the next two years. as it has had in the two just past
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20
THOSI. WHO SUFFER-

The kind act Of H local mems or- ganization the other day in deciding tu purchase q radio set for the crip- pied childrcn's homo in NcwinEton, gives splendid evidence that tho pres ,nt local anxiety in tho matter Of health. nor the startling disclosurcs that come every day from tho nations capital have not made all men forget the human brings who, from day to day, brcomo sufferers of the world or who wakr each morning to the rcali- zation that another twelve. hour or more of unhappincss. if not pain, awaits thcm
 When "" are all happy and things are 'Just nn"" with HIS. il is quite natural 10 hand q bit of change to the afflicted person or to do some other kindly thing which is called to our attcntion But when ar ourselves are interested in or distressed by matters which may involv" us personally. wc arc inclined to forget the other fellow.
 Just now many are anxious lest ilI- ness touch them. They are taking all possible personal precautions. and they afe approving th" public steps I,ine taken Co protect the pcopIt. af the city The reason for this approval. in many cases. Is that wc arc anxious no harm cofncs to us or 10 those dear to us. This Is natural. human. Wc are built that way and we arr. no nor" 10 blanc for thinking of ours"lv"s and our ovn than ar' th~ animals which instinctly protect their young.
 But wo are not animals in "ycry sense of the word. In every persoH there is sptrk of ths diriur and from that spark springs th" impuls" to think Of others uHlcss instinctivo scldshncss kills that spark. Thosa crippled children ID the N"vtnEton nome arr proper obJccts vi our thoughts. Unfortunate as at times
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20
THE CITY MEETING BOARD

]
 Now comes the time to do some thing that tho Herald has been driving
 at off and on for q long time. The annual election to the city meeting board will be held on Thursday. March v. from to 9 p. m. The places
 where one may vote were published in the Herald of yesterday, with inc names of those whose terms will ex- pirc.
 Many Of these persons may be en- is no use going into that. But tIterc is need of suggesting that if the city meeting board is to mean anything at all in this city those elected to it should be men and women who con- sider that an election places upon them a duty to which they should at tend. It is not an idle compliment the voters wish to pay a person when they elect I man or woman to the board. It is D notice to such person that the voters believe the person elected is honest and conscientious and capable of looking after the affairs of the taxpayers. ...
 It is taken for granted by the per son who casts his vote that those elected will attend the meetings of the city meeting board and will use their wisdom and knowledge in voting upon the questions that come before that board.
 When we had the old city meeting to which every taxpayer might go and speak out and stand up for his rights, the people of the city would have been up in arms had anyone suggested that the city meeting board be abolished completely and that there be no check upon the common council. A great cry of taxation without representa- ton would have arisen and the pno- pie would have felt that New Britain Was no longer New Britain. It was wisely decided, however that the city meeting was becoming n farce, be- cause the city had grown so big. The city meeting board, composed of rep rosentatives from every ward. to- gether with the common council, was decided upon us a body which could handle the city's affairs that ought to come before the people. It's word would be final, and no matter what the common council might try to do. | owing to politics, the city meeting board, like the old city meeting, would stand ready to check up.
 So the city meeting board came i into existence. There have been many l sessions. In all probability the average i attendance has not been n third of it's | members. Those meetings. in many | cases have been mere forms. If this | that of affairs continues the inevitable l result will be that the city meeting i board will not only remain a dormant 1 body, but farther, that it will fade l away completely
 In elocting new members to the 1 board, or in re-clccting old members, ! it should be seen 10 that people arc | chosen who have enough interest in | city affairs to attend the meetings, at least.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20
BI.I:tiIDtJII

Tn. war and stat" departments at Washington have aBn0unc"d that The govrTnm, ni would enter no agreement 10 extend immunity to Grov"r CleFc- land Horg1oil. as an iuduccmt Dt for tis return from Germany. Rather not. The story is in circulation that hr said Hs. would rom. bark. It was denied. Now it is reported that he is in g re- crrtsvr mood Tor offers to induce him tg return.
 Tho United states aud tlt" pcople oi iI,. t'r5t.d stat,s want Brrs1oI back
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20

for just one purpose--to compel him to serve out his term, with q possible addition to it for effecting his escape. We want him for no other purpose. The German government does rot want him there. We do not want him here except under those conditions and perhaps we would rather have him stay away if, after he has served his term, he will go about laughing at and insulting by his presence the men who. unlike him, fought for their country.
 Immunity? Hardly, Anything butt. as the goat would say.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20
Loss of Dixmude Causes
 French to Change Plans

Paris. March 20.-The loss of the dirigiblc Dixmudc has caused the French government 10 modify it's plans for commercial air service between France and Dakar so as 10 use hydroairplanes instead Of lighter fhan-air-crau. The original plau. which was elaborated previous 10 the wrecbing of 'le DiXmudc off Sicily. was adjudged impracticablc following q hearing bv thr scnats merchant marine committee at which Laurent Hynar. uHder-secretary of state for aviation told Of tho conditions at- tending tho 1ixmude's loss. Thc cor- ClTsion was reached that "dirieiblos are unfit for service such as demand cd by establishment Of the Dakar- Paris air lines"
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20
THE COMMON COINCIL

The large amount of contemplated
 expenditures, indicated by the adop-
 tion last evening by the common coun-
 cil of the recommendation for the
 issuance of s57O,0oO school bonds, and
 the probability that s420,oOO will be
 raised for improved water distribu-
 tion, should frightcn no one. Coming
 all at once the amount seems to be q
 tremendous one, closely approaching
 million dollars, but the issuance of
 the bonds and the spending of the
 money will be something else again.
 They will not come all at once.
 As far as the issuance of the need
 ed school bonds goes there was no dis
 senting voice in the common council,
 and it is believed there will be little
 evidence of disapproval in the city. The attitude of the people has changed considerably within the last three years. Demands for better school ac- commodations have taken the place of complaints against school eXpendi- lures. No one believes that the policy of economy can be emphasized too strongly in school matters, any more than it can be exercised too strongly in other departments. But tho need of better accommodations and more room has been emphasized so ire quently and insistently, as the practi- cal value of education and good health resulting from proper accommodation has been seen, that the recommends tions of the board are receiving the consideration they deserve.
 Of tho s420,oOO which will eventu- ally be spent under the plan of the water board, if it is approved finally. only about si00,oo0 will be needed this fiscal year. The matter was re- ferred to the board of finance and tax | ton and a feasible plan approved by | that able body. With conditions as they are at present, with less than a twenty pound pressure in some of the dcnscly populated districts of the city, 1t is evident that some improve mcnt must be made at once. The plan for another loop of piping, from which water will go in both directions, trans lerring pressure to the places where it is needed, seems practical one at first sight. Expert knowledge is need cd. of course, and has been obtained. The important point Is that when the is completed about five years from now, if this plan Is adopted there will be sufficient water and pres sure to care for city of over twice New Britain's present size. This may seem 10 some to be making provision for something that will never happen, put when one remembers that 1t has taken only about 20 years for this 'ity to double in population, increasing 1000 in the last four years, it is cvi- lent that even by the theory Of de- ,reasing ratios the day is not far dis tant when it win double again. Close scrutiny of the plan before it's final will be admirable.
 Both in regard to the school plans md tho water plans these facts should be remembered. And it should be ac. also, that perhaps never m the citys history has it been in the { position it is today 10 attract people rom all over the country. Never has New Britain's future looked so bright. We who have faith in that future i would prepare. for it.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20
New Shoes Chafc Skin,
 Owner Dies of Poisoning

Ssracusc. N. r.. March 2D.--A new pair Of shoes, bought four days ago, brought about the death Of Arthur C. smith. a. son or Mir. and Mrs. Orson OrsCn smith. The death certificate gives general septiccmia or blood poisoning. " as thr cause Of death.
 Proud in possession oG the new sh0cs Arhiur wore then at play. The sIocs were stin and tilc skin on ore h"'I was broken by the cIaGmg
 Tar biisfrr sc' med tri1 iai and ltfie attrn'inn was paid to it. but within @ frw hours blood poisoning develop ed.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20
THE ENGINEER

Oil eraft--if there was graft-was confined to oil, 10 one group, mainly to one governmental department. II ramified considerably. but from a single center. If investigation hadn't progressed beyond the oil scandal, the public might have concluded, with that cleaned mp. that things govern mental were all right.
 But the Daugherty investigation is different. Of course the attorney general denies he was mixed up in any graft. What if he wasn't: Anyway the graft has been revealed as smear ing tho whole governmental executive machine. Doubtless there are some clean individual cogs in the machine. But the engineer, not any individual cog, runs q machine.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20
Facts andFancies
 ijy ROBERT 1JiILEN.
Liberalism: Darn the rich.

Liberalism: Darn the rich.
 Well. if money talks loo much. it acquired the habit from thOso who got it.
 "Capital' is the dollar you haven't yet been able to get you fingers on.
 The best cure for parly that is radical seems to bc a little dose of responsibility.
 Recipe for inaugurating government economy. First find your new source of revenue.
 Times change. In the old days, pro motors looked for fighters instead of drawing cards.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20

March 1o is past and the income tax isn't cut. March 12 President Coolidge asked congress to reduce it 9 per cent. Too late to head off the next payment, answered congress. And Senator Harrison. Representative Gar ner and other criticized the president for not asking sooner. As if anybody had to wait to be told by the presi- dent that everybody wants the tax cut,
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20
SECRET GOVERNMENT

Maybe the most interesting part Of Gastcn Means story, on the witness stand, was his account Of the "sys- tcm's" habit of spying on and trying to frame" public men too honest to Dc controlled.
 For instance. t.aFollette started af- ter Teapot Dome; immediately the system" tried 10 "got something on him." Means says. Means mentioned plenty of others the spies trailed. Tn fact, said Means. everybody who runs for office, even for little county and city offices, is Investigated" before inc system" lets him get far in poli- tics. Offices searched, mail opened, files ransackcd, wom- on used as tcmptresses! Who's be- hind all this? Who's tho engineer? What is the system" Mir. Means? Oh, secret government" is his reply.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20
WHAT'S GOING ON M THE WORLD
By CHARLES r. STEWART
 NEA Service Writer

The oil investigation laid a back ground. The Daugherty Investigators are bringing the picture out. The background was horrifying but hor- rifying on a larger scale. The fig ures revealed were sinister, but they were the figures Of big he-buccaneers. The foreground is revolting. Its fig ures are indescribably sordid, cheap, mean.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20
SMALL CHANGE

Doheny playing for a slo0. 900, 900 pot, tossed s100,000 on the table like a white chip. Suppose I don't get it back; it's small change" Pennies weren't too small for Jess Smith. Negotiating with a man who wanted q pardon for his brother-in-law. from the pen, all Smith could see was that there seemed to be nothing in it for the gang. Hes awful cheap; wants something for nothing" he remarked of the suppliant. To ask whether or not, in justice or mercy, a pardon was due, never entered his head.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20
THE NAVY JOB

Chief Justice Curtis D. Wilbur of the California supreme court has taken over ex-secretary of the Navy Denby's job. It was hard post to fill-with
 man that would do. President Cool
 idge says he got his tip from the Washington newspaper correspondents
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20
HELPING FRANCE

J. p. Morgan te Co. and associated American bankers, have slipped a s100, 100000 credit to the Bank of France to help the value of French francs. The scheme worked; the franc rose in exchange value right away.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20
THIRD PARTY TALK

Hitherto nobody's suggested the possibility of a third party victory next November. That's what is be- ing suggested in Washington now. Not mere throwing of the presi- dential choice into the house of rep resentatives. re but a third party victory at the polls. It's the consensus of opinion at tho capital that, between
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20
Mer.per of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press IF exclusively entitled to the use for republication Of all news credited to if or hot otherwise credited in this paper and also local news pub iishod herein.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20

We shall definitely lose faith in re- publics unless some suspicious senate committee looks into 3ife's war-plan prize offer.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20

If you will study hard and get d good education. you may get job inn parting it to future millionaires at $2,000 the year.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20

The only profitable advertising medium In the City. Circulation hooks ani press room always open 10 advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20

How can the farmer get a better price for his poultry" Well, he can teach them 10 get in front of auto. mobiles.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20
Member Audit Bur.au of Circulation.

The A. R. C. Is rational organization winch furnishes newspapers and adver- tfsers with strictly honest anHlyis Of circulation. Our circulation statistics are based upon thls audit. This insUres pro- lection against fraud fin newspaper dis tribution figures to both national and local advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20
A BIG BOOTLEGGER

Dry agents caught the English liner Orduna bringing hooch and narcotics into New York. They're suing to con
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20

Personally, we don't think much of a war finance board that didn't do darned thing for Shelby.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20

Ile isn't true C0usrrvatis" unless hr s4t.s his small chang and 1r"ade "a great change.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20
of change by leasing it.

Still, there are worse things than congress so evenly divided that it must pass more buck than bills.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20

but it rerives the faith of those who had begun to doubt Santa Claus.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20

When modern politician mentions the horny hands of toil," we advise him to sound the ''t' very distinctly.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20

Among fhe chicf usrs to Which i"sd i- pm is ns conversion into whit" aad. which Is tbc mpst r-- lisyI" ba-' for usarly all paints.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20

Correct this sentence: "I wouldn't object to paying taxes" said he, If everybody would pay his fair share"
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20

War u"r"r again vill be d nile- mans -amr until boHJing c0mpani, s undrrWritr the rsp4-ations.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20

Y might bc Wors". Reform measures coIne and go. but padlocks arc i'm proved f"ar i5+ year
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20

The Herald IS on sale dsily in New
 York at Hotalnge News stand, Times Square; Schultz News Stand, Entrance Grand Central, 42nd Street Los Angeles. Cal: Arcade Station.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20

An experienced husband is on" Hho reaches rcsigHcdIy for his purs,, when his wifr tells him he is an old dear.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20
TOO LATE

the two old line parties, there's little to choose.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20

Entered at the Post Onire ar New Britain
 ss Second CIass Mall Matter.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20
Boy of 16 Kills Mother
 As He Tries to Guard Her

Baltimore, March 20.-Russell Gib- son, 16 years old. trying to protect his today when his father, James l.. Gibson, attacked her with chair, shot and killed her in the home Of her daughter, Mrs. Annie Strabel, near the Black River district
 Mrs. Gibson had left her husband and had gone to live with her daugh- ter. =.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20

The Shenandoah n may not sail. buf there still IS a cilsuc, fo z'1 a piece
New Britain herald., 1924-03-20
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New Britain herald., 1924-03-20

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New Britain herald., 1924-03-20

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New Britain herald., 1924-03-20
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-28
new STRIKES
THE.
PULLMAN co.
; More Departments
Join WaIkOut

The steel cabinet workers in
the Pullman Car shops, one of
the largest and most important
departments in the Pullman
plant, will strike with the buck
ers, filters, reamers, riveters,
and heaters unless their wage
demands are accepted by the
Pullman officials.
Three hundred men, the en-
tire force of the department,
signed the demands presented
to the Pullman officials Satur-
day, that the recent wage cuts
be abolished and the old Wage
scale restored. Many of the
brass finishers, wood cabinet
makers, and battery repair men
also joined the strikers Satur-
day.
Continued On Page Two
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-28
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SCOTTISH LABOR
M.P.'S THREATEN
DIRECT ACTION
Reused Over Weak-knee
Policy On Evictions

LONDON-David Kirkwood, one of
the Clyde left wing members of the
Independent Labor Party, who is as
much of thorn in the side of Ram
say Macdonald as in the anatomy of
the British ruling class threw another
bombshell into the dove cote of labor
imperialists and class collaboration
lists, when he denounced the gov
eminent for the provision of it's Rents
Bill which would place the burden of
granting relief to prevent the eviction
of tenants on the shoulders of the
local authorities.
Kirkwood declared the burden
should be national charge. Cont:
nuing he said:
"They are not going to get round
about us in this fashion. The time
has come for the Labour Party TO
prove to the tenants, particularly in
Scotland, that it is going to be of
some use to the people who fear
eviction.
up to this time the tenants might
as we'll have had the Tories in
power" Opposition laughed, and a
Liberal Member: Why?)
Because they have done nothingl"
replied Mr.. Kirkwood.
There were two evictions in my
constituency this week." he proceed.
ed, "and give my word of honour
that, II they do not stop evictions, |
will put the people back into their
houses as have done before; l will
defy the law, and my Imprisonment
will be greater menace than my be.
ing kept on the floor Of the House.
Il don't want to break the law. !
want to be law-abiding; but won't
stand for my people being thrown
out on the streets"