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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-16
JOHN J. PELLEY
 GAVE EVIDENCE FOR RAILROADS
Must Have Addi ii i0nal Revenues If an Efficient Transportation Service Is to Be Maintained
BY II. Q. THOMPSON United Press Stan Correspondent,

Washington. July 16.-UP) - J. J. Policy. pdesident of the New York. New Haven & Hartford rail- road and chairman of an eastern rail committee, told the interstate commerce com mission to-day that the country'B railroads must have additional revenues If an efficient transportation service Is to be main tained.
 Appearing at the second day of the hearings on the carriers pe- tition for q 1 [ per cent freight rate increase. Pelley said:
 "'The railroads have made their application only because, without additional revenues, they cannot continue the transportation service which 1t is their duty under the law to provide and which is essential to the public welfare"
 "The railroads traffic since the beginning of the present depression has decreased to such a marked de- gree that under present rates they are not able to obtain revenue suf- ficient to maintain their credit" Pelley said. Their net earnings are fast approaching the point where they may be insufficient to meet the relationship to fixed charges that has become generally established and recognized AS an investment standard.
 Furthermore. the earnings of the railroads are now such that they are unable to maintain their nor rnaI capital and maintenance cx- pcnditurcs. The curtailment in the pure hasing power of the railroad has. in u1y judgment. A strong in- 1uence in rctarding the recovery of business"
 Pelley said the railroads had con tributed to the relief Of distress by voluntarily reducing freight rates to drought sections and had ln- creased capital expenditures in 1890 with q view to "ragtening the return of prosperity"
 "The railroads are proposing only such increases In their freight rates AS, under their best estimate, will produce sufficient revenue to tide them over the present emergency he continued. "Tnc increases sought are proposed without any thought of increasing revenues sufficiently to earn a fair return. They are sought as the minimum ncccssary to prevent what the railroads con ceivc 10 be a serious emergency both for themselves and the pub lie"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-16
Motorist Pays
 $25 And Costs;
 Admits Incident
Truthfulness of Ralph Clarke of New Preston ln'- presses Judge, But Latter Has No Alternative But to Impose Standardization Period Fol- lows Family Call

Be careful, autoists, when II comes to crowding another car of the highway. One can never tell these evenings who the "other fel- low" may be. Ralph Fred Clarke. at. of New Preston, driving along Watertown avenue late last even ing become so interested in his conversation with two girl com pantons that he didn't pay much attention to passing traffic. He monopolized the highway to such an extent that he forced A passing machine completely off the road. To avoid q collision the other fel- low pulled completely off the ave- nue, forced his car onto tho right of way of the Connecticut com pany near Carter avenue. The other fellow happened to be Ser geant Henry Johnson in police car. He turned and chased Clark to West Main street and placed with reckless driving.
 q admit that I was wrong" the young man remarked to Judge T. V. Meyer. "I guess I was taking too much and not paying atten- ton to driving. I am not familiar with the streets of Waterbury. I really didn't realize that I forced the other car off the highway until one of the girls mentioned it."
 Judge Meyer commended the youth for his truthfulness. but re- marked that the law permitted him no alternative but to fine him $25 and costs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-16

Burns, Edward Guilbert, Edward Wagner, Robert McNellis, Edward Walsh, Raymond Munson. Walter Munson, Ernest James, Thomas Calvin, John Hardigan, Frank Luke. John O'Brien, Bob Promo vost, Joseph Sylvester, James Dougherty. Joseph Duffy. Richard Altman. Bill Higgins, William Bowes. William Beckett, George Craft, John Maxwell, Kenneth Kelley, Thomas Kane, Henry But Ter, John Collins, Raymond Chip man, Joseph Fox, Carroll East wood, Victor Perriello. Robert Lynch, Frank Hudner, Edward Gwizd, Francis Keavney, Robert Whitaker, Raymond Curtis, George Hughes, Bill Grover. George Mo- Farland, Bill Leary, Joseph Bol- lard, Robert Nealc.
 A large portion of the success of the educational trips and hikes in the summer program of the boys department is due to the in- interest and help of the Amity club of the Big Friendly Y.
 This club under the leadership of Edward Smith, of Scovill Manu- featuring company has made defi- mite plans to have an active part In all the activities for the balance of the summer.
 Every Tuesday morning, Dan Santoro has been assisted in the Know Waterbury trips by Alfred Scacco, and Anthony Litz. Both young men have also taken groups for hikes on Thursday mornings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-16

The case of a 15-year old boy charged with incorrigibility was continued until tomorrow morn ing. The youngster while playing around city park yesterday aft ernoon, flashed loaded revolver and frightened Edith Petro of 75 Hillview avenue. When the police located the lad at his home he had changed his clothing and had passed the gun over to his brother. Both the lad and the gun were in court.
 Peter Serpenski, 43, of 9 Branch street was placed on probation for thirty days as the result of fam fly quarrel. He became enraged over some money matters with his wife and struck her. Serpenski claimed that his wife attacked him with mop handle and gave him a beating. He exhibited bruises on his arms and neck and offered as evidence two tattercd shirts, which he claimed were torn from his body.
 The case of Pellegrino Paduano. 19, of 115 Dikeman street was con tinued until Saturday morning un- der bonds of $5,000. The youth Is tHhi S'd "itH iilatt'IL 1Soldit. | i'' father of one of the abused chil- dren despite police protection man aged to slam the youth on the chin when he met him.
 Nolles were entered In the case of Michael Lentini, IS, and Sam uel Fuschillo, 17, two New Britain lads, who were picked up early Tuesday morning by Patrolman Leo Buckmiller while acting sus- piciously in the vicinity of a gaso- line station on Piedmont street. The youths were held on the tech nical charge of vagrancy while the police checked up on their stories. The case of Karel Bandeben. 55, of 41 John street was continued one day. He is charged with oper- ating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor and with evasion of responsibility. The po- lice claim that he drove away after being involved in an accident on South Main street last evening. The court dismissed the eases of Thomas F.. Egan, 33, of 217 West Main street. Van Vert. Ohio, and Charles Paolini, 35, of 164l Bald win street. The two men were in = volved in an accident last evening and neither would admit rcsponsi- bility. If was decided that the ques- tion of damages was one to be set tied by a civil court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-16
FARMERS FACING
 DISASTER IN THE
 CLUTTED MARKET
Great Flood of Wheat Be- ing Poured in and New Lows Are Recorded From a Dozen Places
BY WILLIAM E. DICKINSON, JR United Press Stan Correspondcnt)

BY WILLIAM E. DICKINSON, JR United Press Stan Correspondcnt) Mexico City, Mo, July 16--- Farmers of the southwest today faced financial disaster as they poured upon an already glutted
 market the greatest flood of the golden grain in history at a price far below the cost of production. From a dozen markets came word of new lows reached as the | hugo wheat crop poured in. In Chicago July futures sold at 50 IA
 cents a bushel, a new low in the history of the market. At Kansas | City the same month sold at 41
 5-S, while at Minneapolis the price
 was 55 7-8.
 | Dark hard wheat, No 1, sold in
 Kansas City on the cash market from 42 to 50 cents. In country
 markets of the southwest, 25 to 30
 cents was the usual price for wag-
 on wheat. At Dighton, Kansas, 24
 cents was accepted.
 | To some men such ptices brought | Encouragement so bitter that they | drove their blows into the fields tO turn under their greatest crop.
 They were convinced. they said, that harvesting costs would be too , great to justify the reaping. | Tenant farmers sought deals with the men who run combines 1 for hire by which the landlord would get his share and the thresh- CT the rest. leaving nothing for themselves.
 In half hundred Kansas coun- ties, great mounds of the grain AS much as 10000 bushels in ono pilc--lay exposed to the elements, as farmers looked in vain for stor- age facilities. Near Hutchinson such piles dotted the landscape.
 Discussions of proposals for a dcht moratorium, advanced by nu- nerous leaders as the panacea for farm ills, such as the wheat sit nation vas widespread. Since June 25. when Rep Edgar C. Howard of Nebraska sent A telegram to President Hoover In which he sug- ' Rcstcd a fivc-year moratorium on payment Of farm mortgages, with | only interest to be paid promptly, | similar proposals have been ad- vanced frequently.
 state Senator F. Y. FrlZzeIl of Kansas asked for a general defer | ment of payment of all debts of the | farmer. He suggested, however. that the moratorium be for only | q few months. enabling the farmer to hold his wheat for higher | price.
 At Enid. Okla, several hundred farmers gathered last night to dis cusS some such action.
 Criticism of the farm board was general. Many leaders said that if l the board would alter it's stand | and agree positively to hold It's sur plus of more than 200,OO0,000 | bushels of old wheat, until the | new crop is sold, prices would rise at once.
 Hundreds of men may sec their | farms taken from them by the mortgage-holder even as they reap | their greatest crop, because of the | bankrupting prices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-16

Sudden release of many tons of cocoa which had been held from the market of the Gold Coast ot Africa caused transportation jam there recently.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-16
Appointments Of
 Presidents Judged
Too Early to Point Out Flaws or Good Points in
 HOOver's Choice of Aides

close" concludes Professor Beard. a word may be added about the tariff commission. It has been bruited abroad that there is such q thing under the sun as a 'scien- tific' tariff-one that can be talk en out of politics and operated on principles of pure mathematics.
 Those innocents at large who be- lieved in this marvel were, accord ingly, distressed when they read in the papers that President Hoov- er's new commissioners were not production engineers but earthly mortals and that even the demo- cratic members were tained with professionalism :. Are not the American people committed to protection? Hence, when Presi- dent Hoover selected the commis- sion, he quite properly felt war ranted in loading the dice on the side of protection in the highest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-16
BASEBALL TRACK |AND WATER SPORTS
Six Leaders and 46 Boys
 Left for Y Camp This Morning
EXCELLENT PROGRAM

Forty-six boys and six leaders left early this morning for trip to the Y camp where they will challenge the Junior camp in base ball. track and water sports.
 These weekly hikes held every Thursday are growing more popu- lar as each week goes by. The hikes already taken are Greystono Trail. Waterville Caves, Robbers Rock and the Y camp.
 Future hikes planned Are Ly- mans reservoir, bl-monthly hikes to camp, Bunker Hill trail, and the Appalachian trail from Jerrico bridge to Black Rock reservation.
 Those on the camp hike were: Leaders, Dan Santoro. Alfred Scacco, Anthony Litz, Stanley Meleski, Edward Ulrich and Harold Blume. The boys, Jack Falvey, Joseph Falvey, Edward Burns, Leo
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-16

American movement that has ape peared in Paris since sacco's and vanzettrs executions caused anti American rioting and manifeEta- tions throughout France, Spain and Italy.
 There is but one explanation of our hatred of the United States, for 1t is not a race hatred" Senor Vasconcelos said.
 "It is simply that we refuse to see foreign interests constantly tied up without local governments. 1t is against our national interests. Our countries have become Amer ican factories. We want to put an end to this exploitation of our countries as American colonies.
 Throughout Sponish America there is unrest. Our youths are tired of military dictatures which undeniably serve the interests of the United States. We want civil governments and will get them only by force and must be over- thrown by force."
 Senor Vascoicelos called upon France for help, stating that French influence and prestige had suffered in America since those governments were turned over to the United States for tute- lage by the Versailles Treaty."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-16

This morning another Amity mem Der. Edward Ulrich came to aid n the hike to the Y camp, and also signed up to help with the swim ming classes every afternoon dur ing the week.
 For August the club will take over the voluntary supervision of the boys department for five nights a week.
 Alfred Scacco will work Mon- day nights. Anthony Litz. Tuesday nights; Charles Wood, Wednesday nights: William Sontino. Thursday nights; and Edward Ulrich, Friday nights.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-16
MEXICAN PLAYS
 AMERICAN YOKE

Paris-Just at a time when Europe was beginning to feel sorry for the United States and had quit talking about imperialism" and the Weird workings of the Monroe Doctrine, Senor Jose Vasconcelos, minister of public instruction in Mexico from 1920 to 1925, came to Paris and issued proclamation calling upon all Latin-AmerIcan to throw off the yoke of American military agents"
 The onslaughter of the Mexican politician is the most violent anti
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-16
$2O, ,OOO CLAIMED IN
 SUIT STARTED TODAY

Damages of $20,000 are claimed in suit instituted today by Thomas l.. Morgan against Albert and KaroIine Jabs. Two parcels of property on the southerly side of Greenwood avenue and one piece on the southerly side of Charlotte street are under attach- ment. Papers were filed this morning in the town clerks office. Non-payment of . note is alleged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-16
YOUTH DROWNED

NeWtoWn, Conn, July 15,-(EP)
 James ERan. l9. of Stamford, was
 seized with cramps and drowned In | Lake Zoar near here last night. i The body was recovered two hours ] later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-16

To prevent wild cat speculation
 and to help legitimate promoters
 Chile has taken tmeporary control of its gold nineA
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-30
ALL OUT ON MADISON SQUARE May FIRST AT NOON
Mass Demonstration Against Starvation LycFng; Nev Wa
The Government and
Wage Cuts

WASHINGTON item by the scrpps- Howard service OH April
n 27th
Department of Labor
in the Rocky
Hugh KerWn head of the Cancellation
Bureau of the Labor Department.
government But it is not at all helpless IN uphodng
the employers of the workers.
1929 Hoover called his famous Conference to
Maintain Prosperity the principal promise made to the workers was that
the working class whole received
While the profits to capitalists
interest increased in the first eleven months OF
$4285OooOO 1929 making total of $aOoo5o0O00
intentions of the capitalist govern
which the Com
that time 1929 foresaw and
appealed to the workers to struggled
capitalist not been at all helpless in maintain
hoggh profits capitalist class 1t has refunded
dollars the rich 1t has fought tooth and
that would take from the million
place worker to buy milk for his children
dubbed gassed and black
demanding unemployment
the of the rich
capitalist government not helpless in sending troops to
Danvie strike
revolutionary union of the
Unity against cut in the form of speed up
poTeless Of Cancellation of the United
from helping the textile barons out their
cut the helpless government resentful this inter
ference arrested all strike leaders for deportation!
which the
militant defender of the capitalist class against the workers And
hypocl praten that the government
realize that the American government Is
enemy capitalist the
working It, with hypocrisy possible and with bloody
If necessary! .s.j -
shop commit
against leadership of the Communist
Unity revolutionary unions all work
permanent helpless" capitalist
establishment Soviet government of Workers and
Join the struggle against capitalism unemployment
onedsy strike! On to
capitalism capitalist government!
nothing to lose but chns You have world an
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-30
PLAN CUTS FOR
STEEL WORKERS
Say Workers Already
Used to Them Anyway

Wage cuts are now impending in
the steel industry. The United States
Steel Corporation is taking the lead
in planning wage cuts. In Youmss-
town, Ohio, wage cuts have been
handed out to nearly all steel work
ers and more are on the way.
AS fare back as March 5, 1881, the
Wall Street journal pointed out that
the bosses must do something to keep
up their profits. At that time steel
production was at So per cent of ca
pacity; now it is below so and is
rapidly dropping to 40 per cent. This
means that the impetus for wage cut
ting is stronger than ever.
The Wall Street Journal said:
THAT something must be done to
bring about somewhat increased pro-
fits for the steelmakers is the view
held in responsible headquarters
How do they propose. to bring
about these increased profits for the
steel bosses? BY cutting wages! They
point out that wages have already
been cut. "a number of smaller
steel companies throughout the cour-
try reduced wage rates some. time
ago" They admit that the workers
are already suffering from less wages,
hunger and speed-up. ut must be
realized that the steel workers al
ready have been feeling the depression
through lower weekly earnings result
ing from the 'stagger plan of en-
ployment which exists in most OF
the large mills of the country"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-30
Side Trackers!

IS nation into
ing through freed
by bloody Labor unions
and for Ameri
high standards of living through strikes
THESE words came president
Federation speaking before 200 A OF L.
delegates at Philadelphia
But was this conference of A.
standard The conference of A. F.
officials meeting to demand not higher wages but light wines
and
In the midst unemployed with their
families starvation semi starvation
sung o 49, y hi @ th = Of r. offc.S would make the
desperately
strikes cusbut beerl
hypocrisy of these dennagog has no limit The A. F.
restaurant get njunc
Industrial Union striking against the 2
hour day. seen-day
the a. uno) and f. of L. organ
with the police in smuggling strike pke We men
zlgreen cafeteria merely among the many such cases
orders this strike breaking done at
blanket injunction still operates against T. food work
much order today want to see the shaees
lawful methods then through physical
recruitment"
But only the nmcons against spekessies! prince
hyptes abbs claw and order in behalf of booze the
same Matthew gangsters
calling Foreign against the foreign
srance and demands and gets
capitalist government campaign of terror and deportation
against the vorkers-al N of
that the ocaed Prohibition Law should be
repealed corruption in which these self
same profits be made from
will be booze and only the overthrowal Of the capitalist
profit together with popular education to convince and not
force by decree ultimately solve the question.
A. Of against this 1t defends the capitalist system in
which the insignificant thing compared
unemployment starvation of millions of
A.. trying sdack
organizing and striking against cuts from unit
H. employed unemployed alike the demand unenploy
,ent Vol deliberately the
saying
the vostead is the first in the devel
epmen Of a militant movement"
such monumental hypocrisy L. Off
ca America following the lead Of the revolutionary
organizing building their
for unemployment nsr
,n VOLS will
tracked class STRUGGLED
workers of their class will demonstrate against
capitalism servants
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-30
WAGES 81 PER
CENT BELOW 1929

NEW YORK.-Factory payrolls in
March, 1881, we're "a per cent below
those of March, 1929, according to the
figures of the Bureau of Business
Conditions, Alexander Hamilton In
stitute, yesterday. The general index
of pay rolls was 30 per cent greater
in March than in February-less than
the usual seasonal increase, but the
papers are making it look as though
it was the end of the crisis.
Some of the principle declines In
March, 1881 pay rolls as compared
with the highest points in 1929, are:
Automobiles, 55.4 per cent; iron and
steel, So per cent: rubber boots and
shoes, So per cent; petroleum refin-
ing, 1913 per cent; leather, 266 per
cent; shipbuilding, 23.6 per cent, and
silk goods, 1856 per cent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-30

,ther be cut is admitted in a
startling news story by the
Journal of Commences special
correspondent, Clarence l.,
Linz, who is now covering the
the annual meeting of the United
States Chamber of Commerce, now
taking place in Atlantic City.
Under the heading: Lower Wage
Level Believed Inevitable by Chamber
of Commerce Delegates, Linz informs
his Wall Street and business readers
that:
-. the delegates to the United
States Chamber of Comerce Conven-
ton procession discussions we're to-
day devoting themselves to the one
outstanding problem of wages.
'@The all absorbing topic of wage
reduction, however, is considered only
in private conversations. for the va
rious groups of bankers, industrial
lists, retailers, economists and others
frankly admit it is matter for in
diyidual action in the final analysis
and there is some doubt as to its be-
ing brought before the convention in
any general way"
Here we have the fact that wage
cuts will be the main topic of action
of the leading exploiters, but 1t is
being discussed behind closed doors
and in secret, with the approval of
the leaders of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, to keep the workers
from taking condensation.
Linz goes on to relate:
"Some are looking to the railroads
to make the first forward step, this
to result in lowered freight rates. Des-
pite propaganda to the effect that
wage scales are being and must be
maintained, it is found here that
there is a general tendency in the OPP
posite direction, and while speakers
hurriedly explain that wage cuts as
such are being made slowly and only
in keeping with falling commodity
prices, a general lowering Of the wage
level, without materially effecting the
American living standards, Is de-
cIared inevitable"
The bankers, economists, industrial
lists and boss politicians present at
these sessions of the u. S. Chamber
of Commerce discuss the fact that
wages must be dragged to the level
of the slave labor Of the South.
Linz explains:
with employment Of male labor
of the Mason and Dixon line at $1.00
per day and less, with field labor
competing with unskilled town labor
for places in the mills, It is considered
here that labor in organized centers
must accept recession from their
demand rates Of wages"