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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-30
Merchandise
Feed and Fuel

A-1-Big load hard wood, season. ed. sawed any length with barrel kindlings, $4.00 delivered. Ashes removed. Phone 4-5S0S.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-30
Employment
Men Wanted

WANTED-Agent and salesman for Florence Oil Burner. 59 years na- tionaly known. Apply BIO South Main St. Florence Oil Burner Co.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-30
Rooms, Board, Hotels
8 Rooms For Houskeeping

LINDEN ST. 70-2 rooms for light housekeeping. All Improvements. Phone .4-0803.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-30
BARGAIN BUY!
 Not Cheap Cars But GOOD USED CARS CHEAP

THE ERWIN M.. JENNINGS co. INC. Hudson < Essex Agency iSe Watertown Ave. Dial 4-b767
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-30

MAKE THIS A PRACTICAL
 AND PLEASING XMAS!! Why not give something that will be appreciated long after the Christmas season Is gone? Give your wife or mother a new lease on life by presenting her with a Washing Machine on Xmas Day.
 NEW AND USED WASHING MACHINES AT LOWEST
 PRICES. J. P. BANKS ELECTRIC co.
 23 Abbott Ave. Dial 4-7071 or Woodbury so
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-30
Holiday Specials
Gifts for Mother
35 Christmas Gift Suggestions

A GIFT-For young or old. A cer- tificate for the examination of the eyes.
 DIR B. WEISS -DR I. WEISS
 Optometrists. 12S South Main St. Dial 4-S339
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-30
Automobiles
Autos and Trucks For Sale

1929 Advanced 6 Nash Coupe .s695
 1929 Chevrolet Coach ........$ .$275 1929 Hupmobile 6-wheel job ..$5S5
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-30
Gifts for Him
'5 Christmas Gift Suggestions
Gifts for Youngsters
s5 Christmas Gift Suggestions

wORDEN'S Perfectly pasteur- ized milk, cream and dairy prod ucts. A health item to remember during 1892. Get started right, order now!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-30

CHRISTMAS CLUB MEMBERS Have money during the Holidays. the season of the year when
 they need it. 5 .5O Dep. wk'ly. amounts to .. 25 $1.O0 Dep. wk'ly. amounts to s 50 S2.00 Dep. wk'ly. amounts to $100 $500 Dep. wkly. amounts to $250 Christmas Club Now Open For
 Membership at
 Waterbury Trust Go. The Weekly Deposits Accumulate the Fund in so easy manner the money Is not missed. WATERBURY TRUST co.
 132 Grand St.
 Waterbury, Conn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-30
Holiday Specials
Gifts for Mother
s5 Christmas Gift Suggestions A

XMAS SHOPPERS-After a tire. some mornings shopping the TAVERN invites you to dine and relax in the atmosphere you al- ways looked for. A full course luncheon-50c. Unsurpassed in Quality, Variety and Generous Portions. Also Ala Carte.
 THE TAVERN GRILL
 112 East Main Street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-30
Service Stations, Repairing

BATTERIES--Reb S3 and up, guaranteed: batteries recharged 50c. Somma Battery Service, 23s East Main St. Dial 3-5905
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-07
CONGRESS is TOPIC.
OF FORUM SPEAKER.
William Tyler Page, Clerk oil
House, to Discuss Unpre-
cedented Situation.

The unprecedented situation con-
fronting the next Congress will be dis
cussed by William Tyler Page, clerk Of
the House, who speaks tonight in the
National Radio Forum. arranged by
The Washington Star and broadcast by
WAAL and coast-to-coast network Of
associated Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
TEN stations.
Mr.. Page is expected to cover two
points-the political situation and the
many parliamentary tangles which may
occur as a result of the small differ
ence in power between the Republican
and Democratic memberships.
The forum will be broadcast from
$50 to 10 o'clock Earlier in the eve
ming, at o'clock, there will be another
political broadcast when Frederic Will
liam Vile, veteran radio political an
alyiSt, gives his weekly resume of the
political situation in Washington.
Four-Act Comedy Drama.
The Hank Simmons Show Boat pres
entation, scheduled at 10 O'Clock, will
be a condensed version Of THE Drunk
ards Legacy a four-act comedy drama.
The cast includes an army OF moon
sinners and number Of comedy
sleuths.
The Mills Brothers and Abe Lyman's
Band will contribute WMALs other
major Columbia features. From its
own studios this station will broadcast
recitals by Gertrude Dyre, pianist, and
Martha Davenport. violiniSt.
H. Worden Hack Wilson, who can
initiate score of prominent radio art
lists. will make his radio debut tonight
in the Paint Club program on WRC
and other National Broadcasting Co.
stations. Wilson is a control-room en-
gineer at the New York studios of N. B..
c.. and his work has permitted him to
watch many of the artists he will ini-
tate.
The 10 to IL o'clock dance period will
bring music from Los Angeles by Gus
Arnheim and his orchestra. Walter
Winchell also will contribute some
rapid-f1re comment during an intermis-
sion in the dance music.
Two Educational Topics.
The program arranged by the Ma
tional Advisory Council on Radio in
Education will present two speakers
Prof. Edwin F. Gay Of Harvard Univer-
sity and Prof. Gardner Murphy of Co
1umbia University. Current economic
and social trends will be discussed.
Beverly O'Brien, contralto, who was
among the semi finalists in the recent
1881 radio additions of the Atwater
Kent Foundation, will be heard over
VOL tonight in q 15-minute recital
VOLS ether musical features will be
provided by the Celtic Trio and the
Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Or
cheStra.
A comedy period is announced
by WJSV as one Of its new features to-
night. The musical portion Of the sta
tons program includes dance music by
the Shoreham Orchestra and a recital
by Roland Wheeler, tenor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-07
W7DC 3l5.6 Meters.
w hN QS0 KiIOcycleS.

2:45- Northwestern Minnesota foot
ball game.
5:so-"Unemployment Relief Activi-
ties" by George j. Adams.
5:35-Dandies Of Yesterday.
5:45-Mme. Lolita Gainsborg, pianist.
Waldorf Astoria Orchestra.
6:l4-Correct time.
s:15-Rudolph Schramm's Orchestra.
6:45-Constance Russell, pianist.
7:OO-Amos n Andy.
7:l5-The Yeast testers.
7:30-Alice Joy and Paul Van Loans
Orchestra.
7:45-Harold Veo'S Orchestra and Mar
guerite Cromwell.
8:0o-Meyer Davis Orchestra.
8:30-"International Economic 1nde-
pendence," by Prof. Edwin +.
Gay; Our Social Attitudes" by
Prof. Gardner Murphy.
9:00-Arthur Pryors Band.
9:30-The Paint Club.
10:0O-Gus Arnheim's Orchestra.
IL :00-Last-minute news.
IL :02-Marion Harris, crooner.
l1:15-Weather forecast.
Crawford, organist.
IL :3o-Coon- Sanders Orchestra.
II oo-Rudy Vallee and hts Connecticut
Yankees.
1875 to 1:00a-Vincent Lopez and his
orchestra.
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WHAT 1853 Meters.
w NAL $50 KiIocycIes.

w 6SV huOcyctes.
l:so-Foot ball souvenir program.
1:45-Harvard-D Dartmouth foot ball
game.
4:3o-Spanish Serenade.
5:00-Farm Science Snapshots.
5:l0-Eddie Duchin's Orchestra.
5:30-Herr Louie and the Thirsty-nve.
5:45-Correct time.
5:46-Flashes from The Evening Star,
by Doug Warrenfels.
6:00-Weather report.
6:o2-Sunday School Lesson, by DR..
Elmer Louis Kayser.
6:l5-"Japanes American CONNER
cial Relations" by Y. shudo.
6:30-Civic talk.
Blossom.
6:5o-A Pair of Shannons.
7:00-"The Political Situation in
Washington Tonight" by Fred
eric william Vile.
7:15-Bing Crosby, baritone.
7:30-Chronicles, with Frank Blacks
Orchestra.
8:00-The Mills Brothers.
S:15-Abe Lyman'S Band.
8:30-The Tonecasters.
8:45-Gertrude Russell, soprano.
9:00-Martha Davenport, (yiolinist
9:l5-Gertrude Dyre, pianist.
William Tyler Page.
1o:00-"A Drunkard's Legacy" by
Hank Simmons Show Boat Co.
IL :00-Wardman Park Orchestra.
11:30-Leon Belasco's Orchestra.
l1:45-Ann Leaf at the organ.
l2:0o-Weather report.
WISV 1854 Meters.
JO' l.460 Kilocycles.
S:00-Salon music.
3:30-Hogan's Rhythm Makers.
4:00-Children' Hour.
4:45-Lillian Spriggs. blues singer.
5:00-Where to Get It.
5:45-The Footwarmers.
6:00-Dance music.
6:30-Insurance program.
7:00-MrS. Sandman.
7:l5-"Nutty News" by Bob Trout.
7:30-1nsurance program.
7:38-Orndorff' Orchestra.
8:O0-Sunday school lesson.
8:30-Health Talk.
8:45-Roland Wheeler, tenor.
9:00-Old Virginia Hoe-Down.
10:00-News flashes.
10:15-Comedy program.
i0:30-The SCollegiateS.
II Shoreham Dance Orchestra.
1880 to 1900 - Blanche Calloway's
Orchestra.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-07

water. And this MW Oil-Burning
Water Heater is nOiseLesS-not a
single moving part. 1t is listed as
Standard by the Underwriters Lab
oratories.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-07

volunteer workers who have assisted
Neighborhoood House present tonight, :
Mrs. j. p. s. Neigh, head resident OF
the settlement. said. "There are great
many women who have given time to
our work, especially in the days when
we had no paid workers, and we would
appreciate the opportunity to do them
honor. We were not able to send out In
vitations to this event."
Tonight's supper party will conclude
a week of activity, marking 80 years OF
service on the part Of Neighborhood
House
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-07

statically-controlled, with the
burner designed for its own boiler
and the boiler designed for its own
burner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-07

wEAF, VITO. wGY. WV,
WSAI and WHEN.
s:00-"Danger Fighters" dramatic
sketch-WJz, WBAL, WHAM.
9:Oo-"Il Trovatore." by Chicago CIVIC
Opera Co.-WJz, WHAM, WJR
and WHO.
e:30-"The First Nighter," dramatic
sketch-WJZ, VIDAL, WHAM,
KDKA, WBZ and WLW.
Io:0o-Cuckoo, burlesque skit-WJZ.
KDKA, WBzA, WHAM and
WLW.
1o:oo-Peabody Conservatory Hour
WBAL.
1o:3o-Clara, Lu and EN-, humorous
sketch WIZ, WBZ, WHAM
KDKA, WLW and WBAL.s
IL :00-Slumber music; Laurier String
Ensemble-WJZ.
l1:O0-Amos N Andy, second broad
cast-WMAQ. KWK, WREN
WDAF, WHAM, WSM, WISE
and KTHS.
ll:3O-Russ Columbo and orchestra
WIZ, WBAL and WHAM.
I2:l5-Paul Whiteman's Orchestra
WIZ, VIDAL and WHAM.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-07
NEIGHB0RH0OD HOUSE
TO FETE VOLUNTEERS
Workers Giving Services to Aid Set
Element in Past 80 Years Will
Be Supper Guests.

All volunteer workers who have as
sisted Neighborhood House will be
guests tonight at a supper party at the
Community Chest Settlement. 470 N
street southwest, as a climax to the
Anniversary week" celebration. Miss
Amy c. Leavitt and Mrs. William G.
Crabbe, who have rendered outstand-
ing service to Neighborhood House dur
ing the 30 years of its existence, will
be guests Of honor.
I'VE are very anxious to have all the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-07
Today on the Radio
WnT 1883 Meters.
WOA 1910 KilocycIes.

2:30-Studio feature.
4:45-Martha Baumgarner, soprano.
5:0o-One-Tim Opportunities.
5:45-"The Making of Regular"
6:00-Program by Walter T. Holt
6:15-Nordica Mandolin and Guitar
Orchestra
645-Joe Smart, violinist.
7:00-Dinner Music.
7:15-"Dream Pictures" by Mrs. VIII
liam C.. Johnson.
7:20-News flashes.
7:30-Marimba solos by Sterile Well
man.
7:45-Bringing Up Father
S:00-Beverly O'Brien, contralto.
S:15-Celtic Trio.
8:30-Armistice jubilee program by
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-07
Gotham Abounds in Snakes.

Curator Raymond L. gDitmars OF the
Bronx Zoo, In New York, says there are
more snakes in the metropolitan area
than In any similar district OF tne
world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-07
Major Radio Features

DRAMA.
"A Drunkard's Legacy" by Hank Sim
mons Show Boat Co.. WMAIJ, 1000.
SPEECHES.
The Political Situation in Washington
Tonight" by Frederic William VILE,
WNdAI, 700: THE Unprecedented
Situation Confronting the Next Con-
gress," by William Tyler Page, in
the National Radio Forum, WMAL,
$50.
VARIETY.
Bing Crosby, baritone. WMAL. tbs;
the Yeast Testers, WRC, 7:15; the
Chronicles. WIAL, 1880; Harold
Veo's Orchestra with Marguerite
Cromwell, WRC, 7:45; The Mills
Brothers, WMAII, 800 Arthur Pry-
or's Band, WRC, 900; the Paint
Club, WRC, $50: Jesse Crawford,
organist, WRC, 11:16.
DANCE MUSIC.
Gus Arnheim's Orchestra, WRC, 1000;
Wardman Park Orchestra, WMAL,
HOO; Rudy Vallee and his Connec-
ticut Yankees. WRC, 1900; Vincent
Lopez and his Orchestra, WRC.
1230a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-07
The Dial Log.
Stations Heard in washington Regularly.
Three Grid Games
To Interest Fans
Over Radio Today

Three major foot ball games
today will be carried by the net
works.
Starting at LAS o'clock, WMAL
and associated Columbia stations
will broadcast the Dartmouth
Harvard game. This contest also
will be handled by the N. B. G.
red" network.
WRC and N. B. c. blue" net
work stations will broadcast the
Northwestern Minnesota game,
starting at 2:15 o'clock.
The Alabama Florida game will
goeon the air at 2:45 o'clock over
WHIT, KLRA, WING, WBRC,
WOOD, WLAC, WDSU, WREC,
WGST, WTOC, WDAE, WQAM
and WDBO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-07
American Ends Life in Mexico.

MEXICO CITY, November Pl.-
William H Robert, Unidentified by police
as a native Of the State of Montana,
committed suicide last night in his
home here. He leaves a wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-07

HIGH LIGHTS ELSEWHERE.
6:45-Topics in Brief; Lowell Thomas
WIZ, WBZ, WHAM, KDKA,
WLW, WRVA, WHO'D and VILLA
7:45-The Goldbergs comedy sketch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-07

Australian wheat growers want q
government bonus of 25 cents bushel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-18
CANNON TURNS
THUMBS DOWN
ON ROOSEVELT
No More Acceptable to DryS
Than AL Smith, Says
Bishop.

By United Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 18.-Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt's views on
prohibition make him just as mac
cepta5le to dry Democrats as
presidential candidate as was Al
fred E. Smith, Bishop James Can
non Jr., of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, said Thursday night
on his arrival from Europe.
The Virginia Methodist leader
announced his intention of active
ly opposing the Roosevelt presiden-
tial boom. He also will fight the
candidacy of any one not whole
heartedly in favor of the Eight
zenith amendment and the Volstead
act.
Cannon's activities against Smith
in Virginia in 1928 were credited
with helping Hoover to carry the
state. A senate committee, headed
by Senator Gerald P. Nye of North
Dakota, has been investigating his
use of funds in that campaign.
81 didn't divert one penny of that
money to my personal use," Cannon
said in commenting on the Nye in
curry. Il would welcome a grand
jury investigation to show that I
am right, but I haven't been able
to get one
The Nye committee resumed its
investigation of Cannon's campaign
funds over Cannon'S protest while
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-18
HOOvER'S PRESS
AGENT WILL Be
GUEST AT CAMP
Believed Called for Farley
on White House Fight
With Reporters.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1s.-George
Akerson. former press relations ad-
wiser to President Hoover and the
man Mr.. Hoover is expected to
summon again for that service dur
ing the 1892 campaign, today head
ed a list of weekend guests who
are to accompany the President to
Camp Rapidan.
1t is believed Mr.. Hoover will dis
cuss with Akerson the relation of
the press and the White House,
which recently has been the subject
Of some agitation.
Akerson was Mr.. Hoover's assist
ant in the 1923 campaign and went
to the White House as secretary. He
resigned in February to become a
moving picture executive. 1t is
understood, however, that Ut was
agreed Mr.. Hoover might recall him
for service in 1882.
AACOAOAC cOO1AA4, 1OAAlC1 wi =
respondent of the. Boston Trans
cript, succeeded Akerson at the
White House.
Tension has arisen frequently
during the past few months be-
tween the White House and Wash
ington correspondents. At one time,
there was an investigation by the
secret service to discover the source
of news leaks from the White House.
More recently, Editor and Publish
er, a newspaper trade journal,
charged editorially that government
officials deliberately were mislead-
ing the press.
Within the past few days, admin
istratfon authorities have made
known their displeasure concerning
publication of stories regarding I'M
employment relief this winter and
the economic conferences MI.
Hoover is holding on that subject.
The President is expected to mo-
tor to camp early Saturday, remain
ing until Monday or early Tuesday.
Among the guests invited are:
Henry P. Fletcher, retiring chair
man of the tariff commission;
Governor Leslie of Indiana; Sen
ator Walcott (Rep., Conn.,; James
P. Hornaday, Washington CORE
spondent of the Indianapolis News;
and Captain John F. Lucy, Texas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-18
NANKING WAITS
LINDYS' ARRIVAL
Floods Drive Thousands to
City'S Walls.
By United Press

~ OWbbtU russ
NANKING. China, Sept. 18.-Gen-
eral Chang Kai-Shek, president Of
the Nationalist party, left today, I'M
able to delay an important mill
tary conference SO he could welcome
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
berg when they arrive.
The LindberghS had been expected
to stop in Fukuoka only one night
and residents of Marking were dis
appointed when it was learned they
would not reach here before Satur-
day. Plans for the reception were
not changed.
Colonel Lindbergh is expected to
bring his plane down on a lake near
Marking because of the Yangtze
river floods. Water from the river
has swept into the city and the for
eign office is under water. Thou
sands of refugees are on the city
walls.
General Chang left for Hankow
at 10 a. m. on the gunboat Yung-
sui. Invasion of Human province
by Cantonese troops will be dis
cuSSed at the conference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-18

he was abroad. It sought to trace.
without complete success, thousands
of dollars turned over to Cannon
to organize southern drys against
Smith. Cannon said he was willing
to appear before the committee again
for further questioning.
Cannon arrived aboard the Maure-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-18
RAvACED BELIZE
IS MELTING POT
OF MANY RACES
Hybrid Civilization Formed
by Mixing of
Settlers.
Ry Science scrrice

Rst Science Service
wASHIN GTON, Sept. 49,
Hurricane-stricken Belize is 6
strange melting-pot Of races.
British Honduras, originally Maya
country, where native America was
at its height before Columbus, ano
ruined cities lie in jungles. Thirteen
years before America was dis
covered, the TIA Mayas abandoned
their city-state of Chichen liza in
Yucatan, for Tayasal in Guatemala
the heart of the famous Land OF
War" Of Spanish Colonial times
Conquered at last in 1897, the TIA
remnants fed to British Honduran
forests, where their descendants live
today.
In the northern part of this
British colony, which is about the
size of Wales, live descendants of
Mexican exiles from Macalar
Spanish city of Quintana Roo de-
stroyed by rebel Mayas in 1848. In
the southern part live Spanish
Maya hybrids from Guatemala
Descendants of Negro slaves
brought by the British for cutting
dyewood in pirate times, are now
the expert cutters of mahogany
ebony, cedar, rosewood, and the like.
Caribs, and Negro-Carib hybrids,
were also brought from the West
Indies in Colonial times. Caribs
were eaters of human flesh; from
their name comes "cannibal."
Descendants of Pirates
There is only one pure white in
British Honduras to every twenty
five persons of darker race. These
white are descendants of English
pirates and later settlers from Eu-
rope. But all the races have inter
mingled to form a large mixed class
Statistics indicate that As per cent
Of all births are illegitimate.
English is the official language
but Spanish and Maya are also
spoken. Belize inhabitants boosted
that in their shops one could buy
in Spanish, English or Maya. But
English, called Creole" as spoken
by most of the hybrids, is a real
surprise to the unwary.
1t has tang of Africa, Spain
Mayab and England, and the ear
must struggle with it's as with for
eign tongue.
Disasters Frequent
The bit of English blood in Brit
ish Honduras impresseS it's charac-
ter on towns like Belize and Coro-
zal. Corrugated tin and wooden
boards take the place of wattlework
and palm thatch, as in Mexican viii
lagos across the Hondo river, the
northern boundary.
Tropical hurricanes, such as those
that destroyed Belize and tore
across Yucatan, operated in the
downfall of the Mayas shortly be-
fore the coming of the first white
men to the peninsula.
Natives told Diego de Landa, Sec
ond bishop of Yucatan, that after a
series of disasters like drought,
famine, civil war, disease and To-
Gusts, came hurricanes which tore
up every big tree, ruined orchards
and fields and blew away houses
Early traditions of Haiti, too, refer
to floods and cataclysms.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-18
NAMED TO AID STUDY
OF FOREIGN MISSIONS
Former City Woman to Visit India
China, Japan.

Miss Rush F. Woodsmall, former
ly of indianapolis, has been ap-
pointed commissioner to assist in an
intensive study of foreign missions
in India, China and Japan. An
nouncement of her appointment
was made today by the Laymen's
Foreign Missions Inquiry,
While holding a Rockefeller
Foundation fellowship, Miss Wood
small, an executive OF the Y. w. C.
A., made study of the changing
status of Moslem women. Her work
in this field was one of the deciding
factors in her appointment.
The commission of fifteen mem
bers will sail from Marseilles for
India Oct. 8 and later will proceed
to China and Japan where the COM
missionerS will prepare final re-
port on Christian missions in the
three countries visited.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-18
BY BEN STERN


WTHAT was a perfectly ele-
w CANT" plan to put Governor
Harry G. Leslie and the state tax
board back of the eight ball, fizzled
out Thursday when Democratic
legislative leaders met, discussed
the deplorable condition of state
finances and then adopted an in
nocuous resolution calling for econ
omy.
The setup was to demand that
state institutions cut expenditures
so as to keep the 29-cent tax levy
from being increased and to base
the demands on the fact that the
state now is operating with deficit
and bankruptcy looms.
Leslie was to be asked to consult
with members of the general as
sembly as to their attitude on cut
ting expenditures, and if he refused
to do this the plan was to demand
special session of the legislature,
the members to pay their own ex-
penses, to consider only cutting the
appropriation bill.
II n
The idea really was fathered by
Representative Earl Crawford of
Milton, Democratic house caucus
chairman.
Representative DELPHI L. McKes-
son Of Plymouth, house majority
leader, was willing to agree to this,
but it seems that Senators Walter S.
Chamber of Newcastle and Fran
els Lochard of INLAND, Democratic
bosses Of the senate, and Speaker
Walter Myers didn't like the idea.
Myers and Lochard held out the
idealistic thought that the institu-
ton heads would be glad to slash
expenditures merely for the asking
and then added that the heavy tax
burden is not the states fault, but
due to local levies.
1t was carefully explained to them
that the local rates have nothing to
do with the bankruptcy of the state
government, but to no avail.
If the Democrats could have
thrown the issue directly up to Les
lie the Governor would have been
left with a load on his hands and
the bankruptcy of the state could
have been blamed upon him.
But as usual, when it comes to
smart politics" the Democrats fun
bled.
State chairman r. Earl Peters
was Fundamentally for the plan, for
it is an open secret that the DEM
ocratic state auditor, Floyd Will
hanson, has been carefully ignored
by the tax board in the discussion
of the state levy.
The members of this body even
went so far as to send to Charles
marlborough for the statistics on
the state finances, instead of asking
Williamson.
And Marlborough had to get
them from the auditor.
But Williamson had the last say
so, for the statutes provide that
both the Governor and the auditor
have to approve the state levy sub
mitted by the tax board.
AS it is the state finances are in
dire condition.
Incidentally a voice from the
bleachers wants to know why Frank
Mayr Jr, secretary of state, and
head of the Democratic official fam
lily, was not invited to the Thurs
day conference.
What an embarrassing question,
Mr.. Peters.