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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-12
Francis Smith
Recognizes No
Party Division
New Secretary of State Central Com
mittee in His Speech Of Acceptance
Yesterday Sounded Basis Of His
Policies
NO "OLD" OR NEW" GUARD
In HIS FUTURE ACTIONS

Declaring that he knows nothing of the "Old Guard"
and Just as much about the New Guard of the democratic
party in Connecticut j. Francis Smith Of this city, following
his election secretary of the state central committee
teray afternoon in his speech of acceptance sounded
warning that he is concerned petty differences and
fastional warning in the organization will have in
his considerations His declaration considered Of the
important of those made by speakers at yesterday
Hartford and given serious consideration by
the entire state central committee.
Secretary Smith elected TO the central committee
post by unanimous vote though Waterburys three
members chose to stay away from the session ~ protest
to the way which the slate OF officers of the body
set u Waterbury the only community out of all of Con-
necicuts cities and towns represented at the session.
The absence Of the local members OccasUned remarks.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-12
Lost Lindbergh Baby
Trail Is Back About
Where 1t Had Begun
State Police Leaders Have
Made the Greatest Offer
Yet Heard of to the Kid
napers - All immunity
Granted Them on In
formation They Give
Out
DIRECT APPEAL
FROM LINDBERGH
BY BATES RANEY
Omitted Press StaR Correspondent

Hopewell, y. j., March a..
(UP)-The futile 11-day search for
the kidnapped Lndbergh bnby
turned more definitely than ever
today into eastern ganglands, and
into the badlands of the Souriand
Mountain district with state police
promising immunity for informa.
ton. regardless Of the source
That Is to say. fnformants with
tips or actual data can rely upon
II that their communications will
be treated with the deepest conf
dence. The announcement OF such
protection did not mention immun.
tty from prosecution for the actual
kidnapers, but Il did mean that
tipsters were immune and their In
formation sacred.
These reasons are advanced Cor
such action:
Sources close to the Lindberghs
announced that although $4,000
messages on the kidnapping have
been received. not one contained
proof It was from the kidnapers.
A young woman, another Sweet
heart" of the sailor Henry fRed).
johnson. friend OF the Lind berFi,
baby's nurse. reported questioned
on theory that johnson. white with
her, may have divulged Innocent
~ Information that was overheard
IN certain Brooklyn rum-runner
hangouts.
A series of reports and CONVERSE
tons among the badlands natives
substantiating q theory that
Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. may have
been kidnapped by one gang In an
effort to throw suspicion on an
other gang. thus forcing II to re-
tire from certain activities.
state troopers late last night
searched several homes near Three
Brothers Rock. not far from the
LindberEh home.
CONTINUED on Page 80
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-12
AGED CRIPPLE Is
DEAD FROM FIRE
in new HAVEN
Sixteen Family House Was
Gutted-J0hn E. Gard.
ner Was Found Suf-
located

New Haven. Conn. March Ia
(UP)-Fire which destroyed q To-
family house In crowded tene-
ment district late yesterday claim.
ed the life OF an elderly cripple and
caused injury 70 three persons.
John u. Gardner, rs. was found
dead from suff0cation IN his flrst-
moor apartment. Mrs Ellen Gard
nsr received q broken ankle when
she jumped from q second .stofy
window. Mrs Pima Baturo, ~, re-.
aeiyed i've broken ribs and a brok-
an ankle when she Jumped 20
safety. clifford Barrews. fireman.
shA overcome By smoke.
ejre ofilclais believed damage
would be upwards OF $4,000. Pre-.
ilnlInary investigation was reported
20 have Indicated the tlre started
IN the basement, where 900 gallons
~ fuel oil were ssoreds
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-12
Inventory OF The Estate
OfHelen Lane Smith Was
Filed In Probate Court
Entire Estate Was Valued at $95,0l6.Sl-Stocks and
Real Estate Comprise the Most Of the Holdings

An inventory on the estate Of the
late Helen Lane Smith. widow of
j. Richard Smith for many years
president OF the Waterbury Button
company and a prominent figure In
local Industrial circles was fled to.
day In probate court. The entire
estate In valued at seb.0i6.52.
stocks and real estate comprise the
bulk OF the estate. Mrs Smith died
In this city about q month ago.
The report OF the appraisers
summarize the nature and size OF
the estate as follows; Stocks. s47.-
Os2. g.; real estate. $4,000; mia.
eelianeous, $4,000 and cash on
hand. t3.st3.De. An automobile
owned BY the deceased was estini.
ated at $500; household effects,
tt.eeAbo: silverware. sps.lo and
5ewsiFy. 1i.2ll.
Iier securities Investments In.
eIuded the feiiowInei 10 shares.
American Car n Foundry Coz
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-12

s2s5.00; ITO, American Hardware.
$2.640; ~. American Telephone Il
Telegraph. sb.352.i2; 20. American
Tobacco. si.53s.50: 3s, American
Tobacco "B". s2.s64.O0; ~. Conn
ectieut Electric Service company.
s52s; i92 Consolidated Gas Co..
$iI.472; 20 Eastman Kodak Co.,
si.7s2: ~. Electric Bond a Share
Co.. s47s.bo; ITO. General Electric
Co. ta.336.21; ~. Genera: Electric.
t3ee.7b; So. kenneeott Copper Co..
sete;s 65. L.anders. Frary 3 Clark.
ss.oiS; 1855. Mareoni Wireless
Telegraph c., $1,000: 10. McI<esson
a Robbins. Inc. $50; 80, McISes.
son & Robbins. Inc. "a, eee0: 10.
National city Bank OF New York
city. sbloi 80, New York a Harlem
=: y. Coz ss,iha,Is; 20; Plume q
demnity Co. ffAsb. TeAas corpor-
ation. li.os7.bei 10. United States
steel. t7.ios.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-12
COAST GUARD
BOAT SAVED

New York. March i.-- tuP)--
The distressed coast guard patrol
boat. els. has been taken IN iow
by The British s. steamer p ~
tucket. Q radio marine message re-.
ported to-day. The message said
which has been battlinR q storm
the past fiye days since leaving
Cage May n. y. were safe.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-12
FINAL H0NORS TO
BRAND PAID BY
FRANCE TO-DAY
Whole World Joined in
Spirit With the Cere-
monies That Marked
End OF the Apostle OF
Peace
BY RALPH HE1NzEN

Omitted Press staff Correspondent
J. Paris .Msrchs..1s~=-saltlP)r.E .==--
France and the world paid final
hohors to Aristide BRAND today IN
a state funeral for the famous man
OF peace that called for q parade
Of all the military pomp and dis
play accorded the nations war
heroes.
Representatives OF 80 govern
ments and kings walked In the
funeral procession under drab skies
and In q cold north wind.
"The man Of peace" was taken
from his beloved foreign office,
where thousands had filed solemrly
past his bier. to provisional burial
ground at Passy cemetery. on the
Trocadero Heights overlooking the
Seine.
Later Brand will be buried in
a tiny. rustic cemetery at Cocherel
his tomb surrounded by the burial
places Of peasants who loved and
died In the quiet countryside he
loved.
The only religious touch was
CONTINUED on Page -
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-12
FOOD FOR ALL.

IIelsingfors. March i2-tuP)-
Food for men and fodder for
horses was dropped By i've air.
planes today TO the last OF q GROUP
OF Finnish fishermen adrlft on lee
Foes IN the Gulf of Finland. The
survivors were nearing the Island
Of Heitakar. II was believed that
the lowering temperature would
freeze q connection between the
Ice docs ana the Inland.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-12
Late Bulletins
STEVENSON'S PIANO SOLD

Wellington, New Zealand, March 12-(UP)-Rob-
ert Louis Stevensons piano has been discovered in the
house of an Auckland man The instrument is reported
to have been fully authenticated sod with other
property at Apa Samoa in 1898. 1t made especial
ly for Stevenson by Stuttgart firm.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-12
CONGRESSMAN
HAVE CAUSE TO
Be IN QUANDARY
They Have Some Very
Grave Decisions to Meet
in Next Few Weeks and
Voters Are Watching
Them
BY RAYMOND CLAppER


Copyright, 1889, by United Press)
". ashin ston. March a PC -
Congress. faced by three grave de-
cisions which aim straight at the
stomachs and pocketbooks OF prac-
tically everyone, Is bewildered and
listening almost franticaliy just
now for "the voice Of the people"
AS luck would have It. these
critical votes come just about the
time the voters are beginning to
decide II they want to change
their congressman.
Monday the house will take
test vote involving the question OF
submitting federal prohibition to
the country for rejudgment.
A few days later the house will
vote on the biggest peace-time tax
increase in history, including the
revolutionary sales tax which
would place all except the small
est manufacturers under federal
license and levy 2 IA per cent on
most manufactured articles.
Following that the soldier bonus
issue will come up again In a pro-
posal to pay off In full the veteran
(Continued on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-12
TRAVELLERS GET NEW DINERS

New York, March 12-(UP)-Firm in the belief
that people will continue to travel and eat route dur
ing the coming depression" year, western railroad
has approved the purchase of Ia additional dining
to be pressed into service during the late spring
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-12
CITY CUTS STREET LIGHT BILL

st Louis, March 12-(UP)-St Louis will save
900 on It's street light bill this coming year. but
there will be just as many lights. Candlepower will be
reduced under the arrangement by 80 per cent In the
downtown area.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-12
GOODS WIN RIGHT TO SMOKE

St Louis, March 12-(UP)-Co-eds at Washington
university have their fight to smoke on the campus
Hereafter university authorities agreed, they may
smoke in their rooms, in special smoking rooms set
aside in various buildngs-and at social functions
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-12
CIVIL WAR TRENCH FOUND

Richmond, Va, March 12-(UP)-Workmen on
route So, Petersburg, Va recently discovered an
old Civil trench, when steam shovel fell into it
while engaged in excavatng the road. The trench
tanned cannon balls. bullets and leather knife sheath
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-12
SUICIDE HALTS COURT TRIAL

St Louis, March 12-(UP)-At 10 a. m. the case
of John H. Rasch carpenter called in city court
He was to disturbance of the peace charges
Rasch failed to appear. An hour later his body
found hanging from beam in the attic of his home
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-12
HIS HUNCH WAS CORRECT

Oxford; Eng, March 12-(UP)-After throwing
jam jar through awndow William Jones, hobo told a
policeman This may get month";" and the Oxford
police court later confirmed Jones belief
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-12
FLYING MONKEY DEAD

London March i2-(UPI-The only monkey TO fy
the Atlantic Bert Hinklers marmoset which IN the
cockpit during the British armans 24hour crossing OF
the South Atlantic, has Just died.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-12
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, March 12-CUP) -
The treasury net balance March 10
was s2s6,61s.433.20.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-12
weat1aer
Cloudy Tonight and Also
on Sunday

complete weather Report Page ;.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-12
BY CARL BRoDSKY

THE first task in carrying out the work Of the
Friends OF the Soviet Union in this country is
to penetrate the factories. Take any group OF
honest workers. whether they are Democrats,
Republicans or Socialists, give them the true
facts about socialist construction in tn Soviet
Union and they will become friends Of the
workers fatherland and eventually its INTER
PRETERS AND DEFENDERS.
AS important as the sending of the workers
delegations Is the PREPARATORY WORK. BY
gathering workers from shops or factories We
have an opportunity by simple statements Of
facts to lay the basis for keen interest and
responsive attitude on their part. For example:
When the statements were made tina ''there are
no landlords in the Soviet Union" or there is no
such thing as dispoSsessing a worker from his
home in the Soviet Onion" applause and en-
3 enthusiasm is manifested and have seen many
workers nod their heads in approval. The other
day in asmeeting when these statements were
made one worker gave deep loud sigh, this was
followed by q spontaneous burst Of applause
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-12
The April Issue of "The
Communist

Contentss
The World Is Drifting Into an Iuape-ialist World
War
For National liberation Of the Negroes? War
Against White Chsuvinism, by Earl Browder
The Tasks of the Communist Party u. S. A.
Resolution for the Central Committee Pie
mum
The Role of American Finance Capital In The
Present Crisis, by Harry Cannes
Shop Politics and Organization, by John Steu-
ben.
Marxism and the National Problem, by j. Stain.
On the Theoretical Foundations OF Marxism-
Leninism CONTINUED from last issue), by
". Adoratsky
Oswald spsnsser's PHILOSOPHY OF Esse"s by @.
Vssilkovssy.
Latin America and Our Press, by A. @. Martin
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-12
The Significance of the Workers
Delegation to the Soviet Union

Too many bourgeois writers have given us
information about the Soviet Union. While some
of them are good, we need more workers from
the factories to tell of the achievements of the
SOVIET Union. We must point out that that
here the working class has hunger and starva-
ton; there, shorter hours and wage increases
Here, unemployment and misery; there, not
enough workers and increased happiness Here
the workers respondent and unhappy; there
enthusiasm, growing culture, and fuller life
Here, breadines flop houses, charity appeals;
there, social maternal insurance, rest homes, etc.
When workers are TOLD of these accomplish
ments and explained WITTY it is so then it il easy
to tell them HOW this can be achieved here.
The pivotal point Of the war preparations
against the Soviet Union is the contrast between
the bankruptcy Of capitalism and the growing,
nourishing world Of socialism, and in this sense
it is important to get the factory workers into
groups. We must ask them to check up on us
to see il we are telling the truth. We must say
send one Of your own fellow workers TO find
out if what we say ts true" and bring back
report" Preparations for sending workers del
egations from factories or shops can be started
in q simple manner. II a sympathiser will in
vite group to his home by a personal approach
lesflet can be distributed secretly on openly,
this is the basis Of scouainting such groups with
the tasks OF the Soviet Union This simple pre-
paratory work gives us the opportunity 70 pene-
trate factories and shops and explain the sisni-
ficance Of sending delegates TO tbs Soviet Onion
Particular Importance should be laid 10 auoutu-
milton factories and ships carrying war supplies
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-12
The New Soviet Peasant

in the income from it is divided up between us,
according to the number Of days each has la
bored See, here is my labor-hours book, and
here is my wife's." AS he separates them from
other papers we glimpse fat roll Of roubles.
This mans father, peasant under the car,
would hardly have as much after lifetime Of
hard labor as his son has saved, from one sea-
sons work.
What about the months when there's no
work? Does the collective farm pay you them"
we ask.
With us that is not question. Under the old
days we were cursed by seasons OF too much
work followed by seasons Of idleness. Now we
have organized things so there is exactly eight
hours work the year round. That is, the eight
hour limit is law of our collective. Besides
growing tangerines and tea, we also raise trees
from which perfume is made. So that's how IL is.
OF course, on collective farms where work Is not
always so steady. the farm makes provisions FOR
Its members"
The other peasant rubs his knees Next year
we plan to extend our collective, to take in more
households and more land AS for tractors, we
can't use them on account of the hilly and rocky
nature of the ground. But other machinery, yes,
we're getting everything"
Now it was their turn to question us. "How
has the economic crisis affected the farmers
in America? What do they think Of our Soviet
Union? Is 1t true that your government Off
cials proposed that the farmers pillow under every
third row Of cotton2" They put their queries
with the same promptness that they answered
our earlier queries.
This is the new socialized peasant. In the
Soviet Union more than 100000 peasant
households have joined collective farms These
collectvized workers of the land, now the central
figures in Soviet agriculture, are fast approach
ing the level OF their city industrial brothers in
class consciousness and enthusiasm Tor building
~sxxst's --s-vS Hssa
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-12
Lining Up the Knoxville Bosses
tor the Terror Drive on the
N.M.U. and the WIR.

that make the handling Of these avowed alien
enemies commensurate with their crime" the
resolution says in part
The American Legion officials anticipated their
brothers-in- terror, the ministers, and passed a
similar resolution commencing the journal for
its campaign Of irstigaton Of terror against the
miners and their organizations, and pledged to
take part in the bosses campaign.
Poisonous Attacks on Workers
Another step, reminiscent of strike struggles in
the past, was a provocative letter that the Knox
vile papers played up as coming from the
reds" The letter is half -lterate and in crude
language threatens "Uncle Sam and God" and
is signed by the Disciples of Lenin." The letter
has all the esrmarks of one written by novice
stool-pigeon of the bosses.
A returned missionary who claimed that he
spent some time in the Soviet Union was enlisted
for yeoman service in the coal operators drive
Speaking before the Civilians Club, the mis-
sionary repeated the old threadbare lies about
the workers republic: Thus the journal was
able to write:
"The Communists of Russia we're pictured
before the Civilians Club yesterday as a ruthless
deadly menace to all liberty, political and reli-
gious as cruel rapacioH lot who are grinding
the people Of Russia under an intolerable mill
stone of despotism."
BY use OF such poisonous attacks against @ae
Soviet toilers, who are advancing to higher stan
dards Of living and building 8 free workers
society-the coal operators use this miserable
missionary to cover up liberty, political and
religious" in the coal fields, where the gun
thugs are the makers and executors Of the coal
operators law and where the most elementary
rights OF workers to organize and struggle for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-12
BY MYRA PAGE


Foreign Correspondent of the Daily Worker.
OUR International Wagon winds its way
through the Caucasian mountains from
Baku to Tiflis. AT one Of the local stations two
peasants swinging their sacks over their Shout
derS, board our car. They are typical Georgans
with proud dark features and high top boots.
Both are members, we learn, Of a collective
farm nearby and are on their way to the city
to transact some business in its behalf While
eating the tangerines that they give us-grown
on their farnn-they tell us about their life
Their collective, "Canteadi", was organized two
years ago. when 60 peasant households decided
tc eOol their tools and work their 300 acres of
kind in common
els it better now than before?" someone asks
The peasants smile. "Of course. When each
man worked by himself, or shaved for the kulaks
(rich farmers, we toiled from sun to sun. Our
earnings were next to nothing We were an ig-
norant lot. too But when the Communists in
our neighborhood began to agitate for collecti-
VIKING the land, few of us took hold and set
about persuading the other blind peasants who
couldn't see beyond their own nose We had
fierce fight with the kulaks and their boot
bckers, but bit by bit, we've won ground"
did the women want TO come in?"
why shouldn't they be against itP Doesn't our
collective nursery free them all day? Besides
they like our new community house as much as
anybody, our new school and courses for young
and old alike The women get their wages now
the same as the men; so altogether it's they who
often make their families join up"
What about the kulaks?"
The Georgian peasants laugh softly. "Oh
theml Some ran away. Took to the hills. Others
we had to chase. They gave us lot of trouble
But around our parts we've seen the last Of
them" They offer us more tangerines. ''You
asked about wages. At the beginning OF the
seasoTa each member gets two hundred and forty
rabses SaboA slates Tnec whom the harwek b
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-12
Uncover Starvation and Misery

The capitalist press the agents Of the ruling class
has been publishing less and less newx about
unemployment It hides the starvation OF Che
unemployed workers families We must
constantly expose the miserable treatment
Of families Of the unemployed by che city
governments and charity snstitutaonsL we
snust uncover all cases OF starvation, ws-
dernourishment, sickness. We must pxse
lish these cases In our press, In the
Daily Worker, in Labor Unity, tell
them at all workers' meetings. On.
employed Councils should publish
bulletins 20 inform su workers Of
ehe starvation and nassscY VI ase ,ssyas
:. .. - 1880 ts1agtsatAasNztA 1900
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-12
the right to live is denied.
Other Enemies of Miners
BY BURCK

Uthef Enemies OF Miners
The miners, advancing from organization to
struggle and further experience in the fierce
class battles in their efforts to fight back the
hunger death sentences the operators would pass
ON them, have OF her enemies.
Among such the socialist party must first be
mentioned Conducting what they claim is a
campaign for the Kentucky Tennessee miners,
the socialists" have not turned in a cent OF
the money, food or clothing they collected,
through the channels of the duly elected organi-
cations of the miners instead the socialists"
are following the same line they pursued in the
Pennsylvania Ohio miners strikes-collect funds
on the basis Of the strike, hold it up until the
strike is over, and then attempt to undermine,
in an underhand manner, the National Miners
Union, the Workers International Relief and ttiS
Communist Party. Money collected for striking
organization.
The significance Of the Kentucky Tennessee
miners strike must be found in the fact that
It represents one Of the important centers Of
struggle Of the American working class against
the starvation program Of the national and local
boss governments and the big capitalists. Re-
sstance to and successful struggle against the
hunger-terror program Of the coal operators
and their government means rise in the power
and ability Of the workers nationally to fight
back the program Of hunger, unemployment.
part time work, wage cuts, speed up and layo1s
It is precisely at this time, when consolidation
81 - SpAssx
immediate demands and build the union is the
central work. that the miners need the most
consistent support. The mass relief support basis
must not be narrowed and relief activities Slack
ened, but on the contrary kept up and broadened
The answer TO the coal operators new drive must
be answered by the workers in the form Of mass
relief