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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-30
OUT WITH THE swnArsHor
tHartfora courant)

There should Do no opposition to tho movement to rid Connecticut of the parasitic sweatshOps which nave fieekod into, tho state to es- cape the legal restrictions on the employment of women enforced ln MasnA nAchuBetts and New York. uov- ernor Cross has shid that sotSye- thing must be done to end this ser- ious situation. MT Joseph M. Tone, state Compiissi0ner of Labor and Factory 1nApacti0n, is drawing up a program for iaher ieglslatlon which will prevent this undesirable migration. The League of Women Voters have announced that they wlil canvAbs all candidates on this question In order to make tt an ts. sue in the next election.
 What ever objsction there may Do should come a0lely. from the sweAtshop operators. They will Jus. tify their nlethoda of saying that they are operating on such . fiar- row margin oe profit and with such small capital that they can not employ the women at all # they are forced to give them more than S3 or 1l q week or use them for less than fifty.five hours. WelI-eetablie cd manufacturers in the same line Of work have ample Ground for wanting to otfst these competitors who undsrssii them by cutting down iseitifnate labor costs, Ale thouSh N may profit the sweat chops after . fashion for . time, lt iindsrniines the standerds and the standing of the trade iir the ions run, Manufacturess in cther lines of buslness may well object that the eWeatshop uses ID the ia.. bor-supply and, far from beinH sslf Supportlnfk depends upen them to pvovlds W6ses for other members uf the families aufilcient to cover tho deflciefcy in the pay of the Dwoated worker.
 Meantime the public as . whole has cause t0 object tO the sweat- shops because they do not ceyer tie cost of their own labor gupPiy. They take what other buslness ms provided in ihbor. use itg stfeneth oStrhvneantIy and make ne pyo. vision Tor iis care lp eickneeA z cla asa hgo or ut1ompIoynienh nut iehve that for public funds Q provide
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-30
A Book a Day
Sharks Rolled This Lecpard's
 Leap for Life
by BRUCE CATION

Frank Buck is at it again. The genial wild animal collector whe told such entertaining tales in "Brink 'um Back Alive" has pro- duced another book (in coiiabora- ton with Edward Anthony called "Wiid cargc." and f you Ike Ani:. maj stories and general, all-around excitement, l commend It to you heartily.
 he catches wild animals and brings them across the ocean for soos and elrcusss in the United states. Dvi- dently it's enc of the jobs where, even if you don't make much money, you have lots of fun.
 one time, for instance, q black leopard escaped from it's cage on the deck of q coastal steamer In Indo. China. After scGrlng half tho crew into fits, 1t leapsd over the rail and tried to swim ashore--- only to eet eaten up by two sharks.
 Mr Buck also tolls how he pen. ned up d tiger in Malay peninsula sO q movie man could set some good pictures of 1t, and how he had to wade into the bush to rout the tiger out 50 that 1t could De photo ographed, he tells, too, about the cobra that spat venom in hie eye and nearly blinded him; about the pet bear that ate ID . writer's mahuacript and thereby relieved Mr Buck of the company of an ufi- taitlgated bore; about the tiger that held the worlds record for man. eatingI about the python that swallowed boy and about the elephant that fell out of It's slirg, while boing lifted on to . steamers Ali tn all, it's highly readable |ccilection ok yarns for hot weather I"Wiid CareO" is published by
 simon and schuster. and sells fcf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-30
THE DAIRY UNION SCHEME
(New Hayen Journai. .Cyourier)

(New Haven Journai'Coufier)
 It was inevitable that as the dee precision deepened New England and Connecticut farmers. primary producers as they are, would listen desperately to panaceas for recov. cry, The farmers union now being agitated in the eastern part of the state Is case In point. There is no doubt that dairyng at present is in grievous straits. Connecticut farmers are perhaps better pro. tected by iegielation and the vigil lance of q state government thor. ouEhiy conscious of th0ir political power; but even thls has not suf- ficed. All over tho state farmers tind themselves getting less than production costs for their milk and milk products. The situation Is serious enough to inspire drastic action.
 "trarmers National, Inc'' prorlisca. But ltko 80 many other schemes matched by hard times 1t Is econ- omically unsound. It's essence is an aErreement among milk produc- CTS to soil only at q price set by themselves. Production b c yond the point where the public will buy at this price will be dostroysd.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-30
To-day's Selected Poem
HONiE.i'IELIDS.

(Dy Marie l.. iglinton In The Now York Tipes).
 The fields aro quiet C
 I'll you come 10 look? They spread n carpet TO tho warming sky, Of clover, biue-cyod grass
 And, by tho brook, Sweet secret things For patient folk to spy. The fields are quiet homes .d bsr little, things
 Llko small. shy birds, ,Yt, And, bits of furry grace; Tho rabbits know them nil;
 A pheasant wings Her frightened flight
 Almost across your Taco! Tho qulet fields store wealth for those to find .@ Who como and seok
 With gentle. seIfioss hands, Their sweet snshantmsnG free
 The while they bind, And Nature stiIl rewards
 Whom she eominands. lhta4 4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-30

Cities of New England may be treated to a novel sight this summer. At q recent con- vention of the Lutheran Synod of New York it was decided to sponsor outdoor preaching in the fashion of the hooded friars of bysone centuries who rosmed through Europe teaching their doctrines. The same tactics as employed by the. monks of the Middle Ages will be used in this 20th century. We wonder if they will sueeeedi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-30
Y Good evening. THE BLUE AND THE CRAY
 AND THE pRAB

They sIespsiD the heart of Gods
 acre, The boom of the canon is.stiIl, The flag flying free, tells their
 victory. Their iron bound grit and their will. They dream of the yesterdays
 silent.
 Their spirits make living each
 slab. With faith as their leaven. they
 tramp on to heaven, The blue and the gray and the
 drab. The call of the bugle is silent. The darkness of night hovers
 low. The Gettysbuy sound. seems still
 on the ground. As they wait for the sig6al to
 go, A beam passes over Gods acre. There is light under every cold
 slab. With faith as their leaven. they
 tramp on to heaven. The blue and the gray and the
 drab. The dawn of the morning is
 nearing. The stysian gloom seems to
 fade, Aeeoutrements in rattle. the signal of battle, Once more they are out on
 parade. p The people are cheering.
 hurrahing. The light of their God shows
 the way. With faith as their lcaven, they
 march on to heaven. The drab and the blue and the
 gray.
 o--O--o
 Now they predict tho five iny week will be the future Inn of capital and labor. But ,o two and three day week ( present is much too weak for either capital or labor.
 o--O--o A man caught looking In a girls .iedroom window says he was en- joylng the free show. Judge fined him s10. Nothing's free thdt costs money o--O--o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-30
At The National Capitol
A Digest of who's Who and what's What
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTE
ny RODNEY DUTCHEK

Are we to put our government or theirs to the expense of chang. ing dies for their postage stamps and currency?" demanded staf. ford. Losier of Missouri and Underhili of Massac achusctts as. sured him that Puerto Rican stamps and currency need not be dies and plates would be changed entlv wasn't known to anyone ma went unmentiOned: Puerto Rico uses U. s. stamps and U. s. cur. rency exclusively.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-30
soIGsoNs FALYs

On May 90, 1918, the German offensive reached q new height ii q big push which forced the allied rear guards back to vesilly and which entaile0 the capture or Fere. .en- -Tardenois. This brought heavy lighting up to the outskirts of Rheims.
 The road from soissons to Com. peigne was well guarded, but Cor. man troops finally won through to the former town on the road Sois. sons- Hartennes.
 Allied troops were comparative. jv slow in backing up tho line, but in the three previous days they OK. tended the line of defense from as to co miles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-30
A SOLDIER DIES

A thought comes stealing OCT me,
 And the light grows kind of dim. There's . stinking trench around
 me,
 Over there's my puddle Jim, We arc waiting for tho push-0ff,
 Frozen chins are cupped in hand, BIOated snppcrs cut the wires,
 Where they belly st0 mans land. There is death around the corner,
 But Two seen the thing before, Like a caiitecn or . Verry,
 It's e part of tlsis mans war, And at times it's like blanket, Sort 0f comes Just as your due, When your suts are dripping from
 And by God, you know you're
 through.
 Whats the difference to . soldier,
 Just adventure of . kind. Though death f0gs your dlmmlng
 And yos know you're going
 blind,
 For your blood is holy water,
 As lt trickIes In the sarids And vnlhRlla grccts . hero. From the stink of No Mans land. o--O--o This completes our broadcast for this evening. It came to you over DBD and was sent to you through the courtesy of the Waterbury Evening Democrat. pioneer h this l type of newspaper work. We are signing off, to be back on the alt again tomorrow at the usual hour, o--U--O Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-30
50 They Say

| thinE that -if you never lot your career interfere with your mar. riage and do not carry your mar- ried life over Into your work. you can be successful in each.--LilyHn Tashman, movie actress.
 If we. ns q nation, continue our present ottworn and discredited policy of imposing higher tarifI duties, 1t will mean that we must be satisncd with market of l2O,. O00 1000 people rather than . world
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-30

market of 2,OOo, ,OO0, 900 people, Albert D. fIutgier of the National
 Retail Dry Goods Association.
 1t seems necessary for me to soy that I believe nothing should pc done with regard to revision of the bonus bill at thIs session of ccnt gress. .--- Alfred E. Smith peinocrHte Ic nominee for the presidency ID isss.
 | am still optimistic. .--~C Charles M. gehWab, steel migrate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-30
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosi: or treatment, will bo answered by pr Brady Address hisn, care Of the DemocTat. scmd'ns stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-30

Strange as it may seem the ginseng that is raised in the United States is not con- sumcd in this country, but in China where the demand for ginseng tea continues un' abated' down through the centuries. The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-30

"Japs Rout 1000 Chinese Rebels. This in Manehuria, which Japan would not take as q gift
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-30

Little Willie wants to know why you're allowed to buy an automobile that runs 70 miles an hour and then arrested for let. ting is do so.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-30

All vehicles must be lighted not later than S:46 Daylight Saving Time) to- night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-30
TEE, HEE

PIHtnnic friendship, holy zee, It surely makes me laugh, Friendships not platOnlc. When it acts sO mighty dnff.
 o-~O--o
 Now they've invented m electric Iron that merely ro- auIred guidance, 1t moves aus t0matically. What they need Is one thnt knows the way around shirt buttons. o--O--o
 Wonder how the chap who in. vented the No Parking sign feels whom he's given n ticket?
 A big peach crop looms In Connecticut thiS year. Which meAas the chaps who make tiny baskets from the stones, and then hang 'em on watch chains, will be kept pretty busy.
 o--O---O
 If they had ride control on sad de horses q lot of us would so in for the sport
 These nrc times when men and women aro glad to give something more than three cheers. The iaziest father in the world Is the one who makes his little boy wind dads watche each morning. :
 o--O---o
 Soon they'll have shatter- proof glnss for horn rlmmed spectacles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-30
AND So ON

The milk of human kindness is
 Immune from heat they say, It doesn't spoil, not even on
 The hottest summer day. o--O--O
 And once more we drift Into the soldier spirit of the day.. closing this column with few lines. typi. cal of war. They follow:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-30

"A sMILTs TiIE THsNc.T
The Washington times., 1932-03-14
COTTON EASIER
AFTER FAIR
START

NEW YORK, March IA GN.S).
Cotton futures displayed easier
tendencies around noon today,
after a fairly steady forenoon.
No large blocks of cotton
changed hands and the total vol
ume of trading was limited. A
moderate amount of selling from
the South through spot firms.
mostly in the form of hedge
sales, was combined with near.
month liquidation by commission
houses. New Orleans sold.
Fair support came from the
trade. including the continent.
Wall Street was a buyer of dis
tant months.
The Census Bureau today re-
ported that 450,018 running bales
of lint cotton were consumed in
United States mills during Feb
ruary, against 435,337 in January
and 433,376 in February, 1881.
Total consumption for the
seven months ended February 20,
amounted to 3,081,290 running
bales, against 2,893,626 consumed
in the like period of the 1890
81 season.
Midday quotations were off 8
to 4 points, with May off 3 at
6.96, July off 4 at 7.12, October
off 3 at 7.33, December off 3 at
7.50, and January off 3 at 7.57,
The Washington times., 1932-03-14
MARKET DEFIES
BIC BREAK IN
KREUGER
BY LESLIE GOULD


NEW YORK, March IA 0NSO
Securities identified with Ivar
kreuger broke wide. open here
today. The rest of the market,
however, rallied after an early
income.
Kreuger and Toll, the holding
company he controlled, opened at
1s on 10000 shares, the largest
single transaction in the history
Of the stock exchange. The price
compares with a close of 5 on
Saturday and it's former bear
market low of 424.
Flood of Offerings
The first sale was made an
hour after the market opened.
So heavy was the initial flood OF
offerings that several governors
Of the exchange were assigned
to help the specialists in the
stocks balance their books.
Leading stocks like United
States Steel, Am erican Can,
American elephon Allied
Chemical and Dupont lost l to 2
points each but recovered a good.
part of their gains after the early
selling had been absorbed. Trad
ing in these issues was compara-
lively light. Auburn Slumped more
than 2 points but regained all its
loss.
Bonds Rule Steady
The showing made by Won Hin
denburg in yesterdays German
election was a sustaining factor
to prices and brought strength in
German bonds. The bond market
generally showed a steady tone.
Commodities were dull and
neglected. Grains were easier but
price changes were not Signitl-
cant.
The Washington times., 1932-03-14
SHEET AND TUBE LOSS

youngstown Sheet & Tube Com
pany and subsidiaries in pre-
liminary statement for year end.
ed December 81, 1881, show net
loss of $7.040,899 after interest.
depreciation. depletion, taxes, etc.
This compares with net profit in
1880 of $7,036.132. equivalent after
dividend requirements on 51a per
cent preferred stock, to $5.17 a
share on 100000 no-par shares
of common stock.
The Washington times., 1932-03-14
Grams Are Steady
In EdrLy Tradinq

CHICAGO. March IA G.N.S).
Grains continued steady in early
trading here today.
At mid-session wheat ruled
steady to 1sc up; corn, unchanged
to Bc lower, and oats, unchanged.
Pye was 3sc lower.
Liverpool was "a to 5sd higher
and BuenoS Aires wheat 1sc up.
The Washington times., 1932-03-14
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

Hogs-Receipts. $1,000; market. 10
15c lower. Top, $500; bulk. S4;25@
@4S0: light, $A50@AsO: light lights,
$4S0@4.s5: packing sows. 1886 @4. 10;
pigs, &3.9O@4.6O. Ho1dovers, 1000.
Cattle-Receipts. 10000: market. CSC
steady. Beef steers-Good and choice.
S7@S.50; common and medium, $3.50
OF: yearIings. S5.50@S5O. Butcher
csttle-Heifers, SS.5O@675: cows, 50 rs
$50; feeder steers, s3.5O@5.5O; stocker
steers. $9.c5 @5.25; stocker cows and
heifers, S465
sheep-Receipts. 10000; marke I,
common. S450Gs50: yeariings. - so
@5.75; feeders, 34.75@5.5O ewes &204.
The Washington times., 1932-03-14
COARSE YARN QUIET

NEW YORK. March II s.).-The
coarse yarn cloths market today was
secondhand offerings of starle wide
print cloths, but prices in the first
hand market generally held unchanged.
Second hand offerings arose naturally
because of the fact that goods had
been bought some months previously
and are still being delivered at prices
running as much as q cents to "
cents under current market levels.
The Washington times., 1932-03-14
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE

National Mortgage and Invest
ment pfd, 50@3.
AFTER CALL
Washington Gas IS A, $1,000
100, $1,000 100, $1,000 100.
Capital Traction SIS, $1,000@61.
Potomac, Electric 6 per cent
pfd, 10@112.
The Washington times., 1932-03-14
pennsylvania Sued
On RebdtinQ Ch0r0e

Suits to recover $4,000, 900 dam
ages from the Pennsylvania Rail-
road and the Merchants Ware
house Co. for alleged rebating
practices have been filed in
United States District Court in
Philadelphia by Terminal Ware
house Co. and Walter A. Bailey
who operates the Bailey ware
houses.
The Washington times., 1932-03-14

Canada
New York funds in Montreal S1O7 SO
premium on $1,000
Montreal funds in New York S1O7 so
discount on $1,000.
The Washington times., 1932-03-14
TODAYS QUOTATIONS ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

Prev. 1882 Name and
High Low Dividend Rate
The Washington times., 1932-03-14
CONSOLIDATED STORES

Consolidated Retail Stores. Inc,
report sales of $1,167, ,401 for the
month of February. as compared
with $1,493, ,983 for the correspond
ing month in 1881. This is a de-
crease of $326.582, or 21.S per
cent.
The Washington times., 1932-03-14
DAVENPORT DIVIDENDS

The Davenport Hosiery Mills,
Inc, declared regular quarterly
dividends of .$1.75 per share on
the preferred stock and so cents
per share on the common, both
payable April l to stockholders of
record March 81.
The Washington times., 1932-03-14
SHIP LINE DIVIDED

Merchants and Miners Trans
portation Co. declared the reg
ular quarterly dividend OF 372
cents, payable March 81, to stock
of record March 8.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-11
BANKERS TOLD JAPAN WILL ATTACK USSR soon
The Melrose Park Massacre
The Communist Nominating
Convention

THE starvation
controlled by the Morgan
Rockefeller the Chicago suburb of Meoe Park
Friday.
Company reap profits imperiast
local working through
bipartisan machinery which
County combination police American
thugs leader of these fascist elements
patriotic the Soviet Union
the workers the demonstration unemployed They
were holding meeting to protest against previous armed attacks on
demonstrations; they demanding the right meet and demon
unemployment insurance and immediate relief they dem
onstratng against ayohs and for jobs
net earnings of ss72ss
preferred stock and s1269990
paid
S1O44s2 paid STOCK
per
paid inflated capitalization REPRESENT AN ACTUAL
SINCE 1926 The
paid dividend 1929 to and including 1891
Compare represented
capitalists conditions the unemployed
part-tme resy the murder
gang of this corporation.
prevails
States hand the capitalist class which produces
the wealth which
then turning them out to starv the other hand
dependents hungry those
working having cuts after forced them
organize against the continuous attacks
strike they demonstrate when
they capitalists government
they shot dubbed gased and jailed by the hundreds
the government of the bosses and bankershe capt.
as capitalist Workers get from only that which
organized force.
More organization needed exposure capitalist
handmaden the rpub
democrat socialist parties
organization
suppression need
in the central task of the fight against erast war on the Soviet
Chinese people against all efforts to drive still
into unemployment hunger.
The right organize must be Unemployment insurance at the
the their government must be
program
Communist Party In Chicago in connection with the preparations for
Communist Party nominating convention May 49, the fight must
politicians alliance
underworld murder bands is for the
bloody suppression OF workers and their organizations
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-11
They Gave Their Lives for
the ScOttsbOrO Boys

ALREADY Germany given
n scoboro The
the socialist they try convince the Negro
Communists exploit them
Cann IL workers brutaly shot down by the
during the Scottsboro demonstration May International
scottboro Day. One is reported dead, and two dying
death this woundng of others
flash the the Scotsboro
exploited against the ruling
backward and skepca can now see for himself reaching beyond
States-wh Latin
that Scotboro the the
nchng robbs exploitation
imperialism responsible
workers just as is responsible for the attempt to legally lynch the
Scosboro
inspired proved only
ChemntZ but by the fact that while
policy
consuls throughout the world conjunction with Alabama
lynhers freeing
the ynchc character Of the United States
United States stands naked
oppression lynchng Negro Peoplel
confronting the international working
deepening capitalism,
starvation
parties justify preparations
Imperialism justify the legal nchng the scosboro
and the monsrous oppression Of the Negro people
Hamburg the socialist police officials prohibited
mother Of the scottsboro
addressing thousands Hamburg workers demonstrating
against the lynch verdicts
People forget
demonstrations working solidarity
workers with the struggles OF the American ers these
attacks inspired by American Imperialism against the German
struggle
the Scotsboro lynch verdic The Chnn should
struggles against nching for national liberation,
against hunger capitalists
Cemening fighting alliance Of the Negro white oles
srp against American imperialism against the danger for
the Chinese People and the Soviet Unionthe socialist
all the oppressed.
the united front OF the facss social fascs and Negro
miseaders!
Forward Working
and Peoples!
German working class! Long live the German
revouionl N
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-11
US. Military Circles Expect War on
Soviet Union "Within Few Weeks"

MEXICAN fnancers have been advised that Japan will at
tack the Soviet Union within the next few weeks This
information contained confidential statement en from
Washington by the Whaey Eaton Service finance agency to it's
clients May7 1892 The statement says:
I'm MILITARY CIRCLES THE OPINION is EXPIRES
SED THAT JAPAN, WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, WILL
ATTACK RUSSIA IN MANCHUR RIA"
The statement confirms the admissions in the capitalist
during the last few weeks that the Japanese planning
early attack the Soviet Unonhe the better
the Japanese pubc and spokesman Knosuke Adach brazeny
stated interview with the New York World Telegram May
9Th It in line with the wholesale purchase of munitions
Europe and America by Japan reported the Daily Worker
Yesterday
Immediately mobdieng all
By the its election PLATFORM
AGAINST nIPERIALIST WAR: FOR THE DEFENSE OF
THE CHINESE PEOPLE AND OF THE SOVIET UNION!"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-11

Yet "a Communists sit down to discuss how to
put this platform before the masses without
making any attempt to get in contact with these
mil workers, not even start was attempted
by getting a few of THEM to support it and to
send delegates to this local conference
Clearly these comrades looked on the Confer
ence merely as formality. They saw the whole
campaign merely as legelistic affair of naming
candidates, getting on the ballot and asking for
votes
In reality, however, the election campaign Is
a real gateway to the masses. The crisis has
made them more interested in politics and polit-
ical issues than ever before Tens of thousands
of them are ready to support us and make this
campaign their own if only we crawl out of our
shells and make it possible for them to work
with us.
Into the factoriesl Out among the unem-
ployedl Smash thu sectarian obstacles 10 ssg.
ious mass work. 49,