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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-18
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

s1 NEA SeEVICC "Et&CE
 sfCopyright 1888, NEA Service, lnc) Washington = The governments .0perate with industries through = trade association agreements and s Suspension of the antitrust laws swill be made in administration or . the new emergency farm relief
 act.
 Along with the establishment of ' ~production control for agriculture ~various large industries. such as section manufacturing, packing and Shilling may soon be participants in price and production agree -ments which will be enforced by ~the government against any who .sfail to adhere.
 The administration wants to @boost farm prices by agreement ~among the business organizations sswhich buy, process and distribute @the farmers crops. It would thus savoid among some commodities
 the cumbersome process tax which ~the secretary of agriculture is em- skpowered to impose, and the money sswould go direct to the farmers ~through higher prices.
 Any concern which failed to ~carry out an approved price or aproduction agreement could pc .@forced to adhere to it or close up ~entirely, under the licensing pro- @visions of the act.
 ~Wheat Pact Sought
 ' How many processing and dis ssfributing industries can be handled ssin this manner will be determined @by series of commodity hearings
 which will be the first step taken ~under the new law.
 . Wheat, cotton, corn and hogs, Npresenting the three most pressing sproblems, are scheduled first for Shearings. Wheat may be taken to @illustrate the procedure and scope ~of these hearings, which probably twill delay the promulgation of the Mffrst regulations until three weeks Eafter the passage of the act.
 V Letters are to be sent to each segment of industry fnvolyed-prl.
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Public Works Bill
 is Being. Rushed
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 House, including the vital sections
 mobilizing private industries on a
 war time basis.
 Public works are expected tc create work for hundreds of thou
 sands of unemployed. Shorter work hours, minimum wages, and pro-
 duction geared to demand are rec lied upon to provide jobs for many more.
 As hearings began Chairman Doughton of the committee called upon the membership to discard partisanship and join in the ad- ministration's effort to revive busi-
 ness and employment.
 "This is one of the most impor- tant if not the most important bill the president has presented to con-
 gress," Doughton said.
 On motion of Rep. Ragon, dem.
 Ark, the committee adopted a res-
 olution creating a subcommittee to study the antitrust law suspen-
 sions provided in the bill. Ragon
 was named chairman.
 Secretary Woodin was the first
 witness called. = In a brief statement he endorsed Doughton's summary of the im- portance of the measure and then | introduced Budget Director Doug las, co-author of the bill and chief spokesman of the administration. Douglas. a young ex-congress- man who has risen to dominant position of influence in the new ad- ministration, briefly summarized | the presidential program as de- signed to stabilize industry" In effect. he said, the sections dealing with control of production would eliminate "cut-throat com petition" and ''sweat-shop" condi- tions.
 "It would provide decent wages
 and working conditions" the bud get director asserted.
 The bill in its present form. he added. would control only inter- state commerce. Intrastate control would be provided by state action. Douglas stressed the provision allowing the president to license producers. Thies he said. was the
 "sanction" of the measure. which "in rare cases" would enable the administration to enforce "codca ] Of fair competition" for controlling
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FOUR TAX PLANS

fOO1C IiAA fAhNS
 Washington, May 1S.-(UP)- Budget Director Douglas, on be- half of the administration. today presented to the house ways and means committee four alternative tax programs, including general manufacturers sales tax, to finance the huge public works recovery bill.
 A general sales tax of 1 1-s per cent, Douglas said, would raise $214,000.000; while a i 1-5 levy would give new revenue of $22s,- 900, 0,000.
 Douglas testimony before the committee coincided with the pre- dictions of House Majority Leader Byrns, at the White House, that the bill would be passed by the house by Wednesday of next week.
 The budget director told the com mittee 1t was essential that taxes providing a minimum of $220,000,- 900 be included in the administra- tion's business recovery bill.
 Alternative tax programs includ- ed one increasing the normal in- come tax rates from four to six per cent and from eight to ten per cent; withdrawing exemption on dividend income on which taxes are paid at source, and imposition of three new excises.
 These included Decent a pound tax on tea to raise $S,000,Q0O; a five cent tax on coffee to raise $70,- 100000 and similar impost on cocoa, which was estimated to pro- vide $17,000,000.
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Others named today were Maude A. Baker of Fairfield county, re- publican; Henry c. Morse, Litch- field county, republican; Senator Joseph P. Cooney, Hartford coun- ty, democrat; Albert Cavanaugh, Windham county, democrat: Henry Parker, New London county, dem- ocrat; Herbert P. Collins, Holland county, republican; and Niles Gladding, Middlessex county, re- publican.
 The resolution came as sur prise to the House and cocpletely bowled over democratic leaders. Minority Leader John Markham of Hartford immediately declared his opposition to the slate of can- diates on the ground that the democrats had not been consulted. Rep. Oscar Dannenberg of Bridge port declared that 13 per cent of the population of Fairfield county was in Bridgeport yet that city didn't have one member on the county commission. Bridgeport, he pointed out, pays to the county annually $75,000 in taxes and at least ought to have one represen- tative on the commission.
 Representative Raymond Bald win. republican leader. pointed out that there were four democrats and four republicans named which was an even break. At this point Rep resentative Samuel Googel of New Britain startled the House with a dramatic statement that the ap- pointments were nothing but part of the 'deal" mentioned earlier in the Legislative session.
 Representative Josepha Whit ney of New Haven declared that there was no deal in New Haven
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ESMOND MILL IN
 RHODE ISLAND SHUT BY STRIKE
400 Out of WOrk--O Ordered to Work 8 Instead of 6 Looms at Small Wage Increase

Esmond, R. l., May 1s.-(UP) The 400 operatives of the Es- mond mill remained on strike to- day in protest against 8 proposed new wage scale whereby they would work eight instead of six looms, with only slight pay in- crease.
 The strikers, who have been working on a five-day basis for approximately $14 a week, demand restoration of the wage scale in eff feet before March l, when cuts of 15 to 30 per cent were put into ef- feet.
 The weavers were understood to have reached a new agreemnet with the company, and meantime committees representing other de- partments conferred with General Manager William E. Morton. The mill Is not unionized.
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marily the growers and their CO., operatives, the associations of miilers and of bakers--who will be asked to send representatives here. The representatives will be asked to agree on several main questions.
 First, how much reduction of acreage or production should be required this year in view of the supply existing and the general aim of the law?
 Second, what are the possibilities of raising the price under the licensing and trade agreement sec- tions of the bill?
 Third, the recommendation of the groups represented as to the amount of process tax which would pay the farmer for his reduced production.
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impression that Hitler's oratory could not dispell it.
 British Views


 London, May 1S.-(UP)-Chan- cellor Adolf Hitler broke the dead lock of the disarmament confer- ence but Britain awaits translation of his conciliatory words into &C., ton at Geneva, spokesman for the government said today.
 The British foreign office in- dicated the speech had increased it's willingness to meet Germany half way. It felt that the outlook for both the economic and dis armament conference was encour- aging. Hitler's readiness to trans form the Reichswehr from an army of long term enlistments to one of short terms over period of five years, was considered an advance over Germany's former insistence for short transitorial period.
 The government was consulting the Dominion governments on the British reply to President Roose' velts appeal for peace, following King Georges formal acknowledge. ment of receipt. The cabinet will wait for Dominion opinion before | formulating a reply.
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(Continued from Page 1.) the question and place 1t in the box.
 The ballots would have 1T names written on them. The Vets would inscribe the names of Row. ley w. Phillips and Edward P. Egan, together with the 15 dele- gates at large from all over the state. The Dry ballots would have the names of Raymond Ganung and Russell Putnam with the 15 delegates at large from the state.
 Tho candidates getting the most number of votes would be the chosen delegates to the constitu- tional convention.
 The election will be conducted the same as any election. The voting places will have the usual checkers. moderators and other employees usually engaged on elec- ton day.
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Agreement Necessary
 It now appears that the various
 commodity groups vii be put on 2
 straight procecss tax basis, a trade agreement basis or a combination of the two. Administrator of the law call attention to President Roosevelt's
 citation of the cotton industry. where an approximate 10 per cent of manufacturers keep wage and
 hour standards down and produc- tion too high by failing to play ball
 with the other 90 per cent. Trade associations have been unable to
 stabilize prices in the past because of similar minorities and the anti- trust laws.
 Trade associations and marketing agreements formed under the em- ergency act are specifically ex-
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ant message WnlCn l nave COm- municated to my. governments in order that it may receive their fullest consideration"
 Said Le Brun:
 "I thank you for your commun- ication. hasten to render homage to the lofty sentiments which have dictated it in your fervent love of peace and your sincere desire for the economic recovery of the peo- pies. The government of the French republic will study the communication in similar spirit
 and a community of aspiration" Messages in a similar tone were received from the chief executives of Austria, Sweden, Denmark. Lat via, Norway, the Netherlands, l Cuba, Mexico, Panama and Switz- | erland. These messages did not bind the | governments to accept details of | the Roosevelt plan. but they indi- | cated friendliness toward 1t. Reports to the state department from American embassies in Eur | ope and South America indicated l that the Presidents plan was well
 received by public and press. Influenced Hitler Berlin, May IS - (UP) - Presi-
 dent Roosevelt, made fully aware ! of German official views on dis- armament by Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, | president of the Reichsbank, phrased his unprecedented world
 wide appeal for peace in sympa-
 thetic vein and thus indirectly an imated Chancellor Adolf Hitlcr's ] conciliatory speech before the | Reichstag, the United Press learn
 ed on reliable authority today. German observers believed that | Hitlers efforts to still the troubled international waters were greatly
 inspired by President Roosevelts 5 | dramatic gesture, and officials
 credited pr. Schacht, German dele gate to economic conversations in Washington. with influencing Roos- |, evelt's message.
 ! Hitler's speech was regarded here as a master stroke, calculated | to throw full responsibility for the
 success or failure of world dis
 and other countries.
 By making his assurance em-
 phatic that Germany was ready to
 agree to any scheme of interna- tional cooperation, by endorsing the Macdonald plan and signifyinR willingness to gsve up the present German army and Germany's de-
 fense system provided qualitative | equality with other powers were
 esta ablished. Hitler had made 1t
 impossible for any further setback
 at the disarmament conference to I AJz v,v nfHafa Is believed.
 Davis Leaves Today | Paris, May 18-(UP)-Norman
 H. Davis. American ambassador at large, leaves for Geneva today hoping to force through a quick,
 worldwide disarmament agree
 ment.
 Davis busily consolidated his
 diplomatic alliances. seeking to take advantage of the conciliatory
 spirit engendered by President Roosevelt's appeal for peace and 4 disarmament and Chancellor Adolf Hitler's disarmament speech. Tho
 disarmament conference meets to- morrow.
 Davis task was difficult. Europe
 contemplated Chancellor Hitler's
 utterances before the Reichstag
 with q general tendency to accept his professions of peace with q | grain of salt. This was especially true of France and her allies. the countries of the Little Entente. g'he militaristic nature of recent speeches by German public men. | especially Vice-chanceiior Franz l ven papen's glorincation Of war last Saturday, had crsated such aia
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LOCAL WOMAN WAS IN CRASH

Cromwell, May 18-(UP)-Jacob N. Citron, Middletown, brother of Senate Clerk William M. Citron, will be given a hearing tonight be- fore Justice William c. Noble on charges of reckless driving. Cit ron's car figured in an accident last night fin which two children were hurt. Mrs Catherine Jacob son. Waterbury, drove the other car.
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What Price Relief?

How much will the individual consumer have to pay under the new farm relief act, design- cd to bring higher prices to the farmers?
 Experts of the department of agriculture have computed the effect in the case of the two chief commodities involved wheat and cotton--as follows:
 The maximum processing tax on wheat should not increase the price of the ordinary pound loaf of bread more than ono cent. A tax of three cents a pound on cotton would increase the price of a $1.5O shirt by q nickel.
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and a material increase has been noted in the demand for consum- CTS, retailers and wholesalers. The
 hide market continues active and prices are rising.
 "The sale of automobile tires
 has increased materially during the past two or three weeks and conditions in the supply trade are improving. Somewhat more than seasonal increase is noted in the sale of hardwood. The demand for steel and iron Is increasing" !" BRIGHT SPOTS IN BUSINESS Washington, May 1S-(UP)-- Employment in American manu- featuring industries increased 1.6 per cent in April oyer March,
 while payrolls advanced 4.5 per
 cent, it was reported to-day by the Bureau of Labor statistics. Philadelphia.--A new high for the year in freight loadings was
 made up by the Pennsylvania rail.
 road in the week ended May IS,
 with a total of S3,lS1 cars. a gain rof 2.5 per cent over the corre-
 spending week of 1882. It was the
 first rise over the year before since
 November, 1929.
 Chicago.--An order for 5000 tons of rails was placed to-day by
 the Chicago Great Western rail- road.
 Cleveland.--Thompson Products,
 Inc, tool and engine manufactur-
 CTS, reported April profit of $24.-
 51s. against only $2.o2s in April. 1882.
 Bridgeport, Conn, May IT. (UP) = The working force at the Commercial Shirt company will be increased from 800 to 500, Presi- dent Oscar Horowitz has an- nounced.
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Behind The Farm Shiks-AsiLs Nc 2~
 AND NEW TAXES TO UNITE IN RAISING FARM PRICES

In addition to the original plan. for collecting taxes from process sors and paying these as . bonus to farmers who agree to cut pro- duction. a new plan has arisen. Under this industries could make trade agreements to pay higher prices to,the farmer and thus be exempted from the processing tax.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-18
|Sweatshops of
 Penn. Will Be
 Given Once Over

Harrisburg, Pa., May 1S-(UP) The newly formed legislative ''sweatshop" committee prepared today for a thorough investigation of labor conditions in small fac- tories throughout the state. Au- thorized last night, the committee vii submit to the next session of the legislature recommendations for factory reform legislation and minimum wage schedules. The committee was created as a result of revelations that in the Allen town district children under 15 of- ten worked for as little as $2 a week. Mrs. Clifford Pinchot, wife of the governor. paraded with strikers in that city.
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tors. $s,7s7.7o; 15o Kennecott. $1,S00.
 MT. Summey died several months ago in New York city. His will stipulates the division of the cs- tate among the immediate mem bers of his family.
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David Summey
 Estate Filed
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The list of investments included: :
 225 Scovill Manufacturing com pany, $2.92S; 21S United Corpora ton, $l,962; 3 Morris Plan. 3iS0: 166 Niagara-Hudson Corp. $6,- 640.50; IA Colonial Trust company $4,200; 176 Col. Gas of New York, $s,243; Col. Gas, Electric Light and Power Company, 240lshares, $15,1 o30; Waterbury Country Club, 35.00; 222 General Electric. com., $3,S39.50: 19 General Electric. special, $225.53: 260 General Mo-
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Behind The Farm Stike-ArticIe NO. 2
This diagram shows the twt

This diagram shows the two methods by which the new farm relief act, designed to increase returns to the farmer. is to oper- ate. George N. Peek of Illinois has been named to administer the law under the direction of Secre- tary of Agriculture Wallace through sub-administrators TOT each commodity covered in the act.
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First Move Is To Survey Situation
 On Each Crop

EDITORS NOTE; This is the
 second of three stories on the nations farm problem, now brought to the fore by the na- tion-wide ''farm strike" called
 by the National Farmers Hoii- day Association.
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WaterviIle Road
 Passed in Senate
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 bridges and he personally con- ducted this committee over the road to show how necessary it's replacement was and to prove that it rightfully belongs fin the trunk line system.
 It is estimated that by placing the road under state highway supervision Waterbury will be saved $16O.000 the cost of laying a new highway from West Main street to the Chase Metal Works in Waterville. No indication of when the road will be included by the highNay denartment in the list for replacement has as yet been given.
 Under suspension of rules. the house today passed a bill naming several school districts in the state, Including Waterbury. . body incor. pornte co that they shall Do sub feet to suits and bo able to sue on any matter which came up prior to July 1. 1881. The bill was raised particularly Co take care of pending
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production, minimum wages, and shorter hours of work. The sections for control of busi-
 ness, Douglas said, were far reach ing in application.
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On May 24 all the democratic members of the house. including Reps John D. Thoms and Daniel J. Mahaney of Waterbury. will at- tend a dinner to be held at the Hotel Bond. Governor Cross ard other state leaders will attend.
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A favorable report was received in the house to-day from the com mittee on finance on the bill grant, ing police department pension privileges to Mrs John F. Bowling and Mrs Timothy Hickey of Wa terbury. Both are widows of de- ceased police officers whose deaths occurred between the time that the bill creating the pension fund and that it became effective. A third petition to include Mrs Maurice Healey was withdrawn by Mrs Healey when it was learned that it would endanger passage of the sub- stitute bill.
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To-day the committee on cities and boroughs fin executive session
 Is scheduled to return . decision on the substitute bill allowing Peter Coughlin, former Waterbury fire- man. to be placed on the depart ment's retired pension list, when his present compensation agree ment expires. At the hearing We'd nesday there was no opposition to the measure. while Waterbury leg islators appeared in support of 1t.
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litigation in a Hartford school dis trict.
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Direct Trade
 Agreements Among Processors

In industries where price agreements are made no fur. ther procedure is necessary. as the farmer benefits directs ly by the price increase.
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Will Machines
 or Ballots Prevail

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President Begins
 To Push Program
1T esp5 uox1 penu,1uoo)

ant message which I have com- municated to my. governments in order that it may receive their fullest consideration"
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Chicago.--An order for 5000 tons of rails was placed to-day by the Chicago Great Western rail- road.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-12
OFFICIALS OF
LOCAL NRA In
HAPPY MOOD
They Have Looked Over
Work Done in Past
Week and Are Well
Pleased

A summary of the achievements
of the past week has given local
MIRA officials and their co-workers
much to enthuse over and to war;
rant confidence that Waterbury is
one of the leading communities of
the state in the support Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's campaign to de-
feat depression.
The three largest manufacturing
plants, Scovilrs, Chase's and the
American Brass company have
signed up and are now privileged
to display the Blue Eagle. Their
wage schedule is more favorable to
the working man than the official
brass code. ,~ ,I'-.
The Waterbury Clock company
has granted a 10 per cent increase.
Yesterday the Plume & Atwood
company announced 10 per cent
increase and the Noera Manufac-
turing company filed its certificate
of compliance.
The general committee held its
first big meeting last Monday and
conferences were held daily by
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About Six Thousand
Farmers Will Stop
Shipments August II
But Governor Cross Will Call Out State
Police to Protect Those Farmers
Who Desire to Ship Milk
BOARD OF MILK CONTROL
ISSUES THEIR SIDE OF CASE

Hartford, Conn, Aug 12-(UP)-Milk producers were
divided into two to-day President George Hersey
Robertson of National association, issued
milk holiday in Connecticut beginning August
III at p. m.
The holiday designated result of failure of farm
ers national committee to to agreement with the
state milk board price and production regulations
will only about half the producers it was estimated
Robertson said that farmers ready strike
Thursday that many of his association members
expressed unwilling oppose the state boards
rulings.
On the basis of Robertsons estimates that many sym.
pathizers would join the movement about 5000 farmers will
discontinue shipments on the 18th.