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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-08
 MINISTER AND HE
 LANDS IN CELL

Hartford, Conn, March S.-UP)
 His grand manner supplanted by dejected spirits, and his monocle hanging unnoticed at the end of it's silken cord. Edward Kameny. 39, prime minister of Hungary" to- day awaited action by United States immigration officials.
 Kameny was arrested when he came here from New York to visit woman to whom he had repre- sented himself as the prime min ister. He is a dentists assistant, and claims to have entered the country legally in 1912. Among his personal effects was a picture showing him in a be-medaled uni form of a Hungarian officer. Kameny admitted it was com posite picture made from one he had torn from a magazine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-08
PRESIDENT IS TO HAVE ONLY
 REAL MONEY
Secretary W00din Follow= ed Out the Pledge Made By Roosevelt in His Inaugural Address
BY RAYMOND CHAPTER United Press Staff Correspondent

Washington, March s.-(UP)- The Roosevelt administration abandoned it's scrip plan to-day.
 Instead it has decided to rely for additional currency chiefly on the regular elastic privileges of the Federal Reserve System. These are far from being stretched to the limit and there still is room for expansion to meet the present shortage of cash.
 This apparently can be consid- cred a rigid form of currency ex- pansion. Officials are wary of labelling their hour-to-hour moves during the emergency.
 The scrip and currency decision was announced dramatically by Secretary of Treasury Woodin to- day.
 Details of these latest moves are trickling out slowly.
 Best information is that the gov- ernment now contemplates addi- tional currency chiefly of the same kind hitherto issued by Federal Reserve banks.
 They have far from exhausted their resources.
 Regular Federal Reserve notes
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-08
JUDGE McNIFF
 MAY BE PLACED. IN HEAD RANK
Bill in Judiciary Committee
 That Would Put Him Head of the Common
 Pleas Court
BY WILLIAM J. MORIARTY Democrat Staff Man)

State Capitol, Hartford. Conn. March S-(Special to the Demo- crat)-Deputy Judge Miles F. Me- Mfr of the court of common pleas of Waterbury is to be promoted to the ranking of judge and his salary raised from $4,5O0 to $7.500 under the provisions of a bill just raised in the judiciary committee. 1t was learned by this correspondent to- day. The bill is practically com plete and will be reported out aft CT a bill now under consideration which places the judges of the common pleas courts of the state on a circuit similar to that of the superior court.
 An unfavorable report by the ju- diciary committee is expected on the latter bill followed by rejection in both the house and senate. If this measure were reported favor- ably and passed it would have
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-08
SDeakeasies of
 New York Were
 Wide ODen To-day

New York. March S.--lUP)-- Manhattan speakeasies, never bashful, operated wide open toaay, convinced that no federal dry agent would spend his own money Tor evidence. The new freedom came after the prohibition enforcement bureau put into effect the restric-' ton passed by congress which pre- vents the spending of government money for evidence or for inform CTS .,r wire tapping. Eighteen speakcasies were raided yesterday without benefit of evidence pur- chased in advance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-08
BETTING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

Concord, N. H., March -(UP)-The state house of representatives, under suspended rules today passed ball to provide for the legaiza- ton of Pari- Mutuel betting at race tracks in New Hampshire. The action virtually assured enact ment of the legislation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-08
W0LC0TT HAS REPUBLICANS
 FOR JUDGES
As Pr e die ted in the Democrat Week Ago the D em 0crat Senate DeSerters Were Cause
BY WILLIAM J. MORIARTY
 Democrat Stan NIan)

State Capitol. Hartford, Conn, March 8.-(Special to the Demo- crat)-On. bill raised in commit tee Deputy Judge Harold Logan is renamed to- the Wolcott town court 1t was learned today, when the bill was forwarded to the house with @ favorable report from the judiciary committee. Owing to the fact that the bill was raised in committee immediate action on it could not be taken under suspen- sion of rules, so the house voted to
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-08
Final News Flashes
BILLION AND HALF GUARANTEE

Albany, N. Y., March 8.-(UP)-Se4nate Majority Leader John J. Dunnigan, New York city democrat, announced today he would move for immediate action on his bill establishing billion and half dollars corporation to guaran- tee deposits in New York state banks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-08
FIRST CALLERS

Washington. March 8-(UP)-- President Roosevelt received the first formal callers of his adminis- tration to-day. They were Senator McAdoo, democrat, California, for nor Albert c. Ritchie, of Mary land. Hitherto, those who have conferred at the White House with the chief executive have been ex- pressly invited. -i
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-08
TANGIBLE SUCCEEDS COOLIDGE

New York, March 8.-lUPJ--James Row land Angell, president of Yale university, today was elected to succeed Calvin Coolidge on the board of directors of the New York Life Insur- ance company.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-08
HE TANTALIZED CANADA

Winnipeg, Man, March 8.-(UPl--Peter Verigin leader of the Doukhobors and only re- gently released from a deportation order, today threat to lead his 16,OOO followers in a nude parade from their western settlements to Winni- peg.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-08
RJISSIA REFJySES

Geneva, March - (UP) = Russia,s refusal to adhere to the League of Nations assembly's Sino- Japanese report was received here today by Sir Eric Drummond.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-08
INSPECTOR DEAD

Hartford, Conn, March S-(UP) Ralph T. Hamilton, 27. state aeronautical inspector, died in a hospital here late yesterday. He was injured when he lost control of his car and it crashed into a tree
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-08
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, March 8-UP)-- The treasury net balance for March was $129,491,911.25.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-08
The weatI,er

Fair and Colder Tonight
 and On Thursday
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-08

Complete wsafher Report Page 3.
Milford chronicle., 1933-01-20

The members Of the EpWOrth League
assembled at the NJ. f. parsonage on
Monday evening, January 3. Business
of importance was transacted. Mrs. r.
G. Conner was elected president to sue
ceed Thomas Baker. resigned, and Mrs,
Josephine Love was elected assistant
secretary. These officers are to serve
until the annual meeting in March. Let
great work done by the Glendale
League rally to its standard and enlist
for life. The work before the league at
the present time needs the careful at
tion of every follower of Christ. Girls
and boys have wandered away and
many are engaged in sinful practices.
It will take the long arm of the church
and Epworth League to reach out and
bring these wanderers back into the
fold once more Who will help?
Milford chronicle., 1933-01-20
BLANCHARD'S STATION

/ Miss Myrtle Dukes was In viii.
| mingtons week and had her ton
! sils removed.
J. H.. Edgell spent last Friday in
Wilmington.
J. L. Lloyd and Louis LOckerman
made a business trip to Salisbury.
! last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. ConOway of
Greenwood entertained Mr.. and Mrs
Walter Mills and family to dinner
on January TO- in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. Mills 18th wedding anniver-
sary.
D, +. l.. Kratz attended the funeral
of a cousin in Pennsylvania last
Saturday.
Several from here attended the
poultry show in Milford Thursday
of last week.
:. AL Colegrove and Eugene Hall of
Wilmington called on relatives here
Sunday
: Little Theodore Layton was on
the sick list last week.
= Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L. Russell and
family and Carlton Layton spent
afternoon in Milford.
Mrs. Jennie Hollis. Mrs. Alonzo
Stewart and baby and Mrs. J. f.
Lloyd were dinner guests of Mrs.
Ella Edgell of Greenwood last Fri
lay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Edgell and
ION Neil attended the funeral of
Levin w. Ellis at st. Marks Church,
)elmar, on Tuesday.
Milford chronicle., 1933-01-20
MILLVILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. J. Gray. guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Morgan Wed.
nesday evening.
Mrs. Alice Mcgee and son JOIN
were entertained to a coon dinner
on Sunday at the home of Mrs. Ell
sic Townsend.
Harry Dale, Sr.. who has been
sick the past three weeks is better
at this time. 20
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac p. West spent
Sunday in Camden. ~ j., with his
brother. Ulysses West who was bad
ly burned by the fire that destroyed
his place of business with A. J. Mar
tins cleaning and dyeing works.
John N. Townsend is spending
this week in Philadelphia. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Bennett were
guests on Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs,
George NJ. Derrickson of Omar.
DR.. X. J. Hooker and J. Sanford
Noble motored to Wayne, Pa. on
Saturday and visited Leslie Hooker
who is a student at Valley Forge
Military Academy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Evans of
Philadelphia are guests of their mo-
ther, Mrs. Ida, Powell and sister,
Mrs. Myrtle p. Long,
Milford chronicle., 1933-01-20

Electa, Mrs. Anna williams; war
den. Mrs Dalsey r. Ellis. sentinel
e. w. Bryan. After the installation
ceremonies refreshments were serv-
ed by a committee of Mrs. e.. w,
Bryan, Mrs. II. NJ. Ruark and Mrs.
G. L. Thomas. Officers jewels were
presented the past 1natroh, Mrs.
Martha p. Bunting, and past patron,
Rev. C. w. Branford. =:
Mrs. Frank If. Hickman was re-
cent visitor to her sister, Mrs. Fran
els Martin, of Dover.
At the annual meeting of stock
holders of the First National Bank
the following directors we're elected!
Burton G. Cannon. Morgan T. Gum,
Charles II. Davis. Atwood o. Lynch,
James M. Tunnell. Daniel G. Long,
Harry +. Wilgus, Samuel d. Bennett,
Horace J. Hickman and Dir. Levin
E. Murray. ~ ri
Squire and Mrs. James d. Long
were recent guests of Rev. and Mrs. !
Gardner, HurlOck, Md.
Milford chronicle., 1933-01-20
FRANKFORT

The railroad company has recent
ly had force of men making some
repairs to the Frankford station
property.
Miss Helen Watson, of Milford; is
spending some time with her cousin,
Mrs. James Milby. ..,s. .. .s
Mrs. Anna Belle Santler, worthy
grand matron;. Cover c.. MeNamee,
worthy grand patron; Mrs. Grover
c. McNamco, grand marshall; Mrs.
Myrtle l.. Sawden, grand organist
of the Grand Chapter of Delaware
Order Of the Eastern Star, came, TO
FrankfOrd Wednesday evening and
installed the following officers of
the Frankford Chapter: worthy,
matrOn. Mrs. Olive ID. Gum; worthy
patron, William b. DcrricksoR as
sociate matron. Mrs. Florence E.
associate patron, Topp M.
Heath; secretary, Mrs. Elizabeth e.
Stokes; treasurer. Mrs. Hattie L.
Thomas; cOnductress, Mrs. Ruth w.
Branford; associate cOnductress,
Mrs. Hilda b. Jones; chaplain, Mrs. |
Mice NJ. Phillips; marshall. Mrs. |
edith z. Pennewell; organist, Mrs.
Iilda Baker; Ada, Mrs. Rida Lin.
20; Ruth, Mrs. Estella Chandler;
esther, Mrs. Florence Williams;
lartha. Mrs. Maud L. Mitchell;
Milford chronicle., 1933-01-20
ATLANTA
Near BridgeVilIsl

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hearne and
l;son. William Thomas, Mrs. Archie
Waller and Mrs, VIM. H. Hearne Of
near Georgetown spent Wednesday
evening at the home of r. A. VIII
Hanson and family.
Mrs. Dora E. Brown is slowly inn
proving.
+ Mrs. II. d. Kinder and son Virgil
visited her mother. Mrs. Helena
Lane at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Frank Biddle. in New Castle on
Sunday. ...
z Mr.. and Mrs. John Hartzell were
Monday afternoon guests of Mrs. T.
p. Fields and family at Seaford.
Miss Lola Smith, Joseph William
son and Mrs. II. A. Williamson were
among those from here who spent
Thursday at the Delaware State
Poultry Show at Milford.
!: Robert Brown made business
trip to Pocomoke City OH Monday.
, Mrs. Fl. b. Kinder spent Saturday
evening with Mrs. Bruce HartzeI
and. Mrs. Lewis in fredericksburg.
! George Hartzell lis on theesick list.
Milford chronicle., 1933-01-20
HOLLYVILLE

Mr.. aud Mrs. Clarence Wilson. o
near Lewes. were the guests of tn,
latter's parents. ex-senator Harr,
Prettyman and family. on Sunday.
Miss Hulda Long, of Milton, spent
the weekend as the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Stevenson.
Mrs. Susie StOckley, wife OF form
or Rep. Thomas StOckley, of this
place, is at this Time seriously in at
the Beebe Hospital in Lewes.
Many of the members of Cool
spring Grange attended the Sussex
County Pomona held last Thursday
at Reliance A very interesting pro-
gram was prepared by the Pomona
Lecturer, Albert Early. One of the
features of the day was the COM
munity singing led by County Agent
Mcknight, of Carolina county, Md.
Frank Bancroft, of Kent County,
was present and addressed the meet
ing on the subject. what to expect
from the Delaware Legislature at
this Session"
The next Unity NJ. Il. Aid Society
will meet at the home of Mrs. Geo.
Bcnnum the fourth Saturday even
ing of this month, January 2Sth.
Daniel T. Joseph, a well known
farmer of this place, fifty years of |
age, died on Wednesday of last week
Of plural pneumonia. Funeral serv-
ices were held at Unity M. E. Church
Oh Saturday last. interment at Con-
Iey's NJ, E. cemetery. He leaves a
wife and three sons. Howard, Carl
on and Richard.
The next regular meeting OF Cool
'pring Grange will be held this COM
ng Friday evening. January goth.
L is very desirable that all the
members as near as possible be pres
mt.
Milford chronicle., 1933-01-20

fact the whole service was. very inter-
esting and continued SO until the end.
5, The pastor delivered very fine dis
course after the services of the league
were ovet. - ~ ~.A4
Sunday Services, January %:
a. m. Preaching by the pastor. 7 p. nj
Epworth League Mrs Augusta Mill
man, leader 1880 p. nj. Preaching by
the pastor.
Milford chronicle., 1933-01-20
N. Y. WOMAN TELLS HOW
TO MAKE CHILD EAT

New York-Mrs. r. VOLTS little girl
would not eat and was thin and pale.
After giving her Vinol (iron tonicl she
eats hearty, gained weight and rosy
cheeks. In Milford by Red Star Drug
Store-ln Harrington by Sharp G. Flem-
ing. Druggists. ~.
Milford chronicle., 1933-01-20
Turkey Supper

Don'f forFet 10 attend the turkey
supper which is to be held in the
school auditorium on Friday evening,
January 20. by Church School Glass No.
2. "A generous serving is assured and
the price will be only SOC.
E.,..n.4E, nnswro
The Washington times., 1933-05-03
Clock Doctors Exonerate
London's Big Ben

world would be genuinely sorry
to miss out on the familiar
timepiece. We get letters from
almost every region ON earth
telling us how eagerly the
strokes Of Big Ben are awaited
on the radio, maybe by some
one in New York, In California,
Japan, India"
The Washington times., 1933-05-03

LONDON G.N.S0-Big Ben,
accused Of singing to the world
out of tune and losing the mellow
note which made it famous to
the four corners Of the earth,
has been tested and proved inno-
cent. \
The big clock topping the build
ings Of Parliament was said to
have succumbed to a harsher
tone in recent years, and finally
was placed under close obServa-
tion. After exacting sound tests,
the clock doctors returned a YER
dict of not guilty.
One Of the experts charged with
supervising the inner mechani--
cal mysteries Of Big Ben declared
that Big Ben never would change
its tone. He said:
cit couldn't change its tone
unless it is recaSt. Then you
would get an altered tone to
such an extent that the world
would not recognize the voice
of Big Ben. I believe the whole
The Washington times., 1933-05-03
Italian Birthr0te
ShOUn in Decline

ROME GN.S0-That Italy is
still mainly a farmers country
is shown by the latest figures
relating to her population, but
what has caused surprise to
many is announcement in 1882
the number Of births decreased,
though marriages increased
slightly. ! 81
At the same time 1taly's for.
eign trade declined in 1882 by
$5, 100000, a big falling off being
shown compared with 1881.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-30

into army camps, labor camps, etc, for the
purpose OF teaching you to fightr7-to use you
against the workers fighting for bread. They
want to use you against your fathers and
mothers who fight for milk for the children.
They want to prepare you for another muir
derous war, in which the workers will bleed,
but the bosses profits will increase. They pro-
pose to put you into the army, to make you
ready for the war they are Matching against
the Soviet Union.
HOMELESS YOUTH: ARE YOU READY TO
BLEED FOR THE BOSSES WHO NOW LET
YOU STARVE? ARE YOU READY TO SHOOT
OWN YOUR FATHERS AND MOTHERS
WHOSE HOME YOU HAD no LEAVE BE-
CAUSE OF HUNGER2 THE ANSWER IS
CLEAR: 1T MUST BE A MIGHTY MOI
Then what is to be done?
Wherever you are, stay and fight. The Young
Communist League has issued a call for the
unity Of the working class youth in fight
for bread and shelter. The bosses give you no
Jobs. they deny you relief. Banded together,
millions strong, you can compel them to give
YOU food and shelter. The Unemployed Councils
everywhere have forced the relief organizations
to grant relief, they have stopped evictions
YOU CAN DO THE SAME
The UNEMPLOYED COUNCILS OF U. S. A.
call upon you to unite and put up fight. In
this fight you have the full support Of the
lighting Councils Of the Unemployed through
out the country. Get together, Discuss your de-
nands Put forward your leaders. Lot the
bosses know that you want none OF their Sal
vatien Army, military camp and army stuff.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-30

lou QemdHu FLUID AMI ShEbIEh.
Singly you can be defeated-uNITED, YOU
ARE A. POWER. Backed up by the Unemployed
Councils, as the young fighters of the working
class, you are force to be reckoned with.
The UNEMPLOYED COUNCILS and the
Young Communist League call you to regional
conferences i'll Sacramento, st. Louis, Milwau-
kee and Pittsburgh, on FEBRUARY Is, for the
four sections of the country to discuss the
needs and demands of the youth-and to de-
eide ACTION. Young Communists, homeless
youth themselves, are out on the road, in the
jungleS, Hoovervilles, Rooseveltburgs and flop
houses, raising the question with the homeless
young workers. They are in the YWCAs, talk
ing to the girls.
HOMELESS BOYS: Get in touch with the
Unemployed Council wherever you are. Direct
the other boys TO the place, Become an organ
izer for the conferences.
HOMELESS GIRLS; Do the same. Become
an organizer among the tens Of thousands of
of working class girls, who are thrown out of
their homes because of hunger.
BOYS OUT ON THE ROAD: Get among the
homeless youth in distant sections Tell them
the WORKING CLASS BOYS AND GIRLS
ARE GETTING TOGETHER TO FIGHT FOR
BREAD AND SHELTER. TELL THEM THAT
A GOVERNMENT THAT CAN SPEND Bill
LIONS AND RECRUIT YOU FOR WAR,
MUST CARE FOR THE WORKING GLASS
AND THEIR CHILDREN TELL THEM THAT
A GOVERNMENT THAT GIVES BILLIONS
TO THE BANKS AND RAILROADS.. CAN
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-30

FIND FUNDS FOR THE RELIEF OF THE
WORKING CLASS THIS WE CAN FORCE
THEM TO DO IF WE GET TOGETHER.
Make the conferences in Sacramento, st.
Louis, Milwaukee and Pittsburgh on February
Is MASS CONFERENCES. Discuss with the
boys and girls what they should demand We
propose
Isl per day for every homeless youth, to
be raised on local and national scale.
Estate, city and federal buildings-arm-
cries, public audtoriums, etc.-be used
for shelter for unemployed youth. These
shelters to be managed by committees
Of the youth.
3--Abolition Of all vagrancy and anti-hitch
hike laws.
4--State and federal unemployment insur-
ance to be paid by the government and
employers.
Form COMMITTEES OF ACTION in the
jungles, flophouses on every box car to fight
for immediate relief, food, clothes, medical at
tention and shelter
UNEMPLOYED YOUNG WORKERS: Stay
in your cities and fight for relief. Organize
committees of action in the neighborhoods,
pool rooms, clubs and Lighthouses. Garry on a
fight with the Unemployed Councils, for relief
ALL THE WORKERS MUST UNITE IN
THE FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER~-NEGRO
AND WHITE YOUNG AND OLD. NOW rs
THE TIME WHEN UNITY rs MOST NEEDED
On to Sacramento, st. Louis, Milwaukee and
Pittsburgh on February t5-there to decids on
ACTION!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-30
TO HIT PINCHOT
PLAN AT MEET
Rally Tonight Against
Starvation Scheme

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. pa
ringing protest against Governor
Pinchot's new commissary plan for
distributing relief to the unemployed
will be voiced at mass meeting to-
morrow monday night, called by
the Kensington Unemployed Council
at the Kensington Labor Lyceum,
Second St., above Cambria.
Pinchot's new starvation scheme,
which has already been put into OPP
Grafton in a number of cities and is
about to be extended TO Philadelphia,
does away with cash relief and in
stead offers the unemployed food
bags costing about AZ cents week
per person. In addition, the unem-
ployed have to go long distances to
the commissaries and wait in line
for hours.
The protest meeting will organize
a united front of the workers Of this
section. employed and unemployed,
against the Pinchot plan (actually
the plan of the bankers and CAPT.
tslists), which cuts down the food
allowance about so per cent,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-30
RAID JOBLESS
MEETING IN ALA.
TOWN, ARREST 10
Coal and Iron Bosses
Behind Attack

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Jan. %
Friday night six plain clothes men
raided a meeting Of unemployed
workers held in private home In
Fairfield, Ala, location of the larg-
est plant Of the Tennessee Coal and
Iron Company.
The dicks broke in without a search
warrant, ransacked the house, seiz-
ing literature and personal belong
ings and arresting ten workers. Alice
Burke, Alex. Vaughn, Thorpe, Jim
Burke, Sokol Blacketon, Boutwell,,
Mckenzie, Murphy and Barnett.
Fear Rising Struggles.
The arrested workers are charged
with holding a meeting without po-
lice permit. The city of Fairfield,
dominated by the Tennessee Coal and
Iron Co., has vicious anti-working-
class ordinance, positively forbidding
any gathering Of workers, even in
then homes, without police permits
sion.
The defendants spent Friday night
in Jail, but we're bailed out by work
ers on Saturday. The Tennessee
Coal and Iron Co., and its tools in
the city government are determined
TO railroad the ten workers TO jail
as part Of their drive TO crush the
rising struggles OF the unemployed
and employed workers against star
walton. The bosses are especially
alarmed at the growing unity being
effected between white and Negro
workers, under the leadership Of the
Communist Party and militant mass
organizations. This unity Is being
forged in the process of struggle
against starvation and boss terror
ism. It is evidenced in the rising
thunder of protest both by white and
Negro toilers against the vicious
chain-gang sentence which was re-
Gently rendered against Angelo
Herndon. l9-year-old Negro organizer
of the Unemployed Council of At
lanta, Ga, and in the support Of the
struggles of the Negro choppers of
Tallapoosa County. Ala, by white
choppers and exploited farmers.
Workers Must Demonstrate.
Workers and their organizations
throughout the country are urged to
protest against the raid and arrest
of unemployed workers, and against
the vicious working class ordi-
nance under which these attacks
were carried out. Send protests to
Judge Gilley, Fairfield, Ala, demand
ing release Of arrested workers, re-
peal Of ordinance, the right Of free
speech and assemblage for the work.
ers OF Fairfield, Ala.