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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-12
Rome Letter
By THOMAS B. MORGAN vr,,itcd press StafY Correspondent


 Rome (UP)--Ten years or Fac- ist rule has seen malaria mortaHty in Italy reduced by 3S per cent, ac- cording to official statistics recently published. Deaths due to malara were 1,O33 in 1887, 4,0S5 Tn lS11 year of the Facist march on Rome--and 2,781 in 193o. Ine downward trend continued tnrousn out 1881 and 1892 but official ng- ures for these last two years are still lacking. now in the process of recamatioh from the malaria evil.
 The reduction of 33 per cent IS all the more noteworthy--govern- ment officials in charge or the Anti Malaria Campaign deciared-- since 1t was achieved despite a combination of circumstances which certainly did not help 1t any. The crowding together or hundreos of workers employed in carrying out the vast reclamation schemes, for instance was detrimental m no small measure to the good cause.
 Timely and judicious measures adopted by the government, now ever. did much to offset such un.. avoidabIe handicaps. The continual reform of the various health serv- ices, the compulsory campaign against the malaria bearing mos quito, the reorganization of the anit-malaria services, were all ln- strumental in safeguarding as much as possible workers and tneir families who are compelled 10 spend their daily lives in the marshland regions.
 Legislation regarding the anti- malaria campaign was hitherto ot fragmentary and complicated nature. Government officials there- fore considered it advisable to CO., ordinate the various rules. At 2 recent session of the Council oi Ministers, bill intended to fulhll this purpose was approved.
 Areas in course of reclamation either by hydraulic means or. by land transformation to-day amount | to over i've million hectares. Press comment pointed out that while the anti malaria bill was framed with the object of improving tht health of the general public, spe' cial attention was given to that ol lthe workers who after all art lIta1y's "best soldiers in times o' peace or war;"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-12
Here, There And Everywhere
PERHAPS.
(New Haven Journal couriery

(New Haven Journal Courier)
 The New England quarterly has scant respect for the memory of John Greenleaf Whittier. However fine q poet, he was certainly no proseman. But the Quarterly. With all unkindness, reprints two stories of early vintage. One of these Is from The New York Visitor and Lady's Parlor Magazine. It winds A sentimental course to, this para : graph: The husband
 "had fallen, and was doomed to
 die the death of a traitor. The
 door of the dungeon opened, and a light form entered and
 threw herself into his arms. The ,softened light of the sunset fell
 upon the pale brow and wasted
 cheek. of his once beautiful wife.
 Edward, my dear Edward, said
 she. | have come to. save you;
 I have, reached you after thou
 sand difficulties, and thank God
 my purpose is nearly executed.
 Misfortune h a d softened the
 proud heart of lmanhood, and
 as the husband pressed his pale
 wife to his bosom. tear trembl.
 ed on his eyelash. I have not deserved this kindness, he mur- mured in the choked tones or
 agony. Edward said his wife
 in an earnest, but faint and low,
 voice, which indicated extreme
 and fearful debility, we have not a moment to lose. By an exchange of garments you will be enabled
 to pass out unnoticed. Haste, or
 we may be too late'."
 This is 1S40 when Whittier was 33 years old and should have known better. There Is the excuse of youth for the other, "The De. formed Girr from the Herald oi Truth of 1884. 1t is as morbid mournful, macabre. He must have dotted on Young's Might Thoughts Even Burton. in his Anatomy oi Melancholy" could not so sustain from the tombs" such q "dolefu sound" Is it plot or style which smacks of ''pale. ghastly consump. tion"? The Faulknerian fleming | way esque technique could reduce 1t by many lines:
 "The gunman was waiting exe- cution, His mo1l appeared Tn the
 cell-door. Flung herself into his arms. Sorrow had sucked away
 beauty. In the half-light she was pale. And gaunt. Trough go- ing, Ed, but I. got here.' Hard
 luck had made him soft: He 1 blinked at salt. I ain't worth 1t. Y kid,' he grunted. Can the syrup. she lissed. we gotta hurry. Swap clothes with me and you can slip 1 out. Come on.. give me them pants or it'll be too 5late'."
 Thus we progress in wisdom ant realism. But boasts are idle, 10 I we could duplicate the Whittie prose touch in many. q popula magazine sinfesting modern news stands.
 .'We think our fathers fools, so
 wise we grows Perhaps our wiser sons will think ug so.'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-12

The genius of Joseph Urban will be sadly missed on both the screen and the stage This we'll known designer has been the fore most in his craft for good many years now His peculiar talents were brought to the fore in the United States by the late Flo Ziegfeld who was the first to employ him for stage decorations. The Urban rage was at its height about ten years ago. but his reputation never suffered by the advancement of those who followed his school of thought. Never were there more elaborate or colorful stage settings than those produced by this master craftsman. Who'll take his place?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-12
THE WILD EAST
lNew York Herald -rribune)

' (New York Herald -Tribune)
 y The recent encounter between deer and motorists on. Q New Jer- sey trunk highway within hfty miles of this city brings to mind how imperfect has been mans oc- cupation of the east. Deer still exist in abundance in the eastern states. Dwellers in rural Connecticut are familiar with their visits, and they frequently appear In the outskirts of towns along the Jersey coast.
 The survival of wild animal life generally associated with pioneer ing stage of settlement Is due to the existence of large mountain ous and forested areas in the east. Largely unsuited for farming and . heavy growth of population, they have been left as q natural refuge for the animals. Our game laws have coopefated with the prcyisior
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-12
Our Daily Washington Letter
 U. 5. Ready to Use Teeth" in Recovery Act
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

without a required license = each day of violation constituting a separate offonse.
 Presidents Power
 Stiffest of all Is the final sec- tion: The president can pre- scribe such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of the act and violation of such rule or regulation is pun ishable with $500 fine, six months Imprisonment. or both.
 That's the joker which leaves nc
 limit to the governments powers
 of enforcement. It might be useG
 number of warts on a pickle.
 May Lose Two Bosses
 Poor Oscar B. Cintas, the Cubar ambassador, faces the danger that both his bosses will lose theii jobs. First, there's President Ge' rardo Machado, the iron-handet dictator. who is expected to resign before the end of his term as thu result of this country's peaceful in. tervention through Ambassador Sumner Welles.
 Then there's Secretary of tht Treasury William H. Woodin
 whose resignation is frequently
 rumored.
 Cintas was a vice-president oi Woodin's American Car & Foundr!
 company and, after living in thi.
 country for years. resigned wher appointed ambassador. Woodil
 has been his chief Contact" 1T the government. Others here, wht admire the excellent sherry whicf Cintas serves from cut-glass de
 canters, would also feel the blow Copyright 1883, NEA Service Inc,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-12
To-day's Selected Poem
RIVER ROAD

(Gilbert Maxwell in the New York Sun Turning northward from the town, We took road that led us down Into wood where every tree
 Far as the straining eye could sec, Hung heavy with the weight of snow, We did not care. we did not know What lay beyond the fringe of pines That loomed against the stars in lines Of crystal darkness, but we went Companioned by strange content; And when the river fell in view, l turned my head to look at you. You did not speak. you only stood silhouette against the wood. TraDsfxed. transngured with surprise. The river rushed into your eyes, And all the words I would have said Were spoken by your lifted head.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-12

Here's an example for many men in this country. Pat Ryan was ll0 years old on February l4 and shortly before his death last week confessed that in all his life he never applied for pension from any source. although he was entitled to one as a veteran of the Civil War. He said he never truth fully could say that he was unable to make living. Would that there were more Pat Ryans in this country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-12

have been both tragic and comiesl if the work had proceeded without knowledge of the caves. When the water started to back up from the dam and found the natural openings it probably would have emptied out in no time. And great would be the rage of the powers that be at Washington for such ''boner". But they seldom hap pen when the best minds are employed by Uncle Sam.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-12

High tide at Milford, Thursday July B $40 a. m., daylight time; low tide, l:l a. m. daylight time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-12
Personal Health Service
 (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment. will be answered. by Dr. Brady. Address him. care Of tine Democrat sending stamp ind addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-12

Resident of Hamilton, scotland. are guarding from moiestations nest built by ( thrush on Cadzow passers-by can zee the eggs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-12

A lot of young fellows who want to dis tinguish themselves in public life have now given up oratory and politics and started studying for economics professorships.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-12

All vehicles must be lighted not late than 8:55. daylight time. tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-12

Russia has certainly put one over ol Japan. Sold her railroad.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-12

made by nature for their protec- tion, and public opinion has sup ported these legal measures not on- ly on humane but on sentimental grounds. Tho deer are considered an integral part of the vast vaca- tion playground that Is so access ible to our city-weary people and add the touch of the primitive that hills and woods alone cannot give for those surfeited with fifty weeks of living afhd steel and concrete.
 In contrast to the east and far west, the real settled America lies between the Appalachians and the Rockies. From Ohio across Kansas and Nebraska the conquest of the immense reaches of level or rolling land. everywhere farmed and fenced to the horizon. was thoroughgo- ing process that left no place for wild life in it's scheme. As with ant- mals. so with the aborigines. Thus. according to the last census, Rhode Island has more Indians than In- diana, and New York has more than Oregon or Idaho, while Mass achusetts has almost as many as Texas. f
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-12
(The Waterbury Democrat Wash- ingtOn Correspondent

bh9sO Washington Administrator
 Hugh Johnson frequently bares the teeth of the industrial recovery
 He doesn't threaten, but people keep asking him what will be done
 when concerns set extortionate prices, raise rents to offset new
 minimum wages to employees or
 discharge workers for union activ-
 tiles. And he leaves no doubt that
 when an industry doesn't police itself, as he hopes it will, he in- tends to step in.
 If he thinks an industry has fix ed prices too high he will call in its representatives, ask them to de- fend themselves, and if they can't
 make a case will turn to the anti trust laws for prosecution.
 And to fire a man for joining a
 union would be a violation of pledged word under the new codes for which deprivation of the acts | benefits would be the punishment Act Has Teeth
 "Read the Act!" is one of the stock official answers to questions
 here now. Reading of the indus trial act discloses more teeth than most of us supposed were in It. First the federal district attorneys upon orders from the justice de- partment, are charged with pre- venting and restraining violations of codes, with Jurisdiction given to | the U. S. district courts.
 Next there's a $500 fine provided for whoever violates a provision o1 an approved code, for each viola tion. Next, the president can license business enterprises to engage 1T interstate commerce and can re. yoke such licenses. There's $50( l fine and up to six months impris' l ohment provided for operation
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-12

Windsor Castle and Hampton Court palace are to be settings for
 scense in the British talkie, The
 Fourth Wife of Henry VIII"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-12
So They Say

There is no substitute for the comradeship of father and son. Dr Donald A. Laird, Colgate psy- chologist.
 If there Is one subject on which my knowledge Is less than it is on income tax returns, do not knaw it.--Otto H. Kahn (who paid no in- come tax for 1890, 1891 or 1932)
 Worldwide conditions were contributory cause to our disaster, but we must admit our deplorable state is largely of our own creation, Senator Arthur Capper, Kansas.
 The Roosevelt "raw deaf' is the biggest bologny ever perpetrated.- Howard Scott, tecnocrat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-12

Is - or - harmful to use to pre-. vent pcrspiring under the arms, etc? (Miss S. G.) N e& Answer-Both of the preparations you mem ton are harmless 4 solution of half an ounce of aluminium chloride in three ounces of water is generally satisfactory--nop some on the skin once day for three or four days which will suffice for week or more.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-24

self on the first day of the conyen-
ton by embarrassing the opposition.
Although he was one of the original
proponents cat the Eastern Union
Meeting) of the move to GUST John
ston from the chair, as soon as the
convention started he made a speech
saying he had changed his mind and
considered Johnston the best man
to occupy the chair.
Rank and File Sentiment Evident
More encouraging has been the
evidence of rank and file sentiment
in recent largely attended progress
siye caucus. 1t was decided that no
slate should be drawn up and no job
bargaining politics allowed until a
progressive program had been en-
acted. This is the policy advocated
by the Brotherhoods Unity group.
But hardly was the caucus over
before the Ward, Rudolph and other
job-hunting cliques were at it again
as hard as ever, secretly fixing up
their states, slandering each other
and engaging in the most shameless
trading.
The amendment to Section IL still
leaves too much power in the hands
OF the Grand Office. But its passage,
in the face of strenuous pleas by
both Johnston and National Legisla-
tive Representative G.. w. McLaugh-
lin for retention of the present law,
reveals healthy distrust of the DO
iitical policies of the Grand once
AS amended the Section calls for
expulsion of a member only when he
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-24

workers jointly by the government
and the automobile bosses. That is
a perspective that includes the strug.
gle for the immediate necessary
things of life for the employed anc
unemployed automobile workers anc
how concretely to win these condi-
tons Immediately.
Concretely, has the union a pro-
gram and is it in position to apply
this program, which has as its major
task, its hourly task, the building OF
a shop movement that can lead the
workers into struggles for better
wages, better working conditions and
for immediate relief and Unemploy-
ment and. Social Insurance for the
unemployed automobile workers.
These are some of the burning
problems facing the convention, there
are many others especially some that
the union has to face, which have
'eceived very little consideration and
yet are of such an important nature
that unless they are solved the union
will not be in position to expand
and grow among the masses of work
ers.
We have the problem of counter
acting the SANDER of enemies of the
union. Did we ask the new mem
bers to cou1teract these SLAM
ders9 How are they being used
against many of the new members,
by people in and around their FAM
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-24

lilies, by different fraternal lodges,
churches, ETC., that they belong to,
especially among the native born
members.
Has the union leadership made an
attempt to overcome the methods of
bureaucracy and Journalism through
systematic discussions and consistent
ly created initiative from below, based
upon the Trade Union democracy.
Have we explained the role of the
ALL? In this connection the task
OF the union and finally the conyen-
ton is to answer all these questions,
that have been and are still being
raised, such as, is the union affiliated
with any other, organizations? Is the
union anything else but an auto
mobile workers union? Is the union
a Communist organization? Is the
union ruled by Communists? These
are the burning questions facing the
majority of the members in the union
VINO have not been able to give a de-
clSlVe answer and as a result of it.
showed increased lack of interest
The convention also faces the task
OF tackling very seriously the prob
lens of the Young automobile work
erS, the women workers generally
who must play decisive part in the
building of the union.
The union, up to the present time.
has failed and completely underes-
timated the role and the special griey-
ances that the Negro workers have
who make up an important section of
the automobile workers. especially in
and around the Ford shop.
Questions of Leadership
Finally. the problem of future lead
ership of the union. In my opinion
this very question of leadership is
one which will decide, to large de-
gree, whether the union will grow in
order to give capable leadership and
organization to the automobile work
ers generally.
Let us hope that the delegates to
the convention will feel the respon-
sibility and try seriously to solve these
problems. One thing the union has
demonstrated, it learned how
TO lead and build, strikes and to
achieve conditions, for workers. If the
convention is guided. by this fact the
union will grow and develop in the
struggle for better wages and condi-
tons for the employed, and will lead
the struggle for immediate relief and
Unemployment Insurance for the I'M
employed workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-24

Run, w. Va, and in Southern I'LL
nois, the miners struck by the
thousands and are still on strike
against wage cuts, In all these
strikes, the UNIWA leaders betrayed
the miners and acted as strike
breakers.
Why Lewis Is for the Recovery Act.
Now the coal operators, the gov
eminent and the UAfWA leaders are
preparing. another sell-out through
the Industrial Recovery Act. All
these people tell the miners that
this Act will better our conditions.
The truth is that the Industrial Re-
covery Act will mean more starva-
ton. First, it will set minimum
wage, which will become the highest
the miners will receive, and the
prices in the stores will keep going
up. This Act will make strikes and
lock-outs illegal, but the operators
will have no reason to lock out. and
it will be against the claw" to strike.
They say we will have collective
bargaining, but they already plan to
do this only with the Strikebreaking
leaders Of the UIWA or the com
pany unions. The chief strike
breaker, John L. Lewis, will be given
the job to see that this is done. for
which they will receive hundreds of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-24
AGRICULTURAL
WORKERS STRIKE
IN NEW MEXICO
Conditions Get Worse
Under Roosevelt Deal
Demand Wage Raise

BOSWELL, New Mexico, June %
For the first time in 80 years, ag-
ricultural workers Of Chavas County
have gone out on strike against in
tolerable working conditions which
have grown steadily worse since the
coming Of the Roosevelt new deal"
The strike was called by the Agri-
cultural Workers Industrial Union
affiliated with the T rade Union IN
ity League. On the second day of
the strike, the workers responded 100
per cent in the Roswell region and
about 80 per cent around Dexter,
with 450 workers having signed up
in the union.
The strikers are Negroes, Spanish,
Mexican and American workers.
The response on the picket lines is
excellent with women and children
on the picket lines every morning.
Representative of the Unem-
ployed Councils and the Communist
Party have spoken at strike meet
ings.
The strikers are demanding 30
cents and hour and recognition of
the union. Wages for cotton chop
pers have been reduced from So an
acre to IS cents. The workers are
not able to chop more than an acre
to an acre and a half day. Truck
Gardeners get paid in food only. A
hay bailer who once received so
cents to a $3.50 ton now gets
cents ton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-24
Call Miners United Front
Conference Pittsburgh, Aug. II

thousands of dollars in check-off
from the miners pay. That is why
the UMWA is carrying on its big
organization campaign
All the promises and small wage
increases are being given because
the miners are carrying through
strikes, and because the operators
are afraid Of bigger strikes. The
miners know that they never won
anything without struggles.
Elect Delegates to Conference.
The call to the Second United
Front Conference will take up the
question Of the support of the strikes
now going on, the lessons of these
struggles and how best to develop
bigger struggles to win better condi-
tons for the miners, Miners are
urged to discuss this call in every To-
cal union or organization meeting
and in the mines and elected l dele
gate for every SO present with 2 del
egates each from union or organiza-
tion meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-24
Is Metal Workers
Strike Against Wage
Cut in Radio Plant

NEW TOEE-75 workers in the
cub department Of the Dubilier Con-
denser CRadio) Plant in BROOKLYN
went on strike on Wednesday after
the company had refused to meet the
workers demands to withdraw a
wege cut.
A committee of the Steel and Metal
Workers Industrial Union held a
meeting with the workers. Learning
of this, the superintendent an
nounced to the workers that the cut
had been withdrawn. The action was
cue to fear on the part of the COM
pany that the strike would spread
and that the workers would turn the
strike into a struggle for higher
wages.
The Steel and Metal Workers In
dustrial Union calls upon the work
ers to organize committees in every
department
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-24
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS CONVENTION
SHOWS NEED FOR OPPOSITION UNITY

tons and other methods.
In spite of all this, there was no
voice raised against resolution COM
mending Roosevelt for his Courage
and action" and his display of in
terest in the common people" and
praying that he be given the
strength necessary to the accom-
plishment of a tremendous task"
Opposition leaders like Ward, Ru-
oolph and other job-holders evidence
exactly the same servile attitude
towards the capitalist powers as does
the Johnston machine, and the rank
and file has not yet become suffi-
GENTLY organized and vocal.
This Roosevelt resolution has now
been followed by motion for an
other resolution commencing the
President for "his prompt action in
appointing fact-fnding commits
sion to handle the dispute between
the Kansas City Southern and its
employees" This resolution is par
ticularly absurd, in view of the fact
that the President has always ap-
pointed an emergency board when
strike action is threatened, as pro-
vided by the Rilroad Labor act: and
If Roosevelt has been particularly
prompt In this case, it is clearly due
to his anxiety to prevent effective
strike action against the present
wage cut offensive which he himself
encouraged with his Is per cent cut.
Both Roosevelt resolutions have
been introduced by F. Weaver Of
Pittsburgh, who distinguished him.