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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-24
Here, There And EvervDhere

family should be able to trade in the prunes or macaroni for a pound of salt pork.
 It appears to us that the author tiles in Newton were striving for a diversified diet rather than for one which would be welcome to the families aided. Still, there is hope, The family of nine may be able to swap" certain articles with other families. They may even sell a few and buy a non- essential.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-24

The Rev George B. Gilbert of Middle town. well known in legislative circles, is advocating the exercise of the right of emil nent domain by the state. He would have the state take over all untitled land SO that it might be placed at the disposal of needy families. The only trouble is that good proportion of the families where unemploy- ment has raised havoc and caused distress might not be able to subsist on what they could raise on farm. Just tlling the soil and dropping in a few seeds isn't the whole solution of raising vegetables for home con- sumption. There's work from dawn to dusk - back breaking work. There may be zo5.000 idle acres in Connecticut. as the Rev Mir Gilbert claims. but there aren't many members of the unemployed who
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-24
Our Daily Washington Letter
Green and Hillman Scrap It Out
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

Roosevelt that prompt imitation Is vitally essential He says declines in cotton prices have depressed many southern farmers.
 If action is not forthcoming, Smith will try to arrange a meet ing of senate and house commit tee members to discuss the issue.
  Junket Postponed
 That little junket to the Philip pines, promoted by Senator Tyd- ings of Maryland as chairman of the Territories and Insular Affairs committee, has been indefnietely postponed.
 Tydings wrote half dozen members, asking them to come along. But they must keep the trip secret. They didn't want to take too much money out of the senate contingent fund, he explained, and there were some members of the committee they wouldn't want in the party. North Carolina heard that Sem ator Reynolds was going along and he was scared out by cries of ''junketeer!"
 Then some uninvttedr committed man saw the Tydings letter. The maddest one was Robinson of In- diana.
 Steel Chiefs Wait ''> President William A. Irwin of U. s. Steel and his lawyer were waiting at MIRA for Chief Counsel Don Richberg. An official tried to entertain them with funny stories, but they said they didn't think they were receiving adquate con- sideration.
 "Oh, yes.' said the official, quickly, thinking of another 10 minutes of entertainment, you're going to have your picture taken" " A photographer was finally To- cated and urged to do his stuff. But the steel men still had long wait for Richberg. 2 %'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-24
The Waterbury Democrats Wash.-
 inGtOn COrresDOndent

ingtOn Correspondent
 Washington. = President Green of the A. F. of L. didn't like being high by the steel barons who refused to sit with him at Secretary Perkins conference.
 But an experience the same day at the Labor Advisory Boards meeting pained hi mstill worse.
 At one point he even threatened to resig from the board.
 The board has been secretly fighting out bitter row between A. F. of LIS United Garment Workers and Board Member Sid- ney Hillman's larger, more power- full Amalgatcd Clothing Workers. whirlwind organizing campaign, has called several strikes. U. G. w.. has been willing to break those strikes for its own benefit, through agreements with employers. Amal- gamated men call 1t 8 "scab labor agency"
 Hillman excoriated Green, pro- ducing letter which Hillnan said put the A. F. of l.. chief in the position of handing factory owners propaganda. against Amal- gamated.
 The board, willing enough to disapprove the steel mems treat ment of Green, exhibited a ma- jority sentiment against his cloth- ing strike attitude.
 Greens threat to quit subsided after John Lewis of the mine workers had modified him.
 
 New Imitation Sentiment
 A renewed wave of imitation sentiment seems to be gathering force. Senator's and congressman are hearing about 1t from home and they, in turn are becoming more articulate. A@
 Smith of South Carolina, chair man of the senate agriculture com mittee, has been trying to convince
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-24

would be willing to make them productive. unless. of course. you struck race of men and women born of the soil. The idea-is q good one. but we doubt if it can be applied to the situation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-24

had acted in 1922. we would not be here today. There would have been no occasion for an economic confluence. because the world would have been we'll on its way to complete recovery"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-24
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 the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-24

equipped with driveways and the landscape bureau of the highway department has spent much time and study on its beautifcation.
 Chairman of Connecticut's nrst highway commission and from 1897 to 1913 the states first one-man commission, MT MacdonaId's work as a road builder IS recognized throughout the country. He laid out the original 14 truck line high- ways in the state. He planned well to acknowledge 1t. Time enough has elapsed to permit m unprejud- iced study of his accomplishments
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-24
WOMAN. s4. STILL REPORTER

Rockville, Mo, (UP)-Miss Mary Lane, 84, claims the record of be- ing the oldest active woman re- porter in the United States She began her newspaper career 50 years ago and has continued with out Interruption.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-24

When you consider that business has always wanted to buy cheap and sell dear. it is pretty decent now to join so eheerfully in program that aims to buy dear and sell cheap.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-24

Flight tide at Milford. Friday. August 25, 2:23 p. m, daylight time; low tide. 8:l p. m., daylight time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-24

Our social service with its professional chatter of "underprivileged "Hospitaliza- ton etc, needs a new dialect.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-24

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 8:08. daylight time. tonight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-24
Judge Threatens
Young Strikers
With Jail and Fine

NEW YORK.-The cases Of ten
young workers, who were arrested at
a demonstration in front Of the FASH
ion Art Knitting Mills in Brownsville,
were postponed last Tuesday, after a
stiff legal battle between the Inter-
national Labor Defense attorney and
Magistrate Sabbatino.
At first, refusing to postpone the
cases, Magistrate Sabbatino launched
into a TRADE of patriotic phrases,
then, as he saw that the workers in
the courtroom we're sympathetic to
the young workers, he laid off the
case to Monday. In a 15-minute
speech, Sabbatino warned the young
workers if they came up before him
again that they would get the limit,
$50 fine and 81 months in the work.
house. He also told the boss that if
there were any more meetings held
around the factory, he was to notify
the police Immediately. This is not
the first arrest in the strike.
The brutality of the boss of the
mill has reached such an extent that
he attacked one of the workers and
bit his eye, almost binding him. The
strike, led by the Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union, is whole
heartedly supported by the workers
of Brownsville and vicinity.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-24
Shoe Strikers Hear
Washington Report
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

Borough of Brooklyn, in a statement
to the Daily Worker on the recent
hearings in Washington before the
National Labor Board declared: 1.-THE
shoe workers will gain as little in
Washington from the National Labor
Board as they diG In New York under
Grover Whalen and the MIRA, I'M
less they are determined to carry this
fight through to finish. We have
received advance information that
the manufacturers will be present at
the National Labor Board meeting
on Tuesday and that there will be q
showdown. The National Labor
Board will either have to admit that
Section Ia does not mean anything
to the workers or they will have to
recognize that the strike is under
the leadership of the Shoe and Leath-
er Workers Industrial Union and the
manufacturers will have to deal with
the workers through their chosen
representatives" Biedenkapp declared
that Immediately after the meeting
the shoe strikers delegation were
leaving for Washington together with
Attorneys Boudin and Buitenkant,
prepared with affidavits from the
shop chairmen of all the striking
shops and from workers in the Boot
and Shoe Union to prove beyond a
shadow Of a doubt that the Shoe
and Leather Workers Industrial Union
is the only union the workers recog-
nize as their leader in the present
strike struggle and that any effort
Of the Boot and Shoe Union Off
Gals to muscle in on the present Sit
uatidn brands this organization as q
strikebreaking institution"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-24
Eviction Stopped
AS Red Candidate
Leads Delegation
Workers Bring Agent
to Terms in Protest
Before House

NEW YORK.-The attempt to evict
a worker, Mariotti 412 West seth
ST., from his home, was stopped by
the workers of the block, led by the
Unemployed Council of the West
Side. A delegation of workers, led
by Ben Lapidus, of the Unemployed
Council, Communist Party candidate
for aSsemblyman in the third as
senlbly district, visited the offices Of
the owner Of the apartment, Foss
and Dohm, at sol Ninth Ave.
Marriott, the delegation declared,
was given three days notice to get
out, on the ground that he "has not
rented enough apartments" He is
janitor Of the building but gets no
pay, only rent free, and in addition
to janitor duties, had to rent out
the apartments. He was ordered out
before Monday morning.
Monday the Foss and Dohm COM
pany was to evict the worker. Sat
urday night an open air meeting was
held and the workers were also mobil-
lied Monday morning. The agent
came around, but finally, in view of
the workers determination to refuse
to allow an eviction, agreed to pay
Marriott $25 for moving and rent, and
give him week to get out. The
workers of the block are determined
to force the landlord to live up to
his agreement and will hold another
mass meeting Friday night to see
that Marriott is not evicted The
Spartacus Club and the Italian
Workers Club is aiding the Unem-
pioyed Council in the fight against
the eviction.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-24

buy as much as before the MIRA.
went into effect.
President Green admits to more
than ten million still being unem-
ployed. He admits that Most of the
effects of the Unemployment pro-
gram (of the Roosevelt government
'-Ed) have already been felt. But
Green UNDERSTANDS the number now
unemployed by several million, and
juggles figures, Just as johnson and
Roosevelt did, of $4,000 being re-
hired in August and like number
in September. The figures on the
sharp declines in production belle
Green's figures, which have no basis
in fact.
Of those "re-hired" the 100000 in
the conservation camps, under mill
tary discipline, have had to give
practically all of their dollar a day
salary" to their families to replace
relief which was cut off when they
were sent to the camps.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-24
All Demands Won by
New Haven Furniture
Workers Thru Strike

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Oct. %
Workers of the Empire Furniture
Co. were led in victorious strike
Friday by the Trade Union Unity
League. winning 100 per cent of their
demands.
Recognition of the shop committee
and the Furniture Workers Indus
trial Union were won as well as in
creases in pay up to 100 per cent for
some workers. Monday all the work
ers in the shop signed up with the
Furniture Workers Industrial Union.
Work is being planned to organize
the other furniture shops in this city
and state by the Trade Union Unity
League.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-24
Decker Wounded in
Union Racket Strife

NEW YORK. John Kelly, 10,
longshoreman, was wounded We'd
nesday night by sub-machine gun
in a 10th Ave. beer garden. Kelly,
held by the police as material wit
ness, refused to make any statement,
aside from admitting that the shots
were meant for him.
The shooting is believed to arise
from dispute within the Interna-
tional Longshoremen's Association,
where some small groups of workers
are trying to GUST the racketeer lead
ership. of which Kelly Is reported to
be leader.
The Rank and File Opposition of
the LILA. issued a statement point
ing out that the gangster leadership
can only be ousted by the mass OPP
position Of the rank and file.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-24
Racketeering in Relief
Barred i'm Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. %. -
Confessing racketeering in county re-
lief work by members of his own de-
partment, Earl E. Jensen, county SUI
perintendent Of charities tried to dis
claim responsibility by declaring he
would launch a sweeping investiga-
ton" Jensen hopes to whitewash his
own personal connection with this
graft, by this gesture. Although he
declared that the evidence has just
come to his attention, it was reported
early in the year by the Western
Worker that some one was getting a
rake-off out of the food doled out
by the county.
The charges against Jensens char
ity activities include statements that
men getting work orders are forced
to pay percentage of their earnings
to Jensen's clerks.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-24
Boss Agent Breaks
Strike at Diehl'S

ELIZABETH, N. J.-Oct. 3D.
After their ranks had been demon
allied by a local attorney, Kirk, to
whom they had appealed for assist
ance, workers Of Diehls, sewing
machine plant affiliated to the pow
erful Singer Co., here, are returning
to work today, forced to accept terms
offered by the company, against
which they struck a month ago.
Since Kirk entered the strike, he
has unanswered to break the strik-
ers' fighting spirit and force them
back to work. A few days ago sew
eral strikers were compelled to go
back to work for lack OF relief. AL
though a benefit dance held for the
strikers Melted a profit of $1,000,
very few workers received any re-
lief and no report has been made
regarding the disposition Of the
largest slice of the fund.
Members Of the Steel and Metal
Workers Industrial Union, who have
distributed leaflets to the strikers,
exposing the role of Kirk and several
other bosses agents in the ranks of
the strikers, have been arrested.
Guards were stationed at meetings
to prevent anyone from entering or
making contacts with the strikers.
Kirk spread the usual red scare"
propaganda which succeeded in de-
moralizing the strikers ranks.
Last Thursday, Kirk declared that
it was impossible to continue the
strike any longer and intin1idated the
workers by reporting that only 300
Of the force of 900 would be taken
back. The workers decided to ac-
cept the 10 per cent increase which
will provide only few pennies above
their present miserable wages,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-24

since Marcn ana JnaC The dollar
increases in total workers buying
power from March to Sept. was 30.7
per cent"
Green's figures are disproved even
by the official figures of the govern
ment. The MIRA. Consumers board"
states that the cost of living has
gone up 20 per cent for foodstuffs
since February, and government fig
ures show rise Of "A per cent in
the cost of clothing in the same
period. Green's extravagant juggling
of millions in figures on the number
OF workers re-employed, following the
same line as Roosevelt's speech, are
as easily disproved.
The current issue of the Annalist,
Oct 20, reports an increase in Sept.
of 1.3 per cent in the cost of living,
and "a decrease of "a per cent for the
same month in real wages" Green
said that his unemployment figures
are Striking proof Of the results of
the application of the shorter hour
week for labor in various MIRA.
codes" and his claim is that "unem-
ploynlent was reduced 100000 in the
months of August and September,
with 100000 given Jobs since
March"
Available figures of the employers
economists and the government agen-
cieS makes these claims appear ridic-
ulous.
We read in the current Annalist
for industry as whole, 1.-THE An
nalist Index of business activity shows
another sharp decline, the prelim-
mary figure for September being 1863
as against 1874 for August and 89.A
for July. The current business
recession has cancelled about 40 per
cent Of the March-July recovery"
(this rise was due to speculation on
the N.R.A. codes) Further, "The
drop in September of U. S. Steel
untitled steel orders to the lowest
since the corporation was founded in
1901, together with an additional de-
cline in ingot production from the
July peak, reflect the further ex-
haustion of the summer wave of
activity in the industry"
The statements of Green are made
in the face OF admitted decline in
industrial production, which means
decreased employment, and in the
face of rising prices and rise in the
cost Of living for the workers. In
those places where there has been a
slight rise in employment, the wages
have not kept pace. For example,
state department of labor figures for
Illinois report today 2.8 per cent
rise in employment, but the same
source admits that payrolls went up
in the same period, in September,
only 0.6 per cent.
Directly contrary to Green's praise
OF the Roosevelt recovery" program
are all reports of business conditions.
The Federal Reserve Bank reports a
drop Of 90 per cent in the depart
ment store sales for the first two
weeks OF October as compared to last
year. The New York Times of Sun
day comments, "the drop in dollar
volume means that unit sales have
decreased little over II per cent
here. Consumers are buying less
The workers in the face of the higher
prices and decline in production and
real wages, and the continued severe
unemployment crisis, are unable To
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-24

This was something really
new. Crotona Park has a
steady Sunday clientele which
comes to see the Labor Sports Union
teams, but it's a Soccer-sophisticated
crowd which goes in for grandstand
managing and peanut consumption
rather than cheers. They had con-
gregated hours before the usual time
and thousands came who had never
witnessed competition.
No, Bob didn't want to utter few
appropriate sentiments. He had come
to kick off and to see the game. There
wasn't much to watch in the prelim.
The boys were young and none too
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-24

ulIu W pElSOLl II 4lG 1GSGlfGu eAly lllOIC
protests.
Mclaughlin is the same judge who
only a few weeks ago freed three
laundry racketeerS after they had
pleaded guilty to slugging. arson, con-
spiracy and extortion in connection
with the Affiliated Laundries Union
racket, which Melted them over 5000
a week in graft.
When he freed the racketeers. Nc
Laughlin said: 81 will let you go free
to give your help to the N,R.A. re-
coyery movement"
Fanny Horowitz, attorney for the
International Labor Defense, sharply
protested the judges action in refus-
ing to proceed with Geyzer's case.
Judge Mclaughlin took over Gey-
zer's case after Judge Novo. another
Tammany man, had declared a mis-
trial when Edward Kunt!, attorney
for the International Labor Defense,
defending Geyzer, had charged the
Judge with being prejudiced in his
conduct OF the trial.
-Geyzer was arrested at the anti
Fascist demonstration in Brooklyn on
May is against Hans Weideman,
Nazi envoy to the Chicago fair. AT
the trial, two policemen, who were
the only witnesses testifying against
Geyzer, declared that Geyzer, who is
very frail, assaulted them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-24

Although the members of this Or
chestra have played with the finest
symphonies in the world, they ore
now playing under the State Work
Relief Program for SIS a week, one
fourth of the union wage. During pc
RODS of illness they receive no pay,
nor does the State provide a doctor
for them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-24

skillful. Bob went down the dressing
room and sat around in his shirt
sleeves. If Pop, harassed patriarch of
Crotona Park, ever writes that auto
biography he's reported to be con-
templating the occasion will warrant
more than a footnote. Even Pop, the
groundkeeper, hoary with experience
and dripping from tradition. was i'm
pressed.
Minor sat in the Red Sparks room,
smiling his hearty, naive smile. The
players joshed him respectfully, Of
fering their soccer shoes, asking
whether he'd ever played soccer be-
fore. A dozen kids faces shut out the
light from the basement window.
Somebody's injury is painted UP with
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-24


ALL players, Red Sparks and
n Fichte, wear "VOte Communist
and Minor for Mayor" bands
across their chests. They line up In
the dressing room and take the
field together.
Wild cheering again when Minor
energies. Some of it organized, most
of it spontaneous. The Crotoaa
fans are interested and flattered IN
sense. Obviously this is no cam-
paign baby-kissing and cigar dis
tributing. There's no bunk about
this impressive, shirt-sleeved man
or about the ed-jerseyed teams.
Red Sparks and Fichte are combi-
nations of proven ability and their
endorsement carries certain pres
tige in that corner. They're well
set-up boys but as they pose for the
picture Bob still stands out promi-
nently.
The camera clicks and thousands Of
leaflets fly from the grandstands
higher points:
1--WE, the members of Red Sparks
and Fichte Athletic Clubs, support
the candidacy of Minor and the Com
munist Party ticket because this Par
ty alone has demonstrated It's inter-
est in the workingman by putting
forward q program for more recrea-
tional facilities.
Minor has advanced the following
demands:
IL. Every public school gymnasium
to open five evenings per week as
recreation center free of charge;
school Fairgrounds to be open after
school and for the Week-ends; school
pools to be open after school hours to
the public free of charge.
"2. City to build more Fairgrounds
particularly in crowded sections.
''3. No fees for permits to public
ball fields and tennis courts. More
courts and fields to be built. These
fields to be distributed without dis
elimination against labor. Negro or
any independent teams.
a. Dressing rooms to be built at
all fields.
IS. All building to be done by union
labor at union rates. All gyms and
Fairgrounds to be supervised by
trained instructors at regular rates Of
pay.
Furthermore, Communists, by
their constant struggles for relief,
against evicti0ns, against racial
prejudice, against war, indicate
that they alone are sincere in their
platform. ANY party can make
statements, but we believe only
those who act on these things
throughout the year."
DOB kicks off and retires into the
u stands. He sits in the crowd, asks
questions, becomes absorbed in the
play. The teams start off fast and
it's obviously Red Sparks all the way.
They are the class of the league,
while Fichte is spotty though effec-
tive in Spurts. Two goals are scored
in the first few minutes of play, both
on passes from the left wing. The
Fichte goalie is courageous enough,
but not in Red Sparks class. A PEN
atty goes past him and another goal.
40 at the end of the first half.
Bob is scheduled for meeting at
Rockland Palace and leaves reiuc-
family. Somebody offers to take him
in a car. Il have car" he says.
Went and borrowed a Ford to knock
about in" Cheering again as he
stands.
The crowd stays on. The second
half is more even and the score
stands. Red Sparks is playing with
two subs and though the game is
looser, it's just as enjoyable. Fichte
fights hard and there are several
brilliant individual plays but no COM
bination.
The Vote Communist" signs wore
off gradually. The "Vote Communist"
appeared to have stuck.