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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-19
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Evening star., 1934-02-14
LAUNDRY
WORKERS MOVED
Is Prisoners Alleged to Be
Diseased Removed by
Col. Peak.

Removal from the laundry detail at
the District Reformatory at Lorton,
Va. of Is alleged diseased prisoners
who Representative Shoemaker OF
Minnesota charged in the House we're
handling laundry which the institu-
ton supplies members Of Congress
and Government departments In
Washington. was announced today by
Col. w. L. Peak, superintendent.
These IS prisoners, Col. Peak point
ed out. did not handle the finished
products of the laundry, but worked
chiefly on machinery and supply
trucks. He said he took them of the
laundry detail, however, to avoid any
criticism in the future.
There was nothing alarming about
the situation" Col. Peak declared.
The prisoners were receiving treat
ment for diseases contracted some
years ago, and none OF them were
permitted to handle any of the laun-
dry after it had been washed.
The products Of the prison laundry
are used by myself and family ard l
am sure I would take no undue
chances If I regarded the situation
seriously. However the prisoners have
been removed from the laundry de-
tail. simply to prevent future criti-
ciSm."
Shoemaker made his charges against
the Lorton laundry in an effort to get
the floor of the House on q question
Of personal privilege TO discuss condi-
tionx at the reformatory. Before he
could ampnty his remarks, he was
ruled out on a point OF order raised
by Representative Blanton. Democrat,
Of Texas.
Evening star., 1934-02-14
2,6|O CIVIL WORKS
JOBS HERE TO END.
Order Does Not Affect Work.
= erS Listed Under Dis
trict c. w. A.

Civil works officials here estimated
today that approximately 2,60o Fed
eral civil works employees In the Dis
trict would be dismissed at the close
Of work tomorrow In compliance with
sistant to Harry L. Hopkins, Federal
c. w. A. director.
The order however, does not APP
ply to other thousands of c. w. A.
workers here, enlisted as employees un-
der the District C. w. A., which Is to
continue In operation for the time be-
ing at least in normal fashion.
Verbal instructions have been issued
by Federal officials, however. in ex-
panSiop of the written order, indicat-
ing that all Federal civil works prof.
eCts would be brought 10 an end
within five weeks, according to advices
received by District officials.
It was said so per cent of the Fed
eral projects throughout the country
were to be ended now and that the
remainder would be diminished at the
rate of 10 per cent g week.
Transfers Possible.
1t was the understanding OF District
officialS that where their local quota
permitted construction projects now
in progress on Federal reservations
here might be continued by making
them District c. w, A. projects. Such
transfers, it was said, would be left to
the discretion of the District civil
works administrators. who are the
District Commissioners.
Reports unofficially were to the ef-
feet that decision to diminish the
amount of Federal C. W. A. work
had a connection with complaints
that too many Of the emergency work.
erS had been taken into Federal de-
partment work.
The order sent by Baker to civil
works authorities throughout the
country reads:
Federal civil works projects not
operating on Federal property must
terminate on the night OF February
Is All such projects may be under
taken as State or local projects within
State quotas, Statistical projects are
exempted from this order. List of
Federal projects to be continued will
have reduction in workers determined
by Federal departments and effective
February Is Notification Of change
to be mailed Immediately"
$500 Affected.
Capt. Howard r. Clark, Assistant
District Engineer Commissioner. who
is executive officer of the District
C. W. A., estimated that the first or
der would affect the Jobs of 2.600 now
engaged on Federal projects here, not
operating on Federal property He
estimated the Department of Agricul-
ture projects would be hardest hit.
He figured that the order would end
the jobs of 1900 engaged on park i'm
provements here, 1000 on miscella-
neous projects and about 100 engaged
in moSquito-control work.
The order will not affect the enum-
orators engaged under the census
project, he said.
While Official word was lacking at
the District Building, it was reported
the decision to bring to an end the
Federal c. W. A. work. as distin-
guiShed from the State and District
civil works, had no direct relation 10
the pending bill providing for an ap-
preparation Of $3.50, 100000 for contin-
uation OF the civil works program and
the Federal relief program.
Evening star., 1934-02-14
SENATE APPROVES
$950,000, 900 BILL
FOR c. w. A.-RELIE

Continued From First Pase)
men employed on Federal project,
now spread onto private land in ths
East and South. Objections Vere
heard that Federal projects should be
confined to Federal land.
The House Labor Committee sum-
moned Hopkins to testify on leeisla-
ton to shorten work hours and give
security against old age and unem-
ployment. Secretary Perkins. William
Green Of the American Federation OF
Labor and others were called for later.
FavOrs Insurance Plan.
Hopkins, who only yesterday hit
back when criticized within the House
Expenditures Committee, today said
in an interview:
"On the whole. think England has
met the series OF unemployment crises
in that country with less eommotion
and more satisfactorily than We have.
Il feel that Unemployment insur-
ance, plus some schedule of work
support insurance, is much better
than relief. 1t would be hard to start
this now, but We should look forward
in the future to some plan built up
by owners Of business and men on
which the men can count when
forcibly out of work
Il doubt that any form Of unen1-
ployment insurance could meet any
such depression as this one, but IL
could act as q cushion. I don't be-
lieve any insurance plan could have
met it, 1t would take too much In
vested capital.
But such plan is dignified and
helps to keep morale up"
Hopkins believes a healthy start on
the plans he advocates could be made
within Is months.
Outlining ideas for industrial own
ers and business leaders to map work
that could be done in hard times to
absorb the unemployed. he said:
Il have the feeling that there should
be an opportunity for men to work
On useful things. which would not con-
fiict with the profit system and not
be financed by the issuance Of bonds
or by some private group. This
could well follow out the plan Of de-
velopment Of public parks and ma
tional forests.
For Low-Wage Housing.
'I have a feeling that IL might also
be extended to housing for the low
wage group. 1t Is unquestioned that
homes have not been built for this
type Of worker. They have as q result
to live in old rundown houses and
even novels
Il can readily understand. though,
why private groups have not put
money into these. because the profits
are small. think this is an appro-
pirate field for the government 10
explore and to work in.
Employment insurance, Hopkins
thinks, should be straight insurance
plan with workers paying premiums
IN accordance with their wages.
He would extend it to white-collar
workers, excluding only the high
salaried workers on the theory that
they can save. Even these he pointed
out, might we'll be considered in the
light of what has occurred during the
last four years.
Evening star., 1934-02-14
BYRD PREPARES
WINTER CAPITAL
Little America Takes on Boom
Town Aspect as Building
Is Rushed.

BY the Associated Press.
LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctics, Feb
ruary Q Delayed Via Mackay
Radio Little America took on a
boom town aspect today.
Heavily dressed men hustled about;
dogs and sledges hurried in and out
with supplies; hammers pounded and
saws sang.
This was the scene as preparations
were rushed for Winter occupation of
this capital of a barren waste.
A new mess hall, radio shack, OBJ
servation trucks and a library are
under construction. Temporarily. the
cows brought from the United States
were placed in a tent. Their port
able barn was converted into q bunk
house.
Dogs and tractors collaborated in
the work of hauling supplies from the
east barrier cache, mile and a half
to the south,
Admiral Richard Z. Byrd Was not a
part of today's busy picture in camp.
He was on the Bear, the expeditions
supply ship, making a brief exploratory
voyage,
Evening star., 1934-02-14
.M|SSPERK|NSASKS
PAY COOPERATION
Secretary Tells Conference
State Concurrence Is Nee
essary to N. R. A.
BY the Associated Press.


Cooperation between the Federal
Government and the States in mat
ters affecting the Nations 10000, 900
wage esrners and their employers was
urged today by Secretary Perkins in
opening q twe-day conference on
labor problems.
Representatives OF the Governors
Of a States were present to plan a
program OF labor legislation. The
only States unrepresented were Ne
vada, Oklahoma, Oregon and Utah.
Miss Perkins said that although the
n. r. A. has resulted in some i'm
provement. the concurrence and posi-
tive action Of the States is needed "
to be developed.
We should recognize" she con-
tinued. how essentially and funda-
mentally We must rely on our State
governments and State laws for per-
manent improvement in American
life
If We are to set up Q system of
unemployment reserves and old-sge
pensions, II we are to end the blight
Of child labor forever, If we are to set
up higher standards Of working con-
ditions and shorter hours and provide
for protection against subStandard
wages, II we are to take advantage of
an employment service and the Fed
eral housing program, we should have
the States concerned working hand in
hand toward the desired goal"
Miss Perkins presented q list OF
topics on which she said she hoped
the conference would Clarity" The
list included safety and health pro-
lection, workmen'S compensation,
child labor, hours and minimum wage
legislation, regulation Of home work,
unemployment reserves legislation.
housing, employment exchanges. old
age pensions and coordination of the
work of the Federal Department of
Labor with the State Labor Depart
n1ents.
Referring to the child labor amend
ment, Miss Perkins said it was mere
ly an enabling act which will give
Congress authority to perpetuate the
child labor gains Of the past year by
bringing uniformity in a field in
which the States have been enacting
piecemeal legislation for years"
Need Important Today.
"The need for Federal leadership in
this field is as important and neces-
sary today as when it was first urged
more than as years ago." Miss Perkins
said. The amendment gives Con-
ereSs power only over the labor Of
children for hire and nothing else
In other words, it Is designed 20 end
child exploitation,
The matters on the agenda for
discussion are considered important,
I believe, by most forward looking
people of this day. The United States
Department of Labor Is not suggest
ing what specific action should be
taken On them by this conference.
You know your own problems and
what is the best way in which to solve
them. The department is at your
service to furnish you with any data
or facts you may wish in your study
Of conditions and In an effort to i'm
prove them"
Evening star., 1934-02-14

Continued From First Page)
part of the Congressional Record the
day before, Monday. Mr. Fish and
Mr.. Byrns were fighting a sham bat
tie, it appears.
Without any fuss and feathers,
Senator Schall Of Minnesota asked
leave to have printed the Lindbergh
telegram in the Congressional Record
and, there being no objection. it was
printed. the text being reproduced
from The Washington Star.
Apparently still unaware that the
telegram had been published in the
Record, Fish today said he would seek
unanimous consent to have II printed
at the earliest opportunity. but he did
not believe the House was in a frame
OF mind at this time TO permit him
to do 1t.
Byrnes said today he would not at
tempt to block Fish further. but he
knew that the New York member had
antagonized at least so members on
the Democratic side by his objection
to consideration of private bills and
that they probably will object when
ever Fish asks for unanimous consent
for printing Of the letter in the Rec
ord.
Fish later announced he planned TO
make a protest on the floor Of the
House against the action OF President
Roosevelt in canceling the contracts
Fish said he had information show
ing that the only private contract
which the President did not cancel is
held by an airline owned by q Demo-
crat He declined to name the line
or the owner at this time.
Fish also said he had been swamped
with kilograms from all sections of
the country lsuding his attempt to
have the Lindbergh letter inserted in
the Record
Evening star., 1934-02-14
u, 5. TRANSMITS CAMP ALLAYS
HOBOES' DESIRE TO s@RIDE RODS''

Joe Davis chose a poker game and
with two kings showing in fve-card
stud won a ascent pot. equal to half
Of his weeks wages OF 90 cents.
Joe is hardly representative of his
fellows He Is a graduate of Magda-
lene College. Oxford, former master
in an English boys school and before
the late economic crash earned $3.50
a month as an accountant in Chicago
He hopes TO return to accounting
or teaching. but in the meantime
plays poker and teaches classes in
English. mathematics, Latin. chem
istry, French and accounting to his
camp mates.
A recent QUESTIONABLE showed a
wide difference OF opinion on most
subjects in the minds Of the tran
sients. But only two diSsented on
one question. The others replied in
the Affirmative when asked If "hus-
bands and wives should have frequent
vacations from each other Of several
days or even weeks"
Evening star., 1934-02-14
OIL CODE ATTACKED
Memorial of Independents Tells

Memorial of Independents Tells
Congress N. R. A. Is Nullihed.
NEW YORK. February II LR.-A
sharp attack on the code for the Pc
troleum industry is contained in a
lengthy memorial sent to members Of
Congress yesterday by J. Edward
Jones, dealer in oil royalties, who
stated he was the chief spokesman for
independent producers and refiners.
THE aim and purpose of the N R.
A. have been completely nullihed," the
memorial said. The growth of mon
opoly. instead of having been curbed
through the administration OF the Pc
troleum code, has been fostered to q
dangerous degree. Unless an about
face is made in administration of the
code, the present policy will fail COM
pletely and its failure may react un-
favorahly upon the Presidents entire
recovery program.
Evening star., 1934-02-14
INTEREST CUT BILL
OF CITIES REVIVED
President Confers With
Leaders on Measure for
Municipal Relief.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
President Roosevelt's recent an
nouncement in favor Of interest reduce
ton appeared today TO have revived
dormant legislation to give hard
pressed municipalities a means of
scaling down both principal and
carrying charges.
The Chief Executive conferred yes
terday with congressional leaders over
the measure, which passed the House
last session, but which stalled in the
Senate. II would give defaulting
municipalities relief through Federal
courts If two-thirds of the creditors
agreed reductions should be made.
Just before the White House con-
ference. Chairman Jesse H. Jones of
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton told q House Banking Subeon1-
mittee he thought direct lending by
his agency to municipalities and school
districts would be unwise.
Undesirable to Jones.
" have never thought 1t desirable
for the Government to start lending
~ O4tACS COunLleSs Jones Sa16,
adding this applied also to school dis
tricts.
The subcommittee was considering
measure by Representative Kenney.
Democrat. of New Jersey, which would
authorize r. F. c. loans to munich
palities.
The point" Jones said, "is to have
the banks willing TO lead money. They
have been somewhat reticent." He
added it was question of educating
them back to lending"
Senator Ashurst, Democrat, of
Arizona. indicated after the confer
ence he expected the discussion TO
give new impetus TO the municipalities
measure and that he felt the Presi-
dent favored some such plan.
Scaling Down Debts.
Legislation enabling individuals
and railroads to scale down their
debts and avoid bankruptcy through
an arrangement with a majority Of
their creditors already Is law.
The President, at a recent press
conference, said he felt interest rates
on most Of the approximately $3.50
100000, 900 Of public and private in
debtedness in this country were too
high. He suggested they might be
scaled down through voluntary agree
ments or by measures such as those
pending.
Secretary Morgenthau is holding
conferences with representatives Of
number Of cities on ways Of giving
debt relief.
Evening star., 1934-02-14
JAPANESE UNDERBID

MEXICO, D. F., February IA (P.-
Underbidding American, English and
French competitors. the Japanese
firm Mitsui Ss Co, Ltd. of Toxic, yes
terday was awarded contract for
sale Of 886, 900 feet of cast iron pipe
to the federal district government for
constructing a six-mile aqueduct from
Churubusco to Mexico City. The
amount Of money involved was not
made known
Among the unsuccessful bidders was
the United States Pipe and Foundry
Co. of New jersey.
Evening star., 1934-02-14
MANUFACTURERS SHOW
PR0MPTNESS IN SURVEY
Director Austin Announces He
Regards Action as Indicative
of Business Improvement.

Another evidence Of improved busi-
ness sentiment in the country is re-
fected in the prompt return OF ques-
tionnaires in the biennial census Of
manufactures, which Is interpreted as
demonstrating a growing demand for
business statistics and a renewed ap-
probation by industrialistS for such
data.
According to William l. Austin,
director Of the Census Bureau, manu-
facturers have shown more interest
than at any time since the inception
of the census. returning their ques-
tionnaires more promptly. Not q sin
gle complaint that the survey Is a
burden or annoying has been made.
Austin said, and not . single neld
worker has been used.
Approximately 100000 question
naires were sent to manufacturers,
publishers and printers last December,
all Of them being distributed by Janu-
airy 2. 1t is expected that both pre-
liminary and final reports Of census
will be published considerably earlier
this year than ever before.
Evening star., 1934-02-14
u. S. UNIT ASSERTS
POWER CONTROL
Federal Board Says West
Virginia Project Must
Accept Jurisdiction.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Requiring o license for a project In
tended to produce power for industrial
use. the administration, through the
Federal Power Commission. again has
asserted its authority over develop
ment of the country'S hydro-electric
resources.
The commission acting yesterday
under the water power act, reversed
a ruling made by Its executive Secre-
tary in 1929 which supposedly with
drew Federal Jurisdiction over con-
struction OF O power project by the
new Kanawha Power Co. on New
River near Hawks Nest, w. Va.
This action is the second decision
in recent weeks by which the COM
mission seeks TO extend and define It's
jurisdiction; and 1t is one Of several
steps, such as the Tennessee Valley
development. aimed at development
and control by the Government of
water power resources.
The basis for insisting the new
Kanawha Co. accept the commissions
Jurisdiction was that Federal control
over the flow OF the New River Is
essential to protection of navigation
on the Kanawha River, Just above the
New River site, on which the Govern
ment has already spent and Is
spending millions of dollars"
The new Kanawha company pre-
yiously sought to avoid Federal juris-
diction on the ground that interstate
commerce would not be affected by
the proposed construction, and in
1929 the executive secretary Of the
commission apparently agreed with
this contention in letter to the COM
pany advising that the case would be
considered closed.
The present commission found that
the executive secretary acted without
authority in recognizing the at
tempted withdrawal" and advised the
company that it intended to act on
the company's declaration of intention
to build the project,
Evening star., 1934-02-14
DESTROYING MURAL HIT

MEXICO, d. F., February IA OF.-
Bearing the names of several Mexican
painters, artists, sculptors and scien-
tifc men, a protest was sent yester-
day to the Rockefellers In New York
for their order destroying Diego Ri
veras mural in the Rockefeller Center
Building.
Destruction Of Diego Rivera's nlu.
70 lin an act of barbartsrn against
art and contemporary culture" tha
protest said.
Evening star., 1934-02-14
Makes Own Decisions

They are mistaken, as they usually
are. The President plays both ends
of the political game, left and right
He listens to all sides, but in the end
makes his own decisions. No one else
could invent his policies.
The elder conservatives Of his party
come trooping into the White House
from time to time, trying to analyze
his motives. So do the liberals. Neither
group feels secure. Both have a hunch
that, while Mr.. Roosevelt says fine,
fine" to all they advocate, he may not
indorse what they demand.
What he does is to take both sides
of a question in advisory councils and
try to hit a happy medium. His gold
policy was the tip-of on his method
He took the Warren theory and revised
it to meet all political obligations.
What you ultimately got in the exist
ent gold policy is the Roosevelt ver-
sion Of Warren's thesis.
Evening star., 1934-02-14
COLLEGE HALL BURNED

WAKE FOREST, N. c., February
II tP.-Fire early this morning de-
stroyed historic wingate Hall. second
building to be erected on the campus
Of Wake Forest College 80 years ago.
1t was the second disastrous con-
hasratiop here in q year, an early
morning IRE last Winter having de-
stgcyed the colleges first building,
wait Han.
Evening star., 1934-02-14

Dondero, an earnest student Of Lin
eoln, and an intimate friend of Mrs.
Robert Todd Lincoln, widow Of the
Civil War Presidents last living son,
thought the theater where Lincoln
lost his life a more appropriate place
for the chair to be preserved.
Ford's reply, however. said the chair
Is now in the courthouse where Lin
coin held court and that visitors would
be disappointed II they found it had
been removed. "a
The courthouse building, simple
two-story structure, was removed
from Illinois to Dearborn sonae years
ago and intensive work was done to
preserve 1t for fSIture generations.