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The Washington times., 1934-03-29
NRA PUTS GAG
ON RELEASES
To PRESS
MYSTERIOUS Order Prohibits
Divisional Heads From
Imparting News
BY International News Service

Recovery Administrator Hugh S.
Johnson, whose favorite observa-
ton used to be that NRA activities
were conducted ''in a goldfish
bowl" so that all could see, ap-
parently has changed his mind.
In any event, a new order was
out today instructing division
heads of the NRA not to impart
information on recovery activities
to the press. Considerable secrecy
surrounded the order. No an
nouncement was made concerning
it, and no explanation was offered
as to the reason for it.
Oral Order
Only a few copies of the order
were issued, but division heads
passed the word along orally to
assistants.
The copy of the order read:
"To: Division heads.
From: Executive office.
Subject: Information for the
press.
"This is reminder that in
formation to the press (Other
than that issued from the ad-
ministratOr's Office) should 60
out through the public relations
department and not direct to
reporters.
will you please convey this
information verbally to all in
your division whom it might
affect?"
The order was signed by Alvin
Brown, one of the legal counsel.
Leaks" Irk Johnson
General johnson is reported to
have been displeased with some of
the stories that have "leaked
out" of NRA headquarters in re-
cent weeks, and this is generally
accepted as the reason for the
new order.
These stories have affected the
coal trade, of which Wayne P.
Ellis is administrator; the steel
code, of which Kenneth Simpson
is administrator, the NRA com.
pliance board, of which w. H.
Davis is director, and personnel
changes.
The order, in effect, claims a
censorship on some of the most
important divisions of the NRA
Set-up.
General johnson himself has
been inaccessible to reporters for
several weeks. His last press con-
ference was held on March 8.
Since that time he has been "un-
available" to inquiring reporters,
who have had to turn to division
heads and lesser officials for their
information.
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
TO OVERRIDE VETO

Democrats 20
Adams, Col Duffy Wis Neey, W. Va
Ashurst, Ariz. George, Ga. Overton, La
Bachman, Tenn Hatch N. M. Reynolds, N. G.
Bone, Wash. Hayden, Ariz. RUSSELL Ga
oaraway Ark. Iohergan, Conn. Thomas, rna Okla.
Clark Mo. McAdoo Cal Thomas Utah
Copeland, N. Y. McCarran New. Walsh Mass.
Costigan, COL McGil Kan. Wheeler, Mont.
Dill, Wash McKeller Tenn
Republicans-Total 80
Austin Vt. Gibson vt. Norris Neb.
Barbour NJ Goldsborough, Md. NyeN D.
Borah, Idaho Hale, Maine Patterson Mo.
Capper, Kan. Hastings, Del Reed, Pa
Carey Wyo. Hatfield, VIVA. Robinson, Ind.
Couzens, Mich. Johnson, Cal. Schal MINI.
Cutting, m NJ Kean, N. j. Steiwer, Ore.
Davis Pa. Keyes N H. Townsend DEL
Dickinson Iowa La Toilette, Wis. Vandenberg Mich.
Fess Ohio McNary, Ore. Walcott Conn.,
Frazier, ND. Norbeck SD. White Maine
Farmer -Labor-Shipstead, MINI.
Grand total to override, 6S
TO SUSTAIN PRESIDENT
Democrats-Total, 2
Bailey, NC Coolidge, Mass. oMahoney, Wyo.
Bankhead, Ala. Dieterich, III. Pope, Idaho
Barkley, KY. Fletcher Fla. Robinson Ark.
Black, Ala. Glass; Va Sheppard, Texas
Brown, N. H. Gore, Okla. Stephens, Miss.
Bulkley Ohio Harrison, Miss. Thompson, Neb.
Byrd,Va King, Utah Tydings, Md
Byrnes s. G. Logan KY Van Nuys Ind.
Connaly, Texas Murphy, Iowa Wagner, NY.
PAIRED ON MEASURE
TO SUSTAIN
Trammel, Dem, Fla. Lewis Dem, ILL.,
TO OVERRIDE
Erickson, Dem, Mont. Metcaf ReprR.L
Plttman, Demr New. Hebert Rep r.
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
CITIZENS
BACK M'LEOD
BANK BILL
Letters Indicate Thousands in
District Suffering From
Loss of Deposits

Hundreds of Washingtonians IN
need as the result Of local bank
failures are urging passage Of the
Mcleod bank relief bill, Repre-
sentative Clarence j. Mcleod
(R) Of Michigan, revealed to-
day.
For weeks letters and kilograms
totaling several thousand have
poured into Representative Mo.
Leod's office from all over the
country, many Of them bearing
local addresses.
100 Per Cent Return
The bill indorsed is that intro.
duced by Representative Mcleod
last February and now under con-
Sideration by the House Banking
and Currency Committee. It au-
thorizes the RFC to purchase
frozen bank assets, and reimburse
depositors Of closed banks 100
per cent.
Some Of the letters are from
corporations and organizations
whose reserves were severely Grip
pied by the bank holiday, but tho
majority are from individuals
whose meager savings, represent
ing a lifetime Of frl1gality and
elf-denial, were completely wiped
out.
Pleas Of Washingtonians are
similarly desperate, and indicate
hundreds here have suffered
acutely as a direct result of
banks closing.
Typical Letter
One letter, representative Of
those received from District resi-.
dents, says:
"Please include in your bill
all banks in the District in the
interest Of hundreds and hun
dreds Of depOSitOrs who are af.
fected here and nearby"
I have been confined to NV
home for the past three years
suffering from an incurable
disease, and not only am I an
unfOrtunte savings depOsitOr,
but 50 are other members Of
my immediate family"
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
BANK ROBBER.
GOES FREE

Isador Weiman, confessed bank
robber, was given a suspended
sentence of three to five years and
placed on probation today by JUS
tice Peyton Gordon in District Su-
preme Court.
He plead guilty several days ago
to aiding in the $2,453 holdup of
the Washington Mechanics Bank,
Eighth and G Streets Southeast,
April 6, 1898. In placing him on
probation, Justice Gordon stated
he was influenced by the fact that
Weiman had no previous record.
Three other men were indicted
with him in connection with the
crime,
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
Revised Air Mail Bill
Goes Before Senate
BY International News service

BY International News Services
Strengthened in some pro-
visions and liberalized in a few
others, the McKellar-Black bill
embodying proposed new policy
for the air mail was before the
Senate today on a favorable re-
port from the Post Office Com
mittee.
The clause restricting the mum.
ber of transcontinental air mail
routes to four was removed. The
requirement that companies sub
mitting new bids should furnish
a list of all stockholders was
modified to include only stock
holders with 5 per cent or more
Of the total stock.
The mandatory provision that
the Secretary of Commerce should
negotiate maximum hours and
minimum pay for pilots and CO.
pilots was stricken out.
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
Fined $25
For StrikinQ Wife

The we'll known song, 1.-THE Man
on the Flying Trapeze," did not
apply to John Meehan, SO, an
acrobat, who was arrested and
tried in Hyattsville Police Court
before Judge Waldo Burnside for
hitting his wife with his fists and
lnflicting black eyes.
Meehan, who said he lived in
a tourist camp near Berwyn with
his wife, was fined $25 and re-
celved a suspended sentence. He
said he would leave the county
out his wife, Minnie, added that
ne will have to leave without her.
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
RAIL HEAD SAYS
100000 IDLE

Approximately 100000 railroad
workers are unemployed at the
present time due to chronological
improvements and the economic
crisis, Timothy Shea, of tn e
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen, today told
the House Interstate Commerce
Committee in urging adoption of
a bill creating a six-hour day for
railway employees.
OF this total, 30 per cent were
forced into idleness because of
scientific labor-saving devices in
use on the roads, Shea said.
Nearly 100000 workers were cast
off from payrollS in 1929 when
railroad traffic reached its peak,
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
AID To NATION,
SIR STAFFORD
DECLARES
Head of Labor Party's Left
Wing in D. c. to Study
New Deal First Hand

Restoration Of pay to Federal
employees finds an enthusiastic
champion in Sir Stafford Cripps,
leader Of the left wing Of the
Labor party in Great Britain,
who has just arrived in Wash
ington from his native land.
Sir Stafford arrived on the
s. s. olympic yesterday and
came here to observe at first
hand the operation Of the Gov
ernment experiments" now go
ing on under the "New Deal"
Sir Stafford, who is also chair
man Of the National Council Of
Socialists, had this to say about
pay restoration:
II have followed very closely
the pay cut situation. I was
an advocate Of restoration of
the 10 per cent cut suffered by
government employees in Great
Britain. That cut affected all
civil servants, including police
and soldiers and sailors. It
was finally restored. But here
your Government employees
were forced to undergo . Is
per cent reduction in salary.
Through its restoration, it will
mean o great deal for your
country"
At the same time Sir Stafford,
who is staying at the Mayflower
Hotel with Lady Cripps, said he
is vitality interested in seeing
normal economic conditions re-
turn to the world. He said:
81 believe that in capitalism
you are compelled to have q
scarcity of control. I mean by
that we must eliminate capi.
taliSm. / think that this in
flatiOn you are having now
under the Roosevelt regime will
doubtless lead to some relief
temporarily.
cover in England we spent
thirty million pounds in an
effort to offset the depression
after the same fashion that
you have here in America.
with your PWA, CWA and
CCC and the rest of those
alphabetical things. We did it
through development Of water
works, electrical development
and building public roads. 1t
served as q temporary relief
but now that it is over, we
have learned that it was only
temporary. You will find the
same condition here in America
after your program is fin
iShed."
Sir Stafford expressed disap-
pointment that the President had
left Washington and said that he
would leave here in a few days
for Canada, where he will give
a series of speeches. Tomorrow
he will see Secretary Of Agricul-
ture Wallace and Secretary of La
Dor Perkins.
Speaking of the possibility of
another world war, he said he be-
lieved such a catastrophy could
be averted through a council OF
nations" comprising the United
States, Great Britain, France and
Russia. He said:
'Tn this way. Though fOrma-
tiOn of such council, the
permanent peace of the world
would rest in the palm of the
hand of those countries. I think
recognition of Russia by Amer
lea was very wise. These four
nations, the most peace-lOving
of all, could determine the peace
of the entire world. Russia is
vitally interested in peace be.
cause of the new experiment.
The United States wants peace
for the same reason. France is
interested because Of the con.
slant danger of her neighbors
while Great Britain wants it be-
cause she could gain nothing
through war. And / might add
that Japan and Germany are
entirely too aggressive"
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
EASTER CONCERT FREE

On Easter Sunday afternoon at
a o'clock, Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague
Coolidge, will present a free con-
cert of music, in the auditorium
of the United States Chamber of
Commerce, played by the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra, under
The direction Of Hans Kinder.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-07
CORONER SUBMITS
 ANOTHER FINDINGS.
ExOnerates Manga tn C k Man From Blame for
 Death of J. Anderson

An unknown driver, who prob ably has never worried Q moment about being arrested on the charge Of homicide, was declared not criminally responsible tor the death of John A. Anderson, 71, or Plymouth, who was fatally tIl- jured on Thomaston avenue, De- cember 1st. The finding filed by Coroner John T. Mousanl, also ex. onerates Milford w. Whitehill, R. F. D. l, Naugatuck, who did most of the. worrying and was willing to assume responsibility if the cor. oner or witnesses could prove that 1t was his car which accidentally hit Mr Anderson.
 The peculiar accident has been explained by the coroner to the effect that passing truck first struck Mir Anderson and hurled him into the path of MT White- hills car, slightly damaging a fender. Mir Whitehill feeling the impact against his car stopped and discovered the form of the unconscious man. He conse. quently presumed that he had run the man down, but witnesses were found who disputed the deduction,
 MT Anderson was unidentified for two days as he lived alone and his absence was not immedi- ately discovered. He died of 2 fractured skull and intra-cranial hemorrhage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-07

The youngster fell while skating at Fulton Park last evening and suf- fered a cut, which required five stitches to dose.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-07

I've are indebted for workers sent
 to us for a period of very nearly
 ten months. Duplicate copies of
 this list were made, one copy al-
 ways to be kept at the Waterbury Savings Bank or some other degig- mated .;lace outside the library building, to serve as an insurance
 list in case of fire. Additions and
 corrections will be made on these
 lists once or twice a year.
 Adult Department of the Library The total number of volumes
 borrowed from the adult depart
 ments of the main library was 243, ,582, or about 70 per cent of all the books issued from the cen-
 tral building. Of this number
 8,451 were books on business and technical subjects taken from the business and industrial depart.
 ment. This department shared in
 a circulation loss of some 23,000 but 1t is interesting to note, in spite of this drop in circulation
 and a decrease in attendance, that l the number of subjects on which information was furnished by both
 this department and the reference department was greater than in 1882. This would seem another in- dication of a return to more nor. maj conditions when 50 many Ques- tions asked had a direct bearing on real problems arising in peoples
 daily occupations.
 Questions answered by the bua- ness and industrial department
 numbered 28SO, am increase of 104.
 Questions answered by the ref eFence department numbered S444, an increase of 1244.
 It has often been asked, in con-
 nection with the increased use of public library brooks during the depression, whether or not this in- creased use Is purely recreafionaL Statistics would seem to show that this is not the case. for the per- centage of adult fiction circulated
 has decreased each year for the past i've years, and in 1888 was actually less than for any year since 1919. On the other hand the percentages in the ten broad non-
 fiction divisions have shown slight
 increases, with 8 marked and
 steady increase in the reading of
 books of sociology. This is un-
 doubtedly due to a vital interest in our changing economic and social conditions and @ desire to know what the best minds of our time consider to be the underlying
 causes and remedies for the prob- lems confronting the world to-day. Work With Children
 About 46 per cent of all the
 books taken from the library dur.
 ing the year were borrowed by children using the chtldren's room of the main library, the branches and the classroom and playground collections. The actual number of books borrowed was 246,s89. This was 8 loss of very nearly S5,000
 volumes if compared with the cir. culation of 1882. To the children's department stan, however, 1t meant 8 return to something ap. proximating normal conditions and a chance to carry through va rious projects, impossible of acc complishment with the burden of work imposed by the abnormal cir culations of the past three or four years.
 2434 pictures were circulated. 56 school visits were made. 40 classes came to the ohiI. dren's room for instructions i'm the use of the library. 49 story hours were held at the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-07

= Waterville branches.
 4 Saturday morning story hours for very little children were held at the main M- brary.
 The Branches
 Of the total number of books circulated, more than 100000 were taken from the three branch libra ries; Brooklyn branch circulating approximately 5000, Rose Hill branch, 32,0OO and Waterville branch, 2s,0O0 volumes. And yet these branches are serving only three out of nine of those centers of population situated a mile or more from the central library. The need has long been recognized for additional branch libraries in these other six sections of the city, namely: Bunker Hill and West Side Hill, Overlook, Simonsville, North Main Street, Walnut Street and the outlying sections of East
 Main Street, and until the branch system has been extended to inc clude these six districts it can hardly be said that the library is serving all the people of Waterbury
 in the fullest measure.
 The Book Collection
 During the year 1893 only 4,S44 books were added to the library by purchase, gift and the binding of magazines, while 5,20l were with drawn, worn out or lost, making a net loss of 449 volumes. The total number of volumes in the library as of January l. 1884 was there- fore 14l,778. It Is unfortunate that the greatest use of public libraries, with resultant wear
 and tear on their collections, should come at a time when re- duced budget appropriations per- init fewer purchases of new books and replaoements of those worn out. Only 3,225 new books were purchased during the year as against 6,988 in 1929 and 7,175 in 1880, when the library was spend- ing approximately $11,500 a year for books. Unless book purchases for the coming years can to some degree offset the number of books
 wearing out and becoming obsolete, a serious depletion of the ibrary's resources would seem to be inevit- able.
 Gifts
 The library is grateful for gifts of books numbering 617 volumes
 exclusive of those purchased from Book Fund Number l and the
 Frederick John Kingsbury fund. 4
 selection of the most interesting
 books purchased from the Kings.
 bury fund will be on exhibition in
 the display case in the main en. trance hall during the month ot
 February. The library is also in-
 debted to Miss Kingsbury for 12 sets of the World Book Encyclo- paedia placed in the main library and the branches, and for 30 ad- ditional sets loaned through the library to the public schools. This is undoubtedly conceded to be one of the very best encyclopedias for children and young people. The library in the past has been able
 to afford only one set of the latest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-07

A large number ae names are contained on the January honor roll for Anderson school. an. nounced to-day by Miss Loretta Fitzpatrick, principal.
 The honor roll is as follows:
 Misa H. Hartnett, Grade S--Vir~ ginia Tappin 96, Gertrude Carew g5, Dorothy Phillips s4. Robert Hills 94, Vlasta Bares 92, John Coolidge g2, Mildred Clrninera SS, Roy Lockhart S7, Ellen Barron Se.
 Miss l.. Carr, Grade 7--Jacque- line Yavecchia 97, Dorothea Kukas 9O, Calvin Hubbard s9, George Gillespie 88, Robert Lange S7, James Murphy s7. Carolyn Pelosi s6, Lois Wheeler S6, Evelyn Bun- ker 86, John Ogren s6.
 Miss M. Dwyer, Grade 6-ports Salston e7, Betty Woodward S6, Barbara Peck e5. Caroline Marlno 9S, Alvera Petroccia 92,. Alba Saticino 92, Janice Tappin 92, William Brandt 92, Lawrence Kirouac s9, George Farmhouse ss, Eunlce Reichenbach S8, Lorraine Theroux S7, Robert Costtgan, Adele Matson 85.
 Miss D. Cassidy, Grade 5--Mi- chael Tolomeo 91, Evelyn Parizale 90, Mary Bandelloni S8. John Mur- phy ST, Francis Quinn S7, Marie Biancardi 86, Kathleen Murphy 86, Joseph Samela 85, Betty Gonya S5. Miss M. Mulhern, Grade 4-Jo- seph Costigan, Gloria Prescott, Irene Gauven, Helen Basarian, Mary Lambo, Shirley Armstrong, Catherine Phillips, Dorothy Key holds, William schlander. John The youngster fell while skating at Fulton Park last evening and suf- fered a cut, which required five stitches to olose.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-07
El1lelyn M. Barrett
 Renamed Librarian
 At Annual Meeting
Drop FOreseen With Return of Better Business COndi- tons Inventory of Books in Main Office and
 Branches Achieved Approve Treasmer's Report

{ The annual meeting of the board . of agents of tho siIas Bronson { Library was held yesterday after noon. The members present iIl- cluded Miss Alice D. Kingsbury, B. II. Fitzpatrick, John A. Coe, E. V. MaIOuey, William s. Jones, Charles {, A. Babin, Edwin c. N0rthrop, John L. Gaffney and Martin Scully. The report of the different meet {, ings held the past year by the exe- cutjve committee was approved. The same committee was elected to serve for another term. It consists of W V. Maloney, w, B. Jones, and B. II. Fitzpatrick. These with the officers: President, Martin Scully; treasurer. Edwin C.. Northrop; sec- retary, John r. Gaffney, make up the executive committee. The presi- dent and secretary hold office .dur- ing the pleasure of the hoard and the treasurer is elected for a term of ten years.
 The report of the Holmes pointments as follows: M. l.. Jen- Seav0r, Ralph Grierson. These WVAO 1VVOAnbOu " LID dG1QDIlllD courses at Yale and James c. KeIssy was appointed to the shef- helG seientific school. The com. mittee consists of John r: Gaffney, P. IF. Fitzpatrick. and Charles A. Ba6in.
 The librarian, Miss Emelyn M. BarTett. was reelected for another year. The rest of the posi- tons and vacancies which occur during the year are lilled by the executive committee.
 The auditing committee. consist ing of B. Fl. Fitzpatrick and Mar tin Gcu1iy reported that they had examined the reports of the treas- urer and secretary for the past year and found them correct.
 LdbraFian's Report
 10 the Board of Agents of the siIas
 Bronson Library:
 The epost of the librarian for the year ending December 31, 1883 ls herewith submitted. The year 1883 saw Q gradual month by month falling of from the record dtrculations of 1880, 1881 and 1888. This drop in circulation was foreseen and expected with the re- turn of better business conditions, for public libraries over a long period Of years have registered gains in circulation during any period of unemployment, with a gradual dropping back to their p1rynal circulations as business S.hdttions improved. The circula- tion of 529,049 volumes for the year just ended, although approxi. nnaeely 60,0O0 less than the circula- tiop for 1889 is still 23,000 above the 1929 level.
 The outstanding achievement of the year, other than Improvements to the library buildings, has un- doubtedIy been the very nearly completed work on an inventory, listing the entire book collection of the m ain library and the branches. This gigantic piece of work was made possible with the help of typ ista from the Waterbury Mutual Aid Unemployment Fund, to whom
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-07
|OLD GRAND SIREkl BURIAL MARKERS
Contain Names 0f Some Early Residents Ot
 This City

Etfty-stsht hesdstenea removed from the Orana street ee1petesy when the land was being esRv1Fty ea te ether purposes. ane whieh have sinoe been atasea tn th4 eeI@ laP ee the Hrong0n lihtnFys N2Np been removed ta the N@ftafNqk Historical society, Wh@n tNe change was being made et the Grand street cemetery q neHee waa puhlisfed requeetiH@. all WAe had headatenea there which th9y would like te prAeefye to 4ke them away. Some did thiA but others neglected to attend t0 it. and a q result aeIaN Of the crave markers of the old residents were left there and ipstead of aegtFeyy Ing them it was deeiAeA te etaEe them away in the Librsfy huilay ing.
 These headstones will, he cared fer in some proper maNneF hy the Mattatuck Historical society. They have an interest fer many families,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-07

the power and that their lgstrue- tions took precedence over ahy interpretatoins made of fire CT building ordinances.
 Notice to Mir Lauria IT, to surrenv der his package store license was received as a surprise yestefday. The premises had been officially approved by an inspector snd the license granted. The commisslon, however, suddenly ruled that is that a package store and . tav- ern should not be in the same building.
 Fifty thousand flowers from tha Scilly Islands arrived tp L0ndon In one day recently.