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The Washington times., 1934-04-30
WEEK
Gets LABOR'S
!. ATTENTION
By DUNCAN FORSYTH

DOANNEAAN = OASO - - -
Organized labor will hold two
meetings soon which are expected
70 have important bearing on the
prospects of Government en-
ployes, specifically in connection
with the five-day week now being
urged for the entire Government
Iprvice.
1.-THE first of these will be the
meeting of the executive council
OF the American Federation Of
Labor at the A. F. Of. L. build
1ng, Wednesday, at which the en-
tire economic and legislative pro-
gram Of the Federation will be
under consideration.
NRA Compliance Sought
Z Special attention will be given
70 the rights of working men and
women under NRA codes, and to
the labor provisions of the re-
covery act, but inasmuch as one
Of the principal features Of the
platform of the Government
workers organized under A. F. Of
=. auspices has been demand
That conditions in the Govern
ment employ shall not lag behind
those in private industry, the Gov
eminent workers groups preSum-
ably will press vigorously upon
the council to insist on Govern
anent compliance with the NRA.
The second meeting will be that
Of the Maryland State and Dis
trict of Columbia Federation of
Labor at HagerStown, Md, later
In the month. Three important
resolutions have been drawn up
I by the District Department of the
American Federation of Govern
ment Employees for presentation to
tits meeting.
= They cover the entire AFGE
program, including the 30-hour
week, a request that the local
unions in Maryland assist in or
ganizing eligible Government
workers under the AFGE if they
Cannot be included in craft
MnionS, and endorsement of the
/ .inciple Of full restoration of
nay for all workers, in and out of
the Government service.
-S@-
a More Pay Urged
Restoration of Government pay
tB credited in many quarters with
having been largely responsible
Tor the restoration of railroad
workers pay.
The Thomas amendment, which
brought the five-day week to
more than $4,000 Government
employees, including Navy Yard
and Government Printing Office
|. workers here, as well as some TOO
DmployeS of the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing, probably
will be utilized at the counc il
meeting as we'll as that Of the
State Federation Of Labor as a
means of obtaining action by
both groups for introduction Of
the five-day week in the Govern
Anent service everywhere.
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CHILD HOME DRIVE ON

A drive to raise the city's share
Of the $65,00O required by the
Children's Home Society, Of Vir-
ginia, this year, was started in
Alexandria today
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BOY OF s INJURED

Patrick Burke, 6, of the 4400
block Of Conduit Rd., is recover
ing today in Georgetown Hospital
from leg injuries suffered yester-
day when a piece of sewer pipe
rolled onto his leg near his home.
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DANCE SET TONIGHT

Loyalty Chapter, No. 80, o. E..
s., will give a dance and card
party tonight at the Admiral,
1640 Rhode Island Ave. N. w.
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CLUB PLANS DANCE

Arlington County Young Demo
cratic Club will sponsor a dance
May 1S in Powhatan Lodge, Will
son Boulevard extended, Airing
ton county,
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BINGO PARTY

Benefit bingo party will be held
May 2 at the Edgewood Avenue
home of Mrs. Lewis Shreve,
Cherrydale, Va. Proceeds will be
for the orphans fund Of the
Daughters Of America.
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PIT. A. CHICKEN DINNER

Ladies of the Fairland Parent
Teacher Association will serve a
chicken and meat supper at the
school house Thursday, May 8,
from to Z D. m.
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EIREMEN TO MEET

A special meeting of the Hyatts-
vile (Md0 Volunteer Fire Depart
ment will be held at 8 p. m. to-
night at the Hyattsville Eee
House, it was announced by Noble
RuShe, chief Of the department.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17

executive is on his Hawaiian trip. For three consecutive, week ends he and a small party jour- , neyed down the Potomac to fam ous fishing grounds.
 Fishing in Chesapeake Bay is better this year than at any time in the last three decades. All around the Sequoia, fish were being pulled in until fishermen were all but prostrated. But aboard the Sequoi there was lit- tie success.
 GAVE UP GHOST
 On the third weekend, the navy secretary tried it for half hour, then gave up. In disgust, he spent the afternoon read ing, went to his Stateroom shortly after dinner. In his place he left faithful Secretary Archi- bald Odin.
 He fished all night, all the next morning until time to depart. All along Chesapeake bay were being reported record catches. But when the SequOia lifted an- chOr to return to Washington, the navy's fishing lines were still baited.
 Note-The fishing jinx on the Sequoia is a very snooty one. It only operates. when high officials are aboard. It bothers not with small fry. A cabinet officer, or the chief executive can't catch a ! minnow, but once they step ashore, things change. A dozen times this season, when the boat was anchored in the bay during the week, with only the officers and crew aboard, large catches have been made.
 SENSATIONAL COUP
 Ambitious Governor Clifford Pinchot lost his fight for Penn sylvania's republican senatorial nomination, but he is far from out as a guerilla warrior.
 Friends are whispering the exciting news that the grizzled old battler is planning a sensa- tional coup.
 At the psychological moment, he is to declare for hard-hitting Joseph F. Guffey, good friend of President Roosevelt, and the democratic senatorial candidate.
 Pinchot is determined to leave no stone unturned to defeat Sem atOr David Reed, Mellon llied old guarder, and Pinchot's in- veterate foe.
 Reed, running on an outright anti-New Deal platform, trounc- ed Pinchot by a margin of 100,- 900. For rock-ribbed republican Pennsylvania this is a narrow squeeze.
 MERRY-GO.ROUND
 Tn federal reserve quarters Senator Elmer Thomas bombas- tic charges that George L. Har- i, rison, governor of the N. Y. federal reserve bank, is in Europe framing a secret dollar stabilization scheme are racous- ly pooh-poohed. Harrison, it Is declared, is comforting with Brit ish, and other bankers, on how to put the screws on the Nazis so
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17
Strikes Inopportune

Without going into any discussion pro or con relative to the merits or demeritS of the strike situation in San Francisco, it is certain that such catastrophe at thls time cannot tend to do the faint semblance of prosperity in this country any good. While the scene of the nations major up rising is thousands of miles away and in comparison to the stern realities out there, we merely vibrate here to the echoes; nevertheless, it is disheartening to every section of the country that has been try ing so valiantly the past year to break the backbone of the depression.
 Whether the present crisis in the far West has been fostered as a result of too much MIRA, or on the other hand too little enforcing of it in the pinches is another mooted question too soon yet to pass final opinion upon. But in any event, despite all the tenseness the situation, was allowed to gain such momentum as to have got beyond what appears to be any semblance of sane control.
 The trouble with labor and business to- day, both suffering from the same ills, namely, shortage of money, is that both looked to MIRA to settle it's individual diff faculties without consideration of the other, which cannot be done. There is no possible rule of rhyme or reason by which either labor or business can prosper out of proportion to the other. Neither can come back quicker than the other.
 There we think is where MIRA has erred, especially in the matter of labor. It has led labor to believe, unintentionally, no doubt, that it is in the saddle and can be paid wages out of thin air. That con- cern operating in the red for the past few years can accept such increases is ridicu- lous. This may or may not apply in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17
Harold Davis Civic Loss

The retirement of Harold G. Davis from the local management of the Southern New England Telephone Company takes out of executive capacity here in Water bury as active business figure as has dropped out of the city's affairs in years. While it was generally known, especially among his more intimate acquaintances the past year or two, that MT Davis was not in any too good health to shoulder the tremendous responsibilities and cares of any business the size of the local tele- phone exchange; nevertheless, the an- nouncement of his retirement came as a great surprise to his many friends and admirers yesterday.
 Some seventeen years ago Harold G. Davis took over the management of the Waterbury division of the Southern New England Telephone Company. At that time the exchange had about seven thou sand telephones in operation, whereas, to- day the system has grown to vast net work of over sixteen thousand telephones in everyday usage. Besides having handled, during his occupancy as manager, MT Davis has had the unique distinction of having directed two of the biggest changes the local company has undergone in its career, namely, the change over to the dial system and the moving of the local exchange from its old quarters on Leaven- worth street to it's present pretentious setting on Grand street. Either one Of these tasks was an accomplishment in itself.
 So we repeat again, not only has Water bury lost valuable executive in the daily routine of one of it's most intrinsic assets, but also has President H. c. Knight of the Southern New England Telephone Com- pany as we'll MT Davis, to put it in the yer nacular of the day, was ''on the job twenty four hours day, three hundred and sixty five days a year, always ready to sit in and collaborate with business men, big or little, or the individual subscriber on his telephone wants. Perhaps no business more than the newspaper business has had such evidence of MT Davis willingness to cooperate at times when things were hit ting on high. At such times it was usu ally MT Davis who anticipated them in advance and had plan ready to handle the traffic, no matter how heavy it was.
 Thus it is we say, Waterbury will miss the ever-ready assistance of MT Davis as no doubt will the Southern New England Telephone Company as we'll. Undoubtedly things will go on, as well they should, with the sound foundation MT Davis has built for the company, but it will take several years for his successor to become as attuned to the city's tempo as he has come to be. That MT Davis will continue to reside in Waterbury will be welcome news to many. For, if ill-health prevents further active participation in city affairs, we feel sure he can in many times to come be relied upon to lend, if the occasion de- mands, good practical advice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17

Orders for dies to stamp out next years automobile models are being scattered around the American Ruhr" district with a liberality not equalled since 1928 and 1929. This contributes to new up- surge in business and forecasts the prob ability that the motor industry, which has done better than it expected this year, will do better yet next year. It may continue leading the way, supported soon, everyone hopes, by the building industry. The plen- itude of new dies suggests another big crop of changes in car models. There will be some surprises, but the general ten dency is plain. Streamlining, which has had a good start, will go ahead with pat terms that would have knocked the eyes out of last winters motor show patrons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17

Washington, July 17 The much-vaunted reciprocity trade Urea ties, upon which Cordell Hull has set his heart, are in danger of being completely undermined!
 An illustration of how easy it is to undermine them has just been given by the Chilean gov ernment. That country has or ders from American breweries for Chilean malt. The orders are ready to'be shipped, but there is one drawback. The International Brewery Workers of the A. F. of l.. refuse to handle the malt.
 They require certification that Chilean malt Is made by uniOn- ized labor.
 The Chilean embassy has cited reports made by Miss Per kins' labor department showing that Chilean malt workers be- long to a union far older than that in the LISA. But the brewery workers here will not yield.
 The same is true regarding Czechoslovakian beer barrel slaves and Jugosalvian malt.
 In other words, Secretary Hull could give various countries va rious concessions on importation of it's products here, but organ ized labor could completely null lify his concessions.
 The state department has re- peatedly protested to the Inter- national Brewery Workers with out results. Apparently they are more powerful than Secretary Hull.
 JUST A CHANGE
 Bulky Tom . tom'' Heflin, whose fever-heat Ku Klux Klan- cry cost him a senate seat four years ago, has been securing Washington for a job.
 When the flamboyantly-attir- ed Alabaman first appeared in the capital, he was very myster- ious about his mission. But after a week he made no secret of it.
 A friend, meeting him, asked straight-out: Tom, are you looking for a job?"
 "Well, I'll tell you," Heflin re- piled. "lt's this way. US nke the story they tell about an old TennesScan.
 "He had been in congress for a number. of years. But finally the folks retired him. One day he got a telegram from Presi- dent Cleveland, whom he knew quite well. asking him if he would accept a postmastership.
 "The Old-tiner wired right back, Mir President, just offer me the chance."
 HIGHER UPS' LINK
 Gravest problem of the U. s. navy at present is not the 1895 naval conference, but how to break the fishing jinx aboard tho U. S. s. Sequoia. White House yacht being used by Navy Secre- tary Swanson for the summer.
 Swanson, being dyed-in-the- wool angler. decided to do Pres ident Roosevelt the service of killing the jinx while the chief
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17
Liquor Benefits

A moral issue bobs up in connection with old-age pensions. In one of the wet states, where such pensions are to be financed largely by liquor taxes, a recent applicant, woman, objects on principle to the source of the money. q will just have to get along some other way" she says. q can't receive pension from liquor"
 The moral attitude of such person commands respect. But isn't her reason ing faulty? One of the chief complaints against the liquor traffic when it was in private hands was that it took money out of humble homes and brought privation upon women and children. The ordinary view now would be that any profit eN- tracted from the booze traffic to help needy families is just so much to the good. And such gains from the traffic when it was in bootleggers' hands were very small.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17
Chuckle Corner
THINGS YOU KNOW
 By Arminta NJ. Lerch

The most wonderful tune--a fortune.
 The greatest engineering pro- ject-Wheeling, w. Va.
 The most scenic drive-Tennes- see.
 A rough ride-over the Rockies.
 The greatest known surgical op- eration-Lansing, Michigan.
 Good hunting-Buffalo, N. Y.
 A noted valley-Rudy. .
 A much-discussed trail-Kate Smiths getting the Moon over the Mountain.
 The biggest beet-in New York, where two policemen were found asleep on lone beat"
 A celebrated headgear-your old gray bonnet"
 A nudist camp-Great Bear lake,.
 The latest study in Higher Math- ematics-Trigger-
 An example, worked out-Dil- finger.
 The fish most easily caught-the sucker.
 A delightful springtime preach er-Jack- ck-in-the-pulpit.
 The car you need when you find the bridge gone--a Ford.
 The car you want for long trip-an Overland.
 The most useful communist-a Rhode Island Red.
 A noted highway-The Trail of the Lonesome Pine. The most popular dogs-Hot dogs.
 A famous nose-Jimmy Duran te's.
 A noted hat-Al Smiths "brown derby"
 The oldest joke-Eve Raired Cain.
 The oldest race-the human race.
 The latest medal awarded for bravery-John Smith saves his Mother-in-law from drowning.
 Condemning evidence-a Bach- elor Button in Black-eyed Susan's bed.
 Why Horace Greeley advised young men to go West-probably on amount of Mae.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17
Press Comment
IMPROVING SANDWICHES (New Haven Journal Courier


 The story about the sea captain at the mouth of the. Amazon who wanted fresh water but didn't know it flowed in tons at his very feet from an inland channel is fa- mi.iar. We wish young men who are interested in science would take it to heart. They dream of inventing new aeroplanes, of matching new schemes for perpe:- ual notion, of building the fastest or the furthest shooting artillery in the world, and so on. But all the while there are humber and more useful things 10 be done at home. Take, for instance, the mat ter of perfecting comfortably edible meat sandwich.
 As everybody knows, the pres- ent cold roast beef sandwich, say, is practically impossible to eat tid- fly. As sure as shooting, you find that your first or second bite has yanked the whole slice of meat from between the bread slices. You can take it in your hand, chew off al piece, and reassemble the wrecked sandwich with the rest; or you can consume the meat forth- with and content yourself with bread and butter for the balance of the sandwich meal. Now man who can soften the beef so all the bites are clean will be . benefac- tor to the race. But we'll bet there isn't 6 laboratory in the country considering iti
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17
Selected Poem
RECONCILIATION

George William Russell in The Springfield
 Republican, l begin through the grass once again to be bound to the Lord; I can through hat has faded the face full of rest Of ,he earth, of the mother my heart with her heart in accord, As I lie mid the cool green tresses that mantle her breast; l begin with the grass oLce again to
 be bound to the Lord. By the hand of child led to the throne of the King, For a touch that now levers me not is forgotten and far, And His infinite sceptered hands that sway us bring Me in dreams from the laugh of d child to the soul of star. On the laugh of child am borne to the joy of the king
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17

The New York columnist, o. o. Me; Intyre, tells of Fifth avenue perfume bar" which is suggestive novelty and might lead to something farther At this bar, he says, the sniffers sit in high chairs while hite-uniformed attendant selects choice scents from bottles and sprays at them, within smelling distance, so thatt hey can choose which bottles they want to buy It would be an obvious ex- tension of this technique if such barten- ders began dispensing metered sniffs at retail spraying patrons literally with their favorite perfumes at 25 cents shot, or whatever it might be worth. That will come yet, as we grow more esthetic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17
So They Say

If they (the samcse twins) have the nerve. let 'em marry But if it was me-no, sir! In fact, wouldn't marry at all. Whats the use?-Patrick Henry Bunker, S4-year-old descendant of Siamese twins.
 American workers today the most helpless and economically unprotected in the whole indus trial world.-Abraham Epstein, executive secre- tary, American Association for Old Age Security
 
 You can tell mans character largely by the fact that he keeps his bathtub clean.-Dr Elsa B. Grove, of Columbia University. There ought to be some igures as well facts even in a Fourth of July oration.-Donald Rich berg. referring to Senator Borahs recent speech
 
 If the decrease in births d half century hence be as rapid that during the ast decade. the decline will become Iebacle.-Dr Oliver M. Baker of the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17

as to compel them to pay their debts. .. An institution of learning may bring peace be- tween Brain Truster Rex Tug well and anti-Brain Truster Cotton Ed'' Smith, who led the attack against Tugweps confir- mation as undersecretary of agriculture. South Caro- lina's Clemson college has in- vited Tugwell to address a Farmers day it is staging, and movement has been launched to have Cotton Ed" introduce him. The ice code author ity is raising a ruckus with the MIRA over sharp business prac- tices of certain large manufac- turers in its industry. .. These producers have been shipping surplus ice into neighboring mar kets, thereby underselling local plants. Leon Henderson, keen eyed chief of the MIRA planning and research division, has the complaint under consideration. Besides his thousand-and- one other duties and responsibil- ities Harold Ickes is grappling with the task of trying to find office space for the various new commissions created by the re- cent congress. Owing to labor disputes, a number of the new go V e n m n t buildings that should have been completed this month are still not ready for occupancy. The result is terrific overcrowding and frantic search for quarters in private offie buildings. The new national labor board is being temporarily housed on four separate floors of one of these structures.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17
Horoscope

By OCTAVINE
 Strong inspirational qualities predominate today both in the early morning and late evening The middle of the day is rather negative. inclining towards intel lectual work.
 Today's Birth Date.
 You have talent for occult things Aug. 27 through Sept ' is a poor prosper during Feb. 1885. The prosped during Feb. 1885. The newly found planet Pluto influenc- ed you during March, April and May, 1884. As astrologers arc studlng this influence, should ap preciate hearing of your experi. ences during those months. Address me care of this newspaper. Dam ger Aug. IS. Socially good Aug II.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17
A Book a Day
A Horrible Sketch Of That Next War"
By BRUCE CAPTION

Spies end the Next War;" by Richard W. Rowan, is one of those quietly terrifying books that seem to show the fabric of civili- zation splitting wide open and letting the race drop right through into the pit.
 Undertaking to tell what mili- tary espionage is apt to be like in the next great war, MT Rowan winds up by giving us a picture of the next war itself; and the picture is an unspeakably dread ful one.
 He suggests, to begin with, that there probably won't be any for mai declaration of war. One side or the other, being ready to shoot and anxious to get the jump on the other fellow. win simply turn a bridge of spies loose on the other side of the border.
 These spies will blow up factor ies, railroads, bridges, and high ways. They will infect herds of cattle with such diseases as anth- rax, bomb food warehouses, fire Soo eeAhhot anu oO lucy WILL to have the war about 40 per cent won before the army and the air force get to work at all.
 The army and the air force, of course, will have their own pleas ant little games. Bombing and gas attacks will be infinitely more destricutive than anything in the World War. Front-line soldiers will, probobly, be actually safer than the women and children back home. The chances are very good that a "bacteriological offensive" will be adopted.
 Just what all this will do to modern civilization MT Rowan does not say. Indeed, he doesn't need to. You can figure it out for yourself, all too easily.
 Published by Mcbride, this book sells for $2.5O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17
JUDICIAL HORSEPLAY Philadelphia Record)

Judicial humorists who play with serious matters before their courts do not seem as funny to the public as they do to themselves.
 Judge O'Dunne, of Baltimore, for instance. He grants a mar riage annulment on the frivolous grounds that women have right to change their minds at any time. Of course, Judge O'Dunne does not mean what he says. If upheld. his ruling would not only make the marriage contract voidable at will for all women, it would also destroy women's power to make business contracts, since they would not be legally bound to full fill them.
 Judge O'Dunne is merely fool ing with a whimsical idea. A judi cial decision involving marriage is no place intellectual horseplay.