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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

Washington, Dec Tt is the fate of almost every adminis- tration to suffer wide and some times unbridgeable splits within it's own family. This was true during the days of Woodrow Will son, of Taft, of Harding and al-. ready it is increasingly true of the administration of Frank lin Roosevelt.
 Even within the cabinet-a comparatively small group sup posedly pulling for Party and CountFy-the clash of personal ities and policies is too great, the struggle for power too tempting.
 The cleavage in the Roosevelt official family has increased ever since its overwhelming vote of confidence November 6. It was brought to public attention by the 1ckes-Moffett row. Ac- tually it is more ancient and deeper than this.
 The battle is betwene the New Dealers and the Old; the men who favor long term Reconstruc- tion and those who want imme- diate Recovery even if ideals are cast overheard in attaining it; the men who feel that country should come before party and those who would build up de- mocracy at the expense of the country.
 DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF
 On these issues, the cabinet and those closest to the presi- dent, divide themselves into three groups.
 There are the outright New Dealers: Ickes, Walalce, Perkins, and to considera ble extent, Morgenthau, Tugwell and vari- ous memebrs of the Brain Trust. There are the outright Old Dealers: Farley, Roper, MacIn- tyre, Moffett, Hurja and Howe.
 Then there is Borderline Group of old fashioned demo- crats who'd retain occasional streaks of liberalism, sometimes are found in one category, some- times in the other. They include: Cummings, Dern, Hull and Swan son..
 Between the first two there is bitetr. poorly-conccaled and continual warfare. It Is im- pOrtant because 1t is symbolic of the forces pulling the Admin istratOin in two directions. It will get lot worse before it gets any peter.
 Here are the chief personali- ties involved: REACTIONARIES
 Leader of the reactionaries is Big Jim Farley. Jim is proud of his conservatism. He thinks the government should stay out of these new-fangIed ideas, un-. less it can make some money for itself. He mentions at cabi- net meetings the money the post office department made by sell. ing new sereis of stamps. how the government should make
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
So They Say

Either the government will be forced to con- script wealth under the general welfare clause mobs will rudely confiscate it.
 The Rev pr Edmund A. Walsh.
  I hope to be able this year to start a regular service between Germany and the United States with our new arship. the LZ-129.
 -Dr Hugo Eckener One of the wisest steps Britain took in 1881, when she left the gold standard --Gen Jan C. Shuts, South African statesman
  hope I'll act until I'm old, but at any rate I'll be working at something.
 Sylvia sidney film actress Much of tho cynicism in the writing and comment of today Is pose an attempt to be up- to-date. -Dr Mary F. woolley. president Mt Holyoke Col. Iege.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

Q. How old is Postmaster Gem |eral James A. Farley?
 A. Forty-six.
 o. Was any trace of the ship "Waratah'' ever found after she left London in April 1909?
 A. After leaving London she touched at Australian ports, and reached Durban. She left Durban, bound for Cape Town. but never arrived at that destination. The last heard or seen of the vessel was when she passed the "Clan Mac Intyre" shortly after putting out from Durban.
 o. What is Latin called g dead language?
 A. Because it is no longer the spoken language of any of the peoples of the earth.
 o. Was Franklin D. Roosevelt ever a republican?
 A No
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

It seems there are alternate routings being considered for this new super highway that the federal government is going to build through Connecticut as link in a Washington-Boston roadway However, Connecticut is traversed in all of them. And what we said about utiliz- ing the Merritt Highway may come true One of the routes mentioned by the au- thorities passes over part of the Merritt Highway as far as Bridgeport. Still another would utilize the entire length of this road Incidentally two of the routes would pass fairly close to Waterbury, the one south of the city, the other north. The third route is far south of us passing near Hamden. And talking of highways the federal government has plans for an Inter- national Highway passing along the west ern boundary of this state and continuing right up to Montreal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

The Hartford Courant claims, "It has been demonstrated repeatedly that, on equal terms and conditions, privately owned utilities can successfully compete with government ownership. But they cannot hope to make favorable showing against the wholly misleading system ot bookkeeping that government admins trators set up. :" We still think govern ment operated utilities are cheaper, for there is no incentive to profit, but that is no real reason for advocating them. Pri- vate initiative cannot be stifled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

Danbury's Garden Club is making a holiday appeal to people not to destroy the mountain laurel. At this season immense quantities of laurel are cut for holiday decorations. Care in cutting shrubs should be exercised Don't be greedy and procure needless supplies that will simply go to waste. Some day the state may for bid the taking of laurel for decorative purposes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
Horoscope
B YOCTAvINE

For persons who believe that hue man destiny is guided by the plan- cts, the daily horoscope is outlined by a noted astroIOger. In addition to information of general interests, 1t outlines information of special interest to persons born on the des- ignated dates. te.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

Now that Insull is acquitted and vindi- cated we suppose there was nothing wrong about super-financing and watered stock and big rake-offs and high pressure sales manship and all that. The public was to blame and the big plungers and organizers should be compensated because the system collapsed on them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
Daily Washington Merry-Go-Round
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BY DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
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DECEMBER 8

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 Your perception should be very great. You may even see too much of whatever goes on around you. Be careful of your health and get plenty of rest and sleep from May 31 through July f3. 1885. Guard against accident from fire, sharp instrument or rash conduct from Sept. 30 througuh Oct. 2, 1885. Socially favorable from June I6 thruogh IS, 1885.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

Santa Claus seems to be taking hold and the depression will have to be suspended till after Christmas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
COMMON ERRORS

Never say. "I wns aggra- vatcd by her manner: say 'annoyod" or "vexed."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
A Thought for Today

Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope; even to day do declare that will render double unto thee.-Zechariah, 0:12.
 Hope is the chief blessing of man; and that hope only is rational of which we are sensible that it cannot deceive us.-Johnson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

c. Is Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming or Montana?
 A. The major portion is in the northwestern corner of Wyoming, but it extends little into both Montana and Idaho.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

Q. What is the salary of Pres ident Kalinin of the Union Central Executive Committee of Soviet Russia?
 A. Six hundred roub1es a month, which at the current rate of exchange, is equivalent to $552.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13
CWA Jobs in Hands
of AZ. of L. Leaders
on Needle Projects
w Orkers Demonstrate
in Protest on
Feb. ID.

NEW YORK.-The militant and
determined struggles conducted by the
thousands Of unemployed needle
needle trades workers under the
leadership OF the Needle Trades IN
employment Council forced the Civil
Works Administration to go through
with the needle trades project. These
jobs we're promised to the needy I'M
employed, but what is actually hap
pening? The C.WA., together with
HiIlman and Dubinsky, are giving
jobs to their henchmen and not to
those who are in need. They are
playing politics at the expense Of the
starving unemployed.
The Needle Trades Unemployment
Council declares, Flight against the
policies Of the G. w. a. Of Hillman
and Dubinsky. Fight for the right to
Jobs or cash relief. Demonstrate on
Tuesday, February 18th at 2 p. m. in
front Of the offices of the G. w. A. at
9th Ave. and 14th St., New York City.
Mobilize at the Union Auditorium at
131 w. 18th ST., at p. m. Dress and
CIoakrnakers mobilize at 14o w. Seth
ST"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13
Demand House Act Workers Social Insurance Bill H r. 1893
Judge Threatens
TOSubpOena LID.
Head in Hill Case
Rosalsky FrOths at Mouth
as Workers Protest
trame-up

NEW YORK.-The trial of Os2ar
Hill. marine worker framed by the
police in the course Of the telegraph
workers strike, was postponed yes
terday to Feb. %. while judge Ro-
salsky, vicious labor batter, frothed
at the mouth over the flood Of pro-
test kilograms received BY the court
demanding the release of Hill.
Threatening to subpoena William L.
Patterson. National Secretary Of the
International Labor Defense, Judge
Rosalslzy declared his intention to
investigate" the character of the
I. L. D.
David Schriftman, LID. attorney,
informed the hysterical Judge that
the LID. is ready to appear before
any court to present its program and
the method it employs in defending
workers in the courts for their ac-
tivities in the labor movement.
The district Office Of the LID. de-
clared yesterday that the LID. ac-
cepts the challenge of Judge Rosalsky
and what's more, repeats its requests
to all workers and their organizations
to flood Judge Rosalsky with protests
and to pack the court room on Feb
% in vigorous protests against hi.
attack on the LID. and to force the
release Of oscar Hill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13
Force Congress to Enact the
.TObIesS Insurance Blu!

TODAY delegation representing the obess workers. is in
Washington led by the Unemployment Councils to demand
that the House Committee Labor Immediately report favor
ably the Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill Oh. R.
1888.
This bill has been Endorsed by hundreds of thousands Of
Every additional A.
passing
resolutions demanding Congress Immediately the
Unemployment Insurance Bill.
Meanwhile Roosevelt
Committee the Workers Unemployment
boosting the
fits to the sixteen million iobless
federal appropriation Unemployment
of Representatives Bill only
employment insurance bill before Congress which benefits the
million workers totally jobes.
Ldeen
It, not fighting the passage
Employed and unemployed
ganion and meetings demanding
Workers
in all Unemployed Councils unions
fraterna veterans farmers all
mediate passage of the Workers Bill by Congress.
Rush these resolutions by telegraph letters Congressman
Chairman of the House Committee con
and senator's
DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE ENACTMENT CONGRESS OF H
759sTHE WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL INSURANCE
BILL
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13
Strategic Local Places
Can Be Picked for
Beginning Work

Letter do not apply to the railroad
industry.
However this theory. which has
been developed by both the Grand
Lodge officers and the railroad to
spread defeatisin and prevent rank
and file action, has no justification
in ANY industry, least of all the
railroad industry. Unlike most fac
tories, which are complete units in
themselves, the railroad, as unit,
is spread over large territory.
From the point Of view Of paralyz-
ing traffic 1t is not necessary to tie
UP the whole unit, but only one or
two key points and like every
other plant, it is not necessary to
tie up every department, but only
certain departments. In addition,
workers at varioHJ points of the sys-
tenn, can, unlike other industries, es-
tablish quicker contact with each
other, thus making 1t easier to spread
a movement once it has started. 1t
is this feature Of the railroad in
dustry which places rail labor in q
most strategic position for carrying
out the principles of concentration,
that Is, of picking certain key points
as means of spreading and de-
veloping both organization and ac-
tiyity.
The various misconceptions OUT
lined here, have to great extent
prevented the development of large
militant rank and file movement ir
the railroad industry, and the sooner
we discard these Misconceptions, the
more rapidly will we be able to win
the railroad workers to the program
of the Party and the revolutionary
trade union movernsrt
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13

However, by concentrating at
certain key points in the railroad In
dustry, it does not mean that we neg
lect other railroad points. Such a
conception means narrowing down the
entire work of the Party in the rail-
road industry to those territories
which are national or district con-
centration points. Such an approach
would ignore the fact that the Open
Letter is q guide not only TO the dis
trict and the center for them to con-
centrate their activity, but it is also
a guide for every unit in the Party in
every locality.
In the railroad industry, for ex-
ample, in the cities Of Chicago and
st. Louis, there are many units which
are not part of the national or dis
trict concentration point, whose most
important shop or point of activity is
some railroad shop, yard or terminal.
For these units, for the fractions of
the mass organizations in these
particular territories, railroad work
constitutes their point of concentra-
ton. The District Committee, altho
it cannot pay major attention to all
these points, which are not major
concentration points, however has
the responsibility of seeing that these
forces are rallied and modified to
carry out the Open Letter as 1t af-
eects their particular territory.
Does this contradict the principles
of concentration? 7 do not think so.
AS understand the problem the
mobilization of the section commit
tees to give leadership to the units
in the carrying out of the Open Let
ter does not mean the neglect of
certain units of the 2arty because
they are not national and district
points Of concentration.
On the contrary, II the units in
railroad territories are modified by
the section to really penetrate the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13
United Shoe Local Sends
Letter to President
Roosevelt

CHELSEA, Mass, Feb. 1I.-After
indorsing the Workers Unemploy-
ment and Social Insurance Bill, H. r.
1898, at their last meeting, the
shoe workers Of the Chelsea local OF
the United Shoe and Leather Work
ers Union are now taking steps to
fight for local relief.
At a meeting of the unemployed
shoe workers last Wednesday John
Weber Of the Unemployed Council
outlined a program Of action for the
Union. A committee of S was elected
Cater this Unemployment Commit
tee is to be increased to 1D to finc-
ton temporarily.
The union at its regular meeting
sent 8 letter to President Roosevelt
demanding enactment of the Work.
ers Unemployment Insurance Bill.
The 1000 unemployed shoe workers
Of Chelsea must unite and through
the union demand C.W.A. jobs for
relief. Attempts will be made &c
split the ranks through fake bill.
and open sabotage on the part o.
some leaders Of the union.
An instance OF this came up al
last weeks meeting. The Socialist
Party sent a communication asking
the workers to endorse & weak bill
that concerns only home owners
and those now working. The bill
says nothing as to where the MONEY
is to come from and provides in /;
vague manner for only 50 per da!
for a limited time. The worker
showed their utter disgust at sucl
fraudulent bills that they relegatet
the bill to the files.
This week there was no relic
passed out at the local dispensing
station, which weekly distribute
rotten eggs and rancid butter.
Workers here on C.WA. seem;
the Daily Worker for the first tim
are very enthusiastic about IL.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13
e(On
Concentrating Strengthen the the Railroad

able to force concessions from the
roads through organized struggle.
The Eastern roads, for example,
which run through the main indus
trial centers, were totally left out
Of consideration. All these signifi-
cant factors were pushed to the
background and the main question
became only matter of the number
OF forces we had on these particular
roads. 1t was only after considerable
discussion that an alteration was
made in our points of concentration
to include the key road of the entire
country, the Pennsylvania Railroad.
On the other hand in the same dis
cussion the wrong theory was de-
veloped that concentration means
mechanically taking the biggest road
without at the same time taking into
consideration the other factors dis
cussed above. Against both these
one-sided conceptions Comra d G
Browder warns as follows:
"At the same time let us keep in
mind what the Detroit Comrades de-
SS4lbC cc bliC stloASCSe SAAA oA3S WON
est links for concentration. Some
success In our auto union came from
concentrating not only on the biggest
but simultaneously also on the
weaker and smaller plants. And espe-
cially when these can be combined
with one region in one town, this
combination will often be found val
liable. OF course, where we have
forces inside, this is often a good
reason for beginning some concen-
tration work on this factory"
Must Build from the Bottom
In the railroad industry there ha!
existed q theory that 1t is impossible
to develop any action or build an,
organization unless 1t is done on {
national scale. If this theory Is cor
rect then the principles Of concen'
tration as laid down IN the oper
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13
MunSOn Crew Gets
Their Back Wage

NEW YORK. ALTHOUGH the s. s.
Pan America (Munson Line Ship
was infested with Shiny stoolpigeons
and dicks, delegates from the M. w. I.
q. succeeded in getting aboard and
told the crew of Mr.. Munson's answer
to the seamens' demands. and pointed
out that the only way to answer Mum
son was to take the same action that
the crew of the Munsomo did in
Baltimore.
The crew stated that they had not
been paid their wages for months,
and many were ready to take action
for this demand. A few others were
in favor of striking for the same de-
nlands that the crew of the Munsomo
struck for in Baltimore.
Mr.. Munson, hearing this, and
fearing the crew would take action,
Immediately paid the crew their back
wages.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13
Rome, Ga, Foundry
Strike Solid Despite
Gun Play of Bosses
Militant Workers Keep
Iron Picket Ring;
Defy Police

ROME, Ga, Feb. 12-Beginning
the 18th week Of the strike of the
stove foundry workers in Rome, Ga,
finds them as militant and deter
mined as ever.
On Feb. 9Th the bosses at the
Rome Stove and Range Co. at
tempted to get shipment out of
the plant. The pickets were on the
job and stopped it. Homer Hen
derson, superintendent Of the plant,
became so enraged that he drew a
gun and fired on one Of the pickets,
Louis Morris. The strikers refused
to retreat. The shipment was not
made despite the gun-play Of Hen
derson.
The bosses have made other fran
tic efforts TO get shipments out in
the other plants also, but the pick
cts have been on the job and
stopped them. The bosses have called
on the police and on the Federal
government to break the iron ring
of the pickets, bu tit was no good
During the recent shooting, the
pickets maintained fine discipline
and when the police arrived they
did not have any excuse to arrest
any Of the strikers. Louis Morris
has sworn out a warrant for the
arrest of Henderson.
oS in the 18th week Of the strike
the strikers are as militant and de.
termined as ever and are set IL
win "if the damn foundrieS ever
open up again!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13
Minneapolis A. F. l.
Heads Aid NRA End
Coal Drivers Strike
Men Sent Back to Work
With Promise of
Arbitration

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.-The A. r.
Of l.. leaders accepted the decision
of the MIRA. Regional Labor Board
Friday to end the coal drivers strike
Immediately, without receiving a
wage increase and submitting this
question to arbitration" which is
the same as giving up the demand
for q wage increase altogether. All
the strikers received from the Labor
Boards decision was a promise for
temporary recognition" Of the union,
until a supervised election would be
held in the coal yards.
The strike was called Wednesday
involving 900 coal drivers, tying ur
over SO coal yards, and threatened to
spread TO st. Paul and to the fuel
oil companies. One of the major
demands was for Is per cent In
crease in wages, but this demand was
dropped by the officials, who only
argued for union recognition. Even
this was not fully granted, as the
temporary recognition" Is only I'M
til the elections, when the company
may maneuyer to trick the workers
out of this. In the meantime, while
waiting for the elections and for the
wage-demands to be arbitrated the
coal season will soon be over, and
the company will be able to dictate
terms. The time to have won a wage
increase was now, when the coal
yards were tied up 100 per cent dur
ing the cold weather.
A delegation Of the Unemployed
Council which came to the strike
headquarters offering the support
and solidarity of the unemployed to
the strikers was put out of the hall
by the leadership, and their efforts
of support refused. The offer of the
International Labor Defense to help
in the defense Of the arrested strikers
who were arrested on charges OF
overturrling scab trucks, was likewise
refused.