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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09
E. [. SIMONDS ON. BUSINESS METHODS.
Points Road to Success at FOremen's Club Meet
 ing Last Night

"EmpIoye representation rather than labor union organization will be more effective in bringing about harmony and cooperation between capital and labor, declared Ernest Southern New England Telephone company in the course of an ad- dress to the Industrial Foremen's Club at the Central YMCA last night. Mir. Simonds believes firmly in the right of labor to organize but feels that there is an inherent antagonism between management and the labor union which would be largely overcome in any sound plan of employe representation. The latter plan would insure Q two way track for agreement and un- derstanding among both groups.
 The speaker urged upon the ex- ecutives and foremen present their obligation to undersand the prob- lems and difficulties of the workers 80 per cent of whom always remain wage earners. He dcclarad that a new era had opened with President Roosevelt's proclamation concern ing labor last July. This gave assur- ance that the problems of human relations will receive first consid- eration in future dealings of the government and of business.
 He traced the history of indus- try from the era of the caveman through the pastoral era, the era of ancients Egypt, Assyria and Babylon, through feudalism and the industrial revolution to the present time. He characterized the feudal period as time of harmony for industry. The master workman, the ,journeyman and the appren. tice, all worked in neighborly fashion side by side. Every appren- tice had reason to expect to be Q journeyman and later Q master workman.
 The industrial revolution changed this. The invention of machinery, of labor with result ing unemployment, the organization of corporate business and the crushing out of small business re- suited in unrest and riot. People focked to the cities. The individpal workman, helpless in the fact of these new and radical changes,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09
Benefit Show Seats
 Go On Sale Saturday
Public Can Exchange General Admission Tickets for
 'MCKenna's Filtration" for Reserved Seats

sell-out. Reservations for Tuesday evening also point to 0 capacity attendance.
 comedy, 'McKenna's Filtration brings into the lime-light again favorites of yesteryears and prom ising young thespians of the pres. ent. This happy combination pre- sages one of the greatest amateur theatrical productions in years. director, supervising the play. nothing less could be expected.
 The show is being sponsored for the purpose of aiding the St Mary's Hospital Aid association in making an appropriate silver jubilee gift to St Mary's hospital. With this idea in mind members of the or ganization have worked enthusias- tically for weeks and have received splendid cooperation from the pub lie. Scores, who witnessed the presentation Of tine comedy some twenty years ago are planning to witness it again. Colonel William J. Shanahan, Miss Daisy Lord and Mrs Joseph H. McGinnis of the or iginal cast will play the same parts in which they scored such great success a score of years ago. The public will also e greatly pleased and delighted with the< efforts of such well known actors as Patrick Kelly, John Malone. Phil Kelly. Mary Daly Cleary, Miss Evelyn Me- Cam, Dr Bernard A. O'Hara and the Six Lilacs, nurses of St Mary's hospital.
 Songs and dances by the princi- pals and the ballet will be other special features of the perform ancc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09
REV MIR COE SUNDAY
 FORUM SPEAKER

Rev Albert Buckner Coe, D. D., formerly minister of the Second Congregational church and now minister of the First Congrega- tional church of Oak Park, Illinois. will be the speaker at the Forum of the Second Congregational church Sunday evening, at 7:30 o'clock. His subject will be Some Beliefs that Natter" Dr Goes many friends in Waterbury will be most happy to welcome him back.
 
 Edinburgh, Scotland, has a rep ertory-theater movement.
 Divorces in Scotland are decreas- ing in number.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09

was helpless. This resmltea fin the formation of labor unions and with that came the long and bitter struggle between capital and labor.
 Mir. Simonds was introduced by Harold c. Davis. manager of the local division of the s. N. E. Tele- phone Co.,. President Clarence D. Wooding was fin charge of the meeting. Group singing was led by J. A. Harry Peterson. Following Mir. Simonds talk, w. H. Millnor of the Spalding Fibre Co.,, gave an il- frustrated talk on the various uses of fibers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09
Laredo, Tex; Huns as
 Border Imports Mount

Laredo, Texas, (UP)-Inetrna- tional commerce at this Mexican border town has been hummin on q rising scale in recent months.
 In September lead imports from Mexican mines totalled 115 car- loads, an increase of three over August. Exports of American goods to Mexico through Laredo amounted to 249 carloads for the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09

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 15c, 35c and $1.00 at druggists.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09
MILTON MCDONALD
 TO SPEAK HERI

Milton Mcdonald, new state ori ganizer, will speak at a meeting oa International Teamsters and Chaufs feurs at the Building Trades build" ing on scovil1 street Sunday morn ing at 1O:30 o'clock, it was an- nounced this morning by K. s. Chapel, local union president. MT Mcdonald will explain the headway he has made to date with truck bosses. The union are still stopping trucks to see if drivers are union members, which is being done all over the state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09
Eight Negroes Were Legally Put To Death
Two Southern States Executed Them Early To-day
 Largest Mass Deaths in Very Many Years

brothers, died for the murder of Miss Kathryn Prince near Dallas August 30.
 Jesse Mott was electrocuted for killing Jones Tatum during a hold up in Dallas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09
al bhnklng OrganlzailOn.

hI DHnkInH OFKhHIHhfIDH,
 IfroderlGk li, Starr Of the Unrt- ford .cOnnaciiGut Trust com pAny, ls chairman Of th0 banquet commit tee nn dexDacia about 400 guests iO attend, Following iha speak ing pr0Ffgm nlnln will be provided by 70 Abf1bnmn0D and his Com DlpudprH
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09
HILL DANCE TRIO IN SHOW TONIGHT
Kay Darling, Helen Walsh, and Genevieve PheIan in
 Mt Carmel MinStrelS

With the advance sale of tickets used as q criterion, indications point to a capacity house at St Jo- scph's hall tonight when the cur tain raises on the third annual minstrel show of the Holy Name
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09

month. a drop of 40 from August
 Mexican export commodities, according to Fl Boletin Fronterizo Commercial official publication of the Mexican customs house at Nuevo Laredo, included:
 Anitomny, refined arsenic, beer, bones, bananas, cadmio, copper metal, hides, ixtle, palm ixtle, lumber, Hines, lead and straw
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09
Lucky Strike presents she

Lucky Strike presents the
 Metropolitan OPera Company Saturday at 1852. M., Eastern Standard Time, over Red and Blue Networks of NEG, Lucky Strike will broadcast tbe Metropolitan Opera Company of New York in the World PREMIERE of the new American Opers,
 "MERRY MOUNT"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09
Headache Sufferers! Neuralgia Sufferers :!
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09

are the mildest leaves, silky, smooth, tender. And SO only these center leaves are used in making Luckies the fully packed cigarette so round, so firm free from loose ends. The tobacco doesn't spill out. That's why Luckies draw easily, burn evenly-and are always mild and smooth And then, too-'Its toasted" "-for throat protection for finer taste.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09

In making Lucky Strike, we actually discard most of the tobacco plant because we select only the center leaves and for these center leaves farmers are paid higher price. We do not use the top leaves because those are under-developed. Nor the bottom leaves
 because those are inferior in quality tough, coarse and always sandy. But these center leaves
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-09

These shirts are the kind boys like.
In plain cOlOrs of green, blue, tan
and white and fancy patterns thatll
sure catch the eye. Full cut to give
perfect fit. Sizes in shirts from
to Az.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-09

Fine clock patterns with the famous
double heel" double sole" and
double toe" to give more than just
ordinary service. Tan, gray and
blue cosors. Sizes 10 TO IL. Included
in group are some seconds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-09

The shirts are of fine swiss rib
knit that will stand up after many
trips to the laundry. Sizes 81 to
a. The SHORTS are of fine
quality broadclOth with full cut
banjo seat. The patterns are neat
and fancy. all tubfast. Covered
elastic sides. Sizes % to ~.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-09

Full lined with knit grip bot
toms. The tailoring is done
carefully by skilled wOrkmen.
In all the spring weayes and
colors. Sizes 6 to Is.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-14

durance by means of the Stretch
out The textile workers have taken
full advantage of the opportunity and
the nation is learning a lot about the
terrible conditions in basic industry.
If the strike has done nothing but
make the nation aware of the plight
Of the textile workers, it will have
served purpose. But it will do far
more than that. 1t will bring higher
wages and better working conditions
to many hundreds of thousands of
workers. 1t will imbue them with a
new sense of unity and brotherhood
1t will give them more of a voice in
the industry of which they are so
essential an element. 1t will mark a
big step forward in national progress,
resulting in immeasurable gains in
the interests of the national welfare.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-14
FIND OUT BEFORE YOU VOTE

Politicians bank largely in human
laziness when campaigning for office.
They know they can make sweeping
and often untrue statements which
will be accepted as gospel truth be-
cause only a small minority of people
will take the trouble to look up the
facts on any issue.
II American voters were accus-
toned to "heckle" candidates at pub
lie meetings as voters do in England
candidates here would be more care
full of what they say. In England it
is the accepted practice to question
or 'heckle" candidates, and they ex-
pect to answer questions which are
asked in an orderly manner. Here
a ''heckler" is usually thrown out on
his ear by strong arm" men employ
ed to protect" candidates. The
moral? Investigate before you vote!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-14
714lRTY-HOUR WEEK IS IMPERATIVE

The the shorter week. provide
the million abeboded adults who idle through
emphasized by of Edward Co director Of
Emergency Home Relief Bureau of New York city.
months of this the bureau had
its relief rolls at cost of
the during the entire Of
predicted that at this home relief will cost about
year. $4ooooOoo all last year.
Startling they nothngness when
declaration that under system and the
reganize to provide work for all
stupendou relief funds for the
administer them efficiently and with justice
to be the figures he had cited
Mr. Corsi sad
for reabsorpion of relief families in the
they to be clear indica-
relief part of the regular welfare
setup of the city government
a think this question must squarey possible
public relief function OF the city
the public consciousness of the
responsibility seeing that part
the msaped With of in the
relief the situation enough interest TO W
bring it is possible to reduce it.
right that there should be msappcation OF
shown that such denquencles
very rare But the conclusion
congress of applicable employers which woue
automatically thousands of those whom Mr.
Cors regards wards of the community
the public consciousness OF the enormty
obss their families with food
task which shou
endure, the public
there should unemployment that the
such social for society insist OF
their seriously the declaration of the
welfare and insist that wher
be next the shorter work
bill
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-14
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER IA, 1884
LOW WAGES AND DEAD BABIES

Textile workers cite startling fig
ures from the Children's Bureau of
the United State Labor Department
to show that they are fighting liter
ally for the lives of babies. Figures
collected in seven cities some years
ago prove that a newborn baby's
chances of life depend quite largely
on his fathers income.
Ii the father were making less than
$3.50 a year, the bureau found, 167
babies out of every thousand born
alive died in less than a year.
II the father earned between $3.50
and $3.50, 125 of each 1000 babies
died in the same time.
II he earned between $3.50 and $3.50,
the death rate of babies in their first
year was 107 per 1000.
IL ne earned more than Sl,ZoO
year, the baby death rate dropped to
SO per 1000.
And if he had no income, 211 babies
cut of each 1000 born lived less than
enc year.
High wages, low death rate; low
wages, high death rate.
The textile workers point out that
their incomes are nearly all in the
very low brackets given, and that only
trifiing fraction of them come in
the class of $1,250 year or more.
Better wages, fewer dead babies.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-14
ONE BIG CAUSE OF STRIKES

Pointing out that the problem of
labor relations still seems far from
satisfactory solution, the American
Federation of Labor says in it's cur
rent survey of business:
"Since the administration has not
yet secured for workers their legal
right to organize, strikes have be-
come necessary in very many locali-
ties to enforce the recovery act. These
cannot help retarding business, but
unless the law can be otherwise en-
forced, we cannot expect them to cease
until workers have won recognition
Labor as an organized group" the
federation adds, "is emerging to per-
form it's function in American society
This is a necessary part Of the re-
organization for economic control;
without it we could not hope to keep
the balance between producing and
consuming power"
AS long as employers deny the right
of the workers to~organize there will
be strikes. The moment the right Of
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-14
QUESTIONS PUT TO A. L. L.

Some pertinent questions were re-
Gently put to Jouett Shouse, head of
the newly-formed American Liberty
League, which processes to be much
alarmed over the danger" to individ-
ual liberty in the Roosevelt recovery
legislation.
Shouse was asked what position the
league will take on a number of issues,
including the following:
"Will you protect the right of free
speech to the fullest extent, insisting
upon the right of an individual to
express any opinion however wild,
drastic, or radical that opinion might
seem to be? Do you hold with JEFF
ferson that the line must be drawn at
overt acts -
"Will you protect the right of as
semblage for people to express views
with which you violently disapprove ?
Are you opposed to unreasonable
searches and seizures when directed
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-14
7heCherry
1" Where with our
we tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
fOundly, sometimes hippantly,
sometimes recklessly.

Folks go to theatres to see drama
They pay for admission.
Textile strikers are living through
drama-terrific drama. They are on
great stage, playing for stakes that
run as high as life and death.
Families with little food. Some
with none.
Earnings stopped--that's the price
men and women pay for principle.
Then come the soldier boys. We
cheer them when they fight common
foe. We do not cheer when they spear
strike pickets, when they send bullets
tearing through the chests of strik-
ers, men and women.
Already the shootings have begun.
Soldiers can make strike ter
rible thing. To textile strike head
quarters came wire from an organ
izer-a man known to his friends for
his quiet and his meekness. His wire
told of a day of riot and terror. 1t
was dripping with tears, so grippingly
did this labor union organizer write
his terse message of day of carnage.
So it has been these last few months.
Men, fighting to enforce law which
employers hate. Troops, police, guns,
clubs, gas.
Today weapons are better than they
used to be- 1t is easier to kill more.
Why must all this be? Does en-
trenched wealth hold so dear it's an
cient power to loot the people-to
drive hard bargains with workers, to
sap the from the masses the wealth
of the nation?
After all, the masses have the num-
bers. In unity they have the power
to stop all wheels.
Unless they earn money nothing
will be brought. With nothing bought
the present order goes to pieces.
In cooperation there is happiness,
there is confidence, there is life and
health.
Why does industry not turn to CO.
operation with labor, why does it not
turn toward the ways of peace, to-
ward the ways of justice?
Why does greed so lure the minds
of men that they lose their reason?
1t is not an easy question to an
swer.
But, whether or not there is an
answer, there is a cure. The workers
are on the march to apply the cure.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-14

Strange it is that one Of the first
battles in the textile strike took place
at Trian, Georgia, on the battlefield
at Chickamauga. Is there a signif-
canoe? Who knows?
AS a matter of fact, in this cyclonic
hour, who can be sure of much of any
thing, in the way of happenings
But one thing we must always try
to be sure. We must try to be sure
of our bearings and sure of our direc.
tion. We must try to move forward q
definite objective.
There is not much else of which we
can be sure and perhops there ISM
much else that is just now very i'm
portant.
Each week makes it's own history.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-14
Brazilian StevedOres Win
Large Increase in Wages

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (AFL)-
Overriding the opposition of the for
eign shipping companies who control
most of Brazil's waterborne transpor-
tation, the minister of labor issued an
order raising the pay of stevedores
from 18 milreis for an eight-hour day
to % milreis, an increase of % per
cent. The minister's order applied only
to Rio de Janeiro, but it was intimated
that it might be extended to other
ports.
The wage increase was the outcome
of the demand made by the steve
dores last March. Representatives OF
the shipping companies shrek their
anguish with the complaint that they
will be unable to pay the wages decreeo
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-14
ONLY ONE SOLUTION TO
PROBLEM

For at least ten years the United
States has been approaching the turn
in the lane Of economic development
in the matter of the proportion OF
product which could be taken from the
stream of current transactions and ap-
propriated for private profit. AS a
matter of fact, this has been indi-
Gated ever since the 1905, when this
nation began exporting it's capital
So long as foreign markets could alb
sorb any considerable part of our
total production, while we were re-
paying loans of capital from other
lands, the open spot between produc-
tion and consumption could be bridg-
ed for longer periods than is possible
now.
We are seeing today an accumula.
tion of capital for which there is no
visible use at present. There are in
existence production plants which
taken together constitute consider
able excess capacity so far as effective
demand is concerned in this country
There is one answer, and only one
to this problem of excess capital, as
it is called. No attempt to absorb ii
by capitalization of estimated future
earning power of business enterprises
will avail to meet the situation. The
only road that is open is that of in
creased purchasing power for the
workers of the nation, paid out in q
larger wage A larger productive ca
pacity for the nation means nothing
at all to the American people, if il
does not carry with it higher level
of living standards.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-14
WISDOM

1t is not the Almighty but we who
are responsible for the vice and mis-
cry that tester amid our civilization
God showers upon us his gifts-more
than enough for all; but like swine
scrambling for food, we tread them
in the mire, and rend each other -
Henry George.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-14
against people who have radical


views 2"
evil you insist upon the right of
labor to organize, to bargain through
representatives of its own choosing,
to strike and to picket the plants of
their employers Will you take
part in a campaign to prevent the
breaking of strikes through pillory-
ing workingmen as reds in order to
arouse public antipathy for them"
It will be interesting to see what
answers, if any, the league will make
to the foregoing questions. It is like
ly the league will sidestep them, as
it seems more interested in the
fright" of business to do as it has
always done than it does in the fun
damental rights of the people.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-14
WHAT NEXT?

Marble is being sawed out of an
Arkansas hillside by means of a
quarter-inch cable, 1400 feet long
which is driven by an engine at the
rate of 20 feet per second. The actual
cutting is done by sand, which is
fed into the groove the wire makes ir
the stone. The cable cuts complete
section out of the hillside without
wearing out or breaking, and the en-.
tire operation is carried on by one
workman.
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by the government, and began laying
wires for an increase in freight rates.
Death Toll Increase
Charged to Speed Up

Vancouver, B. C. (ILNS)-Increases
in the death and injury rate in the
lumber camps of British Columbia are
connected with "speed-up" methods,
according to union officials. Since
1929 the lumber output per man per
day has been increased from 900 to
/ 300 feet, or A per cent. The recent
accident toll Of life and limb is de-
scribed as terrible"