The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-02

organized still another army of unemployed.
 This force, estimated at around 100000 mon and wo- men, and boys, is made up of trangicnts who for the last three years have been wandering, friendless and in desperate waut, back and forth across the land. ment of Transient Actigities, under tho Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the gov- ernment is now undertaking to clothe, feed, house, and assist these unfortunates.
 A total of 2Gf lodging and diagnOstic ccnters, plus 25 work camps, already have been set up in A states. The one fin Wash fngtOn ls located in an unused, twO-stOry, red-brIck fire station directly across from the vast and ornate marble Department of Commerce, where rOOsts the Blue Eagle.
 To date 250.000 Of the tram sients have applied for and re- ceived aid and shelter, at q cost of $3,250,000. Administrator William Plunkert estimates that by March 1, one million will have been taken care of.
 Unlike CCC and CWA work CTS, the translents receive no pay. They are fed, lodged, given medical treatment, and approxi- mately 90 cents week for spending money.
 COAL TRUCE
 The major bituminous coal operators are going to make an- other stab at being good.
 Long accustomed to the most ruthless kind of competition, they no sooner agreed last fall on n code containing fair trade regu- tons when they reverted to type. Undcrselllng, threats of labor cuts, general piracy threatened in the industry.
 Alarmed, General Hugh John son summoned the National Ili- luminous COnl Industrial Board, governing authority under the bitufninOus code. BIuntIy he in- formed the operators that if they didnt make peace immediately, the government would step in and compel them to do sO.
 A week of secret deliberations transpired, with the result that another peace agreement has been arranged. Committees will be get up in each coal division, with power fo fix minimum, prices on various grades of coal.
 One of the ironloB of the last trucc-pact is that q leader in the movement was J. D. A.. Morrow, president Of the Mellon domin- hted Pittsburg Coal company. 1t was this company which was widely blamed by other opera ors Tor first starting the price, cutting war.
 MEHity-GO-ROUND
 For some time Roosevelt has been talking to his advisers about pct scheme for handling foreign trade. He calls this My "Lamb" He also ,has dis clisscd n plan for war dobt re- vision which ig 50 tricky that he once described 1t as like taking q rabbit out of 6 hat. After that he alluded 10 1t as "The Bun ny" Someone asked Jim Farley the other day whether he was getting ready to burn the Post Office files Hc said he would wait tilI his last week In office Robert Mclendez, unofficial representative Of Sal vador, who now has been of- ncially recognized, has suffered two serious tragedies in his lifc Once hi-jackerB entered the SaIvadorean Legation, took out 17 cases Of whiskey, slugged Carlos Lciva, the minister The second tragedy was when Lelya retiring as minister, took with him all of the Legation's remaining supply of liquor. Since then, Mclcndez. lacking dipl0- matte immunity, has been un- able to replcnish The State Department Is considering m in- spection of large shipments of whiskey being imported from Cuba. The suspicion is that this was cut liquor produced by m American bootleg ring for snug glinB purposes before repeal. Now tho ring Is alleged to be dumping its phony product un- der the guise of legal liquor.
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