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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-02

Starting Saturday Polls will open
October Picture Harvest. The en-
tire month of October will be de-
voted to the greatest OF picture
hits that will play at Polls and
the opener has been selected for
the great popularity star, Water
bury favorite, whose pictures al.
ways bring out the greatest turn
out of patrons. Will Rogers in his
most human and humorous pic
ture yet made Judge Priest" and
to make this a better picture one
OF Americas greatest humorists Is
the writer of the story and with
Americas funniest man in the
leading role here is indeed a treat,
and one for the entire family.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-02

matte treat IL in store for those
who witness this fine picture.
The second feature Is Love
Time" taken from the life Of the
great musician Franz Shubert It
includes in its score most of his
famous melodies and Is q romance
that the entire world couldn't for
get of let be forgotten, aS the melo.
dies that are originated from the
story will live forever. A capable
cast interprets the leading roles
among the favorites In this feature
are pat" Patterson, Nils Asther,
Herbert Mundin and Harry Green.
and while romance abounds there is
plenty Of marvellous music and
comedy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-02

A pear Of planning and detailed
study illuminated yesterday after.
a9on when the Cheshire telephone
system was converted from the
manual 70 the dial method Of oper-
alton. A new building to house
The equipment, extensive local out.
side plant construction and 100
per cent conversion of subscribers
station equipment was necessary
"a com piete this project. The az.
tnAl time to change the service 70
aiai operation took but few Sec
oA1s, 60 carefully were all the de-.
tails Of the Job worked out before
hand.
cheshire took easily and natur-
1I't to the new dial telephone sys.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-02


Jr, is said to be a stirring romance
in which young and unsophisti-
Gated girl who has been kept IN
seclusion In q finishing school by
her mother, . reigning favorite Of
the Broadway stage, Is swept of
her feet by the glanor Of the So
ciety world with which she comes
into contact for the first time, but
who finally awakens to It's shams
and flies to the arms Of a man for
whom she has had strong friend
ship without realizing that she Is
really in love with him.
Miss Muir is given the oppor-
tunity to blossom out in gorgeous
costumes as well as to display her
histrionic talent in the stormy and
intensely emotional scenes Of this
production.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-02
OVERLOO OFFICERS
TO BE REELECTED

Lee IT. Dowd, president Of the
Overlook.Cottage Park club will be
re.nominated at the annual meet
ing to be held at Columbia school
Friday night, it 10 expected. Others
proposed for Office include Everett
M. Stanley, first vice-president;
second vice-president, Mrs Everett
Wagner: third vice-president, Mrs
William r. Guilfoile; secretary,
Arthur p. Bliss; treasurer, Victor
Hedberg; for business manager of
the Co-Ordinator, Frank Minna-
man; for editor, no candidate; the
president editor is Mrs r. w.
Ineson, who will not be a candi-
date for reelection.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-02
JEWRY OBSERVES
TORAH SERVICES

Simchas Torah services, com.
nemorating the rejoicing Of the
law" were held last night at Beth
Ell synagogue and at the Water
bury Hebrew Institute.
Rabbi william p. Greenfield pre-
sided at the Beth Ell services,
which included professions by
adults and children. Entertain
ri1ent was furnished by Abraham
Kramer, Joseph Zellman and
Harry Stroberg.
The Young Israel celebration
was held at the Waterbury Hebrew
Institute, with Milton Seiigson Of
ficiating. Joseph Schulman chant
ed the prayers, and Rabbi Moses
d. Sheinkopf delivered an address.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-02
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~ o'clock ana 10 expected TO bring
to. gether the greatest array OF
Irish talent. both singers and dane.
ers, ever assembled in this city.
Refreshments will be served TO all
attending.
The general committee In charge
OF the affair consist OF, Arthur ].
Lunny, Chairman; Jeremiah 7.
Mccarthy; Patrick T.. McKenna,
william j. O'Brien; Daniel J.. Bar
rett Jr; j. Lester Brennan; Peter
J. Gilligan; James J. German;
John J. Dwyer; John Cleary;
Francis T. Howard; William II.
Lawlor; Frank =. Gilhooly; vii.
lam j. Gaughan; John (Chick)
Kelley; Thomas Calvin; John p.
Graham; Edward Loughrain; Will
liam r. Moher; Michael Fitzmau-
rice; John O'Sullivan; Thomas j.
Reidy; Frank A. Keavney; Michael
]. Doyle! Robert Stack; Thomas
j. O'Connor; DR.. Joseph r. Burke;
Fred J. Carr; Michael, Lynch; Ray
mond J. flaming: Frank J. Green:
Judge John r. McGrath; Harry
Leary; william r. Sullivan; and
Harold v. Boyce.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-02

proceeds of which will be used to
defray the expenses of basket.
bail team which 1t is expected the
club will enter in the City Amateur
league this season.
gathered together an imposing ar.
ray OF talent, consisting Of some Of
the city's best known entertainers.
A series of five boxing bouts head
by Ken Perry, well known local
fighter, will also be on the card.
The bouts are being put on by
Dave Kelley's stable assisted by
Jack Cleary.
. Among the vaudeville acts will
be selections by William (Bifly)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-02
SMOKER ARRANGED
BY la MEMBERS
Attractive Bill Of Enter.
tainnent Arranged for
Friday Night

Final plans for a smoker and
entertainment sponsored BY the
Irish-American Social Club to be
held next Friday night at Eagles
Hall were completed at meeting
OF the general COMMITTEES at .
special meeting held last night.
The entertainment committee Ane
the sports committee are WORKING
in conjunction on this affair, the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-02

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-02
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-06
NR.A DEGREES Starvation for 100000 Textile Workers


EDITORS NOTE.-This is the
second, concluding section of an
article on how the n. r. A, CO.
operating with the A. F. of L.
officials, prevented 100000 cotton
textile workers from securing their
demands for wage increases and
union recognition. The first part,
printed yesterday, told how
Thomas MacMahon, head of the
United Textile Workers Union,
set a date for strike on June for
wage increases and union recog-
milton; how these A. F. of L. lead
ers did not prepare the strike,
but instead signed an agreement
with the N. r. A. and the en-
ployers, leaving the question of
wages to the Research Depart
ment of the N. r. A., and calling
the strike off.
Yesterdays article told how the
N. r. A, on June 20, issued its
report, declaring that the cotton
textile workers should not receive
wage increases. The figures,
showing increased profits and
dividends of the textile manufac-
turers under the N. r. A. in 1888,
were given, as well as figures
showing exhorbitant salaries to
the cotton textile executives.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-06
Transient Bureaus
Show Big Rise in
Homeless Workers

NEW YORK.-Driven from the
farms and sharecropper holdings
driven from the cities in search of
food, an ever-growing army of
homeless men, women and childun
few of whom find shelter in
transient bureaus" roam the
country.
On June IS, men, women and
children on the transient relief
rolls, from figures compiled by the
Federal Transient Bureau, totalled
1928 persons, an increase of over
$4,000 in one month.
Of this total, 114,848 were unat-
tached individuals, 111,152 males
and 1896 females. Besides this,
there were 21,252 families on the
rolls, comprising a total of 77,44O
men, women and children.
These figures relate only to those
who have applied for and received
relief. Viewpoints of officials in
the relief, administration admit that
there are many thousands more,
perhaps several hundred thousand,
who are without any relief.
Those stopping at the Federal
Transient Camps are made to work
from "a to 80 hours a week at forced
labor for the miserable relief given
at the 249 transient centers and IS
camps. The figures given above do
not include the thousands of single
workers in the IS forced labor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-06

/ The cotton textile workers, al
ready striking in some points in the
South, declare that they must have
higher wages. In the choice be-
tween saving the profits of the en-
ployerS and securing living wages
for the workers, certainly the work
ers will make this choice on the
picket lines in strikes for higher
wages.
MacMahon, in betraying the cot
ton textile workers and signing the
NR.A. agreement, tried to save his
face by the investigation" of the
MIRA. regarding wage increases.
Now the preliminary report of the
N.R.A. proves the previous state
ment of the Communist Party, that
the MIRA. had no intention of in
creasing wages.
On the contrary, the N.R.A. is
preparing further attacks on the
standard of living of the textile
workers, of which the curtailment,
the mass lay offs, and the N.R.A.
report are only the opening guns.
The textile workers have nothing
to gain from trust in the NR.A.,
which is the machinery of the en-
ployers. Only by militant struggle,
by preparing strikes, can the cot
ton textile workers increase their
wages. and secure union recognition.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-06

of the industry's output, the small
volume of demand for cotton tex
tiles is due wholly to the low pro-
duction and consequent low pur-
chasing power in other industries.
These words have a familiar ring
General johnson made similar
statements regarding the steel work
erS' wages.
To Save Profits
THE MIRA. takes the position that
1 textile wages cannot be raised
until wages are raised in other in
dustries. 1t takes the position thai
wages in other industries cannot BIZ
raised for the same reason.
The N.R.A. report ignores the
fact that the textile workers are
themselves suffering reduction in
real wages not only from the cur
tailment, but from rise in the
price Of necessities. Rising cost of
raw material for the manufac-
turers is important to the N.R.A.
Rising cost of necessities for the
workers, is of no Importance to
the N.R.A. The fact that the mar
kets have decreased because the
workers do not get sufficient wages
to buy the necessities of life, is
concealed in the report. Instead,
the report is based on saving the
profits and dividends of the cot
ton textile employers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-06

PAHI Ill.
ACCORDING to the MIRA. report
II average hourly wages are 37.3
cents an hour. This is claimed to be
an increase of 10 per cent over a
year ago. 1t must be remembered
that this figure includes wages for
the most highly skilled crafts in the
industry, and is the hourly wage.
1t does not take into account the
part time work, the shorter hours
or the curtailment which has re-
duced real wages Is per cent. Nor
does it take account of the scores
of thousands of workers, especially
in the South, who get the code mini
mum or lower. The higher paid
skilled crafts raise the average"
considerably.
The report claims that average
weekly wages were $134I in April.
(All statistics come from the dis
credited propaganda machine, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics. The
N.R.A. claims that the wage was
$1,000 year ago.
The report of average weekly
earnings again, includes the most
highly skilled crafts in the indus
try, and thus does not take into ac-
count the majority of the workers
who get below the average.
Prices (of cotton goods have
tended downwards since the code
and processing tax went into effect, +"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-06
2.OOOReliefWOr
Strike MichiganJobs;
DesMOines Men Solid
Relief Heads Capitulate
on Pay; Men Demand
Full Settlement

ANN ARBOR, Mich. July 5-Over
1000 Washtenaw County relief
workers replied to an F.ER.A. wage
cut by going out on strike Monday.
The cut takes the form of a reduc-
ton in hours of the budgetary al
lowance, and amounts to IS per
cent, thereby reducing the average
amount received per week per FAM
lily from Sl2 to SO. 1t is the begin
ming of drive to force down the
living standards of the unemployed
throughout the state of Michigan
County relief workers, not on the
F.ER.A., vino were not affected by
the cut, but have been getting only
40 cents an hour, also struck in SYM
pathy with the FER.A. workers
for minimum hourly wage of sc
cents. Union bricklayers are also
striking to show their solidarity.
The strike vas voted at a mass
meeting in Ann Arbor last Saturday
and rank and file strike commit
tee of eight was elected to present
the demands to the relief officials
These demands are:
ID Full restoration of the wage
cut, with no discrimination ~
fifty cents an hour minimum tc
all relief workers; 90 full pay for
time lost during strike; "a no forced
labor, or slave" labor, without paw
as is required on one project in the
town of YpSilanti; 90 recognition OF
a rank and file grievance commit
tee to deal with relief officials on be-
half of the workers; 60 the re-
moval Of Abram Fischer, notorious
labor hater, from the position OF
supervisor of the County Jail prof.
ect.
Workers on the County Jail, the
sewer and University of Michigan
projects, in Ann Arbor. walked out
at starting time Monday morning
Three car loads of strikers were i'm
mediately organized who toured
the county, calling off workers or
all relief jobs, including the county
roads. The strike is nearly 100
per cent solid.
At a mass meeting in Ann Arbor
Monday aftrnoon, at which work
ers from all over the county were
represented the reply of the relief
officials to the workers demands
were read. The demand for so cents
an hour minimum wage was grant
ed, but the workers voted solidly tc
stay on strike until all other de-
mandS are won.
John Pace, district organizer Of
the Unemployed Councils, addressed
the meeting, speaking ii favor of g
permanent united front in the form
of an Unemployed Council in Anr
Arbor and Washtenaw County.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-06
Half Key West, Fla,
On Daily Relief of
q Cents a Family

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, July s.
KEY West, and Monroe County in
which it is situated, today appealed
to Governor Dave Sholtz to take
full control of the city and county,
stating that state of emergency"
existed, the city was bankrupt and
half the population" was on the
relief rolls.
The Key West City Council and
the Monroe County Commission
submitted a resolution declaring, in
part: about half of the population
is on the federal rolls, and the nor
NAL assistance given to the people
under the present system is made
quate and affords very little relief"
Relief for the State of Florida as
a whole averaged % cents day per
family during the month of Febru-
airy (the latest figures available) i.
and 97.7 per cent of the relief
throughout the State was supplied
by the federal government.
Gov. Sholtz called on the Federal
EIU6IRGIlCy EbGIlCI EaOlllllllSVl dOlOll w
accept the responsibility necessar-
lily arising" Sholtz and j. S. Stone,
relief administrator. will confer to-
morrow on the F.E.R.A. assuming
full administrative powers over the
city and county, after the resolu
tions passed by the city and county
stated: Both the city and county
are unable to carry on the functions
of government leaving the popula-
ton in dependent and distressed
condition
Fully 10000 workers were once
employed in the cigar industry in
Key West, and the population of
the city has dwindled from 1919
in 1920, to 1881 in 1880. N.R.A
codes. trustifying industry into the
hands of the large combines, have
also been responsible for the loss
of the pineapple canning industry
and the fishing and sponge indus
tries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-06
700 Corn Products
Workers Strike in
Pekin, ILL.,, Factory
Conduct Mass Picketing 4;
Other Trades Are
Ready To Help

PEKIN, Ill, July 5. - Over TOO
workers, unable to live on the wages
they are getting, went out on strike
at the Corn Products Co. here for
a so per cent increase in wages and
for recognition of their union.
Although the strike was called by
the A. F. Of L. union, the strikers,
who have not forgotten the betrayal
suffered by the Pekin Distillery
workers at the hands of A. F. of
L. leaders, are conducting the strike
under broad rank and file leader
ship, and have organized mass
picket lines.
The strike is 100 per cent effec-
tive. strikers coming out on the
picket line in huge numbers. Mem
bers of the Unemployment Council
from Tozmell. Fulton and other
surrounding counties are taking
part in the picketing, thus giving
living example of the unity of
employed and unemployed workers.
The Corn Products Co. has de-
clared lockout. stating that as
long as the picketing continues the
shop will remain closed. The COM
pany is threatening to ship ma
terial for production to their three
other plants in New Jersey, in
Kansas City, and Argo, III.
The strikers appeal to the work
ers in these three plants to refuse
to work on material shipped to
their plant from Pekin, and call
upon these workers to prepare to
strike in support Of the Pekin Corn
Products workers.
Workers in the other shops in
Pekln are watching this strike
keenly, and are preparing to go
out in a sympathetic strike in
support of the Corn Products men.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-06
Cops and Thugs Smash
March of Unemployed

MASON CITY, Iowa, July S.
City officials, A. F. of L. leaders
and county relief officials joined
forces with the police here in
breaking up a march of the unem-
ployed on the county court house
on Saturday, June 30 The entire
police force, together with armed
deputies recruited from the local
hoodlum element, were modified.
City firemen were forced to stand
with fire hoses in readiness. Every
police car was bristling with guns
and tear gas. Machine guns were
reported to have been stationed in
the relief headquarters.
Two days before the march was
to be held, the Mayor revoked the
permit to march, after local fas-
cists had raised a red scare, and
HickoX, president of the Trades AS
sembly, railroaded resolution
through the assembly condemning
the Unemployment Councils as
bogus and Communistic" HickoX,
declaring that the Councils were
MOI national body, modified
thugs armed with guns snd rubber
hose for use on the workers.
Barclay and Shanor, militant
leaders of the Unemployment Coun-
ellis, were jailed without charges
being formally placed against them
until the police had succeeded In
smashing the workers attempt to
march.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-06
Rank and File Strike
Committee Calls Mass
Meetings

DIES MONIES. Iowa.-Two thou
sand work relief employees, who
struck on the jobs here three weeks
ago, are still out. Demands raised
for a 24-hour work week have
drawn hundreds of unemployed
workers into the struggle.
This is the second relief strike
here in the past three months. At
the time of the strike the local City
Council was forced, through mass
pressure, to withdraw all super
vision on work relief projects
within the city limits.
Now the council is endeavoring to
smash the strike by revoking the
resolution calling off withdrawal of
supervision.
At a mass demonstration called
by the Strike Committee of IS,
nearly a thousand workers unani-
mously voted to support the strike
move until the demands are won.
and stand ready to force all scabs
from the jobs
The City Council has further ex-
posed itself as willing tool for the
boss class by refusing to endorse
the Workers Unemployment and
Social Insurance Bill, which was
endorsed by the previous City
Council. Mayor Lewis, agent for
the Iowa utilities crowd, pleaded
that he knew nothing about the
Workers Bill, but in any case,
should he vote for any unemploy-
ment insurance it would be the
brand recommended by Green,
Lewis and company, the fake Wag-
ner Bill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-06

The conference took place
at the time when mass lay
offs are taking place in the indus
try. and are being followed by wage
cuts.
Phil Raymond, National Secre-
tary, made the main report, in
which he brought forward the ne
cessity Of putting up an organized
fight to smash the company unions.
He cited several instances where
the companys are cloaking the
companyunions in democratic"
forms in order to get the workers
to support these unions and keep
them out of real militant unions.
He also reported on the general
situation and the worsening of con-
ditions of the workers, and very
clearly brought out the necessity of
building the Auto Workers Union
in order to combat such conditions.
He also reported on the necessity
of all our work leading to the
building of one Industrial Union in
the Auto Industry, as the only way
the auto workers can successfully
and effectively struggle against the
employers and their government
agents.
Drive for 1000 New Members.
The writer made a sub report on
the organizational tasks necessary
to carry out the proposed program
of the conference. He suggested
the goal Of recruiting 1000 new
members into the union, in the next
three months. I. Greenberg, BUSH
ness manager of the Auto Workers
News, spoke on the necessity of
building the Auto Workers News,
in order to combat the press of the
manufacturers, and to serve as an