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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-19

Q. How many counties has
 A Eighty-eisht.
 O.. Define the term muscle bound.
 A. A condition that occurs when the muscles become tense and erl- larged, causing an impairment in their elasticity. The condition fts,- quently results from excessive ath- letic exercise. .2
 NQ. Is Floyd Gibbons. an espe- cially rapid broadcaster?
 A. An average person speaks about, 14O words per minute and Floyd Gibbons average is about PIT.
 o. Was Seventh Heaven" fea- turing Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, a silent picture? When was 1t released
 A. It was silent picture, re- leased in 1927.
 Q. What does the name Tor quates mean?
 "A. It is an Italian masculine name, derived from the Latin and means "Weafing a neck-chain." o. Is twenty-one the minimum voting age for men and women in all the states?
 A. Yes. <
 @. When were tomatoes first used for food in the United States A. About 1880. The plant is of South American origin and before 1t was commonly used as a vege.. table, it was called ''love-apple'' and was generally considered poisonous.
 O. Did 'Notre Dame defeat Army last year in football?
 A. Yes, 13 to 12. a.
 0. When did oscar Wilde die?
 A. 1900.
 @. Was Thomas A. Edison's mother a school teacher2
 A. Yes.
 o. What is the name and ad- ress of the magazine of which Ray mond Moley is the editor?
 A. Today" published at Du- nellen, N. J.
 o. What is the name of the Japanese consul general in New
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-19

too tanned to boast to REC Chairman Jesse Jonese how he got himself golf course on his farm down south.
 The two men were sitting in the White House waiting room waiting to keep appointments with the president. Jones. "a skilled golfer brought up the subject of the game
 "Senator,, he said, 'sdo you. like the gamer"
 ''I certainly do," Bilbo replied, stand like to have my golf course handy. So rounded up a bunch of C.. c. c. boys working in my neighbOrhOOd and had them lay out a few holes on my farm. Mighty convenient. I can tell you"
 MAIL RAG
 F. G., Bowling Green, Ky Cocktails are not served at the White House. Mrs Roosevelt re- gently announced that she plans to serve light American wines at state dinners to those who want them. {. P. L., Ogdensburg, Nc As-OendtOT aOUeFC WdSheT has been a widower for num- Der of years. .. E. D., Pitts burgh, Pa. - Senator David A. Reed owns a large home in Washington in one of its most exclusive residential sections What he plans to do with the property has not been disclosed. A number of. other defeated re- publicans.. among them Herbert Hoover, are in the same predica- ment. !. U. H., Springfield, OhfO-C Chairman Jesse Jones has announced that the REC will not ask for additional funds from the new congress. The REC has already had appro- priated to 1t over four billion dollars. .. 70. w, Tuscaloosa, AIa.-Friends of Senator Hugo Black are talking of him as a vice. presidential possibility in ! 1886, His chances in a large measure depend upon what Vice. President Jack Garner decided to do. If he wants another term he is practically sure of a place on the Roosevelt ticket.
 (Copyright, 1884, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-19
Selected Poem
NIGHTFALL

NIGHTEALL (By Fitzhugh Minnigerode in
 The New York Times) As suddenly as Autumn wind Bestirs leaves old and scar, Recollection stirs my mind With funs of yesteryear. For I have loved. been loved and l Have drained full many n cup. Now at the dusk l shall not sigh Because the night comes up. l dread not what comes after, So if youll listen still. May'st hear by old-time laughter As trudge down the hill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-19

York, when did he take office and whom did he succeed?
 A. Renzo Sawada was rec0g- nized by the U.s s. state department as Japanese consul general at New York, April 3. 1884. He succeeded Kensuke Horinouchi.
 Q. How Is the caliber of gun determined?
 A. The measurement of the di-, ameteroof the bore Is the caliber of a gum.
 Q-Are completely black leop- ards uncommon
 A--No. X ,,5
 If yOu want n copy of our : bulletin PIES and PASTRIES. : write to the Waterbury DeTn- ] Ocrat's Washington Bureau, enc closing five cents in postage
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-19
Daily Washington Merry-Go-Round
BY DREW PEARSON and ROBERT 5. ALLEN

 Policy On Effort Revive nte Fa Ho Pubh PgsiVe Daste frL to Conservat Legion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-19
Questions And Answers
 by The Democrats Washington Information Bureau
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-19
COMMON ERRORS

Mover say. "Ile says 10 me. snys ho'': say simply, "izo said io me-"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-19
Horoscope
BY OCTAVINE


 outlined by a noted astrOloger. In addition to information of general interests, it outlines information or special interest to persons born on inc designated dates.
 NOVEMBER 20
 The morning starts with much enthusiasm. It is good for sports or pursuits requiring energy. Noon- time is depressing and good only for routine jobs. The afternoon is socially good. The evening is not recommended for anything. Avoid superlors and do not ask favors or travel.
 Birthdate
 You have period coming from Oct. , through Nov. 3. 1885, when conditions should improve in all departments and your outlook on fife should be cheery. Be careful with fire or sharp implements. and rashness in speech or action from Sept. II through 14, 1885 for you may cause accident.
 Favorable for short trips or eor- respondenco Dec. g, { and 6, 1884.
 Socially favorable yesterday and today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-19

November is slipping by and it is now only twelve days until Thanksgiving.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-19

A plan for national theater has been submitted to the President for his ap- proval or disapproval Many prominent men in the theatrical field have an idea which they hope will be feasible and which is aimed to alleviate ills and mis- fortunes now rampant in the theatrical industry. Included in the plan are sug gestions to bring the drama "to every city in the country; to give employment to actors, stagehands and many others asso- ciated with the theater It would operate under federal loan, and would bring culture via the drama to all cities that have been sadly lacking in this respect. As plan, it is is worthy of consideration.
 There is much talk of walking these days. Not walking just to get places, as, for instance, from home to office, from office to bank, and so on, but walking as a form of exercise, as pleasure and as sport There is no doubt about 1t the automobile has given the world an army of cushion sitters, who have become so accustomed to dashing everywhere in an automobile, even if it's just block, that they have forgotten how to walk. A new book has just been written that has some amusing things to say on the subject, called ''The Art of Walking" We quote Dr1efly rom review Ol Sdlue OoOh HI which the reviewer also quotes: T have two doctors, my left leg and my right. know that I shall have only to call in my doctors and I shall be we'll again. never knew a man to go for an honesr days walk, for whatever distance. great or small, his pair of compasses could meas ure out in time and not have his reward in the repossession of his own soul.'
 ----------------
 And speaking of walking, Americans are more para1ized in this. respect than other countries, that is as whole; which is perhaps polite way of saying they are lazier when it comes to stirring. thelr stumps'. Take the average English or Irish person. They walk miles in the course of day. Walking is one of their delights. And we are reminded of an Australian woman who stated that she averaged, just about her daily duties go- ing hither and yon, seven miles day, but when she actually set out for walk for walking as an exercise or an art or what have you she did in the neighborhood ot twenty miles, except when she was engaged in overnight hikes when her mileage was much higher
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-19

Headers deslrIng additional ln- formation regarding their bOFO. scopes are Invited Co cOnumitni- cnfc wlth Octnyinc in cnfe OT llsls newspaper. Enclose . ssceHt sinnpcd, scif.addresscd envelope,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-19
A Thought for Today

o ye sons of men, how long will ye turn My glory unto shame? How long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing?-Psalms, Az.
 We have always pretensons to fame, which, in own hearts, we know to be in- disputable.-Dr Johnson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-19

o. What is the name and ad- ress of the magazine of which Ray mond Moley is the editor?
 A. To-day" published at Du- nellen, N. J.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-19

O. What is the name of the Japanese consul general in New
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-19

(Copyright. 1884, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1934-11-11
By DON BLOCH.

tortuous labyrinth of tunnels
disposal
- caacombs
sparkling
through or walk upright Io
Sev
lie of
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the
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into the pumping station
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had
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pair of eats fashioned from an
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the the tunnel
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which
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occasion
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Evening star., 1934-11-11

Above, left: The big vauft ,chere the undeT-
ground passage is laid ,oithin the old Piney
Branch culuerf. At right: Up for breath OF
fresh air at a manhOle. Belo,c: Under Fash
ington in a boat. and the ,oater 3 feet deep!
Insert: Gas masks for underground sight
SeeTS Star Staff PhotoA
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-21

more to me now than any other
event in history. And it doesn't
merely mean October, or the long
war against the White Guards and
the British, French, German and
American troops that were support
ing them. The revolution is still
going on, and is still the most i'm
portant event not only in history
but in current affairs. The battle
for the liberation of the working
class in other countries is being
fought today chiefly in Russia.
When it has been wen there so
thoroughly that the cotton mill
handss in North Carolina and the
tenant farmers in Alabama know all
the success Of it and cannot any
longer be filled up with lies about
famines and collapse in Russia
then will come a new stage of the
revolution in the rest of the world.
NOBODY here in the United States
~ who doesn't read Russian knows
very much about Soviet literature.
A good many Soviet novels are
translated, but they are always the
novels read four or five years ago
in Russia-thus, during the first
flve-year plan, we we're getting the
disillusioned books written during
the NEP, and at present we are get
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-21
How the Russian Revolution
Influenced Me AS a Writer
Author of Exile
Return Replies
To Questions

On the occasion of the recent
Soviet Writers Congress, the Sec
retariat Of the International
Union of Revolutionary Writers
addressed three questions to
prominent writers in a number of
countries. The questions were:
What influence has the BoIshe-
vik Revolution had upon your
work? What do you think of So
Wet literature? What problems
interest you most at this time?
Among the American writer's to
whom these questions were ad-
dressed are Joseph Freeman,
Theodore Dresser, Malcolm Cow
ley, Louis Adamic, Isidor Schnei-
der, Granville Hicks, CorliSs La
mont. Joseph Kalar, James
Steele. In yesterdays issue we re-
printed Joseph Freemanls answer.
Today we are reprinting the an
swer of Malcolm Cowley, author
Of "Exile's Return" In subse-
qUent issues Of the Daily Worker
we will publish the answers of the
other writers.-Editor Note.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-21

Miss van Kleeck has since be-
come known to the struggling
masses through her support Of the
Workers Unemployment and So
cial Insurance Bill II. R. 1899 as
national chairman of the Inter-
professional Association for Social
Insurance. which she was largely
instrumental in organizing early
this spring.
BAR. W. o. THOMPSON has had
to go through a longer period
Of establishment before sensing
the fascist dangers Of the MIRA.
For a number Of months Mr..
Thompson was associated with
Clarence DarroW, a member of the
National Recovery Review Board.
That board was ostensibly estao-
liShed to ascertain whether any
code or codes, Of fair competition
are designed to promote mo-
nopolies or to eliminate or Cypress
small enterprise" After exhaustive
Investigations, the board reported
that its findings definitely went to
prove that small business is be-
ing oppressed and eliminated by
monopolistic trade practices writ
ten in the codes and so re-
ported to the President.
The denunciations that we're
heaped by the N.RA. bureaucracy
on the "Darrow Report" are still
fresh in the memory Of most Of us.
And Mr.. Thompson resigned. hurl-
ing at the President the charge
that:
"The trend of the National Re-
cOvery Administration has been
and continues to be toward the
encouragement and development
of monopoly capitalism in the
United States. It's develop
ment, day by day, reveals more
clearly a marked trend toward
fascisms in the United States"
Mr. Thompson's resignation IA
dated June IA, 1884.
The pamphlet concludes with a
review Of the Struggles Against
the New Deal" by Earl Browder, as
contained in his Report to the
Eighth Communist Party Conven-
ton in April, 1884.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-21
Morgan Co. Tax>Dodging Reveals
NeeV Deals Kindness to Bankers

wealthy individuals and the mid
die class" has declined from S2,33l, :
100000 in 1928-29 representing
500 per cent of the total govern
ment income) to an estimated
$864,000,o0 representing only 26.7
per cent of total income) for the
year 1933-34.
Thus the corporations slice of
the New Deal means that they pay
in income taxes in 1888 a sum of
43 per cent less than they paid in
1923. But workers and consuming
masses must pay in taxes in 1888,
SO per cent more than they paid
in 1928. On the other hand: ITO
him that hath shall be given" the
government says to the corpora
lions. 1t gave to banks, corpora
tons, wealthy individuals and farm
owners $6,343 100000 in 1933-34
Cestimated-a trifling 43 per cent
more than was given to the same
class in 192S-290.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-21
TUNING IN

700 P.M.-WEAF-Baseball Resume
WOR-Sports Resume-Ford Prick
WJZ-Amos m Andy-Sketch
WABC-Round Towners Quartet
7;l5- WEAF-Gene and Glenn-Sketch
WOR-Front-P Page Drama
WJz-Johnson Orchestra
WABC-Tito GUITAR, Tenor
7:3o-WEAF-Irene Bordoni, Songs
WOR-Mystery Sketch
WJZ-Grsce Hayes, Songs
WABC-Paul Keast, Baritone
7:4S-WEAF-Frank Bucks Adventure
WOR-Studio Music
WJZ-Hont and Brenner. Piano
WABC-Boake Carter, Commentator
800 wEAF-Bourdon Orchestra; Jessica
Dragonette, Soprano; Male Quartet
WOR-Selvin Orchestra; Al and Lee
Reiser, Piano
WJz-Larry Larsen, Organ; Robert
Childe. Piano; Mixed octet
WABC-Fray and Braggiotti. Piano
:I5-WABc-Edwin C. Hill. Commentator
30-WOR-Noyelty Orchestra; Slim Tim
bin, Comedian; Cavaliers Quartet
WA Great Deal. Much of 1t New
DIR. Claudlus Murchison, Director
Bureau Of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, at National Industrial
Advertisers ASS. Dinner. Cincinnati
WABC-Court Of Human Relations
o. f5- W J6F-1NlHB 1udTu kkudIteb
:00-WEAF-Lyman Orchestra: Frank
Mum, Tenor Vivienne Segal, Songs
WOR-The witch's Tale
WJz-Hsrris Orch; Leah Ray Songs
WABC-Green Orchestra
9;30-WEAF-Bonime Orchestra; Pic and
Pat, Comedians
Notwithstanding Orchestra
WJZ-Floyd Gibbons. Commentator;
Irene Beasley, Songs Shield Orch;
Donald Novis. Tenor
WABC-California Melodies
9:45WABC-current Problems-wslter b
Pitkin
0:00-WEAF-Doctors Orders-Sketch
WOR-Frank and Flo. Songs
WJz-Mario Cozzi. Baritone; Lucille
Manners, Soprano
WABC-California Melodies
0:l5-WOR-Current Events-H. E. Read
lo:3o-WEAF-Jack Benny, Comedian Bes-
tor Orchestra; Frank Parker, Tenor
WOR-Gorodensky Orchestra
WJz-Isidor Philip, Piano; Sascha
Jacobsen, Violin
WABC-Carlile and London. Piano
Duo Warwick Sisters, Songs
-WEAF-George R. Holmes, Chief
Washington Bureau l. N S.
WOR-Weather; Dance Orchestra
WJZ-Dance Orchestra
WABC-Vera Van, Songs
l5-WEAF-Sterney Orchestra
WABc-Belasco Orchestra
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-21
Writers Here W Ork
for Small Group
of SnObs'

ting novels written in the first flush
Of the flve-year plan-and we aren't
getting enough Of them.
Those I have read give me the
idea that Soviet writer's have a
permanent advantage and a tenn
porary disadvantage. The advan-
tage is that of belonging to a great
and young society from which they
can draw strength, and a feeling
that their books mean something
and will be read; over here writers
are forced to do their work for a
small audience of snobS. This ad-
vantage already has made Soviet
literature the most vital that
reaches us. The disadvantage is the
tempo of Soviet life. Writers are
slow to digest things, and in Russia
today by the time they have di-
gested them, things are changed.
1t seems to mt that the real Gre
ators in the U.S.S.R. are at pres
ent the workers, the engineers and
the Party leaders. They are max
ing a new world-the writer's have
to scramble to keep up with them.
THE march toward Fascism and
war is the central event in CAPT.
talist countries today But the cul-
tural process that inte- ests me most
is the decline of individualism in
art Its own defenders have be-
trayed it-they raise weak little
shouts about the importance of
being real individuals, but their &C
tons speak louder. Their actions
are helping to prepare for a sort
of slave collectivism which is the
opposite of Communism. 1t is The
Fascist writers, and not the Com
who surrender their in
dividuality to the State.
Meanwhile the move towards
Communism on the part of other
writers is not imaginary.
In spite of its being deserted by
some writers of whom much was
hoped, it is growing stronger month
by month.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-21
Author of Books
On Red China Is
Veteran Fighter
Agnes Smedley's Own
Experiences Used
in Her Books

IT is easy to understand the deep
and passionate sympathy for the
oppressed of the earth that makes
Agnes Smedley's "China's Red Army
Marches" something more than bril-
liant reporting Of Soviet China. For
Agnes Smedley is no bored tourist
Of revolutions. She is veteran
friend, an intimate participant, in
the fight to free the east from the
stranglehold Of rapacious impe-
rialiSm.
In his introduction to her latest
novel (Agnes Smedley: Chinas Red
Army Marches, International Pub
fishers, New York, s1.60), Robert
Morss Lovett relates how he first
met Agnes Smedley. A young In
dian had been held in the Tombs
in default of bail Of $4,000 arising
from anti-British activities after
the World War. Agnes Smedley
aided his release on reduced bail.
Organizing a Friends of Freedom
for India, she joined the fight to
prevent deportation of Indians con-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-21
The Market Is Glutted

ONE of the chief for this debacle
workers the fact that they like all
is
there likewise market for whether they
professional
odessa u f. several ago. student
when told him that
tuition but that and daughters wcrnga
the sacrifices higher
him. students
freed from tuition COSTS but paid
Because the Soviet
social right of all workers Moreover education the
formula security for long
capitalist countries Schools
citizens the the
society
in property favored
few but of the entire working population
A
nen fighting the working class
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-21

In 1881 apd 1882, because "laX'
internal revenue agents had allowed
the ]. P. Morgan Company ito
avoid paying income taxes by a
variety of methods" not single
partner of the richest banking firm
in the world paid cent in income
tax, the Senate Banking Commit
tee charges in another investiga-
ton.
News? Not at ALL Enabling rich
bankers and capitalists to dodge
taxes, whether by open government
proclamation or by the convenient
laxity of the revenue agents, is a
necessary feature of the New Deal
which shoves the burdens onto the
shoulders of the great mass of con-
sumers.
Figures prepared by the Labor
Research Association and published
in it's Labor Fact Book II by Inter
national Publishers prove this.
Federal income from corporations,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-21

William o. Thompson, Mary Van
Kleeck, Earl Browder. Complied
by Labor Research Association.
international Pamphlets No. Al,
cents.
Reviewed by
JOHN IRVING
THE labor Research Association
1 deserves the credit of bringing
together in this 2S-page pamphlet
the reactions to the theory and
workings Of the N.RA. Of three
persons Of three different original
ordinations. Mr.. William o.
Thompson, Chicago attorney Of
liberal tendencies; Miss Mary van
Kleeck, a well-known economist.
who has specialized in labor-capi-
tai relations; and Comrade Earl
BroWder.
AS early as July 7, 1888. when the
MIRA. was still in its swaddling
clothes, Earl Browder, with the
true perspective of Marxist-
feminist, analysed the implications
of the Roosevelt Recovery" pro-
gram, declaring, There is now be-
ing carried out a cleanup of all
the little fellows. There is only
the growth of the power Of the big
capitalists and the intensification
Of all the social and economic con-
tradictions" The Communist Party
Of which he is general secretary,
clearly foresaw that the relation.
economy and taxation program OF
the Roosevelt government could
mean but one thing-the general
cutting down of the living stand
ards of the masses as the capitalist
way Of solving" the crisis.
TO Miss van Kleeck, the essential
fascistic tendencies of the New
Deal came as an awakening. Early
in the organizational steps taken
by the Recovery" administration
in 1888, Miss van Kleeck accepted
membership in the Federal Advis-
DRY Council of the U. S. Employ
ment Service. The very next day,
the Presidents hand was shown in
his calling upon Labor to avoid
strikes or ANY aggressive action
during the recovery program" and
through his unconcealed efforts TO
emasculate the collective bargain
ing clauses Of the MIRA. as dis
closed by his stand toward the
Pennsylvania miners struggle for
collective bargaining through trade
unions. The NR4A. set-up was al
ready openly playing the tune Of
the company unions.
Miss van Kleeck promptly re-
signed her membership, declaring:
MY investigations and expe-
rience q. have led me to the
conclusion that only genuine COL
lective bargaining through trade
unions with the right to strike pre-
served and not discouraged can in
sure the self-government in indus
try to stabilize employment and
raise wages" Miss van Kleeck's
emphasis)
This resignation is dated Aug. 8,
1898.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-21
The Bursted Bubble

THE situation which country
themselves symbolic of the dsinteaon the
iona system all hypocrca
with it, There time college considered
lifelong security graduates
lucky jobs
generally doctors lawyers
professional drive taxis at night
supplement their incomes!
them from falling into the working class Five
crisis have dashed these illusions reality
these fond hopes limited bourgeoise
workngcass families scmpd put
through college These
jobs that be found their
ironc taunt
factory shop for nearly
40 illusions
two of his through college
him when he could
his machine although co. while his
S Office boys