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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-06
CLEMENCY SHOWN
 LOCAL PRISONER
Panucci Serving Life Sen- tence Given Pardon--T0
 Be Deported at Once

The state board of pardons meeting at the state prison in Wethersfeld yesterday granted pardon to Rocco Panucci of Wa terbury under the provision that he be deported to Italy. Panucci was serving a life sentence for having shot Frank Marine of Waterbury in . quarrel over a woman, May 2222. 1sls 1sls. He vas sentenced Oct
 Panucci, represented by Judge Edward Mascolo of Waterbury, was described as a veteran of the Italian army of the World war, having served four years. He was woundned twice and won one of the highest medals of the Italian government for bravery in action. Judge Mascolo said Panucci's case should he treated as manslaughter rather than murder.
 He read a letter from Attorney Terence F. CarMody who was states attorney at Waterbury at the time of Panucci's sentencing. The letetr said that if Panucci's record was good, Attorney Car mody would not be opposed to clemency.
 London has drive against noisy tadiOs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-06
CARS IN COLLISION
 IN NORTH SQUARE

A collision in North Square last night involved cars driven by Al- bert Orlando of Danielson and Sam Genig of 1T Willard street. The latter's machine was somewhat damaged in the fnishap. Patrol man Joseph Collins investigated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-06
POLISH SOCIETY
 ARRANGES BAZAAR

The committees working in preparation for the annual bazaar under the auspices of the local Polish societies have announced that the affair will be conducted at Pulaski hall on November 21st, 22nd and 23fd and the proceeds will be used to help defray the .ex- senses at st etahislaus church. Rev Francis Ouch is acting at the head of the general cOmmittee. There are others looking after the tickets ana soliciting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-06

were discussed at a meeting of members of the Girl Scout troop committee held yesterday after. noon at Girl Scout headquarters. Mrs Dwight Seaver, member of the council and a member of the troop organization committee, presided at the meeting. The Girl Scout Leaders association will meet to- night at the South Federated church parish house. Mrs Evits Hungerford, captain of troop 17 of the church will be hostess.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-06
CONNOR, M'VERRY
 TEAMS TAKE LEAD
Carr, Whelan Combines
 Drop in St Margaret 45 League Standing

The tide turned again last even ing as Holy Name members of St Margaret's church gathered in the parish hall for their weekly com petition at forty-five. Mike Mo- Verry's and Joe Connor's aggrega- tions scored victories to keep them in first place.
 Connor's boys defeated Jim Carr's Highjumpers, 32 to 31 while McVerry's Bakers downed Quilts Whelan's See Cream Specials, 35 to 28. Delaney's team subdued Quilts Cows, 32 to 31 and Moran's Bam- bino's toppled Flaherty's Founders, 34 to 29.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-06

It is all over but the count ing. This was the feeling in the city and in the state as q whole today as thousands of electors went to the polls to cast their votes. Leaders of both major parties continued to be co1lfi- dent of victory while the sO- cialist organization felt as- sured of a record vote this year. All over, the state chair men of town committees and other leaders of their respec- tive organizations were pre- dieting large votes despite the rain which started of the day.
 Democratic weather" was the cry this morning as the rain poured down. Republicans claimed that the wet-day slo- gan Of the democrats had gone out of style long ago with the growing tendency to supply automobiles to bring voters to the polls.
 It was estimated that twenty thousand voters would go to the polls in Ansonia. Derby, Shelton and Seymour. If this figure comes out true to, the prediction . record for the lower Naugatuck valley in an OfY-year election will be estab- lished. The prediction is based on the increased registrations and the militant mayoralty campaigns waged in AnsOnia and Derby.
 In Ansonia, Mayor Peter Hart, republican, is seeking rec election today. He is opposed by Fire Chief James J. Minch, democrat. The latter has been prominent i'm democratic cir- cles for the past 20 years. Both candidates have centered their attacks in the doubtful first ward.
 Derby is normally a demo- cratic stronghold. However, the republicans were confident today that they would elect n g. q. p. mayor in the person of Judge Archibald Duffleld. Judge Dufficld ran for the Of- flee of mayor two years ago when the presidential election was on and lost out by only 225 votes. The democratic can didatc is ex-Mayor George F. Sullivan.
 Shelton is the only Valley town In Fairfield county that the republicans felt absolute ly sure of carrying today. In- cldentally, the man running for mayor today in Shelton is Dam iel R. Shelton. He is the in- cumbent at this time and is q republican. Mayor Shelton is being opposed by ex-MayOr Frank V. CrOfut, democrat. Mayor Shelton and cx-Mayor Cr0fut opposed each other two years ago and the former won out by very close margin.
 HI AnSOnla Wnlie EuWafu J. Clancy, the democratic candi- date for the house of repre- sentatives, was addressing a rally. somebody went of with the nominees car. He filed q report with the police. Latest reports were that the car was still among the missing. Joy riders" were first blamed for the theft but now it appears as if somebody more interested in getting the car did the job.
 Scymour's financial house Is to be set i'm order, its back tax es collected and other ifn- prOycmcnts in administration will be made by State Tax Commissioner William H. Hackett. This report hes a fac miliar ring to Waterburians for 1t is not many years hack that Tax Commissioner Will liam Blodgctt. HacAett's pred
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-06

HUGE CANTALoUPE GROWN
 Ogden, Utah (UP)-A canta- loupe 26 inches long was grown here by Mrs Marie Sparhawk. The melon was twice the size of the ordinary cantaloupe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-06
STANDING
LIEUT-COL. HOOPER
 INFANTRY ADVISOR

The 41Sth infantry school will meet Thursday night at the Arm ory to hear Lieutenant-Colon E. l.. Hooper, infantry instructor.
 speak on Target Designation" and Combat Firing" All officers in
 any branch of the service are in- vited to attend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-06
GIRL SCOUT LEADERS
 PLAN SUMMER CAMP

Methods of raising money to send girls to camp next summer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-06

Bart Quaranda, SO, of 157 East ern avenue, must face charges of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-06
THIEVES REMOVE
 MARKER PLATES

Police today sought markers stolen from a car owned by Ethel Burns of East Main street. The plates, bearing the numbers. XII 80, were stolen while the machine was parked on scovill street during the weekend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-06

theft in Watcrfown town court ntI Monday, having been uoflif1d || that effect by local police at Ehe ft' quest of WatertOwn authorities.
 Lieutenant Matthew Balanea lns| night placed Quaranda under ar- rest, but the man was merely n0fi' fled to appear in court Monday and not taken into custody. Hr is charged with having taken wood from Black Rock state park Sat urday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-06

COAL-LOADING PICK-UP SEEN
 Toledo (UP)--Construction Of a coal-Ioading device at the Cheg- apeake and Ohio Railway coal docks here, is expected to improve Toledo,s position as a coal-i0adinG port on the Great Lakes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-09
Zimmerman SHES A'Oaytron'
Union Gangster's Open Shop
Stalls Of UnOrgmized Dress Workers Who
Complain of Wage Cuts

other committee went to the union.
Again We were promised action, but
nothing happened. After sending
Mr.. Zimmerman a registered letter
demanding action, q business agent
came to the place, but instead of
talking to the workers he vent into
the office and spoke to the boss in
a friendly way, and left. That same
evening we vent again to the union.
This time it seemed that they
were expecting us, for, as soon as
we came, Mr.. Deutsch and the bust
ness agent, Mr.. Thomas, called us
in and told US that they had just
been talking about this particular
shop. He told us that this shop
had not been organized before, be-
cause one of the bosses had been
a gangster in the union some time
ago, making it very difficult to or
ganize the shop. When we wanted
to ask a question he did not give us
a chance to speak, but promised to
do something for us.
The last time we went to see Mr..
Zimmerman, he was very rough
with us and told us to leave his Of
flee several times, without having
done anything whatsoever for our
conditions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-09
FOR A BIGGER AND BETTER
DAILY WORKER

I am a reader of two daily news
papers, the Daily Worker and the
World Telegram. And although I
don't belong to any communistic Or
ganization I want to admit that of
the two newspapers feel that the
Daily is my newspaper, because 1t
fights for my interest, for the in
terest of all the workers, and for a
better world, while the other news
paper is only confusing the minds of
it's readers. I read the World-Tele-
gram because I find in it the news
which the Daily does not print and
which it should print.
And this is the reason that I write
this letter. I have asked myself
many times why the Daily" the
only workers paper, has such a
small circulation in comparison
with the capitalist newspapers
whose calculations reach the mil
lions. And my answer is that you
omit lot of general news which
all papers print except you, and
which can surely be printed in any
Communist newspaper. This is the
reason why I have to read another
newspaper and also why thousands
of workers don't read the Daily
Worker at all.
I am honestly convinced that if
you will print all the important
news of the day together with the
interested articles and news re-
ports of workers struggles that
have always found space in your
columns, the Daily Worker will be-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-09
N. Y. U. College Of.
Dentistry Has Only.
One Money.
nv a Worker Correspondent

NEW YOPK-The clinic Of the
New York University Colleqa of
Dentistry has ali the ear-marks Of
2 racket. It CHARGES each rsti0-'t
IS cents for a number and an adj
ditional dollar for a card. All this
before examination Is made. The
work is supposed to be done by
students under faculty supervision,
so that no charge is to be made
for labor, and the onlv cost to the
patient is for materials.
I am a foreign-born worker who
has a job as night Waterman for
one Of the charities. Tt pays me
S25 month and maintenance. At
this low wage it was impossible for
me to have my teeth attended to
when the work was necessary. I
was forced to let them go until I
could not put off dental treatment
any longer. A private dentist ex-
amined me and estimated that the
complete job would cost SIS, but it
would take me three months to
save SIS if I had no other expenses.
So when a friend told me that three
years ago he had tooth filled for
nothing at all at the N. Y. U. Col
lege Of Dentistry, went down.
After paid $1.25, I waited two
or three hours before 7 received
the examination. It lasted about
two minutes and the doctor said I
would need an x-ray for So in
cash. I told the man that outside
doctors charge only $3.50 for x
rays. and why was it that he
charged Park Avenue prices in a
so-called free clinic? He got ex-
cited and wanted to know who did
I think was running the place? He
said the whole job would cost sos
and that he could not consider
doing half the Job at time. Three
years ago my friend had a filling
for nothing. Now they want IS a
filling, which is top price.
A Negro was there who was suf-
fering from a severe toothache and
who was so down and out that he
had no place to sleep, had borrowed
from some friends the necessary
$1.25 to get into the place, and did
not have another cent with him
The clinic refused to pull out the
tooth until he got another Is cents
to pay for the extraction. They
sent him out into the street to pan
handle the other quarter.
The card tells you that you will
be sent around to different depart
nents and an additional charge
will be made in each department
you visit. But, says the card. don't
grow impatient. The Daily"
should demand a thorough investi-
cation of this racketeering free"
clinic.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-09
Lip Service to
May Day Covers
Work for Bosses

NEW YORK.-Two or three days
before May 1, Mr.. Metz, the manager
Of Local 102 Of the I. L. G. W. o.
(truckdrivers), had a leaf1et distrib-
uted calling upon the members in
our local to Join the Great First of
May Parade" CWhy not call it May
Day, Mr.. Metz, or is that too revo-
lutionary Sounding?)
The first paragraph of this mill
tant" call reads as follows: Next
Tuesday is the First of May, the
great holiday Cd Of labor, a day
when all the wage-earners [how
about the unemployed and poor
farmers, Mr.. Metz?l of America and
Of the world join in a mighty DEM
onstration of brotherly solidarity
and Of loyalty to our common cause,
the cause of organized workers"
Why don't you tell these newly or
ganized workers what the cause of
organized labor is, Mr.. MetzP Why
don't you tell them how May Day
was born? Are you afraid that it
will teach them too much and might
arouse some questions about the way
you're running the union?
In concluding the leafet, Mr..
Metz writes, Members of Local 102!
Let every man in our ranks Join
next Tuesday the great First of May
parade in New York in the division
of the cloakmskers and dressmakers'
unions, our sister unions of the I.
L. G. w. u"
If you were sincere, Mr.. Metz, you
would have called all the shop
chairmen and instructed them to
take the workers off the Job In a
body to go to the parade?
Then again, title incident took
place on Thursday, April 26, that
contradicts this militant call On
that day Mr.. Metz went to a meet
ing of the bosses association to ask
favor of them. (This story was told
by q boss who wanted to scare his
workers by showing them how weak
the union was0 1t seemed that the
I. L. G. w. U. was joining in the
Socialist May Day parade. Well,
Metz was one of the oldest members
of the I. L. G. W. u, and how would
it look if he didn't have his men
out in the parade? So he told the
bosses that he didn't want to hurt or
interfere with business, but he would
appreciate it if they cooperated with
him and each boss send one or two
men to the parade. The president OF
the association, Mr.. Cohen, promised
to cooperate, and Mr. Metz left, a
happy man. AS soon as he left Mr.
Cohen told the bosses that all OF
them had some men who were laid
off, and for them to send them to
join the parade: they had nothing to
lose. Out of more than 1000 truck
men in the local, only % paraded
with them.
A MEMBER OF
LOCAL 102, I.L.G. WI.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-09
Group Dismissals Pile Up at Lane Cotton Mills
Farmers Driven Off Land Enter NeW Orleans
To SrOeH Ranks of Unemployed

strike. Practically SO per cent of
the people were opposed to the ar
rangements made, but were per-
suaded to return to work, pending
srbitrations, They were promised
that there would be no discrimina-
ton but the promise did not keep
the company from placing at the
main gate the next day one of the
foremen, who turned back anyone
he thought was militant.
Negotiations are still pending,
They continue to lay off and dis
charge. This work is all that some
of the people know. Even for those
that have at some other time
worked at different trades there is
nothing for them to do, for the
reason that about five out of six
persons in the city are unemployed.
Now, after all that these people
have been through, the same bunch
of high-salaried strikebreakers are
again attempting to mislead them.
Economic conditions among the
working class of this section are
horrible. On the streets every day
one can see mothers, many with
babies in their arms that are starv-
ing. The relief agencies are made
quate. Because of their regulations,
they do not furnish relief until after
an investigation and sometimes it
is weeks before the visitor gets
around. 1t is more important that
the well-fed relief director has the
proof that you are really starving
than it is that you be FED.
One day this week about Is men
came into town from the country
They and their families are starv-
ing. They live on FARMS and large
plantations but their children must
starve. because there is so much
food that the landholders are rent
ing their land to the government,
and the farm laborers can starve.
These men want to know what Is
to become of them and their fam
lilies. They have nothing to eat but
sweetened water, and all the time
they are having less and less of
that. The bosses and their fam
lilies do not live on bread and sweet
ened water. No, they have the best
that can be obtained, while at their
gate there are little children starv-
ing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-09
Small Business Man Being
Crushed by Bankers Greed

that with, admittedly, the banks full
of money and these small businesses
facing the bread line, they'll find a
way to get it?"
The banker, gravely: That is a
serious thought" Laughter)
Chairman Riley: "Oh, don't
mean with gun. There are other
ways. For instance, it could be
taxed?"
The banker: Oh yes, you could tax
it out and give it to them, but that
would be charity, not credit"
David Ovens of North Carolina,
president of the National Retail Dry
Goods Association, said that $780,
900 are employed in retailing in this
country - 100000 stores are af-
ected by the code and that their
credit is exhausted. There is plenty
Of money in the banks, "but the
trick is to get it," he said.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-09
E[N q
Hll fIl(, H(,lIl.,R
y
49, I

The patches include a fine piece
of red wool, some green, blue, fig
ured, and black silk, and a bit Of
fur thatTn make swell caps, etc.
Would like to get hold also of a
few dark dull brown and navy
pieces for Tragedy" and other
workers costumes. Come to think
of it I could also send pieces of
some fancy paper,-metaIlic, and
dark embossed leather effects-that
I have left over from my hand
bag designing days.
I hastily typed off the program,
plays, stage directions, etc., and
would like to arrange it carefully,
correct a few ambiguous lines, and
mimeo it for use of other groups
who want to get up these shows.
Will get together with the mario
nette group of the Workers Labora-
tory Theatre about it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-09
BY a Needle Worker Corresponds

By Needle Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK-The Cohen g. Field
man shop, located at 58l Eighth
Ave. is an open shop. Conditions
in this place are terrible, The boss
sends down workers after they have
been working there for three or
more weeks for no apparent reason.
If a worker asks for a few cents
more on a garment his answer is,
IF you don't like it you can 60"
The workers Of the shop formed
q committee to go down to see Mr..
Zimmerman manager Of Local %,
International Ladies' Garm MT
Workers Union. They explained to
him the situation in the place, tell
ing him how the bosses an paying
10 or Is cents less a garment on
every new style. The examiners
often work overtime without get
ting paid for it. There are about
IS workers in the place who are de-
sirous of having the place or
ganized. Mr.. Zimmerman promised
to take care of the matter imme-
diately.
We waited for about a week eX-
pecting Zimmerman to send some
one Up, but no one came, Then an
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-09
By q Worker Correspondent


NEW ORLEANS, La.-Labor in
New Orleans continues to diminish,
not only in the city but in the en-
tire section of the country.
The Lane cotton mill has been
laying off people in small groups
every few days for several weeks.
This time last year there must have
been at least $50 more people en-
ployed there than at present. When
the N. R. A. Cotton Textile Code
went into effect on July II, 1888,
there was something like 1900 en-
ployed at the mill. Today it is
doubtful if there are 900, and the
majority Of those are not making
sufficient wages to bear their ex-
pense.
When the cotton textile code
went into effect the misleaders of
the A. F. of L. Immediately organ
lied the people of the mill, or about
100 of them, and then about Sept.
l, 1888, they went out on strike.
The people were promised that they
would be taken care Of as far as
food was concerned, but when they
demanded food they we're put off
until they became really insistent.
At the time not many of the people
had carfare but that did not deter
the representatives of the A. F. Of
L. from sending a large group on
a blind trail, all the way from the
mill to somewhere in the vicinity
of Erato and st. Charles SITS, a
walk of about six miles, three or
more miles each way, After max
ing this long walk in the heat in
tropical weather, they found
that at the address they were sent
to there was only a registration Of
flee for the E. r. A., and that there
was no food there and there was
to be none there. So the long walk
was for nothing.
After that the people were fur
nished beans, bread and few other
articles of food, never in sufficient
amount. We have never been able
to find out what went with the
more than $1,7O0 that was collected
as initiation fees from the people.
No one seems able to say where it
went.
Finally DR.. Robert Bruere came
down from Washington to settle the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-09
By l. AMTER

BY j. AMIEH
In New Jersey, fascist oraniza-
tons of every character are carry
ing on their work. The Nazis are
reported to have their national
headquarters in Newark. The Sill
yer Shirts and Khaki Shirts are
operating in many towns, and APP
parently are making Roadway
among the young workers and espe-
cially the unemployed.
Their program is a demagogic
one, and in their activities they
pretend to put up a struggle for
relief and jobs. Headed by men
who are connected with the au-
thorities, and many Of them plain
racketeers-like Art Smith, the re-
cently-convicted commander = i n =
chief of the Khaki Shirts who was
making a racket out of building
up the organization-and Policy of
the Silver Shirts who charged $40
each for membership in that organ
ization-these organizations pretend
to help the workers.
In PasSaic the Khaki Shirts have
organized a local. drawing into it
a number of misguided unemployed
workers under the slogan: For God
and Flag" They have taken the
unemployed to the Relief Buro
where they have been rebuffed with
the proposal that they should write
to Roosevelt and he will take care
of them. These are workers who
up to a short time ago we're en-
ployed on G. w. A. jobs and had
been fired with no hope of relief.
For God and Flag" has not pro-
vided them with relief, but these
workers have been inflamed against
the Communists and militant Or
CARNATIONS through the ISLANDERS of
their leaders.
The Passaic comrades correctly
took up a struggle against fascism.
But in doing so made an error in
two respects. ID They failed to
explain to the workers the devel-
opment of fascism through the gov
eminent, especially through the N.
r. A.; and 90 and most important
they did not distinguish between
the leadership which is fascist and
the rank and file, which is made
up of many misguided, misled
workers.
When the proper approach was