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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-14

surveying, radio, public speaking, bec- keeping, construction prob lems, accounting, social science, natural science, genetics, auto me- chanics, auto body building and painting, machine shop practice, forge shop practice, cabinet mak- ing, carpenter, blue print reading and all types of electrical work; and for the women, food planning and preparation, clothing for children, dre m king, child study, and use of electrical ap- pliances..
 Many of the workers are mak- ing practical use of their newly acquired training at the trades school by making their own fur niture for their houses at Norris and by repairing their own auto mobiles.
 SPORT NOT FORGOTTEN
 Supplementing the classroom instruction and trades school practice is a general and techni- cal library at the camp.
 Across the campus from the cafeteria it built the largest struc- ture in the camp-the community Building. This is the meeting house and play house for the camp and town. The large auditorium is used for movies, plays, danc- ing, lectures basketball, volley bali, forum meetings, concerts, shuffleboard, and religious serv- ices. A smaller auditorium is used as classroom. In the large vNI n after meals and spend their. time before shows or lectures at ping pong or checkers, tables and boards for which are proided by IVA.
 Outdoor sports include tennis. croquet and horseshoe-pitchinS There are four fine tennis courts. Last summer the workers had an entire baseball league of eight teams within the camp; now they have a dormitory basketball league.
 Every night q program of gen, 'efaf interest is put on, such as lectures by IVA officials, movies basketball and volleyball games, wrestling matches, dances, com munity sings, and parties. Most of these programs last an hour, usually from 730 to 8:3O. From there the workers break up into smaller groups and go to their classes, to the library, or to their rooms.
 NARY A FIGHT
 Perhaps the most striking thing about life in the Norris and Wheeler dam construction camps Is the absence of drinking, gambling and other forms of recreation usually associated with such camps. Gambling and drink ing at the camp are forbidden. Although beer is legal in Ten nessee, it IS not sold in the camp. Of course. the workers can go to nearby towns or to the city of Knoxville, 20 miles away, in search of night life amusements. but the fact is they don't.
 The camp at Norris was estab- lished some 14 months ago. Since then around a thousand men have lived there. And in all that time there has not been sinle fight. In the five months since the estab- lishment of a police force at Nor ris there have been eight arrests most of them among the more than 100, 900 outsiders from every state in the Union who have vis- tied the dam, camp andstown since last May. '.It Is the most amaz- ing record I have ever heard,' said K. A. Rouse, police and fire department director for the town. "I attribute 1t to the fact that the men were of a high type to begin
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-14
Great Brook Plans
 Adopted By Board
Only One Objection to Lines Recorded - Merchants
 Petition for Wider South Main Street

structed to investigate the advis- ability of installing water mains in Allen and Whittier streets. Su- periptendent of Streets Thomas J. Fleming was instructed to make surface repairs on Charles street.
 Collection of several sewer as- sessments on property on Althea street were ordered deferred when the board was told that many pieces of property on the street are below the level of the sewer and, thereby, do not benefit by the in- stallation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-14
SEEKS TO ATTRACT TOURIST

Lansing. Michigan-(UP) -The Michigan Department of Conser- yation is seeking ways to better the states recreational facilities for visiting tourists. Thousands of tourists who visited tsate parks during the past tourist season were bestowed with questionnaires asking what they thought of tne present parks and. asking them to advance ideas of betterment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-14
THIRD TRIAL FOR EVICTION ACTION

Despite two jury verdicts against her, one of which was set aside, Mrs. Fanny Persky has begun ef- forts to secure another trial of her summary process action against Bertha Benkler in city court. A motion asking that a jury verdict given in favor of the defendant on Monday be set aside has been filed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-14
DOG SAVED MASTERS LIFE

! Castle Rock. Wash --- (UP) - Ed Killiard. i54. probably owes his life to his dog. While picking ferns in the mountains near here. he fell and broke his leg and was unable to travel. He tied his hat t othe collar of his dog. told the animal to go home. Three hours later the dog was back, accom- panied by rescue party.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-14

that they remained at their offices long hours, night after night, dur ing the first six months or so, to get the program under way as swiftly as possible.
 The high quality of the salaried group has been more than main tained. Ofen in governmental or ganizati0ns the good men are taken over by private business and the mediocre ones remain. In the IVA the policy has been to sift out the ones at the bottom and feed 1t from the top.
 PROUD or THE JOB
 The men who work for wages, the bulk of the employees, have also caught the spirit of the, TVA-and Norris dam in two months is ahead of schedule. This pride in the job is shown by the prevalence of IVA insignia on the mems sweaters and coats.
 This army of 10000 workers was taken mostly from the valley states. They were chosen from the 50,000 of the 100, ,O0O applicants who passed physical and mental examinations given by the IVA.
 They found, first of all, that their wages were much higher than the prevailing wage in the south; 45 cents an hour for unskilled. 50 ond 75 for semi-skilled, and $1 for skilled. At that time workers on state highways in Tennessee were being paid as little as a dollar for a 1o-hour day.
 Next, work was steady and the hours short-5h hours day, six days a week.
 LIVING CONDITIONS GOOD
 Finally, living costs were cheap CT and camp life pleasanter than construction camps are as a rule. Tho men who wanted to live at the camp were housed in neat new dor mitCries for $4.5O a month, and they could eat at q new cafeteria in the camp, run by a dietitian, for $19.50 a month, about 22 cents a meal.
 The dormitories at the camp were for the single men. The-FVA then built in the woods adjoining the camp, a brand-new town-the pretties workers town this country has ever seen. It consists of 360 wood, brick, stone, steel and con- crete block houses ranging in cost from around $500 to $6500 and renting for from $15 to $45 a month. Half of the houses-the higher priced ones--are heated by electricity. The town has oiled streets, water, sewers, police and fire protection, garbage collection, and a model town management. This is the town of Norris, built by the IVA for it's married workers. CHANGE TO IMPROVE
 That wasn't all. Working only 5 1-2 hours a day left a lot of time on their hands. IVA directors thought the workers should have a chance to put some of that time time to good use. So training program was launched A mod- ern factory building was erected for the trades school. Farm land was bought and dairy, a cream Ary, and a poultry house were put up for agricultural courses. Courses in engineering, English, history, mathematics, science and other subjects were offered. Work ers' wives were not overlooked: courses in homemaking were
 Participation in the training program was entirely optional: it was there for those who wanted 1t.
 Today practically every worker in the camp takes one or more courses. They filled the classes and asked for more subjects. and the curriculum was enlarged 10 include shorthand and typing,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-14

employees union affiliated with
 the American Federation of La bor. The IVA botrd welcomes suggestions from the workers
 council ! which represents all
 unions. A code for IVA workers
 is now being prepared. The coun-
 ell also has charge of laundry,
 cleaning and pressing, and shoe repair co-operatives at the camp l which lower the cost of these
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-14
By JOHN T. MOUTOUX
 Written for NEA Service

Tenn mena md this country has known Two things account for this First the organization built
 
 the country to choose the TVA-to planned in whole section of the to many who had felt seLt and department heads engineers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-14
Test Your KnolDledge

l. Where is the famous city of Messina?
 ?. In which country is the state of Puebla?
 3. Next to Zeus, who was the most important and widely worshiped divinity of ancient Greece? A 4. Who wrote 'sThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow? 5. Where is Devils Island?
 6. Name the large sounds that extends into the < northwestern part of the state of Washington.
 2. Name the capital of Illinois. 1 8. Who is called the Apostle of Ireland?
 g. Which country exports the largest quantities ' of tea?
 TO- Who wrote the historical novel, Harold or x the Last of the Saxon Kings?
 TURN TO PAGE IS FOR CORRECT ANSWERS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-14
Workmen Of Highest Type For Giant
 New Deal Projects In Valley Of Tennessee
Enthusiasm Runs High In Huge Staff; Spirit Puts Jobs
 Ahead Of Schedule

 yacy socialpIanning actually been done by 16 months of These stories tell
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-14

vast ppr the is the M na carya buckets of
  pgpog n Norris immunity dng gccner Curkt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-14
with and that they are proud of their jobs and of IVA" NO LABOR. TROUBLE

The labor troubles that have swept the country have not, touched the IVA. There has not been even the whisper of a strike. Most of the skilled and semi skilled workers belong to labor unions; even the office workers in Knoxville have government
Evening star., 1934-07-17
WAITER CHARGED
IN TRUNK MURDER
Italian Is Accused of Crime
After Questioning by
Scotland Yard.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
LONDON. July I7.--Tony MancinI.
the suffering Italian waiter. was
charged today with the wilful murder
Of Mrs. Violette Kaye-also known as
Mrs. violette Saunders-a professional
dancer.
She was the victim Of the Brighton
trunk crime No. q" Her body was
discovered jsmmed in a trunk with
the head and arms Of another woman.
believed diEmembered from the torso
discovered a month ago in trunk in
the Brighton railroad station.
Mancini vas arrested early today in
Southeast London and questioned by
Scotland Yard detectives. At the end
of their grilling they charged him
with murder and arranged for his ap-
peaTance In Police Court tomorrow.
Mrs Saunders had been killed by
blows from a hammer, while the torso
victim was dismembered with a saw
Both a hammer and saw we're found
in the cellar where the second trunk
was hidden, along with blood stained
clothing.
The identity of the dismembered
woman remained a mystery. although
a widespread check has been made
against missing persons. She was be-
neved to have been under 30 years
Of age. Mrs. Saunders was a..
Evening star., 1934-07-17
UNCLE ACCIDENTALLY
SHOOTS HIS NIECE
Maryland Boy, 13, Kills Girl, 5,
With Shot gun Thought
Unloaded.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK, Nd, July l7.-while
examining a gun which officials say
he thought empty. Clinton j. Smith,
13, Troutville, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
William C. Smith, Monday afternoon
shot and fatally injured his 5-year-
old niece, Helen May Krenzer, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Krenzer,
Legore, Md.
The shooting occurred at the Smith
home, where the victim and her par
ents were spending the day. States
Attorney Walter E. Sim. who with
Sheriff Charles w. Crum investigated,
said the boy went to his room to
change his clothing His little niece
followed. The youthful uncle picked
up a shotgun. standing in a corner,
to examine it, 1t was discharged.
Acting Coroner Harry C. Dorcus,
Woodsboro, decided an inquest was
unnecessary and held the shooting ac-
cidentsl.
The funeral will take place Wednes-
day morning at 10 O'Clock with serv-
ices at Oak Hill Church, Legore.
Evening star., 1934-07-17
CLEVELANDER ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF COLLEGE

DR.. Louis C. Wright to Head
Baldwin Wallace in Berea, Ohio.
Succeeds DR.. Albert B. Storms.
By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, July i7-Dr.
Louis c. Wright. pastor Of Epworth-
Euclid Methodist Church here since
1920, yesterday vas elected president
OF Baldwin-wallace College. Berea,
Ohio, by the college board of trustees.
Or. Wright succeeds DR.. Albert
Boynton Storms, who. until his death
one year ago. had served the college
as president since 1918. During the
last year Delo c. Grover. vice presi-
dent and professor of philosophy OF
the college. has been acting president.
DR.. Wright, who will assume active
charge Of the college September Is,
was born at Virgil, N. Y, February 3,
1879. He was graduated from Syra-
cuse University in 1904 and from the
Theological School Of Boston Univer-
sity in 1907 He has Summer home
at Sutton, N H
Evening star., 1934-07-17
DENTON TAX RATE
WILL REMAIN SAME
No Reduction Is Made Despite
$400 c. ". A. Expenditures
in Town.
Special Dispatch TO The star.

Special Dispatch 70 The star.
DENTON. Nd, July lin spite
Of civil works projects completed here
entailinR the expenditure Of $4,000,
the town property tax rate viii remain
so cents per 500. according TO Walter
Sparklin. clerk TO the Board OF Town
Commissioners.
In order TO accomplish this feat, he
said. 1t will be necessary for the
board TO curtau its annual reduction
Of the towns Indebtedness, which has
been cut from s5o.000 to S32. 900.
Nearly a mile OF sewer was laid as
a c. w A project. including streets
which have no water supply 1t is
said that II the Government will de-
fray the cost OF labor, the town will
lay the pipes.
improvements in the street leading
to Lockermsn High School for colored
children cost the town another $500
c. w. A. work was complicated by
the fact that competitive bidding was
necessary under Government regula-
tions and bids failed to materialize
soon enough TO meet the emergency.
Emory KINNEY is president Of the
Board OF Commissioners. Aida P.
Whitby and Sherman L. Tribbitt are
the other members.
Evening star., 1934-07-17
Resists Extradition.

HELENA. Mont, July II CP).-
Mortimer Elias Curtis, held at
Boulder for Marshal County, Mimi,
authorities on a first degree assault
charge, yesterday resisted extradition
and requested hearing. The requi-
sition papers stated the prisoner
threatened to shoot Glen Curtis.
Evening star., 1934-07-17
Police Lieutenants
To Pound Sidewalk
Like Patrolmen
~ the Associated Press.

~ tne hAsoCiAtes FFsAa-
NEW YORK. july l7.-Police
Commissioner John F. Organ
yesterday told 400 police lieuten-
ants that from nov on they
would pound the sidewalks one
day IN four. as though they were
ordinary patrolmen.
The commissioner said he
thought It would be a good way
to keep administrative officials in
close touch with what was going
on.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-11
Green PouOcaire Secret Memorandum Roosevelt Based Lies
Calls for OIang Workers. Organizations and Labor Police

the racketeer Matthew Vol third
vice-president of the A. F. of L., one
Of the A. F. of L. publicity men and
former editor of the Socialist Party
New York Call, did the actual dirty
work for Green.
Hailed by the Times subhead as
Green's plea for Soviet pledge
against propaganda here" the Green
vituperations appear in the abstract
as "Labor's evidence Of Communist
subversive activities In the United
States" Therein the A. F. of L. rulers
not only invent lies about Keemkn
gold, Communist terrorist activities
the Trade Union Unity League Sc
cret Service" the Red Army, the
Communist Party's obstruction of all
things American" the Daily Worker,
gangSterism concerning which the A.
F. of L. is indeed an authority from
its long use Of thugs in the fur and
other industries, the operation in the
United States of the death sentence
by the Ogpu. and other vituperative
and ridiculous rantings but also
offer things as red scares which
the Communist Party has never made
a secret of namely that 1t is
revolutionary pae of the working
class.
Wild Inventions
After blithely and falsely linking
the Liberal and Pacifist American
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-11
Dividends Saved by
REC. Action, Chase
Natl Bank Admits
Roosevelt Government
Bought 100000 900
of Banks Stock

NEW YORK, Jan. 10-That tlo re-
cent purchase of $50,000,000 of pre-
ferred stock by the RF.C. from the
Chase National Bank was an act of
direct intervention for the benefit
of the banks stockholders was re-
vealed today at the meeting Of the
stockholders by Winthrop Aldrich,
head of the bank.
Aldrich, in answer to query OF
a stakeholder, declared that if the
Roosevelt government had not grant
ed the bank the added $50,000,000
capital, then the necessary write
down in the banks assets would have
cut into surplus, and would have
made dividend declarations Illegal.
The RIG. purchase thus permits the
stockholders to continue to collect
their dividends.
The Chase National is a Rookie
Teller bank with large investments in
Hitler's Germany. 1t now holds S34,-
100000 short term German loans,
which its former head, Albert Wiggin,
recently visited Hitler to protect.
Wiggin was reported to have urged
American support for the Fascist re-
CINE in Germany in order to protect
Wall Street investments there.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-11

trictS where wage-earners and their
families have already suffered in
tolerable misery through strikes and
battles brought on by Communist
agitators."
William Randolph Hearst would be
hard put to it to equal the wild in
vention of the Ogpu secret tribunal,
spread throughout the world" which
sis empowered to pass the death sem
tence and execute it here and in
forcing lands" and not only that, but
its expenses, according to certain
former member" Bessedovski, run
near "s50,0Oo,00o per year"
The A. F. of LIS Evidence"
The bonus and hunger marchers
were dastardly plans, say the A. F.
of L. bureaucrats, designed for Mil
tary training, gradually, leading up
to an armed instruction"
"Arrns are not to be supplied until
after civil war has been started. The
methods employed in preliminary
street battles involve the use of handy
bricks, knives, lead pipe, clubs and
guns taken from the police. History
shows that these orders have beer
literally carried out in our country.
lust what history" or what his au-
Gritty is for this palpable fraud
Green does not say.
Green not only has history" in hi:
vest pocket but also evidence,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-11
BY SEYMOUR WALDMAN
Daily Worker Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-The Red
bogy story, based on the American
Federation Of Labor memoranda pre-
sented by William Green, the Fed
Grafton head, to President Roosevelt
last Nov. 10, which is published ex-
clusively today in the New York
Times is the. Federation's first anti
militant labor attack since recogni-
ton of the Soviet Union by the
United States.
The Times story was obtained from
twelve-page abstract of the pur-
ported 178 page Communist exhibit"
which was written by Green. In
addition to being filled with vicious
lies, distortions and crude innuendoes,
the Green abstract comes out fiat
footedly against the use of the strike
by labor, thus bodily admitting its
support Of the National Recovery Adj
ministration's strike breaking policy.
Ridiculous Rapaings
Obviously, the publication of the
Times, "a. F. of L. pictures activities
OF reds" article was timed by Green
to coincide with the holding today of
the first Washington press conference
OF Alexander A. Troyanovsly, the
Soviet Unions first Ambassador to
the United States.
Chester Wright, right hand man to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-11
Local,Federal Govt,
Farmer MiSleaderS
Call Strike Truce
U. S, Courts Enjoin Milk
Strikers from
Picketing

CHICAGO. Jan. 10.-In des-
perate effort to break the Chicago
milk strike. local and federal authori-
ties have combined with misleaders
of the farmers in a fake truce.
Mayor Kelly of this city and Don N.
Geyer, general manager of the Pure
Milk Association, an organization
comprising 1872 farm organizations,
swung the deal this afternoon at City
Hall. No prices were stipulated in
the truce" this being left to an
arbitration board to be chosen later
Roosevelt Govt Threatens Farmers
Rcosevelt's federal postal officials
are eXerting pressure against the
strikers, threatening to prosecute the
farmers who stopped milk train
delivering scab milk Tuesday The
farmers are being reminded of the
fact that Grover Cleveland sent
federal troops to break the Pullman
strike in 1894 when scab trains were
stopped by the railroad workers.
Farmers Don't Accept Truce
That the farmers are not accepting
the truce is evident In the division
OF opinion existing among the farm
leaders themselves. E. M. Krahl,
publicity director of Pure Milk, de-
MES that deliveries will be resumed,
declaring that the statement to that
effect was premature"
Milk farmers are fighting for
higher prices of milk and for the
abolition of the government milk
code that guarantees the big dairy
monopolies minimum price with
out at the same time fixing mini
mum for the farmers. The union
milk drivers are also fighting the
Wall Street monopolies for
better living conditions.
The supply of delivered milk has
been practically shut off, with the
farmers distributing milk free to
poor families and hospitals.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-11

evidence accumulated by the A. F. OF
L. says Billy Green, shows the
existence of a criminal group under
Communist control comprising
skeleton terrorist force, trained, in
structed and ready for expansion on
short notice" Green offers this trash
in face of worldwide knowledge that
the Communist Party is mass Party
for mass action, which is opposed to
individual terrorist tactics.
Lenin Slandered
Lenin comes in for his share of A..
F. of L. SANDER, "Lenin advocated
disruption of trade unions through
immoral practices, using strike relief
funds for Communist political pur-
poses and attacking and discrediting
officials of the A. F. Of L., seeking
to link it to capitalism. This policy
has been carried out" Green, the
very man who signed the screaming
capitalist Anti-Labor Automobile code
talks about linking" his outfit for
capitalism.
The laughable yarn about Kremlin
gold is revived for the time. but this
time. It would require the best oper-
ations of a United States secret serV-
ice, noy non-existent, to discover the
methods used and trace the oisposi-
ton of such funds" and we don't
Continued on Page p
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-11
State Legislature
of Minnesota Kills
JObleSs Insurance
Farnn-Labor Legislators
Lay Down; 5 Million
Relief Won

ST. PAUL, Mimi. Jan. 1.-THE
special session Of the Minnesota State
Legislature adjourned Saturday with
out acting on the most important
piece of legislation before it, the
Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill House Bill No. 22e). Two Farm
er-Labor representatives, Bennett and
Youngdahl, had made a demagogic
gesture by introducing the bill at the
demand of the Unemployed Councils.
But they did not take one step to fight
for it, so the bill died in committee
wihou even hearing being held on
it.
The bill cannot be acted upon be-
fore the next session of the Legisla-
ture, in January, 1895. The other re-
lief bills Of the Unemployed Council
were likewise not acted upon. They
dealt with evictions, foreclosures,
forced labor, concentration camps and
cash relief.
Five million dollars in direct and
work relief was voted by the Legisla-
ture. The distribution of this is
placed in the hands of the Farmer