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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-20

quarters. Tn all, Waterbury will be represented by eight delegates as the district convention. Others on the delegation include Rowley w. Phillips, Walter Deacon, At- torney Emil Hummel, former Postmaster A. N. Colgrove, Henry Smithwick, Alderman Louis Lie beskind and William Cambigue.
 The alternates chosen at the convention include Attorney Albert Bronsky, Robert Thursfield, Will liam Gerardi, Alderman Joseph Wilhelm, Andrew J. Cooney, An thony Finelli, Albert Standard and Louis Stocking. The district will take place at the Elton. Ex-Post- master Colgrove presided at last nights meeting and James A. White was clerk, The slate of dele- gates and alternates was picked by committee consisting of Adam Callan, treasurer of the town com mittee, Mrs Florence Sherwood and Albert Standard.
 Uniform Date.
 The adjourned town convention, originally scheduled for tonight for the purpose of picking repub- lican candidates for the house of representatives and for the posts of justice of the peace, has been postponed. On Monday the repub- lican state central committee will meet in Hartford and set a uni- form date for all town conven- tions.
 Friday nights g. o. p probate convention promises to be an ex- citing one. The local probate con- vention will first meet and elect delegates to the district probate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-20

The membership drive has been meeting with unusual success and the organizations are now larger than ever before. An extensive program for fall an winter activity is in the process of formation and it is expected that the youngsters who have not as yet enrolled will do so as soon as possible. Rev Vim cent Razaitis is in charge of this activity.
 Name Friedman As Coach.
 Solly Friedman, popular Brook 1ynite has accepted the position as coach of the newly organized Will son A. c. football eleven. The squad held it's initial drill last evening under the direction of Mir Friedman.
 Choir to Rehearse.
 St .Patrick's choir will meet al the church tomorrow evening al 7:30 o'clock for rehearsal. The singers are to be under the direc. tion of Miss Mary Rise, organist.
 Visits Waterbury.
 Stella Browne, R. N., of Port land Oregon and former Water burian is visiting at the home of her sisters, Miss Alice McGrath and Catherine Dover of A Poplar street. Her last visit to the city took place in 1930.. Mrs Browne has many friends locally.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-20
ACCUSED YOUTHS
 GIVEN SENTENCES
Judge Booth Discharges Two of Five Implicated;
 l5-Year Old Boy Held

Disposition of the cases of the youths involved in the assault and attempted robbery of John Fl. Tobin, former paymaster for the International Silver Com. pany. was made in superior court yesterday afternoon by Judge John Rufus Booth who discharged two of the accused, and sent two to the Cheshire Reformatory. A fifth, a minor, will have his case treated in the juvenile court.
 Max Redican and John Chaput, both IS, were freed when Judge Booth said evidence to convict them for their part in the offense, was insufficient. Kenneth Thomp- son, 19, whose car was wrecked when the youths were fleeing in 1t after the assault, and Bart Quilter, 17, who had pleaded guilty to tho charges, were given reformatory sentences.
 Judge Booth found that Thomp- son was as much involved as the two who actually committed the assault. The minor swung the black-jack while Quilter was with him. They were seated in the rumble seat of Thompson's car. with Thompson, Redican and Chaput in the front seat, when they passed Tobin on Hamilton avenue late in the evening ol August 22d. When Thompson stopped his car. the attack was made. Thompson swung his car around, picked up the two lads and dashed down Hamilton ave. nue orly to hit . tree at the Washington avenue intersection.
 MT Tobin was in court as a principal witness yesterday. He was reoujred to show Judge Booth the healing scar at the back ol his head caused by the blow oi the black-jack. Attorney William P. Wertheimer represented Cha put, Attorney F. P. Guilfoiie ap. peared for Quilter and Attorney W. w. Gager for Thompson ana Redican. States Attorney l.. L. I.axyis prosecuted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-20
Complain Against
 Speeding Autoists
WOIcott Street Residents Object to Speedway
 Practices of Drivers Church Groups Organize
the speed limits. being nearby.

of the speed limits, being nearby.
 Church Societies
 The meeting rooms of the Mill Plain Union church were the scenes of activities last night, the Boy Scouts of that community holding their first meeting of the fall season and electing Ray Rus sell as scoutmaster. MT Russell feels that this troop will be one of the largest troops in the city. About 30 youngsters put in their appearance last night, and more are expected. Girl Scouts also held their first meeting with Miss Whit more once more becoming the head of the troop this year. The Junior Council of the church held a meeting at the same church, where they outlined their plans for the social activities of the young people of Mill Plain. Many athletic events are in store for the young sters as promised by President Russell of the council, with not only athletics being on the pro- gram, but also motion pictures at the church, for the kiddies. The council came to no conclusion as to what team would represent the church in the YMCA bowling league, and postponed that debate until next weeks meeting.
 Many drivers driving through Rockville are wishing to know if waterbury has made the women traffic directors. What aroused their curiosity is Mrs Raymond Dunn, the wife of the Rockville school janitor, who directs traffic in mid afternoon to relieve her husband of the many duties he now has.
 Briefs
 MT and Mrs John W. Beecher of Idylwood avenue have left for an extended visit to Toronto, Canada
 John Seastrand of Idylwood ave nue returned from New York last night after spending two weeks there, stopping at the Hotel Her mitage.
 Charles Luddy leaves Friday to spend few days in New York city with his relatives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-20

convention, which will follow im- mediately afterwards with dele gates to the district probate con- vent, which will follow imme- diately afterwards with delegates present from Middlebury and Vol colt. The delegates are expected to be divided into three factions, one group favoring the endorse ment of the democratic incum- bent, Judge Dennis J. Slavin, an- other group favoring the nomina- tion of former Judge Walter D. Makepeace and a third faction backing Attorney Edward F. Swee- ney for the nomination.
 Street peddlers in Singapore are selling slices of pineapples to chil- dren.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-20
Republicans Select
 District Delegates
Conway Included in Congressional Unit Pledged to
 w. Goss-Town Convention Postponed

Former Town Chairman T. B. Conway was elected one of the local delegates to the fifth con- gressional district g. o. p conven- ton, to be held in this city on Saturday, the 29th, at local con- vention last night in party head
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-24
Worker Correspondents!
Help Us with the May Day Edition

Many Of the readers Of the Daily Worker have participated
May Day struggles the United States and other countries
them undoubtedly part inspiring
1919 May Day demonstrations Still others remember the May
struggles the period the Party
ground May Day 917whch devoted against
imperialist is another struggle which
Of the Daily Worker still alive
remember the 1886 1sOthe period when
International Day OF Working Solidarity born this
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Workers who took these historic demonTatonsl Write
what remember of what took place Let know how the
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-24

athe animals averages approximately
s45, 900 year."
There follows a description Of the
splendidly equipped kitchen and the
experienced chef in charge, who
not only prepares all the regular
food for the guests but also caters
to the individual whims of the most
fastidious among them -. . Inspected
beef, of the same grade as that
eaten by the people of New York,
is fed to the lions, tigers, leopards,
and other members of the cat fam
ily." (Our emphasis once more
H. L.
This zoo also has a hospital and
a staff of physicians, veterinarians,
and pathologists" for the benefit of
the animals. The hospital "is con-
veniently located near the center of
the park and well isolated within a
walled enclosure, which insures
quiet.
Let no one think we object to
ZOOS. On the contrary. But GER
tainly there is no VALID reason
why the people" cannot be housed,
fed, and doctored at least as well
as wild animals. The bourgeoisie
fares well enough. 1t is the workers
who starve, freeze, and burn.
Only when the workers them
selves take matters in hand and
institute a socialist system will such
change, and funds be
available for adequate housing for
all.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-24
PARTY LIFE
How a Party Unit Organized,
Led Opposition York in AFL
Opposition York in A. F. L. Is Not DiAges.k
When We Garry Out Correct Policy

/ agreed, and then got together a
committee who visited members of
the local and presented a slate of
new officials who were rank ane file
workers and stated that they were
going to demand another meeting
at which the demands of soc and
80c and an 8-hour day would be put
over, and that if the present officials
sent in by the A. F. of L. refused
to take these demands to the boss
with the rank and file committee
which would be elected, then they
would throw these officials out and
elect officials of their own.
They also visited the skilled work
ers pointing out to them that
through united action Of the skilled
and unskilled, wage increases could
be gotten.
Rank and File COMMITTEES Elected
A meeting was called on March
2, where a rank and file committee
was to present to the A. F. OF L.
leaders their ultimatum. Either they
would concede to take their de-
mands or they would be ousted and
new officials elected. The A. ?. Of L.
leaders did not appear at tins meet
ing, with the excuse Of sickness,
Thereupon, the workers elected a
rank and file committee and q tenn
porary president and secretary, m
structing the secretary TO cah an
other meeting on March Is. At this
meeting, new elections woWld be run
to establish permanent officials.
Whether or not Mr.. Coiucci arpeags
Is immateTial, elections VIII 90 on.
The demands on the COMPANY VIII
be drawn UP and presented. The
new officials Of the local VIII be told
that the rank and file will drew up
all demands, make all decisions, and
run the local for their own inter
estS. The job of the officials VIII be
to see to it that the local functions
correctly and their wages will be the
same as the workers working on the
job. These workers are employed
on all the Public Works Projects
bridges, highways, sewers, sidewalks,
etc., and all work connected with
the county administration.
The lesson to be drawn from
this hs the following: That op-
position work In the Roforn1Ask
unions IL not what many Of our
comrades think, q difficult, intri-
cate. procedure. On the other
hand, we must make simple ex-
PLANTATION to the workers how
they should run their union and
what kind Of weapon the union
Is, that the A. #. of L. officials are
not little cars sent there by some
superior power to which they have
to cOncede to all their wishes, bM
can be busted at any time when
they refuse to carry out the de-
mands Of the unions. 1t needs
simple, plain talk and simple
slogans to make the workers gel
in this opposition work.
BY ]. r.
Section Organizer, Sec. l, Dist. IA.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-24
ARTICLE XI

THE 18th Plenum of the E.C.CI,
l said:
while the U.S.SR.. the bulwark
Of the international proletsriat and
of the oppressed nations, is develop
ing its socialist construction and
raising its power to a higher and
higher level, the economy Of the
capitalist world is falling to pieces.
The moose of poverty, ruin and
HUNGER is tightening. The bor-
gcoisie is furiously intensifying its
: economic means Of exploitation by
methods Of fascist violence, by rob-
biag the toiling classes and by
predatory wars against other ma
lions. But at the same time the
= revolutionary indignation Of the
% telling masses and their readiness
+ to overthrow the intolerable yoke Of
the exploiting classes are growing
more and more.
"The tremendous strains of the
- internal class antagOnisms in the
capitalist countries, as well as of the
International antagonisms, testify
= to the fact that the objective pre-
requisites for a revolutionary crisis
have matured to such an extent
that at the present time the world
is closely approaching a new round
Of revolutions and wars
Fascism has fastened its bloody
claws upon Germany and upon
Austria-and the harpies Of the
. Second International, fresh from
. the task of fighting against the
!. workers revolution and paving the
way to fascism, shout that this
means the decline of the revolu-
ton and the consolidation of capt.
talism. But the Communist Inter
national establishes on the basis of
Notwithstanding understanding the
truth that the coming into power
: of fascism in Germany indicates
the opposite. The capitalists are
no longer able to maintain their
dictatorship by the old methods of
parliamentarism and Of bourgeois
democracy in general" And capital
is compelled to pass to open terror
. ist dictatorship within the country
and to unrestrained chauvinism in
foreign politics which represents d.
rect preparation for imperialist
: wars"
The refusal of the German So
& cial Democratic Party leaders tc
join in the calling of genera,
strike against Hitler-the vote OF
E confidence given to the Hitler gov
eminent by the Socialist Party
Reichstag fraction, decided upon by
? a vote Of 148 against 1.-THE turn
ing over of the trade unions Of
+ Germany to Hitler by the leaders
{ Of the Second International-co
treason be more highly dramatize6
than this?
The leaders of the Second Inter
national are trying now to capital
ize on the spilled blood of the he
roic Austrian working class-vic-
TINS of their own betrayal! The
same leaders who six days before
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-24

Farmers Union IN Pottwi9le now
take action against militant workers
and want 30 expel them for SUD-
porting Unemployment Insurance.
United Front with Police
At a mass meeting called by the
Laborers and Farmers Union some
Of the Socialist leaders made an
agreement with the police to keep
the Communists and Communist
sympathizers from taking part in
the meeting.
One of the most outstanding
takers Of the Socialist Party here.
Thomas Howels, is the leading gun
of the Socialist Party against the
rank and file workers who fight for
the Unemployment Insurance Bill,
Thomas Howells has on many oc-
casionS proven that he Is a regular
job-seeker and an agent of the coal
company where he works. While he
was member of the grievance
committee and also chairman of the
local union, he was running for re-
election, and 1t is a known fact that
the company mine foreman went to
saloons and homes of miners and
asking them to vote for Thomas
Howells, the Socialist"
This same Thomas HoWells is to-
day opposed to the Unemployment
Insurance Bill and fights to split
the workers of Pottsville. However,
the workers of his local union have
become wise to this Socialist mis-
leader and have eliminated him
from leadership of the union.
Now these same Socialist mis-
leaders of Pottsville are playing pol
itics with the city and county poll
ticians. They invite them to affairs
and pig roastS. They try to get the
support of the politicians and are
trying to get the relief admins
traitor of the county to give relief
only to those recommended by the
Laborers and Farmers Union. In
this way they want to force the
workers to become members of the
Laborers and Farmers Union so
they will have to pay dues to these
misleaders.
Seeing that the workers have no
faith in them, they are trying the
dirty scheme Of denying the right
to individual workers to bring their
grievances before the Relief Ad-
ministratfon, hoping that hunger
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-24
Socialist MisIeGders
Disrupt Struggles Of
POttsUiUe Unemployed
Fight Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill
Raise Red Scare 10 Split Ranks;
Unite With Politicians

louisville, Pa. - The Unem-
ployment Councils issued a caH for
q county convention OF all workers
organizations In the county. The
convention was held in Shenandoah,
Pa, on Jan. 28, 1884.
Two locals branches Of the La
borers and Farmers Union elected
delegates to the convention from
Port Carbon and Coaldale, Pa.
At the convention we elected del
egates for the unemployment con-
vention, which was held in Wash
ington. One Of the delegates elected
was member Of the Port Carbon
branch Of the Laborers and Farm
ers Union and five from the branch
Of Coaldale, Pa.
The Socialists, who control the
Pottsville branch Of the Laborers
and Farmers Union, and also the
County Committee of the same or
ganization refused to elect delegates
to the convention. In spite of the
opposition OF the Socialist leaders to
the Unemployed Bill, and the con-
vention, a group Of workers, mem
bers of PottSville branch of the La
borers and Farmers Union, came to
the convention at Shenandoah and
took part in the convention. When
the Socialist leaders found out that
some rank and file workers were in
favor of the Bill and are fighting
for it, they condemned them for
that and threatened 10 expel them
A Socialist Splitter
Flannery, a Socialist job seeker
stated at the meeting that every
body who is a Communist, and a
Sympathizer of the Communist
Party or member or synpathize1
of the Unemployment Councils, can
not be member of the Laborers
and Farmers Union, and should re-
sign right away"
On another occasion the leaders
Of the Laborers and Farmers Union
pigeon-holed the Unemployment
Social Insurance Bill and did not
send it to Washington though it was
passed by the rank and file.
When John Heitz, a delegate, re-
turned from the convention, he was
denied the floor by the Socialist
leaders when he attempted to re-
port on the Washington Convention
| Leaders of the Laborers and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-24
WITH OUR YOUNG READERS

Three years ago, in April, 1881,
nine Negro boys we're taken off a
freight train in little town called
Paint Rock, Ala. Since then one
of them has been sentenced to death
three different times, another twice
and the other seven are still wait
ing for a trial, which, if the lynch
erS have their way, will sentence
them to death for the second and
last time.
All around the world, from Berlin
to Shanghai, from New York to
South Africa, in Moscow and in
Peru, workers have marched through
the streets, have stormed American
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-24
Pullman Worker
Urges Movement
To Increase Paw
by a Worker CorrespOudent)


LONG ISLAND CTTY-when the
Pullman Company cut our wages
they said that they were not making
any money.
Since that time, the Pullman Co.
has declared a dividend. Last year
the salary Of President Crawford
was $4,000 Fellow workers, the
average porter's salary is less than
81 900.
Now, although the company Is
again making money, they don't say
anything about returning our 5 per
cent cut.
The other railroad workers are
demanding the return of their cut.
We, the lowest paid of all railroad
workers should not only demand the
return Of our cut but an increase in
pay to meet the rapidly rising cost
Of living.
Instead Of raising our wages. the
company has forced even more work
on us than we did before the cut
For instance, they changed the style
Of bed, which takes about an hour
longer to make down. Then we
have to clean the car of all papers
and litter before getting off.
After all, our work is only sea
sonal. After Easter we will be press.
ing the bench again. Then what
| will We SIIf1r1ort orr FaroiIias ~,
those of us who are not furloughedi
And those who are furloughec
won't even make the few dollar.
that we ordinarily make.
1t seems to me that the only way
we porters can better our conditions
is through organization of some
sort, and since we haven't anything
we should build one.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-24

Last fall, Brewster of Hackensack,
N. j., one of the biggest contractors
in the country, decided that since
the Blue Eagle had gone into &C
ton, it would be beneficial for him
to have his workers organized. He
got in touch with the Building
Trades Council stating that he
wanted to run a closed shop, and
that they should send organizers
down for this purpose.
The Building Trades Council of
New York sent in D. Colucci who
was shown the payroll by Brewster.
and who thereby called meeting of
all the workers employed by Brew
ster and other contractors of Hack
ensack. Mr.. Colucci then called
mass meetings Of these workers and
told them that it was for their
benefit and the desire of the con-
tractors of Hackensack that they
form a union of the A. F. of L.
The workers were not adverse to
this, and 200 of them joined up and
paid 50 initiation fee and formed
local No. 472 of the International
Hod Carriers, Building, and Com
mon Laborers Union.
During this period, a number of
these workers joined the Communist
Party and organized a Communist
Party unit in Hackensack. This unit
being composed of the most ad-
vanced workers, began to take I'D
the question Of what benefits they
would derive from being organized
in the union. A meeting was called
OF the unit, also number of work
ers belonging to the local. The Sec
ton Organizer Of the Communist
Party, j. r.. was also called to this
meeting. Here the problem of
wages and hours was discussed, as
well as the demands that should be
made by the local union. The de-
cision was that the unsdlled work
erS should demand 60c an hour over
45c an hour which they had been
receiving last year, and an 8-hour
day; and that the skilled workers.
cement finishers, carpenters, etc.,
should demand 8oc an hour and the
8-hour day. They then demanded
a meeting Of the local and made a
motion that the demands should be
taken up with the company and the
agreement made up.
However, Mr.. Colucci, president of
the local, had different ideas, and
he told the workers that they
should demand the same wages as
was laid down by the Federal Gov
eminent, the N. r. A., 45c an hour
for unSkilled and $1.2O for skilled.
This had the effect of splitting the
unity of the skilled and unskilled
workers and even went so far as to
break up the meeting. Many of the
workers were Thoroughly disguised
and were deciding upon forming an
independent union. However. the
Party unit decided that before tax
ing this step they would call another
meeting.
RebelliOuS A. F. of L. Workers
Advised to Form Opposition
The Section Organizer was called
in for advice and he stated that an
independent union would not be
possible but urged further that they
should use the union they already
had to win the demands that they.
the rank and file workers, wanted,
and that they should force the off,
Gals to concede to these demands of
the rank and file or Gust them from
the union. To this the workers