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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-15
Light BiII High


 Mr Pasho pointed out hls light bill on u high school production was more than $10 just for one night. 1T am willing to take some of tho rap but don't think should take all the rap to further tho hobbies of these people, he declared. He expressed hlm- self as willing to advertise the shows in order to help them to make up tho rent charged.
 Mir Sculiy said he thought thlg matetr should be put in black and white before the lease was granted. MT PaBho when asked by MT Par klnson said he did not think $t5 was reasonable. Saying tho nv- craze cost would Do $50 nightly or STE for two nights. Ho said if he geta n picture he has to pay tho same price for 1t if he runs 1t ono night or three nights.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-15

ness will bo held tomorrow after. noon nt 2 o'clock from bio home. i7 Highland avenue. Rev Ar- thur v. Lewie, pastor Of bt Nile chael'D Episcopal church. will of- fleiate. Burial will Do in HlllBido cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-15

and whichever Is given the lease will meet with my approval" He said he thought 1t was worth . little more than 25 per cent increase, however.
 Atty Dalton in speaking for MT Pasho said any man who Is n good paying tenant should be permitted to remain a good paying tenant. He pointed out Pnsho put in c larger investment in the theator than anybody, and said ho would not ask Mr Gormley or Mir Talbot and the other lawyers to go out of the law business to have 1t for him. self alone. Ho praised the pictures MT Pasho shows and said he was willing to play ball" with local organizations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-15
IteynOIda Isc.cIected

Joseph Reyn0IdB wnb again chosen president of the St Francis T. A. B. Society last night at tho annual netting. Other officers elect cd wore: Francis Lengyel. vice. president; l.. ]. Farrell. financial secretary; Patrick J. Fitzgerald, re- cording secretary: Patrick II. Re- gan. teasurer; Richard Kelly, ser- geant-nt-arms; Thomas r. Reilly, marshal. Installation will be held January 28th 1t is expected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-15
Town Clerk To Sneak

Town Clerk Louis Schiller, Jr, popular borough official. will ad- dress the Rotary Club tomorrow noon at Halls Tavern. He will dis cusB the Duties of tho Town Clerk"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-15
Fire In Barn

EIfo In BnFn
 Damage to the walls of . barn located near Allerton Farms and owned by M. Diugakecki, Spring street barber, was done by q fire yesterday morning about e;46. Ex. capt for fine work by the local fIrenon, the entire structure which is used to house skaters on the privately owned pond nearby, would hnye been destroyed. An overheated stove ia believed to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-15
Blg investment

Mir Pasho in his bid pointed out his investment in the theater amounted to moro than $3b00 for alterations, innovations and repairs. IIe said his investment would be practically q total loss if his lease was not renewed. He suggested q committee be appointed by the board or that tho board set as Q committee itself to meet with him and representtatives of tho aocio- ties and set q fair price for the rental of the hall on the nights tho organizations wanted 1t. fIe said many local business men recognize the value of his thoater to them. He listed some of his cxpenditnres, including 9100 for q booth, S226 for aperies, eg3B for wires, 4400 for inside painting and $2b0 for outside painting, $40 for . billboard, S130 for screen and many other items.
 During . short dischssion. MT Eaton told Mir Durkin the board of charities at the time 1t was leased did not know 1t was leased to which Mr Durkln convulsed those present by remarking, ''They must have been q bunch of dumb- bOilg."
 Both MT Mariano and MT Do Carlo suggested MT girica's bid Do dropped from consideration bee cause ho did not come from Naug- duck, although Mr Sirica in his bid stated his willingness to be- come permanent resident of tho borough. Tho. bid did not have any advocates on the board.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-15

have caused the blaze. Tlromen pumped water from tho pond and had the fire under cons froi in about half an hour but re- fnalned there for an hour. It was Inside tho partition of the walls and had gained considerable head way before the fire fighters are rived, although they made very fast time getting there. They were summoned by phone by a boy who was skating there.
 Briefs
 Mrs ]. ysiwanowicz of Brennan street is q patient in St Marys hospital, Waterbury, where shO underwent an operation for ape pendicitig.
 Miss Mary Cross of New York
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-15
rrnnerai of Afra Nfct1artl,x

Tho funeral Of Mrs KoBe Mo. Carthy, who died Sunday was held this morning at her homo, t41 Highland avenue ht s.30 to Ht Francis church at Q o'clock who're n high mass was celebrated. Burial was in st JAmes cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-15
De Carlo Iravors I'asho

Mir. Do Carlo expressed himself heartily in favor Of Mir Paah0, say- ing he did not feel anybody should b6 allowed to come in and take the cream now from Pasho after ho had invested 50 much in tho thea- ter. Ho expressed himself against c monopoly here and said compe- tition is the breath of life. "Wo don't have to run to Waterbury now" he said. "W0 can sec tho good pictures here." He expressed the belief there was room for two moving picture theators here.
 When MT Durikin asked why Mir and which ever is given tho lease some years ago, Mir Eaton replied it was because gtflts police told him they would not give him e license for the theathr because they meant to abolish any theatein above the first floor. Mr nprkin expressed linaelf in favor 0k Mir PashQ.
 Warden Sheridan then said, ~ have not played with either MT ipasho or Mr Rabbot, [ feel both contestants arc rsspeoted citiEefis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-15

Funeral of Aaron French
 The funeral Of Aaron w. French, who died Sunday after . iong iii-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-15
Would Affect schedule

However, if dramatic society wanted tho nights of Thursday and Friday 1t would mean his Friday and Saturday show could only be exhibited ono night and his Wed- pesday and Thursdn yshow could only be shown ono night.
 Attorney Gormley pointed out that tho leaBor of tho place should have public liability insurance that would protect tho town in case of any accident. MT pasho has this although the town would not bo protected In case . society were using it and nn accident hap pened, 1t was brought out. Mir Scuily pointed out. ,Mr Rhbbot only wanted S3 q night plus light ex- ponse from outside Groups wanting tho theater. Mir McGrath said thetaor owners in Seymour and Waterbury thought MT Pasho would have "gold mino" if no charged $15 to outside groups, 10 which MT Pasho answered, ",rhey may know more about my busi- ness than I do,y
 MT Pasho offered to .compromise nt S30 q night. Mr Mcdrath would not agree. fIe also refused an offer of 20 nights at Si6 each made by MT DeCarlo but agreed 10 q 2b-niRht proposal. This does not include use of tho hall for borough or school functions. The warden and borough attorney were empowered to draw up the lease.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-15
Pasho Gets Ihcater

Local residents today were still talking about the lively meeting of the public welfare board last night at which Ralph Pasho, present leaseholder, was granted q three year lease on the Gem theater which is owned by the town, Ut . price of s76 for the six months from October to Sept. 31 or . yearly rental fee of $7b0. This Is q 26 per cent increase over terms of his present lease.
 The feature of the meeting was spirited argument by represcn- tativcs of local dramatIc clubs con- corning incorporation of q provi- sion into the lease which would assure their requests. It was de- cided that the tfeater would be let to the borough groups for not moro. than 26 nights year at q rental fee Of $1b q night This was considered q victory for tho dramatic club interests.
 However, MT. pasho's lease won out over higher bids from two other bidders. John D. Sirica of PTS East Main street, Waterbury, offered the highest bid. his being $26O monthly or S3,000 yearly. He leased the hall for 30 nights q year to charitable institutions or for charitable causes or for high school graduatlons, etc.
 George Rabbott. manager and owner of the Aicazar theater. sub- mitted . bid of S100 monthly for nine montha, and $G0 monthly for tho three Summer months or q total of ei0S0. lis said organi2a- tons might have tho use of tho thentcr by paying rental Of s3 per evening plus electric light OK. penge.
 The board was in session for three hours and all interested had the chance to express their cases. Mir. Pasho's lease carried with it tho option of renewal for three more years at Q % per cent in- crettse over tho proposed lease now or 60 per cent over the lease un- der which Mir. Pasho has been op- eratihg for the vast few9years. He has been paying s60 monthly for the October Co March months in- elusive, and $40 monthly for the April to September months inciu- eive or $500 yearly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-15
Officers Installed

Officers of Ramonca council, Daughters of Pocahontaa were tn. stalled last night by Great Deputy Pocafiontas Gertrude McKeRg of Waterbury. A social hour followed the installation ceremony and refrcghments were served.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-15
z Majority for rasI,o

A majority or members Of the board favored Mir. Pasho as far as votes on certain issues could dee termine. After the compromise measure of 20 nights was suggest. cd at gfB q nigbt with the iease ard Durisin, Louis Dacarlo, Islch- ard Parkinaon and William Mari- afios voted for the motion. There was none opposed, no others vot- ing. On a previous motion to tabln the matter until the next meeting. made by Patrick Bculiy. Frank Ign. tonEand Mir. BcuIly voted for 1t and the four nnmed above against It SO it was defeated Warden Dherls dan did not vote because no tie exIathd.
 Mr. Pasho was present and was represented by Atty. James !.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03
Textile Profits

THE first report of the Federal Trade
l Commission of its investigation" of
profits in the textile industry is an attempt
to hide the tremendous profits wrung out
of the textile workers and to justify the
speed-up and low wages which made these profits
possible.
The report was ordered by Roosevelt following
the sell-out of the September general textile strike
When Francis German, leader of the United Tex
tile Workers. sent the 100000 strikers back to work
without winning any of their demands, German told
them that as a result of the investigations" the
textile workers would win their demands. He hailed
the calling of these investigations" as victory"
for the strikers.
Now the textile workers can see how they were
fooled. In order to justify the low wages the in
tensifying speed-up the union smashing of the en-
ployers the Federal Trade Commission attempts to
show that in the two months before the strike the
textile mills operated at loss.
The Daily Worker of Jan. l gave figures show
ing that even in this two months period before the
strike many mills made substantial profits The
Federal Trade Commission admits that its report is
based on missionaries answered by 765 employers
There was much room for doctoring of figures in
this method of investigating"
But even taking the Federal Trade Commission
report at its face value granting the correct
ness of the report the figures given by the employers
themselves prove that out of the sweat and blood
Of the textile workers the employers ground millions
in profits.
The Federal Trade Commission claims that in
the two months before the strike the 1865 companies
lost total of S4.667,57S on investment BUT THE
COMMISSION ADMITS THAT THESE SAME
MILLS MADE A TOTAL OF $98,O39 900 PROFITS
IN THE YEAR AND A HALF FROM JAN l. 1898
TO JUNE 1884 EVEN SUBTRACTING THE LOSS
CLAIMED DURING THE TWO MONTHS PRE-
CEDING THE STRIKE THE EMPLOYERS GOT
NINETY THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOL
LARS PROFIT IN THE YEAR AND EIGHT
MONTHS PRECEDING THE STRIKE. This does
not include the millions in exorbitant salaries and
other means Of hiding huge profits.
The Federal Trade Commission of course harps
only on the two months before the strike. But its
own figures are indictment against the speed-up,
the low wages the rotten conditions imposed on the
textile workers to make these big profits possible
The textile workers can now see that they must
build the rank and file movement in the United
Textile Workers Union, and throw overheard the no.
strike policies of German.
Not by relying on the blood sucking employers.
but by struggle, can the textile workers win their
demands
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03
The Haubtmann Trial

THE trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann
for the murder of Charles Lindbergh's
son happens to be well-nigh perfect SYM
Dol of the deep-going corruption and hypoc-
risy of system in which the death of a
rich mans child given literally thousands of times
more Importance than the slow, tortured death
from malnutrition and starvation of tens of thou
sands of unemployed workers every year in the
United States.
The millions of words which will flow from
Pennington N j., to the capitalist papers will serve
very nicely, of course to distract the attention of
the masses of Americans from their more imme-
date problems: from the slow starvation which has
almost third of the American people in its grip;
from the danger of an imperalist war which will
throw hundreds of thousands of workers into the
maws of cannons belching death and injury; from
the N R. A., which is driving their wages down to
coolie levels while 1t breeds crops of million
aires and doubles the profits of existing million
aires; from the achievements of socialism in the
Soviet Union where the kidnapping and murder of
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr, would be as UNI
thinkable as the flood of noxious gas from Flem-
ington which will all but inundate the readers of
the capitalist newspapers
But there are other reasons, too, for the gigan-
tic mobilization of capitalist newspapers for the
Rauptmann trial There is the subtle whipping up
of patriotism in the Qualification of the adventurer
now a Colonel in the National Guard, who carried
the Stars and Stripes the Atlantic to perfect
landing in Paris there is the continuation of the
fable that fame and fortune still await any Ameri
can youth with courage and imagination, and
finally there is the attempt TO make millions of
mothers forget the sufferings of their chill
dren in the tears they will shed as they read the
details of the kidnapping and murder of the Lind
bergh baby.
The real political ramifications of the Haupt-
mann trial will not be dealt with by the capitalist
press The support which the Nazis reputedly
extending to Hauptmann the gangsterism which
occasionally breaks out of the framework of police
protection and results in one of the expoiters'
families becoming the victim Of kidnapping or
murder, all these and more are taboo with capt.
alist press which has the primary purpose to sup
port the inSanlties of capitalism and prevent the
masses from getting an insight into how the sys-
tenn works
The Daily Worker will undertake to present the
workers angle of the Hauptn1ann trial
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03
Proof Piles Up On
Kirou'S AssasSinS

A MEXICAN newspaper correspondents In
"A Moscow have discovered the name of
the consul from capitalist country who
aided the assassins of our Comrade Kirov.
He happens to be George Bissenieks, Lat
Wan Consul General who since the exposure made
by the Soviet government Though his name was
not menticned) has left the country
Latvia is ruled by a Fascist regime in which
German Nazis play role. Bssenieks actually
turned money over to Nicholaev-and he alone
knows how many other terrorists against the work
ers fatherland-to carry on work of murder spying
and sabotage in preparation for war against the
USSR
few facts about Bissenieks worth mention
ing, as it is clear Latvia alone would not undertake
war against the Soviet Union. Bissenieks' training
was gained in London at the Court of St. James
where the British imperialist rulers consider the
Baltic countries mainly future military road to
the Soviet Union. Bsseneks' wife is British de-
scribed as "of the upper class"
Besides the gentleman in his youth was a men,
Der of the Social Revolutionaries, some of whom
after the october revolution over to the Bol-
sheviks and Others to the last, stood on the side
of capitalism and reaction 1t Social Revolu-
tionary who attempted to assassinate Lenin.
The links in the chain of the terrorists connec-
lions from the fascsts down the rats in the zino-
viev-Trotzky faction become clearer Both the
British de-hards and German fascism worked
through the Latvian Social Revolutionary" who
in turn could best help his imperiast friends by his
preliminary experience and connections with pseudo
revolutonaries.
This, of course, piles up more proof of the char
acter of those involved in the assassination of Krov
II proof were needed
The capitalist press in this country, meanwhile,
has turned to a new dungheap for its dirtslinging
sgair6t the Soviet Union. Not contfnt with raising
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03

hypocrtica1 howl about the execution of the assas
sins and their pals the N. Y. Times and the so
cislst" Forward for instance resort TO lies out OF
the whole cloth about imaginary anti-Jewish fights
in Lenngrad.
That not iota of proof is published by the
press who got the story from the Warsaw cesspool
of propaganda makes no difference with the For
ward. 1t makes no difference with them, either,
that the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in London,
which has correspondents both in Moscow and Len
ingrad, could not find the slightest confirmation of
the basis for this cannard.
The clearer the situation becomes the more des-
perate the efforts Of the hefactories Of the capital
lists around the Soviet Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03
by Lin1bach

and stated that the stadium had
to be used for storage of building
material for an important construc-
ton job, but would become sta
dunn again and be turned over to
to the use of the youth of Red
Rose" in 1895, Nevertheless the
meeting adopted the instruction as
previously read.
These are samples of the instruc-
tons already compiled by the COM
mittee in charge. But all during
the meeting, workers we're writing
out their further suggestions on
slips of paper distributed to every
seat before the meeting opened.
There was constant stream of
little folded slips going up to the
stage.
One, read out was a demand for
a new and really big club house. .
To Build Club
The committee answered that
they had found out that building
Of such a club house would start
in 1885. Loud applause from the
meeting.
A fierce argument ragged over a
demand to install automatic phones.
I'VE have them" people said. But
finally the proponent made it clear
that what he wanted was more
phone booths in the mill, and got
his suggestion added to the instruc-
lions.
And no one who saw this cleo
ton campaign in its preliminary
stages would think for a mir ute
that this "instructing" IVES yust
empty form. The instructions are
printed A careful list is kept of
the activities of every deputy in
connection with each instruction.
This list hangs over his head at
all times, but particularly when he
comes up for reelection again, if
he hasn't been recalled in the course
of his term for failing to carry out
instructions. During the pre-elec-
ton period each deputy has to stand
up before those who gave the in
structions and answer all charges
that he failed to fulfill his trust,
on each particular point of the in
structions. OF course, since he does
not leave the plant when elected
but continues to work right in his
department with those who in
structed him, he is never given a
chance to forget them, anyway
If he fails to obey his instructions
his chance of filling out his term
or still more, his chance to be re-
elected, is practically nothing.
The Soviet Union worker run;
his government. He really, has
democracy, under the Dictatorship
of the proletariat-his own dicta.
torship. Furthermore, all election
meetings have adopted a set Of
political Instructions" dealing witt
national and international policies
These instructions call for tht
carrying through of the Second Five
Year Plan, commend the peace pol.
!, icy of the government but demand
the utmost care for the safety o
the country if capitalist govern.
ments abroad launch war agains
it, demand the severe supp. essiol
of terrorist gangs sent by the elias
) enemy to attack Soviet officials, arr
, instruct the deputies to fight, unde
the leadership of the Communls
: Party. for the achievement of
: classics society. v
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03

A band of young Nazi hoodlums
fired pistol shots through the WIN
dows of a house here, wounding
a French mining engineer and his
wife. Destruction of property as an
instrument of intimidation, as well
as personal injury, is being widely
p-acttced by the disguised Storm
Troop emissaries of German fas-
cisn, as evidenced in the smashing
up Of several anti-Nazi cafes.
A menacing threat issued by the
Nazi forces provided a fore5aste Of
what awaited the workers if ths
Sasr is relinquished to Hitler. All
who do not expect to find therl-
selves suffering imprisonment in
concentration camps, or worse, must
Join the German Front" by Jan.
10, the Nazis bluntly stated. Saar-
landers with children in French
schools have received ugly warnings
to remove txsm by Jan. 5