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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-30
Federation and the company union

Federation and the company union idea. s s, ~
 The Federation mistook MIRA and Section "a for charter of liberty. It set out to. produce a nation of workers marching under its flag. William Green announc- ed his objective was 25,000,0 900 membership. But something got In his way. k U t.
 The great employers decided collective bargaining did not mean necessarily bargaining with the Federation. Nor did it mean yielding anything-just talking things over.
 [ The western Pennsylvania coal miners struck, but the mines of the steel corporation said they would never do business with John Lewis. Ernest Weir of the Ma tional Steel Company refused to deal with the steel union, Henry Ford defied the unions. The auto mobile makers stood out.
 COMPANY UNIONS
 Most of the great employers hurried to encourage the forma- ton of company unions. NRA held deal with a company union was collective bargaining. The objective to the company union from the point of view of labor is obvious. Labor points out: CD It ' is limited to employees of single company-even sa' single plant. Employers are organized through out the industry, The workers are split into countless company unions. CD It is run by, company employees. The company employ es cannot stand up to the boss as boldly as the outside union rep- resentatives.x(3) Company unions are fostered and frequently financ- ed by management which, of course, controls them. (4J They are formed, in the very inception, to eliminate. outside union organ services regulating the daily small relations between management and labor. They are hopelessly futile where great issues are at stake.
 had 2,ooo, 900 members. By oc- tober, 1884, 1t had added 1,400,- O00.. In 1882 the company unions had 1,300,00O members. By Mo- vember, 1885,, they had 2,500,000, according to the Twentieth Gen. tury Fund. The National Indus- trial Conference Board says that in that time of the 500. company unions in existence, 400 were or ganized in the few. months follow ing NRA's birth. ss t>s
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 NEW STRUGGLE LOOMS
 This Would have perhaps ulti- mately wrecked the labor cause had not the President divorced the settlement of labor disputes from MIRA by setting up 'the' National Labor Relations Board under Francis, BiddIe.E That board Is now out of existence along with MIRA. But a. new one is provided for under the. Wagner Labor Re- lations Act It is implemented twith strong wea aponsz to fight the company union. Hence. the coming year must see a resumption of the Federation-company union battle on "a wider front. %
 The present company union fight must not be confused with move ments such as1 that sponsored by George F. Johnson in the shoe in- dustry. Johnson has sought to make organization unnecessary by giving labor all that 1t wants. He has paid higher than the going wages, provides pensions, hospital ization, continuous work, profit sharing, health service, homes for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-30
Road Conditions In
 Connecticut Better
Beacon Falls Highway Still Closed for Construction
 as Steel Truss Bridge Is Being Erected

, Bridge and approaches. Open to traffic. E.. Route No. IA Columbia: Columbia-W a-Willimantic Trunk line 8" rein. conc. pavement. Length about ? miles. Traffic main | tained. ! Route No. U. S. A. 1 Putnam-Pomfret St. paving a. bout 1s mile. Traffic can pass. Route No. 61- Goshen -Carnwall road. miles of construction from the Cornwall town line south. Short delays. Route Nc. 71-- l Meriden- n-Berlin-Cat Hole Pass road. z miles of bituminous maca- dam. Open to traffic.
 Route No. SO- Madison and Killingworth. 5h miles of grading and paving from one mile west of route No. 79 on route 80. Passable but rough ad- wise optional route.
 Route No. S5-
 Bolton-West street and Camp Meeting road. 3% miles water bound macadam. Open to traffic. Route No. 1OO-- l East Haven-4 miles of grading for pavement on High St. from route 80 to route No. 1. No delay to traffic.
 Route No. 136- Darien. Bridge and approaches being constructed over the 5 Mile River. A run-around is provided so that there is no delay to traffic. Route No. 1o4- Preston = Preston Plains Gris- wold road.- BituminouS macadam length about 3 miles. Open to local traffic. Surface being laid. Route No. 1S9-Granby--Mountain rod and North Granby road. Two miles of waterbound macadam. Open to traffic.
 Route No. 196- East Hampton - Young street. 2% miles of waterbound macadam. Open to traffic. Route No. 217-
 Middlefield-Jackson Hill road. 2.2 miles of paving. Slight delay l to traffic. 5 l Oiling Work.
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 East Windsor-Hartford- Spring field road. Shoulder oiling 8 miles. Route No. U. s. 0A--
 Andover. Hartford road. Shoulder oiling miles. Route No. 12-- 1A
 Thompson. Webster road. shoul- der oiling 1h miles. I Route No. dS
 Holland. Vernon Center road. Shoulder oiling about 2 miles. | Vernon. Vernon Center road. Shoulder oiling about { miles. Route No. %
 East windsor. Main street, Warehouse Point. h mile surface oiling. e Route No. 59-
 Easton. Surface oiling. short sections. <.
 Fairfield. Surface oiling, short sections.
 Route No. s.
 | Watertown. Morris road :. Shoul- der oiling IF miles.
 Route No. re-
 Waterbury Cheshire. Waterbury Cheshire road. Shoulder oiling IA miles. M Route No. IT, 4.s Guilford. North Guilford road, Surface oiling about >12 miles. Route No. 74- ;Ts81 <, j Tollan d. Willington-Rockvil R road. Shoulder oiling about I miles.
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 Vernon. Rockville Manchester road. Shoulder oiling. about Route No. s.
 Lis b on.s, Newent- Canterbury road. Shoulder oiling 3 miles.
 Route No. 114--
 Woodbridge. Ansonia road Surface oiling about miles.
 Woodbridge. Racebrook road F Surface oiling about miles. Route No. 150-- s{.s Fl Waterford-East Lyme.J Jordan Niantic-Main; street. Indian Wood roads. Shoulder oiling about Route No. 185- East qranby. West Suffielt road. 1M miles surface, oiling. , | ROute No. 105-- , Woodstock -ThDnnpson. Webster road. shoulder oiiing { miles.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-30

Today,s best story .. Mike Del Pc, sorreu topped Brooku youngster evho aUoud ruther dance than eat is afraid to shoo his face lately and can't blae hin, Red" inved his lady friend to Walnut Beach ach hi the other eveng a0hich was readily accepted After enjoying tue "ThunderboH' and other rides the pair avalked into the penny arcade Where they ran across "Tw Mistura Who invted them to a0atch han' punch hole through the punching bag Red" dd and noped in little too close to the action "T" aUound up kke big league pitcher and Jet tt fy acith au his might but 10 and behold be missed the bag by inches but caught Red" plump n the solar perus. Fifteen minutes later hem bottle of smelling salts had been completely utilized "ed to and asked hs friends half umconsciously, "How many stories did fou" Any,Uay Red" shouved he could take t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-30

fixed price and Is not concerned directly with profit. The capitalist owner is the risk taker. He has a natural stake in holding down costs. Labor is his biggest single cost item. He fights therefore to hold control over labor costs. He believes that to take the union in is to surrender his essential managerial control over labor pay ments. Ss
 But he overlooks the inevitable. There is no turning back the de- termination of the workers to or- ganize and to speak as a unit. to management. Up to June. 1883, labor had remained amazingly complacent and fatalistic. Then something happened. Nra was launched. And this precipitated the first. great battle-between the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-30

Local shaggers show way. The new dance craze. the "Shag" has found favor with nightly habtues of Jimmy Neages dancetorum at Peach Lake, N r., just outside Danbury and Waterburans responsible for it. Tuesday evening twenty or more Lake Quassapaug sddcts invaded Peach Lake for the first time and took part in novelty prize dance in which the contestants were allowed to either waltz fox trot polka ndy hop or any other favore they desired When the local delega ton entered and the ork swung into the tunes of The Ghost of Dnah they exhibited the shag the natives looked in amazemen It the first time they had even heard of it. let alone it. Te Grey and her part ner were the choice of the judges and the local gal was awarded beautiful silver loving cup After the contest all the dancers tried the shag and it worth the price of admission to watch the beginners
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-30
LATE SUMMER ASPECT
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER
Good Evenipg.

It's nice to see the hydrangeas turning pink In top-heavy masses, but it makes us think Of the beginning of the end of lovely season All too short and for that very reason We roam the country for many hours Absorbing the beauty of late summer tloWers It's nice to see goldenrod by the road Not planted by man, always there, it just growed. Late season annuals have added charm, They'll soon be over-melowed by nights not so warn It's nice to see Summer at the mellowing stage Before we reach the turning of Autumns bright page
 -Em Elm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-30

Gathered at random. Jean MaSaika has re- turned to her Florence Nightingale duties at St. Van- cents hospital Bridgeport after vsiting retataves here. Joe Grimm" Corcoran of the Dem press room IS convalescing from sprained ankle. Jack Ko- pizch spending has annual vacation Izaak Waltong is Canada. Frank Ku,ze is able to get outdoors again after being laid up for quite spell. Francis Dooley clais Pete Murphy a0as the best supervisor ever assigned to Washington Park and hopes the park department aUiu put him back on the 5ob aUhem the 1886 playground season rolls around. Eleanor Hoy- den is vacationng in San Francisco.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-30
By JOHN T. FLYNN

Copyright, 1SSS' NhA sers1ce, inc2 NEW YORK, Aug. 30-One day, Senator Wagner Si Riff IN kind Jerome Frank David Pode Jett Lau John Dick inson and some others sitting around in the first hec tic days of the New Dea cooking up that strange collection
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-30

En passant. !. Senator George Cuhane hopping into Center Street eatery for bottle of milk and cou- ple of cookies his afternoon lunch. Tom Conway perusing the daily Democrat bulletins: Nick Mar tone greeting his tavern clients. Tom Carmody can wasting for the "On To Cleveland" drive. Ed Kirby plugging the Recreation Rod and Gun club. Luther Tooker headed for his Platts Mills domicile Eddie Aston giving stop and go signals only Eddie
 Tony Soury and Eddie Rebar headed for Highland Lake to trip the light fantastic Eddie Fitzgerald telling Bill Gerardi about his trip to Block Island. Billy Dillon purchasing scrap book to fill with pictures of bathing beauties he clicked at Atlantic City last week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-30

ss Transom thoughts Leo Mecca, we'll known Bank Street restauraeur his wife and son. Doenic L accom- panied by P. Ray Ouelete are ten-daying-t through Maine Their itinerary also calls for overnight stops in Montreal and the Province of Quebec Domencs luggage included his melodic accordion Rev. Martin +. Doran of New Haven, chaplain of the 102nd Infantry and graduate of Sacred Heart School here celebrated the field mass at Pine Camp, N Y for more than 6Oo Connecticut attending the maneuvers there last Sunday
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-30

Alter dinner briefs.. James Wright comtempates am early rebuilding of has popular rOadhOuse sn Pat- vie avhich suffered 900 Joss by fire last Sunday Arnold Bauby, hustling insurancer, is planning trip to Neao Hampshire. Jack Gdrrsty aciU hop ratter for Cleveland eo the net jour dogs to take in the national comventiom of Post Office Clerks It's sight to acotch Al Smith, veteron racquet sOielde' tour along to G his matches iH his one aoGy sedam Aps progress is aU foraoard There's such a0ord as reterat in the vocablary of his rare ontage buggy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-30

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-30

ANrI WANu nASGS
 But still other clouds gather. Outside the Federation the rising tide of Left Wing unions threat ems. Green says these unions are being fostered from Moscow. Last month Sam Darcy, American com munist,. boasted in Moscow that his party was making progress with these unions.
 NEXT: Labor's gains and losses I'm recent years.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-02-04

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the ads will be on Mon
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diti0nal ads will be ac-
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Evening star., 1935-08-08
TRAFFIC ARRESTS
DROP BELOW zoo
% Charged With Speeding
Among 1856 Taken-27
Accidents.

For the first time since the traf-
fic safety campaign was started nearly
three weeks ago, arrests of Offend
ing motorists totaled less than zoe
for the 24-hour period ending at
8 am. today. There were 1876 ar
rests.
OF those arrested, % were charged
with speeding, six with passing red
lights, two with driving while drunk
and two with reckless driving.
A total of 81 accidents in which
eight persons were injured was re-
corded for the period. None of the
injuries was considered serious.
David Rowley, z, of 634 Second
street northeast, Is under treatment
in Casualty Hospital for fractures of
the leg and collarbone after being
struck by an automobile in front OF
his home.
Garbage trucks were called to the
rescue this morning when several
hundred watermelons were scattered
over the street at Fourth street and
Maryland avenue northeast in a COL
lision between a North Carolina truck,
bearing the melons, and a bakery
truck.
The body and trailer of the melon
truck tilted over, while the bakery
truck was completely overturned. The
drivers escaped with bruises. Sew
eral small boys enjoyed feast of
the broken melons.
Evening star., 1935-08-08
SMALL HOUSES HELD
SCARCE BY OFFICIAL
Loan Man, on Way to Salzburg,
Sees Favorable Market
Approaching Soon.

A shortage in small houses Is con-
fronting the country, according to
Morton Bodfish. executive vice presi-
dent of the United States Building
and Loan League, in Washington en-
route to the Fifth International Con-
gress of Business in Salzburg, Austria.
He emphasized the importance of
this type of construction in revivifi-
cation of the building industry, add
ing that the country is moving steadily
into a favorable market for small
residential properties.
Bodfish said Washington is "the
brightest spot in the country" This
is evidenced, he continued. not only
by new construction, but by con-
slant demand for modernization loans.
The Building and Loan League
represents about 80 per cent of the
building and loan association assets
in the Nation, Bodfish declared. These
resources now total between $6,000.-
100000 and $1,000 ,00o. 900, he said,
while in 1882 they amounted to about
$e, e,000, 900 900, Of which $1,000, 900 900
was taken over by the Home Owners
Loan Corp.
Money in the form Of savings is
coming into building and loan organi-
cations faster than Withdrawals" the
official stated. THE demand for
loans for small houses is mainly for
refinancing, but the requests for loans
for new construction gradually are
increasing"
Evening star., 1935-08-08
FENW|CK VOICES
HARMONY APPEAL
Arlington Chairman Urges
Democratic Unity-0ffi-
CiaI Count Starts.
By STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.


ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va.
August 8.-As tn Arlington County
Electoral Board met in the court
house today to make its official can
vass of the results of Tuesdays pri-
mary. Democratic County Chairman
Charles R. Fenwick appealed to all
Democrats to forget the bitterness
of the campaign and work for the
success of the whole Democratic
ticket in the November general elec-
ton"
THE primary is over and we want
harmony in the party" Fenwick de-
clared. "The campaign was hard
fought, but that should not prevent us
all from throwing our shoulders to
the wheel and electing our ticket"
Fenwick said he would call a meet
ing of the newly elected Democratic
Executive Committee in about two
weeks to discuss plans for the general
election.
The Electoral Board met in the
clerks Office around noon and began
to check the tally sheets of the II
precincts. The official vote is not
expected to be ready until late in the
afternoon.
While it is expected discrepancies
will be found in the unofficial vote, it
is believed they will not be SUFFICIENT
to change the results.
The board is composed of w. W.
Rucker, r. P. Balinger, Mrs. Mary
Snyder, w. o. Pickett and Mrs. Azile
M. Haley, with Claude o. Thomas as
secretary.
Evening star., 1935-08-08
Base Ball Stars
Being Developed
At G. C. c. Camps
Official Publication Fur.
nishes Clubs With
Data on Players.

Civilian Conservation Corps camps
are becoming minor and major league
base ball farms"
Armed with data on outstanding
players furnished by Happy Days, the
corps official publication, owners OF
several big league clubs are prepared
to scout the Government camps for
potential stars.
Mel Ryder, co-editor of the c. C. C
paper, said today that last year sew
eral corps members were drafted by
organized base ball and now are on
the pay rolls of minor league teams.
In a week or so, Ryder intends to
send out mimeographed records on the
better players among the thousands OF
youths playing on c. c. c. teams.
Batting averages, pitching accom-
plishments and other qualifications
will be listed in an effort to catch the
eye of owners and prompt them to
send scouts to look over material in
the camps.
Evening star., 1935-08-08

two crab-eating coonS, four Panama
squirrels, number of land crabs and
last, as well as least Jimmie.
Keeper Davis was as busy on his va
cation voyage as if he had been at
work. Getting through the customs
was quite task in itself, especially
after the inspectors, who are psittacoSis
conscious, discovered a couple of min
iature parrots tucked away in Davis
luggage.
Among Davis captives was ding
dong" tanager, sort of Judas" bird,
which lured prisoners into a trap
which Davis set in the Panama jun
gle, by strange cries that excited the
curiosity of other birds.
The tiny traitor, only half as large
as sparrow, had big voice. He sat
in a little compartment and invited
100 birds into the bamboo trap which
Davis attended in volcano crater in
the interior near a village called FL
vale.
Jimmie was bought by Davis from
native boy on a wharf at Colon. He
became somewhat of a privileged
character and won the comparative
freedom Of a leash.
Oddly enough, Jimmie's leash was
not attached to his neck, but to a
band about his stomach.
He can't choke himself that way"
Davis explained. But this seemed
doubtful to those who watched Jimmie
disposing of banana bigger than he
was
Evening star., 1935-08-08
MAN KILLS WIFE
AND SHOOTS SELF
Children Tell of Quarrel Over
Mother Playing Cards
in Norfolk Home.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, August 8.-Victor
C. Griffin, 80, shot and killed his 81
year-old wife, Mrs. Thelma v. Griffin,
and then turned the pistol on him
self, inf1icting a chest wound, in their
home early today as the couples
young son and daughter croucned,
terrified, in their bed room.
Griffin, said to have been drinking,
locked his wife and himself in a
bath room on the second floor of the
house before firing the shots. The
shooting occurred a few minutes after
midnight.
Attracted by the shots, neighbors
forced their way into the bath room
and found the body of Mrs. Griffin,
clad in a nightgown and shot through
the heart. Partly across her body
was Griffin, clad in pajamas, a bull
let wound in the chest and a pistol
in his hand.
Edward Lee Griffin, IA, and Jane
Virginia Griffin, 10, children of the
couple, said their father became angry
with their mother because she was
playing cards downstairs with her
niece, Edna Lee Griffin, Is.
One empty whisky bottle and an
other nearly empty were found on a
table in the kitchen.
Following an investigation by the
coroner's Office it was announced an
inquest will be held September 6.
Hospital attaches today said Grifdn's S
condition was critical.
Evening star., 1935-08-08
SANITARY BOARD
MAY TAKE ACTION
FOR P. ". A. LOAN
Suburban mission
Heads Studying Advan-
tages of New Set-up.
EXTENSION REQUESTS
CONTINUE UNABATED
Schedule for New Bond Issue
Now Being Prepared
by Engineer.
By a staff Correspondent of The Star.

BY staff Correspondent OF The Star.
HYATTSVILLE. Md, August g.
officials of the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission, who declined to
accept a Public Works Administration
loan last year, today we're studying
advantages of loan under the new
P. w. A. and Works Progress Admin
istration set-up.
Meanwhile, Chief Engineer Robert
B. Morse began the preparation Of a
schedule of water and sewer line ex-
tensions to be included in a new bond
issue which the commission expects
to market about September /.
Issue Imperative.
The engineer said the bond issue
would be imperative to keep pace with
the flood of applications for exten-
sions which has continued unabated
through the Summer months. The ia
vorable bond market also is said to
be influencing commission members in
their decision to apply to the Public
Service Commission for permission to
sell the bonds. regardless of whether
they are to be used as basis for pub
lie works grants.
Until the schedule OF work to be
done is compiled by Morse the size of
the proposed bond issue will remain
uncertain. 1t is expected to be at
least $3.50, 900, however, and may be as
large as S500,000. Some members of
the commission are known to favor
the latter sum. believing that in view
of the work this Summer and the
number of applications for extensions
on file second bond issue would be
required soon If the first were not
made sufficiently large.
New Rules Received.
This week, Morse said, the new
Works Administration regulations
were received by the commission and
will be thoroughly studied before it is
decided whether to apply for Federal
funds. Last year the commission de-
cided too much red tape" was in
volved in the expenditure of such
funds after having made an appliea-
ton and having it approved.
Morse stated the commission would
be interested in. obtaining some Gov
eminent money this year, particularly
II 1t would not be necessary to use
relief labor on the projects involved.
Evening star., 1935-08-08
SEEKS LICENSE BAN
FOR u. S. employees
SABBATH Would Prevent Federal
Workers From Operating
Public Vehicles,

A bill to prevent issuance of licenses
as operators of public vehicles to per-
sons who are employed either in the
Federal or District government service
was introduced today by Representa-
tive SABBATH, Democrat of Illinois.
SABBATH said he was actuated by a
number of complaints that Govern
ment employees are driving taxicabs
after office hours and cutting in" on
the business of regular drivers.
Neither the Public Utilities Com
mission nor the hack inspectors office
is able to estimate the number of
Government workers who drive cabs
after office hours. AT the hack in
spector's office, however, it was said
q number of the $500 licensed drivers
are employed in the Government de-
partments, either on temporary or
permanent basis.
Some time ago, it was said, the
Board of Revocation and Review of
the Department of Vehicles and Traf-
fic blocked a number of Government
employees seeking permits to drive cabs,
but in recent months they had been
issued licenses.
Evening star., 1935-08-08
U. S. SPENDING UP 500

The National Economy League
said yesterday the Federal Govern
ment spent $727,535,078 in July, 81
per cent increase over the $466, ,273, 1903
spent IN July, 1884. O..
The league said a $150,000, 900 in
crease in regular expenditures was due
partly to salary increases, $50,000,- =
900 payment into the bonus amorti-
cation fund and 100000 for the
sinking fund. Only $1,000 was set
aside for debt retirement in July a
year ago.
Emergency outlays were said to have
increased by s112,0O0,000 over year
ago to $348, ,000, 900.