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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01

hard for them to unite on Q state ticket--which, in turn, weakenS their national strength.
 "The great boom in Connecti- cut industry will help Roosevelt. Many of our factories ore working day and night. Typewrlters, air. planes, auto accessories, small arms, small tools, brass works, all are booming. We're already ahead of 2 eand '27. .
 "If the elections were held to- day, Roosevelt would win. What happens four months from now will depend largely on how big Landon can be built up per. sonally. don't look for Coughlin or the union party to cut much ioe here.
 "It looks as if 1t would he . very close eleotlon--with Roose. welt, say, Sl per cent against Lan- don's 70 per cent
 Close In Rhode Island
 Over in tho nelghboring state of Rhode island the situation is more or less the same.
 Tn 1928 [ he state, for the first time In It's history, went Demo. cratlc-glving It's four electoral votes to Al Smith by . plurality of 5000. Tn '32 Roosevelt carried the state by Si,3es and in the congressional and senatorial elec- tions two years later the Demo. cratic majority was 3S,000.
 Then came the sensational spec clal election of April, i0S5, when the Republican, Charles ?. Risk, defeated the democratic nominee for Congress by soTne i4.000 votes.
 This was followed almost year later by the defeat of the Demo- crats by some li.0O0 votes in Q special election tW consider revis- ing the state constitution.
 "All this Is most disturbing Co Democratic morale" Roosevelt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01
Marvel of AdrOitness

NAWhV VII VII fAuAVhsutVHG
 Three pianks stand out:
 Those on the constitution, on the consumer, and of housing.
 The constitutional plank is word- ed as adroitly as any three para graphs you ever read in your life.
 Whereas Land0n suggested that regulation Of wages, hours, and child labor might possibly be handled only by state leglslatl0n and Q constitutional amendment, this platform declares definitely that federal as we'll as state legls- latlon Is necessary. It promises, lf necessary, to seek an amend. ment allowing both Congress and the states to leglslate within their respective jurisdictions.
 The platform is very silent as to where the lines of Jurisdiction are to be drawn and, after all, who knows-except, mayhap, the sue preme court?
 Roosevelt's hope of appointing new supreme court justices until the courts majority is more liberal is merely inferred.
 The plank labeled Consumer" is perhaps more astonishing than any other. It says: We will act tO secure the consumer fair value, honest sales and Q decreased spread between the price he pays and the price the producer re- celves."
 If 1t meant what 1t said, this would be Q grim threat against a wasteful distribution system, against the profiteering ''middlemen,' against meat packers, millers, steel manufacturers, the aluminium trust, and other monopolistic or alleged monopolistic or price-iix- ing corporations.
 Break" for Consumer
 At any rate, the plank is an af- firmation of the fight made against great odds by official consumer agencies in the AAA, MIRA, and elsewhere against exploitation oi the householders and housewives who pay the bills.
 hs8UUE anu tuG h@fhtcE B1VC been mentioned from time lm- memorial in platforms, often hypOcriticaIIy, but here is 6 docu. ment which gives aIl of as . chance to call . party tO account ln our capacity as consumers.
 For consumers also are given q break in the paragraph which promises to promote cheap electri- city "by means of the yardstick method" And the consumer" is specifically mentioned in the labor plank and again in the monopoly plan. and yet again in the agri- cultural plank.
 The housing plank, undouksea- Iy forced through by Senator Bob Wagner, Is remarkable for its commitment to provide decent homes for these unable t0 afford
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01
Lstsniug tO tts IndushiaI East -AsEcIs No Frazier Hunt Sees Election as Tossur
 In Connecticut and Rhode Island
Slight Leaning to Landon Seen in
 "Little Rhody"

 svmuathiaer explained Co mo in Providence, "hut it Is really not as hopeless for the party as "
 :sThe Democrats simply let thifigs slide and did not get their vote out, As c matter ot fact, neither major party offers . solid front, But for the first time m history the Democrats arc n power in the state and can raise money and look after themselves.
 ''I would say that the tide is beginning to turn again la Eoose- voitH favor. The recent supreme court decision against minimum wages helps him materially.
 "0eneral business conditions are constantly improving. Thrcughout all New England the class lines are being more and more sharply drawn. Here the Democratic party has always been the party cf the ordinary working people, while the Republican party has been idon- tlfled with money. This works m Roosevelt's favor.
 "Hut when it All adds up, it atill leaves Rhode Island almost equally balanced. wouldn't bet nlckle on either side."
 Gives Edge to Land0n
 I talked to Q Republican bust. ness man in tho gaFne city Of Providence. "ItTl be close in this state" he explained, "but I'd say Landon has Q slight edge. Ac looks to me like . splendid candi' date, but I'm afraid his dry repu- tation will not help his popularity here in the east. But we'll do our best to counteract that,
 "T doubt if Coughlin and his third party will have much inslu- ence here. Of course, hl Q close race, he might turn the scales, be- cause most of his following VII be pulled from Roosevelt bue here in New England we're pretty well tied up to the two-paFtS idea"
 How It Adds Up
 To review this New England DO. litical situation for q moment:
 Three states- Maine, New Hamp. shire, and Vermont-aro out-and' out Landon.
 Rhode Island and Connecticut are apparently even money beta, with q very slight Landcn edge in Rhode Island.
 Roosevelt, ct tho end of June, has Q 5 per cent advantage im Massachusetts.
 In iOa2 Roosevelt won MassA. chusetts' i7 electoral votes, end Rhode Island's four Notes-a tosal of 2i of New England'S q votes. (Hoover, 1t will be geniennbeEeds carried only six states, with . total of 30 electoral votes Cus ca 63l.)
 If in November Roosevelt ears ries only Massachusetts, and lose. the remaining five New England states, he will have ~ electoral
 It is significant to note that New York alone has 47 electoral vosesD and Pennsylvania 90.
 It might well Do said that New England is impressive and coEzl- forting, but, except in the closest of elections, hardly . deciding factor.
 NEXT: The odds are against Lan- don capturing New York state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01

partisan issue.
 "In ioS2 Roosevelt lost Con. nectlcut by e,B27, although Cross, 6 democrat, was elected governor by some coco and reelected In 'S4 by e,S00s
 1.-TWO years ago Senator Ma loney, democrat, defeated tho re- publican incumbent by ii,000, But during the last year there hes been . steady drift away from Roosevelt I would say that he will bo defeated by Landon by from V,B00 to 10000 majority"
  Sees Democratic Gain
 An equally intelligent and honest man on the opposite slde Of the fence had this to say about Con. necticut.
 "This state Is certainly debat- able ground, but the democrats are beginning to pick up some of the yardage they lost last year Governor Cross not only has united tho party, but has picked up many independent repuhli- cans.
 "The republicans are shell- shocked in state affairs and it Is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01
By FRAZIER HUNT

(COpyrtghL lvSes N6A service, AnosD
 The old cigarmaker in Hartford, Conn, was . sort of "lf," "but," end "ln spite Of" voter. I would say that h0 represents the conservative craft unionlsts = tho man who owns his own little home, and is worried about high taxes and extravagAnt relief costs. His vote might decide tho election in the east.
 "'rhere are . good many things that I don't like about this Roose- welt administration" he ex. plalned. "We're building an ex. penslve and dangerous bureau- cracy ln Washington, and Q couns try.wlde political machine on public relief money - but I don't see anything else to do but vote for the democrats as the lesser of two evils,
 "You hear bitter complaints on all sides, but the worklngman will just about have Co support Roose. welt. Tn spite oe everything, I think hO will carry Connecticut"
 h HtNG ~VttthttebtAaob B&e aS VI HaS this way: "Labor here and 0very- where else is soethlng with dls- content. They're scared to death of faaclBm and arc forced into Roosevelts camp.
 "Tho president doesn't go near far enough to the left for them, but he's the best of the lot. [.
 People on the outside have no Idea how deep this bitterness against the industrialists and bosses and men with money really Is. Most of this rising temper hasn't jelled yet, but you watch radlcallsm grow in this country after the election.
 "Left.wing communists are bor. ing from within in the old A, Y. of l.. unions. Right here in tho Hart. ford Central union they've almost got control. This so-called United Front is Q master political move on tho part os the real radicals,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01
Fear G. o. P. Return

"The one thing they don't want Ia a return of the republicans, and it iH that threat that forces them to line up most of their workers on the side of Roosevelt. That's the reason, too, they're SO bitter against Father Coughlin. They fear he's e fascist in disguise. I can't see how they can defeat Roosevelt in this state"
 I put all this up to the head of the Hartford Central union, e stubby, blue.eyed, tough little Irishman named Lonergan.
 He had been . building trades organizer for years, and now sud- denly he found himself fighting Q disciplined, highly organized left group within his own ranks. He was bewildered, bitter, and aroused.
 "The WpA does pay the union rate of wages with Q maximum monthly wage of SO3.S0 in the build ing end), but to get on the WpA lists a self-respecting workman must impoverish himself and turn pauper," he spurted out at me.
 'It means that in all these WPA building jobs the old union men are replaced by contractors who hire scabs and have always mis- treated their labor.
 "We're as bitter as hell about it-but what can we do4 I don't
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01
Up Co Voter to Judge

You, as Q mere voter, have tho tremendous job of deciding whether the New Deal has achieved it's glow ing boasts and whether the plat. forms conspicuous omissions of un- flatterlng facts tend to balance of the achievements and the probable performance of promises.
 For the platform is an express sion of Roosevelt, not only in his boldness and his steps forward, but also for the president in his timidity, his seeming desire to com- promise, and his frequent tendency to be all things to all men.
 It is an expression of the fact that the New Deal and it's admin istratlve ranks arc loaded with both progressIves and conservatives - and even, with no great stretching Of terms, with some radicals and 70. actionaries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01
Roosevelt StanpedOn Every Part
 Of Platform

Washington, July 1 - The demo. cratic platform of 1886 has the i'm. print Of Roosevelt all over lt,
 lt leaves out much and it pussy. foots painfully here and there, It omlts all mention, as it proceeds with it's proud boasts, of many miss takes, wastes, and abcrtlve cxperi- ments.
 It tends to make more definite the cleavage between the New Deal Democratic party as a liberal party and the republican party as . con. servatlve pRrty-or, as It's own George Moses insists, Q "rory" party.
 Roosevelt had large advantage ln dlctatlng lts terms, since he was able Co study the republican platform and Che personal amend. ments Co Governor E.and0n, which between them comprised with much 0f the new deal.
 Outstanding As it is, declaring war as 1t does against special priv. ilege, and seeking as 1t does to pro. mote the idea that the seat of gov- ernment has been removed from Wall street to the habltatlon of the peoples representatives in Wash- ington--with the result that govern ment benefits are now spread over the masses instead of handed out to just a few - the platforms bril- liant verbitage should not make you forget that parties seldom live up to their platforms.
The Washington times., 1936-10-27
Joe Walsh Stars
At Horseshoes

Exhibiting unusual adaptness in
handling equine footwear, Joe
Walsh, University Of Maryland
sophomore, swept through the
round robin finals of intramural
horseshoes to become the new
champion. He succeeds Charlie
GLAND who was graduated last
year.
The traditional luck that IS said
to accompany the iron brogues was
of no avail to Tom Collins, runner.
up in the tourney, or to Gordon
Kluge and New Oakley who fig
ured in the round robin, but failed
to qualify for medals.
Walsh, a former Central High
School student, exercised such
feats in legerdemain that it is eS-
timated that more than half Of
his losses resulted in ringers.
VOTE AMERICAN
Jockey James Leads
CHICAGO, Oct. 27.-Jockey
Basil James, with 206 winners, to.
day held a comfortable lead in his
race with Frank Chojnacki for
1886 honors. Chojnocki has rid
den 201 winners.
The Washington times., 1936-10-27
BUREAU OF INVESTZGA TON LEA DIS FEDERAL BOWLING LOOP
PICK-UPS AND PUT-OUTS

Jack TulIOch, who witnessed last
nights Rivers-ScOtt fight at the
Arena, reports a movement is
afOot to legalize amateur boxing
in Alexandria Sgt. John ].
Agnew also was among the spec.
tatOrs as was Jim YeOmanS,
back from his tour of Detroit auto.
mobile plants Sam ScOgna was
last-minute absentee, being
called Out-Of-tOw at the last min.
ute he was to have seen the
bouts in company with Wally
Powell Eddie Ireland and
Jiggs Ryan snapped yarns
much to Andy Sirica's dispIeaSure
among other spectators were
Judge william p. WOOIlS, DR.. S. B,
Moore, MAC" Duncan, Stanley
DreifuS, DIR. Carl T. DreifuS, John
Watson, Bill Crawford and Arthur
HELEN.
Stan KennOn, Maryland U. Dia
mOndback" sports writer, sends
word Frank KOScis, ex-Centralite
subs for Julie Lane, Florida U.
captain and fullback and prob
ably will be opposed to former
local high gridders when the Ter
rapins meet The Gators in Gaines
vile Saturday Dutch" Berg
man, down in Louisiana with his
Catholic U. eleven, yesterday
missed his first Touchdown Club
luncheon.
The Washington times., 1936-10-27

COrtesi, former local boxer Cor
test is a pastry cook Len Alder
ton and Dave AdamsOn are coach
ing University of Maryland's SOC
Ger team.
Bob Gates hopes George
washington spills Rice down
In Houston Saturday Roy
GIbSOn, son of Mrs. r. S. Gibson,
Of this city, received gold medal
for winning the haIf.mile run in
the fOrty-fOurth annual field day
at MercerSburg pa Academy 9.
They're raving about last Friday
nights Wake Forest George Wash.
ingtOn thriller, but what about
that stirring 1927 Catholic U.-G.
w. game which the Cards won,
27-22?. there was a thrill min
ute in that clash The death of
Frank J. Ehlers will leave sad
note for the annual Manor Club
stag affair, November T.. al
Bamberger claims Baltimore is the
best sports town in the East.
Witty Cox entrains today for
ChicOpee Falls, Mass, to inspect
some new golf clubs at the Spald.
ing factory he'll probably stop
over at his Brooklyn home en-
route back here, picking up first.
hand political information Tom
DOerer, ST., postcards from Spring
field, Mass, where the CCC boys
put on IS fights during IL hours
of continuous amateur Scrapping
The Washington times., 1936-10-27
Nielsen Blasts
NewGrid Style

The old fashioned style of foot
ball is the best after all.
Judge Fred K. Nielsen, generally
known as the father of D. C.
football" thus declared at yester-
days Touchdown Club luncheon
at the Lafayette Hotel.
Football schedules are made to-
day with an eye to the gate re-
ceipts, he said. Because of this
too much is put on the achieve
ments of the players on the ath-
letic field and classroom work is
forgotten in the battle for pub
licity.
AS to the actual playing of the
game, Judge Nielsen believes the
forward pass is taking a lot away
from the game. Teams should de-
velop running plays and wide open
sweeps around end instead, he con-
tends.
Judge Nielsen coached such Dis
trict immortals as Harry Costello,
Curly Byrd, Cy Cummings and
Bryan Morse. Back in 1902 he
graduated from the University Of
Nebraska. Coming to washington
he coached at University of Mary
land, Georgetown and George
Washington.
Committees for the sports ban
quet which the touchdown Club
will sponsor December 5 at the
Willard Hotel follow:
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - General
chairman, John F. McGOvern: vice chair
man. Leighton COrnwel1.
DINNER COMMITTEE-GeneraI chair
man, Charles r. Fenwick; vice chair
man, Ed. c. Welliver.
INVITATION COMMITTEE - Chair
man. r.. l.. Eberts; vice chairman
Leighton COrnwelI.
TICKET AND PRINTING-Chairman
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS Chair.
man, Emory $. Land.
ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE -
Chairman, Carter s. Barron.
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE-Chairm
Bernard c. Harter.
DECORATIONS COMMITTEE-Chair.
man. DIR. Edward Cummings.
AWARDS COMMITTEE - Chairman,
Leighton COrnwell; vice chairman, A. j.
Bergman.
FINANCE COMMITTEE - Chairman,
Bryan Morse; vice chairman, Denny
Hughes.
VOTE AMERICAN
Lon Warneke Signs
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 27.-Lon War
neke, newest member of the st.
Louis Cardinals hurting staff,
signed his 1887 contract today
The Cards obtained him from the
Cubs in exchange for Leroy
Parmelee and James Ripper"
Collins.
The Washington times., 1936-10-27
Kirk Miller Saws:

Cont. from First Sports Page)
course, has to do with all mid
shipman activities-sports being
far from the least of these since
physical training and competitive
athletes is as much a part of the
Navy curriculum as latitude and
longitude.
It is said of Jonas Ingram that
he caught the first forward pass
ever thrown by Navy back, and
raced 25-yard in the fourth
quarter for a touchdown, which,
added to 3-point dropkick, gave
the Navy victory over Army by
10 to 0 in 1906. In sounds logical
as the forward pass was aborn-
ing about that time and it makes
a nice Navy legend, anyway.
Having already served in four
capacities at Annapolis, and said
to be due for his fifth, who
knows that Jonas H. Ingram
won't sometime make his sixth
appearance at Annapolis, as
superintendent Of the Academy.
There is precedent.
Admiral Louis Mccoy Mutton,
who was superintendent of the
Naval Academy from 1925 to
1928, was commandment of mid
shipmen from 1915 to 1918.
Such a destiny is, on the sur
face of his great service to Navy
sports, due Jonas H. Ingram,
gallant Naval officer, gentleman
and sportsman.
The Washington times., 1936-10-27
CardsS0rinnnndqe
). F. louisiana

Especial to The Washington Times)
HAMMOND, La, Oct. 27.-The
Catholic University football team
will Scrimmage Southeastern
Louisiana College here today. This
was a welcomed surprise for
Coach Dutch Bergman and his
team of Flying Cardinals, as
Southeastern employs the same
style of play that Loyola OF the
South will use against the Red
Birds Friday night in New Or
leans.
Loyola employs a. modified
Minnesota offense with the usual
single wing and short punt for
nations, so the Cardinal team
was in for it's first break" on
the trip when the coach and
Southeastern agreed to work his
squad with the Cardinal outfit.
Incidentally, Southeastern will
play a team Friday night which
uses the Notre Dame style OF play,
the same as the Cards.
Given Blackboard Drill
Yesterday a lengthy blackboard
drill used up the entire morning.
Coach Tom Whelan, who secuted
Loyola in it's clash with Alabama
last week, took over the class and
gave the inside dope on the
fancy passing plays of the New
Orleans brigade that early
sprung a surprise by defeating
the Red Elephants.
That the same aerial heaveS
will be used throughout the bat
tie by Loyola there appears no
doubt. as C. U. lost to Mississippi
by way of two long passes, and
there were three Loyola scouts in
the stands to watch "Ole Miss
skyride to victory last Saturday.
Yesterday afternoon the Cards
held the longest workout ever
dealt to a travelling C. U. team.
The drill started at 230 p. m.
o'clock and wasn't concluded un-
til nearly 6 p. m. Bergman had
announced that any Of the play
ers who cared to, could take in
the thriller, a Buck Jones special,
at the local movie palace after
supper, but every player, exhaust
ed from the drill, was abed by 9
o'clock.
Second Scrimmage Looms
Should the Scrimmage today
prove its worth to either or both
Catholic U. and Southeastern, the
two elevens will hold another af-
fair along the same lines tomor-
row afternoon.
Today the townfolk turned out
in large numbers to watch the
drills s it did yesterday, but it
is believed that from now on
these scrimmage sessions will be
held behind closed doors. Rain
continued to follow the touring
C. U. outfit into the South.
A light drizzle fell yesterday,
the first in these parts for more
than a month, but Bergman
drove his team Just the same
despite the inclement weather.
RaincloudS hung low overhead
early this morning but the scrim-
mage is scheduled regardless of
rain or shine.
VOTE AMERICAN
95-Pounders Want
The Anacostia Panthers, 85-
pound football team, seeks games.
Telephone George Webb, Atlantic
0545-J.
The Washington times., 1936-10-27
By GEORGE A. SIMPSON

Many duckpin followers are will.
ing to wager Ida Simmons. Nor
folk hOwitzer, would win the an
nuaI Washington Times Mems
Dixie Sweepstakes, November IA,
If she entered the event the
Norfolk girl, who averaged 1902
for 20 games in weekend cOmpeti-
ton at Baltimore, has been spot
ting Steve "Sugar" Kane, Nor
folks No. l male bowler and No.
18th in the mems national rank
ings, in pot" matches at Norfolk
Karl "Smitty" Nau, German
descent; George Curtin, Irish de
scent, and John Potts, English
descent, play with the Italian
Americans in the Recreation Soc
ceS League the team is coached
and managed by Tony "COrtez"