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The Washington times., 1936-01-04

dollars to help maintain your
soup kitchens?
Shall we say to the children
who have worked all day, Child
labor is a local issue and so
are your starvation wages;
something to be solved or left
unsolved by the jurisdictions Of
forty-eight States? Shall we
say to the laborer. Your right
to organize, your relations with
your employer have nothing to
do with the public interest; If
your employer will not even
meet with you to discuss your
problems and his. that is none
of our affair?
Shall we say to the unem-
ployed and the aged: Social
security lies not within the prov"
ince Of the Federal Govern
ment; you must seek relief else
where? Shall we say to the
men and women who live in
conditions of squalor in country
and in city: THE health and
the happiness Of you and your
children are no concern OF
ours?
Shall we expose our popula-
ton once more by the repeal
of laws to protect them against
the loss of their honest invest
ments and against the manipu-
lationS of dishonest spectators?
Shall we abandon the splendid
efforts of the Federal Govern
ment to raise the health stand
ards of the nation and to give
youth a decent opportunity
through such means as the CT
villain Conservation Corps?
Specific Action
Urged Upon Foes
Let these challenges be met.
If this is what these gentlemen
want, let them say so to the
Congress of the United States.
Let them no longer hide their
dissent in cowardly cloak Of
generality. Let them define the
issue. We have been specific
in our affirmative action. Let
them be specific in their mega
tive attack.
But the challenge faced by
this Congress is more menac-
ing than merely a return to
the past-bad as that would be.
Our resplendent economic au.
tocracy does not want to re-
turn to that individualism Of
which they pirate. even though
the advantages under that syS-
tenn went to the ruthless and
the strong.
They realize that in thirty.
four months we have built up
new instruments Of public
power. In the hands Of a peo-
pies government this power is
wholesome and proper. But in
the hands Of political puppets
of an economic autocracy such
power would provide Shackles
for the liberties of the people.
Give them their way and they
will take the course of every
autocracy Of the past-power
for themselves, enslavement for
the public.
Their weapon is the weapon
Of fear. have said, THE only
thing we have to fear is fear
itself" That is as true today
as it was in 1888. But such fear
as they distill today is not a
natural fear, a normal fear; it
is a synthetic, manufactured,
poisonous fear that is being
spread subtly. extensively and
cleverly by the same people who
cried in those other days, "Save
us, save us, else we perish"
I am confident that the Con-
greSs Of the United States well
understands the facts and is
ready to wage unceasing war
fare against those who seek a
continuation of the spirit Of
fear. The carrying out Of the
laws Of the land as enacted by
the Congress requires protection
until final adjudication by the
highest tribunal Of the land.
The Congress has the right and
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their individual problems, both
economic and social.
The rulers Of those nations,
deep in their hearts, follow these
peaceful and reasonable aspira-
tions of their peoples. These
rulers must remain ever vigilant
against the possibility today or
tomorrow of invasion or attack
by the rulers of other peoples
who fail to subscribe to the prin-
cipleS Of lettering the human
race by peaceful means,
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Restoration of Power
Called Interests Goal

They seek the restoration of
their selfish power. They offer
to lead us back round the same
old corner into the same old
dreary street.
Yet there are still determined
groups that are intent upon
that very thing. Vigorously
held UP to popular examination
their true character reveals it
self. They steal the livery of
great nationa; constitutional
ideals to serve discredited spe-
cial interests. AS guardians and
trustees for great groups Of in
dividual stockholders they
wrongfully seek to carry the
property and the interests en-.
trusted to them into the arena
Of partisan politics.
They seek-this minority in
business and finance to con-
troll and often do control and
use for their own purposes le-
Ultimate and highly honored
business associations; they en-
gage in vast propaganda to
spread fear and discord among
the people-they would gang
up" against the peoples dber-
ties,
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Good Neighbor Policy
Hailed as Reality NOuU

SA~SSOSA 80 @SSS~SSI ~S
This policy of the good neigh
Dor among the Americas Is no
longer a hope-no longer an OBJ
jective remaining to be accom-
plished-it is a fact, active,
present, pertinent and effective.
In this achievement, every
American nation takes an un-
Outstanding part. There is
neither war, nor runoE' OF war,
nor desire for war.
The inhabitants of this vast
area, 0,000,000 strong, spread.
ing more than 5000 miles from
the Arctic to the Antarctic, be-
lieve in, and propose to follow,
the policy of the good neighbor:
They wish with all their heart
that the rest Of the world might
do likewise.
The rest of the world-Ah!
there is the rub.
Were I today to deliver an
inaugural address to the people
of the United States, ! could
not limit my comments on world
affairs to one paragraph. With
much regret I should be COM
PEELED to devote the greater part
to world affairs. Since the
summer of that same year Of
1888, the temper and purposes
Of the rulers of many of the
great populations in Europe and
in Asia have not pointed the
way either to peace or to good
will among men.
'The Americas Must
Take Cognizdnce"
Not only have peace and good
will among men grown more re-
mote in those areas of the earth
during this period. but a point
has been reached where the peo-
pie Of the Americas must take
cognizance Of growing i'll will,
Of marked trends towards ag-
erosion, Of increasing arma-
ments, Of shortening tempers-
a situation which has in it many
of the elements that lead to
the tragedy of general war.
On those other continents
many nations, principally the
smaller ones, if left to them
selves, would be content with
their boundaries and willing to
solve within themselves and in
cooperation with their neighbors
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adequate defense to save our.
selves from embodiment and at
tack, and through example and
all legitimate encouragement
and assistance to persuade other
nations to return to the ways Of
peace and good will.
The evidence before us clearly
proves that autocracy in world
affairs endangers peace and
that such threats do not spring
from those nations devoted to
the democratic ideal. If this be
true in world affairs, it should
have the greatest weight in the
determination Of domestic poll
cies.
Within democratic nations the
chief concern of the people is
to prevent the continuance or
the rise Of autocratic institu-
tionS that beget slavery at home
and aggression abroad. In the
United States, as in the world
at large. popular opinion is at
war with q power-Seeking mi
nority.
This is no new thing. It was
fought out in the Constitutional
Convention of 1857. From time
to time since then the battle has
been continued. under jefferson.
Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt
and woodrow Wilson.
Money Domination
OF Country Charged
More recently we have wit
messed the domination of gov
eminent by financial and in
duStrial groups, numerically
small but politically dominant
in the IL years that succeeded
the World War.
The present group Of which
I speak Is indeed numerically
small and, while it exercises a
large influence and has much
to say in the world Of business.
it does not, am confident.
speak the true sentiments of the
less articulate but more impor-
tant elements t IN at constitute
real American business.
In March. 1888. I appealed
to the Congress and to the
people in a new effort to re-
store power to those to whom
it rightfully belonged. The re.
spouse to that appeal resulted
in the writing of a new chapter
in the history of popular gov
eminent. You, the members of
the legislative branch, and I,
the executive. commended for
and established new relation
ship between government and
people.
What were the terms of that
new relationship? They were an
appeal from the clamor Of
many private and selfish in
terests, yes, even an appeal
from the clamor of partisan
interest, to the ideal of the
public interest. Government be-
came the representative and
the trustee of the public in
tereSt.
Our aim was to build upon
essentially democratic institu-
lions, seeking all the while the
adjustment of burdens, the help
of the needy, the protection Of
the weak. the liberation Of the
exploited and the genuine pro.
lection of the peoples property.
It goes without saying that
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Talking of Peace Hope
Among Masses idle"

Among Masses "IdIe"
Within those other nations
those which today must bear
the primary, definite response
bility for jeopardizing world
peace-what hope lies? To say
the least, there are grounds for
peSsimism.
It is idle for us or for others
to preach that the masses Of
the people Who constitute those
nations which are dominated by
the twin spirits of autocracy
and aggression are out of SYM
pathy with their rulers, that
they are allowed no opportunity
to express themselves, that they
would change things if they
could.
That, unfortunately, is not so
clear. It might be true that the
masses of the people in those
nations would change the pol
icies of their governments if
they could be allowed full free
dom and full access to the pro-
cesses of Democratic govern
ment as we understand them.
But they do not have that &C.
cess: Lacking it they follow
blindly and fervently the lead
of those who seek autocratic
power.
Nations seeking expansion.
seeking the rectification of in
justices springing from former
wars, or seeking outlets for
trade, for population or even for
their own peaceful contribu-
tons to the progress of civil
cation, fail to demonstrate that
patience necessary to attain
reasonable and legitimate OBJ
jectives by peaceful negotiation
or by an appeal to the finer
instincts of world justice.
LauU of SWOrd Again
Enters World Picture
They have, therefore, impa-
tiently reverted to the old be-
lief in the law of the sword,
or to the fantastic conception
that they, and they alone, are
chosen to fulfill a mission and
that all the others among
the billion and a half Of human
beings must and shall learn
from and be subject to them.
recognize and you that these
words which have chosen with
elaboration will not prove popu-
lar in any nation that chooses
to fit this shoe to it's foot.
Such sentiments, however, will
find sympathy and under
standing in those nations
where the people themselves
are honestly DESTROYS Of peace,
but must constantly align them
selves on one side or the other
in the kaleidoscope jockeying
for position characteristic of
European and Asiatic relations
today.
For the peace-loving nations,
and there are many of them,
find that their very identity de-
ponds on their moving and NOV.
ing again on the chess board
Of international politics.
I suggested in the spring Of
1888 that IS or 80 per cent Of
all the people in the world were
content with the territorial
limits of their respective ma
lions and were willing further
to reduce their armed forces II
every other nation in the world
would agree to do likewise.
Blocking of Good Will
Blamed on the FeUD
That is equally true today.
and it is even more true today
that world peace and world
good will are blocked by only 10
or Is per cert Of the worlds
population.
That is why efforts to reduce
armies have thus far not only
The Washington times., 1936-01-04

ETeStuenC hOOSeDeLC u " u u ~
message, deliuered to Congress
last night:
We are about to enter
upon another year of the re-
sponsibility which the elect
crate of the United States
has placed in our hands.
Having come so far, it is fit
ting that we should pause to
survey the ground which we
have covered and the path
which lies ahead.
On the fourth day Of
March, 1888, on the occasion
of taking the oath of office
as President of the United
States, l addressed the peo-
pie of our country. Need l
recall either the scene or the
national circumstances at
tending the occasion!
The crisis of that moment was
almost exclusively a national
one. In recognition Of that
fact, so obvious to the millions
in the streets and in the homes
Of America, I devoted by far
the greater part of that address
to what I called, and the nation
called, critical days within our
own borders.
Outlook in 1888
Was More Hopeful
You will remember that on
that 4th of March, 1888. the
world picture was an image OF
substantial peace. Information
al consultation and widespread
hope for the lettering Of rela-
lions between the nations gave
to all of US a reasonable expec-
tation that the barriers to
mutual confidence, to increased
trade, and to the peaceful set
Element Of disputes could be
progressively removed.
In fact my only reference to
the field of world policy in that
address was in these words
ct would dedicate this nation
to the policy of the good neigh
bor-the neighbor who resolute-
" respects himself and, because
he does so, respects the rights Of
others-a peighbor who respects
his obligations and respects the
Sanctity of his agreements IN
and with world Of neighbors.
In the years that have fol-
lowed, that sentiment has re-
NAMED the dedication Of this
nation. Among the nations OF
the great Western Hemisphere
the policy Of the good neighbor
has happily prevailed. At no
time in the four and a half CEN
turies of modern civilization in
the Americas has there existed
in any year, any decade, or any
generation in all that time-a
greater spirit of mutual under
standing, of common helpful
ness, and Of devotion to the
ideals of self-government than
exists today in the 81 American
republics and their neighbor,
the Dominion of Canada.
M.:~LLnu DaT:o~,
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RAPS FASCISM
D|CTATORSIN
EUROPE

to create such an economic
constitutional order more than
a single legislative enactment
was called for. We had to build,
you in the Congress and I, as
the executive, upon a broad
base. Now, after "a months of
work, we contemplate a fairly
rounded whole. We have re-
turned the control Of the Fed.
eral Government to the City OF
Washington.
To be sure, in so doing, we
have invited battle. We have
earned the hatred of entrenched
greed. The very nature of the
problem that we faced made it
necessary to drive some people
from power and strictly to regu.
late others.
made that plain when I took
the oath of office in March,
1898. I spoke of the practices
Of the unscrupulous money
changers who stood indicted in
the court of public opinion. I
spoke of the rulers of the ex-
changes Of mankind's goods,
who failed through their own
Stubbornness and their own in.
competence. I said that they
had admitted their failure and
had abdicated.
Abdicated? Yes, in 1888, but
now with the passing of danger
they forget their damaging ad-
missions and withdraw their
abdication.
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"Let Critics Propose
Complete Repeal'


The principle that they would
instill into government if they
succeed in Selling power is well
shown by the principles which
many of them have inStilled into
their own affairs: autocracy
toward labor, toward Stockhold.
erS and toward consumers. Auto
Gratis in smaller things, they
seek autocracy in bigger things.
by their fruits We shall know
them"
If these gentlemen believe, as
they say they believe. that the
measures adopted by this Con-
gress and its predecessors, and
carried out by this Administra-
ton, have hindered rather than
promoted recovery, let them be
consistent. Let them propose
to this Congress the complete
repeal of these measures. The
way is open to such proposal.
Let action be positive and not
negative. The way is open in
the Congress of the United
States for an expression of
opinion by yeas and nays.
Shall we say that values are
restored and that the Congress
will, therefore, repeal the laws
under which we have been
bringing them back? Shall we
say that because national in
come has grown with rising
prosperity, we shall repeal ex-
listing taxes and thereby put off
the day Of approaching a bal
anced budget and of starting to
reduce the national debt?
Relief and Labor
Problems Are Cited
Shall we abandon the reason
able support and regulation Of
banking? Shall we restore the
dollar to its former gold con-
tent? Shall we say to the
farmer, 1.-THE prices of your
products are in part restored.
now go and hoe your own row.?
Shall we say to the home own
ers and debtors, 1--WE have re.
duced your rates Of intensive
have no further concern with
how you keep your home or
what you pay for your money
that is your affair."?
Shall we say to the several
millions of unemployed citizens
who face the very problem Of
existence-of getting enough to
eat, 1--WE will withdraw from
giving you work, we will turn
you back to the charity Of your
communities and to those men
of selfish power who tell you
that perhaps they will employ
you If the Government leaves
them strictly alone? Shall we
say, "Your problem is a loC2l
one except that perhaps the
Federal Government. as an act
of mere generosity. will be will
ing to pay to your city or to
your county a few grudging
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NO NEW TAXES
CONTEMPLATED
HE ASSURES

FOLLOWING is the tuu tert OF
President RooSeuelt'S annual
message, delivered to Congress
last night:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-08
BLISTER RUST | DRIVE STARTS
65 WPA Men Collect Data on COnnecticut's
 White Pines

Sixty-five men will start work this week collecting data on blister rust infection of white pines in the southern two-thirds of Connecticut including New Haven, Fairfield, Middlesex, New London and part of Windham counties. This WPA proj- ect, sponsored by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment station at New Haven, follows up the work done by the EZRA and eco men In 1895. It is part of the program to control white pine blister rust, @. dis ease that would ruin @ highly val- uable state resource if left un- checked.
 The findings will determine the future policy on blister rust control, states J. E. Riley, Jr., of the experi- ment station, who is in charge of the technical details of the project. J. P. Johnson is responsible for the administration.
 Sixty of the men drawn from re- lief rolls throughout the state i'll be divided into four crews, each un- der a supervisor. With maps pre- pared by the EZRA, giving the po- sition of white pine areas, they will make a detailed survey of all stands In the section assigned them.
 These men will single out all pines showing evidence of disease and will make a complete history of each case, including the location, size of tree, condition, number of cankers or other manifestations of blister rust, and details about the progress of the disease. Each district super visor will check on the work of his men.
 There is no need for removing in- fected trees from the forests, MT. Riley points out, because blister rust cannot spread from pine to pine. It is a fungous disease that depends on gooseberry and currant bushes for the full development of its life cycle. Spores from the bushes, car- ried by wind or insects, to the need- les of white pine, may start infec- I tions as far as 300 feet from the place where they originated. In the case of European black entrants which are outlawed in Connecticut, spores may travel much longer dis tance. Therefore the only practical control method is the eradication of wild and cultivated currant and gooseberry bushes within injecting range of white pine.
 The constant effort of the state has kept the blister rust in check up to this time, and with the added in- formation and data available from relief projects. 1t is our expectation to keep it well in hand, MT. Riley comments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-08
BOY SCOUT TROOP
 TO GET CHARTER

A charter will be presented to Troop IS, Boy Scouts, of St. Lucy's church Friday night. Members of the troop are George De Flo, Patsy De Flo, Emanuel Errichetti, Dante Galuppo, Mario Gustaferri, Daniel Guerrara, Louis Mucci, Edmund Mole, Charles Sciullo, Michael Taci- nelli, Edward Salvatore and Emiolio Minicucci. There is a waiting list of IS. Michael Dichele is scout master, assisted by Alexander Mole. Junior assistants are Antonio Guastaferri and Michael Pettinichi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-08

Two youths, one a local high school boy, were arraigned on bench warrants before Judge Fred erick M. Peasley in criminal su- |perior court this morning and plead ed guilty to charges of burglary arising from their entering the home of Joseph Juzenas, wealthy recluse on upper Washington avenue or December 7th and obtaining about $900 from a sewed up stock ing.
 One of the boys, Stanley Samuolis, F, was given suspended .eforui- atory sentence and placed on pro- bation for a year. The other, Frank IIrbanitaitis, will be sentenced this afternoon when police authorities check on his right age.
 To Check Data
 He told the court he was 19 years old but Naugatuck police records show a younth whose last name is Urban" to have served @ 30-day jsil sentence upon conviction in the borough court last year. The borough authorities claim the accused ar- raigned today and the one appear ing in Naugatuck are the same per- son. Judge Peasley questioned the age, stating the youth must be more than 19 if he could have been sent
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-08

Gene Oviatt of McCoy's, Inc, has returned from attending the Steinway < Sons piano conven- ton at Steinway hall in New York Monday and Tuesday. MT. Oviatt reported that the 1000 dealers in attendance were optimistic con- corning piano retailing in the flu ture and predicted 8 banner year for 1886.
 MT. Oviatt was featured in piano selections at the dinner held i'm the ball room of the Lotus club Monday evening. Also on the program was Frank Banta and Milton Rettenberg, famous NEG piano duo. President Theodore Steinway opened the convention and during an internlission of the convention, the dealers were escoarted to the Steinway factory in Long Island to see the latest revelation in the piano industry. Steinway 6 Sons will have an important announcement in the Democrat, Monday, Feb. 3.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-08

dent: Albin Marcelynas, financial secretary; and Miss Marcelle Arl- drikas, correspondent to the Lith- uanian newspaper. They will be as- sisted by Paul Kaunesckas, Anna stasis Zabelskas, Vera. Stankus, Mary Stakna, Frances Dubauskas. Vincent Klimas, Alphone Jaruse- vicius, LeLster Brooks, Anthony Aleksaitis, Helen Thomas and Gen. evieve Etulginskas.
 New members who were appoint ed included Isabelle Zilonskas, Hell en Dopkis, Marcella Jarush, Brony Meshauskas, Julius Vilsiauskas and John Lesunaitis. Announcement was made that additional members will be accepted for the remainder of the month.
 Plans were made for a dance by the senior organization February list at St. Joseph's hall and for an operetta in February.
 Miss Helen Wasilauskas was elect ed president of the junior choir. Others elected are: Stella valin- skas. vice-president: Albina Stan- kevicius, secretary and Anthony Aleksaitis, treasurer. The social committee consists of Miss Mary Verbickas. chairman; Annastasia ZabelslSas. Sophine Daukas, Mary Alabauskag and Mary Gedraitis.
 New members entered were Nell lie Zukauskas, Peter Valencius. Ed- ward stulginskas, Josephine Jo- waisis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-08
Enter Guilty Plea
 In Superior Court
 Here This Morning
Stanley SamuOIis, IT, Given Suspended RefOrmatOry Sentence-Frank Urbanataitis AccOmpliCe, to
 Be Sentenced Late This Afternoon

, enced to 8 jail term. If he were 18 at the time he was arraigned in Naugatuck he could only have been sent to the reformatory, determined the court.
 According to Lieut.. Matthew Bal- anda and Detective Connie Shana- han, the youths entered Juzenas' home last Dec. 7th after the man had been removed to the hospital, in a dying condition and removed the 5000 from a stocking. The de- tectives later recovered most of the money.
 Juzenas who was believed to have died in poverty, was found to have about $20,000 in bank deposits.