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Evening star., 1936-01-14
&c yesterday defended its skit In these

tee yesterday defended its skit In these
words:
'Ths title (Liberty at the Cross
roadsJ symbolises that today America
stands on the crossroads-one, the
road Of the New Deal. with Ill its
regimentation, prohibition and restric-
ton, and, the other, the road Of the
Constitution. which has brought both
peace and happiness to this country. I"
6abin turned Klauber's reply over
to Fletcher, who evidently could not
believe what he read. For he wrote
President Paley January I. the day
after the President spoke to Congress
and almost coincidental with the Re-
publican announcement the party
would not seek to answer the message
In one speech, but would arrange .
series of talks:
II would appreciate your advising
me by return mail that the policies
outlined in Mr.. Klauber's letter are
the policies Of the Columbia Broad
casting System"
On January 8 Paley replied In the
course Of four single-spaced. typewrit-
ten pages:
This is to advise you in reply to
your letter of January 4 that Mr.. Ed
ward Klauber. first vice president Of
this company, set forth correctly to
you the policies Of the Columbia
Broadcasting System"
r. C. C. Licenses Stations.
Radio broadcasting must come from
stations licensed by the Federal Com
munications Commission, an inde-
pendent agency Of seven members
appointed for varying terms by the
President with the consent Of the
Senate. With this In mind, Spanglel
charged:
This administration desired te
muzzle the press. Thanks to the vigil.
ance of the newspapers, they were
thwarted. This administration sought
to sponsor gigantic broadcasting sys-
TENS which would have q virtual mo-
nopoly of the air. Through q vicious
use of licensing, not only the great
monopolistic broadcasting systems, bu1
all radio stations are constantly
threatened with the revocation of ths
licenses Through fear and intimida'
ton and under these great monopolie!
they are denying to the American
people free speech of the air. These
great monopolies now propose Cen
sorship-to tell the Republican part!
how and when they can use the air
They are in effect telling the Repub'
lican party when it may start its cam.
paign."
Fletcher expressed his view thus:
II believe your policy not to sci
time for political broadcasts until aftel
the regular party conventions mex
Summer will leave in the minds o
the American public the distinct i'm
Evening star., 1936-01-14
Freedom of Air Issue Looming
AsChains Bar G.. O. p. Dramas
Viii Buy Time on Inde.
pendent Stations for Series of Anti
Ne,U Deal Sketches.

The question of freedom Of the air
and the right to bar the campaign
programs CT political parties, even II
willing to pay for time. threatened
today to become leading side issue
of the 1886 presidential race.
Refused by the two leading broad.
casting chains, Columbia Broadcast
ing System and National Broadcast
ing Co., permission to dramatic OF,
the radio the Democratic elevation
of the high cost Of living. the Re-
publican National Committee Is going
to use independent stations for .
series of anti-New Deal sketches.
Henry p. Fletcher, @. o. p. chair
man, replied to c. B. S. and N. B. G.
bans against the sketch with letter
stating the organizations were exer-
cising "unwarranted" censorship or
else acting In fear Of the Government.
Thomas 6. Sabin, in Chicago, di-
rector of the National Committees
radio division, answered the major
chains stand yesterday by saying:
I'VE will 60 ahead anyway. We
will take this issue of freedom Of
speech to the people"
First Sketch on WGN.
The first sketch will be sent over
independent WGN. Chicago, at $50
pm. today. It is entitled Liberty
at the Crossroads" Sabin explained
the drama Is an effort to translate
the dry statistics of living costs into
action which will amuse and come
within the comprehension Of all radio
listeners. Arrangements have already
been made for three other independent
broadcasts.
Both major radio groups announced
they would give free time to political
parties before the June conventions
but would refrain from selling any
time until after the conventions.
From Harrison Spangler. director
of the Western Divisions of the Re-
publican National Committee, came O
charge the chains have surrendered
their independence and Joined the
dictators of the New Deal"
Through vicious system Of licens'
ing" Spangler declared. mot only the
great monopolistic broadcasting sys-
TEN but all radio stations are con-
stantly threatened with revocation OF
their licenses"
William s. Paley. president of the
Columbia Broadcasting System, in
correspondence made public yesterday
defended the dramatization prohibi-
ton in these words:
Appeals to the electorate should
be intellectual and not based on emo
ton, passion or prejudice. We recog.
nize that even the oratorical discus
sion Of campaign issues can be to q
degree stamped with the aforemen-
toned flaws, but we are convinced
that dramatizations would throw the
radio campaign almost wholly over
to the emotional side"
Fletcher Replies.
OF this Fletcher last night re.
marked:
This seems almost funny in thu
light of the impassioned appeal te
class prejudice made by the President
in his congressional broadcast or
January g."
Lenox r. Lohr. president Of tn
National Broadcasting Co., wrot<
Fletcher:
"The programs you have offered {,
us using actors to give dramatic skit!
on the air involve the fictionalizini
Of important political issues now be-
fore the country. These presentation
would violate the policies upon which
Evening star., 1936-01-14
CONGRESS LIBRARY
ADDITIONS HEAVY
Congestion. However, Ex-
pected to Be Relieved With
Building of New Annex.

With the construction Of $6,300,-
600 annex now started. relief from
congestion in the Library Of Congress
now is assured. according to the an
nual report submitted today by the
librarian. DR.. Herbert Putnam.
Manuscript Additions.
The collections, DR.. Putnam re-
ported, now include approximately
10000, 900 books. maps, music and
prints. Notable among the additions
of the last year, he reported, were
the manuscript papers of William Nc
Kinley presented by George B. Cor
telyou, the administrator Of his estate,
and additions to the papers OF Benja-
min Harrison, the gift of his widow.
Mrs. Brand Whitlock presented the
papers of her late husband. Other
manuscript additions were the papers
of Caleb Cushing and Joseph Pulitzer.
A notable addition to the book col
lection was the major portion Of the
private library of the late Justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes. Mrs. Mathew
j. Whittall of Boston presented a
quartet of stringed instruments made
by Stradivarius, including a violin
which once was the property of Rich
ard Wagner. Mrs. Ella Herbert Bart
lett, only daughter of Victor Herbert.
placed on deposit the manuscripts OF
many of her fathers musical compo-
sitions.
Increase 500 Day.
Altogether, DR.. Putnam reported,
alta books came as gifts from in
dividuals and institutions. The col
lection increases at rate of approx
imately 500 day. The library Is nov
regarded he said, as the largest in the
world. 1t has more books in Russian
than can be found elsewhere outside
of Russia and more books in Chinese
than can be found outside Of China
and Japan.
Evening star., 1936-01-14

DR.. Anderson, who Is attending the
Association Of American Colleges now
In session In New York. viii speak on
THE Centenary Of the First Woman's
College" over the Columbia Broadcast-
Ing System "wednesday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock.
Evening star., 1936-01-14
Saar Anniversary Held.

NEUNKIRCHEN. Germany, Janu-
ary II Cp-Celebrations Of the first
anniversary Of the Saar's return to
the Reich were marred yesterday when
. large bus crashed into Q building,
injuring 10 persons. seven OF them
seriously,
Evening star., 1936-01-14
Mrs. Cumming Fetes
Michi9an Alumnae

Mrs. James @. Cumming will be
hostess tomorrow evening at 2801
Thirty-fourth place, to the members
Of the University Of Michigan Alum
nae Association Of Washington at Q
"whoshe" party. Each guest will give
s.n imperscnation Of some well-known
person. There viii be" prizes TOR
guessing the characters as vel -
for the best tmpersonation.
Evening star., 1936-01-14
Stop That Cough
Before 1t Becomes
Something Worse

Stop il Qest others-maybe. the children
tbs % famous M ~ FOLEYs HONEY 1 TAR Ono.
intensifed with Q ether speed ingredients thas
also help correct eause). Instantly relieves
tickling. hacking. spells Of coughing and
sxpeetoratinE. Spoonful at night insures sound.
eoush-free sleep. No habitforminE.. stomach
upeettinE dope" Ideal for children. too.
Refuse substitutes and delayed recovery. Only
FOLEY's HONEY L TAR can do vhaS
FOLEY'S HONEY & TAR does: At all drug
sista. only 800, Get . bottle today sufol
Evening star., 1936-01-14

preston that you are either exercis-
ing an unwarranted degree OF censor
ship or that you fear punitive action
by the Federal Communications COM
mission"
Evening star., 1936-12-15

Knurled and hardened jaws, anvil
back steel screw, slide bar and
handle.
Others $f.9S to $I2.2S
Evening star., 1936-12-15
TRANSIT EXECUTIVE
HEARS COMPLAINTS
President Hanna's Aide Told of
Gaps in Service by Stanton
Park Group.

Several complaints regarding street
car service here were voiced last night
by members of the Stanton Park Cit
liens Association when asked for pro-
posed changes by Robert Dougan, ex-
ecutive assistant to President John H.
Hanna Of the Capital Transit Co., in
an address before that body.
Harry N. Stull, president of the as
sociation, deplored the rerouting OF a
large number of street cars back into
the Northeast section after they had
proceeded as far as Fourteenth and G
streets, necessitating a change by pas
sengers. He charged also that con-
ductors often were "disrespectful." J"
One-man car objections also were
voiced.
Curtis z. McGhee, president of the
City Fire Fighters Association, ad-
dressed the group on the proposed g.
hour day for District f1remen. but no
action was taken.
The association adopted resolution
recommending continuation" Of the
office of peoples counsel.
Stull proposed an amendment to
the associations constitution. to be
acted on next month, whereby a 81
membership would include both a
husband and wife, instead of neces-
stating individual memberships for
each.
The meeting was held in Peabody
School.
Evening star., 1936-12-15
OF z
TO Be UNVEILED
P. w. A. Paintings Are OF
II Ex.Recorders of Deeds
and DR.. Thompkins.

Portraits of IL former District re-
corders Of deeds and DR.. William j.
Thompkins, the present recorder, will
be unveiled at ceremony in the Gov
ernment Auditorium, Constitution ave-
nue. between Twelfth and Fourteenth
streets, at 8 o'clock tonight.
The paintings, which are the work
of Henry Wadsworth Moore. Miss
Velma Buckner and Alan Flavelle,
were produced at the direction Of the
Public Works Administration at the
request of DR.. Thompkins.
Senator Thomas to Speak.
The portraits will be presented by
Russell C. Parr, director of the Fed
eral art project for the District, and
will be accepted by DR.. Thompkins.
DR.. Garnet C. Wilkinson. assistant
superintendent of public schools, will
act as master Of ceremonies.
An address will be made by Senator
Thomas of Oklahoma. The invocation
will be by Rev. T. Campbell Beckett,
pastor Of the Metropolitan A. M. E.
Church. There will be choral selec-
tiors by the Howard University Glee
Club, Roy w. Tibbs, director; vocal
solos by Todd Duncan, star of "Porgy
and Bess," and piano numbers by Miss
Hazel Harrison.
List of Portraits.
The portraits are of Simon Wolf OF
the District of Columbia, Frederick
Douglass of Maryland. James c. Mat
thews of New York, James M. Trotter
of Massachusetts, Blanche K. Bruce
Of Mississippi, Charles H. ]. Taylor of
Kansas, Henry P. Cheatham and John
c. Dancy of North Carolina, Henry
Lincoln johnson of Georgia, John F.
Costello Of the District of Columbia,
Arthur q. Froe Of West Virginia and
DR.. Thompkins, who is from Mis-
souri,.
The portraits will be unveiled by
Maurice D. Rosenberg, Mrs. Mary
Church Terrell, Belford v. Lawson. jr.;
Miss Annie z. Duncan, William l..
Houston, Representative Shannon OF
Missouri, Perry w. Howard, c. c.
Spaulding, Roscoe Conklin Simmons,
Judge Malcolm s. McConihe, Harry
]. Capehart and Judge William G.
Hueston.
Evening star., 1936-12-15
Wash Line Saves Life.

Attracted by her cries, neighbors
OF Mrs. M. Armstrong at Irving, Scot
land, found her clinging desperately
to q clothes line and dangling in a
pit. While she was hanging out the
linen the ground gave way and half
her back yard slid into an old well,
the covering Of which had collapsed.
Evening star., 1936-12-15
Defroster
Alcohol
55c gal

In Your
Contdiner
1SS proof. COM
pletely d e n q -
I u r e d. high
grade antitrust
alcohol.
Evening star., 1936-12-15

For " o m e n;
moccasin type.
padded chrome
sole. 3 colors;
sizes 4 to 8.
Evening star., 1936-12-15

n inch capacity. chuck
bronze bearings. ball bear
ing thrust. six splined
spindle. Direct motor
drive.
Evening star., 1936-12-15

7-inch de luxe bench saw. finest ft-
tings; has depth Of cut and table tilt
gauge. Complete with fence. mitre
gauge and guard.
Evening star., 1936-12-15
Strawberries
Silk Gowns, Slips
l.69 each

S a I l n S a n d
C r e D 2 S. fine
trimmed or tail
ored. Sizes 16
and II: "a to
"A
Evening star., 1936-12-15
Mems Slippers
Mems MuffIers

S l ! X ere p e.
fringed e n d s.
Size 12X50. Al
so All-w " o oil
mumlers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-06
PATRICK HAYES AWARDED $2,1OO City EnpIOye, 66, Com. pensated for Reservoir
 Injuries

A 66-year old empioye of the City of Waterbury Is awarded cornperisa. ton of 92lO0 in . stipulation sagree" ment filed in compensation court toe day and approved by Commissioner James M. Lynch of the fifth coil- gressional district. The claimant IS Patrick Hayes, of 36 Niagara street. former enploye of the street de- partnei1t.
 While at work Sept. 90 last year with a crew at the East Mountain reservoir, Hayes tripped over Q tree stump and fell heavily to the ground He sustained severe back injuries. Medical care was given him and the city had him receive hospital ate tention, according to the account In the stipulation agreement.
 Compensation was paid Hayes during disability, the payments be. ing halted last month.
 The stipulation agreement reached today marks the final settlement of disputed claim. Hayes claimed that he was 60 per cent disabled, while the city claimed that he was disabled only 30 per cent or less. The S2,100 is in full settlement of any claim against the City of Waterbury.
 The city paid Hayes weekly cofln- pensation of S290.10. Medical and hospital bills paid by the city amounted in all to @I07.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-06
HOPEVILLE WOMEN
 PLAN FOOD SALE
Mrs. Angelo ROtella Chair- lady of Benefit for COm-
 munity Club

At a meeting of the Welfare com- Hnittee of the Hopeville Community club held at the home of Miss Mary Mazzarella Wednesday evening, Mrs. Angelo Rotella was named chairman of the food sale to be conducted at Rowland Hughes Sat- iirday, June 20. Mrs. Rotella will name her committee at a later date. Cake, cookies, pies. biscuits, and bread will be offered for sale, and any members or friends of the club who would like to make donations of any of these articles of food are asked to get in touch with Mrs. Rotella.
 Members of the welfare commit tee present at the meeting includ- ed: Mrs. Burton Walker, Chairman; Mrs. Ellis Akins; Mrs. Albert Blan~ chard; Mrs. Fred Boucher; Miss Mary Gaffney, Mrs. Alice Gallond; Mrs. Michael J. HyIand; Mrs. Jo- seph Monnerat; Mrs. Joseph Pil- kington: Mrs. Angelo Rotella; Miss Ann Sweeney; and Miss Mary Mag zarella. A social period followed the business meeting. and Miss Mary Gaffney, Mrs. Albert Blanchard, and Miss Ann Sweeney were award cd prizes for high score in bridge and pinochle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-06
CARNIVAL GAMES
 FOR KIDDIES SET

Special attractions for, children will be provided in the Children's Carnival at the County Fair Tues- day June Dat the Children's Com Tnunity Center in Hamden, accord- ing to William Briggs, chairman of the Waterbury County Fair coria- mittee. There will be eight games including . grab-apple tree, Q 1ish- pond, 6 special play ground for small children and i've ponies under the charge of cavalrymen.
 Mfr. Briggs and a group of young people will be in charge of the lerl- onade and hot dog stands. Other attractions include. jam and jelly booth, white elephant booth, fortune teilers, home made candy, food, book stall, a magician, a hand writing expert, an exhibit of c0nvalescent haness.r'sfts, bags and pocket book booth, Q dance, Q fancy work and baby booth, and there will be tea served from four to six on the Com munity building terrace. Luncheon will be served from 11:30-2, for 6Oc and supper from 6-e D. m. for 05c. Reyna Ullman XOunsernlan, the portrait painter, will do. sketches in charcoal, pencil or conte crayon or pastel.
 The fair is being given for the benefit of needy children from New Haven county under care Of the Chsldren's Center. There arc al present 1o Waterbury children there who have received 2.054 days care he year.
 Tlse Waterbury committee in- cludes: Rev. Thomas LeRoy Crosby chairman; Mrs. William F. Arnold
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-06

from our good old farmer-grand- dad. You see, while he was split ting rails, and ploying his fields and hiving his bees, and milking his COWS, and patching up the old red barn, and driving a load of timothy to market-he was re- volving in his mind how he would embellish a story. If he was 8 deacon in the church he might be thinking over just how he would describe at the next prayer-meet- ing the former depths of sin in which he had widowed in attend ing dog-f1ghts and seeing the Black Crook-intent on making a thrilling story of 1t and beating all competition to a frazzle. His motto was, EXCELSIORl He was a good sportsman, and he wanted his horse to win and his story to win, just as he wanted his boys and girls to win, and as he wanted Uncle Sam to win and beat all creation!"
 After applauding Comstock for his exposition, three rousing cheers were given for grandad and grandma, in which the conductor and porter joined-and a pull on the rope brought toot-toot from the locomotive whistle.
 Tn considering how changing conditions brought out new types of stories and discussion led from the stage-coach type to the rail- road and sleeping-car type.
 Two sleeping-car stories were cited as having been the innocent cause of nearly wrecking the ver- acity of the country. The stories were originally told in the news papers, and so fascinated the male population that it fairly became a mania and epidemic among the men to claim to have been witnesses or actors in the the scenes described-even though most of them had never even seen the inside of a sleeping-car.
 As Comstock said, George Pull man never made enough cars to have carried all those liars. and if they had all been put in jail probably more than half of the married women of the country would have been grass-widows."
 The first story. as older readers may recall. is enacted in 6 Pulb- man sleeper: Time, gid-night. Berths ali made Up. and all hlt one section occupied. Up to then nothing unusual has happened to disturb sleeping passengers. Then,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-06

train stops at, small village, where shuffling of feet on station plat- form is heard by passengers who are awake, followed by entrance of new passenger with crying baby, led by porter to vacant sec- tion. Train moves on. Baby con. tines crying. Half an hour passes, and baby still crying. Then @ gruff voice from one of the pas- Sengers: Why doesn't the mother of that baby make it stop cry- ing?" Answered by tired woman's voice that is trying to sooth the baby: "The mother of the baby is in her coffin in the baggage car" Commotion in the Pullmanl Everybody hurriedly dressing. Passenger with 'gruff voice first to reach baby-takes 1t gently in his arms and walks up and down the aisle, caressing 1t. Men and worn- en alike insist upon taking turns with man with 'gruff voice'--And 50 the night is spent in the Pull- man, and all the passengers seem to have forgotten all about them- selves and to be thinking only of the baby-whose mother Is in the baggage car.
 The other old-timer sleeping car story that ran it's course more than half-century ago, and of very different character from the flrst,-is the one where the drink ing water ran out in the Pullman cooler during the night, and the sleepy passengers were kept awake by 8 mans voice from upper berth, No. 10 continually groan- ing, "O-o-ol HOW d-r-y I a-in!" And the measures taken by the other passengers to assuage the sufferers thirts-not SO much in the spirit of the Good Samari- tan, as that exhibited in the other parable: Though he will not rose and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his irn- portunity he will rise and give him."
 As the tale was told by thou sands upon thousands of alleged eye-witnesses, 8 substantial purse was raised and the porter bribed to ring the emergency bell and stop the train at tbe first water tank, and hop out and get a pail of water.
 According to this version--the train did stop at the first water tank: the porter did get a pail- ful of water; upper berth, No. 10, did get @ soaking inside and out: and the passengers did heave a great sigh of relief and get back into their berths to resume their broken Slumber.
 Another popular version of the incident, testified to by other thousands of alleged passengers on that sleeping car, was, that in- stead of stopping the train to get a pail of water, a glass was pass- ed around for contributions of any liquid that passengers might hap pen to have with them-so that by getting little port wine here and a little old rye there and a little bay rum and spirits of camphor and wizard oil, the glass was nearly full--which after a good stirring was offered to Up- per 10 who eagerly seized 1t and gulped it down with relish.
 All versions agreed that Upper l0' was quiet for some time; and that passengers had just got into a comfortable doze, when they were again aroused by the now familiar voice-though not in Q tone of anguish this time, but rather in complaisant retrospect for the information of tEe ear: 70 how dry w-a-sl"
 Out of the confusion of tcati- mony as to what happened next it
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-06

As stated before, 168 stated that stamp collecting was their favorite hobby. Other leading hobbies listed by the eighth grade pupils were: Souvenir collecting, 145; reading, 137; swimming, 145; collectors of pictures, 97.
 Hobbies Described
 The hobbies of drawing, tennis, aeroplane modelling, cooking sew- ing, knitting, hiking, dancing and nature work each received forty votes. Those interested in fishing numbered about 25, and tho same number favored music and ship modelling.
 Among the rare hobbies fo. eighth grade students who will take part in the course this coming sum- mer are writing, archery and gar- dening, each being listed as favorite hobbies by only two pupils. The manly art of self-defense also seems to be taking a back seat, what with only three out of 737 pupils listing boxing as 8 favorite hobby.
 Students Interested
 These questionaires were given out to about 1900 eight grade pupils in all schools in the city by the staff of the WPA recreational divis- ion and no hobbies were suggested on the sheet of questions. Each pu- pill picked his or her own favorite hobby. No statistics were available on the entire number of pupils who took the tests, for those who were not interested or who would not be in the city for the whole of the summer were not considered.
 The number of pupils, as 8 mat ter of fact, who would have is far greater than 737, but those who cannot be here for the entire sum- mer cannot take the course. The orientation course has been started for the purpose of bridging the gap between high school and grammar school. Now that the lists of hob- bies have been compiled, the direc- tors of the new Course will be able to set up plan of activity which will meet with the approval of the greater part of the pupils. Aeading, stamp collecting, swimming and picture collecting will probably be the most popular classes this sum- iner.