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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-17
God Mathematician,
 Says Local Rector
Rev. Dr. John Walker Believes Lord Uses Impossible to Challenge Men to Rise to Achievements Heights

ists in the realm of the spirit, we are sculptors moulding human life, we are poets in that we make life either a song of cheer or dirge and a whine. Now young people, in spite of their .vaunted enthusiasm and idealism, are all too easily discour- aged. They lose heart and say, Whats the use!" All the use in the world if you keep on trying! No use at all if you drift with the tide. You don't have to win success or fame or furtune. The glory of hu- man life, the reward of the Chris tian life, is to fight on in good for tune and i'll for the higher, better, nobler life for oneself and for ones fellows. Men and women in the mid- dle years are often inclined to ride the cars instead of pulling on them. Life seems to come to kind of statement. Some seem to see, as they think, that they are not going to get very much further in life. It's q case of. the old job. the old tread mill, and lucky to have that. Well the Master holds up something higher. yer and always He says that we are to strive for the perfect life! We are to walk and we are to work with our eyes on the clouds and the hills. We're never to give up trying. Never! never! never! And I don't believe that the very oldest among us are. to be relieved of the responsibility of trying to make their lives stronger and finer. Frankly now there are elderly peo- pie who act like spoiled chuldren, while selfshness in the common re- latonship of life is getting worse rather than better. Yes, and God be praised there are other of ad- vanced years whose smile is like a benediction, whose character has mellowed, continues to mellow with the passing of time. Serene and calm and confident, they are still growing in spiritual worth and power. Some peoples minds and hearts atrophy after the first flush of youthful en- thusiasm has passed. Some grow in grace from the beginning to the end and its not a bitter but a glorious and beautiful and trump hant end.
 It is no longer fashionable to talk about heaven in some religious circles. There are some who say with a flourish and 8 gesture, let the next world tage care of itself. They seem to feel that they are very unselfish, quite disinterested. Well, I for one. am still interested in heaven. want to see and know the perfect light and love. Our per- lection is not in ourselves but in God. This world seems to me to have meaning in the measure in which we seek to attain the un- attainable, to perfect that which is beyond our. strength and wisdom to bring to perfection. In heaven the ! perfect rollndi In that farther realm
 we can hope to know that perfec- ton which we have yainl but
 blesSedly sought in our life here."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-17

Westport by the Sound. This little community in Fairfield county has many claims to fame and dis tnction Certainly not the least of them is that it IS now the home of Lillian Wald who recently celebrated her roth birthday there The name means probably little to most of us but lest forget the good things in life it is to Lillian Wald that the justly famous Henry Street Settlement in New YOrks lower East Side owes it's existence She organized it, just as she organized the first visiting service anywhere In this country. . The next time you drive through Westport word of praise or two for Lillian Wald' retired now at the age of 70.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-17
DOM CARRIERO
 DINNER GUEST
Recent Groom HOnOred
 Saturday at Large Tes. timOniaI Banquet

Domenic Carriero, who was mar ried recently, was honored Saturday night at testimonial dinner given by Ralph La Condrato at Franks grill on East Farm street. Frank Cucolo and Mickey La Condrato were toastmasters. Entertainment included Daniel Esposito with songs, and Angelo Barone. poems and chat ter. The Carriero brothers ren- dered a yoleding duet, and songs were offered by the Rosa brothers quartet.
 Those in attendance were Carl Rosa, Ralph and Mickey La Con- drato, Domenic Carriero, Frank Cucolo, Dan Esposito, Leonard, An- gelo, Angelo, Jr., and Carl Car riero,, Joseph, Carmen, Rocco, Frank, and Leonard Rosa, Angelo and Charles Sunnma, Jerry Hayes, Joseph Moschella, William Colan- gelo, Leo Gattino, s. N. Santa Maria, Willie and Lester Stolf, Joe Landolfi, Rocco Loffredo, Daniel Mancini, Tony and Frank Lucian, John Stonto, Henry Marini, Dom- Joseph Caporal, F. Lombardo, Sal- vatore Niele, Jr, and Charlie Cerace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-17

Co. maintains three hospitals and
 900 annually. In the foreground is looking workers homes and continue to do business, and the buyer can take his choice.
 Nearly 85 per cent of the factory employees belong to an athletic as- sociation, where teams and leagues compete an excellent ball diamonds, football gridirons, roller and ice rinks, and swimming pools. The 18-hole golf course is a splendid one, lying along the flatlands of the river, and adjacent to a developing community of workers homes. Any one may play the course, but the green fees are twice as heavy for those who are not plant employees Big-name dance bands play for dances in a pavilion large enough that 2,5O0 couples have danced there in a single evening.
 Three libraries supported by a combination of the company and the municipalities, provide r'enty of book and magazine reading, to- gether with meeting halls and com munity centers for clubs and organi- zationS.
 No Unions of Any Sort All this amazing combination of paternalism, high wages, 8 sharp production pace on a strictly piece work basis, an open shop without either 'outside" or company unions had its origin in the mind and heart of one man, and he still runs 1t all from a red-painted frame corner office in one of the factories
 There has never been any union
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-17

so many 1t gets to be quite a job in itself.
 Until he was nearly 40, years old, George F. Johnson was g shoemaker in the factory of the Lester Brothers near here. The company got into financial trou- ble, and a creditor, Henry B. En- dicott, took it over to work out of 1t his claims. Johnson came out of teh factory and offered to run 1t for Endicott. He did it SC well that Endicott stayed in the business, and Johnson soon be- came his partner, later the domi- ilant interest.
 From the start, Johnson was different. He was building houses for workers as far back as 1904 and as his factories spread out new land was bought, and housing developed closely in connection with the plants. Tanneries and distribu- tion facilities rapidly created 8 self contained industry and 8 profitable one. War prosperity helped.
 Directly after the war the com pany was incorporated, and a profit sharing basis set up. Preferred stock drew 2 per cent (now 5, after a recent refunding operation) Common stock was to receive pro- fits up to a 10 per cent return, after which further profits were to be divided evenly among stockholders and workers.
 Profit Sharing Plan Unique
 The most interesting feature is that non-salaried employees receive equal shares of such divided profits regardless of length of service or average earnings. Which is good Communist theory, though Johnson might not recognize 1t as such. In all, about $16,0O0, 900 has been thus distributed in bonuses. Since 1928 profits have not been high enough to permit the proflt-sharing plan to operate, though last November $500, 1000 was distributed to non- salaried workers, and the salaried ones got a 10 per cent pay cut re- stored.
 The company recently also as- sumed the payment of employees
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-17
MUCCI APPOINTED
 TO COLLEGE POST

A Waterbury man, Dr. Lawrence Mucci, son of MT. and Mrs. Camille Mucci of 24 Young street and pre- sent resident radiolgist at the Strong Memorial hospital in Ro- chester, N. r., has been appointed instructor in radiology at Yale Medical school. Dr. Mucci will teach at Yale and continue his research work at New Haven hospital.
 The local man graduated from Crosby High school in 1925, after which he attended Rochester Uni versity. He entered the medical school at Rochester and was award ed the Rockefeller Foundation scholarship. Dr. Mucci is the author of number of scientific papers on research problems relating to radiology.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-17

George F. Johnson, chairman of the board of EndicOtt- Johnson successful industrial experiment talist enjoying ball game from the bleachers.
 social security tax which costs $780, 900 a year, or per cent of the $25, ,0W, 900 payroll.
 Almost a million dollars goes into the medical program each year for the support of three hospitals and three clinics, with 47 physicians on the regular staff. The employe-gets his treatment or disqualification and when he leaves is given a receipted bill.
 Expense No Curb to Care
 Little Rose Trippe, 6, whose face was badly burned by matches three years ago, is cited as an example of the medical benefits. She has had 22 plastic operations, and some $16,000 worth of medical care. It won't cost her father cent. Any one will tell you about "Bill Fishers boy" who was sent to Philadelphia for special treatments costing $2,- 500.
 But Bill Fisher won't pay it. The money will come from the special medical fund whose cost is reckoned in the cost of production of each pair of shoes at about 2A cents. It is added to the selling-price of the shoes, not dedIcted from the workers pay.
 All this is not entirely philan- thropic. Surveys of the system by outside foundations have shown that under it the workers resort to medical care more readily than under conditions of proviate prac- tice, and hence less time is lost through sickness.
 The clinic pay special attention to prenatal care for mothers, and more than 1000 babies have been born in the materity wards of the hospitals.
 Encourage Sports for All
 Two modern public markets sell more than 8 million dollars worth of food each wear, providing place where farmers can come to town and sell direct to consumers. There is a little conflict from time to time between independent retailers and these markets, but private stores
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-17

Strange goings-on in these days? Yes. But these are strange shoe fac- tories. And George F. Johnson is a strange boss, a strange capitalist, 8 strange man.
 Founded Two Score Years Ago
 Industry buzzes today with talk of new conceptions of capital and its role in society. But here you can see the result of an experi- ment undertaken 40 years ago, daring them, even now almost unique. And after 40 years, here are some of the results:
 Businss success, with net profit last year of $l,974,S
 Average wages of about $28 8 week, higher by half than in most factories of the industry.
 Free disqualification and medi- cal care for every employe and his family, some 6O,ooo being served.
 Store and market facilities on an "at cost" basis, such that pur- chasing power of the high wage is further increased.
 Three thousand pretty little homes built by the company to individual designs, half of them completely paid for by employe owners. The rest being paid for on loans at 3 per cent interest. Hundreds more homes being built at around $2,500 to $3,500.
 Swimming pools, an 18-hole golf course, libraries, hospitals, playgrounds, dance pavilions, 5000 graduates of a practical flve-year course in home-making for the workers wives, baseball teams, boxing shows.
 Officers who live in unpreten- tious homes near their factories and among the other workers.
 Success Began at 40
 Those are some of the tangible results of the strange experiment of the strange George F. Johnson. Now that he is nearly 80 he goes each winter to Florida for several months. For the rest of the year he spends god share of his time going to parties and dinners given by the shoe workers. There are
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-17
SILVER DOLLAR CLUB
 TO MEET TOMORROW

The newly organized Silver Dollar club will hold an important meeting tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the Twentieth Century grill on East Main street. Election of officers will be the principal order of business. John Christoforo, former Wilby high school athlete, will be the presiding officer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-17
Editor, Tall Tower Topics. .

Editor Tall Tower Topics. Plans have just been completed for dance at MFngal Inn, Watertown, May .9th It will be the first in series to be held throughout the summer months The sponsoring club is to be known s the Fl Torado Club and will be arranged in cabaret ssyle including floor show. The El Torado Club IS remnant of the former Club Kaey of WatertoWn and being operated by the committee Timnie Groves orchestra will furnish the music The committee in charge consists of Richard LeRoy chairman George Panaalts and Carlo Palombo. will send you couple of tickets when they come off the press. .Sincerly, Melvin Snyder, Oakville
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-17
BY WILLIS THORNTON NEA Service Stan Correspondent

pINGHAMToN, N r., May 17-Like peaceful island in a sea of industrial disconent five little towns cluster here in the valley of the Susquehanna.
 Nearly 10000 of the 125,OOO people of the towns of Bnghamton, Johnson City, Endcott West Endicot and Owego, work for single firm. It is the EndcotJohnson Shoe Co., which operates % factories in the five towns
 There stdowns and no strikes, and never have depression for these
 below cent of capacity at the lowest point
 Day. dedicated generally to emphasizing the interests of opposed capital demonstrated" the county another "demonstra on progress Eight tory giving May day good will dinner for the boss.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-17
LAND BOAT
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

Sing ho, for the sea And the life of sailor! But give me the land And trim solid trailer A land-going boat With a fresh coat of paint, Furnished in comfort, I'll give you no complaint In place of the waves And view of the briny, The wide open spaces, Trees rain drenched and shiny warm sunny sky, No trade winds that cavort, But the green all about When pull into port. Sing ho for the sea, Who'd be a sailor! When you can sit at the wheel In land-going trailer.
 FEM EM.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-17

Heroic parrot Surely Carnegie medal, with
 life supply of whatever food he prefers, should go to Frankie hero of recent Boston fire. When flames appeared and smoke began to pillow in the Canal Street pet shop that Frankies temporary home that inte
 gent young bird ony two years old was equal to the occasion There was human being around to assume the responsibility so he took charge. Hep us, mates he screeched Hello there! Hello there! Fire! HIS oucry attracted cook from cafe near by, and thus Frankie credited with saving the lives of himself ana four other parrots 300 canare 10 rabbits IA dogs eight cats and 25 bowls of goldfish What no White mice!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-17

Lotta hokum caught 15 black bass in l5 minutes! drive very fast, but I'm awfully care full! won't be home till late. I'll be tied up at the office! I've never been rOped in blind date! .. .. I'm not boastng, butt own my car! con fessed to my wife! The warts were put on pickles so your hand won't slip off. ....
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-17
Without Unions Or Labor Troubles, 10000 Mel
 Work In Harmony Under 4O-Y -Year-Od Experiment.
Workers of EndicOtt- Johnson Get High Pay, Food at Cost
 and Free Medical Aid

This s the EndcOtt Johnson Shoe expment" in keeping 10000 employees happy and the amazing of that experiment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-17
AnslUers To
 Test Questions

Below are the answers to test questions printed on page 6.
 1. Maine has more than 1,- 500 lakes, and Pennsylvania has none. except a few moun- tain tarnS.
 2. Montreal.
 3. He was Assistant Secre- tary of the Navy.
 4. The art of speaking and writing effectively. 5. Vincente BlaScO IbaneZ. 6. Virginia. .~ ]. Murray.
 8. "The Merchant of Ve- nice."
 g. Atmospheric pressure. 10. Italian author and pa triOt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-17

Warning The driver of the truck who ran over and completely wrecked the pansy bed which was planned developed and nurtured by Captain Joseph Kelley of Headquarters Company of the fire depart ment had better get into his truck and keep going. Not only "Shooty" but the entire personnel Of the Headquarters companies are out for vengeance All were dismayed last week when they discovered deep
 tire tracks where once boomed the only flowers in the immediate vicinity of the firehouse The little garden about two feet square, had been protected by cute little fence, and surrounded by immediately white EaShed StOneS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-17

he Ideal hospital, at Endicott, over ne Susquehanna river beyond.
 organization in any of his factorie neither is there any "compa1 union" machinery. Athletic assS citations, clubs, informal committe| but no organized maintains thi any of his 10000 employees can corf in any time to see him about complaint, and that many do, q dividually or in groups. Labor turx over is amazingly small, many eli ployes having records of from to 40 years of service with Il company.
 The A. F. of L. unions have nev| made any headway in the E. shops. Now the CIO is opening Banghamton. office, but is expec to concentrate on other industr there, at least to start with.
 A shreWd old Yankee buSinN man with a pronounced knack A' making money and pronounef distate for pilnig it up or speIl{ ing it on himself, sits at the cente' point of this unusual industrial p.I ture. George F." as everybody ca him here, has created one of ~ most interesting industrial coN munities in the country.
 TOMORROW = George r. Jol son tells why he is ashamed to ht as much money as he has tod and why 1t isn't 10 times as muHl He. expounds a Christian busin philosophy as it works out in pr;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-17

Between asterisks . . . Alma SeabOurne of Thom- aston and Alice Kacznsk of Transit street pair most easy on the orbs have visions of leasing cottage at one the nearby resorts for the summer months Alma and Alice the pride and joy of the Sears-Roebuck & Company office . Bud Davis, assistant physical di- rector at the Central Y drops Onecenter from Chi cago where he's attending Red Triangle convention He'll return by plane Sunday night. During his stay he's using the guest towels at the lovely domce of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leader, former local residents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-17

Spinning the wheel Mr. and Mrs. George Phelan East Dover Street have decided to purchase trailer instead of leasing cottage for the summer months Johnny White of Naugatuck tore ligament in his arm working out with the New Milford basc all team the other evening. David Woodward is the first addition to bless the happy home of Mr. and Mrs Seth Goodwin. The stOrk left him May 5th Justin Casey of Scovills has been laid up at his Wood street home for two weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-17

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-17

Billy Gibson, Eddie Rebar Joe Reilly and Charley Johnny Moore of the Philes at the Polo Grounds in New York yesterday afternoon prior to the 60 kalsom- ming the Giants received. The Waervie lad has ag- gravated an old back injury which has kept him out of the starting lineup the last few days He expects to be back very shortly though Among the other Moore root CTS in the stands yesterday his lovely mother MT and Mrs. Michael Conlan Ebby Conlan Jake Vreeland, and Marion Norwash and Vivian St. John of Naugatuck
Nogales international., 1937-05-22

ed women to get the proof necessary
to convict, when the moral certain
ty of crookedness or inefficiency in
office is found.
Old timers in Phoenix declare
that the new vigilante movement is
logical follow-up and refinement
of campaign conducted there by
male vigilantes in 1899
In that year indignant citizens
cleaned out desperadoes in one un-
relenting movement
The lady vigilantes of 1887, how
ever plan to use no physical force
no lynchings or tar d-featherings
or such,
But some of them are daughters
of those vigilantes of yesteryear.
Aroused at last by what they Iabel
"intolerable corruption" they prom
ise to be as unreIenting as their IA
theirs were. Thus is doomsday ap-
preaching for the thieving or in
capable public official.
Nogales international., 1937-05-22

/ from both Sacramento and Los An
geles, as to cur plans of operation.
Eastern women who are in our
Phoenix group this Winter plan to
launch similar chapters in their
home States as they return. Four
Eastern chapters already are def
nitely planned. Each g-oup will be
Independent"
Thus is the public servant destin-
ed to squirm in his seat this year,
and hereafter, if his conscience
isn't clean.
The fellow who spent $4,000 get
ting a $2,400 office in the last po-
litical campaign is due to get jit-
terry. He'll be expecting an eye at
every keylole.
The silver-tongued orator who
promised his constituents the moon
may suddenly decide to resign.
The suave office holder who hires
his brother, his cousin, and his
wife's father as assistants, and who
awards contracts to private firms
of which he is a major stockholder,
is doomed to have sIeepless nights.
Hiring of relatives in subsidiary
public offices-called nepotiSn1-was
major issue in the 1885 political
campaigns in Arizona
SOCIAL LIGHTNING
Finally, the petty or other public
official who resumes gambling,
drunkenness and chasing wild wom-
en-, after posing simultaneously
during the prediction campaign.
is due to feel a stroke of social and
financial lightning, the women's
committee declares.
It will be the duty of the organiz-
Nogales international., 1937-05-22
fit persons.
INDIGNATION MOVE

The association shall incur nc
corporate Indebtedness in its ac-
tivities, its articles. Of incorpora-
ton stated and it's membership
shall be limited to 500 The mem
bership will consist entirely OF
women over the age of 18 whose
qualifications are to be passed up
on in secret session by the Board
Of Directors.
The chapter organized at Tucson
was patterned closely after that at
Phoenix. Both groups of women ad-
mitted that certain changes might
be necessary, in the light Of ex-
perienceS which would follow, but
the fundamentals would remain un-
changed. An association spokes-
man said:
"ThiS can be SummOrized as an
indignation movement, launched by
mothers and wives to hOuSe-clean
the American nation.
1--WE have sat by for years and
watched petty crooks and large
crooks slip into office. We have
witnessed a sad decadence of pub
lie morals, solely because many
law enforcement and administra-
tive agencies are now in the hands
of crooks who sneer at honest
souls.
"The movement is started in Ari-
zOna, but this is not the worst State,
by any means, although it is bad
enough.
California women evidently have
thought the same thing, for they
have been quick to make inquiries,