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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24

HHu IuTulSNe0 employer groups WAhA excellent ammunition.
 Miller Is a tough who served a prison term for Kidnapping, and Fleischer, reputed former member of Detroit's notorious Purple Gang, served a 10-year term for interstate transportation of stolen goods.
 OUsTING OUTSIDERS
 "The public wrath is rising" de- clares Harvey Campbell, secretary of the Board of Commerce. People are getting nice and mad, especially wives who miss those regular pay checks. This thing is going to fall eventually of its own weight.
 A definite policy toward sit- downs has been adopted by Mayor Frank Couzens, who has ordered poe lice to eject any and all outsiders from sitdown plants. Out-of-towtl- CTS, or even local professional or- ganizers, clearly have no right on plant property, Couzens believes, no matter what kind of a case might be made out for real employees.
 Out of a string of shoe stores along Woodward avenue, out of sev- eral cigar plants, out of two large department stores, and one packing plant, outsiders" have been driven by police. They report that there were 60 outsiders" in the Frank and Seder store, though only two were caught.
 The presence of shady characters in sitdown plants suggests the pos siblc development of racketS. In no case, however, has there been g di- rect Shakedown, direct demand on any employer for money.
 Police have been ordered by May or Couzens to look into the sources of income of known racketeerS coil- nected with sitdowns.
 JUST CHISELERS?
 Only two excuses would seem to account for the presence of labor racketeers ill the sitdown strike movement" either they were hired simply as plug-uglies to 1n- timidate employees and hold plants against police, or they embarked on projects of their own to seize coil- trol of newly organized or potential unions for the sake of what could be gotten from them later.
 The former possibility drew this bitter retort from Homer Martin, head of the United Auto Workers: i've thoroughly oppose and repu- diate the use of gangster elements in labor disputes by unions, just as we have always fought the we'll known use of armed thugs, profess sional strikebreakers and spies by employers"
 In places like the department stores and packing plant mentioned above, only the most shadowy or- ganization, If any, existed before the sitdown.
 The arbitrary conduct of "outsid- CTS" like Miller and Fleisher while active in those strikes, suggests the possibility that they were trying to seize on leadership of the embryo unions for their own purposes.
 SEEKING WAX OUT
 Meanwhile Governor Murphy's Jaw and order commission" IS wrestling with the double problem
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24
TESTIMONIAL FOR
 PURIM COMMITTEE

A testimonial dinner given last evening for members of the com- mittee in charge of the recent afl- nual Purim ball was attended by more than 150 persons. A program of music, including several Jewish songs, was presented at the ban quet last evening. Those who took part arc listed as follows:
 Harry Rearson, accompanied by Mrs. Rearson; plano selections by Stanley Freedman; songs by Miss Louise Greenfield and Miss Esther Stutman, and orchestral selections by Louis Leyin,S hill-billy orchestra.
 Gifts were presnted to Miss Ce- cile Rubinstein. Sidney zuricr, who directed the play; Jack Feitelson, Nat Fidler. Mrs, Harry Statmail, Mrs. Harry Reardon, Miss Jacque- line Spearo, Miss Louise Greenfield and the Fishman twins of New Britain.
 Teh committee which was hon. ored at the dinner was composed of Chairman Fly Kastleman, Abra- ham Matzkin and Mrs. Harry Stut- man. All made brief remarks. The toastmaster was Lawrence Matz- kin.
 Miss Annette Bernstein was m charge of the musical program last night, assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rearson, Alderman Edward Goldberg was general chairman.
 Germany recently held "Heros' Memorial Day" for World war vic-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24
Ern Elm.

Editor, Tall Tower Topics. Enclosed are two tickets for the first annual vaudeville show and dance to be given by the Italian Junior Brotherhood Saturday evening at Buckingham hall. The committee who has arranged this entertainment has to believe that the entertainers will make the show of the best ever They recommend you seeing and hearing Miss Anna valenti whose appearance here was secured through the cooperation of the Hartford Institute for the Blind Although handicapped by the loss of vision Miss Vaent is an accomplished pianist and the committee feels fortunate in being able to present her to the hometown public for the first tne Sincerely Dr. Rudolph Dami ami and Nick Zappone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24

Where are Connectcut's corners. Sounds like rather silly query, doesn't it? But how many people know the four of this state actually are? Sure most of us have general idea but when pressed to pick out the identical spot wel miss fire.
 State boundary lines apt to be under dispute. In fact many of them have been contested through all the courts in the land and still being settled New Hampshire and Vermont only recently coming to agreement their northern boundary point and divd ing line in the Connecticut river. Sticking to our little state how many people lay claim to having visited and inspected it's four Perhaps you aren't interested but there will be who and who may, that the discussion has arsen take the trouble to investigate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24

of settling the minor strikes while arriving at a formula for machinery to settle others.
 A subcommittee has met with Frank x. Martel as head of the De- troit Federation of Labor, and rep- resentatives of the Board of Com rnerce to set up Q mediation board which in the future will undertake to meet with representatives of eir- ployes and unions who find thcm- selves iil conflict.
 This is an effort to institute ma chinery to which appeal may be made before a strike is regorted to.
 Revelation of the criminal records of various sitdown leaders has al- ready led to the summary discharge of Herman Kierdorff, alias Herman Richards, by the United Automobile Workers Union.
 Richards Cor KierdorfD had served IS months in prison for im- personating a federal officer, but he was impersonating a labor leader when he appeared before the JAW with an already completed organiza- ton of some 500 auto salesmen. In- pressed, the JAW took him on as a regular organizer. When his back ground was revealed, the union fired him.
 Martel also repudiates hoodlum elements within the AFL, whose unions have been the basis of most of the hotel, department store, shoe store and small retail sitdown strikes. Martel called on police and public to aid in roofing out racke- tcers.
 As to specific cases revealed by police action, Martel defends the individuals concerned, and denies any knowledge that they were uri- desirable as labor leaders.
 MORE "BACKFIRE' Further dangers incident to sit- downs were revealed by fire in the Dodge plant which burned fiercely several hours in tunnel containing steam, electric and pow CT lines.
 Hamtramck police were refused admittance by the sitdowners. though city hremen were allowed to put out the fire. The plant fire department had been elected by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24

strikers, leaving the plant unprc- tocted from fire, Haintramck's as- sistant fire chief, Charles Smith, said.
 Introduction at Lansing of new drastic laws to curb strikers IS g further reflection of the growing backfire against Sitdowns. These laws, ostensibly backed by legisla- tors from rural districts of Mich igan, are known to have the quiet support of powerful Detroit business
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24

Editor, Tall Tower Topics: Isn't there something that can be done about people dumping rubbish and tin and other junk other peoples property? Recently my folks discovered that big load of cans and debris had been dumped empty lot that conn prises part of their property It cost something to have the junk taken away which people might keep in mind when they deposit, under of nightfa, all the truck they clean out of their cellars along about this time of the year. Property Owner. (Call the Health Police Departments if you observe any, one doing this. The Ed)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24

Heublein Tower. Now that G. F. Heublein of Hartford dead the tower that he had built on Avon Mountain will be than tower; it will be memorial to of HartfOrd's outstanding businessmen of half centurys standing. The Heublein Tower, long familiar to motorists long time in the build- ing Mir. Heubein had work started it in 1911, but 1t wasn't until 1915 that it completed Back in the early days of motoring it commented upon more often than it is today. However, it still remains familiar landmark.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24
Snare Uncle Sam.

Spare Uncle Sam. |. If Professor Clyde Miller of Teachers College Columbia University has his way all artists conception of Uncle Sam in the future will show the old gentleman not in his familiar swalowails high hat and long legs. He wants the old gent modern ized We don't. We like him as is and so do e lot of millions of Americans. He pleads with all cartoon ists to picture Uncle Sam in different garb and of der ent countenance. If that's done 1t won't be Uncle Sam any more, but some new creation The differ that the individual artist produces in his carcarc are sufficient for us.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24

interests.
 One proposed measure would out- law sitdowns by making 1t felony to take part i'll them.
 Another measure sets up media ton machinery, and provides a fine of $250O and five years in pris- on for striking without first resort to this mediation machinery.
 GOOD HUMOR FADES
 Among business men, deep-seated dissatisfaction with Governor Mur-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24
Discovery Of Racketeers Among Strikers Strains Detroit Good HumOr In SitdOWnS
Backfire Against Labor's New Tactics Gaining; Outsiders"
 Meet Forcible Rebuff
By WILLIS THORTON NEA Service Stan Correspondent

Detroit-A backre against the sitdown strikes famed by the discovery in ebound plants of certain unSavory characters better known to police than to the legitimate labor movements, is gaining force here daily.
 Flaw and order clements, stunned at first by the sud- tdowns gradually ayg action effort the newest industrial relations
 The discovery that Louis Whitey) Miller of the chief ganizers the Seder strikes that F1ecier active in Newton Packing strike in the too rapid of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24

Landmarks vanish. The removal of the old house on West Main street to the west of St. Johns Chuch must bring back memories to od-timers of the days when both sides of West Main Street lined with homes in which dwelt people of considerable standing in the community. How many recall, though the old Newton home which occupied the site of the present county courthouse? Or the Kingsbury house that was on the corner of what is Meadow and West Main Streets, then South Willow and West Main? large brick block stands there today Right from it the north side of West Main the Bonnet Bronson home later removed to point north Willow Street. Few recall the outlines of the Prichard home stead which stood on the corner of Grand and Bank Streets where the Prichard block now s . The Ken drick house the south side of West Main Street op posite the Green also old home long since ished and forgotten Most of these old dwellings had extensive lawns around them and always there the familiar iron gri-work fence about two three feet high down the sidewalks of those late 18th century days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24

Between us. |. .. Kate E. Thursfield is expected home tomorrow from Wheaton College for the spring recess Former Senator Hiram Bingham is recov ering from major operation in Emergency Hospital in Washington, D. c. Joseph P. Austin of Plank Road is back in the phone book again after delightful week at the Forest Hill Hotel in Augusta, Ga. Rosalind Russell has decided to move into hotel in Hollywood after making up her mind not to buy a new home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24
Tall Tower
 Topics
sK1p-RoP1Nd IT
Ry THr MAN IN THE TowER

Come and trip 1t as you go,
 Salt, mustard, vinegar, pepper! On the light fantastic toe,
 Swing into it, high stopper! Betty Jane can skip to fifty,
 Not missing 8 single jump; Sue and Lou trip smooth duet
 Without sign of bump. But have you seen the double ropes?
 one goes this way, one goes that; That's jumping in a most advanced stage, The kids have got 1t down pat. Salt, mustard, vinegar, pepper! Slow, fast, faster, say whenl Watching youngsters skipping rope
 Makes Us wish we were young again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24
BEHIND THE SCENES WASHINGTON I-sv ROONEY DUTcHER-i Democrat Washington Corre-
 annnnenk

Had Professor Greens Article On Legality of SitdOwn Strike Come Day Sooner, Judiciary Committee Sena- tors Would Have Called Him Radical in Attack ing His Testimony.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24

Germany recently held a "Heros' Memorial Day" for World war vic- tims.
Evening star., 1937-03-23
BURLEITH BUS ROUTE
PLEA is RETRACTED
GEORGETOWN Citizens Decide to
Accept Two-Way Use
of G Street.

The Georgetown Citizens Associa-
ton, meeting last night in st. Johns
Parish Hall, retracted request that
Burleith-Trinidad buses travel one
way east on @ street and one way
west on P street.
The busses now traverse @ street
in both directions west of Twentieth
street, and the association had IA
vored the one-way change at previ-
Gus meeting. A letter from the Pub
lie Utilities Commission stating the
change would not be fair to the
travelling public at this time brought
about he associations decision.
The association Endorsed the re-
port of M. o. Leighton, chairman of
the Washington Board of Trades
Subcommittee on Miscellaneous Prof.
ects, showing the need for abolishing
Potomac River pollution. 1t was
Shown that the city depends upon
the river for its water, and pollution
is a great health factor to be con-
sidered by civic groups.
Bertran D. Hulen, State Depart
ment correspondent of the New York
Times, addressed the association on
foreign affairs and on covering" the
State Department.
A memorium was drawn in mem
ory of Robert Aud, a member who
died recently. A copy was directed
sent to his family.
Evening star., 1937-03-23

Of Shakespearean actor, bobs up
to discuss the national debt and the
taxes that he says will be required
to retire it.
I'VE must pay for the excesses of
expenditures that brought the votes"
he said in a recent speech.
"It remains for us of the minority
to speak plainly, though we suffer
the WEAKNESS of futility."
Clifford, serving his ninth term. is
something of a Treasury watchdog"
by nature. He studies regular f1nan-
clal reports from his home town of
Cotuit, his State, his bank and other
institutions in which he is interested.
If he finds anything that looks wrong,
he speaks up, friends say.
He retires to his Office when the
days session is over and, after SPEND
ing a little time playing a fiddle"
he keeps by his desk, clips articles for
his own scrapbooks and pictures for
similar volumes for his grandson.
While he is doing this, he jots down
notes for his next speech.
Evening star., 1937-03-23
AFFAIR WITH DUCE
TOLD BY WOMAN
AttaCker OF De Chambrun
Says He Broke Up Friend
ship With Premier.
y the Associated Press.

ES the Associated Press.
PARIS, March 23.-Mme. Madeline
La Ferriere, dark-eyed beauty who
police said admitted she shot Count
Charles De Chambrun because he
thwarted her love for Premier Mus
solini of Italy, was granted today a
weeks respite from an intensive police
probe of the attack.
The investigating magistrate an
nounced he would resume questioning
of Nine. La Ferriere March 30. She
testified to her friendship with my
Benito" during a three-hour session
yesterday.
To the question why did you shoot
De Chambrun?" Nine. La Ferriere re-
Piled, her lawyers said:
Because I appealed to De Cham
bruins honor to keep my secret. Ano
ne agreed. Later I found out he
told ALL"
Nine. La Ferriere was said to have
told OF her vain efforts to see my
Benito" after months of cordial rela-
tlons with II Duce and of charging
DE Chambrun made false accusations
portraying her as a spy.
Woman's Story.
Her attorney said Nine. La Ferriere
told the court:
l went to Rome in April, 1886. to
get an interview for the neWsDaper
La Llberte. I got it and returned to
see Mussolini several times for an
other newspaper, La Tribune des Ma
tionS.
During the first part of July he
quit communicating with me. I went
TO see Alfieri (Dino Alf1eri, Italian
PreSs Mlnlster). I got the impression
he was standing between me and
Mussolini.
On July 4 went to see De Cham
prun at Farnese Palace. To him I
related the whole story of my rela-
tlonShlp with Mussolini and 1 swore
MN to secrecy. De Chambrun said
not to be disturbed because Mussolini
mad not received me, as his grand
daughter was i'll.
DE Chambrun said an audience he
was supposed to have had with Mus
sollnl had been postponed. So wrote
to Mussolini the same day and was
received July 6. 1 gave him a uues-
tlonnaire for La Tribune des Nations.
He was very gallant, very fine
1t was understood he would fix a
date for rendezvous within 48 hours,
but heard nothing. Four days later
was called by Alfieri. I demanded
to know why I couldn't see my Benito.
Offered Plane Ticket Home.
He replied it would take several
days before I could see him and if I
had something to do in Paris he would
give me a return airplane ticket.
I was pleased to return to Paris
because l had job with Francois la
Tour Cresigned chief of the interna-
tional exposition) and 1 wanted to
explain why had stayed so long in
Rome.
Il returned to Rome July 18. AL
feri gave me the QUESTIONABLE back,
signed by MusSolini. But there was
nothing said about the rendezvous. ]
was astonished, for he had been so
agreeable to me-"
The attorney said La Ferriere tes-
titled she found she had lost her lob
with the exposition, although Vittorio
Cerruti, Italian Ambassador to France
lntervened for her.
Evening star., 1937-03-23
British Hunt '*Flying Duchess'';;
Crash Into Water Is Feared
Duke of Bedford Directs
Search for 71-Year-
Old Auiatrix.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 23.-Emergency
workers in the Fenlands turned from
their struggle with a flood today to
hunt for Britain's flying duchess, "
the 71-year-old Duchess of Bedford,
in the fear she had crashed on some
Watery field.
1t was believed she might have mis-
taken land covered with several feet
OF water for a smooth, dry landing
place yesterday while flying solo from
Woburn on what was intended as q
short jaunt.
Airplanes roared off in the cold
clear dawn to comb the territory for a
sign of the duchess missing ship and
police resumed search of Monks
Woods, 13 miles from Peterborough,
where a gamekeeper said he saw a
plane last night.
II saw plane flying very low over
the wood" he related. "It was snow
ing hard and the machine disappeared
from view, the engine seemed to halt
and think the plane must have come
down"
Peterborough is west of the Fen
lands and north of London. Woburn,
where Woburn Abbey, seat of the
Duke Of Bedford, is located, is about
10 miles northwest Of London.
Five hundred men searched the
Woburn district through the night,
using hurricane lamps to penetrate
the remote sections of snow-covered
woodlands.
The Duke of Bedford spent most of
the night directing searchers from
his home. Friends said his fears for
Evening star., 1937-03-23
U[T|MATUM GIVEN
ON MRS. NORMAN
Coffee Shop Manager De-
manded Discharge of
Waitress.

An ultimatum that either she would
leave or Mrs. Mabel Norman, waitress,
must be discharged was presented by
Miss Evelyn Miller, manager of the
Willard Hotel coffee shop, to the hotel
management late in January, Miss
Miller told the National Labor Rela-
tions Board today.
Appearing as a witness for the hotel
in the hearing on the complaint that
Mrs. Norman was discharged because
OF testimony given in previous board
hearing, Miss Miller said that her
trouble with the dismissed waitress
reached climax when Mrs. Norman
made fun of her previous testimony.
Miss Miller said that Harry Somer-
vile, manager of the hotel, said he
would try to smooth things out. Mrs.
Norman finally was discharged on
February 28 about a month after the
ultimatum.
Cards Were Signed.
Miss Miller told the board of refusal
by the mattresses, after they had
joined the Hotel and Restaurant
Workers Union, to sign the so-called
contract cards at the first of the year.
she told them, she said, they would
have to sign or quit, and there was d
period of about one hour when all the
mattresses were theoretically out of
the hotel. Later, however, they signed
the cards.
somerville was expected to testify
today.
For a few moments yesterday
afternoon the case threatened to in
volve Make Baer, the casual prize
fighter, as a witness told how the
present Mrs. Baer, nee Mary Sulli-
van, former hostess of the Willard
Coffee Shop, used to allow Mrs. Nor
man to have her own sweet way
about hours of work, etc.
This part of Mrs. Norman's career
was described with gestures by Edna
Watkins, another waitress at the
shop, who emphasized that she didn't
like Mrs. Norman. At one point in
her testimony it became so evident
that she was getting to dislike Jacob
Blum, board counsel, also that Trial
Examiner Edwin S. Smith was forced
TO warn her to treat Government
counsel with respect.
Dragged" into Union.
Mrs, Watkins was unique to the
extent of being the only witness yet
produced who said she did not ioin
the Hotel and Restaurant Workers
Union of her own free will. She was
practically dragged" into it, she ex-
planned, when all the other mattresses
in the shop joined last December.
How would you feel if everybody
jolned?" she asked Mr. Blum, who had
no ready answer
Mrs. Norman found friend later in
the day, when Mrs Ida Lebert took
the stand
Mrs. Lebert said she was pretty sick
OF the whole business and she wished
they would let her alone and let her
just be a waitress without bringing
her into court" But since she was
there, she emphasized that she was
ready to tell the truth and plenty of it,
In substance, Mrs. Lebert's testi-
mony was to the effect that some of
the girls had spent a lot of time and
energy trying to get Mrs. Norman
out of the hotel.
Evening star., 1937-03-23

Got himself quite cellar laid
by. EDen the Waggish chum who
insisted he was going to bring
bottle OF milk on account OF milk
1Dds bottled goods, finally broke
do1Dn and contributed a jug of Uine
CACHE.
ADY living out in the 81 block
of Newton street northeast might
have been out of postal touch with
friends for years if a small boy hadn't
been playing in her front yard the
other morning. She went out to get
the mornings correspondence, turned
empty-handed from the mail box.
You got mail" said the lad. II
saw the postman bring you two let
terS." But that was all he said.
Wouldn't say where the letters were.
Lady looked again in the mail box. It
still was empty.
Then she started a search and
finally, in an unused milk box which
had been on the porch for some time,
she found her two letters. Found also
a whole handful of Christmas cards,
one from an intimate friend whom
she'd been twitting for not sending
her a card at Yuletide.