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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-26
HOW DO YOU TOTE?
 On President hOoseveIt's Plan to Change tho Supreme Court!

Presdeut Roosevelt COnee state Iegisaures the last four presented sgsaon embracing their ideas dealing with certain economic and social problems.
 U. S. Supreme Court ruled that many these nconsittiona Tn some cases the decision was made W BO-4 the court. Sesa.e sf.T
 Measures unconstitutional by the court the National Agricultural Act the first Railway Pepson the Mu- Minimum
 The court will upon the Social Security Act the Wag- nc the Public Utilities Holding Act
 This statement merely to present the record and the next part of the record s that: z. tct.Fss #
 The president November elections continue his New Deal program. I s1 ts-
 supreme constituted the type legislation presented pending the holding that 1t is uncOnStituti0naL
 The president proposes to change the complexion of tho court additional supreme justices This the vital point at issue in the presidents proposed revision of the federal judiciary
 What is opinion on this question?
 Waterbury Democrat taking poll of this city to learn the popular hundred other commodities taking similar polls in national referendum show what the vote the -. - - suPREME COURT POLL EDITOR
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-26
BY GEORGE CLARK.

JUSTICE HARLAN FIsKE STONE is expected to J inherit the liberal mantle long by Oliver Wendell Holmes and drapng the slender and aging shoulders of Brandeis 1H '@
 Stone appointed by Coolidge in 1925 66 years old, broad -shouidered minded and vigorous It is popuarly supposed that Stone kicked upstairs" to the court because attorney-general his proposed prosecutions under the antitrust laws embarras sing
 Despite a former corporation practice, Stone has voted for six New Deal measures, including the railway pension, gold devauaton AAA IVA, and Guffey acts. His minority decision in the AAA case, which sterny rebuked his colleagues who voided the law is regarded classic of the liberal point of view on the position of the court. .4s,' ss4-@.e-.s
 Stone, once dean of the Columbia Law School, was much beloved there and still takes Columbia law graduate each year secretary following the precedent of Justices Holmes and Brandeis, who similarly drew Harvard for youthful talent. .@@
The Washington times., 1937-12-06
Boyer Lauds
Hollywood
Privacy

PARIS (I.NS0.-Charles Boyer,
French motion picture star, here
to make the only French film in
which he will appear this year, has
taken time out to defend Holly
wood, the French film industry
and stay on the fence regarding
color films.
Contrary to reports he sends
back to France when in America,
he said here he likes Hollywood
and that the American movie
capitals own version of its life Is
greatly exaggerated.
The Washington times., 1937-12-06

Who is there to blame him?
Whats your ambition?"
ITO make a picture I will
really be proud of, and to get
enough money to spend the rest
of my life fishing on my boat"
We all agreed that it was a
really worthwhile one!
Paul Mum and Bette Davis
are his favorite stars, and
Annie Oakley" in which he
co-starred with Barbara STAN
wyck, is his favorite piece of
work SO far.
Their Dog "Ching"
II suppose that, like so many
other movie stars, you have mil
lions and millions of suits?"
"You know I've never counted
them. I'm afraid I'll find I have
49,"
About this time the gardener
called them out to look at the
fence, all the paint of which
had been entirely removed by
their dog Ching" whom
they've had for five years.
Someone brought him
around to the stage door Of the
Majestic Theater in Boston
while I was playing there"
"One of your fans?"
mo. There wasn't any such
thing as fans for me in those
days. 1t was just a man who
wanted to sell a dog. I bought
him."
Preston, with this golden
voice, aSpired to the MetropoL
itan. but took to the stage hop
The Washington times., 1937-12-06
farm PROBLEM
HEADACHE F 0 R
ALL CONCERNED
Called One of Hardest
Nuts u. S. Must Crack
ny THEODORE HUNTLEY

Abundance or scarcity?
Would the country be better
off if the farmers produced all
they could, with the Government
buying their surplus, or under q
program of crop restriction which
would balance supply and demand
and in effect plow under the sur
plus?
That is the real issue over which
Congress is battling as it consid-
ers the farm bill. It was defined
clearly by Senator Borah in his at
tack on the measure.
He himself is a champion Of
the doctrine of abundance.
The authors Of the bill have
built it around the theory Of an
ever-normal granary, o modifica-
ton of the original doctrine Of
scarcity, which for several years
governed the production of wheat,
corn, cotton, tobacco and rice.
BORAH HITS MARK
With their noses to the grind
stone, Westerners and SouthernerS
in Congress, who in the last 20
years have formed an all-power-
full coalition for mutual offense
and defense, have been fighting
for the farmer. They are not
worrying about the consumer.
They are thinking little If at all
Of the millions of unemployed in
the cities, who also are underfed
and underclothed.
It was left to Senator Borah
to try to turn their attention to
the welfare Of the country as q
whole, with his alternative suggeS-
ton that the Government buy the
farm surplus and distribute it to
the poor. AS he sees it, no more
money would be required to do
this than to pay the farmers for
not producing a surplus.
DISTRIBUTION IGNORED
It isn't overproduction that we
have to worry about, Senator
Borah thinks, but underconsump-
ton, plus faulty distribution.
If everyone had all he needed to
eat and wear there would be no
farm problem in the sense that
there is one now.
That calls for two things-bet-
ter distribution of production and
more equal distribution of wealth.
It's one thing to see the problem
and another to work it out. It's
the hardest nut the country has
to crack.
The Washington times., 1937-12-06

ing that that would give the
Met a chance to discover him.
His first part was that of a deaf
and dumb man! But then came
many good roles in which he
built an enviable reputation for
himself.
Mervyn Leroy saw him in
1.-TWO Seconds" and he got a
The Washington times., 1937-12-06

who DID Write ""The Face On the
3arr00m Floor? Nobody Seems Able
tO settle whether the fearful Ameri-
can saloon Classic Is Having Its SIXTY
fifth Anniversary Or Merely Its Fiji
tieth. Read About the Versions OF itg
"Origin" by Both Its Living and DEAD
Authors" in The Amerltan H.natsn MeTsS. MeTsIS.
The Washington times., 1937-12-06

contract. It took him a couple
of years to really get going but
now, with a stars longtime con-
tract in his pocket with RKO,
it doesn't take a seer to gaze into
the crystal globe in the Foster
garden and see many excellent
pictures and schools and schools
of fish!
The Washington times., 1937-12-06
Capital Transit's Value

Recent talk in and out Of print about
the ' Glue Of cdpitd Tronsit CompnYs business
prom mpts US to give you the facts. The company
Is capitalized at roundlY 5000 100000
bonded debt. $24.000.000 copitdl stock.
In proceedings before the Public Uhli-
ties Commission. May |. 1887. company engi'
neers testified that il would cost $6O.374.75S TO
reproduce the compmY's property new; that lm
present value. GLOWING for depreciation. wos
S45.l45,076. Commission engineers tesuted
would cost $46.724.053 to reproduce the properly
new. They figured it wos worth $2Z'O6T'SSU less
fhon If it were oil new. giving Us squeezed
down theoretical volue Of $24.S56'7O3' os OF
MoYEl.
Commission engineers cun theorize
dbout such things. They don't have to build or
operute utility property. Company engineers
hove to deuI with octu0l construction and opeEot-
ing costs.
No trunsit system anywhere operdtes
oil new, modern cms cnd buses. AL. OF neces-
sity, replace old with new grddudllY. from year
TO yeor, meanwhile keeping older but sill useful
equipment in good condition. Our property
serves Washington Gs well and as cheoplY as
ony other city Of comparable size Is served. ltS
uctudl, useful volue exceeds total copitoliz0-
ton.. Il Is entitled to emn good wages for en-
ployes, cost Of property upkeep, interest on debt
ond a yeorlY fcir return for owners. Our GUS
toners, our employees ond the community as q
whole cunnot otEord to have II eGn less than thai.
The Washington times., 1937-12-06
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The Washington times., 1937-12-06

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~ "a - " N 9O0 2N1
noted film actor who used
to dislike Hollywood, is
shown in his home there
admiring a chair which his
wife has covered with
needlepoint. He is inter-
viewed in the accompany
ing article by Jackie Mar
tin, editorial art director
and special writer for The
Washington Times.
a goodly amount of all. After
all, you cant hate place that
gives you a. power cruiser and q
ocean in which to run it: time
to fish, and swordfish just wait
ing round the corner for you to
toss your line in; a hunting
camp just a couple Of hours up
the road-and bears just beg
ging to be shot!
The Fosters are "the folks who
live on the hill" Just year ago
they moved into their lovely
Southern type house which sits
high up on a ridge overlooking
the San Fernando valley.
From the front porch with its
tall white columns you can look
down into a valley and then
right up again to the purple
heights of another ridge. It's the
same way from the back lawn
with its spreading pepper trees.
A valley, then the eye travels to
another high crest.
When we first arrived Mrs.
Foster came down to the play
room to say Hello" and I told
her I would like to make a pic.
ture or two of her and Preston.
Really" she said, 81 never get
in pictures with Preston. After
all, he's the star. It is he that
the people are interested in"
Come on, my chicadee,"
laughed Foster, 'You look very
sharp this morning"
So the blond, dimpled girl
who had been his boyhood
sweetheart, gave in and posed.
Everyone seems to play a
lot more out here than we do in
the East" I said.
Gee, we have to-" said Foster.
THE way we work we'd all go
crazy if we didn't play a lot. Up
at 6 in the morning. Waiting.
working, waiting and working
for hours and hours. 1t really
takes it out of you!"
Boat is One Luxury
Mrs. Foster, how do you like
getting up at 6 a. m. to get your
boy-friend his breakfast-or do
you?"
Foster stretched out his arms
in a pleased fashion, and grin
ming at me said: "Oh, no! She
doesn't have to do that any
more. We've got servants and
things now! guess we wouldn't
know what to do if we had to
go back on the trucks He
laughed in boyish fashion, and
then went on: Seriously, one
more year here on the top, and
they won't be able to send us
back to the trucks for we
won't have to go!"
Must be pretty grand feel.
ing, folks"
They smiled and shook their
heads. The last two or three
years have been swell-the time
before that wasn't so hot for
them, either. Scuttling along,
hoping that the check on Tues.
day would cover the expenses OF
The Washington times., 1937-12-06
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the week, and leave half a
buck for the Christmas savings
fund-juSt like the rest of us.
They have been most judicious
in their. financial affairs. The
boat is their one luxury, and
they are careful about money.
The house was laid out by Mrs.
Foster, and is not only attrac-
tive, but most comfortable in
arrangement and furnishings.
"She did it ALL" said Fos-
ter. There were only two
things requested, a low elec-
trio plug in the bathroom for
my electric shaver and a fire
place in my bedroom. I got
them both"
Mrs. Foster makes beautiful
needle-point, and one chair in
the drawing room is entirely
covered with her work.
Foster started out to be a
singer. He had, and has, a beau
tiful baritone voice. but the
jobs didn't come thick and
fast enough, so he went into
the newspaper advertising busi-
ness-with the Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Washington times., 1937-12-06
Half-mile to Gallon

caught stealing apples, but
hadn't been spanked for it. "A
half.mile to the gallon" he said.
"Whew! Bet your gas bill is
something!"
mot so bad. From the first
Of July until the last of Septem-
ber used up 1000 gallons"
Mrs. Foster, Preston, Connie
Krebs, the very nice publicity
man from. RKO, and were sit
ting in Preston's bedroom-sitting
room.
His pretty blond wife said
Preston, have you told Miss
Martin about your fish?"
NO" he said, Il was afraid
she would think it just another
fish story"
I said I was interested-and
found out another reason for
Fosters "unaccountable"
change.
Caught Three SuOordfish
The boy who was born and
raised with the salt air of the
turbulent Atlantic in his noStrils
said:
This summer, after trying
for four years 1 got not only
my first but my first three
Swordfish! The first weighed 1856
pounds and took So minutes to
land. The second came a couple
Of weeks later 1t weighed ITS
pounds and took an hour and %
minutes to land.
After that I was all worn
out, but I decided just for the
fun of it to try again. Of course
I wouldn't get anything. But I
did-and didn't. if you get me.
Well, I don't dare say how big
1t waS--it looked about 225
pounds to me-but you know
how it Is the biggest one got
away Unfortunately. I had just
gnagged this fellow-the hook
hadn't caught as it should. We
fought it out for two hours and
IS minutes more. and then he
broke loose. 1t was a battle.
Those two, one right after an,
other, sure had me DOWN."
Foster loves to cruise, fish,
and hunt, more than anything
elseEand this year he has done
The Washington times., 1937-12-06
He Hated Hollywood
Once, NOW Preston
Foster Likes 1t

Editorial Art Director and
Special Writer of The
Washington Times)

dor four years Preston
Il Foster despised Holly
wood. He hated everything
about it, and he couldn't get
back East fast enough or
stay long enough when he did
squeeze out holiday be-
tween pictures.
But that something; which
Foster says can never be ac-
counted for, happened to the
RKO star last year, and now
he wants to live and die right
in Hollywood.
The big, two-fisted guy
who did such a beautiful job
in "The Informer" swears
he can't account for the
change of heart and mind
but l think l can. Listen:
THAT picture? That's zoa,
my power cruiser I got this
year." The handsome giant
came over to where I was in
specting the framed photo
which hung above the fireplace
in his room. "She's really a
beauty. She's So feet long and
churns up $50 horsepower.
This Ocean City, N. j., boy on
whom RKO is pinning great
hopes stuck his hands deep into
his pockets, squared his
shoulders, and rocked back on
his heels a bit. "She holds the
speed record between San Fran
cisco and Long Beach. Engines?
Two 275-horsepower Hall-Scott
gas engines
He turned that famous mag
netic smile on the picture of his
boat, and from the admiration
In it one might think he was
looking at Helen of Troy, Cleo
patra or Madame DuBarry. I
began to understand more and
more the reason for the over.
night change on Fosters part.
How many miles to the gal
Ion," asked.
The Washington times., 1937-12-06
Not Much Difference

do you like movie work a
lot better than newspaper
work?" I asked.
There's not much difference
in the work-you work like the
dickens in both-but in the
movies you get real dough.
That's what xSlike!"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-16
COLORED DEMOCRATIC CLUBS
SPONSOR MAMMOTH OUTING;
EMANCIPATION DAY Is DATE

Representatives Of five local De-
n1ocratic Clubs met Tuesday night
at the Dunbar Hotel, 21st and STa-
olson St, and selected officers and
committees who are to set to work
Immediately making preparations
for the 1st annual Democratic
Picnic to take place at n Of the
nearby parks in June. One hun
dred per cent cooperation was
shown by each club in sponsoring
this all-state outing. An atmos-
phere of brotherly love and good
fellowship prevailed throughout the
evening.
Each of the five clubs are to
designate a member to serve on
the finance committee which will
also serve as the executive COM
mittee. Final arrangements are
to be made at the next meeting
on Tuesday evening, April 19. Two
parks were discussed at this meet
ing, Lonely Acres at Renton juno
ton, and Cottage Grove, one mile
south of Renton City.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-16
Gregg Shorthand
Magazine Praises
Marion Marshall

NEW YORK (C)-The Gregg
Writer. "a monthly magazine for
secretaries, stenographers and typ
lists" published at 270 Madison
Avenue, John Robert Gregg, edi-
tor-in-chief, carried in its March
number on page 1892, under the
general caption, News in Word
and Picture" the story of the sue
cess of Miss Marion Marshall, Sec
rotary of Calvin's Newspaper Ser
vice, 143 w. 125th street, who
made an enviable record in Gregg
shorthand in hing school, and also
radio speed tests.
The article, which followed an
article on THE Duke of Windsor
as a Typist," was carried under
the caption, Encouraging" and
reads; THE newspapers recently
carried a portrait of Miss Marion
Marshall of Passaic, New Jersey,
and an accompanying news article
relating to her success in winning
a certificate in the annual Radio
Shorthand Contest of the New
York City Gregg Shorthand Teach
ers' Association. Miss Marshall is
secretary of Calvin's Newspaper
Service of New York City. After
being graduated from the Ruther-
ford, New Jersey, High School, she
completed a two-year p~ost-grad-
uate commercial course at Passaic
High School, making an average
of 94-100 in tipping and 1898 in
shorthand. Miss Marshall was the
only colored girl in all of her high
school classes"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-16
Salvation Army
Has Salvage Drive

Old shoes, clothing, paper, fur
niture and household goods of all
kinds viii soon be piling into the
Salvation Army Headquarters in
train loads. This was the predic-
ton yesterday Of Roscoe C. Tor
rance. General Chairman Of. the
50th Anniversary Salvage Drive in
Seattle.
Organized on a city-wide basis
for an intensive three months cam
paign, the general committee Of
4S outstanding Seattle men and
women are determined to give the
Salvation Army a fitting reward
for its 90 years Of rehabilitation
work in the city.
This is a campaign IN which
we are asking the public, not for
money, but for all kinds of waste
material commonly found about
homes. All we ask is that you
call Ma. s764, AID ask for the
Salvation Army truck, which will
quickly rid your premises of any
thing you are ready to throw
away, because this salvage is
made over into salable goods. This
salvage may have no value to you,
but for the Salvation Army it is
hidden treasure" that is the
mems of redeeming mems souls,
through opportunity for profitable
work and for succoring the poor
and needy Torrance stated yes
terday.
THE army is now selling APP
proximately $4,000 worth of sal
wage material, remade into salable
goods, every year, the profits Of
which support the Army's Social
Service Center at GA Virginia St,
were so men gre employed. The
salvage drive committee wants to
triple present facilities accord
ing to Torrance, 80 dig into the
old trunk, wardrobe or s~toreroom
for the many things you will new
Ell use. The Salvation Army wants
them for men and families who
are anxious to work out their own
salvations, if you will lend a help
ihs lend."
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-16
'SIn Abraham's Bosom
Starts at Moore April 81

Paul Green's Pulitzer prize-win-
ming play, "In Abraham's Bosom"
will be the next production of the
Federal Theatre Project of the
-WPA, coming to the Moore The
atre April Fl, %, % and "a, ac-
cording to word received from the
project directors.
The play, which is to be given
by the Negro Repertory Company
of the Federal Theatre, was a sig
nal New York success. 1t was pro-
duced in Seattle some few years
ago by Florence Bean James at
the Seattle Repertory Playhouse.
Mrs. James again directs the new
production and many of the first
cast, who have since become MEM
bers of the Federal Theatre, will
return to their old roles in the
show.
The popular male chorus of the
Negro company will take a lead
ing part in the drama, singing
their original arrangements of Ne
gro work and religious songs dur
ing the course of the play.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-16
Harlemites Memorabilia
Ethiopian War Victims

NEW YORK (C) II Memorial
services to the Ethiopian dead as
a result of the italian invasion
we're held at Abyssinian Baptist
Church last Wednesday. An Afri-
can anthem in Bantu was sung by
the Mwalimu choir. Prayer was
offered by Bishop E. H. Collins of
the African Orthodox Church, and
response to the prayer was sung
in Zulu by the choir. Rev. A. Clay
ton Powell, Jr., made a short talk,
emphasizing the fact that the Eth
iopian cause is not dead. DR.. M.
E. Bayen, Ethiopian envoy on spe-
cial mission, told of the horrors of
the Ethiopian war as he saw them
at first hand on the northern front
and DR.. Sidney E. Goldstein spoke,
charging that the nations of the
world helped Italy prepare for the
Ethiopian invasion. DR.. P. M. H.
Savory was also a speaker.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-16
Roscoe Bruce Jr.
jailed For Fake
HOIdup On Self

NEWARK, N. J. 6C)-Eastern
social, business and professional
circles were stunned last Thurs
day as Roscoe Conklin Bruce, Jr..
80, tearfully confessed at police
headquarters that he had arranged
for the $4,000 holdup Of his office
as manager Of the Richard B. Har-
rison Apartments Saturday night
to cover a shortage in his accounts.
The report was first broadcast
that two colored men had entered
Bruce's office as he and his clerks
were busy tallying rents, and de-
manded the money in sight. Bruce
is alleged to have reported to po-
lice that $1,000 was taken. But it
was later revealed that Bruce had
arranged the holdup, and that the
robbers took only $500, which had
been conveniently exposed for
them. In reporting the $4,000 sass.
Bruce had made allowance for a
shortage in his accounts. which he
claims had been mounting steadily
since last fall, but for which he
was not responsible.
The holdup was a routine mat
ter until a colored policeman, Carl
ton Norris, discovered Willard
Granny and John Hayes spending
money freely. They had been
drinking. Questioned closely. the
men admitted the holdup plot,
which implicated young Bruce, and
caused his arrest.
Arrested with Bruce was Archie
Borras, who it is claimed Bruce
got to secure the two gangsters.
Young Bruce, who studied at
Harvard and later in France, UNI
derstudied his father, who was
manager Of the Paul Laurence
Dunbar Apartments in Harlem for
nine years. Bruce married Miss
Bessie Humbles, of a prominent
Virginia family.
Newark residents say Bruce got
the Harrison Apartments job,
which paid him $4,000 a year, over
many local applicants. due, they
believed to .pulpEsn0m his father.
Now it is feared the Prudential
Life Insurance Company, which
owns the apartments. will replace
Bruce with white management.
The company does not accept coli
ored insurance risks.
Young Bruce was released on
$4,000 bail, 1t was reported.