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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-19
Governor Murphy Is
At Capital Today
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then called on Miss Perkins who has
expressed regret that General Mo-
tors-Union discussions had been
called of at the last moment.
1t was believed likely that Murphy
would confer with Lewis but he had
no definite appointment. Despite a
denial by the Michigan governor
that he would take up the situation
with Mr.. Roosevelt, feeling persisted
that White House call would not
be likely.
Wall of Men
Detroit, Jan. 19-(UP)-The Unit
ed Automobile Workers, rejecting
the last gesture Of Cancellation in
the General Motors strike, today
threw a wall of men" around gates
of the Briggs Manufacturing Com
pany plant. where Lincoln-Zephyr
bodies are made for Henry Ford.
and continued to picket despite ef-
forts Of police and company guards
who used tear gas.
The early morning demonstration
was not connected directly with the
strike situation In General Motors
plants.
Homer Martin. president of the
United Automobile Workers, sharply
rejected the offer of George Boysen,
head of the Flint Alliance, to with
draw his request for collective bar
gaining with General Motors.
"By the same magic that General
Motors waved the Flint Alliance out
of the picture, they can wave 1t
back" Martin snapped. Our mem
bership cannot be placed in the
position again to trust General
Motors .343 declaration Of good
faith"
All remained quiet at Fisher Body
plants l and at Flint still held
by shutdown strikers but new out
break occurred on another automo-
bile front where mass picketing be-
gan at the Medium avenue Briggs
plant.
An estimated 5000 u. A. w. mem
bers gathered before the gates at
dawn. Under the direction Of lead
ers, they formed a huge, running
circle.
Tear Gas Bombs
Detroit, Jan. 19.-UP)-Police,
armed with tear gas bombs, broke
up half a dozen early morning Skin
mishes today between pickets at the
Medium plant Of the Briggs Manu-
featuring company and workers who
sought to enter the factory.
The encounters, In which no one
was injured, occurred during a mass
demonstration Of approximately
1000 pickets. The plant, which
manufactures bodies for the Lincoln
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-19

Zephyr division of Ford Motor COM
pany, has been closed by Shutdown
strike and Walkout for two weeks.
Authorities said that worker
employed in the skeleton crew still
operating the plant sought to enter
the main gate at Z a. m. Pickets met
him halfway across Medium ave-
nue. and escorted him to the opposite
side of the street.
This demonstration brought in a
rush of other workers to the main
gate. Police arrived as this group
tangled with pickets and SOON dis
persed them.
With the arrival Of police, peace
full picketing was resumed.
Men and women marched in a
wide circle, at each of the plants
entrances.
Injury Is Denied
Police, pickets and workers rubbed
smarting eyes as the tear gas fumes
spread. Reports that Deputy Super
intendent of Police Louis I. Berg
had been injured in the melee were
denied by him.
Richard T. Frankensteen, organ
izer Of the United Automobile
Workers of America, charged that
Berg had thrust him into the area
where the tear gas was the heaviest.
This Is the most unwarranted
attack by police on peaceful picket
line have ever seen," Frankensteen
said. He pointed to the police official
standing nearby and added:
THAT officer pushed me right into
the thick Of the tear gas"
That's not true" Berg replied,
II was the first to get In the way OF
the gas and couldn't do anything
for while. don't know what hap
pened."
A strong wind carried the gas
fumes away from the picket line in
few moments. Pickets made no at
tempt to stop the small office force
as 1t approached the gates of the
plant en- masse and sought admis-
sion.
Protest Is Made
Detroit, Jan. 19.-UP)-Homer
Martin, president Of the United Au-
tomobile Workers Of America, tele-
graphed Gov. Frank Murphy in
Washington, protesting against po-
lice attempts to break picket lines
with tear gas here today.
The telegram:
Police of city Of Detroit early
this morning unanswered to break
picket line Of 5000 strikers around
the Briggs plant and without any
justification Immediately tossed tear
gas and sickening gas bombs gassing
numerous pickets. In addition
Briggs company police also used
such weapons outside Of plant gates
on public streets. Also advised that
city police are now In Cadillac plant
and police attempting to interfere
with picket lines around Cadillac
plant. Urge that you take such &C.
ton that you may deem necessary
to prevent further disorders Of this
kind on part of city police and
Briggs company guards"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-19
Rep. John D. Thon1s
Backs Governor Cross
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Under its provisions the double
barrel court system now prevalent in
the state, Waterbury included,
would be eliminated. There would
be one Judge in Waterbury with an
annual salary Of $4,000, whereas now
there are two each receiving 5000
annually. There would be one Judge
in Torrington at $4,000; and one in
Naugatuck at $4,000. Both these
courts are served by a Judge and
deputy Judge.
The number Of prosecutors in the
Waterbury court would also be cut
as the bill provides for only one
with an assistant. There would also
be one clerk with an assistant.
An assembly of the district court
judges would name all probation
officers and also set the number of
these officials, whose annual salary
would be fixed at $2,400. A super
visor of probation officers is also
provided for at $4,000 a year.
Tho judge of each district court
would name the attending officer.
In waterbury at pTeSenI tne super"
intendent of police assigns this duty
to a patrolman or officer.
Senator Raymond j. Devlin of
Few Haven, senate majority leader,
followed up the house action by
introducing the district court bill
in the senate. There was no bill
introduced there on the guberna-
torial veto.
Rep. John D. Thoms OF Water
bury today presented bill in the
house by whose terms all receipts
from old age pension taxes would
be kept in separae fund. While
this Is done now there Is no law
on the statute books to make it
mandatory.
Despite the separate committees
named by the senate and house
both have agreed to hold joint
hearings on all bills. Rep. Asahel
Mitchell of Woodbury., chairman of
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DEATH OF MINOR
COURTS PLANNED
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prosecutor. Jurisdiction would be
limited in cases of crimes and mis-
demeaners to penalties Of not more
than 5000 or not more than six
months Imprisonment. Civil relief
would be limited to $500. Judges
would be named by the general as
sembly, as in the cases Of all other
minor court appointments.
Constitution Change
introduced into the house at the
same time, by Minority Leader John
d. Thoms, was another bill to
amend the Constitution so as to
provide all court judgship appoint
ments, excepting probate, be made
by the governor with consent Of the
general assembly. This would nee
essarily include the district court
judges In event the court bill was
approved.
Thoms also submitted another
bilT providing a two-thirds major
ity, rather than bare majority, be
required to override o governors
veto. a
A jury service bill for women also
was offered, exempting only trained
nurses or hospital attendants.
These measures were among the
major recommendations Of Gov.
Cross In his inaugural address, and
each has been rejected during pre-
vious sessions.
The district court bill was based
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peace time crisis. Boom time stock
market beauties were not worth ten
cents on the dollar. The panic
was on.
Mr.. Roosevelt summoned congress
to meet in special session March 8.
Treasury lights burned all night,
many nights. Government fl
nancial experts were almost stand
ing on their heads as the admins
tration tried to decide what the peo-
pie should use for money scrip,
new bank notes or other means.
Congress met and in few hours
rammed through new banking act
which approved what the President
had done so far and authorized him
to continue the treatment. The bill
was signed and became part of the
public law before midnight of March
8. The bank holiday was extended
indefinitely.
All Asked Relief
Business. big and little, was shout
ing for relief. From hovel to man
sion a nation looked to Washington
for what was coming next. The
week of March 4 to March II is
without precedent in this capitol for
fearful excitement. There was none
Of the glamorous, patriotic relief OF
marchcing men and bands such as
accompany war. And on Sunday
March IL Mr.. Roosevelt invited a
nation to listen to him from the
White House in the first of his fire
side chats. With a few words he
was performing a psychological mir
acle--
my friends, I want to talk for a
few minutes with the people of the
United States about banking-per-
fectly sound assets-banic prices
legislation promptly and patriotical-
ly passed by congress-no sound
bank Is a dollar worse off than II
was-I hope you can see from this
elemental recital-confidence and
courage-you people must have
faith-together we cannot fail"
Panic Was Beaten
The panic was over. Gradually
banks re-opened under treasury
authorization although some were
closed forever.
Firing his special messages tc
congress at brief intervals, Mr.
Roosevelt began to outline his New
Deal. BY June l6, when congress
adjourned, the administration had
begun to deal with the problem VI
unemployment by relief and by Gre
alton of jobs through MIRA and
PWA, with agriculture by the Agri-
cultural Adjustment Administration
with distressed home owners through
the Home Owners Loan corpora
ton and with banks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-19
JUDGE M'EVOY
GIVES PRAISE
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Serious Chats

SerlOuS NNatS
Judge McEvoy in passing SEN
tence today stated that he had
brought the boys to his chambers on
numerous occasions since last week
informed the boys that 1t was the
for serious chats. He stated he had
courts duty to watch their future
activities, for he was taking a GER
tain responsibility upon himself in
not committing them to long terms.
The fact that the boys have brought
humiliation upon their parents Is, in
a way, punishment to them, the
judge continued. According to the
police records the boys were respon-
Sible for numerous automobile thefts
In which the cars were taken to a
secluded spot in Middlebury and
stripped Of all valuables.
Judge McAvoy stated he had never
contacted a more conscientious pro-
baton officer than William M. Har-
riS. The twelve men placed in his
custody during the past year have
all presented perfect records.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-19
was sold out in addition to the
regular covered grandstands.
Hundreds of Police

Hundreds of police were imported
to handle the crowds. New York
sent 100 men and Philadelphia $50
to augment Washington's own force
of 800 uniformed officers. Seventy
'plainclothesmen will be on duty, in
Guiding Is from other cities. Two
hundred marines and 100 national
guardsmen will be pressed into serv-
ice. Four khaki-colored army scout
cars carrying mounted machine
guns were brought to Washington
from nearby Fort Myer in Virginia
across the Potomac river. They will
serve as an escort of honor for Mr..
Roosevelt when, in an open car, he
wheels from the White House
grounds to take his second-term
oath of Office from Chief Justice
Charles Evans Hughes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-19

NOOubluued 1roIn rage -
Garch's destructive flood subsidized
today when the three rivers which
spilled into the city's lowlands
reached their crest without mum
dating Pittsburgh's business district
The Monongahela, Allegheny and
Ohio rose to a crest. q 28.1 feet at
10 q. m, remained stationary ct
that point for a time and then be-
gan receding.
Damage from the overflow was
expected to be light.
Recalling last years flood, when
the rivers rose to 46 feet, mer-
chants and industrialists moved
goods out Of reach Of the waters
and erected flood barriers.
The only damage done was the
flooding Of Easements in low-lying
sections. Pumps eliminated the
flood waters. Street car service
on Shore avenue was rerouted. A
shuttle line that serves the bot
toms" district in McKees Rocks was
forced to abandon service.
Although four to five feet Of wa
ter stood in the low-lying sections
and bottoms, no excavations of
homes were reported. Police stood
ready to give whatever aid was
necessary. The flood waters had
crept into Duquesne way at 18th
street.
Breaks Levees
Kennett, Mo-, Jan. 19.-CUP)--
The swirling st. Francis river brake
through levees in five places today,
endangering hundreds of lives and
flooding thousands of acres of rich
farming land.
Engineers In charge of repairing
the levees were unable to determine
Immediately how many of several
thousand National Guards, WPA
workers and volunteers were ma
rooned by the rush of water.
Members Of Co. G, Of the Missouri
National Guard, were reported iso-
lated at point where it was ex-
pected to take several hours to res
cue them. They were without food
or fire, and the temperature was
close to freezing.
The breaks were along a 30-mile
1evee front near where break oc-
CURED late last night In which
three men barely escaped with their
lives. They were swept into the
river when the levee broke on the
Missouri side of the river, a mile
southwest of here.
George G. Little, Dunklin county
WPA supervisor, and U. s. en-
gineers Paul E. Farley and G. E.
Brown Of Memphis, the men swept
away, floated in the icy water for
nearly 80 minutes before Little
seized telephone wire, pulled him.
self to quiet water, swan to shore
and returned with a rescue party.
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President Will Be
maugurated Wed.
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1t began spending $1,000, 000, 900 a
year for national defense. It raised
taxes, increasing upper brackets
levies on individuals and forcing
corporate surplus funds into cir
culation by tax pressure.
Vital New Deal policies were null
lifted by the supreme court. In
1884 and 1886 Mr.. Roosevelt was
given two unprecedented popular
mandates to carry on.
Increased Debt
Mr.. Roosevelt has increased the
national debt from 22,538, 600, 900 to
approximately $35, 200, 100000. He
has expanded government, and
promises to expand 1t further. IN
der his administration federal rev.
enues have increased from $3,115,-
100000 in his first year to $685.
100000 estimated, for the current
fiscal year.
Peace-time expenditures hit a
peak under Mr.. Roosevelt in the
last fiscal year-$8,879, zoo, 900, but
government revenues are on the
upgrade, expenditures down. The
President has promised to balance
the budget and begin reducing the
national debt in the 1899 fiscal year
Mr.. Roosevelt's central recovery
and reform policies, MIRA and AAA
were declared unconstitutional By
the courts. He demands now a
more liberal judicial Interpretation
of the constitution. His gold policy
survived court examination, but
most of the New Deal legislation
which has been reviewed by the su-
preme court has been nullified.
Some observers date the more
substantial of New Deal recovery
from notification Of NRA in Janu-
airy, 1885.
The pump-priming process Of
federal spending and expansion Of
credit now Is alarming those who
foresee credit and even possible cur.
rency initiation as the outgrowth CT
an expansion of business recovery
to boom-time proportions.
Precedent Breaking
The precedent breaking tempo o!
the Roosevelt administration goes
on. It has been maintained from
the stirring weekend OF his In
auguration, which ended with every
bank In the nation closed, through
the famous hundred days of con-
gress" to the present moment wher
Mr.. Roosevelt Is preparing to be.
come the first chief executive tt
be inaugurated under the 20tt
amendment to the constitution
That amendment advanced the in.
auguration from March 4 to Janu'
airy 20.
Mr.. Roosevelt smashed his frs
presidential precedent before taking
office. He flew from New Yorl
to Chicago in 1882 to accept thu
democratic nomination the day af.
ter 1t was rendered. His accept.
ance, speech smashed hard at thu
Hoover administration, denounced
prohibition and promised its re.
peal, but concealed the program o.
experimental legislation which HI
and a brain trust Of young intel.
lectuals had devised for the ma.
tons ills.
Experts Differ
Experts differ on the period al
which depression was at its depth
But economic disorders rose towarC
spectacular and quick climax ir
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-19
JOSEPH DAVIS
REACHES RUSSIA

Moscow, Jan. 19-(UP)-Joseph E.
Davies, New American ambassador
to Soviet Russia, arrived today with
his multi-millionairess bride Mar
jorie Post Hutton Davies and was
given the biggest alnbassadorial
welcome Of recent times.
They were welcomed at the rail-
road station by representatives of
the government and members of the
staff of the embassy, and escorted
to Palatial Spasco house, the en-
bassy building, confiscated after the
revolution from textile magnate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-19

on the recommendations of the judi
cial council, which has proposed
the system since 1881.
Under its setup justices of the
peace, many of whom are not law
yers, would be no longer permitted
to exercise criminal or civil juris-
diction, and city, town, borough and
police courts would cease to exist.
In submitting Its report to the
governor early this month, the
council noted establishment of dis
trict courts as outlined would re-
suit in a notable improvement in
the administration Of justice In this
state.
"The district courts would be
state courts, the expenses paid by
the state and the receipts returned
to the state. They would have a
uniform practice, and In time would
have common body of traditions,
standards and ideals. They would
supplant some 65 minor courts now
existing and innumerable justices of
the peace, which now operate as in
dependent courts, having no COM
mon practice, no common standards,
and which are accountable to no
one IN particular"
The judiciary committee was to
receive the bill In both houses.
Other Bills of Interest
Introduced in the senate and re-
ferred to judiciary, was a bill Of
Sen. Edmund r. Gebhardt, d., New
Haven, to eliminate the state emer-
gency relief commission as of Feb. l
and turn over its functions to the
state welfare department
Sen. william H. Gable, d., Dan
bury, offered q bill establishing IAN
old age assistance fund" by the
state treasurer. to be used exclusive
ly for pensions, effective upon pass
age.
Houses Short Session
The house met only for Is minute,
long enough to receive. a batch of
bills and to hear Majority Leader
Noah Swayne, r., Darien, call for
meeting Of the committee on pub
lie welfare Immediately after adj
journment to consider the emer-
gency relief commission transfer.
Swayne said he had been asked by
the governor for prompt action" of
the bill, and he in turn requested
its immediate consideration"
All house committee organiza tons
were to be undertaken during the
day, and the house will not meet
again until Friday.
Former Speaker william Hanna.
Bethel, who helped organize the
present session, was voted $50 for
his services.
Senate Was Speedier
The senate likewise hurried
through its work, referred all bills
to respective COMMITTEES and adj
journed until Friday after session
of less than o half hour.
A Joint senate resolution reap
pointing Lewis w. Phelps. Andover,
as auditor Of public accounts, for
four years beginning Jan. !, was re-
ferred to the committee on appoint
ments.
Approved was bill previously
passed by the house authorizing the
state comptroller to rent quarters
outside the Capitol to house new
state departments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-19
CHURCH UNITY IS
SOUGHT in CONN,
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presidents; Rev. DR.. J. Qui, ter Mil
Ter. Hartford, recording secretary;
A. Philip Keeler, Hartford, treas
urer. Rev. Theodore A. Green, New
Britain, was named to the commit
tee on international relations and
Herbert s. Smith. Waterbury, to the
committee on social relations s""~-
Included on the finance commit
tee were Rev. David P. Gaines, Wa
terbury, Edith Holden, Greenwich,
Albert H. Marion, Stamford, and
Toward Seeley, Bridgeport. Execu-
tive committee members included:
Rev. Samuel Sutcliffe. New Britain,
Rev. John J. Snavely, Stamford
Rev. DR.. Minot c. Morgan. Green
wich. Rev. George A. Gilbert and
Rev. Ralph Christie, both of Mid
dletown, also were named to COM
mittees.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-19
BIRD's-EYE PHOTOGRAPHY

James Stewart likes to climb 10
the top of the stages at Nom and
take candid camera pictures.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-19

On its annual trip around the
sun, the earth travels about 1901
644 miles daily.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-19
bad WEATHER
AT INAUGURATION

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-19
SIX STATES ARE
FLOOD SCARED

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Evening star., 1937-07-11
B|LLBOARDS HELD
TRAFFIC DANGER
Leesburg Rotarians Urged
to Join Campaign to
Beautify RoadSideS.

Declaring billboards not only mar
the beauty of the highways, but are
dangerous at curves and intersections
because the eyes are focused on them,
Mrs. George Sloane, chairman of the
Billboard Committee of the Garden
Clubs of Virginia. addressed the Lees
burg Rotary Club last week and ap-
pealed to the RotarianS to recognize
the danger of such advertising. Mrs.
Sloane declared that 10000 women
throughout the State of Virginia.
members of various societies. are or
ganized to fight the billboards, and
she emphasized what that would
mean when the time came for voting.
Mrs. Sloane stressed the need of re-
moving signs in rural sections. She
urged every one to patronize the list
of advertisers who have agreed to
withdraw their billboards. This list
will be published from time to time
as advertisers join the group.
lone of the latest additions to this
group" she said, lis the Ford Motor
Co. which has promised to remove all
signs"
Mrs. Sloane, in speaking directly to
the Rotary Club, urged it to aid in
beautifying the highways by taking as
a project for the year portion of the
road to beautify.
Upon her recent visit to this coun-
try Lady Astor made the following
statement:
Ten years ago 1 bemoaned the un-
tidiness everywhere. both in the viii
lagos and the country. and I am
pleased to see all that has changed
Referring to awful road advertis-
ing" she said, 1T is so ruinous to the
lovely scenery. It's sad let down
when you are motoring, drinking in
the beauty of the mountains. suddenly
to see looming before you a huge
monstrosity which says, only ST pei
day I do hope that the Legislature
will obtain control over advertising