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break are grossly exaggerat
 Behind the scenes, there are some sharp differences over pol- icies and strategy, but the CIo chiefs are not at one another'S throats and are not verging upon Q split.
 There are two reasons why, despite Q certain amount of pulling and hauling among the CIO rulers, there Is no real dls- unity among them. One Is that they are in complete harmony on their big basic pollcy-that of organizing the mass produce ton industries along industrial union lines. Second Is the fact that it would be the height of folly for them to break up.
 Their only chance of getting anywhere as an organization Is to stick together. Factionalism would not only play into the hands of employers but ito those of their hated rivals, the A. ?. of L. So the insurgent chiefs are sticking together and playing ball on issues that affect their com- mon interests. Clashing Personalities
 Probably the chief cause of in. CIO strain is the widely varying personalities of the two principal leaders-John L. Lewis and Sid- ney Hillman.
 Born in an Iowa coal town, of Welsh parentage, Lewis came up from the ranks Of tho miners. Hillman, c Jewish immigrant. rose from an East Side garment sweatshop. Lewis is powerfully built, dynamic, and dramatic. A two-handed scrapper in his youth, he no longer uses his fists but sometimes still reacts to situationS with the instincts Of c battler.
 Hillman Is no less courageous than his colleague, but his meth. ods are different. Slender, quiet hammered and canny, he proceeds warily and cautiously.
 As . team, the two men make an extraordinarily powerful combination. Each has the highest regard for the other, and there has never been . personal clash between them. They have disagreed on some matters, and Lewis has not hess itated to take the bit ln his teeth and make his views known.
 Sock Roosevelt
 one instance of this was his snappy jab at tho president dur ing the General Motors strike, reminding him how the CIo had supported him in i036 and ex- pected reciprocity.
 Privately, IIillman was dis- turbed ct the outburst He said nothing to Lewis, but rushed down to the Capital from New York and quietly arranged c con. ference with the president for himself and Lewis. The three men had q heart-to-heart talk and the situation was smoothed over.
 Another instance occurred dur ing the congressional committee hearings on the wage-hour regu- iation bill.
 Hillman was consulted by the White House in framing the measure. Lewis was not--a fact he somewhat resented. When he appeared at the hearings he endorsed the legislation in gen. the regulation of the hours and eral, but took vigorous excep- ton Co . provision permitting wages Of workers receiving more than the minimum scale.
 This section would have given the new Labor Standards Beard control over the pay and hours of miners, and this Lewis enphat- ically opposes. He maintains that the powerful United Mine Work CTS can handle this temselveS, through collective bargaining
 Bat t happened that TzliI- man was the auth0r Of this prO- vision--though Lewis at that time did not know c. IIiiImsB
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Answers To Questions
By Frederick N. Kerby

c. Is vaccination of children compulsory in England2
 A. English law provides for com pulsory vaccination within six months of birth, and provides pen- alties for noncompliance.
 e. Is Henry Ford an atheist3
 A. No; he is an Episcopalian and stIll attends the church in Dear born, Michigan, where he was bap- tized.
 c. l was born in Italy in 1900, and emigrated to the United States In 1910. My father became c nat uralized citizen in 1917. Am . citi- zen too7
 A. Yes.
 c. Where did Harry Wilson play football before gVing tO West Point?
 A. With Penn State for three years. Thus he was in varsity foot. ball for seven years, io2i-io27.
 c, What was the most violent volcanic eruption of modern times2
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had insisted on its inclusion, arguing from his extensive ex. perience that labor needed gov. ernment protection to bolster union action.
 At the committee hearings he farmly defended this section, but when Lewis refused to yield, with drew his demands and it was eliminated from the bill.
 At Odds on FDR
 The chief difference on basic policy between Lewis and Hill. man is over the attitude which the Cfo should take toward Roosevelt.
 Hillman thinks the president has been Q great boon to U. s. labor. Lewis does not deny that Roosevelt has done much for la. Dor, but he feels labor in turn has done c great deal more for him.
 Hillman would like to have relations between the CIO and the White House uniformly cor. dial. at least In public, with complaints and protests made in private. Lewls's attitude Is Co maintain friendly contact but to speak out bluntly when. ever the occasion requires. In other words-be friendly to the White House but strictly inde- pendent
 So far each man has followed his own line of tactics. Both SO far appear to Do satisfied and 1t is just possible that they consider 1t good tactics to play both sides of the road.
 Merry.GO.
 Senator koyal s. Copeland is losing no time getting his New York mayoralty campaign under way. Almost every day he inserts large quantities of bombast in the Congressional Record telling how good ho Is and what he has done for this or that group of voters. In Q short time this material will And It's way into the mails-ua- der his congressional frank Undiscouraged by the presidents recent veto of the bill stabilizing their rate Of compensation, star route (ruraD mail carriers have opened negotiations with postal and congressional authorities for new measure to bc offered next session. Their plan is to work out bill that will be acceptable to the administration SO as to en- sure It's approval.
 Copyright. i037, by United Featur,
 Syndicate, Incl
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RNVRtS S0AA
 piled by that prince of Gael- 10 story.tellers, Seumas Mac- M an us The book is made up of . string of articles writ ten on partic- ular subjects by authorities on Ireland. unlike the usual his- tory 1t Is quite diversified in its selection of ma- h~.n.N N.k IA A.Q
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Daily Almanac

Moon sets ii:24 p. m. tdaylight time). Sun rises 6:6e c. fsl.; sets 7:64 ?. m. (day. light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 High tide at Milford Saturday, Aug. i4 6:60 c. H.; low tide, ii;40 c. m. daylight time),
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Test Y o UT Knowledge

Can you answer, seven Of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
 l. Which country is known as the Land of Chrysanthemums?"
 2. Tn which state does the Con- necticut River rise7
 3. Where is the University of Michigan?
 {. Who wrote the play, TWO Gentlemen Of Verona?"
 6. Where was Mary Garden, American operatic singer, born7 c. What is etymoiogy?
 2. DO citizens of the District Of Columbia have the right to vcte7 6. Into which river does the Ohio River flow?
 2. Who composed the opera. TA Traviata?"
 10. Give the correct saiitatio1 on . letter addressed to two or more women. either singie or married.
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Congressional leaders are said to "see a drive coming for war pensions" Well, we hope that vision proves to be a mirage that fades before 1t is reached.
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The peasant who lay behind a hedge and shot Q merciless land. lord to death was probably driven to the deed by the madness born of eviction or worse. The theft of sheep was the natural act Of Q man desperate over the starva- ton of his wife and children. The Irish mind could understand these acts because 1t understood the hu- man heart. But the Irish mind has never been able to forget or forgive treason or the traitor be- cause it cannot understand either one. Killing and theft, drunk enness and wantoness are sins of the flesh. Treason to the Irish mind and those who have lnher- tied 1t unspoiled, Is . sin of the intellect . truly wilful get, and as such comes under the unpardon- able category. Particularly the type of treason which deprived Ireland of its rights for so many heart-scalding years; the lowest variety; that engaged In for profit or petition.
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A Thought for Today

Ye shall diligently keep the commandments Of Ahe Lord yOur God and his testimonies and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.- Deuteronomy 6:17
 We are born subjects, and to obey God is per- feet liberty. He that does this shall be free, safe, and happy.-Seneca.
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A DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON, Aug 13-An Is not serene in high CLO circles Nevertheless reports that the leaders fighting among themselves and heading toward open break grossly exaggerated
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BY WAY of NO HARM
James William FitzPatrick

tThe are those of the neSsnFily the editors eg THE DEMOCRAT they construed invariably
 reflection oe thsir vlewpontl.
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Current Comment

Preaching in fiction is neither good preaching nor good fiction. Abraham Cahan, 77. Socialist and editor of the Jewish Daily For ward.
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The physician, psychologist. law. yer, clergyman, educator, executive. parent, ali share in the problems caused by mental disorders. .-Dr. L. E. Hinsie, New York PSy-
 chiatric hospital official.
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And now that the court fight has calmed down we'll be hearing more of the quintuplets.
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Police of Ujpest, Hungary, have found that beams of . stand which collapsed during c circus peFf0E- nance tnjuFing 100 persons, seven seriously, had beefi Sawn half through.
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UnpardonabIe

UnpardOnaDie
 Now the Irish were, and to a great extent remain, medieval Christians in the particular I have mentioned above for which the world at large owes them . debt of gratitude. They can appreciate the motives which prompt human beings to do wrong. Conscious of their own imperfections they are able to view the imperfections of others with the eye of charity.
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Irish History

The last few nights, being cursed with an attack of insorn. nia, I have been re-readlng his. tory of Ireland and the Irish
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Treason for Profit

The Irish mind can understand dying for . cause. It can under. stand and applaud slow bleeding to death for principle. It cannot understand betraying a cause at Jne price of gratifying ambition. It cannot comprehend selling out" ones own for personal g:.in. That inability to understand and comprehend has Its roots in the religious and political history of the nation. In the Penal Days the willingness, in Irishmen to die for their faith was a commonplace. So wac the hatred for an Irish- man who abandoned his faith be. cause he got his brothers lands and goods for doing so. The latter was a reasoned deliberate act for something material It was all head and no heart. Principle and conscientious conviction had no part in 1t. The perpetrator com mitted the act because he got something for himself out of t. The traitor who sold military and political information to the na- tion,s enemy did 1t for nothing but money and so was accursed. For the man who killed in the heat of passion understanding. For the thief in the hour of need refuge against the pursuit of the law. For the traitor nothing, ever or under any circumstances, except the hal. ter of Judas Iscariot
 N. Y. '"Turncoats"
 All these thoughts rambled through my sleepless head while 1 turned the leaves of Suemas MacManus book and the days dawning brought no cessation Of them. For on almost every page of the New York papers some. thing appeared to revive them. Men of lifelong adherence to . particular political group sudden ly becoming traitors to their party. AspIFants for ofiice turning their coats when and as often as they can draw votes by the turning. Senator Copeland running in Democratic and a Republican pri. mary for the nomination of mayor of New York; attacking on every occasion President Roosevelt, the leader of his party; foaming q. rades against another Democrat who presumes to run as e regular. Mayor La Guardia, at best q nom. inai Republican, running on any and every ticket upon which he can get his name and opposing former Representative Charles c. Bond who k entered as an out. and.out Republican. unafraid and unashamed. It seems to me that neither Copeland nor La ouardia can lay claims to fidelity to any political party. They are just can. didates for once; the former to gut his Hearst inspired vendetta against President Roosevelt and the New Deal. the latter because he wants te be reelected.
 I, Too!
 I must say thaG my sympathies and good wishes are with any DO. iiticai candidate who is not guilty of the sin which Is unpardonable to the Irish mind. Like all my breed and race I cannot under. stand treason nor tolerate traitors wherever and whoever they may be. Especially when their treason is prompted by Q grudge, by greeay ambition. or by 6 desire to "get in" in any way.
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c. Are the number of deaths by drowning increasing or decreasing? A. The number has been de- crcasing since 1883.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-21
CROSBY PROM TO
 BE HELD TONIGHT
John Johnson and Eleanor Webster to Lead Grand March

More than two hundred couples, members of the senior class at Cros- by high school and their guests, will attend the annual prom this evening at Wilby high school gymnasium to wind up the social season at the local high school. John Johnson, class president, and Miss Eleanor Webster, together with joseph Shea, prom chairman. and Miss Jane Nell son, will lead the grand march.
 Members of the committee have days decorating the Wilby gym in been busily engaged the past few appropriate class colors and the dance will be held in an attractive setting of dimmed lights and col- ored streamers.
 Glass officers who will attend, in addition to the president, will be-: Ruth Wall, vice president; Irving Benson, secretary: Walter Pranski- tis, treasurer.
 The members of the committee follow: Jane Cowperthwaite. Fred erick Kyzinski, Margaret Andria, John Kennedy, Betty Barrows, AL fred Petrocelli, Shirley Brandevine. Stanley Freedman. Jane Russell. Margaret Donlan, John Troutman.
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to kill the girl.
 Samuel S. Leibowitz, counsel h Ross, pleaded for a less severe sem 'tence.
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Librarians Attending
 Fifty Ninth Session
Miss r if Heads Delegation Representing Bronson Library; Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Guest Speaker

than 130 meetings are being plan ned by the 50 groups and section,. of the Association for the delegates attending this six-day conference.
 Requests
 Tax laws regarding library gifts and bequests, the progress of micro photography in America and abroad the fitness of library staff members in general for high grade public service, and the place of "extra-li- brary curriculum" activities in It. braries are subjects which will claim the attention of delegates. Other topics for discussion at the numerous section and round table groups include: religious books, adult education, public documents, salaries and employment problems, problems of college and university libraries, library cooperation with Latin America, reading problems of children and young people, and work with the blind and foreign born.
 A highlight of the conference will be the presentation of the John Newbery medal, which is awarded annually for the author making the most distinguished contribution to children,s literature. This author will be announced at a meeting Of the Section for Library Work with Children on June 9 and will be honored at dinner that evening.
 First Lady to Attend
 Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will be one of the many outstanding guests attending the numerous functions of the conference. Library donors, trustees, distinguished au- thors, and other, library friends will be guests of honor at the Friends of Library" luncheon. Dr. John H. Finley, editor of the New York Times, will preside, and Christo- pher Morley, author and critic, will speak. Messages from British library friends will also be broad cast over the radio from London during the luncheon pogram.
 Other national library groups holding meetings at the same time as the A. L. A. conference are the National Association of State Li- braries, Special Libraries Associa- tion Association of Research Li- braries. American Association of Law Libraries, League of Library Commissions, Music Library Asso- ciation and Bibliographical Society of America. The combined member ship of these eight organizations is over 1000.
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will go to New York for this con- ference which will be attended this year by approximately 4000 librarians, library trustees, and other friends of reading, include Miss Mary c. Burke, Miss Anne M. Burns, Miss Ivy Lowering and Miss Margaret Kilmartin.
 Malcolm c. Wyer, president of the A. l.. A., will give his address on Enduring Values" the theme of the conference, at the first general session following an address of well come by Fiorella H. LaGuardia, mayor of New York.
 Prominent Speakers
 Other speakers at the general session are Carl Van Doren, literary critic and author, Alvine Johnson, director, New School for Social Re- search, New York City; Charles Ferguson, associate editor, Readers Digest; Olin Downes. music critic, New York Times: Robert Bingham, Downs, University of North Caro- lima Library Chapel Hill; Fred eric G. Melcher, editor, Publishers Weekly; Milton J. Ferguson. Public Library, Brooklyn, New York; Ruth Sayord, Council of Foreign Re- lations, Incorporated, Library, New York City.
 Mile. Blanche Weber, Section for Childrens Literature, International Bureau of Education. Geneva Switz- erland, and Albert Predeek, Lib- rarian of the Technische Hochs- chule, Berlin, Germany, will be among the overseas speakers. More
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JOHN KASPRZAK'S
 NOLLE COSTS $25

John Kasprzak, 90. of 5l7 North Main street. veteran offender for motor vehicle violations, appeared in traffic court this morning before Judge John Y. Mcdrath and paid $25 for a nolle, pleading guilty to driving while his license is under suspension.
 The man was arrested yesterday afternoon by Sergeant Joseph Me- Evoy after had swung from Jewelry to South Main street at Q fair rate of speed and without stop ping to observe traffic conditions. He was followed to Washington ave- nue where. after being ordered to the curb. turned right and lied to- wards Brooklyn, making his escape. Sergeant McEvoy during the chase had secured the marker plate Nliin- ber and later located the driver at his home where he admitted his presence at the scene.
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ly. Other resolutions called for the dropping of all honorary members except Gold Star Fathers, the trans fer of national V. F. w. headquar- ters to washington, D. C., and the granting of medals to those who vol- unteercd for inoculations in the study of French fever.
 Saturdays parade took an hour and a quarter to pass the reviewing stand. A description of the parade was broadcast over Stations WATR, Waterbury, WNBC, New Britain and WELL, New Haven.
 Every veterans organization in Waterbury had a delegation in the parade. V. F. w. posts from all over the state were represented. The Lithuanian Legion and the Irish War Veterans, both of whom held conventions here over the week end, had strong contingents among the marchers.
 Police were kept busy handling the large crowds. Supt. William J. Roach and Deputy Supt. Daniel J. Carson personally directed the police work.
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MRS. HERMAN l s
 GIVEN SENTENCE

Riverhead, N. Y, June 2l--tUP)-- Justice James T. Hallinan today sentenced Mrs. Helen Herman to serve 20 years to life in the state prison for the staying of her caugh- ter, whom she killed to make room in her apartment for a lover. The 28-year-old Manhattan seamstress who killed her daughter Helen, 2 in a Brookhaven, N. Y., woods or May Is and brutally beat her son Jimmy, 5, probably will serve her sentence in the state prison for women at Bedford Hills, N. r
 She will be eligible for parole after she serves approximately l3 years She had nothing to say before sen- tence was pronounced. After being sentenced she thanked her attorney John R. Vunk. Tears came to her eyes as she shook his hand. Then she smiled and posed for photog- rapherS.
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RECREATION CLUB
 PLANS BIG DANCE
SS. Peter-Paul Unit Holds
 Benefit for Scout Camp Funds

Camp funds of the Boy and Girl Scout troops of the parish of SS. Peter & Paul will benefit from the proceeds of the first annual sum mer dinner -dance, which will be the SS. Peter & Paul Recreation association. The affair will be held at the Three Cups inn, Meriden, Eritlay night, with semi-formal dress the mode.
 Chairman William Donovan and 7 his committee are working diligent- ] ly for the success of the dance, which will be attended by more than | 50 couples, from the present ind.- cations. The majority of the young CT set of the parish, together with their guests and friends from other sections of the city, will be rep- resented. Those who attended the winter dance sponsored by the group will also attend this affair.
 Assisting Chairman Donovan in lhe arrangements are Al Scovota, Al &eisinger, John Mcclure, Art Stein,
 Elmer Youngquist John Wrenn. Mike dermia, George Filley, George Daly, Tom Leonard and Ray Wrcna.
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BOOKING AGENTS
 GIVEN B YEARS

New York, June 2l-(UP)-Mischa Ross, Broadway booking agent, was sentenced today to serve from B years to life in prison on his ad- mission that he slew his violinist- protege, Tanya Lubova. with ham, mer during an argument in a re- hearsal studio
 The severity of the sentence second degree murder usually car ries penalty of 20 years to life stunned Ross. He covered his eyes with his hands and sobbed bitterly as general sessions Judge Sol Streit said he believed jury might have found him guilty of first degree murder.
 Judge Streit, pointing out that 1t takes only half a minute to pre- mediate a crime" said he felt Ross took a hammer to the Times Square studio last April l8 fully intending
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Anti Vendors Law
 Proposed By VIEW.
Resolution Adopted at OnventiOn-Delegates Also
 Protest Discrimination in Employment

had originally declined to run for that office. Robert Mclaughlin, commander of Wheeler Young post, was nominated for the council of administration but declined to run.
 The encampment called on federal departments, factories and mercan- tile concerns to reverse their policy against employing men of 45 and over. Inability of these men to se- cure employment is great loss to the nation, the resolution stated.
 A 34-point resolution advocating Americanism was passed unanimous
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REAL ESTATE IS
 BOOMING AGAIN

Boston, June 2i-(UP) The real estate market again is beginning to rival the stock market as g popular investment field, President Philip A. Damon of the Massachusetts Co., operative Bank league said today.
 Tt is 8 good sign for the public at large, for the present owners of real estate and for new investors in this fundamental form of prop erty.y he said. while no imne. diate or violent boom is in prospect. these upward swings in real estate market values always last longer than they do in the stock market"
 The volume of home building and rentals has increased steadily dur ing the past three years, he said.