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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-16

from Havana to prepare to make
 one three-minute speech. down there, after which he was labeled one of Cuba's most sterling orators. A Colgate has eben 8 student. So has MT. A. Lee Whiteside, president of Dunn & Bradstreet, says Car- negie; and MT. Hildick of Hildick's Applejack; and big executive from Mueller's Macaroni MT. Wilson B.. McCandless, president of the Dem man Tire and Rubber Co. of War ren, Ohio, pullmans to New York Sunday nights, spends Monday pre- pairing his lessons, attends class Monday night, and catches the late sleeper home. Others commute from Albany and Philadelphia. A retired rear. admiral in the United States Navy has been coming down from New Haven.
 CARNEGIE lives in small house O in a quiet side street in Forest Hills, Long Island. His two nieces, Josephine and Pauline Carnegie, live with him. T was married once," he said. I'm not married now"
 I'm not a prohibitfonist exact- ly," said Dale Carnegie, T hardly ever drink, and I think it's the cause of lot of crime" He doesn't smoke. Sometimes he goes to the Community Church in Forest Hills. He doesn't believe in the study of ancient languages or higher mathe- matics. They're a waste of time, he thinks. "They say Latin helps you to know English better and that mathematics trains the mind. Once went out to Kansas City to see
 my folks. I went by way of Mex leo. But 1t didn't prove that that's the best or only way to go from here to Kansas City"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-16

Out of the mountain of fan mail Clark Gable receives weekly tubled of the most amazing documents ever received by motion picture star. It letter of thanks to Gable for restoring the mind of aged Oak land woman lost for thirty years and urging him to ac cept $5 900 doctors fec" The letter. written by Miss Cay Carroll, Oakland, California, reads: Dear Mr.
 Gable: want to thank you for all you have done for my family and My grandmother lost her memory in the earthquake of 1906 My mother only six years old at the time The doctors said my grandmothers memory would be restored. Last month we took grand
 mother to San Francisco We thought it might help We'll it did, Her brain snapped and she is perfect Every thing strange at first. But now she understands "She asked me to write to you. We wish you would please accept five thousand dollars. We give it to you as we Miss Cay Carroll"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-16
On'tBeBashfuI- -Stepup sndMset Dale Carnegie

hand ths girl calming Htssy bsgne swaiis the
 ordeal Of her speech Carnegie takes his at his astounding of his sOnay friendhp odesty scam spectacular personal part emphasizing the books which
 people to buy sk poised of nes pupils scratching
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-16

Chatter. .. . Marie GIasberg of 692 East Main Street honors the Tower with another generous batch of tinfo. Thanks Marie. Billy Gibson filled up the Springfield to hear Horace Hedt and his Brigadiers
 Johnny Petricone, well dressed barber has gone in for debating The only way they'll beat Johnny at this game will be to tie his hands. Nal Hallett has been signed to furnish music for the Hartford Police mans Ball next Thursday evening"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-16
Tall Tower
 Topics
AT LONG 1Asr-spRrNo
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER
Good Evening.

You thought the day would never come When you'd see robins out on the lawn; Hear the peepers in distant marshes And the symphony of birds at dawn Starting first in andante movement, Softly till the day grew lighter, Then allegro with volume increased As the early morn grew brighter. You thought that day would never come When the first bright crocuses you'd see, And the ground would lose that frozen look Or you'd take your first drive from the tee. You thought that day would never come Didn't you? but at long last, You've seen robins heard peppers, Winters thing of the past.
 FEM EM
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-16
Enclosed find two

Editor, Tall Tower Topics. Enclosed find two tickets for the Lux Clock Aid Associations 1887 Rhythm Revue which will be presented this evening at Temple Ha The laugh feast of the season in town with this show so don't miss it. Jack Fitzgerald and Freddy Hall will be featured in comedy role while June Free man, dashng sorre topped radio singer, will also be on hand. See you at the Temple tonight. Lux Clock Employees.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-16
MONDAY DANGEROUS DAY

Toronto, Ont. (UP)-The time to be most careful is Monday between 10 and Il o'clock, and that is true of every Monday in the year. The Toronto Industrial Accident statis- ticians have discovered Monday, be- tween the hours mentioned, to be the most dangerous for the average human.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-16

treat for sore eyes is fOurteen-year-old Freddy Secoa major domO of the bellhops at the Palace Hotel The other day proprietor Mike Leon logged Freddie in
 new red, blue and yellow uniform with 27 gold but tons on the front He looks neat in the outfit he Freddy feels so good duty he insists customers their little fingers in preference to their stronger digts in ringing for the elevator His acoye friends at St. Lucy's church should get peep at him now My would they be jealous!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-16

Cleaning the interior of York
 Cathedral in England will take 20 years, portions not having been touched for 600 years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-16

Barbs A professor advises "Get hobby or die D For elderly spnsters the advice would Dye and get hubby. At Schnectady, N.Y. five women have been attacked by a squirrel which apparently hasn't become inured to the new hat modes Another prospect for Hive Alone and Like It. is the Minnesota hermit who raises skunks and hasn't had bath in two months PoAofice was played at recent Hollywood party. Ap- plebobbing is out when Joe E. Brown and Martha Kaye are present, because of unfair competition
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-16

The Tower has been informed that after more than
 month at St. Mary's hospital during which time he has
 undergone two serious operations Francis Moore of Mr. and Mrs Frank J. of Wilson street. and student at Crosby High school has shown sufficient recovery for his removal to his home Francis left the hospital We'd nesday and needless to say that because of his pleas ant disposition, he has since been greatly missed by authorities, fellow patients and nurses alike. His only problem at this particular time is in trying to locate the sunshine for which Connecticut like Florida and Cali fornia is noted The young mans dad happens to be Frank J. of the fire department
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-16

Argentina is eQuipping its airports and landing fields with the latest safety devices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-16

Shredded thoughts. |. :. Bank Street at the Plume wire fence which will not only add to the beauty of the street but will protect the property from careless auto drivers. It will replace old wooden fence which has withstood the weatherman for years and years Taft Schools Glee Club will seek honors in the Horace Busl nell Memorial Concert in Hartford tomorrow evening Ralph Mastrianna says that there have been place in the sum- hardly find in the place.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-04
VALUE OF WORKERS
EDUCATION
Is Stressed at New Bedford

New Bedford, Mass.-A conference
on Glow Workers Education Can
Help the Trade Union Movement was
held in the labor temple here over the
week end of May s and 9, which was
attended by more than 100 dele
gates. The conference was conducted
under the auspices of the affiliated
schools for workers in New York
city, and the following cooperating
groups: The New Bedford conference
committee, Amalgamated Clothing
Workers of America, Locals Of New
England; Holyoke Workers Forum
International Ladies Garment Work
ers' Union, Locals Of Massachusetts
and Rhode Island; New Bedford Cen
trail Labor Union, New Bedford Tex
tile Council, New England Alumnae
of the Bryn Mawr Summer School
Off Women Workers in Industry;
United Rubber Workers of America,
Local IL, Chicopee Falls; United Tex
tile Workers of America, Women's
Trade Union League of Boston, and
the Young Women's Christian Asso-
citation, industrial departments of To-
cal associations in New England.
/ Delegates were present from the
following towns, representing Massa-
chusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Is
land: Boston, Brockton, Cambridge,
Central Falls, Darien, Dorchester,
Fairhaven, Fall River, Fisherville,
birmingham, Holyoke, Lawrence,
Lonsdale, Mattapan, Millbury, New
Bedford, New Haven, Northbridge,
North Dartmouth, Pawtucket, Provi-
dence, Roxbury, Saylesville, South
bridge, Stamford, Taunton, Valley
Falls, Wallingford, and Worcester.
Those Who Addressed the Conference
On the program were Mr.. Francis
II j. German, who was the guest speak
er, and who addressed the conference
on the Importance of Workers Edu-
cation as basis for effective trade
union organization; Mr.. George San
derson, president of the New Bedford
Central Labor Union, who presided at
the opening session; Miss Edith Chris
tenson, organizer for the Textile
Workers organizing committee and
member Of the Board of the Affiliated
Schools for Workers, who led the dis
cussion group on New Organizing
Methods; Miss Jean Carter, director
of the Bryn Mawr Summer School for
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-04
BAPTISTS CALL
On Christians to Fight Eco
nomic Injustice

Philadelphia (ILNs) Five thou
sand Baptists, delegates to the North
ern Baptist convention assembled
here, passed a series of resolutions
which are believed to set a new mark
in liberal views on public questions
for any church body.
These resolutions call on all Chris
tians to work for a federal limit on
big incomes;
To demand q minimum wage suffi-
cient for a decent living for every
worker;
To press for a constitutional amend
ment taking away the power Of con-
gress to declare war without nation
al referendum.
1T is the compulsion of Chris
tians," said one resolution, "to work
for living minimum wage for every
worker, and maximum income to be
set by law, SO as to make possible
the minimum wage.
Wages and injustices are inherent
in our economic and social life. We
should study all proposals intended tc
assist in changing ruthless competi-
ton to helpful cooperation
While this radical program was
pretty we'll foreshadowed, it was gen
orally expected that the conservative
wing of the church would be able tc
soften any resolutions and avoid any
startling commitments. This con
servative opposition failed to mater.
ialize. The resolutions were adopted
by substantial maiorities, and with
practically no debate.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-04
$4,000 Workers Strike in Plants
OF Three Big Steel Corporations
Wakout Follows Refusal of Republic, Youngstown Sheet
& Tube and Inland to Sign Contracts with SWOC-
Union Organizers Beaten at Ford Plant in Dearborn.

mand for written contract is
merely the first step to demand
for the closed shop and the
check-off."
Philip Murray, head Of the Steel
Workers organizing committ,e, an
swered:
~. S. Steel and 140 other steel
companies have signed contracts with
SWOC and they are not closed shops.
They are union shops where the work
men no longer have the day-by-day
fear Of dismissal because of bad
tempered boss.
Republic Violated Law
Republic Steel especially is delib-
erately and knowingly violating the
Wagner law. 1t has instituted a poll
icy of mass persecution. 1t closed
down certain mills in Massilon and
Canton, and told its workers it in
tended to starve them into submis-
sion.
Republic Steel is planning a reign
of terrorism. It's mills are loaded
with guns"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-04
CONVENTION CALL
ISSUED BY @ ST..
Annual Meeting Of O. S. F.
of L. Set for July 26
(By Ohio Labor News Service)

(By Ohio Labor News Service)
Columbus.-The executive board of
the Ohio State Federation of Labor
through Secretary Treasurer Thomas
J. Donnelly last week advised all af-
filiated central bodies and local labor
unions that the ffty-third annual con-
vention of the federation will be held
in Dayton the week beginning July
26, with the opening session scheduled
for Monday morning.
Convention headquarters will be
established in the Biltmore Hotel,
where delegates may present their
credentials to the credential committee
upon arrival. Sessions will be held
in the main ball room of the hotel
Representation in the convention
remains on the usual basis as follows;
Each local union represented by
delegate shall be entitled to one vote
for every hundred members or less
and one additional vote for each ad-
ditional hundred members. No dele
gate shall cast more than five votes.
Central bodies are entitled to one
delegate and one vote.
To be entitled to representation in
the convention, local unions and cen
tral bodies must be affliates in good
standing prior to June 80, 1887.
President John E. Breidenbach, of
the Dayton Central Labor Union, who
is also fourth vice president of the
Ohio State Federation of Labor, is
leading the effort of Dayton trade
unionists to have the Dayton conyen-
ton of the State Federation declared
the largest held in years.
In addition to Secretary Treasurer
Donnelly and Vice President Breiden-
bach, the executive board of the Ohio
State Federation of Labor is comp
posed Of President Michael j. Lyden
and Vice Presidents Stanley Ogg,
James F. Malley, Albert Dalton,
George Suder, G. w. Savage and Otto
Brach.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-04

local industrial unions organized by
the CIO which are interpreted as in
vasions of A. f. of L. Jurisdictions.
Employers who recognize CIO
unions of this character may find
other A. r. Of L. unions refusing to
cooperate.
In short, the A. f. of L. resolved
to demonstrate its economic power in
meeting all "acts of aggression on
the part of the CI0.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-04
By Staff Corresnondent


Cincinnati ILNS) Money and
support for a great American FEEDER
alton of Labor organization campaign
! to meet the challenge of the CIO were
voted at the conference held in Gin
cinnati at the call of the A. f. of L.
executive council.
An assessment of one cent per
member per month was pledged by
the national and international unions
represented at the conference To
! meet constitutional restrictions, the
action actually was a pledge to con-
slider resolution at the next conven-
| tion of the A. +. of L. to levy the
assessment effective June /, but pend
ing formal ratification by the conven-
ton, the affiliated unions agreed to
advance voluntarily the amount of the
assessment.
Thus the A. F. of L., long handi-
capped by lack Of funds and recently
forced to reduce further organization
staff and expenses by the loss of per
capita dues from CIO unions, will be
able to expand its activities, add to
| its organizers, and arrange for more
adequate publicity.
Increased aggressiveness in or
ganization activities by national
and international unions was
pledged, and the conference left
it to the executive council to CO.
ordinate the activities of all affi-
lated unions under the direction
of President Green.
Tightening of A. F. of L. organiza-
tion lines to meet the CIO challenge
was effected by the requirement that
in the future all duly chartered local
organizations must become affiliated
with state federations of labor and
city central bodies.
Finally the conference recommend
ed to the executive council that all
local unions chartered by national and
international unions holding member
ship in the CI0 be disassociated from
membership in state federations of
labor and city central bodies directly
chartered by the A. F. of L.
Attacks on Go activities and sub
mission of facts regarding the inva-
sion of jurisdictions of the A. f. of L.
unions by the CI0 consumed most of
the time of the two-day conference.
Organizer Francis ]. Dillon gave de-
tails of the establishment of dual
unions in Toledo by the United Auto
mobile Workers covering hotel and
restaurant employees, retail clerks
!. teamsters (taxi), flint glass workers,
commercial telegraphers and pickle
workers. President Green read a
long report Of invasions of A. f. of L.
jurisdictions in other cities. John p
Frey charged that communists are
concentrating on program for gain
ing control Of the CIO and Labor's
| Non-Partisan Leagu, as the essential
step in gaining control Of the United
States politically and economically.
From discussions among leaders of
the A. r. of L. it became obvious that
the combined power of A. F. of L.
unions would be used to squeeze all
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-04
FUR WORKERS LEAVE A. F. OF L

Chicago (ILNS)-The international
Fur Workers Union of the United
States and Canada, in convention here,
voted to leave the American Fedora
ton of Labor and affiliate with the
committee for industrial organization.
The vote was 95 to A. The union had
been affiliated with the A F. of L.
for "a pears. 1t claims 10000 mem
bers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-04

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-Labor
news, converging here from all points
of the compass, tells of the strike of
$4,000 men in the steel industry; of
union men and women knocked down
and kicked by thugs at the Ford auto
plant at Dearborn, and other union
men and women kept from getting off
the street cars; of company-owned
police in South Chicago clubbing and
then arresting some 20 union organ
izers, and promising to give full
protection" to the Republic Steel plant
in that community.
The Ford attack came as something
of surprise, though few old Ford
employees had predicted such an out
break. Richard I. Frankensteen,
director of the organizing campaign;
Walter Reuther, president of the west
side local of the United Automobile
Workers of America; J. J. Kennedy
and Robert Cantor, organizers for
the union, had climbed the overpass at
Gate of the River Rouge Ford plant
to supervise the distribution Of union
handbills to workers changing shift.
About SO men were lettering near by,
and one of them told the union organ
izers to get out Reuther replied
that they were not making any dis
an I,
led by about dozen Of the gang, but
shared by all of them.
Frankensteen Badly Mauled
Frankensteen was the chief target.
He was knocked down, kicked, rolled
down the concrete steps, dragged to
his feet and then knocked down and
kicked again and again. He fought
desperately, but the odds were too
great. Newspaper photographers
had followed the organizers IN, and
one of their snap shots shows Frank
ensteen with his coat pulled over his
head and whole gang rushing him.
Reuther, Kennedy, Cantor and
seven women who had come to dis
tribute the union leaflets, also were
knocked down and kicked. Women
supporters of the union were not IA
vored in the Ford demonstration. Sev-
eral of them were knocked down and
kicked, and one had her arms badly
wrenched. Other women, coming on
street cars to take part in the dis
tribution of handbills, were chased
back on the cars.
Five Investigators for the senate
civil liberties committee saw the
shindy. The Michigan Conference for
the Protection of Civil Rights has
wired to the state delegation in con-
gress:
Circulation of Ford union organi-
zation leaflets, authorized by Dearborn
Council forcibly and brutally halted
by Ford thugs and service men"
Strike Hit Independents
Strikes were called in three inde-
pendent steel companies: Republic
Steel, Youngstown Sheet & Tube, and
Inland Steel These three corporations
employ nearly $4,000 men-and near
ly 5000 men were reported on the
picket lines. The strike order affected
27 plants of the three companies in
five states.
Republic Steel, with its chief, Tom
Girdler, the bitterest known enemy of
unions even in the steel business, has
taken the lead The three companies
refused to sign an agreement with the
unions. The Republic, in letter to
its employees, declared that the de-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-04
A. F. of |. Conference Votes Great Union
Organization Drive toMeet CIO Challenge

Women Workers in Industry, who led
the discussion on organizing Work
ers' Education Groups; Mrs. Esther
Peterson, organizer for the American
Federation Of Teachers, who directed
the evenings entertainment; Miss
Anne Ramsey, educational director
Of the international Ladies Garment
Workers Union, Fall River.
:, l..1 - nm,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-04

Make a tour of the shops that dis
play the union label, shop card ana
button. Don't detour!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-04

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Evening star., 1937-11-21

theme Of the native fields "that
formed my bones"
This manuscript makes clear a fact
that historians and publishers hereto
fore seem to have confused. That is,
that Lincoln wrote upon this theme in
one complete poem, not. as published,
in two separate and distinct verses.
He mailed the first stanza to his
friend, William Johnston, following
them up with the concluding verses at
a later date This fact seems to have
accounted for the publishing of the
verse as two poems-one entitled
Matthew" and the other unnamed
AS a matter of fact, in writing john
ston the second time Lincoln himself
concluded his verses on Matthew with
the oft-quoted lines: "Oh death! thou
awe-inspiring prince, That keeps the
world in fear. Why dost thou tear more
blest ones hence, And leave him lin
g'ring here?"
THE manuscript Just presented to
the Library OF Congress shows the
poem to have been concluded originally
by two other verses that speak again
Of the childhood scenes and native
fields:
The very spot where grew the bread
That formed my bones I see
How strange, old field, on thee to tread,
sr And feel I'm part of thee!"
A quaint item in this recent gift
Evening star., 1937-11-21

in the exhibit case. They are framed
in ebony banded in gold.
HISTORIANS have often COM
mented upon the poetic streak in
Lincoln's nature, of the mysticism that
was characteristic OF him, and OF his
contemplative or melancholy moods.
His frequent dreams, to which he
attached significance as portending
future good or i'll. and the verses in
which he gave expression 10 his feel
ings. are part of the tradition that has
grown up about the memory of this
extraordinary man. He knew the lead
ing poets Of his day and age and the
writings Of the Victorians as well. He
knew Burns and Byron and Hood as
he knew Poe and Longfellow and
Whittier. and could quote the best in
poetry, ancient or modern. In many
Of his public papers and letters there
was an element Of poetry. Hence of
unusual interest and value is the man.
uscript copy of one Of Lincoln's poems.
written in his own handwriting, which
has been contributed by Mrs. 1sham
The poem, unnamed. covers four
pages Of a folded notepaper and it
reviews the Joys Of native fields. the
sadness Of parting with friends and
tnevitability Of death. and then COM
ments upon the state far worse than
deathTunsoundness. of mind, revert
ing in the last two stanzas to the
Evening star., 1937-11-21
D NOVEMBER s7-PARr
Julius Caesar" Seasons
Most Exciting Play
Classic Takes on a New Face
In Its Presentation as
Parable on Dictatorship.
By Richard Watts, jr.

hrst really exciting event Of the dramatic turns to Be
things production
that something
4 and most