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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-19
Best Known Small Businessman Sizes Up Future of His Group

10,000,000 farmers and 14,000, ,0O0 in- dustrial employees, that still makes small business men a majority over both other classes combined.
 Those figures may (and wilD be disputed, but Fry accepts them.
 Differing from most of the others who have tried to organize small business men, Fry has not asked funds or distributed membership cards.
 Testing Theories
 Fry has been putting his own theories to work about Detroit. He believes industry and business must "sell" themselves to labor, matching the agitational appeal of John Lewis and Homer Martin with similar tac- tics.
 So he has been going about making speeches to luncheon clubs, labor and church groups, and claims to have convinced sev- eral audiences of auto workers and machinists that cooperation is bet ter than antagonism.
 One young farmer, in town with a load of stock to sell, came up and joined Little Business, Inc, Fry says, taking with him 10 ap- plication blanks.
 That SO far the dozen separate efforts to organize little business only seem to make it's voice more discordant than ever, does not bother Fry.
 "The best method of organizing will emerge and survive from among all these effortS," he says. "Then, once it is unified, the little business man is in a position to wield the balance of power that he ought to wield in the United l States"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-19
CENTERS FOR CANADIANS
 HAILED WIDELY
British Columbia Sponsors Free Recreation Plan
 for All Adults

Vancouver, B. C., April 19. (UP)- The British Empires first govern ment-sponsored free physical recre- ation plan is 8 reality in British Columbia today.
 In 1894, the oan. c. M. Weir provincial minister of education, realizing the lack of leisure-time facilities for young persons after school hours, set out to establish an Empire precedent and created the Recreational and Physical Edu- cation branch in his department.
 The rst Provincial Recreation Centers were established in Van- couver. Now there are 91 centers throughout the province, a regis tration of more than 10000 men and women and a staff of 100.
 So successful is the scheme that other provinces in the Dominion probably will adopt it.
 Dane Is Director
 Director and organizer of the plan is Ian Eisenhardt, who came to Vancouver from Denmark. Eisen- hardt is president of the British Columbia branch of the Canadian Physical Education Association.
 Persons over 16 are eligible to register. The centers are conducted informally with mo strings at- tached." Attendance is voluntary, and entrance is obtained merely by registering without charge.
 Facilities given to the unemployed are Q feature. In Vancouver last year an unemployed boys soccer league was organized for weekday matches. There are four teams en- tered in the league this year.
 Women Outnumber Men
 In six Vancouver centers, reme- dial classes for older women are attended by 1000. most of them housewives. In the total provincial registration, women outnumber men two to one.
 Although it was decided to stress the physical recreation aspect in the early stages, the plan was for all-around recreation, including drama, singing, handicrafts and the arts.
 Indoor activities at the centers include gymnatics, tumbling, group games, dancing, boxing and wrest- ling. Outdoor activities such as ten- his, cricket, archery, swimming and life saving are to be included where possible.
 A mass display by the provincial ccnters, staged in Vancouver re- cantly, was the greatest gymnastics diuplay ever held in Canada.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-19
BY WILLIS THORNTON

D1 WlLLlO 1I1OIN1N AO1N
 NEA Service Staff Correspondent
 Detroit, April 19-When you talk to Walter L. Fry, you get the idea right away that here is 8 man who, despite all the recent fun poking at the little businessmen, firmly be- lieves that group is potentially the most powerful political force in America.
 That belief is behind Fry's desire to call national convention here in Detroit which would create an organization capable of establish ing more equitable balance of voting power by presenting united army of opposition to all present op- pressive political and administrative power"
 Fry, who won fleeting fame two years ago as the first employer to conduct 8 one-man sitdown against his employees, has sent out more than 10000 letters to selected little business and professional men, seek ing their support for Little Business, Inc, his suggested name for a new organization similar to that which met in Washington, but without government interference"
 Mass Organization
 Instead of a carefully selected and representative body of small business men to go to Washington and advise the government on their needs and views, Fry envisions an aggressive mass organization of small business men and their en- ployes which would actually hold the balance of political power.
 He is much impressed by news paper columnist's claim that "out of 50,000,00O gainfully employed, there are 26O00,O0O Little Business Men," Fry figures that if there are
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-19
JINCLES INVITED
 TO CENSOR PLAY
"Speak of the Devil" to Be Presented By Civic The-
 ater Cast

Jingles Donahue is to be cen- sor! The officer whose parking tag rhymes have made him a national figure is stepping into this new role as the result of 8 protest lodged with the Civic Theater The the ater's answer has been an invita- ton to Officer Donahue to attend the opening performance of its new, original revue, Speak of the Devil, |" tomorrow night and personally to pass on the propriety of what he sees and hears.
 Officer Donahue's objections to the revue were based on reports which had reached him concerning a burleSque of himself which the musical show contains. According to William w. Vosburgh, president of the Civic Theater, this was the last in a series of attempts from outside to interfere with the pro- auction. "We are getting tired of this advance heckling on the show" said MT. Vosburgh, "and accord-- ingly are taking unusual steps to suuelch an outbreak of tender feel ings which seems to be epidemic in Waterbury,"
 The usually genial Jingles, inter- viewed on his Center street beat this morning, was anxious that the public understand his position. "When you consider" he said, "that this show is called Speak of the Devil and then introduce fellow with my name and talking like me you can understand my feelings. Also it's not only myself I'm think ing of but I understand that local politicians are taken off in this show and there are other 'allusions to local people and local institu- tions, which I understand have caused lot of complaint. There fore, in protesting I feel that I am speaking for the whole commun- ity."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-19
Roosevelt Lodge

Guests at the weekly meeting of Roosevelt lodge, Knights of Pythias, last night included Grand Chan cellor Morris L. Robin of this city and other grand officers. The meeting was held in Roosevelt hall. A meeting of Pythian lodges will be held next Monday night to discuss plans for the annual grand convention to be held here in Oc- tOber.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-19
$4,5OO,O0O Sought
 In Palestine Appeal
$223OOO0 Spent in Two Years for Settlement of Ger=
 man Jews-Sl, ,060,O0 Used for Immigrants

During the past two years the sum of $2,23O,0O0 was spent for the settlement of German Jews in Pal estine, it was announced yesterday by Louis Lipsky, chairman of the Administrative committee of the United Palestine appeal, which is seeking to raise $4,500,000 for the settlement in Palestine of Jews of Germany, Austria, Poland, Rumania and other lands.
 The work of colonizing German Jews in Palestine was carried on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-19
THREE GIRLS CAST

Virginia Grey and Mary Howard both ex-chorus girls, and Priscilla Lawson, former model, have been cast as show girls in Metro Gold wyn-Mayer's "Shopworn Angel" with Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart and Walter Pidgeon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-19
Townsend Lodge

George Mercy and Asa Isbell were selected as delegates to the annual grand lodge convention May 18 in Putnam, at 8 meeting last night of Townsend lodge of odd Fellows. The lodge will also send a delegation to a large class initiation in Torrington, April 30.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-19
FrQternQL NeuS
Camp IF

Deceased members of Camp IT, Degree of PocahOntas, will be honored at a public memorial service in Engineers hall, June 6. The committee in charge consists of Mrs. Leona Daniels, president; Arthur l.. Daniels, William Stan ley and Miss Gertrude E. M. Me- Kegg.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-19
Planned Arms Sales
 to Recoup Shortage

GEORGE F.. "A L l. U M, head of a New. York. and Chi- cago brokerage house u n d 0 r fire by Blue Sky" Division in vcsti gators, h a s revealed that his com- p ny planned to sell guns for the war Tn China to recoup a shortage of
 $400,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-19
Pine Rock Circle

A social program of Pine Rock circle, Lady Foresters, will be held April 27 in Mechanics hall. The social was supposed to have been held April 15, but was post poned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-19
CONNECTICUT SECURITIES The R. F. G iggs Co.

PUBLIC UTILITY STOCKS
 Bid Asked Bridgeport Gas. It. Co. 25 28 Bridgeport Hydraulic Go. 32 35 Conn. Gas & Coke com. If 1A Conn. Gas & Coke pfd. 311s 33A Conn. It. & Power .... 49 53 Conn. It. & Pow. 51z%
 p1Q. ................1l LIZ Connecticut Power Co. 41 43 Conn. Ky. & Ltg. Go com A 1A Conn. By. & Ltg. Co. pfd. 6 10 Hid. Elect. It. Go. com. 521a 54h Hid. Gas It. Go. com. .. 26 30 Illuminating Shares A .. 48h 50A New Haven Water Co.,. 69 73 South. N. E. Tel. Go. .130
 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS
 Bid Asked Ann. Hardware Go. =. 21 B Arrow Hart & Hege =. 30 Bristol Brass Corp. com. 30 Colts Pat. Fire Arms Go. 50 52 Eagle Lock Go. ....... IS IT Eastern Malleable Iron. 7H 9H Lander, Frary & Clark 24 26 New Brit. Mach. Go. com. 18 20 North & Judd Mfg. Co.,. B Pee, Stow & Wilcox Go. 6 8 Remington Arms ....... 2A 3A Scovill Mfg. Co. ........ g "A Stanley Works Go. com. 34h 36h Torrington Go. ...... "A 26
 INSURANCE STOCKS ~
 Bid Asked Aetna Fire Insurance 41R 43h Aetna Life Insurance 22h 241s Automobile Insurance 24h 26h Connecticut General =. 22h 24h Hartford Fire Insurance 65 67 Home Insurance ....... 24h 261s National Fire Insurance 51h 531a Phoenix Fire Insurance 69 72 Travellers Insurance ... .39O 400
 NEW YORK CURB Cities Service ............. 1h Elec. Bond & Share ..... 6A
The Washington times., 1938-11-05
Facing Many Difficulties

CMALL one-mill lumber towns
y with antiquated equipment
are very likely to be wiped out
by the increased costs. These
uneconomic mills have been able
to compete in the past only with
cheapest labor. Then what may
the farmers think about in
creased prices of industrial
goods in view of their present
price situation?
In other words, when you pull
even q few moderate economic
straWs out of the economic
stack, you may make unforesee-
able readjustments in the whole
stack.
Add to this situation the fact
that the Andrews administra"
ton is so hampered financially
it Is borrowing empIoyeS from
other government departments;
and there is some personal ill
feeling against Andrews indie
pendence from the Perkins Labor
Department. The result is
something approximating early
NRA doubts and difficulties.
Il X
MOTE: Business representa-
IN tives here have every conf
dence in Andrews ability to
work the situation out If anyone
can. Large business seems to
like the new law as its costs will
be least affected.
The Washington times., 1938-11-05
Far-Reaching Possibilities

OFFICIALS here are a little
" SkittiSh about deciding what
the Anglo-American trade agree
ment means. They wonder if they
know all that is in it and be-
hind it. Surfacely. it appears
to mean withdrawal Of Italian
troops from Spain, recognition
of Ethiopia, rapprochement with
the No. 2 Dictator, but few
United States officials are Suf-
ficiently sure of this interpreta-
ton to make comment either
on or off the record.
If the agreement is effective,
and Britain does not change her
policy of isolating the Spanish
War, military men think the
war will go on for another year.
A FTER WHAT Mr.. Roosevelt
IA thought about the Dies Com
mittee, some wonder what he
will think about a coming SEN
ate investigation of West Coast
maritime labor conditions. Sen
ate Commerce Committee has
$4,000 to investigate that Situa-
tion from Harry Bridges on
down. Senator Bailey of North
Carolina (who escaped the purge
list only because he was not
running) will start the inquiry
after election when executive
nerve strings will have quieted.
The Washington times., 1938-11-05
Enjoys Simple Life in City

TNEx O'ROURKE writes in, and much of it not
personal deserves a public hearing. Now,
take fellow like me. play on Lowell Thomas
softball team, adventure with the Adventures
Club, explore with the Explorers, trade treats
with the Dutch-TreaterS and sin along with the
Saints and Sinners but I'd be lost in night
club. Still, ride along with what you call the
Ne1D York CGUGlcGde. There's a lot of old
fashioned mounts like me among your millions
of readers who live where they do have golden
leaves in the .autumn-the leaves you said you
couldn't find in New York-and still sniff the
pungent bonfire.
6GTD GO as far as to wager you could take all
your starched Sun-dodgers and all the gentle
folk who honestly give hoot about who Junior
Goldybonds was seen with at the Gilded Duck,
and you'd be astoniShed at how many of us Of
the other million simple fellows would rather read
about fallen leaf and a frustrated prof at
N U. On Halloween we have our homegrown
pumpkin pie, and the kids scare the tar out Of
us with tic-tacS-right here in New York. We
park on the wrong side of the street and we
haven't seen cop in six years. I'm talking to
you from a mortgagebound bungalow in Bay
side, N. Y. c., with lawn and tree, sunshine,
fresh air and good, wholesome neighborS."
The Washington times., 1938-11-05
D. C. TURNS DOWN
2PWA Low BIDS

The District Commissioners to-
day agreed to award one contract
and rejected another on two PWA
projects for which funds have al
ready been allocated.
Subject to the final approval
of the PWA, a contract would ~
awarded to the John McShain.
Inc, of Baltimore, for a hospital
and administration building for
the District Training School for
the Feeble Minded at Laurel, Md.
This company submitted a low
bid Of $203,300.
The Commissioners rejected q
low bid of $4,000 for waterworkS
Improvements at the Lorton Re-
formatory, because they have only
$64,1 to spend on the project.
1t was announced that plans will
be redrafted and bids readvertiSed
with every assurance that work
may be begun before January i,
1889, as provided by PWA law.
The project calls for a 250,000-
gallon water tank and a water
filter with a capacity of 1880, 900
gallons day.
The Washington times., 1938-11-05
SEN. KING FLAYS.
.CE Mt RAILING.
or GOVERNMENT.
States Power in Peril,
He Tells JuriStS

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Nov.
5.-United States Senator King,
CD of Utah, who is chairman of
the Senate Committee for the Dis
trict of Columbia, last night flayed
increased centralization of govern
ment, and declared that if the
current tendency is not curbed
the States will become mere geo
graphical divisions without poll
tical power or significance.
Senator King addressed the con-
ference of Justices of the United
States Court of Appeals.
LETTER FROM HUGHES
His remarks followed the read
ing of a letter from Chief Justice
Charles Evans Hughes in which
the juristS were told that new
judicial spirit" was necessary for
the proper Interpretation of the
new rules of civil procedure, stress
ing that the justices must have a
genuine desire for simplicity and
effectiveness. and declaring that
successful administration now lies
with the justices, who enjoy
greater freedom from the burden
of technicalities.
On the subject of increasing
liberalization, Senator King de,
ciared he received thirty or forty
letters a day" asking for greater
control of local matters by the
government at Washington,
VANISHING RIGHTS"
The afternoon session was de-
voted to a discussion by the JUS
tices of the new procedures, and
following dinner at the Farming
ton Club, Thomas Benjamin Gay,
of the American Bar Association,
delivered an address on Vanish
ir.g Rights of the States and the
People,"
The Washington times., 1938-11-05
News Behind
The News
BY PAUL MALLON.

(world Copyright. 1888. by King
Features Syndicate. Inc. All rights re-
served. Reproduction in full or in
part strictly prohibited.)
SUCCESS stories circu-
~ lated by the Wage-Hour
Administration have fairly
well concealed a mountain of
troubles there, as bad as
NRA in some instances.
Plugging Administrator An
drews has heard, for instance,
that q much sharper curtail-
ment of production followed the
new act than the publicized
shutdown in the pecan industry
suggested.
His economists now are work
ing on tips that production Of
some Of the most heavily at.
fected industries was stepped
I'D for 100 days before the act
increased their production costs.
Triple shifts, working night and
day, piled up large inventories
which now may clog some mar
ketS.
Worry also exists about some
other economic reactions. Con-
siderable uncertainty is felt
about prices, noteworthy in
textiles, where wage-hour costs
account for 20 to 80 per cent OF
total production costs. The way
some Government economists
figure, the new law should not
increase textile prices more than
21a per cent, but no one really
knows what will happen.
The Washington times., 1938-11-05
Apparently Pleased

MUCH is being said about the
W1 failure of the johnson
Committee to get any greater
promises Of expansion out OF
the public utilities, but the Ad-
ministration seems to be salts
fled. In their view, utilities
would not have expanded at all
without such Government lead
ership. Administration believes
one utilitiSt is shooting at the
agreement. Others will cooper.
ate with the committee.
Manufacturers Of generators,
who expect to operate for two
years at capacity under the new
orders, have been meeting here
privately. Government is trying
to make them standardize
utility equipment which may
cut costs Of utility improve
ments and operation.
DEMOCRATS may lose no
~ more than the 26 House and
six Senate seats on their minus
list, but they are deeply per-
turbed, and do not seem to
know what to do about it. Their
last reports from Pennsylvania
have been very bad; and New
York is considered too close for
comfort. Some encouragement
has come from Ohio (where
they now expect to lose no
more than four seats), but If
General Farley is talking as
frankly as usual in his private
conversations, no one will bet
too much money on anything.
The Washington times., 1938-11-05

where the race horses in this
country are produced and II
they can only oe produced IN
certain sections Ct the U. S. A.
Well, you can produce a race
horse in a back alley of our old
home town if you have pa
tience, and luck, but most Of
the horses on which you lose
your money at the American
tracks are produced in three
States - Kentucky, Maryland,
and virginia. That is where
r,o,, find the hir CLASSY breed
The Washington times., 1938-11-05
DEN O. THE PUBLIC.

H@@AN - AAA1 y ODAAANs
Dear Mr.. Moser: Official notice
came recently that Air Mail field
post offices will really be handled
by the First Assistant Postmaster
Generals office (City Post Of
fice), but that personnel will con-
tinue under the Second Assistants S
office (Railway Mail Service) /,
presumably because Congress allot-
ted funds to the Second Assist
ants office and not to the First
Assistant. But this official info
came only after loud protests from
all classes of Railway Mail Service
personnel. However, Railway Mail
clerks do not believe the inference
that the fields will not go under
the First Assistants office fully,
at the end of the fiscal year, eSpe-
cially If Farley is able to convince
Congress to make allotment for
expenses to the First Assistant,
which would permit using Post
Office personnel to do the work.
This, in turn, would cause personal
The Washington times., 1938-11-05

Michaelson, publicity man for the Democratic
National COMMITTEES, admitted that he had picked
Anderson and helped him to write his speech"
"A Master of InnuendO"
NOV, Charlie is known as the No. 1 hatcnet
AN man for the Washington gang. AS writer OF
innuendo he need acknowledge no superior. Tne
scalps of many citizen, many politician, many
a newspaperman who incurred the wrath OF the
BOSS" but who were too stubborn to knuckle
under to threats. hints, and pressure, dangle
from the end of Charles typewriter.
But, peer in the art Of Smearing though Charlie
be, there was no call for him to try to steal some
Of the credit from Paul Anderson.
Twenty-Five years in Washington as a cor.
respondent for one Of the most famous of the
nations newspapers. Paul was swimming around
ON the Leftist horizon long before anyone ever
heard Of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The Washington times., 1938-11-05
High Court
COnCemeS iHe
Secrecy

(I.N.S.) The Supreme Jus
ticeS convened in secret ses-
sion today in preparation for
a decision day" on Monday.
Outstanding cases which
may be decided include the
present status of the child
labor amendment, and power
of the National Labor Rela-
tiOns Board over public utili-
ties and labor union con-
tracts.
The question of whether
the proposed constitutional
amendment banning child
labor, first submitted to the
States in 1924, is still before
them, Is raised in cases from
Kentucky and Kansas.
The Washington times., 1938-11-05
California In Comeback

IT LOOKS as if California may do comeback
l. as q racehorse breeding State since the return
of racing there, as many good stations have gone
West and the owners out there have been buying
blueribbon stuff for the past several years which
will all eventually go into breeding.
The Whitneys once maintained a magnificent
breeding spot at Bound Brook, over in New
Jersey, while the Rancocas Farm in that State
was famous for its product across long stretch
Of years. It was last operated by Harry Sin
clair the oil magnate who still owns the property,
though he no longer races horses.
New York State has always raised some race
horses, though the breeding experts think the
The Washington times., 1938-11-05

Is that Orson WelleS could
have created so much hub
bub-and be only %. .. Earl
Carroll, no longer the dreamer
boy of Broadway, sauntered up
his Avenue of Stars on a flying
visit last week-and perhaps
the sting Of Illustration and
disappointment was softened
when he passed the once
glamorous ziegfeld citadel and
found it featuring double
movi0 billS-and the Apollo
Thehker. where George Whites
The Washington times., 1938-11-05

hardships on many substitute
Railway Mail clerks permanent
extra clerks) because the regu-
lars at Air Mail field offices all
over the country would be sur
plussed' and would use their SEN
iority rights in taking over other
Jobs in Railway post offices and
terminals, resulting in substitute
clerks now in the service being
held back, possibly another year,
in reaching permanent appoint
ment to regular full-time jobs and
pay checkS.-R. M"
Dear r. M: This seems a
matter for postal organizations
to take in hand promptly this
winter.
The Washington times., 1938-11-05

flame Of glory blazed, now dedicated to honky-
tonk burlesque. .ziegfeld is gone, White has
turned his producing back on Broadway, and
Carroll is trying to swing back into pace in
far-off Hollywood Another threesome who were
dominant crystals in the Broadway kaleidoscope
of decade ago are back in town--stil friends,
but no longer associates-Lew Brown Buddy De
sylvia and Ray Henderson.