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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-22
FUNERALS

The funeral of Mrs. Ada Thompson Bristol was held Saturday morning at 8:45 from the Bergin funeral home. 290 East Main street. to St. Johns church, Watertown, where a solemn high mass was celebrated by Rev. William Disco. Rev. Raymond Kennedy assisted as deacon, and Rev. Myles P. Calvin as subdeacon Music was provided by a quartet consisting of Alice Burns, Mary Cos grove, Victor Keilty and Harry Dil- lon, with Miss Marie Roberge at the organ. Father Disco also officiated at the committal services at the grave, in the family plot in new St Joseph's cemetery, Waterbury. Bear CTS were George Parkins, K. F, Smith, Paul Kleinert, Jr., A. L. Williams, E. R. Tomlinson, and Walter Mitchell.
 The funeral of Joseph Kukanskis was held this afternoon at o'clock from the Mazaika funeral home, 10 Porter strAet. Burial was in the Lithuanian association cemetery.
 The funeral of William Maloney was held this morning at 8:15 from the Mulville funeral home, to St. Patrick's church for a mass of re- quiem at 9. The Rev. Bernard Foster officiated, with the assist ance of Rev. Albert Callahan, and Rev. John Hutchinson, s. J. The bearers were Martin Campion, Will liam Fitzgerald, John Nolan, John Murphy, James ODonnell, and George Phelan. Burial was in the family plot at Calvary cemetery with commital services by Father Foster.
 The funeral of William Baltromo- naitis was held this morning at 8:30 from the Stokes funeral home, 694 North Riverside street. to St. Joseph's church for solemn high mass, conducted by Rev. J. J. Val entiejus, assisted by Rev A. F.. Gra- deck, and Rev. B. J. Gauronskas. The bearers were Joseph and Frank Semetas, William Sardinskis, Jo- seph c. Castelonas, Joseph Caka- rauskas, and Bernard Zukaustas. Burial was in the family plot in Calvary cemetery.
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Of the right Of q free person to sell his
labor at his own price or Of another
to buy 1t, and none is to be taken OF
the inability of an employer to pay
the required wage.
No greater powers were ever given
any one person than those put into
the hands OF the Secretary Of Labor
under this bill. To exercise wisely
and without damage or injustice these
despotic powers would call for SUPER
human judgment and understanding.
which It is doubted II the Secretary
possesses.
The administration Of the act would
call for an army of shoppers, inspec-
tors, counselors and other agents,
particularly susceptible to partisan
abuses and political manipulations and
would throw all business and indus
try into the political field.
Both employers and employees would
do we'll to remember that Federal con-
troll Is a two-edged sword that cuts
both ways. The powers so vested in
Federal authority could as easily be
used by q government hostile to free
industry to crush 1t as it could be
used by a government hostile to labor
to enslave it. Remembering also the
Secretary's attitude toward the sit
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more than 100 days after the issuance
of an order by the Secretary of Labor
| finding that a particular industry is
engaged in interstate commerce. that
industry must pay its employees not
less than IS cents an hour and work
them not more than "A hours week,
and that. 365 days after that, the
industry must pay 80 cents an hour
and work its employees not more than
AZ hours a week. the third year pay
them IS cents an hour and work them
not more than 40 hours week. and
the fourth and each succeeding year
pay them 40 cents an hour and work
them 40 hours week.
The bill will apply. am told by
| the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
| Department of Labor. to about two
/ and a half million Workers-that is,
| they will be subject to its actual pro-
/ visions However. that to my mind
will be but small part of the total
number of workers it will affect in
directly.
! 1t is an evident fact that improved
working conditions for one group OF
( employees brings in its wake better con-
/ Gitions for all When the lowest
wage for industries engaged in inter-
/ state commerce has been raised to 25
| cents the first year and successfully
by 5 cents year thereafter until 1t
has reached 40 cents an hour, in
dustries engaged purely in interstate
! commerce and therefore not subject
! to the bill will find it necessary to
raise the wages of their employees.
/ They will find that the efficiency of
the worker is considerably enhanced
. by proper food, shelter and clothing,
! all of which are direct results of bet
ter working conditions.
Antidote for Communism.
1 hear a great deal of talk about
! Communism these days, its growth
and development in this country. Per-
haps it is getting stronger hold in
this country I cannot say it is not,
| but I sincerely believe. and this I
base on history and facts, that Com
nation peopled with men and wom-
en- working under humane conditions.
This very fact is to me an added and
important reason for the passage of
wage and hour legislation.
Now, hear great deal about the
hardship this bill will cause to bust
ness: that employers cannot afford to
pay higher wages. that they cannot
put on more men and women because
of the shortened hours.
wonder, when hear this criticism.
whether you realize Just how much
of your money goes to support families
on relief. to say nothing of the pri-
vate charities to which you contribute.
Substandard labor conditions bring
high relief costs and in their wake
comes increased taxes. If it is with
in our power. and it is. to lower the
burden on the taxpayer, surely we
cannot escape our duty to follow
this course. If we can do this and
at the same time better working
conditions, I cannot see how we can
justify any delay or refusal to do so.
1t is for these reasons and for the
even greater reasons that it will bring
little happiness and security to the
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plenary power to fix wages and hours
| throughout the United States for the
purpose of increasing purchasing power
in the hands of the employees who
would be affected. This bill does not
take into consideration existing differ
ences in economic factors entering into
competition in the 48 States. 1t does
not consider the cost of living, the
value of the services rendered by en-
ployes. or the cost of unit production.
AS opposed to this philosophy. eX-
pect to offer substitute in the form
of a bill drafted by subcommittee.
This latter bill would fix no minimum
wages. nor would it regulate hours,
but the authority to do so would be
delegated to an independent board.
Definite standards by which the board
must be guided are contained in the
proposed act.
In considering these different phi
losophies on the subject of minimum
wages and the regulation Of hours, we
should not forget the legal and eco
nomic aspects involved.
Plenary Power Lacking.
The Federal Constitution does not
give Congress plenary power to fix
wages or hours. I think it can be
done only as part of the constitu-
tional right to regulate and protect
commerce. We must also keep in
mind the constitutional provision re-
curing due process
The Supreme Court of the United
States has in many cases held that
neither the State nor the Federal Gov
eminent can interfere with the right
of employees and employers to con-
tract for services unless some special
reason exists which makes it impera
tive that the public good demands
such interference.
1t must also be remembered that
any Federal wage and hour legisla-
ton is legal experiment. No such
law has ever been enacted. and there
fore doubt must exist as to the atti-
tude which the courts will take toward
this attempt to enter new legal field
On the other hand. the States
through their police power, have en-
acted minimum wage and maximum
hour legislation for women and minors,
but have never attempted minimum
wage legislation for men.
The Norton bill does not provide
for any consideration of facts. 1t
prescribes an arbitrary wage which
is to be uniform in every part of the
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Virtues and Faults of Wage Hour Bill
Sponsors Representing Conflicting Schools and
Bitter Foe Discuss Legislation.

country. It is criminal statute, and
any person who violates 1t must de-
pend upon the criminal courts for a
hearing.
Under the subcommittee bill, an
independent board would consider eco
nomic conditions. the cost of living,
the value of the services rendered,
the cost of transportation to the con-
Stunning market and the unit cost of
production.
The board would then fix varying
minimum wages in accordance with
the facts shown in the hearing. Such
policy would protect commerce from
the chisler who profiteers at the ex-
pense of his employees. 1t would pre-
vent one employer from getting an
advantage over another by virtue OF
low wages and long hours.
The bill I am proposing does not
provide arbitrary differentials. 1t does
not propose a lower wage scale in
the South, as has been charged. 1t
does contain the possibility Of differen-
tails. but these differentials would be
based upon facts and upon competitive
conditions The bill is quite similar
to the one passed by the Senate last
year.
SOCIAL SECuIRITY MEASURE
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not economic: 1t will increase unen.
ployment and not decrease It; It is bad
and not good; 1t will destroy and not
save.
The act is unconstitutional in that
it attempts to establish Federal con-
troll over all production under the pre-.
tense Of regulating interstate com.
merce. II this principle is ever estab-
lished. then those meager powers kept
by the States will be gone.
Copyright. 1888. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Ine)
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social 3 e c u r l / y
measure, u n d e r
" h ch industry
and labor are to
be made the in
struments of So
cial security ex-
periments. Indus
trial questions are
to be lifted out Of
the economic field
and treated as q
social problem.
The bill puts
into the hands of
the Secretary of
Labor the power
NJ corfrrl nvor
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The House OF Representatives to-
,norrow takes up the n,uch-debdted
bill to establish minimum Wage
and maximum hours for labor.
Opposing points OF pie1p on this
measure are presented in the fol-
lowing articles by Representative
Mary T. Norton OF Ne,o Jersey.
chairman OF the House Labor Com
mittee: BY Representative Robert
F. Ran,speck OF Georgia. chairman
OF a subcommittee that drafted a
ferible bill. and by Representative
E. E. Cor OF Georgia. member OF
the Rules Committee group that
kept the measure bottled up for
months.
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workers is the mere spreading Of
honey to catch flies. for it Is neither
the one nor will it accomplish the
other.
Disguised as a Labor Act, providing
floor for wages and q ceiling for
hours" which is a rhetorical phrase
that means nothing, 1t is actually q
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down strike, for months unable to de-
termine that the Selling. the holding
and the conflscation of other peoples
property constituted a violation of law,
and remembering the Secretary's close
tie-up with the radical labor element
OF the country and the support given
the National Labor Relations Board,
the partners Of the C. 1. o. in its
partisan and prejudicial administra-
ton of the one-sided National Labor
Relations Act, 1t Is not unreasonable
to wonder how this law would be ad-
ministered.
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SOCIAL SECURITY MEASURE
Observer Sees Great Power Placed In
Hands Of La Dor Secretary.
n, z z rnX

Invoking its constitutional power to
regulate commerce among the several
States, Congress, in the Wage-hours
proposal is endeavoring to set up Fed
eral control over production. which
means control over all the activities
of the people.
Calling the measure great hu-
manitarian act" and saying that it will
relieve the conditions of Sub-Standard
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now accepted as
fact, that I well
come this oppor-
tunity to present
a simple state
ment of the aim
and probab BILE APP
plication of the
bill when it is
enacted into law.
+ he H Jus e
amendment to S,
PATS. which will
be considered by
the House OF
r pr esentatiVeS
on May %. re-
uuireS that, not
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r g u ! a t l o n OF
hours throughout
the United States.
The choice will
be made between
two different pro-
posals which pre-
sent differing
PHILOSOPHERS, both
economically and
legally.
The Norton bill,
favorably report
ed by the House
Committee o n
l. a or, assumes
that the Federal
Government has
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ARTS SESSION TO OPEN
New York Fair Will Feature
Convention Discussion.

Discussion of next years New York
World Fair and the Golden Gate In
ternational Exposition will feature the
29th annual convention of the Amer
lean Federation of Arts, beginning
tomorrow at the Wardman Park Hotel
The session will continue through
Wednesday.
Count Rene de Saint Quentin, Am
bassador of France, will be the guest
of honor. DR.. F. P. Keppel, presi-
dent of the Carnegie Corp. of New
York, will be the presiding officer.
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the production activities Of operators
who either buy or sell In interstate
commerce or who compete in
purely local market with interstate
operators. No regard Is to be taken
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By MARY T. NORTON.

So much misinformation has been
spread about the real purpose of the
wages and hours bill, and so many half
truths concerning its provision are
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exploited workers of this country and
removal of chiseAng competition
from the honest employers that am
urging and working for the enactment
of the wage and hour bill.
TWO SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT.
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Ramspeck Bill Would Not Fix Wages
and Hours,
BY ROBERT RAMSPEC

BY ROBERT RAMSPECK.
Tomorrow the House of Represent
atives will be faced with choice as
to the type of legislation it shall adopt
dealing with minimum wages and the
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LIFELONG SECURITY >. the safety and in
dependence everyone longs for someone's
going to win them just by completing an
easy-to-write sentence! Think what it would
mean to have a check for 81 10000 coming to
you this year and every other year of your life.
College for the children; travel; an independ-
ent old age.
And this first prize of a yearly income for
life is only one of thousands of awards in this
Libby contest! The second prize is fortune
of s., 100000 in cash. There are scores of other
cash prizes. and hundreds and hundreds of
grocery purchase certificates.
The Washington times., 1938-11-07
Commissioners Notices

BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT,
Washington, November Z, l93s--Notlce
is hereby given that public hearing will
be held by the Board of Zonlng Adjust
nIent in Room 500, District Building, be-
ginning at 10 a. M. Wednesday, November
16, 1888, for the purpose of considering
appeals filed under the provisions of an
Act of Congress approved June 20, 1888
public No. 684, 18th Congress- entitled
An Act providing for the zonIng OF the
District of Columbia and the regulation OF
the location, height, bulk and uses of
buildings and other structures, and of the
uses of land in the District of Columbia,
ard for other purposes" and regulations
promulgated hereunder. to-wlt: 10. Appeal
OF Ben Forto for variance TO erect a
rear onestory addition to the dwelling on
lots IL and IL, square 1863, premises
40l8 Chesapeake Street, N. W, 16. Appeal
CT the Combined Congregations of the
Orthodox Jewish synagogues of the Dis
trict of Columbia for a variance to per-
nit the erection of a one-story rear addi-
ton. to be used as a ritual baptizing
lot 500. square 1927. H. Appeal Of
> acob Rosenbloom and Rachmiel Shoub
for permission to establish a gasoline and
automobile service station on lots 81 TO
53, both inclusive, square 1890, at the
northeast corner of End and Kennedy
Streets, N. W. 49, Appeal of R. L. Elliott
.or permission to use alley lot S15, square
az, known as rear of 614 Street n. W"
Tor the purpose of making or constructing
automobile batteries. 10. Appeal of S. S.
snyder for a variance to permit the cree
tion of two-story rear addition to prem
lses numbered 12 4th Street s f. Let
S27. square S17. 20. Appeal of the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey for
permission to establish gasoline and
ell service station on lot $50, square 556.
AT 1850 New Jersey Avenue N. W. This
site is now improved by a nonconformng
Gasoline station erected prior to the en-
sctment of the Zoning Law in 1920. 81.
Appeal of the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey for permission to establish
gasoline and oil service station on lot
$50. square 4SS. at 513 E Street N. W.
This site is now improved by a noncon-
forming gasoline station erected prior to
the enactment of the Zoning Law in 1890.
%. Appeal of the Alley Dwelling Author
ty for permission to use alley lots AZ,
4S, 40. so and part of alley lot As.
square 1872. in rear of 2O5 3rd Street
f. for the storage and repair of oil
burners. 90 Appeal of Hoffman Philip
for variance to permit the erection of
a 2nd story addition to the dwelling on
lot g. square 251l at 1928 Massachusetts
venue n, W THEODORE l, COE,
HARRY BLAKE. JOHN R. LAPHAM
JOHN NOLEN. JR, HUGH P. DRAM
Board OF zoning Adjustment. District OF
Columbia,
The Washington times., 1938-11-07
MASONIC RITES
TOMORROW FOR
HENRY FRAZIER
Injured in Fall on Street
October 81

Masonic rites will be conducted
by Harmony Lodge No. II for
Henry Lincoln Frazier, IS, tomor-
row at l p. m, at the S. H. Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth st.
N W., with burial following in
Glenwood Cemetery.
Mr.. Frazier died yesterday in
S;bley Memorial Hospital from
injuries received in fall, october
81. Police said he slipped and
fell at Tenth and G Streets
Northwest, while running across
the street
A native of Washington, he was
educated in the public schools,
later working at the Government
Printing Office. He resigned this
position to go with the Army and
Navy Register.
A son, Elmer S. Frazier; three
sisters, Miss Ella Frazier, Mrs.
C. E. Caywood and Mrs. India
Ragby, and a stepdaughter, Mrs.
Ann Sherry, survive.
The Washington times., 1938-11-07

p. W. A. PROJECT NO. D. C. 1O25-F,
Commissioners of the District of Columb bia,
Washington. D. C.-Separate sealed bids for
the construction and completion of the Good
Hope Road Divorcement Sewers, vicinity
of Minnesota Avenue and 10th Street
S. E. Washington, D. c., will be received
by said Commissioners at Room 500, Dis
trict Building, Washington, b. c., until
300 o'clock p. m. November 10, 1888.
and then publicly opened and read aloud.
The Instructions to Bidders, Form of Bid.
Form of Contract. Plans. Specifications
and Forms of Bid Bond and Performance
the office of the Chief Clerk. Engineer
Department, Room 427 District Building,
and copies thereof obtained upon payment
OF 5000 for each set. Not more than
three sets of drawings and specifications,
etc. will be furnished to any one general
contractor Upon returning such sets
promptly and in good condition, said de-
posi- will be refunded. The Commits
sioners reserve the right to waive any
irformaities in or to reject apy or all
bids. Each bidder must deposit with his
bid security in an amount equal to five
per centum (5T) of the base bid in the
form and subject to the conditions pro-
Vlded in the Instructions to Bidders. At
ttnton of bidders is particularly called to
the requirements as to conditions of en-
wage rates to be paid under the contract
The estimated cost of the work to be
performed under this contract is $780,
$50 co. No bidder may withdraw his bid
within 30 days after the actual date of
the opening thereof. G. NJ THORNETT
Secretary Board of Commissioners, D. c.
October 81 1898.
The Washington times., 1938-11-07
warren BURIAL
SET TOMORROW

Requiem mass for Mrs. Airline
Warren, who died Saturday at
her home, 1921 First st. N. W.,
will be celebrated by the Rev.
Louis Miltenberger, at 9 a. m. to-
morrow in st. Martins Catholic
Church. Burial will be in Mt.
Olivet Cemetery.
Born in Washington, the daugh-
ter OF William H. and Adelaide
Scott Sweeney, she was educated
at Notre Dame Convent, North
Capital and K Streets. She was
the widow of Charles M. Warren,
GPO employe, who died here 80
years ago.
Mrs. Warren was the mother of
three sons who served overseas
throughout the World War. They
were Edwin, George and William
Warren, who survive her. She
also leaves two other sons, Charles
and Robert Warren, also of Wash
ington and two daughters, Mrs.
Doris Coughlin, of Detroit, Mich,
and Mrs. Byrd Stinson, of this
oitxy
The Washington times., 1938-11-07
W.P. Waters
Funeral on
Wednesday

Funeral services for William
Plummer Waters, 85, retired
Spencerville Md farmer and
prominently known throughout
Montgomery county, will be held
Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. in
the Columbia Primitive Baptist
Church in Burtonsville, Md. Elder
]. E. L. Adlerton will officiate.
Burial will be in Union Cemetery
there.
Mr.. Waters died yesterday at
the residence of his daughter, Mrs.
Alice Henrietta Waters, 9127 Geor-
gia Ave, WoodSide Park, Silver
Spring, Md. He had made his
home in Silver Spring since he
retired in 1926. He was born in
Prince Georges county, Md.
His widow, Mrs. Carrie Waters,
whom he married 64 years ago;
two daughters, Mrs. Smith w.
Allnutt, of Spencerville, and Mrs.
Waters, and four grandchildren,
survive,
The Washington times., 1938-11-07
BaN0u to Talk

DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superin-
tendent of schools, will be guest
speaker at a meeting of the Wood.
ridge School Parent Teacher Asso.
citation, to be held in the school
building, Carlton and Central
Aves. N. E. Thursday at 8 p. m.
Mrs. William o. Mitchell, associa.
tion president. will preside.
The Washington times., 1938-11-07
Auction Sales
THoS. J. OWEN & SON, Auetioneers
1421 Eye Street. Northwest
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE TWO
STORY BRICK DWELLING KNOWN

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE TWO
STORY BRICK DWELLING KNOWN
AS PREMISES NO. 1907 NEW JER-
SEY AVENUE. NORTHWEST
duly recorded. in Liber No. 679O. Folio
3l9 ct seq, of the land records of the
District of Columbia, and at the request
OF the party secured thereby. the under
signed trustees will SELL at public auction,
in front Of the premises, on TUESDAY
THE EIGHTH DAY OF NOVEMBER A. D.
1898, AT TWO-FIFTEEN O'CLOCK P. M :,
the following-described land and premises.
situate in the District of Columbia, and
designated as and being lot l3 in c. F.
E. Richardson's subdivision of Square 5O7,
as per plat recorded in the office of the
Surveyor for the District of Columbia in
Liber 10 at folio 1O5. Subject to the
right of redemption by the maker of the
aforesaid deed of trust, her heirs and as
signs within period of sixty days from
date of SALE not excluding Sundays and
holidays. as provided in SAID deed of trust.
TERMS OF SALE: (Subiect to any and
al liens created by conditional bills OF
sale for heating and other equipment, If
any. and overdue water rentals. All other
taxes and assessments adjusted to date OF
transfer of title.) One-third of the pur-
chase-money to be paid in cash. balance
in two equal installments, payable IN one
and two years. with interest at five per
centum per annum, payable semi annually
from day of sale. secured by first deed
Of trust upon the property sold. or all
cash, at the option of the purchaser. A
deposit of 100000 will be required at
time of sale. All conveyancing. recording.
revenue stamps ETC., at cost OF purchaser.
Terms of sale to be complied with within
ten days from expiration of redemption
period. otherwise the trustees reserve the
right to resell the property at the risk
and cost of defaulting purchaser, after
five days advertisement of such resale in
some newspaper published in Washington
D. C..
CHARLES A. JONES,
PAUL J. FRIZZELL,
OCT. .26 20 nov.147 Trustees.