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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-06-02
On Capitol Hill
By GEORGE l.. KNAPP

Washington, D. c. GLNS).-The
Senate Appropriations Committee, in
reporting out the recovery bill passed
by the House, has made amendments
which co"le pretty close to being a
declaration of war on labor.
First of these is the amendment
which provides that
Gin the event the Congress =.
shall establish minimum rates of
pay for persons employed by private
employers in any occupation, such
minimum rates of pay shall apply to
persons in similar occupations en-
ployed on projects" of the WPA.
The wage-hour bill coming up in
the House fixes minimum wage for
the first year of rs cents an hour for
a 44-hour week. This comes to $11
a week. The average WPA wage for
the whole country now is SIS week;
liver in the South, to be sure; but
higher in some northern cities. The
Senate committee amendment would
take the minimum wage which almost
everyone agrees is too low; and make
it the maximum for relief workers.
X X X
n Ihe other amendment put in by
u ! Senate Appropriations Committee
soaks both labor and consumer. 1t
forbids any funds appropriated for
the PWA to be spent on any project
(which will compete with any exist
ing privately owned or operated pub
lie utility, the rates of which are now
subject to public regulations"
How this amendment gets the con-
sumner in the neck is easy to see.
"Publc regulation" has been SO ham
pered in this country, mainly by Fed
eral courts, that domestic rates for
electricity in most of our land are
twice as high as in large part of
Canada. Only competition by publicly
owned plants brings them down.
The Public Works Administration
has examined and approved 40 prof.
ects for utilities, at an estimated cost
of $56,7S0,O26. 1t is further estimated
that these projects would furnish, di-
rectly and indirectly, 451,752 man
months of work. All those 40 projects
probably would be forbidden by the
amendment, 46 of them certainly
would be forbidden.
X x x
When the bill to continue Federal
insurance of bank deposits came be-
fore the House, Clyde Williams of
Missouri said:
"Mr. Chairman, this bill is entirely
without controversy so far as l under
stand it. Had the administration pass
ed no other bill than the bank deposit
4 rance law, it would be entitled to
u lasting gratitude of the American
people"
There was applause, and the bill
passed without controversy.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-06-02
HAGUE DENOUNCED

Massillon, O. (OLNS).-A letter of
protest against the recent actions of
Mayor Frank Hague, Jersey City, N.
j., dictator, was sent Postmaster Gen
eral James A. Farley by the local
Trades and Labor Assembly at its
regular meeting last week. Farley is
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, of which Hague is a COM
mitteeman. .
"The remedy for these evils will be-
gin with the passage of the Hours
and Wages Bill, and we cannot afford
to delay in it's accomplishment The
exodus, of industry to low-wage areas
destroys purchasing power, retards re-
covery, and necessitates huge relief
expenditures.
"New York State industries will
profit by the passage Of wages and
hours bill. The nation will enjoy a
more balanced economy when stability
takes the place of the restlessness now
existing"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-06-02
Houses Go Up In
Two Cifes For
Relief ll,siIies

Washington, D. C. uLNS) ).-The
National Association of Housing Of
fcials reports that Detroit is already
we'll launched on project Of building
"relief houses" and that Los Angeles
is clearing the ground for start.
Detroit has completed 10 houses,
the first installment of a project of
ITS. They are on city-owned land,
separate dwellings,, each on lot 35
feet by 10. Each has hot air heat
ing system, full basement, gas re-
frigeration and stationary laundry
tubs, and each is fitted for family
Of four.
Common labor on the buildings was
done by the WPA and local receivers
of welfare. Skilled labor was picked
from the civil service lists.
Detroit fully believes that the city
is saving money by building instead
of renting; but doesn't give details.
Los Angeles County puts it in dollars
and cents. 1t is found that property
acquired by the county at tax sales
and at the county farm will afford
room for 100 houses. The Regional
Planning Commission figures that
houses can be built on this land, with
space sufficient to house family, and
return full costs in 30 years at from
$1,000 to $12.20 a month each. The
county now spends an average of
S19.23 per family for rent and utili-
ties.
Twenty of these houses will start
at once.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-06-02
DULUTH NEWSPAPER STRIKE
SETTLED

Duluth, Miss. GLNS).-The News
paper Guild strike here against the
Duluth Herald and the Duluth News
Tribune has been settled by agree
ment, ratified by a referendum vote.
The settlement is based on proposals
offered by the Allied Printing Trades
committee, representing A. F. Of L..
unions, though the Guild belongs to
the CIO. About 100 go back to work.
The settlement brings 5-day, 40-hour
week to employees of the commercial
department and a 5l2 day, 40-hour
week to advertising solicitors. Wage
demands are submitted to arbitration.
The editorial department employees had
the short week already.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-06-02

age from $1.10 to $1.65 per hour. In
the dress industry wages average
from rs to 80 cents an hour. These
wages run fully twice as high as
wages in many other States making
the same articles.
Specifically, in the neckwear, skirt
and underwear industry, New York in
dustries pay an average wage of Sc
cents an hour. The same class of
worker in Texas receives 31.8 cents
or 56.S per cent Of the New York
wage. In Maryland that same work.
er receives 1873 cents per hour and in
North Carolina he receives 80 cents
per hour.
81 the knitted underwear industry,
the New York employe receives an
average wage of AZ cents an hour, in
Virginia he gets 81 cents.
"In North Carolina the fastest sew
ing machine operator cannot earn
more than SO per week, and that in
cludes long hours of work. In New
York State that same operator would
probably make three times that
amount and perhaps more.
Low Pay in New England
"a Mississippi cotton dress factory
pays $1O.6S for 1O5 hours of work and
$15.39 for 1877 hours of work. This
means that employees in that factory
work from so to 70 hours per week
for a pittance of from $5 to 81 per
week. In New York State the employe
would receive triple that wage for one
half the time.
at should not be said, however,
that New York and it's adjoining in
dustrial States are without offenders
in this direction. A belt factory in
New Jersey pays $40 week for
forty-eight hours. A Boston curtain
factory pays full-time wages of from
81 to $40 a week. In Connecticut
piecework is done in homes at star
walton pay. 1t seems incredible, but
home workers are being paid as little
as cents an hour for the most exact
ing and tedious type of sewing work.
In Pennsylvania home piecework is be-
ing done for less than S. per week.
Work Transferred to South Carolina
Gas homework laws have been
frightened in New York State, it is
found that some of our industries are
sending work into North Carolina,
where it is being done at wage so
low that it is shocking.
at is only the selfish employer in
our State that will be adversely affect
ed by the Hours and Wages Bill now
about to be enacted. Not many con-
Germs in New York State pays less
than $11 per week for "A hours of
work, but in other sections that state
ment cannot truthfully be made.
"Competition with low wage scales
in other sections has caused wholesale
wage reductions, unemployment and
the migration of our industries. Mills,
garment factories and manufacturing
plants of every description are find
ing New York unattractive for this
reason.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-06-02
WHAT WE NEED

When Tom Marshall was Vice Pres
ident of the United States he uttered
now famous remark: What this
country needs is good fve-cent
cigar" And he was right. But to-
day there is something else that this
country needs, and we are going to
put in this way: What this country
needs is, more jobs" There should be
a job for every man and woman who
is willing and able to work. Pros
perity would return overnight if
everyone had a job. 1t seems strange
that big business and big industry con-
tinue to ignore that fact. If they
really want a business revival they
can get it by putting people to work.
United Mine Workers Journal.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-06-02

Demand the Union Label.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-06-02


H etnemgh an En@phvL
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-06-02
CASES HANDLED BY BOARD

The big volume of business trans
acted by the National Labor Relations
Board in administering the National
Labor Relations Act is revealed by
the fact that since the Act went into
effect in October, 1885, to May l, 1888,
the board has handled 14,207 cases
involving 3,57S,6SS workers. Of these,
1O,477 cases involving 2,116,3SS work
ers have been closed. On May l,
there were 3,760 cases pending before
the board.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-06-02
TAXES ON FOOD HEAVY

New York City (ILNS).-Out of
every dollar the average American
family spends, 33 cents goes for food.
Six cents of this portion is taken by
hidden taxes, according to a recent
survey. A loaf of bread carries So
taxes, quart of milk is taxed 81
times, and one-sixth of the cost of a
cup of tea represents taxes.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-06-02

Speaking of tax exemptions, don't
forget the Federal courts. Justices
Black and Reed are the only men on
the Supreme Court who pay income
taxes on their salaries.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-06-02

Look for the Union Label when you
purchase clothing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-27
FUNERALS

Funeral services for Mrs. Marie (Mast) Loeffler, 67, wife of William P. Loeffler, former alderman, ot 137 Bunker Hill avenue, will be helo tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Alderson Funeral Home, 70 Gen. tral avenue, Rev. Alan P. Farbank, pastor of the Bunker Hill Congrega- tional church officiating. Burial VIII be in Riverside cemetery.
 Friends may call at the funeral home this afternoon from 3 to , o'clock and this evening from to g o'clock.
 The funeral of James Albino was held this morning at SIS o'clock from the Colasanto Funeral home, 934 Bank street to Our Lady or Lourdes church where mass of re- ouien was celebrated at g o'clock by Rev Rocco Nadile. Burial was in Calvary cemetery. The pallbear- CTS were: Richard Lerz, Patrick Sgrillo, George Caggiano, William McAliister, William Migliaro and Thomas Davano.
 The funeral of Edward H. Beau doin was held from the Lunny Funeral Home, 9 Central avenue this morning at 8:15 o'clock to St. Margaret's church where a solemn mass of requiem was celebrated at g o'clock by Rev. Peter Daly assist ed by Rev. J. Oliver Cronan and Rev. John Conlan. Burial was in new St. Josephs cemetery with com- initial services by Father Daly. The pallbearers were: Roland La Pointe, John Pepin, Arthur Dubea, Armand GraSSette, Ernest Bernier, and Homer Bernier.
 The funeral of Frederick Schoen- rock was held this morning at 8:30 o'clock from the Lunny Funeral Home, 25 Central avenue to the Immaculate Conception church where a solemn mass of requiem was celebrated at o'clock by Rev. Paul Spodnick. Burial was in Cal vary cemetery. The pallbearers were Lawrence McArdle, Bernard o. Rourke, Ronald Burns, Kenneth Wa ters, Frank Worden and George Whalen.
 The funeral of Frank Cicchetti will be held tomorrow morning at 8:15 o'clock from the Colasanto funeral home, 934 Bank street, to the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, where solemn high mass will be celebrated at g o'clock. Burial will be in the family plot, Calvary cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-27
S47,0OO ASKED
 IN FIVE SUITS
Metropolitan Cleaners and Overs Defendant==ActiOn
 Results From Collision

Further litigation against the Metropolitan Cleaners & Dyers h. corporated, as result of an automo- bile-truck accident on the Thomas ton-Torrington road, was filed today in the superior court by Mrs. Mary Keane.
 The action, seeking $5,000, is the fifth to be filed, and brings the total amount of damages sought by oc- cupants of car driven by Francis Shea to $47,000 The accident oc- cured July 10, 1887, involving the car operated by Shea and truck owned by the Metropolitan Clean CTS & Dyers. The plaintiffs claim that the collision was caused by the negligence of the driver of the de- fendant's truck.
 Attorney Vincent A. Scully filed the action for Mrs. Keane. The other four actions were filed by At torney Maurice Wrenn. They are as follows: Mrs. Francis Shea. seeking damages of $20,000; Mrs. Josephine Wrenn, $15 5000; Francis Shea, $5.000 and Elizabeth Shea, a minor, $2,000
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-27

scheduled for this afternoon. at which tentative schedule of mail- 1ngs would be arranged He said that at the present time two shifts of workers were "tackling the job which seems to have us showed under"
 Remember" he said, "we didn't expect such volume of business as this" He said that almost 100000 claims were on file today.
 In urging the unemployed who are eligible for the compensation to be patient, Commissioner Tone said, that when Wisconsins project of similar nature went into effect it was three months before a single check was issued.
 Applications Continue
 MT. Shea, at the local office, re- ported that claims are still being filed. Original application is still being made at the armory, although the conference booths have been shifted to the mess hall for the next three days. The main hall of the drill shed is being used for poul- try show which opened this morn ing.
 It was reported that $50 of the original claims had been ordered stopped, either because the filler found employment or failed to re- register. To date, 11,370 have made appointment at the armory to file original claims.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-27
Commissioner Tone Issues Statement
 Explaining Delay
Thousands Here Disappointed When Mailman Calls Without Anticipated Allowance From State-State
 Working Double Shift to Speed Up Distribution

Not single check from the un- employment compe at ion ar- rived in Waterbury today, it was learned by The Demo- !crat after conference with Post master Charles A. Babin and Super intendent of Mails Charles Platt.
 First payments under the act were placed in the mails yesterday but the Waterbury district was not included, according to Commissioner of Labor Joseph M. Tone.
 Waited in Vain
 Some 10,236 Waterburians re- presenting the unemployed whose claims have been filed at Hartford awaited the mailmen today, but it was in vain. Thomas I. Shea, mana ger of the local bureau of the com mission, stated that his office has filed 10,236 claims to date.
 Commissioner Tone told the Dem ocrat today that he is not positive when the Waterbury checks will be mailed. He said that payment is being made by city.
 Hartford's checks were started yesterday and progress was made on them today. But the commissions machinery is only capable of turning out 1000 checks, working at full stride, and Commissioner Tone said that full stride had not been reach ed.
 At the completion of mailing of Hartford payments, New Ravens eligibles will start receiving checks, MT. Tone said.
 Prepare Schedule
 He could not say when Water bury's unemployed would be com- pensated, but stated that there was a meeting of the executive staff
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-27
Constant Vigilance
 Assured Watersheds
Prevention of Pollution On Drainage Areas Stressed;
 State Supplies l,443,OOO People
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aunthorities. It is for this reason. also, that watersheds surrounding the reservoirs are fenced and posted with signs warning trespassers to keep out. There is no desire on the part of the utility arrangements to prevent outdoor enthusiasts from hiking through their lands, but for the benefit of the whole public sanitation must be preserved, so trespassing must be banned.
 Size of the task of making the sanitary survey can be visualized from the fact that there are 108 public and semi-public water sys- tems in Connecticut, each of which receives complete survey of its acres upon acres of watersheds land and of its equipment for further in- surfing the purity of the States public water supplies which now serve 1,443,O ,OOO people.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-27

Each new year brings with it the never-ending constantly increasing task of making the annual sanitary survey of Connecticuts watersheds by the Bureau of Sanitary Engine ering of the State Department of Health, with which the public water system arrangements closely CO., operate in the ever-present job of furnishing the people of the State with an abundant supply of pure and potable water.
 Full Time Inspections
 The Sanitary surveys are not made at any particular time of year, but are taken in rotation once every year, an objective sometimes not reached because of the bureaus increasing volume of work without any additional help. Inspection of the watersheds and of public system filtration and chlorination plants takes practically the full time of one engineer and about half the time of another throughout the year.
 Constant vigilance is maintained over the watersheds by the public system arrangements at all times, since the prevention of sources of pollution on the drainage areas con- stitutes the first line of defense against the possible development of disease-carring germs in the water supply. Watershed overseers and their assistants keep permanent watch over tthe hundreds of square miles of territory from which the supply is derived. The annual 1n- spection or survey by the Bureau of Sanitary Engineering furnishes doublecheck on the cleanliness of these lands.
 Contaminatiol;S
 Since water is drained from the watersheds into the public supply reservoirs and into the tributary streams which feeds them, no pos sible cource of contamination from human or animal wastes Is per mitted to exist on the watershed slopes. The state sanitary code pro vides stringest regulations for dwellings and farms in areas from which there is is drainage into reser- voirs and tributary waters, and en- forcement of these regulations IS carried out by the water utllitleS and the state and local health
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-27
Unemployment Benefit Checks Late
FLOYD CADY ON WITNESS STAND
August MOrtOnsOn Sues For $l,5OO For Lodging
 Given Late Herbert Cady

Floyd Csdy, administrator of the estate of the late Herbert c. Cady, was the first witness called today in superior court at the opening of the $500 civil suit brought against him by August Mortonson of Vol colt.
 The sui5 is brought against MT. Cady to rcever payment for food and lodging given Herbert c. Cady from March 2, 1886 to January Is, 1887, according to the complaint It is alleged that only $131 was paid for the services, and that $1,122.32 is yet due the plaintiffs. Attorney William P. Wertheimer represents the plaintiff and Attorney Albert w. Hummel is for the defense.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-27
FATHER, SON TAKE VOWS

Weston, Mass, Jan. 27-(UP)-A father and son will take their final VOWS as Jesuits at the same altar in a unique ceremony at Weston Col lege Wednesday. They are the Rev. Frederick L. Berigan, s. J., and his father, Brother John Berigan, s. J., who entered the order as a lay brother following the death of his wife
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-27

Platts Mills, Jan. 27 - Members of the Platts Mills Community Association have been invited to attend the installation ceremonies of the Washington Park COmmun- ity Club in the Washington Park Community House Thursday night, January 27th.
 MT. Pierre PrOnovOst, treasurer of the Flats Mills Club will be the installing officer. The meeting will open at 8:15 o'clock and all PlattS Mills members are urged to att tend. Dancing will follow the meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-27
COMB EXPLODED

Augusta, Me, Jan. 27-CUP)-Play- ing with a comb near kitchen stove cost the life of Ronald Fleury 16 months. The comb exploded, fir ing his clothing. He died of burns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-27

In the shOived mishap called Clove the char acters described magazine editor urging his wife not to get too extraagant buying country He reminds that a saved $18OOO at which point II magazine editors had carried taxi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-27

The big Bovary" almost exploded in howl the first night Constance Cummings shielded by swallowing powdered poison she played it big licking her fingers get the last crumb make death certain movie whispered Ca movie mans whisper being shout with other people, to critic that once get to like that stu you're snk The critic always the gentleman, hushed him
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-27

In Merely Murder" fairly interesting homicide the leading characters through the proceedings hurg insults and alleged nfes at the other players What the author seemed overlook that while negectng the crime in the story another murder being communication his show
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-27
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Second Thoughts on First Nights

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