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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-22

In June of 1884 the president of the United States, by executive or der, created "Quetoco- Superior Committee" to consult and advise with the various federal departments and agencies concerned, together with the state of Minnesota, in formulating a program for the es- tablishment of a wilderness sanctu- ary in watersheds through which runs the international boundary line between Canada and the United States west of Lake Superior, from Pigeon river to the lake of the woods. The committee has just made report to the president urg- ing the safeguarding of public val ues on both sides of the boundary until all properties in private hands can be acquired.
 The plan contemplates the estab-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-22
A Book a Day
The Camera Turns To Novel Making
By BRUCE CATION

The war correspondents have been having their say of late, and some very good books have been the re- suit. But the war photographer, is beginning to be heard from, and before he gets through he may make the books of the correspondents look pallid and anemic.
 Take Q look, for instance, at Death in the Making" by Robert Capa and Gerda Taro (Covici- Friede: $2.5o).
 Here Is Is a collection of front- line and behind-the- lines photo graphs from Spain, and they hit you with an impact that no writer of prose could hope to equal. Intelli- gently handled, the camera has no peer as a reporter; and the cameras that produced this book were very intelligently handled indeed.
 Gerda Taro is dead, crushed by rebel tank while taking her cam era right down into the bloody cock pit of war. Capa has escaped death, but he must have been mortally close to it many and many time. If you doubt it, look at some of the pictures he took.
 But the book is not all battle scenes. There are many views that were taken long way from the front; pictures showing people har- vesting their crops, doing their daily jobs, whipping together disci- plined armies out of raw recruits. and trying to get on with the bus mess of living in spite of the war.
 Jay Allen, who contributes an ex- cellent preface, says that 1t is really life which is in the making in Spain, rather than death; and I believe that he is right. For if this book shows terrible things. 1t also shows people finding itself, and presents the war as beginning of something new rather than as an ending of something old.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-22

The REA (Rural Identification Admin istration) will find "slim pickings" in Connecticut, we're afraid. This despite the interest that Connecticut congress- men are now displaying in it's activities Farm areas in the state are to be investi- gated and if possible rural electric lines strung along the countryside through REA aid. We're afraid the regions now unvisited by the electric lines are ones most inaccessible and very apt not to get REA consideration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-22
Selected Poem
LOOKING BACK

GA. J. s. in the Christian Science Monitor) It is not so cold
 Now that March has come. know the daffodils are gold In the grass at home Though the waves of the lough Are still chill.
 I can see, from the terrace on the hill How it blows up from the bay. There are white horses on the bleak grey Tides washing against the shore. Yes, can see that and more. But in this city street The hawkerS' flowers are very sweet, And the daffodils are green and gold. No, 1t is not so cold Now that March has come But am far from home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-22

1. Was Guthrie, Okla, ever a ca pital?
 2. What is a "jinx?"
 3. What does the Latin term bona fide mean?
 4. In shipbuilding, what is a cra- dle?
 5. Tn what city is Brown Univer- sity?
 6. Who wrote the novel Guy Mannering?"
 2. What is the citizenship of a child born in this country, whose mother is an American and whose father is an alien who entered the United States illegally?
 8. In what year did Robert Full tons first steamboat navigate the Hudson to Albany?
 9. Name the lake that is the source of the Susquehanna river.
 10. What is sidereal time?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-22
Current Comment

We must realize the seriousness of child's always getting As That sort of child is likely to grow up to be conformist He is not likely to be a leader or a dynamic individual.
 Miss Etta Anchester, teacher of
 Philadelphia.
 The United States army has plans outlined which, in case of war. would transform this democracy into a totalitarian state overnight.
 Lawrence Dennis, writer and
 diplomat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-22
Daily Almanac
lses 5:54 a. m.; sets SOS p. m

Sun rises 5:54 a. m.; sets SOS D. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Maybe 1t was the robins cheery song from the tree-top or the sweet twittering of the chicadee and its rapid flight here and there; or perhaps it was the clumsy antics of the puppy on the grass 1t may ever have been the new damp scent that was iii the ak. but any rate you knew that spring was here even without looking at the calendar yestcr- day morning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-22

Central Europe's spelling is getting worse than it's politics with Belgrad turned to "Beograd" and Bucharest to "Bucuresti'' and Sofia to "Sofija" and Prague to "Praha" on the recent maps. Now Hitler will probably change them all again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-22
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never pronounce balm-bam; say, bahm.

berta, on the south by the 49th parallel (the United States bound- ary) and on the east by Manitoba. From north to south 1t is 761 miles, and the breadth is 320 miles. The land area is 251,7O0 square miles. North of the 54th parallel the country is a region of lakes, swamps and forests, practically uninhabit- ed except by Indians, the white population consisting chiefly of en- ployes of the Hudson Bay com- pany. The province is well watered, having numerous streams, lakes and rivers and the climate is healthful, although the winters are severe.
 Q. What was the maiden name of Francis Scott Keys mother?
 A. Ann Phoebe Charlton.
 e. What was the largest steam- ship in operation during the World War?
 A. Bismarck" (later Majestic), OOO ACCu AOllB.
 o. How many automobile radios have been sold in the United States?
 A. Since their innovation in 1929, the total number sold, includ- ing 1887, is 5,682,000.
 
 o. Is there a Jewish Hall of Fame?
 A. The Ivrim, an honor society of Jewish students in Chicago, H., took a poll among the Jews of the world and has listed 120 of the greatest living Jews," on the basis of their contributions to humanity, as a Jewish Hall of Fame.
 If you want 2 copy of our book let Popular Screen Stars write to Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth street, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-22

It was on March 23, 1775, that Patrick Henry gave one of his famous orations in which he said, Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death" He might find himself mak- ing some of the same declarations if he lived today amid some surroundings and certain conditions, where personal liberty and freedom of religion are denied by aftllation with certain existing social sys- tems
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-22
WOMEN AT BARS OPPOSED

Pueblo, Colo.-(UP)-A survey conducted by Dr. William Gordon, local pastor. revealed that 90 out of 100 Pueblo business and profess sional men and women believe that women should not be allowed in places where liquor is served. while others recommended that women be required to use side entrance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-22
Test UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-22
IA Daily
 @A Wellington .< nx DREW PEARSON nnd RnnERr AEr1,a
Daily Washington
Sole of Heum to Germany Arises
 As War Scare Spreads Over Europe; r Present Setup Gives Her Three Times
 As Much As Peocetime Needs Require
M DREW PEARSON
and R0BEBT c AHx0g'

Washington March 22-Wth war threatening in Europe there has been serious inner Cabinet discus sion the sending of 1900O00 cubic feet of hem to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-22
Questions and
 Answers
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Copyright ipas. NEA
By Frederick M. Kerby

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 Enclose a three cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- tion of fact or informa ton to the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu- reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be un- dertaken. Be sure all mail is ad- dressed to the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. C.
 THE EDITOR Q. In what years did the Green back party have nominees for President?
 A. They first nominated Peter Cooper in 1876, and they also had nominees in 1880 and 1884.
 o. Please describe briefly the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada. A. It was bounded on the north by the parallel of 60 degrees north, on the west by the Province of AL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-22
A Thought for Today

But as for you, ye thought evil against me: hut Cod meant it unto good, to bring to pass as 1t is this day, to save much people alive-Gene- sis 5O:2O.
 Good has but one enemy, the evil but the evil has two enemies, the good and ltsen'-J' Won Muller.
Montana labor news., 1938-08-04

below the applicable minima.
Decide what constitutes seasonal indus
tries which are exempted by the Act from
the ordinary maximum hour requirements
for no more than IA weeks a year.
Make inquiries relative to working condi-
lions in establishments coming under the Act
to determine compliance with its provisions.
Require the maintenance by employers OF
such records as are considered essential for
enforcement.
Initiate and conduct enforcement proceed
ings in the United States Courts.
The text of the Act stipulates that the mini
mum wage rate shall be Is cents an hou for
the first year, 80 cents an hour for the second
wear with the minimum of 40 cents an hour
reached by at least the end of the seventh
year. 1t seems to be clear, however, from a
close reading of the text that neither the in
dustry committees, which may be appointed
Immediately, nor the Administrator are
limited to any minimum below the 40 cents
per hour. That is to say, although the law
establishes a minimum of Is cents an hour
for the first year, the Administrator can raise
that minimum to 30, 35 or 40 cents an hour
at any time during the first year or there
after if the industry committee OF any indus
try, "having due regard to economic and COM
petitive conditions" recommends that such
an increase can be achieved without a sub
stantial curtailment of employment in the
industry.
This Interpretation of the Administrators
power to increase minimum wage rates to
the 40 cent limit long before the end of seven
years stipulated by the provision of the Act
is affirmed by the United States News, edited
by David Lawrence, anti-labor columnist,
nationally known for his opposition to legis-
lation benefting working men and women.
In a Observation-Disclosures analysis of the
functions of the Administrator in this con-
nection the United States News says:
Does all this mean that the Administrator
may move at once to establish a minimum
wage standard above Is cents an hour and
up to 40 cents an hour?
Indeed it does. No limitation other than
that of formal procedure, and consideration
of economic consequences, is placed upon the
speed with which the Accent level might be
reached
It will be recalled that the American Fed
Grafton of Labor Wages and Hours Bill def
nitely declared in favor of an immediate
national and irreducible minimum wage of
40 cents an hour. Evidently the authority of
the Administrator of the Act makes it pos
sible to realize this minimum long before the
end of the seven-year period set forth in the
Act itself.
Labor omnia Vincit!
Montana labor news., 1938-08-04
Public Ownership Of Power Plants

The ALLEGATION of $9,527, 1895 for q public
light and power plants by Public Works Ad-
ministrator Harold L Ickes will undoubted-
ly stimulate the tendency of municipalities
to produce light and power for their citizens
without the element of profit which is the
motivating influence in privately owned
power plants. Before they receive govern
ment funds municipal authorities must COM
ply with the Administrations power policy,
which, according to Mr.. Ickes, means that
before municipalities set up their publicly
owned power plants they must make reason
able efforts in good faith" to purchase upon
reasonable terms and conditions" the pri-
vately owned plants with which the public
plants would necessarily compete if the two
systems operated in the anne territory.
The additional announcement by Mr.. Ickes
that he will have full discretionary authority
in determining whether a fair purchase offer
has been made is a guarantee that the owners
of private light and power plants will receive
a just price from the municipalities for all
plants acquired. Of course officers Of COM
panies who deliberately initiate the value"
of their plants by "write-ups" and similar
holding company practices must not expect
that their excursions in this field will be
accepted without scrutiny. But the Federal
Government, which Mr.. Ickes represents in
these municipal power plant transactions, has
a well-established reputation for dealing
Justly with property owners whose property
is acquired for either Federal Government
purposes or in connection with local activities
in which the Federal Government has a stake.
Of course this spirit of justice will character
ize the transactions of Mr.. Ickes in connection
with the purchase of privately-owned power
plants by municipal authorities with the
assistance of Federal funds.
Of the $9,527, 1895 which the q municipal
ties will get when they conform to the re-
quirements prescribed by Mr.. Ickes, $685.
900 will be loans and $685. 95 in grants
a term used to indicate a gift from the Gov
eminent in the interest of making the benefits
of cheap electric light and power available
to the largest possible number Of pepole.
The establishment of the new municipal
plants will provide direct employment for
many workers who would otherwise be COM
PEELED to live in the jobless army. In addi-
ton, many more of the jobless will obtain
work in manufacturing the supplies neces-
sary for the construction and operation of
the public plants.
Montana labor news., 1938-08-04
p PUBLIC SCHOOL
| TEACHERS CONVENE

Using as its general theme the
question How May the Schools Bet
ter Serve American, the American
Federation of Teachers, an affiliate
of the American Federation of Labor,
will hold its annual convention at
Cedar Point, Ohio, August is to 20,
1888.
Interesting features on the con-
vention program will include an
address on Federal Aid for Educa-
ton by DR.. Floyd w. Reeves, chair
man of the advisory committee on
education which recently recon-
mended to President Roosevelt a
program of federal aid for American
schools; a report by DR.. Arnold
Shukotoff of the New York College
Teachers Union, chairman of the
unions academic freedom committee,
on violations of academic freedom
and tenure rights in the United
States during the past year; special
reports and discussion of vocation
education under the direction of DR..
Joel Seidman, vice president for the
Department Of Adult Education, and
Morris Cassel of the Department of
Vocational Education of New York
City schools. A unique feature of
the convention will be a panel dis
cussion by high school students or
recent graduates on How May the
Teachers Better Serve the S~tudents?"
Mrs. Mary Foley Grossman of the
Philadelphia public schools and
chairman of the national legislative
committee of the union, will report
on bills which have been introduced
in Congress related to the public
schools of America. The national
policies committee of which Miss
Wanda Taeschner of the Chicago
public schools is chairman, will out
line for the convention a definite
program, which the committee is
working out, to determine in a prac-
teal way how the schools of America
may be of greater service to the
American people. The committee is
seeking the cooperation of organized
labor groups in determining how
better educational service may be
provided for all the Nations chill
dren. Mr.. M. J.. Eek of Cleveland.
Ohio, executive secretary of the
Ohio State Federation of Teachers
is chairman of the convention com
mittee.
The Butte teachers, the Missoula
professors, Anaconda teachers, are
all members of the American Fed.
Grafton of Teachers.
Montana labor news., 1938-08-04
Minimum Wage Orders Under Public
Contracts Act

The hearings called by Acting Secretary
of Labor Charles V. Mclaughlin to determine
mandatory minimum wage rates for en-
ployees of concerns manufacturing steel
products for sale to the Government aroused
an interest in the minimum wage orders
already issued by the Labor Department in
accordance with the Walsh-Healey Public
Contracts Act passed by Congress in 1886.
The orders are issued by the Secretary OF
Labor Frances Perkins, or her representative,
following recommendations made by the
Public Contracts Division Of the Labor De-
partment.
The latest order, effective July q, fixes
minimum wage rates for the employees in
the luggage industry at 40 cents an hour in
the Northeast and far West and 37.5 cents an
hour in the Midwest and South. The other
industries for which minimum wage orders
have been issued, together with the hourly
rates prescribed, are as follows;
Mems work clothing, 3712 cents; cotton
garments, etc, 371@ cents; leather lined
Jackets, 4212 cents; work gloves, 35 cents;
seamless hosiery, 35 cents; mems neckWear,
so cents; mems raincoats, 40 cents; mems hats
and caps, 6712 cents; mems welt shoes, 40
cents; mems underwear, 35 cents in the
North, 3215 cents in the South; dimension
granite, STU cents in the Northeast, 3212
cents in the South, 4215 cents in all other
areas; handkerchiefs, IS cents; envelope, 4272
cents; vitreous or vitrifed china, 1874 cents;
flint glass, 1872 cents.
In addition, seven Of these industries have
been given special %tolerances for learners or
handicapped workers, or both, in accordance
with the provision of the Act authorizing the
Secretary of Labor to. make reasonable
limitations with respect to the application
of the law to certain groups of workers of
which these two are types.
In this connection it is interesting to note
that the Washington Review, official publica-
ton of the Chamber Of Commerce of the
United States, informs its members that "con-
Germs obtaining Government contracts sub
iect to the Walsh-Healey Act will have to
pay the minimum wages prescribed under
that statute whenever the rates are higher
than the applicable minimum wage under the
Wage-Hour Act" effective next October "A,
which starts off with a minimum wage Of Is
cents an hour for the first year of its opera
ton.
Montana labor news., 1938-08-04
Power of Labor Standards Act
Administrator

Although the Fair Labor Standards Act of
1888 prescribes that the sections fixing a
minimum wage of not less than twenty-five
cents an hour and a maximum work week of
not more than forty-four hours for employees
in those industries coming under its jurisdic-
ton shall not be effective until 100 days after
the Act was signed by President Roosevelt
on June "a, there is no such limitation on the
sections outlining the functions of the Ad-
ministrator of the Act whose authority begins
as soon as he takes the oath of office. In view
of the fact that the President has appointed
Elmer F.. Andrews, Industrial Commissions
of New York State, to be the Administrator,
it is, therefore, instructive to outline the
major functions he is required to perform.
In brief, the Administrator can:
Determine the industries subject to the Act.
Appoint an industry committee for each
industry. The committee, whose function is
to recommend to the Administrator the high
est minimum wage rates which it believes
will not substantially curtail employment,
must include "a number of disinterested per-
sons representing the public, one of whom
the Administrator shall designate as chair
man, a like number of persons representing
employees in the industry, and a Xix number
of persons representing employers in the in
dustry."
Approve or disapprove wage rates recon-
mended by the industry committees.
In case of disapproval of the rates recon-
mended by an industry committee, appoint
another committee to make a second survey
and submit recommendations.
Decide what classes of employees are
exempt from the Act because they are en-
gagged in executive, administrative, profess
sional, or local retailing capacities, or as out
side statesmen"
Issue regulations permitting the employ
ment Of apprentices, learners, and physically
or mentally handicapped persons at wages
Montana labor news., 1938-08-04
New Poll Direded al
Tennessee Copper Co.

COPPERHILL, Tenn.-Because SUI
pervisory employees of the Tonnes
see Copper Co, Copperhill, Tenn,
inundated and coerced employees
to vote for the American Federation
of Labor in an election held March
10, 1888, in a contest between that
organization and the International
Union, Mine, Mill and Smelter Work
ers (CIO), the National Labor Rela-
tons Board today set aside the
earlier poll and ordered a new cleo
ton.
The new election will be held
within 20 days of the election order
among all employees of the company
in the Ducktown basin who were on
the company's payroll as of Novem-
Der 10, 1887, excluding clerical and
supervisory forces, chemists, techni-
cal engineers, and those who have
since quit or have been discharged.
First balloting resulted in SAB votes
for the A. F. of L. and 488 for the
Smelter Workers, with IL voting for
neither, and four votes blank, void
or challenged.
On March 20, 1888, the %Interna-
tional filed objections to the election
with the boards regional director,
raising Substantial and material
issue with respect to the conduct of
the ballot" Following notice, a pub
lie hearing on the question was held
in Chattanooga on May 10, 20, 80 and
81 and again on June l and 2.
The board dismissed three objec-
tons made by the international, that
the polling place was close to COM
pany offices, that the company had
advance notice of the election, and
that the company transferred en-
ployees from its operations at Duck
town and Isabella, where the Inter
national claims principal support, to
Copperhill where the A.. F. of L. is
alleged to have dominated.
However, the board found that the
remaining objections were substan-
tial.
Montana labor news., 1938-08-04
THE DAY is DONE

The day is done, and the darkness
Falls from the wings of night,
AS a feather is waited downward
From an eagle in his flight.
l see the lights of the village
Clean through the rain and the
mist,
And a feeling of sadness comes DER
That my soul cannot resist:
A feeling of sadness and longing,
That is not akin to pain,
And resembles sorrow only
As the mist resembles the rain.
Come, read to me some poem,
Some simple and heartfelt lay,
That shall sothe this restless feeling,
And Danish the thoughts Of day.
Read from some humble poet
Whose songs gushed from his
heart,
As showers from the clouds of
summer,
Or tears from his eyelids start.
Such songs have power to quiet
The restless pulse of care,
And come like the benediction
That follows after prayer.
Then read from the treasured
volume
The poem of thy choice,
And lend to the rhyme of the poet
The beauty of thy voice.
And the night shall be filled with
music,
And the cares that infest the day,
Shall fold their tents like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away.
HENRY w. LONGFELLOW.
Montana labor news., 1938-08-04
CALLS PRES. HOWARD
A GOOD AMERICAN

DETROIT.-(FP)-The death OF
Charles P. Howard, president of the
Init. Typographical Union and secre-
tary Of the CLIO, is mourned by the
Detroit Free Press, usually a re-
dictionary organ, with the words:
Charles Howard will be remem-
bered in the annals of trade union
ism as a sincere capable leader who
took his responsibilities seriously
and commanded general confidence
and respect" The editorial was en-
titled A Good American.
Howard was regarded in Detroit
auto circles as one of the men who
would have had a considerable part
in guiding the United Auto Workers
administration back to sanity and
democracy, had he lived, and if the
Clio were to take a part in its affili-
ate's troubled affairs.