The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-09

| timism was expressed over American economic conditions yesterday py State Insurance Commissioner John c. Blackall. speaking at the Com- munion breakfast of the Holy Name l society of the Blessed Sacrament church at the church. More than 300 persons attended and heard MT. Blackall, a native of Waterbury, re- call his boyhood days here and dis cuss various types of insurance with stress on casualty insurance and It: development. Others who spoke were Rev. Ed | ward L. Morrison, Rev. Francis Barrett and Rev. Joseph N. Murphy of the Blessed Sacrament church, and Judge Frank P. McEvoy. Atty. J. Gregory Lynch was toastmaster. William Pfenansmith, an insurance executive of Hartford, accompanied MT. Blackall.
 Patronesses for the breakfast were: Mrs. Edward Kelly, Mrs. -, Sarah Corden, Mrs. Michael o. Rourke, Mrs. John Costello, Mrs. Richard Joy, Mrs. Mary O'Rourke, Miss Etta Kelly, and Mrs. John Miller.
 Mattresses were Loretta Walsh, Alice Casey, Margaret Casey, Mary Hatzinger, Gertrude Casey. Rita 1 Tierney, Genevieve Laukaitis, Mary Santalucia. Lena Cappello, Rosaline Price, Clara Malsh, Mar garet McGrath, Virginia Neagle, Marion McNulty, Evelyn Fabian, Sue Benedetti, Betty Belangef' ] Christine Donahue, Agnes Dumo- chel and Rita Skipp.
 It was announced that the society will sponsor two baseball teams this summer, one Of younger boys and one of older.
 A group of songs were sung by Johnny Crapponi, accompanied by Mary Santalucia. St. Margarets
 Fear of what might happen to them If they testified as witnesses in the racket prosecutions of District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey. was described as the greatest difficulty with which the crusading prosecu- tor must contend by Attorney Fran cis Hogan. native of Waterbury and member of MT. Dewey's staff. speak ing yesterday at the Communion ] breakfast held by the Holy Name Society of St. Margaret's church. After attending o'clock mass about 250 men went to the breakfast. All manner of rackets, many of them tied up with New York labor unions, were cited by MT. Hogan in his description of the prosecution that presently has netted almost 100 per cent in convictions. The cam paign against organized vice and crime, he said. has progressed in spite of the main stumbling block of the prosecution. This. he replied, IS the fear of witnesses when called upon to testify. The New York pros- ecutor, however, has kept his prom lse of protection for these witnesses and the cause of reform has become Increasingly powerful.
 Roy l.. Mclaughlin, superintend- | ent of the Connecticut School for Boys at Meriden, told how changed methods in treatment of the boys now result in training and discipline such as might have been given at other schools and in the homes. rather than the former procedure where the boys were made to feel that they were inmates of a Juvenile prison. He said that the boys now are not given special haircuts and uniforms but are made to feel that they are in training to become good citizens.
 | Other speakers were: Rev. Peter Daly, assistant pastor of the church; Dr. John w. Fruin. Attorney Thomas McGrath. Judge John F. Mcdrath and William T. Earring ton, City Editor of The Democrat. fast. He expressed the hope that the communion breakfast might become an annual event.
 The breakfast was served by committee of women members of | tba t,o righ