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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09
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 Dick Walsh. T:3O-E. Christy Erk Presents. 7:45-Dee Pctersens Orch. S:00-Billy Brooke's and His Orch. S:15-Del Fino and His Orch. S:3O-The Youth Court of Char
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Last Nights Fights
BY UNITED PRESS

New York-Solly Krieger, 164, New York, kayoed Stanley Hasrato, 162 IA, Yonkers, N. Y. CD; Joe Ferando, 136, Jersey City decisioned Charles Carroll, 140, New York (6) 1; Pat Clayton, 134, Ireland, outpoint- ed Dave Pastor, 135 1-4, New York (6); Joe Montana, 130, New York, decisioned Jimmy Lancaster, 129, Wilmington. Del. (8); Julie Kogwan 135, New Haven, outpointed Tommy Fontana, 133, New York (6); Joe Greb, IA IA, New York, outpointed Murray Brandt, 146, Ozone Park, N. Y. (6).
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TOMORROW

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 wives. 1l:15-Farm Flashes. 1 :30-WPA Musicale. Il 1:45--Sketches in Melody. 2:00-Lct's Dance. P. M. 12:15-Melodic Moments. 12:30-Transradio and Waterbury
 Democrat News. 12:45-Melodic Moments. 1:0O-1tomeo Delfino, Pianist. 1:15-Don Raphael, Organist. :50-Afternoon Varieties. 2:00-Viows of the News. 2:15-Club Cabana. 2:30--Frant Page Drama. 2:45-]ack Marshall. Songs. 3:00-Transradio News Bulletins. 3:15-Gems of Melody. 3:45-Stamp Man. d:00-Romeo Delfino, Pianist. 4:15-Dance Time. 4;3O-Answer Me This. 4:f3-Ann Del Crosse, Songs. 5:00-UncIe Harry. 5:15-Eb and Xeb. 5:30-World in Review. 5:45--Melody Revue. 6:00-Transradi News Bulletins:
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09
Junior League Notes

After the smoke and debris had been cleared away at the Y Satur- day after the Junior League tussles, the league leading N. E. Y..- Jrs,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09
NORTH END CHATTER (By Jim Jannetty)

He's secretary of our "Y" and liked by all He's ready to do a favor at your beckoning call, To us he's the best fellow in our fair town, Happy birthday to you from the boys, MT. Brown.
 Ken Kelly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09

The secretary has informed me that the prize list is completed and will be submitted for the bowlers approval Thursday night. Until thenl-Adieu.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09

Tn Y Collegians will stack up against the state wide tournament which will start at the Central "Y" tonight. The North Enders' chances to go far in the tournament are good as Sonny Romeo and Mike Haiday, stellar "Y" performers have been secured to bolster this power ful machine. we are with you boys all the way"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09

Three of the most improved ball players at the Y this season are Danny Sparzo of the Cadets, Cab of the Tigers and "Pajello' Eshenko of the Wolves. Good work, Boys.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09

Did you know that Bob Leece, Collegian Star never slaves before a game?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09

Sonny Hopkins, IA year old youngster, bowled 101 at the Y re- gently. Sort of a record for young kid, eh?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09

Referee: Frank Berardi. Time Four 6-minute peroids.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09

Good Night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09

The second annual city-wide bas ketball tournament will be held at the North End Y play commencing Sunday, March 20. The deadline for applications will be March IT at 12:00 p. m. All Senior teams, desir- ing entrance are urged to contact Directors Antonio Imbimbo, Jim Jannetty and Pete Polletti.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09

Coach Allen Ouimet's strong Tri- angle quintet will play host to the Meriden Oscar Gross Five on the Y court next Monday evening at 2 D.. m. The Silvercities come here with a formidable record and arc favored to stop the fast coming Triangle squad.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09

J.. J.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-09-23

Premier Chamberlain may have
thought that peace and war flew with
him to Adolph Hitler's mountain
castle. But there are few students Of
history, of the World War, or of the
news that has been coming from Eu-
rope in the last four years, whe would
say that Chamberlain's visit will make
more than a few weeks difference in
the time when the conflict breaks.
1t is one of the results of Hitler's
speech; and that speech, in its way,
was a masterpiece. Everyone has
known since the raid on Austria that
there are sharp differences between
Hitler and the staff of the German
army. The staff believes that Ger
many must wait some years before
risking a general war. Hitler appar-
emily wants to start it now. But in
stead of overruling his generals to
their faces, he made a speech which
practically called the Sudetens in
Czechoslovakia to revolty and promised
them help.
There are just two questions: How
much of the rights of Czechoslovakia
will Chamberlain agree to yield for
what he calls peace; and how much
will the English people stand? Ger
tainly the Trades Union Congress OF
English workers did not advocate
visits to Hitler, or any concessions. 1t
called for the government to stop Hit
Ter, now; and to summon Parliament
at once.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-09-23
UNION WORK MUST GO ON

Union men and women have no rea-
son to ffatter themselves that their
work is done because their trade and
the trades of many others are or
ganized. AS long as there are work
ers unorganized (and there are mil
lions of them in the United States)
organized labor cannot cease its fight
to increase union membership. As
William Green said:
"Ours is a constant, never ending
fight for a full and complete recog-
milton on the part of all employers OF
labor of the principles of collective
bargaining, for justice, decent wages
and tolerable and humane conditions
of employment. Our task will never
be completed SO long as any part OF
this undeclared goal remains un-
realized"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-09-23
IN THE NEWS
w. JET LAUCK

w. Jett Lauck will undoubtedly be
the economic counsel for the railroad
workers in the hearings which lie close
ahead; and, in a way, it will be old
stuff to him. He has been at that
and similar things-for 27 years. He
was economic counsel, probably under
another name, for the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
way back in 1911; and little later, he
won their case for raise of pay
The inside story of that rise is little
known. Asked by the board of arbi-
tration what he expected to show, he
answered that he meant to show that
the waste and graft of certain rail-
roads would much more than cover
the desired raise. He happened to
mention the New Haven. j. P. Nor
gan, then still controlling the New
Haven, wanted nothing on that score;
he was having troubles enough with
that pestilential Boston lawyer, Louis
D. Brandeis. He sent his orders to
the railroad folks to compromise.
Lauck was economic counsel for the
shop crafts before the strike Of 1922;
and his assembly Of figures was dew
astating. He has had dozen SINH
lar jobs, before and since. He served
variously in the World War, statisti-
clan of U. S. Shipbuilding Labor Ad-
iustment Board, secretary of National
War Labor Board, and the like. But
probably the thing in which he takes
the most satisfaction is that he and
Jerome Frank worked Section Ia, la
boris charter of liberty, into the Ma
tional Recovery Act.
He was born in West Virginia in
1879, graduated from Washington and
Lee University in 1903, won a fellow
ship that took him to the University
of Chicago, taught in Washington and
Lee, had been summoned to Cornell
when tangled up in railroad arbitration
cases. He is about 5 feet, four inches
above sea level, dark, with thinning
black hair, and a remarkably pleasant
smile.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-09-23
JUDGE PETITION
RESULTS KNOWN
THIS WEEK
Deficiency Expected When Final Sig
nature Certifications Are Announced
(By Ohio Labor News Service)


Columbus, OF Proponents of the
amendment to the Ohio constitution
providing for appointment instead o.
election of the judiciary were scurry.
ing about the state last week attempt,
ing to garner additional signatures tc
their petitions in an endeavor to make
up a large deficiency expected when
final signature certifications are an
nounced by the Secretary of State,
Unofficial reports from Cuyahoga
Franklin and Hamilton counties whose
Boards of Elections have not yet GER
tilted signatures on petitions filed with
them to the Secretary of State, indi-
cate that there will be total def
cheney Of nearly $4,000 signatures.
Secretary of State Kennedy's office
reported last week that final certif-
cations were expected from the three
counties by Wednesday Of this week
and, if there was a deficiency, the
proponents would have 10 days in
which to file additional signatures.
The Mahoning County Board Of
Elections certified 9,173 signatures to
the Secretary Of State last week, dis
qualifying Sab Of the 1856 sigma
lures filed with them, or more than AZ
per cent of the total in that county.
This loss reduces the surplus sig
natures remaining to the credit of the
proponents of the amendlEent to ap-
proximately 10000, which will un-
doubtedly be wiped out by large mar
gin when Cuyahoga, Hamilton and
Franklin counties report.
Those three counties accounted fo1
a total of 173,430 signatures in the
original number filed, and with losses
ranging at high averages in counties
which have reported, an additional loss
of at least 10000 signatures can be
expected in the Cuyahoga, Hamilton
and Franklin counties report.
Should the proponents be successful
in their efforts to make up the i'm
pending deficit with additional sigma
lures, the validity of which must also
be checked, the Secretary of State is
required by law to issue pamphlets to
the electorate explaining the proposed
amendment in detail 40 days before
the November election, another feat
which appears an impossibility.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-09-23
R R. UNIONS
TO FIGHT WAGE
CUT PROPOSAL

Cincinnati (ILNS). - George NJ
Harrison, chairman of the Railway
Labor Executives Association and
president of the Brotherhood OF Rail
way and Steamship Clerks, announced
that representatives of the rail unions
will meet in Chicago September 70,
and take such action as may be nee
essary to defeat the Is per cent cut
in wages, scheduled by the railroads
to go into effect October 1.
.sThe announced intention of the
railroads will be met with determined
resistance by the organized rail work
res" said Mr.. Harrison. "The unions
are preparing to proceed in a man
ner that will compel the abandonment
of this program
Figures on the strike vote now
being taken among the rail unions
are expected to be in by that date.
Chicago (ILNS). - The Carriers
Joint Conference Committee, repre-
senting 142 Class / railroads, moved
a step toward showdown in its con-
troversy with $4,000 rail workers
over a proposed Is per cent wage re-
duction.
The committee issued formal an
nouncement that the cut, originally
ordered last May, will become effec-
tive at 1901 m. October |, the ear
liest possible date permitted under
the Railway Labor Act. Nineteen
operating and incorporating brother
hoods are polling their memberships
to determine whether nationwide
strike should be called against the cut.
| The reduction will be postponed it.,
as expected President Roosevelt APP
points fact-finding commission to
investigate the dispute.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-09-23
p. w. A. Building
Thousands Of Schools

Washington, D. G. (ILNS) A
quarter Of million Of the 30,000,000
children return to school in September
will 60 to 1000 school buildings com
pleted in the last year under the Pub
lie Works Administration building
program.
The P. w. A. announced that "A per
cent of the 5000 projects approved in
its new emergency construction pro-
gram were educational buildings.
In addition to the 2,100 school build
ings approved this summer, 1900 were
built under earlier P. w. A. programs.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-09-23
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

mo British governing minister has
ever done such a thing BEFORE
chorused the headlines. There is a
much more apt comparison. 1t is not
of record that any governor of Mis-
souri, ever rode into the mountains te
consult with Jesse James.
An American plane already has
made some test fights, and is ex-
pected to go into the Transatlantic
service this fall, unless war prevents
1t is a sizable article to take to the
air. 1t weighs AZ tons. 1t is 152 feet
from tip to tip of its tremendous
wings. 1t has four engines, one OF
which it is claimed would keep the
plane aloft; and its possible speed is
over 200 miles an hour. And it car
ries crew of s, and can take 72 pas
sengers over the ocean.
1t is claimed by the builders that
this is the largest practical plane yet
built; and inquiry at the Department
of Commerce confirms the claim. The
German plane Of similar size was nc
good at all, and the Russian one has
cracked up.
But the burning question which ne
one has answered is this: Why is 9
social order that can build such 8
miracle and fly it SO silly as to lei
millions of men stay idle when mil
lions Of things need to be done?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-09-23
WHY LABOR
OPPOSES AN
APP0INTIVE
JUDICIARY

Organized labor of Ohio, repre-
sented by the Ohio State Federation
Of Labor, state branch of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, is unalter-
ably opposed to the proposal of the
Ohio Bar Association and its Com
mittee on Judicial Selection to amend
the Ohio constitution to provide for
appointment of the judiciary of this
state.
The largest civic organization in the
State of Ohio, the Ohio State Fedora
tion of Labor, in its militant and united
opposition to this un-American pro-
posal, stands, as it has always stood,
a mighty force for the preservation of
the free and democratic institutions
of American government.
The democratic, American way of
selecting judges is by election, as pro-
vided in the constitution of Ohio. The
autocratic, Fascist way is by appoint
ment, such as proposed by the Ohio
Bar Association.
Should this proposed amendment to
the constitution be successful, it would
be the first step in depriving the people
of Ohio of the democratic principles
Of self government.
Only through exercising and main
tanning the elective power vested in
them by the constitution can the
people Of Ohio hope to retain control
of their government and their courts
When they continue to do that, then,
and then only, can it be said that they
are a free people governing them
selves.
There are two ways in which the
destruction of representative govern
ment can be accomplished One is to
destroy the election machinery of the
state. The other is to withhaW from
the people the right to elect their Of
fcials. The proponents of the judi
cial amendment are pursuing the lat
ter way.
The judiciary of Ohio who will come
under the appointive system Of this
proposed amendment will constitute
the most favored class of officials in
Ohio, and the appointive system will
in time be run by party cliques of top
flight politicians.
Representative government, the rule
of the people by and through officials
they themselves elect, is the sword and
shield of the liberty of America.
We who will enjoy this American
liberty, guaranteed through represen-
tative government, should guard it
well against European importations,
such as the amendment to the consti-
tuition proposed by the Ohio Bar As
sociation and the Committee on Judi
cial Selection.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-09-23
J. NJ. Tobin, Official OF
Blacksmiths, Is Dead

Chicago, Ill. (AFLWNS). - The
death of J. NJ Tobin, vice president of
the International Brotherhood of
Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Help
ers, was announced by officials of the
Brotherhood here Mr. Tobin died sud
denly while attending a hearing be-
fore the National Labor Relations
Board at Cortland, N. Y, where he,
with other international representa-
tives, was defending the rights Of
members of our organization" the
announcement said, adding:
"Vice President Tobin has served
our Brotherhood as an international
officer, since October, 1910, having
been chosen to that important office
at our Atlanta, Ca, convention, and
from the very beginning of his stew
ardship was assigned to the Eastern
and New England states, in which
territory he has worked continuously
with outstanding success
Mr.. Tobin's home was in Philadel.
phia, where the remains were taken
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-09-23
WISDOM

There never was a good war or a
bad peace.-Benjamin Franklin.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER %, 1888.
A LITTLE STUDY IN VOTING

There is a movement among certain
upper income circles to get some prop
erty qualifications for voting. 1t takes
several forms, but the chief drive al
present is to disfranchise persons on
relief, even on work relief of the
w P. A.. 1t is as selfish and as silly
as the drive which big employers made
some years ago to get back their
right" to import contract labor. Silly
as that was, it had to be dealt with;
and so has this.
Democratic governments succeed
quite largely in proportion to the ratio
of their citizens that vote This is not
the only test, but it is a pretty good
one. There are eight states with poll
taxes which must be paid to vote.
These states and their votes at the
1886 election are given below, and
against each poll tax state is set down
a state with as nearly the same popu-
lation as possible and no poll tax, and
its vote. Here you are:
Ala. 274,ooo MINI. -, 1,o49,oOo
Ark. 10000 w. Va. 5000
Georgia ....295,oOo Wis. .....1, 1,184 900
Miss. ...l62,ooo Kan. ~. S62 900
So. Car..-.115,0oo Nd. 49,. 621 900
Tenn. .....474,ooo Ky. ........ 962 900
Texas .838,ooo Calf. 2,6o8 900
Va. .......,333, 900 Iowa - 1,1o9 900
There you have it. The states with
out poll tax range from three to five
times as many votes as states with
poll tax and substantially the same
population. There are other factors,
of course; the one most often given
is the large colored population in the
South. But while South Carolina has
21a times the coIored population Of
Maryland, the latter state cast 5 times
as many votes as South Carolina.
Go back far enough, and only the
king voted. Then his counsellors were
allowed to vote, then the barons, then
the burghers. The ideal now in this
country is that every adult citizen not
in prison or an insane asylum shall
have vote.
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Telephone 1895 Hamilton, Ohio
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WHAT NEXT?

The latest in buses, designed to
match railroad streamliners and crack
airliners, have air-conditioning, rest
rooms, wider parlor car seats and host
esses to serve free lunch.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-09-23
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio

Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown, O.
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TheCherry
Tv Where with our
roo Little Hatchet
O~ we tell the truth

/ we tell the truth |
| about many things, sometimes pro-
/ foundly. Sometimes fippantly. |
| sometimes recklessly.
Shadow of European war covers the
earth.
What does it mean for American
workers?
Many wage-earners old enough to
remember 1914-191S must be won
dering.
Industrial conditions have been inn
proving. Now, no one knows what
will happen, as no one can tell what
the effect of war, actual or long threat
ened, will be.
Workers best protection, as always,
is in organization.
If industrial improvement continues,
union members will be in best posi-
tion of all workers to share fairly in
the gains.
If war gives industry sock, union
workers will be in the best position
to maintain wage scales and resist
cuts.
Revolution producing despotic gov
ernments grew directly out of the
World War.
War-produced poverty and misery
bred the state of mind that produced
/ fascism, nazism, communism.
Instead of making the world safe
for democracy, the war had the OPP
posite effect.
Where there was measure of de-
mocracy and freedom, as in Germany
and Italy before the war, there is none
now.
Another war might easily have the
same effect in Europe's remaining de-
mocracies.
/ Peoples made desperate by wars
sufferings and horrors are likely to
do anything.
i America is the hope of democracy,
| If WE STAY OUT OF WAR.
If we go in, anything might happen
here, as in Europe. Much of democ-
racy would go by the board and might
never be restored.
i Modern war, with it's necessity for
lightning quick decision and action, is
incompatible with democratic proc
i esses, which are often slow and
hating.
If America stays at peace, it can
make its democratic system work and
be beacon light of hope to the world.
Even in peace, however, making the
American system work will require
j the cooperation of all elements Of
the population.
1T is ours either to be a grave in
which the hopes of the world shall be
entombed or pillar Of fire that shall
pilot the race onward to its millennial
glory" said Alexander Hamilton, long
ago.
Many believe Hamilton's words even
truer today than when first said
Russian weakness may account fol
some of Hitler's brashness.
!; Dictator Stalin's attempt to make
all Russians think alike has seriously
affected the Red army, reports in
dicate.
One account is that more than hall
Of the army officers have beer
"purged" out of the service by execu.
tions, prison sentences and dismissals
! 1t is quite likely that Hitler and hi.
aides think there is something seri
ously wrong in nation that conducts
a purge" lasting many months, as
Soviet Russia has done.
. Britain and France may have the
same thought and so fear that Rus
sian aid will prove of small value il
the event of war with Germany.
There is ground for thinking thai
the purge" in effect, has strength
ened Hitler, weakened France ant
Great Britain
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-09-23
CHEMICAL "RUBBER"

Akron, O. (ILNS).-The new syn
thetic rubber-like material called koro-
seal is made entirely Of limestone
coke and salt, chemicals which are
available in large quantities in the
United States, according to B. F. Good
rich Company, research technicians.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-09-23

"He stilled the buzz of women's
voices with single piercing glance,
from serial. Triumph Of mind
over chatter!