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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21
What of Wages and Hours?

The safest thing than can be said, per haps, with regard to the wages and hours law, is that the spirit of the times seems to call for such experimentation. For it is frankly an experiment, and no one can say now how it will work out. Long dis cussion has made the public familiar with the idea of a floor for wages and ceiling for hours, but not with the methods by which such desirable goals may be won.
 The need of reconciling many different groups and viewpoints in this measure makes 1t an obvious compromise The re- suit is a uniform law for the whole coun- try, more moderate than many critics expected, and certainly easier to admins ter, than one trying immediately to fit pay and hours carefully to the many local standards now existing If the experiment survives, harmonious national system should develop in time.
 The waning of effective opposition toward the end, on the part of business groups and competing areas, suggests grudging willingness on the part of opponents to give the plan trial. It also suggests general feeling that this regu- lation of industry and business engaged III interstate commerce will bring neither the millennium nor the worlds end.
 There seems to be public feeling that the "floor" of 25 cents an hour the first year will not be very revolutionary, and that 30 cents an hour the second year can probably be endured. Beyond that, nobody can say A 35-ccnt or Accent basic wage may be far off. Wages and hours can be changed as it is found wise The clause abolishing child labor invites a legal fight but the odds seem in favor of the Supreme Court finding it constitu- tional.
 There will doubtless be tendency, as the new industrial rules are applied and extended, to eliminate inefficient plants and workers and increase mechanization. Ir various ways social gains may involve some social losses. Prices will adapt themselves, being the most flexible factor in the new situation. We shall all know more about it year or two from now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21
PreSsCOnlnnent
BY WHAT RIGHT, MIR. LEWIS?
(American Metal Market)

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 Some fiftten months ago MT. Lewis was credited with telling the President what to do, but even dip- lomatic MT. Roosevelt soon found imperious MT. Lewis poor company. A few weeks ago MT. Lewis was tell- ing the people of Pennsylvania what to do, but the election echo told MT. Lewis where to- go. Men of labor, misguidedly drawn into the ranks of c. I. O., have for some time been telling MT. Lewis to look elsewhere for his war chest supplies.
 In short, MT. Lewis during the past year and half has lost lot of what the Orientals call face. but he has lost none of that deter imitation and ruthlessness associat- ed with his name at the time of the Herrin massacre. He is many rungs up the ladder-but the same Lewis. His latest effrontery at the Capi- tol suggests something of desper- ation to make a showing before Congress adjourned. Undoubtedly MT. Lewis controls certain con- gressional jobs in coal mining ter ritories and is influential in other industrial districts. Such members perhaps are forced to do his bidding if they value their political lives. But it was sorry spectacle MT. Lewis presented this week. albeit the rebuffs he got are heartening. By what right did MT. Lewis pre- sume to billet himself in the office of the Speaker of the House and summon procession of House members for his instructions? We know who and what MT. Lewis is, but who and what does MT. Lewis think he is?
 By what right, MT. Lewis?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21

The youngsters of the East End section of the city will welcome new playground in their vicinity. The Fairlawn Manor section will now be serviced with this important recreational center Fairlawn Manor Playground is scheduled to open June 27, and is located at Woodland and Homestead avenues The East End Community Club was instrumental in securing this newest recreational feature and it goes without saying that it will be a welcome diversion for the children in that locality
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21

The purchasing power of the millions of Americans in this whole area is far too low ... The industries of the South cannot compete with industries in other parts of the country, the North, the Middle West and the Far West unless the buy- ing power of the South makes possible the highest kind of ef- ficiency Today, national progress and national prosperity are being held back chiefly be- cause of selfishness on the part of the few :. When you come down to it there is little differ ence between the feudal system and the Fascist system. If you believe in the one, you lean to the other"
 My Friend Ford
 Again, here is what Elliott Roosevelt said about one of his fathers chief big business cri- tics:
 For years industry has been accused of not cooperating with the governments efforts to do away with the depression, but at least one great concern has shown its desire during this year to cooperate with the govern ments pump-priming program .. the Ford company, head ed by MT. Henry Ford, the most rugged of the rugged indi- viduals in our land ..
 "All over the United States, big and little industry is doing its share to make the depres- sion a matter for the history books and to many busi- ness men throughout the coun- try there is an increasing feel ing that if the government will do its share to bring about re- form laws which will be fair to all sides, both employer and en1- ploye, and if it will solve such knotty problems as the railroad situation and give effective and economical administration to the relief program throughout the Nation, this Nation cannot and will not be downed."
 NOTE-No wonder the Presi- dent wants to stop off at Fort Worth en route to the Pacific coast this summer.
 Copyright, 1888, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21
Questions and
 Answers
By Frederick M. Kerby

Enclose . three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ton of fact or information 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
 @. Do newsreel companies keep a file of their films?
 A. Yes.
 o. Do many wild animals die from old age?
 A. The U. s. Biological Survey states that few wild animals die of old age, but food shortage, acci- dental injuries, diseases and natur- al enemies are the principal causes of death, Pneumonia, or inflamma- tion of the lungs, is one of the com- mon causes of death in the wild, and starvation is one of the most important contributing causes.
 0. What was the name of the first ship that carried the United States flag around the world? A. Columbia, a 212-ton vessel which sailed from Boston, Septem- Der 30, 1787, under Captain Ken drick.
 @. Where is Dropsie College and is it denominational?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21

1. Where is the French colony of Guadeloupe?
 2. Has the U. s. ever been a member of the League of Nations? 3. Which state has the nickname Evergreen State?"
 4. How did the titles of the exe- cutives in the Presidents cabinet originate?
 5. Name the strait that connects the Adriatic with the Ionian Sea. 6. What famous prison was To- cated at Richmond. Va, during the Civil War?
 '. What is the average distance of the sun from the earth?
 g. In which time zone is Switzer- land?
 g. What are half-castes?
 10. Is scissors singular or plural2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21
HOt-He1ded Action Guild Strays Far A6eld In Urging Government Controlled Press for This Nation-Rec-
 commended by A. N. G. Head,
Haywood Broun.
NEW LONDON DAY

It seems most curious that the American Newspaper Guild, an or ganization made up of employees of American newspapers, particularly in the news department, should be- come such a radically inclined sounding board for all the theories of the CIO and the most bitter enders among the labor leaders. Meeting in Toronto recently, the guild first heard it's president, Hey wood Broun, advocate, establishing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21
Selected Poem
THE BEAVER

THE BEAVER
 (Oran De Pledge in the New York Sun) I watched the sharp teeth sever the boughs The plump tail batting the earth; I heard the taut wood crack in the air For hours I watched him Unerringly fashion his house. Where had he learned his profession, What school of the cosmos had taught him. What teacher of building had coached him? These were the questions parred- Earth and the wind and the sun were his helpers, The branches of trees were his servants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21
Daily Almanac

Sun rises 5:20 a. m; sets 8:27 D. m. (day- light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after SunSeC.
 First day of summer . (. Doesn't seem any different than yesterday, does it? Actually it isn't, the transition from spring to summer in this climate usually being accomplished without any noticeable change in weather conditions. Summer is all too short; make the most of it while you can
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21
RATLESNAKES DISRUPT ART

Oroville, Cal. (UP) = Bryce Phil lips, who with his wife and son is on a 3,000-mile trip in the Mojave desert to do landscape painting, re- ports that the greatest obstacle to concentrated work is the necessity of chasing away rattlesnakes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21

Television goal viewed as near-reads a headline. What! Hasn't television been perfected yet? This seems to one of our harder modern improvements. Slow in coming, but do we mind very much?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21

Cecil Kellaway, one of Austra- lia's foremost stage and screen ac- tors, heads the supporting cast in RKO Radios "The Mudled Deal, " co-featuring Joan Fontaine and Derrick de Marney.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21
E>;;:5,;|i3,::; 2; S nv DREW PEARSON mA N0o9R1 & ALIEN
PWA Ready to Allocate $6oo,oooOoo The Day Recovery Becomes a Low;
 Elliot Roosevelt Lombosts PoPo's
 Policies in His Texas Radio Blasts
~ 1008R5 & ALIEN
nv DREW PEARSON

Washington June 21-For weeks, the Public Works Administration strained at the leash while Congress dilly-daied with the vitay important Recoveryspend ing bi While waiting, every possible preparation was made to get the PWA program under way the minute %,eD e;o ad fho
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

New York, June 21-A sudden drive has been launched to make America cap conscious, and within week a half dozen exploiters have been around to praise the chapeau that fits the head like pancake.
 The cap-makers want to go back to work; they say the cap is a crown of dignity on the heads of such well-knoWn wearerS as Joe Laurie, Al Jolson, Bing Crosby, Oliver Hardy, Ellsworth Vines and Barry Fitzgerald, and that 1t is about time cap-haters swept away the old prejudices.
 To cap the climax, they submit touching little story about the fiat hats. Some years ago, they tell me, there existed a famous billiard academy in the Thirties, called Daly's. But this emporium, mindful of the rather shady characters who frequented such places, tried to iden- tify itself as genteel meeting place for smartly-groomed, we'll hammered men.
 Thus, Daly did not permit en- trance to any patron wearing cap, which was then more or less the trademark of the tough and rapscal- lion who loafed on corners. But Al Jolscon, an inveterate cap-wearer called one day wearing one-and Daly was a little dubious about de- nying the great Jolson entry.
 But he was allowed to come in and in his wake followed such cele- brated cap-wearers ah Tod Sloan, William Boyd, John McGraw and Gus Edwards. Gradually, the im- precision that cap-wearers are of the less genteel class wore away.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21

If you want 8 copy of our book let Heavyweight Boxing Cham pions", write to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washing ton, D. c. Enclose 10 cents In postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21
Dance DidOes

Dance DidOes There are dancers and then there are dancers and Kay Kayser, the bandsman who ob- serves all types, catalogues the more violent cases:
 The girl who doesn't shag, but will stand practically still while her partner does.
 That unmanageable trio on the f1oor-he, she and her hat.
 The chap who looks like 8 left halfback and waltzes through the crowd in much the same way he does on the gridiron.
 The dippers who get into posi- tions seen elsewhere only on auto radiator caps.
 The couple which ogles the or chestra, waiting for heaven knows what.
 The middle-aged duo, fooling it. self into acting young and giving a perfect impression of two pairs of left feet looking for their mates.
 The exhibitionists, madly display ing new steps that will be as passe as the polka, next month.
 The romantic twosome, more in love than in tempo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21

Fame
 When he visited here recently, so the story goes, Franchot Tone took Clifford Odets up to his home for a visit. His mother, Mrs. Tone, kept staring at Odets all evening long. Finally the actor took his mother aside and said. Mother, why do you keep staring at that man? It's very embarrassing"
 "Oh, I'm sorry" pleaded Mrs. Tone, but I didn't catch his name tonight. And I know him from somewhere"
 So her son apprised her of the playwrights identity again. Mrs. Tone snapped her fingers in relief
 That's right" she said, T didp t recognize him without LuIse Rainer."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21
Test Y 0 U r Knowledge

Can you answer seven Of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21

0. Did the American Bar ASso- citation actively participate in the fight against President Hoosevelt's proposal to reorganize the U. s. Supreme Court?
 A. At the 1887 annual conven- tion in Kansas City a special vigil lance committee of seven members was created by unanimous vote to actively oppose the plan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21

@. Where is Odessa?
 A. It is an important seaport of southern Russia, in the Soviet Re- public of Ukraine, on the Black Sea, between the mouths of the Dniester and Dnieper rivers, about $50 miles south of Leningrad.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Dilate is pronounced di-late';
 not dp-late.

A. It is in Philadelphia, and is a college for Hebrew and Cognate Learning. It is co-educational and was established in 1907. Cyrus Adler is the president.
 @. If an estate is liable for Fed eral estate tax, how soon after Q persons death must it be paid?
 A. A return must be filed fifteen months after the persons death and the tax must be paid within three years after the return is filed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21

0. Where is Dropsie College and is it denominational?
The Ely miner., 1938-07-14
Yanks and Johnny Rebs

CEVENTY-FIVE years after they
- faced each other in deadly con-
fiict, some 1000 old soldiers gath
cred in friendly concert to celebrate
the great Battle of Gettysburg. The
Stars and Stripes and the Stars and
Bars flew side by side on the once
bloody field, and the veterans of
the Northern and Southern armies
that fought there in one of history's s
biggest battles wandered together
over the hills and meadows or sat
in their tented city, exchanging rem
iniscences and renewing old friend
ships.
In the Gettysburg National Mill
terry park, comprising the battle
field, had been erected a beautiful
peace memorial, and President
Roosevelt was there to dedicate it
on the afternoon of July 8. At
the top of the monuments shaft is a
burner for natural gas that sup
plies "The Flame of Eternal
Peace" This was kindled by the
President as the climax of the days
celebration.
From common platform Com
mander-in-Chief Overton H. Mennet
of the Grand Army of the RepubliS
and Commander-in-Chief John M.
Claypool of the United Confederate
Veterans spoke to their comrades.
The Ely miner., 1938-07-14

essential requirements of a per-
feet diet.
First: 1t supplies carbohydrate
and fat for heat and energy.
Second: It furnishes protein that
is suitable for building new tissues
and repairing the millions of cells
that are worn out daily.
Third: 1t yields minerals which
build bones and teeth and regulate
the subtle internal processes of
the body.
Fourth: It contains every known
vitamin in some degree and is
abundantly supplied with the vita
minis that are necessary to
growth, to the smooth running of
the body machine, and to the pre-
vention of many types of infec-
ton.
Fifth: It contains water, to act
as a solvent, a carrier and regu-
lator.
Sixth: 1t is easily digestible.
This brief summary helps to ex-
plain the unique place of milk in
nutrition. Think of it! In one
food, we find protein of the high
est type; carbohydrate and fat;
all the vitamins; every one of the
minerals demanded by the human
body; water; and an easy digesti-
bility that readily changes these
ingredients into vigorous life.
The Ely miner., 1938-07-14

on Political Refugees, was instigat-
ed by President Roosevelt.
The American delegation was
headed by Myron c. Taylor, former
head of the United States Steel cor
poration, and he took the lead in
the preliminaries for settling the
problem of German Jews and other
refugees from the Reich.
The Americans made it plain,
however, that the United States
attitude was one of helpfulness rath-
er than direction. Officials said they
were trying to help shape plans, but
I'VE do not intend to be the final
judges of whatever may be DONE"
Mr.. Taylor was unanimously elect
ed president of the conference.
The Zionist Organization of Amer
lea closed it's forty-first convention
in Detroit with an attack on what
it termed Nazi violence and brutal
ity toward Jews in Austria and Ger
many. DR.. Solomon Goldman of
Chicago was elected president.
The Ely miner., 1938-07-14
1OW~ SEW nOES E5tSss :; SxgrH

tie one end of the next thread to
the tapered end of the stocking
strip as at A. Pull the other end
of this thread as at B to draw the
strip through.
NOTE: If you wish to use these
weekly articles for reference
paste them in a scrapbook, as
they are not included in either
Sewing Book No. l or 2. Book l,
Sewing for the Home Decora-
tor" covers curtains, slipcovers,
dressing tables; 48 pages Of fas-
cinating directions. Book 2 illus
trates 80 embroidery stitches with
numerous applications; doll
clothes and gift items. Order by
number, enclosing Is cents for
each book desired. If you order
both books, leafet on making
crazy quilts, with 36 stitches il
lustrated, will be included free.
Address Mrs. Spears, 21O South
Desplaines St., Chicago, Ill.
The Ely miner., 1938-07-14
Tells Cities to Hurry

CITIES of the nation were urged
~ by Secretary Ickes to make
haste to submit projects for PWA
approval and thus play ga dominat-
ing part in bringing about recov-
cry"
At the same time he asked busi-
ness to cooperate with the govern
ment in the $1,000, 900, 900 building
program, and warned contractors
and private industry not to pay
graft" to corrupt officials in an at
tempt to curry political favors in
the form of benefits from PWA con-
struction.
"The success of this recovery
program will depend upon the speed
with which our municipalities
move," he said. ''They will have
to produce faster than before. They
will have to draw their plans more
rapidly, make decisions more quick
ly and file their applications with
alacrity.
Involved are jobs for workmen,
the creation of new business for
industrial and commercial con-
Germs, the expansion of factory pay
rolls, the rejuvenation of transpor-
tation systems, the spread of pur-
chasing power, the expansion of
credit, the stimulation of our securi-
ties and our banks"
The Ely miner., 1938-07-14

lap sacking with dyed strips of old
silk stockings drawn through.
Bright colored yarns may be SUBJ
stituted for the stocking strips or
combined with them if desired.
Either plaids or stripes may be
worked out, and the best results
will be obtained with a simple
color scheme such as the one sug-
gested here.
Dye the stockings before cut
ting. Cut the strips A-inch wide
and about an inch longer than the
space they are to fill. Taper one
end of the strip so that it will
pull through the burlap easily. If
long strips are needed, cut around
and around the stocking spirally
instead of lengthwise. Now, draw
out one thread of the burlap; then
The Ely miner., 1938-07-14
SX2zsvu3a ~ HEck0td
SUMMARIZES THE WORLDS WEEK
Q Western Newspaper Union.

could not be renominated. The
senator was planning to run as an
independent. After hearing from
McNutt, the governor invited the
senator to present his candidacy to
the state convention, and Van Nuys
accepted in the interests of party
harmony.
Corcoran's purge appears to have
begged down elsewhere, too. Sena-
tor George of Georgia and Senator
E. D. Smith of South Carolina seem
likely to win denomination. In New
York city Tammany decided to sup
port Congressman John J. O'Con-
nor, who led the fight against the re-
organization bill, and several other
New York members of the lower
house whom Corcoran had listed for
defeat,
The Ely miner., 1938-07-14
Problem Of the South

p Establishing a balanced
economic system in the south
ern states is considered by Presi-
dent Roosevelt the No. l problem
of the nation and he says it must
and can be done. He appealed to
Is southern leaders, assembled in
Washington at his request, to draft
plans for the economic restoration
of their section of the country. Lew
is Mellett, director of the National
Emergency council, presided over
the conference and read Mr.. Roose-
velt's letter.
Though he did not comment on
the effect that the new wages and
hours law may have on southern
industry, he did say that one of the
great problems in the South is that
of labor and employment. He spoke
also of problems growing out of
the new industrial era and, again,
of absentee ownership of the new in
dustries."
"It is my conviction" the Presi-
dent wrote to Mellett, "that the
South presents right now the ma
tion's number one economic prob
lem-the nations problem, not
merely the South's. For we have an
economic unbalance in the nation
as whole, due to this very condi-
tion of the South.
"The purpose of your conference
is to produce a restatement of the
economic conditions of the South
and their relation to the rest of the
country that we may do something
about it."
The task, Mr.. Roosevelt said, en-
braces wasted or neglected re-
sources of land and water; abuses
suffered by the soil; need for cheap
fertilizer and cheap power, and
problems presented by the popula-
ton itself.
The Ely miner., 1938-07-14
Trial Fare Raise

Y EVERSING a previous ruling,
~ the interstate commerce COM
mission in ten-to-one decision au-
thorized eastern railroads to in
crease basic passenger coach fares
from 2 to 21z cents a mile for a
trial period of 18 months. Commits
sioner Claude r. Porter cast the
only dissenting vote. Railroads esti-
mate that the increase will mean
SAC, 900, 900 in added revenue a year.
Action was taken on an appeal
by the carriers for reconsideration
of the commission initial decision
on March 6, when their original
plea was turned down on six to
five vote. In seeking a review, the
roads contended the commission
had entered too greatly into the
field of management. This view
was concurred in by several of the
commissioners, who dissented from
the original majority opinion.
The Ely miner., 1938-07-14
Czechosloyakia

The republic of Czechoslovakia
is composed of two branches of
the same Slav nation: the Czechs
of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia,
and the Slovaks of Slovakia.
The state came into existence on
October %, 1918, when the nation
al council took over the govern
ment of the Czechoslovak coun-
tries, which had formerly be-
longed to the Austro-Hungarian
monarchy. The Czechoslovak ma
tional assembly met in Prague on
November IA, 1918, and formal
ly declared the Czechoslovak state
to be republic.
For the sake of brevity the
Czecho-Slovak republic is desig-
mated Czechoslovakia.