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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-06

fore a capacity audience that is anticipated.
 Albert Lawlor is chairman of the arrangements committee, assisted by Thomas Conway, director of the Midget league. Martin J. Tehan, di- rector of the Junior league will be master of ceremonies.
 The junior league sponsored a revue last year which was highly successful.
 Holy Name Society
 Plans for the Communion break fast on Mothers day will be made at a meeting of the St. Francis Xaxier Holy Name society Sunday night in the parish house. The meeting will be the first in two months, the last having been can- celled during the novena. The so- ciety will receive communion in a body at the 7:30 o'clock mass.
 President Edward Goggins will appoint a committee for the ar- rangement of the breakfast.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-06
Junior League

The annual revue of the Junior Basketball league of the Washing ton Park Community house will be held at the Community house Tues day evening, April 19. Fifteen acts of entertainment and comedy are being arranged for presentation be-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-06

Fifty-five miles of streets in Vest minister, England, are illuminated by gas light.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-06

Suite Called For, Delivered Frames Repaired, Repolished Springs Retied, Replaced With
 New Springs Where Necessary ] Webbing and New Filling Re-
 placed Where Necessary
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
New Fields
Air Industry VieWed
Aid to Youth

G.N.SO The air transportation
industry has answered the need
for new fields of endeavor-new
occupations, the NYA revealed to-
day.
Praising the industry, report
Of that business made public by
Richard R. Brown, deputy execu.
tive director of the National Youth
Administration, enumerates tn e
various divisions of air transpor
tation, the functions of each in
detail and lists types of jobs and
wages offered.
Aviation is essentially a young
mans business, the report shows
because it has created so many
new jobs that have required de.
velopment of specialized types OF
work. It therefore provides an
outlet for abilities not existing
before, creating new vocations.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
"a in Arlington
Renamed Police

ARLINGTON, Va, July l.
Twenty-four Arlington county po'
lice officers yesterday we're reap,
pointed by Circuit Court Judge
Walter T. McCarty for one year.
Those renamed. on recommended
ton of Sheriff Howard B. Fields,
are:
Detectives Harry woodward and
Hugh C. Jones, Officers A. D
Langley. James D. East, John r.
Burke, Raymond Crack. Ray Co
bean. Edward Duncan, Ernest H
Miller, Norman Carson, James J
Scott, Vernon Wilt, A. H. Rich
ards. Jack Conway. M. F. Ward
Farold E. Mason, w. H. Brown
Louis Elliott, Joseph H. Marcy
Harvey Barnett, Odie Howell. ]. E
Cullen, Lyman King and Harry
Hunt,
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
Bennett Tells
Political Plans

ALBANY, N. z, July 1
u.NSO.-At Attorney General
John J. Bennett, jr., served
notice today that IL he is not
nominated as the Democratic
candidate for governor he will
not seek another term in his
present office.
b nm e It, VIII o h a an.
nOunced his candidacy, told a
group of greater New York
police delegates to the an
nual convention of Veterans
Of Foreign Wars 1t was the
last time" he would attend
the affair in the capacity of
attorney general.
Although this was the only
reference by Bennett to poll
tics, there were numerous
shouts of "Our next governor"
from the delegates.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
BABCOCK FLAYS
SERVICE RULES

PraiSing the Presidents recent
Civil Service order in general, E
Claude Babcock, head Of the Fed
eral Personnel Association, las
night declared that the new rules
invite a political rape of the Civi
Service" and said somebody haC
thrown several fast balls past the
President" in setting up the regu
lationS.
1.-The insertion of Section 3,
Rule 2, which is a new section"
he said, permits applicants who
meet every written requirement
to be excluded from the com!
petition, and this may be done
behind closed doors, without any
opportunity for anybody to de-
termine why the rejection was
made or If it was fair.
RULES DISCUSSED
"This is the door through
which all the horses may be
stolen. It means that the COM
mission may rate less than all Of
the applicants. The rating OF
applicants is a fundamental
guarantee of the fairness Of the
merit system. This destroys the
value of ratings altogether"
The executive order of June "a
was discussed by the association
last night. and the first five rules
occupied three hours of exhaustive
analysis. A meeting has beer
called for next Thursday at
D. m. to continue examination oi
the voluminous new document.
$4,000 BENEFIT
Approximately $4,000 Govern
ment employees will benefit BY
H. ]. R. 551, signed by the Presi
dent, which provides that wher
per diem, per hour and piece
work employees are prevented from
working or relieved from working
because of a holiday, they will re
ceive the same pay for such days
as for days on which an ordinary
days work is performed.
The Association of NonclaSsifiec
Federal Employees, commencing
the executive order, also indicates
the President will be petitioned
to include representative of non
classified workers in the person
mel directorate.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01

cited by the applauding crowd
and said more than he intended
to.
Heretofore the Workers ALI
ance has been coming down
about once month demanding
higher wages. Generally they
kick the WPA officials around.
Instead of resenting Williams
advice, this time they cheered
enthusiastically. The surprise,
they say, was too much for him.
He said what he really thought.
\
Note-After leaving the Sen
ate investigating committee, Mr..
Williams caught a train for
Ohio to deliver an address to a
Negro organization.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
ARMY AND NAVY
BUREAU MERCER
URGED BY May
Plan Will Be Proposed
In Next Congress
By ROBERT HUMPHREYS

Q.N.SJ A plan to merge the
departments Of War and Navy
into a single, coordinated depart
ment of national defense" will be
proposed to the next Congress by
Chairman Andrew ]. May CD Of
Kentucky, of the House Military
Affairs Committee.
This was announced today by
May, who said he would introduce
legislation to effect the merger as
soon as the new Congress Is con-
vened next January. May de-
clared he was taking the step in
the belief that he would have the
support of President Roosevelt
when details of the plan are un-
folded.
EXPLAINS SETUP
Briefly, under the chairman's
proposal, the single department
would be headed by Cabinet Of
ficer to be known as the Secretary
of National Defense" and three
assistant secretaries who would di-
rect the activities of the Army,
Navy, and a general air force,
respectively. The present air forces
of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps
and Coast Guard would be con-
Solidat d under one division
headed by the assistant secretary
of the general air force.
Although similar plans have
been advanced many times in the
past, May becomes the first per
son holding a powerful chairman.
ship to advocate one. He declared
he believed a majority of the COM
mittee which he heads would sup
port his proposal. Regarding what
Mr.. Roosevelt's attitude might be,
May said:
II think that if this is prop
erly worked out, the President
will be for it. It is in line with
his belief that Government badly
needs reorganization so that
overlapping and duplicating
functions may be eliminated"
SEES ADVANTAGE
May predicted a merger would
result in a better balanced national
defense, elimination of jealousy"
between the two services, removal
of "scores of Implications" and a
considerable" cut in the cost Of
national defense.
THE tendency of any admins
tration to engage in lop-sided
building programs for one Serv-
ice without corresponding devel-
opment of the other service
would be greatly diminished"
he said.
"We lag behind the nations Of
Europe in streamlining the ad.
ministration of our national de-
fense. We need coordination and
need it badly if we are to keep
apace. I can't see the wisdom
of continuing our present setup
from the standpoints of national
defense, economy, or plain COM
mon sense"
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
A Different Story

THIS Smothered the blaze ef-
L fectively, but the truth is
three newspaper reporters heard
the speech and have some notes
on it which tell different
story. They got together after
wards to compare words and
phrases, so their composite quo
tations would be as nearly cor
rect as possible.
These show the Workers Al
lance version was mild, that
Mr.. Williams really erupted
with the most incendiary polit-
ical speech any Government Of
ficial has made in many a year.
He attacked Congress; attacked
Germany and Russia; and dis
posed of any possible hallucina-
ton that his words were non-
political by saying: Get out
and work for your liberal
friends"
THE Workers Alliance version,
l. for instance, omitted the
reference to Congress entirely
and had Williams saying:
There would have been many
things Strengthened out if he
(the President) had received
the support that he should have
received" not mentioning Con-
gress. The reporters, however,
found that Williams said:
Some things would be differ
ent this very hour if the PreSi-
dent had got votes at critical
times on the Hill"
The w. A. hand-out further
recorded Williams as saying the
American people had tasted
blood" and that: The men
who stand for these sorts of
things Government support of
symphonies, painting, writing)
are the men you are going to
send to the elections" The
reporters caught him still tast-
ing blood but saying: THE peo-
pie who stand for Government
support of these things are
those who are going to win
elections.
His remarks on Germany and
Russia were missing entirely
from the W. A. version, but the
reporters heard him say:
THE masses hope for govern
ment of the people. 1t is a
most discouraging thing to see
power slip from the masses into
the hands of the few, whether
in Germany, Russia or the
United States. Something must
be done about it." He did not
say what.
An Explanation
TYOW the assistant WPA
director happened to make
such a rabble-rousing. blood and
thunder political speech to
needy men on relief is not fully
explained even by his friends.
Only sympathetic excuse avail
able is that Williams became ex-
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
Has No Doubt

TROM an article in a current
magazine:
1--WE know from experience
that politicians, hungry for
position, do not hesitate to make
capital of human misery. We
know also, from past experience,
that the arguments which will
be used lin this campaign will
be aimed at emotions rather
than at reason"
The article is signed by Will
liamS' boss, Harry Hopkins.
The WPA chief also says:
That minor politicians of
both parties have tried to in
fluence, intimidate and even CO.
cree WPA workers in certain
areas 1 have no doubt. The
large majority of American
workers have too much sense to
be browbeaten by petty politi-
Clans"
F the words and actions Of
L Government officials seem
slightly confusing to you at
times, consider the plight of
President Charles Hook, of
American Rolling Mills.
Just after he received a com.
mission from Mr.. Roosevelt to
investigate British labor policy
for the United States Govern.
ment on a presidential commit
tee, he received a summons from
the National Labor Relations
Board to answer CIO charges
against the labor policy of his
company.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
Martin Swamped
By Wishers

NEW YORK, July l G.N.SJ
William Nc. Martin, Jr. 31-year
old st. Louis stock broker who be-
comes the first paid president of
the New York Stock Exchange, to-
day was Showered with congrat-
ulations by both financial mogulS
and government officials.
Il offer you my heartieSt
congratulations" stated a letter
from William o. Douglas, chair
man of the Securities and Ex-
change Commission.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01

istration displeasure by permitting
several measures bearing White
House must" orders to become
begged down in that body.
Mrs. Herrick has not yet agreed
to run against O'Connor for the
nomination. but Administration
spokesmen believed she could be
persuaded.
The 43-year-old woman has had
an active life. She worked for
many years in dupont rayon
plants in Buffalo and Old Hickory,
Tenn, supporting two small chill
dren. Later she studied at Anti
och College, Yellow Springs, Ohio.
Five years ago she took charge
of the National Labor Relations
Boards busiest regional office.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
Employees Fund
At $16,OOO,OOO

NEW YORK, July / ON.SO.
The thrift fund of employees of
Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey and its affiliates has a
credit balance of about $16,O00,-
900, the company announced to-
day. The fund was established
212 years ago. Effective today,
participants have the right to
withdraw $9,60O,O00 under the
plan. The withdrawal will not
affect annuity funds accumulated
for each employe.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
Woman Eyes
House Seat

Mrs. Gilmore M. Herrick, New
York regional director for the
National Labor Relations Board.
was reported today to be the
New Deals choice to supplant the
veteran Representative John ].
O'Connor in the Sixteenth New
York district.
O'Connor. as chairman of the
Rules Committee. incurred Admin
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
Closing of Circus
Blamed on North

GN.S.) Closing of the Ringling
Brothers and Barnum and Bailey
Circus today was blamed on John
Ringing North, youthful executive
head Of the circus, by the Ameri-
can Federation of Actors.
The circus was closed at Scran-
ton, Pa, last week when a ma
jority of the actors refused to &C
cept a 25 per cent wage reduction.
The circus has now returned to it's
Sarasota (Fla.) winter quarters.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01

together into one political miracle.
The WPA assistant director spoke ex-
temporaneously when he told reliefers in
effect, to get out and work for the election
of Roosevelt supporters, so no official record
was kept. A paraphrased transcript of his
remarks was sent to the Senate Campaign
Funds Investigating Committee by the
Workers Alliance, the relief audience which
he addressed. Even this only available
transcript contained the tell-tale quotations: !:
We've got to keep our friends in power.
| thought that Friday night speech (of Mr.
ROosevelt's) was wonderful | don't need
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
TRUST PROBERS
MEET TODAY TO
MAP PROCEDURE.
Business to Cooperate
0'Mahoney Believes
BY ROBERT A. McGILL

G.NS) Seeking a balanced
economy and wider distribution
Of earning power, the Administra
.tion's Monopoly Investigating
Committee today swings into &C
ton with an organization meeting
to elect a chairman and mar
procedure.
AS the full membership of the
joint congressional and executive
committee meets this afternoon
for the first time, Senator O'Ma
honey CD of Wyoming issued a
statement outlining some of its
general objectives.
SEES COOPERATION
O'Mahoney, expected to be Sc
lected chairman of the 12.mar
committee, said:
From my conversations with
various members of the com.
mittee, both the xecutive
branch and from Congress, I
know that all feel that this COM
mittee has a real opportunity
to perform a constructive serv-
ice and they look forward to
the cooperation of all factors in
the population.
Business is as much inter
ested in the success of this COM
mittee as is Government, and
labor has as much interest and
also the consumers. We know
that the problem before us is
to stimulate normal business
activity, so that the unemployed
may be put to work at wages
that will develop the home mar
ket.
This home market cannot be
developed so long as unemployed
are on relief, nor can industry
be stimulated until the home
market is developed"
The committee, given $500, 900
for the investigation, was not un.
mindful of the strong wording of
President Roosevelt's message to
Congress on April 20 requesting a
study of monopoliStic practices.
PRESIDENTS VIEW
The President warned that a
democracy "is not safe" if the
growth of private power is toler
ated to a point where it becomes
stronger than a democratic state
ITSELF" and declared among us to
day concentration of private
power without equal in history is
growing"
I'VE believe" the President
added, "in a way of living in
which political democracy and
free private enterprise for
profit should serve and protect
each other-to ensure a max
imum of human liberty not for
a few but for ALL"
O'Mahoney, who, with Senator
Borah CRD of Idaho, composed an
anti-monopoly bill which would
grant the Government authority
to license corporations in inter
state commerce. said the general
scope and tenor" of the investiga
tion will be discussed at the
meeting. He declined to state
whether the committee will EN-
r!oy an investigator and engage
in obtaining fresh" material or
rlonopolies.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
Envoy to Germany
Replaced by China

B E r LIN, July / G.N.S.)
China's ambassador to Germany
Tfen Song-Chang. has been re
called by the Hankow government,
it was announced tonight. Chin
Chieh, former deputy Chinese for.
eign minister, already has been
appointed his successor. No rea.
sons for the change were given.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
CUBA BANK RULE

HAVANA, July / Q.N.S.).
President Bru today announced
new bank inspection rules in a
move to check speculation in the
Cuban silver peso which advanced
sharply yesterday. The regulation
is aimed to force Cuban banks to
maintain cash reserves at Is Per
cent Of deposits.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
baby BOND SALE
Drive PLANNED.
BY TREASURY.
Low Wage Class to Be
Urged to Buy
BY ERIC FRIEDHEIM

| G.N.S0 An intensive baby
bond selling campaign among EN-
ployeS of the nations larger cor
porations is being considered by
Treasury officials.
With the revenues derived from
these securities nearing $500,
900, 900, Congress at the last Ses
sion prohibited the Treasury from
spending any more money fol
"baby bond" magazine and news
paper advertising.
PART OF DEFICIT CASH
Since the Administration is rely
ing partly on the proceeds for
financing the Federal deficit, sew
eral plans for stimulating their
sale are being studied.
Officials are reported to be
favoring a program under which
thousands of workers on the pay
rolls of large business firms could
buy the bonds on the instalment
plan.
Two large corporations-tha
American Telephone and Tele.
graph Company and Armour &
Co.-already have adopted a
plan whereby their employees
may purchase the bonds on a sort
Of "check-off" system.
WEEKLY PAYMENTS
The A. T. & T. permits its
workers to subscribe for a bono
by making regular weekly pay
ments to the company. which
turns over the bond when its cost
has been me! by the employees.
The workers may authorize the
company to deduct the weekly in
StallmentS from pay envelopes.
Treasury officials indicated ef-
forts would be made to sell" this
plan to other business organiza-
tions.
Earlier this year, Secretary Nor
genthau announced that for the
time being the Governments def,
cit would be met through issu.
ance of Short-term securities and
baby bonds rather than periodic
long-term bond and note flota.
tionS.
Sales of baby bonds have de.
clined each month since January
when 500, 100000 worth were is.
sued, to June sales of $31 900, 900
The Washington times., 1938-07-01

TO tell you. You Know your
But Mr.. Williams said this
was probably not correct, so the
committee decided with record.
breaking swiftnesS that, mas
much as it had no official
transcript, it could do nothing
except to slap Mr.. Williams on
the wrist and tell him not to do
it again.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
Spending Is Sped
By U.S.. Agencies
To Aid Recovery
REA, WPA, CCC, AAA, FSA, USHA
Accelerate Distribution of Funds
BY MERRILL MUELLER

0NSl Backed by $45OO000OOO Federal Emergency
bureaus today opened ledgers marked fiscal year 93S39
and the fresh elaborate plans pros
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
The News Behind
The News
: By PAUL MALLON

wold 1888
Reproduction
VHNHE official damper turned down Aubrey Williams
fiery political speech to relief workers by as smooth
series of doveag condolences as ever hannened to gather
The Washington times., 1938-07-01

perity.
With approximately $500, ,O00,.
900 already earmarked for mu.
inequalities with which to build
and to put men back to work
PWA, WPA, the United States
Housing Authority. the CCC, the
AAA. the Farm Security Admin.
istration and Rural Identification
Administration took stock of new
funds from Congress.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01

tell you You know your friends very we'll"
The Washington times., 1938-07-01

RATES BY MAIL FOR VIRGINIA. MARY.
LAND. WEST VIRGINIA AND
NORTH CAROLINA
The Washington times., 1938-07-01

ALL NAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS PAYABLE
IN ADVANCE
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RATES BY CARRIER IN WASHING
TON. D. c.. AND SUBURBS
Nogales international., 1938-03-12
New School Nurse
To Arrive Monday

Mrs. Myrtle Brown, count ~
health nurse, Las Cruces, New
Mexico. will arrive in Nogales on
Monday, March 21st to take over
the duties of Miss Lydia Potthoff,
Nogales Public School Nurse.
Miss Potthoff, who has been con-
nected with the Nogales Public
Schools for the past eight years,
has accepted a position with the
Division of Maternal and Child
Hygiene, Arizona State Department
of Public Health. Miss Potthoff
will be sent to Columbia University
in September to take advanced
work in nursing for a period Of six
months.
Mrs. Brown comes to Nogales
well recommended, having received
her training at Ward Belmont,
Nashville, Tennessee, Teachers Col
lege, Greely, Colorado, Childrens
Hospital, Denver, Colorado; and at
Washington, University, st. Louis.
During the year 1933-34, Mrs.
Brown was in charge of the New
Mexico State Survey.
Miss Potthoff will leave for Phoe-
nix on Monday to take up her new
duties.
Through the splendid work of
Miss Potthoff, and her co-opera-
ton with local health units, the
Nogales Public Schools has one of
the outstanding health programs
in Arizona.
Nogales international., 1938-03-12
Governor Yocupicio Pledges
International Highway Aid

PHOENIX. Mar. 11--Gov. Roman
Yocupicio of the state OF Sonora,
Mex, has pledged his personal and
official cooperation to the Great
International Highway of America
Inc, in the development OF the
.North-South international Canada
to-Mexico highway, B. j. Russell
organization director for the nigh
way group, reported following MS
return from visit in Hermoslllo,
Sonora's capital.
AS an evidence OF his 1alth III
the project, Governor Yocuplclo,
who declared completion OF the
highway would aid in promotlng
friendly relations now existing be-
tween his country and people OF
the United States, became the first
foundation member of the highway
organization in his state.
The Sonora executive also
predicted, Russell said, the
completion of an oil-surfaced
highway from Nogales through
HermosillO to GuaymaS and the
sea coast not later than jan
uary / of next year.
A contract was signed March 8,
Russell was advised, for hard
surfacing 68 kilometers of the high
way from Hermosillo to GuaymaS
and the work will be completed in
80 days.
Half the distance between
Nogales international., 1938-03-12

those cities already is hard
surfaced and under terms Of
the recent contract, the full
distance will be completed by
May of this year.
AS soon as this section of the
road is finished, it is planned to
start work on the highway from
Hermosillo north to Nogales.
The highway development being
sponsored by the corporation meets
the Mexican road at Nogales, ex-
tending north from there through
Tucson, Phoenix and Flagstaff,
Utah, Wyoming and Montana and
terminating in Canada.
This route, it was pointed
out. would carry the tourist
past 10 national parks and Fl
national monuments and would
open one of the Vests most
scenic areas to a new flow OF
tourist traffic.
Actually, the highway now
is open to traffic and officials
of the organization look for a
large tourist volume over it
during the 1888 season.
Ray E. Garry, executive secre-
tary of the Associated Civic Clubs
of Southern Utah and Frank G..
Martines, also of Utah, who were
in Phoenix recently, reported the
people of Utah are enthusiastic in
their support Of the highway prof.