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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-18

Charging the Republican party and its candidates with attempting to foist political bunk" on the vot- CTS, Attorney General Charles ], Mclaughlin, speaking at Hartford last night, reminded the Republi- cans of Connecticut that such div- ersity of opinion exists among its leaders that It's claims for creating recovery are the miSrepreSenta- tions of hypocrites.
 The attorney general said, in part:
 "I characterize as absurd and pre- posterous the promise of the Repub- lican Party and its candidates Ia this campaign, nAmely,-- That to bring on Recovery, bring on the Re- publican Party, and in so doing there will be @ job for everyone"
 Inslncere
 Prom the comments that have heard by an ever--increasing num- Der of Connecticut citizens this plan of vote seeking on the part of ;.Ie Republican Party is being charact- erized as the greatest political bunk ever presented to the people of this state in any political campaign heretofore held"
 T say to the Republican candi- dates that their new slogan is not one of sincerity and if 1t were to be based upon the past performance of their Party 1t should be,-'To bring back Calamity, bring back the Re- publican Party"
 No doubt, you Of the radio audi ence, recall that the high command of the Republican Party throughout the nation sometime ago drafted a staff of more than one hundred and fifty industrialists, financiers, econ omists and labor leaders to formu- late Q political and social program for the future of America"
 What has become of that com mittee2 What has it accomplishment 2 When 1t met in Chicago earlier in the year 1t was unable to formulate a definite program because of the diversity of opinion among 1t mem- bers. One group wanted to uarry out the r-technlcal theories of goV- ernment that are sponsored by Mir, Hoover. This plan was passed by, Another group wanted the Landon theory Of liberalism, and still an- other group thought that for poli- tieal eXpendiency the bet would be to promise the voters everything and come back into office and then, no doubt, to do nothing.
 "The Republican candidates, Rp- peal to the voters, is,-'Elect us to office and we will find e job for everyone and In addition thereto we produce prosperity"
 Friend Of Labor?
 "Such an appeal unsupported by reason and common sense Is not worthy of your consideration. Let them show you how the propose to carry out these promises, If they stand silent or fail to satisfy you as to their sincerity of purpose or cap- ability of accomplishment, then they surely warrant your condemnation '
 Have you noticed that the cRndi- date for United States Senator, Mir Danaher, on the Republican ticket profeSses and claims to be Q grea' friend of labor; then in the nex breath he asks you ot elect him as [ | United States Senator and sene him to Washington 30 that he car attack President Roosevelt and hi New Deal policies. It is not faet that Roosevelt is the greatest friene
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-18
HINCKS APPOINTS
 DRAFT COMMITTEE

A five member committee to draft proposed rules of civil procedure as a guide for lawyers appearing in Federal Court in the Connecticut District was appointed Monday by United States District Judges Edwin s. Thomas and Carroll c Hlncks.
 Dean Charles E. Clark of the Yale Law School is chairman of the Con- necticut committee. The other members are Raymond E. Hackett of Stamford: Arthur M. Comley of Bridgeport: Frederick II. Wiggin of New Haven, and pr. George II. Co- hen of Hartford. former assistant United States district attorney.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-18
Disnsissal Of Teachers
 AdUised By Experts

Dismissal of 90 teachers and closing of four schools are among the recommendations of the 0Flenhagen 6 Asso. caes Go the Board of Finance with reference to the school department These drastic measures proposed n mem oradum number four of the report which is published today. wsa%
 A comparison of waterhuryss school enrolment and S of other cities is the basis of such recommendations
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-18
Average Daily

full-time teachers, exclusive of principals, assistant principals, li- brarians, clerks, and dietitians, and including two music teachers. En- rollment was 4,bse and average daily attendance was 4,o7e. The teaching load, therefore, was 2s.S enrolled pupils per teacher and 26,3 pupils in average daily attendance per teacher.
 An average daily attendance of 25 pupils per teacher is frequently ac. cepted as q standard ratio of pupils to teachers in high. schools. If this standard is accepted 1t would seem that no teaching positions in the high school staff should be discon- tinued.
 Tn l93e-ieSo 1t is planned to have f02 teaching positions in the three high schools. The ratio will then drop to 25.2 pupils in average daily attendance per teacher if there are as many pupils as last year. If the number should again decline, the ratio would, of course, be less.
 The trend, during the past four years, has been Q decrease of en- rollment by 3ee in Crosby High School, which is the classical high school, an increase of 248 in Leav- enworth High School, which is the vocational high school, and o de- crease of l6i in Wilby High School, which is the commercial high school. These changes in enroll ment require annual shifting of teachers. These shifts are made and several teachers will be transferred, mainly from Crosby High School to Leavenworth High school, for le38- 1889.
 Teaching Loads in Elementary
 The elementary schools of Water bury were taught. in 1937-l038, by 306 teachers, exclusive of supervis- ing principals, but including teach- CTS of special subjects. Enrolment was ll,463 and average daily at- tendance was 10,376. On these bases the average teaching load was 2o.0 enrolled pupils per teacher and 26.s pupils in average daily attendance per teacher. An average daily att tendance of S5 pupils per teacher is found in the elementary schools of some cities, while an average daily attendance of about 32 pupils per teacher is probably the normal rule in cities of Waterbury's size.
 If the average load in the ele- mentary schools of Waterbury were 30 pupils in average daily atten- dance, the requirements would be 346 teachers. If this standard were adopted, 4D teaching positions in the elementary schools could be discontinued. If the average load were raised to S2 pupils in average daily attendance, n teaching posi- tions could be discontinued.
 Data by individual schools are not at hand for average daily at- tendance per teacher. but measure that is almost as good for use is enrolment as of specific date. The enrolment as of October 1. 1887, compared with the number of teachers on the September 1887 payroll, shows the teaching loads per teacher ct that time for each school. Later, the Croft School was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-18
Average nallU
Average

excess of requirements.
 Two years later the payroll of Waterbury for September, 1887, showed that 666 teachers, exclusive of supervising principals and auxil- iary employees, were employed for teaching in the day schools. The enrolment had dropped to i0,062 and the average daily attendance had dropped to i4,4SS. On the basis of the averages presented for the eleven cities of Waterbury's size, Waterbury would need 4e9 teachers on the basis of enrolment and S04 teachers on the basis of average daily attendance. Hence, the num- Der Of surplus teachers has been decreased during the past two years and Waterbury had, last year, an excess of @ teachers on the basis of enrolment and an excess of 62 teachers on the basis of average daily attendance over the number required by the average city of It's size.
 Similar comparisons may be made for Connecticut cities and the one city in Rhode Island between b0,000 and i7o0o0 population. These com. parisons follow:
 Average
 Avera9e . fnr Daiiy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-18

ming are used to keep these loads at the opsimun level.
 The following data present com parisons of average teaching load in terms of enrolment per teacher and average daily attendance per teacher for cities of the United states between eB,000 and I0S,000 population (except Fl Paso, south- ern city in which conditions are not comparablel and for Connecticut and Rhode Island cities from 5000 to i7O,000 population. The compar- isons are derived from data pre- scented in e publication of the Uni- ted States Office of Education, en- titled statistics of City School Systems, i9S5-l0S6," Bulletin, 1887, No. 2 tpublished in loSS). Although the data are for ieS5-leS6 they are the latest available for comparison, Tho comparisons, which are for elementary and high schools cofn- bined, follow:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-18
STATES CHARGES
 CONDUCTING SALE
Articles Made By Blind to Be Sold Tomorrow to
 General Public

More than 800 blind people are being instructed in their homes by the state board of education of the blind and many of these are now proficient ct making useful articles which are offered for sale under the auspices of the state board. One of these sales will be held from 10 e. m. to 6 p. m. Wednesday, 0cto- bcr 10. at the store of the Miller & Peck O., SIS Main street, Water- town.
 Sales such as this are held throughout Connecticut and in the course of year most Of the l69 towns of the state are visited by the sales work of the state board. In this way many of the products made by the blind people in their homes are sold and the proceeds arc turned over to the blind workers. Much local assistance and backing Is secured for these sales through churches, lodges, public officials, business houses and from private in- dividuals who are willing to con- tribute time and effort in behalf oi blind people.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-18
BELLOME TO PLAY
 25 MEN AT ONCE

Nicholas Bellome member of the Waterbury Chess club and the Y. M. c. A. Chess club, will give Q simul- tanoeus exhibition of chess in the Y. M. 0, A. lobby tonight. It is hoped that about 2b of the best chess play- CTS of Waterbury will honor MT. Bel- lome by participating against him. MT. Bellome has made quite Q name for himself locally, having won the city championship Q few years back, and made very excellent showing in the national tourney at Boston this summer.
 The government of Poland t try- ing to stimulate scientific research,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-18
N. Y. U. Alumni Club
 To Convene Tonight

The New York University Alumni club of the Naugatuck Valley will hold Its first meeting of the fall and winter season tonight at The Elton. pr. John Wertheimer will preside. Reports will be submitted by Pas- quale DeCicco, secretary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-18
MEMORANDUM NO. {
 TEACHING LOADS

Prepared by 0riffenhagen 6 As- soclates, September 70, 1888.
 Pupils per Teacher for the
 School System
 The number of pupils enrolled per teacher, and the number of pupils in average daily attendance per teacher, are tho common measures of the average teaching load. The latter is the more accurate. If the average teaching load is light 1t Is an indication that more teachers are being employed than are neces- sary. If average teaching load is heavy 1t is an indication that more teachers are needed.
 The situation in Waterbury, with some small schools, with rapidly declining enrollments, and with relatively few teachers giving up their positions, is such that inevi- tably leads to light teaching loads unless constant vigilance and plan-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-18

Led by band in Q truck taxi drivers of Dublin, Ireland, paraded the streets with banners calling on the government to reduce taxes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-18

pupils
 transferred other schools which ls3 the teaching loads changed the pupil teacher ratios in follows
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-18

Waterbury, with an average of 2e8 pupils enrolled per teacher, had only oi.4 percent as many pu- piis per teacher as the average t3i.0 for Connecticut and Rhode Island cities between 5000 and i7o,00o population. On this basis Waterbury had 6i teachers more than the average requirements for its enrolment under the standards applied in neighboring cities.
 Waterbury, with an average of 26.i pupils in, average daily atten- dance per teacher had ei.o percent as many pupils per teacher as the average (27.3 for neighboring cities, On this basis Waterbury had 47 more teachers than would be rec quired by neghboring cities for q like enrolment.
 It is probable that some of the other cities, as well as Waterbury, have reduced their teaching staffs during the last two years, but, if the ratios are still the same as then, Waterbury would have had 4S teachers more than necessary last year on the basis of enrolment, and 27 more than necessary on the basis of average daily attendance.
 In every comparison, Waterbury has been shown to have more teachers than required for its en- rollment or for its average daily at- tendance in comparison with the numbers employed in other cities. The findings may be summarized as follows:
 Excess
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-18

dealing teaching in schools VIII in tsmcow evening issue of the Democrat
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-18

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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-11-04
Protest Life
Term Given r.
/ Year-Old Bow

NEW YORK.-Protests against
the sentence of life Imprisonment
passed by Louisiana court on a
12-year-old Negro boy, charged
with killing a white boy, have been
filed by the American League for
Peace and Democracy which urges
all organizations to send protests
to Governor Richard w. Leche at
Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
American League for Peace and
Democracy, representing over four
million Americans, vigorously pro,
tests Louisiana courts sentencing
of 12-year-old child Walter Viii.
liams to life Imprisonment for muir.
der" says the Leagues protest tt
Governor Leche. Human justice
demands you correct this injustice
to clear your state of charge Of
lheartless barbarism."
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-11-04
Mrs. McFarland's
Chest Fund Team

Mrs. Mary D. Mcfarland, an ar
dent worker in Community Chest
campaign, has been appointed cap
tain for the 1889 drive. Mr..
Phillip Makey is the commander
and Mr.. Geo. Dean is his assistant.
A meeting was held last Thursday,
Oct. 27, at which plans were made
for an early start for an intensive
drive for funds. Speakers were ap-
pointed to speak at the various
churches on Sunday morning, Nov.
6, and also to make return en-
gagement on the following Sunday,
Nov. 13. The churches to which
speakers, have been assigned are:
Pilgrim Baptist, Mr.. Clarence
Mitchell, Jr.; Camphor M. E., Miss
l. Myrtle Garden; st. James A.
M. E., Mrs. Juanita Jackson
Mitchell; St. Phillips Episcopal,
Mrs. Mary D. Mcfarland; Mount
Olivet, Mrs. Julia Douglas; Holman
Apostolic, Mrs. Juanita Jackson
Mitchell; the Holy Catholic Church,
Mrs. Arthur McWatt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-11-04

Mrs. Mary Mcleod Bethune, ma.
tionally known figure, is in St
Paul attending a regional National
Youth Administration meeting
Tuesday night she addressed a
mass meeting of Negro citizens OF
both cities which assembled at St
James Church, St. Paul.
Mrs. Bethune, president OF
Bethune-C Goodman College, Daytona
Beach, Fla, which she founded is
on leave of absence from the school
and is head of the Negro division
of the N. Y. A.
Mrs. Bethune accepted the post
at the insistence of President
Roosevelt who felt that she was the
one person needed to develop that
section of the set-up. The dis
tinguished visitor was scheduled to
leave the city Wednesday or Thurs
day.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-11-04

came the slim lead to win by a
6 to 8 score, does not dim the stel-
lar play of Bell who played his
heart out at guard.
Strange as it may seem, the
Northwestern player who made the
deciding score and somewhat
dimmed the lights of both Bell and
the Gophers, was brownskinned
Negro-American lad who is known
around Big Ten football circles as
Bernie jefferson.
jefferson, back-field man, play
ing his last year as is Bell, played
almost so minutes of bang-up
football. The Gophers bottled him
up time and time again but he
came back for more and finally he
carried the ball eight yards over
the Gophers' goal line to win the
game. One Chicago newspaper
headlined the game Jefferson De-
feats Bell" but it was more than
that because both teams played a
hard fighting game but as one
sepia Twin Citian put it, Nif the
Gophers had to be beat, I'm glad a
brownslin turned the trick"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-11-04
Man Attacked by
Knife Wielder

William Wilson, 81, Gil Sixth
Ave. No., Minneapolis, was taken
to the General Hospital early
Wednesday, for treatment of cuts
on his nose and arm inflicted, he
claimed, by man he had never
seen before.
The wounded man said he was
accosted by a man who approached
him as he talked with friends at
624 Sixth Ave. No. The man, he
said, shouted: "You stole my
socks" and began cutting him with
knife. Mill City police are
searching for a man nicknamed
Goldie whom they claim is the
knife wielder.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-11-04
Homer S. Clancy to Speak at
Sunday Forum, Nov. s.

The Minneapolis Sunday Forum
will meet Sunday, Nov. 6, at the
Phyllis Wheatley House at p. m.
The meeting will start promptly at
4 p. m.
At this time the Forum will have
the pleasure of hearing Mr.. Homer
S. CLANCY, a Minneapolis Public
Forum speaker. Mr.. CLANCY is
travelling through the country as
speaker of the Public Forum. He
will speak on the subject, Curling
the Loan Shark" Mr.. CLANCY was
formerly an economics professor
at Pomona College in Calf. He
was on the speakers bureau of the
California Adult Education Asso-
citation. He is also member of
the American Institute of Banking.
There will also be an election of
officers for the coming year.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-11-04

Jos. B. Levy, one of Minnesota's
most popular figures, was recently
named grand district deputy of
the l. B. P. o. E. w. of Minnesota.
Mr.. Levy, the highest ranking
past grand officer of the Elks
grand lodge residing in Minnesota,
was Grand Tier of that Order for
three years, refusing election to a
fourth term.
He succeeds as district deputy
John w. Pate, who served two
terms. In addition to his member
ship in the Elks, Mr.. Levy is active
in the Masonic lodge and in the
Mems Club of St. Thomas Church,
Minneapolis. Il
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-11-04
Youths Court
in Beer ParlOrs,
Drys Are Told

The modern courtship has shifted
from the front parlor of the home
to the neighborhood beer parlor,
Mrs. Audre Mccullough of the
Minneapolis Family Welfare told
the sixth annual council of the
Minnesota Temperance movement
at the bennington Hotel this week.
A large number of marriages
are the results of beer parlor pro-
posals during which either or both
the parties are under the influence
of intoxicants, the social worker
said.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-11-04

office, waived preliminary hearing
in Municipal Court Tuesday.
Bail was set at S., 900 and he was
bound over to the grand jury.
Baby Was Ill
Desperate, he claimed, because
his four-year-old child was i'll,
without funds, Adkins told police
he tried the hold-up to get money
to send his child to a hospital.
Lost Nerve
Dubbed by daily newspapers as
the "white feather" bandit, Adkins
admitted he lost his nerve after
going into the telegraph office. He
drew gun on the attendant and
passed him note which demanded
money from the cashiers drawer.
The attendant handed him $500,
at the same time placing his foot
on the burglar alarm. Adkins
dropped the money and fed.
Police squad cars converged on
the locality and Adkins was caught
hiding in basement three blocks
away.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-11-04
YOU NEVER
KNOW!

When a good reference from our
credit department may mean much
to you. Prompt payment of your
subscription puts you on our grade
A credit list.
Several hundred Twin Citians
are receiving statements from our
business office this week. Prompt
remittance of your subscription fee,
prompt payment of your carrier
may mean the difference between
Yes! or No! sometime. You never
know!
Circulation Department.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-11-04
ARTHUR S. CRAWFORD
FUNERAL

Arthur S. Crawford, 62 years old
of 1898 Humboldt Ave. N, died al
Minneapolis General Hospital Sun
day, October 30.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday, November 2, from Border
M. E. Church, with Rev. D. P.
Young assisted by Rev. H. w.
Bolts, officiating. Interment at
Crystal Lake Cemetery.
The deceased is survived by his
wife, Ida; two daughters, Naomi
Washington and Thelma Paul, and
a brother-in-law, William Rucker.
Woodland Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements.
a. =
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Notice To
Public

Neither Arthur Allen or Earl Bur
ford, former employees of this pa
per, have any connection with this
paper whatsoever. Persons who do
business with either of these per-
sons do so at their own risk and
with no responsibility to this pub
LEGATION.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-11-04
Samuel Teal,
Retired Diner
Steward, Dead

Sam Teal, 1885 Fourth Ave. So,
retired 500 Line R. R. dining car
steward, died at his home Wednes-
day night, Nov. 2.
Mr.. Teal was one of the few
Negro dining car stewards oper-
ating on U. S. railroads. He re-
tired from active railroad service
several years ago.
Funeral arrangements have not
been announced at press time.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-11-04
Chi Labor Backs
Mitchell'S Rival
for us. Congress

CHICAGO, Nov. 4(Carl Har-
ris for CNA)-Thirteen million
Negroes in the United States need
an aggressive, clear and progress
sive voice in Congress.
Today, the one Negro represen-
tative is Arthur w. Mitchell, who
is characterized as "just another
congressman"
Mitchell, a Democrat, was sent
to Washington from the First Dis
trict of Illinois in 1884. Aside
from presenting a weak anti-lynch-
ing bill, Mitchell failed to carry
into the Congress the burning
problems of his race.
The man who is striving to sue
coed is of different calibre. Alder
man William L. Dawson brings
into his election campaign a record
as a fighter for his people, repu-
tation tempered by five stormy
years as the City Councilman from
the End Ward. During that period,
the brilliant oratory of Dawson
rang through the council cham
bers on behalf of two of the most
pressing problems of Chicago
Negroes, relief and housing.
Dawson, who is running on the
Republican ticket, has the backing
of Labor's Non-Partisan League.
Henry johnson, a Negro member
of the executive council of the
league and assistant national di-
rector of the clearinghouse Work
ers Organizing Committee, told the
Crusader News Agency:
"Dawson's qualifications were
seen in his fight for relief and
housing and his open stand for or
ganized labor. His program is
that program necessary to alleviate
the conditions of the Negro people
and the poor whites of the South"
Another staunch supporter Of
the Republican nominee is Ishmael
P. Flory, also member of the
LNPL executive council and who
holds the position of secretary
treasurer of the Joint Council of
Dining Car Employees. He stated:
Dawson is the much more ag-
gressive of the two candidates. He
is more a man of the common
people"
Dawson is himself a former din
ing car employee and Pullman
porter. Born in Georgia, he
struggled through law school and
is today a leading Chicago at
torney.
In an interview with your CORE
spondent, Dawson stated:
Labor questions are the most
important issues that will face the
coming Congress. And my stand
is necessarily pro-labor because the
colored people are a laboring
people"
He listed the chief tasks of a
Negro representative as centering
around civil rights, social security,
housing, anti-lynching, education
and curbing the differentiation be-
tween Negro and white labor both
as to wages and types of employ
ment.