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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-05

David E. FitzGerald, of New Haven, was subjected to warning and scorch- ing criticism.
 Attorney Thomas F. McDonougl1, of Hartford and New Britain, can didate for the nomination for United States senator at the New London convention in September, called for the resignation of Chairman Smith, saying that the chairman lied the party to defeat by his policy" and that, "for the good of the party he should resign"
 Sen. Maloney Attacked
 Attorney McDonough centered his attack on Senator Maloney, reiter- ati.lg hl5 criticism made at the New LUrdor. convention when he accused the Senator, keynote" speaker at the convention, of throwing out the New Deal"
 ''The New London convention was disgrace to the Democratic party" MT. McDonough told the gathering at Wallingford. assembled at tes- tin onial to the successful candidate for judge of probate there Tt only proved the boSsism tactics of the present party leaders. I hope that by 1940 there will be no need for convention and that we will have a direct primary" he declared.
 Full Wrath of Voters
 Pointing his remarks at the Smith -Maloney- -FitzGerald leader ship, Mir. McDonough said that "un- less the leaders of the Democratic party offer the voters the liberal policies of the New Deal and aban- don this middle-o -the-road pro- gram, they will feel the wrath of the voters, in 1940." He said that he and many other Democrats will oppose such leadership unless there is drastic revision of policy with ack- nowledgment made to the liberal ranks of the party.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-05
NEWSPAPER GUILD
 IN HUGE STRIKE
Hearst Chicago New & papers Are Involved;
 Charges of Both Sides

Chicago, Dec. 5-OP)-Americar Newspaper Guild employees of the Chicago American and the Chicago Herald and Examiner, Hearst eve- ming and morning newspapers, struck today in protest against alleged mass flrings," violations of editorial contracts and refusal of the company to negotiate.
 Richard Sellars, international representative of the guild, a Con- gress of Industrial Organizations af- filiate, said 1000 guild members were participating in the strike and that 5000 editorial, circulation and business department workers would be affected.
 This is the biggest strike in the history of the guild" he said, land we will extend it to all of the Hearst newspapers through the country if necessary"
 Papers Will Be Printed
 Merrill Meigs, publisher of the American, and Harry A. Koeler publisher of the Herald and Exam iner, denied all the guild charges and said the two newspapers would be printed and distributed as us- ual."
 The strike was voted unanimously by POP guild members meeting al about the time the Herald and Ex- aminer's last edition went to press at 3:30 a. m. Guild leaders planned to picket the newspaper building and police officials stationed 12 of flcers in Hearst square and others at circulation depots.
 Sellars said the newspapers hao discharged approximately 40 branch managers and assistants in their circulation departments in recent weeks and that upwards of 800 white collar workers, including severa guild leaders, had been fired in the past IT months.
 "Job security doesn't even exist as a phrase" he said.
 Don Stevens, executive secretary of the Chicago Guild, said we want job security, something we're not getting, and an end of fragrant vio- lationS of editorial contracts"
 What Guild Asks
 1. Restoration of all circulation branches to the status of Nov. l
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-05
NEW OUTBREAK OF
 FRENCH STRIKES
Expected Tomorrow as Foreign Minister Rib=
 bentrOp Comes
By RALPH HEINZEN rnifad PreSS Staff C0rreSnNndentl

United Press Staff Correspondent)
 Paris, Dec. 5-(UP)-A new out break of strikes was threatened to- day as, the government prepared to welcome Joachim von Ribbentrop, German foreign minister, due here tomorrow to sign 8 French German peace declaration. Efforts of Pre- mier Edouard Daladier and his cabinet colleagues failed to end a maritime strike which immobilized 33 ships, including the crack liners Normandie, He de France and Paris, at Le Havre and Boulagne. Dock workers threatened today to start a sympathetic strike to support the seamen who struck in protest against the dismissal of some of their fel- lows, and then were dismissed them selves.
 Order FactOreis ReOpened
 The government dispatched labor inspectors to industrial cities al lover the country to oroer employers to reopen factories which were closed as the result of the abortive one-day general strike last Wednesday.
 Many plants were expected to re- open during the day, but there was still tension in some cities. Fifty one textile mills, employing 80 per cent of textile workers in the Lille area, were still closed. Nearly all metallurgical plants in the region remained shut. One hundred thou sand workers were locked out in the Marseilles area. Many arrests vert reported in the Valenciennes region
 Seek Heads of Union Leaders
 Labor union leaders complained that as sequel to the general strike employers were trying to rid them selves of union leaders in industry
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-05
Bennett Statement


 Detroit, Dec. 5-(UP)-Harry Ben- nett, personnel manager of the Ford Motor company, said today in re- sponse to charges of distortion" by Father Charles E. Coughlin that newspaper versions of Henry Ford's statement on NaI persecution of Jews last week were absolutely cor rect"
 The Royal Oak priest III his regu- lar broadcast sermon yesterday charged that Rabbi Leo M. Franklin of Temple Bethel wrote the state ment, persuaded Ford to sponsor it in the first person and that news paper accounts of it were inaccurate He added that Ford did not believe the Nazi government had been perse- cutting Jews to any great extent.
 Dr. Franklin refused to reply to the charges, saying that "all replies to Father Coughlin must come from Ford officials"
 Father Coughlin had quoted Ben- nett as saying in signed statement that "the direct quotation carried ir the paper Cthe Detroit Free Press) is totally inaccurate and was not written by MT. Ford but was con- posed by Rabbi Franklin"
 But the personnel manager, who had read the persecution statement before its publication as author ized" by Ford, told newspaper mer that it was reproduced in the news paper exactly as my copy of il read"
 Detroit, Dec. 5 - (U.PD - The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin accused Leo M. Franklin, Rabbi of Detroit
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-05
FIVE DEATHS IN
 CONN. WEEK END
lBy United Pressl

A coasling mishap, two truck accidents and a drowning claimed five lives in Connecticut over the weekend.
 Rollin Beaumier, 10, and his brother Robert, 4, were killed while coasting near their Wallingford home when their sled went into the path of a Connecticut company bus.
 Dr. Edward J. Brennan, 43, Rock vile, was drowned in the Hockanum river. The medical examiner said death was accidental, resulting when the dentist fell 50 feet down a stone waterfall.
 Joseph Glowatsky, 5S, New Haven, was injured fatally at Groton when struck by delivery truck.
 An unidentified man was killed last night when struck by truck at Milford. The man was about 60 years old.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-05
JEWISH BURIALS
 ARE POSTPONED

Berlin, Dec. 5.-(UP)-Al Jewish burials were postponed today because of the new Nazi decree prohibiting Jews from driving automobiles.
 Police ruled that motor hearseS were included in the ban because they are classified as automobiles rather than trucks, which do not come under the ban
 No decision was reached on when or how the funeral services could be conducted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-05
KELSEY UNCONSCIOUS

Hartford. Conn, Dec. 5.-(UP)-- Unconscious for nearly three days from head injury suffered in a 10-footfall in an elevator shaft, Deputy Sta teDairy and Food Com missioner Harold 0. Kelsey, Middle town, remained in critical condi- tion today at St. Fracnis hospital
 Physicians would offer no opinions as to his recovery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-05
Resignation Of J. Francis Smith Is Being Demanded
Senator Francis T. Maloney, National Committeeman David E. FitzGerald as Party Leaders, Are
 Warned, Bitterly Criticised

Leadership of the Democratic party in Connecticut was faced today with threat of general bolt from the party by the liberals the climax of posteection tment which to head last weekend at gathering of Democratic leaders at Wallngford.
 Resignation of Democratic State Chairman J. Francis Smith demanded dictatorship of United States Sen ator Francis T. Maloney and National Committeeman
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-05
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington. Dec. 5--UP)-Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current. fiscal year through Dec. z, compared with a year ago: This Year Expenses Last Year $3, 50,275,531.5S $3,134,434,2O9.7 .79 .......... Receipts S2,24S,961, ,497.44 $2.357,643,2 ,2f6. ee
 Gross Deficit
 s1.5o1,s14os4:14 s77s,7sO. .ss2.so s1,4s5,oo1. 1.ss4.i4 s74o.4so.s4s.so
 Cash Balance
 s2.421,24s,7sl.S4 s2,s51.OsIslS.ao
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-05
France Will Fight For
 All Of Her Possessions
That Is Premier Deladiers Answer to talys Demands; Britain Warns Italy-Germany Displeased
 at Italian Altitude
BY HAROLD ETTLINGER limited Press Staff Corresnondentl

Paris, Dec. 5.-(UP) )-Prenlier Edouard Daladier piled to Italian agitation for possession of French Tuns in northern Africa and the island of Corsica with state
 ent today declaring that France will defend the integrity of all her possessions Dalader said in communque that had received thousands egrams of loyalty
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-05
Munich Peace Pact Is Drifting
 Toward Collapse---France, Italy Seen As Likely To Wreck It
Friendship Program of Four Nations Liable to Come Tumbling Down
 About Their Ears
GERMANY, BRITAIN SITTING
 IN PEACE MAKERS CHAIR

Telegraph Editors carries threats against the world the threshold of another following foreign the United explains ponaes the breach between and Italy,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-05
REV. CHARLES E. COUCHL|N TALKS
Accuses Rabbi Franklin of Detroit For MisquOting
 Words of Henry Ford

Hundreds of Waterburians heard the regular Sunday afternoon broadcast yesterday of Father Coughlin over station WATR of Waterbury. It will be a weekly feature of the local station due to its recent. tie-up with the Mu- tuaI, Colonial and Yankee broad casting systems.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-05
The Weather

Rain, Warmer Tonight; Tuesday Cloudy, Colder
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Evening star., 1938-05-20

lacking in resources and organized
ability to meet these emergencies.
The answer, thus far, has been for
the Federal Government to fill the
breach, but the recurring and Deepen
ing needs, plus the fact that Federal
revenue, too must come from the same
strained sources as local revenue, causes
speculation as to what must be the
eventual solution.
A secondary significance, quite apart
from the distressing finaAcial problem,
is found in the circumstance that so
many of those dependent upon public
aid are in the unemployable class!fi-
cation. physically or mentally unable to
help themselves even if opportunity were
at hand. For most of these, their condi-
ton of helplessness was fastened by
their enforced inactivity and dependence
on charity.
In this fact may be found what is
probably the greatest tragedy of the un-
employment brought about by our "eco-
nomic depressions," namely, the de-
terioration of individuals, so numerous
that they become an easily distinguish
able segment of an entire generation
of our people. From such wounds as
this are left scars which show in
nations history long after the bitter
controversies over reform, recovery,
Evening star., 1938-05-20

You can get about any kind OF an
Interpretation you want OF the Penn
sylvania primaries. Each view is tinc-
tured with wishful thinking. 1t depends
on whose OK is gored. The overwhelming
consensus, after casting up all shades
of opinion and measuring one against
another. is that the New Deal emerges
with most bruises and scars. John l..
Lewis and C. I. O. are bracketed with
the Rooseveltians in this estimate OF
the late unpleasantness. Although their
choice for Governor, Tom Kennedy, sue
cumbed in the Democratic primary,
Jim Farley and Mr.. Lewis have the
satisfaction of knowing that he MADE
far and away the best run OF any de-
feated candidate on either ticket. Mr..
Kennedy was beaten by less than $4,000,
while Mayor Wilson of Philadelphia
was showed under by Governor Earle for
the Democratic senatorial nomination by
close to 100000 Defeated Republicans
also bit the dust by vastly heavier
margins than the Farley-Lewis guber-
material entry. Judge James smashed
Clifford Pinchot for Governor by roundly
100000. while Senator Jim Davis worsted
his opponent, G. Mason Owlett, by about
the same majority.
X X
By all the signs of the political zodiac,
the G. o. P. should recover Pennsylvania
in November. With the Guffey machine
shattered almost beyond repair, Demo-
cratic harmony could only by miracle
be restored during the five and hall
months between now and election time.
If Jim Farley's reconciliation ointment
can salve the bitter wounds resultant
from the Guffey-Earle fracas, the Post
master General will have added miles
of stature to his present eminence as
a political wonder-worker. Jim Davis
chances of another term in the Senate
are certainly 100 per cent brighter than
they must have looked to him six months
ago, while the Republicans hopes OF
recapturing their traditional hold on
Harrisburg are correspondingly en-
HANGED. Much depends on how grace
fully MIR. Lewis and the G. I. o. swallow
their third successive rebuff in the field
of political adventure. Pennsylvania
duplicates the reverses the LeWisiteS
suffered in the Detroit municipal elec-
tions last fall and more recently in
Seattle. Most observers hereabouts are
persuaded that the idea Of Lewis
QONllIldLcO IldtlOlld1 AdUOI H04Gy Al A01V
has now received an irreparable set
back. John l.. has been going about
town this week scowling like an enraged
bull.
+ X
With administration support pledged
in both past and future primaries to
favorite candidates, the myth that the
White House never" interferes In such
contests has been exploded for all
time. When President Roosevelt the
other day was put on the spot by press
conference hecklers, he took refuge
smilingly in the position that he would
continue to say nothing personally about
primary rivalries or candidates claims
of White House support, even If his
Evening star., 1938-05-20
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
That Barefoot Boy,

That Barefoot Boy.
All! Hast thou ever seen the rhymes
About the simple barefoot boy.
Who talks of fairies as he climbs
A splintery tree to show his joy;
Who is so innocently gay,
AS free from grammar as from guile,
That as you pass along your way
You cherish memories of his smile?
met one' once-at least though
He was a freckled angel-face.
With rope he kept his trousers taut.
He looked the part in any case.
I spoke to him in kindly tone
And strove to pat his curly head.
His answer chilled me to the bone
) This is part of what he said,
wake up, you boob, and pull your
freight!
Don't let the cows run over you!
You've slipped number in your date;
At Daffyville you're overdue!"
The words he used I'd hate to think
Were meant to shock my simple pride.
He said I was a fresh old gink.
Whose Uranium was ossifed!
I thought my years should be exempt
From language such as he'd employ.
Oh! nevermore will attempt
To patronize barefoot boy!
Evening star., 1938-05-20
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

clean it carefully inside with salt. Then
this is all washed out, and the tank
Is ready for the sand.
Sand for an aquarium Is not just
any old sand collected any old place and
then dumped into q tank.
There are two types OF aquarium
sand, fine and coarse. Experience shows
the coarse to be the best. We do not
mean pebbles. These merely permit
particles Of food to collect beneath
them, where the fishes cannot get at
them, and to pollute the water.
The proper sand Is q medium coarse.
It may lcok clean, but 1t never Is.
It must be washed through several wash
ings of hot water. When no more dirt
will run OF, 1t is ready for the new tank.
It is placed over the bottom, sloping
up to the back, where 1t will be about
2 inches deep. This depth is necessary
to hold the plants.
Water without plants tends to turn
gray, or even milky. Besides. the fishes
like the plants. It makes the aquarium
more like home to them.
Imagine yourself fish without plants,
and you will understand readily enough
that they should be incorporated in
every aquarium for this reason alone,
but there are many other reasons. Of
course. chief Of which is that they tend
to give of oxygen under the influence Of
strong light.
A piece Of note paper Is placed on
the sand, and the water Is poured on
this AS the water level ascends, the
paper goes up with 1t.
Cold water is used for filling, but
the guppies must not be placed in the
tank until this water has warmed up to
room temperature naturally.
This will take over night, or even
longer, and under no circumstances
should the guppies be placed in the
aquarium beforehand. Remember that
their original home was Central Amer
lea.
The plants are placed at the rear,
and pushed in until their bottoms touch
the slate.
1t is impossible to keep fishes cor
rectly without thermometer
The water the guppies come In should
be measured for temperature, and then
compared with that in the tank. The
waters should be within two degrees Of
each other before the fishes are trans
ferred.
A certain bacterial action takes place
in a new tank.
Usually this causes the water to look
gray, or even milky, in some extreme
cases.
If feeding is done lightly. and there
are both fishes and plants in the water,
each complementing the other the water
usually clears up within two or three
days.
After that one may secure the famous
crystal clear" tank one hears so much
about. but so seldom sees.
Milky water. pea green water and
many others, mostly arise because the
keeper tries to have too many fishes in
too small body of water.
That is why the guppy is the finest
Of all for the beginner. because it is
such tiny bit of life, and seldom
overcrowds an aquarium, at least at
first.
The. more flashy male is the favorite
Of most persons, but every keeper of
these interesting creatures should pay
the most attention to the females, for
they are really the prettiest and most
worthwhile in any guppy tank.
Evening star., 1938-05-20
Those Who Suffer.

The reported condition of near starva-
ton which has descended upon the un-
employed of two great American cities,
Cleveland and Chicago, is truly an
alarming and shocking circumstance.
It's primary significance, of course, lies
in the obvious inability of local COM
munities, particularly the large cities,
to meet the financial strain of pro-
yiding relief for mass unemployment.
Hit heaviest by periods of industrial
slackness, the cities then find them
selves receiving less tax revenue as their
ordinary, expenses remain constant, and
the extraordinary demands mount
rapidly.
In lesser degree, the States also are
Evening star., 1938-05-20

memorial commission. In the latter part
of February Mr.. Boylan informed Mr..
Clarke that the memorial commission
had unanimously adopted" the general
scheme of memorial Endorsed by the
Commission of Fine Arts. But what has
happened to this unanimous adoption
of the Fine Arts Commission plan?
It has been mysteriously thrown over
board in favor of the Pantheon plan,
which the Commission of Fiae Arts
has consistently refused to indorse and
which, when first made public, brought
forth damaging storm of criticism from
many sources.
Mr.. Boylan has represented the Presi-
dent as now being in favor Of the
Pantheon type of memorial and in favor
of the initial appropriation to get 1t
under way. Does this mean that the
President is actually to permit, in the
words of Mr.. Clarke, lay commission
ito proceed to build upon the last great
site in the National Capital structure
which in the considered judgment of a
commission of artists is unsuitable?
Does it mean that the fine principle
established in the creation of the Com
mission Of Fine Arts is summarily to be
thrown overheard and the advice of
artists and experts ignored entirely?
1t IS almost unthinkable that. in view
of the confusion and the public dstrust
created by the Memorial Commission S
effort to go its own way regardless of
criticism, the House Appropriations
Committee will approve appropriations
committing the Government to the ex-
penditure of millions of dollars in the
development of site and the construc-
ton of memorial which lacks not only
public support, but the support of the
agencies most concerned in the orderly
planning and development of Washington
The appropriation should be withheld
until the memorial commission can pro-
duce plan which wins popular as we'll
as expert approval The appropriation,
furthermore, should be withheld until
such time as the national finances justify
an expenditure of this sort.
Evening star., 1938-05-20

pared to results in other Americ""!
cities in whose firmaments his Iric,l
stars have triumphantly twinkled. but
perhaps he will derive satisfaction from
the assurance that he has provided
Washington with one of the finest his
trionic treats in its unappreciative his
tory.
Two Of Maryland's prominent Re-
publicans, former National Committee
man William p Jackson and former
Representative John Philip Hill. have
come out for the reelection of Senator
Millard E. Tydings. Democrat. Ap-
parently because of the latter's anti-New
Deal record, MessrS jackson and Hill
think the Republicans ought to reward
him by nominating no opposition candi-
date. Tydings seems to have clear
field in the Democratic primary, though
thereve been suggestions that Repre-.
sentative "Davy John" Lewis might be
trotted out as an eleventh-hour rival.
Reports are current, too, that former
Federal Director Of Prohibition Amos
w. w. Woodcock may be doomed as
the Republican candidate. He was ap-
pointed a special assistant to Attorney
General Cummings in 1888 and continues
to hold that rank.
If Governor Olin D. Johnston Of South
Carolina should oust Cotton Ed" Smith
in the Democratic five-man senatorial
primary race now on In the Palmetto
State, his home town OF Spartanburg
would share with New York and Salt
Lake the distinction of being one OF the
three cities in the country whence both
United States Senators from their re.
spective States hail. Jim Byrnes. Ike
Governor Johnston, IL spsrtanburger.