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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12
BRUCE CATToN's WASHINGTON COLUMN
Pay Cuts Promise still More WPA Discord When Wage DifferentiaI Is Abolished Sept.

difficulties look mild. For, as one official expressed 1t, if thousands of relief workers angrily strike because they have to work more hours but still get just as much money, what aren't they likely to do when they find that their pay will be cut too?
 A flare-back from the non relief people in the south is perfectly possible, too; for WPA figures that in some sections of the south, un- der the new rule, relief pay will actually be higher than the pay scale in private indudstry. If that happens, energetic action by some of the very congressman who voted the new rule into effect can be looked for.
 Just to make the September hor- izon look worse, at the same time that the pay cuts go into effect all WPA workers who have been on the rolls for l8 months or more must be laid off for 30 days without pay.
 All in all, the WPA high command isn't looking forward to the autumn with any noticeable degree of en- thusiasfn,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12

with Administrator Harrington's full approval.
 The prevailing wage rule, as Har- rington saw 1t, resulted in ineffi- ciency in WPA building projects: foreman on given job might have one crew putting in 60 hours a week, another crew doing 75, another do- ing l10. Under those circustances, he was likely to have terrible time getting his job done smoothly.
 Tn addition, Harrington felt that the prevailing wage rule paved the way for a good deal of chiseling. There were cases in which a relief worker. enjoying a high hourly pay rate, would finish his weekly WPA stint in IS hours-and would use his spare time to get a part time job somewhere else, 50 that his total earnings came to more than many workers in private industry were getting.
 SOUTHS -RELIEFERS
 MAY SQUAWK
 At any rate, WPA has its hands full of trouble now, and ex- poets that the trouble 1t will get next fall will make the present
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12

cnce Fisher, Harold Gardiner, Will liam Gardiner, John Smith, Carl Drescher, Albert Koeselis, Thomas Daley, Francis Falvey, Ned Ahern, Francis Nelligan, Francis Tom- masino, William Chapelle, Alvin Daniels, Gordon Carroll, Earl Garthwait, Harvey Parsons, Francis White, Alan Ahlberg, Bob McHugh, Philip Fecteau, Bob Brown and Richard Mantiglia.
 Wednesday evening will be fathers and sons night at which time all summer members will bring their dads for a swim in the Y" pool. Thursday morning the boys will make a trip to the Mascola Bottling Works where they will be shown the ins and outs of beverage making.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12

the famous Scopes trial at Dayton in 1925 has checked the movement for legislation barring the teaching of evolution. However, evolution is still not taught, and hardly men, toned, in the grade and high schools of large part of the rural South"
 Twenty-one states now require teachers to take loyalty oaths, &C., cording to the survey. While the paths of loyalty have run foul of the religious scruples of teachers in many states" the chief issue arises from the practice in the courts, where witnesses may not testify without taking an oath to tell the truth. "The consequences have produced fragrant denials of justice" the pamphlet contends, citing two cases in New Jersey and North Ca rolina.
 Conscientious Objectors
 On compulsory military service and conscientious objectors to war, the study has this to say: Tt is reasonable to expect that in an- other war the conflict between re- ligious conscience and the demands of the State will arise. It seems reasonable to prophecy, since the number of religious sects conscien- tiously opposed to participation in war has increased, the number of objectors who will refuse war serv- ice will be correspondingly larger. That the government will solve the conflict by the series of com promises which marked the World War IS reasonably certain"
 Disclosing that military training in American colleges and high schools has grown by leaps and bounds" since the World War, the pamphlet declares that under the law today no youth conscientiously opposed to military training can get a university education in a state
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12

Europe fever tossing its bed of crises from month month.
 achieved heights depths with dsheartenng regularity In January still Munich crisis of last Chance Germany opened demanding Germanys colonies telling that have six months in which to secure February for the onious d patch German troops to Spain.
 with the military invasion of establishment of the sovakan protector Musson of Albania Apris crisis with He demand for Danzg President Roosevels appeal for Hiters defiant
 with only movements and an in- speon Hitler but early Jue with 0oo Ger welcomed back from Spa the Polish question began to with the fever rising again toward the end the month and the beginning other crisis expected in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12
Y. M. C. A. Notes

sherm Hallock, Bill Rosgen, Win Steele.
 The next get-together will be next Tuesday, when the Dorm men will have their supper with the Y camp CTS.
 Thirty -four boys of the Central Y. M. c. A. made the\ weekly trip to the "Y" Camp in Watertown Tuesday. The group left for camp at 10 a. m. and returned at 5:30 D. m. The program at the camp con- sisted of an inspection tour of the camp, swimming, group games and a baseball game. The summer r1em- bers to make the trip are as fol- lows: Ken Byrnes and Joseph Fris- bic, leaders, Charles Ruey, Bernard Sherwill, Arthur Leary, Carlton Gensler, William Richmeyer. Robert Egan, Richard Egan. Rc''""t '-'''. Floyd densler, Paul Beaulac, clar.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12

Over twenty residents of the Gen. trai Y dorm enjoyed their weekly outing at the Y Camp last evening. After a steak roast served by Nick Movie the men enjoyed a softball game, swimming, archery, quoits, and horseshoes and many other facilities offered by the Y Camp.
 Tn the softball game Joe Banasik's (Killers) defeated Sherm Hallock's (Giants) 17-6 Badly Todd and Robert Taunton" Vance featured for the winners. For the losing team "shields" Hilliard was the big factor. After the ball game the men enjoyed swim In the Y lake.
 Those attending the outing last night were: John Henderson, George Marshall, Ed Yezierski, HI Kelsey, Nick Movie, John Gaffney, Bill War ner, Bill Mccarthy, Bud Davis, Don Hilllard, Bob Yingling, Joe Banasik, Robert Van, Ted Muscle, Bill Smith,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12


 s52.5O. The new law provides that this shall not substantially be changed, but that no more may be paid for any type of work in one lo- cality than Is paid for the same type of work in another locality, except where some change is justified by differences in the cost of living.
 This provision, say the WPA au- thorities, is simply going to mean that relief workers throughout the northern and middlewestern states are going to get substantial pay reduction on Sept. 1, At the same time, they say, relief workers in the south will get pretty substantial Increase.
 COST OF LIVING
 JUST CONFUSING
 The cost of living provision doesn't help much, because so far WPA hasn't found any way of figuring out exactly what the cost of living is. It has some figures compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics - but these are kept up to date only on Soitc ou-ouu ocltCJcu Sitico bl tile country, whereas WPA has projects just about everywhere. How the cost is to be worked out for all WPA cities and towns, nobody knows; but in any case, 1t is pre- ditted that the differences between different localities won't amount to enough to avert the sweeping pay reductions.
 Right now the relief workers who are on strike are getting as much money as they did before. The orlly difference is that they have to wsrk longer to get 1t. The ironic part about 1t is that whereas the other changes in the WPA bill were made over the administration objection, .fiis particular change was made
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12
supported school where military training is required"

supported school where military training is required"
 As to Sunday laws, In force in a majority of the states, the survey shows that while prosecutions con- tinue, and "scant attention Is paid to the religious beliefs of the per- sons accused of violations, the sta- tutes and local ordinances them- selves are interpreted with increas- ing liberality. Sentiment against the observance of Sunday in the Puritan manner Is mounting"
 The chief expressions of religious intolerance, according to the pamphlet, affect employment--par- ticularly among Jews--and public elective office, involving both Cath olic and Jewish candidates. One peculiar aspect of intolerance" touches ministers who adopt "so- cial view of religion regarded as ra- dical or unpatriotic" by their con- gregations and the dominant in- fluences in their communities. "The spread among Protestant clergy Of the determination to make the doc- trines of religion apply to the social structure has been marked in re- cent years, particularly in regard to the critical issues of war and ca- pitalism."
 Tn signing the foreword to the pamphlet, thirty-four religious lead- CTS declared:
 we desire by this endorsement only to express our sense of the importance both to religion and to democracy of the issues raised and our agreement with movements to abolish any restraints whatever upon the right of any man to fol- low the precepts of religion and the dictates of conscience so long as they do not interfere with the rights of others, the legitimate claims of public morality, or public health or safety"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12
BUILDING PERMITS

The following permits have been issued at the office of Building Inspector Patrick Carlin:
 Guglielmelino Ceccherini, to erect garage at 152 Savings street, S450.
 Alfred Baker, to erect dwelling on Sande avenue, $4,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12
CITIZENS PROTEST BUS BAN

Richvale, Cal. (uP)-This city has a trafAc problem all it's own, It is the only city In the United States through which busses are allowed to pass but not to pick up passengers. Citizens have de- manded that the California Rail- road Commission give them break
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12
Northern Area To Bear Brunt Of Reductions
BY BRUCE CATION Waterbury Democrat Washing ton Correspondent

Washington, July l2 = The WPA authorities are saying privately that If you think they are having trou- ble now, with nation wide strikes against the abolition of the pre- vaiilng wage" rule for relief work. Ynu should iust try looking ahead
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12

to next Septem- Der. Then, they say, Is when the real trouble is likely to begin.
 Under the new WPA bill, the differential hith- erto paid be- tween north and south is abolish- ed, effec Il ve Sept. 1.
 T a ng the cou ntry as a whole, the aver age m o n [ h ly wage for w P A ,,nrk hau hnnfl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12

Preston Foster, today in Para Geronimo" came to the movies from the Broadway stage, where he was successful leading man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12
WAKE UP YOUR LIVER BILE

Wlthsut CaIemel-Ahd You U Jump Uul ef Bed 70
 the Morning Rarin' to Go
 The liver should pour out two pounds of liquid bile into your bowels daily. If this bic is not flowing freely, your food docsn digest It just decays in the bowels. Gas bloats up your stomach. You got constipatcd. Your whole system is poisoned and you feel sour, sunk and the world looks punk.
 A mere bowel movement doesn't get at the cause. It takes those good, old Carters Little Liver Pills to get these two pounds of bilc flowing freely and make you feel ''up and up." Harmless. gentle. yet amax- ing In making bile flow freely. Ask for Carter's Little Liver Pills by name. c5 cents. Stubbornly refuse anything else.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-08
c. GAINES WILL
ADDRESS MEMS
FELLOWSHIPS.

Carlton Gaines, president OF the
Booker T. Washington Association.
will speak a, St Johns for the
Mems Fellowship club next Mon
day night, July 10 This program is
in charge Of the Business and Eco
nomie committee OF the club. The
object OF this committee is TO pro-
mote better relationship between
the business and professional men
Of the community; TO encourage the
patronage OF Negro business: -
promote better relationship betweeA
the housewives ard the business
men Supporting Mr.. Gaines will be
Miss Anna Theresa Bailey, colord-
tura soprano and member Of the
Delta Sigma Theta sorority; the
young peoples choir of the ST.
2tephens AME church; Mrs. La
yonia Bowen, reader; the Harmony
Three OF Second Baptist, consisting
II Mrs Elsie B. Lewis, Irene Will
liams, and Mary Booker; F. Sanders,
tenor, and others
This is the first in a series Of
summer programs sponsored by this
organization. z
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-08
Wash. Negro Catholic
SERIES Homeless

Blessed Martin de PORES, re-
rowned Dominican Negro, who
because of his great charity has
been ho1ored by the Roman Cath
Ole church. is toiay working
among the members OF his race ~
various way to better their condi
IONS and to assist them spiritually
md materially A faithful follower
II this sixteenth century Apostle
is Llewellyn j Scott, founder and
manager Of the Blessed Martin de
PORES Home on Seventh street in
Washington D. c.
Mr.. Scott lived most Of his life
IN Washington. D. c., received a
college education. served in France
during the World War, farmed and
taught school in Virgi'ia and finally
accepted a position as a clerk in
government office He constantly
saw the large numbers Of his felloY
Eegroes seeking food and shelter
and suffering from cold AID the
elements He investigated and found
that there were three charitabls
gsHizatioas- dispensing food ana
.hclter for the white men but not
a single place for the Negro. He
decided that something must be
core and that it was his duty 10 do
it, He did not SEEK government aid
or aid from charitable organizations
which commercialize giving, but
went into action for the welfare Of
lis neighbor in the establishment
Of the Blessed Martin Home in
Washis sron, D. c
Mr.. Scott found a building on
Seventh streetrTeHted the tyla-uppet
floors for SIG per month. repaired Ii
himself and then invited his home
less brothers to share it with him
This was in May 1897 and since
hen he has served 10000 free meals
breakfasts and suppers. Hundreds
Of men have found nights lodgings
turing this time instead Of walking
the streets The average number
mat eatt-be-a accommodated on
night is 25 but Mr.. Scott has hao
as high as 40 lodged In his humble
rome on some cold wintry nights.
Another interesting item is tina,
Mr.. Scott has no trained or paid
workers or 'UptTfters. He has none
OF the methods OF e0mmercializei
Dhilanthropy-no budgets. This NAV
seem unbusinesslike IT, this age OF
highly organized business. But like
Martin de PORES, Mr.. Scott follows
Christ and he sees Christ in his
neighbor and he knows that this
work is Gods work and tina, Col
will supply the necessary, What
soaver you do TO the least Of Mine
YOU have done to Me" and Mr. Scot
tates that. expenses mount. bills
accumulate and many a time he has
aeen peUntteys, but despite t1fs no
one has ever been turned away
from the house because Of lack OF
food or money In times like this the
t. clip Of God is near and some friend
,pill call with the necessary funds 10
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-08
AppOmattOx Club
In Regular Meet

The Appomattox club Of the l4th
district Ee!a-itS- REGULAR meeiiu. -
the Mack Avenue Business Mems
club IN June, There were motion
pictures and refreshments 10 de-
light the guests after the business
SesSI0D- M. Olll Tweedie is presi-
dent Mr.. Clifford Russian vice pres
ident. Mrs, Gnnzelle Bailey, secre-
;sFA; Mis- Dareele- Floyd, CORE
sponong secretary
GueSiS- delighted We're MI and
Mrs, A. Lindsay, Mr. and Mrs Wil-
Ii7hf BisekbHfH5 r T-E5S5is Mt aud
Mrs Anscel Wells. Mr. and Mrs.
sydney Trotter. Mr., and Mrs S.
Duncan Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Rawlings. Mr.. Elmer Mars, Mr.. and
Mrs Fred Howell, Ernest Sweeney.
sam Hendricks. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Garvin, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Randolph, William Rachal. Mrs Es-
telie Gaskill. Mrs. Ernesta Cruzet.
William White, Harry jackson. Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Allen, Miss Leora
Glenn, f L. Davenport, Mrs Fran
els Covington. Mr. and Mrs. P
Thomas. Mr.. and Mrs. William Ma
iors; Mi and Mrs. Joe Wells. Mrs.
Eioise Revels:
James tRichardson, Rudolph jan
uary, Mrs Fiiza Foster. Odell Broom
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-08

Brought 70 Receiving hospital by.
Detective Wash Hardy, John Hud-
son, 81 of 2l47 Maple street, stated
that his wounds were inflicted by
his common-law wife, Maggie last
Friday
Hudson was treated for a stab
wound to the left side He stated
that Maggie Davis cut him after he
had objected TO her getting drunk
She IS he'd BY p0iTCe On IN assault
charge.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-08
WEST SIDERS
REJOIN GOSPEL
CHORAL UNION
Contest Reaches A New
High In Interest In
Community

The West SIDE Inspirational sing
ers are again recognized members
Of the Gospel Choral Union Of
Michigan. Candidates for the choir
electoral campaign are Clarence
Burden, governor OF state; Mrs
Beatrice Graft, queen; Mrs. Doris
Bryant, Miss Detroit" Mrs. Muth.
campaign manager.
Officers elected for the West Side
are Mrs ophelia Bryant president:
Jeanette Kaiher, vice president.
Beatrice Graft. secretary; Tena
Lovejoy assistant secretary. Mrs.
N.a.a- EeWs.- treasurer Ms LLOYD
chaplain; Miss Corine Campbell
pianist; Mrs Bobbie Blackmon. di-
rectress.
All the choirs are working hard
The following is report Of choirs
participating in the SIX weeks cleo
tarial campaisn rally sponsored by
the Gospel Choral Union. Aricli1
" .Hulchlus director.
First Baptist church. Ecorse
Maurice Morten, for governor Of
St.itG5-f f11-yuteS= ---
Mrs. Castor. queen. votes.
Doris Butcher, Miss Detroit. %
400 votes.
Each choir will try to raise 500.
Each dollar will represent a hundred
milss travelled for this week. Ecorse
Baptist church has travelled 9S7
miles. Officers are Mrs Beulah
Morten. president Mrs. Viola. Wou-
men. secretary.
Mt. Vernon Gospel Choir
Neither Fitzgerald Jr., for governor.
no votes.
Mrs l. Sauls, for queen, Is votes
Miss Catherine Rickett, Miss De
troit 30 votes.
Mt Vernon Gospel choir has
Travelled 100 miles with $50 to go
Mrs. L. Sauls is presidert; Helen
Criss. vice president and Bertha
Phillips, secretary.
Miss Annie Mitchell gave tea
FOR more than 100 Of her friends
on July / She was the contestan.
for queen So the contest of the East
Side Inspirational singers group.
Mrs Mitchell is a hard worke-
and lives on Clinton street
Evening star., 1939-06-11

OF our colonies, but I have always
made it very clear that this would
never become cause for war"
Wants Colonies for Two Reasons.
Germany wants her colonies back
for two reasons: Bread and honor"
Nazl officials argue that President
Wilson's IA points stipulated that
the colonial question should be set
tied in free, open minded and
impartial way"
They insist it was not settled in
this way, and they demand that the
Allied powers should renounce that
clause of the Versailles Treaty which
declares Germany is unfit" to gov
ern other peoples.
Above all, Germany objects to the
economic injustice" of denying
Germany colonies.
In Germany there are 1876 in
habltants to each square wilometer."
explains Field Marshal Goering.
In England there are 1877 the In
ternational Year Book of Agricul-
tural Statistics makes it Germany,
14l.2; England and Wales, 269). If
we had small proportion of (Bri-
taln's) colonial possessions, there
would be no shortage in Germany of
food and raw materials"
Believing that Britain will never
offer to relieve this situation bv
giving up the old German colonies
voluntarily, German policy seems
directed at creating situations else
where in the world or making her
influence evident in situations else
where in the world so that she can
exert pressure on the British.
Examples of Pressure.
Examples of this are the German
support of Gen. Franco in the Span-
lsh War, Germany's sympath and
propaganda for Arabs in their fight
against the British and the Jews in
the Near East, the sympathy for.
Egyptian Nationalists who would
like to cut away from Britain and
the threat occasionally heard in
Whlsperst of marching into Holland
and Belgium Just to frighten Britain
at the possibility of having a strong
Germany almost within gunshot of
the English coast.
Possibly an absolutely free hand
IN the Balkans might have induced
Germany to abandon her claims for
colonial territory, but Britains COM
mltments to Poland, Rumania and
Greece indicate that there now is
little chance of that.
German officials have repeatedly
denied the charge that Germany
hopes to get back her colonies so
Evening star., 1939-06-11

that she could use them as air and
naval bases.
Hitter himself rejected this theory
by saying:
Before you can have naval bases
you must have navy Colonies
are worth nothing if an enormous
armed force has to be maintained
to protect them. Our interest in
colonies is chiefly commercial, and
commercial exploitation of colonies is
possible only under conditions of CO.
operation among colonial powers"
Economic Misuse Denied.
The argument that Germany did
not make good economic use of her
colonies when she had them is also
rejected in Berlin.
Hitler told the Reichstag on Janu-
ary 80, 1887:
Germany had these colonies only
for a few decades. Great sacrifices
were made in building them up and
they were in the process of develop
ment which would have led to quite
different results than in 1914"
Britain has repeatedly stated that
she is willing to "internationalize"
the colonial markets to help meet
Germanys need for raw materials,
but the Nazi government refuses to
consider this.
Germany demands: First, Ger
many must produce her raw ma
terials on territory under her own
management. Second, this colonial
territory must form part of her own
monetary system"
In addition to these demands, a
great many Nazi officials insist that
since Germany spent a great deal
OF time and money developing her
old colonies, she cannot consider
taking undeveloped colonies in ex-
change"
French Oppose Concession.
1t is generally felt that French
public opinion developed parallel to
the British opinion since September,
with the public being generally op-
posed to any concession whatsoever.
The French, however, have been
more interested in the Italian claims
for portions of the French empire
than in Germanys colonial demands
Though the Italian press claims
go beyond these claims, it is gener-
ally felt in Rome that Signor Mus
solini wants:
l. A change of administration in
Tunisia and assurance from the
Evening star., 1939-06-11

French that Italians there will be
given equality with the French.
2. Control of the railroad that
runs from Adds Ababa to the
French port of Djibouti, if not ces-
sion of French Somaliland itself.
3. A larger share in the control
Of the Suez Canal.
1taly's complaint in Tunisia Is
that the French are trying to nat
uralize the 10000 Italians which
Rome estimates are living there.
Presumably, the least Italy would
accept there is perpetual right for
Italian colonization and Italian ma
tionality for those Italians in the
French protectorate.
Evening star., 1939-06-11

Under the Laval agreement of
1885, children born Of italian par
ents in Tunisia would have italian
nationality until 1865. This agree
ment, which also gave Italy 400
square miles of territory on the
Strait of Bah Ell Mandeb, where the
Red Sea meets the Gulf of Alden,
was denounced by Italy last autumn.
The French have since occupied
the ceded territory.
Evening star., 1939-06-11

These the colonies Germany lost the World War
the return of whichfor honor-Chanceo Adolf
Hitler demands nearly every time he speech Boxes in
the which colonies and the re-
sources of each district. Associated Press Photo
Evening star., 1939-06-11

Nine of every ten persons in Den
mark have joined at least one CO.
operative.
Evening star., 1939-06-11

The Pafais Royal, -.r-conditioned
Beauty Salon Balcony