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impose Salutary restraint on his
lunches. At any rate. he would be
removed from the central fount Of
New Deal doctrine
Mr. Henderson. subject OF much
public controversy just now, with
the S. E. c. appointment still open.
is one of the few modern puolic
men who can theorize as they run.
Boiling with energy, he is always
sparkling new ideas, and much Of
the second New Deal prospectus
is said to have been of his inspira-
ton. A former professor of indus
trial economics at the Carnegie In
stitute of Technology. he has been
in line with the Mariner Eccles
school of public spending to replace
laggard private investment, and
with the David Cushman Coyle
theories Of upping consumer goods
and services against capital goods.
He doesn't hesitate to swing a ses-
quipedalian word once in a while.
and this erudition, since he fire.
quently is in combatic mood. mas
built him up as sort Of militant
academician.
Going quite way back, his versa
tility is attested by the fact that he
held IA jobs while working his way
through Swarthmore College. quito
a few of them at one and the same
time. His success saga is much likn
that of Mr. Douglas. He was a re-
porter, umpire, referee, factory work.
er, waiter, landscape gardener.
lawn-mower and salesman of ice
cream, candy. calendars and Christ
mas trees. The latter occupations
might have shaped his later con-
sumers' goods philosophy. He was
beagle for the Ordnance Department
in the World War, scouting waste
and fraud, emerging as a captain.
For eight years he fought loan
sharks. as director of the Russell
Sage Foundation, and engaged in
various studies in economics, notably
an important job of personnel re-
search for Gov. Pinchot of Pennsyl-
vania. He was member of the
War Industries Board in 1918 and,
in the Roosevelt administration,
economics adviser to the N. r. A.
Thurman Arnold took him on as
assistant secretary of the current
monopoly inquiry.
(Copyright. 193e.)
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The Political Mill
Democrats and Republicans Lay PIons
To Lure Labor and Negro Vote

to get of relief, and not to remain
in great numbers as perpetual re-
ceivers Of Federal charity, there
must be a change in the Govern
ment's policy toward business; there
must be a real revival of industry
with the Negro finding place in it.
!. Republicans Are Reckoning.
The Republican party, the tradi-
tional friend of the Negro since the
days of 1860, is beckoning to the
Negro voters now. 1t is sending
emissaries among them to show them
the error of tying their future to
the Democratic party. It is point
ing out that there has been dis
elimination in the matter of relief
against the Negroes in numerous in
stances.
AS Republican leaders look at the
Negro vote problem for 1910, they
insist that in all likelihood the
Roosevelts will be unable to trans
fer their own personal popularity
with the Negro voters to a Demo-
cratic presidential candidate other
than President Roosevelt himself.
What will happen, they ask, if the
Democrats nominate for President
Vice President John N. Garner,
Southern Democrat? Or if Sena-
tor Barkley of Kentucky, border
State, but regarded as having a
strong Southern point of view on
the race issue. should be the party
candidate? They do not see the
Negro voters croWding to the polls to
support any Southern Democrat for
President.
1t is that kind of argument, per-
haps, which may have effect on the
Democratic National Convention
when it comes to selecting a presi-
dental candidate next year. It is
that kind of thing that may turn
the Democrats to McNutt of In
diana, to Clark of Missouri (Sena-
tor Clark has been one of the spon-
sors OF anti-lynching legislation), to
a Farley of New York or to President
Roosevelt himself for third term.
1t is the kind of argument that
might strengthen the position of
Harry L. Hopkins, Robert H. Jack
son. both of New York, or William
o. Douglas of Minnesota and Con-
necticut, for the nomination-al-
though the conservative wing of the
Democratic party and many of the
run of : the mine political leaders
will not be for any one of these
ardent New Dealers.
Sees Chance to Break South.
The Republicans are figuring that
not only will it be impossible for the
President to throw the Roosevelt in
fuence with the colored voters to
another Democratic nominee for
President next year, but that if the
President takes the nomination
himself, the G. o. P. may carry two
or more Of the Southern States-on
the third-term issue, plus the re-
sentiment of Southern Democrats to
much of the New Deal and the Pres
idents attempt to purge Southern
leaders from the Democratic party.
In addition, the Republicans say
that the swing of the Negro voters
away from the New Deal party, EVIL
denced in New jersey. Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio last November, can
not be checked even by the candi-
dacy of the President himself.
The eight large States in which
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The Republicans are fully aware
of the situation. They are losing
no time in planning strategic cam
| paign for both the labor and the
| Negro vote. They feel that in the
| elections last November a good bit
of organized labor, disliking the So
| called faVoritism showed one group
by the administration, including the
National Labor Relations Board,
swung to Republican candidates for
Congress. They saw also consid-
cradle swing back of the Negro vote
to the G. o. P.
President Roosevelt's plea to the
American Federation of Labor and
the c. I. o. to adjust their differ
ences was made in the interest of
labor and secondarily in the interest
of business, which would benefit
| through peace in labor's ranks. It
has become, however, of vital inter-
est politically to the New Deal party
to have peace between the A. F. of L..
and the c. I. o. The Republicans
are not SO stupid as to try to put any
stumbling blocks in the way OF labor.
They nevertheless are eyeing the
efforts of the administration to bring
about a settlement between these
two great labor groups with much
| interest.
Friendly to Colored Voters.
There is not the slightest doubt
that President Roosevelt and his
administration have been friendly
to the colored voters; they have been
lavish with relief funds; they have
given Negroes a greater number of
appointments to Office than other
administrations have ever done. Mrs.
Roosevelt. in her democratic treat
ment of the colored people, has been
even more potent than the Presi-
dent himself in winning and keeping
them in the New Deal camp.
Notwithstanding this friendly at
titude of the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt, and Notwithstanding the
big relief payments to the colored
people, the Negro voters are now
declared to be getting restive. Some
OF their political leaders have by no
means been satisfied with the
amount, or rather with the lack, of
Federal patronage allowed them.
They complain that instead of look
Ing to them for advice, the admin
istration has turned to Negroes who
have not been in the political battle
line, and furthermore, has handed
out appointments to them rather
than to the men who have been ac-
tive politically.
There is, too. a feeling among
some Of the Negroes that If they are
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of the financing Of big corporations
or stock exchange trading in securi-
ties. The commission has investi-
gative powers which relate to the
general flow of capital in America.
and its present concern for small
businesses is indicative of the belief
of many in the administration that
these regulatory commissions can
also point the way to moves that
will aid economic recovery.
Research Facilities Asked.
1t will be noted also that Secretary
of Commerce Hopkins has just
made public a letter asking Con-
gress to provide research facilities
for the small businessman compar-
able to those which the Department
of Agriculture now furnishes the
farmer. This is step long aovo
Gated in these dispatches, for with
out Gisparaging in any sense the
work done for the farmers, it is
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no eXaggeration to say that the
development of a higher and higher
agricultural income has been the
solicitude Of Government for many
years. whereas, relatively little at
tention has been paid to the small
businessman.
The significant turn here is
toward the small businessman, and
the Roosevelt administration has
given the go-ahead signal to plans
that will encourage small business
enterprises by making capital avail
able through private channels on
the insurance principle. Now if the
administration will tackle the tax
problems of the small businessman
and particularly the vicious effects
of the pay roll tax, the small busi-
ness enterprises Of America will
come into their own as the central
force of economic recovery.
Copyright. 1939D
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the Negro vote is held to have the
balance of power in elections rea-
sonably close are New York, Penn
sylvania. Illinois. New Jersey, Ohio,
Michigan. Missouri and Indiana. In
Pittsburgh last fall a Negro editor
and political leader. Robert L. Vann,
led revolt among his people against
the Democratic ticket. At the same
time Vann proclaimed his fondness
for Senator Guffey and for the
Roosevelt administration, but what
he did was distinctly no help to the
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Lack of funds has compelled
the F. B. I. to close its Offices in
Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico,
and has prevented establishing
an office in the important Canal
Zone. Hawaii, Alaska and the
Canal Zone are infested with
foreign agents. The Army and
the Navy Intelligences are doing
their best to check activities of
spies but would like the assist
ance of the G-men. When they
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Democratic party in the Keystone
State.
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and
New Jersey all swung to the Repub-
hcans in 1938-and New York was
lost by Thomas E. Dewey only by
about $4,000 votes. Indiana and
Illinois also saw a resurgence of Re-
publican strength. Missouri. how
ever. is a tougher nut for the G. o.
P. to crack.
(Copyrisht, le39D
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COunClI OH tHt reluSaI OF tne
banks to lend. He explained the
case of a Montana cattle raiser
who needed loan to purchase
cattle, to be fattened on land on
which he leased the grazing
rights. He tried Omaha and
Chicago banks and was refused,
and finally financed his deal
through English interests. The
President pointed out that some
L. l.
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that small buSl-
nesses are haz-
, ardous and need
equity capital
and not bank
loans, whereas
the proponents
h We ar 6 u e q
that facilities
for the develop
ment of small
businesses go TO
the heart of the
recovery a n d
re- e mployment
pr o b e m in
America
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The Capital Parade
Bill to Aid Small Business Slated
For Backing by Administration
BY JOSEPH ALsOP and ROBERT KINTNER.

administration small business intended
passage this congressional The President tentatively
committed vehicle putting behind the bill
the first trial balloon went last week when Commerce Depart
officials disclosed that the President and Harry Hopkins
discussing the idea
The premise is that long term bank loans and the sale of
should smaller companies The
conclusion is that only the Government accomplish the OBJ
ectve Under the present the Government will insure
per of longterm bank that meet its pecih
parallel scheme the sale of securities of
small businesses also being developed The Government the
of the financing of the hundreds of thousands OF
is of farreaching departure from
traditional private methods and has important economic and
political significance.
monopoly investigation will the sounding board
Case after that need credit
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being asked the Monopoly Committee
is guessing badly the will the need
anlsm for financing of ST 100000 assets under
The regions have been selected section OF the
country follows Fall River Mass depressed New England
textile town. Birmingham Ala, city of the industrial
typical agricultural section Seattle
Wash. Far Western city, Detroit Mich prosperous
manufacturing and DalasHouston Tex, boom of
the South Incidentally Houston the home town OF r. F. c.
Chairman Jesse H. Jones While Mr. Jones has made no state
he thought to be unenthlsaSc on the plan
small the right easier credit
subject that ample credit
available make profitable OF
the Studies such by the Treasury economist Dr.
support this bny the indicated
that complaints from which cannot make
additional funds will their loans from
securities bad risks Two examples illustrate the
difference opinion.
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vote in eight or
nine big pivotal
States of the
North and Mid
die West. They
had this vote
with them in
1936-but far less
of it in 1898.
With the farm
ers in the Mid
die West kicking
over the New
Deal traces, the
labor and Negro
vote has become
even more essen
tial to the DEM
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a n d energetic
Leon Hender-
son should be-
come head Of
the S. E. c., to
S u C ceed Will
liam o. Doug
las. Mr.. Hem
derson has been
regarded as the
most provoca-
tive Idea man"
of the admin
istration a n d
t he opposition
thinks that tho
daily S. E. c.
routine miRh [
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Small Firms
Get Recovery
Attention
Credit and Research
Looked Into as
RevituIizers
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

For long time the question Of
capital financing of small businesses
has been agitated without result
The opponents have taken the view
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will be dramatically presented.
The study is directed by youth
full but able and intelligent law
yer, Peter Nehemkis, jr., who will
offer one of the first comprehen-
sive pictures of how the private
banking system operates. Mo-
nopoly Committee agents are now
in five regions, interviewing busi-
ness men who have been refused
loans or whose concerns cannot
sell their securities. Local bank
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the bureau send agents to those the 1--WE
have funds
true that the 1899 appropriation for the B amounts
nearly s6Oo0O00 but there calls for all types of
criminal investigations that this appropriation permit
special espionage
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never was q real COncen-
tration Of German troops
on the borders of Poland
and that the spectacular
alarm was as much a sur
prise to Berlin as it was to
Washington. There is one
thing certain: the German
general staff has an excel
lent intelligence service
and knows where Ger
many might strike with
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.HeudIineFoIk
And What
They Do
Henderson Regarded
As Provocative
Idea Man
BY LEMUEL F. PARTON.

This writer has been informed
by Washington friends that con-
servative opinion there Is that it
might be just as we'll If the bulky
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BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Democratic leaders, speaking prac-
tically of the 1910 election, say they
are counting on victory because Of
the support of labor and the Negro
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necessary The stars Such opinions presented tn The
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
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This Changing World
Polish-Germon Conflict FizzIes Out
As Both Sides See Reason
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN

The Polish -German conflict has hzzled Poland
provoke Hitler which
nations but would have brought destruction the
Germany realized the danger becoming engaged
could have destroyed Hers
helping her major probems-the readjustment
The Danzg and the Corridor questions
immediate solution is not considered necessary
Reports from Berlin Warsaw indicate that there
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(Copyright. 193e.)
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Reports from Berlin and Warsaw indicate that there
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-19
CHINESE TROOPS
 WIN BIG VICTORY

Shanghai, May 19-(UP)-Chinese troops have recaptured Tungpeh, north of the Yangtze river, killing 4,000 Japanese troops in their second biggest victory of the Chinese-Japa- nese war. Chinese dispatches assert ed today. Tungpeh is on the border of Honan and Hupeh provinces, 140 miles northwest of Hankow. Fight ing had been proceeding in the area for some time.
 According to the Chinese advices, Chinese stormed the Japanese lines and captured the city after 48 hours of hand to hand fighting in the sub- urbs and the city streets. Chinese troops pursued fleeing Japanese remnants and reoccupied Q number of villages In the area, according to the Chinese reports. The Chinese as- serted that it was their biggest yie- tory since the battle Of Talerhch- wang. In the soochow area. carly tn tho war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-19
THREE MEN ARE
 BURNED TO DEATH

Gardiner, Me, May l9 - O.P)-- A carelessly discarded cigarette was blamed today for a fire which cre- mated three men after spreading from a stable to the roofs of 10 other buildings. including City Hall. early last night. Firemen from Gardiner. Hallowell Farmingdale, Randolph and Augusta kept damage to Si0.O00.
 The victims, who apparently were overcome by smoke In the stable after fighting their way to within q few feet Of a window. were Clyde 1T. Avery. 45, former Boston poiiee- man: Frank Baker 48. one-timc mayoral candidate, and Oscar E spinard. 47. . former coast guards man. They had been hired to rage the long-Yacant stable.
 Embers were carried over . qllArtcr-inile area and ienlted the shInnles Of City fIall. the Coliseum, the Baptist church Hrd seven other blilldlnes. Damage 10 these ttfllc' lures waa principally from water.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-19
GRADY REWARD TO
 BEDECIDED LATER
East End Community Club Will Meet on Monday
 for Decision

Members of the East End Com- munity club, which sponsored the Jackie Grady reward fund, will hold a special meeting at 8 o'clock to- night at the Geghan Motors show rooms, 1844 East Main street, to march in a body to the home of the Grady family on Gates avenue.
 No action will be taken tonight on the disposition of the $1,000 re- ward offered for the return of the boy or recovery of his body. The question will be taken up at a meet ing of the club Monday night, and meantime written statements from those instrumental in the finding of the body will be secured.
 During the campaign for the re- ward fund, a total of more than $l 400 was contributed, principally by residents of the East End sec- tion. The sum of $l O00 was voted set aside for the reward. The club also paid for the printing of thous- ands of circulars sent to police departments all over the country. The money still remaining in the fund, aside from expenses and the $l,000 reward, will be turned over to the Grady family. James Mo- Grath is chairman of the reward committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-19
Accidental Drowning as Body Revealed No Signs
 of Violence
OLIVIA GASPARRI IS
 DISCOVERER OF BODY
l7-Year=Old Girl Saw Boy Floating in Water of
 Pond

The final chapter in the tragic Jackie Grady disap- pearance case was written in- to the official records today when Acting Coroner Will liam B. Hennessy accepted a report from Assistant Med ical Examiner Harold F. Nor Till that the youngster died of accidental drowning. Miss ing since the afternoon of March 23, when he left his home to play, and the object since that time of one of the most intensive searches in the states history, the boys body was re- covered last night from a narrow inlet of Scovills dam, off Harpers Ferry Road.
 An autopsy performed on the body revealed no signs of violence, and authorities agreed that the young stes had not met with foul play. Jackie'S parents, MT. and Mrs. John Grady of II Gates avenue, were prostrated by the news, but friends said they were consoled at least by the fact that hey had learned def initely of their sons fate and that the uncertainty of the past eight weeks was over.
 Girl Discovers Body
 Recovery of Jackie'se body came as hope was wavering that anything tangible about his mysterious disap- pearance might ever be learned. First to sight it was Olivia Gaspar- ri. IT, of 263 Harpers Ferry road. From a point near her home, many feet above the water level, she saw what she believed to be a body floating in the water.
 Lieut.. Joseph McEvoy and Motor Patrolman Joseph McEyoy went to the scene and saw the body floating about 60 or 70 feet from the shore. John Crane, IS, of 16 Sycamore lane, owner of small, homemade boat, large enough to accommodate only one person, rowed out and in- formed the police definitely that 1t was body.
 James Gilland Rescues Body
 James Gilland, 25, of 18 Wall street. manager of an East End grocery store, rowed to the body in
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-19
KISS OF DEATH
 WIDOW ARRESTED

Philadelphia. May 19 - OP) - Mrs. Rose Carina, AS, the oft-mar- ried woman with the kiss of death" in Philadelphia's fantastic murder merchandising syndicate to- day was held without bail on a charge of poisoning one of her com- mon-law husbands.
 Plump and bespectacled, Mrs. Carina was far from the glamorous adventures pictured during the in- vestigation of the murder ring blam- ed for more than 100 deaths. She listened attentively during the pro ceedings before President Judge Harry s. McDevitt, but said nothing
 Indications that the merchants of death obtained in New York their arsenic and other poisons with which they killed heavily-insured victims were seen when Assistant Attorney General Joseph Hill of New York was introduced to Judge McDevitt.
 Assistant District Attorney Vim cent P. McDevitt told the judge that Hill was in the courtroom as Q cas- uai observer and to "help give us leads on druggists In New York where they obtained their poison"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-19
JOSEPH DEv|NE KILLED IN FALL
 FROM WINDOW Drops From Third Floor of Mir. Mrs. Deliniks Home,
 Congress Avenue THEY WERE HELD FOR QUESTIONING Body Found Near Curb in
 Front of Home at 400 This Morning

Joseph Devine, 34, of 569 H g h l a n d Avenue, well- known substitute teacher in local schools, met a tragic death early this morning when he fell from a third story window of the home of MT. and Mrs. Thomas DelinikS of 19 Congress avenue and fractured his skull on the street below. Police held Deliniks and his wife, Ella, for investigation this morning and a preliminary inquest was held by Acting Coroner William B. Hen- messy. The coroner released De- links on his own cognizance and will continue questioning him this afternoon. Mrs. Deliniks was re- leased after short questioning.
 According to Chief Inspector Jo- seph P. Stevens, who investigated with Lieuts. Joseph Bendler and Cornelius A. Shanahan, the body was found lying near the curb in front of the Deliniks house short- ly before 4 o'clock by Andy Barkus, 28, of 25 Violet street, Joseph Rak- auskas, of 934 Chase Parkway, and Joseph Kazlauskas, of 34 Alder street, drivers of the Brooklyn Bak- cry CO, who were on their way to work. They immediately notified Patrolman Thomas c. Fibre who called headquarters.
 Returned From Fishing
 Deliniks told police that he and Devine had returned from a fish, ing trip at the Housatonic river shortly after l o'clock, and Deville asked to spend the night at his home. He often did so, DelinikS said, and last night occupied the Davenport in the front room of the
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