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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
Dies Committee Makes Public
Names OF Govt. Employees, Who
Are Listed In Communist Group
Their Salaries Range From
$4,000 a Year Down
to $500 a Year

Washington. Oct. 25-(UP)-The
Dies committee today made public
a list Of government employees stated
to be members or on mailing list
of the American League for Peace
and Democracy.
Highest ranking officials on the
list were Edwin s. Smith, $l0,000-a-
year member Of the National Labor
Relations Board, and Louis Bloch,
SIC, 000-a-year member Of the Mari
time Labor Board.
The Dies committee has charged
that the league Is controlled by the
Communist party" The list was
made public after protestations by
the league, which said that its aims
were "misrepresented by the Dies
committee" Rep. Jerry Voorhis, d.,
Calf, objected to its publication. He
commended that such action was inn
proper and said that listing Of the
names did not mean that those per-
sons were Communists.
According to the committee, the
list of alleged league members con-
tanned 563 names of government en-
ployes ranging from the two holding
SIC, 000-a-year jobs to Anna Good
man, "a cents an hour operator at
the Bureau Of Printing and En-
craving.
In Communist Party
The list was made public on mo-
ton OF Rep. Noah Mason, r., Ill.
simultaneously the committee issued
q statement asserting that 1t was
not charging "that the government
employees affiliated with the league
are members Of the Communist
party"
"But the fact that these govern
Inent employees are members Of a
Communist front organization and
apparently continued their member
ship long after this organization was
exposed as being Communistic, JUS
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
BROWDER PLACES
BLAME UPON COP
Reactionaries' OF That
Party Accused Of Getting
Him in Trouble

New York, Oct. Is CUP - Earl
Browder, Communist party leader,
blamed Republican reactionaries
today for his indictment OH charges
Of making false statements in OBJ
tanning American passports.
'.They cRepublican reactionaries')
are especially angry because I re-
vealed their attempts in 1886 to
bride the Communist party to smear
the new deal administration" Brow
der said
He assailed the Republican party
national committee Intervention, y
surrender Of New Deal liberals to
reactionaries Of the Martin Dies
stripe" and imperialist war mon
gers. His reference to Republican
Intervention" apparently was aimed
at the attack by Rep. J. Parnell
Thomas. Jr., N. j.. of Attorney Cen
erai Frank Murphy's negligence In
acting on Browder's admission to
the Dies committee investigating UNI
American activities that he had used
a false passport ON a trip to Europe.
Browderis trial was set for Nov.
az. As
He was at liberty in $500 bond
furnished by Mrs. Hester q. Hunt
ington. niddle-aged society woman,
Identified as the sister-in-saw or
Robert Miner, Communist leader
and former editor Of the Daily
worker. Communist party organ.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
TRIES TO
DISPLACE .LEARY
G. O. P. Registrar Would
Fire Him; Mayor Perriel-
10 Says mo"

An attempt by Republican Regis
trarf of Voters Albert O. Faller to
displace J. Harry Leary as voting
machine mechanic for the city
failed yesterday afternoon after a
stormy conference In which Mayor
Patrick Perriello declared that Mr..
Leary was qualified to continue IN
his job.
Mr.. Faller proposed that Mr..
Leary, Democrat, be dropped from
the position, and urged the appoint
ment of william Root, Republican,
junior clerk in the office of the reg
istrars Of voters. He said that the
Grif1enhagen report of last year
recommended that a junior clerk
serve.
The mayor asked about Mr.. Roots
experience, and was informed that
he has been in the registrars ONCE
less than two years. Mr.. Perriello
pointed out then that Mr.. Leary
has had years Of experience in
handling the machines, and that
he saw no reason for removing him.
In answer to Mr.. Faller's state
ment about the Griffenhagen rec
ommendation, the mayor cited law
which directs that the mayor shall
appoint the voting machine me-
chanic.
Mr.. Leary has already begun the
preparation Of 10 voting machines
for the city election November IA.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25

New York, october Is. - (UP) =
Stronger police guards were placed
today around the French liner,
Normandie, and the Cunard White
Star liner, Queen Mary, the. two
largest, fastest and most luxurious
ships in the world after the Naval
Intelligence Department warned
that one Of them was to be sabo-
tagged.
The liners are docked at adjacent
piers in the Hudson River, refugees
from the war. A lieutenant COM
mander Of the Naval Intelligence
Service visited both and notified the
commanders Of the plot. The CONF
manders appealed for more police
protection.
a dozen high police officials. In
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cy to do the things which you agi-
tate and resolve"
The blame for this condition. he
said, was traceable to 'New Eng
lands historical conservatism-the
kind Of conservatism that, in the
words Of Douglas Jerrod, causes a
man to refuse to look at the new
moon out Of respect for that ancient
institution the old one"
This state, he said, was well adap-
ted to the "integrated bars" effec-
tive In many other states, which are
endowed by the legislature or courts
with governmental authority.
The state association reelected
Roderick H. Wiggin. this city, as
president; Warren +. Cressy. Stani-
ford, vice president and James E.
Wheeler, New Haven. secretary
treasurer. ~ X
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25

Guiding Francis ]. Kear. second
deputy commissioner, Chief Inspec-
tor Louis r. Costume and Captain
George Mitchell, head Of the new
sabotage squad, went aboard both
shirps, comforting for an hour. Then.
the force Of Is policemen guarding
the two liners vas increased to 80,
two police launches were assigned
to constant duty at the pier and
detectives were ordered to search
both ships periodically.
Police said their information came
from the ships operators and was
confidential. The nature Of the plot,
whether it called IT scuttling,
bombing or burning one OF the
liners, was not diyuiged.
The Queen Mary has been painted
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
EOLATIONlSTS
CONCEDE 60 VOTES
Arms Embargo Repeal to
Get That in Senate;
Borah is Active Again
By RONALD G. VAN TINE

: - sIs "a
UNITED Press STAFF Correspondent
Washington, Oct. 25-(UP)-Iso-
lationist leaders today conceded
the administration approximately 60
votes for repeal of the arms embargo
as the Senate neared a final vote on
President Roosevelt's neutrality pro-
gram.
Some senators said a vote was pos
sible late today, but others believed
that remaining controversial ques-
tons would prevent one before to-
morrow or Friday. A limitation on
debate, adopted yesterday, speeded
action. III. ,
Senator Gerald p. Nye. r. N. D.,
voicing hope for an isolationist vic
tory when the bill reaches the House,
was the first iolationist to concede
publicly that the administration
would win In the Senate. y
They'll poll somewhere between
SIS and 90 vote for embargo repeal
Nye said. sts
Senator william E. Borah, r., Ida.
who opened the isolationists' fight
more than three weeks ago. said he
doubted If his group could muster
more than 80 votes.
Nyes' Hopes Doubted
Administration leaders in the
House denied that there was any
basis for Nye's hopes of defeating
repeal there.
Chairman Sol Bloom, D., N. Y.
Of the House foreign affairs commit
tee said the administration had q
majority with 80 votes to spare.
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Plot To Destroy Liners Normandie, Queen
Mary AS They Lie Idle In New York Harbor

wartime gray and has q crew OF
TOO aboard. It has been reported
that she would be taken out secretly
for use as q troop transport. The
Normandie, larger Of the two, still
is painted its customary black and
white and has only q skeleton crew.
Most of the crew left for home sew
eral weeks ago by way Of Canada
and It was believed the ship would
be tied up here for the duration OF
the war.
Three hundred Of the Queen
Mary's crew were transferred to the
Georgia Monday, TO be returned
home.
pedestrians are not permitted 70
approach either ship and motorists
are not. permitted to stop ~ the
vicinity q the pier.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
Former State. Sen. COOney
Denied He Prepared Bill
That Caused Rufnpus
SANITATION MEASURE
BASIS OF BRIBERY
Demurrer Filed at Start OF
Trial Was Overruled By
Judge COnnley
.tBy DEMOCRAT Staff Reporter)

Hartford, October Is. -
Especial to The Democracy -
States Attorney Hugh M.
Alcorn, ST., failed to win
from State Senator Joseph P.
Cooney of Hartford an adj
mission that he prepared the
public sanitation bill, which
forms the basis of bribery
charges against ex-Represen-
tative John d. Thoms of
Waterbury, whose trial opened in
the Hartford Superior Court this
morning before Judge William H.
Comley, following a conference be-
tween Mayor Thomas j. .Spellacy.
OF Hartford and Daniel j. Leary
Of Waterbury.
Attorney Cooney was the third
witness summoned this morning as
the state opened Its case against
Thoms. the first Of four similar
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
Legal Methods Of Lawyers
lii Conn. Are 'Moss-C Covered

New Haven, Conn, Oct. 25-(UP)
The legal methods Of Connecti-
cut lawyers was criticized last night
by Charles A. Beardsley. president OF
the American Bar Association as
Anticipated. moss-covered and time
consuming"
The procedure, he told the annua!
meeting of the state Bar Association
was one with which Lord Coke.
who died over 800 years ago, would
feel very much at home"
The public, he said, was being
provided with legal services that
are slow, and unsatisfactory and un-
attractive" ssl
He told the meeting the "Volun-
tary State Bar Association, like oil
other bar associations. can only ag-
itate and resolve. that you are whol-
" dependent upon some other agen-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
Mayor Perriello Has
Not Yet Made Decision.
hackers. Friends Anxious to Know If He Will Run on
Independent Republican Ticket-Political
DOpesters Puzzled

Mayor Patrick M. Perriello was
away from his office on undisclosed
business today. and the question OF
whether he would run on the indie
pendent Republican ticket In the
city election Nov. IA still remained
unanswered. One group OF the
mayors advisers insisted that he
would run; another group was as
positive that he would ask to have
his name removed from the Iide-
pendent party,s ticket.
The mayor has been given the
nomination Of the Independent Re-
publican party by petition. The
party has been assured OF q place
on the machines, and the only way
In which 1t will be removed is by
the mayors withdrawal, since he Is
the party's only candidate for Of
flee.
Dopesters Puzzled
Political dopesters are puzzled as
to the result If the mayor elects to
run. Some hold 1t would hurt the
Republican party by taking away
votes; others believe 1t would injure
the Democrats more by attracting
the votes Of some Democrats who
opposed Vincent A. Scully during
the primary campaign.
Should the mayor decide not to
run as an independent candidate, he
is not expected to offer any aid to
the regular Republican slate. The
G. o. p. organization, headed by
Town Chairman ]. Warren Epson,
refused to give him the nomination,
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
NAILS CLAIM TO
SEEK FOR CREW
Asks Russia on DISPOSE
ton Of Seized Ship: Y. S.
Crew Not Mentioned
BY FREDERICK C. OECHSNER

BY FREDERICK C. OECHSNER
UNITED Press STAFF Correspondent
Berlin, Oct. 25-(UP)-Germany
was disclosed today to be negotiating
with Soviet Russia regarding DISPOSE
ton Of the American freighter City
OF Flint, captured by NaA warship
and taken by a prize crew Of Is men
to the Russian Arctic coast.
The negotiations were understood
to include the question Of the release
of the crew. This was first presented
as meaning the American crew Of Al
officers and men who were aboard
the City Of Flint, when it was cap
tured. But authoritative Nazi sources
later said that 1t referred only to the
German prize crew, which has been
irterned by Russia.
No Information
German quarters said that SO far
they had no information as to the
whereabouts Of the original Ameri-
can crew Of the freighter.
It was also learned that the United
States representatives here had not
yet received any official information
from the German government re-
An
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
LUMBER YARD IN
BOSTON BURNS

Boston, Oct. 25-(UP)-An East
Boston Lumber Company yard was
in ruins today after $4,000 fire
swept the waterfront endangering
scores of homes and IS tugboats.
Famed by brisk wind, the flames
destroyed mill house, four 50-foot
boom derricks, several pieces Of ma
chinery and 100000 broad feet Of
lumber being prepared for shipbuild-
ing purposes at the navy yard,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
.ERC|LESS WAR
UPON ENGLAND
No More Peace Talks at
Green Table-BOmbs
Are to Fall
BY JOsEPH w. GRIGG, JR.


United Press Staff Correspondent
Berlin, October IS. = CUP - The
Nazi Press today interpreted For
eign Minister Joachim Won Ribben-
trop's Danzig address as the Ger
man declaration of war against
Great Britain and limited that the
time had come to subject the Brit
ish Isles to merciless bombardment
from the air.
The National zeitung, newspaper
close to Marshal Hermann Goering,
commander of ! the German air
force, said "the moment has come
when the war which Britain wanted
must shower down on the British
Isles themselves. Weapons must
speak"
Other newspapers carried such
headlines as 1.-THE Sword Will De-
cide", Battle, and with Arms
The Boersen Zeitung struck the
keynote of the entire Nazi press
with:
Fight Talk Plentiful
Prom now OH everything depends
not on the diplomatic maneuvers
(Noy,tiforad IN pooe A.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
Russian Fleet Is Already
Bottled Up By Blockade
of German Mine Fields
GERMANY MAY PAY
BY LOSING BALTIC
Both Germany, Russia Are
Embarrassed Now By
Yankee Ship Seizure
BY FREDERICK KUN
United Press Staff Correspondent

tUn1ted FresS starr correspondent
London, October rs. -
CUP = Germany has agreed
to aid in the expansion of the
Russian navy, information
reaching London indicated
today. The reports came as
the American embassies at
Berlin and Moscow investi-
gated the status of the
American freighter, City Of
Flint, which Nazi prize crew sailed
to Russia's Kola Bay.
According to the reports, Germany
would aid Russia in building up its
mysterious fleet in compensation
for raw materials and other sup
plies which Russia has promised to
send to Germany.
Russia announced Sunday that
p. p. Tevossyan, Russian ship
building commissar, would leave for
Berlin soon at the head OF an eco
nomic mission.
Early this year, according to In
formation here, Russia negotiated
with companies In the United States
for a supply Of special machinery
needed in building up its navy.
These negotiations failed. Russia
had been buying machinery Of this
type from Great Britain.
Britain had q considerable guam
tity Of this machinery on hand for
Russia at the beginning of the war,
it was understood. Because of hos
tilities, and possibly, because of Rus
sia's alignment with Germany, it
was withheld.
Ironic Situation
Somewhat ironic situation was
seen here in the idea of Germany
aiding Russia to build up its fleet.
Russia's feet is bottled in he Baltic
effectively now by the German
blockade including dense mine fields.
Sufficient German aid in building
up the Russian fleet, it was pointed
out, might end In Russia obtaining
Baltic supremacy at Germany's ex-
pense.
In connection with the naval re-
ports, 1t was announced at Moscow
yesterday that Russia had agreed to
supply Germany with 100000 tons
Of grains and cereals. Deliveries
are to be started next month and
the order is to be completed within
the next few months.
British naval experts, watching
the City Of Flint incident with nat
ural interest, expressed belief today
that If Russia after interning the
German prize crew released the ship
she would be acting strictly In ac-
cordance with Articles XXI and
XXI Of The Hague convention Of
1907.
Russia Embarrassed
1t was suggested here that Rus
STA might be somewhat embarrassed
by the incident. The promptness
with which the Russian ofiicial
agency announced the City Of
Flint's arrival at Kola Bay was
taken as showing a desire to make
it clear that Russia had no part In
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incident a more serious TURN.
The United States course awaited
development of the full facts OF the
seizure. Secretary Of State Hull
plainly indicated his concern for
the welfare of the crew.
The vessel is in the Russian Port
of Murmansk, according to the Off
cial Soviet News Agency, Tass. But
inquiries of the Russian government
regarding the crew yesterday brought
no information. Ambassador Laur-
ence Steinhardt. who saw high So
Wet officials, was repeatedly in
formed that the Russians did not
know where the crew was. He was
promised the earliest possible data
Berlin Doesn't Know
In Berlin, officials profeSsed ig-
norance Of the incident. Reports
from Norway were that swlleiis the
vessel was brought into the Port OF
Tromsoe as prize Of war last week
to leave hurriedly within a few
hours, the crew was aboard.
The crew may be in Murnlansk. 1t
may have been taken aboard the
German warship, or the Al men may
have been put off in another Nor
wegian port, or along the coast OF
Norway in a nfeboat.
Officials here hoped to clear up
the mystery quickly.
Hull indicated that the govern
ment was preparing to ask Russia
to release the Flint. Hull pointed out
that the vessel carried some so COM
modities, that probably over half
were conditional" contraband, and
something les sthan half were alb
solute contraband.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
NO MORE CABINET
SHIFTS EXPECTED
President Will Feel Secre-
tary of Nays Seat Left
Vacant By Death
BY LYLE c. WILSON
United Press Staff Correspondent


Washington, Oct. 25.-(UP).-
Nomination of a new secretary OF
navy next month after congress adj
journs appears today to be the limit
Of President Roosevelt's prediction
cabinet changes.
He told his regular press confer
ence yesterday that no cabinet shifts
were in prospect. That should set
tie the reports of changes in the
labor, war and justice departments
which have figured largely in capital
discussion.
Ill-concealed friction between
Secretary of War Harry H. Wood
ring and Assistant Secretary Louis
johnson has had the war depart
ment hot and nervous. There were
persistent but unconf1rmed reports
that first one and then the other OF
the Civilian Army Administration
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ones, involving former state legis-
lators. He related what part he
played in preparation Of the santa
ton bill which brought the Electric
Steam Sterilizer Company Of New
York into such prominence the last
few years.
Attorney Cooney, who was a mem
bert of the State Senate in 1888,
and 81, but not 1895, said that in the
latter year he was a member Of the
law firm Of Spellacy & Yeomans. He
said he had been acquainted with
Mr.. Leary since 1880 and worked
for him in connection with the Steam
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington. Oct. 25-(UP)-Gov-
eminent expenses and receipts for
the current fiscal year through Oct.
23rd, compared with year ago:
This Year Expenses Last Year
SO, 040, 436, 961.24 $2,79S,4S5, 415.24
$1,6Ss, oO4.s51.sS si,74s, 555, sss.ss
Gross Deficit
1926 sI,054,s7s,522. 81
Net Deficit
f,s44,543, 459.26 $I,0ss.530, 0z2. 81
81, sos, 4os. ssSs1 ss.s57.s4s, os4 .44
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Germany Has Agreed to
Build Up Russian Navy
inReturnforR awGoo
American CrewonNa
Seized Ship Missing
Al Men Not Accounted for as Yet-U. S. Government
Has Made Demand on Berlin, Moscow for
Their Whereabouts
BY FRANK McNAUGHTON
United Press Staff Correspondent

Washington October Is - (UP) - The United States
Government sought today amid mounting concern, to
learn the whereabouts of the Altman of the govern
mentowned freghter City of Flint which seized last
week by warship Inability to locate the crew
by inquiries at Berlin, Moscow and in Norway gave the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
THE WORLD WAR
Is YEARS AGO,
OCT. Is, 1914

By United Press
French forces push toward Edea
(Csmaroons).
RattIe around Arxas continues.
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The Weather

Occasional Rain, Warm
Tonight, Thursday
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Evening star., 1939-07-17
Plywood

Very frequently one hears the
statement that plywood is much
stronger than solid lumber. The
statement is also made that ply
wood holds its shape better and
does not shrink or swell. Both state
ments are technically untrue. Wood
Is very strong with the grain and
relatively weak across the grain.
1t shrinks and swells considerabl
across the grain with change in
moisture content and practically
not at all with the grain.
Plywood is made by gluing to-
gether several sheets of wood, the
grain of each layer at right angles
to those next to it. In this way
the strength is equalized in both
directions. The use of plywood also
permits surfaces of highly figured
and matched veneers, giving beau
tiful effects that are impossible to
obtain in solid lumber. With the
great advancement In the making
of modern CLUES plywood may be
both substantial and permanent.
In the typical reproduction of an
18th century sideboard the struc-
tural parts are usually of straight
grained mahogany lumber while the
broader surfaces are of plywood
panels faced with crotch or swirl or
other figured mahogany veneers.
Evening star., 1939-07-17
Marmaade Was Fav0rte Sweetnea in Gandm0ters Dav
Mahogany Used
By Craftsman

Duncan Phyfe, foremost American
furniture craftsman, used mahog-
any almost exclusively, selecting
pieces OF mahogany wood for their
beautiful grain and using these for
the tops Of his tables, fronts OF
cabinets and other large surfaces.
A subtle-free-hand curved line pre-
dominates throughout his work. All
pieces OF Duncan Phyfe furniture
have an effect of daintiness, but
with 1t there is strength of struc-
ture. The lyre-shaped pedestals are
introduced frequently as supports
Tor tables, giving a classic feeling.
This is furthered by various brass
embellishments which are applied
to different pieces.
These decorations on Duncan
Phyfe furniture follow those on
French empire pieces and include
Wreaths, classical figures with drap-
cries. lions feet for tables and
chairs, and lion heads with rings
through their mouths for drawer
pulls. Sometimes the acanthus leaf
is found as a brass ornament, at
other times it is carved in low re-
lief, perhaps decorating the leg of
a table or chair.