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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
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West Hartford, May l5 - (UP) =
 Striking workers at the Pratt &
 Whitney Division of Niles -Bement- Pond Company, went back to their original demands for an "181h cents an hour across e-board' increase today, as a battle of oud-speakers ragged at the factory gates in the third day of a company back-to- work movement. Although both sides agreed at a conference with Gov: R. E. Bald win yesterday to reopen negotia- tions through the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration, there was no letup on the company's part to induce the strikers to return, or on the unions part to keep them off the job until new contract was signed.
 Louis Kingsbury. publicity chair man for the CI.O. United Electric al, Radio & Machine Workers, said that fewer workers went into the plant today than the 33 who passed the picket lines yesterday.
 Legal picketing, prescribed by State Police Commissioner Edward J. Hickey, was maintained at all gates and there were almost as many local and State Police on the lines as picketS. There were no demonstrations, but everyone who went through the gates got 6 Bronx cheer" over the simplifying system.
 Delegations from half a dozen other union locals lin the greater Hartford area were on hand to SUD- port the P. & w. local.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15

ment, the attack seems point
 less and the document accord
 ingly seems merely to be an at
 tempt to spread COmmunistic
 propaganda"
 T don't need to tell you,' he said, "that the United States does not favor communism-eithe in the United States nor Japan"
 But," he added it has been our firm belief that, in accordance with the provisions of the Potsdam Dec- laration, the Japanese people should be as free as the people of the United States to develop their own political activities"
 Atcheson said he believed the Control Council should direct its activities toward the democratiza- tion of Japan.
 It is not consistent with our clear duty in that respect for any Council member to give support in public meeting of the Councillor other wise-to any one Japanese political party" he declared.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
For Thomas Reeves
 French Post Asks Field Dedication

Thomaston, May 15 - Clifford R French Post, American Legion voted last night at 9 largely at. tended meeting to send a formal re- quest to the Board of Selectmen tc name the former McGrath's Field now used as an athletic site in honor of Thomas Reeves, first man from the town to lose his life in World War II.
 Reeves, . chief petty officer in the Navy, was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Har- bor. He was awarded postuGn- 0usly the Congressional Medal of Honor for acts Of bravery far beyond the call of his duty. He was the only man in Connecti- cut to receive the highest honor the country can bestOw.
 The Legion reels this athletic field should be a permanent monu- ment to his bravery and memory. They want the field to be suitably developed as such.
 Eleven veterans of World War II were admitted to membership in the post, namely, William Mosley, Robert Anderson, Reopard F. Hewitt, James Haddon, Harold E. Dayton, Joseph P. DarasE, Peter w. Swain, Mario Picco, Frank Pic co and William J. Blacker.
 The pest also voted to spOn- sor the mewIy-0FganlSed Drum Corps and to purchase. uniforms when the corps ls sufllciemtiy organized. Two boys from the high school Will represent the nest at Che DoyS' state Meet Nhich will be held this year At tIie Univefsitv cs C0nenctiCtit
 St0rr
 NiIIiaA ..SKer and John Mor-
 Here tanned to form q firing to represent the post in the
 Memorial Day parade here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
Fronco lies Own Defense
 Denies Regime
 Is Dictatorship

Madrid, May 15-(UP)-General. issimo Francisco Franco's vigorou! defense of his regimes free chris tian democracy" which he said satisfied the Spanish people, was interpreted by monarchists today as heavy blow to prospects of an early restoration.
 Franco failed to mention the pos sible evolution of Spain toward monarchy during his long speech before the snew Parliament last night. He had alluded to the pos sibility in earlier speeches, and monarchists had hoped for Some- thing specific after negotiations be- tween Franco's emissaries and Don Juan, the Spanish pretender, in Portugal.
 Those who think his regime is a dictatorship are stupid" Franco said. He stressed that all SpaniardS can appeal to the courts to protect their rights, said the country had solved its political problems and made clear that the government in- tended to continue along its pres ent rate. He reiterated that Spain was neutral during the war but had helped the Allied cause.
 By implication Franco once again attacked Russia. He said his re- gime and Russia had not established diplomatic relations because of theological differences. With irony he said:
 Everyone knows who threatens the world who conspires, who threatens other countries, but no one pronounces that name. No one now speaks of Finland. nor the German Russian pact nor the Bal tic States. It is only Spain that con- stituteS world danger"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
Operators Force Lock On Issues
 NegofiotoFs 60
 To White House
 On New SfaLemnfl
On NeM SfoLemnfa

Washington, May 15.-(UP)-SofI coal operators today rejected John L. Lewis demand for $7000000u welfare fund on the. ground tnat 1t was "a new social theory and philosophy
 The operations decision forced the prolonged wage negotiations into a new deadlock. It was
 disclosed in . statement read tO Lewis and other United Mfne Workers (A.F.L.) leaders at the
 opening of todayis bargaining conference.
 It ended whatever small hope. :. there was that the miners and operators could go to the White House with an agreement today as requested by President Truman last week.
 Lewis demand involved 2
 percent payroll assessment. Min
 CTS would not contribute to the
 fund, but the union would ad-
 minister it.
 The operators said the union had proposed no restrictions upo tha expenditure of the money and that the industry "unequivocally rejectss the proposal for these reasons:
 First, the committee would not exercise such authority and make commitment of this character for the industry, and further, this matter does not go to the question of wages, hours or working condi- tions.
 Second, that the plan consti- tuteS double taxation on the in dustry for social welfare, for which it is now paying approximately 10 cents per ton. ...
 Third, that it is matter of public concern and is therefore a problem that should be considered not by this wage conference but by public legislative bodies and then only after complete and thor ough investigation by such legis- lative bodies of all the problems in- volved." N
 The operators said the indus
 try had paid more than $6L-
 OOO,OOO in social welfare taxes
 during 1914.
 "This proposal presents to the. conference new social theory and philosophy, the effect of which would extend to every industry in America, and as such must be con-I sidered and acted upon, and not as one relating to the coal indus try alone -"
 They said the union pro-
 pOsal in effect imposes slarge
 tax" on industry and the pub-
 liC.
 Tt encrOaches directly upon
 the function of Government by
 usurping the taxing powers and
 the problems of social welfare
 and would result in increased { cost of coal and less in the tax
 income of the government"
 they said. ..,..s ' \
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
AnslOers Council M,Arthur Informs Red U. s. Doesn t Fau0r Communism

Tokyo, May 15-CUP) = Soviet Russia's delegate to the Four Power Control Council was informed today by Gen. Douglas MacArthur'S per- sonal representative that the Upit- ed States does not favor Com mupism-either at home or in Ja- pan.
 George Atcheson, Jr., MacArth- ur's Council spokesman, empha- sized, however, that the Communist Party enjoyed the same rights in Japan as other political groups.
 Council members were discussing an anonymous note protesting vari- ous Allied policies when Atcheson looked straight across the table at Lt.-Gen. Kuzma Derevyanko and said:
 It seems to me patent that
 it (the motel constitutes essen
 tially an attack upon the pres
 ent Japanese government. As
 that government has resigned,
 and is carrying on only pend-
 ing formation of a new gOvern-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
Waterbury Mon Held for Theft

Naugatuck, May 15-Over 2,5OO pairs of boots were among articles recently stolen from the Old Shop storehouse of the United States Rubber Company. The robbery led to the arrest of three men by De- tective Anton Nelson of the State Police and Captain Anthony Ma lone of the local police.
 The men charged with conspiracy will be arraigned in Borough Court May 20 and are under $2,0OO bonds. They are Joseph Petreycick, 3129 Roosevelt Street, Bridgeport; Peter Marini. 796 Baldwin Street, Water bury, and Lawrence P. Owens, 29 Johnson Street. Beacon Falls.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
State IT ronsit Strike Ayerted

New Haven, May 15.-(UP- -In- clusion of pension provision and union checkoff in a new contract dissipN&ed strike threats by some 1900 trolley car and bus operators of the Connecticut Company today.
 Samuel F. Curry, business agent of the AE.L. Amalgamated Asso- citation Of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach employees, said the terms had been accepted by the workers and that ''so far as we're concerned, we have accomplished what we set out ct do."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
Two Points In Dispute
BuHoIo, Detroit Issues Considered

The feared last-minute hitches tc settlement of the American Bras. Company strikes in Connecticut be. came reality today.
 Union and management rep-
 resentatives, in going over their
 respective drafts of the prOpOs-
 cd new contract, at 3 confer
 ence this morning, found them
 selves differing on two points,
 The Democrat learned. This de- velOpment darkened a picture
 already made gloomy by the
 unions charge that the cOm-
 pany had violated an agreement
 to offer settlement terms to its
 striking employees at Buffalo
 and Detroit comparable to those
 advanced here.
 The strike strategy committee of Mine, Mill & Shelter Workers Union AB.C. locals in Waterbury, Torrington and Ansonia went into special session at the Garden Build ing late this morning.
 The new settlement obstacles came shortly before contract rati- f1cation meetings scheduled for to- day in the three cities. The Ansonia local was to meet at 3 this after noon, with the Waterbury meeting scheduled for Garden Hall at 4:3O. The Harrington unit will meet at 2 tonight in White Eagle Hall.
 John J. DriscOlI, State C.I.O. secretary and chairman of the Naugatuck Valley negotiating
 committee, said that settlement
 plans had taken a "cruciaI
 turn" He charged that at Buf-
 falO and Detroit the manage
 ment Is now insisting on the same uniOn-busting tactics over grievance and m ana ment
 clauses that held up settlement here"
 J. Harold Madden, director of in dustrial relations for the company, could not be reached. He was be- lieved to be attempting to secure a full report on the status of ne- gotiations at Buffalo and Detroit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
Seymour Rider Drowns in Car

Derby, May 15-(UP) Philip Beecham, 28. Seymour; was drowned today and three others saved themselves with only minor injuries, when their car plunged in to an industrial canal near the Derby Sponge Rubber Products Company.
 Frances Kusako. A. and Wanda Karkowicz, 24, both of Ansonia, and Robert E. Bentham, 24. Seymour. driver of the car. smashed win- dow of the submerged car and swam to an efnbankment where they were helped to safety.
 Bentham told police he mistook an opening between two parked au- toinobiles for the entrance to a bridge across Naugatuck River.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
Fear Impressions
 Mental Hospitals Inquiry Disputed

Hartford, May 15-(UP)-O OpinioA was sharply divided today on the advisability of Investigating the States mental hospitals and homes for feeble minded.
 Supporters of the proposal claim- ed at hearing before the Senate Public Welfare and Humane Insti- tutions Committee that conditions are 'intolerable" and should be looked into at once. Sen. Cornelius J. Mulvilhill, O-Bridgeport), spon- sor of the measure, said tits up to us to find out once and for all If we're carrying out good pro gram. Let's be frank about it.
 Opponents of an investiga-
 ton declared that the facts are
 already we'll known, and main-
 tained that more positive ae-
 ton should be taken, especially
 the raising of attendants wag-
 es. Rep. Eleanor H. Little, (R-
 Guilford), said "an investiga-
 ton would do more harm than
 good. It would create a feeling
 among people who have reIa-
 tiveS in institutions that some-
 thing is wrong, and it would
 make the jobs at the institu-
 tiOns seem worse."
 Rep. John E. Lamb, (R-Plain- ville), House chairman of the Well fare Committee, declared, '"The in- stitutionS are well conducted and the unfortunates are well cared for" He discounted report that two murders and a suicide have oc- cured among inmates during tnd past six months. "Just story" he said.
 Senate Democrats were re- ported today to be favOring am addition of $60 to the amounts specified on the state employees pay boost bill. The measure as originally drafted called for an increase of $24O year for those caring less than $1,9SO and $lSO those earning more. The upper House Public Personnel com mittee was understood to be preparing favorable report on a bill which specifies the actual amount of increase for each worker. The House committee preferred . measure which granted a lump sum appr0pria- tiOn of $S,439,OO0 the personnel board.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
BITCHES MAR A.B.C. CONTRACT
.Senute Saves .Conscription
 President Signs
 Before DeodIine

Washington, May 15-WP)-Teen- age boys, prime source of new mili- tary manpower, today received { 45-day draft reprieve in stop-gar legislation extending the Selectivt Service Act until July 1.
 The Senate passed the
 HOuse-apprOved extension bill less than six hours before Sel-
 ective Service was scheduled to
 expire last midnight. It was a
 weak, watered- down version of
 America's formerly two-fistd Draft Law.
 Tn Senate was not satisfied, and neither was President Truman when he signed the bill into law. But it was the strongest measure that the House would pass.
 It exempts teen-agers and fath- CTS from the draft. Selective Serv- ice Director Lewis B. Hershey flashed word to local draft boards to stop inductions of youths who have not yet reached their 20th birthday.
 Secretary of War Robert P. Pat terson said the action means the Army probably will be forced to keep previously-drafted youths in service two years instead of only 14 months as now planned.
 The President, Secretary of
 War Robert F. Patterson and
 Congressional leaders Joined in
 branding the stripped down
 draft measure Q bad biII,p im-
 peFilling fnlfiIlment of the na-.
 tion's international commit ments. The White HOuse an-
 nOunced that MT. Truman would issue a statement today.
 The Senate, faced with a mid- night expiration deadline, was forced to accept the 11Ouse amend Knel1ts exenpting teeh-age young sters and fathers. But the weak ened extension bill preserved the bare draft machinery and provisions for veterans unemployment rights, presidential seizure of strike bound industries and Government control of conscientious objectors.
 The War Department and Selec- tive Service officials said the ex- emptions would prevent the Army from reaching its goals of 1,55O,O00 men by next July l, and 100000 by July 1, l947.
 Selectiye Service maintained the teen-age ban would cut the man. power pool subject to the draft to 72,O00 men. On the basis of past experience 50 percent of those elig- ible because of age probably would be rejected for physical and other reasons.
 Hershey ordered draft boards
 to continue filling their calls for
 men from the age group of 20 through 25 although legislation permits inductiOns of men 20 | through 29 years old. This nar- rowed group would yield a pool of only 5S,600 eligibIes. j He instructed the boards to con- ;inue registration for the draft of | L8 and l9 years olds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
Lewis Welfare Fund Sour
Air Service ,ToWuterbury Authorized
 CAB Asks AirIines
 To Sturt Fliqhts
Ms Soon 0s PossibI Ie

Waterbury and New Haven are the oihly two Connecticut cities not now Hossesslne flight service auth orized hy the Civil Aeronautics The CAB yesterday asked le air lines toAstart flights as soon as pos- sible to p5 cities not now receiving authorized flight service, the United Press reported today.
 Although the Northeast Alr-
 lines holds . franchise tO Oper-
 ate stop service to Waterbury,
 the city has never been author
 ized for actual service becanse
 1t does not possess an airport.
 At preSent the city has temfa-
 tive plans for . es,5o0, ,Oee air-
 port whose construction may
 get underway this year. other
 Northeast franchised cities, not
 authorized, are Manchester N.
 H, ProvlncetOwn, Mass, and
 White River Junction, Vt. The
 New Haven franchise (not yet autherised) Is held by American ! AirIines.
 1 Service to.l8 of these 65 cities had ,een suspended during the war be- cause of aircraft shortages or for military reasons; service to 39 other tities has not been irlaugurated de- spite authorization to do so; and flights to the remaining eight cities had not been started for reason of national defense.'
 Waterbury's proposed $3,5OO,-
 600 Glass 3 airport will undOubt- 2 edIy receive flight service auth-
 Orixation from the CAB, Iocal
 authorities said today. L.. T.
 Scott-Smith, Waterbury's city
 plan engineer, who has helped
 father plans for the city's pro-
 posed airport, said today that
 CAB approval would undoubt-
 edlly be granted once the city's
 plans were approved and then
 completed.
 Under the new Federal bill whereby municipalities such as Waterbury, receive 50 per cent of the airportss costs in Federal grants, the municipality must have CAB approval of their plans before the Federal aid is granted" MT. Scott Smith told The Democrat.
 Approval of plans fer con-
 sgructi0n and qualification for night service are almost synOn- oEhOus, the city plan engineer indicated. Once the city has Its plans approved and follows thApugl with them, the flight cerklficati6n aImost aMtOmati- caIty follows.
 Tho Northeast Lines is nov under nergAr consideration with the Gen. tral Airlines the latter one of the largf st in the country. Once this mer er is approved by the CAR 1t will 3mean sustained flight service for Eaterbuxy by means OG one air line. The CAB has not yet given finaY decision on the merger, hear ing on which were conducted in Zshington two weeks ago.
 Regarding service which has not been started for authorized cities, CAB said that if there is 'nO reasonable likelihood" of 1t being started soon it ma, .'wish to give further e0nsidera tion to the matter of what
 ton may be required in |
 public interest to provide
 transportation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
Today;s Forecast

Connecticut - considerable cloudiness tonight and Thurs day with some fog develOpment tonight and with possible after noon showers Thursday. Con- tinued mild.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15

Washington, May 15-(UP)-Teen- age boys, prime source of new mili- tary manpower, today received { 45-day draft reprieve in stop-gap legislation extending the Selective Service Act until July 1.
Evening star., 1946-03-31
Chevy Chase

Mrs. James H. Defandorf enter
tanned IA guests at luncheon and
bridge Thursday at Tilden Gardens.
Mrs. James Lee Oliver was host
ess Friday at the desert bridge
and fashion show at the Chevy
Chase Woman's Club. Her guests
were Mrs. Hazen Colvin, Mrs. Ferd
Schneider. Mrs. E. M. Colvin, Mrs.
Peter Williams, Mrs. Breedlove
Smith, Mrs. James White, Mrs.
Robert D. Murphy, Mrs. Frank Dis
telhurst, Mrs. James Steele Will
iiams, Mrs. Maxwell Stokes and Mrs.
j. Willard Nails.
Miss Bette Burr Meader and
Miss Sally Ann Meader Of Crosse
Point, Mich, are the house guests
for 10 days Of their grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Burr Edwards.
Mrs. Edna Stackhouse of Chicago,
ILL.,, is the guest of her brother
in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
Norman E. Bull.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Finch
have as their house guests their
son and daughter -in-law, 1t.
George A. Finch, jr., and Mrs.
Finch. 1t. Finch and Mrs. Finch,
en- route from Camp Campbell, KY,
stopped at jackson. Mo-, to visit
Mrs. Finch's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lloyd Grader.
Mrs. James H. Pugh entertained
at luncheon and bridge on Friday
at the Columbia Country Club in
honor of Mrs. Charles r. Canada,
who is the guests of DR.. and Mrs.
Charles c. Canada.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred w. Fisher
were hosts at dinner party
Thursday evening to celebrate Mr..
Fishers birthday anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold E. Burton
have as their house guests Mrs.
Burton's brother and sister-i law,
Comdr. and Mrs. r. j. Hewson of
Monroe, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph P. Brantley
were hosts at dinner and bridge last
evening.
Evening star., 1946-03-31
Second in Series
|Of LHncbeOns

The Panamanian Embassy was the
scene of the second in a series OF
luncheons which Sonora de VAL
larino, wife Of the Panamanian Am
oasSador, Is giving during her hus-
bands absence from the city. The
envoy no sooner returned from the
recent Monetary Conference in Sa-
vannah, than he left by plane on an
official trip to Panama City. He is
expected to be gone at least two
weeks.
The 81 guests at the luncheon
Friday were seated at small tables,
each decorated with gardenias, and
Evening star., 1946-03-31

Leslie Bifile, Mrs. Randolph Miner
Mrs Ollie James, Mrs. Richard DON
ovan, Mrs. w. H. Blandy, Mrs. Davis
Elkins, Mrs. Ralph w. Snowden Hill,
Mrs. Robert Walsh, Mrs. Katharine
Collins, Mrs. Burks Summers, Mrs.
John Shugrue, Mrs. Charles Nc
Enerney, Mrs. Martin Vogel, Mrs.
Thomas Cajigas, Mrs. William Coch-
ran, jr., Miss Meredith Howard,
Sonora de Iturralde, Sonora Maria
Teresa Arguelles, Sonora Carolina
Muller and Senorita Hilda Vallarino,
daughter of the hostess.
Evening star., 1946-03-31

the buffet table had a centerpiece OF
pink and lavender carnations and
snapdragons. These same gayly
colored flowers also were used in the
drawing room.
From the diplomatic circle were
Sonora de Andrade, Sonora de Gar
cia Godoy, Signora Tarchiani, Sen
ora de Chevalier, Sonora de Heurte-
matte, Sonora de Quintero and Sem
orita. Ernestine Miro.
The other guests we're Mrs. Fred
M. Vinson, Mrs. j. william Full
bright, Mrs. Tom Connally, Mrs.
Evening star., 1946-03-24
Il Will BE Fought

A GREATER difficulty in getting a
uniform code adopted nationally
may spring from local pride. Certain
cities which now have good modern
codes of which they are justifably
proud may be a bit reluctant to
discard them in favor of regulations
drawn up by the Federal Govern
ment. Their resistance will not be
as serious, however, as that which
will no doubt arise in some quarters
where selfish industrial or labor
interests feel that any change in
existing codes will infringe upon
their special privileges.
These short-sighted attitudes on
the part of either industry or labor
cannot. however, be permitted to
block progress indefinitely. Any arti-
fetal restrictions which make houses
cost more than they should only