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Average Circulation For Week Ending Sept. 11, 1937 47,230 Fair Today; Cloudy Tomorrow Full Report, Page 9 ESTABLISHED 1764, VOL. CI HARTFORD, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER IS, PAGES PRICE 3 CENTS Italo-German Ships Convoy Rebel Subs Mayor Meets Strikers Again Today In Effort To Settle Truck Tie-up Roosevelt Renews Battle For Supreme Court Change Hits 'Odd Man' On Bench Maltbie Says Constitution Protection Transcends Legislation On Property; Cross. Rabbi Feldman Also Sneak Roosevelt Speech 1 Highlights of President Roosevelt's ttt Warns Democracy Is Highlights of Washington, Sept. 17.

AP.) address tonight: Threatened By Delay 1 Chief Justice William M. Maltbie tlon of President Roosevelt: Rt. Rev. I of the Supreme Court of Errors, one Frederick G. Budlong.

bishop of the of three speakers at Connecticut's Episcopal diocese of Connecticut, official observance of the 150th an- who read Governor Cross's pro-' niversary of the signing of the Con-j clamation; Most Rev. Maurice F. stitution, warned Friday that "Any McAuliffe. Roman Catholic bishop weakening of the supremacy of the of Hartford, who delivered the bene-i Constitution, any lessening of a due Miss Anna Kaskas. Met- The state of world affairs brought about iby dictatorships! threatens civilization.

Fear spreads throughout the world fear of fear of invasion, fear of revolution, fear of death. Modern men and women will not tamely commit to one man or one group the permanent conduct of their government. In our generation, a new idea I government the idea that the resources of the nation can be made to produce a far higher standard of living lor the masses. Urges Nation Give Fealty to Constitution and Not Its Misinterpreters; Says America May Be Caught in Tides of Dictatorship Unless Masses Secure Permanent Social Reform respect for it as the fundamental i ropolitan Opera Company contralto, law of the land, cuts far deeper who sang "America the than questions as to the right of I Beautiful," and "The Star Spangled legislation to interfere with prop- and Walter Dawley, or-erty or as to the division of powers jganist. between the nation and the states." i The room was crowded with mem- I Our constitutional democratic insistence of the great mass of our curity and the standard of American Only bv succeeding in that can bers of the Governor's military staff, State officials, of the Supreme Court of Errors, the Superior Governor Cross and Rabbi Abraham J.

Feldman of Temple Beth Israel were the other speakers at the ceremonies held in the Supreme to the worth whileness of our democracy and dissipate the illusion that the necessary price of efficiency is dictatorship with its attendant spirit of aggression. (AP.) President Roosevelt battle for the reorganization of Washington, Sept. 17. returned ajrjrressively to the j- li lhe judiciary tonight with an i jts "fealtv to the Constitution To a scathing criticism of I believe that democratic government in this country can do ail the things which common-sense people have the right to expect. I beheve Court of Errors room of the State leaders of the General Assembly and Library Building.

Others who had private citizens. Congressman Wil-a part in the program were Rev. i nam J. Fitzgerald of Norwich, rep-Dr. Oscar E.

Maurer, of Center resentative from the Second Dis-Church, New Haven, who delivered trict, also was present. The par-the Invocation; Superior Court ticipants and official guests marched Judge Kenneth Wynne, of New Ha- into the room past a line of red- ven, chairman of the celebration commission, who read the proclama- I Concluded on Page 12.) these things can be done under the Constitution. I am determined that under the Constitution these things shall be dene. You will find no justification in any of the language of the Constitution for delay in the reforms which the mass of the American people now demand. Court," he added a warning that unless permanent social reform is quickly assured, America may well be caught in the Tolerance and fair play would disappear here as it has in some other lands if the great mass of people were denied confidence in their justice, their security and their self-respect.

I ask they (the American people) itself and not to its misinterpreters. I ask that they (the American people) give tution itself and not to its misinterpreters. "has cometo doimrrafe-hisht- about- form of government must meet the people that economic and social se living be raised. we insure against internal doub, as give their fealty to the Constitution their fealty to the Consti- What's in a Name Compared to a Title? New York, Sept. 17.

iAP. The election commissioners Lad headaches tonigiU when they got through looking over the va.uous spellings of Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia's name in the wrue-in vote yesterday. His nams was spelled 155 different ways. It wais thss first name thaF stumped most 'of the voter.i, although plenty of them had trouble with the last name and the middle initial.

There wer 61 different versions of Fiorello, th; most frequent being Fiorella. More than 14.000 voters spelled it this way. Schacht Held Definitely Out Of Nazi Post Government Offices Report Minister ofEco-nomics 'No Longer Has Any Influence' Berlin, o--pt. 17. (AP.

The oft-repeated reports that Dr. Hjalmar Schacht's reign as financial genius of the Nazi regime was ended tonight appeared to have been fulfilled. The Minister of Economics was in Italy on "a private trip" and it was disclosed he had not set foot in his office at the ministry for weeks, Business men inquiring at govern- ment offices were told frankiy that Dr. Schacht 'no longer has any influence." There were strong indications thnr tl-jf gifted financier who had steered Germany's financial and general economic affairs for so many difficult years would return neither to his ministry nor the (Concluded on Page 2.) British Report Sighting Two Spanish Insurgents Vessels Being Escorted by Destroyers French, British Patrol Extended Non-intervention Plan Abandoned to Concentrate on More Urgent Piracy Drive London, Sept. 17.

(AP.) The Admiralty kept in close contact tonight with its base at Malta, in the Mediterranean, after British naval sources reported sighting two Spanish Insurgent submarines under escort of Italian and German destroyers. The submarines, both flying the Insurgent Spanish red and gold, were reported moving toward the Insurgent-held Spanish island of Mallorca, in' the western Mediterranean, one convoyed by two German destroyers and the other by two Italian destroyers. The Admiralty, however, asserted that Malta reports that British marines were to be sent to Mallorca were not correct. Officials here said the "Hood" and 'Repulse" "are in Malta now and as far as we can ascertain they will stay there." Non-Intervention Play Ends. London, Sept.

17. (AP.) Great Britain and France abandoned th; ineffectual non-intervention patrol of Spain today to concentrate all their available naval strength on the "more urgent" task of ridding the Mediterranean of "piracy," the mysterious attacks on merchant shipping that have grown out of the Spanish civil war. Simultaneously the Nyon powers in a meeting at Geneva climaxed a week of swift diplomacy by broadening their nine-nation accord to provide for war on not only "pirate" submarines but airplanes and sur-fac; vessels. Clearly showing they intend to go ahead regardless of German and Italian diplomatic thunder, London and Paris mustered warplane and warship armadas in the Mediterranean of virtual war-time strength. More than 150 fighting ships with plane complements were assembling in the sea.

In the face of these sharp rebuffs, Premier Benito Mussolini was not expected to make any serious move until he could personally seek Chancellor Hitler's active support. The Italian premier has arranged to visit Hitler at his Bavarian retreat the last week of this month. Informed British sources declared there was no concern that the Fascist leaders would take any startling action in their conference. These sources asserted Hitler was "not en thusiastic" about takine anv firm stand and that Mussolini was pow erless without him. The important decision to end the non-intervention patrol, formed by the 27-nation non-intervention committee in an effort to keep arms (Concluded on Page 2.) Modern Building May Replace City Isolation Hospital Welfare Committee Studies Plan for Structure in Units Erection of a $330,000 modern hospital building in several units to replace the present structure occupied as the Isolation Hospital is being considered by the hospital committee of the Public Welfare Com mission, it was learned Friday.

If the proposed new building can be erected unit by unit, each to cast not more than $100,000. it may be possible to secure funds for the project directly from the Board of Al dermen. Otherwise it would be necessary to place an appropriation of $330,000 on the voting machines for approval of the city's electors. For several years the Welfare Commission has been agitating for a new building to replace the frame structure on Holcomb street. The building was erected 20 years ago as a temporary structure.

Welfare commissioners say the building long ago outlived its usefulness. the commission authorized its hospital committee to confer with Mayor Spellacy on the situation. Commissioner Joseph W. Hinsley is committee chairman. Meanwhile, at the request of the commission, the staff of Thomas F.

Foley, deputy WPA sponsor's agent, has refigured plans for the proposed new hospital building. The revised estimates place the cost at $330,000. The plans call for a two-story brick building, with nurses' quarters on the second floor and classrooms in the basement, There is some question as to the feasibility of erecting this building in separate sections. If such a program is found impractical, the submission of the total estimated cast for approval at the city election would be the onlv alternative. Big Question Of Moment Arbitration Spellacy to Address Mass Gathering of Union Men at Labor Temple This Afternoon Governor Calls In Authorities Law Enforcement Heads Meet After Reports of Violence; FBI Checks Interstate Angle Mayor Spcllacy will meet with a na.ss assembly of members of the oeal truck drivers union this after-toon at 2 o'clock in the Labor Tem-)le on Park Street in a continued ffort to settle the 10-days-old strike ind reopen channels of highway reight transportation in eastern Connecticut.

This announcement was made at he Labor Temple Friday night vhere the Mayor spent an hour and i half behind closed doors with the trikers. The session was the climax a full day of various conferences leld at number of different places hroughout the city and bringing nto the truck strike for the first ime such prominent figures as Gov. rnor Cross, State Police Commis- ioner Anthony Sunderland, Attor ney General Edward T. Daly, County State's Attorney Hugh i. Alcorn and Hnitcri fit in rict Attorney Robert P.

Butler. I Advised of the tra asportation sit-iation by the operators led by Myles Illingworth, executive secretary It the Motor Truck Association of ponnecticut, Attorney Butler mmediately called upon the Federal bureau of Investigation to probe the to determine whether there been violations of a Federal sta-ute providing heavy penalties for nlawful interference with interstate ommerce. I Few Show up Friday. i The reason for the meeting at the Temple this afternoon is that here were so comparatively ismbers of the union at the session ith Mayor Spellacy 'Friday night. Since notice of the meeting had een pasted only a short time pre-iously, only about 250 members of xcal 671 of theTnick Drivers.

Jhauffeurs and Helpers Union, an iFofL affiliate were present when he mayor, arrived' at 8:10 p. m. Justness Agent, John J. Murphy, ecretary-treasurer of the organiza-ion and official spokesman for the icn, was not on hand to accompany the Mayor into the hall as he iad the preceding night. After the had been going for nearly hour Mr.

Murphy put in his ppearance, stayed 20 minutes and ft again. Question of Arbitration. Mayor Spcllacy reappeared at :40 p. m. to announce the meetins his afternoon and to say that the hole question at present Is wheth- the union will consent to a com- littee of arbitration.

This, pre- umably, will be settled today. At the Labor Temple session the layor said he would not ask the nion to submit any question to j'bitration unless the emD'overs gree to do the same. If the union otes to submit all Questions to rbitration, he will then sk the mployers to do likewise, in which vent there will be a peaceful termi- (Concluded on Page 4.) Jut in Auto Insurance Annulled in Bay State I Supreme Court Decision Boston, Sept. 17. (AP.) compulsory automobile isurance rates for 1937, which cut early 10 per cent from the 1936 gures.

were annulled late today by le Massachusetts Supreme Court. The full bench in a decision by Chief Justice Arthur P. Rugg, iled that Massachusetts Insurance ommlssioner Francis J. Decelles, ad based the rates in part on evi-2iice not introduced at a public it hearing required under the in-irance law. Robert J.

Dunkle, senior member the firm of Obrion. Russell one of the larger insurance said: "My personal opinion Is that the mpanles as a whole will not at-mpt, to collect any more money om the motorist on the 1937 i tea." Decelles had contended insur- ice companies were setting aside ineccssarily large reserves far sses. and reduced this amount by proximately 10 per cent in Ilgur-z the rates. The court, howpver. -Id that Decelless "reserve adjust-ent factor" was not a part of the idence at the rate hearing.

Court, Courts of Common Pleas, Approval Is Given Paving Project Here WPA Work on Program Eventually to Cost Will Start in About Two Weeks The two and one-half million comprehensive WPA street paving program for Hartford has received presidential approval, and "l1! hg started in about two weeks. Thomas F. Foley, deputy WPA sponsor's agent here, was notified Friday by the Hartford District WFA office. Thirty-four streets are incluled in the combined project which would require two years for com- pletion. Of the total cost 008.62 the Federal Government will pay $1,001,505.63 and the city as sponsor, First to Be Started.

Hillside Avenue and Barbour and Capen streets will be anions the first streets to be started, Mr. Foley announced. The program will be pushed as rapidly as possible, the speed depending on weather conditions and the availability of WPA labor. As projects are ready to be taiinchedrthe Common Council, Mr. Foley said, will be asked to appropriate funds to cover the city's snare of the cost.

WPA authorities Friday also notified Mr. Foley that the last of reinforced road on Windsor Street was poured Thursday. Th new roadway is a mile long and four lanes wide. It extends from -iie railroad underpass to North Main Street which leads to Windsor and Springfield. The new asphalt road on Garden Street, between Albany Avenue and Greenfield Street, will be comnletec! about October 15.

Paving of Laurel Street between Capitol Avenue and Farmington Avenue another WPA project was completed on 1. 34 Streets in Project. The 34 streets included in (he blanket paving project are as follows: Hillside Avenue from New Britain Avenue to Park Terrace, Whitney Street from Asylum Avenue to (Concluded on Page 2.) and Events to Present Impasse er' ers gradually increasea ana picKet-ing tightened up. September 11 Hearing in State Labor Department proved fruitless. September 12 Retail delivery truck tieup threatened here.

September 13 Membership ot union more than doubles to 1400. September 14 Efforts by the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration to settle strike failed with the closed shop being the key issue. September 16 Mayor Spellacy called in representatives of both parties and suggested a compromise wage increase plan which was rejected by the strikers. September 17 G-men asked to investigate to determine whether there was- Illegal Interference with interstate traffic in stopping through trucks. Three trucks stoned, one driver claims buckshot fired at truck on Maple Avenue, Governor holds conference on situation.

Mayor Spellacy again meets strikers. Summary: At present approximately 825 truck drivers are out on strike. Areas affected are: Hartford. New Britain, Willimantlc, New London, Norwich. Danlelson, Jewett City and Middletown.

appeal that the nation give and not to its misinterpreters." the "odd man on the Supreme Otides of dictatorship that have engulfed other lands, He spoke on the 150th an-! niversary of the signing of i the Constitution at a gala open air mass meeting which culminated Washington's ob- servance of Constitution Day. His audience spread across a st amphitheater Just below the Wash- ington Monument. No Reference to Black. Those who listened tonight for a reference to the current agitation over the alleged Ku Klux Klan affiliation of Mr. Roosevelt's only nominee to the Supreme Court were disappointed.

But, the address was studded with assurances that the reform the President seeks can be achieved without Joss of individual liberty. Acres of people stretched before the President as he spoke from a tiny rostrum in the pit of a natural amphitheater known as the Sylvan Theater. The moon shone down brightly while a chill autumn breeza swept 'across the throng. Like many others here. Mr.

Roosevelt wore a light topcoat. Members of the cabinet and friend) clustered around him. Estimates of the crowd varied from 50.000 to Only by raising the living standards of the masses, Mr. Roosevelt said, "can we ensure against inter nal doubt as to the worthiness of our democracy and dissipate the illusion that the necessary price of efficiency is dictatorship with its attendant spirit of aggression." Hs added: Action Demanded Now. "That is why I have been saying for months that there is a crisis in American affairs wh.ch demJ.nos action now a crisis particularly dangerous because its external and internal difficulties reinforce each other.

"Purposely. I paint a broad picture. For only if the proven is seen in perspective can we see solution in perspective. "I am not a pessimist, I believe that democratic government in this country can do ail the things which common sense people, seeing the picture a.s a whole, have a right to expect. I believe thai; these things can be done under the Constitut.on, witnout the surrender of a single one oi the civil and religious liberties it was intended to But.

he continued, while the framers of the Constitution produced a "layman's document," for 150 years "we have had an unending struggle between those who would preserve this original broad concept of the Constitution as a layman's instrument of government (Concluded on Tage 3.) The text of the President's Constitution Day Speech is on Page 11. President Trip to to Make West Coast Starting on Wednesday Washington. Sept. 17 (AP.) President Roosevelt announced tonight that he would leave Hyae Park the middle of next week for a trip to the West Coast. The White House announced that the President would leave Washington tomorrow night for Hyde Park and start the transcontinental trip Wednesday night, returning to the capital probably early in October.

No formal speeches have been arranged for the trip but the President will stop at Yellowstone Park and Inspect a number of the larger Government projects, including the Bonneville, Fort Peck and Grand Coulee dams. Mrs. Roosevelt will accompany the President on th trip and they will visit their daughter, Mrs. John Bocttiger, in Seattle. State'sMutual Saving Banks Reach Peak Deposits at AllrTime High, Reports Perry; Total of $719,029,000 on June 30 BY A.

E. MAGNELL. Deposits in mutual savings banks in Connecticut are now at an all time high. Bank Commissioner Her Perry, with a degree of pride says: "Deposits in our 73 savings banks attained a to al of $719,029,000 on June 30 this year and this is a peak for' all time of which we have records." "It is also a matter of pride that we also point to a record total of number of accounts, this being 981.611" Commissioner Perry continued, adding: "And we expect that these figures will be eclipsed by December 31, 1937." $67,477,000 Recovery From Low. The State Banking Department records disclosing deposits of as of June 30 revealed an increase of $25,679,000 over June 30.

1936. The maximum of deposits of the prosperity period was in 1931, so that the present to- tal shows a gain of $27 972,000 over that figure. The total of in 1933 discloses a present recovery of $67,477,000. The all-time high of 981.611 accounts at midyear shows an increase of 31.652 over June 30. 1936.

Compared with 926.795 In 1931 the increase is 54.916 and against th "depression low" of 1932 shows an increase of 75,918. Nearing 1,000,000 Accounts. Bank Commissioner Perry declined to anticipate or prophesy what the year end figures may be. On the basis of gains indicated during the year ended June 30, 1937 it is conceivable that the number of accounts will approach well towards 1,000.000 or at any rate that to.al will probably be attained before many months. If Connecticut now has a population of 1,700.000 (the last -census figures revealed 1.G06.-000) the ratio of savings to the population is high.

An estimate of the amount of savings deposits by the end of this (Concluded on Pare 2.) Truck Strike Facts Which Led Pertinent facts regarding the truck strike and the events which led up to it are given below: August 7 One year contract between operators and drivers lapsed and efforts of representatives of both parties to draw up a new agreement failed. August 8 Five hundred drivers, members of Local 671, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers, empowered their executive council and wage committee to call a strike if their demands were not met. Demands An increase of 10 cents an hour; extension of the running time base of pay from Hartford to New York City from 6'i to 8 hours; one dollar a night expenses for over-the-road drivers; and the closed shop. Negotiations For several weeks, representatives of both operators and drivers met but were unable to settle their differences. September 7 Sudc'en strike called at 8 p.

about 450 drivers quit work. September 8-10 Number of strik i New Dealers Nominated In New York Copeland, Defeated in Primaries hy Mahoney, and LaGuardia, Not tO Run as Independent New York. Sept. 17. (AP.) Tammany's old guard was left gasping I tonight under an avalanche of votes that pushed both major parties be-I hind pro-Roosevelt candidates for tne November mayoralty election.

Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia, Re-publican-Fusionist and supporter of the President, was renominated by a wide margin in yesterday's primary election over Senator Royal S. Copeland, Tammany Democrat who sought the backing of both parties on the strength of his anti- New Deal stand in Washington. In the Democratic primary, Senator Copeland was overwhelmed by the pro-Roosevelt candidate, Jeremiah T. Mahoney, who rolled up a plurality of almost two to one.

Copeland, after mulling it over" for several hours, accepted defeat and announced he would not run on an independent ticket. A striking feature of the election was the Democratic write-in vote for Mayor LaGuardia, who conducted what virtually amounted to a sit-down campaign while the two other candidates were slamming away at each other in the bitterest primary seen here in nany years. Democratic Vote. With all but 50 of the 3797 precincts accounted for, the Democratic vote stood: Mahoney, 412.887. Copeland, 240.886.

LaGuardia, 56.099. The write-in movement, precipitated during the closing hours of the campaign, was. credited largely to the American Labor Party, a new factor in the New York politica' scene which has named LaGuardn as its candidate in the general election. Republican Vote. In the Republican primary the vote was, with 4(1 districts missing: LaGuardia.

79.862, Copeland, ".6.560. A cry of illegal, was raised by David B. Costuma. one of the four (Concluded on Page 3.) Michigan, said the defeat of the Supreme Court proposal "not only saved this constitutional anniver sary from becoming a hollow mockery but also it saved the soul of the republic." He Spoke at Detroit. luu tan neter limhc a twain th.

rr. ajH "You can never make a tyrant firmative enslavement. It is answerable to a Constitution which you can change any time you please. But you can make any sort of monster, suited to the prevailing appetite of the ruling passion, out of a supreme congress or a supreme executive." Secretary Wallace, speaking in Washington, said trouble always had followed any narrow approach to national problems which departed from the broad spirit of the founding fathers and added: 'When a Supreme Court, not re sK)nsible ,0 tne people, invalidates gn RCt of CongrejSS on tne grounds of polirv can Msily be seritms trouble unles the court Ls animated bv thp mo.t slnrere dMire contlnu. jly ,0 formulate in line with Concluded on Tage 12.) Hull Stands By Embargo Over Protest Receives Complaint From Japanese in North Threaten to Entrap 50,000 Chinese Washington.

Sept. 17. (AP.) The United States stuck tonight to its partial embargo on war implements for China and Japan despite a fervent protest from China. Showing unmistakable signs of an emotional upset, Chinese Ambassador C. T.

Wang called on Secretary i or State Hull to declare that the embargo was a blow to his countrj'. I The Chinese view is that the; United States action is damaging to China anu indirectly beneficial to Japan, because the latter country is i in a better position to make its own weapons. Replying to the ambassador. HuJ merely desclared that the President's action in clamping on the export restrictions was a Government order which spoke for itself. Die ofBer forbade Government-owned ships to carry war implements to the fighting nations, and warned privately-owned American ships that they transport such material at their own risk.

The action was not, however, a formal invocation of the Neutrality Act, which carries more drastic restrictions. Criticism of the President because he has not invoked the act was voiced tonight by Representative I Fish, Republican. New York, 'ine President has encouraged war hy steria in the United States by talking about the crisis in China and the fear of war in every American household," Fish's statement said. Nanking Regrets Ban. Nanking, Sept.

18 (Saturday) (AP.) A Chinese government spokesman today disclosed that China's bitter disappointment over (Concluded on Paee 2.) Today's Index News. Page Washington correspondence 2 Obituaries Affidavits say Black Klans- man 5 Greater Hartford news 6 Radio 8 Steamships 9 Society, personal notes 11 Roosevelt's speech 11 Theaters 12 Sports and sports comment Finance and business 16-18 Real estate 18 Church services 20 Editorials. People's Forum, Lighter Side 10 Feature. Irvln S. Cobb 2 Frank R.

Kent 2 Paul Mallon 3 H. R. Baukhage 5 Feminine Topics 7 Pets On Parade 7 Woman's page 8 Cross-Word Puzzle 8 Winning Contract 8 Frederic Haskln 18 Classified advertisement ....18,19 Tomorrw's Sun Joseph Lewis Chadwick 20 Constitution Day Oratory Centers Around Supreme Court Packing BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Constitution Dav observances re- vived again the arguments which 1 swirled for months about President Roosevelt's Supreme Court pro- posal. i i Opponents hailed the defeat of the high tribunal; supporters argued the court had forgotten the precepts of the founding fathers.

One of the sharpest attacks on the court came from Secretary' Ickes who told a Pittsburgh audience It had become a "supergovernment." Praising what he called the attempt of the President to "make the Judicial branch of our government cooperate as the Constitution intended that it should Ickes said: "Nowhere in the Constitution do 1 find that there was any purpose kkirc in a smau group oi men selected for life, and therefore be- yond the reach of the people, the power to function as a super-leg- i Mature. And yet during the course of the years this is precisely what llrts liayn -IIP -(i. Senator Vandenberj, Republican, I.