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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-14

wages or to develop struggles around
demands for increased wages. Hence
the new quirk in the Roosevelt pro-
gram.
Big Slave Codes
The next step is to prepare the
slave codes for the big five and then
rush these through with the minimum
Of hearings or no hearings at all.
Two new slave codes have been pre-
scented, one for the electrical manu-
featuring industry and the other for
shipbuilding. The electrical industry
which slimbitted It's code will have a
great help in the presence on the
administration OF the act of General
Swope, president of the Morgan con-
trolled General Electric Co., which is
the leading trust in the electrical
manufacturing industry. Swope's
slave code provides for a 35 cent an
hour minimum pay and 35 hours a
week. This wclld provide wage OF
$3.50 for Mr.. Swope's wage slaves.
The shipbuilding codes details have
not yet been made public.
Purchasing Power
The keynote of all the White House
and Wall Street propaganda in the
present stage of code-lnaking is that
wages should be raised in order to
boost purchasing power to meet ris-
ing production output The manu-
facturers all declare that with the
codes in practice the present high
prices will go still higher. They use
the pretext of such starvation wages
as SIP and s13 in the textile industry,
1890 in the electrical industry, and
the $l4 week blanket code for the
vast majority of workers as an ar
gument that wages are going up
While In some, industries and in
some individual cases, there will be a
slight money rise in wages, the real
wages (the amount of bread, food,
clothing, rent, doctors expenses and
the like the money will buy) drops
lower than before.
The talk about raising the purchas-
ing power is the Roosevelt new deal
method of actually lowering the pur-
chasing power Of the masses by lower
ing their real wages.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-14
(RrOOkLun)

T L. D. SONG GROUP WILL MEET AT
sEIGAfEIsTER STUDIO 5f2O-l5th Ave
All interested in workers songs urged 70
attend.
JOHN REED BR. I w o. meets at Work
ers' Center, 27th St and Mermaid Ave.
Convention report and discussions. Every
body welcome.
LECTURE AND DISCUSSION ON IRE
COVERY BILL" at Progressive Workers
culture Club, l59 Sumner Ave.
Saturday
RUSSIAN NIGHT" by Brownsville Br
7. L. D at American Youth Club. 4o7 Rock
away Ave. Adm. 15c.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-14
ROCKEFELLER LOT
WAS SOLD TO CITY
IN BIG 1927 STEAL
To Charge Exhorbitant
Rent for Rooms
BY PHILIP SHORT


DOWNTOWN between Christie and
~ Forsythe Streets instead of tene-
lments there is an empty space Z
blocks long covered with cinders. 1t
isn't very wide space but it looks
! wide, because the shacks around it
are jalnmed SO close together. This
empty space cost the City Of New
York $16,0O0,00O
This piece of cinder covered ground
was a gold mine to James j. Walker
(ex-mayor of New York, in case
you've forgotten) and Tammany,
but, it was and is, a gold brick to
the East Side workers. Gold in them
there slums-1927.
Lack in 1927 Jimmy Walker and
August Heckscher became very
friendly. August (who made a for
tune out of speculation in real estate)
had big idea Jimmy understood
big ideas and this idea was right
up his alley. Heckschers idea was
that it would be a fine thing for
the City to help out the absentee
landlords who couldn't get enough
rent out of their rotten, unhealthy
tenements to pay the taxes. The
thing to do was clear: the City ought
to buy the land, tear down the tene-
ments and then sell or lease it to
somebody who wanted to build nom
profit making homes for the poor.
This would be slum clearance; it
would be a fine thing for the poor,
at least, that's what August said.
THE scheme sounded fine to Jimmy;
II would sound good at election
time, especially after the press agents
got through explaining it. Besides it
sounded as il there might be gold in
them there slums, if the deal was well
handled.
"A fine thing for the Peepul,' said
Jimmy, "sluin clearance A. fine
Thing for jimmy too; a good election
gag and fat commission all wrapped
.'up in some louzy slums.
! The understanding between the
DFriends of the Peeptl' was that 10
) blocks was to be bought and cleared
In connection with the widening of
Allen Street August Heckscher was
very bleezed," SO pleased in fact that
he let the newspapers know that he
was going to give away millions and
millions of his hard earned dollars
and have built with them beautiful
mansions for the workers. But sud-
denly August get shock, he discov-
sred that there was no honor among
thieves. Jimmy pulled a fast one.
JIMMY'S FAST ONE
jimmy Walker decided that he did
MT like the Allen Street property. He
preferred some property at Christie
Forsythe Streets. Jimmy didn't ex-
s plain why, but then, Jimmy never did
/ explain. he Just changed his mind
> Of course it may be that Jinrnys pre-
terence had something to do with his
new friend, John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Maybe. also, that Jitnmy's change of
mind about the Allen St. property had
something to do with Heckscher's
sudden loss of interest in the East
Side and his withdrawal of the Great
Ieckscl1er Fund, which under the
Walker Heckscher Plan was reported
Is being a gift of $4O0o,ooo
oOME people wondered whether
August owned the Allen Street
property and the gift was phony.
others had hunch that the Rookie
'eller's owned Christie Forsythe, and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-14
BOSSES ASK FOR
QUICK CODE MOVE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,

do not want the workers to discuss
wages or to develop struggles around
demands for increased wages. Hence
the new quirk in the Roosevelt pro-
gram.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-14

TOME people wondered whether
August owned the Allen Street
property and the gift was a phony.
others had a hunch that the Rookie
Iellers owned Christie Forsythe, and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-14

that European air was a lot more SAL
ubrious than New York air. Jimmy
decamped with the platinum blonde
girl friend and couple of heavy tin
boxes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-14
T.U.U.L. Natl Board
in Important Meet

tCoNTINUED FROM PAGE ONE
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-12-07
Official Results of 4-Day Chase
Have Not Yet Been Tabulated;
Strange Tales Related
NO ACCIDENTS REPORTED

Deer hunters were out in full force
bright and early each morning of the
open season for hunting the swift foot
denizens of the forest.
The net results of the chase have
not been tabulated, but it is practi-
cally certain that no more deer were
killed this season than last, in spite
Of an extra day for hunting made pos
sible by an act of the legislature by
an act passed year ago, and in spite
of the fact that deer are reported to
have increased greatly in numbers
during the past twelve months.
The open season in Garrett county
extended from December l to Deem
Der 5, inclusive, which really meant a
four-day season because of Sunday on
which day hunting is prohibited.
There were no hunting accidents re-
ported, although the woods were full
of hunters during the entire open sea-
son. When one hunter who had spent
all of the four days without success
was asked how many went in one
party, he replied, "We started out
usually with three or four, and when
we got out in the woods we usually
met up with fifty or sixty more"
Some strange tales are reported.
While many of the veteran hunters re-
turned empty-handed and disguised
with the world, saying this was no
weather for deer hunting, those less
experienced but no less able shots, re-
manned out as long as possible and in
many cases were successful in bring
ing down a buck.
Roy Chisholm, well known to the
more elderly people of the county as
a noble hunter many years ago and a
crack shot with the rifle, celebrated
his SEVENTEEN birthday on Monday by
shouldering his rifle, going into the
woods and after brief absence from
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-12-07
JAMES DODGE DASHED TO
HIS DEATH In AIR CRASH
Was Flying To His Home Near
Town With Companion When
Plane Wing Breaks While
Over Cumberland
BODIES BADLY MANGLED

A plan to fly to Oakland to eat
the Thanksgiving dinner with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
S. Dodge, and remain here a few
days for the purpose of hunting
deer, was never realized when
James Harley Dodge, the son,
and a companion, Preston Lee
Miller, were instantly killed
when their plane lost wing and
fell to the earth near Mexico Farms
airport at Cumberland on Thursday
afternoon. Their bodies were crushed
and battered beyond recognition.
Dodge, staff sergeant at Boiling
Field, and Miller, aviation mechanic,
of Martinsburg, West Va, had OBJ
tanned leave and were travelling in
their private plane, a low wing mon
oplane. They had stopped for dinner
at Miller's home in Martinsburg, w.
Va, and resumed their flight expecting
to land at Weber's in time to get to
the Dodge home, five miles north of
Oakland, for the evening meal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-12-07
KITZMILLER HIGH SOCCER
OUTFIT MEETS BRUNSWICK
Garrett-Allegany Champs Are
Playing This Afternoon

Kitzmiller High School soccer ball
artists who defeated Bruce High of
Westernport recently, will meet
Brunswick High School of Frederick
county on the Bruce High school ath-
letic field, Westernport, this after
noon at 2 p. m.
This is the first time in thirteen
years of competition that a Garrett
county team has advanced in the State
tournament. They defeated Bruce
High, last years state champions, 2
to 1, and upset all calculations. Bruins
wick defeated Hancock to earn the
right to meet the winner of the Gar
rett-Allegany county match. Joe
Erwin will referee.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-12-07
L. M. Fraley Elected Head of
Fire Department

Lawrence NJ. Fraley was elected
president of the Oakland Volunteer
Fire Department at last nights meet
ing of the organization. Other officers
elected were w. R. Browning, vice
president; James Hart, secretary; w.
w. Dawson, treasurer; Emroy Bolden,
chief; Ernest Townshend, Sr., cap
tain; George 7. Kerins, E. A. Shaffer
and Ralph T. Thayer, standing COM
mittee.
Those making donations toward the
purchase of an inhalator included C..
w. Ream, $50; Knights of Pythias,
$40; Cumberland and Allegheny Gas
Company, 500; West Maryland Power
Company, $25. w. R. Browning do
mated turkey which will be given
away at a card party.
DR.. E. l. Baumgartner reported net
proceeds of $106.07 on the Halloween
celebration. Robert l.. Wolf and Lee
R. Mason were appointed to care for
the fire department quarters and the
equipment.
, A. T. Shaw was placed on the hon
orary membership list and H. P. Stuck
was assigned to the active list.
The department will cooperate with
the Rotary Club and other organiza-
tions in providing community Christ
mas tree this year.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-12-07
RED CROSS ROLL REACHES
2O9; FAR BELOW QUOTA
Sixty-Six Additional Names Re-
ported to Chairman This Week

SiXty-six additional names were re-
ported this week to Mrs. Samuel Cole,
chairman of the annual Red Cross Roll
Call, the lists coming from Deer Park,
Oakland, Kitzmiller, Grantsville and a
few additional ones from Mountain
Lake Park and Loeb Lynn Heights.
With this weeks members, the total
now stands at 209. More members
are expected next week, but the figures
are still far below the quota of 600
set for this county.
Those reported this week include:
Deer Park-Nettie Mozingo, Pleas
ant Refs, Elena Pendergast, Mrs. An
ma Clatterbuck, D. P. limbaugh, C..
A. Ashby, Bruce Lohr, Leslie Rode
HEAVIER, Frances Thrasher, Mason Cal
lis.
Oakland-Mrs. Paul McIntire, Miss
Lois Ross, Mrs. Ray Hamill, Mrs.
Thurl Billiard, Mrs. Frank Criss, Miss
Elizabeth Kennedy, Ernest Shirer,
Rev. w. S. Patterson, Mrs. E. 2. Tow
err, Mrs. Arthur Lawton. Mrs. Arthur
Naylor, Rev. D. G. Trimble.
e Kitzmille - Mrs. Ethel Bender,
Grant Pew, Miss Dixie Walker, Mrs.
Earl Pritts, Mrs. Charles Mosser, Mrs.
Maude Hamill, Mrs. James Wheeler,
Miss Mildred Mexican, w. 1. Kinkead,
Mrs. J. A. Bishop.
Grantsville-M Martha Engle,
Mrs. J. F. Fahey, A. C. Stanton, C. U.
Edwards, Mrs. Harry Edwards, DR.. T.
o. Broadwater, William Winterberg,
Miss Kate Bannatyne, Mrs. Harvey
Gortner, Harvey Gortner, Miss Viola
Broadwater, Keller's Drug Store, U.
M. Stanton, Mrs. William Edgar, R.
E. Sliger, Milton Younkin, D. w. Dor
sey, Miss Emma Caulk, Miss Mary
Miller, Miss Vivian Powers, Mrs. Ray
Kinsinger, w. E. Stanton, J. j. Ben
der, c. o. Bender, DR.. Horatio Dor
sey, Geo. w. Diefenbach, Miss Chris
tina Winterberg, Miss Leona Clark.
Mountain Lake Park-John Fitzwa-
ter, Gibson's Store, Helen Gibson.
Loeb Lynn Heights-Loch Lynn
Garage, Harvey e. Ream.
Barton-Clinton P. Michael.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-12-07
SEVENTEEN new HIGHWAY
PROJECTS ARE APPROVED
Four Already Under Way With
Eight More To Start Friday; to
Continue Four Months
INCLUDES STATE ROADS

Seventeen new road projects that
are designed to require the expendi-
ture of 100000 per month for four
months within Garrett county, have
been approved by the State Roads
Commission and the Civil Works Ad-
ministration, according to A. H. Will
son, county road engineer for the
State Roads Commission
Four of these projects are already
under way with eight more starting
on Friday. The new projects will en-
ploy 800 men who were formerly en-
ployed on the twenty-eight R. F. C.
jobs throughout the county.
The work will include improving
county roads to secondary highways
and the widening of State highways.
County road projects include the
Blooming Rose road, 4.39 miles; the
Bloomington mountain road, 2.5 miles;
Hoyes Run road, Sines to Sang Run,
3 miles; Grantsville to Bittinger road,
Is miles; Oakland Underwood road, l
mile of new road and 2 miles of re-
vamped road; North Glade road, "
mile; Table Rock-Kempton road, "
mile; Lonaconing-Merrill road, "
mile.
All roads will have a stone base,
choked with stone dust and will be
known as water-bound macadam.
The widening of roads will be con-
fined to State highways. There are
two projects on Route 81, 8 miles, two
feet on each side; one on Route 50, and
one on the Kitzmiller- Sand Flat road.
Two other projects, one on the Kitz-
miller road and one on the Loeb Lynn
German road, are merely cleanup jobs
eliminating entertainments to make
for clearer vision around curves.
Mr.. Wilson will be in charge of the
county projects, while Harold Rock
will have charge of the State highway
work.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-12-07
Rotary to Have Homecoming

The Oakland Rotary Club is plan
ming home coming on the evening of
December 20, when former Rotarians
will be invited to attend.
Lieut.-Col. C. Seymour Bullock, for
many years lecturer in the New York
evening schools, and lately secretary
of the Boys Work Committee of Ro-
tary International, at Chicago, will be
the speaker. During the World War
Col. Bullock recruited five battalions
of American-born men in Canada as
protest against the sinking of the LUIS
itania in 1915.
o. T. eraser will be the speaker at
the weekly meeting tomorrow even
ing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-12-07
"SUNBONNET GIRL" TO BE
PRESENTED FRIDAY NIGHT
Large Cast in Operetta to be
Given by O. III. S. Glee Club

The "Sunbonnet Grip, a comic
operetta in two acts will be presented
in the high school auditorium by the
o. H. S. Glee Club on Friday, Deem
Der 8, under the direction of Miss
Ruth Conley.
The cast includes Ethelrae yelling,
Margaret Stanton, Dora Spoerlein,
Mary Helbig, Robert Altstetter, Sally
Jones, Irving Broadwater, Ruth Ham,
i'll, Catherine Moon, Richard Gender,
Lillian Miller, John McIntire, John
Michael, John Treacy, and Lena Lam
bert. Besides the cast there are ap-
proximately fifty other members MAX
ing up the chorus. A large crowd is
expected to attend. Tickets are on
sale.
Synopsis
The scene takes place in a small
country town. Susan Clifton, the
Sunbonnet Girl, is the orphaned child
of musical parents. She has been
left in charge of Mr.. and Mrs. Scroggs,
a skinfiint couple who have starved
and stinted her.
AS the scene opens the president of
the State Federation of Music Clubs
arrives in the village with her daugh-
ter Barbara, her son Bob, and his
chum Jerry, to conduct contest for
certain scholarships in music. Sue
asks to be allowed to take part but
Mrs. Scroggs, encouraged by her
daughter Evaline, harshly refuses to
allow it. Barbara, Bob, and Jerry tell
Sue they will try and help her. Sue
tells them that she believes her par
ents left her some property but that
the Scroggs refuse to divulge the ma
ture of it. They promise to help her
by telling the village constable.
The opening of the second act dis
closes all the young people of the
village gathered for the music con-
test. Various members of the group
take part, but when the name of
Susan Clifton is announced much sur
prise is shown. She sings her solo
and is awarded the prize.
Plenty of humor is afforded by
various comic types including Mr..
Scroggs, the henpecked husband;
Jerry, the Breezy college youth; Eva
line, the Shrewish vixen; and Reuben
McSpavin, the simple son of constable
McSpavin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-12-07
DEER HUNTERS OUT IN full FORCE TO TRY THEIR SKILL:
THIRTY THREE REPORT HAVING BEEN SUCCESSFUL

his home returned with fine animal
which he shot on Mill Run, near Sell
bysport.
Another resident, not hunting or
probably not thinking of hunt, killed
the largest deer reported, it being a
14-point buck which courted death by
hobbling into the door yard of farm
house near Hutton when it was shot
by the owner, Victor Kelly, when he
was told of the animals presence by
Mrs. Kelly. The quarry had been
wounded by hunter and in trying to
escape wandered into the Kelly yard.
But the majority of those engaged
in the chase secured the forests for
their deer or waited patiently at the
well-known deer crossings.
While the number of successful hun
tiers does not loom so large, the num-
Der to enjoy eating the venison reaches
quite a large figure, as those who
brought down prize seemed to de-
ligt in passing out choice morsels to
their friends so that as many as pos
sible might share in their good for
tune.
The total list thus far reaches SO,
although only eighteen of these have
been given The Republican as official
by Game Warden Richard S. Brown
ing. The names of the remaining fif-
teen have been learned from various
sources, as follows:
B. w. Harvey, Mt. Lake Park;
Bruce Lohr, Deer Park; Patrick burst,
Oscar Wilt, Jennings; Roy Bittinger,
Ross Rexrode, Swanton; w. A. House,
Accident; M. R. Porter, Frostburg;
James Wilburn, Ollie Dewitt, Hoyes;
Christian P. Coulter, Victor Kelly and
John O'Hara, Hutton; Karl Kahl, Will
liam Coddington, Frank Schell, Will
liam H. Johnson, Oakland; J. ]. Jack
son. These are all official.
Others who succeeded in killing
their quarry were Scott Shreve, Elmer
Kitzmiller Charles Fulk, Stuart F.
Hamill, Frank Browning, Oakland;
Roy Chisholm, Selbysport; John Nc
Bee, Westernport; Henry Patton, Ho-
bart Speicher, Lee Beachy, A. r.
Wright, Grantsville; D. C. Rulings,
Steyer; Cass WEIGH, John O'Haver,
Crellin; Martin L. Groves, Swanton.,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-12-07
Unemployment Manager Urges
All Unemployed To Register

The local National Unemployment
Office wishes to announce that every
one who is unemployed in Garrett
county should register at once in order
to secure positions as they are avail
able. Those on the relief list who are
not registered at this office must do so
under the Civil Works Administration
plan, it was stated.
An urgent appeal is made to those
who have secured employment thru
any othere source to report the fact at
the unemployment office Immediately
so that their applications may be filed
accordingly.
There are about 1000 registered at
the local office, according to Milburn
Mann, manager.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-12-07
ELECT GLADSTONE MORRIS
HEAD OF PYTHIAN ORDER
Semi-Annual Election of Officers
Chosen Friday Evening

Gladstone Morris was chosen chan
cellor commander of the Knights of
Pythias lodge at the semi-annual cleo
ton of officers of that organization
last Friday evening. Others elected
include the following:
Charles F. White, vice-chancellor;
Scott w. Shreve, prelate; ]. J. Ashby,
Jr., master at arms; Lee R. Mason,
master of work; Walter Hardesty,
keeper of records and seal; Milburn
w. Mann, master of finance; A. G.
Gortner, master of exchequer; Arthur
Lawton, trustee; William McRobie,
inner guard; Clayton Winters, outer
guard.
Stanley Stahl and Lee Mason were
named representatives to the grand
lodge, with George Fulk and Harry
Stemple as alternates.
Installation of the newly elected Of
ficers will occur the first meeting night
in January. The rank of esquire will
be conferred upon the remaining nine
candidates at the regular meeting this
Friday evening. Two classes of ten
each were given the rank at previous
meetings. The twenty-nine new men,
bers are a special class, having been
given their first rank at Cumberland
about three weeks ago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-12-07
Civil Works Payroll to Reach
$4,000 This Week

The Civil Works Administration
payroll, covering four days to Deem
Der 1, amounts to $6,133.2S, it was
announced this morning by Miss Ethel
Miller, executive secretary. The av-
erage was % hours of work per man.
The next pay will be for the full
week, and 766 men will be on the roll,
it was stated. The approximate sum
will reach above $4,000.
"Since people have found that they
might be given a 30-hour- a-week job,
many more have applied at this office"
Miss Miller said "Forty-four applied
Monday and SO on Tuesday. There are
still 370 on direct relief"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-12-07
ROAD APPROPRIATION FOR
THIS COUNTY OVERDRAWN
Account for Garrett Is $49,03S.-
&C Over Amount Allotted

Fifteen of the States twenty-three
counties have overdrawn the highway
appropriations due them under the
State maintenance and construction
act of the last Legislature which took
away from the local Boards of Coun-
ty Commissioners the right to build
and maintain roads and placed this
work under the direction of the State
Roads Commission, according to the
financial report of the commission,
made public late during the past week.
According to the report, Garrett
county's overdraft is $49,038.66. The
City Of Baltimore and eight counties
have unexpended balances, the city
having $6S,130.21 to it's credit. Balti-
more, Caroline, Carroll, Charles, Som
erset, Queen Anne's, Washington and
Worcester counties show balances
from $S,65O.68 for Queen Anne's to
$156, 464.98 for Baltimore county. Ov-
erdrafts run as high as $172,441.97, in
Hartford county. Anne Arundel has
the smallest sum in the overdraft, it
being $5,67O.O5.
County Systems
The figures given above do not in
clude the money to be spent on the
Statewide system, but only on the
county systems now under State main
tenance.
Since last March, when the commits
sion begun taking over the county sys-
tens, the employees of the commission
have increased in number from about
1890, with monthly payroll of about
100000, to about 5000, with payroll
of about $343,600.