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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-20
Cokesbury News

Mrs. Frank Harris and two sons
Bobby and Gene of Upper Darby, Pa,
are spending this week at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. v.
Taylor. Mr.. Harris expects to ar
rive Saturday to spend his vacation
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brewer spent
last Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. S.
Disney.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Long and fam
lily visited Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Long at
Princess Anne, Nd, last Sunday af-
ternoon.
Mr.. Estel Bloxom Of Oak Hall, Va,
is the guest of his sister, Mrs. Ralph
Taylor this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fulton Green of Sal
isbury, Md, and Mr.. and Mrs. Green
of this place were entertained to din
ner by Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Disney last
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Cottman spent
Sunday with the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Willard Evans Of Williams
vicinity.
Mr.. Robert Payne of Princess Anne,
Nd, was visitor here this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Buckley and Mr..
and Mrs. Warren Buckley and daugh-
ter, of Philadelphia, Pa, were week.
end guests here at the home of Rev.
and Mrs. T. G. Buckley.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-20

Peninsula General Hospital, Salisbury
on Tuesday as the result Of fall
downstairs. The injury was a SER
ious cut on his head and at this writ
ing no news has been received con-
cerning his condition.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Daisey Of Chin
colleague, Va, are spending some time
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Her
man Marshall.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. f. Yarter, of the
Richardson Show, now at Melfa, Va.
spent Tuesday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William Chapman.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Idvin Suman of Har-
risburg, Pa, and Mr.. and Mrs. E. F.
Brittingham, of Pocomoke City spent
Wednesday with Mr.. and Mrs. A. p.
Long.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Carter and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Hur
ley and children visited at the w. ].
Ross home in Williams neighborhood
last Sunday.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-20

Richardson, his wife, from Jas. E.
Onley and wife, real estate on Main
Street, in Berlin. Consideration, $40
&c.
Bank of Ocean City from Horace
Bluford and wife, the following lots
at Ocean City. Lot on the Westerly
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-20

side of Atlantic Ave. Lot on the
Southerly side of Worcester Street.
Lit at the Southwesterly corner Of
Atlantic Ave., and Worcester St., and
Lot on the Southerly side of Worces-
ter st. Consideration, $500 &c.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-20
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
in CITY AND COUNTY

Orwin <. Howe from Philip c. Den
mis- and wife and another. "The Jesse
Tayor Farm" containing 100 acres,
more or less on the Southerly side of
the State Stone Road leading from
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-20
William II. Scott, Solicitor

Henry J. Burbage VS. Hazel C. Bur-
bage.
In the Circuit Court for WorcesteU
County, Maryland, in Equity.
No. 441S Chancery.
The Washington times., 1934-05-18

at the start and lost more than
2 points but made this up later
in the session. Cerro De Pasco
and American Smelling gave
similar performance.
A considerably firmer tone
came into the list around mid.
day and many of the smaller
losses incurred during the fore.
noon were recovered.
The commodity markets were
quite erratic and mixed. Wheat
after opening down more than q
cent a bushel, recovered to around
yesterdays close. Cotton, though
was inclined to work lower, open.
ing off IS cents a bale and then
extending this to about 40 cents
Silver was quiet and somewhat
easier.
All Sections Rise
The midday furry affected an
sections of the list favorably. Rail
road shares were in particular de.
mand with Atchison, Union Pa.
cific, New York Central, Lacka
wanna and Southern Railway scor
ing gains running from fractions
to two points.
A better tone in American Tel@
phone favorably influenced the
utility shares. United Corp. ap
peared to be a particular favorita
again today being turned over in
comparatively large volume.
InduStrials Better
United States Steel and other irr
dustrial shares also shared in the
further recovery after early hest.
fancy.
General Motors and ChrysleI
also made some headway, but ap
peared to be encountering offer.
ings on the bulges.
The Washington times., 1934-05-18
Standard Sets Pace
In Gas Price Advance

NEW YORK, May II 1N.S0.-
Effective tomorrow, Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey and its
subsidiary, Standard Oil Company
of Louisiana, are advancing tank
car, tank wagon and service sta
ton price on all grades of gasoline
one-half cent a gallon through
out their entire territories, with
the exception of Pennsylvania and
Delaware, it was announced today.
Sinclair Refining Compan
Gulf Refining Company, Cities
Service Corporation, and Ameri-
can Oil Company, are meeting the
advance. Other large marketeers
also are expected to meet the
advance.
The Washington times., 1934-05-18

. e n I q I I e :
e a rlier heSi
fancy marked
by profit taxi
ing.
Such realizr
ing as did APP
p e ar at the
start appeared
to center chief.
ly on the silver
issues, W h i C h
had a S h rp
run-up yeSters
day. Unit e d
S t a t es snelt-
ing ran in t Q
nrOfit takinr
The Washington times., 1934-05-18

we'll that some
of my readers
say to them
selves, He is al
ways criticising
a n d 'deStruc-
tive
Why is this?
Why should a
trained econo-
mist who has
studied history
and philosophy.
who believes in
reforms, a n d
has no selfish
interests b u t
takes a social
The Washington times., 1934-05-18
Eek. Dividend.
SiIver Sends
Dollar DOwn

NEW YORK, May 1S N.N.S.).
The dollar again weakened
today, falling to 1892 cents in
terms of the French franc,
against 1926 cents at yesterdays
close as a result of the unoffi.
cial reports from Washington re-
garding the Administrations
silver program. The table:
The Washington times., 1934-05-18
Volume Yesterday
100000 Shares
STOCK MARKET AVERAGES

Copyright, 1894 Standard Statistics Coz
The Washington times., 1934-05-18


point of view, find it so difficult
to approve what is now going on
at Washington?
One reason, I think, is the cur
rent tendency to go to extremes,
and to attempt reforms by revolu
ton. AS the New Deal' implies,
there is an attempt to start all
over again. But I think that real
progress is orderly and comes
through a process of evolution
which builds on the past.
AS long as we rush from one ex-
treme to the other, we will make
mistakes, and the thoughtful man
can serve best by pointing out
those mistakes. BY suggesting the
limitations of extreme policies, he
will hope to help keep the nation
on the straight course.
In 1929, for example, I and
others were criticiSing speculation,
financial manipulation, overpro-
duction, price fixing by private
monopolies, etc. We went to ex-
tremes in The New Era" days.
Now we are running to extremes
of government control and re-
Striction of production and finan-
Cial processes, and again 1 must
criticiSe.
incidentally, I may point out
as longer readers of this column
will remember-that I criticised
Hoover's Farm Board" and his
failure to enforce the Antitrust
law against the "codes of ethics,
just as I now criticiSe Roosevelt's
AAA and NRA. So it has been
with price fixing" All these
stunts have been equally unsound
and unsuccessful.
The progressive deterioration of
our currency and the undermin-
ing of our commercial banking
system, began under the preceding
administration. Politics has moth
ing to do with the criticism. It Is
a matter of principle.
To my mind, the present ad-
miniStratiOn stands for a revOlU-
tion in government, based on
two extremes extremes
are always bad. One of these is.
extreme "idealism". The other
is extreme cOllectivism, or
"paternaliSm".
Tdealism. as a prestical thing,
means glorification Of the mind
and belittling of the limitations
set by natural environment. It
insists that man can do anything,
and need not count the cost. So
we have the brain trust" endless
plans of control" and huge
deficits.
And as long is this philosophy
prevails we will find Washington
always rushing to "do something"
while sound thinkers will be kept
busy pointing out the futility of
the things done. So it has been
with the gold buying policy"
and the NRA codes. So it will be
with the silver policy.
The extreme idealist, believing
that man can make economic
laws, plunges from one "do some
thing" to another. He will do
anything! His a1ibi is that he is
experimenting.
Recently Mr.. Richberg of the
NRA said that all these Govern
ment experiments are just the
same as the experiments that
business men make. That IS
utterly wrong. Business men act
as individuals. Their experiments
need not and should not be al
lowed to affect the whole nation.
Business men experiment for a
profit and carefully count the
cost; while the New Dealers do
the opposite, and the taxpayer
pays. There is a world of diff
ference.
This takes us into collectivism,
about which will say something
The Washington times., 1934-05-18
EXTREMES ARE
ALWAYS BAD,
HANEY SAYS
BY LEWIS HANEY
professor of Economics, New
York University

Each day as take up my pen
to write, 1 ask mySelf-and I ask
sometimes otherS-What can I say
that will be hopeful? / know full
The Washington times., 1934-05-18
SALT REGULAR

International Salt Company de-
clared the regular quarterly divi-
dend of 371a cents, payable July
2 to stock of record June Is.
The Washington times., 1934-05-18

A home is your castle your
greatest protection a wise invest
home buys advertised for sale In the
WANT AID SECTION of this newspaper.
The Washington times., 1934-05-18
STOCKS CLIMB
AFTER EARLY .
PROF|T|NG
BY LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK, May 18 Q.N.S),
The stock market pushed ahead
again today in its recovery move
The Washington times., 1934-05-18
WASHINGTON STOCKS

SALES -
Capital Traction SIS, $1,000@82.
AFTER CALL
Capital Traction, $1,000@821
$1,00O@82.
Potomac Electric Cons. 5A
ST ,00O@1O512.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23
Jury Brings
Guilty Verdict
For De JOnge

PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. %. - A
verdict of guilty was returned yes
terday by the jury in the case Of
Dirk De Jonge, militant working
class leader and second Portland
worker to be tried on criminal syn
dicalism charges in the wave of
persecution and legal frame-ups
which followed the betrayal of the
general strike here by the A. F. of
L. bureaucrats.
The jury which was out for "A
hours, evidently took its cue from
the presiding judge in ignoring the
constitutional questions involved,
the right of free speech, assemblage
and the right of workers to organize
and strike for better conditions.
De Jonge was Communist can
dBdate for State Senator in the
recent elections and received vote
of 5000.
Donald Cluster, Section Organizer
of the Young Communist League,
was the first defendant found
guilty"
With Portland workers holding
many protest meetings, the Portland
International Labor Defense yester-
day appealed to all workers organl-
cations throughout the country to
show their solidarity with the work
ers of Portland and rush protest
kilograms to State Counsel Stanley
Doyle, this city.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23
Challenge Is Issued
BY NeoUGrk Communists
IN Daily Campaign
''We Are Prepared to Go Over the Top Within
Next Few Days." Says Jersey District
of the Communist Party

With Tag Days for the Daily
Worker taking place tomorrow and
Sunday, the Newark district is pre-
pared to go over the top, in the
$4,000 drive, in the next few days!
Moving fast to finish before
Dec. 1, it has also taken other
steps. Committees have been ap-
pointed to visit mass Organiza-
tions and make appeals for funds.
The District Daily Worker Agent
is visiting the backward sections
and helping them organize their
forces for the completion of their
quotas on time. In addition, af-
fairs are taking place in Pater-
son, Passaic, Garfield and Jersey
City.
Denver and New Haven, there
fore, must hasten if each expects to
beat out Newark for third place
Milwaukee Section Goes Over
In Milwaukee, Section 8 West
Allis) has gone over the top-the
first section in the district to do so.
1t wins the District Daily Worker
banner. It's quota was $3.50.
Units 1903 and 306 did especially
good work. Originally taking a
quota of SIS, the former raised
double that amount. Unit 3O3
raised $50. The Finnish group in
this section contributed another
$50.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23

The Chicago Pen and Hammer,
after doubling its quota from SIS to
$50, has fulfilled its pledge.
But, instead Of stopping, it is
redOubling its efforts among the
professional, intellectual and
white-colIar workers in Chicago,
for the 100000 drive.
1t challenges all other organiza-
tions of its size to raise more money
for the drive than it does.
"By Dec. 1"-Is Slogan
From all parts of the country
units are answering the call of the
Daily Worker to finish their quotas
by the end of this month. From
Unit 5, in the Cincinnati section of
the Cleveland district comes a
pledge to triple its assignment.
THE pledge is $780," writes the
unit. at will be fulfilled this
week"
Unit l in Richmond, Indiana; the
Danville, Va, units; the Plymouth,
Wis, unit; the Dreamland unit of
Hancock, Mich; the Duluth, Mimi,
unit-these are other Communist
Party units which are working with
might and main to finish their
quotas by Dec. l.
No unit must falter. The future
of the Daily Worker depends
upon the 100000 being raised on
time!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23

In the announcement which fol-
lowed yesterdays meeting of the
directors Of the Chamber of Com
merce. Business leaders were
not at all confident the plan could
be made to work if extended to la
Dor" The Chamber of Commerce
let it be known that "they preferred
to proceed on the theory that labor
was an integral part of the other
three groups"
This plan of a united front
against the thirty hour week, the
bonus and other measures advo-
Gated by the workers, found Don
aid P. Richbere. head of the Ma
tional Emergency Council, praising
it," the Tribune declares.
The lines are formed by the en-
ployers and their government to
utilize the coming congress to take
from the workers their elementary
right to organize to strike and to
picket, and to move forward all
along the line with anti-labor legis-
lation. The federal government,
under the slogan Of industrial
truce" is preparing to make arbi-
tration of all the workers demands
compulsory, and thus defeat these
demands and remove any obstacles
to the company unions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23
u. ST. Bosses and Green Plan No>Strke Truce in Stee
Mass Rallies
In Reading Act
On Social Bill
Preliminary Steps Are
Made Toward Unity
of Unemployed

READING, Pa, Nov. 22-The
movement toward real united
front among the several unemployed
organizations existing in Reading,
gained momentum beginning with
preparations for a mass meeting
held before City Hall last Monday.
Initiated by the Unemployment
Council, the meeting was called I'M
der the joint sponsorship of the
Council and the Italian American
Independent League. Early in the
arrangements the slogan of "Un-
employed Unity went out, and
there is developing now a definite
sentiment for the merging of the
four local unemployed organizations.
The mass meeting discussed more
adequate winter relief and the ne
cessity for unemployment insurance.
A resolution demanding endorse
ment by the Mayor and the mem
bers of the City Council of the
Workers Unemployment and Social
Insurance Bill, H. R. 1898, and a
proposal by the assembled workers
for a city poor tax (exempting
workers) to supplement the present
inadequate State and federal relief,
was adopted. A committee was
elected to present the resolution to
the city officials.
The answer Of the Mayor, speak
ing also for the councilmen, though
evasive and apologize, amounted
very definitely to mo" to both de-
mands. He refused to say what
opinion he and the councilmen had
in regard to the Workers Bill,
whether they approved of it or not.
He would only say that they would
not sign proposals or resolutions of
any kind as officials, that their Of
ficial signatures could be attached
only to matters of legislation. In
the matter of city poor tax, the
attitude of city officials in the past
has been that the law did not per-
nit.
Now, however, while admitting
its legality, they decline to en-
dorse the proposal on the grounds
that a city poor tax would penalize
city taxpayers, that it would con-
stitute double taxation upon the
property owners of the city of Read
ing, who, they say, already con-
tribute to the relief of the poor
when they pay their county tax,
part of which finances the opera
tions of the county poor board.
Their attitude plainly is: Protect
the property interests of those who
pay the bulk of the taxes; to hell
with the needs Of the unemployed"
The committee will give it's report
Friday afternoon at a united front
mass meeting to discuss local relief,
called by the Italian american IN
dependent League, in City Hall
Auditorium. All unemployed organ
izationS will be represented by
speakers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23
Fight Opened
To Get Pardon
For Frankfeld
Committee viii Demand
Red Tape Be Slashed
for Jobless Leader

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. 22.-The
Frankfeld- Egan Liberation Commit
tee announced here today that i'm
mediate steps are being taken to
force the State Pardon Board to
set aside some Of the usual red
tape attached to pardon action in
the case of Frankfeld.
Parole for the Unemployment
Council leader now serving a two
to four year term in the Allegheny
County workhouse having been re-
fused by Judge Lewis a petition for
unconditional pardon will be filed
with the Pardon Board at it's next
sitting on Dec. 10.
The customary procedure followed
by the board provides for the re-
ceiving of petitions on the tenth
Of any month, deliberation as to
whether a hearing will be granted
until the next sitting, and if a hear
ing is finally granted, the date is
set for the month following that.
Thus, at least three months elapse
before any action is taken in case
hearing is allowed.
A committee will go to the State
capital on Dec. 10 and demand that
action be taken on Frankfeld's petit
ton Immediately and the hearing
date set so that the board now
sitting, headed by Attorney General
Schnader, will rule on the case
Harvey O'Connor, chairman of the
Liberation Committee, in state
ment issued today emphasized the
need Of further intensifying the
campaign of mass protest to Gov
ernor Pinchot and the Pardon
Board if the action taken by the
committee is to be successful in
forcing authorities to take imme-
date action in the case of the rail-
roaded working class leader.
Every worker" said O'Connor,
Should protest individually and see
that letters Of protest are sent by
the organizations of which he is a
member. Protests should be made
out in duplicate and one mailed to
the Governor as we'll as to the
Board of Pardons."
One letter should be addressed to
Governor Pinchot, State House,
Harrisburg, Pa, the other to the
State Board Of Pardons, same ad-
dress.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23
By Carl Reeve

There is feeling among bankers
and business men everywhere that
a recognition of the vital need of
individual initiative and of fair
profit is sin qua non to recov-
cry" Report of retiring President
F. NJ. Law The above quoted
statement of Roosevelt, President
Law said, sis reassuring."
The Attempt to Outlaw Strikes
President Roosevelt opened the
renewed campaign of the employers
against the workers organizations
and their living standards in his
speech of September 20, under the
slogan of industrial truce" He
said, 81 shall seek assurance of the
making and maintenance of agree
ments which can mutually be relied
upon, under which wages, hours and
working conditions may be deter
mined and any later adjustments
shall be made either by agreement
or, in case of disagreement, through
the mediation or arbitration of state
or federal agencies"
In other words, Roosevelt called
upon the unions to surrender their
main weapon with which to MAIN
tain their living standards-the
strike, Roosevelt called on the
unions to accept "a specific trial
period of industrial peace"
1t soon became clear that Roose-
velt's speech was merely the open
ing gun in the employers campaign
to outlaw strikes and picketing. The
arbitration of the N. R. A. and La
Dor Boards made possible by the
J treacheries of A. F. of L. leaders
had robbed the workers of their de-
mandS in the steel, auto, textile,
coal and other industries. The en-
ployers showed their determination
to go step further and make
strikes and picketing illegal.
On Nov 2 the National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers issued in
New York a six point program,
which proposed that state legisla-
lures pass laws "to make picketing
illegal when it is carried on in such
a manner as to intimidate or CO.
cree employees or customers" They
further proposed laws ito make
sympathetic strikes and lockouts IL
legal" and other anti-union meas
ures. They based themselves on
Roosevelt's September 80 speech,
calling their proposals "a plan for
! industrial peace" The Manufacture
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23

Der, which demanded that strikes
or lockouts should be illegal when
they are designed to coerce the
government either directly or in
directly, by inficting hardship on
the community" Every one of the
ten points was aimed to smash the
trade unions and make the COM
pany union supreme. DAILY Worker,
Nov. 81
The National Industrial Confer
ence Board, the research organiza-
ton of the large employers, is also
campaigning for anti-strike laws,
and in recent service letter to
employers proposes the passage of
an anti-strike law for this country.
1t proposes drastic curtailment of
picketing and outlawing of sympa-
thetic and general strikes.
This campaign to outlaw strikes
was signalized as early as August
%, 1884, by the Wall Street Journal,
which declared that Organized en-
ployers are planning a drive at the
next session of Congress to place le-
gal restrictions on the activities of
labor unions" and advocates that
the British anti-strike act be du-
plicated in this country.
United Front Against Workers
The government measures to out
law strikes and smash the power
of the unions will be in the center
of the decisions of the meeting of
manufacturers in New York on De-
cember and 6. This meeting is
sponsored by all of the big employ
ers of the country.
The Chamber of Commerce, at its
board of directors meeting on No
vember II, devoted itself to
strengthening the anti-labor cam
paign of the employers and the
Roosevelt government. President
Henry Hartman appointed Silas
Strawn, corporation lawyer, to head
a committee of employers to confer
with Roosevelt government officials
for "a united stand against the
thirty hour week, the soldiers bo-
nus and imitation" as the New
York Tribune of November IS put
it. The Tribune story of the Cham
Der of Commerce plans declared
that this united stand was assured
today" The Tribune goes on, The
cooperative plan to narrow the gap
between Administration and private
initiative did not include labor with
business, industry and agriculture