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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-05-25

Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Butler and
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Beauchamp Wis
tied relatives in Williams neighbor-
hood Sunday afternoon.
Miss Kathleen Tyler of Crisfield,
Md, was dinner guest at the home
of Mrs. Annie Atkinson last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Covington and
daughter, Miss Catherine of Oman
cock, Va, were visitors in the Wal
lace Covington home Sunday night.
A surprise birthday party was CIV
en- to Mrs. Clarence Butler by her
children last Monday evening. A
large number of guests were present.
Games were played and delicious re-
freshments served. Mrs. Butler re-
ceived lots of useful presents.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Bundick of
Pocomoke City, visited relatives here
Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Adkins and
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-05-25
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
in CITY and COUNTY

Bank of Ocean City from Frank
w. Truitt, trustee, real estate on the
North side of and binding upon North
First Street, in Ocean City. Con-
sideration, 1925.
Rome L. Barnes from Mitchell c.
Hickman and wife, and others, real es-
tate on the Southwest side of Market
Street, extended in the LIST Elec Dist.
Consideration, 500 &c.
Sylvester w. Messick from Chas.
A. Grande, the Handy Long Place."
containing IL acres, more or less &
part of the "Yeager Farm" containing
10 acres, more or less, lying back from
the County road leading from POGO
moke City to Henderson's Neck, in the
1st Elec. Dist. Consideration, 500
&c.
Roger w. Landlord and Clara r.
Landlord, his wife, from T. Bates
Pilchard and wife, real estate on the
North side of Second Street, extended
in Pocomoke City. Consideration, 500
&c.
Horace G. Payne from Lorah H.
Hickman and wife, tract or parcel
of wooded or timber land known as
part of the Joshua Hastings Farm"
containing 40 acres, more or less, on
both sides Of the B & E. Railroad
near and west of Myers Switch in the
Bird Elec. Dist. Consideration, $500.
Chas S. Wimbrough from Mayor &
Council of Berlin, parcel of real estate
called "Mt. Pleasant" on the South
west side of Pitts St., in Berlin, Con
sideration.
Calvin B. Taylor Banking Co., of
Berlin, Md, from Franklin Upshur,
Assignee, farm containing 70 acres,
more or less, on the Southerly side of
the County Road leading from the
Old Brick Episcopal Church to Tay-
lorville, in the 3rd Elec. Dist. Con-
sideration, $1,000.
Mayor and Council of Berlin from
VIM. G. Kerbin, Jr., Assignee and 9th
ers, real estate on Bay, William and
Pitts Sts., in Berlin. Consideration,
$3.50 &c.
Edwin F. Hancock and Evelyn Han
cock, his wife, from Edw. F. Hancock,
and wife, parcels of real estate con-
tanning rs acres and IL acres, more
or less, in the 9th Elec. Dist. Con-
sideration, $40 &c.
Horace w. Carey from Hester w.
Smith, 2 tracts of land containing 108
acres and acres, more or less, in
the 9th Elec. Dist. Consideration, $40
&c.
Richard Leake from VIM. E. Ewell
and wife and another, parcel of land
containing acre, more or less, in
the 7th Elec. Dist, to the Northwest
of, but not contiguous to, what is call
ed the new County Road leading from
Snow Hill, over the river to Pocomoke
City. Consideration, $40 &c.
Clemon w. Outten and Sallie E.
Outten from E. Hance Fooks, trustee,
property on the South side of Market
Street, in Snow Hill. Consideration,
$2375.
John T. Hudson and Franklin S.
Hastings from E. Hance Fooks, trus-
tee, real estate containing l Acre,
more or less, just outside the corpor-
ate limits Of Berlin, in the 9th Elec.
Dist. Consideration, $575.
Eliza E. Powell from VIM. G. Ker-
bin, Jr., Trustee, real estate contain
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-05-25

St., in the suburbs of Stockton. Con-
sideration, $4,350.
VIM. S. Boone and Helen B. Boone,
his wife, from Winfield Scott Kreger
and wife, parcel of land, triangular
in shape on the Northeaterly side of
Morris Street, in Snow Hill. Con-
sideration, $40 &c.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-05-25

daughter Eleanor Francis of Sails
bury, Md, visited at the A. P. Long
home Sunday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-16
Block the LaGuardia
MdnenVerS

TWO factors in the proposed ee-point
L relief tax plan for financing unemploy-
ment relief in New York City stand out
above all others-the obvious inadequacy
of the tax measures to meet relief eX-
pendtres even at the present levels; and endless
legal entangements which will end with their being
disqualified by the courts.
Very obviously such taxation as was proposed by
the Board of Aldermen of class nature And
it is equally obvious that such program of taxa
ton will be undertaken by the Flsion-Tammany
regime at City Hall.
Briefly, the taxes thus far projected are as
follows: Cd increasing the present "a per cent tax
on public utilities to per cent; % a tax on bond
sales OF so cents on each thousand dollar bond;
and 90 city tax on inheritances above 50 900.
On the first proposal, the present utilities tax
OF Ia per cent is in process of litigation and
the utilities are deducting it from their realty taxes
1t is not intended for ultimate passage, and all
three taxes are simply maneuvers.
Under such schemes the bankers hold the purse
strings; future relief under such set-up can only
be on the basis Of borrowing from the banks
The workers must be on their guard. Tied up
with endless legal red tape, faced with the nipos-
sbility of collection LaGuardia will pose an artih-
csl dilemma to the working population sub
nit to wage, sales and transit taxation or the job
less will go hungry
Every force must be modified behind the tax
program put forward by the Communist Party
scrap the Bankers Agreement end the 100 million
dollar payments the debt service, levy steeply
graduated taxes on all incomes above IS 900 year.
tax the large realty holdings and factory and bust
ness sites.
On the basis of such tax program the Commu-
mist Party demands union wages and conditions on
all relief jobs and substantial increases in relief to
meet the rising cost of living.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-16
Complete Drive Quotas
By December |

A THOUGH not much time is left to
"A carry out the decision of the Central
Committee that all quotas in the 100000
drive be filled by Dec. l, the districts are
still not sufficiently accelerating their ac-
tivity. New York still is below two-thirds of it's
quota. Chicago, a main concentration point, has
only raised about so per cent, and Pittsburgh has
not done much better.
1t is in centers that have been the scenes of
some of the greatest class battles in the history of
the American labor movement that the drive is lag
ging most. California, where the great general
strike took place last summer has raised less than
40 per cent of its quota. This is not due to lack of
interest on the part of workers. Their 80 900 Com
munist votes show that they are intensely interested
in me Communist movement, and follow its leader
ship. When the capitalist class howled for the
breaking of the strike, it only the Daily that
told the truth and exposed the strikebreaking &C
1--WE IS OF Merriam, Rossi and the A. F. of L. lead
ership
In Minneapolis there is the same shameful stu
alton, with the section having raised only little
over 80 per cent of its quota. Minneapolis was the
scene Of the strikes of the truck drivers Again it
was the Daily" which exposed the strikebreaking
activities Of Governor Olson who warned the strik-
ers Of the Sellout that being engineered by the
Trotskyite mSleaders
Or take Milwaukee. Here only so per cent of the
quota has been raised. And yet the Daily" has
played large role in exposing the maneuvers of
the Socialist administration in showing the work
ers how tier interests are betrayed
In all these centers of important class struggles
the Daily" has played an important role. To let
the Daily" down in this moment Of need is to act
against the best interests Of the working class
The comrades in the tagging sections and dis
tricts must raise the question of the Daily" very
sharply. They must show that it is an important
weapon in the hands Of the workers which if
bunted, would greatly damage the welfare of all
workers
All together in final squirt that will put the
drive over the top by Dec. II
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-16
Defeat the Terror
Against the DyerS

THE New Jersey textile dye employers,
unable to defeat the strike of the
10000 dye workers through N. R. A. Ear
bitration," have begun strikebreaking ter
ror against the picket lines.
The police fired at the mass picket lines
at the Warren Piece Dye Works in Union City on
Wednesday. Police have been modified throughout
New Jersey with machine guns, tear gas and fire.
arms prepared. Open threats to murder strikers on
the picket lines have been made. The police an
nounced the picket line at the Warren plant for
hidden" from
The employers are modelling their armed forces
to carry through the bloody terror as was used
last year against the dye strikers Last year picket
lines were fired into by police and score badly
wounded
In answer to a continuance of terror against the
dye strikers the workers in every local should take
up the question, and take steps to support the dye
strikers and to prepare to spread the strike to all
industries in Paterson.
Every working class organization, especially all
A. F. of L. local unions in New Jersey must protest
against the attack on the Warren Co. picket line
and demand withdrawal of all armed forces from
the strike Every working class organization
throughout the country should rally to the support
Of the dye strikers and pass resolutions OF protest
against the police terror.
In this connection it is essential for the Paterson
dye workers local to call UNITED LABOR CON-
FERENCE of all labor organizations to map out a
program Of support for the dye strikers.
Defend the right Of the dye strikers to picket
and to organized
Demand the immediate withdrawal of all armed
forces from the picket lines
Support and spread the strike of the dye
workers!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-16
BY A. L.

OVER 1000 hectares of the former
" landlords estate are occupied by
the plough land of the Commune.
The old methods of cultivation have
been abandoned. The black earth
is intensified here by the new fea-
ture-large scale collective farming,
scientific rotation of crops, super
early sowing, tractors and compli-
Gated mechanical seed drills. Every
thing is mechanical.
The agronomists proudly point
out the symbolic picture Of Law
son tractor which was brought by
the re-immigrants from America,
but it was strapped in $780, while
here stands column of machines
of Soviet manufacture, including
the go horse power "Stalinets"
caterpillar tractors from Chelia-
binsk.
A certain English tourist who
could not find anything here to
blame the Soviet system with, de-
spite all his efforts, later wrote in
the London press Eyes, the people
live well in this Commune, but this
is explained by the fact that the
Commune works with machines
brought from America" We did
not get far with American ma
chimes, laugh the members of the
Commune. Look how many ma
chimes are working now.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-16
Building Service Workers,
Strike NoW!

THE strike of the building service en-
ployes has again been postponed by the
officials of the Building Service Employees
international Union, Local BIB, A. F. of
l.. For days there have been continuous
postponements Of the strike by these officials
But while the strike is being postponed time
after time, the Realty Board has been making all
strikebreaking preparations They have hired the
notorious Bergof, the Pinkerton, OToole Flynn
and other detective agencies, who have employed
ten thousand guards ready for strong-arm work
against pickets Continued postponements are Civ
ing the employers tine to organize their strike
breaking forces.
The Realty Board, determined to crush the
union, is presenting united front of all building
construction employers against the building service
workers. They making use of the N R. A. Re-
gonal Labor Board, and of arbitration to try to
prevent the strike and at the same time keep the
workers from winning their demands. The employ
ers do not want to cut into their profits, and are
using the double weapon of arbitration" and hiring
of strikebreakers and guards and avoid giving in
to the workers demands.
Tie building service workers won nothing during
the weeks of negotiation and arbitration" with the
Regional Labor Board preceding their strike in the
garment center. They saw after the strike that
arbitration" engineered by La Guardia meant a
no-Strike agreement which bound their hands and
hindered them from winning all their demands.
These demands could have been won if the strike
had been continued The employers want arbitra-
ton because it gives them time to prepare their
strikebreaking forces and because impartial" arb-
tration boards rule in favor of the employers and
save their profits. The workers cannot win their
demands through arbitration.
IN ORDER to unity the ranks of the workers in
the face of the unified attack of the bosses the
Independent Building Service Employees Union has
repeatedly proposed joint strike action of both
un-cns. The independent union proposes the mer-
ger of both unions so as to present united front
for their demands and establish one union in the
industry The officials of LEGAL 32-B have made no
answer yet to these unity proposals
The struggle of the building service workers has
reached the stage where important lessons can now
be drawn by these workers. u A continuance of the
policy far followed by the officials of Local 32-B
Of constantly postponng strike action while the
bosses are preparing is harmful to the fight of the
building service workers. p Arbitration binds the
workers and binders them from winning their de-
mands. - The employers have complete unity and
the workers, to wage effective fight, must also
have complete unity, with one united union in the
indurtry q Immediate strike action with the
bsca62st partic patton Of the rank and file in the
leadership Of the strike is the road whereby the
building service workers will win thar GSnands
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-16
End the Delay
For United Front

THOUSANDS of Spanish Socialists, from
their prison cells, have sent an appeal
to the Executive Committee of the Social
list International for immediate action on
the united front proposals of the Commu-
mist International
Unable to account for delay any longer,
the Socialist leaders, now meeting in Paris are to
issue their answer on Friday. But indications al
ready show that every diplomatic maneuver will be
used to stave off real united action in behalf of the
Spanish workers In fact, some of the Socialist
leaders, particularly in the Scandinavian countries
and Holland are bringing pressure to break the
united front already established in France Italy,
the saar and Spain.
Others instead of making the main issue a fight
against fascism, utilizing the attacks of the i'm
perialists against the Soviet Union asking for am
neSty of avowed enemies of the workers fatherland
The proposals of the Communist International
were clear and of the greatest Importance to the
working class of the whole world-immediate
united action in support of the Spanish workers,
Socialists, Communists, Syndicalists
When the pressure of the workers everywhere
becomes so great that the Socialist leaders can no
them use every means to avoid the actual step of
joint action by the trickery they learnt in the capt.
talst pariaments and in the diplomatic service of
imperialism
In the United States, the Central Committee of
the Communist Party yesterday again directed an
appeal to the Socialist Party for immediate united
actions for the freedom of the $4,000 Socialists and
Communists in Spanish fascist prisons and in sup
port of the revolutionary struggles of the Spanish
workers against fascisn.
Certainly there should be no further delay. The
Communist Party is ready and eager to enter into
negotiations Immediately for the arrangement Of
joint meetings and demonstrations in support
of the Spanish workers throughout the United
States
In the meantime, while we wait for an answer
from the National Executive Committee of the So
ciaist Party certainly there should be no delay in
local. state and city organizations of the Socialist
Party meeting with the Communist Party organiza-
tons and arranging for joint demonstrations in
support of the heroic Spanish workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-16
Starving Farm
Men of Japan
Sell Daughters

TOXIC, Nov. 15.-The bleeding of
the japanese population by addi-
tionel profits wrung by the worlds
lowest wages and 46 per cent al
lotment of the national revenue for
the building up of huge war ma
chine for the country's imperialists
had caused the cropping up again
of the horrible custom of starving
farmers selling their daughters into
prostitution and slavery. The sale
Of 10000 girls a year, is reported by
wireless dispatch from Akita.
OF. the total number of girls in
this district alone, the dispatch says
that nearly $4,000 girls have gone
into what the japanese call the
shameful professions and more
than $1,000 into factories. Girls of
saleable age range from the ages
iof 16 to % years, and prices for
them go from SO to $780,
The writer points out that the
complete indifference of the au-
thorities to any farm relief what
soever has sunk the rural popula-
ltion into state of perpetual star
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-16
by Burck

This year, the commune has
again sent of its members to
study in the Agricultural Institute.
We know great deal of the his
tory of the life of the bourgeois
young men. But few people realize
the story of the young people of
collective farms before whom open
out tremendous possibilities created
for the toilers Of the Soviet Union.
AT night under the full moon ri
n valling the electric lamps of the
commune, throwing silver bands of
light on the roads of the village,
the smell of pine Shavings spreads
around with special strength. Piles
Of boards and bricks, heaps of loose
earth, the outline of a half finished
building rises in the darkness in a
phantastic silhouette and it seems
that the primeval forest is being
destroyed.
The commune has not enough
room in the old landlords park. 1t
is carving its way into the sur
rounding forest, putting up its
buildings further and further into
it, spreading over the hills. And
the tremendous cleared space pro
duced among the trees looks like
another edition of Dnieprostroi.
Here is third new two-s story
building looking through the leaves
with the brilliant white of freshly
cut lumber. And there is fourth
dwelling house with A flats, the
commune will finish it's conStruc-
ton this year.
In pine wood at the center of
the commune is a radio station. 1t
works from morning till late in the
evening. 1t relays powerful stations
but also has its own radio studio.
FORMERLY semi-starved peasants
1 walked here in their bark shoes
and the liberals wrote touching
books about this Impoverished re-
l-gion. The region did not change
because of this. But the present
owners arrived, and life became
completely different.
There is no return to the old sys-
tenn. These people have finished
with bark shoes, with beggary and
uncultured life. The Soviet Power
has created new and better life,
it is gradually destroying the cen
tury-old contradiction betwee
town and village.
(The End
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-16
Town Council
Asks Release
OfThaelmann

LONDON, Nov. 14.-People going
to work this morning discovered
that during the night slogans: Re
lease Thaelmann" had been indel-
IDLY etched on the windows of the
offices of the German State Rail-
ways in Piccadilly, and on the win
dows of Schmidt's restaurant. a.
notorious Nazi resort.
On the motion of a Communist
Councillor, the Blyth (Northumber-
land) Town Council has passed a
resolution protesting against the
Imprisonment of Thaelmann and
other anti-fascists in Germany, and
demanding their release. This reso-
luton has been forwarded to the
German Embassy.
Among the large number of addi-
tional resolutions from Trade Coun-
ellis. trade union branches, CO.
operatives. ETC., are two from the
crews of British ships. the Olapos
and Sheaf Crest, demanding the
release of Thaelmann.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-16

simple arithmetic shows that this
tourist, to speak plainly, was lying.
Only eight less important machines
had been brought from America,
while the basic mass of them were
40 machines of Soviet construction
obtained By the Commune in the
last few years.
THE big socialist economy of the
Commune gives good income to
its oWners-the ex-farm laborers.
Year by year this income is increas-
ing. Even in 1926 the total income
was $4,000 roubles, but in 1888 it
had far exceeded a million. The
milk farm alone brought 232 ,444
roubles in 1888, the pig farm gave
1898 roubles and the bee hives
gave 1922 roubles, etc. The Com
mune sold 1900 pigs at the collec-
tive farm market.
When the Commune began to de-
velop, its property was valued at
41,000 roubles. 1t was difficult to
carry on work on a large scale with
such capital. But the proletarian
state helped, giving credit. This
credit has now been paid off in full.
I'VE are out of debt" say the mem
bers of the Commune.
The property of the Commune is
now valued at more than two mil
lion roubles. The Commune has
100000 roubles in its account at the
bank.
NOTHING remains from the for
~ mer village life and conditions.
Good, airy houses, some of them of
the cottage type. The rooms con-
tain durable oak furniture, mirrors,
clean bed clothing.
A peasant working for the land
lord could not dream of anything
beautiful. They have now begun to