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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-10-26
Americas Oldest Deed

Believed the oldest in America,
deed dated 1857 and assigning an IL
acre strip Of land on the Mohawk
river is in the possession of Mrs. AL
bert G. Morenus, of Schenectady, N.
Y. The ancient document is on real
sheepskin and is inscribed in Eng
fish script with what appears to be
waterproof ink, says the Wall Street
Journal. 1t is as legible as if it were
written yesterday. Mrs. Morenus
said the parchment was handed down
in her family from father to son,
until it came into possession of her
father.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-10-26
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Suffered
Very Much
with letter


IT suffered with letter on my head
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could barely lay my head on soft
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with the Cuticura Soap, the letter
was gone. I was healed" (SigneO
Miss Ada Tatum, R. 1, Box 116, La
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-10-26

ID EPUBLICAN senatorial candidates
N in five states have incurred the
displeasure Of organized labor, and
President Green of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor has called on the
members to work for the defeat OF
those men in the November elections.
The five are Senators Reed of Penn
sylvania, Walcott of Connecticut, Hat
field of West Virginia and Fess OF
Ohio, all seeking reelection, and
George NJ. Bourquin, Republican nomi-
nee in Montana.
Circular letters signed by Green re-
view the records in congress OF Reed,
Walcott, Tess and Hatfield. They say
the candidates voted against the 30
hour work-week bill, for reduction OF
federal salaries, for the sales tax and
for confirmation of Judge John j..
Parker of North Carolina to the Su-
preme court after he had upheld what
union men call the yellow dog" con-
tract between employers and workers.
Each letter reminds the members OF
the federation's declaration to stand
faithfully by our friends and elect
them; oppose our enemies and defeat
them"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-10-26

matron had been held
captive for six days
in Indianapolis by
Thomas FL. Robinson.
Jr., a maniac who had
twice been held in in
sane asylums. She was
treated rather roughly
but not really injured,
and was set free after
Mr.. Stoll paid $4,000
ransom. Robinson fled
with all but $500 of
this sum and a coun-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-10-26

poration in the form
of an offer to its $780,
600 employees Of its
own plan for collec-
tive bargaining. In a
letter sent to every
worker President Al
fred P. Sloan, Jr.,
said: 1--WE Of the Cen
eral Motors recognize
collective bargaining
as a constructive step
forward, both for the
employees and the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-10-26

welt. At the San
Francisco convention
of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, a
resolution was adopt
ed demanding an in
vestigation Of M r.
Williams attitude as
vice chairman of the
board of the r. J.
r ynolds Tobacco
con ny of Wins
to MS a / e m, N. c.,
the charge being that
bo uyoc Opp0Sp6 t0
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-10-26

management. Regardless of any obli-
cations that may exist, we propose not
only to continue the idea, but to de-
velop it."
The plan, which actually is already
in effect, was designed to meet all re-
quirements of section IA of the Ma
tional Industrial Recovery act. Though
the company in its communication did
not mention the A. F. of L., it declared
that membership in labor union or
other type of labor or employee or
ganization does not in itself establish
the right of any such union or other or
ganization to represent employees in
collective bargaining negotiations. Rep
resentatives for such purpose must have
been specifically chosen by the en-
ployees they are to represent and the
fact of such choice must be estab-
lished."
Employees must be given complete
freedom in setting up collective bar
gaining organizations and choosing
representatives, the company declared.
The management may, however, as
sist any employee organization in
plans for employees mutual benefit,
provided that in the determination Of
the right of employees to participate
in the benefits there is no discrimina-
ton by management on the ground of
affiliation with any labor organization.
president ROOSEVELT went to
l Williamsburg, Va, and took part
in the ceremonies attendant on the in
auguration of John Stewart Bryan as
president of the old College Of William
and Mary. In return for his courtesy
Mr.. Roosevelt was given the honorary
degree of doctor Of laws. The same
honor was conferred on Gov. George
G. Peery. The exercises were conduct
ed in the reconstructed main building
of the college, designed by Sir Chris
TOPPER Wren.
On the same day took place the for
NAL rededication of Duke of Glouces-
ter street, the city's main thorough
fare, which has been restored nearly
to its original appearance as the last
major construction project Of the res
toration of colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller. Jr., financial back
er Of the restoration which already has
cost approximately $15,000O0O, was
among the distinguished visitors pres
ent, along with cabinet members, con-
gressmen, diplomats and educators.
a LII the members of the German
cabinet took the oath of loyalty
to Chancellor Hitler at their first fall
meeting. and then DR.. Hans Heinrich
hammers, chief of the chancellery Of
fee, announced that adolf Hitler is
fuehrer for life" He added that the
Weimar constitution no longer exists.
Many laws were decreed by the cabi-
net to carry on Hitler's policies. These
included laws reducing the tax burdens
of the big families and the cost of tax
administration laws recognizing CO.
operative associations and purifying
the auctioneers' trade" laws altering
bankruptcy sales, recognizing the traf-
fic in grain ito enable the National
Grain company to control grain even
when the harvest is reduced"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-10-26
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Kidnapped Louisville Woman Ransomed for $4,000
Jugoslavia's Murdered King Buried-Collective
Bargaining Plan Of General Motors.
BY EDWARD w. PICKARD
Q BY western Newspaper Union.

7 OUISVILLE'S sensational kidnap-
~ ing case came to climax with the
return of the victim, Mrs. Berry V.
Stoll. to her home. The young society
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-10-26

RGANIZED labor doesn't like 8.
~ Clay Williams, chairman of the
new national industrial recovery board
recently appointed by President Roose-
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TRANCE lost another Of her elder
Poincare, who was president from 1913
to 1920 and returned later to public
service as premier. It was during that
period that he seized the Ruhr in an
effort to compel Germany to pay the
war reparations to France. Poincare
was born in Lorraine, and that fact ex-
planned in part his unrelenting attitude
toward Germany in dealing with post
war problems. Entering political life
in 1887, he was mixed up in many
prominent "affairesr and made rec
ord as an intense patriot and a liberal
republican. In 1926, when he was
called out of retirement, he succeeded
in saving the country from it's dis
astrous financial state. Poincare was
seventy-four years old when he died,
and had been in poor health for some
years. ~
g ECRETARY OF STATE HULL is
" vexed by what he calls the ''inde-
feasible practice of certain countries
in boosting tariffs or other restrictions
to obtain concessions by reducing them
again in negotiations with the United
States for trade agreements. He made
a statement about it, intimating that
under such conditions there may be a
failure of negotiations.
Although no nation was named, Ger
many has begun program of con-
trolled imports and has denounced its
INSTRUMENTATION treaty with the
United States, and France is increasing
tariffs.
EIRST shot in the coming contest be-
tween the automobile manufacturers
and the American Federation Of Labor
was fred by the General Motors cor
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-10-26

EIRST shot in the coming contest be-
tween the automobile manufacturers
and the American Federation Of Labor
was fired by the General Motors cor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26
By EARL BROWDER
General Secretary, C. p, U. S. A.

treacherous leaders from the ranks
of the workers and the working
class organizations in the interests
of the labor movement, in the in
terest of the liberation of the entire
working claSs-this is our task!
Whoever does not understand this,
and does not bend all his energies
to achieve it with far greater speed
than has been the case up to now
is not yet fully conscious revolu-
tionary. This is the task not only
among the textile workers, but it is
now more than ever the task of the
whole working class.
Not only to agitate, but to plunge
into the practical work of organ
izing the workers in the A. F. of l..
unions to resistance, against the
treacherous policies of the A. F. of
L. leadership is now one of the most
vital links in the chain of our revo-
lutionary policy. The experiences
in the textile strike proved this
again, for the hundredth time, and
with even greater urgency. We
must quickly prove in our practical
work that we understand this, that
we know how to work better among
the workers in the A. F. Of L.
WHAT is to be done2 In the next
" two weeks, every unit must take
up one central question: the work
in the trade unions and especially
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26

ton during the strike. About 1900
reported for work and all but $50
were turned away.
National Guardsmen who were on
duty in Gastonia and Belmont were
ordered withdrawn today. But the
! troops are being replaced by hun
dreds of additional deputies, and it
was stated that all guardsmen were
to stand by for an emergency re-
mobilization.
Strike Firm In Huntsville
All mills in Alabama's largest
textile area around Huntsville re-
manned closed tight by the strike
today. The workers in this town
walked out on strike ten weeks ago,
before the general strike began. 1t
was announced by union leaders
here that it will be the policy to
settle the strikes in these mills on
an individual basis.
Eye witnesses of the fatal shoot
ing of seven strikers at Honea Patch
told a coroner's jury at Anderson,
S. c., today that police and mill
guards shot the men in the back.
DR.. E. R. Donald, of Honea Patch,
who performed the autopsy, testi-
fled that he found holes in the
backs of five of the dead men.
j. R. King, a mil worker, told
the jury that Claude Cannon, one
Of the dead strikers, was shot from
behind as he was going away from
the mill without troubling any
body"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26
WOrkerS'EnemieS
Exposed

Mel Wermblad, Of Kansas City
Mo, former financial secretary Of
District No. 10, has been expelled
from the Communist Party and is
hereby exposed as a stool pigeon.
The Party is in possession of let
tiers addressed to him, as mo. u.s.
from 6059 So. Maplewood Ave,
Chicago, Ill, in which he is asked
to obtain the Butcher Workman
paper and to sign receipts for
June account" one for SIS, dated
June 6, and another for $50, dated
June IL.
Shortly before these proofs were
obtained and all Party records
were taken away from Wermblad,
there was an attack upon the Kan
sas City headquarters of the Party
and arrests of Party and non
Party workers, which indicated a
fairly intimate knowledge on the
part of the police as to who is who
in and around the Party there.
1t was also found that Werm-
blad Systematically and carefully
had avoided giving his address to
anybody in the Party.
The workers will watch out for
this rat and drive him away where
ever he may appear again.
Description: American OF Ger
man-English descent, bookkeeper
salesman by occupation; age, 80;
height, 5 it. in; slender; weight,
about 40 pounds; eyes, brown;
hair, light brown; complexion, SAL
low; wears glasses when reading;
dresses fairly well; speaks slowly
and in an even tone.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26
Make Betrayals of the Workers Impossible!

TO EVERY COMMUNIST PARTY
UNIT:
EVERY revolutionist must be filled
Il with indignation at the base
betrayal of the textile workers
strike. What a heroic struggle of
hundreds of thousands of workers
was here stabbed by the treachery
of the Germans and Greens!
But our hatred, our indignation
alone are not sufficient. 1t is one
of the most important lessons of
this struggle that it was because
there were too few Communists in
the locals of the United Textile
Workers, because we Communists
we're too weak in our influence in
the U. T. w. locals, that it was pos
sible for the U. T. w. officials to
betray the strike. In their treach-
cry, the U. T. w. leaders did not
sufficiently encounter the resistance
of workers firmly organized in the
U. T. w. locals by revolutionaries
We Communists must face this
truth squarely If We are going to
make progress.
To those reactionaries and rene
gades who try to do business and
think to make capital on the basis
of our criticism, we answer:
Eyes, gentlemen, we plead guilty to
hating failed to drive you from the
ranks of the working class with
sufficient speed" To drive these
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26

the work in the A. F. of L. unions.
At the unit meeting the buro must
have each member report as to
whether he is organized in a trade
union, and where he is organized.
If the comrade is not organized in
trade union, the reason must be
found out, and he must be assisted
to find his place in the proper
trade union. If any comrade re-
fuses to do this work, he must be
convinced in a firm, comradely way
Of the urgent need for work in the
trade unions.
But this is not enough. In addi-
ton, every comrade in the unit
must report on the work that he
is doing in his union, whether he
belongs to a fraction, and what the
possibilities are for organizing a
fraction in his work. He must re-
port to the unit on how he con-
meets his Party work in the shop
with the work in the shop organiza-
ton of his trade union.
These will not be dull discussions.
This is to take measures to make
impossible future betrayals by the
A. F. of L. leadership. This is to
organize, more successfully and
with greater speed, our revolution
airy forces against the reactionary
forces among the masses of the
working class This means tn learn
the lessons of the textile strike, to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26

prepare for coming struggles, to
make, at once, the necessary prep
arations for the approaching strug-
giles of the seamen and longshore
men. In short, this means to act as
a revolutionary, to organize the rev.
olution.
This must be done within the
next two weeks. Every unit must
report directly to the district and
to the Central Committee on the
carrying out of this work and on
the results. These reports will De
published in the Daily Worker.
The quickening of our tempo of
work is indispensable if we are to
defeat the betrayers. It is indis-
pensable if we are to organize the
tremendous mass of workers who
are eager to struggle, eager to re-
sist the attacks of the employers.
We must draw the practical, revo-
lutionary conclusions from the ire
mendous indignation which the tex
tile workers feel at the unparal-
leled treachery OF the U. T. w.
leaders.
Comrades, to work. Every unit
must become an instrument for the
organization of victorious struggle
among the workers organized in the
A. F. Of L., as an organizer Of VIC
torious mass struggles Of the work
ing class.
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Continued from Page y
large support among Jewish anc
Negro organization.
Browder replied that this wa
principally due to lack of intensive
work among the latter groups. HI
said that already Mabel Byrd, {
prominent Negro social worker who
resigned from the MIRA. in protest
over the discrimination against Ne
gro workers, was a member of the
arrangements committee of this
Anti-War Congress, and that the
editor of one of the largest Negro
newspapers was also a member OF
this important committee.
In connection with minority
groups, Rabbi Goldstein brought out
the point that the wealthy Jews in
this country are pursuing the same
course that the Jewish bourgeoisie
followed in Germany. They turn
to Hitlerism and fascism," he
charged, because they feel that I'M
der a fascist regime they can buy
safety for themselves and their prop
erty, whereas they know definitely
that should Communists come into
power, their property would in
evitably be confiscated." To save
their property they are willing to
sacrifice the poor Jews.
The broad aims and purposes of
the League were illustrated by the
answers Of the men to certain ques-
tons. Rabbi Goldstein seemed to
be eager and certain in his replies,
as befits young intellectual who
has participated in working class
struggles. The older Dresser was
slower in his answers, but seemed
grimly sincere in his hatred of war
and fascism. Browder was the
calmest Of the three and the most
forceful.
He showed through the logic of
facts that to really fight war we
must go beyond mere hatred. He
spoke Of Communist activities with
in the armed forces of the United
States and said that one of the re-
suits Of this activity was the de-
velopment of strong anti-war senti-
ment among National Guardsmen.
At the coming Anti-War Congress
there will be 20 delegates from Ma
tional Guard regiments, he said.
Browder explained that so far
the actual activity of the League has
been of an agitational, educational
and propaganda trend" But the
League must go further, he said,
after it has rallied sufficient forces.
1t must go in for very definite acts
of struggle against fascist activities
and war preparations.
Despite their individual differ
ences on certain issues, the three
men were as one in their common
opposition to war and fascism. AS
Dresser said, Il fully indorse the
Leagues program" And so do
millions of persons throughout the
world who are unitedly fighting the
menace of imperialist war and fas-
cism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26

NCOHJthu6U yTOm EUge
both could witness the restitution
of the unemployed Negroes. "If
that's the way you talk" LaGuardia
answered, cts no wonder that the
Board of Education fired you"
Business man and representa-
tives of boards of trade and COM
merce, spoke in opposition to the
projected relief taxes and for the
most part prooffered a tax on sub
way rides as means of raising
revenue.
GOnshak Thrown Out
David Lassber, Socialist Party
member and head of the Workers
Unemployed Union, declared that
the relief tax schemes of LaGuardia
were a step in the right direction,
but did not go far enough. I'VE
feel" he said, that the excess
profits of the bankers and the pub
lie utilities must be taxed"
Harry Ladder, Socialist Party
candidate for comptroller, asked
that taxes on incomes of utilities
above six per cent be levied by the
city to finance relief"
Sam Gonshak, organizer of the
Unemployment Councils of Greater
New York twice arose from the
floor and demanded the right to be
heard. At the second time, La
Guardia ordered the police to put
him out. Slugged by LaGuardia's
police, Gonshak was elected from
the building.
Hundreds of workers who were
picketing the City Hall during the
tax hearings met in Foley Square,
a few blocks away, where Gonshak
on the tax hearings.
All during the tax hearings, City
Hall bristled with police. Members
of the police alien and radical
squads, dressed in plain clothes,
mingled with the people, police
man was stationed at each door,
and others were secreted in the
basement and corridors, and $50
and patrolmen surrounded
city Hall.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26
Paterson Workers
.MeetDeSpite Keller
Continued from Page y


strike, and to press the demands Of
silk workers for a membership
meeting for this Saturday in spite
of the announcement of the exec
utive board that such a meeting
would not be called until the fol-
lowing week.
Resolutions were also passed STAT
ing that no union members could
be expelled without a membership
meeting, this as a step against the
dictatorship of Keller; and also thr4
an organizer for the broad silk de-
partment be elected by the mem
bership, as this position has been
vacant since Keller became union
manager. !
The final resolution condemned
the national strike committee and
the Paterson officials, Eli Keller.
William Smith, ct al, for their SELL
out policies in the textile strike.
Silk workers as a group Infatuated
by Keller'S recent actions declared
at this meeting that Keller must
be kicked out.
Today many more workers re-
turned to their mills, although
there are still several thousand, &C
cording to the union, who have not
yet returned to the shops. Some
we're forced out on strike again
when bosses attempted to put over
wage cuts, and discrimination,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26
Strike Continues
In Many Districts
Continued from Page ~

NCOHCHUeU from rage L
1900 Of them, voted last night to
remain on strike as a means of
ending discrimination against
strikers who were refused their
jobs when they reported for work
following the official closing of the
strike.
Rank and file committees and
local officials of the United Tex
tile Workers Union are comforting
with mill employers. Another vote
on returning to work will be taken
after terms have been worked out
to protect the locked-out strikers.
A small silk mill here has re-
opened.
Local textile workers are losing
faith in German and are giving
serious thought to the Daily Work
er's exposure of his betrayal of the
strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26
New York Utility Firm
Fires Fifty Union Men

NEW YORK. Resentment among
members of the Brotherhood of
Utility Employees ran high yester-
day as a result Of the firing of
fifty power workers by the New
York Queens Light and Power Co.
Some form of protest action, the
exact nature of which has not yet
been announced, is contemplated.
The fifty men were fired on the
company's claim of "lack of funds"
a claim which the brotherhood de-
rides. All fifty worked in the sub
way bureau of the company.
The company's net income in 1888
was $4,049,315, a substantial in
crease over 1882, the union said.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26
BIMBA TO TEACH wORKERs

NEW YORK-The opening of a
class on the History of the Amer
lean Labor Movement" with An
thony Bimba, author of History of
the American Working Glass" as
instructor, was announced by the
Left Wing Group of Local %, In
ternational Ladies Garment Work
erS Union.
The first session of the class will
take place tonight at 6, at 14O
West 36th Street, and will be held
regularly every Wednesday at the
same place and time. All members
of the I. L. G.. w. U. have been
invited to register for the class.