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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-10-11
Local and Rural News

DIR. and Mrs. VIM. H. Dyott spent
Tuesday with friends in St. Michaels,
Md.
Messrs. Milton McCready and Earl
Slant visited friends in Sanford this
week.
Mr.. Irving Adkins, of Centreville,
spent the weekend with his family
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Wood, are Wis
iting Mrs. Woods parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Asbury Beauchamp.
Miss Ella L. Mears, of Onley, has
been the guest of her cousin, Mrs
William Gillispie.
Mrs. Clarence Fleming and young
son are visiting relatives in Bridge
port, Conn.
Mrs. r. P. Stevenson has returned
from a visit with her daughter, Mrs
Harris Corddry at Public Landing.
Mr.. Carson Fincham, of near POGO
moke, spent the weekend with rela-
tives at Savage, Md.
Duer Mears, who is attending the
University of Maryland, spent the
weekend with his parents here.
Mrs. Charles Fisher and Miss Eliza
beth Fisher, of Hallwood, are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Fletcher Hickman.
Mrs. Forest J. Peters and children,
of Rochester. N. Y, are visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Stevens.
A regular meeting Of Crescent Chap
ter No. A O. E. S. will be held Mon
day night, October IA, at 7:3O o'clock
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Harry Young have
returned from visit with their daugh-
ter in Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. J..tL. Frey, of Merchantsville,
N. j., is spending the weekend with
her sister, Mrs. A. P. Long near town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy M. Snow are
spending few days in Harrisburg,
Pa.
Mrs. Benjamin R. Harrington and
son, of Cape Charles, are visiting her
sister, Mrs. Anna G. Mcclure.
Mrs. Edward F. Wilson, of Sails
bury, spent a part of the week with
her daughter, Mrs. Clarence E. Dun
can.
Miss Elizabeth jackson, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Jackson of
New Church was recently married to
Mr.. Elwood Russell, of Hallwood, Va.
After a visit with Mrs. Florence
Birmingham here, Mrs. Margaret Will
son leaves today for her home in
Hackettstown, N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. G. Kerbin, Jr.,
of Snow Hill, were weekend visitors
at the home of Mrs. Kerbin's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. K. Howard.
The Missionary Society of the Pres
byterian Church will meet at the home
of Mrs. John Smullin Thursday even
ing, October II, at 7:3O o'clock.
Mr.. Frank Shaw, with the w. H,
Clarke Drug Company, made a bust
ness trip to New York the early part
of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burley Phillips were
weekend visitors at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter w. Watson, near
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. U. Barnes of Will
1iamston, N. c., and their son and
daughter in law, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Barnes, will arrive today for a visit
with relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Keim had as
their guests over the weekend, Mrs
Keim's brother and his wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. James R. Vaughn Of Newport
News, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Somers of Girls.
field, announce the birth of son, Rob
ert Guilbert, Jr., born in the McCready
Memorial Hospital, Saturday, October
fifth. Mrs. Somers was the former
Miss Virginia Hayman, of this city.
Norman Sartorius, Jr., who receiv
ed his A. B. degree following compile.
ton of a four year course at the Uni
n
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-10-11

Great value "a real birthday
special. Nothing else at so low
a price can compare in style and
quality. Blues, Browns, Greys,
Plaids, Checks.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-07

all these men unemployed through
no fault of their own. AS proof of
this, these men with different trades
were here working for ninety cents
a week, their eats and bit of
clothing if they were lucky.
This, comrades, is only part of
the conditions existing in this coun-
try today, caused by Roosevelt's
Economy Act and his N. R. A. Blue
Eagle.
To get back to my own case. On
Sept S, 1884, was again admitted
to the Veterans Hospital and was
again discharged on Oct. 8, and
again compelled to enter the Tran
sient Bureau Here made out my
application for the Veterans Faci-
lily, Biloxi, Miss.
I was admitted there on Nov. II,
and am residing there at present.
Now, I wish to say through the
papers that I saw the statement
made by Roosevelt in his speech at
Roanoke, Va, where he says that
the World War Veterans are now
in their prime of life and are being
better taken care of than any other
people as a class.
1 can not agree with the Presi-
dent on this statement. He him
self, through his robbery Economy
Act threw thousands of veterans out
of hospitals and homes. Even bed
patients were thrown out of these
hospitals and homes. Yes, thrown
out on the streets to beg and be
taken care of by charity.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-07
Police Chief
Joins Drive
Against Unions
BY a Worker Correspondent

LORAIN, Ohio. - The Lorain
Chamber of Commerce has organ
lied what they call the Lorain In
dustrisl Foundation and have raised
$4,000 for the purpose of nego-
tiating and helping out of town in
dustries to come to Lorain.
They have succeeded SO far in
getting the American Stove Co. to
reopen their plant which will en-
ploy about 300 men starting in Feb
ruary or March. The American
Stove Co. had abandoned their
plant here about four years ago.
They have factories in Cleveland
and st, Louis that are organized in
the I. w. W. and perhaps because
Of that reason they now want to
operate in Lorain. To us Reds"
the Chamber of Commerce together
with the Industrial Foundation is
nothing more than strike-b breakers
and advocators of cheap labor.
The Lorain Federation of Polish
Clubs representing several Mutual
Benefit Societies have endorsed the
Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill, H.R. 1898. The presentation
of the bill was accepted with much
enthusiasm and passed unanimous
ly, a committee was appointed to
bring pressure on our Congressman.
Here is an example of how an
open shop town functions when
union Is being formed. The workers
of the Spang Baking Co. have
formed q local of the International
Bakers and Confectionery Workers
Union CA. F. of L.. The manage
ment tried it's best to discourage the
workers from joining the union by
starting rumors that the company
was losing money, etc, But the sur
prise came when the president of
the local, very conservative man
was asked to see the Chief of Po-
lice.
The Chief said that he had COM
plants from workers that they had
been threatened to join the union
and further stated that violence
must stop (no violence or threats
we're used or even thought of. The
Chief of Police also stated that the
Spang Baking Co. was losin g
money and the only reason that the
company continued at a loss was
because they did not want the
workers to be without jobs. The
Mayor also sounded his strike
breaking horn, he wrote several let
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-07
Faith IN Mediation
VIII Bring No Gains
November Strike Could Have Been Won but for
Interference by LaCuardia

From my experiences with the
real estate owners I wish to inform
you all, that the only way We will
ever get a decent living wage is to
fight for it. Our only salvation is to
strike at once and fight them with
every ounce of energy that we pos
sess. That is the only way we can
show them that we are not the
slaves they are trying to make us be
by working those long hours in
those dismal cages.
All that is required to win our
strike is to be out in force, be mill
tant at all times, picket vigorously
and they cannot get enough scabs
even if they want to.
The public has learnt its lesson
about riding with scab operators
and they will be instrumental in
helping us win our fight. Their
complaints during the recent dis
pute in the garment center we're
long and loud and the owners soon
took notice of them. This is our big
gest asset so don't let anybody tell
yc anything different.
Let us get the ball rolling at once
and then the mayor. the economists
and whoever else likes to try and
stop it. We must strike in order
that we can show once and for all
times that we have an organization
that is an organization and not just
a dummy outfit The Real Estate
Board thinks that we are lot of
slobs. Well, let's up and at them
and show them that we are not
what they think we are.
Now or never men, is my slogan,
what do you say?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-07
MacyW Orkers
Win Removal
OfSupervisor
BY a Worker Correspondent

BY worker correspondent
NEW YORK.-Here is how Ee in
Macy's deal with overbearing SUI
pervisors:
A few weeks before Christmas,
Miss Goodman was transferred from
the Bureau of Adjustments to the
Packing Division and placed over
us on the sixth and seventh floors.
AS an executive in Bureau Of Ad-
justments, she had been so auto
cratic and mean to the employees
that every one that worked under
her, hated her, In fact, our union
paper, The Macy Worker, exposed
her completely about a year ago.
But, it seems that she did not
learn her lesson. AS supervisor Of
packers and collectors on the sixth
and seventh floors, she treated us
as if we we're the scum of the earth.
She was a perfect slave-driver. Soon
all the packers and collectors hated
her.
We who were members Of the
Macy Local Of the Department Store
Section of the Office Workers
Union, decided something should be
done. We selected committee to
write leaf1et urging all workers to
protest Miss Goodman's trea tment
Those leaflets we're distributed over
the two floors, and then things be-
gan to pop!
Some one mot a union member)
put one on the door where her
highness had to see it. Was she
angry! Things we're outwardly quiet
for while, and Where is
Miss Goodman? What's happened
to Miss Goodman" Everyone won
dered, but no one knew. Soon We
heard many workers saying, "I'll bet
that leaf1et had something to do
with it,"
The final result is that we now
have another, more pleasant super
visor, and that the prestige of the
union has been greatly increased on
our floors.
But, we must realize that leaf
lets alone are not enough. United
action on the part of all workers
is needed for permanent gains in
wages, working conditions and Sc
curity on the job. 1t was not lust
the Asaf1et that brought us the
change in supervisors. Our bosses
were afraid that II they continued
to treat us badly, all the packers
and collectors would flock into the
union.
Our bosses fear the unity of the
workers more than anything else
for they know that unity in a work
ers' union is the strongest weapon
workers have in their fight for a de-
cent living.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-07
Strike Action Will Win Demands For Elevator Operators
ISL Member Welcomes
NJ " | U Merger Bid

BY a Marine Worker Correspondent
PROVIDENCE, r. 1.-The pro-
posaI of the Marine Workers In
dustrial Union for a merger with
the International Seamen's Union
should be hailed as a great step
toward a powerful rank and file
controlled l. S. U.
It would pave the way for the
removal of such misleaders as
Percy Pryor, Olsnder and the ar
bitration specialist Axtell.
The locals of the 1, S. q. are
kept in complete ignorance as to
what is going on in connection
with the famous $3.50 q month
agreement the red batter" Olan-
der put over.
Our misleaders will no doubt
oppose the merger with all their
might, but we rank and file men
in the I. S. U. should unite and
force their hands by demanding
an immediate vote Of the MEM
bership on the proposition.
We hope in the very near future
to welcome the militant M. w.
/. o.. toward whom we feel the
greatest respect, into our ranks.
I would suggest a far reaching
drive to inform the membership
Of the different /. S. U. locals Of
the merger proposal,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-07

when we get a Soviet American" He
then states; Il think that the sex
question should be thoroughly ana
ianlyzed and publicized from pro-
letarian viewpoint"
Our Reply
ME agree with your opinion that
W the sex question should be thor
oughly analysed from proletarian
point Of view, and we publish such
analyses In our column from time
to time. OF course, the column is
small and there are many subjects
that need discussion. In order to be
able to do this on large scale, we
plan to issue health magazine and
perhaps some pamphlets.
We do not know exactly what YOU
mean by sex degeneracy. This term
is used for a variety of phenomena,
such as. peverSion, homo-seuality
etc We feel that many of These
activities have their roots in the
present structure of society and will
be eliminated in q classics society.
1t Is impossible in letter 10 give
detailed discussion of these mat
ters. In New York City and nearby
places, we give lectures on these
subjects and discuss them with the
workers.
We will announce in the column
the date of publication of our maya
zine where you will find more de-
tailed discussion on these subjects.
In the meantime, we would recon-
mend that you read Red Virtue
by Ella Winters (Harcourt Brace
and Coz, which tells how sex Is
treated in the Soviet Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-07
Begs for Food
To Meet Ends
On Relief Job
By a Worker Correspondent


SAN FRANCISCO, Call am one
Of the pencil pushers on a 9. E. r.
A. job here Our superintendent is
an Al John Palooka.
He walks around on the Job and
has foreman for every bunch Of
men besides spoilers who watch the
men to see if they stop. We work
six hours day.
A few days ago some big guy came
pretty near locking the super's
block off for bawling him out when
he stopped. This big fellow had
been working hard and just stopped
to straighten out his back.
Each one of us gets so much re-
lief work according to whether we
are single or married All of us
single men Just get one and half
days week, which mounts up to
1888. I have to bum some of my
eats to get by at that. If it's rainy
day We can't work and naturally
don't get any credit for time. We
have to come and go back home
again.
We have to make it up some other
time and our ten cents carfare is
shot to hell. But, our Mr.. Super
intendent's time goes on just the
same, rain or shine. This shows the
unfairness Of this relief racket.
I have to pay two dollars a week
for light housekeeping room.
That's about the cheapest I can get
it. And then have to buy or bum
my clothes.
There are great many people on
relief here. I don't know how many
there are now, but in August it was
$1,000, and it must have increased
siroa tAen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-07
Intensified Efforts Mark
Last Week Of l. ". O. Dripe
So Per Cent of Quota Achieved--New York Goes
Over the Top-Children Lead

went over the top with 1892 per
cent of their quota.
Close behind the Chldren's Sec
ton marched the English Section,
with an achievement of 1852 per
cent Of its quota. Our English Sec
ton is advancing rapidly from an
insignificant group to the dominant
section of the Order. 1t has reached
a membership of $500 and expects
to march its delegates into the
Convention in May representing at
least 5000 members. The English
Section made special efforts to re-
cruit Negroes, with good success.
The next Section in order is the
Jewish Section. It accepted quota
of 5000 for the campaign and full
filled this quota 104.8 per cent. Our
Jewish Section has thus reached a
membership of over 10000. The ma
tional and local leadershipS of the
Jewish Section have established an
enviable record in this campaign.
This record will inspire their men,
bers and the whole Order to the
achievement of the immediate task
of building the Order to $4,000 by
May 5th. when our Convention
opens.
Though they did not reach their
quota, the Ukrainian, Roumanian
and Youth Sections deserve honor
able mention for their work in the
campaign.
At the tail-end of the parade
marched the Hungarian Section. 1t
did not even reach so per cent Of its
quota. The Hungarian Section will
have 10 60 some serious overhsuling
Of its organization. The member
ship is active and enthusiastic This
is evidenced by the work it does for
social insurance. But the leader
ship fails in achieving organizs-
tional results. Agitation is carried
on, out the FRUIT OF this agitation
does not materialize in organiza-
tional strength.
All in all, 1t was an excellent
campaign. It's results enabled our
Order to close the year with a net
gain of 10000 adults and 1000 chill
dren members.
We can we'll start the new year
with hopeful prospects. We have
cause to thank our members for
their splendid response TO our call
for action With confidence we look
toward the achievement of our next
goal:
Forward to $4,000 members BY
May 5th!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-07
Roosevelt New Deal Results
In PauperiSatiOn Of Veterans
Economy Act Threw
Thousands Upon
Charity
BY a Worker Correspondent


BILOXI. Miss am sending you
this statement for the purpose of
having it printed in your most lib
eral minded and beloved paper Of
the working class.
am an ex-service man. I served
with the Seventh Division, Machine
Gun Company, 34th Infantry for
twenty-five months and eight days.
I was over seas from Aug. 18, 1918
to June 10, 1919, with twenty nine
days on the firing line in France.
I was honorably discharged with
an excellent" for character on
June 20, 1919
was discharged with disability
of fiat feet and mustard gas eff
fects. These disabilities have con-
stantly grown worse since then.
Managing the best I could, l tried
to make living in spite of my dis
ability up to the Spring of 1892. I
was granted a small pension of
twelve dollars month. With this
small income I managed to get by
until it was taken away from me by
Roosevelt on July l, 1888. From then
until now, I have had to do what
he advised us to do, fall upon charity
and my relations for support.
Not having family, towards the
end Of July 1888, I made out an
application for the c. c. c. camp at
Holly Springs, Miss, but was not
called until Jan. IL, 1884.
Then I was shipped to Ocala, Fla,
where I was assigned to Camp No.
2415 on Jan. IA, 1884. On March
10, I had to report to the doctor
as I had heart trouble. Then, by
doctors orders I was kept in camp
under treatment until the 9th of
the same month. was then honor
ably discharged from the G. G. G.
with q disability specified as heart
trouble. transportation was then
furnished me back to Potts Camp.
Miss, my home town.
Here, I made out an application
for the Veterans Hospital No. ss
in Memphis. Tenn, and was adj
mitted on April Is, 1884. When I
was discharged from the hospital on
May q. was dead broke due to
the fact that I had paid off some
debts that had contracted before
went to the C. c. C. with the
money made while in the c. c. G.
I was then just another veteran
thrown upon the mercy Of the
people. The next day, I found my
way, as thousands of veterans have.
into the Transient Bureau. Here
I was given another physical ex-
animation and the doctor marked
me light duty due to my physical
condition
Here, I found among the veterans
and non-veterans, men from ali
parts Of the nation who were in
the same condition I was, physically
and financially Men with profess
sions and trades of all kinds. All
these fellow workers had been
thrown into the SOUP lines through
Roosevelt's Economy Act and the
boarding of wealth by Monopoly
Capitalism.
1t was a shameful sight to see
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-07
Report Discrimination
in Rent Relief Payment
BY a Worker CORRESPONDENT

by a worker correspondent
MITCHELL, S. D. - At a recent
meeting of the Farmers and Work
ers' League of Dawson County there
was a heated discussion on the rank
discrimination practiced by the
County Commissioners in the pay
nent of rent, and their absolute re-
fusal to pay in the vast majority of
vases. The discussion eliminated in
unanimous decision to appear in
body before the County Commits
sioners at their next regular month
ly meeting.
Because the checks OF the workers
on relief, due the last week of No
vember, were never paid the workers
of Dawson County, resolution was
adopted. instructing the secretary to
write the Governor lin the name
of the League demanding the i'm
mediate payment of these checks.
Discrimination is charged because
other counties had received these
checks.
The enforcement of the relief
workers conference to be held in
Sioux Falls in February, as well the
sending Of delegates to the said
n ere n ce, was unanimously
adopted in the form Of a resolution
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-07
BY MAX BEDACHT

Our 1884 membership drive ended
December 81. with last supreme
effort during the last week on the
part of some of the sections and
districts. The result Of this effort
was a total of 22O5 adult and youth,
and 924 children applications in that
one week.
vae City Central Committee in
No. rork especially did splendid
work. It needed over hoo to full
fill its quota. It recruited over 1900
in that one week With this COM
rendable effort New York outdis-
tanced considerably the Cleveland
District. Cleveland had held the
lead all along. It did regular and
persistent work, week after week.
But it failed to work up to climax
in the last week. This last week
was just another one of the II
campaign weeks for Cleveland. The
result is that Cleveland did not
reach its quota. While New York re-
cruited 6,177 out of quota Of 5000
and thus filled 1929 per cent Of its
quota, Cleveland only reached 2,210
out Of total quota of $500. 1t full
filled only 1874 per cent of its quota.
Chicago and Detroit ran badly be-
hind. Chicago fulfilled only 47.2 per
cent and Detroit only 31,9 per cent
OF It's quota. The total recruitment
of Chicago is one hundred below
that of Cleveland.
The results of the campaign by
Sections are as follows:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-07
Rv q Worker Cnrresnnndent

NEW YORK.-As you have been
a great help to many unfortunate
workers in the past I am writing
you this in hopes that you will pub
lish it so that my fellow workers
may be informed Of what is going
on in regards to their welfare in
our field, the Building Service En-
ployes.
There is at present a So-called
mediation board arbitrating our
wage disputes. Let US just consider
of whom this board comprises. First,
Major Henry Curran, an outstand-
ing economist, a black dyed-in-the-
wool Republican, who could not give
labor an even break if he really
wanted to.
Second, W. Jet Lauck, another
economist of long standing, who
was managing economist Of the
Federal Commission on Industrial
Relations. These are the types of
men selected to tell us what We
should be paid for the work we do.
Well, fellow workers, If you expect
anything from them, you are max
ing a mistake, because all We can
receive from them is the worst Of a
bad deal.
We would have won our demands
in November had not our bull
headed mayor tnterfered in our af-
fairs. We can win them any time
in the future because the Daily
Worker and the public is with us
100 per cent. They realize what
abuse we have had to take in order
that we could organize ourselves
according to the right given us by
Section IA.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-07
Veteran Dies,
LeavesF arnily
InDestitutiOn
By a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK.-Bert Strass, vet
eran of the World War, died on
New Years Day, and thereby hangs
tale.
He enlisted when he was eighteen,
fired by the ballyhoo of "democ-
racy," was sent over on the other
side and served to the end.
Coming back, he became a taxi
driver and worked for some years.
Since the permanent depression ar
rived, his earnings became less and
less, until one day he found himself
without job.
Being a family man, he applied
to the government for relief, ex-
pecting the government to pay him
the money (bonus) due him. But
the money went as subsidies to the
big Wall Street industries and
banks, also to prepare for another
imperialist war, 50 they gave him a
relief job at ditch digging.
About a year ago, he became sick,
but kept on working on and off,
his family had to be supported, He
worked until he dropped on the job
about month ago.
They sent him to the Government
Veterans Hospital in the Bronx.
His body being weakened from over
work, various complications set in,
and on New Years Day he died.
He leaves wife and three chill
dren aged 13, s and 3, in a desti-
tute condition.
All they viii get from the gov
eminent will probably be 5000 and
the sounding of taps over his grave.