Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-06-26
OFFICE QUESTION
AS REPORTED BY
THE committee
Explanation Of Those Who In
terested Themselves In Sc
curing POcOmOke Office
BUILDING WILL COST
SEVENTY-SIX THOUSAND

Shortly after his election, Mayor E.
Wilfred Ross appointed a. Planning
and Steering Committee for Pocomoke
the appointment of which committee
was later approved by the Council,
for the purpose Of trying to secure
for Pocomoke some share of the funds
which have been distributed somewhat
generously throughout the United
States during the past year, through
the P. w. A. or the w. P. A. govern
ment agencies, not any of which
funds, however, except very small
sum for street, water and sewer ina
provement, has been allocated to Po-
comoke. The towns of Salisbury,
Ocean City, Crisfield, Snow Hill and
Onancock have been dealt with more
generously.
The committee consists of Ralph p.
Ross, President of the Rotary Club,
Eugene P. Matthews, President of the
Lions Club, H. Merrill Walters, and
Milton L. Veasey, Chairman. Elk Of
ficio members of the committee are
Mayor Ross and Godfrey Child, Esq.,,
Counsel to the Municipality.
The committee at once decided to
concentrate its immediate activities,
upon securing a Federal grant OF
$3.50 through the P. w. A., to be ap-
piled toward the construction of a
Municipal Building, and in an effort
to secure a Federal appropriation for
the construction of a Post Office
Building in Pocomoke on new site.
Both of these projects were prompt
ly taken up with Senator Millard E.
Tydings and Senator George L. Rad
cliffe on April "a, and later, on April
80, Congressman T. Alan Goldsbor-
ough was advised of what the COM
mittee had done and was asked to lend!
his influence in our behalf.
Senator Tydings, about year ago,
at the request, of Senator Milton L.
Veasey, had asked the Post Office De-
partment to make a survey of POGO
moke, so that all necessary informa-
ton would be in the files of the De-
partment at Washington whenever op-
portunity WIS afforded to give the
matter consideration. The survey was
promptly made and the information
filed with the Department.
In reply to the communications to
Senators Tydings and Radcliffe an i'm
mediate answer was received, pledging
their support to secure an appropria-
ton for the new Post Office Building.
Senator Tydings, on April 80, wrote
Honorable Smith w. Purdum, Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General, request
ing a conference at Washington for
the Planning Committee. Mr.. Pur-
dunn, however, advised Senator Ty-
dings on May that an interview was
not necessary because the Department
was we'll aware, from the survey that
had been made at the request of Sem
ator Tydings, that Pocomoke City
needed both new building and new
site and that the Department would
give earnest consideration to the re-
quest of Pocomoke as soon as funds
we're available.
While the conference asked for was
hot held, Senators Tydings and Rad
cliffe have been in constant touch with
the Post Office Department and this
week notified Senator Veasey, Chair
man of the Planning Committee, they
had just been advised by Mr.. Purdum,
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General,
that a new building and new site
for Pocomoke City had been approved
and that $4,000 had been allocated
for this purpose.
Senators Tydings and Radcliffe
have been further asked to urge the
Federal grant of 1870 Of P. w. A.
funds for the Municipal Building and
the Planning Committee is hopeful
that within a reasonably short time
this grant will also be made.