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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13
THE G. 1. o.

Last week the militant but temper
arily chastened Committee for Incus-
trial Organization, led by John L.
Lewis, celebrated it's first year of sep.
aration from the American FEEDER
alton of Labor And Nov. IS, 1896,
the C. l. o. startled America by call"
ing a sit-down strike in the Fisher
Body plant at Atlanta, first sit-down
in the motor industry.
BY the middle of last winter,
plants of the General Motor Corpor-
alton were tried up from coast to
coast. The C. l. o. demaned recogni-
ton as exclusive bargaining agent
for all General Motors workers.
AS losses in wages ran into mil
lions, and as production schedules had
to be Cancelled, efforts at mediation
increased. BY Feb. II this year Gov
ernor Murphy of Michigan announc-
ed an agreement. The C. l. o. re-
ceived recognition as bargaining
agent only for its members. Nego-
tiations for wages and hour accords
began. Plants reopened. Mutual COM
promise ended the deadlock.
Later G. l. o. invaded the steel in
dustry. big Steel" took the way Of
agreement. The United States Steel
Corporation signed a contract. But
Little Steel" or the independents,
resisted. Violence ragged, federal
mediation failed, and then the pub
lie took hand.
Rights of non-union workers, and
of the strike-torn communities, as
serted themselves. G. l. o. lost it's
strike, and learned the limits of pub
lie patience.
Recent weeks have therefore been
marked by less violence and more
agreements. The steel fight has turn
ed to the courts Pacific coast settle
ments have come in hotel strikes,
waterfront strikes, canneries, and
department stores.
The Labor Department concilia-
ton service at Washington reports
adjusting 11S disputes in the past
four weeks.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13
Questions And Answers
WHAT'S WHAT ABOUT SOCIAL
SECURITY

@. 26 / am railroad employee
and am paying 3k per cent of my
pay toward a pension. My employer
is paying the same Do | also pay
one per cent to the Federal Govern
ment for old-age benefits?
A. 26 You are excluded from the
taxing provisions as set forth in
Title VIII of the Social Security Act
since you are already covered under
the Railroad Retirement Act.
@. 81 How can l get job in the
Old-Age Benefits Office?
A. 81 The Bureau of Federal
Old-Age Benefits is department of
the Federal Government. All employ
ees, with exception of few experts
in the Bureau, are taken directly
from the Civil Service registers.
Q. 2S only work one day a
week. Am l included under the pro-
visions of old-age benefits?
A. 28 Yes. One days work in a
year is enough to bring you into the
benefits plan.
@. 80 am 65 years old now. Do
have to pay taxes for unemploy-
ment compensation?
A. 80 The Social Security Act
does not tax employees for unem-
ployment compensation. A few of the
State acts do. Your employer is not
exempt in paying a tax on you be-
cause you are over SIS.
@. 80 am one-man corpor-
alton and own all the stock in the
corporation. Why am / not classed as
self-employed?
A. 80 Every corporation is con-
sidered a legal person. Since that is
the case, you work for that legal per-
son and not yourself.
@. 81 1 am in business with
another partner. Will we be entitled
to benefits under the Social Security
Act at SIS?
A. 81 No. Partners are self-em-
ployed, and such are not eligible for
old-age benefits. You can get spec
ific ruling on your particular case
from the Collector Of internal
Revenue.
O. 32 What must a person do in
order to qualify for old-age benefits?
A. 80 There are three require
ments in the Act. CD You must be
at least IS years old; GU you must
have earned not less than $4,000
total wages from covered employ
ment after December 81, 1885, and
before the age Of IS.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13
SEEING THE BUYERS
VIEWPOINT

Many farm women who are selling
garden, poultry, and other products
at market stand, have found it to
advantage to check their wares oc-
casionally from the customers view
point, Margaret McPheeters, nutri-
ton specialist for the University OF
Maryland Extension Service, says.
1t is not only a question of making
the stand or display attractive and
clean, she says. There are other
points one would notice if one were a
buyer. One is the quality of the pro
ducts. Another point is the price
Another may be whether or not the
product can be bought elsewhere.
1t requires a little extra effort,
Miss McPheeters points out, for a
customer to make her purchases
from roadside or curb market stands
so there must be advantages from her
point of view. Absolute freshness,
unusual quality, and perfect con-
dition are some of the advantages
which many market women have
found to their customers value.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13

The bureau of standards say that at
full load and speed the temperature
at the center of the crown of an auto
mobile engine piston may exceed $50
degrees c. for aluminium pistons and
400 degrees c. for cast iron pistons.
Skirt temperatures at the same time
may be about 100 degrees, with tenn
peratures in the neighborhOOd of the
rings at about 100 degrees to 200 de-
grees or more. Under idling condi-
lions, temperatures are more nearly
uniform and probably do not exceed
about $50 degrees at any point.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13
Dreaded Copperhead Is
Not Aggressive Snake

The copperhead, one of the snakes
the very name of which strikes terror
into the heart of the city man out in
the hills, is highly poisonous, but no.
where near the aggressive enemy that
story has pictured it to be- The snake,
as a matter of fact, is sluggish and Is
unlikely to be of menace to humans
unless it is encountered in brush or by
rocks where the contact is made by
the human.
The copperhead is member of the
rattlesnake family, but has no rattles.
Its head is of FURNISH copper color,
while its body is of dark-brown color
with dark blotches, more or less Y
shaped, on the sides and round on the
stomach. 1t will attain a length Of
four feet at maturity.
1t is usually found in damp places
and in rocky country from early spring
until autumn 1t has a number OF
other names, such as pilot, copper
belly, red adder and redeye.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13
SAFETY TEST TRAILER

Blazing new trails in the war on
highway accidents, the Keystone
Automobile Club has placed in SER
vice a Safety Test Trailer, veritable
laboratory on wheels" designed to
promote safety by helping motorist
to improve their driving.
A continuous safety campaign"
will be waged through the use of
this new and effective safety weapon,
it is announced According to Club
officials the trailer is equipped with
the most complete up-to-minute
driver testing apparatus ever as
sembled in one unit. The Safety Test
Trailer, 23 feet in length, is specially
constructed for the housing of driver
testing apparatus. Power for lighting
and loud speaker apparatus is sup
piled by a huge generator installed
in the rear of the automobile to which
the laboratory is attached
1--WE sincerely believe" said j.
Borton Weeks, President of the Club,
that through the constant use of
this strengthening unit definite pro-
gress can be made in solution of the
highway accident problem. 1t is
obvious that all accidents cannot be
blamed on recklessness. The fault in
countless crashes is some unsuspect-
ed weakness in the driver.
"The tests we have provided, and
obligation to all drivers who wish to
take them, are valuable not only in
pointing out to the individual under
lying factors of his mental and ply
steal equipment which may be hand
icapping him, but also in establishing
scientific data upon which to develop
programs to improve the skill of all
drivers.
I'VE wish particularly to empasize
that use of the Safety Test Trailer is
not a stunt. After the Introductory
tour in which public officials and
civic leaders will be given opper-
tunity to inspect the trailer equip
ment, the trailer will be kept in con-
tinuous service in the territory SER
we'd by the Club. In other words, il
will remain in the different COM
munities long enough to serve a de-
finite safety purpose.
by making the motorist concious
of what he must do to improve his
driving judgment in the light of the
test results, we believe the tour OF
the Safety Test Trailer will prove a
most practical contribution to the
nationwide crusade for highway
safety"
The trailer will be in Baltimore on
Friday, August 10, and will be or
display in other cities and towns or
dates to be announced later.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS
BOARD
BOARD

In July, 1895, the National Labor
Relations Board was established as
the Federal governments chief in
strument for protection of labor's
rights. BY last week, the board had
held 191 elections to determine collec-
tive bargaining agencies, heard thou
sands of cases involving union
charges of unfair practices by en-
ployers. Because most Of the cleo
lions and hearings have resulted in
gains for John L. Lewis's c. l. o.
the NLRB has become highly un-
popular in many quarters. Last week
this unpopularity erupted in series
of sharp attacks.
In the U. S. Senate, Senator Ger
aid P. Nye of North Dakota, gener-
ally counted a strong liberal, blasted
the boards tactics as partisan. He as
serted that most people regard the
NLRB as a &c. I. o. adjunct" and
added that he thought the board had
disqualified itself as am impartial UNI
pire in labor disputes.
A few days later, Nye was echoed
in the House by another New Deal
supporter, Representative John E.
Rankin of Mississippi, who asked
that the present members of the
board be- removed because they we're
conspiring with Communistic inf1u-
ences destroy Southern industry"
The U. s. Chamber of Commerce add
ed a charge that many of the board s
findings had been Inconsistent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13
POLITICAL sEEsAW

Children early learn a fundament-
al law of physics: to- balance see
saw, persons of the same weight
must sit equidistant from the center,
or fulcrum. If weights are unqual,
the heavy person must sit nearer the
fulcrum and the light person farther
away.
Since February 5, the president $
Court bill has served as the fulcrum
of a political seesaw, balanced by
conservatives at one end, liberals at
the other. When his Court bill was
defeated a fortnight ago, the presi-
dent found the balance upset. Seniors,
previously sympathetic with New
Deal policies, had gone to the conser-
vative end, leaving Roosevelt and
minority group of liberals high in
the air.
Last week, President Roosevelt
was seeking a return to equilibrium
BY enticing conservatives nearer the
center and by inviting progressives
and Independents to the liberal end,
he hoped to restore political balance.
In an effort to win over the first
group, the president let it be known
last week that he would not pick an
extremist" to fill the vacancy left by
Justice Van Devanter's retirement,
but would choose a "middle-of-the-
road-man," approved by conserva-
tives as well as liberals. To attract
the second group, he invited the two
Wisconsin progressives, Sentor
Robert La Toilette and Governor
Philip La Toilette, together with ma
jority leader Barley, for weekend
cruise on the Potomac. The Wiscon-
sin Senior stands with Barley and
the New Deal element against an adj
journment without accomplishing at
least some of the New Deal
objectives.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13
RELIEF TAXES

The new State relief-tax program
brought in $304,021 during June,
the first month it was in full oper-
alton, it was learned at the Office of
William S. Gordy, Jr., State Comp
troller.
The funds are raised from the
per cent. automobile titling tax; Z
16 cents a gallon beer tax; 21b cents
a gallon whisky tax; 1 per cent. ada
mission tax; 10 per cent. cosmetics
tax; ITO of 1 per cent. documentary
and recordation tax; $40 to $35 pin
ball machine tax; SIS music-box tax,
and 81 fee for reregistration of
motor-vehicle drivers.
The returns from these taxes for
June, collected during July, were:
Admissions tax, $15,8S3; Beer,
$50, O48; Cosmetics, $14,354;
Whisky, $S4,S64; Recordation, $24,-
OBI; Auto Titles, $59,731; Registra-
ton, $1O,277; Pin-Ball Machine,
$34,914; Music Boxes, $2O,9$4.
The Legislature contemplated the
program would bring in $3,51O,O0O
annually, which would be increased
to $5,01O,O00 by the State income
tax which will begin flowing into the
Treasury next year on this years in
comes.
The taxes collected ON admissions,
cosmetics, whisky, documents and
Irecordation and reregistration of
automobile drivers are slightly under
the monthly quotas. The Legislature,
for example, estimated the whisky
tax would bring in $35,416 monthly,
while the June receipts were $34,-
1854. Taxes paid on beer and for auto
mobile titles are over the monthly
quotas.
There is possibility that the pin
ball and music box payments may fall
below the $35O,00O they are expected
to raise.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13

Instead of being fixed tightly to the
jaw-bone, the fangs of rattlesnake
are fastened at the base of movable
bone in the upper jaw. Sometimes
when the RATHER makes strike and
it's victim does not succumb at once,
the latter may wrench out these loose
ly attached fangs in an attempt to es-
cape. 1t is not long, however, before
the RATHER thus incapacitated will be
equipped with a new set of weapons,
for it is provided with clusters of I'M
developed fangs on either side of its
mouth and a new pair of these soon
grow out to effective size.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13
Sea Rescue With Lasso

It was his knowledge of how men Of
the wide-open spaces rope steers that
enabled the mate on an English ship
to save the life Of skipper in a col
lision off Tenby, England. Skipper
Mynheer of a sinking fishing boat
which had collided with the steamer
Skerries was on the bridge just as it
dipped into the waves. A rope whirred
from the side of the Skerries, ringed
about the skipper just under his arm
Dit and he was whisked into the air
A few minutes later he was safe
aboard the steamer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13
United States Seal

The reverse of the Great Seal Of
the United States shows an unfinished
pyramid, above which is an eye in
blue triangle, all proper. The lowest
course of the pyramid bears the Ro-
man numerals MDCCLXXVL Beneath
the pyramid, on a golden scroll, is the
motto "Novus Ordo Seclorum" Ia new
era in the ages), and above is the
motto "Annuit Coeptis" (He prospers
our beginning). The pyramid signifies
strength and duration; the eye over
it and the motto allude to the many
interpretations of Providence in favor
of the American cause. The date IN
derneath is the date of the Declara-
ton of Independence and the words
under 1t signify the beginning of the
new American era, which commences
from that date.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13
MARYLAND POULTRY SURVEY
PRINTED

Result of an economic study of SO
Maryland poultry farms has been
published in bulletin form by the I'm
iversity of Maryland Experiment
Station. The purpose of this study.
it is stated, is threefold: % To dis
cover and establish facts concerning
poultry farm organization and man
agement in Maryland; (2) to ascer
tain the degree of profitablenesS III
poultry farming in this state and
determine the causes of variation in
profitableness; and CD to secure de-.
finite data on which to make re ON
mendations to Maryland farmers for
better planning of the poultry enter
prise.
Records were secured from farms
in six Maryland counties, selected on
the basis of the importance of
poultry in the county. The counties
included in the survey were Carroll,
Baltimore, Wicomico, Worcester,
Somerset and Caroline.
The title of the bulletin is can
Economic Study of SO Poultry Farms
in Maryland 1t was written by w.
f. Hauver, DR.. S. H. DeVault and A
B. Hamilton. The number is 397 and
copies may be obtained free of
charge by writing the Experiment
Station at College Park.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13
CIVIL SERVICE

The present breakdown in the
Government civil service is apt to be
complete by the time the G. I. o. and
the A. F. of L. finish organizing
Government workers. 1t is all very
brave for President Roosevelt and
Others to tell these oficial-unionites
that they will never be allowed To
strike or demand collective bargain
ing. It is perfectly clear, right now,
that labor leaders like Mr.. Lewis will
eventually make demands upon the
Government for just those sort of
concessions for organized Govern
ment employees.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13

OF 400 poultrymen from all sec
lions Of the United States registered
at the recent International Baby
Chick Association Convention in
Baltimore, more than 1000 were
from the state of Maryland.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13

Frederick County ranks first
among the counties OF the State in
the number of farms and the amount
of acreage in these farms Frederick
has total OF s.474 farms compris-
ing s4s.O4s acres. r.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13

The acreage of corn reported in
Maryland this year is $4,000 as
compared with $1,000 in 1885 and
a five year average (192S-32) of
$4,000 acres.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13

Thirty-six individuals and six cor
porations from New York, New Jer-
sey and Pennsylvania were recently
indicted for participation in the
largest bootleg ring since repeal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13

If a man makes cynical remarks
about women, it's doughnuts to
fudge that one of them has been US
ing him for a doormat.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13

A bachelor says that it is far bet,
ter to be alone in this world OF sor-
row than to live next door to an anna
teur saxophone player.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13

Lots of people seem to go to
church for the purpose of picking
flaws in the sermon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13

Wait for others to advance your
interests and you will wait until
they are not worth advancing
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13

In character, in manners, in style,
in all things, the supreme excellence
is neutrality-suspicious..
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13

There may be a time for all things,
but the wise man prefers to tackle
one thing at time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13

No real hustler would give two
cents for the things that come to
those who wait.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-13

If a man runs into debt he must
either crawl out or stay In.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21

Sole ond easy 10 ride
even for "4.Yedr-olds". Ad.
justablO saddle. pneumatic
b q ! 10 on tires, attractive
hdked-on enamel finish. bell.
etc.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
Here's How We Save You
so Much MOmNVS

We buy direct in ENORMOUS qua1-
tities!. We sell direct to you! We
save FniddIe-men's profits. We save
distribution and advertising expenses.
We Pass the Saving On to You
It isn't skimpins on quaIity-it's
good management that makes True.
tone" prices so low.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-09-10

Church members made the day
brighter for the convalescents at
the Cornelius Rest Home with
songs and words of hope and cheer.
Hope some of our own groups will
get busy soon and share some of
their time and talent. 1t would be
so greatly appreciated these early
fall days.
Mrs. Bell Whitley is the only in
mate of the Home confined to her
bed. The others are able to be up
and go about the house and yard.
Some few have friends and rela-
tives they can visit. We were glad
to take a message for Mrs. Rose
St. Claire to a friend of hers. She
has been regaining her strength at
the Rest Home since her release
from General Hospital. Mrs.
Evelyn Collins, Hattie Stone, and
Mr.. William Strous and Joseph
Brooks are the others cared for in
the home at present.
A friend, interested in helping
US in the work of our Bureau, gave
us fifty cents to buy some little
gifts for our little girl out at Glen
Lake Sanitarium. We are planning
to take this friend with US on our
trip to the Sanitarium next week.
This friend of ours is too modest
to allow us to print her name
but she lives at 1916 4th Ave. So.
We took a large bundle of maya
zines to the Mems Bureau and gave
large supply of old magazines to
the Good Will Store. The Saliva
ton Army and Good Will organiza-
tons will call for old papers and
magazines.
When we called at the Minnesota
Sanitorium on Fifth and Franklin,
we found that we had delayed visit
ing this institution too long. At
least Mr.. Sam Harris, Investigator,
is not there any longer. We had
hoped to have him tell US of the re-
suits of the work he had volunteer
ed to do with certain types of hui
man wreckage. Even if his work
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-09-10

to find a multitude of satisfactions
in the things that will open up for
them with the passing of the sum-
mer and the beginning of the
classes for study in almost any
subject. This is good time to be-
gin the study of your race group.
I'll wager there are many things
about your people you don't know.
Then you might learn how to do
your job better.
Many people lost a job during
the depression because someone
else could do it better and cheaper.
One of the surprising changes that
may come with the fall is that with
the partial return of prosperity
business is asking for a better
grade of workman; there are so
many idle ones to choose from.
AS we lay aside the more or less
carefree days of the spring and
summer and prepare for the more
energetic activities of the fall and
winter we may surely know that
for their complete enjoyment and
satisfaction we must be able to
make certain sacrifices of time, of
money perhaps, and Of selfish in
terest.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-09-10

is no longer being carried on at
the Sanitarium we know he has
some interesting facts to tell us
so we hope to see him soon.
Dropped around to the Franklin
Convalescent Hospital to chat with
Mrs. Mary Alice Smith. She is our
only patient there since Mrs
Matte Turner was released. Mrs
Smith was very pleased to receive
the pretty little garden flowers a
friend had sent to her by US.
Hope we will be able to tell you
that the Bethesda Gospel Singers
have decided on a date for their
Song Service at Parkview SAM
tarium.
Must adjust our correct sympa-
thetic smile now and run along
over to General. Just read of the
accident Mrs. Beulah Mitchell had.
So glad it was not serious.
Don't hurry, folks. Life is short
enough at it's longest.
Dorothy w. Wilson.