The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-02-06
"SIT-DOWN" STRIKES ARE
BANNED In FRIENDS BILL
Senator Also Introduces Bill to
Authorize Commissioners to
Borrow For Schools

A bill to ban sit-down strikes has
been introduced in the Maryland leg
islature by Senator Clifford Friend Of
this county.
His measure provides that at shall
be unlawful for any employee or for
mer employee or groups thereof to re-
main upon land, premises or property
or in buildings under the legal con-
troll of his or their employer after a
notice to leave shall have been given
by said employer or his duly author
lied agent.
"Any corporation, association or or
ganization responsible for such illegal
occupation of private property shall
be financially liable for whatever loss
of revenue or loss from damage in
flicted that the owners of said prop
erty have suffered as a result of said
occupation" the bill states.
Violators of the proposed law would
be subject to fine of from SIS to $50
Announcer Bill FOR SCHOOLS
Senator Friend also introduced leg
islation authorizing the Garrett coun-
ty commissioners to borrow $4,000
for school improvements.
The bill would provide money to
erect and equip a school auditorium
at Accident and a one-room school at
Hutton. The bill provides $4,000 for
Accident and $4,000 for Hutton. An
emergency clause provides that the
bill become law Immediately upon
enactment.
The bill delegates the entire power
of construction of the Accident addi-
ton in the hands of building COM
mittee of five Accident citizens, with
approval necessary from the State
Superintendent of Schools.
Prior to introducing the school bill,
a meeting of interested groups was
held in the Accident school building
on Saturday night, January rs. At
tending were three members of the
General Assembly, Senator Friend
and Delegates Martin L. Groves and
Nelson Brenneman; the County Com
missioners, G. Blaine Giessman, Ches-
ton H. Browning and Paul M. Friend
two members of the Board of Educa,
ton, Walter w. Dawson, president,
and Walter w. Savage; and F. E.
Rathbun, county superintendent of
schools, and committee of five Acct
dent citizens along with B. o. Aiken,
principal of Accident high school.
According to several who attended
the meeting, there was no discussion
relative to the Hutton school problem,
the item for $4,000 for that situation
evidently being tackled on later.
Building Committee Named
The building committee for Acct
dent named in the bill was Frank
Spoerlein, Henry Harmon, Adam
Richter, Henry Speicher and William
Miller, all to serve without compen-
sation. The committee was given au-
thority to prepare plans for the audi
forum for the school and have full
power to enter into a contract for
erection and equipment of the same,
with plans subject to approval of the
State Superintendent.
The County School Board was given
the responsibility for planning the
Hutton school.
Erection of the school at Hutton
has been demanded by citizens who
have refused to send their children to
nearby Crellin. The old building was
destroyed by fire. The State Super
intendent declared recently in favor
of transporting the children to Crellin
and against the rebuilding of the
school.