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Pilot. "A" boss is shown here instructing a transient worker in ditch digging at "Tugwelltown," the government-owned project started in Maryland near the District of Columbia. 10/15/35

Pilot. "A" boss is shown here instructing a transient worker in ditch ...

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Wash. D.C. A new town is started. This crew of swampers is busy clearing out trees and stumps to make a place for the erection of a new town by the government, popularly termed "Tugwelltown." It is located near the District of Columbia in Maryland. 10/15/35

Wash. D.C. A new town is started. This crew of swampers is busy cleari...

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Objects to workers. Edna Morris, who lives within a few hundred feet of the government-owned "Tugwelltown" being constructed near Washington by Rehabilitation Administration, arms herself to protect her property against what she termed the "thieving" of the workers on the project. Many people living in Maryland adjacent to the project protest the importation of about 500 transients brought in daily from the District of Columbia to work on the project. 10/15/35

Objects to workers. Edna Morris, who lives within a few hundred feet o...

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