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First Birthday Is
Celebrated By 166
Music and Entertainment Is
Feature Rally In
Y Legion Hall
Sabring, 0.—Our meeting May 12
was cut short in order that we might
have plenty of time for our birthday
celebration. We found time to initi
ate Kenneth Pidgeon and hold our A.
F. of L. convention delegate election,
however, and believe we picked the
winner.
After the meeting we gathered in
the Legion Hall and surely must give
the committee in charge a big hand
for the fine program they arranged.
A Hill-Killy band from Westville
put out about as much music per man
as you would ever care to listen to.
Pupils from Billy Cassidy's School of
Dancing in Alliance were very popular
with the members.
Betty Hogue of Sebring was in her
best form as she gave readings and
Barbara Lee Green, granddaughter
of plant superintendent B. H. Green,
is a whiz on the accordian.
Mrs. R. Boals proved to be the best
cake walker in the hall and Brother
Charles Jordan of L. U. 59 took home
a huge cake because he was able to
guess what was baked in it.
An excellent refrigerator set went
to Brother 0. Beaton, the winner of
the door prize.
There were plenty of home-baked
pies and cakes and this local wishes
to thank those who made them. Danc
ing lasted until the late hours and
those who missed this celebration are
wishing the next one wasn't so far
away.—0. C. 166.
Local 70 Mourns
(Continue'] From Png= One)
pathy to the family of Lilly Flint, who
died at her home in East Liverpool. She
was the mother of Krwin Flint who
is employed as a jiggerman on our
plant. Deepest sympathy to Mrs. Trota
Newcomer and Calvin Evertts whose
father, Homer Evertts was drowned
at Coshocton, May 8.
We elected delegates to the National
Convention to be held in Atlantic City.
Those chosen to represent our local
were Anna Scott, decal girl James
Laughley, apprentice caster and Clyde
Tressel, kilmnan. We also held
election for delegate to American
Federation of Labor convention next
fall.
A decidedly tough question came up
before the local from the decal shop,
regarding seniority rights. After a pro
and con argument for two hours it
—S?as still in a dead lock. It was de
cided to refer the matter to headquar
ters for an early settlement.
The trouble in the bisque warehouse
was settled by Brother Hull, Small
wood and their committee. The sister
in question will be returned to work
at a very early date.
Work at the shop remains about
the same. Although things havi
slowed down in the casting shop and
the breakdown in the glost kiln is be
ing felt in the warehouses and decal
shops.
The "Buy American" picnic is cer
tainly under discussion. The car
chances are being disposed of very
rapidly and everyone is hoping to win
either the packard or a year's paid-up
dues, and would that ever be a boom
for some of us.
Well folks, here's for a Wgger and
better picnic, also to larger attend
ances at No. 7)'s local meetings.
In the midst of many happenings
including the deatli of the firm's pres
ident, our "Buy American" drive has
slowed somewhat, but the local and
the company continue to cooperate in
the movement and we can expect the
committee to put plenty of action into
the drive us soon as we are back
normal. The huge highway signs have
been paid for and will soon be seen
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Canadian Depression
Setting New Records
Ottawa (1LNS).—The new de
pression in Canada is setting records
From November to April the employ
nient index fell 16.1 per cent com
pared with 13.5 per cent between the
like dates after the great panic of
October, 1921).
In New Brunswick employment has
dropped .'{5 per cent and in Saskat
chewan 27 per cent.
But corporation dividends during
the first four months of this year
were very considerably larger than
during the like months of 1929 or
1937.
MEN'S RACINE SPORT
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Grey, and
Brown Calf
skins Many
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$4 and $5
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3 Billion Recovery
Bill Will Give Five
Milion New Jobs
Measure Must Still Pass the
Senate, But Observers
Expect No Trouble
Washington, D. C.—The House of
Representatives passed by a vote of
328 to 70 the President's spending
lending relief bill carrying $2,519,
425,000 in direct expenditures and
$660,000,000 in loans and authoriza
tions, making a total of $3,179,425,
000.
Friendly observers claim the bill,
which has yet to pass the Senate, will
directly and indirectly provide em
ployment for five million jobless.
In addition to an appropriation of
$1,250,000,000 for the Works Progress
Administration, $965,000,COO for the
Public Works Administration and
$500,000,000 for the P. W. A. revolv
ing fund, the major items in the bill
are: National Youth Administration,
$75,000,000 Farm Security Adminis
tration, $175,COO,CCO Puerto Rico Re
construction Administration, $0,000,
000 Employes' Compensation Com
mission, $3,500,000 Rural Electrifica
tion Administration, $100,000,000. The
W. P. A. and P. W. A. appropriations
were specifically recommended by the
American Federation of Labor.
A number of amendments designed
to fix fiat minimum W. P. A. wages
were defeated cm the plea*of Repre
sentative Clinton A. Woodrum of Vir
ginia, in charge of the bill, that it was
'relief and recovery" bill, not the
wage-and-hour bill, which the House
would consider later.
The House included in the bill the
amendment offered by Representative
Jones of Texas providing that needy
farmers not on relief rolls may re
ceive work relief, and the amendment
offered by Representative Boileau of
Wisconsin eliminating the basis of
neediness among farmers to whom
the W. P. A. will distribute lime for
soil improvement.
The big relief bill was sent to the
Senate and referred to an appropria
tions subcommittee headed by Senator
Adams of Colorado. The principle
witnesses summoned by Mr. Adams
were Public Works Administrator
Ickes, Works Progress Administrator
Hopkins and Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace.
Observers predict that the Senate
will not change the principles of the
relief measure, but that the amounts
appropriated by the House under the
various items may be altered.
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Biggest, Best,
Said of Annual
Safety Congress
Over 1,800 Register Dale To
Head Construction Sec
tion In 1939
Columbus, O. (OLNS).—The Ninth
Annual Safety Congress, held last
week under the sponsorship of the
Division of Safety and Hygiene of the
Industrial Commission, was the largest
in registration in the history of the
movement and was generally conceded
to have been the "best yet" in inter
est and enthusiasm.
More than 1,800 registered during
the three-day Congress, the enroll
ment showing a heavier percentage of
trades representatives than in pre
vious years, particularly in the con
struction meetings.
Robert Owen Dale, Bricklayers
Union No. 5, Cleveland, and president
of the Ohio Bricklayers' Conference
was elected chairman of the con
struction group for the 1939 Congress
The principal speakers stressed the
humanitarian side of safety, ratlu
than the economic idea, and there was
a general sentiment toward urging
management to provide every measure
of protection for the worker.
H. A. Bradley, Akron, general or
ganizer for the American Federation
of Labor, made two impressive talks
one before the construction section
and the other at the general session
Wednesday afternoon.
The latter meeting was in charge
of Will T. Blake, Labor's representa
tive on the Industrial Commission
and it was one of the largest meet
ings of the Congress.
Other Labor leaders who spoke be
fore the construction section included
John W. Jockel, John E. Breidenbach
Albert Dalton and Jack Hurst.
Governor Martin L. Davey attended
the annual banquet Tuesday night
which was also attended by the
largest number of persons in the his
tory of the Congress. The Governor
spoke briefly.
Fifty-five companies or representa
lives of companies manufacturing
[advocating or selling safety equip
ment were represented at the Con
I gress by exhibits, as well as the Gov
ernor's Safety Coordinating Bureau
and the Industrial Commission.
The 1939 Congress will be held in
Columbus at a date to be selected later
by a committee.
Batter up! Two good ball games
the Potters "Buy American" Picnic.
tfeat Cutters Make
Phenomenal Gains
n Last Few Years
Membership of Union Goes
Over 120,000 Mark In
February
Chicago (ILNS). The Amalga
mated Meat Cutters and Butcher
Workmen of North America has made
progress little less than phenomenal
in recent years, information made
public at international union head
quarters here shows. This old affili
ate of the American Federation of La
bor has marched steadily onward, de
spite great obstacles and an effective
program of organization has brought
marked gains in both the slaughtering
and retail branches of the meat in
dustry.
Membership of the international
union in February, 1938, passed the
120,000 mark and is still pointed up
ward, with substantial gains in pros
pect in coming months.
Eighty-five per cent of the total
national membership of the Amalga
mated are now working under strictly
union agreements. The bitter oppo
sition of the so-called "Big Four"
packers has been broken down. The
Swift, Armour and Cudahy Companies,
n all of their plants on the West
coast, have strictly union agreements
with the Amalgamated. All of the
large packers at Pittsburgh are 100
per cent organized. The largest inde
pendent packer of the nation, Kingan
& Company, has signed agreements
with the Amalgamated covering their
,000 employes in their six major
plants.
Chicago Packers in Line
Every packing plant affiliated with
the Chicago Packers' Association is
being operated under an agreement
with the Amalgamated with the union
shop and check-off systems included
Every Butcher Workman in associa
tion plants of Philadelphia, Richmond,
Boston, Sioux Falls, S. D., San Fran
cisco, Seattle, Portland, Tacoma, Butte,
Mont., Salt Lake City, St. Louis, De
troit, Toledo, Cleveland, Cincinnati and
nineteen plants in Buffalo, New York
s either working under strictly closed
shop contracts or with understand
ings with the employers that created
better wages and better working con
ditions for all.
The Amalgamated drive in New
York City has gained such momentum
that large concerns like Gobel & Com
pany and Stahl-Meyer have been
brought into line under favorable
union shop conditions.
Nation-wrde Retail Pact
In the retail field the Butcher Work
men accomplished in the late 1937
the almost impossible in that they
secured a nation-wide agreement, with
the United Retail Meat Dealers As
sociation of the United States, cov
ering all of the stores of the more
than 30,000 members of this employ
ers' organization.
They also negotiated a national
agreement with Safeway stores, the
second largest chain outfit in the na
tion, which guarantees union shoj
omlitions for all of the 7,000 meat
utters employed by the Safeway
Company.
The large Eastern and Midwest
bain outfits of B. H. Kroger & Com
pany has been successfully organized
and agreements negotiated.
A union shop agreement has been
secured with the First National Stores
that operate in New England 2,7Co
units.
The large Sanitary Stores system
operating in Washington, D. C., and
vicinity has been thoroughly organ
ized and union shop agreements
signed.
A. & P. Chain Contract Expected
Thorough organization of the large
Midwest division of the Atlantic &
Pacfiic chain has been accomplished
Union shop contracts have been sign
ed with the Atlantic & Pacfiic by the
Amalgamated to cover all of the meat
cutters employed by this concern at
Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, St
Paul, Milwaukee, Kansas City and
scores of other cities. The Butche
Workmen have made contacts with
the Atlantic & Pacific high official
that will, in all probability within a
short time, result in the thorough
unionization of the company from
coast to coast.
House Committoe For Probe
Ol Un-American Activities
Washington, P. ('. (ILNS).—-The
House Rules Committee has reporte
favorably the Dies resolution for
House special committee investigation
of Nazi, Fascist, Communist and othe
"un-American activities."
The action followed a warning by
Chairman Samuel Dickstein of the
House Immigration Committee that
the opening of the German-American
Bund Camp Seigfried on Long Island
with a parade of 180,000 will cause
"bloody riot."
Dickstein told the committee an in
vestigation not only would provide
the basis for a law to cancel the citi
zenship of Bund and other leaders of
foreign organizations of the type but
would ferret out for arrest and con
viction Nazi secret police suspected of
crimes.
THE POTTERS HERALD
ampaign Speeches
Amuse Local No. 26
[okomo Potters See Humor
of Calling Holt Good
Labor Man
1933 CASE REVIEWED
Kokomo, Ind.—Local Union No. 26
likes to laugh as well as the next one,
but the members do not care to have
the laugh on themselves very well. It
is, however, amusing, even to us, to
hear that Olin Holt is for the labor
ing man is working for their interests
and such.
Let's go back and relate a few facts
hich most of us know but some may
have forgotten. In the first place
Holt was elected on a platfeJrm as
being in favor of the New Deal and
President Roosevelt. The "New Deal"
gave birth to several new agencies of
government, among them being the
N. R. A. and the National Labor Re
lations Board, Local Union No. 2G,
National Brotherhood of Operative
Potters was organized September 28,
933. We tried by every peaceful
means to secure recognition and an
agreement to which we were entitled
under the law. We used the services
of the Labor Board on several occa
sions. The Regional Board at Indi
anapolis on December 4th, 1934, rec
ommended that the Kokomo Sanitary
Pottery Corporation recognize Local
20, N. B. of O. P. in collective bar
gaining and that the company had
iolated Section 7-a. In January, 1935
the Kokomo Sanitary Pottery laid off
27 members of Local 2( and subjected
the rest of the employes with a "yel
low dog contract." After a hearing,
the Board ordered the re-instatement
iT these 27 men in February, 1935
The National Labor Relations Board,
at Washington, D. C. held a hearing
February 7th, 1935 and in their de
cision rendered February 28,1935 de
lared that "the company engaged in
i deliberate violation of Section 7-a
and has exhibited an undisguised hos
tility towards the law of the land and
the authorities appointed to enforce it."
Concerning the management's atti
tude towards the chosen representa
tive.»s of the workers, the Board held
the company "cannot refuse to deal
with them as such, except in violation
of the law." We have mentioned the
above three Labor Board cases to
show that members of Local Union
20 were law abiding and tried under
the so-called New Deal to secure ad
justment of its difficulties with an
employer by all legal avenues before
resorting to strike. This law was part
of the National Administration's
policy towards labor. The Holt ad
ministration did not .^^T^nize these
facts nor did they uphold the policy
of their party although they claimed
they were New Dealers and were sup
porting Roosevelt. The Kokomo Sani
ary Pottery Corporation began re
placing the 27 men laid off with out
siders and this action caused the
strike. It must be remembered that
under the NRA the Labor Board
could only recommend and the pun—
shment consisted of removal of the
5lue Eagle. The Kokomo Sanitary
Pottery lost its Blue Eagle and flag
rantly violated all the laws on labor
Had Holt been a friend of labor
and was wholeheartedly in favor of
Roosevelt and the New Deal he would
not have ignored these Board deci
sions. He would not have given Max
Gerber the protection that Max did
not deserve. At the start of the strike
there was a large force of police on
luty. A committee from Local 26
went to Holt to protest the use of
police as strikebreakers. Holt replied
that he would protect Gerber's em
ployes even if Gerber only paid them
$3.00 a we?ek. Shortly thereafter
there was an article in the local paper
about a club luncheon at a local hotel
This article says: "Speaker pledges
protection to men who really want to
work." Who was the speaker? You
are right, it was Mayor Holt, the
friend of labor. When the anti
picketing ordinance was up for dis
cussion in the city council, Council
man Coughlin, believing it sure to pass
asked Mayor Holt as follows: (1 am
quoting this as printed in Kokomo
Tribune).
Councilman Coughlin: "But why
can't we permit a man or two to
picket, seeing that he keeps moving
and just a few to a block, as long as
they keep to strike property, and try
to keep other men from working?"
Mayor Holt: "What right have they
to do that? They don't want to work
there. They went out."
According to this statement Holt
denied labor of any rights whatsoever
You might remember this and see
that your candidate carries the en
dorsement of the All Labor Election
Committee.
Koos Leaves McNicol
E. Kenneth Koos, vice president in
charge of sales and manufacturing of
the D. E. McNicol Pottery Company
Clarksburg, W. Va., handed in his res
ignation to the firm May 1.
Mr. Koos went to Clarksburg as
factory manager in 1926 when the
company began the manufacture of
vitrified hotel china.
The former official did not make
public his plans for the future.
.BUY AMERICAN.
BXOKRPT8
PROM
Witnesses Guarded
"or the Harlan Trial
light Deputy Marshals Are
Sworn To Protect
200 Miners
London, Ivy.—The first criminal
prosecution under the National Labor
Relations Act began in the Federal
District Court here today with 200
witnesses called by the United States
Government.
The Federal Government charges
twenty-two coal corporations, twenty
fuur coal mine executives and twenty
three former or present law-enforce
ment officers of Harlan County with
conspiring to deprive coal mine work
ers of their legal right to join unions
and bargain collectively with nine
operators to determine wages, hours
and work conditions.
Assistant Attorney General Mc
Mahon is the chief prosecutor for the
Government.
Charles L. Dawson, a former Fed
eral judge in this area, is chief coun
sel for the defense.
Following reports of attempts
to intimidate Government witnesses,
mainly miners in Harlan County, re
ceived at Mr. McMahon's headquar
ters, eight deputy marshalls were
sworn in to protect the men who will
swear that the coal operators waged
a determined war to prevent unioniza
tion in Harlan County.
In addition, two Federal Bureau of
Investigation men have been assigned
to Harlan County, where most of the
witnesses live, and ten F. I. B. men
are on duty in and around London.
In preparing its indictment the
Government made use of the testimony
given in Washington a year ago be
fore Senator La Follette's Civil Lib
erties Committee, when several wit
nesses testified that they had been
discharged, threatened or intimidated
because of their affiliation with the
United Mine Workers of America.
Following the testimony before the
La Folletce Committee an independent
investigation was ordered by Attor
ney General Cummings, and special
agents of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation, a department of Justice
unit, spent several months in Harlan
County investigating the origin, de
velopment and circumstances affecting
organized labor among the coal miners
and the actions of mine companies
mine officials, and Harlan County of
ficers in connection therewith.
One of the high points in the Gov
ernment's indictment is the charge
that former Sheriff Middleton, of Har
lan County, used "the power of his
office to appoint the other said law
officer defendants as deputy sheriffs
thereby giving them greater authority
and power to threaten, beat and kill,'
and that he used his office to protect
a co-defendant from legal punishment
it.
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Body in endeavoring to bring within
the A. F. of L. those among this vast
army of white collar workers who are
RAILROADS SERVE NOTICE
OF PROPOSED WAGE SLASH
Washington, D. C. (ILNS).—Rail
roads have served notice on their em
ployes that rail wages will be cut 15
per cent July 1. The action was taken
by a carriers' committee, representing
all railroads. The committee declared
that conditions now confronting the
roads compel a reduction of wages. It
lays these conditions to reduced traf
fic, low freight rates, high taxes and
high wages. It blames the ICC for
not granting larger increases of
freight rates.
The railroad unions, speaking
through George M. Harrison, chair
man of the Railway Labor Executives'
Association, have refused all sug
gestions for wage cuts.
That does not mean that there will
be a strike at once or at all. It merely
sets in motion machinery set up by
the Railroad Labor Act. First, men
and management hold conferences. If
these fail, the National Mediation
Board will be invoked. Failure there
brings up the question of arbitration
and if that fails, the President can
appoint an emeregency committee
and there will be no strike until 30
days after that committee makes its
report.
This machinery has averted all
serious rail strikes for 11 years.
Thursday, May 19, 1938
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s SUN., MAY 22
A. F. of L. Unions Mobilized To Promote
Unionization of White Collar Workers
Organization Drive Already Increased To Seventy-live#
the Number of Locals Affiliated With Office.
Employes' International Council
Washington, D. C.—As a vital part
of the work undertaken by the Ameri
can Federation of Labor to bring the
many thousands of unorganized white
collar workers into affiliation with the
organized labor movement, Frank
Weikel, president of the American
Federation of Office Employes Inter
national Council, requested the eight
hundred central labor unions affiili
ated with the American Federation
of Labor to inaugurate office em
ployes union membership campaigns
in every community.
'The American Federation of Labor
is engaged in an intensive organizing
drive among white collar workers em
ployed in private industry," Mr.
Weikel said in a letter addressed to the
secretaries of the central labor unions.
"There are now affiliated with the
A. F. of L. seventy-five local unions
of this class of wage earners," he con
tinued.
"If such a local union is in existence
in your city, the purpose of this com
munication is to request the cooper
ation and assistance of your Central
outside the fold. Many Central Bodies,
through their organization commit
tees, have materially assisted these
local unions in increasing their mem
bership by cooperation in organizing
drives and collective bargaining ne
gotiations. This valuable assistance
on the part of Central Bodies affiliated
with the A. F. of L. is deeply appreci
ated.
'On the other hand, if no such local
union of office employes affiliated with
the A. F. of L. is in existence in your
city, your Central Body can lend
valuable assistance in initiating an or
ganization drive at the present time.
"Many requests are coming in daily
to A. F. of L. headquarters for infor
mation and literature that may be
used in conducting a drive for organ
ization of white collar workers. We
have on hand at headquarters an
ample supply of such literature which
will be gladly sent upon request.
"The assistance of your Central
Body in bringing within the fold of
the A. F. of L. the unorganized white
collar workers in your community
will be of tremendous mutual benefit.'
ATTENTION POTTERS!
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Your, Dues Book
IN
GOOD SHAPE?
Don't forget to bring it with you
to the Potters "BUY AMERICAN"
Picnic where it may win you one
of these 10 prizes.
FIRST PRIZE $106.00
SECOND PRIZE
100-piece Warwick China Set.
THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH PRIZES
42-piece Warwick Set.
SIXTH, SEVENTH, EIGHTH,
NINTH AND TENTH PRIZES
1 Year Paid-Up Dues.
See your local union Secretary
now and be able to present a Paid
Up Book at Idora Park on June 11.
You must show one before register
ing.
POTTERS "BUY AMERICAN"
PICNIC COMMITTEE
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