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I !4 «&•»»***» Virginia Last of States To Enact Pension Program For Needy Aged Gbv. James H. Price Affixes Signature To Weaver Hillard Bitt"~ SUPPORTED BY A. F. 'OF L. Virginia Legislature Com pletes Program for the Aid of Aged When Governor James H. Price of Virginia affixed his signature to the Weaver-Hillard Omnibus Social Se curity Bill enacted by the recent sess ion of the Virginia Legislature, he placed the last State of the Union on the roll of old age pension common wealths. The enactment of the Virginia law completing nation-wide legislation pro viding assistance for the indigent aged in the United States may be rightly regarded as a definite achievement of the American Federation of Labor, which has long been the militant ad vocate of this eminently just pro tection for persons who have reached old age without adequate income to provide them with the necessities of life. As early as 1902 the American Fed eration of Labor approved the prin ciple of old age pensions. The in creasing need for this form of social legislation was emphasized by A. F. of L. conventions from year to year coupled with efforts to secure both Federal and State assistance for the needy aged. In 1927 the Federation assumed the leadership in a vigorous movement for the prompt realization of this necessary type of social jus tice. Ordered Study of Pension Systems Impressed by the continual increase in the number of aged destitute per sons and the utterly inadequate sys tems in operation in a few States for their protection, only six States and the Territory of Alaska having pen sion plans, the 1927 convention of the Federation adopted the recommenda tion of the A. F. of L. Executive Coun cil for a "comprehensive study of all plans of old-age pensions." The Council made a voluminous re port to the 1928 convention covering old-age pension systems in the vari ous States of the United States and in Canada, including forty-seven bills on this subject submitted to the Con gress of the United States beginning with the bill introduced by Congress man W. B. Wilson in 1907, the Fed aJP eral bills all having had the support of the American Federation of Labor. Believing, however, that there was urgent need for more adequate infor mation, the Council recommended "that the American Federation of La bor ask the Congress of the United Stater to make the necessary appro priation and to authorize a commiss ion on old age income to study the problem and make report." The Coun cil said that "such a commission should consist of representatives of labor, employers and the public and should have adequate technical coun sel." (Continued on Page Two) Fourth Comes.'Goes But the Flu Remains Weather Greatly Improved Over Week-End Atlantic City, N. J.—The flu is -still with us here. Fletcher Williams didn't have a very nice Fourth because of it. Flynn again brought out the fact that although the Japs are not al lowed in this country in order .to pro tect the job opportunities of Ameri cans, the jobs go to Japan. The weather has been as fine the past few days as it was terrible the first few. The Fourth was just right and the long week-end brought many visitors to Atlantic City. Hotel men were of the opinion that a 25 per cent better crowd could have been here. You can't please everyone. They blamed the rain Friday and the celebration in Gettysburg. The delegates wondered where Mr. Miller has been eating when he said, don't let the horse escape from the table." Bill Watkin should get some sort of a special badge. He is undoubtedly the best traveler we have with us. He went home Tuesday night, was back for the Thursday session goes home again over the Fourth to straighten out the School Board on a few mat ters. Tom Cartwright is sporting a new corn cob. He thought it must be about time when someone asked him how he (Continued on Paqe Two) L. U. 159 Elects Officers For Term Shop Committees for M. A. Knight, U. S. Stoneware Companies Named Akron, O.—Local Union No. 159 of Akron elected officers for the next six months at their regular meeting this week. The following officers were in stalled: Gus Ganseline, president Ben Kearns, vice president Sam Selzer, recording secretary Bill Crummel, treasurer LaMar Shores, defense col lector for U. S. Stoneware Frank Williams, defense collector for M. A. Knight Co. Steve Yen, inspector Joe Onst, guard Tony Karl, trustee for 18 months John Call, Jr., trustee for 1 year Mike Crimaldi, trustee for 6 months. Shop Committees for the U. S. Stoneware Company and the. M. A. Knight Company were elected. Harry Diller, George Muishnsky and A1 Hope comprising the U. S. Stoneware com mittee and Joe Sharatz, Harry Tagen and Art Florine the M. A. Knight plant (Continued on Page JTWO) '"V VOL. XLI1., NO. 10 EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1928 *t •. ~v Convention Hears Spencer Miller, Jr. At Fourth Session Traces Importance of Trade From Dawn of History 4 To Present Time NEW ACT TOO LONG Wage-Hour Act Is Compli cated and Contains Many Loop Holes Atlantic City, N. J.—Spencer Miller, Jr. reminded the potters of the ancient craft they were representing when he spoke to them here in convention last Wednesday afternoon. The Educa tional Director of the American Fed eration of Labor, who spoke on three different occasions in East Liverpool less than a month ago, traced the art of potting from the beginning of man to the present time. He stated that the ceramic industry told the story of man better than the written word be cause it was older. In emphasizing the importance of the craft he stated that the story of bronze takes but three pages in the Encyclopedia Britanica while ceramics needs 57 pages to tell its story. The story of the creation is summed up in 7 pages and the entire history of the founding, building and cultivation of America is told in 103 pages, or less than twice the number used for the trade of the pottery workers. This, he made clear, showed the importance of the work the potters were doing and colled the delegates privileged to be included in such a trade. "The unexamined life is not worth striving for," said Mr. Miller, quoting the ancient Socrates, "And," he con tinued, "unexamined labor existence is not worth striving for." He warned the delegates to chatt a true course while assembled in convention. Stating that eternal vigilance is the price of freedom, he said that when man feels most secure, he is most like ly to loose his advantages. The man, who President Duffy call ed the Scholar of the American Labor Movement, said the most important problem facing the trade union move ment is the way in which it treats the great army of workers. He said con fidence must be created. He traced the success of the early movement when it thrived on. hardship and sac rifice. He told how children were elim inated from the factories, how women were protected and how education brought forth better laws. When labor had attained a high goal, Mr. Miller stated, it fell be cause of personal ambitions. He told the delegates never to forget that no organization with such a foundation ever falls from attacks outside of the movement. Loss is suffered because of a lack of adheasion within the move ment. After a violent anti-union campaign, the movement was privileged to have a second chance, but before it could take full advantage of this course, it split on matters of policy and person alities, said the speaker. Mr. Miller (Continued on Page Two) Official Organ of the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters DELEGATES ASSEMBLE ON JEFFERSON ROOF FOR PICTURE *y-t •*,% No convention is complete without a picture, so the delegates gathered just outside their meeting hall early Tuesday to pose for the official photographer. Many of the representatives will be hard to pick out because of the sunburn suffered over the long week-end. Death of Son Calls Delegate Home Warehousemen's Dan Hil ditch Hears of Tragedy Alter Friday Session '"V. 4 Atlantic City, N. j.-^-Daniel Hilditch, representing Local Union 86 here at the forty-sixth annual convention was given a terrible shock when he re turned to his hotel after the Friday session. He was told of the sudden death of his son, William, in an auto truck collision in East Liverpool. The dead man is a member of Lo cal Union No. 10 and was employed as a handler at the Homer Laughlin China Co. Mr. Hilditch left for East Liverpool at once. A similar happening occurred at the last convention when Dave Bevan was called home. His son, William, who had been sick for sometime, but well on the road to recovery, so the doctors thought, died suddenly. Officers Named By L. U. No. 31 Chas. Laber Named Presi dent of East Pales tine Local East Palestine, O.—Local Union No. 31 elected officers for the last half of 1938 at their regular meeting last week. Those installed were Charles Laber, president Chester Whitehouse, vice president Charles Hall, treasur er Loren Lipp, inspector H. E. Court, guard C. Craig, statistician Ben Seidel, trustee for 18 months. Our three secretaries were elected at the first of this year for a period of one year.—O. C. 31. BIG MAIL ORDER FIRM CITED BY LABOR BOARD Minneapolis, Minn. (AFLWNS).— Acting on charges made by Warehouse Employes Union No. 20297, an A. F. of L. affiliate, the National Labor Re lations Board issued a complaint charging Montgomery Ward & Co., of Chicago, 111., with violating the un fair labor practices provisions of the National Labor Relations Act, Robert J. Wiener, regional director, an nounced. The union charges that the St. Paul, Minn., store of the company has, since 1933, maintained a broad system of espionage among its employes as a method to prevent organization, that employes have been warned against joining the union, and that twelve dis missed employes were refused rein statement because they carried union cards. CORRECTION Delegates Ray Dickey and O. R. Reese of Local Union 24 were listed in last week's paper as serving on the Chinaware Committee. They also served on the committees for Appeals, Rules and Grievances and Law, re spectively. Harry Shook and W. R. Sheets of Local 33 and 98 also served on other committees. Potters Praised For Courage and Demonstrations Mike Flvnn Hits Those Who Sell Our Jobs To Foreigners GET CONSIDERATION Delegates Told To Demand Rights From Senators and Congressmen Atlantic City, N. J.—Lauding the officers and membership of the Nati onal Brotherhood of Operative Potters for the manner in which they have carried their story to the public by ". .courage, exhibits and demonstra tions better than any other American Federation of Labor Organization," M. J. Flynn, head of America's Wage Earners' Protective Conference and labor's leader around the Capitol, greeted the delegates of the Forty Sixth Annual Convention of the N. B. 0. P. here Saturday morning. Mr. Flynn related hew President James M. Duffy has brought new re spect for his organization and told the story behind low tariff. His complete address follows: Mr. Chairman and Fellow Workers:— It is indeed a pleasure to again meet with and to address you. I want to commend your organiza tion, and, especially your officers, who, under the able and progressive lead ership of President James M. Duffy, have initiated and successfully carried on campaigns which, while it is true have enlarged your membership, have, what is more important to all of your members, insured job opportunities which otherwise would have been de nied to them. Your campaign to have all Ameri cans boycott all Japanese products, started after President Duffy, working with President Mara of the Boot and Shoe Workers Union, prevailed upon the last convention of the American Federation of Labor to support such a campaign, has alone resulted in thousands of your members having had work, which, if this campaign had not been so successfully carried out, would have meant your workers would have been idle and the work done by Japanese workers in Japan. The memorable meeting sponsored and promoted by your organization in East Liverpool was extremely well publicized in the newspapers all over the country, in motion picture news reels and over the radio. Your cam paign has aroused millions of Ameri cans who now refuse to purchase any Japanese products. The "Buy American" meetings spon sored or promoted by your organiza tion, under the able leadership of President Duffy in various cities of Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and other states have been highly suc cessful. I have no hesitancy in stating they also have helped to insure work opportunities for your membership. Your recent Wheeling meeting of June 17, was especially well featured in the newspapers and commented up (Continued on Page Two) He raid $2.00 Per Year Owners of Private Capital Lend $600,000,000 Confronted in the Summer of 1934 with the nation-wide refusal of banks and other money-lending institutions to meet the demand for loans for mod ernizing and repairing homes, small business establishments and institu tional properties, the United States Congress passed a law authorizing the Federal Housing Administration to in duce the owners of private capital to enter this field by means of a plan of government insurance of the loans, which it was believed would material ly relieve unemployment in the hous ing field. The lack of risk persuaded private capital to advance the funds for these loans with so much alacrity that up to April 1, 1937, when the loans were temporarily stopped by Congress, the Federal Housing Administration, ac cording to Stewart McDonald, FHA administrator, had insured 1,451,000 notes amounting to more than $560, 000,000. On February 3, 1938, the plan was restored and liberalized under amendments to the National Housing Act. Since then 92,000 loans amount ing to $44,00(1,000 have been insured by FHA, and the present rate of in sured loans is more than $4,000,000 weekly. It is interesting to note that resi dential units represent about 90 per cent of the loans, the owners of more than 1,500,000 homes having taken ad vantage of the Government's modern ization plan. The remaining 10 per cent of the total was represented by (Continued on Page Two) "Sales Means Jobs" Wheeling Program H. E. Reed, Public Relations Director of Fidelity Asso* ciation, Speaker Wheeling, W. Va.—On Monday, June 28 at the Market Auditorium in Wheeling, W. Va. representatives of the "Buy American Campaign" organ ization appeared on the "Sales Cleans Jobs" program, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Brothers William Pritehard and Dohrnan Hanke each gave a five minute talk on the Buy American idea. There were two thousand salesmen and others interested in the drive present. Our drive to have the people of this country use the products manufac tured here is gaining, as more people learn of the benefits of using Ameri can made goods. Other speakers on the program In cluded Hupp Otto, of the printer's union G. W. Smith, manager of sta tion WWVA Howard E. Reed, vice president and public relations director (Continued on Page Two) 7 Resolutions Go Fast At Tuesday's Session After a Prolonged Rest Repair Loans Made Thru FHA Program Resolutions Introduced Br g25£iitive Board—Rules Suspended DANEAU 'v.... Canadians Are Praised For Courage and Leadership By President Atlantic City, N. J.—Tuesday after noon's session saw the delegates whirl through a number of resolutions, speaking well for the rest they enjoyed over the week-end of the Fourth. The quickness with which they dispatched a number of resolutions proved the thoroughness with which the questions were gone over in committee meetings. In addition to splendid talks by Spencer Miller, Jr. and M. J. Flvnn last week, the convention enjoyed the words of Representative Frank Dan eau, one of the delegates from St. Johns, Canada, who with his partner, Leo Gauther, also of Local 78, asked permission of the convention to return home. Brother Daneau, speaking with a fine French accent, explained that it had always been the experience of the delegate to a national convention to be fired upon his return to work, but the Minister of Labor had always been called upon to restore the delegate to his job. This year the delegates were granted a week to attend the conven tion and they did not wish to be com pelled once more to ask the Minister of Labor for his aid. Mr. Daneau stated that there was a better feeling between the Brother hood and the management now which would mean more members would be enrolled. He told of the last visit of First Vice President E. L. Wheatley, when the official was well treated by the new manager. His one complaint was that when the organization fought for better con ditions and pay, including the 10 per cent raise they received, the "rats" were advanced too. Not only were they advanced, but, in the past, these men were favored. He emphasized the fact that conditions were better now and extended the delegates an invita tion to visit the Canadians at any time. President Duffy praised the work of the two delegates from the other side of the border, reminding the conven tion of the delegate work that was done and the able manner in which these two leaders accomplished it. Vice President Wheatley also lauded the work of the brothers and stated that the management was now very fair-minded. He stated that Local 78 has improved faster than any local in the organization. Other delegates asked to be excused' and were granted permission by the convention. The rules applying to the intro duction of new resolutions was sus pended Tuesday to allow the intro duction of the following resolutions by the Executive Board: Whereas, The practice of the Treas ury Department in allowing goods (Continued on Page Two)