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ID I Considered By Committee on Officers' Report At Final Session READ BY CUNNINGHAM Committee Recommends the Use of Organizers Where Necessary The three resolutions introduced in the Annual Convention by the Execu tive Board to insure the job opportuni ties of the American pottery work ers were unanimously adopted by the delegates when brought on the floor of the convention at the final session by the Committee on Officers' Report. The first of these resolutions in structs the Brotherhood's delegates to the A. F. of L. to support a resolu tion to sufficiently tax the power used in operating labor saving machinery to support the workers deprived of their jobs because of this new machinery. The next instructs the officers to demand that the Treasury Department enforce the law and base the tariff on the value of the imports here rather than in the land where the merchan dise is manufactured and where no "free trade" exists. Monies loaned by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is the basis for the final resolution. The Corporation loaned money to fair firms and now have started to aid firms unwilling to deal with organized labor. By aiding an unfair competitor, the RFC will find that it will be impossible for the fair firms, paying recognized wages, to compete with those paying below the scale and therefore impossible to pay back the loan. Pointing out the steady decrease in unorganized plants in the pottery in dustry and making a recommendation that the Executive Board be given the Iower to appoint as many organizers as needed until the next convention, the Committee on Officers' Report ex pressed the feeling of the delegates and officers in that extensive organiz ation efforts should be carried on whenever advisable. California, be cause of the number of new plants coming into being throughout the state, was specifically mentioned. The Committee also made a rec ommendation that the Brotherhood take part in the 1939 World's Fair in New York in cooperation with the manufacturers. The complete report read by Chairman Paul Cunningham follows: We, the committee on "Officers Re port," submit to the 4fth Convention of the National Brotherhood of Oper ative Potters the following report: We recommend that the auditor's re port for the year 1937-38 be accepted and that the delegates of this conven tion give special notice to the increase of funds and membership for the past year. We, the committee, on Officers Re port wish to stress to the members and delegates to the National Brother hood of Operative Potters the import ance of the Japanese boycott move ment, started in the ranks of the N B. 0. P. by our most worthy presi dent and his associating officers and bring to mind the publicity and work brought to the membership through this movement which has reached the homes, business and other vital points of our great nation. We further rec ommend that this convention go on record as adopting some permanent method of keeing before the minds of the people of our great army of work ers and buyers the need and import ance of buying Made in America Ware. And that every honest way of battle to this the menace to the Amer ican workers be carried on until every possible weapon has been exhausted. General and China Ware The committee on Officers Report recommend to this convention that the trade, as a whole, follow the constitu tion of this organization and bring their disputes on division of work etc to a settlement through the proper channels, and that the shop committees of each and every local union exhaust every possible means of settlement of all disputes before they are brought to the attention of our Executive Board. We also recommend that all local unions adhere strictly to section 87 of the constitution. The Scammell China Company The committee on Officers Report wish to commend our first vice presi dent on his efforts and success in the sanitary trade during the past year and recommend that the same untir ing efforts be put forth in the coming year to organize those shops that so far have resisted the efforts put forth We also recommend that some depend able assistance be given to our first vice president in this, his district, to bring about a condition of complete organization in the sanitary trade. Walsh-Healey Act We wish to commend President (Conlinued on Page Two) IPri-ztS Jl (i'lilhl'ilff'^itii iiT^Tm Convention Unanimously Adopts Executive (Board's Resolutions i F. L. Unions To Quiz Candidates Ohio State Federation Labor Prepares a Questionnaire Of 17 POINTS INCLUDED „abor Demands To Know How Candidates Stand This Year (By Ohio Labor News Service) Columbus, O.—A questionnaire, em bodying the legislative program adopt ed at the Non-Partisan Political Con ference of Ohio American Federation of Labor Unions June 12, has been submitted to candidates for State po litical offices by the Ohio State Fed eration of Labor and affiliated Unions to determine their attitude towards abor's legislative aims. Hundreds of these questionnaires, which requires a "yes" or "no" answer after each of the 17 points included in the approved legislative program, were sent last week to all Local Unions and the 42 City Central Bodies affili ated with the Ohio State Federation of Labor by Secretary-Treasurer Thomas Donnelly. Candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General have received identical questionnaires from the Ohio State Federation of Labor, Secretary Donnelly said, while candi dates for the State Senate and House of Representatives will be contacted by representatives of Local Unions and City Central Bodies in the vari ous counties and Senatorial districts throughout the state. Accompanying the questionnaire sent City Central Bodies and Local Unions was a letter from Secretary Donnelly asking them to submit the questionnaire to candidates in their locality and make known to their Union membership before the August primary the candidates' answers. Secretary Donnelly's letter also urged the formation of Non-Partisan Political Organizations by City Cen tral Bodies and Local Unions, and coalition of Local Unions where there is no Central Body, for the purpose of coordinating the political efforts of A. F. of L. forces in electing members to the General Assembly from each county and Senatorial district friendly to Labor's program. The legislative program approved by State A. F. of L. Unions urges an eight-hour day and 40-hour week on public work solution of the tempor ary and permanent relief problem a state labor relations act regulation of (Continued on Page Two) Those Employed In "Way side Industry" Must Exist On Tips Alone The important contribution made by working women to the industrial life of the United States is not generally realized by the public, which frequent ly lacks adequate statistical inform ation regarding America's women toil s. From the relatively small number of 2,647,157 gainfully employed women in 1880 out of a total working population of 17,392,099, the U. S Census Bureau reports that in 1930 the number of women workers had increased to 10,752,110 out of a total gainfully employed population of 48, 829,920. Standing on the census statistics that 22 per cent of the workers who toil for the benefit of those who own and operate the means for the pro duction and distribution of wealth in the United States are women, Miss Mary Anderson, director of the Women's Bureau of the U. S. Depart ment of Labor since its establishment as a statutory bureau in 1920, in an address before the 1937 convention of the American Federation of Labor stressed the fact that collecting and making available reliable information regarding the conditions under which women workers are employed is one of the essential functions of the Women's Bureau, and disclosed that those who profit from the relatively new "wayside industry," developed to sell cheap food not only along our highways but also in cities, pay the women who operate these stands f-"** VOL. XLII., NO. 11 EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1938 L. U. 131 Holds First Annual Outing Sun. Members and Former Mem bers Will Attend All-Day Picnic, July 17th MEET AT NBOP HALL Program of Baseball, Box ing, Horseshoe Pitching All Arranged The much talked about and greatly anticipated first annual outing ol Lo cal Union No. 131 will be held this Sunday at Independent Camp, known to most of us as the old Eagles' Camp. Members and former members of the organization will take over the camp at nine in the morning and make a day of it. It only needs a little back ing by the members to be the biggest event of the year. The committee in charge assures you the best time of your life regard less of the weather. There is an abundance of shelter so you can't go wrong even in Atlantic City weather. A great deal of time and effort has been put forth by the committee and we should participate 100 hundred per cent. We shouldn't have to induce you too hard after we tell you that the tickets sell for only 35 cents and you will have all you want to eat and drink the whole day through. An excellent program of sports has been lined up. All for the one price you will see, and participate in, base ball, horseshoe pitching, boxing and so on and also so forth. All members are asked to report at the Brotherhood hall between nine and ten o'clock next Sunday morning. Those who have cars have promised to see that all members receive trans portation to the camp. You can purchase your ticket on the various shops or from committeemen Cleo Linger, Harry Byers, Robert Warner and James Byland. See you at the outing.—O. C. 131. I r.*rh.i II Special Session of Assembly Ends Governor Expected To Sign Measures of Interest To Labor (By Ohio Labor News Service) Columbus, O.—Officers and a few members of the House of Representa tives and Senate of the Ohio 92nd Gen eral Assembly met for a short time last Friday in a "skeleton session" for the purpose of signing measures ap proved the previous week and ad journing the third special session of the Legislature sine die. (Continued on Page Two) Nearly Eleven Million Women Work For Employers In the United States Too Many of Them Receiv ing Extremely Low Wages In Industry DO 22% OF WORK "practically no wages at all," compel ling them to solicit tips for their ser vices. She also emphasized the low wages paid wc i.nen workers in the laundry industry and held that minimum wage legislation is essential for the pro tection of the increasing number of gainfully employed women. "It is always a pleasure to come to the convention of the American Federation of Labor," Miss Anderson said. "I am always looking forward to say a few words in behalf of the women workers of the country. We have in the United States to day nearly 11,000,000 women gainfully employed. Out of those 11,000,000 there are nearly 5,000,000 that are em ployed in the manufacturing and sell ing trade. Those are the women work ers that you and I and those of us who think about them are concerned with. Functions of Women's Bureau "The Women's Bureau, when it was inaugurated, was given several differ ent things to do. One was to create policies for the effective employment of women, and another was to investi gate and find out under what condi tions women are employed. We have been trying to do that now for a num ber of years, and the information that we have been gathering has been used continually by the trades union move ment in setting standards and in knowledge of what the women work ers were doing, the wages they were receiving and the conditions they were employed under. That information is always at your service. "We have made investigations at the request of international officers of cer tain unions where women are predom inately employed, and I know that that information has been used to good purpose. "Then, too, we have been very much interested in legislation for women (Continued on Page Two) Official Organ of the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters Accident Mars Trip iome For 3 Potters Guard Rail Stops Car From Taking Long Plunge In Mountains NO ONE INJURED Louis Peislock, William Watkin and Clyde Stull narrowly escaped serious injury and probable death last Satur day in the mountains outside of Bed ford while returning from the conven tion. A light rain, making the roads treacherous, combined with smooth tires caused Peislock's car to skid in to the guard rail. Three posts were knocked down and only the guide wire saved the car from going over the edge of the mountain. None were hurt. Before reaching Bedford, the party was flagged down by a state police man who asked them to send out a wrecker to tow away two badly dam aged cacs. This was done and they had not gone more than six miles when they needed the services of the wreck er themselves. Delegates from Se bring came along and picked up the brothers, but Pieslock decided to stay with his car. He immediately traded it in for a new one. Plan Educational Exhibit At State Labor Convention State Labor Department To Cooperate With Federal In Display OPENS~AUjGrUST 1 Netherland Plcfza Hotel In Cincinnati Scene of Annual Meeting (By Ohio Ubor^ewg Service^ Columbus,. Q.—and visi tors to the 46th annual convention of the Ohio State Federation of Labor, opening at the Netherland Plaza Ho tel, Cincinnati, Monday, August 1, will find a complete educational exhibit portraying the functions of various Federal and State Labor departments and agencies and their bearing on the welfare of the worker. Arranged by DeWitt Huffman, edu cational director of the Ohio State Federation of Labor, in cooperation with Margaret A. Klein, supervisor of exhibits, United States Department of Labor, and representatives of various other Federal and State departments whose operations affect Labor, the ex hibit will again be one of the most outstanding in the nation in connection with the convention of a State Labor Federation. The exhibit will be staged in the foyer of the Hall of Mirrors in the Netherland Plaza Hotel, where the sessions of the State Federation con vention will.be held, and the theme of the display will be, "Skill of the American Worker." A meeting of representatives of all exhibitors was held in Columbus re cently at the invitation of Director Huffman, and space in the foyer was allocated to each department and agency. Director Huffman announced that he was planning the showing of mov ing picture films on subjects of inter est to Labor in connection with the ex hibit. Space has been allocated so far to the following exhibitors: Apprentice training, by the United States Department of Labor. (Continued on Page Two) Delegates Report L. U. 21 Thursday Special Meeting Called To Hear News From Annual Convention OFFICERS NAMED White, Mills, Briggs, Kridler and Ulbright To Serve Claymakers It has been quite some time since Local Union 21 has been represented in the Potters Herald. Apparently the O. C. has been busily occupied at other tasks or a bit delinquent in his duties With no alibies to offer, other than neglect, I hope that this state of af fairs will be overlooked. Officers, to serve the last half of the present year, were named at the meeting held June 2. Those elected are listed below: Carlton White, president Ted U1 bright, vice president Warren Kridler recording secretary Stanley Mills (Continued on Page Two) Convention Report To Be Heard By 42 Salem's Four Delegates Are Ready To Review Work of Convention HAVE FISH FRY ishermen Sanders, Ripple Spend Fourth Catching Big Ones Salon, O.—Last Friday night was a scorcher and only the stronghearts ere present at the meeting, but no matter what the weather this week, e hope to have a banner turnout. Our four delegates will be present and they have a great deal to tell us about the recent convention. These delegates reported for work Monday morning to do their best, but they were a bit dried and sunburned from the ocean breezes and Atlantic sun. Brothers Pete Sanders and Roy Ripple gave us a big surprise by tell ing us they spent the Fourth fishing and had their catch packed in ice ready for a fish fry. The boys at the shop are all smiles, as you might well imagine. With the aid of the returned dele gates, we hope to get right back into the "Buy American" campaign. San ders, Carrie Jackson arid Matt Miller are three of our mainstays in this de partment and all report ready for action. Brother Jackson was put out no lit tle by being referred to as Sister Jackson in a recent issue of the Her ald. He is a genuine he and wants everyone to know it. Be certain you are present at the next meeting. Thought for the day Be you a stay-at-home or vacation bound, by all means buy all your needs stamped "Made in America." —0. C. 42. Gump President of Local Union No. 77 One Member Suspended At Regular Meeting of Local Union Local Union No, 77 at their recent meeting held election of officers. The following officers were installed: H. O. Gump, president O. C. Hays, vice president K. V. Hawkins, recording secretary Roy Gooch, financial secre tary H. L. Waters, treasurer E. S. Butts, statistician W. A. Gooch, de fense secretary S. L. Moore, trustee Edward Jones, guard J. R. Michael inspector. E. M. Cyphers was suspended at the last meeting of the local.—0. C. 77. NO CLASS CONFLICT Never Intended To Create Class Consciousness, Declares Leader llie National Labor Relations Act asserts that the policy of the United States is to encourage "the practice and procedure of collective bargain ing." Despite this declaration in our Federal law, there are still reaction ary employers who continue to hold up collective bargaining as a menace to society and who advocate restrictions on trade union organization. The fallacious basis of this type of prop aganda was exposed by the President of the American Federation of Labor in an address on the "Economic and Social Objectives of Labor" delivered before the Boston Chamber of Com merce last January. In view of the continued brainstorms of anti-labor employers against the fundamental principles of trade unionism, the American Federation of Labor Week ly News Service regards it as appro priate to publish that portion of Mr. Green's address in which he discussed the fundamentals of collective bar gaining. By WILLIAM GREEN President, American Federation of Labor "It seems most appropriate for me to deal, on this occasion, with a sub ject which many people are thinking and talking about relating to the sta tus and growth of organized labor. "More and more organized labor and collective bargaining are com manding the attention and considera tion of all classes of people. So^far as our own Nation is concerned it is Herald 'V $2.00 Per Year Dedicated To Memory of Late Labor Leader WALL TAKES PLANS Room Will Be Show Place of Geneva, Says AFL Vice President Geneva, Switzerland. Plans for decorating and furnishing the Gom pers Memorial Room—a committee room in one of the new wings of the International Labor Office building that will be dedicated to the memory of the late Samuel Gompers—have just been approved by Director Harold B. Butler of the ILO, and by Director elect John G. Winant who will suc ceed Mr. Butler when his resignation takes effect rtext Autumn. The plans were brought to Geneva by Matthew Woll, Vice President of the American Federation of Labor. All expenses involved will be borne by the Federation, and Mr. Woll declared that it was the Federation's intention to "make this room not only a fitting memorial to our departed leader, but one of the show places of Geneva." The principal feature of the decora tions will be a painted frieze, which will occupy the upper portion of each wall. The frieze will be executed by Dean Cornwell of New York, a well known mural painter, and will depict the fraternity of international labor, the development of the arts, and the development of various crafts in agri culture, commerce and industry. Be low the frieze, the room will be pan eled in polish walnut and on one side, will hang a lar»n* portrait ~xj£-h*Mb Gompers in oils. Like the paneling, the furnishings of the room will be of polished wal nut. They will comprise a large com mittee table and chairs. The table, a Copy of the one now in use in the Con ference Room of the U. S. Depart ment of Labor, will be of the "iron ing-board" type, so-called from its pe culiar oblong shape which enables those seated at the head to see every one on either side. Although the United States did not become a member of the Internati onal Labor Organization until 1934, Mr. Gompers played a prominent role in its creation. He was Chair man of the Commission for Internati onal Labor Legislation which, at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, draft (Continued on Page Two) Collective Bargaining Principles and -Benefits Explained by Wm. Green Minimizes Strikes and Striie To Lowest Point, Says AFL President its most universal problem. I refer to the question of the organizational status of trade unionism and trade union responsibility. "Professor Felix Frankfurter, an outstanding educator whom I regard as a great philosopher, economist, and recognized legal authority, made a most significant statement a short time ago which directly bears upon this question. He declared: "Maintenance of our democratic so ciety and the promotion of the good life for the body of our people are indissolubly linked with a united, re sponsible, disciplined, and generously inspired organization of wage earn ers.' "This point of view so convincingly expressed by Professor Frankfurter is pretty generally accepted now. Right to Organize is Won "Collective bargaining is the logical outcome of organization. We must first have organization before we can have collective bargaining. "The fight for the recognition of the principle of organization and col lective bargaining has been won. It was the climax to the struggle of the workers over a long period of years for public as well as governmental rec ognition of the right to organize and bargain collectively. "Working men and women who possessed a consciousness of their right to organize fought unceasingly and uncompromisingly for the public recognition of that right. It was re alized when that principle was written into the National Labor Relations Act, which is now a part of the law of the land. Workers Must Be Free "Employers of labor should now ad just themselves to this new legal and economic policy. Working men and women should be free and should be accorded the right to enjoy the eco nomic and organizational freedom (Continued on Page.Two) riJlfn Tri'ri on f^'nTTHn BUSINESS OF CONVENTION IS CONCLUDED IN TEN DAYS OVER FRIDAY AT FIVE O'CLOCK Plans Approved for Gompers Memorial ILO Committee Room To Be nnr.r-r:an i illiinnf 'wo Resolutions Ready For Vote of Trade For Final Action A. C. AGAIN CHOSEN yew York, Because of Fair, Considered For 1939 Convention The Forty-Sixth Annual Convention of the National Brotherhood of Oper ative Potters, held at Atlantic City's Jefferson hotel, came to a close at five clock last Friday afternoon after the delegates had deliberated for ten days the large number of resolutions submitted by the various local unions of the trade. Those resolutions which were adopt ed to go before the manufacturers in the coming conference have been pre pared for the printers by Secretary Treasurer McGillivray in order that they may be presented to the members of the United States Potters Associ ation when they meet July 20 at Con gress Lake. Two other propositions must await the action of the trade before the final result will be known. One calls for a ten per cent increase in wages for the present salaried offices, president, first ice president, secretary-treasurer and organizer. The second proposition, which will go to the vote of the en tire trade, will, if favorably acted upon in referendum, create the new salaried ffice of second vice president. The present vice presidents, with the ex ception of the first, would step down one. making a total of eight. If the position is created, the office ill be filled through an appointment by the Executive Board until the next regular election. Ballots, containing the two pfoposition, should be in th£ hands of the loeal unions within a Atlanfic City was again chosen as the site of the 1939 convention. New York and Cleveland were the only other cities named and Cleveland did not receive enough votes to place it in the running. New York, because of the World Fair and the potters proposed partici pation in it, looked to be a certain win ner at first. First Vice President Wheatley, among others, pointed out the extremely high cost connected to a week's stay in New York, however, and also the fact that the Fair would still be many miles removed from the convention hall and hotels. These facts, coupled with the knowledge that the delegates at next year's con ention could attend the Fair in a body from Atlantic City, swung the election back to the popular summer resort. The work of the delegates and nati onal officials cannot be praised too highly. With a record number of res olutions to be considered, they went about their work thoroughly and speedily. The chairman of the various committees paid tribute to the fine workmanship displayed by the mem bers and congratulated them for a big job well done. The convention ended with a few remarks by all the officials. Locals Warned To Pay Security Tax Any Local Paying Officers Will Be Fined If Tax Is Not Paid TO OLD-AGE FUND Unions Must Send In One Percent of Payroll All locals paying their officers, if only in dues, are required to pay the old-age insurance tax under the Social Security Act according to a notice re ceived bv Secretary-Treasurer John D. McGillivray this morning. The notice follows: Any union with ONE or more em ployes, paid officers, organizers, office assistants, committeemen, or any other employe, is liable for old-age insurance tax under the Social Security Act. This is a tax of 1 per cent on the union's pay roll, and with it should be paid 1 per cent deducted from the amount paid by the union to its officers and employes. The tax applies to part time as well as full-time pay received from the union, even though it amounts to nothing more than remission of dues in return for services. Pay received from the union is, in turn, credited by the Social Security Board to the old-age insurance ac counts of such officers and employes. Taxes for the quarter ending June 30 must be paid by July 31 to avoid penalty.