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FINE LEADERSHIP Kokomo Sanitary Corpora tion Asked To Comply With Decision An extremely important decision for the sanitary potters throughout the country was handed down by the National Labor Relations Board through their Regional Board at In dianapolis in the matter of the Kokomo Sanitary Pottery Corporation and the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters, Local Union No. 26. The decisive victory the local gained proved the effectiveness of intelligent local union activity and should be an inspiration to members of the Brother hood everywhere. The Kokomo Sanitary Corporation was immediately requested to comply with the decision in every respect. This decision, made possible by the dilligent efforts of Local 26 and the noteworthy leadership of Secretary Russell Von Cannon, follows: Intermediate Report Upon charges duly made and acting pursuant to proper authority, the Nati onal Labor Relations Board, by Robert H. Cowdrill, agent of the Board, issued its complaint against the Ko komo Sanitary Pottery Corporation, respondent herein. The complaint and notice of hearing thereon were duly served upon the respondent. The undersigned, as duly designated Trial Examiner of the Board, conduct ed a hearing in the said cause in Ko komo, Indiana, from December 13 through December 17,1937. All par ties were afforded an opportunity to participate in the hearing, to call, ex (Continued on Page Five) Confidence Placed In Conferees by 124 Members Glad to Hear 'Buy American' Campaign Is Going Ahead SIGN OVER DOOR Members Can Find Meeting Room By Looking For Sign National Labor Relations Board Decision Fa/ors Local Union 26 Potters Prove Effectiveness of Intelligent Local Union Activity The National Labor Relations Board is hereinafter referred to as the Board, the National Relations Act as the Act. TH»', complaint. nliejpfld respon dent had engaged in unfair labor prac tices affecting commerce within the meaning of Section 8 (1), (2), and (3), and Section 2 (6) and (7), of the Act. The respondent's answer admit ted the allegation that it was engaged in interstate commerce. Respondent also admitted the existence of the Ko San Club as an organization among the employes in its plant, but denied it dominated or interfered in any manner with said organization. Re spondent further denied all other al legations made in the complaint. Now that Labor Day has passed again and the evenings will be cooler, no one can have the excuse it's too hot to attend a local meeting. Your of ficers can and will work better if the meeting room is crowded. Come on out and have your say or learn what other shops are doing. We are glad to hear that the "Buy American" committee is on its toes again. One of our members reports that in concessions on state owned property Japanese goods are featured. Let's get a law passed by the legisla ture that American-made goods be sold exclusively. We wondered what had become of our ex-president. We found him, down on the river front tinkering and fuming trying to get his yacht to run. Finally with a loud bang he sailed out into the river. Nice going George and we hope we see you around again soon. When you attend our meetings now there is no need to get into the wrong meeting room. Our handyman, Cress well, has made a sign and it hangs on our door when in session. Now would be a good time for all members to check on their dues books, if you are behind pay up at once, or if not working come in and see Hugo Let's have all members in good stand ing by November 1. Our conferees will be leaving soon for a very important meeting with the manufacturers. Our local has con fidence in these conferees and wish them a lot of success.—0. C. 124. VOL XLII., NO. 19 Appointive Judge Proposal May Not Appear On Ballot Check of Petitions Reveals Thousands of Illegal Signatures (By Ohio Labor News Service) Columbus, O.—Failure of a sinister effort to wrest from the electorate the right to select their own judiciary ap peared certain late last week as Boards of Elections throughout the state invalidated thousands of illegal signatures appearing on petitions pro posing a constitutional amendment providing for appointment instead of election of judges. Petitions officially certified to Sec retary of State Kennedy revealed that the Committee on Judicial Selection had lost approximately 50 per cent of the 69,039 surplus signatures they had filed. Ten per cent of the total votes cast at the last general election, or 295,961 signatures, are necessary to gain a place on the ballot for the pro posal. Signature losses ranging as high as 4GCA in the first petitions certified by Boards of Elections to the Secretary of State started cutting in on the sur plus, indicating that if the large num ber of invalid signatures continued to be found the petitions will be far short of the required number of names. Invalidation of 11,965 signatures, or 39 per cent of the total filed, was re ported by the Lucas County Board of Elections. Clark County invalidations totalled 38 per cent Hancock county 46 per cent Summit county, 30 per cent Stark county 29 per cent and iifohtgoinery county 19 per cent. The large number of invalidations reveals the importance of the request made by Secretary-Treasurer Thomas J. Donnelly of the Ohio State Federa tion of Labor of affiliated City Cen tral Bodies and Local Unions to check the petitions in their county for illegal and fraudulent signatures. With nearly 200,000 signatures yet to be reported on, nearly all of which were secured in Cuyahbga, Hamilton, Franklin and Mahoning counties, and with unofficial reports indicating 40 to 50 per cent invalidation of those sig natures, it appears certain that the petitions will be approximately 50,000 short of the required figure on final certification. The probable failure of the pro posal in this manner is significant in view of the fact that the 365,000 sig natures to the petitions filed with the Secretary of State were secured only after two years' effort by the Com mittee on Judicial Selection. Organized Labor, represented by the Ohio State Federation of Labor, has opposed the proposal consistently, and City Central Bodies and Local Unions affiliated with the State Branch of the American Federation of Labor have warned their members and friends not to sign the petitions. This fact, coupled with circulation of the petitions by persons paid for each name they secured, which invari ably results in thousands of fraudu (Continued on Page Two) Annual Outing By LU No. 45 Planned Excellent Report From CLU Given By Brother R. Ford MUTUAL WORKING GOOD Trenton, N. J.—Local Union No. 45 met in regular session Friday, Sep tember 2 with a very good attendance. Much interest is being shown at the meetings of the local, not only by our members, but members of the other locals. Brother Cook, chairman of the agreement committee, read the agree ment. It was discussed by the mem bers and a few changes were made. The agreement was returned to the committee after a vote was taken to accept the report. Brother R. Ford, one of our dele gates to the C. L. U., gave a fine re port. We find he makes a very good delegate. The shop committee from the Mutual reports everyone working five days a week. Ray Thompson, chairman of the committee stated they had had a meeting with the superin tendent in regards to a new tank and the price for same. This was left in the hands of the committee and the tank makers for further discussion. The entertainment committee has finally decided to have the annual out ing September 24. This year the com mittee will be strengthened by mem bers of Local Union No. 4!) and 87. The picnic will be on a much larger scale and will be known as the Tepetco (Continued on Page Five) Market Enlarged For Union Goods Omburn Cites Progress In Labor Day Message— Optomistic One hundred per cent optimism in realizing the aim of making the mar ket for union-made goods and services the fundamental supporting element for higher wages, shorter hours, and improved work conditions for the em ployes in American industry prevades the Labor Day Message for 1938, pre pared by I. M. Ornburn, secretary treasurer of the American Federation of Labor Union Label Trades Depart ment, for the Labor Day editions of the Official and Weekly Labor Press and issued from the headquarters of the Department in the A. F. of L. Building, Washington, D. C. This unqualified success was at tributed by Mr. Ornburn to the whole hearted co-operation manifested by the entire A. F. of L. labor movement. He said the A. F. of L. Union Label and Industrial Exhibition, held last Spring in Cincinnati, Ohio, had achieved such great results in pro moting the market for union label goods that it would be repeated an* nually. He also paid a tribute to the increasing number of Union Label Weeks as indicative of the growing interest in protecting and promoting trade union standards in industry. The important iniluence of the bu ing power of women members of trace unionist families in supporting tl e (Continued on Page Two) Green Says A. F. of L. Stands Firm For Democracy and Equal Opportunity The continued progress of the bona fide labor movement, despite the dis ruptive scheme of a secession group, and emphatic support of equal oppor tunity for everyone under democratic principles are stressed by William Green, president of the American fed eration of Labor, in his Labor Day Message for 1938, prepared for the Labor Day editions of the Official and Weekly Labor Press and issued from the headquarters of the A. F. of L. in Washington, D. C. Among the outstanding recent achievements of the American Federa tion of Labor for those who work for a living, Mr. Green emphasized many wage cuts prevented, the advance in benefits paid to jobless workers under unemployment compensation laws, the recent law fixing minimum wages and maximum hours for workers in inter state industries, legislation affirming the right of workers to organize in unions of their choice, and the law de termining labor standards for em ployes of contractors who furnish ma terials or supplies to the Federal Gov ernment. In conclusion, Mr. Green pleads for the end of disruption and a new unity in the labor movement. The text of Mr. Green's Labor Day I Message follows: A. F. of L. Prestige Increased It is with sincere gratification that I transmit this Labor Day message. Despite the sharp and serious period of economic demoralization through which we are passing and despite the efforts of a Yebel group to build up a dual labor organization, the Ameri can Federation of Labor exercises greater prestige and influence in both the political and the economic field than ever before. Our record makes us a dependable, constructive organ ization that maintains discipline with in its own ranks while it keeps prog ress for wage-earners abreast of progress for the whole of Society. Our objectives are in line with democratic ideals for we seek equal opportunity for all men and women. We realize that we must build a ladder round upon round, making it possible for all to mount to the plane of equal opportunity. As we build and mount, we. fit ourselves for wider opportuni ties. The American Federation of La bor believes that American labor can promote its own welfare within Ameri can institutions—and that progress for Labor is inseparable from progress for all. (Continued on Page Two) ,r- Official Organ the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1938 EXECUTIVE BOARD PREPARING FOR BIENNIAL CONFERENCE Travelers Take "Buy American Pamphlets Home Committee Hands Out 10000 Leaflets To Motorists Labor Day POSTERS IN STORES Cooperation With Commit tee Pledged by Liverpool Merchants Some ten thousand motorists pass ing through East Liverpool on Labor Day were handed four-page pamphlets urging readers to protect their stand ard of living by remembering always to BUY AMERICAN. Chairman George Salsberry, of the local commit tee, and three aids passed out the literature in the Diamond which was traffic-packed the entire day. Merchants of the district are once more displaying store cards reminding the people to BUY AMERICAN. The canvassing committee has visited the stores and presented official BUY AMERICAN MONTH posters to those merchants who have pledged themselves willing to cooperate fully with the Brotherhood's campaign. The committee, confining most of its efforts to an educational program is interested in having the local school authorities set aside a fifteen-minute period at regular intervals to be de voted to a discussion of BUY AMERI CAN. Plans are being made to have other communities take up similar programs until it is state-wide. The ultimate aim, of course, is to have the program carried on throughout the nation. Chairman Salsberry reported a three-man ctfAnmittee had inspected the stocks of W' W iifrVtor^s in the dis trict and althcfign they found a very low percentage of foreign-made goods, especially Japanese, the committee would like to warn the public that huge stocks of German Christmas and Easter novelties have been purchased. Those interested in the movement will remember to look for the stamp on all purchases and it will be to the credit of this town if all of this foreign-made merchandise is returned, because it can't be sold. President James M. Duffy of the N. B. of O. P. recently received a letter from Mike Flynn, executive secretary of America's Wage Earners' Pro tective Conference, describing plans for the huge BUY AMERICAN dem onstration to be held in Philadelphia in the near future under the guidance of Matthew Woll, president of the con ference. A number of officials high in the ranks of labor, including Presi dent Duffy, have been asked to speak. A meeting in Cincinnati will be held later in the month. Federation Council Backs Dies Inquiry Resolution Praises Work and Urges Continuation of Probe The work of the Dies Committee of the House of Representatives in its investigation of un-American ac tivities in the United States was unanimously endorsed by the Execu tive Council of the American Federa tion of Labor at the ninth day's session of* its quarterly meeting in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In addition, the. Executive Council recommended that the investigation bte continued until the "real inspira tion and sources" of Nazism, Com munism, Fascism and other subversive propaganda are completely disclosed. Democracy Must Be Preserved The A. F. of L. leaders warned that the rights of labor are inextricably bound up with the preservation of democratic government and institu tions and urged all federal agencies to cooperate with the House commit tee in its attempt to expose "the treacherous propaganda and nefarious activities engaged in by those who would suppress our liberties, destroy our democratic institutions and sub stitute therefor the autocratic and re pressive principles and practices that characterize the totalitarian govern ments abroad." Denunciations of Committee Are Unwarranted William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, said he made .the resolution public because many working people and friends of labor are being misled by denuncia tions of the Dies Committee by spur ious liberals. He said that most of those named in the investigation had not answered the allegations, but had (Continued on Page Two) Potters Herald Ji Porcelain Workers Enjoy Great Outing Louthan Employes Find Full Day's Pleasure At Peace Valley MANY CONTESTS Local Union No. 140, porcelain, held the most successful picnic in the his tory of the organization at Peace Val ley Park, Saturday, August 27 with 150 in attendance. The Louthan Manu facturing Co. employes and their families had a full day of pleasure which started with a picnic dinner at 1:30. The dinner was served by the picnic committee consisting of Mary and Nellie Diddle, Ethel Jones, Harry Gobbert, Lester Stewart and Herbert Unger. Swimming, dancing, roller skating and various sports events took up the afternoon hours. The sports committee consisting of Mrs. Gwendolyn Dailey and Mrs. Belle Barcus list the follow ing winners. Penny Scramble: Mar jorie Dailey, Joan Densmore, Esther Nicholson and Dickie Wonders. Candy Scramble: Joyce Diddle, Shirlene Stew art and Helen Nicholson. Girls' Foot Race: Dolores Adkins, June Densmore. Boys' Foot Race: Harold Diddle, Jr. and Roy Diddle, Jr. Honeymoon Race: Miss Dolores McLaughlin and Chuck Blazier. Mrs. Ethel Combs and Lester Stewart. Ball Throwing contest for women: Mrs. Ethel Jones, Miss Katherine Rayle. Ball Throwing contest for men: Lawrence Grafton, Chuck Wendell. ^Continued on Page Two) Win ant Lauded For Director Of I. L. O. Butler, Present Chief, Will Retire By End Of This Year A warm tribute to John D. Winant, director-elect of the International La bor Office, was paid by Harold B. But ler, present I. L. 0. director, in his "Labor Day Message to the Workers of the United States and Canada," issued by the Information and Public ity Service of the American Federation of Labor from the Federation's head quarters in Washington, D. C. Mr. Butler expressed his apprecia tion of the co-operatiou given to him by American labor, from whom he said he had received "much help, hos pitality and friendliness." The text of Mr. Butler's Labor Day Message follows: In spite of the troubles and uncer tainties of the moment, I think there is reason for viewing the future with courage and confidence. Although the last year has seen an other recession, another turn in the cycle of prosperity and depression, everything seems to point to its being shorter and shallower than the slump of 1929-32. Many countries have been little affected by it, and even in those which have felt it most there are signs of recovery setting in. I am glad to think that the relations between the International Labor Or ganization and the United States have ecome closer every year. We were (Continued on Page Two) V* rem SEP 12 V $2.00 Per Year Meeting In Three-Day Session at Knickerbocker on Boardwalk Workers Becoming Familiar With Job Insurance Rules State Treasurer Estimates 50,000 Checks Will Be Mailed Daily (By Ohio Labor News Service) Columbus, 0.—Active applications for employment in the files of offices of the Ohio State Employment Service at the end of July reached 351,059, the highest point in the history of the Service and 5.3 above the June figure. Officials attribute the great gain, which is 82.3 per cent above the July, 1937, figure to the present business re cession and the publicity given to the regulations governing payment of un employment compensation benefits after January 1, 1939, which require registration at Service offices as the first step in establishing eligibility to receive benefits. Applications for employment start ed increasing in January, 1938, when 24,763 were received in Service offices, and in the seven succeeding months, including July, more than 20,000 new applications were received every thirty days. Total private placements by Service offices for the first seven months of 1938 were far below those reported for the corresponding period in 1937, statistics reveal. The effect of the present business recession is reflected in the failure of every office to equal or exceed its placement activities for the first seven months of 1937. Members of the Unemployment Compensation Commission have been busily engaged for months drafting plans for administration of the benefit payment section of the Ohio unemploy ment compensation law, and a person nel thoroughly familiar with its duties will be established before January 1, 1939. Examinations for more than 2,000 positions under "the Unemployment Compensation Commission will be held early in October by the Ohio Civil Service Commission. The Federal So cial Security Board has allocated $40,0C0 to the Commission to pay the cost of holding the examinations. State Treasurer Clarence Knisley last week estimated that approximate ly 50,O(0 checks will be issued daily, five days a week for a period of 16 weeks after January 1, 1939, against the benefit account of the unemploy ment compensation fund. At the end of the first 16-week period, which is the limited time an unemployed worker is eligible to re ceive benefits in any one year, Treas urer Knisley estimates that 15,OG0 checks will be issued daily. Money to pay these checks will be transferred to the Treasurer of State for the benefit account of the unem ployment compensation fund by the Federal Government. All checks will be drawn by the Unemployment Com pensation Commission and signed by them. Morrison Reports Gain of Over Million Dues-Paying Members In Two Years The outstanding achievement of the American Federation of Labor in add ing more than 1,130,000 workers to its dues-paying membership during the last two years, despite the disruption ist and destructive policy of the se cessionist 'Committee for Industrial Organization, is emphasized by Frank Morrison, secretary-treasurer of the Federation, in his Labor Day Message for 1938, prepared especially for the Labor Day editions of the Official and Weekly Labor Press and issued from the headquarters of the American Fed eration of Labor in Washington, D. C. Mr. Morrison also stressed the num berless benefits secured for working men and women in the legislative field by the consistent and persistent ap plication of the non-partisan political policy of the American Federation of Labor, with especial emphasis on the Anti-Injunction Act and the National Labor Relations Act, which taken to gether, guarantee by law the right of working pien and women to organize in labor unions of their own choice. With regard to the National Labor Relations Act, Mr. Morrison said its enactment was sponsored by the Amer ican Federation of Labor, but added that the National Labor Relations Board's administration of the measure The Ohio Unemployment Compensa (Continued on Page Five) is unsatisfactory. The text of Mr. Morrison's Labor Day Message follows: Increased Membership The C. I. O. has failed in its pur pose to rule or ruin within the Amer ican Federation of Labor. Since the suspension of the ten national and in ternational organizations for refusal to withdraw from the C. I. O., the 102 national and international and local trade and federal labor unions affili ated with the American Federation of Labor have gained over 1,130,000 dues paying members. Leaders of the C. I. 0. include sev eral outstanding figures in the Ameri can labor movement. It is not sur prising that their attacks upon the American Federation of Labor at tracted widespread attention and be came the uppermost topic of public discussion. The leaders of the seces sion movement have had their orgy of publicity. By way of competition our Federation has little to offer in the way of sensationalism. One valuable lesson to be learned from membership and leadership in the labor movement is that a labor union must have within itself the elements that will make it durable. (Continued on Page Tifiro) li Conferees Meet With Board Members Monday and Tuesday HOTEL WELL LOCATED Caucus Meetings to be Held lust Three Blocks From Chalfonte .The Executive Board of the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters opened a three-day session this morn ing at the Knickerbocker Hotel in At lantic City in preparation for the biennial wage conference scheduled for next Wednesday. The thirty-six members of the con ference committee, elected by the trade in July, will meet with the Board at the same hotel September 12 and 13 before going into the joint conference with the United States Potters Associ ation at the Chalfonte Hotel on the following day to formulate a new two year agreement to supplant the pres ent pact which expires the last day of this month. President James M. Duffy will be in charge of the meetings and will also be co-chairman of the conference with Joseph M. Wells, chairman of the As sociation's Labor Board. W. H. Locke Anderson is president of U. S. P. A. The seventy-four propositions pass ed by the convention held early in July and the twenty-two counter-proposals of the U. S. P. A. will be thoroughly studied by the conferees. The Knickerbocker Hotel, a room of which will be retained by the Brother hood throughout the conference for caucus meetings, is on the Boardwalk at Tennessee and is fxceptionallv well located for the purpose, being just three blocks down the Boardwalk from the Chalfonte. Members of the Executive Board left for the famed shore city yesterday. Practically all of the western mem bers going by train this year. The con ferees will make the trip Saturday and Sunday in order to be at the opening pre-conference session at nine o'clock Monday morning. A majority of the local union representatives have ex pressed a preference for the automo bile as their mode of travel through the mountains. As has been the custom in the past, it is expected that the opening session of the conference will be given over almost entirely to the addresses of the joint chairman, Mr. Duffy and Mr. Wells, who will voice the views of their respective organizations. Political Policy To be Continued by AFL Green Will Not Approve Independent Labor Party RECORD QUESTIONED Office Seekers Must Show Support of Measures Backed by AFL The American Federation of Labor will continue its policy of supporting the friends and opposing the enemies of labor on a non-partisan political basis. This was made plain by William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, in a statement at Atlantic City, N. J., fol lowing the conclusion of the eighth day's meeting of the A. F. of L. Ex ecutive Council, in session there. Reviewing the results of the primary elections in many parts of the country, Mr. Green said they indicated that the non-partisan basis had proved prac tical and successful, while the indepen dent political action plan applied by the Committee for Industrial Organ ization, headed by John L. Lewis, could be classed as a failure. It was made clear by Mr. Green that the only concern of the American Fed eration of Labor was the legislative record and public utterances of can didates for office on questions vitally affecting the workers and particularly their support or non-support of meas ures endorsed by the A. F. of L. A. F. of L. Victories in Primaries As an indication of the non-partisan character of the American Federation of Labor political policy, Mr. Green listed a number of candidates in both the Democratic and Republican parties who won in recent primaries with the backing of the A. F. of L. Senators Ellison D. Smith of South Carolina, Guy M. Gillette of Iowa, (Continued on Page Two)