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New Jersey.
THE POTTERS HERALD
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF
THE NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF OPERATIVE POTTERS
and
BAST LIVERPOOL TRADE8 & LABOR COUNCIL
Published Every Thursday at East Liverpool, Ohio, by th« N. B. of O
P., owning and operating: the Best Trades Newspaper and Job
Printing Plant in the State.
Sintered at Postoffice, East Liverpool, Ohio, April 20, 1902, as second
class matter. Accepted for mailing at Special Rate of Postage
provided for in Section 1108, Act of October 13, 1917, authorized
August 20, 1918.
General Office, N. B. O. P. Building, West Sixth St.. BELL PHONE 575
F. JEROME McKEEVER. Editor and Business Manager
One Year to Any Part of the United States or Canada $2.00
President—James M. Duffy, P. O. Box 6, East Liverpool, Ohio.
First Vice President—E. L. Wheatley, Room 215, Broad Street National
Bank Building. Trenton, New Jersey.
Second Vice President—Frank Hull, 117 Thompson Avenue, East Liv
erpool, Ohio.
Third Vice President—George Chad wick, 802 Bank Street, East Liver
pool, Ohio.
Fourth Vice President—Charles Zimmer, 1045 Ohio Avenue, Trenton,
Fifth Vice President—George Newbon, 847 Melrose Avenue, Trenton.
New Jersey.
Sixth Vice President—George Turner, Glenmoor, East Liverpool, Ohio.
Seventh Vice President—William Watkin, 605 Edgewood Avenue, East
Liveriool, Ohio.
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Eighth Vice President—Joshua Chadwick, Grant St., Newell, W. Va.
Secretary-Treasurer—John D. McGillivray, P. O. Box 6, East Liverpool,
Ohio.
EASTERN GENERAL WARE STANDING COMMITTEE
Manufacturers A. G. DALE, FRED SUTTERLIN. JAMES TUKNEK
Operatives, E. L. WHEATLEY, WM. E. YOUNG. EDWARD SEYF1EKT
WESTERN GENERAL WARE STANDING COMMITTEE
Manufacturers, CHAS. F. GOODWIN, M. J. LYNCH. ARTHUR WELLS
Operatives. JOHN McGILLIVRAY, LOUIS P1ESLOCK, F. HAYNES
EASTERN CHINA WARE STANDING COMMITTEE
Manufacturers, BEN IX HARDESTY, E. K. KOOS. CHAS. GOODWIN
Operatives, E. L. WHEATLEY. JOHN T. BALDAUF, Jr.. WM. OWEN
WESTERN CHINA WARE STANDING COMMITTEE
Manufacturers, BEN D. HARDESTY, E. K. KOOS. CHAS. GOODWIN
Operatives, ALVIN J. BURT, H. R. HAISLOP, JOHN McGILLIVRAY
DECORATING STANDING COMMITTEE
Manufacturers, J. B. McDONALD, H. SPORE, MARGARET PARKER
N. B. of O. P.. JAMES SLAVIN, HUGO MILLER, ROLAND HORTON
LUCKY AMERICAN
news commentator from London last Sunday
morning- closed his broadcast on Great Brit
ain's declaration of war on Germany by saying,
"Now I return you to LUCKY AMERICA."
Let us stop to consider and realize just how
lucky we are in this country. We have the liberty
to think, talk and act without fear. All our
troubles and differences can be settled amicably.
Although we have a border stretching from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, you will find no huge
guns no Siegfried or Magino Lines. We go into
Canada almost as easily as we go from Ohio into
Pennsylvania.
We have an abundance of time to consider our
position in the present crisis which is turning
Europe into a tangled mass of wreckage. We are
not forced to hurry into policies which will even
tually bring us into the conflict or even make us
appear weak in our st^nd on neutrality.
The war, as we see it, is purely an European
war, and while we may have strong leanings in
favor of one side or the other, we have absolutely
no reason to feel it our duty to send the youth of
America into foreign trenches.
It will be well to follow the advice of President
Roosevelt and think three or four times before
believing all we hear on the radio or read in any
daily newspaper, because the countries at war will
flood this nation with so much propaganda it will
be almost impossible to sift out the truth. Their
aim, of course, will be to fire our imagination and
inflame our passions to such a point all judgment
will be lost in a desire to bear arms in an effort to
save civilization.
It might also be well to repeat Walter Win
chell's closing remarks 011 a recent broadcast. Ik
stated that Americans should remember that the
only thing we can possibly gain by going across
the Atlantic to fight is a Democracy which we al
ready possess.
Lucky Americans—We can still look forward
to a World Series and argue over the date of our
Thanksgiving Day.
The day war was declared by the French and
British, more than half a million people crowded
the New York World's Fair where the potters are
gaining attention in their fight to advance the
sale of American-Made dinner ware.
Americans can still seek pleasure. Let us re
main LUCKY AMERICA!
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JOHN L. LEWIS' HARVEST
JOffN Ti. LEWIS has hurled insulting words at
the President and Vice President, the Conjfress
of the United States and every rival labor leader
in America, lie has persisted in tactics of violence
derived from the sit-down strike theory and has
repeatedly alienated public sentiment from the
labor movement. As a result, though that section
of the labor movement identified with the Ameri
can Federation of Labor is not guilty either in
theory or practice of these tactics, it must pay the
penalty of Mr. Lewis' violent blunders and caustic
tongue.
In spite of this, psuedo liberals continue to try
to sell John L. Lewis to the workers of America.
They picture him as a great leader capable of
working miracles for the workers. They miss the
fact that American workers are of far greater
intelligence and experience than the peons of Mex
ico or the peasants of Russia. Nevertheless they
are impatient of the American workers' refusal to
swallow the exploded philosophies of Marxian so
cialism and the class struggle. Like all totalitarian
movements the C. I. O. depended for its force upon
surprise attack and when the American Federa
tion of Labor failed to collapse in the first six
months of the C. I. 0. effort, the C. I. O. really
lost its battle. This, however, does not keep the
American Federation of Lalx)r from paying the
awful consequences of Lewis' policies and blund
ers. The pay-off has now begun. Unlike the C. I.
O., the A. F. of Li. can not hide behind the Marxian
alibi of wicked capitalism and organized fascism
as the reason for C. I. 0. missteps and failures.
Lewis will continue to whine about these evils
rather than find in himself the seeds of failure.
THE WORLD'S FAIR AN1) THE
AMERICAN SYSTEM
TMHS year America is being treated to two mag
nificent world's fairs, at New York City and
San Francisco. Millions of citizens are visiting
them. And to the thoughtful visitor, these fairs
must appear as a great deal more than colorful
and e^citin^ fchowb—they are living testimonial
to our traditional economic s}&tem based on the
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most liberal possible play of individual initiative
and enterprise.
At the great industrial exhibits at the fairs
you will see vividly presented the achievements
which are responsible for our American standard
of living, the highest by far in the entire world.
Out of the work of millions of hands and brains,
working in a free society, has come this epochal
progress. Pottery, power, radio, railroad, auto
mobile, clothing—every exhibit is a monument to
the American system—private enterprise.
It is fitting that the two fairs should be in op
eration at this time. For, to an extent never before
known in our history, this American system of
ours has been under attack. The greatest achieve
ments of private industry have been minimized.
The very foundation stones of democracy have
been undermined. Individualism has been held up
to scorn and ridicule. Business has been reviled.
Back of this campaign against the American sys
tem is a determined attempt to put in its place a
system based upon some foreign "ism."
Well, one can hardly believe the American
people will fall for this. A century and a half ago
we were among the least of the powers—today we
are the greatest power on earth. That unprec
edented progress has come from private enter
prise—from the work of free men, engaged in free
undertakings with strong unions to advance wages
and conditions. It is all shown magnificently at
the fairs. And it is shown, too, all around you,
wherever you live—in the stores, the industries,
the service companies in your town or city. All
of America is a great and continuous fair, exhib
iting proudly the fruits of the American system.
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FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
/^ALLING all citizens—for Fire Prevention Week,
which is to be observed this year from Octo
ber 8th to 14th.
Fire Prevention Week marks a definite, inten
sive effort to save your life and your property
from the ravages of fire. It is an intensely per
sonal thing, which comes straight home to all of
us.
Insurance organizations, fire departments, pub
lic officials, newspapers, the radio, civic clubs and
organizations—all will work cooperatively togeth
er to make the week a success. They are working
for you, and their hope is to enlist your support
and interest. They will offer you every opportun
ity to learn about fire—its causes, the magnitude
of its destruction, the means of controlling, fight
ing, and preventing it. There is nothing dull about
these lessons—to the contrary, they are intensely
dramatic and interesting.
And they are much more than that. When you
learn how to inspect your home for hazards, and
apply what you learn, it may be the means of sav
ing that home from ruin. Vastly more important,
it may be the means of saving the lives of your
family from one of the most horrible of deaths.
Nothing pays greater dividends than lire preven
tion.
So do your part when Fire Prevention Week
comes. Observe it with an open, inquiring mind.
And when the week is over, remember what you
have learned, and keep on using your knowledge.
One of the things this country needs most is a
nationally observed "Fire Pretention Year."
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W. P. A. SITUATION
IN viewing the situation in the W. P. A. certain
facts should be kept in mind.
1.—Figures gathered by U. S. Department of
Labor for cities in Ohio indicate that the average
yearly wages for building trades workers was
ibout $1,(568, and for steel workers in steel mills
about $1,028. I11 other words, the so-called aristo
crats of labor were making less than mass produc
tion workers.
2.—The average yearly wage for electrical
workers in the United States in 1938 was $1,550.
3.—The wage structure of the building trades
workers is on an hourly basis. The hourly rates
appear high, but the workers must live by the
year.
4.—Destruction of the hourly wage structure
would be an economic calamity to about 1,000,000
skilled workers.
5.—The W. P. A. is no longer a relief proposi
tion. It has been doing, is doing bona fide con
struction jobs in competition with private indus
try.
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PEOPLE S SAVINGS
UNITED STATESGOVERNMENTthrough
the postal system is banker to more than 1,
000,000 wage earners. In this age of sharp debate
on the policies of savings and economy, it is inter
esting to note that these 1,000,000 American citi
zens have bought postal savings bonds in the
amount of $2,075,000,000.
Who are these citizens who have built up this
vast aggregate of capital? The Post Office De
partment goes on to point out that skilled workers
are the chief purchasers of the bonds. Next to
them come clerks, then housewives, then sales
men, then teachers, then professional men, then
executives, then students, then farmers. Most of
these citizens buying savings bonds buy them out
of current income. The bonds are the nucleus of
funds for the education of children for the pur
chase of homes, for emergencies and for old age
security. This is a neat picture of thrift and sen
sible public service.
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FAIR PRICES WANTED
efforts of the leading agricultural market
ing cooperative organizations to better the
wholesale prices paid for farm products does not
necessarily mean that the ultimate selling price
to the consumer must likewise be increased.
The farmers realize as well as anyone else that
any attempt to "stick" the public would be eventu
ally suicidal. But they know that more efficient
and economical methods of distribution can make
it possible to give the farmer a fairer return—and
also give the consumer the reasonable price he is
entitled to.
As a result, these marketing organizations are
working constantly on distribution problems,along
with production problems. They are doing much
to cut down in-between costs and to stabilize and
balance markets. This work is directly in the in
terest of the consumer, as well as the producer.
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The Union Label is. a better si?n of quality
than all the advertising ballyhoo of unfair goods.
THE POTTERS HERALD
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The most remarkable thing about
business recently has been the lack of
remarkable happenings. For some
years we have been accustomed to
rapid fluctuations in the industrial
cycle, with a bewildering succession
of ups and downs holding the stage
for their little hour. Now it seems
that dramatic period is at least tem
porarily over. We have apparently
settled down, and the prospect is that
there will be a lengthy period of calm
on the commercial front. No one an
ticipates a major upturn in business
—and no one anticipates a major
drop.
As Business Week observes, there
has been an interesting recent change
in "the character of the recovery."
Activity is today most marked in the
durable goods industries, where yes
terday it was the most marked in the
field of non-durable, or consumers'
goods. Steel, for instance, recently
touched its highest rate of production
in almost a year. Production of the
basic metals, copper, lead and zinc,
has tended upward, and prices have
held firm. Main reason for this, of
course, is the armament race, both
here and abroad. Nations which are
engaged in war or are preparing for
war have insatiable appetites. And
that has been a stimulating factor to
our long dormant heavy industries.
On top of that, there is a consider
able amount of industrial expansion
going on in many lines, and this
means heavier orders for machines,
tools, supplies of all kinds. It is be
lieved that this expansion will con
tinue, and that the index of industry
this fall will reach a level materially
better than was touched last year.
Some business briefs of interest
follow:
MOTORS: Makers think that sales
of new models will be slightly better
than last year's. Production is low
now, as the new models are destined
to flow off the assembly lines in a
few months, but will be sharply in
creased soon.
ELECTRIC POWER: Output is at
excellent levels. The industry has
been doing considerable purchasing of
new equipment, and expansion plans
are far more ambitious than in the
recent past. Action of Congress in
limiting, to a certain extent, federal
competition with the private industry
has had a stimulating effect on morale.
EMPLOYMENT: Is steadily in
creasing, especially in the heavy in
dustries. It is probable that the un
employed total is lower now than at
any time since 1933.
CONSTRUCTION: Is still well up.
Home building continues to dominate
the picture, though prospects hold
that there will b§ a slackening in this
type of building spon. There is a sig
nificant amount of new industrial con
struction.
AGRICULTURE: The picture here
is spotty. Looking at the country as
a whole, income for the farmer will
be relatively good this year.
Summing up, there is every justifi
cation for feeling that, business will
keep to a slow and gradual recovery
trend. It should be pointed out, how
ever, that a general war could change
the outlook over night, and make the
future completely unpredictable.
In their public utterances, French
and British statesmen said that they
were "amazed" and "astounded" by
the suddenly announced German-Rus
sian peace pact, which followed hard
on the heels of a Soviet-Nazi trade
treaty. However, the fact seems to
be that the more hard-headed officials
of the world democracies were much
less surprised than they say. For it
has long been forecast by realistic
commentators that a German-Russian
alliance was not only possible, but in
evitable.
There are several reasons for this.
Russia was Germany's most danger
ous potential enemy, and if Russia
could be pledged to neutrality, Hit
ler knew it would make the ambitious
imperialist program laid down in
Mein Kanipf infinitely easier to
achieve. And Russia has long been
eager to assure, peace in Europe, so
far as she was concerned, in order
that she might give undivided atten
tion to protecting and advancing her
vital interests in Asia.
Furthermore, it is obvious that in
method and ideology, the Communists
and the Nazis have been coming
constantly closer together. In both
nations all private liberties have been
destroyed—one man government rules
supreme—"enemies" within the state
have been exiled, imprisoned and ex
ecuted—and the state dominates all
economic activities.
There is another side to the picture,
however, which is far from favorable
to Germany. Hitler's action has
definitely alienated Japan from the
Axis, and the. Tokyo cabinet which
favored close cooperation with the
Reich has been forced to resign.
More important, the opinion grows
that German-Russian "cooperation"
must drive a wedge between Berlin
and Rome- and that there is at least
a possibility that in time Mussolini
may decide Italy's best interests lie
in regaining friendship with her old
allies, England and France. This
would be a staggering blow to Hitler.
W I S O
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The working class movement to
be most effective must be conduct
ed by the workers therrseb
—Samuel Gompers.
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Truths Pondered While
Riding At Anchor
MR. MODESTCJS
e A "SATURATED SOLUTION"
e SO MUCH "IDLE WEALTH"
e "CAPITAL GOODS"
e IT IS TOO BAD
Put a barrel of salt—
Into a hogshead of water—
Soon you will find salt in the bottom
of the vat—
That is what you call a "saturated
solution" of salt—
The water cannot hold any more
salt—
It can be used for making "corned
beef"—
By soaking the beef in the salt
water—
Then you can dissolve more salt in
the water—
But it is foolish td keep on putting
salt in the vat—
Unless you use it for making corn
ed beef.
Ten years ago, channels of busi
ness—
Were soaking up billions of dollars
of capital annually—
There were calls for more wealth
production—
But in 1939 we seem to have a sat
urated solution of capital—
Business channels and containers
refuse to absorb any more—
Production is not called for—
Because there is not a market for
the commodities—
Yet, hard-shell economists Jttid fi
nanciers—
Are crying for more capital goods
production—
They want more salt in the water—
When they are not taking out any
corned beef—
That is why we have so much "idle
wealth"—
They have "salted down" too
much—
"Capital goods"—
Is just a form of wealth—
Used for the production of Jttbre
wealth—
Railroads are just part of the con
veyor system—
Necessary for the transformation of
raw materials—
Into the finished commodities which
human beings use—
Passenger transportation is inci
dental to that—
In 1933 there was a saturated solu
tion of hotels in New York City—
Factory buildings were floating
around in the heavy solution—
Much heavy machinery could not be
absorbed—
Which means, that they could not
be sold—
It would have been difficult to give
e a w a y
All of this was in the vat marked
"Finances"—•
It was reflected accurately, in the
"Stock Market"—
Market for wheat was also satur
ated—
Long winrows of wheat, thrashed
out, lay in the fields—
Nobody could make much money
selling pork and beef—
That market was about saturated
too—
Until the Federal Emergency Ad
ministration came along—
Finding a human use for bread and
meat and clothing—
When that happened, it was like
running corned beef through the vat—
More salt was needed, pretty soon,
in the solution—
But it never did get to where it
was in 1926—
When they were pouring it in by
the billions—
It is too bad—
This lesson is so hard to get
across—
To the hard-headed business men—
So he will understand that we have
passed a certain point in history—
From now on things will have to be
made for use.
W A N E
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Curved glass that does away
with shop window reflections is no
longer^a novelty. But when the
American Chemical Society meets
in Boston this month it will hear
of a new "invisible" glass. This
one is not curved but coated with
material that increases the trans
mission of light. When spectacles
are so coated the nuisance of re
flection is ended. So with store
windows, mirrors, automobile
windshields and showcases.
I'OURQl OI?
(From the Washington Daily News)
Every few days announcements
come from the War Department like
the one just received. It reads:
Posthumous Award of Silver-Star
To McCager B. Fomby, private,
Third Trench Mortar, Third Division,
American Expeditionary Forces. For
gallantry in action near Mozy, France,
July 15, 1918. When the detachment
commander became a casualty, Private
Fomby assisted the non-commissioned
officers in reorganizing the detach
ment and in directing resistance to
the advance of the oncoming enemy
until he himself was mortally wound
ed.
He died July 26, 1918.
He was born in Alabama and lived
in Alabama until he enlisted, v
He died in France.
The English too, look upon the final
conflict as predestined. With a few ex
ceptions, who might still long for the
"good old days of Munich," the gen
eral feeling is fight and get it over.
However, just as truly as the pres
ent world crisis can be traced largely
to the peace gained by the last World
War, so we can look forward to the
next series of crises following the next
war, unless the victors, whoever they
might be, temper the treaty with jus
tice, equity and reasonability.
Justice, equity and reasonibility is
a lot to expect of a nation or group
of nations enjoying the taste of vic
tory and lining or ganging up for the
"kill", but that expectancy is a neces
sity of the first order. Without it we
will have an ever recurring cycle of
crisis and hysteria, war and slaughter,
temporary peace and preparation for
the next crisis.
The biggest job after this crisis,
whether it is settled satisfactorily
over a conference table before or
after war, will be the re-establishment
of nations on a peace-time basis.
Commerce, industry, big business
and little business, have suffered im
measurably. All this will have to be
righted. It will be no easy task to
transfer Germany from cannons to
butter, nor will it be so simple to
transfer the manufacture of bombers
in France to the construction of au
tomobiles and tractors. Not that the
mechanics of it will be so difficult, but
that the economics of the thing is not
so simply adjusted as a gauge or set
of dies on a pattern machine.
The economics and production of
security and sufficiency is much more
complicated and vital than the mad
ness and skyrocketing of war and de
struction.
"The unheard voices of countless
millions of human beings ask that
they shall not be vainly sacrificed
again."—Franklin D. Roosevelt.
INDUSTRIAL DEATHS INCREASE
Columbus, O. (OLNS).—A report
issued by Superintendent Thomas P.
Kearns of the division of safety and
hygiene reveals that during July 16,
791 injury and occupational disease
claims, including 82 fatalities, were
filed with the Industrial Commission,
an increase of 1,363 claims and 15 fa
talities over June.
Construction and public employe in
dustries led in fatalities with 11 each
commercial, mine, blast furnace, steel
works and rolling mills, seven each,
and metal goods, five.
Metal goods continued to -lead in
non-fatal injuries with 3,476 reported.
Commercial had 2,435, construction
1,505. Handling objects displaced
machinery as the chief cause of acci
dents, with 3,057 cases, including
three fatalities, according to the re
port.
ASK INVESTIGATION
New York, (ILNS).—The Hotel
Restaurant Employes Union (AFL)
has asked Attorney General Murphy
to investigate the wreck in Nevada of
the streamliner, City of San Fran
cisco, on grounds it may have been
caused by faulty equipment and ne
glect of the road.
George E. Brown, international vice
president of the union, said in a let
ter to Murphy that railroad workers
can give "conclusive proof" that
economies by the railroad industry
have resulted in improper servicing of
equipment.
"Passenger and freight equipment,"
Brown said, "are kept in service day
after day without proper inspection or
repair.
"We believe this to be an important,
if not a major factor, in the wreck of
the ill-fated .streamliner," he added.
CELEBRATIONS PLANNED
THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH
Atlanta, Ga., (ILNS). Reports
reaching the Atlanta office of the
American Federation of Labor indi
cate that celebrations to be held on
Labor Day this year will far exceed
efforts of all past years. Memphis,
Little Rock, Nashville, Chatttanooga,
and other cities and centers in all
Southern states are planning great
celebrations. One of the most inter
esting programs announced is that of
Columbus, Ga., where Mr. Preston
Arkwright, president of the Georgia
Po^-er company, is the principal Labor
Day speaker.
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COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS
Whether or not the armies of
Europe are locked in bloody conflict
by the time this comment is printed,
one fact stands out sharp and unde
niable. The nations of the world can
not go on indefinitely under the shad
ows of crisis and fear. The time must
arrive, if it is not already here, when
nations prefer the showdown rather
than continue in the paralyzing fear
of what might be. It resolves itself
in to an understandable gamble—life,
as at the present, is not w6rth con
tinuing, for nations or individuals,
and there is a chance to make it
worthwhile for #those who might be
lucky enough to starve. So, why not?
This determined spirit of finality
has already gripped the French and
Polish peoples. The French have
reached the point where they would
rather shoulder a real gun and use it
than go through their social and busi
ness life with an imaginary gun for
ever to their backs. The Poles even
added humor to their determinism and
remarked on the absence of German
bombs—"Uncle Herman Goering has
not laid any eggs yet."
Thurs3ay, September 7, 1989.
The Cherry Tree
Whw* We Hatch*! Out
The Truth
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AMERICAN SUPPORT
e ACTING LIKE GOOD LITTLE
BOYS
American Communists are singing
mighty low these days.
No longer do they split the welkin
with praises of Soviet Russia as de
fender of democracy, freedom and
light.
Comrade Stalin has knocked the
props right out of the argument that
Soviet Russia is friend of democracy
and foe of Nazi-ism.
The Soviet-Nazi trade and non-ag
gression agreement did the trick and
is taking a lot of the brashness out
of Communists here.
They try hard to defend the Soviet
Nazi pact but it is plain their hearts
are not in the job and that they are
finding the j?oing very rough.
They could probably argue more
convincingly on the thesis that the
moon is made of green cheese.
Effect of the trade and non-aggress
ion agreement on American Commun
ists was shown at the annual parade
of the American League for Peace
and Democracy, a Communist "front
organization."
Parade was held in New York City,
stronghold of the Stalinists.
Last year it is said 15,000 to 20,000
marched. This year about 4,000 were
in line, the New York Times reports.
At a rally after the parade, speak
ers alternated between a defense of
the pact as a blow at Germany and
Italy and a confession that they were
"confused" as to its ultimate signifi
cance.
Chances are they won't be long con
fused as to its meaning.
Rest of the world is not confused.
It knows the pact for what it is, a
blow at the democratic nations.
In all truth, the agreement must
have been a tremendous shock to the
Communist rank and file. Leaders
may not have been so much surprised,
as they are fully aware of Comrade
Stalin's capacity for duplicity.
In recent years the Communists
have based their tactics and whole
policy on the idea of an inevitable war
between Nazi Germany and Soviet
Russia.
So they gave up their program of
revolution, for a time, and sought to
woo American favor with every de
vice of propaganda.
The aim was American support for
Russia in the event of war with Ger
many. 1
Former extremist measures and thW
ultimate program of Communist wer$~
played down and specific reform1
measures advocated by the New Deal
and others were favored.
Democracy, the antithesis of Com
munism, was extolled to the skies.
Even support of the hitherto hated
church was sought.
Now comes Dictator Stalin shaking
hands with Dictator Hitler and prom
ising not to join any war on the Nazis!
Years of Communist effort to ap
pear devoted to democracy apparently
have been wasted effort, if Russia and
Germany are to become chums.
Sincere Communists must be ex
ceedingly peeved.
"Here we have been acting like good
little boys, when we might have been
raising hell and bringing the revolu
tion," many must say.
No wonder they are "confused."
So far, the Communists have been
doing a good job of making them
selves ridiculous by their defense of
the Soviet-Nazi pact.
The more they talk, the weaker
their arguments appear.
Their labored explanations fail to
convince but add to the gaiety of
nations.
And any gaiety is welcome in this
time of world trouble.
BAKERS ORGANIZE AUXILIARIES
Washington, D. C.—The employment
of unskilled labor in the various
branches of the bakery and confection
ery industries by certain employers
has grown to such enormous propor
tions that it has resulted in the form
ation of auxiliaries, by the Bakery
and Confectionery Workers' Interna^
onal Union of America, composed ti
apprentices and helpers, according to
an announcement from the Internati
onal Union. We consider it one of
the most important duties of organ
ized labor and especially of our own
organization to interest ourselves in
existing working conditions of the
younger generation and their obtain
able union membership, the announce
ment stated.
"THE FISH tfAS BITTEN,"
FRENCH PAPER QUIPS
Paris.—The newspaper Ordre, com
menting on the proposal of Rep. Ham
ilton Fish, Jr. (R. N. Y.), for a 30
day "armistice" in which European
leaders might work out a peace plan,
said today:
"The American Senator (sic) who
exposed the Hitler-Ribbentrop plan is
called Fish. Is that sufficiently clear?
The Fish has bitten."
Mr. Fish saw Joachim von Ribben
trop, German foreign secretary, at
Salzburg. French newspapers criti
cized his plan as an indirect mot'e by
Germany and Italy to weaken the anti
aggr«fcwon bloc.