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PREDICT VICTORIES
Enthusiasm For Wm. Green
In Flint and Anderson
Shows Preference
Flint, Mich.—Charging that John
L. Lewis is planning a political coup
to make himself the dictator of the
United States, President William
Green aroused a mass meeting of
General Motors auto workers here to
vociferous demonstrations of loyalty
to the American Federation of Labor.
The enthusiastic receptions accord
ed Mr. Green in Flint and Anderson,
Ind., where he addressed another
mass meeting, caused A. F. of L. lead
ers to predict sweeping victories in
key General Motors plants in the
NLRB elections for collective bargain
ing representatives.
In his address here, Mr. Green
challenged Lewis to explain why the
CIO is playing the Communist Party
game in this country and why it is
seeking to mobilize underprivileged
groups into a third party.
He pointed out the significance of
the fact that Lewis has denounced all
outstanding Presidential candidates in
both major parties.
Mr. Green denounced Lewis' asser
tion that the New Deal has brought
"seven years of nothing" to the work
ers. Without attempting to defend
the New Deal or President Roosevelt,
Mr. Green cited the enactment of pro
gressive social justice legislation and
the expenditure of more than 23 bil
lion dollars to reduce and relieve un
employment. Of this sum, almost 900
million dollars was spent in Michigan
for the direct benefit of -auto workers,
Mr. Green said.
Lewis' break with the New Deal
was described as "colossal treachery"
by the A. F. of L. leader, who fur
ther castigated the treatment of the
auto workers by the CIO.
"The automobile workers," he said,
"have suffered more from CIO dicta
tion, intrigue and mismanagement
than perhaps any other group of
workers in the country.
"The CIO has used you for experi
mental purposes. It has'-involved you
in constant warfare with manage
ment. It has used you as a testing
laboratory in experimenting with rev
olutionary processes. It has never
sought your welfare. It has never
permitted you to exercfoe democratic
control or to run your oWn union your
(Continued on Page Two)
Employment Up In
March, Says Local
Official Of B. U. C.
Sixty-Three Job Placements
Made By Employment
Security Center
The C3 job placements made through
the local Employment Security Center
of the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment
Compensation last month indicate
that East Liverpool workers shared in
the increased employment opportuni
ties which were reported to prevail
throughout the the state during March,
Warren A. Mathews, manager of the
Center, reported today.
Of the total placements, 42 wet* in
private industry, a gain of 90 per cent
in March, compared to February pri
vate placements.
Workers registering with the East
Liverpool Employment Security Cen
ter last month for jobs for the first
time totaled 293. The active file of
workers registered for employment
numbered 1873 at the end of March,
Manager Mathews reported.
New, initial claims for unemploy
ment compensation, filed by district
workers, during March, totaled 162, a
decline of 3 per cent compared to the
February total.
A total of 1528 benefit checks,
amounting to $15,489.16, were paid to
district unemployed workers last
month by the Bureau of Unemploy
ment Compensation, an increase of 13
per cent over February.
The March benefit amount brought
the total paid to district unemployed
workers by the Bureau this year to
$41,705.86.
Average weekly benefit amount
paid to East Liverpool's totally unem
ployed workers was $11.03 in March,
and for partial unemployment, the
average weekly benefit check was
$4.52.
Mr. Mathews said the Ohio Bureau
of Unemployment Compensation paid
a net total of $2,648,767.92 in benefits
to unemployed workers throughout
(Continued on Page Five)
Green Charges Lewis Plans To Become
Dictator of U. S., With Communistic Aic
A. F. L. President Speaks To
Mass Meeting of General
Motors Auto Workers
VOL. XLIII., NO. 51,
Green Replies To
Columnist Pegler
Final Article By Wm. Green
President, American Fed
eration oi Labor
Westbrook Pegler's charge that the
American Federation of Labor con
dones and protects dishonest unionism
is a deliberate falsehood.
The American Federation of Labor
denounces the miserable few who
manage to worm their way into the
labor movement for dishonest pur
poses and personal advancement. We
call upon our affiliated unions to root
out and expel any individual found
guilty of a betrayal of trust. In addi
tion, we call upon the constituted pub
lic authorities of our cities, states and
nation to enforce the law that applies
to all our citizens without fear or fa
vor.
The American Federation of Labor
is a union of trade unions. It is com
posed of the following groups of or
ganizations:
106 National and International
Unions, which have 33,744 local unions.
49 State Federations of Labor (in
eluding Puerto Rico).
806 City Central bodies.
1,568 directly affiliated local trade
and Federal Labor Unions.
4 Departments, which have 942 lo
cal councils.
The national and international
unions, many of which antedate the
American Federation of Labor itself,
hold charters of affiliation with the
American Federation of Labor which
give them full autonomy and authority
to govern their own internal affairs.
Their relation to the A. F. of L. is
like that of the States to the Federal
Government: Their elected officers
are responsible to the members of the
union, not to the A. F. of L. The offi
cers of the A. F. of L. have no legal
or constitutional authority to super
sede the officers of a national or in
ternational union or to give them
orders. The A. F. of L. has no power
(Continued on Page Two)
Committee Work
Slowed By Locals
Twenty-three Locals Fail To
Send In Replies To
Questionnaires
The following local unions have not
sent in their replies to the financial
questionnaires:
L. U. 22, East Liverpool, Ohio.
L. U. 26, Kokomo, Indiana.
L. U. 33, Beaver Falls, Pa.
L. U. 49, Trenton, N. J.
L. U. 50, Camden, N. J.
L. U. 87, Trenton, N. J.
L. U. 89, Richmond, Calif.
L. U. 103, Erwin, Tennessee.
L. U. 113, Huntington Park, Calif.
L. U. 131, East Liverpool, Ohio.
L. U. 132, East Liverpool, Ohio.
L. U. 135, Roseville, Ohio.
L. U. 138, East Liverpool, Ohio.
L. U. 140, East Liverpool, Ohio.
L. U. 146, Paden City, W. Va.
L. U. 148, East Liverpool, Ohio.
(Continued on Page Two)
Meany Hits CIO. Wail Against Craft
Washington, D. C. (ILNS).—Pro
vision in the Norton bill, amending
the National Labor Relations Act, to
permit workers of a particular trade
to decide themselves whether they
want a craft or industrial union, was
vigorously championed by Secretary
Treasurer George Meany of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor in a letter
to Representative Mary Norton.
The letter replied to recent criti
cism of the proposal by President
John L. Lewis of the CIO and cited
facts which Meany said made the op
position to the amendment "appear
ridiculous."
Writing to Mrs. Norton in her ca
pacity as chairman of the House La
bor Committee, Meany said:
The purpose of the National Labor
Relations Act is to give workers a
free choice in the selection of their
collective bargaining representatives.
Mrs. Norton Commended
May I, therefore, commend you for
including in your bill, amending the
act, the amendment to Sec. 9B which
gives workers the right in each case
to decide for themselves whether they
want a craft or industrial union.
Already we hear shrill outcries to
the effect that this provision will
"carve up" industrial unions and it is
reported in the press that certain
members of your committee intend to
America's Danger
From Within, Says
Local 121 Writer
Foreign Nations Will Not
Cross 3,000 Miles of Sea
To Harm U. S.
Sebring, O.—Local Union No. 121 is
still holding two regular meetings a
month the second and fourth Tuesdays.
The attendance has been very en
couraging, but we feel it should still
be better.
The shops in this district are not
operating so good at this time and
some of the boys are doing very good
with rod and reel. Why I know of one
brother who bought a car just for
fishing trips.
One of the plants has just an
nounced pay day every other Friday.
It would be wonderful if we could all
be paid the same way.
Brothers and sisters regardless of
what our vocation or trade may be in
this pottery game we all strive to ex
cell or become better in our chosen
field and that is as it should be. So
always try to make your work just a
little better. If any one of your fore
men or executives should wander so
far from the true American principles
as to tell you to slight your work in
order to get more production just
don't do it. If you do you will soon
have less work and maybe not any.
Never be afraid for anyone to examine
your work.
You are soon to pick your delegates
to attend the convention. Give this
careful thought and consideration.
Don't forget that May 14 is the day
we select the men who will be elected
this fall to make the laws that govern
this America of ours. Be sure you
support candidates who are not only
(Continued on Page Three)
Premium Ware Is
Discussed By No. 70
Halting Premiums Would
Harm Industry In Opinion
of Minerva Member
Minerva, O.—Minerva is back again
with her bit of news. Local Union
No. 70 went into session last Friday
evening at the usual time with a full
house and all officers in the hall. The
meeting was a lengthy one and we had
a short address by George Ingram
who is running for senate.
He gave us a very able talk on the
premium situation in the senate and
on the "Buy American" campaign with
its effect on the buying public. Also
the effect on the pottery situation if
premium buying is stopped in this
state. It will surely knock the pins
out from under our own particular
plant. At least two-thirds of the
sales of our company are to premium
buyers. His talk was absolutely non
partisan. Remember these things when
you go to the primaries on May 14.
The ware boy situation remains
ust about the same, a lot of difficulty
but no actual way to iron it all out.
The resolution committee gave its
final detailed report on the resolu
tions for the coming convention. The
discussion became rather heated when
the committee was accused of unfair
ness. None of the members of this
(Continued on Page Three)
file a minority report alleging this
provision will cause "industrial dis
cord."
Lest these objections be taken too
seriously, let me cite the record and
the facts.
Based on New York Act
This particular provision in your
bill is taken word for word from the
New York State Labor Relations Act.
When that act was passed by the New
York legislature in 1937, Sidney Hill
man, vice president of the CIO, ob
jected strenuously to the provision
which gave workers the right to de
cide whether they wanted a craft or
an industrial union. He charged it
would bring "not industrial peace but
industrial discord." He declared "it
means that no employer can sign an
agreement with a union with any cer
tainty that some craft unions may not
kick over the traces." Nevertheless the
bill, including this provision, was
adopted and became the law of New
York State.
Since then almost three years have
passed. The New York State Labor
Relations Board has disposed of 4,760
cases up to April 1, 1940. The rec
ord shows that in not a single one of
those cases has the CIO protested
against the operation of the so-called
"craft unit" provision. The record
(Continued on Page Bye)
Official Organ
of the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Retiring Potters
Honored By Mates
Testimonial Dinner, Presents
Tendered To Three
Trenton Men
"IVenton, N. J.—In spite of rate,
hail and snow,Local Union No. 45 had
a very good meeting last Friday eve
ning. Three new numbers were initi
ated, Morton Emmons, hustler John
Harrison and Edward Meilak, casters.
We now have a membership of 273.
Brothers Simpson and Brewer were
appointed to make inquiries as to the
chartering of a bus to attend the pot
ters picnic at Youngstown June 15. All
who are interested from the Trenton
district, please givq your names to the
committee.
Brother Ford reported that the
Central Labor Unton is protesting the
erection of 100 homes in South Tren
ton with non-union labor. They are
asking that organized men be employ
ed.
Saturday evening a testimonial din
ner was tendered A. W. Wildblood, R.
Wellslager and James Elder on the
occasion of their retirement. Super
intendent M. F. Bentley acted as toast
master. About 160 were present and
(Continued on Page Six)
Public Housing
Is Stimulant To
Building Trade
$15,000,000 Worth of New
Residential Construction
Grows Near Projects
Washington, D. C.—Fully $15,000,
000 worth of new residential and com
mercial construction, more than half
built by private individuals, has grown
up within the immediate neighbor
hoods of 78 public housing projects,
according to the of a survey
made public today by Nathan Straus,
Administrator of the United States
Housing Authority.
That the national slum-clearance
and public low-rent housing program
of the USHA is having a stimulating
effect on the private building indus
try is directly in line with similar re
sults in England and Wales where
private construction has expanded as
the British public housing program
grew, Mr. Straus declared.
The USHA survey, which included
35 projects constructed during the
present USHA slum-clearance and
low-rent housing program and 43
projects built by the Housing Division
of the Public Works Administration
and turned over to the USHA, indi
cated that about $15,000,000 was
spent during the past two years on
private and public construction in the
neighborhoods of these 78 projects.
Of this sum, $8,841,000 was expend
ed in constructing, improving or re
pairing 2,600 privately owned build
ings, of which 2,133 were used for
residential purposes and the remain
ing 467 were either commercial build
ings or churches.
Included in the residential con
struction were 962 new individual
homes and 18 apartment houses. An
additional 617 individual dwellings
and 536 apartment houses were re
paired or renovated.
In addition to this private home
construction and renovation, there was
much construction in the mercantile
field. More than 100 stores were built
and 119 were improved or repaired.
Mr. Straus stressed that, while it is
too early to estimate the ultimate ef
fect of the USHA public housing pro
gram upon private building, these
data indicate that the public housing
movement in America is traveling in
the same direction as the successful
British public housing program, which
has been in operation since 1919. He
said:
"Perhaps the chief reason that
private housing in England and Wales
was able to thrive during a period of
world depression was because of the
stimulating effect of the British pub
lic housing program on private enter
prise.
"Private housing production in Eng
land and Wales, which rose steadily
between 1921 and 1924 and then level
led ofT, rose sharply between 1929 and
1933 when it reached a peak nearly
five times higher than the 1929 level.
(Continued on Page Five)
DON'T FORGET:
JPotters Golden Anniversary
Picnic.
Where:
Idora Park, Youngstown.
When:
Just Eight Weeks From
This Saturday.
EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1940 $2.00 PER YEAR
Green Promises
Help of A. F. of L.
Against Koehler
Picketing of Housing Project
To Be Resumed If Koehler
Products Appear
Perth Amboy, N. J.—Although the
weather was practically unfit for any
one to go out Friday evening, a large
attendance was at the regular meeting
of Local Union N'o. 96 to hear the re
port of the conference committee.
First Vice President Wheatley was
with us and said he encountered most
every weather condition imaginable on
the drive from Trenton. Brother Ed
stated that everything would be done
to straighten out the difficulties we
are having with the firm.
Delegate Lubeck of the Building
Trades Council reported that a letter
had been received from A. F. of L.
President William Green regarding
the Koehler ware on the local housing
jobs. He stated the action taken by
the N. B. of O. P. was justifiable and
that he would see that further action
would be taken against Koehler and
Koehler when similar cases are
brought to his attention. Delegate Ly
beck also reported that the Building
Trades were notified that picketing
would be resumed by us if and when
any Koehler products begin to appear
on the job.
Refreshments were served after the
meeting and during the course of the
lunch bowling was discussed. Wheat
ley and some of the members decided
a challenge should be sent to the At
lantic City convention for them to pick
a team to send against us some eve
ning in Trenton during the conven
tion period.
Mrs. Wheatley arrived at the meet
continued On Page Five)
Local Union No. 12's
Committees Active
Jiggermen Schedule Special
Meeting For Next Friday
Evening On Wages
Local Union No. 12 met in regular
session, Tuesday, April 16 with Pres
ident Finlay in the chair.
We have several committees quite
active at the present time. The wage
committee meets Friday evening, April
19, and we expect every jiggerman on
big jobs, nappies and large bowls, to
attend this meeting. The resolution
committee is busy and will have every
resolution ready by May 1.
George Salsberry was nominated A.
F. of L. delegate by our local. Good
luck to you George.
Brother Frank Haynes is another
busy person, taking care of his duties
as statistician of the local and as a
member of the standing committee.
Local Union No. 12 wishes to thank
the national officers for their cooper
ation, both on the wage scale prop
osition and the new machine problem.
Brother George Salsberry, Harry
Podewels and James Grafton are do
ing a fine job in the Trades and La
bor council. Brother Salsberry was
recently reelected to a second term as
president of that body.
This local has decided to place an
ad in the picnic committee's program.
(Continued On Page Five)
Herald
Be Best oi Seven
Two Orchestras and Twelve
Acts of Vaudeville All
Included For 50c.
Salem, Ohio.—Programs for Local
Union 42's annual fish fry made their
appearance throughout the shop and
around the town so that everyone
might be able to see just what a bar
gain is being offered at the Memorial
Building, Saturday, April 27 and
all for fifty cents.
Those of you who have attended one
of thp previous six fish dinners know
that Salem can't be topped for a real
meal. Along with the fish there will
be plenty of french fries, peas, corn,
cole slaw, rolls, coffee and pie with
either cheese or ice cream. Where can
you match that for fifty cents? And
don't be afraid to bring the children,
it only costs a quarter.
To aid your digestive organs, Betty
Ketterer and her lassies of swing,
featuring lovely Virginia Welce, will
be on hand from six to sever, o'clock.
At that time Bill Cassidy will present
a big twelve-act floor show which
promises to be one of the best. At the
conclusion of the show dancing will
be in order. Eddie Lane's eleven-piece
orchestra which is styled for dancing
will be imported from East Liverpool
to make certain the evening ends in a
blaze of glory.
We urge you to secure your tickets
as early as possible in order that the
committee will have some idea how
many are coming so preparations can
be made accordinglv.
It is hoped all national officials of
the National Brotherhood of Operative
Potters will be present to help us cele
brate. We also wish to add this to the
list of affairs which are warming the
fires for a real celebration in hor.or
of the Brotherhood's fifty years of
honest service.
It probably will not be necessary for
you to bring matches because, as you
know, the dinner will be held about
(Continued on Page Three)
Five Suspended By
Local Union No. 138
Important Business Sched
uled for Next Meeting—
Also Party Plans
Local Union No. 138 met last week
with a better than average attend
ance with President Harold Neville in
the chair.
Members in arrears who did not
pay or make arrangements to pay
were suspended. They are Norman
Heath, Rollie Brown, James Seavers,
Gerald Oysterhouse and Paul Watson.
All of the members are requested by
the president to be out next meeting
because important matters to the en
tire membership will be discussed. And
there is a party to plan at the Crock
ery City banquet room in the near
future.
The local voted to give an amount
to the Trades and Labor Council and
Rotary Club for the crippled children.
—O. C. 138.
Interest Mounts In Potters Golden
Anniversary Picnic At Idora Park
With the amount of interest that is
being shown in the coming Potters
Golden Anniversary Picnic by every
one connected with the trade, it can
hardly help being the most success
ful of the sixteen thus far held by the
committee representing the National
Brotherhood of Operative Potters.
Committees have been named in
eastern, western and southern locali
ties to gather information about
chartering buses to Idora Park in
Youngstown, Saturday, June 15. Far
distant locals are concerning them
selves with the planning of automo
bile caravans to the popular play
ground while great interest is being
exhibited over the $1400 Nash to be
given away for a dime. Tickets are
going at a rapid rate and many are
going to the Ohio Motor Sales show
room on West Fifth Street to view
the beauty.
The boxing bouts should be ex
ceptionally good if the amount of pro
moters contacting the committee for
the chance to demonstrate what they
can do means anything. Probably
never before have so many sought to
put on a fight show for the potters.
The ball game is another feature
that is drawing a great deal of at
tention. Many teams have written in
showing great records compiled dur
ing the past few seasons. It is the
hope of the committee to pick the two
best teams available for the champ
ionship match. It looks like a hard
job, but all information possible is be
ing sought in the hope that the best
talent obtainable outside the big
leagues will take the field picnic day.
We don't like to give the women
any bad ideas and have them prac
ticing on their husbands for distance
and accuracy, but it has been rumored
that the "weaker sex" will have an
opportunity to see what they can do
with an old fashioned rolling pin.
Latest word from the park manage
ment has all rides being given a thor
ough going over to insure their com
plete safety. This has always been
of prime importance to the committee
and has on various occasions swung
the vote from one park to another.
All amusements, rides, restaurants
and concessions are being given a
fresh coat of paint so the park will be
in tip-top shape for the coming of the
potters, one of the first big picnics of
the year.
Those working on this year's outing
and reunion appreciate all the sug
gestions that have been received. They
will all be given close attention. One
request for a bowling match, however,
seems impractical since it would mean
going off the picnic grounds and in
continued on Page Six)
or
Norton Amendments To Labor Act Are
Mustering Strong Support In Congress
Salem Fish Fry To
See Administration Backing
Proposed Changes In
Present Law
A. F. OF MOB]
I
Federation Draws up Forest
To Insure Prompt Action
On Measure
Washington, D. C.—Friends of the
National Labor Relations Act rolled
up strong support in Congress this
week for the Norton amendments, ap
proved by the House Labor Committee
and endorsed by the American Federa
tion of Labor.
The bill will have the backing of
Administration forces in the House
and Senate, it was strongly indicated.
The only voices raised in opposi
tion to the measure were those of the
CIO and certain employer-minded
newspapers.
President William Green declared
the Norton amendments have the
wholehearted support" of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor. He sent
out a call to all A. F. of L. affiliates
to appeal to their Representatives in
Congress for the prompt enactment
of the bill. First to respond with a
100 per cent endorsement of the
amendments was the International
Association of Machinists.
Challenging the charges of the CIO
that the so-called "craft unit" provi
sion in the Norton bill would "carve
up" industrial unions, Secretary
Treasurer George Meany of the A. F.
of L. disclosed in a letter to Mrs.
Mary Norton, chairman of the House
Labor Committee, that it was taken
word for word from the New York
State Labor Relations Act which has
operated satisfactorily to both A. F.
of L. and CIO unions in the Empire
State.
The Norton .Bill otains jjour
simple fcimeiTiimehts to ttie N. L..R.
which provide:
1. Increase of the Labor Board's
membership from three to five by the
appointment of two additional mem
bers by the President. This will
change the complexion of the present
unfair board and bring about better
and fairer administration.
2. That "in any case where the ma
jority of employes of a particular
craft so decide the board shall desig
nate such craft as a unit appropriate
for the purpose of collective bargain
ing." This will enable workers to
choose their own bargaining unit in
each case instead of having the board
impose its wishes on the workers. It
does not bar workers from choosing
industrial units.
(Continued on Page Five)
All-Ohio Safety
Congress Draws
Large Attendance
Eleventh Meeting One of the.
Largest In History of the
Industrial Commission
(By Ohio Labor News Service)
Columbus, O.—The Eleventh All
Ohio Safety Congress being held in
Columbus this week is. one of the
largest in the history of the Indus
trial Commission.
Mr. Thomas P. Kearns, Superinten
dent of the Division of Safety and Hy
giene, in his annual report to the Con
gress stressed the savings of both
money and lives as a result of the
ducational work accomplished
through this Division.
Many Central Bodies and Local
Unions throughout Ohio were repre
sented at the Congress and in the
arious sectional meetings. The an
nual banquet was held Tuesday eve
ning in the Deshler-Wallick Hotel,
with Dr. E. J. McCormick, prominent
Toledo surgeon, as toastmaster.
Mr. Will T. Blake, East Liverpool,
Chairman of the State Industrial
Commission, was Chairman of the
opening session, at which Governor
John W. Bricker spoke.
"Employers' Workmen's Compensa
tion Responsibility," was discussed by
E. I. Evans, Chief Acutary of the In
dustrial Commission, before the sec*
tion for Newspapers and Printers
Tuesday afternoon.
Elliot Ness, Director of Public
Safety of Cleveland, and Sergeant
Clark, Ohio Highway Patrol, were on
for a discussion Tuesday afternoon of
safety on our streets and highways.
John Q. Carey, Mayor of Toledo,
presided over a section for discussion
Tuesday afternoon of safety among
public employes.
George L. Coffinberry, Auditor
Statistician of the Industrial Commis
sion, presented a paper on "Economic
Aspects of Safety in Public Employ
ment."