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AUTOMOBILE CHOSEN
Beautiful Chrysler Soon To
Be Seen In Diamond
Show Place
Going into a startling pace right at
the gun, the Potters Picnic Commit
tee jumped two of its highest hurdles
at the second meeting of the organ
ization last Saturday night when both
the park and the automobile were
chosen. The date, June 14, had already
been set two weeks ago.
The second Saturday of June again
promises to be the most gala day of
the year for the members of the
National Brotherhood of Operative
Potters and their friends who always
look forward to the annual picnic and
have every right to do so.
Idora Park, scene of last year's ex
travagant outing, is once more the
choice of the committee for the 1941
reunion. The members feel the Youns
town playground fits the needs of the
potters better than any other avail
able park.
The rides are kept in excellent
shape, assuring a safe and carefree
day of pleasure for the more than
20,000 who are expected to enjoy a
full day of fun. The park itself is
unusually clean and well kept while
facilities for contests and athletic
events are of the best.
The car that will soon make its
appearance in the Diamond is un
doubtedly the most beautiful thing on
wheels. It is the top car in the
^ctTrysterlfrvcf the famed New Yorker,
as sleek an eight cylinder thunderbolt
as you have ever seen. Unable to
decide upon color combinations, the
purchasing committee has been in
structed to accompany the local dealer
out of town to view the complete line
before placing an order.
However, this much is certain, the
car will have beautiful two-tone up
holstery, special de luxe dash, fluid
drive, oversized heater, white side
wall tires, and all the refinements it
is possible to put on a 1941 automo
bile.
The Chrysler New Yorker is easily
the best car the committee has ever
purchased to give away at the annual
outing. The lucky person who drives
it out of the park, June 14, will not
only be thrilled with its quiet power,
trim lines and easychair ride, but will
actually be able to drive it from coast
to coast without shifting gears or
even touching the clutch. Think of
that!
Addressing his newly appointed
committee at the initial meeting, Pres
ident James M. Duffy told the mem
bers to stick to their seventeen year
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Arnold's Charges
Against Unions Is
Denied By A. F. L.
Green Hits Statement That
Labor Boosts Cost of
Living
Miami, Fla.—The charge made by
Assistant Attorney General Thurman
Arnold before the House of Repre
sentatives Judiciary Committee that
the practices of organized labor are
increasing the nation's bill for food
and housing, and thus hampering de
fense efforts, was positively denied
here by William Green, president of
the American Federation of Labor,
who said that the A. F. of L. Execu
tive Council's complete exposure of
the fallacy of Arnold's claim had been
sent to the Judiciary Committee.
"Mr. Arnold told the House com
mittee that the tendency of union
practices was to increase prices," Mr.
Green declared. "We were amazed at
this line of testimony and we are of
the opinion that Mr. Arnold has mixed
his facts.
"It is our opinion that the increase
of costs and services attributed by
him to the action of the unions are
attributable to other causes."
Mr. Green asserted that Mr. Ar
nold's allegations that certain labor
practices were hampering the defense
program were untrue. He reiterated
his earlier opposition to the applica
tion of the anti-trust laws to labor,
saying that if labor was guilty of law
breaking other statutes were applic
able and these should be invoked.
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ANNUAL PICNIC TO BE HELD AT
IDORA PARK, SATURDAY, JUNE 14
Committee Told To Again
Plan Bigger and Better
Outing for Potters
Greater Coverage
Urged By SS Board
McNutt Argues Program Is
Necessary To National
Morale
Washington, D. C.—Amending the
Social Security Act to extend the cov
erage to reach new classes of benefic
iaries, together with increases in al
lowances and participation by the
Federal Government in direct-relief
programs administered by the States,
were recommended in the annual re
port of the Social Security Board.
In forwarding the report to Con
gress, Paul V. McNutt, Federal Se
curity Administrator, said "a well
rounded social security program is a
necessary bulwark to national mor
ale."
Specific recommendations of the So
cial Security Board included:
Insurance to provide protection
against wage loss due to physical dis
ability.
Extension of old age and survivor
insurance to include most of the ma
jor occupations now excluded, such as
agricultural and domestic workers and
employes of non-profit, charitable and
educational institutions.
Broadening the base of the Federal
unemployment compensation tax to
reach employers of one or more per
sons. This type of coverage now pre
vails in the District of Columbia and
several States because of specific leg
islation, but generally the tax reaches
employers of eight or more persons.
Federal-State direct relief programs
carried out on a "matching" basis.
Revision of present public assist
ance programs for aged indigent, de
pendent children, and blind, to sup
plant the equal-matching plan with
an arrangement by which the size of
the Federal contribution would be
determined by the economic capacity
of the State to pay.
"Present payments under all pub
lic assistance programs are least ade
quate where the need is greatest,"
the report says. Currently, the Fed
eral Government pays half of what
a State pays up to $40 monthly for
the aged indigent and blind half up
to $18 for the first dependent child
in a family, and up to $12 for each ad
ditional child. The Social Security
Board proposes the $40 base apply to
the first child.
In proposing to put the Federal
Government back in the field of di
rect relief, which was abandoned in
1935, the report says:
"Some States have used an undue
share of their available funds for one
or more of the special types of as
sistance for which matching Federal
grants are available, to the detriment
of provision of general relief for other
needy persons in the population. Gen
eral relief is a necessary supplement
to the special types of assistance now
provided under the Social Security
Act and is also needed to supplement
social insurance measures until cov
erage becomes more general and to
meet situations, which fall outside the
necessarily specific provisions of an
insurance system."
It adds that "Federal grants to the
States for general relief, under the
safeguards appropriated to the use
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The defense importance of labor re
lations was pointed out to Congress
last week by Colonel Philip B. Flem
ing, Administrator, in the second an
nual report of the Wage and Hour
Division of the United States Depart
ment of Labor.
"Employment indices, stimulated by
our tremendous defense production
program and by the 40-hour week of
the Wage and Hour Law, will soon at
tain new peaks—higher than 1929
levels and proportionate to our in
crease in population since those busy
days," said Colonel Fleming in mak
ing the report public.
"Both employment and payroll in
dices of factory employment today are
higher than at any time since the last
war. The index of employment has
been steadily rising. It was 103 in
July, 107 in August, 111 in Septem
ber, 113 in October, 114 in November,
and 116 in December, and workers for
new factories which are risingthrough
out the land have not yet been re
cruited.
VOL. XLIV., NO. 45 EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1941
War Hits British
Pottery Industry
Government Closes Plants
Release Workers For
Arms Production
In an attempt to release 750,000
workers for employment in arms
plants, the British government has
shut down many potteries while con
solidating others. The pottery indus
try is only one of more than 50 to
be affected in England by the order
which was given Tuesday.
The house of commons was inform
ed of the program by Oliver Lyttleton,
president of the Board of Trade. The
industries to be affected first, he said,
are pottery, hosiery, textile and
leather. The order will affect 1,CC0,
000 workers.
Under the plan all available man
power and materials will be shifted
to the manufacture of arms.
Lyttleton explained that the gov
ernment, through its absolute control
of raw materials, either will force the
factories to close down or consolidate.
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Labor Relations In Defense Set-Up
"Business is hastening to comply
with the Wage and Hour Law. The
Wage and Hour decisions of the Su
preme Court last week confirmed the
acceptance of the Act which was be
coming universal among the many
types of employers who are to some
degree engaged in interstate com
merce. The realization that time and
a half for overtime after 40 hours
must be paid to maintenance workers
and office workers in most commercial
establishments, as well as to pro
duction workers in factories, is
spreading.
The 30-cents-an-hour general mini
mum wage and industrial wage orders
establishing minimums between 32
Vs
and 40 cents an hour have increased
payrolls in low wage industries by
more than $100,000,000 annually. To
tal factory payrolls in the United
States have been steadily increasing
for the past three years. In 1938
they were $1,780,571,000 in 1939 they
were $2,098,124,000 in 1940, $2,399,
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Official Organ
of the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
PRIMARY ELECTION OF OFFICIALS FIRST MEETING IN MARCH
BUY UNION LABEL GOODS FOR EASTER
I MUST HAVE A UNION LABEL
ON EVERYTHING WLAR/
UNION LABEL TRADES DE^APTMCNT
AN APPEAL TO WOMEN SHOPPERS
I. M. ORNBURN, Secretary-Treasurer, Union Label Trades Department, American Federation of Labor.
Women members of labor unionists' families should always demand the Union Label. Although 90 per cent
of ladies' garments are union-made the Union Label is not displayed on all of them. Manufacturers will not display
the Union Label unless there is a demand from merchandisers. Merchants will not ask manufacturers to sew a label
in each garment unless there is an urgent demand from consumers for it.
The Union Label Trades Department of the American P'ederation of Labor is very anxious to have all union
minded women constantly ask for the Union Label on every article they buy. We believe that a continual crusade
by women shoppers, not only at Easter and Christmas time, but throughout the entire year will prove to both
manufacturers and merchandisers that there is enough demand for Union Label goods for them to place the Union
Label on all articles that are union-made,
If the Union Label is not placed on every article t£e buyer of merchandise has no way of determining
whether the goods are made in a sweatshop under unfair conditions. When there is a shortage of goods, in order
to fill orders manufacturers know that they can supply unfair products if no Union Label appears on any of the
goods. It is for this reason that we urge all members of labor unions, their families and friends to patronize only
those business establishments that sell Union Label goods and which display Shop Cards and Service Buttons.
We appeal to women shoppers especially because they purchase 80 per cent of the articles in the average
household. We are confident that through their vigilant demand for the L:nion Label that there will be a greater
amount of income reflected in the bread-winner's pay envelope of each family. We are sure that these loyal manu
facturers who do display the Union Label will receive the benefits they so justly deserve and that the merchandiser
who is fair to labor will see the benefits in his cash register. Always remember that it is not only necessary to
buy union-made goods but it is necessary to insist that the Union Label be displayed on them.
Suppose Hitler
Conquered
America!
By DR. CHARLES STELZLE
Editors Note: This is the last
of Dr. Stelzle's articles. The noted
labor writer and founder of New
York's Labor Temple died last
Thursday at the age of 72. A
Presbyterian minister, he served
as a New York City relief director
in 1914 and 1915, was executive
director of the (iood Neighbor
League from 1936 to 1939 and at
tended AFL conventions from
1905 to 1915.
The major issue in America regard
ing the future of our country is
whether we shall be controlled by a
Fascist or a Democratic government.
If we should be drawn into the pres
ent world conflict and win, we would
not only continue to be a Democracy
but we would become the acknowl
edged leader among the nations of the
world. If we should lose, we would
become a Fascist country in the new
alignment of nations.
Already there are forces in this
country which are working towards
this latter end, although its leader
say little or nothing about Fascism
They are eager to make terms with
Hitler, which would mean that Amer
ica would become part of a world
Totalitarian Government. Should this
occur, it would mean the wiping out
of all political parties in this country
which would oppose them.
In all essential points we would be
a duplication of the Nazi Government
with all that this implies, although
it is likely that many of the old fa
miliar slogans of the United States
would be retained, just as Germany
today boasts of "freedom and liberty"
and "lebensraum" (room to live) at
the same time carrying on a relent
less war of extermination on all mi
norities.
Hitler promised the privileged class
es in Germany security, but when he
had taken from them all they had to
give, and he was safely entrenched
he ruthlessly destroyed them, and
confiscated their belongings, reducing
them to poverty and ignominy. He also
made special promises to Labor, but
he destroyed all the freedom that they
had won during the years, including
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Potters Herald
Dinner-Dance Plan
Oi Local Union 49
Trenton Unit Celebrates Its
Third Anniversary
Next Saturday
Trenton, N. J.—Local Union No. 49
is going to celebrate its third anniver
sary Saturday, March 15, at Roman
Hall, Whittaker Avenue, this city.
Dinner will be served at 7:30, to be
followed by dancing to the music of
Roland Foss and his orchestra.
It has always been the intention of
the members of 49 to hold a dinner
dance and have their wives, husbands
and friends attend in order to promote
a closer relationship among the mem
bers. This will be a good time to
ripen those friendships.
The charter of Local Union No. 49
was issued March 11, 1938. The com
mittee in charge hopes to have a
large turnout and urge all members
to support this banquet. The com
mittee guarantees that all who at
tend will have a good time.
The committee in charge of the af
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MATTHEW WOLL TO SPEAK AT
TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL'S
47th ANNUAL BANQUET, MARCH 17
Excellent Report
Of Conference Is
HadByLU.No.42
Fred Shaffer Is Elected To
Treasurer's Post For The
Remainder
of Term
Salem, Ohio.—The last regular
meeting of Local Union No. 42 was
well attended and the unit accepted
five new members. You can readily
see this local is growing by leaps and
bounds.
The highlight of the meeting was
the report of the conferee, Dick Reedy,
on the recent wage sessions held in
New York. He explained all in full
and told of the charts passed to the
conferees by the manufacturers ex
plaining living costs from the year
1933 to the present time. He made a
brief report of the different proposals
made by each side and of the out
come.
He told of the way President James
M. Duffy handled the operatives side
with an answer for every argument
advanced. Mr. Duffy is one man who
doesn't take a back seat f^r anyone.
The high cost of living must be con
tended with and the potters will have
to work day and night to keep up
with the war time prices. Clothing,
food and rent will go sky high. There
will be no rest or time off, you will
have to work overtime to make ends
meet if prices continue to soar.
Our local is backing Richard Reedy
for third vice president. He is
getter and hard worker if there ever
was one. He has attended the last
four conventions and has been wage
conferee from our local twice, in fact
the only conferee we ever had. He is
also president of our local and is em
ployed in the warehouse at the Salem
China Company.
Margie Clunn, treasurer, handed in
her resignation last meeting. Although
we hated to see her vacate this office
we accepted her resignation and hope
she will be able to attend the meetings
now and then. Brother Fred Shaffer
was elected treasurer by the member
ship to finish the term.
We had a fast one pulled on us,
Bruce Cope and lovely little Thelma
McFeely were secretly married last
September in the presence of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Moore. They were mar
ried in New York state. You know
there isn't many who can keep a secret
that long without it leaking out. Con
gratulations to this couple.
Brother Forrest Green is still in
the hospital and it is reported he is
getting along fine. We want you to
know Greenie, that the farm is do
ing fine, little Anna is doing the best
she can and will carry on until you
get bad to work. Brother Charley
Evans has been off sick for sometime,
we hope he will be on the road to re
covery soon.
Our sympathy goes to Mrs. Frank
Scullion who lost her son in an auto
mobile accident last Saturday in
Cleveland. As you know her husband
died a short time ago after a linger
ing illness. Our sympathy is also ex
tended to Brother Ed Taylor of Be
loit who recently lost his father.
Bureau of Mines Developing Process
For Production of Magnesium Metal
The Bureau of Mines today reported
to Secretary of the Interior Harold L.
Ickes that it is ready to proceed with
initial tests of a special process it is
developing for the production of mag
nesium metal, vital defense material.
The tests will take place at a small
pilot plant just completed by the Bu
reau at Pullman, Wash., Dr. R. R.
Sayres, Director, said.
Extensive experimentation in the
laboratory by metallurgists of the
Bureau on a method for the direct
production of magnesium from mag
nesite ore has proved encouraging
enough, said Doctor Sayres, to war
rant trying out the process on an en
gineering scale.
No commercial plant in the United
States, added the Director, utilizes
such a process, and only three other
plants in the world are reported to
employ a method similar to that be
ing developed by the Bureau.
If the operations at the Bureau's
small pilot plant, which is designed
to produce from 50 to 1C0 pounds of
the metal daily by the electro-thermic
method, are successful, sufficient data
may be made available to determine
the feasibility of production on a
larger or commercial scale.
The information which the Bureau
of Mines has gathered to date is not
sufficient to permit the design of a
large producing plant or to furnish a
reliable estimate of the cost of pro
ducing magnesium by the electrother
mic method on a commercial scale.
Magnesite ore, which the Bureau's
process utilizes, is found in abundance
in a number of areas throughout the
United States, and some of the largest
deposits, variously estimated as from
three to seven million tons, are situ
ated in the State of Washington. Bru
cite, dolomite and many other common
minerals contain magnesium in ap
preciable amounts.
The Bureau of Mines realized the
potentialities of magnesium metal
when in 1936 it began active cooper
ation with the State College of Wash
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Outstanding Labor Leader
Secured By Local
Central Body
OFFICIAL OF A. F. L.
Heads Union Label Trades
Department and Life
Insurance Co.
Matthew Woll, leading figure in the
American labor movement has accept
ed an invitation to speak at the East
Liverpool Trades and Labor Council's
forty-seventh anniversary banquet
Monday, March 17, in the auditorium
of the National Brotherhood of Oper
ative Potters' building.
As well known and busy as any man
in public life today, it is a distinct
honor for the local Central Body to
be able to present Mr. Woll to its
members and friends this year. In
addition to being the third vice presi
dent of the American Federation of
Labor, the famed speaker organized
and leads the league for Human
Rights, Freedom and Democracy,
holds the presidency of the Union La
bel Trades Department of the A. F.
of L., the Union Labor Life Insur
ance Company and America's Wage
Earners' Protective Conference of
which the National Brotherhood of
Operative Potters is a member.
Mr. Woll has been a member of the
International Photo-Engravers Union
of North America for over 40 years
and served as president of this organ
ization from 1906 to 1929. He is also
president of the Labor ^ress of Amer
ica and t' Workers' Educational
reau.
Mr. Woll was admitted to the prac
tice of law in 1904 and is one of the
outstanding authorities on labor legis
lation.
In addition to his organized labor
activities, Mr. Woll has played an im
portant part in civic organizations as
well as international conferences. He
was the fraternal delegate to the Brit
ish Trades Union Congress in 1916.
He served as a member of the War
Labor Board and as assistant to Sam
uel Gompers, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Labor of the National De
fense Council, during the World War
in 1917. He has been a leader in civic,
social, charitable and other welfare
organizations throughout his active
career.
He is well known as a writer and
speaker on labor and economic topics.
President James M. Duffy of the
N. B. of O. P., who is bringing the
noted speaker to East Liverpool, will
introduce him to the members and
friends of the Trades and Labor
Council in his capacity of toastrnaster.
President George Salsberry has an
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Expanded Defense
Program To Take
All Jobless By '42
Research Staff Estimates the
Fall of 1942 Will See
All Employed
New York City (ILNS).—America's
defense program will absorb all un
employed persons able to work, a re
search staff of the Twentieth Cen
tury Fund believes.
Recent major increases in the de
fense program have brought about a
demand for labor that "will certainly
exceed the number of unemployed per
sons in the labor market," the staff
said.
First Estimate Revised
Under the original $16,000,000,000
defense program, the staff, headed by
Dr. Lloyd G. Reynolds of Johns Hop
kins University, had previously esti
mated that present reserves of labor
were adequate. Since that time, how
ever, it was announced by Evans
Clark, executive director of the fund,
President Roosevelt's request for ad
ditional defense appropriations of
$ll,000,0o0,0C0, plus an undefined
amount for shipment of war mate
rials to Great Britain, has made the
defense program now limited only by
the capacity available for armament
production.
Basing its estimates on reports of
the Census Bureau and the National
Industrial Conference Board, and
judging from circumstances that
have arisen since they were figured,
the staff reports that the "number of
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