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Thursday, March l.'J, JIML
Home Education
•The Child's First School is the
Family"—Frocbel
Issued by the National Kinder
garten Association, 8 West 40th
Street, New York City. These arti
cles are appearing weekly in our
columns.
THERE IS A SAFE
WAY OUT
LAURA GRAY
Chief Nickson hung up the receiver
in the police station, and as he reach
ed for his cap he addressed his tall
companion. "Get your coat, Bill, Cen
tral says there's a kid yelling its head
ofT in a house on Yates Street.'*
The city streets were cold and de
serted—it was four in the morning.
They had to break into the little gray
bungalow no one was there except
a very little child.
"Don't cry, Sonny, we've come to
take care of you," said Nickson.
"Everything is going to be all right."
The Chief lifted the curly-haired todd
ler from the hall floor. Being a family
man himself, he understood something
about children. "Waat's your name?"
He sat down with the child.
"Tod," with an effort to stop crying.
"How old are you, Tod?"
This question struck a happy note.
The little one sat up. "Four—I had a
cake!"
"Why, that was fine!" smiled the
officer. "Now, tell me where Mother
is."
The blue eyes brimmed once more,
"Gone! Daddy not on the phone!" the
baby pointed to the swinging receiver,
and began to cry again.
"Come along with us, we'll take
care of you until Mother comes home.
Bill, you leave a note for the parents."
Nickson wrapped a blanket around the
little one and started back to the po
lice station.
Two hours later the young parents—
scarcely more than boy and girl—
called for the child.
They'd been to a dance. Usually the
baby slept all night. Something must
have alarmed him. Yes, he often talk
ed to his daddy over the phone. The
little fellow nnst have been frighten
ed when he heard Central's voice in
stead of his father's.
The above story appeared in one
of our daily newspapers.
For most young parents, the nover
a-night-off care of the children is a
very real problem. To be obliged to
stay at home night after night con
tinuously, is deadening to pay some
one to sit in the house—in addition
to the price of the entertainment—is
too expensive, or so it seems.
Perhaps that is the wrong way of
looking at the matter. We don't grudge
paying the telephone bill, the light
bill, or any of the other charges that
are part of living. Suppose we lay
aside fifty cents a week—almost any
high school girl will stay in the house
one evening for that—and count it
part of the expense of bringing up
children, not add it to the cost of the
outing. Then it would be no harder
to pay than the telephone bill.
But if this is utterly impossible
then surely some neighbor will be glad
to bring her knitting and stay in
your house while you are out, in re
turn for the same service from one
of you. But whatever happens, par
ents must go out together occasional
ly, 'and little children must not be
left in the house alone.
Now that my own children are al
most grown up, 1 look back wistfully
How often their father and I gave up
the pleasure of an evening out to
gether! 1 wish we hadn't, now. Surely
the money might have been found, if
we'd thought it necessary.
Going out is good for us. It's good
too, for the growing family, for
parents in touch with the outer world
are in a better position to guide their
children. No workman can do his
best work when he is on the job
twenty-four hours a day—day in and
day out. No one but a mother would
try!
Talcing Baby along to the party
even though it be at a friend's house
is not satisfactory. He sleeps poorly
in a strange bed, and it is not good
for him to be awakened and taken
home in the nighttime. It is much
better to get someone to stay with
him. But, in anv case—DON'T
I.KAVK A LITTLE CHILD ALONE
IN THE HOUSE.
Wage-Hour Unit Named
For Rubber Products
Washington, D. C.—Gen. Philip
Fleming, Administrator of the Wage
Hour Division of the Department of
Labor, announced the appointment of
a committee of fifteen for the rub
ber products manufacturing indus
try, with authority to recommend min
imum wages up to 40 cents an hour
for the employes. Of the 130,COO
workers in the industry, it is esti
mated that approximately 10,COO are
now paid less than 30 cents an hour
The committee consists of an equal
number of representatives of employ
ers, employes and the public. Arthur
T. Martin, dean of the law school
Ohio State University, heads the com
mittee. Frank P. Fenton, director of
organization, American Federation of
Labor, is one of the employes' repre
sentatives.
Don't Tell Her—Friend: "Did thej
take an X-ray photograph of your
wife's jaw at the hospital?"
Husband: "They tried to, but they
could only £et a moving picture."
MODERN LOVE SCENE
Errol Flynn takes on modern dress and manners for the first
time in three years—but lie sticks to real adventure in "Footsteps
In The Dark" which plays the Ceramic for four days, opening- Sun
day. Flynn and Brenda Marshall are falling- in love, as you can see.
United Union Aid
To Britain Urged
Labor Giving All Possible
Help To Brother Trade
Unionists, Says Lyons
New York, N. Y.—Organized Labor
in America has "assumed voluntarily
the obligation to give all aid possible
to their brother trade unionists in
Great Britain," Thomas J. Lyons,
president of the New York State Fed
eration of Labor, declared in an ad
dress over Station WEVD under the
auspices of the American Labor Com
mittee to Aid British Labor.
He advocated participation by local
unions of the metropolitan area in
the forthcoming Aid British Labor
Conference Tuesday evening, March
11, at the Manhattan Center, 34th
Street and 8th Avenue.
"We know," Mr. Lyons stated, "that
organized labor in the United States,
accustomed to decent standards, ac
customed to the adjustments of labor
management pi-oblems through free
trade unions would suffer incalculable
harm if we were compelled to com
pete in any way with the unlimited
slave labor that -would be at the dis
posal of the dictators."
Mr. Lyons outlined briefly the great
political, economic and military danger
to the United States of an Axis vic
tory. He pointed out, however, that
the "crisis in Europe has not found
America sleeping."
He hailed the "degree of unity,'
achieved on a "policy of such mag
nitude as that of defending the in
dependence and the democracy of our
country" and declared that "organ
ized labor stands forth as one of the
most alert, most vigilant and most
dynamic agencies through which the
American people came to realize that
their way of life was at stake."
Praising British labor and the
British people for the sacrifices they
had accepted "for the duration," he
stated that the free trade unions of
America must come to their aid "be
cause of a sense of brotherhood that
animates the labor movement, and be
cause of the knowledge that if labor
is to continue to enjoy freedom in
this country, it must help to prevent
the expansion of the dictatorships."
The American Labor Committee to
Aid British Labor, according to Mr.
Lyons, is collecting commodities for
the relief of civilians, such as blank
ets, clothing for adults and children,
medical supplies, mobile kitchens and
ambulances, and funds for their pur
chase.
"At a time when the brotherhood
of man seems to be at its lowest ebb,"
Mr. Lyons concluded in his appeal,
"we extend the helping hand of a
brother, the hand of American La
bor, to our brothers in Great Britain
who are fighting the great fight of
democracy for all of us."
A. F. L. Council Opposes
Dirksen Maritime Bill
Miami, Fla.—The Executive Coun
cil of the American Federation of
Labor, at its mid-winter meeting here,
postponed granting a national charter
to 126 Federal unions in the grain
processing industry, claiming 17,0C0
members, because it wished to make
sure that these unions did not in
dude craftsmen who should come un
der the jurisdiction of other national
unions.
The Council also ruled that the time
had not yet arrived to grant a na
tional charter to nearly 1W0 Federal
office workers' unions claiming 10,
000 member.5
LABOR'S PATRIOTISM PRAISED
Washington, D. C.—Reporting a
marked decrease of strikes during
the first six months of the defense
program, the Labor Division, Nati
onal Defense Advisory Commission,
says: "Thief credit for the present
downward trend of striken should go
to the patriotism of
organized
labor
and its leaders and to that vast ma
jority of responsible industrialists
who have accepted the orderly pro
cefcseb of collective bargaining."
Rail and Express
Workers Get Boost
70,000 Employes Receive a
New Pact Calling For
Raise of $7,000,000
Washington, Di C.—Pay increases
of more than $7,000,000 annually be
came effective March 1 for an esti
mated 70,000 employes of the nation's
railroads, Railway Express Agency,
Pullman Company, car loan, and ter
minal companies. These workers
have been receiving lower wages than
specified in the minimum wage orders
established by General Philip B. Flem
ing, Administrator of the Wage and
Hour Division, United States Depart
ment of Labor.
The order establishes a minimum
wage of 36 cents an hour for em
ployes of trunk line railroads and 33
cents an hour for short lines. These
rates were recommended by the rail
road carrier industry committee, ap
pointed under the Fair Labor Stand
ards Act, after an extensive investi
gation and public hearings. By far
the largest group of workers affected
by the order will be maintenance of
way workers, including crossing,
bridge flagmen, and gatemen. It will
also include clerical and station work
ers, some shop laborers, red caps
dining car waiters, and kitchen work
ex's.
Of the million or more workers em
ployed on the nation's trunk lines it
is estimated that 05,000 will receive
wage increases under the order, in
cluding Pullman Company, Railway
Express Agency, car loan, and termi
nal company employes. Of the 21,000
employes of the short line roads, 5,
C00 will be affected.
Included in the list of employes to
benefit by the establishment of the
minimum wage will be certain em
ployes of electric railroads which are
a part of the steam railroad system.
According to figures submitted by
the railroads 20,COO of those em
ployed at less than 3(5 cents an hour
were employes of railroads classed as
"western lines" 24,000 by "southern
lines," and 6,000 by "eastern lines.'
Miss Anderson Outlines
Defense Work of Women
Washington, D. C.—The importance
of women workers in the national de
fense program was emphasized by
Mary Anderson, director of the Wo
men's Bureau, U. S. Department of
Labor, in a radio address over Station
WJSV of the Columbia Broadcasting
System in the Labor News Review
program of Albert N. Dennis.
Pointing out that there are "not
far from two million women in need
of regular, permanent employment,"
Miss Anderson outlined in detail the
various types of work that women
are able to perform in preparing the
nation for complete defense.
"The Women's Bureau advocates
the maintenance of good labor stand
ards for all women on defense jobs,'
she said.
"Hours of work should be moderate,
perferably not to exceed 8 a day or
40 a week. Wage rates should be
based on occupations, not on sex or
race of the worker. Good plant san
itation, scientific lighting, adjustable
seats, protection against industrial
accidents and diseases—these are also
highly essential. All such measures
mean better workers, greater and
finer output, and a speeded up defense
program. Our whole defense program
is just a means to an end. Its aim
is the preservation of our democracy,
to guarantee equality, opportunity,
and security for all our citizens
women as well as men."
ALAS, POOR YORK K!
When Mrs. Berg's expensive new
fur coat was delivered to her home,
she fondled it ecstatically for a time,
and then looked sad for a moment.
"What's the matter, aren't you
satisfied with it?" inquired her hus
band.
"Yes," she answered, "but I feel so
sorry for the poor thing that was
skinned."
"Thanks," said Mr. Berg.
THE POTTERS HERALl/
Army Openings In
Air Ground Corps
The War Departmei.'. .a author
ized the Fifth Corps Ar•* headquar
ters to accept 1400 additional three
year enlistments for
An-.-.y
Air Corps
ground units, it wan ain "unced today.
The men will be sent to stations in
Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and
California. Upon completion of train
ing they will be assigned to new unit.
to be organized and stationed in Ohio,
Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, New Me:io, Georgia,
Maine, Louisiana, Idaho, Washington,
Arizona, Texas, California, Florida,
Nevada, Connecticut, Mississippi, Vir
ginia, New Hampshire, New York,
Oregon, Utah, Michigan and Massa
chusetts.
All men enlisted for these assign
ments must have a hi^h school edu
cation or a journeyman's rating as
a mechanic. The War Department
stresses the desire that every man ac
cepted also should be (|ua!ified for
study courses at Air Corps schools. All
men so qualified may attend one or
more of these schools sometime during
their three-year enlistment.
The schooling and experience which
these men will receive during their
enlistment will enable them to obtain
worthwhile positions with good pay
if they desire to continue in the Army
as a career, or if they desire to re
turn to civilian life at the end of
their three years, they will be quali
fied for well paying positions with
civilian airlines and airplane fac
tories.
Many do not realize that it requires
ten men or more, on the ground for
each plane in the air! Most are highly
trained specialists and their pay is ex
ceptionally good.
Details are available at all Army
recruiting offices.
Teamsters May Move
Offices To Washington
Indianapolis, Ind.—John M. Gil
lespie, assistant to President Daniel
J. Tobin of the International Broth
erhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs
Warehousemen and Helpers of Amer
ica for twenty-five years, was elected
secretary-treasurer of the union at
a meeting of the International Ex
ecutive Board, Mr. Tobin announced.
It was also revealed by Mr. Tobin
that the Executive Board considered
removal of union headquarters from
Indianapolis to Washington and in
structed him to investigate building
conditions there.
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been prepared for the Potters Herald
explaining the steps each worker
should now take in connection with
his social security account to avoid
delays or difficulties when he or his
family are ready to collect insurance
benefits.
Any worker who does not have a
social security account number card
can obtain one at the Social Security
Board office.
No. 2
Employes engaged in work covered
by old-age survivors insurance have
one cent deducted from each dollar of
their wages by their employers to
help pay for their monthly retirement
benefits after age 65 for benefits for
their families in case of their death
Employers also help to pay for their
employe's insurance through taxes
equal to the deductions they make
from their employes' wages. Every
three months employers send their
taxes and the taxes deducted from
their employes' wages to the Federal
Government. With the taxes, the em
ployer sends a report of the wages
paid to each employe. When the em-
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Employer prepares his quarterly
name, social security account number
Many workers are now changing
jobs or taking their first job as a
result of the national defense pro
gram. Most of these jobs are covered
by old-age and survivors insurance
under the Social Security Act.
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wages are credited to this account.
If the employee's name and account
number are given on the report ex
actly as they are shown on his so
cial security account number card, his
wages are automatically credited to
his account. No matter how many em
ployers he may have worked for dur
ing the quarter, if his name and ac
count number are always the same all
of his wage.- for the quarter are
credited to hi.s account identified by
his account number.
Employes and employers are pay
ing what amounts to insurance pre
miums to provide monthly benefits for
the employe after retirement age or
for his family if he should die. They
should take the precaution to see that
his social security account is kept
straight by making certain that hi
wages are always reported under the
same name and social security ac
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Enthusiastic Wife: "Your father IS
an athlete. He won a prize for high
jumping when he was in college."
Doubtful Daughter: "How do you
know he won it did you see him?
Mother: "No, of course not."
Daughter: "Well, how do you know
he won it then?"
Mother (out of patience): Oh, I sup
pose he backed into a javelin."
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PAGE FIVE
Facing The Facts
With PHILIP PEARL
We're sorry that illness prohibited
us from witnessing the comic spec
tacle of Westbrook Pegler testifying
before a Congressional Committee and
demanding the passage of legislation
enslaving organized labor in America.
We say it must have been a comic
spectacle because this man Pegler is
a clown. He was not born to be seri
ous. He is horribly miscast in the
role of a "heavy," as pretentious and
as full of sound and fury as an old
chool Shakespearean tragedian. Peg
ler was meant to be a prize-fight
writer. When he starts to get seri
ous and indignant about labor and
national affairs he sounds just as bad
as Charlie Chaplin in the "talkies."
The New Yorker recently did a neat
job in taking Pegler down a peg. This
/nagazine, which takes a great delight
n deflating public displays of silly
pretentiousness, kidded the pants off
Pegler's piece in which he pictured
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt as a
dangerous Red. That was too much
even for the New Yorker to swallow,
and it stuck a few pins into Pegler's
blatant stupidity where it would do
the most good.
Now how in the world did Pegler
ever roam so far afield as to take in
labor and politics within his juris
diction It wasn't just an accident. It
was deliberate. We don't believe he
made the decision himself. We have
an idea that he was led astray. And
by none other than his boss, who is
Roy Howard, head of the Scripps
Howard newspaper chain.
Roy Howard is a little man with a
vast appetite for power. He works
quietly behind the scenes. He has a
whole string of communists on his
payroll whose articles are published
in many papers outside of the Scripps
Howard chain. Thus, by influencing
these columnists and by directing their
thoughts in any direction he chooses,
Mr. Howard manages to get his prop
aganda printed almost throughout the
American press. Of course, most of
these columnists will deny taking
orders from Howard and in all fair
ness I don't believe they do take
orders. Howard, a newspaperman
himself, is not as crass as that. He
works more subtly. He uses the pow
2r of suggestion. He employs flattery.
He takes the boys out on parties on
hi.s yacht, fills them with the best
of food and liquor, makes them feel
like big shots. And then, when they're
prime, Howard will get the boys to
gether into little huddles and start
talking business. When it comes to
matters of policy, he doesn't let on
that he is the one who pulls the
strings. He is clever enough to make
the boys believe that they are making
the decisions. So they leave the
yacht full of inspiration, ambition and
spirits and go out like good little boys
and do the job Mr. Howard wanted
them to do all along.
Now it would be a mistake to un
derestimate the power of the corps of
syndicated columnists and hireling
editorial writers controlled by Roy
Howard. It would be just as serious
a mistake to underestimate their in
fluence on public opinion as it was for
Mr. Howard to overestimate it in the
'ast political campaign. Mr. Howard
thought his boys under his expert di
rection were influential enough to put
over Wendell Willkie as President of
the United States.
Howard, himself, was not exactly
sold on Willkie but he thought he
?ould sell him to the American peo
ple. He regarded Willkie as another
of his boys. When Willkie recently
kicked over the traces and refused to
obey Howard's orders to oppose the
lend-lease bill, Howard reportedly
threatened to break him politically.
All of this brings us up to date and
we now have to consider Mr. Howard's
present campaign against organized
'abnr. We must consider this in the
light of the undenied charge that Mr.
Howard is the "master mind" behind
the scenes of the forces of appease
ment in this country.
Thi little man with big ideas sees
himself as the last champion and de
fender of capitalism in America. Fur
ther American involvement in the
European conflict frightens him as a
threat to capitalism. He fears that
labor will gain greater participation
ind influence in the affairs of Govern
ment, as it has in Great Britain. That
is why—to get back to the beginning
—he has sicked Pegler and the rest
of his boys against the American
Federation of Labor. That is why
they are all now clamoring for leg?
islation to restrict labor.
They do it artfully. They say it is
in the interests of national defense.
They say employers are regulated by
law, why not labor? They say the
nation cannot afford strikes so we
must have laws forbidding strikes.
Their arguments are tupid, short
sighted and easily punctured. We in
tend to devote our next column en
tirely to calling the turn on them. For
the time being we would like to make
just two observations.
The first is a warning. It is directed
not only to Mr. Howard and his boys
but to the press generally. It is this
—the day that labor in America is de
nied the right to strike, that day will
the freedom of the press be also de
nied and all our freedoms become
meaningless.
The second is a prayer of thank
fulness. It is right for labor and for
all America to thank God that we
have in the White House in these
times a true believer in democracy and
a true friend of labor who cannot and
will not be stampeded into any policy
which leads to economic servitude for
American workers.