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BOOST INSURANCE
Sanitary Congratulated By
Committee For Strides
Taken To Date
William Campbell, chairman of the
committee on officers report, read his
group's report to the delegates of
the 1941 convention during the final
session with Hugh Church of Local
9(5, former Board member, in the
chair.
The report, which follows, received
the approval of the convention:
Auditors' Report
We recommend that Auditors' re
port of 1940-1941 be accepted by this
convention.
In addition we are happy to note
the substantial increase in funds, the
small cost for strike benefits, and
congratulate all our people for their
efforts in making possible new char
ters which have greatly increased the
membership of our organization.
CONVENTION ADOPTS REPORT OF
COMMITTEE ON OFFICERS REPORT
Lining and Tinting Scales
Appreciated By Entire
Membership
Tuberculosis Treatment
A printed report is greatly appre
ciated, we trust this practice will be
continued.
Insurance
The committee urges the delegates
to this 49th convention to carry home
a report which will educate our peo
ple to the point where in the coming
years we will not be compelled to note
so many five-dollar death claim pay
ments.
Executive Board Report
We commend the Executive Board
for their untiring effort and assist
ed ance in helping to better our Ameri
-v can way of living, and request the
National Brotherhood of Operative
Potters to cooperate one hundred per
cent with the American Federation of
Labor in their plan for national de
fense.
General Ware 1940 Wage Conference
Another battle a retreat but not
lost. We are convinced the U. S. P.
A. will appreciate more than ever be
fore our attitude towards favoritism,
and stooges. We can not help but be
lieve our own people will eliminate
a number of our unfair conditions.
1941 Wage Conference
An accomplishment greatly appre
ciated, we're trusting the wage and
hour law to assist us in some of our
#, complaints.
The apprenticeship program to be
conducted to a favorable conclusion is
our earnest desire.
In connection with this conference
we're asking our people to guard
against any unfair practice concern
ing the twenty per cent off for ninety
working days.
Decorating Uniformity
We the committee are unable to
state in writing our appreciation to
those responsible for bringing about
our present conditions in lining and
tinting. Conditions in decal can and
will be adjusted in the near future
(we trust) along with a uniform rate
for stamping.
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Vinson Measure
Is Sidetracked
"Green Warns of Threat To
Democracy In New Pro
posal Before Congress
Washington, D. C.—Defeated on all
fronts by an aroused public opinion,
enemies of labor in Congress attempt
ed a Hanking movement which imme
diately was subjected to attack by
the American Federation of Labor.
Forced to sidetrack the vicious
Vinson Bill and unable to push ahead
other anti-labor measures, reaction
ary strategists hit upon the expedient
of incorporating their proposals in
amendments to the Selective Service
Act, now pending in the House.
President William Green promptly
denounced these amendments in a let
ter to all members of the House. He
charged that the new bill, known as
the May amendments, threatened to
end democracy in America.
Enactment of this bill, Mr. Green
declared, would mean that the na
tion is embarking "upon a course lead
ing directly toward those forms of
government which all right thinking
democratic persons condemn with all
the vigor of their command."
Mr. Green urged the defeat of this
legislation in the interests not only
of labor, but of all the people of the
United States.
The May Amendments were report
ed to the House by the House Mili
tary Affairs Committee and are, in
effect, a substitute for the Connally
Amendments to the Selective Service
Act contained in S. 1524. The Con
nally Amendments are also consid
ered highly objectionable by the A.
F. of L.
In his letter, Mr. Green pointed out
that the original purpose of this leg
islation was to reduce the draft age
limit from thirty-five to twenty-eight
years. To this, he said, the A. F. of
L. interposes no objections.
But over and above this commend
able action, Mr. Green pointed out,
the new bill gives the President blan
ket powers to take over and operate
plants under protection of armed
troops and thus enforce compulsory
labor.
Any pickets who tried to keep
strikebreakers out of a struck plant
could be imprisoned for five years
and fined $5,000.
Furthermore payment of wages
would be denied to any person "who
is separated from or refused employ
ment" because of Government seizure
of plants. Under this section, Mr.
Green said, some of the most impor
tant benefits of the National Labor
Relations Act are swept aside once
production is ordered resumed at a
struck plant.
Even peaceful picketing might be
banned under the sweeping provisions
of the bill, Mr. Green said.
Summing up his objections to the
proposed legislation, Mr. Green de
clared:
"Accordingly, the entire Section 3
is a drastic anti-strike measure, de
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VOL XLV., NO. 11 EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1941
Fight Communists
In Labor—Green
Calls For An Unremitting
War Against All
Communists
Washington, D. C.—President Wil
liam Green of the American Federa
tion of Labor called for an unremit
ting war against Communists in labor
ranks in an editorial in the July issue
of the American Federationist.
Labor must fight the Communists
as deadly enemies to democracy no
matter what foreigft policy the Ad
ministration may follow as a military
expedient with regard to Hitler's war
on Stalin, Mr. Green said.
He placed direct blame for impedi
ments to the nationl defense program
to Red Machinations in this country
and added:
"Lax administration of the immi
gration laws and failure to deport
known Communists have contributed
to present difficulties. Strikes in de
fense production, continuing in defi
ance of all attempts to negotiate
agreements and to mediate differ
ences, have increased the menace to
the cause of democracy and human
freedom.
"Meanwhile, the head of the dual
labor movement, which has given
Communists their opportunity and
which offers sanctuary to all rebels
from American Federation of Labor
discipline, is raising funds to defeat
deportation of Harry Bridges, the
alien who has been disrupting unions
on the West Coast.
"The representative of that dual
movement who suspended those re
sponsible for the strike in the North
American Company takes time out to
testify on behalf of Bridges and to
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Lewis Protector Of
Reds, States Lynch
Speaks At Tamiment Econ
omic And Social
Institute
Camp Tamiment, Pa.—Characteriz
ing John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers, as still the
controlling power in the C. I. O.,
George Q. Lynch, president of the
Pattern Makers League of North
America and a labor member of the
National Defense Mediation Board,
charged here that Mr. Lewis was "the
ally and protector" of Communists oc
cupying dominant positions in C. I.
O. unions and that if it were not for
Mr. Lewis it would be an easy mat
ter to rid these unions of subversive
elements.
Mr. Lynch, who ie also a member
of the labor advisory committee of
the Office of Production Manage
ment, spoke before an audience of la
bor men and liberals at the confer
ence of the Tamiment Economic and
Social Institute.
He called for uncompromising war
on the Communists in this country,
saying that organized labor should
not permit itself to be deflected from
this struggle by the fact that Nazi
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Official Organ
or National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Delegates To The 49^h Annual NBOP Convention At Atlantic City
The Hotel Dennis
is, site of this year's convention, is thelback
^background for this picture of the delegates taken the fourth day of the meeting. Members of the Executive Board can be seen first row, center.
A. F. L. Tariff Group
Planning Post War
Period Conference
Mike Flynn Qutlines Plan
To Delegates of 49th
Annual Co*rention
Introduced by Chairman James M.
Duffy as a legislative agent who
would be impossible to improve upon,
Mr. Flynn proved to his listeners that
he knew the inside workings of Wash
ington as he spoke of real and pro
posed legislation vital to the interests
of labor.
The potters again heard that no
matter who won the present conflict,
the American worker would be the
real loser. Mr. Flynn declared the
workers can look forward to a lower
standard of living as they will be
forced to compete with the slave la
bor of many bankrupt nations.
Complimenting the organization for
its excellent judgment in the selection
of its officials who have shown them
selves to be independent in thought
and action while being thoroughly co
operative, the speaker asked the dele
gates to preach the gospel of collec
tive thought because of the great
need for it at the termination of the
world struggle when a barter and
free trade system will tend to ruin
the pottery industry in this country.
Explaining that Europe is already
bankrupt and Asia has practically no
buying power, Mr. Flynn said at war's
end we will again hear the cry that
the United States has a great duty
to perform, just as in 1919. Just as
in the case of the last post-war pe
riod, this country can expect no re
turns except in increased imports
which will, of course, include pottery.
In preparing for national defense,
Mr. Flynn pointed out, the factories
are ready to produce much in excess
of normal needs. Increased exports
will be the only way to use this ca
pacity, so mass production industries
may profit, but only at the expense of
the smaller industries such as the
pottery.
When millions of men leave the
armies of the various nations, they
will seek jobs and take them practi
cally on slave terms. There will be
no unions to protect wages and there
will be no such thing as a strike. The
American market, reminded Mr.
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Atlantic City, N. J.—Believing that
an ounce of prevention is worth many
pounds of cure, America's Wage Earn
ers' Protective Conference has start
ed a program for constructive plan
ning to meet the many situations that
are certain to arise at the conclusion
of the war to the detriment of the
American workers, especially in the
smaller and skilled industries.
This information was given the
delegates meeting in the 49th annual
convention of the National Brother
hood of Operative Potters at the Ho
tel Dennis, this city, the afternoon of
July 3 by Michael Flynn, secretary,
of the conference, the AFL's
tariff group which the Brotherhood
helped found.
"While others talk, we hope to act,"
declared Mr. Flynn, as he outlined a
proposed conference of labor, farm
and industrial representatives.
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Woll Group Aides
All British Labor
Reports Great Progress In
Campaign To Aid
Workers
tmfk, 'N. Y.—The -American
Labor Committee to Aid British La
bor has "received direct responses in
the form of contributions and reports
of formation of local Aid British La
bor Committees from more than 1,000
organizations and several hundred
Central Labor Bodies," Matthew Woll,
Chairman, reported to a luncheon
meeting of the Committee in honor
of Lord Marley and Col. Wedgwood,
representatives of the British Labor
Party.
More than 400 New York union
leaders representing more than 500,
C00 trade unionists in the metropoli
tan area were present.
Luigi Antonini, first vice-president
of the I. L. G. W. U. and chairman of
the American Labor Party pledged
his union to full support of the cam
paign to Aid British Labor and an
nounced plans to mobilize the entire
membership of 250,000 to support the
campaign. He stated that the inter
national would contribute $25,000 but
that he would "fight for a contribu
tion of at least $50,000 to the British
workers since Britain had always been
a friend of Italian freedom while
Germany was the centuries old bitter
enemy of the Italian people."
"The entire resources of the A. F.
of L." Mr. Woll said, "have been
pledged to this campaign to aid the
British workers by President Green
who is honorary chairman of our com
mittee. Mr. Green appealed to all of
the five million members of the A. F.
of L. to give their fullest support to
aid British labor."
J. Young President
Of Local Union 165
Brotherhood Policy Gaining
Respect And Confidence
On West Coast
The following officers were elected
at our last meeting for the ensuing
term: President James Young, Vice
President Harry Lee, Recording Sec
retary Bill Bailey, Financial Secretary
Bill Ladonnie, Treasurer Joe Chavis
and Guard Eddie Ferdandes.
The situation on the Pacific in the
pottery industry is indeed encourag
ing with the manufacturers and the
workmen at last realizing the advan
tages of collective bargaining. Not
withstanding, labor has been getting
a great deal of adverse criticism
from the press.
The Brotherhood's policy of settling
all difficulties over a conference table
is gaining the respect and confidence
of the employer, employe and the
layman.
Two new shops have been added to
our ranks but there still remains a
tremendous amount of organization
work to be done.
With the establishment of a per
manent office on the west coast, to
gether with a standing committee, we
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Brotherhood Aids
Buy American And
Relief To Britain
Delegates Recognize Long
Service of Absent
Vice President
The resolution committee of the
49th annual convention of the Nation
al Brotherhood of Operative Potters
was instructed to form a number of
resolutions by the assembly.
Official recognition of the absence
of Third Vice President George
Chadwick for the first time in 33
years was noted through a resolu
tion at the request of the body.
Others were sent to President Wil
liam Green of the A. F. of L., Mat
thew Woll, chairman of the Ameri
can Labor Committee to Aid the Brit
ish, James Wilson of the Internation
al Labor Organization and Captain
F. X. A. Erble, executive secretary of
Made In America Foundation. The
last named is not included here since
a copy was not available at press
time. The convention voted to con
tribute S500 to the organization. The
others follow:
Telegram sent to William Green,
President of the American Federation
of Labor.
Realizing that we, the delegates of
the National Brotherhood of Opera
tive Potters, are meeting in the or
ganization's 49th annual convention at
an extremely important period in the
history of the United States and that
only upon the cooperation of every
worker can this country hope to safe
ly defend its liberty and democratic
way of life, therefore be it
Resolved, that the members of the
National Brotherhood of Operative
Potters lend every possible effort to
unify this country by joining with
the government, the A. F. of L. and
other organizations interested in the
security of the nation through the
speedy completion of its program for
national defense.
Resolution sent to Mr. James Wil
son, International Labor Organization.
Whereas, it is a recognized fact
that universal peace can only be es
tablished and maintained in the world
if it is based upon social justice, and
Whereas, the International Labor
Organization has been established for
the purpose of bringing social justice
to the world, and has effectively con
tributed to that end, and
Whereas, our country is a member
of the International Labor Organiza
tion, therefore be it
Resolved, that this convention of
the National Brotherhood of Opera
tive Potters endorses the work of the
International Labor Organization and
the principle for which it stands, and
urges in this day of world crisis that
the International Labor Organization
should be maintained and strengthened
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SELECT A. C. AGAIN
Convention Recommends 10
Per Cent Increase
President
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The 49th annual convention of the
National Brotherhood of Operative
Potters meeting in Hotel Dennis, At
lantic City, adjourned shortly after 8
o'clock last Saturday evening after
considering S8 resolutions and a num
ber of recommendations. The laws
ruling the convention had to be sus
pended twice the final day to allow
the delegates to finish the business be
fore the convention without staying
over the week-end. Meeting a half
an hour early in the morning and re
maining in session Saturday after
noon for five and one-half hours all
propositions were satisfactorily dis
posed of before President James M.
Duffy declared the convention ad
journed.
The militant organizational cam
paign which added 3,000 members to
the Brotherhood rolls the past year
will be continued throughout the com
ing twelve months. The delegates
continued the policy of leaving the di
rection of the activities in the hands
cf the Executive Board. A full time
organizer will be placed on the west
coast for a year and continued in of
fice if deemed advisable by the Ex
ecutive Board. With close to 1,500
members on the coast and a poten
tial membership of over double this
amount, the services of a Brotherhood
representative in the large California
territory was thought necessary by
the delegates.
The national officials of the organi
zation, elected recently by the trade,
were installed by Robert Walker of
Local Union No. 59, Seliring.
The officers taking the oath of of
fice were: James M. Duffy, president
E. L. Wheatley, first vice president
Frank Hull, second vice president
Charles Zimrner, fourth vice presi
dent George Newbon, fifth vice pres
ident George Turner, sixth vice presi
dent Charles Jordan, seventh vice
president Joshua Chadwick, eighth
vice president, and John D. McGilliv
ray, secretary-treasurer. James Slav
en, third vice president, was not
present, but will be installed before
taking up his duties August 1.
The delegates voted $500 to the
Made In America Foundation to help
enable that organization to continue
its excellent work in making the
country Buy America conscious. A
similar amount was granted the
American Labor Committee to Aid
the British.
It will be necessary to take one of
the resolutions to a vote of the trade,
the convention adopting a recommen
dation to increase the salary of the
president 10 per cent in recognition
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