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^3 o SERIES NOW EVEN Local Boasts Of Largest Membership On The East Coast Trenton, N. .T.—The second bowling match lM*twwn Local Nos. ttfi and 4.r» was rolled Saturday evening at Ber nle's alleys and our boys came home victors by the margin of ,r»8 pins. This makes one mutch for each local and the final contest will be rolled on Sat urday evening, February 21, at 8:00 ). in. The spectators seats were all filled and Mr. Bernie had the S. O. sign hanging out early. We in the East are planning to formulate an N. B. of O. P. Iwnvling league here in Trenton next winter, and I would like to see the pottery locals around East Liverpw»l district also go along with us and make it ^\vo divisions and have the playoffs l£te the following Spring. This bowling game certainly has stirred up the Pot ters around this vicinity, so let's get going. Editor's note—The Potters Herald will be glad to aid in any way it can in the formation of an N. B. of O. P. pottery league. After the game many of us rushed across town to the Lawrence 1 rill where a turkey platter luncheon was served to the many friends of Brother El wood Hill and Marge Bowers whose injirriage will take place in the near future. No definite date has been set A3 yet, but Mr. and Mrs. David Newell Jftve been givtrfi tli&iionorv.qf standing €f with them. Many of the old timers will remem ber Tommy Dennis, former member of the Executive Hoard, who was pull ing bard for No. 4~» boys to win. Bet ter luck next time, Tommy. The writer has just lieen informed that on January 10, the night of our first bowling match, thut one of our brothers got lost in a snow drift on (Turn to Page Two) Potters At Salem Are Thankful For New Pay Schedule New Plan Will Enable Pot ters To Receive 26 Pays In Year Salem, Ohio—The members of Local 42 for sometime have been trying to have the pay days changed to every other Friday. Last year when the com mittee approached Mr. McKee he in formed them if arrangements were completed, it would be acceptable. All employes will receive their pay on Sat urday from now on, with the first one coming on February 21. We feel the members could make out better with 26 pays in the year. All members would like to take tins opporunity to thauk the officers of the Salem China Company and the committee for grant ing this favor. Bank night was started last meeting night with Brother Leroy Weigand's name being drawn. He was absent, therefore, the amount will be seven dollars next meeting night. Although the members felt a winner should be pulled every time, the trustees felt it would be more inducive if just one name was drawn. This would encourage the members to attend the meetings. President Jackson appointed a spe cial committee to get in touch with all members to get them to buy de fense bonds. If unable to buy bonds, then purchase the stamps and turu them into bonds later. We urge all members to buy bonds to help America get all of .the enemies back where they won't bother us any more. One hundred and eighty members are buying bonds through the plant office and the local has purchased $500 in bonds. N. B. of O. P. Bowling League Suggested By Trenton Local Would Make Two Divisions With Playoffs In The Spring It made .the team feel good to have so many supporters, and as a result came home with the bacon. Itoy ltipple is working at the Ra venna Arsenal and has asked for an honorary membership. We dislike to lose Brother Ilipple, but the country needs defense workers. At our next meeting we will have a speaker with us to demonstrate and explain how an incendiary bomb works. Air raid precautions are necessary to everyone and don't put off coming to this meeting as you can never tell when this information will be needed. Someone from the fire department will also be there to show us how to use fire extinguishers. Brothers Carroll Mohr, Kenneth (Turn to Page Two) Tobacco Workers Test Employers' Patriotism Tobacco corpora real test of their the men in the Richmond, Va. tions now face a patriotism toward armed forces. The A. F. of L. Tobacco Workers* Union have offered .to give 20,01 0 hours of free luhor a week—or over 1,000,000 a year—if manufacturers showed equal generosity by donating the raw materials. That would provide enough free cigarettes, cigars or other tobacco products for every soldier, sailor or marine Lit the U. S. forces, the union said. "It's up to the employers now to match the patriotism of .the workers," declared I. M. Ornburn, secretary treasurer of the A. F. of L. Union Label Trades Department. New Kiln Is Lighted At Wellsville China Plant In Wellsville Production Of Local Con cern Will Be Increased 75 Per Cent GOVERNMENT ORDER New Addition Seen As An other Step Forward In Progress Of City With the announcement last Friday of the completion of a $f»0,000 expan sion program at the Wellsville China Company, and that the new circular tunnel kiln is now in operation, pro duction of the local concern -will he increased by 75 ier cent, H. J. Mon inger, vice president and sales man ager revealed today. The new kiln will be used to fire the glost while the present tunnel kiln will be used in .the wiring of bisque ware. Previously one kiln was used In both operations. A. J. Neiser, treasurer and general manager of the Wellsville China, re vealed that the first finished product of the new kiln was drawn early this week. The expansion program which start ed early last fall, includes improve ments in other sections of the plant necessary in handling the increased production of .the new kiln. The new kiln has bolstered the per sonnel of the plant considerably, with officials stating that most all posi tions have been filled. The local plant is engaged in the manufacture of hotel china with other branches of the plant working on gov ernment orders. Business men of .the city have her alded the new addition to the plant as another step forward in the in dustrial progress of Wellsville. New Officers For Local No. 183 At Los Angeles Los Angeles, Calif.—Here are the officers that will head No. 183 for the next year: President, J. E. Jones vice president, C. M. Hubbard treasurer, (ieorge (iroscross recording secretary, Lucille Hoffman guard, Rodney Yates ins|ector, Fay Graig trustee, Joel Madrid. Washington, D. C. (ILNS).—Repre sentatives of the American Federation of LaiK»r and Congress of Industrial Organizations have placed before the War Production Board a plan for con centrating manufacture of a limited number of simplified, standardized re frigerators in a few plants for the duration of the war. The remaining re frigerator plants would be devoted to war production. The proposal, by a joint AFL-CIO commission, was similar to the plan adopted in C.reat Britain when the shift was made there from jieace time production to an all-out war economy. Fixed Quota Suggested The advisory committee of the two labor organizations met with Jesse Maury, chief of the durable goods branch for consumers of the War Pro duction Board, to outline its proposal that the government should determine a fixed yearly production quota of "a thoroughly simplified and standardized refrigerator on the basis of available supplies and minimum consumer needs." Production of this quota then would f. .• Enthusiasm Shown By Warehousemen Will Start Meetings In New Year Promptly At 7:30 P. M. With our new President, James-Jor dan in the chair, Bisque Warehouse men held one of .their best meetings i.n a long time. Many subjects were up for discussion, and the enthusiasm shown by our members in their at tendance at our meetings so far this year indicate that we are going to have a real live local in the coming year. President Jordan informed the mem bers that the meetings would be started promptly at 7 :.'J0 and requested that all brothers make an earnest effort to be on time. There will be no need for any memlier to complain about the length of our meetings in the now year, tor he promised that discussions will he held strictly to the subject up for consideration. A withdrawal card was issued to Benson Marshall who has accepted a position with the government in Wash ington. The Auditing committee reported that the books of the local are in fine shape and complimented .the officers for their efficient work. O. C. 1HS. Joint Labor Committee Offers Plan For Small Refrigerator Output he allocated "to the fewest number of plants required to turn them out on a 24-hour day, 7-day-week schedule." The War Production Board should then set the "earliest possible dead line" for the rest of the refrigerator manufacturers to begin the shift over from refrigerator making to war pro duction. Maury Welcomes Advice The WPB announced .that Maury had told the labor group that his first, con cern was tlie "maximum production of war supplies" and that to that end he would "welcome advice from any sources." He invited the labor group, "not as an opportunity but as a duty," to furnish qualified men to serve on a technical staff which he said he was establishing to solve production prob lems for the industry. One feature of the labor leaders' plan was that the refrigerators should hear the label, "Victory," rather than the trade mark of the plant producing it. This was proposed, the committee said, "to prevent the few firms licensed to produce it from having an economic advantage over the rest of the indus try after the war Is won." PAYROLL Offici&l Organ of the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters VOL. XLV., NO. 30 EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1942 !.00 PER YEAR KEEP 'EM ROLLING! W:' AS vS.FE.HSfc Clarksburg Local Dance, Feb. 20th Clarksburg, W. Va.. Well every thing is in readiness for our big dance to he held next Friday evening, Febru ary 20, at the Willow Beach Night club. Arrangements were completed this week with Sammy Ellis's Orches tra who will supply the music for the affair. Judging by the talk one hears in making the rounds of the shop, every member of 95) is going to be there. The price of admission is only "0 cents iter person. Tickets are on sale at the D. E. McNicol Pottery Co., or can be purchased from Augustine Maz zie, Pat Carney, Irene Dyer and Tom Ward. They can also be purchased at the door the night of the dance. The time of the dance is from 9:00 till 't Kokomo Sanitary Potters' Membership Rises Steadily Kokomo, Ind.—Local Union No. 2d elected the following officers at their regular meeting held on Wednesday, December 17, 1041: Doran (J. Terwilli ger, president Glen McCarter, vice president Worth Spurgeon, recording secretary Keith A. Pettay, financial secretary George lluir, defense secre tary William W. Mitchell, guard. All members are urged to attend the meetings regularly on the first and third Wednesday of each month and give your new officers your full cooperation. Our memliership has been increasing steadily and Local No. 20 is confident it wiill go over the top in the next election. We take this opportunity, .to thank President Duffy and members of the Executive Board for their assistance they gave us and to let them know that we are still on the firing line. O. C. 2(5. ON VALENTINE'S DAY... X»i AMj Remember Unciir Sam, toot /FJ Also Give D. S. DEFENSE O N S .STAMPS Local Union 124 To Award Door Prize Members Must Be Present And In Good Standing To Be Eligible Local No. 124 is starting a pi Jin at our next meeting night that we hope will be successful in bringing out more members to our meetings. We are giving away five dollars' worth of defense stamps as a door prize each meeting night. The rules governing the drawing, and agreed on by the local, are intended to increase attendance and also to encourage mem bers to pay their dues in advance. All the members of the Local will have chance to win the door prize as we are taking the names from our ledger book in just the order they appear on that book, and giving each member a number that will be placed in the drawing. To be eligible to win the door prize a member must be present, in good standing and his dues paid for the month in which the drawing is made. If the five dollars' worth of defense stamps are not claimed, they shall be added to the drawing of the next regu lar meeting until the amount reaches fn0.00. At that meeting numbers will (Turn to Page Tuo) Washington, D. Ca.—The AFL Cen tral Union of .the nation's capital has launched a drive to raise a $100,000 contribution for local civilian defense activities by union members. Under the leadership of President John Locher and Secretary Frank Coleman, thousands of AFL workers have joined in a movement to con tribute a day's pay for this cause. The drive, which is Iteing worked out in collaboration with Government and civilian defense officials, was de scribed in a radio program featuring President William Green of the Amer ican Federation of Labor as the chief spea Iter. After describing the varied and con structive efforts of the AFL to help America win the war by giving service on the job and the home front, Mr. Green said: "We do not have to go far afield to find outstanding instances of labor's loyalty. Bight here in the nation's cap ital the men and women of the Amer ican Federation of Labor are rallying liehind the civilian defense program in a heart-warming way. "Under the patriotic leadership of Annual Picnic Will Be Held Second Saturday In June Sharecroppers' Union Asks Abolition Of Tax Birmingham. Ala. (ILNS).—Strong opfiosition to the [toll tax as a pre requisite to voting was expressed by the 8th annual convention of the South ern Tenant Fanners' I'nion, meeting in Sheffield. Ala. The convention of Negro and white sharecroppers, tenants and day laliorers from six million whites and four million Negroes dis franchised by this tax. adopted a reso lution declaring that this "jiernicious hindrance to the right of franchise in eigh* southern states, representing one fifti of the |Mipulation of the United States, has resulted in the states in volved casting only 0 per cent of the total vote in the last national election." Attendance At Record Mark For Local Union 86 Frank Craven's Name Was Called For Bank Night Absent HESTER ON SICK LIST Group Insurance Plan Ex plained By Francis White And Associates With nn attendance nearing the 100 Iter cent mark, memlters of I»cal I'nion No. W5 held one of its most interesting meetings in years. Discussion of the ware loy question was the chief topic of the evening, and brothers, here is something for all of us to think al»out. We must realize this is a serious mat ter and if allowed to continue, will cause a considerable amount of grief. In allowing such practices to get started, we only find that in order to right them, sometimes calls for dras tic action by .the local, and the result is a lot of hard feelings among our memlers. So let's get together and talk this thing over in a diplomatic way. with our minds still on the Con stitution. and avoid any hard feelings. We were sorry to hear that our President Joe Hester is going to the West Penn hospital, but feel sure It is for the best. Joe has conducted our meetings in fine style, and has played no small part in increasing our attend ance. Hurry back, Joe, we will rnias you. Brother Frank Craven's name was called for Bank Night. Too bad, Frank, you should have been there. The local wishes to express its thanks to all who have cooperated with the defense movement in the various shops, and hope to be able to say that we are one hundred i»er cent. Mr. Francis White, of the Union Group Insurance Company, gave us some important information, comparing our plan with the plan which was in effect before and still in effect in some plants. He iointed out to the inemlers, not to be misled into believ ing that there can be any continuity on any other basis but that between a bona fide insurance company and a trade union. Those who did not hear Mr. White and his two associates from New York discuss the obstancles con fronting us, certainly missed a lot. O. c. 80. Unions In Nation's Capital Start $100,000 Civilian Defense Fund John Locher and Frank Coleman, the Central Labor Union of Washington, D. C., has launched a drive to raise a $100,000 contribution for civilian de fense here. This money is being raised by a process which demonstrates more eloquently than words the loyal and devoted spirit of our union members. Each of them has volunteered to turn over a day's pay for this necessary cause. Already the money is pouring in and I have no doubt that the huge quota will be exceeded before the drive is over. "These working men and women are not limiting their contribution to money alone. They have likewise volunteered to give their free time and their skill to protect this beautiful city which all America admires from devastating enemy attacks. "We hope and pray that the occa sion may never arise for putting these men and women to work at jobs like repairing damaged streets, restoring wrecked communications, removing wreckage of buildings and other tragic assignments. We hope and pray that not a single American city will ever (Turn to Page Two) Committee Told To Again Plan Bigger And Better Outing For Potters GOPPERT CHAIRMAN Park To Be Chosen At NeMl Meeting Scheduled Sat urday, Feb. 21st Addressing his newly ap|toin£ed com mittee at the initial meeting of the H42 picnic committee. President James M. Duffy told the memlters to stick to their IN-year-old custom of making each and every picnic bigger and bet ter than the last one. Pointing out the recent suggestion made by President Itoosevelt to the baseball moguls at their recent meet ing in New York, of the necessity of furnishing entertainment for the work ers of the many industries now en gaged in defense work. President Duffy stated that this year, more than ever, was the newl for our annual picnic of the |lottery industry. With all lotteries working, and the memlters of the Na tional Brotherhood of Ojierative Pot ters doing all ill their jtower to help out in this National emergency, a day at a summer resort with the caliliet of entertainment that is furnished by your committee, should prove bene ficial to the whole pottery industry. It is hard to see how last year's outing could be improved uion except in the matter of obtaining an auto mobile. now that the government has placed a ban ujion the sale of cars. However the fertile minds of the mem lters can lie relied ujion to find new and improved ways of making the day the merriest yet. The three officers who served last year, George Goppert. chairman: P. K. Calhoon, secretary, and Jaines Slaven, treasurer. were return*.-), their chairs by acclamationr Of members of the committee named by President Duffy are George Turner and Harry L. fill I. making five from East Liverjiool: Kay Dickey and Harry Podewels from Wellsville: H. T. Small wood, Minerva Pat Calvert, Akron A. J. Sanders, Salem James Green, Cannonshurg: Leland Quinn. East Pal estine: Stephen Leigliton. Sebring. Mr. (Jill who succeeded F. Jerome McKee ver, as manager of The Potters Herald will be serving his first time on the Committee. Sanitary Men At New Castle Show Real Cooperation Workers Willing To Help In Every Way Possible Dur ing Emergency New Castle, Pa.—The members of Local Union No. 133 are greatly in terested in the situation facing the sanitary trade and have been discuss ing it to the fullest lately. The reiMirt of the committee dealing with the officials of the Universal Pot tery Company shows the seriousness of the plant operating on a full time basis. These men who direct the pro duction end are forced to look into the use of substitutes for many ma terials formerly used and which are now needed very badly in defense pro duction. Many of the other shops are facing the same situation, so we feel sure the workers are willing to co operate in every way possible fo help out. This question of cooperation seems to be of great ini|»ortance and i.t seems to be a great need or a sad experience is necessary at times to bring it about. It is hard at times for the committee to convince officials that the members of the union are .truly interested iia. the welfare of the company and that they arc willing to listen to the em ployers' side of all questions. On the other hand it is quite a problem to make them realize that the head of the company and other officials want to see the employes prosper. The men who have served on the committees would like to think that the heads of all other sanitary shops have as much interest in the welfare of their employes as the head of the Universal. A man must be very small indeed who does not have some desire to do great good for humanity. The welfare and prosperous condi tion of a man's employes should be a great pride in the minds of the heads of all industries. We hope this is true and that our future in sanitary will be made more secure. Also that our organization can do their part in bringing about the protection and se curity needed. A lot of men join the union wholly to secure some gaiii-for (Turn to Page Two)