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101 RUBE SMITH WRITES OF HIS VISIT TO POTTERY CENTER ON Vice President Hull Escorts Veteran Potter On Tour Of District Plants ATTEND SUNRISE SERVICE Meets Many Friends Of By Gone Days When 'His Nobs' Was Active In Trade [Editor's Note: The following story was sent in to the Herald this week by Reuben H. Smith from his home in San Diego, Calif., who writes of the many friends he en countered on his first trip to the West Coast pottery district.] Leaving San Diego on the morning »f (iood Friday, accompanied by my «on and daughter-in-law. I set out to isit the Los Angeles pottery district, ad the West Coast oft ice of First /ice President Frank Hull to renew a friendship acquired many years ago while I was working at the trade back east. Upon my arrival In Huntington Park, and after several inquiries as to the location of my lirst stop, I arrived at the West Coast Headquar ters alMiut 10:00 h. in. and was warmly received by Vice President Hull and Organized (ieorge Pace Following the customary procedure when ]Hitters meet, we immediately began to do a little "curbstone potting" and hash over the early days at the trade when every potter proudly pro claimed his particular plant turned out the best dinnerware in the indus try. Upon burning of my Intended plans to visit as many potteries as I could during my short stay. Vice President Hull escorted m*1 to the Vernon Kilns as the first step on a .of district plants. Here I met Ieorge (irosscross and sev eastern potters. The Vernon 'iS a tine plant and produces a of beautifully decorated under dinnerware. aving the Vernon Pottery we PI»ed at the Ceramics-California, eneralware shop, manufacturers of •oldied glaze dinnersets. This plant is (Turn to Page Six) Protest Filibuster Against HR 7 Bill Negro Congress Wires Sen ator For "Prompt And Un compromising Action" New Yoi'k (FP).—Aroused by the lent filibuster against the anti-poll bill in the senate, the National *gro Congress urged "prompt and un upromising action" in a wire to Senator James M. Mead (D, N. Y.), proposed leader in the senate fight, for HK 7. Originally scheduled to come up on the senate floor April 17, consideration of .the bill was delayed for another week. "This has been going on since last November on one excuse or an other," the wire said. "While the senate lias done nothing since the lirst of April we find excuses being made now to delay still longer consideration of this war-important measure. "We are sure," Mead was told, "you need no further confirmation of the fact that the vast majority of the people of the country are liehind this fight and will support you in your an-, (Turn to Page Five) Montgomery Ward Of Defiance Of Washington (FP). A long black record of deliberate defiance of tin authority of the federal government and the National Labor Relations act has been piled up by Montgomery Ward & Co., second largest mall order house In the country. The current dispute runs back to June 1(5, 11)42, when the National War Labor board assumed jurisdiction on the recommendation of a triparte panel. Montgomery Ward is fighting th United Mail Order, Warehouse and Retail Employees (CIO) over a con tract covering some 7,000 employees in its Chicago warehouse, mail order house and retail store. The WLB on Nov. fi, 1042 unanl inously directed the company to in clude in its contract with the union a maintenance of membership clause, with a 15 day escajie provision a re vocable check-off, arbitration of dis putes and a no-strike, no-lockout clause. The company signed a contract with WEST COAST SPECULATORS STAGE CORN SHORTAGE TO FORCE UP OPA PRICES Kansas City, ^lo. (FP). Specula tors have created an artificial short age of corn here in a plot to force OPA into raising prices, International ltep resentative Edward Chevlin of United Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Employees (CIO) charged. The shortage has already caused the partial shutdown of the N. Kansas City plant of Corn Products Refining Co. While union members employed at the plant are working short hours, more than three million bushels of corn are piled up in elevators in this ami, Chevlin said. Countering the general impression that the farmers are refusing to sell corn because of alleged low ceilings, Chevlin charged that the speculators have the corn and are trying "to bully the OPA into raising prices." Public Officials Support Canadian Ford Stoppage ^Public Opinion Is With You' Mayor Tells Employees At Mass Meeting Windsor, Out. (FP). The Ford Motor Co.'s anti-union policy of provo cation reached a climax in its Can adian plants April 20 when it fired four union stewards ami ditched the union contract. The cancellation of the contract with the United Auto Work ers (CIO) came after the 14,000 em ployees. making military vehicles, had taken time off to discuss the crisis precipitated by lie company's provo cations. Despite military necessity the work stoppage found immediate and wide spread public support as Ford policy is thoroughly understood and disliked in Canada. Mayor Arthur Renume of Windsor has continuously encouraged the unionists not to return to work un til tlie Ford management adopts a fair labor policy. "Public opinion is with you," the mayor told a mass meeting of over 10,00ft Ford workers April 23. "Keep it there." Two members of the provincial legis lature, (ieorge Bennett and Win. Riggs, also spoke at the same union meeting. Pulling no punches, Bennett said: "The Ford workers are championing the right of workers everywhere by lighting against tyranny and coercion." The trouble had evidently been care fully planned for a long time by Ford. Though union stewards had been leav ing their jobs to take up grievances for several years the company suddenly introduced new grievance procedure without the consent of the Local -00 and then tired four stewards for leav ing their jobs. "We have seen this crisis coining from afar," declared President Roy (!. England of the local. "The com pany does not want to bargain collec tively on a fair basis. It has been provoking trouble in its attempt to break the union." The union is willing to return to work if the company will agree to re instate the contract pending negotia tions for new procedure. The company (Turn to Page ive) Has Long Record United States Law these provisions Dec. 18, 1942 only after it was directed twice by Presi dent Roosevelt to comply with the WLB directive. Following the expiration of this two year contract, the WLB after a public hearing ordered the company to ex tend its terms pending a determination by the NLRR of the union's repre sentation rights. On April r, 11)44, after a second pub lic hearing, the WLB was unanimous in ordering the company to comply with this order. The two industry members joined with .the public and labor members in approving it. On April 12, 1044, the WLB again unanimously, voted to refer the ques tion to President Roosevelt for appro priate action. At the same time the employees walked out on strike in Chicago. President Roosevelt acted on April 23, ordering the strikers to return to work and the company to comply with the WLB order. The strikers ended (Turn to Page Six) ^'Sb^ .V Little Inducement For Newcomers To Enter The Industry Must Work For 20% OH The Minimum Wage For First Ninety Days Salem, Ohio.—Local Union 42 met In regular session last Friday night with a few more Four new members were initiated and their names placed on our roll three were suspended for non-payment of dues: Russell Nye. Viola Altenhoff and Ray Itocnriegh. With the manpower shortage be coming more acute each week, there (Turn to Page Five) Tribune Weeps For Thirty Hitler Lovers Publisher McCormick's Pal Gives Nazi Salute And Boasts She Is Fascist Chicago (FP).—It's a shame the way the government is pushing those patriotic nationalists around. That's the way The Chicago Tribune sizes up the trial of 30 alleged Hitler lovers in Washington, including Pub lisher Robert R. McCormick's pal, Lizzie Dilling, author of the Red Net work, bible of seditionists. Arthur Sears Henning, who is cover ing the sedition trial for the Tribune, was so chummy with the Dilling Washburn-Kmythe crowd that the court bailiff let him into court as a defendant when other correspondents were barred. Mrs. Lois La Fayette Washburn, who gave the Nazi salute and boasted that she is a fascist, is remembered in Chi cago for saying at a public forum that "after the revolution, we will shoot all CIO union leaders against a stone wall." She included the president of the CIO in her angry denunciation of a speech dealing with the labor press. "Don't you worry about the labor press," she told the speaker. "There won't be any labor press u hen we get through with you. You fellows will all be lined up in front of a stone wall, too." You could almost hear the barking as she talked cato .tone. Potters VOL. XLVII, NO. 52 EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1944 members in attend ance than usual. A welcome member from Local Union No. 24, B. R. Hamilton, known to many of our members as "Doc." who is seeking the office of sheriff at the coming primaries on May 0, asked our support in his endeavor to obtain the nomination on the Republican ticket. A World War veteran and a candidate whom we are sure will be friendly to labor, deserves the whole hearted support of all organized labor. guns in a shrill stac Official Organ of the National Brotherhood of Operative Pollers GROOMING THEIR CANDIDATE L.U. 45 To Elect Delegates At Meeting May 5 Report Made On Meeting With Management Irwin Thompson Succumbs Trenton, N. J.—Election of delegates to our national convention will be held at our next meeting 011 Friday, May r». We hope for a big turnout this night to send the best men to serve your Interests. A little more interest shown by our members In attending their meetings regularly and becoming acquainted with our working rules, would aid materially in eliminating nmcli of our trouble, as well as relieving our com mittees from spending hours of their time, straightening out matters which more or less are brought to the danger stage by individuals who are not familiar with the laws of the organiza tion. Any member or group who thinks a change in style or method might cause them more work, or the possible dan ger of losing part or all of their day's work, should notify their shop com mittee immediately, then participate in the discussion of your case at the local meeting. The shop committee reported of meeting witli the management to dis cuss the absence of hustlers from work, causing a lack of ware for the kilns, and the unnecessary handling of their work by the casters in order to provide room. The management cited the manpower shortage' and asked for the cooperation of the casters during the emergency in carrying their own work to the green room. The local has granted permission to any member sanctioned by ,the shop committee who volunteers. It is with sincere regret that we re port the death of Brother Irwin Thompson who died of complications following a recent operations. Brother Joseph Harney, who is leaving the trade, was granted a with drawal card.—O.C. 4H. STOCK BROKERS HAVE BIG STEAL FORMULA New Yitt'k (FP).—The New York Stock Exchange has applied to th" salary stabilization committee of the Treasury Dept. to increase tlie salary of Einil Schram. president of the ex change, from $4S.0o0 to AMERICA pirster $!.r»,000, the the Wall Street Journal reports. Schram, whose 3-year term contract expires June 30, is expected to be re appointed for an indefinite period. It is understood that the Treasury Dept. will approve salary out a murmur. increase with ",-v 7-i*- Well Known Local Pottery Official Is Killed In Crash Injuries Suffered In Accident Claims Life Of Pottery Manufacturer John W. Vodrey, retired pottery manufacturer, hank and loan company ofticial, civic leader, and a descendant of one of the city's pioneer pottery manufacturers, died April 22 in the City Hospital as a result of injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Mr. Vodrey was a son of James V. Vodrey and Isabelle Jobling Vodrey. He was born March 21, ISfiii, in East Liverpool. He attended school until he was about l.", when he entered the pot tery conducted by his father and uncles at East Fourth and College Sts. It was in IS!Ml that the Vodrey Pot tery Co. was organized, and John W. Vodrey became its president. He served in this capacity until Oct. 31. 1!)2S, when the company suspended manufacturing operations. The pottery buildings were razed in 1 i34 while the city of East Liverpool was celebrating (Turn to Page Two) Legislature Votes To Keep Poll-tax Rejects Proposal To Wipe Out Mortgage On Ballot Box In Tennessee Nashville. Tenn. (FP).—The same Tennessee legislature which last year passed a iolltax repeal act that war later killed by Memphis Boss Ed I'rump's supreme court reversed itself and turned down another proposal to wipe out this mortgage on the ballot box. Yielding belatedly to criticism from some authorities that the state now ranks 4Nth among the states in educa tional standards, the legislature did pass a bill raising the salaries of its low paid teachers $20 a month for eight "months of the year. It refused, however, to make the raise effective for nine months to high school teach ers. A joint resolution authorizing a com mission to make revisions in the anti quated state constitution for submis sion to the next legislature was also adopted in the closing hours of the 1 day special session. The resolution was sponsored by the Hamilton County League of Women Voters in Chatta nooga. Thumbs down 011 the new polltax repealer came when State Representa tive Ed Dotson moved that the gov ernor include, in his call for this spe cial session, legislation to remove the tax for all citizens as well as for serv (Turn to Page Two) (C $2.00 PER YEAR PRICES ARE GOING UP AND SO ARE DIVIDENDS ACCORDING TO REPORT PRACTICE GOLDEN RULE DUFFY TELLSl DELEGATES AT AFL POSTWAR FORUM Bayonne. N. J. (FP). The Tide Water Associated Oil Co. wasn't l»othered by the high cost of living in l!l43 at all. The year saw n net income of .14,iM»2.»mi for the company after charges and tax*1*, as compared with *1(U 3.!)30 in 1!42. Common shares stood at $1,118 each, an increase of W!c over the previous year. In addition the company set aside reerve of ?2..r»00."00 against wartime uncertainties arid .* To.ilOO for |K»ssible depreciation of inventory. Last time the company hit the papers was when the Regional War Lalior Board canceled a maintenance of mem!ership order to the company's dummy union Tidewater Employees Assn., Inc.—after the union refused take a .no-strike pledge. Unions Join In Coast-To-Coast Roosevelt Draft Organized Labor's Support For Fourth Term Spans The Continent New York (IT). Mounting more rapidly every week with fourth term pledges from local, state and interna tional union groups, in mid-April 1!41 the rollcall of organized ialwu-'s sup port for the reelection of President Roosevelt spanned the continent and leached into every branch of the labor movement. By unanimous vote of its general executive lioard, the Hotel & Restaur ant Employees International Alliance April 18 became the first AFL inter national to join the Draft ltoosevelt movement. Oflicially on record for the fourth term are 10 CIO intenationals, headed by the powerful United Electrical. Radio & Machine Workers and includ ing United Rublier Workers. Indus trial Union of Marine & Shipbuilding Workers, National Maritime Union. International Longshoremen's & Ware housemen's Union, United Farm Equip ment & Metal Workers, Transport Workers Union, American Communica tions Assn.. International Fur & Leather Workers Union and United Furniture Workers. Indorsement of the million-member United Auto Workers (CIO) and the huge International Brotherhood of Teamsters (AFL) is an open secret, since UAW President R. J. Thomas and other national officers and IBT President Daniel J. Tobin have public ly urged FDR to run for office. Powerful support for the Roosevelt campaign has come from the Interna tional Association of Machinists, sec ond largest AFL atliliate. Representa tives of 30 northeastern IAM lodges at a recent conference in Providence, It. I., voted unanimously to supjiort the fourth term. Similar action was taken in Taconia, Wash., by delegates from the 200.1mm) machinists in the state of Washington, by the Ohio State Council and by large Local S24 in Richmond. Calif. The largest local In the United Bro therhood of Carpenters (AFL), ship wrights 114!) in San Francisco, recent (Turn to Page Five) The C. of C.'s action was taken in the interests of national unity, State President Preston Hotchkiss announc ed, explaining that the proposed amendment—which would destroy the right of collective bargaining and make closed shops and other parts of union contracts illegal—might "cause, rather than allay, confusion and con troversy." An 'exhaustive discussion" was given the measure before the C. of C. board acted against it, he said, re porting that the Interests of "national unity, the uninterrupted prosecution of the war and the maintenance of our vital production schedules at this time Nothing Wrong With Free Enterprise As Practiced In This Country LARGE ATTENDANCE Labor Responsible For Bring ing About Regulation Of Industry S[eaking and before the American lalior to make up Fed eration of Lalior Forum held recently in New York. President Duffy appeal ed to memlters of industry, agriculture their minds to practice the golden rule If we solve the many problems are to facing the country today. The Brotherhood Chief tain's address follows: Mr. Chairman. Ladies and Oentle men I do not intend to be very long in what I have to say. I iersonally feel that this conference has been pro ductive of much lienefit to bil»or and management. Surely it will bring altout a lietter understanding of all groups having a stake in our domestic econ omy. Iloes it not seem strange that the*e problems which have proven so difficult to us throughout the years can lie solved so easily and made so practical through the preachments of man? You have listened to some won derful addresses this afternoon. Throughout all of these discourses not one single assertion was made as to anything lieing wrong with free enter prise. our system of industrial activity and all that g»»es to make tip our economy. There is nothing wrong with the mechanics of free enterprise as jh.tTftrethfor many years in the United States. The discnr«lant note stmck here this, afternoon has been our nnfair conduct towards one another. This beir.g true, then it seems to me. to be a simple application of the (Jolden Rule. If we would strive diligently to live up to, and carry out this high ideal, our problems would soon be solved to the satisfaction of all groups. Now, regarding the accomplishments of private enterprise. Personally, as a representative of lalior, I am whole (Turn to Faor Two I Liberated Italians Form Free Union Wages To Be Negotiated And Settled In Relation To Cost Of Living New 'l urk (FP).—After more than 20 yea i s under the iron heel of fascism, Italian railway workers once more are united in a free lalior union the Italian Railway Workers Union (SFI). Its first national congress was held at Bari in Italy Jan. 0-10. Formation of one of the first free unions in liberated Italy was revealed here by Labor Research Assn. April 18. Delegates to the congress included workers from the liberated provinces and from the Rome and Ancona dis tricts. still under Nazi rule. As a model and basis for the new union, the congress took the constitu tion of the pre-Mussoilni union, the Italian Railway Workers Syndicate. It adopted the following principles: The new union must lie indeiindent of the state, of parties, of iolitieal or religious organizations. It must be founded on the strictly democratic (Turn to Page Tvoo) West Coast Chamber Of Commerce Opposes Anti-Union Drive In State San Francisco (FP). Winning hearty congratulations from organized labor, tlie California Chaudter of Com merce. the San Francisco C. of C. and the San Francisco Employers Council announced their opi»ositlon to the union-destructive "right to employ ment" amendment which anti-labor big businessmen in Los Angeles are trying to put over on the state. of crisis" finally won out. This action brought to a head the threatened split in the ranks of Cali fornia industrialists over the union busting measure. Main forces s[Hnsor ing and giving financial backing to the campaign are the notorious Merchants & Manufacturers Assn. and other anti-labor interests linked with the Republican party. When both AFL and CIO mobilized full force to fight the amendment, northern California employers decided not to touch it and certain OOP lead ers were reported as fearing it might endanger Republican control of the state in the national elections. After the state C. of C. announced its opjMisition, the San Francisco cham ber followed through with the state ment that "in our opinion, tins initia tive proposal transcends normal labor relations and involves national secur ity at this time of war." The employ ers council announced: "We feel issue no as controversial as this should (Turn to Page Six)