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OFFICIAL ORGAN
NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF
OPERATIVE POTTERS
VOL. XL, NO. 4
In conforming with the laws of the
Constitution, delegates representing
the various Local Unions throughout
the trade are elected at any one stated
meeting in May. It is important that
all affiliated locals in electing their
delegates, choose those members
whom they consider most competent
and trustworthy to deal with the
many complex and important legisla
tive, industrial and economic prob
lems confronting the trade. Permit
your delegates to go to the conven
tion open-minded and unhampered by
ironclad directions or mandates, leav
ing them free to arrive at their own
deduction in the best interests of
the trade in general. 7
The Convention Call also notified
all Local Unions that all resolutions
and propositions for conajd^Mtion at
the -Convention must1- be tuhwkrded to'
Headquarters in time to permit print
ing them in pamphlet form before
the Convention opens.
A campaign is now under way
the East Liverpool recreation Council
to raise $4,500 to finance operation
of 10 playgrounds this summer
throughout the city.
The campaign as in former years
has the support of organized labor and
many locals affiliated with the Na
tional Brotherhood of Operative Pot
ters will make their customary dona
tion.
In letters mailed to all organizations
in the city, the council explained
$3,600 is needed for supervision of the
playgrounds, while the remaining
$1,000 will be used for additional
equipment and further expansion of
the playground system as the need
arises.
The council, comprised of represen
tatives of a number of organizations
launched the playground project last
year. Through generous contributions,
the council was able to supply and in
stall equipment and have capable su
pervisors in attendance at 10 play
grounds throughout the city.
Members of organized labor who
have not as yet made their contribu
tion to this year's campaign, should
do so immediately and help keep the
children off the streets during summer
vacations.
WORKERS RALLY
FOR SECURITY,
Washington (FP—Mass layoffs in
naval shipyards brought 700 A FL,
CIO and independent union delegates
to Congress May 9 to present a united
program on navy yard employes’ se
curity.
Spearheading the delegation were
AFL Metal Trades Dept, workers
from the Brooklyn navy yard, with
support from the United Public Work
ers, Federation of Architects Engi
neers Chemists & Technicians and in
dependent groups.
Workers from navy yards in Phila
delphia, Norfolk, Charleston, S. C. and
Washington joined the Brooklynites.
Visits to representatives and naval
affairs and civil service committee
chairmen stressed a four point pro
gram:
1. Increase in the naval appropria
tion for 1947 to enable the yards to
do adequate maintenance work on na
val vessels
2. Passage of the Magnuson-De
seniority bill, ending supersen
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Lacy
Convention Call Sent
From Headquarters
To All Local Unions
WILL OPEN JULY 1ST IN ATLANTIC
CITY AUDITORIUM NO OFFICIAL
BALLOT FOR ELECTING DELEGATES
We desire to emphasize this point—‘
the convention is the supreme author
ity in deciding policies which will gov
ern the conduct of the organization
during the coming year.
This year’s convention promises to
be one of the most important in N.
B. of O. P. history. Coming on the
heels of the most fearful and devis
tating war of all time, there are many
problems to be considered by the dele
gates. Policies which will have a vital
bearing on the post war life of pottery
workers will be made at the conven
tion.
Local Unions are requested to send
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Labor Endorses
Fund Drive For
City Playgrounds
The official Convention Call for the 22nd annual convention of
the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters, scheduled to open
in the Atlantic City auditorium on Monday, July 1, was sent out
from Headquarters to all Local Unions under date of January 18,
1946.
The forthcoming convention should and must be p&rely a
convention of hard work in the interest of workers in the pottery
industry. This we wish to impress particularly upon the minds of
those who will be honored by being chosen as their Local Union’s
representative at this important fathering.
by
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Mroz, Heintz
To Represent
Buffalo Local
Elect Officers At
Meeting In April
Buffalo, N. Y.—Joseph Mroz and
Carl Heintz have been chosen dele
gates to represent Local Union 76 a*,
the convention in July. Quite a large
turnout was on hand for the election
which was held at the last meeting.
We hope this continues for regular I
attendance at the meetings helps a|^|1^lt|J nA
fellow to get acquainted and also tends (OflOUfCV wll|9j9OsT
topremote the interests of all trades- W|.nej.s
Crooksville Will
Send 3 Delegates
To Atlantic City
Wv4/
At our meeting on April 19, officers |Cmaim KI A A
for the new term will be elected. We fcVWWf l"V«
are looking forward to every member
being on hand for this importanil ^any toward looking people, law
event. A dance will be held following Fakere, esp.tal.ste mdustnalists and
the regular business session and the |labor 8ader8 Tk4hTk,ng and ,4alk“«
meeting will convene at 8 o’clock. I°f welfare and health plans for the
Mark the date on your calendar so *0rk8rs- 11,18 .'daa 18 and
as to be on hand the 19th. Iha8 teen put into practice, to some
Several changes are being made ini8848"4 for81g" lands and 8ur °wn
various departments to provide ade- |coa” ry ,, ..
-ftt tw*nef*gkrt kiln. Like all thinga W'tlw betterment
This no doubt will prove very incon- (°f mankind, it still has to be devel
venient during the summer but will (oped and put into wider practical use
in all probability work out for the ]for the benefit of all deserving people,
betterment of all. We have seen clearly that our coun-
The first move to bring the larger (try can produce great quantities of
part of the clayshop downstairs has (goods and services and we wonder why
been made by transferring the Art (any deserving person should want for
Lamelie department to the green (the necessities of life. Civilization
room. This location is only temporary, (must solve the problems confronting
but it will be a relief to the girls (the great majority of the people if it
after having endured the crowded con- (is to advance or even exist,
ditions upstairs. Let’s take a cool look at the current
From the glost kiln crew comes (coal situation. President Truman tells
these happy thoughts. The boys are (us that the whole country is facing
tickled over the breakdown of the (a critical situation because of a few
conveyor system and to prove it, they (hundred thousand coal miners have
cite these reasons—They don’t burn (quit work. Now we have a population
the soles of their shoes and they can (of around one hundred and forty-one
work in
continual hot foot from standing on (these few hundred thousand miners,
hot cars.
duction is so little, it is not worth (of those miners live in squalor
while to use the conveyor and put up Are they not a very important group
with it. They invite the firm to check (whom this rich country should give
on these statements and see for them- (the chance to live, at least, as well
selves. (as the average American workers, and
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comfort without having a (million whose welfare depends on
While the difference in pro- I Do we want our comfort while many
Members of the American Ceramic (don’t we all aspire to an even better
Society attending the recent con ven-(life?
tion in Buffalo made a tour of the Union labor must see that the
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lers is the direct concern of all.
The writer has spent a great deal
of time in the large mining centers
of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio
and Kentucky. When 1 say that many
miners live in squalor, it means just
that, not to mention the risks they
take of becoming crippled for life.
Crooksville, Ohio—The health com- in several of the communities my
mitteie at the Crooksville China Com- (work was selling insurance and almost
pany has a big job on their hands, (daily deformed children were brought
We do not make this statement as ref- (to me for coverage. Of course this
erence to conditions on the shop, al- (could not be granted. This happened
though there is a big job to be done(go frequently that when I had an oc
along this line, but their chief prob-|Casion to visit the state capital I
lem at the moment seems to be the|called on the health department for
lack of interest on the part of the (Turn to Page Two)
employees to lend their cooperation. If ........
we are eliminate hazards on the shop, fl
all must pitch in and do their share (ClfFlGV l*GSIClGS 7’U
and not leave it up to the committee |«.
alone.
Meeting Of
Bro. “Happy” Stevens, a jiggerman11 I IE TA
at the Crooksville China for many (LOCOf vHIOH IU
years has left our midst for Phoenix,
Arizona. “Happy” has not been feel- Vice President Thomas Curley pre
ing well lately and feels a change of (sided at the May 20th meeting of
climate will improve his health. He (Local Union No. 10, in the absence
was accomdhnied by his wife. |of President Frank Duffy. Probably
Election of delegates to the con-(because of the bus strike our attend
vention in Atlantic City was held and (ance was small, but it didn’t prevent
Richard Brooks, Lewis Wilson and Joe (our faithful financial secretary James
Murray were named delegates. Clydia|D. Gibson and our treasurer of many
AUwi and Bernice McPeak were (years Alfred Jewell from being in
named alternates. (their usual places.
We w’elcome back William Strait, At our June 3 meeting officers will
packef Emil Milligan, warehouseman, be nominated and elected to serve
and Douglas Moore, packer, back from (the local for the next six months, and
the service. We hope it will not be I it is important that the membership
long before all our members who saw (give expression to their choice for'
service in World War II are back (leadership.
with us at the shop. Lewis Silliman and John Paradino-
Paul Woodward of the Universal (vich were appointed to audit the books
Potteries, Cambridge, Ohio, was a re-(and make their report at the next|
cent visitor. He spent the day making (meeting.
the rounds of the shop and renewing The regular yearly contribution was
acquaintances. (made to the Recreational Council to
Withdrawal cards were granted (aid in providing adequate equipped
Blanche James and Franklin McKeev-(and properly supervised playgrounds
er. 0. C. 66.
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EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1946
THREE MEN OH A HORSE
4NW’1ABo»
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Delegates To
Be Elected
On May 27th
Local Union No. 51
To Revise By-Laws
is
CanbtiSbur'g, Pa., May 27th
The health committees of both shops
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A. V. Bleininger
Dies Suddenly
Of Heart Attack
Half Of Eligible
Workers Under
Union Contract
the
date of the next regular meeting of
L. U. Net 51 at w^hAime delegates
will be elected to imetid the conven­‘
tion at Atlantic City. There should be
a large attendance of members on
hand for this election with the thought
in mind of selecting those members
who are best qualified to
us in convention.
represent
51 was a
a number
discussed,
instructed
The last meeting of No.
rather lengthy session with
of grievances reported and
The shop committees were
to take action according to our agree
ment.
re­
Dr. Albert Victor Bleininger,
search director for the Homer Laugh
lin China Company and one of the
leading ceramic engineers in the Unit
ed States, died suddenly of a heart
attack May 20 at his home on Park
Way.
Dr. Bleininger had been suffering
from a heart ailment the last two
years. He was stricken in January,
1945, but after a six-week rest was
able to resume his duties in the lab
oratory at the Laughlin plant.
His death is believed to have been
hastened by the tragic death of his
son, Edward Orton Bleininger, who
lost his life when he was trapped by
fire which swept their home in Newell,
W. Va., two months ago.
Dr. Bleininger was born July 9,
1873, in Polling, Bavaria and came to
this country with his parents when a
lad of 14. He graduated from Ohio
State University in 1901 with a B. S.
degree in chemistry. Because of his
outstanding record as a student, he
was appointed instructor at Ohio State
following his graduation.
He was a charter life member of
the American Ceramic Society and
chairman of the research committee
of the United States Potters Associa
tion.
His only survivors are his widow,
a daughter, Mrs. Vivien Crawford of
New Orleans, and a sister, Mrs. Emma
Branch of Akron.
Funeral services were held from
the Dawson Funeral Home with Rev.
W. D. Lewis, pastor of the Newell
Presbyterian Church, officiating. The
body was taken to Pittsburgh for cre
mation and the ashes returned to Riv
erview cemetery for burial.
Cost Of Living Creeps
Steadily Higher and Higher
Washington (FP)—Average retail
prices rose to a new post-war peak
between Feb. 15 and Mar. 15, accord
ing to a Bureau of Labor Statistics
report issued May 1. The rise during
that month alone was 0.5%.
The
eansumer’a price index now
at 130.2% of the 1935-89 av-
stands
erage.
Frenchtown Local
Neaotiatina New
These and other facts have just |we are definitely back on a 40-hour
1 bee* compiled fte^-the Labor Depart- |week basis, Monday through Friday.
ment’s “Labor Information Bulletin,” IWe hear many of our members are
largely from statistics gathered by the (getting out their fishing tackle and
1 Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. De- (planning to spend more time along
partment of Labor |the Jersey shore. (This ought to make
40-HourWeek
In Effect At
Mutual Plant
Scale Negotiations
Drawing To a Close
The estimated 29 million “eligible” AL%.clo8£ M.0"?
workers includes all wage and salary F°“rth V,ce Fr8(s‘d8a4 ChaJle8 Z,,m
workers exceot those in executive lmer announced the dedication of a
i o-t'in tunno ne (beautiful war memorial in his neigh
managenal, and certain types of pro-I, ..
fessioMl positions in most industries. terhood °n Sunday’ May 26th a ”d.
The figure excludes all self-employed, a8ked tha‘ members as could
domestic workers, agricultural wage I4* pr88e"4- He Promised a real mdl
workers on farms employing fewer Pa8ean ...
than 6 persons, all federal and state .. We “ere XfT
employed teachers, and elected and th” Jage Stab.hsarion Board had
appointed officials in local govern- P888?* fa’onblx the ISli-rent
under closed-shop or union-shop con-
ditions, agreements cover members
and nonmembers within the bargain-
mg unit. On the other hand, union
members may work in establishments
Trenton, N. J.—Local Union 40, Mu
tual plant of the Trenton Potteries
Company is coming to a fairly satis
factory conclusion of negotiations for
its 1946 contract.
The conference committee held a
Jong session in Vice President Wheat-
ley’s office on May 8 and met with
(representatives of the firm on May
115th. In the latter meeting matters
e (pertaining only to Local Union 45
I were taken up. At our regular meeting
Ion May 17, the report of the commit-
Washington, D. C. (ILNS). The |tee was accepted by the local. We now
number of eligible workers under l*wait the decision of the Wage Stab
union contract increased about 60 per- (ilization Board which we hope to have
cent from 1941 to the end of *1945. (before the end of the month and a
About 13,800,060 of the 29,(MM),000 eli- |new Price list of a’l items made at the
gible workers are now covered by (plant.
union contracts. I We understand that from now on
The percentage ot workers covered some ot °"r bro4b8IT,‘n the
In manufacturing last year was near- 7” y888’ gr88n wlth envy). Others
ly double that for nonmanufacturing lles.s/o«"'1ete 8re 8e«ing out the old
-67 to 34 percent. Percentage gains P?1"4 brush, “d mak,n* f/"\lack
were registered in both categories, the of‘,me, and 4h“ manpower shortage,
figures for 1944 having been 65 and 33 ..Br0 J°.bn Ma™®a is back with us
percent respectively. In absolute fig-Ffter ‘ak,ng «!ng.,n ?4b8!’.8!M,“v
ures manufacturing workers covered K .We a88 begmnmg to think that
dropped off from 8.75 to 8 million real m“st bavf IT °r “l
from 1944 to 1945, while an absolute 14 ‘be g8nlal
gain was registered in nonmanufactur- tHar7nHal‘
Ing where the number of workers 81ck bs‘ and Bro’ Fred Towson was
under agreement rose from 5.5 to 5.8 re^rt/ed o"tb8 ,ol’ f“"y rec8V'
million |ered from his illness.
Ihourly increase for our brothers in
The number of workers covered by G™eral Wara and our'turn
contract should not be confused with |wl" come next C’ 45’
th? number of union members. Except
Cambridae Will
Send Full Quota
To Convention
not covered by bilateral agreements.
This is true, for example, of many Cambridge, Ohio—Local Union
civil service employes and teachers |win send their fulJ quota of six dele.
who are union members. (gates to this year’s copvention instead
The first regular survey of cover- |of three as previously announced
age under union contracts was made |through the columns of the Herald,
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in ('The delegates elected are Marie
1941 and has been continued on an (Adams, Frank Campbell, Harry Mal
annual basis since then. (pass, Earl Johnston, Lee Woodward
|and John Ellis. Laurence Keets, Dan
122
l^"^sand Ataa Ellis were n"ned
N N (detailed report of important matters
A^QrQenTGnT (brought before the Central Labor
N N (Union at their last meeting. It seems
Frenchtown, N. J.—Our meetings |as. though the organization campaign
in April and May were very well at- (being waged by the CIO is not con
tended and resulted in forward strides |fined solely to the workers in south*
being made toward the signing of a |ern industries. They have been quite
new wage contract. (active in the Cambridge district dur-
Through the efforts of Organizer |in& the past few months and have suc
James Solon a meeting was arranged heeded in luring workers in two plants
with plant officials and we presented (here into their fold. Bro. Campbell
our case, asking for an ISl^ cent hour- |wh° heads the Central Labor Union
ly increase and a contract calling for (stated the Central body feels that had
a closed shop. An agreement was |the A. F. of L. sent representatives
reached with the firm at this meeting (into this district to combat the efforts
and a wage increase was granted |°f the CIO, the employees of these
pending upon approval of govern-|two plants would be affiliated with
mental authorities for a price increase (the A. F. of L. today. A letter has
in their products to compensate for |been sent to headquarters in Wash
the wage boost. |ington, asking that they look into the
The membership committee has|matter immediately.
been on their toes and getting re- As convention time nears it be
sults. Since the first of the year we (hooves every member to take an ac
have taken in 85 new members. We(tive interest in the affairs of their
feel this is a record to be proud of (union. Attend your meetings regularly
and should class us as a real progres- (and join in discussing the various rds
sive unit in the Brotherhood. (olutions to come before the conven
(Turn to Page Three) (tion in July. 0. C. 122,
President Frank Campbell gave a
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INTERNATIONAL LABORIt£».
NEWSSERVICE
AFL Executive Council
Denounces Congress
Anti-Labor Legislation
ADOPTION OF RESTRICTIVE MEASURES
PROPOSED TO HALT WORK STOPPAGES
WILL LEAD TO ECONOMIC DISASTER
Washington (FP)—The AFL Executive Council, opening its
spring session here, warned Congress that anti-strike legislation
“drafted in the spirit of vengeance against specific work stoppages
could only result in economic disaster when given general applica
tion.”
Acting swiftly on anti-labor moves in the Senate, the council
decided to put “first things first” on its agenda, AFL President
William Green said at a press conference following an all-day ses
sion of the council. The council will meet for about 10 days.
“Not a single one of the restrictive measures proposed to Con
♦gress as a cure against strikes is con
stitutional or workable,” the council
said, singling out the Case bill as
“the worst anti-labor measure ever
adopted by either branch of Con
gress.”
“Wisest course” for the Senate, the
Clarksburg, W. Va.—The bowling
season at Clarksburg was officially
brought to an end last Saturday eve
ning at Romanos Inn when the keg
lers of Local Union No. 99 assembled
for their annual banquet.
Spaghetti and fried chicken com
prised the menu and needless to say
the boys proved as capable of rolling
their spaghetti as they did knocking
over the maples during the season.
Bro. Shrivers took honors for the eve
ning, acting in the roll of emcee, and
awarded prizes to the winners.
The highlight of the evening was
the announcement that a summer
league will be formed and will get
under way the latter part of the
month at the club alleys. The build
ing will be air conditioned and should
prove a popular spot during the hot
summer months just ahead. All those
wishing to bowl in the summer league
should immediately enter their names
so that teams can be picked and the
schedule arranged by May 29.
Bro. Ed. Davis is fully recovered
and back on the job after a prolonged
illness.
Bro. Leon Hoad has discarded the
shop apron for the Navy bhie and
will do a “hitch” for his Uncle Sam.
Sister Angelinis Cann has entered
St. Mary’s Hospital for observation.
O. 99
BACK-TO-WORK
POLL A FLOP
Mellen, Wis. (FP)—After 183 Inti.
Woodworkers strikers boycotted a
back-to-work vote, the president of
the three companies involved hastily
agreed to meet with union negotia
tors.
The election was run by the village
on village funds after Marion McIver
had threatened that unless there was
prompt settlement he would move his
three plants out of town, leaving “only
bare walls.” The three struck firms
are the Penokee Veneer Co., F. A.
McDonald Co. and Splicewood Corp.
Earlier McIver had polled the work
ers by mail on whether they would
return to work. This effort, declared
illegal by the NLRB, evidently fizzled
since the results were never an
nounced.
The union boycotted the village veto
because it had filed charges of its il
legality with the NLRB in Minneapo
lis and had been assured verbally that
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a
$2.00 PER YEAR
council said, would be to adopt the
Kilgore resolution which calls for an
investigation by the Senate Educa
tion and Labor Committee to examine
basic causes of labor-management
disputes and governmental policies
and decisions affecting free collective
bargaining. The resolution was re
ported out favorably by the Senate
committee
The council pointed out that AFL
workers who have struck since V-J
day were forced to do so by the “un
compromising attitude” of their em
ployers. Expanding on this, Green
told reporters that the “unyielding,
arbitrary and inflexible attitude** of
the coal operators was responsible for
the coal strike.
A calm Senate investigation, the
council said, would disclose these
facts:
1. That post-war labor troubles are
partly due to failure of Congress and
the government to provide for recon
version for human needs.
2. That labor was fully justified in
seeking post-war wage increases to
inert hitter Uviog costs.
37 That governmental policies re
straining free collective bargaining"
and tying price relief directly to wotge
adjustments are responsible for much
of the present confusion and unrest.
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Summer Bowling
League Planned
At Clarksburg