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OFFICIAL ORGAN" NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD •OF OPERATIVE POTTERS* VOL. XL, NO. 27 Specifically, Padway objected to: 1. —Questions which, if answer ed, might incriminate the unions under election laws. He said that in court the person questioned had the right to refuse to testify against himself and that he should be so warned. 2. —Probing union bank ac counts, sources of revenue and other union business having no re lation to the committee’s mission. 3. —Asking unions bvjhake pub -^UFthcjir election plank before they were put into effect. “It is possi ble under this question to ruin a k candidate’s chances for election,” Probe Expenditures Not Unions, Padway Tells House Padway said. The AFL did not take the com mittee probe lightly, Padway said, (Turn to Page Three) L.A. Unionbusting Group Smashed By Supreme Court Los Angeles (FP)—The citadel of the open shop here, the Merch ants & Manufacturers Association, was dealt a smashing blow by the U. S. supreme court recently when it refused to review a circuit court decision finding the association guilty of widespread conspiracy to violate the ing it to practices. CHALLENGES COMMITTEE’S RIGHT TO PRY INTO UNION AFFAIRS WILL REWARD FRIENDS, PUNISH ENEMIES Washington (FP)—Appearing in behalf of four AF unions that had refused to fill out in full a House campaign expenditures committee questionnaire, AFL General Coun sel Joseph Padway Oct. 28 challenged the committee’s author ity to.pry into internal union business. Padway spoke for the International Brotherhood o' 'Teamsters, American Federation of Musicians, United Gar ment Workers and the International Laundry Workers Union. Spokesmen for the four unions told the committee they hac hot taken an active part in political campaigns in 1946, al though the committee asked sharp*—------------------------------------------------- questions about teamster opposi tion to Rep. Sam Hobbs and the musicians dislike for Rep. Clarence Lea, both of whom authored anti labor bills in the last session of Congress. “I cannot conceive,” Padway said in a prepared statement, “that this committee intended to elicit information respecting the internal affairs and funds of labor organ izations even though there is not the most tenuous connection be tween those affairs and funds and the elections of 1946. “I can only explain the form the questionnaire has taken as being the product of the excess zeal on the part of those who drafted it.” Wagner act and order. cease its unfair labor circuit court had sup NLRB decision finding The 9th ported an the & guilty of forming com pany unions, forcing employees of member firms into those unions, coercing employers not to hire union workers, employing thugs to intimidate workers and union or ganizers and maintaining spy sys tems. The & is composed of 1,200 big Los Angeles companies dedi cated to making this city an “open town.” Testimony at the NLRB hearing revealed that the associa tion and the dummy organizations it fostered had set up 354 com pany-dominated unions and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars for anti-trust propaganda. It even got employers to sign contracts pledging not to deal with legiti mate unions under penalty of a $10,000 fine. Union leaders here hailed the decision as one of the most signifi cant labor victories in these parts in nearly 50 years. Pointing out that the testimony had directly implicated the notoriously reac tion Los Angeles Times and its publisher, Harry Chandler, with (Turn to Page Two) AUTO STRIKE ENDS IN UNION VICTORY Windsor, Ont. (FP)—Victory over nonunion hitch-hikers crowned the 119-day strike of Chrysler units in Amalgamated Local 195 (Wind sor) and 127 (Chathom), United Auto Workers, Oct. 17. The vic tory was a solid majority vote in a government-led election for the "Canadian Rand formula, a plan by which both union arid nonunion workers in a plant pay dues to the union by company checkoff. Southern Pay For Same Wage Still Low, Report Says Washington (FP)—Despite war time gains in hourly earnings, the southern worker still stands at the bottom of the national ranking in hourly wages, the Labor Depart ment declares in the October Monthly Labor Review. Out of eight areas into which the U. S. is divided, the southwestern states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas stand seventh and the nine southeastern states eighth. In industries where the national average pay is lower, the southern differential is particularly great, the report shows. Industries im portant to the south, such as. inte grated spinning and weaving mills and seamless hosiery, pay a rela tively better wage. In bituminous coal mining, the north-south wage differential is very small, but both regions lag behind the west. In luiriber, em ploying a quarter million southern Workers, more Ahan the na tion’s total, the average Southern wage for all jobs in 1944, was 71 per cent of the northern wage. The average hourly pay in the south was 52 cents, compared to 73 cents .in the north and $1.18 in the west. Class I railroads paid an aver age hourly wage of 93.5 cents in the east, 87.5 in the west, and 85 cents in the south. Another characteristic of south ern wages revealed by detailed study is the relatively wider spread between unskilled and skill ed rates, traced to lack of union ization in many sections. The report says the main rea sons for the upward movement of southern wages recently are the1 growth of industry in that region, unionization and raising the mini mum wage. “The prewar minimum wage,” it says, “has been render ed obsolete in many industries by war and postwar changes, bring ing rates above this minimum.” Capital Bakers Win After Two-Day Strike Washington (FP)—A two-day strike of Local 118, Bakers & Con fectionery Workers ended Oct. 9 in a solid union victory. The employers, who insisted on signing the bakers to an 18-month contract, finally agreed to a clause allowing the union to reopen wage provisions after six months if liv ing costs rise 5 per cent or more. In addition, the bakers won a 15 cents across the board hourly raise, double time for holidays and ten weeks retroactive pay. Washington (FP)—The alarm ing fact that almost half of Amer ica’s working force is not covered by unemployment compensation was underscored Oct. 21 as the Federal Security Agency reported that increased employment from March through June has brought covered employment up to a new postwar high mark of 29,000,000. The contrast between this figure and Reconversion Director John R. Steelman’s statement of Oct. 3 that there were 58 million persons at work in the U. S. shows that state employment compensation laws by no means protect Ameri can workers from unemployment. Many state laws exempt small firms and deep sea maritime em ployment from coverage, FSA said. Other categories not covered are 5.5 million non-agricultural self-employed persons 9.9 million agricultural workers, including 6.3 million self-employed farmers 1.6 45^4^ SCHMURMAN FB The majority of the county’s known tuberculars are concentrat ed in East Liverpool. You will pro tect yourself and your family by voting the funds necessary to con trol this communicable disease. Passage of the levy will produce an estimated $75,000, which, while not enongh to handle all the exist ing TB cases, would provide care for the most serious among them. Every dollar derived from the levy will go into a special TB fund and can only be used for Tuberculosis Control. President James M. Duffy has endorsed the levy as well as num erous other Local Unions in this district. When you go to the polls on Tuesday, make your ballot count for the future of yourself and your family, by voting for the (Turn to Page Six) Many Left Out As Unemployment nsurance Hits” New Postwar High million domestic workers and 700,000 employees of non-profit in stitutions. The 5 million government work ers, many of whom are being laid off by postwar agency adjust ments, have a very limited pro tection in the form of severance pay. The Social Security Board Recommended to Congress their inclusion under the social security act unemployment provisions as an emergency measure, without posi tive result. The picture has not improved materially since 1944, when the board noted that a little more than half the nation’s workers had un employment coverage, and less than three-quarters with all agri cultural employment excluded. Extension of protection is one of the pusing ing of main goals of the forces for a thorough overhaul the act in the 80th Con i’Tars to Page Five) Jz/ Local Unions Endorse County Mill €evy For Tria i nfc-Tuberculosls ESTIMATED $75,000 DERIVED FROM If. PASSAGE OF LEVY CAN ONLY BE W USED FOR TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL The eighth-tenths of a mill levy for tuberculosis care which will appear on the ballot at the polls on Nov. 5, should be of the upmost importance to members of the National Brotherhood of Operative Pot ters and their families in Columbiana County. Because of the lack of funds the county has been unable to hospit alize any TB patients this year and the situation tends to become more serious if the voters, (You and I) fail to support the measure when we go to the polls next Tuesday. At the present time there are more than eighty persons in the county who are spreading the dreaded disease, creating a serious hazard to your loved ones, because of lack*--..... ...........................................— of funds the county is unable to isolate and treat these dangerous spreaders. Labor Dept. Urges Extension Of Law For Child Labor Washington (FP)—Eight years of experience in federal regulation of child labor under the wage-hour act have shown the need for ex tension of its child labor provi sions, said Beatrice McConnell of the Labor Department child labor and youth employment branch Oct. 23. “The Labor Department strong ly urges extension of the child labor provisions to types of inter state business not now covered,” she said, and pointed out that many states have followed the fed eral law by adopting state laws curbing child labor in interstate industries not covered by the wage-hour act. The wage-hour act, in its child labor provisions, is the first suc cessful attempt to control child labor through federal legislation, since two previous federal laws were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. In the eight years of enforcement of the act, 412 civil suits and 137 criminal suits have been brought against employer-violators. In one recent case, fines totaling $25,000 were imposed for willful breach of the law. Under the act, 16 years is the minimum age for employment in manufacturing and mining occupa tions and 18 years for hazardous occupations. In certain cases em ployers are permitted to hire 14 and 15-year olds if the work is not physically harmful to the child and does not interfere with school at tendance. States which the Labor Depart ment judges have met in state law the 16-year old provisions of the federal act are: Connecticut, Flor ida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massa chusetts, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, West Virginia. i y ft "v*. EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1946 NEXT IN LINE Wy W**' '.r-sTWl •j: Cash Donation For I .• Mannington rotters I lx |||||BB■"|| IIIBBBwVW I & I Washington (FP)—The Ameri Ican labor movement blazed a new I trail in labor relations as the Air I Line Pilots Association went on I strike for higher pay for men who I handle the controls of 4-engine I Trans-World Airlines planes. I The strike, affecting TWA I planes only, is the first in the his Itory of American commercial avia /Ition, and followed a year of nego- Itiating to settle the TWA-ALPA I wage dispute. ALPA President I David L. Behncke said the union I was demanding pay rates ranging I from $980 to $1,096 monthly for I pilots of DC-4 Skymasters, and —.I$1,070 to $1,187 for Constellation. I pilots. Present average for all I types of plane is $758 monthly. AXC7 VAI VIO I Th€ strike» Behncke said, “in *O__JI Ivolves only first pilots and co- tlilQO1 Sw X) I *i pilots, but it has the full moral I support of the contry’s organized ^^a T1 W lairline pilots and the complete JurtS? VY ~. sanction of the union’s central ex- lecutive council, x?- I Adding oil to the fire as thelstrike deadline time, 5 a. m., land sayinj. goes, and by no means a I ed at their next point of call and minor issue in such shop contro-1 stayed on the ground, versies, is the action of local de- to date, has been raised to aid IAna rrice DOOSIS our fellow workers at Local Union Washington (FP) Acting on 77, Mannington, W. Va. These instruction of Secretary of Agri members who have been on strike culture Clinton Anderson, OPA an for some time, and who in reality nounced removal of price control have undergone great sacrifices in (from fresh and frozen salmon, oat upholding the principles of true cereals, caaned corn and all do collecting bargaining as practiced mestic canned fruits and juices, by the Brotherhood, in lieu of The decontrol was made neces- I slave labor conditions which they |sery by Anderson’s removal of have been subjected too, are these items from the short supply worthy of our upmost support. |]jst which he is required to pro With more contributions to come, |dUCe monthly, we hope to make this sum much Appealing for passage of the CIO-AFL Dinner Club Discusses Improvements Muskegon, Mich. (FP) Like Kenosha, Wis. and some other small industrial towns, Muskegon has found friendly relations be tween AFL and CIO locals mutual ly helpful. Here the cooperation has taken the form of the CIO AFL Dinner Club, recently organ ized as a monthly get-together at which city didate and sent views tions officials, political can others appear to pre and respond to ques- subjected too, are I these items from the short supply eight-tenths of a mill leavy for 9 tuberculosis care which will be de- cided at the polls on Nov. 5, Archie W. Dalton, executive sec-I Washington (FP)—The south is retary of the Columbiana County (rich in labor power, says the Oc Public Health League was present (tober Monthly Labor Review, and and showed a movie how tubercu- Labor will migrate to the north and losis is transmitted from person to (west as long as industry does not person. Members of Local Union offer full employment to southern No. 12 joined with us in witnessing (workers. If southern industry can the movie and both locals went on (employ available labor, the cur record as endorsing the levy. I rent rate of migration of souther (ners looking for work will be (sharply curbed, the review states. ■"••J I Within twelve hours, TWA (for- Manninjrinn PnHavo merly Transcontinental & Western Airlines) cancelled all scheduled A report that foremen in one of flig^ on tits "J the lial plants are ignoring B"es,“ r??tes' ,TWA “f ,he -a. four leading American air trans- semonty rights when putting on I ... apprentices in certain departments, port with an overseas was thoroughly discussed at ben-.ee to major European e.ties. meeting Tuesday evening with the I 7*^® s^r^e was called after the consensus of opinion being the I uni°n rejected and TWA accepted local should take some action. Ia July government fact-finding Such tactics as are not in con-1 board’s proposal which the union formity with the agreement nori88*4! was Per cent less» on the are they fair to the oldest em-lavera£e than a previous company ployees in any department being |°^er- ... denied the right to advance to I picketlinc was immediately trade apprenticeships when the 18et up at TWA headquarters in opportunity occurs. (Kansas City. Planes in the air at de. I Post office officials said the 1 Post office officials said the partmental heads in truning the I strike would not affect air mail matter into a personal issue by|8ervice to any degree, since TWA directing their criticism at ourlstoPs are also served by other air local union officers, who by virtue lines, of their office, are merely carrying out the wishes of the local. Cash donations totaling $150.00 I Orders Decontrol a Early End Of Wagete Controls Strongly °n™.l8,h UlIlTAn Rif iHimAll Buffa,°’ N- Y—Work IlV I H^B ACTION IS EXPECTED TO MATCH REMOVAL OF PRICE CEILINGS ON I 1 FOOD AND OTHER NECESSARY ITEMS C™ t£e to^raeemp'‘,yment Washington, D. C.—An early end of wage controls was La^kneM^se°nurh^llb^™e)ff,pp^ I strongly hinted by President Truman to match wholesale re-|the Imoval of price ceilings on foods and thousands of other items. I Asked at a press conference about recent reports that I I wage controls would be dropped, the President avoided a di-1 Irect reply but referred his questioners to his address cancel- TWA. Stopped In Nation’s First Air Pilot Strike I ling meat ceilings. At that time he told the Nation: l*in I “We all recognize the close relationship between wages IWe wlsh both ?^dIfpei-her °n.e rjses j00 high'th? °,ther certain to the be affected. Price control and wage control are largely de- Jfor Xage I raaaS J| A Long In Excess, Southern Labor I Made Wartime Income Gams Pointing to the high rate of re (production in the south as com i (pared to the north and west, the (review lays this largely to the (rural chacter of the south. In 1940 (65 per cent of the southern popula (tion was in rural areas, whereas |40 per cent of the people lived in (rural areas in other parts of the (nation. The current reproduction (rate (where 100 represents perfect (balance between births and ■deaths) shows the south with 118, ■the west with 94 and the north (with 87. I wet Maoiinei ■■CIST IvieeTIn^ m.Uhed,,by‘aoXrtun^ If MEMBER INTERNATIONAL LABOR NEWS SERVICE OPA took its longest stride to- hg anj as predicted the committee ward decontrol when it removed (went all out in their efforts ceilings on all foods except sugar, (sq that nothing was lacking to syrups, molasses and rice, as well (make the evening a pleasant one. as a long list of nonfood products, (with Maude Weaver and May Sul- At the same time the agency (tan in charge of the lunch every said a still broader decontrol order |one received a plentiful supply of would be issued soon lifting price (Turn to Page Three) restrictions in virtually every product and service except such n essentials as building materials, 061*1 V clothing, machinery, consumer |. durable goods and metals. |ISSU6 COflQF©SS The Administration drops apart -1 of its wage control every time the(OrlflQ Office of Price Administration frees something from price con- Washington (FP)—A political trol. This is because War Stabilize- (action guide for America’s propor tion Board exercises only limited (ty owners in the form of a con authority over wages. (gressional voting record on seven These are the major controls (issues had been put out here by which the WSB maintains over the (the National Home Property wage structure: (Owners Foundation. Appropriately 1—Wages of construction work-(enough, it is entitled The Property ers are “frozen” except as in- (Owner, Volume 1, Election Issue, creases are allowed by the Wage] Coming on the heels of the Adjustment Board, a part of WSB. (House campaign expenditures com 2. —Wage increases granted by (mittee probe of election activity by employers, other than in building (labor organizations, the Property must be approved by WSB only if (Owner is particularly interesting the pay hikes are to be used as the (because it lists in bold face type basis for seeking ceiling price in-(the votes “considered to be detri creases from OPA. (mental to the best interests of 3. —Wage decreases below a cer-|home and property owners.” tain base must be approved by Reps. Carl Curtis and Frank (Turn to Page Five) (Fellows, who were particularly (annoyed by “labor blacklists” dur lin* the camPai8n expenditures $2.00 PER YEAR Ready In December lsl°wed up some, due to the con- (struct ion of a new glost tunnel I kiln. Latest information via the in December and we can look for- past several weeks suffering (from severe bums to his hands with hot parafine. Thomas White, kilnman, is also paid-up with an injured foot and 'pendant on each other. (ever-rising prices of today were “As we speed up the removal (verified at our last meeting when of price controls, the removal of |the landlord notified the Local that wage controls will also be accel- |ur rent will be increased from erated. In this way we shall move |$80.00 to $120.00 a month. It steadily and as quickly as we can (seems meeting halls are as hard to —toward a free economy and a find as dwellings. free collective bargaining.” Our big dance was held on Oct. off work for several weeks. wOUflGII (hearings, are clearly shown with a Endorses Levy tM the I ^ar ^rom b®ing issues strictly |of concern to those who wish to (profiteer on housing, the list also The last regular meeting of (contains votes on price control in Trades and Labor Council was well (general and on the use of subsi attended by the delegates and sev- (dies in holding down costs. eral important matters were acted in presenting the record in an upon. One which is of vital im- h-page paper, President Arthur W. portance was the endorsement of (Binns of the foundation urges a the eight-tenths of a mill levy for (big trunout for an election which, tuberculosis care which will appear (he says, “will decide the course the on the ballot Nov. 5. (u. S. will follow in the postwar Delegates were instructed in |era.” making their report to their re- An article headed Next Congress spective local unions, that similar (Will Give Greater Consideration to action be taken by them in order (Property Owner says: “Surveys that the necessary funds can be (throughout the U. S. show the peo assured to provide care for TB (pie of this country will demand patients in this county. (that both Democratic and Republi- Attention was called to the rec- |can members of the national legis ommendation approved at the re- (lature work for greater national cent A. F. of L. convention in urg- (stability and closer adherence to ing all local unions to affiliate (traditional constitutional policies.” with theif local Central Body. This, the foundation explains, Steps will immediately be taken to (has been largely due to its own follow up the council’s recommen- (work in “bringing the issues into dation and letters forwarded to all |the open.” According to the Prop unions who are not affiliated with |erty Owner, Sen. Robert A. Taft Trades Council. (has a better record on these issues Ithan Sen. Theodore Bilbo. The propertied men’s program openly pushes for a complete end ing of price controls, including rent elimination of public housing Ifrom any government housing pro- “A fast growing population,” (gram government “economy”, ex the review says,, “pressing upon |cept for military purposes labor relatively limited economic oppor- (legislation “very much like the tunity has resulted in large scale (Case Bill” and opposition to migration from the south in per-(“radical, cradle-to-the-grave” so iods of depression as well as pros- (cial security proposals. y perity. The south will continue to export labor as long as its abun- WARNS AGAINST I HITLERITE PITFALL ployment.” Chicago (FP)—Those who ob From 1935 to 1945, the study (ject to immigration of Jews be shows, every southern state ex- (cause they fear the spread of com cept Virginia and Florida lost (munism are succumbing to a Hit population to the north and west (ler doctrine, President David Du “Except for the effect of migra- (binsky of the International Ladies tion,” the review says, “the south (Garment Workers Union told a has the greatest potential rate of (banquet of the Jewish Labor Com labor force growth in the nation.” (mittee here Oct. 10. But with more than one-fourth Dubinsky expressed confidence of the nation’s population, the (that the British union movement south in 1939 offered only 17.2 (will “ultimately solve the Pales per cent of U. S. manufacturing |tine question.” __ jobs, despite a steady gain the years since 1880. At (Turn to Page Two) over I Other Speakers included AFL least I President William Green and Sec Jretary-Treasurer George Meany. 4 I ft here has I*. r-jfi’ Mothers a speedy i-4, increases to meet the H: *. hi. JtK i Record 'v ■f^.- 4 1 ■1 -A? .' I. *.'F'V'J i ■t ■i W. ft£ ■'A K- ft 1 ift VJ