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VOL. XL, NO. 28
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^^kiadgement entered against Jersey
ately
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Auto Workers
Ask Living-Cost
Wage Raises
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OFFICIAL ORGAN
NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD
OF OPERATIVE POTTERS
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Double Back Pay
Decision By Court
Proves Precedent
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In commenting on Judge Smith’s I coveries which would raise the
action, Walling pointed out that I American standard of living were
the decision in a proceeding by the I outlined by Clark, who told the
administrator represents a novel I businessmen:
application of the holdings of the I “You know about the match
courts in employees’ suits that the I trust and its miracle match which
m-^-'liability of
an employer for liquVjtvotfld light one thousand times—
dated damage! attaches immedi-1 but which never reached the mar-,
thsaftfDtfWf of the
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reduced.
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Reuther pointed out that it would (made here by 700 delegates to the
be impossible to specify the in- (first national Conference on China
creases to be asked, since living (and the Far East,
costs have been skyrocketing at The delegates, representing
such a rate as to make hdvance (AFL, CIO and numerous civic and
formulation impossible. Since the (religious groups throughout the
Chrysler negotiations might not (nation, met in a 2-day session at
come to the issue until some time (which they heard Marine Gen.
^^n late November or December, (Evans Carlson, retired, in a tran
^^■pecific demands would not be (scribed speech condemn those who
j^Wnade until that time and would .(are seeking to indoctrinate the
take into account cost-of-living in- (American people for a third world
creases that might occur between (war.
now and then.
Any increases demanded, the ex-lasa a
cutive board statement pointed out,
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New York City (ILNS)—For the first time, in a civi
contempt proceeding brought for violation of an injunction
under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a United States Dis
trict Judge has ordered a defendant company, in addition to
payment a fine, not only to make simple restitution of back
wages on its employees, but to pay an additional equal amount
as liquidated damages, it was announced by L. Metcalfe Wall
ing, administrator of the Wage and Hour and Public Con
tracts Divisions, U. S. Department of Labor.
The order of the Judge, William F. Smith, was mhde in a
civil contempt proceeding filed in*—----------------------------------------------
the U. S. District Court for Newl^|_
Jersey on behalf of the administra-1
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tor by the New York regional of-l^ ArrA?
fice of the divisions for the viola-1
wZfl
tion of the terms of a consent
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WA^ootwear Inc., in 1941. The admin-1
Istrator charged that the defend-1 Washington (FP) You
ant had failed to pay wages in ac-|wou,dn,t know from reading the
cordance with the provisions oflaverage big ^commercial daily
the Fair Labor Standards Act pur-1 Paper, but Attorney General Tom
suant to that judgment.
Clark recently spoke in Boston be-
In order to purge itself of con-|for the Associated Industries of
tempt to which the defendant I Massachusetts, and told some not
pleaded guilty, Judge Smith per-|s°-kind truths about big business
mitted the defendant company to|m°8uls who stifle competition to
make restitution to 42 employees |fleece the consuming public.
of $2,000 in unpaid wages under I Speaking on free enterprise and
the act. In addition, however, he I the antitrust laws, Clark lashed
read into the record section 16 (b) lout at “these greedy men who
.-■-■•of the act, which provides for lia-1 clamor loudest for free enterprise
bility to employees not only for I and opportunity. They would
simple restitution but also for an I have freedom to insulate their
additional equal amount as liqui-1 business from the uncertainties of
/dated damages, and required the I competition and freedom to gorge
defendant to pay the added equal I themselves with monopolistic pfof
amount on the ground that the I its.”.
violations of the act automatically I Monopoly suppression of inven
created the liability it provided. Itions and the smothering of dis-
ent-Iket. No conventional* nifcftbpolist
’’^’’S’ Jployer to pay the minimum wage I would think of allowing such a
and overtime compensation under I match to reach the consumer. The
.. the act at the end of the regular I consumer might be benefited but
^^pay period.
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match sales would be drastically
“The introduction of fluorescent
lighting was retarded. Here, power
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company revenue was at stake.
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Again, so that more electric lamps
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would be sold, the manufacturers
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built them with shorter life.”
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seek wage adjustments under the
Clark also pointed to monopoly
Cleveland (FP)—Wage increas- (withholding of vitamin from
es keyed to the rise in living costs (sufferers from rickets, a disease
will be demanded by the United (of the undernourished. “Some
Auto workers from all companies years ago,” he said, “patents for
with wage-reopener clauses in producing vitamin by ultra
their contracts, the union’s execu- (violet ray came into the hands of
tive board announced here in a (a university foundation located in
wage policy statement. (a butter producing area. The sole
The UAW statement did not (right to use this artificial method
specify a figure to be demanded |of producing vitamin in foods
of the auto magnates but declared (belonged to the foundation,
any raises would have to be gear-1
ed to rising living costs. The first frsre Zo Faye
of such demands will be made
against the Chrysler Corp., which
was notified of the intention to
|*Take U. S. Troops Out Of
China,’ Conference says
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4 60-day reopening clause in its con-1 San Francisco (FP) A unani
tract. mous demand for withdrawal of
UAW President Walter P. (American troops from China was
should not necessitate further |aa 9 ^a aa
price increases.
“The fact that automobile com
panies are able to make a profit Washington (FP) A detailed
on the low and irregular sched- (picture of the prices and rents vet
ules at which they are operating,” (erans will have to pay for housing
the statement said, “furnishes (strated under the veterans emer
dramatic proof of the high profit (gency housing program was out
basis that has been established for (lined to Federated Press here Oct.
this industry under OPA price (30. The picture leads to the con
v ceilings. Car prices need not be (elusion that veterans will soon find
creased because of cost-of-living (their own housing program priced
^Adjustment in wages. On the con- (beyond their reach if present up
^Vrary, they can, and should be re- (ward trends continue.
duced at the earliest possible While the price of the median
moment as sustained production is (house of all contracted for to date
achieved and output moves to (under the program is around
higher levels.” ($7500, the median house was well
(above that figure in August and
BAIL FOR STRIKERS (close to $8000 in September, FP
New York City (ILNS) Six (learned from National Housing
strikers from the Civilian Public (Agency sources.
Service Camp in Big Flats, N. Y., Median rental per month for the
Sire out in $1,000 bail each follow- (program fell between $55 and $60,
ng an appeal by the Workers De-(with the figure up to $63 for
fense League. U. S. District Judge (apartments started in August and
John Knight, who senteneced the (a little higher for September,
strikers to 18 months had
bail.
refused
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I NHA FlQtirCS KGVGQl VCTGrCHl
|HOUSII!C| VOStS SnOOtlllG UDWCird
NHA spokesmen warned that
figures used in their break-
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TWA Hand Seen
Behind Picketing
Of Pilot Strike
Washfagton (FP)—When non,
union, non-striking ground em
ployees of Trans World Airlines
picketed the striking Air Line
Pilots Association here Nov. 3-4,
the only one that gained was the
company.
This simple lesson of trade
unionism was made quite clear
when 14 pickets from TWA New
York offices demonstrated before
the White House and the Hamilton
Hotel where the ALP A representa
tives were staying. The pickets
were dupes of TWA management
became clear when reporters
queried the picket chairman, Tom
Sawyers, who said he was an
emergency equipment engineer
with TWA. Sawyers claimed the
picketing was a “spontaneous
move’’ on the part of nonunion
non-striking TWA workers to get
back on the job.
Sawyers said he earned every
cent of his $3,600 annual pay, and
was “proud he got it without hold
ing people up the way the unions
did.”
Asked whether he or his group
were interested in cooperating
with the pilots to make joint de
mands on the company for wages
and working conditions, he gave a
flat no. Constantly referring to the
company as “we”, the picket lead
er gave the company poverty argu
ment against “excessive” pilot de
mands.
“I’m against unions,” he re
marked. “I want to be free. I don’t
want any Hitler or any American
dictator over me, and all unions
are rackets.” Then the picket
chairman left to direct his pickets
as they posed for photographers.
down of prices are not to be con
sidered sales prices, since they are
estimates of costs at the time
builders apply for materials priori
ties. In most cases builders revise
their cost figures upward during
construction because of rising ma
terials costs. The figures, then,
are all conceded to be lower than
the actual cost to the veteran-buy
er, although FHA has no overall
estimate of the amount of differ
ence.
For rental housing the same un
derestimation holds, and FHA also
points out that rents are calcu
lated on a socalled shelter rent
only—that is. no utilities, garage
or extras included.
While all sources concede that
veterans principally prefer rent
ing to buying homes, NHA figures
show the veterans program has
approved priorities for 616,000
sales units and only 193,000 rental
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NEWS ITEM: DOLLAR NOW WORTH 69c
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Labor Will
Aid In Post
Plans Outlined I
At Dinner Rally'
President James M. Duffy this
week was named chairman for
labor’s participation in the propos
ed $100,000 memorial home to be
erected by East Liverpool Ameri
can Legion Post No. 4.
Since the American Legion is
the only veterans’ organization in
East Liverpool to which all vet
erans of World War I and World
War II are eligible, the proposed
home will serve as a memorial to
the war dead not only in the city
of East Liverpool, but to those
from Chester, Newell and Liver
pool and St. Clair townships. i
Plans for the campaign to raise i
$50,000, with the Legion matching
dollar for dollar contributions re
ceived from the public, were out
lined at a meeting Tuesday even
ing with representatives from
labor, industry, business and pro
fessional organizations, pledging
wholehearted support to the cam
paign.
President Duffy in commenting
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Decontrol Order
To Double 'High
Cost Of Living'
Boston (FP)—As spokesmen for
shoe retailers throughout the coun
try indicated they would strongly
resist sharp increases resulting
from the lifting of OPA controls
on shoes, leather and hides, leather
spokesmen in this center of the
nation’s footwear industry reveal
ed they anticipate at least a 100
per cent increase in leather prices.
A leading leather executive, M.
F. McGrath of Salem, a member
of the tanning advisory board in
Washington, said: “The new de
control order will make a few more
millionaires in the leather busi
ness and it’s going to cost a lot
more just to walk.”
The high cost of walking, he
said, will probably be doubled
within a very short time. He
charged “more than one big con
cern” with hoarding hides to
worsen the shortage and force
high prices. Other industry spokes
men, speaking off-the-record, also
predicted shoe prices would be
double.
Retailers, however, expressed
fear that such a jump in prices,
would invoke a buyers’ strike like
that which developed after the re
moval of ceilings on meat and
which seems to be developing
against all high-priced consumer
goods.
EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7| 1946
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kt.
Drops Yellow Dog
Contracts On
Eve Of Election
New1
Tbrk (FP)—The glare
Of
election eve publicity brought
.___ __ ..... an
overnight change of heart to the
National Republican Club Nov. 1
in its drive to force its employees
to sign yellow dog contracts.
A
majority of the snooty club’s
65 employees signed the contracts
under pressure, then reported it
to Local 6, Hotel & Restaurant
Employees International Alliance.
The union promptly filed a com
plaint with the state labor rela
tions board, charging that the
pledge the club workers were
forced to sign violated Sec. 704 of
the state labor relations act.
At the first informal conference
with the union in the state board’s
offices Oct. 31, Merle I. St. Johns,
chairman of the club’s house com
mittee, showed up. Under union
prodding he scanned the printed
contract which requires the work
ers to pledge not to join a union
and also requires them to submit
to search at the whim of the
management.
“What’s wrong with this agree
ment?” St. John asked. A union
observer said he seemed honestly
puzzled.
Union counsel gently pointed out
that the pledges were circulated
at the same time Local 6 was
carrying on an organizing drive at
the club and that it was illegal to
prevent a worker from joining the
union of his own choice. Further
more, there was a document call
ed the bill
anteed the
be secure
search.
of rights which guar
right of the people to
against unreasonable
St. Johns carried the facts of
labor life back to his colleagues
at the club. Next day after the
story broke of how the club—Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey’s unofficial
campaign headquarters was
practicing medieval labor rela
tions, the club sent its more legal
ly-wise counsel into conference
with the union. In short order the
club agreed to abondon the pledge.
A new meeting was scheduled
for Nov. 7 after the union has
checked on whether the club is
keeping its promise. The union will
then file for an election among the
club’s kichen staff.
UE VICTOR AT
CRA VICTOR
before
■s.
Nominate Officers
At Next Meeting
Sebring, Ohio—Although it may
seem a bit early to begin prepara
tions for our annual convention to
be held in July, the time is at hand
when the first step must be taken.
Roll call for members eligible to
|contest for delegate to the annual
jparley began at our last meeting.
Remember, no member shall be
eligible to election who has been
absent more than two meetings
during the six months previous to
the election of delegates, unless
prevented by sickness or night
work, which shall be determined
by the local.
Nomination of officers for the
next six months will be held at
our next meeting and we would
like to see as many members pos
sible on hand to aid in selecting
those you think best qualified to
serve. Now is the time for the
doubting Thomases to come for
ward and speak their piece, or
abide by the will of the majority
after the local has made their
choice.
We are sorry to hear Don Sut
ton has resigned as superintendent
of the French-Saxon China Com
pany, to accept a similar position
with a plant in Chester, W. Va.
Mr. Frank Tate, Chemist, succeeds
Mr. Sutton at the French-Saxon.
The new addition under con
struction at the Spaulding China
Company seems to have changed
the appearance of the plant until
one could hardly recognize it. The
company is to be commended for
the progressive methods as well as
their fair dealing with the em
ployees.
Plant improvements at the
Royal China are fast rounding into
shape and the new addition should
be in operation soon.
A communication was received
from Trades and Labor Council re
garding a new plan of the Alliance
Hospital, to provide care for the
people in this vicinity.—O. C. 44.
Meat Prices Drop
As Housewives
Take The Pledge
Washington (FP) So many
housewives here are determined
not to pay sky-high prices for
meat that retail stores are slash
ing prices to get rid of their old
stocks.
That was the picture in the Cap
ital city as the Washington Com
mittee for Consumer Protection
announced opening success in its
campaign for signatures to a
housewives pledge not to pay more
than 60 cents a pound for any cut
of meat. By the end of the first
week, the committee announced
over 19,000 signatures had been
obtained by women at pledge
booths placed at strategic shop
ping centers.
Obtaining immediate support
from many labor, veteran, women’s
and consumer groups, the commit
tee has also obtained favorable
publicity in several of the Wash
ington daily papers. Within a
week, committee members reported
some cuts of meat were selling at
the old OPA ceiling prices or be
low, because of consumer resis
tance to the profit spree that im
mediately followed meat decontrol.
Depression Stormwarning
V.4
narrowly averted here when a Two major factors heralding
union mass meeting voted to ac- |depression, LRA says, are the
cept a comjMiny offer of a 5’,£ (rapidly mounting stockpiles of
cent hourly increase.
Begin Roll
Call For
Delegates
WQV
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Government Report Shows Industry
Holds $31 Billion
By MIRIAM KOLKIN
New York (FP)—Talk of a com
ing depression is gushing forth at
an increasing rate from conserva
i v e economists and business
organs.
But while business is trying to
use predictions of a depression
mainly to scare off a new wave of
wage increase demands by labor,
the evidence points to industry as
the mainspring of any approach
ing bust, the November issue of
Camden, N. J. (FP)—A strike |Labor Research Association’s Eco
by 7,000 RCA Victor workers was |nomic Notes reveals.
goods and the slackening off of
consumer spending because work
ers' real wages can’t keep pace
with rising prices.
Business inventories in August
1946 were at an alltime high of I
$31,200,000,000, according to Com- I
merce Department figures. Even]
Vflwl 9 ill 91
zitdi a
th. air the apnng of 1947.
“Listerners have become accus-
Cafeteria Workers
Win =i.n»v W«k
in u
sjay
MEMBER
INTERNATIONAL LABOR
NEWS SERVICE
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Many Thrilled By
Ware-Making At
Union Label Show
If you had been in St. Louis last week you would have
witnessed the greatest event of its kind in the history of the
American labor movement. It was the A. F. L. Union Label
and Industrial Exhibition of 1946.
In spite of three rainy days, the attendance topped tfie
300,000 mark. Three times during the five-day-and-night
exhibition the doors had to be barricaded and special police
squads were called to handle overflow crowds.
Union Labor’s gigantic show was given nation-wide pub
licity through the press and over the radio. The St. Louis
newspapers as well as labor publi
nrAam Sffltian I
wiwiiwi
tomed to a commercial after every a 2■
program,” Brecher said. “We be- (ROClOllwlO
lieve that a listener is entitled to a
program after every commercial (fOF EGUGl iQV
Good music, unbiased news, free
speech, and stress on the funda-( Washington (FP)—Now is the
mental American principles of (time to push for elimination of
equal justice, tolerance and the discrimination against women
fostering of better relations (workers and to gain headway in
among racial, religious and cul- (improving their wages and work
tural groups will be sought by|ing conditions, Labor Secretary
WQQW. (Lewis Schwellenbach told women
Included on the staff of this new (representatives of AFL, CIO and
station will be Henry Zon, former (unaffiliated unions at a womens
Washington bureau chief for Fed-(bureau conference on employment 7
erated Press,, who will be its news |and working conditions.
editor. WQQW will emphasize “We cannot have discrimination
news programs as the most popu- (in the matter of employment, no
lar on the air and be served by a (matter what the basis for dis
full Associated Press service. (crimination,” Schwellenbach said.
.... ... |“The problem is not merely legis-
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cations were especially friendly
and generous in giving full ac-
“Ffn PlAflCA (counts of all events and features.
(pox Movietone service was in-
|_IC*AnAl*C .(stalled in the Auditorium and
the
(St. Louis street car system print-
i:^ |ed an ad for the exhibition on half
Washington (FP)—A radio list- th weeklv naRS"
eneris dream station—one which J*
will appeal to his intelligence, n.°°n on first day of the
sharply limit commercials and give |wth»bition the opening salute to
out with music and entertainment (America by a broadcast over the
for his pleasure rather than thelnet*’ork tke National Broad
sordid tastes of the buyer of time lasting Company. The speakers
—will begin operation in Washing-Go/ernor Phil M. Donnelly of
ton in December
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Missouri Mayor A. P. Kaufmann
Mta. WOOW »f St' L°Ui9'
Given the call let tore WQQW, GrMn of
the new station will broadcast on
lDirertoI. of the
570 kilocycles with 500 watts (o^burn
power in the daytime hours only. I crowds swirled
Later it is hoped to add an FM
L.
.♦.♦ton on non Ithrough the spacious aisles of the
station w, th 20,000 watt, ta.be on
I Mbitj()n
by some 125 Washington citizens, (the ware-making show, which un
is Edward M. Brecher, who was (doubtedly proved to be one of the
assistant to James L. Fly when (outstanding features of the
the latter was chairman of the (hibition.
Federal Communications Commis-( The Brotherhood display includ
sion. Brecher helped prepare the (ed skilled craftsmen making ex
famous FCC “Blue Book” which (quLsite chinaware—from the raw
aroused the broadcasting indus- |ciay to the beautifully hand-paint
try by calling attention to its sins |ed and finished product. Pamph
against a long-suffering, public. (lets were distributed bearing tlje
Brecher said that WQQW will (names of firms having agreements
limit commercial announcements (with the National Brotherhood of
to not over four per hour and no (Operative Potters. Ware from
announcement will run over one (union plants displayed at the
minute. Another innovation will be (booth rounded out a proper setting
a rule against interrupting pro- (Turn to Page Six) 1
grams to drag in a commercial an
nouncement.
Willi™
L, crowd' mjlled the
Serving as general manager of (National Brotherhood of Operative
the new project, which is owned (potters’ booth in an effort to
see
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hative. it i. .is. a matter-for ..i-
llective bargaining If the lalxir i
movement accepts its responsibih-
New York (FP)—For the first I ties» must that there is no..
time east of the Rockies, cafeteria discrimination in the matter of
workers have won the 5-day, 40- (employment.”
hour week with premium pay for Main reasons for immediate ac-?
the sixth day’s work. The gain is|tion to promote progress for wo
registered in a contract signed Oct. |men workers- he listed were (1)
28 between Local 302, Hotel A capitalizing on the wartime rec
Restaurant Employees Interna-1cognition of women’s capabilities
tional Alliance and the Affiliated in new occupations, and (2) the
Restaurateurs Inc., covering 5,000 present need for workers in many
workers in 140 New York cafeter- (lines of work.
ias. The union women agreed to re
double efforts for the passage of
a national equal pay act, several
speakers pointing out that such a
law would safeguard the wages of
men and protect the general wage
I
structure and purchasing power of
the country.
Reporting increased activity by
more significant is the rapid in- (unions and women’s groups for
crease in the piling up of goods. (minimum wage acts in the various
The monthly rate of increase be- (states, covering workers in purely
tween August 1945 and May 1946 (intrastate establishments, the con
was about 189 million dollars but (ference urged: (1) enactment of
in the three months between May (legislation in states still without a
1946 and August 1946 the increase (law (2) revision of existing laws
averaged
month.
Industry hoarding for higher
prices, partly responsible for the
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million dollars a lto cover men and to extend covet
lage to occupations now exempted
From the Commerce Depart-(from the law (3) establishment
ment Oct. 19 came the warning: |of rates and standards in indus
“In the past periods of rapid (tries where present laws have not
inventory accumulation have been (yet been put into effect,
followed by periods of declining
production, declining employment
and lowered income. There is
further danger that once the busi
ness pipelines are filled the in
crease in inventories may shift
quickly from a voluntary to an in
voluntary accumulation because
buying slackens or increases less
than anticipated.”
sons in
American
announced
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I OFFICES TO BE PICKETED
New York (FP)—A series of
picketlines manned by AFL and
CIO workers will be thrown
around the principal offices of the
British government here in protest
against British terror in Palestine
and British responsibility for the
suffering of Jewish displaced per­
European camps, the
Jewish Labor Council
here.