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■$’ _•* OFFICIAL ORGAN NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OPERATIVE POTTERS VOL. XLI, t. 40 stoppages to break up their claims. negotiated just prior to the effec tive date of the law, the council warned that “America is now ex MBperiencing a lull before the storm.” “When present collective bar gaining contracts expire” the council said, “the most difficult period in the history of labor re lations in this coutnry threatens to ensue.” Urging the labor movement to redouble its efforts to fight against the forces of reaction and ward off further efforts to curb union ac tivities, the council declared: “We know that if the forces of reaction are returned to power next November, they will proceed at once to renew their war against labor by enacting a ban against nation-wide collective bargaining, z by outlawing all health and wel fare funds for workers and by mak ing unions subject to anti-trust prosecutions. “We know that labor cannot live and endure the Taft-Hartley Act and that the basic policy of its sponsors is to stifle progress in America.” The full text of the council state ment follows: X. “The sponsors of the Taft-Hart ley Act are pjpeparing to acclaim v gw® it as a success next month, when it becomes 6 months old. Seeking to escape the political consequen ces of their actions, they are hop eing to make the American people believe that the Taft-Hartley Act has reduced strikes and improved labor-management relations. “The workers of this country will not be misled by such statistic al illusions. They know that the comparative lull in strikes during the past few months has been caused by the signing of new con tracts last August which in many industries postponed the evil effects of the Taft-Hartley Act for a year or more. “In fact, America is now exper iencing a lull before the storm. When present collective bargaining contracts expire, the most difficult period in the history of labor rela tions in this country threatens to ensue. “The signs are unmistakable. Perhaps the most dramatic instance to date has been the experience of the International Typographical Union in attempting to negotiate new contracts with publishers dur ing recent weeks. Testimony before the National Labor Relations Board by both union and employ er representatives is in complete {Turn to Page Two) LONDON (LPA)—On the first day of the year all major inland trans port facilities in Great came public property, government’s plans for istration of canals and age have not yet been put into op eration, but their general outlines can be deduced from the new or ganization of the vital railway in dustry. Britain be The Labor the admin road haul- overall policy is the Commission, chaired by Hurcombe, formerly a Guiding Transport Sir Cyril top official of the Ministry of Transport. Other commission mem bers are the former head of the ^fcLondon Transit System—first great ^Rpublic transportation operation in England—a former railway presi dent, aleader in Britain’s cooper ative movement, and Jack Benstead, general secretary of the Nat’l Union of Railwaymen. Responsible to the Commission is the railway executive, one of whose members is W. P. Allen, secretary of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Fire men. He will have charge of the personnel program of the railways and will represent the executive in collective bargaining with the rail unions. Existing union contracts will be carried over into the nationalized ’W' Pointing out that the comparative lull in labor-manage- ment disputes is due to the fact that many contracts were ,* .................<p></p>Taft-Hartley sors Warns On Claims For Law's Success ’I I Miami—The AFL Executive Council reemphasized its I determination to wage an unrelenting war upon the Taft-IFor f^Altimo Torm Hartley law to bring about its repeal and the defeat of all|® Ml VUIIIIIIg I vl III those in Congress who voted for the measure. In a prepared statement, the council warned against the|. actions of the law’s proponents in acclaiming it a success |turned out *n f,ne aty,e Jast w«d and pointing to the present low level of strikes and work FmahaLIM III rlvIlClllOWn Will I 1 II A I |jjCT OH |lff|ppFQ llwBilll V I I I w w I w n 6 i Meeting at O mapping plans to defeat our ene-|uKA[JD mies at the polls. The potters in New Jersey certainly have a sc01*6*[Plane to settle with Mr. Hartley and you can bet your last dollar that when Qiirn Npw Atrrprmrnf TV TT Tkjr 1 lfood store* Unions Have Major Part In New British Railway Plan K election time rolls around we will|f*A.nil AFL Air Line Pilots ceive $1,266 a month. The rate for [they obtain at least 300 members pevveu. XU! Builc ycuis u naviv.ia.paw try for settlement of labor-manage-1 (Turn to Page Three) ment disputes. It is somewhat like the Railway Mediation Board in the U.S. day operation of the railways, and, /. i A,- II II n i n 11 IK The members of Local Union 155 khe ^te^^ollowing ’sptfited V thetally [sheet showed the following results: [President, Polly Boyer vice presi [dent, Hilda Richmond recording [secretary, Mary Thepiss secretary- [treasurer, Hazel Hannun. these members are well [qualified to carry out the duties of [their respective officers and with [the cooperation of the entire mem- [hope for bigger and better things on the third Monday in Febraa^y rhcr,e. the Wash,ington LPA-The Frenchtown, N. J.—Considering the|in montha ahead bad weather which we have been A number of complaints were re- DMTI„11^AT A Dr KTt! u ... havine- in Frenchtown durino- the Iported from the various shops and I POLITICAL YEAR PLANb—Opening a session of th nast month the attendance at ourlwere thoroughly discussed and ord-[Executive Council at Miami is AFL President Green, flanked on me i 6 attea“nnce at |ered taken un in the nroner nro-lleft by Secretary-Treasurer George Meany and on the right by last session was pretty good. ^e| [President Wm. L. Hutcheson of the Carpenters. Both the council and notice especially, the old faithfuls |tedure as covered in the agreement. Lea™e for poiiticai Education laid plans to get out the vote are always on hand, come rain or| several of our members haveljn ^jg deceive election year. shine [been idle due to the cold spell and I-------------------- S3 JT were RTwM,S S Senator Raveak 1 penaior iceveais Of T-H weaken and we would have been informed »PPf«.ate what a bMrf.t it Uue of the magazine Everybody’s that our national officals will bells to ,ive ,n countrF where we [Digest will carry an article by with us an^Vnstall th^newly* elec-|c?n bave co^ect’ve barga’n*n?’even F®”* Wayne Mrse ^e.), one ted officers [though some of our representatives [of the most active opponents of The shop committee gave a very |!n Washington are doing their level the Taft-Hartley law, which says: interesting report which showed! nf" Lncsd i i^r^n^u’T kn°wletee /n that all coniDlaints taken, un with I The members of Local 155 join ICapital Hill that many of the men tte companjlat™ the meiSVon H?1 ’a^r in *eJ,enU in a d^ |who voted for this biU admits January 14 have been settled but effort to defeat those mem- [that it contains a number of un one Too bad thev could not re- pers *n Congress who have imposed [sound provisions which must be one. oo had tney could not n |the Taft.Hartley Bill on us. We [changed A rather sorry confes port all grievances settled, but we I I. ... n. ravner Bvrry comes are not alarmed as we know both lare determ,ned that when election Lion to come from supposedly re .. .,| i [time rolls around, every member of|sponsible legislators envaeed in Sides will try to clear up the pend-L ing controversy at an early date. Ot St at|Pa««n» Jaw whlc,h affects the We were glad to read in the Her- |the Polls-~0- C- 155» weIfare of countless workers aid where the A. F. of L. is really natlon* getting down to serious business in A 11 |8Pun“lo,ea S I* FaF AAA11|’‘.buses rWllS lOl U DC Ml Eh1™ at tbe aIAFP be up in the front line firing all |QIUI U I1UI ©[workable provisions. It weighs the —jjjg C. 173. I leconomic scales against those mil Elsewhere in the columns of thejlions of Americans who depend on [Herald this week appears a coupon|wages and salaries for their live- [launching a cooperative store in| After an examination of the cum- Dign IX MgicviuciiL [this district art asked to fill in and,bersome procedures laid down in New York City The AFL’s Airpnail to Frank Dales, Box 752, East|T-H, which require union represen Line Pilots Association and United [Liverpool. [tatives to spend half their time be Air Lines signed a new contract. Through this medium the com-[f°r® the NLRB and the courts, governing pay and working condi- pnittee behind the co-operative I Morse concludes that the sections tions for the company’s 1,000 pilots, [movement seeks to obtain the nec-|of Taft-Hartley which hamper po- The contract provides that a sen- [essary quota of membership to en- [litical action by labor are uncon ior officer flying 80 hours a month, [able them to set up plans for the [stitutional, and that the entire Act half day, half night, in a DC-3 will [opening of a Co-operatiVe store in [should be repealed, receive $909, and if flying a DC-6 |the very near future. in over-water operations will re-, To do this it is necessary thatlrRCtOTy the same officer on a DC-6 run in |who will invest $40.00 per share as the United States will be $1,186. [the opening* gun in the aim to| Washington, D. C. (ILNS).—The [launching a complete co-operative [average factory worker earned industry, but eftrly upward adjust- [and capital, a general meeting will |er£f were estimated at $42.51, a ments of wages and conditions [be called and plans formulated forpa,n $1-20 a week over the Nov through collective bargaining is ex- [opening the store. The important [ember average, pected. For some years a national [fact about a co-operative store is I tribunal has existed in the indus- [that the member customers own it. AR I am Iwv LflDOl IBCn Seven regional commissions are[_ ror *b® *wo biggest union federa charged with directing the day-to-[|A ng|M|AA |[\p\ flUIlwv WraiV trade unionists are among the, [to those urging quick extension members of all of them. Washington (LPA)—The five [of rent control, with strengthen There are (ree important unions [labor representatives on the newly |ing of the present law. in the British-system—the NUR [reconstituted Federal Advisory, The Senate Banking subcommit with 440,000 members, the engi- [Council for the U. S. Employment [tee headed by Sen. Harry Cain (R., neer’s and firemen’s union with 70,-[Service are: John Brophy, director [Wash.) is winding up several weeks 000, and the railway clerks asso-|of industrial union councils of the [of hearings this week. The bill ciation with 87,000. ,CIO Nelson Cruikshank, director [then goes to the full committee. For thirty years all of these |of social insurance activities of the [in the House, Rep. Jesse Wolcott unions have been demanding thatjAFL President Harry Boyer of the [(R., Mich.) has shown no interest the industry be nationalized. In [Penna. State CIO Council Frank [in taking action to extend rent con 1894, the first year in which any [Fenton, AFL international repre-[trol after the present law expires rail union declared for public own- [sentative and President James [Feb. 29. ership, one corporation head threat- [McDevitt of the Penna. State Fed- Boris Shishkin for the AFL, Don ened to break the union by intro- [eration of Labor. [aid Montgomery of the United Auto ducing military modes of organiza* The council, appointed by Labor [Workers-CIO and John Edelman tion and discipline to the industry. [Secretary Schwellenbach, consists [of the Textile Workers-CIO, all A strike in 1911 resulted in the then [of 10 public representatives, four [told the Senators of the serious home secretary, Winston Churchill, [management representatives, five [hardship that even the present law sending troops to the principal rail- [from labor, and four from the maj- [has caused, way centers at the request of the [or veterans’ organizations. It is to| Edelman cited instance after in companies—not the local govern- [advise the USES on national em-[stance of textile mill villages in ment officials—in an attempt to [ployment developments and polic- [which, he said, “the worker is less {Tum to Page Two) |ies. [fearful of losing his job than of fr *’Z’r- K Eljc Potters ilevald -i 8^ EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO, THURSDAY, February 5, 1948 Executive Council Proposes Strong Anti-Inflation Program B»yer Head*] I legislators engageu in Lu J\i!8 Oil I||||6S [that the Taft-Hartley bill was de [signed not only to curb certain to weaken labors posi- fethT W°^8’ JhlS ,aw s fault/ gO HAW|far,b^°nd tbe. [which all those interested in|lihood.” enacJment. tVCCKly EamiH|fS |ge^ RecorJ Hiffh Mark The $40.00 may be paid|more a week last December than in Ithe full amount of $40.00 is paid. I Average weekly wages for the When there are enough members [nearly 13,000,000 production work D- Iff 0| CQI3III MFSrKBrS E|aa| HhfI’ shop committee. bargaining table. In 1DI■ A -f ff ni -f ltee ISUDCOMMiTtCG rOT R^IIT Washington (LPA)—Spokesmen [tions and two important veterans’ [groups last week added their voices Work has slowed up somewhat, since the Louthan Manufacturing, ____________________ taw Threat To Labor Peace llsfYIIA Lluvl 11 II I I IlilHIIv It a 4 A A P|*AO|(JAj|f I n II I I vwlUwIlt VI I V guard Bud Jackson, chairman Co., has become a subsidiary of the,- au situation will be cleared up and| An T) AFL Printers Win Pay Boost Without Contract Charles Hickev nresident of Unions Plead with of GODTfOl his job or is fired. The worker knows he can generally find work in another mill. But it is a miracle Ihe attendance at the last fewli meetings of Local Union 124 re- [minds one of the familiar saying,| |it*s either a feast or a famine. [Some meetings we have found [necessary to scour around the [the [building for extra chairs, while at|for lest in our meetings, then is when I I 1ALIImiam CIsan RvR UIIIUII 01100 we can look forward to steady em-| Washington (LPA)— The Com-|WflffA ployment. |munications Workers of America-, ww We take this means of wishing|unaffiliated, will petition for union, our new employer the best of sue- |shop elections under the Taft-Hart-1 N®7\,i .'rj™ cess and wish them to know the |ley Act when it opens negotiations |ers 1 Umon-Ah ast members of .Local 140 are with Iwith the companies in the Bell Sys- W,geJC0^e,S": 0^1,5! them one hunlred per cent tern early this spring. G“lf r. u I Mr. Harry Russell our former. The union shop demand will be ^’TnpedJi rTin *JeW industry-w,de de the SIU to shipping firms stating a much needed rest.-O. C. 140. mands of the union, whose con- [tmted on a contract-to-contract |tiate1 Seattle __AFL union urinters |basl8’ W,tb an •^1Im x? cutt’ngdown |the Association’s member firms here won a $13 25 weeklv nV*!1, as. P°a81b,e th? area dlffer- has agreed to meet with the union, nere won a weexiy pay m-ioftiais I Tbe He announced that no contract lna^ dec,s,on W1" he up to next (Turn to Page Two) .conlrac |week’s meeting of the CWA execu-1--------- the new agreement.______________ FV® Rsgarding Turnout toon "°^ram To Benefit AU Americans III ||l||A|| MogfI||rc|"ress to disavow the reactionary influence of the National |rB1 ivivvilll&w, Association of Manufacturers and to arrest the upward price I *4.1. i I spiral f°r the benefit of the American people now squeezed I Heir wages. |^Las||J the trouble starts. Wp should all keep this fact in I|UIpraO# mind and make every effort to do|l,IICI 111 11 our part in promoting the interwt. I Union 12 met in lar ,. ?"r traX .more evet- Iseasion on Tuesday evening with the Ar Lht is important that we be on ourlE.^. a 1 '!?. ‘he ktaeni ot Pre=: ’ent Guy Digman years. [who was reported on the sick list. Judging by the way prices are|we hope Guy will stage a quick continually rising, we think it’s [comeback as he is greatly missed Itime to reopen our agreement. |by his many friends. [Since our last increase, the price. Our ranks have thinned out [must work under these conditions, [alarming when you consider it will [\ye think our national officials [not be long before the old timers [should look into this immediately, [have passed on. Unless the young- We are glad to see where some Four new members were obligat- |er element shows a deeper interest of the porcelain locals throughout U and their added u the in the affairs of their union, it the trade have come out of their [poU^ [might not be too far distant when shell and are sending in letters to, |we lack good leadership, the Herald. We feel there is much ®ur ™1 There is plenty of good material to be gained in this manner inljy |in our ranks to step in and take keeping other locals of this branch P® J?* lover when «r older members pass of the trade informed of their ac- al‘C^S on, but the laboring class in gen tivities in their respective localities. ul*1*1 likes "W whea things are Local 140 continues to roll along, mairoa a^onK smoothly and as soon in their usual manner with °ff-| Jas something goes wrong, then they cers for the new term elected at members, but the members that I up «uguab our last meeting. These include I [Pake “T}* K^whtnl1? to° late to do much about iL Kurt Hague, president Albertthought mmd and when *hope this will not happen in Hays, vice president Gwendolyn,”®** in n lour case but the writer feels our Daily, financial secretary Harry[bandat 7-30 P- ra- in Room 4. °-[yOunger members will take this Bailey, treasurer Lloyd Densmore,,[little hint in the manner in which recording secretary Jesse Dens-, it is intended, and from here on in more, inspector George Wilson,, |gf of||'||OII0 WOrKCFS lat CIlAiAJ [01101110 vHOW IvlQlv living has just about doubled, [greatly during the past year, due We are sorry to say conditions [to promotions, those who have [concerning the gas fumes at [answered the call of their Maker, [Laughlin’s still exists. It is ter-[and others who have left the trade. |r'ble to say the least, that people ,The situation tends to become in and protect the advances made |by the trade over the past years, I A A 1948 Contracts AFL Seamen Open lllf indicates that the union will, ___ n-1 [version to dial phones results in [firing of some operators and other [traffic personnel. Miami (LPA)—The liberal hope being put out of his house. And as|----------------------——————————|for 1948 is not Henry Wallace’s a rule he has to move if he quits |lA/rlrnrc Am If A a QI K VI 5 I v n AlssAA If W w fill if he can find a place to live. The [millions of trade unionists and oth result is that employers are fre-| Philadelphia (LPA)— The Am-|er democratically minded people in quently able to thoroughly ter- |erican Federation of Hosiery Work-[support of progressive candidates, rorize and intimidate hundreds of|er® bas submitted to its member-[ Applauding the rejection of Wai employes by the thre&t, open or|ship proposal of its Newark, Del'fllace’s bid for the AFL, CIO and implied, that a man’s family will to permit exceptions in spec-[unaffi]jated unions, the ILG’s lead be put on the streets if he doesn’t |ial C!iSes to.tbe 19/7 convention ban ers characterized the Wallace for behave.” [against unionized mills operating[ejgn policy program as “the old Newly constructed homes are [third shifts. [course of appeasement which drag renting on the average 69 per cent| An organized hosiery mill in that|ged our country into a long and higher than comparable units? which |city proposed that the union per-|costly war.” are under rent control, Shiskin told|mit a third shift during the period] President Truman’s message to the Senators. Rental units decon-[in which it will re-equip its plant.[Congress was welcomed as “a re trolled under the present rent con-|The alternative is the temporary [statement of the ideals and policies trol ’law are renting on the aver-[lay-off of some knitters. of the Roosevelt era. One year’s ex- age at 65 per cent above the aver age of still-controlled units. Land- proposition would permit the [been sufficient.” lords’ expenses, despite the claim [union’s executive board to authorize I Reasserting its support of the of landlord lobbyists to the con- la temporary third shift when a [Marshall plan for European recov trary, have risen only moderately [company has demonstrated to the [ery, the board called Wallace’s pro and in some cases are below 1939 [board that it is about to embark [posal that American aid to admin thfe AFL economist insisted. [on a “definite plan for rehabilita-|istered thru United Nations “a {Turn to Page Two) |tiion.” [high sounding method of destroy- lords expenses, despite the claim [union s executive board to authorize i MEMBER |f|Sffl|£S,0|)S ’■ow 7 .... lAss n here. The New York meet- tracts cover 200,000 phone work-of a contract clauge which I. folIow a series of letter8 from union,g desire to take advan. |ers. Wage demands will be nego-|mits negotiations to be ini- which now exist, and some! uQC nA* crease which raises to $90 the pay |en the historical inequalities in the I A. tbl anlon has not made scale for day work and to $95 for feb rates ineduaIlties ln th® pubhc its exact demands as yet, it night labor during a 35-hour week. T. nrnoTO«« nf nnnvpr I-8 e*p®ct®d ask ^or a P®r. ce”. the local ITU affiliate, said 210 !iOndifa?^vas8?®iation. SIU will workers on 2 Seattle newsnaners lto a systems, wdl h® *he sub-[also ask for Association to bring would benefit from the ware boost F** of Some iadustry’*?de pr?" |the pay differential for all ratings .. |posals, CWA officials indicate. Fi- [UD to the level attained in its re which is retroactive to January 12. raPld Pro£ress of conver- [increase for all seamen employed I„ lup Zr 4 IrC AAf I I Pommunist-inspired third party, the [executive board of the Int’l Ladies [Uarment Workers Union-AFL, said [last week, but the reuniting of the As submitted to the local the|perience with the Old Deal has i would INTERNATIONAL LABOR NEWS SERVICE P®^®011 hlgh PriCes and the shrinking purchasing power ot immediate action: [other meetings we have barely had I——--------------------------------------- In quorum. We feel the weather [mt lis largely to blame in this respect,, WA||||ff0|f but we must not overlook the fact| Ithat when we begin to lose inter- If) TFOffla t. [be more faithful in their attendance meetings and be ready to step $2.00 PER YEAR Miami—TheAFL Executive Council called upon Con- Warning that the “vast majority of the American people it|cannot endure this cruel economic squeeze indefinitely,” council proposed the following 4-point minimum program fr |D||1filll 1. A sweeping congressional in vestigation into the vast and un justified spread between the prices paid farmers for their products and the retail prices consumers are forced to pay for food products. 2. Enactment of an excess prof its tax to discourage profiteering. 3. Necessary authority for the President to impose rationing and selective price controls on vital commodities in short supply. 4. Extension of rent control un der terms permitting fair returns to landlords. The A FL leaders warned that un checked inflation will play into the hands of the enemies of democracy who are counting upon economic collapse in this nation to further their own aims. Turning to the wage question, the council declared that “under existing conditions, wages cannot be stabilized until prices are con trolled and stabilized.” The text of the Executive Coun cil's statement on inflation follow “The enemies of democracy are confidently expecting the collapse of America’s economy and the con sequent frustration of our efforts to preserve world peace and free dom. In this hope, they are county ing upon inflation -as their most powerful ally. They believe our free enterprise system will destroy itself through greed and unbridled profiteering. “Economic developments since the end of the war clearly tend to support and confirm this point of view. There has been an utter fail ure to keep the cost of living in check. Food prices, especially, have soared beyond reason and beyond justification. The purchasing power of the dollar has been ravaged by cancerous inflation. American fam ilies, especially those whose income is derived from wages, have been forced to eat their savings. And no relief is yet in sight. “The vast majority of the Ameri can people cannot endure this cruel economic squeeze indefinitely. They know they are being robbed right and left every time they buy what they need to sustain life. The pub lic is becoming bitterly aroused by its victimization. Unless action is forthcoming promptly to halt the inflation spree and prevent prices from climbing any higher, the Am erican voters will deal harshly with those they consider responsible for inaction next November. “Under existing conditions, wages cannot be stabilized until prices are controlled and stabilized. “Today the free enterprise sys tem is on trial. We, who are com mitted to the free American way of life, dare not let it succumb. Yet we know there are powerful forces in our country who are committing (Turn to Page Two) ff f* I V* UllUUV J. S4. A I ff 1* I V ing Europe.” Russia is already try ing to sabotage European recovery, the garment workers’ spokesmen pointed out, and w’ould make “in nocuous all action by UN thru its well-developed use of the veto.” Five pre-Communist officers of the dressmakers and cloakmakers point boards in Los Angeles were threatened with expulsion from union office unless they comply with the requirement of filing non Communist affidavits with the NL RB. A resolution approved by the board said that officials refusing to file were acting “in detriment to the best interests” of the union. Following the board’s session Presi dent David Dubinsky said that fail ure to comply would lead to for mal ouster proceedings. Dubinsky pointed out that these are the only ones among 1100 IL GWU international, joint board, and local officers who have not complied. He said that altho the union is campaigning vigorously {Turn to Page Two)