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VOL. XLIII, NO. 44
Better Attendance
At Meetings Ofx
Local Union No. 12
The attendance the last meet
ings of Local Union No. 12 has
improved and part of the credit is
due President Guy Digman who
does not permit our weekly sessions
to be long drawn-out affairs. The
time is passed when members can
y use this as an excuse for not at
tending meetings.
Bro. Ernest Torrence has been
named chairman of a committee
to revise our by-laws. This has
been needed for sometime and the
committee faces a big job. /.
Chairman George Lanning of the
resolution committee urges all
members who have resolutions to
hand them over to the committee
as soon as possible. Remember all
resolutions have to be drawn up in
the proper manner and presented
before the local for discussion be
fore they are forwarded to head-
There have been several trade
questions brought before the local
lately, namely, new shapes, new
articles, percentage rates, etc.
There has also been quite a few
discussions regarding the activities
of the Brotherhood in regards to a
retirement pension plan. Not only
are the members of No. 12 inter
ested in a pension plan, but the
trade as a whole is of the opinion
that some plan could be worked out
with the manufacturers.
We noticed in a recent issue of
the ‘Herald’ where the picnic com
mittee has been appointed to ar
z range for the annual outing of the
Brotherhood, and they are planning
for the biggest and best picnic of
all time. From all reports they are
certainly on their way to do just
that. The selection of Meyers Lake
Park for the 1950 outing is a wel
come change after so many years
at Idora Park in Youngstown.
The writer would also like to see
an East Liverpool team as one of
the participants in the annual, ball
vgame. They proved last yeaVtliey
..^have the class and in the writer’s
r**opinion can beat any other ball &hib
'throughout the trade, bar none.
—O.C.
CIO. AFL Heads To
W' Probe Welfare Cuts
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INTERNATIONAL LABOR
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Big Role Played
By Labor At
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New York City (LPA)—A joint
CIO-AFL investigation into public
aid will be made at the request of
Mayor O’Dwyer. Morris lushewitz,
secretary-treasurer of the CIO
Council and James Quinn, secre
tary-treasurer of the Central
Trades & Labor Council-A FL, have
been appointed by the Mayor to ex
amine welfare payments, following
cuts of several dollars per week
made undeY a new formula. Both
CIO and AFL have protested the
cuts, blaming Governor Dewey and
Robert Landsdale, state welfare
commissioner, for the formula.
Mayor O’Dwyer also charges state
authorities with responsibility for
the action taken by the City Wel
fare Commissioner. The CIO-AFL
study is to determine responsibility
for the formula, its nature and ade
quacy of its provisions.
Washington (LPA) The AFL
“is unalterably opposed to the Rob
ertson bill with its restoration of
the injunction weapon,” AFL Pres
^i^Jdent William Green told the Sen-
Pres. Green Scores Bill To
Restore Injunction Weapon
Banking subcommittee. The
bill, sponsored by Sen. Willis Rob
ertson (D, Va.), is aimed ostensibly
at the United Mine Workers. It
would in effect subject all unions
to the anti-trust laws.
Green warned that “almost any
strike in any large industry or
trade could be enjoined regardless
of whether a critical or national
emergency stage had been reached.
The bill would open a large new
field for the expansion of ‘govern
ment’. It would add further to the
mischievous effects of government
by injunction already partially re
stored by the Taft-Hartley law.”
It yrould be possible for each and
very federal court, if the Robert
on bill was made law, said Green,
to “determine for itself whether
any particular strike should be en
joined. The court’s determination
might be ever so erroneous, biased
or arbitrary, still the only remedy,”
Green warned, would be the time
consuming appeal to the Court of
Appeals and then to the tJS Sup
reme Court, “by which time, of
course, the strike would have been
irreparably lost.” Under the Taft
Hartley injunctions obtained by
NLRB General Counsel Robert
Denham, Green pointed out, it has
taken 12 or 18 months in some
cases from the time Denham ob
tained the injunction until the
Board over-ruled him.
L« 1. i i* If**"*
President Buffy
Present At Last
Meeting of No. 86
Local Union 86 Has made much
progress during the past month,
thanks to a recent visit from our
national president, James M. Duffy.
.His advice and counsel on issues at
I [hand and the prop**r procedure to
[follow in meeting any new pro
|blems that might arise, is bound to
[benefit our members. We thank
[President Duffy for his visit and
[hope he can find time to drop in
|on us again real soon.
President Gus Sharkey continues
|to wield a wicked .gavel, but not to
|the extent of curbing discussions
|on any trade problems. Gus be-
Prime Minister Clement Attlee," sticking to the point ami
leader of the British Labor Party, everyone have his say, but
winners in the recent election, calls does not allow our meetings to
upon all to give their full support '’"gthy. Th's, I behove,
in carrying forward the necessary F88 been instrumental in increas
work of the nation. I1"*' our attendance at meetmgs.
1 Quite a discussion was held re
garding foremen doing warehouse
work. It seems when some of our
former members become supervis
ors, they take an entirely different
attitude on trade matters than
v Jwhen they, were working at the
ALmmaL PerhaPs the old saying,
nil I Cll
VOniCrCIIUCr'tht-y must learn the hard way”
[will be the answer.
By MARY HEATON VORSE After quite a discussion in re
Detroit (LPA)—Labor played an kards 018 miners who
important' role in the National ar‘ s‘r,kf’
iinpvi
Iseemed to be that the national
Study Conference on The Churcn I ..
V. lunion should, some way, help the
and Economic Life here. The con-1 n an
ference was sponsored by the Fed-1
eral Council of Churches of Christ
in America, and of the 450 dele-v* IM/»Ak4E
gates 40 represented labor. [IVII WImE IIwK*\/IVIE
Outstanding were the speechesRILL
made by George Harrison, pres- [nwWwllUlkfa
ident of the Railway Clerks Wai- ||kJ^VEC AMFAD
ter Reuther, president of the Unit
ed Auto Workers and Jerry Voor-1
C- r, I Washington (LPA)—The middle
his former California congressman, I.
a i Imcome housing bill moved ahead.
MostS^ia^c was that U the Capitol Fek 23
of Free Enterprise and Social Con-I“ l'v°-laV middle income hous
tMl, where the business delegates |'"g conference met here to help
concentrated their efforts. The re- |Push the legislation through Con-
port finally adopted, 202 to
read in part: “The degree of free-1 }n
dom which can exist in our society fnal approval to the
will be influenced by the amount [Administration bill setting up a
of self-restraint with which organ- [special cooperative housing corp
ized economic power is exercised. |oration $2 billion to help mid
We know social controls are nec-1»* incot?e groups form their own
essary, but we must scrutinize and [cooperatives and build homes. The
judge every proposal for greater|yot®» yas a straight party
control as to whether it serves one|basiss The four Republicans oppos
value such as order or justice—to I11}? the bill were: Talle, Iowa Mc
a denial of other important values [Millen, Ill. Kilburn, N. Y. and
such as freedom.” I Nicholson, Mass. The other seven
Cooperatives and collective bar-l^ePuhhcans were absent. Demo
gaining were cited as helping make |crats present voted solidly for the
economic power responsible. The|biH, hut McKinnon, Cal. Hays,
report proposed industry councils)Ark. Rains, Ala. Monrooney,
which would include consumers and|®hla. and Brown, Ga. were ab
professions, and in which manage-|sent- The bill must still get through
ment and labor would make basic)the hostile Rules Committee and
decisions, with government acting) then win approval on the flocr.
as arbiter. Fuller development of| Even its friends admitted the fight
voluntary groups for research and| would be long and close.
discussion of economic affairs to| The fight in the Senate was
make the effects of power group) much- closer in committee. The
actions better known was urged. In| same group which had succeeded
this the conference followed an ap-|in postponing action for two weeks
proach suggested by Reuther, who| almost succeeded in winning un
favored a broad national confer-|other delay to call for additional
ence, in his speech calling for the|testimony by Marriner S. Eccles,
moral equivalent of the H-bomb. |of the Federal Reserve Board. But
(Turn to Page Two) |the motion to call Eccles was beat
len 7-6, with Senator Flanders (R-
The situation in the coal indus-|__e A
try “is an exception,” Green assert-
ed, and is created more by the fact I ea
that coal is a contracting industry, ILlttS
/tda\ tl
ui.
Vt.) casting the deciding vote
against more delay.
Senators voting to delay action
were: Tobey (R-NH), Capehart (R
(Tunt to Page Twox
Virginia Senate
Rent LlO
producing less coal and employing I
fewer workers each year. “The pro-1 Richmond, Va. (LPA)—The Vir
blem involved is not one related Iginia Senate has voted 29 to 5 to
to the anti-trust laws but rather labolish rent control, despite over
to sound labor relations policies. I [whelming evidence that it was
know of no other industry in which [needed for a long time to come,
like conditions and difficulties ex-[The bill now goes to conference,
ist. There is no contract in exist-[The House of Delegates bill had
ence in the coal industry between [left controls in effect in the Vir
the workers and the operators who |gjnia suburbs of Washington, D. C.
are now engaged in economic strife [and near the big Marine Corps
over a fair share of the product of [base at Quantico.
their joint efforts.” I The state Senate voted tp lift
Senator Robertson, the Nat’l [the lid on rents throughout the
Coal Association, and other pro-[state although it was told by wit
ponents of the bill overlook “the[nesses that rental rates might
vital distinctions between commod- [double in such Washington suburbs
ities and articles of commerce, and [as Arlington and Alexandria. It
the labor of a human being,” Green [had also heard Commander James
insisted. “The basic fallacy of the [Davis of the Quantico base say he
Robertson bill, as well as of all at-[was “shocked, appalled and sick
tempts to include the labor of hu-[ened” by the treatment Marines
man beings within the provisions |and their families received from
of state or federal anti-trust laws, [real estate interests. “Quantico is
is an unwillingness to recognize |a scab on the fair face of Virginia,”
the great moral truth once clear-[Davis said, reporting that land
ly recognized by Congress in the [lords were buying broken-down
Clayton act and recognized by all [trailers for $350 apiece and rent
civilized societies anywhere—that [ing them for $50 a month.
the labor of a human being is not State Senators ignored such test
an article or commodity of com-|imony. They were more impressed
merce.” |by the soothing statistics present
“Goods can be bought and sold[ed by a fast-talking representative
physically apart from buyer and [of the National Association of Real
seller,” Green observed, “labor can-[Estate Boards, key organization in
not be sold apart from the work- the real estate
er. The worker must make a sale [that northern
of his labor in order to live and [made so
(Turn tu Puge Tw) [pay more
lobby, who claimed
Virginia residents
money they could
much
rent.
a-.
Union Assails GM
For Cutting Pay
After Big Profits
Detroit (LPA)—General Motors
Corp, cut wages 2 cents an hour
under the wage formula in its con-*
tract, and at the same time an
nounced price cuts of $10 to $40.
The UAW immediately assailed the
action.
T. A. Johnstone, director of the
UAW General Motors department,
said the union had anticipated the
drop in the BLS cost of living
index, and had asked GM to waive
the reduction, contending the pro
fit position of GM made such a
cut “morally indefensible.” He
pointed out that when the contract
was signed “it was hardly antici
pated that GM would set a world
record of $600 million profits after
taxes.”
He called the price cuts a
“token”, and asserted that in pre
vious cuts in one model the cut was
made by removing certain acces
saries from standard equipment
and charging separately for them,
so that the 1950 price with those
accessories was above the 1949
price.
GM declared 290,000 hourly rate
employes will be cut 2 cents an
hour, and 72,000 salary employes
will be cut $10 for the next quar
ter—March, April and May. Under
the contract, wages and salaries
are adjusted quarterly in line with
the increase or drop in the Con
sumer Price Index. The Index Jan.
15 was 166.9, and Oct
was 168.5..
M7
®Ije 0iter# $ e nil
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EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 950
HOME BUILDERS PLAN $500,000
FUND TO FIGHT CO-OP HOUSING
Chicago (LPA) A half-million*
dollar “public relations” fund will
be raised and spent by the Nat’l
Association of Home Builders to
fight those menaces to “free enter
prise’’—public housing and coop
erative housing. This was ann
ounced by newly-installed Presi
dent Thomas P. Coogan at the
NAHB’s annual convention here.
I
This would make NAHB, espec
ially in combination with the Nat’l
Association of Real Estate Boards
which reported lobbying expendi
tures of $138,600 last year, one of
the biggest national pressure
groups.
Major targets of the Home
Builders in the year ahead, as dis
cussed at the convention, will be:
1—To block local public housing.
“The best bat” to stop authoriza
tion of local public housing, Gen
eral Counsel Herbert Colton told
the builders, “is by compelling a
public vote.” In Grand Rapids,
Mich, a delegate reported that “We
weren’t afraid to tell the voters of
our town that we we» -ytfbh
about this question of public hous
ing. We were against it because it
was hurting our pocketbooks, and
we said so. You can’t be wishy
washy about it.”
2—To slow down the cooperative
housing bill, already approved -by
Senate and House Banking com
mittees, and soon to reach the
floor of Congress. Early in the
week, outgoing President Rodney
Lockwood called for an “investi
gation of present housing co-ops
Later, the delegates decided to
use the $506,000 fund to counter
act this and other measures that
might make it a little tougher for
them to coin big profits.
3—To oppose any extension of
federal rent control beyond June,
when the present law expires.
However, Housing Expediter Tighe
Woods, who runs the federal rent
control agency, told a reporter dur
ing a visit to the convention that
he will propose to Congress anoth
er one-year extension, with a new
provision that areas which have
voluntarily moved to decontrol
rents can reinstate federal controls
if rents have soared.
15, 1949 it
'lid
HEART CAMPAIGN IS ON—President James C. Petrillo of thelers.
American Federation of Muslcians-AFL (right) makes the first contri-| Bro. Pennybaker of the shop
bution by an international union to Labor Secretary Maurice J. Tobin,[committee at Hall China Co. re
chairman of the labor committee of the Nat’l Heart Campaign. ported his firm has received a large
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The attendance is getting better [members on the resolution com
each meeting. This is the proper [mittee: James Moss, William Ash
spirit, stand back of your local. |baugh, Cecil Calhoun and Garvin
Remember, the local is only as [Burgess. Any caster who believes
strong as you make it. [he has any constructive .resolution
Another very important matter [that will benefit the casters, or the
should not be overlooked. Pay your [trade in general, should contact
dues and percentage on time. Lax-[any of the committee mentioned
ity in this respect can mean a real [above. If you need help in writing
hardship on your family if the in- [said resolution, the committee will
evitable so happens. Remember the [also offer their services. —O.C.
old saying, “Save your pennies, and
the dollars will take care of them-|
Bro. Pete Sanders, member of
the national picnic committee in-1
forms us this year’s outing will be|lltf9||lQ[
held at Meyers Lake Park in Can
ton. O. K. Pete, we will be there
100 per cent strong. —O.C. 42[NalllO
Bureau Lambasted
UaG'bGa
More than 4000 persons heard l«me. Chrysler’s refusal thus meant
Brannan lambast Kline for his sup- that it was able to keep such a dis
port of the current farm price sup-|fussion off the air. WJR, owned
port bill, which has resulted in the|hy G- A. Richards, charged Mazey,
costly potato surplus. The Farm [offered only one period a week, at
Bureau actively supported this|an unsuitable time.
program, which forces the govern-) Negotiations between the union
ment to purchase surplus potatoes [and the company were resumed
at a fixed price, but leaves the gov-[with UAW President Walter Reut
ernment helpless to limit produc-|her present for the first time in a
tion. The potato purchase program [week. He had been in a hospital
has cost the taxpayers $300,000,-[undergoing surgery on his right
000 in each of the past two years. |arm, crippled when he was shot
Under Brannan’s plan, potato pro- [April 20, 1948. The 89,000 Chrysler
duction payments( the* difference [workers have been on strike since
between a fair price to the farmers [Jan. 23, because of the company’s
and the lower market price for [unsatisfactory pension offer. Since
consumers) would have cost less [then the union has presented other
than $25,000,000, according to the [demands.
Agriculture Secretary.
“Do you think it fair to your own [_ .. A
members,” Brannan asked the
Farm Bureau president, “to be
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■BSSBBWRP
Good Attendance
At Last Meeting
Of Local Union 4
Representatives from every pot
tery in the district were present
I at our last meeting in February
when the attendance was the best
it has been for a long time. All our
officers were at their respective
posts with the exception of Bro.
Shell Johnson who is ill.
New shapes from Edwin M.
Knowles, Taylor, Smith
A
Taylor
and Homer Laughlin China Co.
were brought before the local for
discussion by the various shop
committees. We hope these new
shapes find a ready market and in
I turn make more work for the cast-
order for a new ice water jug and
|xh rtim*n time of ,or ,uite
1 A request was received and
A0lRented
■Ivlil llllvl |to lose (Bruntie) as he was one of
A A |our old faithfuls who was regular
M|AA|||l(y Bln rQll n [in his attendance at meetings, and
[always strived to make our local
i nv i
it
for a transfer card by
wA|George Brunt. George is now work
[ing at Steubenville find will affil-
AFAQ4|||(y |iate with Local Union 20. We hate
,.|and the organization as a whole,
Salem, Oh.o-Loeal Union 42 met ».
in regular session on Feb. 6, with I ^7®
President Bob Morrow, presiding.)
Several trade matters were brought President Fletcher Williams and
before the local which resulted in [Treasurer James Moss were nom
lively discussions. As is always the|*nated as delegates to the A. F. of
case, disputes brought before the|L" convention.
local in the proper manner, are| Our national convention will be
more easily adjusted and in less [held in Cleveland in July and the
time than when they are argued on [time is at hand to present resolu
the shop for a period before turn-|tions for the parley. President
ing them over to the local. [Williams appointed the following
A A "A
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vlallOflS
Auto Workers has filed a formal
[complaint with the Federal Com-
ElAOAA [munications Commission against
rOl ruiaiu rlabUU [radio Stations WWJ and WJR. The
A n [union charges both stations refus
II tf \AA7W KI* A It HUH |ed to sell or give time to discuss
VvV Wl aIInail [^e issueg in the strike against
[Chrysler Corporation. The union
Des Moines, Iowa (LPA)—In the [asked that license renewals of both
hottest roasting the American [stations be called up for hearings
Farm Bureau Federation has re-[at once.
ceived in many a year, Agriculture „The chrygler gtrikp has a8
Secretary Charles Brannan has[ at or greater bearing on the
charged the powerful organization of the regidents of Detroit
with being willing to ^cn ice than any other issues,” wrote
small fanners under the brutal Secretary.TreasurFr Emil Mazey
survival-of-the fittest concept. w FFC chairman.
Vigorously supporting his farm I WU.T
program, Brannan debated Farm Mazey explained that WWJ
Bureau President Allan Kline be- owned by the Detroit News had
fore the National Farm Institute [offered radio time only if.both the
k lunion and Chrysler shared the
[Realtors Apologize
[For Error On IAM
openly favoring still lower price
supports for farmers in the harsh| Washington (LPA) The
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hope of forcing some of them out Itional Association of Real Estate
of business, so that farming can be [Boards has corrected its reference
more profitable for those big-scale [to the International Association of
operators with larger cash reserves [Machinists in testimony here op
who are able to survive?” [posing the middle income housing
The Brannan-Kline debate is ex- [bill. NAREB had said the Machin
pected to have repercussions right [ists owned the Longfellow building,
up to next November’s elections, [headquarters of the Public Housing
Kline, a Republican, has always [Administration. “We find we were
counted on Iowa farmers as hisl*n error,” a NAREB press release
political base, but in 1948 they de- [announced.
serted him and sent Sen. Guy Gil- The release, however, went on to
lette (D, Iowa) to Washington. |say that this error “does not alter
Here and in other midwest states, |the point that some unions have in
success of the Democrats in win-[vested in lucrative business pro
ning crucial Congressional seats[perty instead of building rental
may depend on farmer-union coop-[housing which
eration based in large part on sup-|sentatives have
port of the Brannan plan.
some labor repre
testified is in cri-
tical shortage.1
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Washington.—Andrew J. Dunn,
member of the AFL Brotherhood
of Railway Clerks and liaison offi
cer for the past two years for the
U. S. Treasury Department with
AFL unions, has been appointed
director of the labor division of
the U. S. Savings Bonds Division.
He heads the ^ll-out effort now
being made to increase the sales
of U. S. Savings Bonds.
Local Union No. 122
Monrns Passing Of
Bro. Dan Killinger
Cambridge, Ohio—It is with sin
cere regret we inform the trade of
the sudden passing of Bro. Dan
Killinger. An expert craftsman and
a true union man at heart, Bro.
Dan was widely known throughout
the trade and I know news of his
death will be a shock to his many
friends.
Together with Bro. Frank Camp
bell, Dan had been nominated by
this local as a delegattjor the Am
erican Federation of Labor. Our
deepest sympathy is extended the
famfly.^rw:
The shops hefe ate working good
and from all reports, will continue
so.
4
Files Complaint
A committee appointed to make
arrangements for our annual picnic
reported they are hard at work and
promise us the best picnic ever
held. Although with snow in the
air it is a little early to be talking
picnic, but the outing is always
the big event of the year for em
ployees of the Universal Potteries.
NLRB SPANKS
BOB DENHAM
Washington (LPA)—The Nat’l
Labor Relations Board took a first
small step toward curbing the acti
vities of board General Counsel
Robert N. Denham by restating
some of the powers delegated to
him under the Taft-Hartley act.
In a 1947 “memorandum of dele
gation” the NLRB said Denham
“upon direction and in behalf of
the Board” should seek court en
forcement of NLRB orders and re
sist appeals to the courts from
NLRB decisions. On Feb. 24, the
NLRB issued a new order telling
Denham to act “in full accordance
with the directions of the Board,”
strongly implying he had not al
ways done so.
The NLRB also told Denham he
no longer could appoint, transfer,
demote, or discharge any regional
director or officer responsible for a
sub-regional office without approv-
The committee, which has been
studying the problems of the third
of the nation living on incomes of
less than $2000 a year, strongly
backed such Fair Deal measures as
federal aid to education and ex
panded social security. But it back
ed away from others, such as na
tional health insurance and the
Brannan farm program, neither of
which was mentioned.
The committee’s report, made
public by Chairman Sparkman (D
Ala.), was signed by four of the
five committee members, including
Senator Flanders (R-Vt.). But the
fifth member—Rep. Rich (R-Pa.)
—submitted a minority report dis-
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OFFICIAL ORGAN
NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD)
OF OPERATIVE POTTERS
12.00 PER YEAR
Five-Cent Hourly
Increase Granted
Mould Shop Group
Trenton, N. J.—If no news is
good news then Local Union 45 is
going along fine. The mould shop
recently accepted a five-cent hour
ly increase which has been under
negotiation for months. While we
feel it did not meet the inequity,
it is a step toward that goal which
we hope will be reached in the near
future.
Seniority is still a main question
of debate with many angles and
interpretations bobbing up while
we try to find the fairest solution.
It has been a move in the right
direction and we just need patience
to work it out.
We were glad to read where
Local Union 49 is having a banquet
at Roman Hall on March 18. We
advise our members who are plan
ning to attend this party to make
their reservations early.
Local Union 45 will celebrate
their fiftieth anniversary at Hotel
Hildebrecht in April or early May
according to reports from the com
mittee headed by Bro. Watson. The
committee is out to make
memorable affair and will
listen to all suggestions.
this a
gladly
is on
President George Smith
hand punctually every meeting but
did give vice president Donohue a.
chance to show how well he could
wield the gavel when he was called
away early at our last meeting.
Henry Krewinski acted as secre
tary recently when Lance Ansell
was working and Bro. Richards*
confined to his home by illness*
Henry did a swell job.
Bros. Robert Young, Gil Moser
and Mike Penelli were reported on
the sick list. Our best wishes for
their speedy recovery. Bros. Jack.
Bums and Jim Acton
work last week.
returned tot
Optical Co.
rates to all
are recom-
The Atlas Union
offer very reasonable
union members and
mended by C.L.U. The firm ist
located at 128 West State, opposite
the State House.
We were glad to see the reportsv
of the New York Sanitary Confer
ence in the ‘Herald’ and can only*
add that Local 45 fully endorsed
the results as printed and given
by their delegates, Ansell and
Shuman. Both delegates take this*
means of extending their thanks*
to the members of Local 45 for
giving them that wonderful exper
ience.
Bros. Shuman, Henderson and
Krewinski were appointed to meet*
with Local Union 49 on the matter
of the green w^re inspectors.
Bro. Hannah is still chairman of
the shop committee and doing a
grand job. We would like to see him
relieved of some of this work or as
much as can possibly be done by
the floor committeemen. —O.C. 45
UNION HEADSPEAKS
TO FARM GROUP
Des Moines, la. (LPA)—“Farm
income and income of industrial
workers rise and fall together,” C.
A. Knight told members of the Na
tional Farm Institute here. Knight,
president of the Oil Workers, point
ed out that organized labor sup
ports measures specifically design
ed to benefit farmers, who are con
sumers of industrial products.
Ho stressed union support of the
Brannan Plan. “How much better
this is than the present policy of
pricing potential consumers com
pletely out of the grocery store,”
he said. Labor’s objective is “to
create an economy of abundance
for all and a democratic and peace
ful world,” he added.
Fair Deal Measures Urged
For Low Income Families
Washington (LPA) A broad
legislative program including much
of President Truman’s Fair Deal
program has been recommended by
a subcommittee of the Joint Con
gressional Economic Committee to
break the “vicious circle” of pov
erty, ill-health, and poor educa
tional opportunities in which mill
ions of American families are
caught.
recom
report
an ef-
seating from many of the
mendations, although the
had been watered down in
fort to win his approval.
circle'
Emphasing the “vicious
of poverty and poor education, the
committee recommended not only
federal aid to education but a na
tional scholarship fund to help
students of “demonstrated ability”
obtain higher educations. “Improv
ing educational opportunity is a
remedy aimed at the basic causes
of low income,” the committee
said.
Reporting that about half of the
nation’s children are growing up in
rural areas with only 10 to 12 per
cent of the national income, the
committee also recommended en
larged and improved educational
opportunities for rural, low-income
families.
Among other recommendations
of the committee were:
1. More adequate appropriations
to help low-income farm families
get adequate farms, and supervised
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