The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-08-25

ut is now compulsory by law for
all imported articles to be marked
plainly. This enables every purchaser
to know when he is discriminating
against American workmen and Amer
lean industry.
The Columbus Federation Of Labor
should be commended for sponsoring
this most worthy movement. This is a
project in which every good citizen
should cooperate to the limit.
"Now, therefore, I, Martin L. Davey,
Governor of Ohio, do hereby proclaim
the week of September 8, 1888, as
"Buy American Made Goods Week,
and l call upon all the citizens of Ohio
to join in it's observance"
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, l have
hereunto subscribed my name and
cause the Great Seal of the State of
Ohio to be affixed, at Columbus, this
28th day of July in the year Of our
Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred
and Thirty-Eight.
(Signed) MARTIN L. DAVEY.
By The Governor:
| WILLIAM l. htNNED1,
Secretary of State.
The Americas Wage Protective Con-
ference made this appeal:
1--WE suggest and appeal to your or
ganiZation that it appoint a Committee
to hold a public MASS MEETING,
during the MONTH of SEPTEMBER,
limiting your speakers to officials or
representatives of LABOR UNIONS,
that your Committee also call upon
the candidates for CONGRESS from
YOUR DISTRICT, irrespective of po-
litical affiliation or party designation,
and, secure from them a pledge that
when elected they will work for legis-
lation which will protect the JOB OP-
PORTUNITIES OF RICAN
WORKERS.
We suggest and strongly urge that
your speakers at LABOR'S "BUY
A M RICAN" MONTH meeting
strongly stress the value of "BUY
AMERICAN"-BUY UNION LABEL
products"
The organization structure that put
across the December demonstration,
composed Of the East Liverpool Cen
tral Labor Council, pottery locals in
East Liverpool, headed by their Natl
onal officials, labor in general, as we'll
as civic, service and soldier organiza-
tions, will have representatives at a
meeting to be held at the National
Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Auditorium, Tuesday, August 80, when
plans will be completed for this dis
trict's demonstration.
There can be no doubt that men,
bers of the National Brotherhood of
Operative Potters everywhere will par
ticipate in this truly labor objective
and will commence organizing at once
in accordance with the above suggest
ions to make this drive so effective
that some of the distributors who have
been guilty of fraud and deception by
reason of removing the labels desig-
mating country Of origin of products
which they have been offering to the
public, will not again dare to deceive
the public.
The potters took the lead in this
movement when their delegates to the
Denver convention of the American
Federation of Labor jointly sponsored
the JAPANESE BOYCOTT" resolu-
tion and further propelled themselves
in the front line Of progress in the
demonstration, which was held here in
East Liverpool last December, follow.
ed by demonstrations in other pottery
centers. They will without any ques.
tion put across effective drives in this
definite follow-through course. Presi
dent Duffy and the Executive Boarc
members request whole-hearted actor
of all our locals throughout the trade
, assuring that there will be no let-dowr
: in this truly American labor move
ment for the preservation of thu
American Standard of Living.