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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-10-20
TOWARD OLD AGE BENEFITS
American FederatiOniSt

For eighteen months the Federal Government
has been collecting taxes to accumulate an Old Age
Insurance Fund. Payments have been made by
both employers and employees. The Social Security
Board now offers every worker an opportunity to
check up on his record so that mistakes and omis-
sons may be corrected while it is still possible to
get data. AS the number of employers making
payments under the Act falls below estimates, it
is more than probable that requests of workers for
their records may bring such facts to life while
they may be corrected In this issue of the AMER
ICAN FEDERATIONIST is an article by the ad-
ministrator of old age benefits describing in detail
the procedure for getting records of individual
credits. 1t Is obvious that wage-earners who keep
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-10-20
INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE AGENTS

When we think of insurance we usually think
OF huge central office with large staff receiv-
ing premium payments by check and settling
claims in the same way. But actually that type
of service is for comparatively small portion of
the population, for at least AZ percent of all fami-
lies have incomes less than $1,000. Whatever in
surance onethrd of all families has is probably of
an industrial nature and payments are collected by
the army of industrial insurance agents.
Every week these agents knock at the same
doors to collect the five, ten or twenty-five cents
the family takes from actual living expenses to
set aside for burial insurance. life insurance, or
some other provision against emergencies. The
agent learns to know the financial difficulties of
the family and the mishaps that prevent prompt
payments More frequently than not the small
amounts must go for sickness. The whole family
story unfolds in those periods of need before the
industrial insurance agent who must know whether
the family will be able to continue payments and
how long he can personally carry the account More
often than not the family turns to him for advice
medicine, DOCTOR on small loans, etc. When all
is well the insurance agent gets the brighter side
of family life and the frendliness that comes
through regular service.
These industrial insurance agents who go in
to the homes Of our workers-an army more than
quarter of million strong, are turning to union
ism to solve some of their own troubles. Organic
ing in unions chartered by the American Fedora
tion of Labor, these agents are trying to negotiate
agreements with their employers to increase their
pay and better working conditions. Vacations
with pay are unknown to most of these workers.
Men are known to work six days a week for
twenty years without holiday even unpaid
Pressure is put upon them for collections and sales
and general holidays are a chance to find the
family at home.
Even in addition to unlimited hours of work
with no vacation arrangements, there are unfair
compensation practices. For example, agents have
had no base compensation or guaranteed salary
but have been paid commissions. The agent re-
ceves commission on new business but if policy
should lapse, it may be charged back to the agent
who must return the commission or get substitute
business without commission.
These new members of the organized laborI
movement are most welcome both for what wei
can do for them and what they can do for u.s.
These men are trained statesmen with wide per-
sonal contacts 1t is important to labor to have
them organized and identified with our labor move-
ment so that they may carry the habit and prac-
tice of unionism into homes that are difficult toI
reach.
These insurance agents may become our best
missionaries for the cause
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-10-20
MONEYS LAST HOPE
(From the New York Times


The Supreme Court of the United
States has shattered what seemed al
most the last hope that Thomas J..
Mooney could be released from Sarf
Quentin Prison by judicial process.
True, in refusing to grant writ Of
certiorari the court did permit
MONEYS attorney to renew his petit
tion for a writ of habeas corpus. But
the indications are that the court, in
cluding such tried liberals as Justice
Stone and Brandeis, will not find any
constitutional way to take hold of this
case.
MONEYS reported denunciation of
the court "as bulwark of the pre-
datory, corporate anti-labor interests
of America" and his demand on Gov
ernor Merriam Of California to end
"this outrageous procrastination" in
his case are, to say the least, untact-
full. But the issue is not whether
Mooney is tactful. 1t is not event
whether, if released, he will resume
what many regarded as a career of
trouble-making. The issue is whether
or not he was strongly convicted Of
blowing up the Preparedness Day pa
rade in San Francisco in 1916.
On the face of the evidence SUBJ
mitted to the jury at his trial he was
guilty, but every damning scrap of
this evidence has since been questioned
and much of it exposed as perjury.
Governor Merriman would serve COM
mon sense as well as justice if he re-
viewed the case and, if the evidence
IS as weak as it now appears to be,
issued a pardon.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-10-20
TRUTHS POWDERED WHILE
Riding at Anchor
Mr.. MODESTUS
= SHIPPING HOUSES
. GREEN BAMBOO
. TRAINED HANDIMEN
. APARTMENTS ON WHEELS


/ 0 APARTMENTS ON WHEELS
Shipping 1000 houses
To Great Britain from Sweden
Fabricated in Scandinavia, where
lumber grows
Exported to Great Britain, where
lumber and food are scarce
But the distance is not great
Only a few hundred miles, over
water
But what of the British carpenters
Becoming now mere hands on an
assembly line
Could that happen in America?
x X x
Japan builds mud houses
Using green bamboo for re-enforc-
ing rods
They last from 80 to so years
Hammered earth is much cheaper
than hammered wood and iron
Green bamboo is easier to come by
than steel rods
But will they be bomb-proof?
Japanese rules now demand new
standards
Those tight little isles are becoming
nervous
About buildings too easily smashed
and burned
By air-borne missiles dropped from
substratosphere-
Unbeautiful oil tanks must now be
buried
Covered with camoufaging grass
plots
Roofs of city buildings present new
risks
Soviet planes might not all fly
across the North Pole
But such things are real problems
For the other side of the world.
X X X
Will Americas 81 major building
trades
With Is other "helpers" trades af-
filiated-
All their subdivided crafts and
specialities-
Plus dock and timber men, blasters
and machinists-
Erect bomb-proofs for their skills :?
Will the twenty different rates of
pay for craftsmen
Ten different rates for shopmen and
unskilled-
Thirteen varying rates for helpers
Find shelter in time of storm
When factories assemble room
units
All wired and piped and plastered-
Ship them by truck or train
From southern pine flats
Or western slopes of Douglas fir
To be assembled by factory-trained
handymen?
The Glow" for American building
trades unemployment
Was in 1929, when it stood at 16
per cent for the nation
Today unemployment in building
Grips "a per cent of craftsmen in the
While in New York City it is AZ per
cent
But in Britain it is placed today at
1873 per cent
Which may explain the reason
why
They are shipping fabricated dwell
ings from Sweden
To house the British workers.
X X X
Not only new materials
New ideas also, are entering in
For housing plans, and all con-
struction-
There is not land enough, nor roads
wide enough as yet
TO put all our apartments upon
wheels.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-10-20
TO BE NAMED SOON

Washington.-Wage hour Admins
traitor Andrews has announced he
shortly will name an Industry Com
mittee for the clothing industry. The
clothing committee probably will be
the only additional group named be-
fore the law governing wages and
hours become effective on October "a
Andrews said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-10-20
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS

The plight of German refugees in
Prague is appalling. There are at
least 10000 of them who are all Ger
mans or German Austrians They are
Germans but not Nazis. Many of them
are Social Democrats; the chief liberal
and labor party of Germany before
Hitler, and now dealt with there by
murder and concentration camps,
which are slow murder. And in addi-
tion to these Germans fleeing from
the German government, the Czecho-
slovak government must care for a
still larger number of Czechs driven
out by Hitler's overflow.
About 10000 Of these belong to the
German-Austrian Refugee Society
which has prayed for help to Sir Neil
Malcolm, commissioner for refugees
Of the League of Nations.
eff we are forced to return to Ger
many" they said, at will mean death
or at least heavy Imprisonment for
hundreds of US, and concentration
camps for several thousand Others"
1t seems time when immigration
restrictions should be suspended. Ger
tainly, it is a time for all forms of
private charity to come to the front.
X X X
George Welborn Norris, Senator ad
lib. from Nebraska, is distinctive, even
in announcing his political intentions.
In telling his state that he would not
be candidate again, he said:
"You know, I know, and God knows
that I've made my last rave. l am
serving my last term, making my last
fight. l have nothing further to ask
of the Nebraska electorate; l want
good will, but l am not seeking
votes"
Only fools and unteachable reaction
aries ever accused George Norris of
raving; but let that pass. He has given
service enough to make the fame of
half a dozen men. He stopped two
bought and paid for Senatorships at
the door. He saved Muscle Shoals.
He took by odds the biggest part in
creating IVA. He was responsible in
the Senate as La Guardia in the House
for smashing Federal labor in
functions.
And he is the only man now alive
who amended the Constitution of the
United States, and amended it in the
direction of democracy.
Hail, and not yet farewell, to George
Norris.
X X X
A fve-man commission will mark
out the new boundary between Bo-
livia and Paraguay, as agreed upon
by arbitrators from six countries.
Heavy fighting between these two
countries began in July, 1882; though
there had been some hostilities be-
fore. Protocols for arbitration, media
tion or whatever is the best name for
it were signed in June, 1885; and
again hostilities stretched we'll be-
yond negotiations. AS in all South
American fighting-as in our own
wars down to the World War-more
were killed by disease than in battle.
Neither Bolivia nor Paraguay has
either men or money to spare. Yet
they fought openly for more than
three years before they could bring
themselves to peaceful settlement.
Arbitration doesn't work when one
side wants to arbitrate with guns. But
when it can and does work, what ut
ter fOllV to neglect it
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-10-20
WHAT NEXT?

An agricultural imp lie m e n t
manufacturing company is offer
ing tractor with a cab so the
farmer can work in comfort in
bad weather. The cab is all en-
closed with windshield wiper, a
ventilating system, hot water
heater, radio and cigar lighter.
Most tractors at present have
open seats.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-10-20
The Cherry Tree
Where We Hutchet Our
The Truth
q RUSSIANS DON'T LIKE
. RIDICULOUS LIGHT
q FOREIGN QUARRELS
q MEDICINE MEN


Russians don't like our Col. Lind
bergh, all of sudden.
Too bad, but probably Lindbergh
will survive.
1t seems Stalin's stooges think
Lindbergh has been belittling the
Russian air fleet to the British.
They offered no evidence that Lind
bergh had peeped word about Rus
sia's airplanes.
Maybe Russia's aviators are very
."edgy" and ready to believe anything.
More likely though, Boss Stain pass
ed the word for them to open wordy
assault on Lindbergh, perhaps as
backhanded slap at the British for not
fighting Herr Hitler over Czechoslov-
aka.
Episode places Russia's dictatorship
in rather ridiculous light.
Pretty far fetched to believe British
attitude toward Hitler was Influenced
by anything Lindbergh said about the
alleged weakness of the Russian air
force. British don't have to depend
on the Colonel for their information
on this matter. Their army heads un-
doubtedly know far more about it than
Lindbergh does.
"Friendly" nations in Europe, you
know, spy on each other as we'll as on
"enemieS."
If the Russian air force is all that
it is cracked up to be, why do the Rus
slams show so much heat over alleged
criticism?
Their lack of poise gives rise
to the lively suspicion that the
criticism, if ever made, was justi-
fed.
In other words, the Russians do
"protest too much"
x X X
Now that the sound and fury from
Europe have died down, Americans are
devoting more time to domestic af-
fairs.
Which is all to the good.
America has plenty to do at home,
without tearing it's hair over foreign
quarrels.
We have problems galore which call
loudly for solution.
AS writer in Current History
says:
"For one thing, the American people
still face the problem of recovery
of putting 10 to II million people back
to work; of bringing about peace be-
tween capital and labor; of restoring
business confidence; of overcoming
continuous deficit in the Federal bud
get and continuous increase of the
Federal debt; of preparing themselves
to vote, intelligently in this falls
elections"
Writer might have included farnd
problem in his list.
Much will be heard of this in como
ing months. y
Plain truth of the matter is, that,
all the mighty striving in the last five
years has failed to solve the farm
problem.
Prices of principle crops are now not
much above those of 1888, when the
Roosevelt Administration took office
and tackled the job of restoring farm
prosperity. Huge surpluses seem to
bar better prices.
Farmers are rebellious and it is
feared may listen to weird schemes Of
relief" advocated by agricultural
medicine men,"
medicine men" are reported fur
nishing their wardrobes and practicing
a new and improved line Of war
whoops.
X X X
Speaking of preparing ourselves to
vote intelligently in the fall election,
Ohio Senatorial candidates are to en-
gage in joint debates on current
issues.
This is a step toward intelligent
voting and step away from cam
paigns of recrimination and name
calling, of which we have had too
much in recent years.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-10-20
WISDOM

The worth of a promise consists
purely in the way in which the
performance squares with it.
Theodore Roosevelt.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-10-20

Many a man does not discover it was anything
more than a mere Irritation unit! she has mar
rled him.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-10-20

Don't confuse action with progress.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-10-20

A word to the. wise IS useless.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-10-20

Not only new materials
New ideas also, are entering in
For housing plans, and all con-
struction-
There is not land enough, nor roads
wide enough as yet
TO put all our apartments upon
wheels,
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-02-18
Lesson for February 20
CHOOSING COMPANIONS
IN SERVICE

LESSON TExT-Mark 3:7-19, 31-S5.
GOLDEN TEXT-For whatsoever shall
do the will of God. the same is my
brOther-Mark 1886.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Twelve Men Who
Went With Jesus.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Twelve Men VINO
Went With Jesus.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC-Working With Others for Christ
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP.
IC-Comradeship in Christian Service.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-02-18

counts; it is what Christ is and
what he can do with and through
us!
There was one traitor-Judas.
The papers of our day like to mag
nifty the miSdeeds of erring preach
ers. What a disgrace they are to
the name of Christ! But remember,
there was Judas even among the
twelve.
HI. Preparation for Christian
WOEk wv. 31-35).
God has many ways to prepare
His servants-but it seems that
they all experience the heart-break-
ing disappointment of misunder-
standing and the heart-warming joy
Of intimate fellowship with the Lord.
Look at verse q and you will
realize that the family and friends
Of Jesus thought He was crazy be-
cause He devoted Himself so whole
heartedly to the service of His Faith
er. Is it not strange that if a man
becomes q scientist he is honored if
he ruins his health in jealous re-
search? If he is business man
he may burn the lights late in the
pursuit of wealth, but If he chooses
to give his life to the greatest of
all occupations open to man-serv-
ice for Christ-his friends and rela-
tives try to deter him by calling
him a fanatic.
Beautiful beyond words is the 9TH
er side of our picture. Those who
serve Him are ito be with Him"
". 14). He sends them forth to
preach, and gives them power. Yes,
they even become the members of
the most intimate family circle.
Behold my brethren" ~. 34).
Family and friends may ridicule
or seek to dissuade us, but we
have one who sticketh closer than
brother Prov. 1920 We belong TO
the family of Him whose we are and
whom we serve.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-02-18
LETTER S
To The Editor

Would Lock The Town Up
Editor, Hagerstown be:-Let's
observe Sunday as a day of rest
keep all trucks off the highway,
operating only those absolutely
necessary, with perishable mer-
chandise. This would give more
work and we would have less &C
cidents. Let them haul coal, beer,
pianos, articles of furniture, ETC.,
on any other day except Sunday.
/ think it would be best for us
all.
Let close everything up tight.
CHURCHMAN
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-02-18
WORK PROGRESSING
ON new BUILDING
Bohman-Warne to Have
Store in New Building
Opposite Post Office

Work is progressing on the new
building Of the Washington Coun-
ty Building and Loan Association
on West Franklin street. opposite
the new postoffice. When COM
pleted this building will be one Of
the finest and most modern in
the city
Bohman-Warne, Inc. will occu-
by the main store room, and MANS
are now being made by the com
pany to move into their new To-
cation on or about March ~
In preparation for this event tbe
Bohman-Warne company is now
staging big sale, offering bar-
gains in all departments, the sale
TO continue throughout the month
The Washington County Building
and Loan Association will move
their present offices now located
on West Washington street to
the new offices. Radio station
WEI will occupy large section
OF the second floor.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-02-18
A PrecGuti0n

Pat Murphy, my footman, desir-
Gus to suit,
And so quick on his errands to
Had walked till he fairly had
worn in his boot
A little round hole at the toe.
Next morning I saw him intently
at work;
Il scarcely could ask him for
laughter)
In the heal he was boring hole
with a fork;
Why, Pat" said l, What are
you after?"
Faith, master" said he, you the
reason shall know,
The cause I don't wish to con-
ceal:
" tbs to let all the wet that comes
in at the toe
Run Immediately out at the
heel
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-02-18
MADAM MARCO
Palnnist
AMERICAN GIFTED MEDIUM
GIVES FACTS - GETS RESULTS

All who are unsuccessful unlucky, who unde-
termined dissatisfied, confronted with any diff
ficulty trouble or sorrow whatever should this
wonderful medium.
How many unhappy people there in this city
whose lives a wreck because you cannot overcome
trouble domestic nature darkened by the acts
of others? Is your domestic life nearly otherwise?
Do you desire return of affection rightly yours
does another receive it? Do you find of your
choice growing cold Indifferent does another take
your place? Is there interference of one?
If So call this lady. She will show you how to
face the problems of life You leave her parlors diff
ferent being. Good advice saves many dollar and
many worries. (colored waiting room)
Permantely Located 600 Oak Hill Avenue
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-02-18
800 YEARS AGO

Three hundred years ago this
year, New Haven, Conn, was
settled by the Puritans and
Sweden made six settlements in
Delaware and New Jersey.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-02-18

Talking came ages before writ
ing and still is more convincing
to the primitive. The less sanity
in a cause, the more it depends
on oratory.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-02-18

brOther-Mark $3.50.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Twelve Men Who
Went With Jesus.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Twelve Men VINO
Went With Jesus.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC-WorIzing With Others for Christ
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP.
IC-ComradeShip in Christian Service.
God can save a man who is all
alone on the top of the Alps" So
spoke one who sought to discourage
another who wanted to give his
life for Christian service. No one
questions that God could thus carry
on His work in sovereign power, and
that there are times when He does
that very thing. But ordinarily
God works through men. 1t was
the sword of the Lord, and Of
Gideon" Judges 7:18.
What a glorious, inspiring truth it
is that God calls men into compan-
ionship with Him for service. Sinful
and weak though they be they may
become strong and holy, and do
valiant service for Him.
1. The Need of Christian Workers
wv. 7-1D.
Although the hostility to Christ
was growing apace among the relig-
ious leaders, the people thronged
about Him in the hope they might
have deliverance from the devil and
from disease. The need was so great
that the Lord Jesus now prepared
to call those who were to be His
I4enOw-servants.
The multitudes are in just as des-
perate need of Christ and of the
ministry of His church today. Why,
then, do they not crowd the churches
and press in around His servants?
That is the question over which
leaders Of the church are puzzled.
There may be many reasons, but
we suggest two as being at least
worthy of careful thought. The first
is that we live in time of apostasy.
In the time of Christ men had only
begun to hear His message of de-
hVerance. In our day men have
heard and heard again and have
hardened their hearts because they
loved darkness rather than light
because their deeds were eviF'
John (3:19). Self-righteousness,
which is harder to deal with than
gross sin, is rampant everywhere.
Another reason is that in many,
perhaps most, instances, the church
mas so far separated itself from
the Lord that it has no power.
Needy men are not interested in the
dead observance OF religious forms.
They want to see the workings Of
the power Of the Most High God!
Whether men know their need or
not, whether they throng our
churches or not, their very need of
Christ should irnpel us to serve the
master in reaching them. The love
o. Christ should constrain us.
M' Ane Can to Christian Work
wv. 1910.
Much might be said at this point
nut we must limit ourselves to two
thoughts. Note that the Lord chooses
ms own workers; we do not choose
70 work for Him. Then be en-
couraged by the fact that He chose
men OF widely differing gifts, tenn
peraments, and personal character
istics.
Then wenote that He called some
oi unusual ability. others with little
ABILITY; some learned, and some
Observation-Disclosures, a tax-gather-
81 and others of various occupa-l
aons. Note that none were by pro-
teSslon preachers. What a comfort
~ Is to those who are in Christian
work to remember that it is not
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-02-18

Tom Meany president of the
plaques
baseball world Judge Lands
while D Maggie hOnOred the player of 1897