The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-06-23
Spirit Of Anericu
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and came back TO urge the residents
to Help Americans. They flayed Con-
gresham Robert L. Ramsey, from
the Wheeling district, without mercy
for his stand in favor of the Hull
treaties which are taking jobs away
from Americans and giving them to
the extremely low-wage workers OF
other countries, notably Japan. Shouts
rang through the hall as President
Duffy stated, "The workers of this
great industrial section should see to
it that their congressman properly
reflects their views.
81 cannot understand his mistaken
idea in supporting program that is
selling both industry and workers
down the river by opening our doors
to products that compete with those of
American labor and which are manu-
factured in many instances at slave
rate wages"
Gillooly recommended the removal
of any congressman not ready to aid
in securing adequate tariff protection.
He declared the Ohio Valley district
had more to fear from the Hull poll
cies than any other Congressional dis
trict in the United States.
Cairns was emphatic in his demands
for the people of West Virginia to
stop helping Japan. Purchasing the
products of Japan not only helps de-
stroy China, he declared, but helps to
destroy our own nation.
Japan is just as anxious to wipe
us out industrially, and to overrun our
home markets with their cheap goods,
as they are to crush the peaceful
Chinese, che shouted. .......
Representatives of trade crafts
came from all districts in this section
of the Ohio valley to join in the dem
onstration, showing their cooperation
in the Buy American movement, spon-
sored by pottery and glass workers.
Giving a touch of deep patriotism
to the demonstration was throng of
more than 50 youngsters, children of
the workers, marching in solemn sill
ence, proudly holding to their breasts
miniature American flags.
The absence of a varity of floats
was made up for in the surging mass
es of workers and stirring music of
four bands.
One float, brought by the pottery
workers of Canonsburg, Pa, depicting
a pottery kiln, was plastered with
signs of "Keep America Alive-Buy
American" Americans for America
First"
A truck bearing cartons with labels
"Made in JAPAN" "Made in Poland"
-. Germany, France l.. Italy," and
others, topped by Headed for the
Bonfire" made up the second float.
This float came from the glass work
ers Of Wellsburg.
A legion of tobacco worker girls
carried banner "We Strip Tobacco
That Is American"
i Another throng of girls, represent
ing pottery and glass workers here,
carried a street-wide "Keep the Home
Fires Burning"
Scores of "Buy American" banners
dotted the line of march.
After the speaking bonfire and
fire works display, featuring a huge
"Buy American" sign, could be seen
from Chapline HILL 1t is said 5000
were on the hill.
Three side streets were necessary
in effecting the formation of the par
ade. One section gathered on Four
teenth street, another on Fifteenth,
and third on Sixteenth street.
The march was down Chapline to
Sixteenth street, west to Market, north
to Tenth, west to Main, south to
Eleventh, and east to the Market
Auditorium.
The parade was made up of: local
pottery and glass workers, tobacco
workers, glass workers from Mounds
vile, pottery workers from Canons-
burg, Pa, more glass workers from
Wellsburg, street car and bus drivers
and workers, delegates from all units
of the Building and Trades Council of
the city, Crescent Lodge of Amalga-
mated Steel and Iron Workers, ma
chinists and girls from Hazel-Atlas,
Stifel calico workers, delegations of
the Wheeling police and fire depart
ments, Bloch Bros, tobacco girls, rep
resentatives from all units of the
Ohio Valley Trades and Labor AS
sembly, Post No. |, American Legion
drum corps, the Martins Ferry Legion
drum corps, A Purpura and his band
the Warwood band, another band
titled "The Lost Battalion" Eagles
No. 344 drill team and others.
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