The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-05-26
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stated that if there is going to be a
war, the dictators will stand shoulder
to shoulder. The knowledge of dicta-
tors is limited, said Mr.. Miller, to
force and more force. There are now
3OO,OO0,OOO people under dictator
ships and the dictators are on the
march. With propaganda equal to
lifting a second class painter to po-
sition of great power, democracy is
challenged as never before, claimed
the speaker.
Germans are working for an aver
age of eight to ten dollars week and
of this 20 to 25 per cent must be
paid in taxes since the complete
abolition of trade unions. 100000, 900
has been raised for propaganda and
one-fourth Of this amount will be
spent in the United States by Ger
many, called by Mr. Miller, the land
of puppets, parades and propaganda.
Mr.. Miller said men Of labor ap-
preciate what democracy means and
should be the men to protect it. Die
tators first hit at the trade unions,
then the freedom of the press and
assembly and then the schools. 1,70O
university professors were "rtired" in
Germany by the Third Reich.
Wishing to become the high force
in Europe, Hitler will not stop at Aus
tria predicted the AFL representative.
If we value freedom, he said, we can
not loaf longer.
The speaker. pointed out that the
Continental Congress in 1774-75, seek
ing a place to give voice in the east,
found only trade union hall (Car-
penter's HalD in Philadelphia where
they could meet. Members later met
there to draft the Declaration of In
dependence. Thirty years later, ac-
cording to the education director,
power was found in the trade union
movement to start the public school
system.
While civilization is trembling in
the balance, dictators are marching
forward, but Democracy, he declared
has the faith of a people and OF a
movement of men who are determined
to be free, committed to the PROPOSE
ton that this nation was fashioned
out of sacrifice of the men who made
America Mr.. Miller closed his ad-
dress with an appeal. "Think about
the ideals of Democracy and the move
ment of labor to make it more
potent agency for the democratic way
of living"
In addition to his address in the
evening, Mr.. Miller spoke briefly to
members of the U. S. p. A. and
East Liverpool business men at a
luncheon at the Travellers Hotel and
again at the same place at dinner
for the local union officials Of the dis
trict, members of the Brotherhood's
Executive Board and officials OF
Trades and Labor Council. The Matt
onal Brotherhood of Operative Pot.
ters was the host on both occasions
President James M. Duffy, who in.
troduced the speaker three times yes.
terday, called him the ace fundamen'
talist of the American Federation OF
Labor and the clearest Of thinkers.
Undoubtedly of greatest interest tt
the potters was Mr.. Mller's state
ment, which he made at the dinner
in his honor, that he will attempt tt
put the potters on the air. He, will
some twenty college and universit!
heads, was invited by the Columbi;
Broadcasting Co. to act on a commit
tee to select programs for the com
pany. Mr.. Miller suggested that th'
story of industry should be human
lied. He worked out a program ant
had it accepted by the committee. Fo
the past four weeks the program ha
been on the air on Thursday evening
at $3.50. The idea is to have work
men interviewed while on the jobs
They not only explain what they arr
doing, but what effect their work ha
on civilization; what niche their pro
duct occupies in the development o
society.
A tunnel worker was intervewet
60 feet below New York's Sixth Ave
a Twentieth Century engineer spok
through the mike" from his cab, th
leading woman telegrapher told he
story while tapping out dots ant
dashes. A milkman was given hi
chance and tonight Tom Carroll, Al
years a longshoreman, will talk t.
100000 people over 90 stations whil
loading the S. S. George Washington
for sea journey.
Mr.. Miller has promised to propos
trip to one of East LiverpooPs pot
teries and believes arrangements Cal
be made within the next three months
1t will give some potter a chance t.
tell, in his own words, from his owl
bench what the American pottery in
dustry means.
The travelling educator said that tn
trade union movement looks to Eas
Liverpool for leadership. He praise'
the Brotherhood officials for the grea
parade and demonstration Of labo
solidarity exemplifed here last Decem
Der, when the Buy American" cele
bration was held, and for the best eX
hibit in the Cincinnati Union Labe
show just closed. All labor leader
H. Ia, nt