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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-05-12
Private initiative. High Wages. Fair
Profit, Given Strong Support by AFL

portunities for working men and
women in private industry. This is
the real remedy for unemployment.
The time has arrived when, through
cooperation, understanding and a
proper regard for the rights of all en-
ployers and employees, industry and
labor should get together and seek to
find a way by which this real remedy
for idleness can be applied.
"The American Federation of La
Dor is committed to the principle OF
private ownership, private initiative
and the protection of private property.
The right to own and manage prop
erty must be conceded and safeguard
ed.
"Working people must be accorded
the right to organize and bargain
collectively. The highest wages which
industry can afford should be paid
and a fair return upon legitimate in
vestments to those who own private
property must be freely conceded.
Labor and capital can cooperate,
develop efficiency and production
through labor organizations developed
by the workers and through the organ
ization of industry, as developed by
industrial management.
Through the establishment of con-
tractual relationships, industrial peace
can be promoted and industrial pro-
duction stabilized. Contracts entered
into between organized labor and in
dustrial management must be regard.
ed as sacred obligations. They must
be religiously observed.
Continued on Page Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-05-12

Washington, D. C.-Hereafter con-
tractors on Works Progress Admins
tration Projects will not be permitted
to chisel wage rates for building
trades workers below prevailing wage
standards, nor will skilled mechanics
be Disseminated against by having
their work performed by unskilled la
Dor.
These two grievances of organized
labor against practices that have de-
veloped in some WPA projects have
been definitely ended as the result of
conferences between representatives
of the Building and Construction
Trades Department of the American
Federation of Labor and Harry l..
Hopkins, Works Progress Admins
TRAITOR.
This justice for unemployed build
ing trades workers temporarily en-
ployed by the WPA was outlined by
Joseph A. McInerney, president of the
Building and Construction Trades De-
partment, in his statement before the
Subcommittee of the House Approp-
priations Committee in support of
President Roosevelt's spending-lend-
ing program, which includes $780,
100000 for the Works Progress Ad-
ministration to be used during the
first seven months of the fiscal year
beginning July l.
In favoring this increased appro-
priation for relief work, Mr.. Mclner-
ney emphasized the fact that "the
average unemployment in the building
trades in the first four months of 1888
was about az per cent as compared
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-05-12
Srndll Rdncher Has
His Soy On Tariff
Would Prohibit Importation
Of All Articles We
Con Produce
RADIO WINNER
Wyoming Cowpuncher One
Of Four Winners In
Radio Contest

Grant S. Gillfry, describing himself
as rancher living in the foothills of
the Bighorn Mountains in the heart
Of Wyoming's dude ranch country,
states that the little feller' is seldom
taken into consideration and he is
glad, as a small rancher, to express
his views in the Potters Herald. His
essay in defense of high tariff was
judged a winner on the "Path to Pros
perity" radio contest. His essay fol-
lows:
Question-Do we want more goods
to flow to us from abroad?
AS a producing consumer, 1 want
no more goods to flow to our shores
from abroad, when they compete with
home-manufacturing or farm pro-
duction. The reciprocal trade agree
ments, "You take dollars worth from
me and I'll take dollars worth from
you", means just that. But how can
we justify such action? Surely not by
closing one mill to open another. That
would be taking one hundred pennies
from one pocket and putting them in
to another, less few clumsily lost
during the transfer.
When the consumer was sold down
the river by crop reduction, our
foreign neighbors stepped in and
raised their production. One country
CONTINUED on Pdqe Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-05-12
Buv Union LubeI''
Campaign Started
by Chicago League
Drive Ties In With the Show
Being Made Ready In
Cincinnati
UNIONS TO EXHIBIT
A Modern Bake Shop In Full
Operation To Be On
Display

Chicago QLNS).-A campaign to
enlist public support of the union la
bel and thereby boost the business
of firms employing union labor is now
under way by the Chicago Trade
Union Label League, composed of A.
F. of l.. unions that have, as one of
their primary objectives, the enforce
ment of the principle for which the
union label stands, "to spend union
earned money for union made goods. I"
The league is in good position to
promote such a drive, as it has in
creased it's membership approximately
$4,000 in the last year and now has
a total membership of nearly 10000,
the largest in many years.
The drive to increase the patronage
of union made goods and union man
ned services was launched in con-
nection with the A. F. of L. Union
Label and Industrial Exhibition, in
Cincinnati, May 16 to 21.
At the Cincinnati national exposi-
tion, the Bakery and Confectionery
Workers International Union, with
headquarters here, is to have as its
exhibit a modern bakery in full oper-
alton with members of the union to
do the work. Pictures illustrating
the progress of the organization in
different branches of the baking in
dustry and an enlarged, illuminated
facsimile of the union label will also
be on display.
Another big booster of the union
label, shop card and button, the Anal
Continued on Page Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-05-12
Urged
AT Local Union 81
Meeting on May Is
Many Important Problems
Settled At Meeting
Lost MonddY
CACHET PROMISED
East Palestine To Honor the
Pottery Industry In
Air Mail Week

East Palestine, O.-Local Union No.
81 held a we'll attended meeting last
Monday night when business of vital
Importance was on the floor for dis
cussion.
If matters were not arranged to
suit those of you who were not pres
ent, we can only say that you can
prevent this by attending the meet
ings. You have to speak for yourself
and not trust your benchmate to take
your part for you. 1t is usually the
loudest squakers who repeatedly stay
away from the meetings.
Another important meeting will be
held this Monday night. All members
are urged to be present.
The East Palestine Philatelic club,
at recent meeting, decided to spon-
sor special air mail cover for Natl
onal Air Mail Week, beginning May
Is.
The cover will consist of a special
design stamped on outgoing air mail
and will commemorate the pottery in
dustry here. 1t is expected that re-
quests for this cachet will be received
from all over the country as well as
locally. Anyone desiring one may
receive it by simply sending self
addressed envelope and six cents, the
cost of the air mail stamp, to the
club.
The local postmaster and his staff,
together with the members of the club
have joined hands to make this
cachet possible.-O. G. 81.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-05-12

Washington, D. C.-The Executive
Council of the American Federation
of Labor, in session here, issued a
comprehensive statement setting forth
the underlying objectives and policies
of the Federation in connection with
a number of crucial questions now
confronting the American people.
The statement upheld private initi-
ative and private property with "fair
return upon legitimate investments" !"
reasserted the right of labor to organ
ize and bargain collectively and the
paramount Importance of strict OBJ
servance of agreements between
unions and employers, demanded the
payment of the "highest wages which
industry can Afford" declared that it
is the duty of those who own and op-
crate private industry to end the un-
employment problem by creating jobs
for the jobless army now numbering
over eleven million persons, voiced the
necessity Of democracy in industrial
relations, urged industry to cast aside
all forms of warfare against labor,
and stressed the Importance of cooper
alton between capital and labor to
eliminate economic wrongs and estab-
lish industrial justice.
Following is the text Of the Execu-
tive Councils statement:
"The Executive Council Of the
American Federation of Labor re-
CARDS the present moment as most
opportune and timely for a declara.
tion of it's best aims and objectives.
Unemployment can only be over.
come through the creation of work op.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-05-12
Prevailing Wages Won For Building
Trades Workers On All WPA Projects

with 20 per cent in the first four
months of 1887"
Following is the text of Mr..
McInerney's statement:
''In his message to Congress on
April IA, President Roosevelt proposed
a group of measures designed to stem
the tide of the depression and assure
employment on public projects to the
workers for whom no job opportuni-
ties will be available from private
sources.
Several Of these proposals which
are now under the consideration Of
your committee vitally affect the
Building Trades mechanics and labor
ers throughout the United States on
whose behalf | want to express our
unqualified support of the recommend
ed appropriation.
Over IL 100000 Are Jobless
'It is recommended that $780,
100000 be appropriated for the use of
the Works Progress, Administration
for the first seven months of the fiscal
year beginning July l, 1888.
"The continuation of the works pro-
gram providing jobs on useful public
projects to the unemployed is a vital
necessity to the nation at this time.
According to the American Federation
of Labor figures unemployment has
been steadily increasing from Septem-
Der through March. The total num-
Der of the unemployed passed the
eleven million mark last February and
continued to rise with the result that
the volume of unemployment today is
(Continued on Pace Six
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-05-12
Woge-Hour Bill To
Come Before House
May 23rd At LATEST
Over 200 Representatives
Sign Petition To Cut
Further Delay
PASSAGE CERTAIN
Majority Leader RaYburn
Predicts Passage Of
Measure
PASSAGE CERTAIN

Washington, D. C.-In the short
space of two hours and twenty-five
minutes on May 6, two hundred and
eighteen members of the House of
Representatives signed the petition
discharging the House Rules Commit
tee from further consideration of the
Wages and Hours Bill. This decisive
action assured a full and free dis
cussion of the measure by the House
not later than May %, with its pass
age practically certain.
There is possibility that the Rules
Committee, in view of the overwhelm-
ing desire expressed by the House to
take up the measure, will reconsider
it's former action blocking consider
alton of the bill by a vote of eight to
six and report special rule under
which the bill could be given immedi-
ate consideration. Observers, however,
expressed the opinion that the Com
mittee would stand pat on it's original
decision in the vain hope that before
May %, the earliest date possible for
consideration of the measure under the
petition procedure, a certain amount
of opposition to the bill would develop.
Mrs. Norton Is First Signer
Representative Mary T. Norton of
New Jersey, Chairman of the House
Labor Committee in charge of the bill,
was the first to sign the discharge
petition after she had placed it on
Speaker Bankhead's desk. Then came
the unprecedented rush Of other sign
ers.
The members were asked by Speak
er Bankhead to form in line in the
interest of orderly procedure. But the
enthusiasm was so overwhelming that
the Sergeant-at-Arms had to be call
ed to enforce the Speakers request.
During the first hour signatures
were attached at the rate of three a
minute. This put $50 signatures on
the petition. With victory in sight
the speed subsided, but the constant
tread of members to the desk where
the petition had been placed continued.
Majority Leader Sam Rayburn of
Texas was the 203d signer.
The eight members of the Louisiana
delegation clinched the victory for
the bill. Following the Texan they
marched in a body to the dais and
signed up.
Representative MOuton is 218th
Signer
Mrs. Nan w. Honeyman of Oregon,
the first woman Congressman from
that State, was the 217th signer
against the arbitrary action of the
Rules Committee. Then Representa-
tive Robert L. Mouton of Louisiana,
who had given way for Mrs: Honey
man, signed his name as the final
necessary one.
Continued on Page Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-05-12
Four Resolutions
Passed dByL.U U.96
Last Friday Night
The Convention Will Receive
Two: Others Pertain
To Perth AmboY
JULIUS KASS SPEAKS
Attorney For Central Body
Shows Progress of
unionism

FRth AstabsY y 3 Axelis attend
S9 meetiisg accomplished great deal
OF business last Friday Local Union
SO held but one meeting in April
which left number of important
matters to dispose of in addition to
the passing of four resolutions. Two
of these will be sent to the national
convention in Atlantic City this June
and the other two pertain to Perth
Amboy.
A resolution was adopted commend
ing the City Commissioners for ap-
pointing Better Housing Commits
sion. We believe this commission will
be an aid to our industry and also help
people in their hunt for work. Many
cities throughout the state has adopt
ed such program with the idea of
making use of funds available by the
Federal Government.
Mr.. Julius Kass, council for the
Perth Amboy Central Labor Union,
attended our last meeting and spoke
on the progress unionism has made
in the past few years. He also COM
mented upon the better housing pro-
gram the City Commissioners adopted,
which he believed was something
needed by Perth Amboy for several
reasons, but especially to create en-
ployment.
Attorney Kass also spoke on the la
Dor school which has been proposed
for next fall. Business English, Econ
omics and the History of Labor will
be taught by professors from Prince
ton and Newark and Mr.. kass will
offer course in law as pertaining
to labor.
Much credit must go to Brother E.
L. Wheatley for his efforts in the in
terest of the sanitary workers. After
his, audience with the New Jersey
Plumbers Association, it is hoped he
will be able to secure an agreement
binding their members more closely
to our trade.
Brother Steve Kish would have been
lucky fellow had he stayed until the
end Of last meeting. AS it was, Hugh
Church took home the bacon.
Following is resolution which was
adopted at the last meeting:
Whereas, The City Commission of
Perth Amboy, N. J. has deemed it
necessary to adopt program of bet
ter housing; and Whereas, this gov
erning body has appointed group of
leading citizens to see that this work
is done satisfactorily; and Whereas
We believe that this kind of work
will help relieve unemployment; there
fore be it
Resolved, That Local Sc of the Natl
onal Brotherhood of Operative Pot
ters assembled at regular meeting
May 6, 1888, commend the action as
taken by the City Commission in theil
effort to create better housing con.
ditions in Perth Amboy and also
create employment.
Be it further resolved, That copy
Of this resolution be sent to the fol
lowing:
The City Commissioners of PERTH
Amboy, N. ].
The Perth Amboy Evening News
Continued on Page Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-05-12
Spencer Miller j. to Appear on
Findl T. L. Educational Feature
Popular Lecturer Obtained
To Climax Seasons
Program MdY Is
SPEAKERS MAY 18TH
Unemployed Insurance And
Social Security Men
Here Wednesday

Trades and Labor Council of this
city will present Spencer Miller, Jr.,
head Of the American Federation of
Labor education department, to East
Liverpool at an open meeting to be
held May 25. Officials of the Central
Body have not yet determined where
the meeting will take place, but
promise to make an announcement
early next week.
Accompanying Mr.. Miller will be
Dewitt Huffman, who is the educa-
tional director Of the Ohio State Fed
Grafton of Labor. The meeting will
end this seasons educational program
which has been conducted in con-
junction with the Ohio State Fedora
ton Of Labor.
Mr.. Miller is especially we'll known
for his work in conducting educational
forums throughout the country. The
popular lecturer is exceptionally inter-
esting and entertaining while on the
platform and is in great demand all
through the year. He travels and
lectures throughout the winter and
conducts summer schools for labor in
the warm months Many of his ad-
dresses have appeared in the Potters
Herald
President James NJ Duffy of the
National Brotherhood of Operative
Potters, who is we'll acquainted with
Mr. Miller and the work he is doing,
stated that he has wonderful grasp
of the problems confronting labor and
his talk will be well worth setting
aside Wednesday, May 25.
Trades and Labor Council should be
complimented for securing SO notable
speaker to climax their educational
program.
At the next regular meeting of the
council, Wednesday, May Is, Edwin
V. Flaulhaber, manager Of the Social
Security Board in Youngstown will
appear here to familiarize the dele
gates with the workings Of the Board.
In addition to Mr. Faulhaber, a repre-
sentative from the Unemployed Insur-
ance department of the state will be
on hand to answer all questions in
connection with his department.
All delegates are urged to be pres
ent at what should prove to be the
most instructive meeting the Central
Body has held to date. All local
union members are enrolled in these
| (Ccntinued on PCce Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-05-12
DR.. c. NJ. CrumblY Returns To Predict
Big Things For "BuY American" Picnic
LuYs Huge Odds That This
Years Outing Will Be
Best Of Series
CHALLENGE GIVEN
Newell Soft Ball Tenn Is
Ready To Meet Best
Potter Outfit

That ace prognosticator, DR.. C.
Mortimer Crumbly who startled wait
ing football world with his astound-
ing predictions a couple of seasons
back, dropped into the office yester-
day to set up odds of ten to one that
this years outing, the "Buy Ameri-
can" Picnic, will far outshine any pre-
vious attempt by the committee.
The Doc said, "If committee had
three or even four successes, you
might put that down to beginners
luck, but when they crash through
year after year with a bigger and bet
ter outing, they must have everything
that's needed"
No one was heard to disagree with
the old professor, and as he is not
one to allow things to quiet down of
their own accord, he went on to his
pet subject of jinx. "After having
their best picnic last year, which was
the 18th annual outing, the committee
can certainly be expected to set new
records. F.. why the only potters un-
lucky last June were those who
couldn't make the trip to Idora," said
the sage of Calcutta.
While this one-sided conversation
continued, Bill Watkin, sports pro-
gram head, entered to say that Ray
McDaniePs Beers, a softball team
composed of potters working in the
Laughlin shops, wished to throw out
a challenge to any and all potter
teams using the inseam ball for a
championship game the morning of the
picnic. All those interested should
write Mr.. Watkin Immediately. Morti-
fner, without waiting to eye the OPP
ponent, was heard to mutter that he
was picking the Beers. This must have
reminded him of something because
he made a hasty exit.
Speaking of sports, the athletic
field at Idora Park is undergoing a
very strenuous grooming at present
to be in the pink of condition June IL.
Two score workers are manicuring the
big diamond which will be the scene
of the baseball and softball games.
The sprinters will find the track fast
and should turn in new records this
year.
Chairman George Goppert and his
aids are pouring over the accounts of
the past 13 picnics with an eye to
eliminating the unpopular features and
substituting new ones. Nothing is be-
Continued on Pace Six)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-25

Continued Trom Page D civilians entered the mountains. In mid-afternoon, they found McCor- mick's automobile, it's windows up and its doors locked, parked in Pussy Willow Canyon which leads directly to the almost sheer side of the great cliff.
 The surmiSe seemed justified that the boys had attempted to climb it. At dusk, searchers reached its top and from that point saw Whitmer's body on the ledge. They could not see Mccormick body. The failing light made cliff climbing extremely hazardous. They recovered the body and took it to the national guard camp where it was identified by Mrs. Simms.
 Whitmer's body was crushed and many bones broken. He was the son of a wealthy Albuquerque business man and former student at Princeton University.
 Whitmers father died recently and his mother, Mrs. T. E. Whitmer, and his sister were reported at sea en route to Europe. While his fam fly was away, he was staying at the home of Mrs. Robert Dietz. Mrs Dietz, accompanying Mrs. McCor- mick, also identified the body.
 The cliff is part of the west front of North Sandia Mountain which is 5000 feet high. Both boys were ardent mountain climbers and Mrs. Mccormick said they had planned to climb North Sandia peak prelim- mary to climbing Truchas Moun- tain 13,00O feet. They already had climbed the less difficult needle peak and Badly Mountain.
 Weather conditions around North Sandia peak on Wednesday were not favorable to mountain climbing. Showers made the rock side of North Sandia slippery and treach- erous.
 Today's search will begin at 5 a. m. (8 a. m. EDT).
 "The search for Mccormick will be started from the base of the cliff on which Whitmer died" General Charlton said. Tt is evident the boys both were trying to scale the same cliff. We will start at the bot tom and work upward from ledge to ledge"
 Mccormick was the heir of his late fathers huge publishing for tune.
 Mrs. Simms married Mccormick June 10, 1903. He died February 25, 1925, while a member of the United States senate from Illinois. Inherit ing many of the qualities or her late father, Mark Hanna, she has long been prominnet in politics and so- cial and civic work. She was member of the house from 1929 to 1881 and in 1882 won the Republi- can senatorial nomination, only to be defeated by Senator J. Ham Lewis in the election. She married Simms March g, 1882, and since then has concentrated much of her energy on the Sandia School For Girls which she established in the beautiful Sandia Mountains.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-25
Jury's Actiuities
 Hang On Decision
(Cortinued from Page D

in any venue would be impossible for the accused, saying "As result of that publicity, some of those named have been asked to resign positions, and every venire in the state has been poisoned to such an extent that it would be impossible to obtain a fair trial anywhere"
 It is believed that this argument will be pressed further, and that it was in this connection that the nine men, including a newspaper pub- fisher, were called as witnesses to court proceedings yesterday. They were not heard, however, being ex- cused indefinitely.
 Activities Limited
 Attorney Patrick Healey, arguing for John s. Johnston, Thomas J. Fleming, Henry w. Minor, Thomas Shanahan and John Crary, contend ed that MT. Alcorn had taken an oath of office which limited his &C., tivities to the conduction of an in- vestigation. MT Alcorn replied that all he knew about the oath was that i've all took the regular oath right in this room"
 Attorney Sidney s. Cassel, coun- sel to Philip and Ralph Coppeto, argued on the grounds that Samuel E. Hoyt of New Haven should have been appointed special prosecutor.