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Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-13
F.H.A. Program Attracts
Interest Of r esidents
In Construction Plans

Imperial Valley this week became building conscious
following meeting of the Ell CentrO Chamber of Com
merce housing committee Wednesday night at which Will
liam o. Harris federal housing official outlined the H
A program and cited the possibilities for the plan in the
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-13
VALLEY BECOMES BUILDING CONSCIOUS
IL PER CENT OF YOUTH
REFUSE TO FIGHT

WASHINGTON, Mar. IL. UP)-
A survey by the American youth
commission indicated today that IL
per cent of the nations young men
would refuse to fight in event of
any kind of a war.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-04-15
THE Girl Of the Golden West atMayIand Last Of Week
FIRST HUNDRED
YEARS., ACADEMY

FIRST HUNDRD ....
Robert Montgomery has been
an actor on stage and screen for
more than 10 years-but it took
a simple little duet to jar his com
posture to the point where he jit-
tered like an amateur about to
play Hamlet"
The duet, 4 simple little chorus
from Put On Your Old Gray
bonnet" is SING By Montgomery
and Virginia Bruce. in The First
Hundred Years" merry martial
comedy. coming to the Academy
Theatre Monday and Tuesday OF
next week.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-04-15
COMEDY EVENT OF
YEAR AT MARYLAND
Carole Lombard and Fer
nand Gravel in Fools
For Scandal"

Hailed as the comedy event of
the year, Fools for Scandal. :"
starring Carole Lombard and Fer
nand Gravel, will have its open
ing Monday at the Maryland The
atre. A light and gay romance
of London and Paris, produced
and directed by Hollywood's ace
comedy director, Mervyn Leroy,
it is said to reach a new high in
entertainment.
No one needs to be told about
Miss Lombard. Gravel is the
handsome, appealing young actor
whom Leroy discovered in Paris
last year and brought to Holly
wood under personal contract to
star with Joan Blondell.
In his current picture, he is
sad to be even more winsome, for
he displays a talent that wasn't
shown in the 1897 film-he sings
and dances.
The story is about an American
movie star who under an assumed
name is seeing the sights. of Lon
don and Paris. That. of course. is
Lombard. She meets with a
Baron who likewise is travelling
incognito and keeping secret his
rank. And that is Fernand. Plen-
ty of fun follows, when Carole
hires him as her chef.
Lavish settings and beautiful
costumes are another feature of
the picture, and Miss Lombard's
gowns are something for the
girls to go home and yearn for.
The costume ball sequence is
said to have some of the most or
iginal creations ever seen on the
screen.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-04-15
TOBACCO INCREASE

According to the Crop Report
ing Service of Maryland, present
indications point to a prospective
tobacco acreage of $4,000 acres
tbs year, which is an increase of
six per cent above that of last
year and is slightly larger than
the acreage OF 1886.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-04-15
TEACHER OF MUSIC

Samuel strine, teacher guitar,
mandolin. banjo. xylophone, estab-
lished teacher. recongized instru-
mentalist, member Municipal Band
secretary Musicians Local. Stu
dio, 527 w. Franklin st. Phone
1928.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-04-15
kEEDYswLLE HAS DOCTOR

DR.. Station, Hendersonville, n.
=, has located at Keedysville,
-hich community has been with
1T a physician for about two
ears. He is a graduate of the
University of Maryland, class of
929. DR.. Stations brother locat-
4 recently as physician at Ny
'sville.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-04-15

Along with free speech there is
the PRICELESS privilege of not lis.
tening to a word the orator has
to say.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-04-15

Charles Lewis, of Swansea,
Wales, did not object to William
Jenkins stealing his wife, but
when he also took the family pho
nograph he was sent to jail.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-04-15

nifty and Lowell Thomas, radio
commentator, is it's national prest
dent.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-04-15

An owl killed and carried away
a cat owned by Conrad Portmann
of Davenport, Iowa.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-08

are the latest achievements to, testify
to the progress Of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. Both of these meas
ures, now federal statutes of the
United States, impose upon law-mak-
ing and lawenforcing bodies the duty
to recognize and enforce the principle
of the right of workers in industry to
join unions of their own choosing.
Administration of Labor Relations Act
The administration of the National
Labor Relations Act is unsatisfactory.
The American Federation Of Labor
sponsored this legislation not to force
workers into particular union or any
union, but to permit them to exercise
freely the right to join union of
their own choosing. The American
Federation Of Labor will continue it's
campaign with respect to the operation
of this law until it's administration
conforms to the principles Of freedom
which should be applied under our
form of government.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-08
Study Publicity Plan For
FreY's Testimony For Dies

Atlantic City, N. 1.-THE Executive
Council of the American Federation
Of Labor, in session here, took under
consideration the question of publish
ing in pamphlet form the testimony
of John P. Frey, president of the A.
F. of L. Metal Trades Department., be-
fore the Dies Committee of the House
of Representatives investigating un-
American activities in the United
States, in which Mr. Frey presented
proof of the large influence welded by
the Communists in the Committee for
Industrial Organization.
The Executive Council manifested
keen interest in the report submitted
by Mr.. Frey Of his three-day's testi-
mony before the committee, during
which he listed the names of 2S4 al
legged Communist party members who
were on the C. |. o. payroll, 60 or
more others as C. |. o. leaders who
he said were either members of the
Communist party or were supporting
Communist propaganda in the G. |. o.,
and 23O additional names of Commun-
1910 WIZ "SIC clSIlNC ". L. ". WoIhSIoJ
bringing the total to about 500.
Following Mr. Frey's report, Will
liam Green, president of the A. F.. of
L., announced that methods of public
izing Mr.. Frey's testimony were being
considered but that conclusion re-
garding the form the publicity would
take had not been reached. 1t was,
however, regarded as very important
to spread the information to the pub
lie.
Mr.. Frey reiterated to the Execu-
tive Council the statement he made
in his testimony before the Dies Com
mittee that "the c. [. O. is not yet a
Communist organization so far as the
majority of the rank and file is CON
cerned," and that "the fact seems to
be that the c. |. O. membership un-
willingly became a carrier for the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-08
Morrison Reports
(Continued From Pace One)

PyrotechnlcS play no part in the
progress of a labor union. Permanent
accomplishments require qualities in
men and women that impel them to
remain steadfast through monoton-
Gus routine which builds up stamina
and discipline necessary to establish a
responsible union.
This is the type of membership that
has made the American Federation of
Labor the spearhead of the labor
movement of this country; that made
powerful corporations SO apprehensive
of it's power to attract the membership
of their employees that they surrounded
the enforcement of restrictive labor
policies with impressive legal talent
and professional spy operations.
The leaders Of the c. |. o. may eX-
press contempt for the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor and its leaders, but
not so the great corporations and firms
that held q stranglehold over the com
munities within which they operated.
OF recent memory are the brutali-
ties of the coal and iron police in the
steel and mining communities carry
ing on their activities with the lega1
blessing of the injunction judge, while
political authorities either openly con
nived or passively stood by.
Right to Organize Gained
1t is a long way from the 'medieva
theory Of labor and the application tc
individual workers of the right to joil
union of their own choosing to i'm.
prove conditions of labor This way
has been traversed by the American
Federation Of Labor within the perioC
of it's existence.
All through the years the American
Federation of Labor has directed It's
efforts to secure the enactment OF
specific legislative regulations to pro,
hibit unfair practices against workers
in industry; the records Of the UniteC
States Congress, state legislatures
county and city governments, give
ample testimony of campaigns con
tinuously waged by the Federation anc
prove that with the progress of its
partisan campaigns in politica
elections the principles for which the
| American Federation of Labor stands
have been reiterated time and again
in legislative enactments. a ,
The Norris-La Guardia Injunction
Law, enacted in 1882, and the Natlona
Labor Relations Act, enacted in 1885
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-08

happy to welcome the Secretary of
Labor at this years session of the In
ternatonal Labor Conference, and
were heartened by the news of the
ratification of five Maritime Conven-
tions by the United States. But the
clearest proof of the big part which
the United States is now playing in
our worldwide Organization is the APP
pointment Of an American, John q.
Winant, as the new Director of the
International Labor Office Mr.. Win
ant will succeed me when | leave at
the end of the year. No one could ask
for better successor, and | am glad
to think that he will take office at a
time when the prestige and standing
Of the International Labor Organiza-
ton were never higher.
Among the many regrets which |
feel at leaving the Office, none is
keener than the loss of official con-
facts with American Labor, at whose
hands | have received so much help,
hospitality and friendliness. | am
hoping, however, not to lose touch
with the United States, or with my
many friends in the Labor ranks there,
while in the new job which | am TAX
ing up in England.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-08
Truck Drivers Receive
More PdY In IL States

Chicago ILNS).-Wage increases,
better working conditions are provided
for truck drivers and helpers in II
midwestern states by an agreement
unanimously approved here by repre-
sentatives j.. of $500 truck operators.
The agreement was recently drawn
between the operators and the Inter
national Brotherhood of Teamsters,
Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers,
an A. F. of l.. affiliate.
The pact recognizes the union as
sole bargaining agent for the drivers
and helpers. Close to million work
ers will be affected, it is estimated.
Rates of pay established as mini
mum by the contract follow:
Local runs: (within rs mile radius
of the city, 60 cents per hour, mini
mum guarantee of five hours.
Through runs: 2A cents per mile
Time used for pick-ups will be paid
rs cents per hour, minimum guaran-
tee of seven hours.
Minimum rates also are established
for work under extraordinary circum-
stances, such as breakdowns, dead
heading layovers and impossible high
ways.
The contract stipulates work week
maximum of go hours.
Special provisions also are included
to cover owner-operators affiliated by
lease with an operating company.
J. l.. keeshin, leader in organizing
the operators, said that only by con-
structive cooperation with their en-
ployes could they help to meet the in
creasing competition presented by the
railroads.
The agreement approved provides
that it shall be effective Oct. l and ex-
pire Oct. 81, 1889 "and shall continue
in force from year to year thereafter
unless written notice. of desire to
change or modify provisions is made
60 days prior to the annual date OF
expiration.
The territory involved comprises
Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan
Ohio, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri
North Dakota, South Dakota, Ne
braska, Kansas City, Kan, and the
south bank of the Ohio River from
opposite Portsmouth, Ohio, to Padu-
cab, Ky.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-08
THE TRUTH ABOUT "FIXED
CHARGES"

In discussing railroad fixed charges,
a special committee composed Of three
members of the Interstate Commerce
Commission recently reported to the
President: "There is some misunder-
standing of the fixed-charge situation
and it's significance. Many seem to
think that these charges represent an
unjust burden, and that if it could be
removed, all would be well. The fact
is that these charges constitute COM
paratively modest return on only a
part Of the legitimate investment in
railroad property. There is nothing
unjust about this return"
Furthermore, contrary to wide
spread fallacy, fixed charges aren't
paid by the railroads to some vague
and mysterious group of wire-pulling
capitalists. They are paid to hundreds
of thousands of people, many of them
of small or moderate means, who own
railroad bonds. They are paid to lead
ing educational and charitable institu-
tions, which usually have a substan-
tial part of their invested endowments
in railroad securities. They are paid
to practically every savings bank and
insurance company in this country,
which have invested part of their as
sets in the railroad industry and wish
an interest return.
AS consequence, every one of the
tens of millions of insurance policy
holders and bank depositors-to say
nothing OF that vast army who own
railroad securities directly - benefit
when railroad fixed charges are paid.
The checks that go out in payment
mean more purchasing, more jobs, and
increased public buying power.
Here is one more of the many
reasons why prosperous railroads are
essential to prosperous nation. The
fact that large number of lines have
been unable to meet their fixed
charges in recent years-because of
inequitable regulation, soaring costs,
and starvation rates-has unques-
tionably made a measurable contri-
button to depression and general lack
of confidence and stability. And the
argument that fixed charges are ex-
cessively high is completely unprov-
able, and is refuted by the govern
ment's own statistics.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-08
Political Policy To
(Continued From Pace One)

Alben w. Barkley of Kentucky, Claude
Pepper of Florida, were approved by
the A. F. of l.. and were renominated
in the primaries.
Mr.. Green mentioned four contests
involving seats in the House of Rep
resentatives in which the American
Federation Of Labor opposed the Com
mittee for Organization and won.
These were the denomination of Rep
resentatives Hatton w. Summers and
Martin Dies in Texas, the defeat of
Representative Maury Maverick in the
same State and the denomination of
Representative Robert Doughton in
North Carolina.
He also referred to the primary
contest in Pennsylvania where the A.
F. of l.. assisted in the defeat of Lieut..
Gov. Thomas j. Kennedy, secretary
treasurer of the United Mine Workers,
an affiliate of the c.. l. O., in his eff
fort to win the nomination for Cover
nor by the Democratic party
The American Federation of Labor
is also supporting Representative
David j. Lewis of Maryland who is
seeking the nomination for the U. S.
Senate in opposition to Senator Mil
lard Tydings, Senator Alva B. Adams
of Colorado and Senator Pat McCar-
ran of Nevada.
A. F. of l.. Policy VS.. c. |. O. Set. UP
The political aihs of the Commit
tee for Industrial Organization are so
thoroughly resented by large sections
Of the population that many candidates
for national office claim they were
helped by c. l. 0. opposition, Mr..
Green said. ".a
In contrasting the policies Of the
American Federation of Labor and the
C. |. O. in the political field, Mr.. Green
made this declarations: "'
"We do not attempt to formulate
political policies in Congress. Our in
interest is confined to questions of
economic and labor policies. No officer
of the American FMd1Caaion of Labor
is aspiring to office, political leader
ship or position, That is where we
differ with the political set-up Of the
| ". 1. W. L IdC tllILdCIOfif 10 ucSlSIl-
edly supporting an independent po-
litical party"
Independent Labor Party Opposed
With regard to an independent labor
party MIR. Green said he was thorough
ly convinced that the nation was not
yet ready for such an organization
Until the interests of farmers become
identified with those of industrial
workers, he added, such party car
only succeed in "isolating labor's
strength"
NOn-Partisan Policy Explained
"The pursuit of, a non-partisan pol
icy," Mr.. Green continued, "means that
labor's strength can be used as bal
ance Of power and deciding factor
in elections. Legislators listen with
respect to what we have to say so long
as they fear the exercise of our po-
litical power under the two-party form
of Government to which this country
is welded. If they believe us minor
ity group with our own party, they car
afford to ignore us"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-08
Appointive Judge
CONTINUED From Page One)

lent and illegal signatures, has ap-
parently throttled the "Fascist" pro-
posal for the time being at least.
If the petitions are officially found
to bear insufficient valid signatures,
proponents have ten days in which to
attempt to secure the additional sig
natures required to have the proposal
placed on the November ballot.
In view of that fact, Secretary
Treasurer Donnelly warned all men,
bers Of Organized Labor and urged
them to advise their friends not to sign
the petitions, if a last minute effort
is made by the Committee to secure
necessary signatures.
Should the proposal attain a place
on the November ballot Organized La
Dor will conduct vigorous campaign
against its adoption, cooperating with
other groups interested in protecting
their constitutional rights.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-08
MEXICO CITY "TRADE UNION
CONGRESS-" DENOUNCED BY
BY A. F. OF l.. HEAD

Atlantic City, N. ]. 0LNS).-The
American Federation of Labor will
have nothing to do with the "Latin-
American Trade Union Congress-
opening at Mexico City on September
5, President William Green of the Fed
Grafton declared here in denouncing
the congress" as communistic.
He said that he had refused an in
vitation to attend because l hear that
the CIO will be represented there and,
it is reported to me that those at the
conference are extreme leftists. | re-
gard it as a meeting of leftists and
Communists"
The meeting, he said, had been call
ed to set up new Pan-American la
Dor organization in competition with
the Pan-American Federation of La
Dor established 20 years ago by
Samuel Gompers. He said meeting
of the A. F. of LIS Pan-American or
ganization probably would be called
soon. 1873 -
Green said he had advised the Fed
eration's Executive Counsel, meeting
here in quarterly session, that he was
declining the invitation sent by
Vicente Lombardo Toledano, secretary
of the Confederation Of Mexican Work
erS.
Green said the International Fedora
ton Of Trade Unions had shown little
sympathy with the Mexico City meet
ing. He added that the entire eXecu-
tive committee of the |. F. r. U. had
been invited to attend but that only
two members accepted.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-08
MEXICAN MINERS STRIKE

Eagle Pass, Texas (ILNS).-Mex-
ico's largest mines were closed when
5000 employees of Compania Carboni-
fera De Sabinas went on strike at
Nueva Rosita, so miles south of the
United States border. The strike was
called when the company, a subsidiary
of the American Smelling Company
refused to accept proposed new con-
tract with the employees.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-08
Green Says AFL
Communism Firmly Opposed
(Continued From Pace One)

We have stood solidly against the
principles and practices of Com
munism. Such unions as tolerated
Communists or their sympathiZers
have found unity of action impossible
and their organizations torn asunder.
AS to the wisdom Of our decision, even
though opposed by some liberals and
radical opportunists, we have only to
point to the terrible purge that has al
ready cost two million lives in Russia.
No group within a Nation can per-
manently impose it's will on other
groups.
Wage Reductions Prevented
During the past year we have added
to our union ranks and have extended
and strengthened the practice of col
lective bargaining and as a result
have been able to defeat many pro-
posed wage cuts. We have contributed
to understanding of the fact that
wages are both pay for work and ap-
proXimately so per cent of consuming
power upon which industries depend
for sale of products and services. There
is now more conscience and hesitation
on the part Of employers in proposing
wage cuts matched by intelligent re-
sistance on the part of unions. The
result has been steadying force In
business activity.
Unemployment Compensation
Extended
In the past year unemployment
compensation laws have gone into eff
feet in more than half our States anC
will be in effect in all but two with
the beginning of next year. The pur'
pose Of unemployment compensation
is to provide economic security fol
those employable workers who have
lost their jobs. Even though the laws
are not yet perfect or their admins
tration satisfactory, the big thing is
the establishment of the principle thai
workers losing jobs still have right
to income.
Minimum Wage and Maximum HOuI
Standards Fixed
Another big forward step of the pas
year is social legislation fixing wage
minimum below which competition ma!
not force workers to work in industrie!
under Federal jurisdiction and estab
fishing maximum hours beyond which
overtime is enforced These two meas
ures raised the economic level Of al
our living and provide a new sense o
security for those whose incomes de
pend upon keeping their jobs.
Problem of Labor Law Administration
However, these new laws, togethe
with the National Labor Relations Act
public contracts, as well as the mor'
familiar laws, bring US to the serious
problem of getting understanding an'
practical administrators. Labor expert
ence is necessary for the administra
tion of labor law.
Importance of Labor Unity
The problems of the coming yea
challenge Labor's ability in organiza
ton and securing representation 70
it's views and experience in the admin
istratve work of the Government.
The situation calls for rededica
ton to the cause of unionism and fo
unifying our labor movement. Gu
national life is unity and Labor can
not divide its forces without loss t.
itself and the cause of human welfare
Let us determine to forge a nev
unity during the year, sweep aside al
disruption, and take advantage Of tn
opportunities which we can turn int
strength for the cause of unionisn
and higher standards of living for all
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-08
Porcelain Workers
(Continued From Page One)

Boys Foot Race, II to IS: Ralph
Woods and Harold Diddle, Jr. Girls
Foot Race, II to Is: Miss Mary Adkins
and Miss June Densmore. Bean Count
ing contest: Miss Mildred Barcus,
Miss June Densmore and Mrs. Richard
Omstead.
The music for the gathering was
furnished by Robert Mason, guitar;
Edward Barker, saxaphone; Kenneth
Bennett, violin and Robert Adkins,
banjo. This group of musicians was
accompanied by Miss Dolores Nc
Laughlin.
During the evening hours everyone
enjoyed themselves with weiner
sizzle. We believe all in all it was a
grand affair and hope to have bigger
and better one next year.7-O. C. lao.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-08

The world would be better place
if everybody could spare few minutes
now and then to make the area sur
rounding him little better.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-08

Look for the Union Label when you
purchase clothing.
virus Of Communism because of the
attitude of it's leadership" He said he
did not think that John l.. Lewis,
chairman of the Committee for Indus
trial Organization, was a Communist.