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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
Security Board
Makes Progress

In ycar-end statement issued to-
day, Arthur j. Altmeyer, Chairman OF
the Social Security Board, made the
following report of progress under the
Social Security Act:
With the close Of this year, social
security as a national program in this
country passes it's third milestone. The
work of the Social Security Board
during 1898, in collaboration with the
other Federal and State agencies con-
cerned, brings us up to the New Year
with a substantial record of accom-
plishment.
We have at least one Federal State
program of public assistance to the
needy in every State and Territory of
the United States. The Federal Gov
ernment, by grants of money, helps
the participating States to provide
cash payments monthly to needy old
people, the needy blind, and for de-
pendent children. All the States are
taking part in the program for needy
old people. Forty-two States are TAX
ing part in the program for the needy
blind, and the same number in that
for dependent children. All told
about 21a million men, women, and
children are being directly aided
through these monthly cash allow
ances, from Federal, State, and local
funds. A total, from all these sources,
of 1 billion dollars has been paid to
benefciaries under these assistance
programs since the Social Security
Act went into operation.
We now have 81 States paying un-
employment insurance benefits. In all
the remaining States but two, benefits
will be payable in January, and after
next July all the States will have
reached this stage Of full operation
Up to November 30, 1888, 3i2 million
unemployed workers in 20 States had
received benefits amounting to about
$36S 100000.
We have more than AZ million old
age insurance accounts on our books
an average gain OF
nearly half million month during
1888. Every worker covered by the
old-age insurance plan is now build
ing up his rights to a regular monthly
retirement benefit. Meanwhile, we
are paying lump-sum claims at the
rate Of more than $4,000 month tC
insured workers who have reached 6T
years of age, and to the families OF
those who have died-claims amount.
ing SO far to about II million doll
arS.
The New Year will bring, no doubt
changes in the Social Security Act ano
in the State laws which tie into tn,
act. This, of course, is as it shoulc
be, for we now have experience upor
which we can build in extending anC
strengthening these laws.
With our hopes for the broadening
of the social security programs
hopes which depend, of course, upol
the action of Congress and the State
legislatures which are soon to con
vene-we feel that both the need fol
and the effectiveness of the Social Sc
curty Act have already been demon
strated beyond question. In terms O
people served and future want fore
stalled, its record to date is one o.
real and enduring progress.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
Members Of
CONTINUED From Page One)

Some member in each shop has by
now received, from the secretary, a
form on which to sign your name and
make donation to the fund to fight
infantie paralysis. The money will be
pooled and given to President Roose-
welt on his birthday by representatives
of the American Federation of Labor
as Labor's Silver Salute. Think what
one or more dimes from each member
of the n. B. O. p could do to stamp
out this scourge to humanity.
This would be good time to look
over your dues books to see if they
are in good shape at the start of the
new year.vO. c. 8.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
Washington's Biggest Show
Under Way; TNEC Hearings

Washington, d. C.-Washington's
biggest show in some time got under
way when the Temporary National
Economic Committee began hearings
last week. Senator Joseph O'Ma-
honey, Chairman of the committee, at
the close of the first day hearing
said, "The Government. has been un-
able to provide employment which
means there is an absolute necessity
of industry and Government cooper
ating to relieve unemployment. All
government expenditures indicate only
small! unit of what is needed to at
tain the level Of 1929"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
Employment Drops.
Production Coins
American Farming Employ
es Ten Per Cent Fewer
Persons Now

Washington, D. C. QLNS).-De-
spite 27 per cent increase in the vol
ume of production over the last rs
years, American farming today en-
ploys 10 per cent fewer persons than
it did formerly, it is reported in a
study entitled, friends in Employ
ment in Agriculture, 1909-36," con-
Quoted by the National Research
Project of the Works Progress Admin
istration.
Mechanization of many farming op-
erations that formerly were done with
human or animal labor is the princi-
pal cause of this change in productiv-
ity, Corrington Gill, Assistant Admin
istrator in charge of research, de-
clares.
although the average fertility of
the soil certainly has not increased,
and although efforts toward higher
quality of agricultural products have
tended to increase labor requirements,
the improved techniques of production
nonetheless have cut the total number
of persons working in agriculture in
spite of an increased output Gill
says.
Gill cited, as one outstanding ex-
ample of the effect of mechanization,
that since 1920 the combined harves-
ter-thresher has displaced most of the
100000 to 100000 migratory harvest
hands who used to find employment
every summer in the wheat belts of
the Great Plains and the Pacific
Northwest.
Job Total Falls
The report states that average to-
tai employment on farms declined
from 12,209,O00 in 1909 to 10,997, ,OOC
in 1886, drop of approximately 1C
per cent.
"The number of hired workers has
declined, particularly in the last few
years. In 1909 an average of $685..
600 persons were working in agricul
ture for wages, while in 1886 this
number has been reduced to 2,494 .0O0
This decline, however, did not occur
uniformly throughout the period.
In terms of the statistics presented
it was the hired workers who
felt the greatest effect of the de-
preston. Where possible, their places
were taken by the farmers children
as they grew up and stayed home, OF
by those who came home from the
cities to work in return for shelter
and food. :"
Unpaid Work Rife
In 1886, more than three quarter!
of all farm labor was performed with
out wages by members of the farm
operators families, the report point:
out. A great deal of the work on thu
cotton crop is done by sharecropper'
and their families, and the heavies
concentration of unpaid family work
ers was found in the South. The abil
ity Of the cotton crop to utilize th'
labor of women is similarly respon
sible for the high concentration of fe
male farm labor in the South.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
1893 Strike Total Cut
In Hulf From 1887

Columbus, 0. (lLNS).-Strikes in
1888 were half as numerous as in 1897
and involved only one-third as many
workers, NLRB chairman Madden told
members of the American Political
Science Association.
Madden pointed out that 1888 was
the first full year of operation under
the labor act as legislation of unques-
toned constitutionality.
GAS result Of vigorous organiza-
tion campaigns and under the pro-
lection Of the act the two great labor
organizations claim about eight mil
lion members, as against less than
three million in 1884," Madden said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
S+roin Appointed
Lobor Department
Head BY Bricker
Columbus Building Trades
men Director Of Indus
triul Relations
(By Ohio Labor News Service)

\Dy OulO LABOR NEWS SeTNlCe)
Columbus, Ohio. - George Allen
Strain secretary and business man.
ager of the Colupbus Building Trades
Council, has been named by Governor
elect John w. Rricker to serve in his
cabinet as Director of the Department
of Industrial Relations.
Strain directed the Labor Division
of the Bricker Campaign Committee,
cooperating with "AFL Affiliates", a
group of A. F. of L. leaders headed
by John E. Breidenbach, Dayton, and
Oliver Myers, Toledo, who supported
Bricker's candidacy.
Reared in the Ohio Soldiers and
Sailors Orphans Home at Xenia,
Strain became a member of the Sheet
Metal Workers. Union, affiliated with
the AFL, in Springfield 20 years ago
Coming to Columbus in 1925, Strain
affiliated with Local SO, Sheet Metal
Workers Union, and has served as
business agent of that Union almost
continuously since that time.
In addition to his active participa-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
Local Union No. q8
LCnntinmed From Pace Orel

representatives in Washington that
our livelihood must be protected and
demand his assistance on this vital
matter.
In my last report called the baby
roster but failed to include the new
son Of Mouldrunner James Chester.
jim was hopefully awaiting the stork's
visit with baby girl, but alas, it
proved to be a boy. Don't feel so
badly jim, girls can't run moulds.
We sincerely hope that everyone
will continue to buy only American
made products and that our own men,
bers will come to meeting at least once
a month";. c.. SO.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
Communists Aiding
Guild to Raise Funds
For Chicago Strike
Drive On To Make $4,000
To Help Finance Lost
Wulk-Out

Chicago QLNS).-Backed by the
Communist press, the Chicago News
paper Guild has underway a drive to
raise $4,000 to help finance the walk
out against the Hearst newspapers of
this city. The pleas for money are
carefully camahouged so that the un-
wary trade unionist or other SYM
pathizer with the struggles of organ
lied labor for the betterment of the
workers, may be easily fooled, unless
warned.
The purpose of the strike, as is
well known here among trade union
lists who are conversant with the facts,
is that the Guild hoped to get the
American Federation of Labor trades
in the Hearst plants, mixed up in
fight with the Hearst management.
BY so doing the Guild planned to oust
the two A. F. Of l.. newspaper unions
which have gained majority men,
bership over the Guild on the Herald
and Examiner and the American.
These are the Chicago Editorial Asso-
ciation and the Newspaper Commercial
Associates.
A. F. of L. Contracts Observed
The Guild failed to get the printing
trades, the drivers, mailers and other
union members to break their con-
tracts with the management and thus
bring chaos into the situation.
But the Guild is now attempting to
gain the sympathy of bona fide trade
unionists in order to finance strike
that was lost as soon as it became
apparent that the American Fedora
ton of Labor Unions would not be
coerced or browbeaten into joining in
CIO walkout. The Guild broke it's
own contract with the arrangements
of the newspapers and when the edi-
torial and commercial department
members of the Guild realized they
had been tricked, they returned to
work in a body, so that the strike is
virtually ended
John Fitzpatrick, president of the
Chicago Federation of Labor, how
ever, sees in the situation a possible
repetition of the collection of large
sums of money by the Communists on
the pretext Of helping some worthy
cause.
Money Goes to Communist Cause
The money thus contributed by we'll
meaning persons and labor organiza-
tions, he said, does not go to those for
whom it is intended by the donors, but
is diverted, in part, at least, to the
use Of the Communist party in. pro-
noting it's own cause.
He referred to the Mooney and
Scottsboro cases as typical examples
in which large sums of money were
collected by the Communists, suppos-
edly to assist Mooney in getting out
Of the California penitentiary in
which he has been confined so many
years, and for fighting the attack
cases against the Negro boys charged
with attacking white woman.
"The cause for which the money is
solicited by the Communists, may or
may not be worthy one," said he.
"But it is used for purposes other
than that for which it is contributed
and for which we of the bona fde
trade union movement are not in SYM
pathy."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
State Federation
Continued From Page One}

Legislation extending the physically
rehabilitation program.
Compelling payment of prevailing
wages by sub-contractors on public
work.
A State labor relations act affect
ing intra- state industry.
Regulation of the issuance of in
functions in labor disputes.
Prohibiting the appointment OF
deputy sheriffs, to be paid by private
interests, during a strike or industrial
dispute.
License and regulate private detec-
tive agencies.
Empower the Department Of Indus.
trial Relations to prosecute wage
claims.
A more equitable tax to replace the
sales tax.
Change the name of the Department
of Industrial Relations to the Labor
Department of the State of Ohio.
Providing for State constitutional
Convention at an early date.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
Seno+e Confirms
(Continued From Pqde Onel

appointment, Republican Senators pre-
dicted the passage of ripper legisla-
ton" by the predominantly Republi-
can 93rd General Assembly, which
convened this week, to increase the
Commission from three to five men,
bers, throwing control of the Com
mission to the Republican Party.
Rccnactment of the liquid fuel and
cigarette taxes, for which purpose the
Assembly was recalled, was frustrated
by the deadlock in the Senate over the
Leasure reappointment
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
Asks Bethlehem
Continued From Pace One)

been active in getting the committee
formed, had paid for tear gas pur-
chased by city police Cater entering
on their books the moneys expended as
manufacturing costs"D, and had paid
over in excess of sal 600 to the COM
mittee or to Mayor Shields for use in
the strike.
The Bethlehem has declared, through
its president, Grace, that it will fight
the NLRB report. Undoubtedly, this
means battle in the courts.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05

The Jew with 100000 of property
who wants to leave Germany pays
$4,000 for flight tax, $4,000 as a
fine for a murder committed in Paris,
$4,000 as a contribution to evict other
Jews. The remaining $4,000 are
held; and S per cent of them-$3 200
will be paid to the Jew III his new
place-but only IL exported German
goods. Can you beat it?
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05

Florence Chitester, Of Falls Greek;
and three brothers, Albert ", Robert
G., and Joseph, Jr., all at home.
Deputy Coroner Howard Johnson.
after viewing the remains, said that
an inquest would be held, but the time
and place would not be decided Until!
the outcome of klar's injuries becomes
more definite.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
SIMPLE SANTA

Tommy ION Christmas morning):
"Where does Santa Claus get all his
things, Mamma ?"
Mamma: "Oh, he buys them, sup
pose"
Tommy: "Well, he must be jay to
let any one palm off a tin watch on
him."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05

Man in Barber Chair, twice nicked
by razor: "Give me glass of water,
quick"
Barber: "Whassa matter; hair in
your mouth?"
Excited Customer: "No, | want to
see if my neck leaks!"-Typing Tips.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05

From 1899 to 1887, the manufac-
ture of glass containers grew 600 per
cent in volume, 700 per cent in value;
but dropped in the number of workers
employed from 2S,37O in 1899 to a.
O4O in 1887. And still the NAM
avows that machinery makes more
jobs!
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
USES ELECTRIC RAZOR

V5I1Io LL1IN NIN NtfZVN
Scaling fish.
Taking the head off beer.
Moving the lawn.
Removing the fuzz from peaches.
Keeping roommate awake.
Catching flies.
Shaving. Punch Bow
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
THE INFERENCE

Lady Ito clerk: 81 want to select
suitable Christmas gift for my hus-
band"
Clerk: eyes, madam; you'll find
cheap ties in the damaged goods de-
partment."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05

JAMES +. WOOD

James f. Wood, 81, potter, died in
his home in 2l4 Indiana ave-, Chester,
Wednesday at 3 a. m. following a
three-year illness.
Mr.. Wood leaves his widow, Mrs.
Mary Wood; three sons, James, Noah
and Gerald Wood, all of Chester; four
daughters, Chlouris, Marie and Wilma
Wood, all of Chester, and Mrs.
Chester Smaley of Pittsburgh; one
sister, Mrs. Mary Cossin of Cottage
vile, w. Va, and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held in the
home Friday at 2:30 p. m. in charge
of Rev. l.. o. Douds, pastor of the
Chester Methodist Episcopal church.
Burial will be in Locust Hill cemetery.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
EN GUARDE!

EN GuARDE!
Customer (having rough shave) :
81 say, barber, have you another ra.
zor?"
Barber: Eyes; why?"
Customer: 81 want to defend my
self."-OWl.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
USELESS REMARKS

Where there's will there's always
d bunch of poor relatives,
-Aggievator.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
A DEEP FRIENDSHIP

"Do you know Art?"
"Art who?"
"Artesian."
"Sure, | know Artesian we'll"
Columns
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05

Laugh, for the time is brief,
A thread the length of span;
Laugh, and be proud to belong
To the old proud pageant of man.
John Mansfield.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
RETURNED PRESENT

"Well, Willie, your sister has given
herself to me for Christmas pres
ent. What do you think of that ?"
"'rhat's what she done for Mr..
Bunker last year, an he give her back
fore Easter. bet you'll do the same. -
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05

Adversely tries the great man
prosperity the small one.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
GEORGE X. RIGBY

George r. Rigby, former East Liv-
erpool potter, died suddenly at his
home in Miami, Ariz., Monday, accord
ing to word received by East Liver
pool relatives.
Mr. Rigby was born in East Liver
pool, son of Byron and Mary P.
Rigby. He was dipper by trade and
left here about 80 years ago to accept
a position with the international Cop
per Co. in Arizona.
He leaves his widow, two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Neil Hollister of Yuma,
Ariz., and Lavina at home, and one
sister, Mrs. Barney c. Eells of East
Liverpool.
Funeral services were held in his
home Wednesday. Burial was in
Miami.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
Complete

(Continued From Pace One)
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OBITUARY
WALTER c. KOMMEL

Walter C. Kommel, so, motion pic
ture machine operator and potter, died
in his home in PIP West Third street,
Friday at 11:15 a. m. following
three-week illness.
Mr.. Kommel was born in Wheeling
but resided in East Liverpool for
about 36 years. He was a son of
julius and Lena Stieler 'Kommel.
Mr.. Kommel was employed as jig
german at plant 7 of the Homer
Laughlin China Co. and last worked
as a motion picture machine operator
at the American theater.
He was member of Local Union
No. IL of the National Brotherhood of
Operative Potters, the stage hands
union and St. Johns Lutheran church.
He leaves two sisters, Mrs. John
Conkle and Miss Emma Kommel of
East Liverpool, and three brothers
Robert of Alliance, and Oscar and
Otto at home.
Funeral services were held in the
Martin funeral home Monday at 2:3O
p. m. in charge of Rev. j. H. Miller Of
New Castle, Pa. Burial was in River
view cemetery.
X X X
MRS. JAMES H. WEISEND
Mrs. Mary Gilgallon Weisend, 40,
wife of James H. Weisend of Cleve-
land and a former resident of East
Liverpool, died in the Cleveland City
hospital Sunday morning following
an operation. She had been i'll for
about eight weeks.
Mrs. Weisend's death is the second
in her family within less than two
weeks. Her brother, William Gilgallon,
of Minerva died Dec. 19.
She was born in Salineville, a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
Gilgallon. Her family moved to East
Liverpool in 1901. She lived here un-
til about 10 years ago when they
moved to Cleveland. She was mar
ried about 80 years ago. She was a
member of St. Aloysius Catholic
church of this city.
Besides her husband she leaves two
daughters, Mrs. Pauline Raymond of
LOS AISclcS, anu Jane AIiIi VeiSciu
at home; four sons, James NJ, Robert
Jack and Thomas Weisend, all at
home; and two brothers, James M
and Paul Gilgallon, both of East Liv-
erpool
Funeral services were held in her
home in 4153 West 160th street, Cleve-
land, Thursday at 9 a. m. followed by
another service in st. Patrick's Cath
olic church in Rocky River. Burial was
made in Calvary cemetery in Cleve-
land.
! 4 X 4
La gaceta., 1939-06-20

cuerda, recuerda aquellas paIa-
bras grandiosas. cuando dice ell
rersonaje... Ten los mayores
dolores, en- ell trmulto de la pa
SION Sc agita en- n%osotros, es
cuando hemos de conservar la
tuerza v Ia serenidad -. ~
hemos de saber cumplir STEM
pre- nuestro deber!.. =. Cuando
la passion y ell dolor obscure
cen nuestro pensamiento, es
que nuestra tendencia al NAL
Ievanta dentro de %nosotros pol
Voreda de batalla, para que no
veamos donde esta la luz, don
de esta ell deber! iPero en-
Ell lugar mas doloroso, en- 10
cue nos hace volver la cara
con espanto, ALI esta la virtud,
Iii esta ell deber!"... Y ESQ de-
0es hacer ii, ahOra. Maria,
La gaceta., 1939-06-20
PECHO ABARRILADO GA
ENT SIGUE SUS PRAC-
TICAS

Summit, N. j., JUNO 90
Ell italiano del pecho abarri.a-
do, famoso bebedor de serveza y
aspirante a campe6n, Tony Ga
lento, de Orange, sigue ejerci-
tandose en- ell campamento de
Madame Bey.
Tn medico de Orange lie vi
sito en- estos dias y arrimando
la brasa a la SARDINIA de SUI con-
vecinO opin6: Esta en- la mejor
forma de su vida.
Ell medico lie aconsej6 que nc
gastara ahora toda su energia.
Tres de los socios de pract;-
cas- reciben los golpes de Tony.
los asimilan y sentienen en- Il
brecha.
"Ya vera csc Joe Luis 10 que
son punos duros de veras".
I'm delegado de la comisi6n
atletica neoyorquina tambien a.
segura que ell estado fisico de
Tony es admirable.
La gaceta., 1939-06-20

Porque dijerase que de la ee-
posa del ingeniero dimanaba e
|Sa especie de consuelo celeste
Iqre poseen las personals muy
santas, que poseen las persona
que tienen una luz azulada y
Suave en- ell pensamiento Y en- 81
coraz6n...
i Dime, Maria, dime! Aeon
Shame td!... iverdad que 70
debo ir a Barcelona en- seguids =?
i Pero mujer!.,. TIE has
vrelto local.. iEscdehame con
calma!
icon calma L..
ICON calma, sill. mo te a.
de "Alma Triunfanteo.
esa comedia tan hermosa que Vi
mos la otra noche en- Lara7
An Benavente! iEs como IN
dos de nuestras almasl.,. ire.
La gaceta., 1939-06-20

charme para siempre con 81, con
ellos -.
1Por Dios, Maria!
-iLo he pensado, Sill. Sc
trata de mi hijo. iPonte en- nj
casol 70 me voy! iQuiza no
vuelva a verlo mas!... lC6mo
puedo 70 marcharme asi?.
Y Maria de las Moves. des-
plomandose en- un silll6n, Sc Gu
brio ell rostro con las manos, es-
tremeciendose con un hondisi-
mo sollozo que intentaba sho-
gar, para que no oyeran desde
fuera sus lamentos.
- VamoS, Maria, calmatel...
Escucha. Yamos a hablar sere-
namente-diio ahora la madre
de Celia, con aquel tono de sua
que tenia la virtud de cal
mar todos los dolores.