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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-13
Fair Distribution
Of Materials Urged
Hdrrinun Says Lack of Eco
nornic Resources Gener-
utes Unrest

Analysing some of the basic causes
of present world discomfort in an ad-
dress before the recent international
Labor Conference at Geneva, Switzer-
land, Henry l. Hartman, former pres
ident of the United States Chamber
of Commerce and United States En-
ployers' representative at the Confer
ence declared:
''It is my firm conviction that the
basic cause of such unrest is the fact
that some nations have an abundance
of food and other vital raw materials,
while others lack the land on which
to grow the necessary crops, and DO
not have within their borders the raw
materials with which to carry on a
full and well-balanced economic life" )"
In the course of his speech Mr..
Hartman stated that this analysis
led him to the specific suggestion that
consideration should be given to Pres
ident Roosevelt's desire for the hold
ing of world economic conference.
The agenda of such a conference, how
ever, should be carefully prepared and
in advance the experts of the various
nations should collect the facts which
are essential to their conclusions.
"Basically," Mr.. Hartman said,
"such conference should be held for
the specific purpose of determining
how each of the great industrial ma
tions of the world shall, through
world trade and the interchange of
goods, be assured of an adequate sup
ply of the foodstuffs and the raw ma
terials which it requires for full
and fine economic life.
"It is my firm conviction that
through a carefully planned world
commerce the basic raw materials
which are necessary to sound eco
nomic life must be fairly distributed
among the great industrial nations OF
the world.
"The alternative" he added, "is
wars of aggression in which both those
who attack and those who defend will
suffer equally and western civilization
may we'll crumble under the impact OF
the blows. If on the other hand the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-13
CENSUS TO INCLUDE RADIO SETS

CENSUS TO INCLUDE RADIO SETS
Washington, d. C.-The Federal
Communications Commission has re-
ceived assurance that the 1910 decen-
nial census will include count of ra-
dio receiving sets. The Census Bu-
reau originally denied the FCC's re-
quest for the tabulation, but later
agreed to make the count, when FEC
officials pointed out that data on the
exact number and distribution of sets
would aid in calculating effectiveness
of emergency broadcasts such as air
raid warnings or mobilization orders.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-13
SUPREME COURT HITS
BUILDING PROGRAM
(By Ohio Labor News Service)


HN Columbus, O.-Attorneys for the
1tate Institutional Building Authority
nd representatives of Chicago syn
sicate of bond institutions met late
MiSt week to study possibilities of sal
sNhging at least part of a contem-
.ated $10O00,000 Ohio welfare insti-
IN ltional construction program, ruled
unconstitutional in it's present form
by the Ohio Supreme Court.
The Court held in six to one opin-
ion, Judge Arthur Day dissenting, that
the proposal to permit the Authority
to issue bonds for the construction of
hospitals would in effect violate the
constitutional debt limitation of $780,
900.
The Act creating the Authority was
amended by the 93rd General AS
sembly in an endeavor to eliminate
constitutional objections, but the Court
ruled that inasmuch as the revenues
committed to retire the bonds were
first paid into the states general rev.
enue fund, the welfare department was
proposing to pay it's obligation under
the contract with state funds.
Similar methods of financing the
purchase of bridges and other utilities
by special authorities had been
sanctioned, the court pointed out, for
the reason that anticipated revenues
were specifically segregated by law for
retirement Of the obligations.
Hugh Huntington, counsel for the
Authority, expressed the belief that
the courts decision did not invalidate
the legislation creating the Authority,
and that financing formula could be
worked out to meet objections of the
Supreme Court.
He pointed out that the court had
taken the position that had the leg
islation been confined only to new con-
struction, it would have met with con-
stitutional objections.
William S. Konold, executive secre-
tary of the Authority, said that bond
i syndicate representatives were optim-
istc when informed of the court S
ruling, and that the bonds might be
. sold with retirement pledged solely
from additional revenue received from
/. increased patient accommodations at
each individual hospital.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-13
BRITISH WORKERS
OBTAIN INCREASE

London, England (AFLWNS).-In
accordance with decision reached by
the Engineering Trades Joint Council,
the wages of about $4,000 workers in
Government engineering establish
ments have been increased by shill-
ings week.
The action of the council was taken
on the application of the representa-
tive of the workers side that the 2
shillings week wage increase recent
ly applied to the general engineering
industry should also be applied in
Government engineering works.
The increased pay was made retro
active to June 5.
The 2 shillings rise was for adults.
Apprentices and other youths will re-
ceive proportionate increases.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-13
STARTING SUNDAY
Watch for Metros Great Revival Week.
FULL WAGES GRANTED
BRITISH MILITIAMEN

London, England (AFLWNS).-The
Midlands firm of Messrs. Alfred Will
hanson, Ashton-under-Lyme, ticket
printers, has told it's 25O employees
that they will receive full wages while
undergoing military training under
the new Act, territorial training, or
while at camp.
John Williamson, speaking for the
company, said: "The firm feels this
is the least it can do. We have prom
ised our employees full pay, less what
ever Army allowance they may be re-
ceiving, during the whole time they
are away, however long it may be.
"We have taken this step as a ges-
tures to all employers in the country,
and we hope they will follow suit"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-13
COMPANY COMPLIMENTED

Seattle, Wash.-"The Brown and
Williamson Tobacco Co. is one we'll
known fair employer, and it has many
fine radio programs at several times
during each week. We know the money
spent is not taken from its workers..
Raleigh, Kools, Avalon Cigarettes have
their own program and Sir Walter
Raleigh and Bugler Smoking Tobacco
have theirs. The one thing that ap-
peals to us is, each program says Our
products are 100 per cent union made.
That should mean more to working
man than all the high priced testi-
monials from stage and movie stars.
The Washington State Labor News.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-13
Short Hours For
Miners Is Deldyed
Geneva Conference Holds
That War Threat Com
pels Postponement

The International Labor Conference
at it's recent meeting in Geneva,
Switzerland, accepted, without a vote,
a resolution providing for the suspen-
sion temporarily Of further discussion
on the question of the reduction of
hours of work in coal mines.
Under the terms of the resolution
the question will be referred back to
the Governing Body of the lnternati-
onal Labor Office with the suggestion
that it be placed on the agenda of the
Conference again "as soon as such
action is warranted by an improve
ment in the international situation"
A. Ford Hinrichs, Government adj
wiser Of the United States and report
er of the Conference committee that
considered the question of reduction of
hours of work in coal mines, told the
Conference that this action was not
to be construed as sanction to longer
hours.
"The United States delegation sup
ports the resolution as the best means
of assuring a prompt reconsideration
of the issue of the shorter work week
in coal mines," he said "No proceed
ural difficulties should stand in the
way of action on the workers just de-
mands, the moment the international
situation permits.
"In coal Convention on the shorter
work week appears impossible of
adoption this year, and, if adopted,
there is no reason to believe it could
become effective in the near future.
"On the other hand, the detailed
consideration which is being given to
the reduction Of hours in road trans
port is evidence that the coal Com
mttee was not following merely a
formula of the year.
"The International Labor Organic
alton will never permit reaction, even
in the face of tragic choice between
armaments and an improved stand
ard of living, to establish its claim
that all progress is impossible.
"We should recognize that the work
of the Office in preparation for the
Coal Convention was worth while. We
have had before us the text of Draft
Convention covering highly COM
petitive industry, which technically is
nearly ready for adoption. Even in
our present and temporary defeat,
then, there is real progress"
Mr.. Hinrichs added that in support
ing the resolution the Conference rec
ognized that peace and social justice
are indivsible.
"War, and preparation for war;" he
continued, clay waste the resources
that make possible substantial ad-
vance towards better conditions of
life.
Disarmament, and all that that i'm
plies, is the other side of the shield
Of social progress.
To-day major proposal, namely
shorter hours in coal mines, is tenn
porarily defeated by forces of over
whelming magnitude outside this Con-
ference.
"But precisely now, when nations
are concerned with their existence
from day to day, it may be the su-
preme function Of the International
Labor Organization to maintain the
long and broad view. The sanction be-
hind that long view is the force OF
the workers need in all countries"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-13
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MRS. SARAH NJ. ADAMS

MRS. SARAH NJ. ADAMS
Word has been received in East Liv-
erpool of the death of Mrs. Sarah M
Adams, widow Of Charles c. Adams,
former East Liverpool potter, in Glen
dale, Calf.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adams lived at 744
Avondale street for many years. Mrs
Adams has lived n California for
about Is years. She leaves daugh-
ter, Miss Norma Adams; one son.
Earl Adams; a sister, Carrie Myers
a granddaughter, and two great
grandchildren.
Burial was made in Forest Lawn
Memorial park in Glendale.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-13

nations of the world meet, as Presi-
dent Roosevelt has requested, with a
determination to reach just agree
ment | am confident that the serious
international problems of today can be
! adjusted"
In conclusion, Mr.. Hartman assured
the Conference that America is, from
both selfish and an altruistic stand
point, vitality interested in the main
tenance of world peace and will do it's
part, even at great personal sacrifice,
to better world relations.
Finally" he said, 81 favor the
early convening of world conference
to assure the widest possible expan-
sion of world trade carried out in a
we'll planned and we'll thought out
scheme to give to all peoples their
basic and vital necessities. Thus can
the United States throw it's great
weight in favor of world peace. Thus
can it aid in international planning
of the highest order"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-22
ELECT|ONSOF OFF,
 CROWD TOO BIG
Italian Democrats Unable to Secure Hall Ample to
 Handle Turnout

The Italian Democratic Club last night postponed It's election of oiA- cerS because of inability to And Q hall sufficiently large to aecommo- date all members, The election will be held Sunday, January T, with the same rival candidates for the preS- idency, Attorney Carmine Cipriano, and Michael Rossi, now Arse viee- president.
 Between 400 and 800 members were seeking to gain admission to Moose hall for the scheduled elec- ton last night. The throng over- flowed Into hallways and stairways,
 Judge Edward MaSeolo reeom- mended that, In view of the import ance of the meeting, 1t be delayed until a larger ball had been se- cured. He said 1t would be unfair to conduct the election with so many members unable to take part.
 At his suggestion, Albert Pelosi and James Palladino were appoint ed Q committee to ascertain If a larger hall could be secured for sev. back that no iargcJ .aectins place acs was available.
 Members of the opposing groups then agreed that the best interests Of oil would be served by postpon- ing the meeting. President Charles sciullo. who plans to retire from office, announced that January 2 would be the date of the adjourned session,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-22
SUNDAY
 AT THIRD CHURCH

4 pageant entitled, Alteration Of the Shepherds and the Wise Men will Do presented Sunday afternoon at 4;30 o'clock in the Third Congrc- gationai church, under the direction Of Rev. dofner R. Lewis, pastor,
 The program will Dc as follows: Prelude
 ProcessionaI-Choir -- Hark the
 Herald Angels Sing
 Invocation and Lords Prayer. Aftheni--Choir
 Offertory
 Procession Of Angels-B Brightest
 and Best Of the Sons .n,, Choir Dibie Christmas Story ...,...,,..
 .....,...m. Rev. 0omer R Lewis Silent Night-2 verses ,.,,u Choir Q Little Town Of Bethlehen-2 Thou didst leave Thy Throne Laura In . Mangor He is Lying Children Angels We Have Heard on High. As Lately we Watched over our
 Fiocks by the Night ..,. Geo, JT, Q Come Little Children Children once in Royal David's City Choir We Three Kings of Orient Are.
 ..s.,.,...,."." Solo and Choir Qesu Bail1bifi0 .....,..,.. Laura Jesus Child Of Bethlehem children Q Hoy Night ,ts..s..,,., eco eF. Teceaionai-JCy to tho World Choir EenedIction
 pOstIude
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-22
BEAUTY PARLORS PAY BACK WAGES % Shops Pay State Office SI,zSS; 30 More Cases
 Pending

Back wages totaling $l,2Se have been collected from S6 beauty shops in the state for lSs operators since August 30, when the beauty shop wage law became mandatory, State. Labor Commissioner Cornelius J.. Danaher announced today.
 About 30 other cases involving, back wages are st.ll pending, he announced.
 Wages have been collected fol- lowing complaints in some in stances and as a result of payroll inspections, In most instances, the commissioner pointed out, the money found due beauty shop work CTS was the result of ignorance or misunderstanding of the law and in some instances Q deliberate intent to under pay workers,
 Under the beauty shop wage law, three-year operators are paid SIS Q week; two-year operators are paid $l5 and one-year operators are paid $l4,50 plus overtime wages. There are l,l72 beauty shops in Connecu- cut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-22

were represented by Attorney Mich- ael V. BlanSfield,
 Section B
 Served by Detective Lieutenant John Calvin Monday; the warrants the employers with failure to file returns required under Sec ton B, of the administration clause of the unemployment act enacted by the 1887 legislature. The returns In question were said to have been for the third quarter of l9S9 and were due October 28,
 Prosecuting Attorney Michael J, Galullo told the court the matter of filing returns is very important because there can be no benefits unless returns are filed. The pros- ecutor said the existence of the whole unemployment compensation system depends on the filing of re- turns, and added:
 "The money should go in so that 1t can come out"
 First In City
 Galullo said the cases were the first In the city, and among the first in the state.
 Attorney Blansfield outlined the eXtenuating circumstances of each case, saying that Marino did file Q report, but 1t arrived In Hartford too late. The attorney emphasized the factor that Marine filed the re- port before he was arrested.
 Tn Dowd's case" Blansiield said, He understood someone else was going to prepare the returns, and someone else understood Dowd was going to take care of the matter. The report was lied, however, as soon as the warrant was served"
 Blansfield said that both men are In small business, and Judge Con. way agreed with him that small businessmen have been up against it" for the past several years. The judge did not grant Blansfield's plea of not giving the men 0 rec ord however, saying that . plea of nolo contendere gave them e rec- ord anyway.
 The judge agreed with the sentl- ment, expressed by Galullo that the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-22

Daversa: songs in Italian, John Angelicola; solo, schuberts Ave Maria," Mrs. Georgee Whalen: chorus, Prince of Peace" (Doni- Eettl), choral club, 70 Ring Ye Bells of Peace"; violin solo, Joe seph Tkacheff; solo, "Silent Night" Anna Device; piano solo, Rose- mary Fusco: accordion solo, Salva- tore Barbiere; plano solo, Mrs Mary Brillard; solo, "The Rosary" Vito Summa; song and dance, Sol- oinito sisters; Christmas carol, Rob- erta and Dorothy Brade; suto, John Cherubino; violin solo, Matthew Carrafa; plano duet. Miss Margaret Shanahan and Mrs. Thomas Ash ton; solo, "At the Bend of the River" Warren Driessens; Christ mas carol, silent Night" audience and chorus.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-22
.uey Long, Conferees
 To Hear Fate Today
Jury at New Orleans Pondering Guilt or Innocence of Abraham L. Shushan, Four Codefendants in
 Mail Fraud Case

merchant, was one of Huey Longs original packers. He gave the as. piring young politician aid for com fort in his early struggles, and he fared well for 1t later,
 Until e few months ago, shush- ans name graced New Orleans air. port, one of the countrys finest. It was inlaid in marble floors, etched on panels and engraved on every doorknob of the swank airport ad- ministration building, and spelled out in knee-high hedges sprawling hundred yards across the grounds. The cost of obliterating the name "shushan" was estimated as high as $i0,000.
 The airport figured indirectly in ShuShan's previous trip to federal court in the fall of i03B. He was charged then with having tried to conceal S448000 in his income tax returns. He was president of the Orleans Parish Levee board then, and was alleged to have received the S448,000 in the form of rebates Of two cents Q cubic yard on dredging operations on q gigantic Lake Pont- chartrain development project, of which the airport was part. His lawyers contended that tho S448,000 went to the Long political machine, for which Shushan acted aS fiscal agent. He was acquitted then and on leaving court his cronies, includ. ing bodyguardS of the recently as- sassinated Long, who had packed the room, engaged newspaper pho- tographers in Q boisterous brawl In the corridor when they tried to take shuShan's picture.
 He was defended ct his mali fraud trial by Hugh M. Wilkinson, former law partner Of Long, and by Ed- inond E. Talbot, who Is six feet, three niches tall and who sat down and wept when he finished his final argument yesterday, until c juror reached oyer the rail and handed him c stick of chewing gum to quiet him.
 shushan's co-defendants are Her. bert W, Waguespack, attorney and former chairman of the levee boards finance committee: Robert Newman and Norvin Trent Harris, Jry partners in the Newman Harris Investment company, and Henry j. Miller, accountant.
 It was charged that the inveSt- nient company received Q contract from the levee board to refund eb,. 4e6,000 worth Of ieyee board bonds. shushan was no longer president Of the levee board but he and Wagues- pack were said to have influenced the board and the then Gov. Leche to approve the deal. The brokerage house was 10 receive 2b per cent of the sum saved in the refunding. The government contCnded that the saving was only e760000 and that the s400.000 allegedly paid out in fees obviously was excessive. The governments interest in the case concerned only the fact that the mails were used in the transaction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-22

cases should serve the purpose of warning other employers.
 Response Gratifying
 Robert H, Mills, senior claims ex- aminer of the state unemployment compensation division, was asked by Galullo what the response of em- ployers in general has been in the past, and he replied that 1t has been 'very gratifying" Mills, who is also well-known as an aviator, being Q captain in the Hath obser- vation squadron of the 4Sd Division, added that similar cases were tried in Hartford and Naugatuck this week.
 Galullo, during the course of his address to the court, said both Dowd and Marine received three letters of warning from the com penSation department, before they were arrested.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-22
BALDWIN STAFF
 MEMBERS PROMOTED

Hartford, Conn, Dec. % -- (UPJ The adJutant generals office to- day announced promotions for five members of Governor Baldwin 8 military staff:
 From Lieutenant-C Colone to Col- onel: George R. SturgeS, Woodbury; Russell Y. Moore, Bridgeport; and Lott R. Breen, Stratford.
 From lieutenant to major: John R. Donahue, Hartford; Francis II. Murphy, Putnam.
 Promotions were made to con- form with state statutes.
 Railroads Of Britain are cutting out dining cars for the present.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-22
Sacred Heart Club

The Christmas dance of the sa. cred Heart Catholic club was held last night ct the Sacred Heart high school auditorium and was largely attended.
 Rev, John W. Dial, assistant pas. tor of the church was the guest Of honor.
 Plans for the clubs minstrel show were made at c meeting prior to the dance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-22

New orleans, La" Dec. 22-(uP) Abraham L. Shushan. the man on c thousand doorknobs' during the reign of the late "Kingfish Huey P. Long, may learn from federal jury today whether he and four co-defendants must go to prison on mall fraud charges.
 They are charged with having re- ceived through the mails cheeks for S4e6,000 from levee board refund- ing operation in i038. The govern. ment contended that the fees were illegal. Federal Judge Wayne c. Borah charges the jury this morn- ing.
 Shushan, Q New Orleans notions gels, and Sylvia Pierpont as Mary The children were Shirley Waters, sheila Bowes, Joan Parish, Lois Pawson, John darriguS, Richard Rangoon, Richard Borchardt, mad Martin Miller.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-22
RADIO RELAY LEAGUE
 HAS CANADIAN MGR.

West Hartford, Conn. Dec, 22 - (UPD - The American Radio Te- lay League today announced ap- pointment of Alex Reid, St. Lam bert, Quebec, as tis Canadian gem eral manhger
 In ba1loting for the position, Reid received 286 votes and L, s, Russell, Toronto, 253 votes.
 James Shelton, Daytona Beach, Fla, defeated James F. Thompson, Montgomery, Ala l27 to l04 in an election for director of the south eastern division of the league.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-22
sts. Peter and Paul

Sts. Peter and Paul
 Twenty members Of the bowling team Of the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul attended the teams Christmas dinner at the Copper Room at the Elton last night.
 PreeSnt were: Jeanette Blake captain; Christine and Peggy Blake, Margaret, Agnes, Mae and Catn- erine Kyle, Marie and Agnes Donnelly, Helen Lang, Muriel Me- Duff. Betty CrueSs, Betty Raffer. ty, Dorothy and Gertrude 0eragh. ty, Hazel Peck, Mary Candy, Clare Perriello, Marion Blewltt and Mary Heffernan, Gertrude deragh. ty impersonated Santa Claus.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-22
City Witnesses Numerous Enthusiastic Yuetide Events
Employers Fined For
 Violating State Law
Failed to File Reports for Unemployment COmpensa.
 tiOn-General Response Very Gratifying

Two local employers pleaded nolo contendere to charges of violating the state unemployment compensation act and fined $0 and costs each by Judge Theonad E. Conway in City Court today The judge suspended the operation of the fines The men are Francis J. Dowd 42 official of the Nutmeg Construction Company 19 Yale Avenue, and James Mariana S1, an executive of the Waterbury Wreckng Company of IF Tudor Street Both