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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-02-04

Guided: Kristen FlagstaG, famous So
prano of the Metropolitan Opera, who
said: "As a foreigner in America I
have always been impressed by the
freedom and democracy in this country.
[ therefore am greatly surprised to
learn from you that the use of Con-
stitution Hall in Washington has been
refused for a concert to my fellow ar
fist, Marian Anderson"
Geraldine Farrar, former Metropoli-
tan Opera star called for resembling
$50 unjust a ban in our country that
loudly proclaims its democratic prin-
ciples in the interest of a superb ar
list"
"The doors of Constitution Hall
should be opened wide for Marian An
derson," said Walter Damrosch, ia
nous composer and conductor.
Speaking for Leopold Stokowski,
former conductor of the Philadelphia
Symphony Orchestra, who described
Miss Anderson as one of "the Worlds
greatest artists" Faith Reed, his assis-
tant said, america should value its
artists. They are an important part of
our national and cultural life"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-02-04
EDNA BROWN
BAGNALL PASSES

Friends in the city were shocked at
news of the sudden passing of Mrs.
Edna Brown Bagnall, member of
well-known Dover, N. H., and Boston
family, almost the last of her line to
go. Mrs. Bagnall, who was residing
on Chiffon St., Cambridge, died after
only few days illness. The funeral
was held Wednesday, Feb. 1, at IL
am, from Norris Davis funeral par
lors on Humboldt Ave. the Christian
Science ritual being used Body was
taken to Dover, n. H. and inferred in
the family lot there, One daughter,
Mrs. Eleanor Miller, a grandson and
other relatives survive.
Mrs. Bagnah was the widow of the
late Rev. Powhatan Bagnall, former
pastor of st. Mark Church, and sister
of the late Nellie Brown Mitchell, a
noted singer in her day. Mrs. Bagnall
herself was musician, possessing a
well trained soprano voice A brother
was the late Edward Everett Brown,
Esq, very well known a couple of
decades ago as a public spirited citizen
and eloquent speaker. Mrs. Bagnall
was engaged in civic work and will be
missed by large circle of friends.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-02-04

led with this is the tendency and even
the Willingness on the part of officials
to succumb without protest to what are
assumed to be the prejudices of those
who are to be housed"
White pointed out that at recent
hearings held in Syracuse, N. Y. by the
New York State Temporary Commits
sion on the Condition of the Colored
Urban Population "the head of the
local housing project blandly recited
how ten blocks of colored slums and
twenty blocks of white slums were des-
troyed to erect a housing project ex-
clusively for white Americans"
when pinned down." White said,
"this official sought to dodge by saying
that he would follow the "American
Plan, which turned out to be that col
ored tenants dispossessed from the ten
blocks of slums, would have to shift
for themselves and find room as best
they could in some other slum area"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-02-04
STUDY SHOWS
RAPE LEAST
AMONG COLD.

/, NEW YORK-The crime of rape in
the United States is committed least
oy colored and most by foreign whites
' "ccoIdlng to statistics contained in a
new P book Crime and the Man" by DR..
finest Albert Hooton, head of the
department ,.ea u of anthropology at Har-
ward University. ~
Or. Hooton's figures show that the
ffainiklngs IN rape in America are as
follows; foreign white, 1875 Der cent;
: > I've, white but foreign parentage,
Ne peL cent; old American, At percent;
per cent. '0i GU 10
DR.; Hooton's statistics found that
ISo-calied pure Nordic types 90 in
heavily heavily for forgery and fraud. Ma
ser nn, Tor the book was gathered over
q 9 period of three years by trained
. ~ 11 workers. Nine years was spent
at Harvard Analysing the material
oeIore the book was published
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-02-04
LOIS JONES'
fine EXHIBIT

The local chapters of Alpha Kappa
Alpha lived up to their very high cul-
tural standards in presenting the ex-
hibition of paintings and Water Colors
of Lois Mailou Jones at 558 Massachu-
sets Ave. this past week. 1t was the
cultural event of the season and hun
dreds of people filed in and out on
Sunday and all the week. Lois Jones
appears to be the outstanding Colored
Woman Artist. One almost felt the
gentle winds of rural France in "Old
Mill-Fretin, Northern France" and
their fragrance in French Gardens in
walked midst flowers that all but gave
"The Garden Of Cluny" and "The Lux
Continued on Page 81
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-02-04
NO COMP ROMISE
ON ANTI-LYNCH
BILL, SAYS NAACP

NEW YORK, Jan. PA so-called
compromise proposal" for a federal
anti-lynching bill, said to have been
drawn up by Vice-President John N.
Garner, was declared to be "inade-
quate to meet the situation" by off
cials of the National Association for
the Advancement of ColOred People.
The exact text of the new proposal
has not been made public, but it is
understood that under the plan, federal
bureau Of investigation (G-men)
would be given authority to investi-
"2te every lynching and to report the
findings to Congress.-According to
press reports there is no provision in
the bill for any procedure whatsoever
against lynchers, against sheriffs or
other peace officers, or against the
communities in which lynchings occur.
The N.A.A.C.P. regards the proposal
as an effort to sidetrack the Wagner
VanNuYs-Capper anti-lynching bill in
the Senate, and the Gavaoan bill in
the House These two measures pro-
vide for action against sheriffs for
negligence and for a suit for damages
against the community in which a
lynching occurs.
eve stand squarely behind the type
of INFLUENCING bill we have supported
for many years." said the NAA.C.P.
statement "The Gavagan bill in the
House and the Wagner-Van Nuys-Cap-
per bill in the Senate represent the
kind of legislation we feel should be
enacted The so-called compromise
proposal may be all right as far as it
goes, but it does not go far enough A
Continued on Page 81
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-02-04
BISHOP WEIGH AT
4H me-. SUNDAY

Bishop Herbert WEIGH of the Boston
Area of the Methodist Episcopal
Church will be the guest preacher at
Fourth Methodist Episcopal Church,
corner of Shawmut Avenue and Viii
Hams Street, Sunday morning, Feb. 5,
at 1920 am. Bishop Welch is one of
the outstanding Bishops in the Metho-
dist Church. He is scholar, preacher,
author, administrator, and a Christian
brother. Bishop Welch always has a
message and delivers it in an impress
slye manner. The Rev. S. Marion
Riley, Jr., pastor of the Fourth M. E.
Church, is taking courses at Boston
University School of Theology, leading
to the Doctors Degree. He extends a
cordial invitation to the friends and
members of Fourth NJ. E. Church to
be present Sunday.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-02-04
10 BAKER QUITS
white MATE

PARIS, Feb. 3, (CNA)-Josephine
Baker, former Harlem dancer who be-
came the toast of Paris, was reported
this week to be preparing to divorce
her second white husband, 29-year old
Roger Jean Lion.
Miss Baker, who married Lion in
November, 1887, at the little town of
Crevecoeur-le-Grand to the strains of
the Mendelssohn wedding March" as
rendered by the towns fire brigade
band, and a rifle salute by the home
guard, has been separated from her
husband for several weeks, according
to the newspaper LIE Soir.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-02-04
TEXAS GOV.
ADDS SUSPENSE
TO death PENALTY

AUSTIN, Tex, Feb. 3, (CNA)-
Asserting that death was not sufi-
Gent punishment for Winzel Williams,
convicted of killing his white en-
ployer, Governor Lee O'Daniel has
postponed the execution of Williams
for 30 days that Williams would
suffer the more. Williams was to have
been executed on Feb. 3, but on the
preceding day Governor O'Daniel or
dered a thirty-day reprieve.
1T seems to me-" O'Daniel said,
that few forms of punishment could
be more harsh than to see certain
death staring you in the face day and
night for thirty days"
O'Daniel is on record as opposed to
Continued on Page 81
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-02-04
5ltltltH A1RHtmnrrlunA
DtFH at Fill

JullqS Caesar Westmoreland passed
away Wednesday, Feb. at his resi-
dence, ll9 st. Botolph St., after seven
years illness, following a stroke. Can
Ger was the final illness and for the
past three months he was blind.
Funeral services will take place
saturday am. from the John O'Brien
Funeral Parlors. Surviving are the
widow, Ada Bland WestmoreIand.
daughter Adna Kinkhead, son. James,
several brothers and sisters.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-02-04
Civil Service Classes

All those planning to take Civil Ser
vice Examinations on March 4 and
March Is for Clerical service in Mass.
and the City of Boston, are invited to
attend classes in arithmetic at aga
Mass Ave, very Wednesday at 7
pm, Victor c. Bynoe, instructor. All
are invited and admission is free.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-31
Privo+e Utility
Industry To Join
Hands With Gov.
Rentals For Public Housing
To Be Within Reuch Of
Low Income F umilies

Washington, D. C.-The private
utility industry joined hands with the
Government in bringing rentals for
public housing within reach of the
lowest income families when the Car
olina Power and Light Company re-
Gently obtained a ruling from the
North Carolina Utilities Commission
that publicly owned and operated non
profit housing projects are entitled to
special low rates for electric service.
The ruling was granted after the
Carolina Power and Light Company
had filed an application with the Com
mission for approval of schedule of
special rates for electric services to
be furnished to tenants of public hous-
ing projects built under the state hous-
ing Act.
Commenting on the Commissions
action, USHA Administrator Nathan
Straus, stated today:
"The ruling represents the kind of
private cooperation with Federal and
local Governments that USHA-as-
sisted low-rent housing projects must
receive in every state if they are to
serve the lowest income families. 1t is
a favorable precedent for similar
action throughout the country"
A ruling on this same subject was
handed down by the Pennsylvania
Public Utility Commission July Is
when the Metropolitan Edison Com
pany was granted permission to Gre
ate a special rate for public housing
Continued on Page Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-31
Work Improves For
Potters In Grafton
All Members Asked To Be
Present At Next
Meeting

Grafton, w. Va.-Local Union No.
SO has not had report in the Herald
for sometime, due to the fact that
nothing has been happening and also
that the local meetings for the past
several months have not been over
crowded
1t is shame local has to be more
or less stagnant. 1t hasn't been so far
back that we can remember all of the
old timers attended local meetings
regularly and even held office. They
Continued on Page Five)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-31
kewSociuI Security
Legislation Signed
Bv Pres. Roosevelt
Benefits Bused On AVERAGE
Wage Rdther Than
Total Wage

With the signing of the new social
security legislation by President
Roosevelt, plans for putting into op-
GRAFTON the new oldage insurance pro-
gram were going forward today in
Youngstown field office of that fed
eral agency.
"The Presidents signature makes
the amendments adopted by the Con-
gress the law of the land" said Mr..
Edwin V. Faulhaber, manager of the
Youngstown field office of the social
security board
Effect of the amendments is far
reaching. Time will be required for
study of the new law and to work out
benefit schedules which are now es-
tablished. These studies have been
started in the Washington headquar-
ters of the social security board; also
in the Cleveland regional office, which
/ serves the States of Kentucky, Michi-
gan and Ohio.
Immediate effect of the new legis-
lation so far as our local office is con-
cerned is to put an end to the payment
of lump sum benefits which heretofore
have been available to those reaching
the age 65 after having worked in en-
ployment covered by the social Sc
curity act. Monthly benefits will re-
place these single money benefits
after January l, 1910. We shall con-
tinue to pay single money benefits to
the legal heirs of deceased workers
who have died after serving in en-
ployment covered by old-age insur-
ance.
''The new benefit schedules are
based on a formula which uses aver
age wages rather than total wages,
so far as the payment of monthly an
nuities is concerned. This schedule is
now being worked out and viii be an
nounced later.
Starting next January there will be
expanded benefits for workers who
have aged wives and who retire from
Continued on Page Three)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-31
Unemployed Labor
Must Sign In VIVA.
Receives Reply From Stump
Director Of West Virginia
Department

President Duffy announced today
that he had received a reply to his let
ter in regards to unemployed men,
bers holding jobs in West Virginia,
signing for their compensation in
Ohio. Mr.. Duffy's letter to Mr.. Stump
and the reply are as follows.
August 9, 1889.
Mr.. John S. Stump, Jr., Director
Dept. Of Unemployment Compensation
Charleston, w. Va.
Dear Mr.. Stump:
Members of the National Brother
hood of Operative Potters living in
East Liverpool, Ohio and working in
Newell and Chester, w. Va, find it ex-
pensive and very inconvenient to make
their reports, when unemployed, to
your Chester office. l, therefore, re-
quest that they be permitted to file
their claims in the Ohio State Unem-
ployment Compensation office located
in East Liverpool.
Thanking you very kindly for your
consideration of this request, remain,
Very truly yours,
JAMES M. DUFFY, President,
National Brotherhood of
Operative Potters.
Mr.. James NJ. Duffy, President,
National Brotherhood of Operative
Potters,
East Liverpool, Ohio
Dear Mr.. Duffy:
In reply to your letter of August g.
Continued on Page Five)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-31
Louthun Picnic At
Peace Valley Park
Annual Outing Attended by
225 Members. Friends
Of Local l4O

Many members working in Newell
and Chester, West Virginia, potteries
have met with difficulty in their at
tempts to secure unemployment bene-
fits. Several reasons have been ad-
vanced as the cause of this difficulty.
Some of the reasons given are: an
inability on the part of the employees
to receive separation certificates upon
request; an incomplete knowledge of
the state laws; inability of the officials
representing the state in these matters
to give proper advice to the applicant;
information being given that any en-
ploye who secures separation certifi-
CONTINUED on Page Three)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-31
LABOR DAY-WHAT 1T
PORTENDS
By Samuel GOmDers

No day in the calendar is a greater
fixture, one which is more truly re-
garded as real holiday, or one which
is so surely destined to endure for all
time, than the first Monday in Sep
tember Of each recurring year, Labor
Day. With time, this day Of the year
is taking deeper hold in the respect
and confidence of the people.
1t is regarded as the day for which
the toilers in past centuries looked
forward, when their rights and their
wrongs might be discussed, placed
upon a higher plane of thought and
feeling; that the workers of our day
may not only lay down their tools of
labor for holiday, but upon which
they may touch shoulders in march
ing phalanx and feel the stronger for
it; meet at their parks groves and
grounds, and by appropriate speech,
counsel with, and pledge to, each
other that the coming year shall wit
ness greater efforts than the preced-
ing in the grand struggle to make
mankind free, true and noble
Workers Struggle Against Tyranny
Labor Day differs in every essential
from the other holidays of the year
of any country. All other holidays
are, in more or less degree, connect
ed with conflicts and battles, or mans
prowess over man, of strife and dis
cord for greed or power, or glories
achieved by one nation over another.
Labor Day, -cr the s.sher hand,
marks a new epoch in the annals of
human history. 1t is at once mani
festation Of reverence for the strug-
giles of the masses against tyranny
and injustice from time immemorial;
an impetus to battle for the right in
our day for the men, women and chill
dren Of our time, and gives hope and
encouragement for the attainment Of
the aspirations for the future of the
human family. 1t is devoted to no
man, living or dead; to no sect, sex,
race, or nation. 1t is founded upon the
highest principles of humanity, is as
broad in its scope as the universe. 1t
was not given to, but conquered by
labor, and established as a holiday be-
fore any legislature, State or Natl
onal, enacted it into law.
Organization Necessary to Free Labor
The marching toilers in the Labor
Day demonstrations signalize no mar
tial glory, brutal domination, con-
quests or war-like pomp. They are,
in their essence, the manifestations
Continued on Page Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-31
Levy Assessment
Causes Bitterness
Neutrality Proposal Is Intro
duced BY President c.
M. Buker

Forth Worth, Texas (ILNS).-Dele-
gates to the annual convention of the
International Typographical Union,
amid pyramid of proposals and
counter proposals relative to the $22,-
600 special assessment levied against
it by the A. F. Of L., to assist in that
organizations fight against the c. /.
O. in a militant organization cam
paign have reached an impasse in their
deliberations.
President C. M. Baker introduced a
neutrality proposal under which the
union would have accepted suspension
and adopted a hands-off policy until
the A. F. of L. and the Congress of
Industrial Organizations settled their
differences, was sent back to the COM
mittee on resolutions.
Opponents branded it a "weak
evasion of the fundamental issue" and
offered a substitute proposal which
they claimed would have maintained
present relationship until it was
changed by the A. F. of L. 1t was
voted down, 140 to 1913.
Mr.. Baker threw his influence
against the substitute proposal declar-
ing it would lead inevitably to a futile
lawsuit between the l. T. U. and the
A. F. of L. He charged that an ele-
ment within the l. T. U. was seeking
to lead the organization "into another
organization which is designed to de-
(Continued on Pdqe Fivel
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-31
Charges Of Ohio
ToxLeogue Head
Denied BY Oslo
Attorney General Prescribes
Limits Of Unofficial
Investigation
(By Ohio Labor News Service)

(By Ohio Labor News Service)
Columbus, O.-ln a prepared state
ment released last week, the Ohio In
dustrial Commission categorically de-
MED charges made against their ad-
ministration of the workmen's COM
pensation system by S. P. Bush, re-
tired Columbus industrialist, as presi-
dent of group which selected the i'm
posing title, "Citizens' Tax League of
Ohio, Inc.," as a means of identity.
In replying to the charges, the Com
mission politely accused Bush and his
League with inconsistency, unfamiliar
ity with the law under which the work
mems compensation fund is admins
tered, ignorance of the progressive
accomplishments of the Commission
during the past five years and it's con-
stant effort and desire to improve the
service of the department.
Meanwhile, Attorney General Thom-
as ]. Herbert delivered an opinion to
the Commission outlining the extent
of their compliance with Bush's de-
mand to inspect the Commissions
files, limiting the survey to public rec
ords only.
Headed Statement of the Indus
trial Commission of Ohio in answer to
the press release of the Citizens Tax
League of Ohio, Inc, dated August 1
and August 2, 1885," the Commission
said:
"The Industrial Commission of Ohio
denies that it has failed in the admin
istration of many important duties or
that it is uniformed in the duties Of
it's own office and points to the various
surveys of it's administration since the
survey of 1884 of which Mr.. S. P. Bush
was chairman, which have found that
the Industrial Commission has prop
erly administered the affairs Of its
office to the extent of the appropri-
ations and facilities available.
"The most recent survey, copy of
which was published early this year,
fContinued on Pace Two,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-31
ALL. Uses July
August Survey To
Issue Challenges
Congress Adjourns With q
Direct Challenge To
Business
BY GILBERT E. HYATT

Pointing out that Congress closed
with a direct challenge to business"
the A. F. of L. uses it's July-August
Survey of Business to issue some
challenges of it's own. This is done
from the background of broad and
markedly impartial appraisement of
all factors involved in recovery.
While the fluctuations of the vol
ume of industrial production clearly
indicate the stimulative effect of
government spending, such spending
alone cannot bring full recovery"
Prosperity during past periods has
been based upon the voluntary use of
venture capital" which was willing
to assume risks for the sake of high
and reasonably sure returns. But,
today, it is said, the chance of success
in new enterprises is estimated to be
only about one-half that of the pros
perity periods while the rewards of
success are 20 per cent less.
Dangling before the nose of busi-
ness the carrots of hoped for big re-
turns therefore no longer serves to
spur it's pace. With such situation
business is not equipped or organized
to DEAL "No national business mems
organization, no Chamber of CONNER
ce, manufacturers association OF
other business organization has it
within it's power to get it's members
to expand production" the report
said.
Unorganized for the purpose OF
CONTINUED on Page Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-31
Members Urged
To oA++end Local
Don LeYdd Is Lucky Person
and Gets Three Months
Free Dues

Local Union No. 25 met in regular
session with President Milby in the
chair. There were a good many pres
ent, but we would like to see all at
tend the meetings. Maybe they haven't
any troubles or problems to bring with
them but just the same they should
attend and help iron out the other
problems.
Don Leyda won the three months
dues at the drawing. All members who
attend the last meeting in the month
participate in the drawing. So come
to the local meetings and maybe you
will be fortunate enough to win three
months dues.-O. c.. 25.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-31
LU 173 Signs With
French+own Co.
Improved Conditions. Pdid
Vacations. Seniority
Rights

Frenchtown, N. Through the
efforts of Brothers James Solon and
E. L. Wheatley, signed agreement
was obtained by Local Union No. 173,
National Brotherhood of Operative
Potters with the Frenchtown Porce-
lain Company. The contract was sign
ed by Robert Ferguson, president of
the company and Horace E. Carver,
president of Local Union No. 173, N.
B. of o. P.
Negotiations had been under way
since the National Labor Relations
Board election, which was held some
time ago, was won by the Brother
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