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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-03-30
Senufe Probe Of
Coast Employers
Asked By A. FL.
Civil Rights Being Destroyed
Along Poetic. Says
Federation

The Executive Council of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, in session
here, urged that the Senate of the
United States provide the Senate Civil
Liberties Committee with enough
funds to enable the committee to thor
oughly investigate the alleged illegal
activities of organized employers and
detective agencies in Pacific Coast
States designed to cripple and destroy
labor organizations and abolish the
civil rights Of citizens.
The Senate Civil Liberties Commit
tee, consisting of Senator Robert M.
La Toilette of Wisconsin, chairman,
and Senator Ebert d. Thomas of
Utah, has heretofore made exhaustive
Investigations of various forms Of vio-
lence used by anti-labor employers in
the United States to prevent the or
ganization of the workers in trade
unions and to knife strikers and SIM
liar legal activities Of organized labor.
The resolution, which the Executive
Council unanimously adopted, was
submitted y Tie International Broth
erh ood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs,
Stablemen and Helpers Of America.
The text of the resolution follows:
Because of the unjust and unlaw-
full persecution Of officials Of legiti-
mate labor unions in the States of
California, Oregon and Washington,
where the enemies of labor are will
fully and deliberately plotting to de-
stroy labor organizations, and because
we believe that the civil rights of cit
liens of the United States have been
trampled upon and ignored, and that
labor officials have been prosecuted
and prosecuted and their liberties as
American citizens destroyed, the Ex-
ecutive Council of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor in meeting assem-
bled in Washington, d. c., this twenty
third day of March, 1889, do hereby
resolve that the Executive officers of
the American Federation of Labor re-
quest the Senate of the United States
to appropriate sufficient money to the
Sub Committee of the Committee on
LuuCdlloi anu LdDoI, OIiieTWlSe klloNil
as the Senate Civil Liberties Commit
tee, for the purpose of continuing
their investigation in the above-men-
toned States to the end that the rights
of workers and citizens of those States
be protected against the unlawful acts
of combinations Of employers, detec-
tive agencies and other enemies of the
workers."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-03-30
February Marks
Rise of Relief
In 81 Cenfers

Washington, D. c. (1LNS).-Tele-
graphic reports from "a states and
the District of Columbia for 81 urban
areas, show an increase of per cent
in the number of cases receiving gen
eral relief from public funds, and an
increase of per cent in the amount
of obligations incurred from January
to February, 1889, the Social Security
Board announces.
Increases in the number of cases
were reported for IS of these 81 areas,
the increases ranging from less than
l per cent to as much as 66 per cent.
Increases of more than 20 per cent
were reported for 5 cities, and Of as
much as 10 per cent but less than 20
per cent for IL cities. Decreases in
the number of cases which were re-
ported for 32 areas ranged from less
than / per cent to as much as 80 per
cent; in only 2 areas was the decrease
more than 10 per cent.
Expenditures Up in SO Cities
Increases in the amount of obliga-
tions incurred for general relief from
public funds were reported for So of
the 81 cities, while decreases were re-
ported for 80 cities.
General relief from public funds, it
was explained, includes all state and
local relief in cash and in kind eX-
tended to the needy, except public as
sistance to the needy aged, needy
blind, and dependent children under
the Social Security Act, other public
assistance Of these special types, and
aid to veterans under state and local
statutes. 1t does not include eXpen-
ditures from public funds for mater
nal and child health and welfare SER
vices, cost Of hospitals, burials, insti-
tutional care, boarding home care of
children, earnings of persons employ
ed on work projects of the WPA, loans
and subsistence grants made by the
Farm Security Administration, or
Federal surplus commodities. Nor does
it include aid granted by private re-
lief and welfare agencies.
Reports Made Monthly
Voluntary reports on the amount of
relief extended and number of cases
of general relief are telegraphed to
the Social Security Board each month
by state agencies. 1t is emphasized
that the figures reported indicate only
the amount of general relief provided
from public funds and are not neces-
sarily a measure of the extent of the
need for relief, since in some commu-
mites funds may not have been avail
able for aid to all persons who were
eligible to receive it.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-03-30
Senate Confirms
Labor Appointees

Columbus, o. (OLNS).-Appoint-
ment of John E. Breidenbach, Dayton,
and Albert Dalton, Cleveland, both
vice presidents of the Ohio State Fed
Grafton of Labor, to the Advisory
Council of the Bureau Of Unemploy-
ment Compensation, were confirmed
by the Ohio Senate last week on votes
of so to 0.
Breidenbach's appointment was for
seven years, ending February 2S,
1916, while Daltons was for three
years, ending February %, 1912. Two
appointees representing employers and
three representatives Of the public
were also confirmed.
Governor Bricker appointed Rabbi
Almond L. Cohen, Cleveland, as a rep
resentative of the public, replacing
Aaron Cohn, Toledo councilman, who
had declined the appointment.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-03-30
AFL Opens New
Western Offices
In Sun Francisco
Meyer Lewis Is In Charge
OF Organization Drives
On Coust

Washington, D. Civilian Green,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, announced that Western
headquarters for the A. F. of l.. is be-
ing established in San Francisco.
He named Meyer L. Lewis, who has
had successful record in various or
ganizational activities for the A. f. of
l.. in the last ten years, to take charge
Of the new office.
AS Western representative of the
A. F. of L., Mr.. Lewis will supervise
organization drives Of the Federation
in the Pacific Coast and Rocky Noun
tain States.
''This territory" President Green
said, "is becoming increasingly i'm
portant industrially. The American
Federation of Labor will leave no
stone unturned in a determined effort
to bring to the workers of the West
the benefits of organization.
Furthermore, reactionary employ
er interests have leagued together to
foment anti-union activities in this
region. We have seen direct evidence
of their methods in Oregon where they
have secretly operated behind the
camouflage of farmers organizations
to combat unionism and have spent
vast sums in such campaigns. We in
tend to expose their vicious prap-
aganda to the workers and the public
and establish the American Federation
of Labor on a firmer basis than ever
before in the Pacific Coast and Rocky
| Mountain States"
Meyer L. Lewis has been associated
with the organized labor movement
for the past twenty years, during the
latter half Of which period he has beer
employed directly by the A. F. of l.
in various organizational capacities
Perhaps his outstanding achievement
was the organization of the grain pro.
cessing industry, including flour, mil
and cereal workers. These unions ir
every part of the country, have banded
together in the National Council OF
Grain Professors, of which Mr.. Lewis
is President. He will remain in this
capacity while serving as the A. f. OF
LIS Western representative.
A year ago Mr.. Lewis successfully
organized the Colorado State Fedora
tion of Labor and the Kansas State
Federation of Labor at President
Green's direction. He also engaged il
organization work in Minnesota, lowe
and Wyoming. He is member OF
the American Federation of Musicians
He plans to leave for the West Coast
this week to take over his new duties
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-03-30
INSTALL OFFICERS

Akron, o. (OLNS).-Officers of the
Summit County Trades and Labor AS
sembly, elected several weeks ago
have been installed following the rul-
ing of two AFL representatives that
the election was properly conducted
and official.
New officers are: Paul Lavo, presi-
dent; +. M. Sanders, vice president
Edna Spindler, corresponding secre-
tary; Gladys Bayard, recording secre-
tary; Gladys Byard, recording secre-
urer; Charles Geffken, sergeant-at-
arms, and w. o. Frost, Charles Had
dox and E. l.. Amburgey, trustees.
The Hamilton Trades and Labor
Council reelected the following Off
GERS at semiannual election: Charles
Perrine, president; Karl Brown, vice
president; Stanley Ogg, corresponding
secretary; Carl Benz, recording secre-
tary; Mabel Warren, financial secre-
tary; Charles Chapen, treasurer, Her
bert Shuttle, guide; Nose Iruitt, door
keeper, and Charles Butts, trustee.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-03-30
OHIO CONSTRUCTION
go. NEWS

First 81 units of contemplated 263
dwelling program in Princeton Park
Estates, Dayton, are expected to be
started soon, according to reports. To-
tai cost of the program is estimated
at $4,OO0,000, with $397, ,OOO allocated
for streets and Improvements. Price
Of the houses will range from $4,000
to $4,000, reports state.
Formal application for FILA appro-
val of a 100000 apartment housing
project on 36 acre site adjoining a
country club at Akron has been made
by the sponsors, who expect to start
work on the project some time in
April, according to reports.
Construction of a field house cost
ing approximately $143,O00 is reported
expected to mature soon at Kenyon
College, Gambler.
Plans arc reported being drawn for
$25O,0O0 warehouse, garage and
sales building contemplated by the IN
ternational Harvester Co., to be con-
structed on Gilbert Avenue, Cincin-
natl.
Lockland councilmen and a special
committee appointed by Mayor Frank
Reed arc reported studying the posi-
bilities of slum clearance program
and low cost housing projects for
white and colored residents.
Preliminary plans for a S1,OO0,0O0
low cost housing project, sponsored by
the Akron Metropolitan Housing Au-
thorlty, have been submitted to Fed
eral authorities for approval.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-03-30
Job Insurance
Does Not Alter
Payment At IS

Unemployment compensation bene-
fits which are now being paid in this
state have no relationship whatever to
old-age insurance benefits which are
also established under the Social Sc
curity Act.
This statement was made today by
Mr.. Edwin V. Faulhaber, manager of
the Social Security Board field office
in Youngstown, Ohio. Commenting
on this subject Mr.. Faulhaber said:
Recently, number of workers
who are drawing unemployment COM
pensation benefits under our state job
insurance law have called at our office
to discuss this matter. Some of these
workers thought that the unemploy-
ment compensation which they get
now, might reduce the old-age insur-
ance annuities or lump-sum benefits to
which these workers may be entitled
later.
"There is no connection between the
two types of benefits. Job insurance
benefits are paid by the state to work
ers who become unemployed and who
are covered by this states unemploy-
ment compensation law. Old-age in
surance benefits, for which workers
contribute one percent Of their wages
while employed in jobs covered by the
Social Security Act, are paid to a
worker when he reaches age 65 or to
his legal heirs if he dies. There will
be no deductions or changes in old
age insurance benefits because of any
payments made under our states job
insurance law" Mr.. Faulhaber con-
cluded.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-03-30
Buy AFL-Mode Union
Label Gloves, Mittens
White and Ornburn Urge Members of
Organized Labor to Aid Union
Workers

The International Glove Workers
Union of America recently issued di-
rectory of firms that manufacture
Union Labeled gloves. The label is
either stamped in or cloth label is
sewed in working gloves and mittens.
1t is stamped in fine dress gloves. Ex-
ira copies Of the list of union-m made
glove manufacturers may be obtained
by writing to the International Glove
Workers Union of America, 518 East
Eighth Street, Kewanee, Illinois.
Anton White, secretary-treasurer of
the Glove Workers Union, in a for
NAL announcement said:
"We would like to have all union
members and their friends stress the
Importance of asking for the Union
Label when purchasing work and
dress gloves and mittens. Any sup
port that members of the American
Federation of Labor can give our In
ternational Union and the employers
| who have proved their fairness by
signing agreements, will be appreci-
ated."
|. M. Ornburn, secretary-treasurer
of the A. +. of l.. Union Label Trades
Department, urged all members of
labor unions, their families and wom-
ems auxiliaries to obtain supply of
these leaflets and hand them to local
firms so that they will have union la
beled gloves in stock.
He also stated that single copy
Of the 1888 Union Label Catalogue-Di
rectory, which includes the names of
all manufacturers of union-made prod
ucts, can now be obtained, without the
regular charge of rs cents, by writ
ing the Union Label Trades Depart
ment, A. F. Of L. Bldg, Washington,
D. C.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-03-30
Ban On Arms For
Anfi-Union Use Is
Asked BY Green
Large Supplies Of Munitions
Purchased By Large
Corporations

Washington, d. C.-The Senate
Civil Liberties Committee, which for
two years studied industrial disputes
with emphasis on various forms of
violence used by anti-union employers
in their warfare against organized
labor, has sponsored a bill to forbid
the sale of gas or firearms to indus
trial concerns for use in any kind of
labor dispute.
The committee, consisting Of Sen
ator Robert NJ. La Toilette of Wis
consin, chairman, and Senator Ebert
D. Thomas Of Utah, also urged that
movements Of armed company police
and strike guards be positively re-
stricted to plant property.
According to the committees re-
port, corporations during the years
1933-37 purchased more gas equip
ment than all the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
agencies combined. The money spent
for tear and sickening gas during this
period totaled S1,255,312, most of this
sum being paid chiefly during or in
anticipation of strikes"
Gas Bought by Republic Steel
"In fact" the report stated, "the
largest purchaser of gas equipment in
the country, the Republic Steel Com
pany, bought four times as much as
tn e largest law-enforcement pur-
chaser"
The report listed eighty corpora
tions and associations as having each
purchased more than 81, ,000 worth OF
"tear and sickening gas" in the years
studied, adding that these corpora,
tions form the backbone Of large
scale industry Of the country"
Heavy Purchasers Listed
The largest law-enforcement pur,
chases by a single agency, the Ohio
National Guard, totaled S20,23459
the report said, but larger purchases
were shown by four industrial organ.
izations, the Republic Steel Corpor-
alton, the United States Steel Corpor.
alton, the Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Company and the General Motors Cor
poration
Furnished Arms to Police
The committee reported that "ovel
so per cent of these purchases were
made during or in anticipation Of la.
Dor trouble" and discussed cases ii
which corporations had not only arm.
ed private guards but had supplied
arms and gas to police departments.
Condemning the practice Of arm:
purchase as usually based on anti
unionism motives, the report asserted
"The fact that industrial purchaser:
of munitions frequently resort to al
manner of subterfuge to conceal thei
purchase and possession of arms ant
gas from their own employees is sig
nificantly indicative of the purpose!
for which such munitions are bought
Bootleg Tactics Used
"The munitions companies, in theil
business methods, accept the state Of
affairs and carry on their trade in {
manner which approXimates the Sc
crecy and evasion that characterize!
bootlegging.
"Deliveries are made and invoice!
are mailed to the homes of official!
far from the plants; records are KEEP
in blind or in fragmentary form; pay
mentS are made through disreputablt
Intermediates and are in cash; in
voices are written up in misleading
! terms, and sometimes the munition:
companies are not even informed o.
the identity of the actual purchasers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-03-30
Seeding Local
Warned Against
Using Old Name
ALL. Will Not Tolerate Use
Of Ndmes Of Affiliated
Unions. Says Green

Washington, D. C.-The American
Federation Of Labor will not tolerate
the use Of the names of affiliated
unions by unauthorized persons or
groups. This was made clear in the
following letter sent by William
Green, president Of the A. F. of L.,
to the head of a group in New York
City that has seeded from the A. F.
Of l.. International Ladies Hand Bag,
Pocketbook and Novelty Workers
Union, but continues to use the name
Of the international Union.
The text of Mr.. Green's letter fol-
lows:
Washington, D. c., March II, 1889.
"Mr. Harry Gevertzman, 53-55 West
21st Street, New York, New York.
Dear Sir and Brother:
81 am advised that you and your
associates, who refused to participate
in the special convention called by the
officers of the International Ladies
Handbag, Pocketbook and Novelty
Workers Union and who have become
disassociated from membership in
said international union, are using the
name, international Ladies' Hand Bag,
Pocketbook and Novelty Workers
Union as applying to this group which
you represent.
81 must warn you against the pur-
suit of such policy. | am notifying
you that you must cease and desist
from using the name, international
Ladies' Hand Bag, Pocketbook and
Novelty Workers Union.
"The American Federation of Labor
recognizes the International Ladies
Handbag, Pocketbook and Novelty
Workers Union, represented by Presi-
dent Reinlib and Secretary Laderman,
as the only organization authorized to
use said name.
81 hope this notice and advice will
be accepted by you so that it may be
unnecessary for the American Fedora
ton Of Labor to take legal action in
order to protect the use of the name
granted by the American Federation
Of Labor to the International Ladies
Handbag, Pocketbook and Novelty
Workers Union.
"Please advise me Of your compli-
ance with the advice and request |
have herein submitted
Every truly yours,
CIVILIAN GREEN,
"Presdent,
american Federation Of Labor"
The headquarters of the Ladies'
Handbag, Pocketbook and Novelty
Workers Union are at 1860 Broad
Street, Newark, \. J. The officers are:
President, Samuel Reinlib; general
secretarytreasurer, Samuel Lader-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-03-30
PRAISES HOUSING DECISION

Washington, ID. G. NLNS).-U. S.
Housing Administrator Straus praised
a recent decision by the Supreme
Court of Indiana upholding constitu-
tionality Of the state housing lcgisIa-
ton as an assurance to citizens of In
diana that there are HOW no legal OBJ
stacles to the slum clearance and low
rent rehouslng program there.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-03-30
On Cdpitol Hill
BY GEORGE L. KNAPP

Washington, d. C. QLNS).-Sen-
ator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, chairman
of the monopoly committee, made a
striking summary of the evidence
given before that committee by the
Federal Trade Commission The ETC
put in it's entire record for seven
years; and in all that seven years, the
ETC made no charges against any
business unit which was not first COM
planned of by one or more other bust
ness units. Only when business COM
the case.
AS a matter of fact, there probably
have been thousands of complaints
made that the ETC has found too
weak to prosecute. The certain fact
is that business had to be complained
of by business before the ETC acted.
But Senator O'Mahoney thinks the
tendency to concentration is best
shown in whiskey distilling.
"This is new industry" he said,
"revived only since the repeal of pro-
hibition. >. But in the short space of
five years, four companies have
emerged controlling much more than
80 per cent Of the business"
X X X
Senator James NJ. Mead of New
York spoke over the radio twice in
one week, urging his bill to authorize
the RFC to insure loans to what is
commonly called m al business.
Though Mead is leading in this move,
he is by no means alone; at least half
dozen schemes with the same object
are more or less before Congress. The
banks are full Of money; but invest
ment lags.
"All the information at hand con-
vinces me-" says Mead, "that the ma
jor disturbance to the prosperity of
small business is caused by the lack
of available capital and the advance
of credit"
Perhaps it will help Mead and the
rest to get hearing if people realize
that the United States government
has at least 27 loaning agencies now,
and that the last Treasury report con-
suited shows that Uncle Sam is lend
ing or helping to lend about $780,
0O0,O0O. The biggest one is the Home
Owners Loan Corporation, which has
extended credit to the amount of $2,-
204 900 .000-round numbers. Federal
Land Banks come next, 81 1895, 8,C00,0C0;
RFC is third with 81 100000; then
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation,
with $780, 100000. And | have never
heard that any of these agencies have
done harm.
X X X
At time when war Of unexampled
dimensions is threatened from some
quarters, it may comfort folks in this
country to know that of the worlds
supply of minerals, the United States
! in 1897 produced:
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-03-30

I'll show you how to milk cows!"
said the farmer to the city boy visit
ing the dairy farm for the first time.
Hadn't | better begin with a calf
until ! get more e-,perlence?" asked
the boy.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-03-30

We are short Of tungsten; but mo-
lybdenum partly replaces that; of
nickel and manganese; but Canada
can supply the first and Brazil the
second. The things we are genuinely
short of are tin and rubber.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-03-30
AvOcadOs For Variety

Avocados that come to market with
their flesh soft and yellowish or yell
lowish green in color will find most
favor in the fruit bowl.
Texture of the flesh should be but
terlike, declares the GUIDE. "Avo-
cados that do not have this buttery
texture are apt to have flat, watery
taste.
'Mushiness' is characteristic of the
flesh of the overripe fruit. Pressing a
fruit gently will give some indication
of it's ripeness. Thin-skinned varie-
ties yield readily when the flesh is
soft; thick-skinned types yield slight
ly.
Avoid fruit with dark, sunken spots
and broken skins. Both are indica-
tions of potential decay.
Favorite choice of most consumers
is the medium half-pound to pound
size, green in color, and with fairly
smooth or pebbled skin.
If an avocado needs little more
time to soften before serving, place it
on a shelf in room at normal tenn
perature. Refrigeration retards soft
ening. To hasten the ripening process,
wrap the fruit in a cloth for as long
as necessary.
Peel no more of the flesh than is to
be used for one meal. The flesh of an
avocado that is just right for salad
will stay bright for an hour or so, but
in time it is bound to darken. The
part of the fruit that you don't use
should be put in the icebox, but never
directly on ice or near ice coils.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-03-30

Many a man would have kept out
Of hot water had lie stuck closer to
cold water.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-03-30

Our boss says he just plays golf
for the fun of it. Our game isn't very
good either.