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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-03
LABOR CONDITIONS EIGHTY YEARS AGO

'HE SubStandard conditions ruling the employ.
ment of working men and women before the
lvent of effective trade unionism is indicated in
e do and do not rules imposed upon the employees
the Carson Pirie Scott & Co. store in Chicago
lring the early years of that firms history. The
Dor conditions obtaining in that remote perioo
ere presented at the recent eightieth anniversary
Iteration of the founding of the company. The
les for employees of the company's first store reao
follows:
"Store must be opened from a. m. to 9 p. m
e year round.
''Store must be swept; counters, base shelves
I'd showcases busted Lamps trimmed, filled, anC
imneys cleaned; pens made; doors and windows
,ened; a pail of water, also bucket of Goa
ought in before breakfast Gf there is time tC
SOY and attend to customers who call.
"Store must not be opened on the Sabbath un,
SIS necessary, and then only for few minutes.
"The employe who is in the habit of smoking
)anish cigars, being shaved at the BARRIERS, GO
to dances and other places of amusement viii
rely give his employer reason to be suspicious
his integrity and honesty
each employe must not pay less than S. pei
ar to the church and must attend Sunday schoo
gularly.
"Men employees are given one evening week
+ courting and two if they go to prayer meet
g."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-03
65O.OOO WPA WORKERS
ARE BE DISMISSED

Washington, D. C.-Works Projects
Commissioner F. G. Harrington be-
gan the most drastic dismissal pro-
gram that has hit WPA workers since
the agency was established in 1885.
According to the terms of the cur
rent WPA appropriation act, not only
is the prevailing wage rate killed, but,
in addition, every worker who has
been on the WPA roll for Is months
must be furloughed for thirty days.
This will require the dismissal of ap-
proximately 650,000 workers by Sep
tember 1.
Commissioner Harrington sent or
ders to State WPA administrators to
begin the mass dismissals at once.
WPA officials estimated that about
$4,000 had been discharged up to July
II for violating the order against re-
naming away from work more than
five days.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-03
PROTECTING THE WORKERS

HERE is quite general impression that those
who own and operate industry and public in
hstrial safety organizations have provided ade-
hate protection for industrial workers against
king killed or disabled while engaged in creating
falth and services for employers to sell at a
tofit.
| But a report of the Committee on Toxic Dusts
I'D Gases of the American Standards Association
composed of large corporations and number OF
kpartments of the Federal Government) indicates
lat this protection has been very much neglected
For the information of the layman it may be
hted that the word toxic" means poisonous
herefore, the committee should really be callec
ke Committee on Poisonous Dusts and Gases The
prd poisonous would indicate that the workers
fe really poisoned while at work.
According to the report issued by the American
tandards Association, it is still fact that many
baths and disabilities" among industrial workers
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-03
BOOMING UNION LABEL PRODUCTS

[ ORGANIZED Labor has found Jhat observance
~ of union label weeks increases the demand fol
union label goods and services. One of the latest
labor bodies to show the value of union label week
was the Gibson County Central Labor Union OF
Princeton, Indiana, which held successful week
during which the union label was much in the pub
lie eye.
Full cooperation was given by Princeton mer.
chants who displayed union label goods and post
ers and by two local daily newspapers, which gave
space to union label week activities and cooper
ated in issuing a special edition which was distr
buted to every home in Gibson county without
cost to the union label committee.
Union label weeks have been found of value
wherever tried. Results explain why hey are
gaining in popularity throughout the nation.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-03
EARLY POTTERS

T'HE first workshop of a Bible-age potter ever
found in Palestine was discovered recently by
British archaeoogists at Lachish, twenty five
miles southwest of Jerusalem. 1t was in cave
and contained finished bowls of assorted Sizes tools
used in smoothing, Furnishing and decorating the
wares, and the stone bench where the craftsmen
sat more than 5000 years ago. The potter is
thought to have been Cananite and may have
lived when Joshua led the Children of Israel into
southern Palestine to take Lachish and other
strongly fenced cities about 1890 B. c..
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-03
BIGGEST JOB GAIN IN JUNE
SINCE 1886 is REPORTED

Washington, d. c. GLNS).-Em-
ployment in non-agricultural indus
tries gained approximately 100000 in
June, the largest June increase since
1886, Secretary of Labor Perkins re-
ports.
Approximately 10000 of this in
crease was accounted for by the set
tlement arrived at in the bituminous
coal industry" she said, "but even
with this eliminated, the current gain
of 234 GOO workers is larger than any
rise in employment reported for the
month of June during the past 10
years, with the exception of the years
1929 and 1886"
She said 100000 more workers
were employed in private non agricul-
tural industry this June than a year
ago.
Factory employment, the Secretary
said, which usually shows decrease
from May to June, gained contra
seasonally or per cent or $4,000 wage
earners in June. Weekly wage pay
ments during the period rose 81 per
cent or $3,400,O00.
Employment gains were also report
ed in private and public construction,
utility companies, service industries
and mining, with the exception of the
anthracite industry. Year-round hotels
and brokerage and insurance offices,
however, reported fewer employees in
June than in the preceding month.
Durable goods industries employed one
per cent more workers than in May,
Secretary Perkins said, and 1862 per
cent more than in June of last year.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-03
CIGARETTES TO CIGAR MAKERS
JUBILEE

Washington, d. C.-The Brown and
Williamson Tobacco Company of
Louisville, Kentucky, manufacturers
of the union-made Raleigh, Kool and
Viceroy cigarettes has sent a large
quantity of cigarettes to r. f. Van
Horn, President of the Cigar Makers
International Union of America, as a
token of congratulation upon the oc-
casion Of the Unions 18th Anniver-
sary. The three day Diamond Jubilee
celebration Of the union from July 26
to 2S inclusive was one of the most
colorful affairs that has been held this
year in the nations capital.
been siphoned away from the U. M.
w. treasury in one year in order to
let Mr.. Lewis carry on war against
the A. F. of l.. They didn't approve.
And they showed their disapproval by
joining up with the Progressives.
What happened? The C. |. O.
idealists got busy. They bombed the
homes of deserving members. They
beat up A. F. of l.. organizers. They
imported strong-arm squads to break
up mass meetings of the Progressives.
They put the heat on employers to
fire miners who signed up with the
Progressives. And, 10 and behold, the
Labor Board did nothing.
You may ask, Mr.. Pegler, how
about all those fine, high-sounding ex-
pressions about civil liberties, freedom
of speech and freedom of assemblage
That was all right in Jersey City. But
not in West Virginia. Such is the
one-way idealism Of the c. l. 0.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-03
NEEDLESS SLAUGHTER AND INJURY OF
WORKERS

TNIIE number of workers killed and injured by
l. industrial accidents continues to be appalling.
According to an official report issued by Cali
fornia, the industrial death roll in that State was
534 for the calendar year 1888. During the same
year, 293,5 ,534 injuries to industrial workers were
reported.
In Ohio during the month of May "A workers
were killed in the course of their employment, and
the number of claims filed with the State during
the same month for fatal and non-fatal injuries
and occupatonal diseases totaled 14,294.
In most of these cases workmens compensa-
ton laws, whose enactment has been secured by
organized labor, provided the injured workers and
the dependents of the killed workers with modest
compensation awards but no amount of money
can really compensate for either death, mutilaton,
or occupational diseases.
Most of these deaths, injuries, and occupation
al diseases could be prevented if it manda-
tory for those who and operate industry to
provide one hundred per cent protection against
the hazards of employment and equally manda-
tory for public authorities to see that such safe
guards are operated with one hundred per cent
efficiency.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-03
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS

Despite losses caused by Fascist
and Nazi conquests of democratic
nations and the consequent sup
preston of their labor movements and
by generally unfavorable economic and
other conditions, the International
Federation of Trade Unions has made
marked progress in the last three
years.
This was plainly shown by report
submitted to the eighth congress of
the federation held recently at Zurich,
Switzerland. The report, giving de-
tailed account of the development of
the IFTU since the London congress
of 1886, reveals that membership has
risen over these three years from
thirteen to nearly twenty million.
Losses have been experienced dur
ing this period through the disappear
ance of Spain and Czechoslovakia as
active national organizations, but the
IFTU still has today a membership
which was only surpassed in the early
postwar years.
Following the affliation of Norway
in January, 1886, and that of Mexico
at the London Congress itself, the
United States rejoined in 1887 and
New Zealand came in in 1888.
Today the IFTU consists Of twenty
three large and active national organ
izations, in the Argentine, Belgium,
Canada, Denmark, the Dutch East
Indies, Estonia, Finland, France,
Great Britain, Holland, Hungary, In
dia, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand,
Norway, Palestine, Poland, Rumania,
Sweden, Switzerland, the United
States and Yugoslavia.
In recent years, the IFTU has thus
developed in the direction of an Gin
ternational' rather than European"
organization, although the European
trade union movement still provides
the backbone Of the whole internati-
onal.
What is remarkable in the recent
development is that only about half of
the millions increase in members is
due to new affiliations, the other half
being due to the steady increase in
the membership of the European natl
onal organization.
Leaving on one side the special po
sition in France, where the movement
| increased it's membership from about
100000 at the beginning of 1886 to
nearly five million by the middle of
1887 (since when the expected decline
has brought the figure down to some
thing under four million), Great
Britain and the Scandinavian countries
have recorded constant expansion.
The British Trades Union Congress,
with it's membership of almost five
millions is the largest national body
in the IFTU today, and Denmark,
Norway and Sweden together have in
creased their membership from about
100000 in 1886 to more than 1,700,-
900 (of which almost 100000 is ac
counted for by Sweden).
X X X
The IFTU'S report emphasizes that
this steady development in the
European trade union movement pro-
| vides good guarantee that the trade
unions will be able to put up better
resistance than was possible a few
years ago, should a decline in trade or
even slump set in again.
The bulletin of the IFTU says that
the federation is seen to be a power
full organization of the labor move
ment and it's congress has every claim
to be called the World Parliament of
Labor, a comment which seems justi-
fled by the gains reported to the
| Tpricb ,,ooofipu
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-03
WHAT NEXT2

Latest in steam locomotives is
a huge oil burner made by Bald
win for the Southern Pacific Rail-
road. The locomotive travels Gin
reverse" the cab being in front
and the smoke stack in rear. The
engineer gets more visibility and
much less smoke, particularly
when going through tunnels.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-03
Truths Pondered While
Riding At Anchor
MR.. MODESTUS
. HEAVY INDUSTRIES
Q ASSEMBLY LINES
= ITCHING FOR FIGHT
. MORE OPPORTUNITY

III y NUKE OPPOR1UNlI1
| Heavy industries
| That is the call today
In all of which there has been some
overlooking
Ignoring of historic example and
well-established records
For where is heavier industry than
that of making armor?
| X X X
| Consider now the possibilities
Of this old-new branch of the arti-
| ficer's art
What marvellous quickening to the
making Of iron and steel
Excepting for the most exclusive
Of course armor could best be made
by mass production
Involving endless designs of tools
and dies
Original uses of stamping and
punching machines
Problems equal to any ever present
ed to the mechanics skill
In the making of helmets, breast
plates, greaves-
The fashioning of lances, broad
swords, poniards-
Shields of changing patterns and
bewildering strategy
Inspirations for the art and skill
Of builders of assembly lines
X X X
Here is field for sport
Vision the contests between armor-
clad champions
Calling for qualities of lung and
beef
Dwarfing mere football armor bear
Polo playing gentlemen might find
something
In armor-bearing chargers mounted
on motorcycles
Setting lances in play against op-
ponents-
Or great fields where lovely ladies
watch
Or swinging great maces and battle
All! there we have it
Battle-aXes come again into their
own
Here is a game in which dowagers
might play
Giving full swing to weapons so
fit
Of which they have hitherto known
only the name
Fulflment for their strong yearn-
ings for outlet
For emotions too long now sup
pressed
Banishment now for sissy inhi-
bitions-
Chance for taste of direct action
Long desired
Don't tell me-
That nobody will want to use these
toys
Leave that to advertisers and their
Backed by purses and bank accounts
of itching proft-takers-
NOW feeling thWarted by world
wide scandals
Growing out of universal pacifism--
Throwing wide open again marvel
lous doors
Opportunity again for the play on
human emotions
1t is an appeal to oldest instincts of
man
Play on simplest emotion of admir-
ing ladies'
The itch for a fght-love lavished
on the winnah-
Robustious manhood again royster-
ing in action
And, the heavy industries back on
their armor clad feet
x x X
You say, nobody wants these
things
Well, have you noticed anybody ad-
vertising for railroad of late?
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-03
LABELLING BILL PASSES SENATE

Washington, D. C.-By a vote of
AS to 23 the Senate adopted the
Schwartz Martin Wool Labelling Bill,
which will require the disclosure of
the fiber content of wool fabrics. The
measure now goes to the House for
action.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-03

There's Divinity that shapes our
ends, Rough-hew them how we will.
Shakespeare.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-03
WISDOM

Laws are like cobwebs; the
small flies are caught, the great
break Observation-Disclosures.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-03

Good temper, like a sunny day,
sheds a brightness over everything.
w. Irving.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-02
'PARENT-TEACHERS
CONVENE TONIGHT
Fingerprint Expert t
Speak; Doris Weiss
to Sing
CHESHIRE NEWS
Hubert Rigney
Cheshire Phone 334

Cheshire, Oct. "A meeting OF
the Parent Teacher association will
be held this evening at 8 o'clock in
the town hall. Daniel H. Snyder, OF
Hamden, for IL years in charge OF
the fingerprint instruction for the
New York state police, will speak
on "Fingerprints and Their Connec-
ton With Civil Identification"
G. Louis Morrison, cartoonist ano
illustrator, will present one OF his
crayon talks, Impressions of Schoo'
Days. Miss Doris Weiss will sing
Room mothers to serve for the
year: Mrs. Camps room, Mrs. Har-
old Harden; Miss Murphy's room
Mrs. v. w. Heyden; Mrs. Holzmeis-
ter's room, Mrs. Wilbur j. Moore;
Mrs. Posts room, Mrs. Nelson Tuck
er; Miss Coulombe's room, Mrs. G.
Dwight Kirkham; Mrs. Smiths room,
Mrs. Fred Yorker; Miss Schneer's
room, Mrs. Emmons r. Wolf; Miss
Andrews room, Mrs. Frank r. Eng
lish; Miss Rimbach's room, Mrs.
James M. Perry, Jr.; Miss Evelyn
Thurber's room, Mrs. Charles Crime |;
Miss Meade's room, Mrs. Edward D.
Bernard; Miss Patierno's room, Mrs.
Chichester; Mrs. Foley's room, Mrs.
Mark Bishop; Mrs. STEMS room, Mrs.
Samuel F. Hall; Miss Karpick's
room, Mrs. Donald w. Howard; Miss
Bray's room, Mrs. Douglas M. Dun
bar; Miss Clara Thurber's room, Mrs.
Walter w. Lounsbury; Principal
Dodd's and Mrs. Hicock's room, Mrs.
Leonard Comstock.
Brooke Tarbox of Cheshire, has
been pleged to Psi Epsilon frater-
nifty at Syracuse university where
he is sophomore.
Miss Betty Stannard, student
nurse at the Waterbury Hospital
School Of Nursing, spent the week
end at her home on Maple avenue.
Mrs. Brenton Boggs Of Bedford,
Va, who has been the guest of her
sister-in Miss Elizabeth Boggs
Of Cheshire, was honored at lunch
con given on Thursday by Mrs. Car
roll g. Hincks Of Cheshire.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-02
WENZEL REELECTED
STATE PRESIDENT
Zindah GrOtt0 Is Host to
State Association at
Annual Meeting

Louis Wenzel of this city past
monarch of linda Grotto host Or
ganization was reelected state pres
ident at the eleventh annual meet
ing of the organization held here on
Saturday.
Other officers elected were Vice.
President James Jorgeson If Bridge
port; Secretary j. Sydney Pierson
of Waterbury and Treasurer William
Leopold of New Britain.
Despite unpleasant weather and
occasional showers more than 500
members Of the State Grotto at
/ tended the convention and partic-
ipated in q colorful parade Satur-
day afternoon. A dinner was held
preceding the evening session of the
convention.
William G. Cartilage, grand mas
ter of the United States, of Topeka,
Kansas complimented the state as
ISOLATION and the local grotto for
the remarkable turnout and the
careful preparation made for the
convention. He asked that the mem
bers to enlist In the campaign TO
assist Masonic homes.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-02
Boy Scout Troop Plans
Program Of Activities
Meeting Tomorrow Evening at Fraternity f1all-Mrs.
John Mcmahon HOnOred By Friends on Birthday
ATERVlLlE
Mrs 4 Henion Correspondence briggs st-TeL s.s4ss

supper at 6 p. M, followed by the
official board at o'clock at when
time election of trustees for the
coming year, will take place.
Mrs. Fred MacLelland and Mrs
Charles Rasmussen were hostesses
at a party held Friday night at the
home Of Mrs. MacLelland on Thom-
aston avenue, in honor of their sister
Mrs. Gordon McQuarrie. Singing and
dancing were enjoyed during the
evening and q buffet lunch served
The house was decorated with cut
flowers and Mrs. McQuarrie received
many beautiful gifts.
Attending were: Mrs. Ackland
Wright, Mrs. Walter Clark, Mrs. A
Grenier, Mrs. May hackney, MRS
John McQuarrie, Mrs. Irving Tuck
er, Mrs. Harold Tucker, Mrs. Frank
Paradis, Mrs. Louis Tucker, Mrs
Louis Bouley, Mrs. John Sonier, Mrs
Joseph McArdle, Mrs. George Blinr,
Mrs. Arnold Keith, Mrs. Ward Fer
ry, Mrs. Otto Mattson, Mrs. Fred
ftOSS, MIS-. ctCu OAiStA, Wis., oaAASo
Coffey, Mrs. I. Buxton, Mrs. May
nard Buxton, Mrs. Robert Great
orex, Mrs. Fred Greatorex, Miss
Beatrice McQuarrie, Mrs. Charles
Rasmussen, Mrs. Fred MacLelland
and Mrs. Gordon McQuarrie.
The Casper 8. Davis, American
Legion Fife, Drum and Bugle corps
will meet tonight at o'clock, for a
regular weekly rehearsal at their
rooms on Thomaston avenue.
The Democrats" downed all COM
petition and took three strings
straight, from the opposing "Repub-
leans, Socialists" and "Commu-
nists," during the recent bowling
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-02
ADULT CLASSES
FORMING MONDAY

The WPA Adult Education Glasses
will meet for the first time this
year on Monday, October eth, ac-
cording to an announcement made
today by Andrew H. McFadden, 10
cal supervisor of the program.
This year, classes will be held In
Anatomy and Physiology Arts, Arts
and Crafts, Choral Work, Citizen
ship. Cooking. French, Gymnasium,
History Of Art, Music Appreciation,
Sewing Study Of Opera, Swimming
and Voice Culture.
Further information concerning
these courses may be had by calling
the WPA Adult Education ONCE,
5-l173. A complete schedule Of
classes giving location and time for
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-02
Correction

The affiliation of two of the
registrants with the State De-
partment under the act Of June
8, 1898, providing such listing
agents representing foreign
principals, were incorrectly
listed in the series Of articles
watch Out for Propaganda"
by Willis Thornton which ap-
peared in these pages recent
ly.
Bruce Bliven, incorrectly
described as representing the
Haitian Republic, is register
ed only as New York Core
spondent of the Manchester
Guardian, British newspaper.
Herbert S. Houston, who reg
istered as representing the
Chinese Consul General in
New York and was so listed
in the story, later Withdrew
his resignation in that capac-
ity as being in error.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-02
MOTIONS PLACED
ON COURT LIST
Judge Cornell to Hear
Arguments for Discharge
of Doctors, Nurse

Motions for dismissal of charges
against DR.. Roger B. Nelson DR.
William A. Goodrich and Clara Nc
Ternan arrested in connection with
the seizure of birth control material
at the Chase clinic on June IL will
be considered tomorrow by Judge
John A. Cornell of the superior
court.
Atty. J. Warren Upson counsel
for all three will ask for the dis
missal of the charges on the ground
that Superior Court Judge Kenneth
Wynne recently sustained demur-
rers filed on behalf of the trio by
ruling the birth control statute un-
constitutional.
The motions for discharge first
came before Judge Cornell ten days
ago and were finally continued unit
tomorrow.
The material seized by the state has
been ordered destroyed by Judge
Frank p. McEvoy.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-02
IN Impartial Survey,
IL W6SnInQTOni The Open the
B nd GOvenme

stood unles syou understand the thing
which many men in Washington are
saying privately-but whcih few
say in public. These private opinions
boil down to this:
That because the arms embargo
does symbolic so much beyond its
actual content, we are liable to
commit ourselves to something we
can't back out of If we repeal 1t.
If, that is, we have an administra-
tion that whole heartedIy wants
Hitler beaten, and IL we repeal the
arms embargo in order to make
Hitlers' defeat more likely, then
the die Is cast and we are in for
1t whenever something beyond
mere repeal Of the arms embargo
is necessary to keep Germany
from winning.
That argument goes beyond
everything else in explaining the
isolationists' tenacity. 1t weighs
more than them even than the
prospect that repeating the en-
barge might build up a war boom
which would automatically
draw us in as the 1916 war boom
Is supposed to have done. Such
a boom could easily develop I'M
der the present law, in materials
other than munitions. Indeed, the
Pittman revisions are tighter in this
respect than the existing law.
Blu the embargo clause is the
crux Of it - not because Of its ac-
tual, concrete effect, but because
of the implications which are be-
coming bound up in the whole fight
over the proposal to repeal it.
Added to which there Is the
steadily growing feeling among
the isolationists that q definite and
conscious current to put this ma
ton into the war Is now in moion.
NEXT-The background Of the
embargo reneal mOvernent