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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-06
COOPERATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT

THE Associated Hospital Service of Philadelphia
has ended it's first six months of life with 49,,
$50 members. Known as the 'three cents day"
plan, it guarantees it's members hospital treat
ment; and though the news item did not give de-
tails, cents day suggests 81 month as the
fee.
In months the society has sent 2105 persons
to hospital 1t circularized 600 of them to
their experience; and 80 per cent of those who re-
piled said that they saved money. Since 20 per
cent of the members are industrial workers and 6
per cent among public employees the savings was
appreciated.
While the account leaves out many details one
would like the mere number of members secured
in so short time proves one thing. The Amer
lean people have come to be deeply interested in
proper medical treatment reachabe cost. The
American Medical Association may yell all it wish
es; but cooperative medical treatment is coming.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-06
THE YOUTHFUL AUTO

1NIIE Hudson Motor Car CO. is celebrating It's 3Oth
birthday. This fact marks the astounding
neWness of something that has changed American
life and outlook more than anything else, except,
electric communication. The telegraph
telephone and radio-three stout sons of one
family, though the last was born of second mar
riage and the mother has had most to say about
the otfsprng-together stand at the head of rev.
olutionary developments; but the auto certainly
comes next
Ford dates from 1903. The cash investment
was $2S, 900; that of the Hudson (perhaps)
$1O6OOO. A young investor in the Ford enter
prise wrote to his dad how the parts were shipped
n-on time and the workmen, "ten or dozen
boys at $3.50 each' put those parts together.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-06
rN - - :,
,tyNTARIO PHYSICIANS FAVOR COMPULSORY
Pc HEALTH INSURANCE

freeNIIE Ontario, Canada, Medical Association has
li1sn 1 endorsed the report of special committee
of odvocatng compulsory health insurance on natl
of pna scale
O, That the action of the Medical Association was
easot made hastily is revealed by the fact that the
pecal committee has been studying the question
and Or seven years.
clues In presenting its report to the association the
sposommittee defined compulsory health insurance as
IL IL revision by legislation of "an adequate medical
m arvce for those persons who cannot be expected
dnsto provide it for themselves
The committee found there is very evident
- eed for the provision of more adequate medical
1ervice for the low wage income groups OF the pop
lation and this need is more acute in relation to
-omcilialy than it is for hospitalzed patients.
"a; Removal of the economic barrier between doc
Appbr and patient should encourage earlier consulta-
u 4.on and so permit many diseases to be detected
trcel the incipien stages with consequent benefit to
er, er he patient.
~ "Vountary plans for health insurance should
" encouraged for those persons Immediately above
usle income level of those compulsory insured.
lose, "We believe that granting the need Tor a more
SON dequate distribution of medical services among
TO- he low income group this need best be salts
Byered by contributory health insurance on COM
ILL., usory basis
In commenting the action of the Medical
= Palssocaton the Canadian Congress Journal said
oer' This is decidedly progressive step and brings
r. loser the day when Canada will establish national
u.rrealth insurance. something advocated for many
lany years by the Trades and Labor Congress OF
Elianada."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-06
Deo+h, Sickness,
Crime Rates Need
For Movement

Washington, ID. G.. S).-Loan
contracts were announced by the
United States Housing Authority in
16 cities and nine states, raising the
actual contracts well above $460,000,-
000. But the description of the slum
situation in one city multiplies the in
terest in all, and the account of Tampa
makes one grasp the terrific need of
the housing movement.
Tampa has four bad slum areas" "
says the description, "known as the
Scrub college Hill,' West Tampa
and Hyde Park Housing conditions
in the Scrub and in Hyde Park are by
far the worst. OF all the buildings in
the Scrub area, only A per cent of
the family dwellings-nearly all of
which are single family houses, were
listed as good whereas 65 per cent
were described as being bad and 13
per cent were not fit for habitation.
In the Hyde Park section, only 20 per
cent were said to be good 6S.5 per
cent were termed bad and 3.5 per
cent were uninhabitable, according to
the report.
an the Scrub, 72 per cent Of the
dwellings, had neither tub nor shower,
and only the most primitive toilet
facilities. The death rate in the area
was 17.2 per 1000 compared with as
for the rest of the city, the disease
rate was 23.S per LOCO as against 4.S,
and the major crime rate 10 per 900
as against 1.2 for the rest of the city"
In rougher language, the slum areas
had times the death rate, 5 times
the sick rate and tim-s the crime
rate of the rest of the town.
No other figures are given in this
announcement quite so devastating as
these; but all tend that way. In Co.
lumbus, Georgia, three families were
frequently found living in one single
family house. Jersey City had 6,26C
dwellings, with no inside toilet, 1868
without hot water, 1868 without
either bathtub or shower. Newark
New Jersey, listed 610 homes in which
three or more families shared back.
yard privies. In Portsmouth, Ohio, q
town of only $4,000 persons, 3S pei
cent of all the dwellings lacked indoor
toilets.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-06
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS

Belief that basic causes of world
discomfort must be dealt with as a
first step toward enduring peace was
supported by Henry l. Hartman,
former president of the United States
Chamber Of Commerce and United
States employers representative at
the international Labor Conference
just held in Geneva.
Analysing some of the basic causes
of world unrest, leading to the present
fear of war, Hartman said:
cit 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"
X X x
In the course of his speech, Harri-
man said that this analysis led him
to the specific suggestion that con-
sideration should be given to Presi-
dent Roosevelt's desire for the hold
ing of a world economic conference.
The agenda of such 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", Hartman declared,
"such a conference should be held for
the specific purpose of determining how
each of the great industrial nations
of the world shall, through world
trade and the interchange of goods, be
assured of an adequate supply of the
foodstuffs and the raw materials which
| it requires for full and fine economic
| life"
"It is my firm conviction" Hartman
continued, "that through carefully
planned world commerce the basic raw
materials which are necessary to a
sound economic life must be fairly dis
tributed 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 well crumble under the impact of
the blows.
eff on the other hand the nations
of the world meet, as President Roose-
welt has requested, with determin-
alton to reach a just agreement | am
confident that the serious international
problems of today can be adjusted"
X x
"Not perfection as fine goal, but
the ever-enduring process of perfect
ing, maturing, refining is the sum of
living. The bad man is the man
who, no matter how good he has been,
is beginning to deteriorate, to grow
less good. The good man is the man
who, no matter how morally unworthy
he has been, is moving to become bet
ter. Such conception makes one
severe in Judging himself and humane
in judging others. John Dewey, in
DEMONSTRATION in Philosophy"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-06
Greenville, S. C. (AFLWNS).-J

Greenville, S. C. (AFLWNS).-J.
f. Shrine of Greenville, chairman of
a committee on voluntary production
control in the Southern print-cloth
field, announced that operators Of
more than 95 per cent of the looms on
these fabrics had entered into an
agreement to operate their plants not
to exceed rs per cent of their normal
capacity during July, August and
September.
He explained that the suffering of
the mill workers because of short
time would be alleviated by the fact
that living costs are at a low mini
mum during the Summer months.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-06
WHAT NEXT?

Corning Glass Works chemists
are reported to have developed
glass that won't break despite
temperature changes. The glass,
it is said. can be dipped in ice
water while red hot without break
ing. Commercial production of
the new glass is two years off.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-06

The Board of Common Pleas Judges
of the state of Pennsylvania has voted,
by a majority, to reappoint the s men,
bers of the Board of Prison Inspectors
who are officially responsible for
roasting to death four convicts in
Holmesburg Prison last August. Can
such things be? But they are.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-06
Salmon Purse Seiners
Union Wins Pay Boost

Vancouver, Can. (AFLWNS).-Sal-
mon Purse Seiners Federal Union No.
141, chartered by the Trades and La
Dor Congress of Canada, has nego-
tiated an agreement with the British
Columbia Salmon Gamers providing
for increases ranging from one quar-
ter Of a cent on "pinks" to two and
one-half cents for "sockeye" salmon
over the prices paid last year. The
new contract also provides for recog-
milton of the union as the bargaining
agency and sets up the ''check OFF,
system for collection of union dues.
Last year the union was compelled
to call a strike to secure the agree
ment which this year was secured by
a joyous, surrender of freedom for
the sake of other things. In curious
way these relationships are democracy
turned inside out; the majority func-
tioning as a cruel and illogical col
lective dictator.
In the second place, modern die
tatorship is unthinkable without the
tools provided by scientific advance,
such as radio, rotary presses, air
planes, machine-guns. That popular
acquiescence could not be obtained
without the instrumentalities pro-
vided by science. The fascist and
Stalinist relationships are products
of the chronological age. Without the
wonderful technique that we now have,
the dictators could not possibly regi-
ment the minds and the souls of their
subjects.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-06
Truths Pondered While
Riding At Anchor
MIR. MODESTUS
. FREE LAND
. FREE MEN
Q FREE IDEAS
. KERNELS OF FREEDOM

. KERNELS OF FREEDOM
Free Land!
What safety valve that was
An open door, for the unafraid-
Way out, for the rebellious individu-
als-
Think of it!
In less than year, you could save
enough
To buy 80 acres of the finest land
in the world
From your Uncle Sam, who got it
cheap from France, and Spain
Be your own boss; own the land you
lived on
Milk your own cows; plow and reap
your own corn
Expand your illusions about indie
pendence-
When free land was gone
When "free men" wandered from
state to state
Looking for lost Eldorados, in min.
ing and harvest camps
Then came labor unions, refuge of
rebels
Rugged individuals organized Popu.
list Parties
Free Silver banners floated their
!will-o'-the- -wisps-
Men found that they had to be so.
ial beings, like it or not
Organized Socialist clubs, branches
parties
Found their lost freedom piled up
in millions
Imposed income taxes in order to
"divide up" again
X X X
Free Land
Bred free thinking
Stamped a nations psychology
Built a system of economics and
philosophy
Inspired poets, novelists, artists
statesmen
And then vanished
x X X
But free ideas
Grown on the long miles of free
land
Had now to be thrashed out and sep
arated-
Chaff, barren of nourishment, but
part of the growth
Became illusions, but would not
vanish and disappear
Useful illusions, perpetuated by
press and pulpit
Sacred now, inherited from the
fathers of Old
Embalmed in university foundations
and manifold books
Utopias now ancient, caught up anC
put into credos-
Apotheosis of freedom now hidden
in histories
Political sacraments, for the hiding
of legal skulduggery-
X X X
But the kernels of freedom
Stripped now of the isolating chaffs
of raw individualism-
Remained to those who could master
the lessons thus taught
Who could remember the meanings
|of Magma Carta and Bill of Rights
That free men can remain free
Only when they are free in associa
Ition-
Multiply the powers of their lib
Ierty-
Give free men geometric ratios fol
their potencies-
By the magic of Organization
Growing out of agreement
Eliminating differences
In essential union
| X x
Free land made freemen--
Then, when machines came, spewcC
them out again
! Drove them together, to master now
the technique Of liberty
In the new freedom required
Freedom to use the machines
AS we'll as free land.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-06
WISDOM

Lord, bid wars trumpet cease,
Fold the whole earth in peace,
Under thy wings:
Make all the nations one,
All hearts beneath thy sun,
Till thou shalt reign alone,
Great King of kings.
oliver Wendell Holmes.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-06

The Senate confirmed the appointment of
Archibald MacLesh to be Librarian of Congress
by trifling majority of ga to 8. Nearly every
newspaper man in Washington predicted it.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-06

Our ancestors were striking for freedom 163
years ago; but the Nazis of Danzig are striking
to be annexed
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-06

G. Illinois has passed lottery law, and so per
ent of the takes are to go to clear up suns
sso and perhaps effectively, to make more
.r u.ns The only good thing about lottery states
ru1anship' is that it's not common as 1t used to
deal e,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-06

The most significant thing about Hit!cr's last
TRADE is that it was delivered from platform ell
closed by bullet proof glass.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-06

Those who have not lived under a
modern dictatorship of the German or
Russian type are inclined to think of
it in terms of older types Of tyrannical
government. They imagine that it is
just old-fashioned absolutism such as
that of the Romanoffs or HohenZoll-
erns raised to higher degree. But
they're wrong. The totalitarian state
is new kind of regime, without prece
dent in modern history.
In the first place, it does not rest
on small group which monopolizes
state power. 1t rests on the acquies-
cence of majority of the population.
In sense, the people themselves are
part of the dictatorship-at once the
victims and the masters of the new
system. The n?illionfold parades, the
vast enthusiasm are not fakes. They
represent voluntary, sometimes even
Evening star., 1939-12-24
Chicuqo Livestock

CHICAGO. Dec. 81 Up Omitted States
hes soe total enoueh sies
good and choice light hogs here to test
conditions; others steady to 10 lower than
G5days iboss ayeTaSe; small lots good and
95: strictly choice light weight quotabe
500 or better If available: small number
soa" per took oG1nds @ bodoRs Zoo hp
ye,s. $40 pounds down, mostly 90 s
higher ing hsave5 butchers 4555 up pack
pared Friday last week: + FQlosns sharp @
a dropped out Of n medam sfan
and average-eood grade steers and heifers
all weights, these stin 25 or more higher
choice yearinss and heiisrs ss' % 0G' hsher ao
comparable medium weight and heavy
steers mostly. 80 higher: no. reliable out
week, however: cows mostly. 50 higher
bulls strong to 35 up beef bulls sharing
advance: vea,ers strong: stock cattle dull
lines topped at u so: medium weight
itssa tsc n11nGs pound; s}4s,,x sse
pounds heifers reached 11,25 numerous
Loads !, IDS all weights sold at 1880 UPWARD
seays ran ont mora oas rsey &c vnsn
above 1000 except lone-fed yearlinss and
best heavy. steers: bulk short-fed steers.
,..5-HtH. long LED. aT5-l 90.
Salable sheep. $500 total 5000.
compared Friday last week: fat lambs and
vearlnss $3.50 higher: liehtweisht slaugh-
ter ewes strong. others steady to weak
we"k's lamb top a."5 paid by packers and
shippers for choice medium weight Offer
ines Al close: weeks bulk fed Westerns
8 s5o-a.5: native. 5o-a15 best natives
at outside: lambs shorn go to 90 days
usually around 1855 so: slauEhter wear
lings. 6o5-7 so: top. 800: native slaurh-
ter ewes. 3.15-4,25: lishtxeiehts upward
to 50; feeding lambs in limited numbers
S.10-S35
Evening star., 1939-12-24
South African Wool
Prices Boosted by
British Buying
Growers Assured Rise
Of Not Less Than
30 Per Cent
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Agriculture Departmentreport-
ed yesterday the ministry Of supply
Of the United Kingdom has entered
the bidding at South African wool
auctions for the purpose of "facili-
tating the orderly marketing" Of the
current wool clip.
This step has been TAKEN" the
department said, "for the purpose of
insuring that prices in South Africa
shall not fall below those In price
schedule agreed upon. The schedule
of prices has not been disclosed.
Trade sources indicate that prices
not less than 80 per cent above
year ago are to be assured growers.
November prices In South Africa
showed about this increase above
November last year, the department
said.
United States buyers have pur-
chased much more wool in South
Africa so far this season than a
year ago, the department said. This
activity on the part Of American
buyers was said to be partly the
result of the purchase of the entire
Australian wool clip by the United
Kingdom and the difficulty in the
early part of the season of obtaining
supplies through the United King
dom wool control body.
The United States usually pur-
chases more wool from Australia
than from South Africa.
So far, the United States has been
the heaviest buyer in the South
African market this season with
some competition from continental
European countries and Japan. De-
clared exports Of South African WOO
to the United States for November
amounted to 8,3O0,O00 pounds OF
grease wool and $4,000 pounds
secured.
Exports Of grease wool to this
country during October and Novem-
ber alone amounted to 1898 OO(
pounds, whereas in 1893 only 1877 OO(
pounds had been exported to thi;
country in the five months, July
through November.
Evening star., 1939-12-24
Scandinavian Bonds
Score Advances in
Lively Trading
AustruIiun Looms Join
Upturn; Corporate
Sections Mixed
1y the Associated Press,

1y the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Strength
OF Australian and Scandinavian
dollar issues in lively trading stood
out IN a quiet bond market today.
Norway 4As at 70 were up
points. Denmark 412s were 1ss
higher at 48. Brisbane 5Rs of 81
gained 6,a points, closing at 761a.
United States Treasures were
quiet but firm. One issue showed
a decline of 4-32. Others showed
increases, the highest being 1882.
The days turnover totaled $36O7,-
500. face value, best since Saturday,
November 4, and comparing with
last Saturdays s3,lO2800.
In the corporate division, the
trend was mixed.
Among losers of fractions were
American & Foreign Power SIS at
62h, st. Paul SIS at SIS, Delaware &
Hudson refunding As at 6O5a, Erie
IS OF rs at 15ls, National Dairy 3a4 S
at 105A, Pacific Gas 334s at 111ss,
Frisco 4l2s of '78 at ga, Southern
Pacific AIS of '68 at ASA and South
ern Railway As at 58a4.
Issues which registered moderate
gains in fair trading included
Commonwealth Edison convertible
3i2s at 1855, International Tele-
phone IS at 4lA, Louisville & Nash
vile unified Is of 40 at 1O15s and
Missouri Pacific SIS of IT, series e.
= at 1414.
Evening star., 1939-12-24
5.7Oa6.1O. Packing sows. 495a5 As

57Oa610. Packing sows. 495a5 As
Compared with week ago, mostly
65a75 higher; packing sows up As.
Sheep, no receipts. Compared
with Friday last week, fat lambs,
steady to IS lower; good and choice
ewes and wethers. 9.85a1025; top,
1925; mediums, 800a900: few fat
slaughter ewes steady. 400a450.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No.
2 red winter. garlicky, spot, domes-
tic, 112 Settling prices we're:
Wheat, No. red winter, garlicky.
spot, domestic, 1.l2. Closing price
was 11212. Corn, No. yellow,
domestic, bushel. 67a69. Western
billing at premium over this price.
Cob corn, barrel, new, 310a3 35;
country prices reported, 2.9Oa3.l5.
Oats, bushel. No. 2 white, domestic,
55a60; Pacific Coast No. l white,
72a74.
On all sales of oats to the local
trade, excepting those on track,
there is an additional charge of -.
cents per bushel for storage and
elevation, which is paid by the
buyer.
Rye, No. 2. bushel, 75a8O. Barley,
No. 2. bushel, 60a65. Hay, ton, 1850
al4.0O. Wheat straw, ton, 6.50a7 90.
Flour, barrel, winter, patent, 570a
600; winter, straight. 4.60a4.85;
spring, patent, 620a645: spring,
straight, 395a615; hard winter,
patent. 385a605; hard winter,
straight, 5.65a5 80, rye flour, dark to
white, 4.30a5 10.
Mill feed, ton, spring bran, 3050a
31.50; standard middling, 30.50a
3l.5O.
Evening star., 1939-12-24
Dividend Meetinos

NEW YORK Dec. % 'specian -
Among the important companies which
will hold dividend meetings this week are
Abraham 4 Straus. Inc: Hershey Chocolate
Corp. Mcclellan Stores Corp. Mccall Corp
National Distillers Products Corp and
Reading Co. list of the meetings Of
corpanies definitely scheduled is reported
by Fitch Investors Service as follows:
Tuesday. December rs.
Gimbel Bros. Inc. preferred: 1910 m
Hershey Chocolate Corp, preferred and
common: o:3O pm.
Lane BRYANT, Inc. preferred: 4 pm
Mccall Corp, common: $40 pm
Reading Co.. common: 10 m.
Wednesday. December ~
Abraham e. Straus. Inc. common: 2 pm
Heerculec Powder Co., Inc. preferred; 10
am.
Holly SUGAR Corp. preferred: II am
Thursday. December 2S.
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. COM
mon: II am.
Lee Rubber & Tire Corp. common:
1:30 pm.
McCrory Stores Corp. fptdo t2:3n pm)
Mcclellan Stores Co. preferred and COM
mon; 1910 m.
National Distillers Products Corp, COM
mon: IL am.
Evening star., 1939-12-24
Expansion Is Hailed, =,
Purchasing Agents
Notice Caution
Association Reports
No ReuI Pessimism
Apparent os Yet
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Business
volume in the country has stopped
improving, although there is not yet
any real pessimism. the National AS
sociation of Purchasing Agents re-
ported today
General business conditions in the
eastern part of the country were re-
ported currently poorer than during
November, although the Middle West
and West were unchanged.
Canada continues to have inn
provement, spurred by empire war
purchases, and commodity prices
were higher there.
Inventories were increased and
buying policy continues on to
3 months basis in the Middle West
and in Canada, although on l to
months basis in the West and
East of the United States.
Credit continues ample, employ
ment was greater and collections un-
changed
A spirit of caution prevails, it was
said, due to the fact that usually at
this season some optimism for bet
ter business in the first quarter Is
expressed, while the general opinion
now was said to be hope that there
will be no letdown from current lows.