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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-15
BILL MOVES FORWARD

Washington, D. C.-The Schwartz
Martin Wool Labelling Bill moved for
ward another step when the Sub-com-
mittee. of the House Interstate Com
merce Committee favorably reported
the bill. The bill, which has already
been reported out by the Senate In
terstate Commerce Committee, now
awaits action Of the House Interstate
Commerce Committee, the final step
before consideration by the whole Con-
gress. The bill would require the la
beling of garments so as to disclose
the use of reclaimed wool and other
substitutes for new wool.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-15
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS

The report of the Department of
Agriculture on farm income of the
United States for 1888 is not pleasant
reading-until you compare it with
some other reports. Gross farm in
come of 1888 is given at $9,22O,000,-
600; while the gross income of 1887
was s10,350,000,000, drop of nearly
II per cent. But the gross farm in
come of 1882 was $780, 100000. Com
pared to that, 1888 shows a gain of &C
per cent, and that of 1887 gain of
sc per cent.
In other words, farmers did not have
good year in 1888; but it was year
Of rejoicing compared to the one which
hit them six years before. In 1882,
corn rotted in the fields and wheat
rotted in the shock; prices were too
low to pay for husking or threshing.
The only people dealing with farm
products who look back to 1882 as a
banner season are the big tobacco
companies. They paid the tobacco
farmer literally less than the fertilizer
used had cost him; paid less than
starvation wages to no small part of
their workers; but lowered the price
of cigarettes not the remotest fraction
of a cent.
The farmers plight in 1888 might
have been and was whole lot worse !;
but he and his government have no
reason to be satisfied until it is a
great deal better.
X X X
The Philadelphia Record publishes
three foreign dispatches as an editorial
which can't be improved Here they
are:
THE JOYOUS LIFE, OR, THE
PRICE OF CANNON
MARCH
"Berlin-Labor Front Leader Robert
Ley exhorted Germans to lead more
joyous life"
APRIL
"Berlin-Domestic consumption of
meat must be cut 20 per cent, the
Nazi Government has decreed"
May
"Berlin-No cream may be sold
throughout the Reich until September
| a."
JUNE?
X X
The people of the world will insist
on their government maintaining
peace, Edmund Schulthess, former
president of Switzerland, said in
opening the 25th session of the Inter-
national Labor Conference at Geneva,
Switzerland.
"Important as are the problems
which the conference is to discuss" "
he said, "they are overshadowed by
the great political conflicts dividing
Europe and the world. The people of
the world-this should be made quite
clear here-want peace and expect
their governments to do all they can
to maintain peace, as all have prom
ised to do without exception"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-15
NATIONAL PURPOSE CLEAR
Nrom Woman's Home Campanion)


'I'ill debate over neutrality legislation and the
popular referendum before declaration of war
in part expresses genuine difference of opinion
as to the best way to stay out of war. In part it
reveals the desire of certain types of men who
hold places of power to retain for themselves and
their class the right to decide whether or not to
plunge the nation into war. And this must not be-.
Ever since our soldiers came home from France
we have been cropping for the road to neutrality.
We have passed several laws none of them strong
enough and some suspciousy weak. But the ma
tional purpose is clear-to fix it that no Pres-
dent, no small group of men, and not even Con-
gress could send our soldiers overseas again ull-
less the plain people of America want them sent.
And when ever did the plain people anywhere want
to go to war?
If the new neutrality act does not surely pro-
tect us against War-mongers and war-blunderers,
then Congress will have to go at it again. And
meanwhile let neither President nor Congress nor
military men nor any other group dare to defy the
real will of this people, which is to keep our in
dependence by keeping us clear of all war and of
all commitments to foreign nations whatever the
pretext or the propaganda may be-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-15
WE ARE ALL INTERDEPENDEN

Buffalo, n. Y.-President Roosevelt
has advised officers of the National
Association of Better Business Bu
reaus that business, consumers, edu
cation and government are interdepen-
dent, each serving the other and each
being the customer of the others" Mr.
Roosevelt, in letter to John n. Gar
yer, Chairman of the Associations
Board, said that if delegates consider
their problems along those lines when
they convene their meeting it "would
prove most profitable"
gin to turn swords into plowshares
Transform their machine guns into
machine tools
Assemble raw material from the
worlds markets
To be manufactured into merchan-
disc
At German and japanese prices
That, my brethern, would be really
something to think about.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-15
ADMINISTRATION OF LABOR LAW

S we make progress in democracy, more and
"A more laws define and assure the rights of la
Dor. Under more primitive forms of government
such an arstocracy or some form of absolutsnl,
rights growing out Of ownership Of property were
defined and assured. Rights of persons employed
in the operation Of industries, must be defined and
assured if all the people to enjoy social justice
and equal opportunity for life, liberty and pursuit
of happiness The first step in this democratic way
of life is the formulation of social policy recog
nizing and defining such rights and the creation
of appropriate machinery for administration. Since
the rights and the welfare of a group defined by
common economic problems concerned, the
viewpoint of the group itself should be represented
in the administrative staff. This principle is fun
damental for the attainment of the democratic
ideal implicit in labor legislation. 1T is equally fun
damental that labor representatives should con-
tribute their experience as a basis for policy form
uation. Labor experience is the outgrowth of work
experience and is essential to judging the effect
of policies and decisions Labor representatives
should be assigned to positions where their expert
ence will be functionally useful-not file clerks
statisticians OF other capacities for which they
have no special fitness.
The second major step is clear definition of the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-15
WHAT NEXT?

The Department Of Commerce
Reports that the Germans have a
new process for manufacturing
synthetic rubber from waste hy-
dro-carbons produced by synthetic
gasoline plants. Consul S. b.
Redeckcr at Franlfort-On Main
says that Germany's second lar
gest commercial rubber plant is
being built in Westphalia, and will
use the new process. The first syn
thetic rubber plant now operating
at SchkOpau usese carbide as the
basic material.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-15

''rhe workers of the United States want peace.
We went through the World War, doing our full
part. The lessons of that experience have con-
vinced us that world problems can be solved only
under conditions of peace and through the instru-
mentalities of peace. The working people of this
country firm in their desire to avoid entangle
ment in the intrigues of nations seeking aggrandl
lzemment OF territories protection of the gains
of former aggression William Green.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-15
Truths Pondered While
Riding At Anchor
MR.. MODESTUS
. PUCK SAID 1T
. THERE WAS GERMANY
. THEN COMES JAJAN
. THEN COME JAPAN
. GUNS TO PLOWS

Puck said it
What fools these mortals be-
There was Germany, before the
| World War
Getting to be tops, in economic scope
and power
Carrying off lot of reputation for
music and science
Some of which we have since de-
cided she did not deserve
Then Germany got the military
swell-head-
Caught by the old Bismarckian OBJ
session
Of "Feinde ringsum", enemy en-
circlement-
Started out to put Deutschland
ueber alles"-
Stubbed her toe, came a cropper,
had to go way back
X X X
Then there was Japan
Had the world full of friends
Little brown men" were admired
and helped
Developed new skin of civilization
over her Samurai innards-
Started out, quite successfully, in
world commerce
Was getting along, the world
thought
Quite beautifully, in China proper
ties and trade
But the present generation of Jap
anese rulers could not wait
| "on%aI To ,Lo% al
tions gained in generations
Began spending her gains on mill
tary action
With the slogan: Asia for the Ash
atics-
Meaning: Asia for Japan, in one
| But it did not work so fast
| And Japan has lost the most valu-
able of all
The Imponderables of good will
| X x X
To Germany came Hitler
After Versailles, after reparations--
After rebirth of goodwill, plus
French hate and folly
With Hitler came Schacht, propon-
ent of new gospel of finance
Turning all resources of Germany
into guns, bullets and tanks
Massing bombers and air fighting
machines
| Until all Europe was in Utter
Hung the world on tenterhooks of
fear
Achieved triumphs lost in war, by
"Schrecklichkeit" menaces-
Doing all this by mere shift of
the rules of finance
Junked bankers rules dating from
Merchant of Venice
Showed the world how to make
available nations resources
But tied up all the gains in forms
of steel
Good for nothing but killing and de-
struction-
Now, just suppose
That Hitler, plus Schacht-
Had applied the same methods of
finance
To the task of conquering the
worlds trade
Instead of piling up steel and copper
in military junk
Had exported the steel in useful
commercial forms
Had flooded the world with indus
trial products
Maintaining the while peace and in
ternational good will
X X X
What would the world have done, to
meet that attack?
For that matter, what could the
world do today
If Germany, and Japan, should be-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-15

To many of US, and meaning no dis
respect, the CUNTS would be much
more interesting than the King.
Evening star., 1939-07-09
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Evening star., 1939-07-09
Best Snapshots Of the Week
The Stars Amateur Contest

Contestonts receive 81 for each photo published with the
weekly S. prize winner All pho published will be considered
at the end Of the contest for The sto four SIS grond owod
Winners OF the eond owods will compete the owords
Poyn9 000 including erond prize worth $780, Photos
must hove bee" taken since Moy 3 1882 be eligible Do
not submit negatives.
Evening star., 1939-07-09

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MUSICAL
l A R K S i"
Brooke Neon
ley, University
Of Maryland,
College Park,
Nd.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-01-28
Hampton Alumni
Entertained

The Hampton Institute Alumni As
ISOLATION was entertained at tea, Sun
day, January 22nd at the Colonial
home of Miss Harriet Curtis, Beacon
Hill. The affair was sponsored by the
Boston Hampton Club, white friends
and workers for the interest of Hamp-
ton Institute.
Vocal and piano music were render
ed by Miss Dorothy Maynor, graduate
of Hampton Institute School of Music
and now of New York City. The re-
markable development of the art of
Miss Maynor was shown again and
very impressively to a small but I'M
usually attentive audience.
Plans were discussed to present the
Creative Dance Group of Hampton
Institute here March 20. This group
was seen at Jordan Hall last March
and was praised as being one of the
best performing groups of its kind
ever seen in Boston. The group will
have an entirely new program this sea-
son, said Mr.. Williams, Physical Edu-
cation Director of Hampton.
Members of Boston Hampton Club
present were: Miss Harriet S. Curtis.
hostess; Miss Alice Tapley, Mrs. Mary
Homan, Mrs. John Homan, Rev. P.
Perkins, Mrs. Sitney Sircliff, the
Misses Gertrude and Cora Peabody,
Mrs. William Spear and Mrs. Edith
Curtis.
Hampton Alumni present were: Mr..
Walker, vice-president; Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Green, Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander,
Mr.. and Mrs. Coston, Miss Harmon,
Cycil Coles, James Jones, Mr.. Bailey,
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-01-28
HOWE is City
Council Candidate

An active campaign is being con
Quoted by Tom HOWE, candidate for
the unexpired term in the City Council
from Ward 8. The special election for
this Office will be held February IA,
1899.
A thorough canvass of the entire dis
trict has been made by the HOWE
workers. Many house parties have been
held in each precinct of the ward Sew
eral open rallies have been held in the
larger halls of the district.
There is considerable speculation as
to the part that will be played in this
contest by former Councillor and now
Sheriff of Suffolk County, John F.
Dowd. Those close to the Sheriff. say
that he will adopt a strictly Glands off,
attitude. 1t is a significant fact, how
ever, that Tom HOWE is the only mem
Der of the Dowd organization in this
contest. It is also significant that the
entire Dowd organization is actively
working in his behalf.
The HOWE headquarters are at 32A
Warren St., room z.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-01-28
Press Club of Boston
Elects Officers

At a recent meeting of the Press
Club of Boston. held at 21O West
Springfield Street, the following mem
bers were elected officers for 1889, be-
ginning Feb. I: Bill Howard was
elected chairman; Portia Craddock,
vice chairman; Beatrice Durant, secre-
tarv, and Alvira Hazard, treasurer.
The club looks forward to a year of
progress under the energetic leadership
Of Bill Howard who has Won the re
spect and admiration of the club mem
bers. Many plans were made for the
near future among which Is the Annual
Award to the Outstanding Man and
Woman who has contributed to the
community within the past year in their
enterprises. The time and place will
be given to which the public will be
cordially invited to attend
Other members are Alvin Baker,
Julian Branker. Kay Bowles, Herbert
Clarke, Janice Dingwall, Elliott Free
man, James Klash Nabe Kountze Jay
Powell, Louis Ransom, Martin Richard
son, Jay Morris Robinson, Edna Roy
ster, Irene Sanford, Toki Schalk, Ken
meth Smith and Fred Williamson.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-01-28
Cambridge Notes
ND ANNUAL JUNIOR CHOIR DAY

IND ANNUAL JUNIOR CHOIR DAY
A festival of music will be held at
Union Baptist Church, Rev. F. H.
Davis, pastor, by the Junior Choir on
Sunday afternoon, January 20, $3.50
o'clock. Several Junior Choirs will
appear. The groups invited include
Twelfth Baptist, Aubrey Gibson, direc-
tor; Peoples Baptist, Gladys Moore
Purdue, director; Fourth Methodist.
Mildred Jenkins Haughton, director;
Charles Street, William Rhodes, direc-
tor; Metropolitan Baptist, Walter Rob-
erts, director; st. Cyprian's Girls
Choir, Elwyn Barrows, director; Col
umbus Ave, Zion, DR.. Walter Taylor,
director; all of Boston; Eastern Ave.
Baptist of Maiden, Florence Heggie
Taylor, director; Shiloh Baptist of
West Medford, Georgia Bailey, direc-
tor; and the Cantemus Singers, Elias
tine Broadnax, director. Thomas
Henderson is the President and Al
freda K. Whitley, the director of Union
Junior Choir. This group is being
honored with guest organist for the
group ensemble in the person of Mr..
Henry Gideon, director of L'Africaine
Chorus. Corresponding Secretary, Miss
Esther Merriman, 33 West Street,
Cambridge.
The auxiliary of the Boy Scout
Troop s will present a programme at
the Camb Community Center next
Tuesday night. The officers are: Miss
Gwendolyn Forsythe, president; Mrs.
Margaret Hartley, president; Mrs.
Hazel E. McCree, secretary, and Miss
Gertrude Henry, treasurer; Marion
McCree, publicity,
Cambridge Politics
Henry F. Owens of Cambridge. a
successful business man, will be a can
didate for Councillor-at-l arge and
William D. Jackson, Superintendent
of the Cambridge Community Centre.
will be a candidate for the School
Committee in Cambridge at the fall
/ election. Luwaugh J. Holmes, Secre-
tary and Treasurer of the Cambridge
League of Colored Voters and Assist
ant to the Chairman of Union No. $40
Dining Car Employees of New Eng
land, urged to run for public office
again because of his demonstrated
strength, declines in favor of the gen
tlemen mention. Rev. F. H. Davis.
pastor of Union Baptist in Cambridge.
announces that he will work hard to
put representation of the group in
the city council and on the various
committees dealing with public mat
tiers in Cambridge. Colored voters in
Cambridge are reminded that only one
can win at the polls and that a con-
tender without winning chance may
be termed traitor. Learn more about
this and other political matters Thurs
day, Feb. 2, at the Cambridge League
OF Colored Voters meeting, at lie
Fayerweather St., $3.50 pm. (LJ.H)
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-01-28

held with Mrs. Florence Smith of LAT
Washington ST., Cambridge, as hos
tess. A Turkey Supper at p Nun
roe st. is the clubs next entertainer
ment
The Inter-City Goods of Greater
Boston ventured into their first pay
party, which was held at the home of
Miss Thelma Walker, 10 Hollander ST.,
Roxbury Everybody enjoyed the
evening immensely, dancing to the
music of DriscolPs Recording Machine.
Some of those present were: Kenneth
Janey, president; Thelma Walker,
vice president; Stacia Gore, secretary
Marion Gum, treasurer; Margaret
Barnett, Ralph White, Evelyn Berry,
Margaret Bailey, Clarence A. Sullivan,
Paul Cowlster, Carl Gore, Barbara and
Thelma Gore, Ulysses Gore, Shirley
Williams, Monroe Driscoll, Charles w.
Jiggett, Elvira O'Brien, Josephine Pat
rice, Muriel Janey, Andrew Stith, Vic
tor ]. Kentuck, Thelma Coulsten,
William Vickers, Arthur and Geraldine
Bennett, John Purcell, Roger Uristi,
Eleanor Crawford, Dorothy Lee, Sam
uel Kelly, James T. Griffith, st. Clair
Ward, Raymond Cheek, Ruth Foster,
Mrs. g. A. Gore.
At the regular meeting of the Mary
land Club, January 10, the following
officers were elected to serve during the
ensuing year: Mr.. A. NJ. Ballard,
president; Mrs. Fannie Lonon, vice
president; Mrs. Elnora Perry, Record
ing Secretary; Mrs. Marie G. Garner,
Financial Secretary; Mrs. Lillian Aver
EFT, treasurer; and Miss Annie L. An
derson, chaplain. The club wishes to
thank every one who has helped to
make the past year a success. Plans
/ for the annual Frederick Douglas
Celebration will be given to the public
at later date
The Colored Independent Voters
League held its regular by-monthly
business meeting Wednesday evening al
558 Mass. Ave-, Oswell Thomas. presi.
dent, presiding William Hough was
appointed chairman of the executive
board, Louis Hicks vice chairman
Leonard Dickerson, secretary. The
League is sparing no pains to make it.
Feb. dance at 558 Mass. Ave. a huge
success. Robert Duncan is chairman.
Sunday, Jan. %, at 3 pm. Crane
Musical will be given at the Metropolis
tan Bapt Church, under the auspice,
of the Junior Choir. Mr.. Branch. OF
Andover-Newton Theological Seminar,
will be guest speaker. Silver Offering
The public is invited to a reception
given in honor of Miss Lois M. jone,
by Psi Omega and Epsilon Chapter,
OF Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority or
Sunday, Jan. 20, from 3 to 6 pm. al
55S Mass. Avenue. A group of Mis-,
Jones paintings will be on exhibition
Sunday and throughout the week.
The Resthaven League will present
their Beano Party, Feb. 9 at the Silve,
Box Studio, 500 Columbus Ave. On
the behalf of the League, Mrs. Mabe
cambridge cordially invites all to at.
tend.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-01-28
CITY NEWS

Club 13 met on Wednesday, Jan. IS,
at the residence of Mrs. Harold James.
After the usual bridge game a short
business session was held during which
several affairs were planned for the
spring to raise funds to send needy
children to camp.
The Resthaven Charity Club an
nOunces its second annual Charity
Swing, April %, at the Ritz Plaza Ball
room, lis Huntington Ave.
The Book Lovers Club held a very
interesting meetin, Sunday, Jan. %. at
their headquarters, 558 Mass. Ave,
the president, Mrs. Gertrude Chandler
presiding. Of special interest was the
current events period in charge of the
clubs critic, Mrs. MolIie Bell, Mrs.
Claudia Roaehford gave book review.
Feb. IL, the annual Race History pro-
gram will be given with Attorney Ir-
win I. Dorch as principal speaker and
musical selections. The club also plans
a radio program on Feb. IA, the speak
er to be announced. At the meeting
Sunday the honor guest was Miss
Gladys Holmes, president of Mass.
State Union. The members will attend
the West Newton Book Lovers Tea on
Feb. 5.
Clement 0. Thorne, who has been
confined to the Boston Sanatorium for
the past few weeks, was considerably
improved this week, friends who have
visited him state. The well known en-
tertainment and amusement figure has
gained five pounds and is able to spend
most of his time ont of bed.
The public is invited to a reception
given in honor of Miss Lois NJ. Jones
by Psi Omega and Epsilon chapters of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority on Sun
day, Jan. 20 from 3 to 6 pm. at 55S
Mass. Ave. A group of Miss Jones
paintings will be on exhibition Sunday
and throughout the week.
The Vogue Girls were the guests of
Mrs Kathleen Smith Of Hubert St.
at the clubs meeting on last Monday
evening. Mrs. Moore was prize winner
in the card games. Many interesting
plans were suggested to make the club
increase its usefulness during the com
ing year. A dainty collation. served by
the hostess was enjoyed by the mem
bers who will meet next at the home of
Mrs. Irene Brewer.
Misses Lillian Hood and Margaret
Perkins were the special guests of the
Mayfower Social Club at its meeting