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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-23

row all these springs Of NOR
tai endeavor are galvanized into
activity OF magic strains Of mel
ody.
What are some Of the famous
melodies best known to the Eng
lish speaking people? II we be-
gin with folk songs. we naturally
think of Aud Lang Syne," a mel
ody which knits the hearts OF
English speaking people together
no matter where they are or on
what errand bent. The aire, prob
ably dating from the seventeenth
century. has become the classic
expression of universal good fell
lowship.
Equally well known among
Anelo-Saxons Ii Home, Sweet
Home" which has brought long,
ing to the soul and tears TO the
eyes of countless people. Perhaps.
we, of later generation no longer
realize its thrill to the same ex-
tent, but it still has power to
charm If given in simplicity Of
spirit. IAN entire article was de-
voted to this song some time ago.
II we look to America, we can't
help but wax sentimental over the
'.Old Folks at Home"
Going across the water again.
we find "Haydn's Hymn to the
Emperor, which naturally finds q
place among the best Of all the
folk and national hymns. This
hymn was supposed to be the
favorite work of Hadyn who
used to play ii often and with
great expression II is related
that just five days before he died.
when he felt the end approaching.
he played it over three times TO
his friends with deep solemnity.
In this country. II u sung as re-
ligious hymn.
Turning to Russia, who is there
who can listen with fervor to the
"Song Of the volga Boatman" and
not feel through the music the
heavy toll Of the boatman; the
struggle. the WEAKNESS and the
nelancholy expressed it in
The Londonderry Air" and
sAnnie Laurie" both clamor for
odminEion into the series. One can
not but admire those simple
poignant melodies nor does one
ever tire Of them.
In France. We have q melody
which conjures up visions Of rec
bonnets. revolutions and triumph
ant armies. Rouget de Lisle wrots
ths stirring song la Marsellaise'
IN 17ez. He certainly nevel
1roemed Of the enduring fam,
Uhich was to endow his compost
RI - Couffur,e1l
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-23

with inspiration,
with memoir
able recollec-
lions of every
kind, Is there
anything in all
the world of an
intangible ma
ture W h ! C h
wields more in
fluence on the
human heart ?
Love. h at e
c ou ra & e. tri-
- Ia. any,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-23

Burnett has re-
turned 10 teach
ing and is now
org a n izin &
classes in Taco
ma. He W a S
formerly ba r j.
tone soloist with
the Berlin and
Montreal opera
companies a n d
for a time was
in concert work
under the man.
agement Of G
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-23

]. Vernon Moilet is president of
the club.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-23

Important music news Of the
year At Fife i the announcement
that uniforms for the high school
band have been purchased. They
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-23
0rpheus Presents
Miss Douglass
Soloist For Club
Concert Nov. rs

When members Of the Orpheus
club appear in concert At the
First Methodist church next Tues
day evening. Nov. rs. I; will he the
beginning If the thirty-eighth sea-
son for this popular Tacoma music
group. Frederick W. Wallis. who
has been with the club since the
1929 season. will conduct Mrs.
Rose karasek Schlarb is the ac-
companist- For the last number
on the program. Gaines 'Tmmor-
taha" there viii be the organ ac-
Compartment by Mrs. Florence
Russell.
Miss Marjorie Glen Doug
lass. soprano. member Of the
University Of Washington mu-
sic faculty. win be the assist
ing artist This win he her
second appearance with the
Orpheus club. Following the
concert. . reception VIII be
given for Miss Douglass In the
church pariorx-
The program follows:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-23
Burnett Opens
Studio Here

After many years on the con-
cert stage and in opera. Sebastian
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-23
Melodies Tell
OF Love. Courage.

ny J. w. BIXEL
Melody, What a word fraught
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-06-27
Accent Minimum Wage for
Pulp. Paper Mill Workers

Washington, D. C.-Workers in the
Pulp and Primary Paper Industry
were assured minimum wage of 40
cents an hour throughout the nation
at the conclusion of. the hearings held
by Colonel Philip B. Fleming, Admin
istrator Of the Wage and Hour Divi-
sion, on the recommendation made by
Industry Committee No. II.
The Industry Committee, which in
cluded representatives of the Inter
national Brotherhood of Paper Max
ers and international Brotherhood of
Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Work
ers Of the United States and Canada,
found that in this industry employing
10000 workers, 8,425 are now re-
ceiving less than 40 cents and will be
affected by the adoption Of the min
imum wage. Argument in support of
the recommendation on behalf Of la
Dor was presented by Boris Shishkin,
representing the American Federation
of Labor and it's affiliated unions in
this industry.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-06-27
McNuff Refu+es
Labor Shorfaae
Finds There Are Plenty OF
Skilled Workers For
Defense Progrczn

Washington, D. C.-No general
shortage in skilled labor exists at
present but special efforts will be nee
essary to meet temporary shortages
in certain specialized skills in specific
local areas, according to Paul " Nc
Mutt, Federal Security Administrator.
In a statement ldexling with the
question Of the adequacy of the ma
tion's labor force for the present emer-
gency, Mr.. McNutt summarized data
on the labor supply given to him by
the Social Security Board.
The data was based on the boards
nationwide inventory of 100000
active job seekers registered with the
State employment Offices affiliated
with the United States Employment
Service.
He said that the board had received
reports from thirty-three States Show
ing a total of 3,250,0C0 job seekers
registered in the public employment
Offices, of which 1,53S,C00 were work
ers in 4,953 occupations exclusive of
the professional fields and unskilled
labor.
The 1,53S,OOO included $4,000 tech
nicians, 657.CC0 skilled craftsmen and
S58,0O0 semi-skilled production work
ers, according to the report.
"The conclusion to be drawn from
these data" said Mr.. McNutt, "is that
no general labor shortage exists at
present"
Mr.. McNutt cited survey of work
ers in seventy-six particularly essen
tial occupations in the aircraft, ship
building, munitions, machine shop and
machine tool industries. In the thirty
three States surveyed, he said, it ap-
peared that there were registered in
April with the employment Offices
$500 tool die makers, more than 2,300
experienced engineers and designers,
about 2,CC0 workers with experience in
other important skilled jobs in these
same industries and more than 1900
qualified machinists and mechanics.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-06-27
Minimum PdY Ordered
For N. Y. Mattresses

New York, N. Y.-Miss Frieda S.
Miller, New York State Industrial
Commissioner, issued an order direct
ing restaurant owners in New York
City to pay their table mattresses a
minimum of 20 cents an hour and their
non-service minor employees at least
twenty-nine cents, with the provision
that after nine months employers
would be required to pay non-service
employees minimum of 20 1-2 cents
after nine months and 30 cents after
one year and nine months.
Outside New York City employers
were directed to pay minimum of
1S cents to mattresses for nine months,
19 cents for the next year and 20 cents
thereafter. Non-service workers out
side New York City will get % cents
minimum now, 20 cents after nine
months and 80 cents after one year
and nine months.
These rates, Miss Miller said, will
affect $4,000 women and male minor
employees in the restaurant industry in
New York State. The minimums must
not include tips or meals. Time and
half must be paid for overtime work
beyond 45 hours a week.
The minimums promulgated were
recommended unanimously by spe-
cial wage board consisting of equal
representatives of labor, employers
and consumers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-06-27
Fifth Column" Hit
By Wire Workers
Telegruphers' Union Pledg-
es Support In Exposing
Communists

New York City Members
of the Commercial Telegraphers'
Union in the United States and Can
ada are fully aware of their respon-
sibility iii a vital industry not only to
guard the secrecy of communications
but to expose activities Of Communists
or fellow travellers" who have bored
into the industry through the CIO
American Communications Associa-
ton, Frank B. Powers, CTU interna-
tional president, says in an article in
the June issue of the Commercial
Telegraphers' Journal.
Telcgraphers' Work Vital
Powers declared that the vents of
the previous thirty days made it more
than probable that the mutual inter-
ests which have bound Canadian and
American telegraph workers together
for 81 years in the Commercial Tele-
graphers' Union might conceivably be
extended in view of the fact that an
invasion of Canada would bring the
United States into the war.
He pointed out the close contact of
telegraph workers to the heart Of war
and preparedness activities of both
nations, and how essential it is that
communications must be above the
breath of suspicion.
Union Bars Reds
at will be remembered that the
CTU constitution prohibits any mem
Der from belonging to any communis-
tic organization" President Powers
declared.
"Recent warnings that radio oper-
ators are Communists, and an order
by the Federal Communications Com
mission against unnecessary or un-
identified communications are aimed
at the Communist st-controlled CIO
group and not against any member
of the Marine Division, Commercial
Telegraphers' Union"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-06-27
= = + = 4 4 <+< .
: A Shop Sermon" : :
Z BY DIR. CHARLES STELZLE 4
4 4 4 = 4 = 4 4 4 + 4 = 4 4 4 y 4

1t is a mistake to scorn a mechanic
simply because he has learned his
trade in what is commonly known as
zone horse shop" Some day he may
out-class you. You may have had
high-grade experience in a frst-class
shop, where everything needed was
provided for you, but when the time
comes that you've got to shift for
yourself, you may be at loss to know
what to do. The chap from the Zone
horse shop" has had an all-round ex-
perience. He has learned, for ex-
ample, how to use his brains to make
tool of his own when this is neces-
sary to do a special job.
In most cases he's the fellow that
is pushed ahead, not because he has
worked in zone horse shop" but be-
cause experience in this kind of shop
has made him more versatile and re-
sourceful than the man who has a
swelled head because he got his train
ing in an aristocratic shop where
everything was provided for him.
Even in these days of "mass pro-
duction," we still need men who have
been all the way "down the line" in
stead of simply knowing how to twist
nut as the machine passes their
station.
An experienced workman knows
better than to look at the head of the
chisel when he is doing chipping
job. 1t is more important to keep his
eyes on the job than it is to look at
the tool with which he is working. The
carpenter doesn't look at the hommer
when he is driving nail. He looks
at the nail that he's driving home.
Some men spend so much time look
| ing for "tools of production that they
never turn out any kind of a job. They
are so concerned about platforms and
programs that they fail to transmute
them into action.
| When mechanic has carelessly
made a piece of work too small, it is
poor practice to bend the gauge to
fit the job. 1t not only badly affects
the man who bent the gauge but it
hurts the mechanic who later uses the
same gauge. Some of US are doing this
sort of thing in our daily living. We
are trying to lower standards in order
to accommodate them to our own
crooked deeds. Instead of trying to
measure up to what we know is fair
and square, we attempt to pull down
the level for everybody in order to
suit our mental and moral convenience.
Every mechanic knows that there's
always scaly surface on a piece of
rough cast-iron. Before he can give
it polish it is necessary to cut away
the scale. Nor is it possible to tell
what man may become unless you
get at something beneath his vest.
Somebody once said that men are
wrong when they "look out" for op-
portunities. They should look "in,' %
for that's where they come from. The
same principle applies in Judging men.
Sometimes it appears like hopeless
job when you look at the outward ap-
pearance of some men, but, given the
right kind of treatment, some of the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-06-27
Enroll1nents In CCC
Scheduled For July

1t is expected that a quarterly G..
C. C. replacement enrolment will be
conducted during July, 1910.
Usual eligibility requirements are in
effect including the restriction pro-
hibiting enrolment within six months
from a previous enrolment. Veterans
who have received an administrative
or dishonorable discharge from a pre-
vious enrolment are not eligible for
reenrollment.
Enrollments will be made without
regard to public relief requirements or
certifcations by relief agencies. All
eligible veterans, who desire to enroll
and who have not filed applications,
should be instructed to file immediate
ly.
Where allotments are made by an
applicant, the Christian, middle and
surname of the allottee must be spell
ed out in full.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-06-27

Joseph N. Weber, President of
clans Of the United States and Can
ada, was elected President in 1900
and has served in that capacity
since that date.
He was born in Austria and came
to this country at the age Of IA as
a clarinet player in a boys band.
At the close of it's first tour of the
country he was SO impressed with
the "Land Of the Free" that he
refused to return to Europe, having
decided to make his home in this
country.
Early in life Mr.. Weber settled
in Denver, where he played a clari-
net in the famous Tabor Opera
House. He helped to organize the
Denver Musical Union and served
as its President and Secretary.
He soon realized that musicians
could not remain aloof to organ
lied labor. Despite the fact that
musicians are artists, he knew that
they were subject to the whims of
employers and were exploited by
them in the same manner as any
other workers.
Being one of the pioneers in the
organized Labor movement, Mr..
Weber's long experience and serv-
ices in the Labor movement have
proved most valuable in the coun-
ellis of the American Federation of
Labor.
The American Federation of Mu-
sicians, through his leadership, has
built up the highest standards for
its members. 1t has never hesi-
tated to use the most modern meth
DDS to obtain better conditions for
the musicians and to meet the COM
petition of recorded or canned"
music, such as phonograph records
and electrical transcriptions. The
Union prevented the use of these
mechanical devices in theatres,
clubs and on the radio, thus pre-
venting music from be-
coming a substitute for living
music.
Mr.. Weber is a member of the
Executive Council of the American
Federation of Labor. He was ap-
pointed member of the National
Emergency Council by President
Wilson during the World War. He
has taken an active part in Labor's
Chest for the Relief of Prosecuted
Workers in Europe from the date
of its inception.
"Joe" Weber has truly been
pioneer crusader in the American
Labor movement.
His address is: Mr.. Joseph N.
Weber, President, American Fed
Grafton of Musicians of the United
States and Canada, 145O Broad
way, 41st Floor, New York, N. Y.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-06-27

You don't have time to change your
mind after you're married.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-06-27
BRITISH LABOR CONFIDENT
OF u. S. UNIONS AID

New York Sity ILNS).-Sir Walter
Citrine, general secretary of the
British Trades Union Congress, cabled
the following message to the fortieth
anniversary convention Of the Inter-
national Ladies' Garment Workers
Union, meeting here:
81 send your union convention the
fraternal good wishes of the British
Trades Union Congress. In the crucial
days of the great struggle the Allied
nations are waging for freedom
British trade unionists have pledged
their utmost support and we are CO.
operating wholeheartedly with our
government in far-reaching plans to
secure the complete and prompt or
ganization of all industry and man
power for war production. We count
with confidence upon your active SYM
pathy and solidarity"
worst of them have become top-notch-
nr~C
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-06-27
Philadelphia Bakers
Coin Wage Increases

Philadelphia, pam agreement
providing wage increases for most of
the ECO employees of the Atlantic G.
Pacific Tea Company bakery, 29th
street and Ridge avenue, has been ne
gotiated, Joseph Mahon, business
agent of Local 492, Bakery and Con-
fectionery Workers Union, A. F. of L..
affiliate, announced.
An average increase of about seven
per cent will be given to most Of the
employees, eliminating previous in
equalities among similar workers. The
contract also provides closed shop,
vacations with pay and two Commute
rest periods.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-06-27

Ask for Union Labeled Goods.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-06-27
JUNE BONUS PAY DECLARED

Pittsburgh, Pa. (ILNS).-June bo-
nus payments to Westinghouse Elec-
trio and Manufacturing Co. employees
will be increased Is per cent, to with
in ! per cent of the highest bonus
ever paid, in the summer of 1887, COM
pany officials announced. The May
bonus was IA per cent. The upward
adjustments will follow a plan which
considers compensation in relation to
average earnings. In May the COM
pany earned S1,S36,612, in April
S2,514,12S and in March S1,SO6,459.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-06-27
Unions Certified

Washington, D. C.-The National
Labor Relations Board announced the
certifcations of the following Ameri-
can Federation of Labor unions as
collective bargaining agents follow
ing elections held under provisions of
the National Labor Relations Act in
which AFL affiliates received ma
jority of the ballots:
Federal Labor Union No. 21576,
Cereal, Flour, Feed and Grain Eleva
tor Workers, as the sole collective
bargaining agency selected by a ma
jority of the employees of Miller Ger
cal Mills, Omaha, Nebraska. The vote
was 1873 to 49 in favor Of the AFL
union. Excluded from the bargaining
unit were the following: executives.
statesmen, office employees, supervisory
employees other than working super
visors, dockmen, dock leaders, flake
leaders, shipping clerks, shipping
clerk helpers, skilled maintenance en-
ployes, and firemen.
International Brotherhood of Team
sters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and
Helpers, Local 913, as the sole collec-
tive bargaining agency designated
and selected by majority of all truck
drivers, maintenance men, warehouse
men, and professors employed by
Western Consumers Feed Co., Hynes,
Calf, following an election in which
there were 16 votes for the AF'L affili
ate and IA for the CIO union.
American Federation of Office En-
ployes, Local No. 2O940, as the sole
collective bargaining agency selected
by a majority of the warehouse en-
ployes of Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc,
Warner Bros, Circuit Management
Corporation, Producers Settlement
Corporation, Circuit Settlement Cor
poration, Globe Export Corporation,
and Vitagraph, Inc, at their fourth
floor warehouse located at 619 West
Fifty-fourth street, New York City.
Board action was based upon secret
ballot election resulting in an to 4
count in favor of the AFL union.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-06-27

The Union Label of the American
Federation of Musicians of the
United States and Canada was
adopted in 1897, only one year after
it's first convention in Indianapolis.
The call for this convention was
issued by Samuel Gompers. Only
26 local societies were represented.
At the 1889 convention 45S Locals
were represented by GAS delegates.
AS soon as affiliation with the
American Federation of Labor was
granted, this official Label of the
American Federation of Musicians
was adopted.
For further information regard
ing Union Labels, Shop Cards and
Service Buttons write Mr.. I. M.
Ornburn, Secretary Treasurer, Un-
ion Label Trades Departm ent,
American Federation of Labor
Building, Washington, D. c.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-06-27
Home Education
The Child's First School 70 thG
Family"-Froebel

Issued by the National Kinder
garten Association, 8 West 40th
Street, New York City. These arti-
cles are appearing weekly in our
columns.
Evening star., 1940-08-25

myself. Thirty four years ago. Took courage
to give up that job"
Il imagine it did" "
1T just wasn't my line, and knew it.
But when left l was scared to death. Kept
my last pay envelope as a kind of ace in the
hole. didn't open it. Put it away for rainy
day Something to fall back on when | got
discouraged. And got discouraged lot of
Evening star., 1940-08-25

OF myself when | was your age. You'll make
good some place.
MIR. Abernathy shook hands with him. and
explained about his collecting his two weeks
advance salary on Saturday from the book
keeper Then he said mpulsively: Here. |
want you to take this old pay envelope of
mine besides. It's still got that last weeks
wages in it - fourteen dollars - big money
for those days - | want you to have it and
see if it doesn't kind of help you -"
He took it out of the shabby wallet he
always carries. I'd seen the envelope before,
gray MANILA with blurred cut of shoe store:
Payson's Palace Brattleboro
why, thanks. Mr.. Alternately - gosh.
After all these years, too.
Some day when you re at the head OF some
big business, you might pass it along to some
youngster YOU have faith in" Rockbottom
said gruftly. And it made the whole thing
easier for Perkins don't care who you
q are, being fired is thing that makes you
= sick all over. You think that nobody
worth anything ever lost Job before.
I ERkINS was waiting for me when the
store closed. looking not nearly so rab-
bity and frightened as you'd expect.
Miss Beatty | wanted to tell you
something" he said. taking my arm. Il
know you saw what Old Rockbottom
did this morning.
Yep. He's nice old guy But he al
ways did like you. He always says you'll make
uoOd SOneuherp 4"
I've been thinking about that all day.
been thinking that being fired doesn't neces-
sarily indicate anything. Lots of good men get
fired before they finally find where they
belong"
why certainly Not everybody lucky like
Old Rockbottom."
That's what | wanted to tell you. He got
fired. | opened that pay envelope and there
was his notice that he d never SEEN He quit
just before they fired him Fourteen dollars
and the notice saying they were sorry but he
Just didn't seem to have the ability. And
look at him' guess there's nothing for me to
be so scared Of"
The End