The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-12-12
New WArtLocul On
Coast Goes Stronq
Frank Mdtteson President Of
Local Union No. lo0: Plan
Organizing Drive

Huntington Park, Calf. - Local
Union No. lS0 has recently been or
ganized here on the west coast, all
members of the group being employ
ed at the California Art Products
Inc. This is a concern which has be-
come an outstanding factor in the art
ware field due to the superior quality
and exclusive designs produced and
aided by manager Of a progressive
type who will no doubt go far in his
chosen field.
Second Vice President Frank Hull
was instrumental in the formation Of
this new local and the negotiating of
our contract which he ably and tact
fully handled. The negotiations were
Of a peaceful nature throughout the
proceedings and we are very grateful
to him, due to the fact that he Sc
cured for US very good graduating
agreement All members are iubilant
over the results.
The writer has had the privilege of
being a conferee at three conferences
here on the coast where agreements
We're drawn up and signed with pot
terry manufacturers; Brother Hull ne
gotating these agreements to the
satisfaction Of all concerned. 1t is evil
dent that we need man of Brother
Hull's ability here on the west coast
permanently.
The officers of our newly organized
local are as follows: Frank Matteson,
president; Don Worley, vice presi-
dent; Al Podwell, recording secretary;
Richard Umbach, financial secretary;
Ann Gump, treasurer; Jack White,
inspector; Robert Bremen, inspector
and shop committee chairman, Sister
Marshall and Brother Matteson are
also members of the shop committee.
The officers and members are TAX
ing hold of their duties, which are
outlined for them, in manner that
will put this local to the front on the
west coast. We are laying plans for
an organizing campaign to bring all
the art ware shops into the fold Of
the n. B. of 0. P
At our last regular meeting Brother
Hull gave an interesting talk on or
ganizational work which was quite
an education He outlined the prog
ress that had been made the past few
years here in the west and told US
what was expected from our local.
There is plenty of organizing work
to be done when we look about US
here in the Los Angeles district. They
are as follows: Gladding Mclean,
$50 employees; Pacific Clay Products
Company, $50 employees; Bauer Pot
terry, 200 employees; Eljer Sanitary
Company, $50 employees; Claycraft
Pottery, 70 employees; Myers Pottery,
55 employees; Coors Porcelain and
Pottery, As employees; Hollydale Pot
terry, IS employees; Metlox Pottery,
120 employees; Padre Pottery, so en-
ployes; Halderman Art Pottery, 80
employees; Tillotsons Clay Products,
70 employees; Vitrefrax Refractories,
80 employees; totaling 1545 unorgan-
lied employees. These are just few
Of the shops that should be organized
The entire state of California would
boost these figures up to 5000 as the
state labor statistics on clay plants
give 70OO clay workers in 1885. So
it is safe to say we should enroll 5000
in the ranks of the n. B. of o. P.
This should call for some serious
thinking on what can be accomplished
in organization work here.
Brother Hull has been called to the
northern part of the state, leaving
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