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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-09

also reasonable to our entire Ameri-
can heritage"
Mr.. Green then presented the fol-
lowing program:
81. More complete and detailed
facts are needed especially on employ
ment, wages, hour, labor costs, and
productivity in order to enable us to
understand changing conditions. 81,
"2. Further shortening of the work
week is essential to future re-employ-
ment.
"3. Increase of our national income
by 10 billion dollars in order to make
this unemployment in productive ac-
tivity possible.
"a. Special consideration should be
given to insure to productive workers
their share in the return from tech
biological improvements.
"5. Exhaustive consideration to en-
ployment opportunities should be given
on a national basis with participation
Of representative groups"
Mr. Green continued:
at is clear to me today in the light
of the facts have shown that the es-
sence of our problem is that while we
Continued on Page Six)
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Union President
Hits Communists,
Refuses Election
Randolph. Porters' Head.
Quits As President Of Ndti-
ondl Negro Congress

Washington, D. C. QLNS).-A.
Philip Randolph, presid ent Of the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters,
"A. F. of L. affiliate, has quit the presi-
lency of the National Negro Congress
because of it's acceptance Of financial
support from Communists and the
CIO.
Randolph, at the third meeting Of
the congress here, refused reelection
and denounced Communism and the
Soviet Union dictatorship in scathing
terms. He told the congress he be-
lieved it should be dependent on re-
sources supplied by the Negro peo-
pie alone" and added:
"The ground for my belief is that
history shows that where you get your
money you also get your ideas and
control"
Max Yergan of New York was
named president without opposition.
Earlier the congress condemned
PRESIDENT Roosevelt's foreign policy
after kissing and booing the Negro
president of the Government Employees
Union, who had defended the Chief
Executive.
CIO Invitation Accepted
Randolph's announcement came af-
ter the congress had accepted, over
his protests, the invitation of Presi-
dent John L. Lewis of the CIO to enter
into a working agreement with La
bor's Non-Partisan League as first
step toward possible participation in
a third party movement if the Demo-
cratic and Republican Presidential
nominees and platforms were not salts
factory.
Continued on Page Two)
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u uc dttcItiOu ScItcE, Oilc tIldt udu
stolen many a show. Last year in
competition with the worlds marvels,
the potters drew huge crowds from
Fairs opening until the last day. The
arrangements for this years display
are the same as those in 1889. The
five firms are taking half the financial
responsibility and the Brotherhood is
bearing the other half in an effort
to bring steady work to its members.
Eighth Vice President Joshua Chad
wick left last night for New York to
make final arrangements for the open
ing. The firms have sent representa-
'tives to dress the display cases and
have everything in readiness. 1t is
doubtful if the kiln will be lighted,
however. until the firs. part of Jane
when the great crowds will begin to
pour into New York and the Fair.
Novelties will again be sold this
year to defray expenses. A Martha
Washington cream pitcher, a cup and
saucer, displaying the signs of the
Zodiac, and four ash trays, each de-
picting a scene from different season
of the year, will be added to last years
line.
The great mural collective Bar
gaining" by Charles Murphy showing
the cooperation of Capital and Labor
will be the background of the show
just as it is the backbone of the in
dustry. Last years display marked
the first time such cooperation between
the two groups had ever been mani
fest on such a large scale for advertis-
ing purposes. This gained the pot
ters wide publicity.
Although a gigantic success last
year in number of paid admissions,
this year is expected to far exceed the
record set in 1889. A new manage
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New Castle Club
Welcomes No. 77
Of Robinson, III.
Members Of Local 1873 Hope
To See Trenton Potters
At Potters Picnic

New Castle, Pa.-The members of
Local Union No. 1873 received great
deal of satisfaction from the report
of the employees Of the sanitary pot
terry at Robinson, Ill.,, having joined
the N. B. of O. P We hope they will
develop the enthusiasm to make their
local one of the strongest and most
influential in the organization.
Every man in the sanitary potteries
should realize what we are contribut-
ing to the welfare of humanity by the
production of our ware. All should
be willing to take advantage Of join
ing with an organization that is max
ing progress in trying to develop some
protection against reductions in wages
which has brought our trade down to
the wage level of less skilled workers.
In only few shops where we have de-
veloped local unions are the wages
paid for skilled work above that stand
ard.
With the limitation of the forty-hour
work week, the wages earned in the
shops run between $4,000 and $500
per week. The working men who
need the products of industry must buy
the products Of industry to keep the
wheels going. In this town it takes
a weeks wages to pay months rent.
The working man is very willing to
limit the weeks working hours so
someone else may have a job. But
they should try to pass law to limit
the big rake off the heads of indus
tries are receiving in salaries, running
into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The only hope the workers have of
getting a fair share of the profits Of
Continued on Page Five)
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EarlY Hearings Asked To Investigate
Problems Of Old Workers Denied Jobs

produce unfair or inequitable dis
elimination on the basis of age in
obtaining and retaining employ
ment in public service or private
industry.
"b. The extent to which age is
a factor in determining the eff
cheney of men and women engaged
in such public service and private
industry.
&c. The effect of pension sys-
TENS and group and workmen's
compensation insurance upon the
employment of the older worker.
Subject Vitally Important
"The subject coming within the
scope of this resolution is one Of ut
most Importance, not only to the per
sons affected thereby, bur to the coun-
;ry as whole.
"In 1888, Committee on employ
nent Problems of Older Workers, was
appointed by the Secretary of Labor to
INQUIRE into the basis for the apparent
prejudice against older persons in find
ng employment, to inquire into the
,asis for the. apparent prejudice
against older applicants, and to sug-
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Wellsville Locul
Three Thousundth
Post Office Clerks To Hold
Nutionul Celebration
In Pottery City

Wellsville is to be the scene Of a
jubilation sponsored by National Fed
Grafton of Post Office Clerks in cele-
braticn of the signing of the three
thousandth local of the organization.
This was learned yesterday in a letter
to President James NJ. Duffy of the
National Brotherhood Of Operative
Potters from John C. Sweeney, secre-
tary-treasurer Of the Ohio Federation
of Post Office Clerks, extending an
invitation to the potters' head to join
the clerks for the celebration.
Some time ago the clerks organized
a Bring Brother campaign with one
of the big objectives the chartering of
the three thousandth local before June
Is. This meant adding almost two
hundred locals. 1t was pledged at the
time that the members would hold a
celebration in the town which marked
its meridian of progress. Now, more
than month in advance of the closing
date of the campaign, Wellsville is in
possession of the coveted charter.
Although no definite date for the
celebration was noted in the letter re-
ceived by President Duffy, it is to be
expected that the clerks will come to
Wellsville soon after the close of the
campaign.
May the National Brotherhood Of
Operative Potters and the Potters
Herald congratulate the Wellsville
local of the National Federation Of
Post Office Clerks.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-09

Washington, D. C. (INLS).-In con-
nection with the observance of Ma
tional Employment Week, Senator
James M. Mead Of New York asked
early hearings on his bill to investi-
gate the problem caused by the Diff
Guilty of older workers in finding en-
ployment. He urged that the prob
lem be squarely faced and that every
thing possible be done to correct eX-
listing evils.
Mead's request for hearings on his
bill was made in letter to Chairman
Elbert D. Thomas of the Senate Edu-
cation and Labor Committee. He
wrote in part:
my dear Chairman:
GAS sponsor of S. j. Res. 80, which
has been referred to the Committee
on Education and Labor, l wish to call
your attention to some pertinent facts.
"The purposes of this resolution are
as follows:
81. To direct the Secretary of
Labor to investigate and report to
Congress upon:
"a. The nature and effect of any
economic conditions or statutory
provisions which may tend to
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-09
Time You Sfarfed Preparing For That
Trip To ldoro Park Picnic Day, June Is
Cldrksburg and Minervu To
Battle On Diamond For
Pottery Crown
AUNT MINNIE READY
Her Only Worry Is Getting
q New Receipt For
Potato Salad

With the sports program we'll under
way, the Golden Anniversary picnic
committee swung into the final prep
arations for the sixteenth and greatest
of the annual outings sponsored by the
National Brotherhood Of Operative
Potters at the meeting held last Thurs
day night.
An excellent and tight game Of base
ball was assured when the committee
chose the Minerva and Clarksburg
mines to furnish the afternoons en-
tertainment feature. Both these
teams chalked up records to be envied
during last summers campaigning.
Clarksburg holds the West Virginia
state semi-pro title and most of the
team are members of Local Union No.
80. The Minerva club lost but two
close ones in schedule of 20 games
against top ranking opposition. Off
cials of both these contenders claim
their clubs have been strengthened
for the coming campaign and will take
the field at Idora Park, June Is, set to
play the game Of their lives.
1t has also been announced by the
committee that boxing fans this year
will see 18 rounds of real punching.
The card has been limited to less
rounds than formerly in an effort to
make 'tRg Show snappier and headed
with more real talent. Six well-known
professional boxers will make their ap-
pearance the night of the reunion and
no one will wish to leave the park
until the bouts have been concluded.
} That grand old dame, Aunt Minnie
from Padden City, has already started
to pretty her new black net with the
white flub-dubs about the collar and
her back fence conversations are more
concerned with potato salad than with
the situation in Norway.
Always lover of the terrific, terri
flying Wildcat at Idora, Aunt Minnie
is in for a treat, because the park
management tells us that the big ride
is all set. Aunt Minnie has always
contended that after all those onions
she packs in her hamper, the Wildcat
is real economy as compared to Life
Savers, although both are guaranteed
to take your breath away.
Mothers are warned to start train
ing that curl in baby's hair, because
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P0TTERS OPEN DISPLAY AT WORLDS FAIR THIS SATURDAY
Miniature Pottery Is Agdin
Expected To Be the Feature
OF Worlds Biggest Show
THE IDEA ORIGINATED WITH EXECUTIVE BOARD AT
THE 1888 CONVENT1ON-STuL IS FAIRS
ONLY COOPERATIVE FEATURE

THE great gates of the New York Worlds Fair will swing
this Saturday in the formal opening of its 1910
greatest show this earth has witnessed With it will open
the miniature pottery the America At Home building the adve
sng brain child of the Executive Board the National Brother
hood Of Operative Potters
The idea brought forth by President NJ Duffy
the 1898 convention another step the Boards unceasng
forts to teach the American public that American unonade
is the worlds BEST The idea eagerly endorsed by
delegates and month later the convention
that six firms Homer Laughln China Co., Edwin NJ
China Co., Hall China Co., Cronn China Co. and Paden City Pottery
would share half the required build and maintain
suitable exhibit.
The idea of miniature pottery new but tried and
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-09
Wheeling Banquet
And Dunce Success
NeelY's Record Will Not Be
Overlooked When Potters
Go To The Polls

Wheeling, w. Va.-Approximately
800 potters and friends of Local Union
No. 6 were in attendance for the ban
quet and dance in the Pancrstan Union
C}1ah laet .. 49,. s-,,
Under the able direction Of Sister
Georgia Parker, of the kitchen commit
tee, the banquet got underway prompt
ly at o'clock. After the banquet
everyone scattered, some to pl y
bridge and others to walk off their
meal. At 9 o'clock the dancing began
and was in progress until a. M; dur
ing this time refreshments were
served.
The local membership wishes to ex-
tend vote Of thanks to every men,
Der of the committee who made the
affair possible. General Chairman E.
N. Mountford certainly had his COM
mittee in high gear for this blowout
came off smoothly.
This being election time in West
Virginia, last weeks issue of the
Herald brought out very forcibly some
of the high lights in our present Sen
ator M. NJ. Neely's record toward la
Dor and the Reciprocal Trade Treaties.
Every potter in West Virginia
should clip out the article and paste
it in his hat for future reference. Mr..
Nicely would like to be governor of
this state, but his labor record in the
U. S. Senate, especially his stand on
the continuance of the Trade Pacts,
will nullify any votes he may have had
a chance Of receiving from the potters,
glassworkers and other people depend
ent upon industry.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-09

Hotel Jefferson
SoIurium Chosen
Again This Yeor
Atlantic City Inn Is Popular
With Delegates Post
Four Conventions
DELEGATES LISTED

The forty-eighth annual convention
of the National Brotherhood of Oper-
ative Potters will open Monday, July
l, in the spacious, breezy solarium
atop Atlantic City's Hotel Jefferson,
it was announced by organization Of
ficials yesterday.
The meeting hall has been extreme
ly popular with the delegates to the
last four conventions. 1t was first
used in 1886 when the final sessions
were transferred from the Hotel Madi-
son because of a conflict in the sched-
ule.
Since delegates are chosen the first
meeting night in May, many names
have already been handed in to Head
quarters. These follows:
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Nine Eligible For
Delegate L. U. l3l
Bdttersout and Mouldrun.
ners Ballot Sunday. MaY
IL. At z o'clock
ATTENTION

All dues books of Local Union
No. 131 which have not been
checked must be presented at the
May 10th meeting.
Local Union No. 131 will hold elec-
tion of delegates to the convention
Sunday afternoon, 200 p. m. May IL
at the Brotherhood hall.
There are nine brothers eligible to
contest for delegateship, Albert Buch-
heit, Robert Garner, Jack Hebron, An
drew Clark, Harry Pollock, Frank
Thomas, Earl Shamp, Edward Gal
lagher and William Duke.
Brother Gallagher, our new financial
secretary is doing a good job rebuild
ing our treasury. All members who are
delinquent in dues should get back in
good standing before the picnic as they
have some very nice prizes in the
drawing for paid up dues.
Don't forget the meeting Sunday,
Nav 12 %,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-01-26
Communication Systems z
Revamped by Mussolini

Benito Mussolini's conviction that
highly developed communications
are indispensable in time Of peace
or war has spurred Italian engineers
to prepare for either evenuality by
building machinery and technical
equipment probably unmatched by
any other nation
italian engineering genius has
given to italy the worlds fastest
electric locomotives and the most
powerful radio shortwave station in
existence. and is engaged in plans
for laying down telephone cable
between Sicily and Africa which will
be the worlds largest
Over network of 1000 miles Of
track-the largest network Of cleo.
trio railway yet built by any nation
Italian locomotives pull passenger
trains at speeds varying between go
and 100 miles an hour.
On test run between Naples
and Rome recently an electrically
powered passenger train averaged
103 miles an hour. attaining a top
speed Of l25 miles. When these
electric behemoths whiz through the
quiet italian countryside watchmen
close the gates at road crossings
five minutes before the train is due
lest any peasant with his horse
drawn cart be caught on the track.
Electricity. generated from Italy's
only major natural resource-water
power-is '''adually coming to be
the most used fuel in Italy's trans
portation system. Italy's first sub
way train, which will transport 3d.
600 passengers an hour to the site
Of Rome's 1912 Worlds fair, will be
operated by electricity. Already al
most third of the capitals buses
are electrically run.
Mussolini's prophecy that Italy's
destiny always has been and al
ways will be on the sea-" has been
anticipated by the construction of
a merchant marine the equal Of any
possessed by the great nations of
the world. Twenty-Five new motor
ships to engage in world trade, each
capable of cruising speeds of 16
knots. are being built in Italian ship
yards.
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Change in Negroes Politics

indicate that at least candidate for
sold idea that he gather
used when the Negro the issue
American politics. ~.-..'*
color nothing do with taxation competent
aecraft Yet for generation the
change reasonable
him the sdenes where both for his sake and for
Americas sake he should stay.
convention the old idea be revived
of the old order Reckless of their
Indifferent their Negro poll
organizing political
barber shops again trying the old
the which shows through the political
the Khan would ride again, the lily
politicians who have been happy
CLEAN politician behind their reapng busy trying
the Republican nominee.
quicker than the the time hreeshel
that he believes by continuing his
hand make living The public orges the Negro old
would 1910 the old
which used aten their the their
people.
public deceived is of
candidate being either that the
admit that citizenship basic principle this nation The
his organization under this flag neither
Negroes Unless he has the intelligence that
and their correctly he
believe them No all
public affairs be ignorant of their records than
of the Benedict Anods Christians of him
who sold his Savior for 80 pieces of silver.
candidate they
tonf They they thought
Negro carried them
demanding
returns
suffer defeat in the
backed gained nominaion.-The Call
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-01-26
Uncle Bliss"

Uncle Bliss was in philosophic
mood when we caught up with him
the other morning, on his way to
catch street car. The wind was
blowing up a blizzard and we
couldn't talk much until we were
safe on the car but once inside
"Uncle Bliss" began his discourse.
Time and space does not permit
the writer to reproduce "Uncle's"
remarks in his own picturesque
language, but this is the gist of
what he said about values:
Perhaps the most essential thing
in life is sense of value. A good
sense of value transcends the ma
terial considerations in life. Value
may be intrinsic and extrinsic. It
is extrinsic when computed on the
basis of the price which an article
will bring if placed upon the mar
ket. Thus the extrinsic value of a
stamp is three cents; but to an in
dividual who wants a stamp for a
reason which will give him more
satisfaction than placing the stamp
on a letter, the value is increased.
1t becomes intrinsic. He alone can
determine it's value.
Thus life itself is intrinsic. 1t is
worth what each individual be-
lieves it to be worth. To the gall
liant and the brave, to martyrs and
crusader it is worth less than the
principles for which they fight. To
the doctor whose job it is to save
life, life is everything.
When value is extended to the
realm of time, it is again intrinsic.
To the idler fishing in a stream in
the cool of the evening time means
nothing. To a railroad engineer,
and timekeeper at a track meet,
it means everything.
The value of an experience, the
value of time and money are i'm
pressed forcibly upon US under GER
tain circumstances. We often do
not realize the value of cent I'M
til we wish to mail a post card and
find that we do not have a penny.
We sometimes place no value upon
time until we arrive at the station
at SOL and learn that the train
pulled away from the station at
500. We forget the value of health
until we are ill, and think not of
the value of water until we are
thirsty, and no water is to be OBJ
tanned; and we often fail to recog-
nize the value of an opportunity to
lead, to serve and to learn until it
is past.
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ences, psychology, philosophy, So
GEOLOGY, economics and political sci
ence, which are essential to the po-
tential lawyer as the study of anat-
omy is to the embryo doctor. He
finished his legal studies in the Of
flee of Abraham Van Vechten, hon.
ored counselor of Albany, New
York.
Being a gentleman of the first
class and acquainted with the polit-
ical figures of the state, while in
Albany stopping at the Gregory's
hotel, he met and renewed his
friendship with Governor Ogden of
New Jersey.
After a while he moved to New
York City where he associated with
the white men of his profession,
lived in the best hotels, dined at
the most exclusive cafes, enrolled
in the social prominent dancing
academies and had for his dancing
partners the white ladies of his
social sphere.
Any information concerning this
column write in care of this paper
or 1912 Elliot Ave-, Minneapolis,
MINI.
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important Conference

the Curtis Hotel Friday and Saturday mo-
mentou will be held with civil Rights its chief topic
of study and discussion
much violation of it's civil rights
All minority will continue to suffer
rights fe liberty and pursuit
of happiness.
violation rights today gives license and
such conferences the Conference Civil Rights
this important in view of national and inter-
national discomfort.
Happy Neither do they
crach neghbs the South where there
violation the rights of large
will of unrest the midst
of illteracy, poverty backwardness and misery. E.
tomorrow Negroes of the South given the
South would be better place to live
for black and white.
could build together and develop the
of a natural endOwments
civil Negroes make possible the poorest
planning the entire section will
tinue to suffer