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The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-07-04

In the privileged classes. the
owners OF industry and the op-
ponents OF labor to carry the
party to success in the Novem-
Der elections.
Confidence cannot be won. he
said. by ancient platitudes cap
able OF a dozen different inter-
pretations. Labor can't eat plati-
tudes and will not rest content
with generalities.
1.-THE time has come for
q Straightforward declaration,
not weasel words that seek 10
allure but only deceive.
"And what / say applies TO
both the Democratic and the
Republican platforms. For
some day the people will tire
Of being deceived=-and ne
elected by the major political
parties"
Lewis declared that there are
now more than IL million un-
employed. "about the same
number as on the last day when
the Republican party was in
power.
Don't you forget, YOU Re-
publicans." he said that when
you went out of office. you left
q mighty army Of unemployed.
THAT does not justify the
Democrats for having done
nothing about II. But II does
call for something being done
now"
Questioned by Gov. Alfred
Landon as to his opinion Of the
Presidents proposal for COM
pulsory industrial or military
service for all young peope,
Lewis replied:
az think 1t is a fantastic sug-
gestion from a mind in full in
tellectual retreat"
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-07-04
TEN MILLION DIsAPpOINTMENTs
Le,Uis Tells COP They
Haze abandoned Labor

PHILADELPHIA, July d. The Republican Party has for
eed the confidence of labor by its record in
Pres John l. Lewis frankly told the partys leaders straight
omhe- shoulder talk the convention resolutions committee
hopes to be restored to power, he added must adopt
straightforward program that will the confidence of labor
and the common people.
Speaking packed and attentive audience, which closely
followed every word and frequently applauded the Clio leader
said:
'The Republican party is in position render grea.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-07-04
A Go Victory

The impressive victory Of the CLIO United
Automobile Workers in concluding its agree
ment with General Motors has many raoid
anti.CiO elements in "a dthc1.
And we'll il might Here. for the FIRST time
in the history of the arrogant bosses OF the
automobile industry its workers have made
economic gains without having FIRST to go
through the bitter suffering OF a strike
We are not sure that the agreement brings
GREAT ;oy 10 the heart Of that great lover OF
labor who writes the editorials in the Cumber-
land Sunday Times. That estimable gentle
man takes great delight in making exagger-
a,ed estimates Of the losses which workers
suffer in winning wage raises. vacations with
pay. grievance procedures and the right TO DC
treated as human beings
Insofar as we have failed to see his paper
give any notice to the great gains won by the
workers of General Motors we have taken
much of the space in this issue to reporting
them to the public of this community.
First. the Clio has won an overwhelming
recognition to speak for the workers OF G. M
Second it has moulded these workers into
a disciplined. cohesive group which knows
what it wants and is determined to win it. In
proof whereof. they promptly rejected the
phony proposals which the management offer
ed late in May and instructed their negotiating
officials that they wanted them to continue the
fight for a genuine contract carrying tangible
gains.
Third, the agreement just ratified by the
rank and file of the Clio automobile workers
marks substantial gains never before accom-
plished in the industry. The cold fact that
10000 workers are benefited to an aggregate
of sl2 .000. 100000 through the wise expedient
of joining Union cannot be gainsaid. We
are sure that the editor of the Sunday Times
of Cumberland rejoces with in realizing
that these gains are made without the loss OF
one days work. We even hope to see him
write an editorial about it! Surely. interested
as he is in the automobile workers Gas he
showed during the Chrysler strike) he is very
remiss to have to be reminded that this great
advance has been achieved.
In addition to vacation pay and wage raises
the CLIO has won approval OF grievance pro-
cedures which call for impartial umpres to
give workers who are aggrieved fair oppor-
tunity for redress.
Fourth. the agreement means that the AL
influence is completely eradicated in automo-
bile circles. Its discredited reputation now re-
mains but black memory in history. Its eff
forts at disruption and assistance to the en-
ployers has completely hzzled. The automo-
bile magnates are now faced with the stark
reality of having to deal with their organized
workers under honest leadership.
Not only is such situation likely to strike
dread into the heart of the editor of the Cum
berland Sunday Times (whose heart literally
bleeds for the workingman) but even the no
torious Henry Ford is shortly to be subjected
to the ennobling influence of his organized
workers sitting down around the conference
table to have their say in the moulding Of
their livelihoods
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-07-04

service to our country and TO its
people. II in this year 1910 1t is
capable Of deciding to become o
party of the people and not n
party representing the interests
Of the coupon-clippers and those
who believe the future OF the ma
ton lies In their ability TO beat
labor to its knees and exploit
economically. politically and So
cially the common people Of the
country.
"But labor" he added. "has
had no cause TO feel any con-
fidence In the Republican
party In recent years, because
the Republican party as such
has practically abandoned Ia
Dor i'm the past eight or ten
years. And. 1 think. IL is fairly
obvious that labor has aban-
doned the Republican party"
Speaking in "a representative
capacity" as a leader Of the
CLIO. the United Mine Workers
and Labor's Partisan
League. Lewis pointed out that
these organizations. together
with the youth. Negro. farm and
liberal groups associated with
the League. include some 10
million Americans.
PEOPLES PROGRAM
He made no claim. however. to
carry the vote Of any man. but
myself. in my pocket. His only
power and influence. he said.
was the power Of recommended
ton to those who have entrusted
me with their confidence. They
decide II my recommendations
are sound and desirable"
II the Republican party hopes
to be restored TO power. Lewis
warned. 1t must "evolve q pro-
gram that will beget the conf
dence Of the common peope.
for there are not enough people
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-07-04

sunion protection that the CLIO
offers.
They voted to affiliate with the
Packinghouse Workers Organiz-
ing Committee at a strike mass
meeting attended by PwoC Dis
trict Director Frank McCarty. I'M
mediate steps we're taken to mob
ollie clearinghouse workers and
other CLIO union support to the
striking cabbies. Ishmael Flory Of
the National Negro Congress has
also pledged his organizations
support to the strike.
The Negroe drivers. who rent
their cabs from operators. have
been making as little as II cents
for a full days work-the net re-
turn after cab rent, gasoline. in
surance. etc. are paid out.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-07-04

ance adjustment machinery and
other gains which caused CIo
Pres. John L. Lewis to describe
1t as "of paramount Importance
to the members Of organized labor
everywhere.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-07-04

We are sorry to read Of the defeat of the
Canadian Celanese workers in their strike to
obtain Union recognition. increase Of wages
and settlement Of grievances.
The wsEksE put sg sa!lan. 6shs aimee the
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-07-04
Five Hundred Cab
Drivers Swing to CIO

CCACO-Five hundred Negro cab drivers here have
voted unanimously leave independent union and join the
Clio. Two weeks of strike against miserable wages and
dons enough convince them that they needed the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-28
FIRM STAND IS IMPERATIVE

A TTAC[S on the 40-hour week continue. Some
spokesmen of big business think they see &
chance to break down the 40-hOur standard by
spreading the erroneous idea that the defense pro
gram requires lengthening of hours. There is nc
indication that they are getting anywhere but the
friends of the 40-hour week, which includes the
vast majority of Americans, must be on the alert
as the American Federation Of Labor Executive
Council pointed cut in its report to the New
Orleans convention.
Only constant vigilance and united action on
the part Of labor can prevent the pernicious drive
of reactonary employers" for longer hours, the
council emphasized. 1t went on to say:
eve must keep the facts before the public
We must insist on maintaining the 4O-hour week
because it makes for greater production. 1t has
taken IA years Of persistent effort since we made
our first declaration for the 5-day, 4O-hour week
in 1926 to win this standard for the United States
We cannot now relax our efforts and see our gains
for human conservation swept away.
"The 40-hoT week standard is one of the
bulwaiks OF American defense. Coun-
tries which have heightened hours to increase
production have found that longer
hours defeat the very purpose they are intended
to accomplish. Increasing accidents, poor quality
of work, and decreased production are the result
of lengthening the work week.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-28
S650.000 Back Wages
Paid Lumber Workers

Washington, d. C.-At the compile
ton of the first four months cam
paign of the Wage and Hour Division
of the u. S. Department Of Labor to
enforce the Fair Labor Standards Act
Of 1888 in logging camps, sawmills,
lumber manufacturing plants, and as
sociated establishments, Colonel Philip
B. Fleming, Wage and Hour Admin
istrator, announced that in 965 con-
Germs back wages totalng $650,O97
were found due employees to bring
their wages or overtime compensation
up to the figure required by the law.
Benefting by this amount, a large
part of which has already been paid,
were 20,O5l. Many of these had been
receiving wages averaging about 10
cents per hour and some were get
ting as low as nickel. Colonel Flem-
ing said that in addition to the res
titution already paid or computed, ad-
ditional thousands Of dollars are pay
able under Investigations still under
way.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-28
UNITY, OUR DEFENSE
THE strength and security Of our nation depend
on national unity.

'NEIE strength and security of our nation depends
national unity.
There is no room in this country now for mar
row partisanship for class hatred, for exploiting
old grudges and differences. But unity must be
ing word. 1t can be achieved only by action.
Unity calls for fair dealing between industry
and labor for policy that neither favors nor pen
allies either side 1t calls for an attitute on the
part of both labor leaders and industrial managers
that will make possible frank and honest arbtra-
ton, with each understanding the problems Of the
other. The nation cannot afford eXploiters now
the industralist who would grind down labor
or the labor leader who would disrupt industry
for personal glory.
Unity calls for government policy of honest
cooperation with all industry. The need of the
hour is productOn-and still more production, in
the interest Of our ordinary needs no less than in
the interest Of our extraordinary defense program
The country cannot afford that kind OF politician
who fights industry TeVles industry, and who
attempts to ruin industry in reaching out for more
and more power.
Unity calls for a tax and spending policy which
will get maximum results in the least possible
length of time with minimum waste. Taxation
must be distributed equitably over, all income
groups, and all industries and business. We are
willing to spend every dollar that is needed fol
real defense.
We can have unity. We must have it, if We
are to survive as a free people Now is the time
to put into effect a program that will really
achieve it,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-28
go FORWARD IN PEACE"

IN the opinion Of number of the commentators,
the Presidents Madison Square Garden speech
of October 28th was one Of the most effective of
his campaign. It had much to do, they feel, in
turning the tide in his favor. In that Speech the
President declared that his policy one that
would safeguard our country's peace in a torn and
Waring world. His last two sentences were these:
We shall continue to go forward in firm faith.
We shall continue to 90 forward in peace"
The issue that confrontS us today, is the issue
Of peace or war. That is the most terrible issue
that any President, any government any nation,
can face.
Those polls which proved so accurate in fore
casting the result Of the election indicate that an
overwhelming majority of Americans are opposed
to war. The Congress is peace Congress, with
almost every member committed to the principle
that we shall not again participate in foreign
war The President has said he is a peace presi-
dent.
We can stay at peace if we set ourselves dead
against aggression and make ourselves SO strong
that no aggressor will dare attack US That must
be the American policy. That must be the ideal
in which all Americans share from the President
to the loWlieSt among us.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-28
FACTORY JOBS AND PAYROLLS
JUMP IN PENNSYLVANIA

Philadelphia GLNS).-Factory en-
ployment in Pennsylvania expanded
about 8 per cent in October to approx
mately 97S,C00 workers, and wage dis
bursements increased per cent to an
estimated $25 100000 a week, the Fed
eral Reserve Bank of Philadelphia re-
ports. These advances considerably
exceeded seasonal expectations and re-
hected unusual Improvement in both
durable and nondurable goods indus
tries. The number of wage earners
employed in October was per cent
and payrolls were nearly 8 per cent
greater than in the same month last
year. Aggregate working hours ex-
panded 8 per cent over the twelve
months and in comparison with the
low point of 1910 have increased Il
per cent.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-28
"PRETRIAL" COURT PAYS

THE first months operation Of Chicagos pre-
trial. court has saved the city treasury at
least $4,000, the American Municipal Association
reports. The court was created to speed justice,
and save costs for both litigants and taxpayers
in cases involving small damage suits, broken con-
tracts and unpaid wages.
Under the pretlial court system, ltigants are
called into conference before their cases come to
trial to see if the issues can be settled through
cancellation and agreement. Municipal Judge
Oscar S. Caplan, who presdes over the unusual
court, said about 81 per cent of the 2,25O cases
called have been disposed of, and that action has
been taken on all but 479 Of the cases.
The association said the practice of calling
eases in advance Of trial for the settlement of
issues has been Of great aid in Cincinnati, Detroit
and Los Angeles in bringing about settlements,
and in stabilizing dockets so judges may be kept
busy trying cases that deserve and are ready for
trial
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-28
SHELTER OF 100000 PLANNED

New York City.--A plan for the pro-
lection and shelter of the 100000 in
habitants Of New York City in case
of disaster has been drafted by the
municipal board of control. The plan,
prepared under the direction Of the
police commissioner, provides for the
mobilization of $1,000 city employees
within four hours, and for the use Of
all municipal equipment. In prepar-
ing the plan, municipal employees
mapped the structure Of buildings and
estimated the number Of people that
could be sheltered in each, and indi-
Gated on city maps every street,
bridge, tunnel and public utility.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-28
TO FIT THE CRIME
(From the Washington Post)

IFIOW lHe washington FOSLJ
V'IERE was nothing secretive or cowardly in the
action Of the eight New York theological
students who refused to register for the draft.
The young men, all Of whom held that registration
in itself constituted a Warke act left signed state
ments to this effect with an assistant United
States attorney at the local place Of registration
Nor can their sincerity Of purpose be suspect
surely this was demonstrated by their Willingness
to 90 to jail for their convictions.
In the circumstances the sentence of a year in
prison seems unnecessarily harsh. 1t is possible,
Of course, that the sentence was passed as an ex-
ample well a punishment for the act itself.
But first case as this was, might have called
for a suspended sentence without fear that the
divinity students action would invite imitation.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-28
Truths Pondered While
Riding AfAnchor
MIR. MODESTUS
o SURPLUS COMODITIES
. LABOR PRODUCTION
. DON'T NEED MANY MEN
. MEN ARE A SURPLUS
Perhaps it doesn't matter
That 217.SSO skilled Morkmen-

j
Perhaps it doesn't matter
That 217,SS0 skilled workmen-
Registered as applicants for jobs,
Oct. Is
Of whom 51,297 had secondary
training or experience
Seven states registering 145,3S7 of
the whole number
OF course, it was really tough
On that cold morning in Florida the
other day
For the 5000 men who waited in
such camps as they had
Around the new military construc-
tion job
Hoping for chance to help fix up
the new army camp
Uncle Sam sent three truck loads of
surplus commodities
For those 5000 surplus workers to
eat on
Until the next best thing came
along
surplus men
Fed with surplus commodities
That begins to give you the pattern
for the future
But so long as the surplus grub
catches up with the surplus men
Why fuss about such little things as
getting 5000 more jobs
Wou'll find other thousands playing
around
Up and down the beaches at Miami
San Diego, Anna Maria
1t seems to be all right for them to
do that
No policemen following them
around
They get their share of the "sur-
plus, like the others
So it must be all right to do it that
way
Os, is it?
Look at it this way
Polakov, Superintendent of N. Y.
N. H. & H. r. R.
To produce all that this nation needs
for subsistence
That comes from things like the
Bedeaux System
Which increased production A per
cent in 200 plants
Between 1916 and 1927, affecting
100000 employees
Reducing labor costs by 20 per
cent
Man-hour out put increased 27 per-
cent from 1929 to 1888
According to National Bureau of
Economic Research
Man-hour output increased in six
auto plants 40 per cent
In Is years Buick raised production
l 400 per cent
Increased labor force by only 10 per
cent
So, why worry about what they call
"jobs"&
The point is:
You don't need so many men
To do the necessary work of the
nation
SO why get so excited about the
"Unemployed'?
1t is not jobs that matter so much
any more
Because, industrially, men are d
surplus, any way
Except certain skilled men, wher
tool shops get excited about wal
stuff
Real problem is something entirely
different from now on
That is: how to distribute enough
of the production, wisely
SO that these millions without the
jobs
Never get seriously without food
and clothes
But: the dividends MUST be con
tinued-
Don't you believe that?
Well, that is the way the big hats
see it
1t is producing DIVIDENDS thai
begins to puzzle them.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-28
w Fl A T NE T

A. P. Kellogg, turbine engineer Of
the General Electric Co., is making
plans for a floating power plant to be
towed through coastal and inland
waterways and connected with regular
distribution Zines to meet emergency
demands for electricity for the nation
al defense program. His plant would
be installed in low hull like that of
a Great Lakes freighter.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-28
w is D O M

Charity is a universal duty, which
it is in every mans power sometimes
to practice; since every degree of as
sistance given to another, upon proper
motives, is an act of charity; and
there is scarcely any man in such a
state that he may not, on some
occasions, benefit his neighbor-Dr.
Samuel Johnson.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-28
Leather Workers Poll
Won By a. F. of L. Athlete

Philadelphia, Pa.-Employes of the
c. f. Rumpp and Sons, leather goods
company here, voted 1876 to 80 to be
represented in collective bargaining
by the International Ladies' Handbag,
Pocketbook and Novelty Workers
Union, A. F. of L. affiliate.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-06-13

Trade now for q New WHY'S guaranteed used car
"Bromiem, Bell and Cole Motor Co.
lL8 Maryland Avenue Hyattsille. Warfield $3.50
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-06-13
A. M. A. TO STAND TRIAL
INU. S. DISTRICT COURT

The America Medical Association, together with
other local cal organ cations and q individual
doctors, must stand trial in the United States Dis
trict Court this fail the charge of violating the
Sherman Antitrust Act.
/ This Is the latest development in a Wrangle be-
tween organi zed medi cine the hand, and the
Group Health Associ alton in Washington, the other
which started when the former group attempted un-
successfully to prosecute Group Health the charge
Of selling insurance without license and the
charge of practising medicine without license.
Group Health then successfully brought suit against
organized medi cine the charge Of violating
the Sherman Antitrust forb1ds combinations
acting In restraint Of trade. The Defendants de-
to the indictment handed down by the Grand
Jury that medicine profession rather than a
trade was upheld by Judge Proctor at later hear
ing. The United States Court of Appeals, however,
overru1ed the JUDGES decision, and the American
Medical Associations recent attempt to gain a
trial before the Supreme Court has also failed.
Lawyer Abraham chasanow (just call him chaz), who
is currently working the briefs, says the is
the first of its kind in American legal history.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-06-13
Negro Housing Project Contemplated

According to last weeks "NeWs", 2oOo-fani1y
housing project for Negroes is contemplatedRar Ber
wyn. Part all of the land is under option, and
New York capital is reported behind the move. FLA
commented to reporters that there had been consider
able correspondence between its ogni zation and
hackers of the project.
rezoning permit from the Maryland Park and Plan
ming ssion is necessary before any housing pro-
ject in the state gets underway and it reported
last week that this body ght condemn property
in question for parkway and join it to the proposed
Anacostia River park system.
Roy S. Braden states that the proposed housing
site lies in the northeast of the intersec-
tion of Branchvil1e Road with the Baltimore Pike.
In his opinion the proximity Of the congested hi gh
way would preclude permission to any housing project
to bui Id there.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-06-13
SENIOR CLASS PLAY PACKS AUDITORIUM

areenbe1t High Schools first Senior play, "Hob-
goblin House" by Jay Tobias, entertained janpack
Friday, bringing in gross of $780,. This sum, less
expenses, Will be used for Senior LIT to the High
School and 1so finance party for the cast and the
supporting play comitteess
Frank LOTUS, hunchbacked Darius Krupp, and
Phyllis Warner, who played the part OF maiden aunt
put in the stellar formances, and Theresa Hedgess
portrayal of the English maid, accent and all, also
won favorable comment. Sidney Henes, teacher Of
English and social studies at the High School,
ably assisted in direction by Louise Archer, mathe
matics teacher, and Claire Warner. Ellen Erebe
prompted and theodore Murray applied the grease
paints
The action, in general, was convincing, but the
pace Of the production suffered from faulty memori-
satton Of lines, despite clever ad 1ibbing by Mr.
LOTUS and Miss Warner