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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-02-01
25 YEARS EXPERIENCE


"A published by the Department of Labor indi-
Gates clearly the lines along which substantial
progress has been made and the sources OF dlt1l-
culties that holding back progress. Work
mems compensation constituted the first step IN
this country toward social security. Because OF
problems of consttutionality, the first state laws
were not compulsory. Laws to protect wage
earners that are not compulsory are so funda-
mentally indirect that all manner of anomalies are
invited. By allowing employers to insure against
the risk of workers injuries in private insurance
companies, companies controlled by the need to
make profits become administrative agents for a
law whose purpose was human welfare. Such con-
fiictng purposes have resulted IN unnecessarily
high costs to employers, delays and difficulties IN
administration, decreased benefits to workers.
Twenty-Five years OF experience have definitely
discredted the idea that separate laws for each
state jurisdiction provide experimental labora-
tories and out of their experiments will come high
er standards and improved methods. Quite the
reverse is true. Breaking up the problem of work
mems compensation along state lines divides and
weakens the forces concerned for good laws and
increases opportunities for undermining prlncl-
pies and standards.
proven beyond doubt to be much more economical
method, only seven states have exclusive state
funds Although it has been shown that uniform
plan is more efficient and more economical, only
five states have made insurance in exclusive state
funds mandatory. Employers who may choose
between state fund and private insurance com
pany may fail to insure at ali or insure in com
pany that becomes insolvent. In either work
ers are denied protection that Society has de-
clared they should have.
There is growing sentiment that funds fOl
workers compensation should be deposited in q
government agency IN order to save employers I'M
necessary expense as well as to provide workers
with real protection and provide injured workers
with higher benefits with the least delay and the
least litigation
The most effective step to unity administra-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-02-01
LET THERE BE LIGHT
(From the Evening Star, Washington,
D, c.

(From the Evening Star, Washington,
d. CO.
The latest order in Germany, al
ready bristling with edicts and re-
strictions, is for those engaged in
night work to eat lots of carrots, an
occasional tomato and generous doses
of fish oil. AS a rule the Nazi regime
never bothers to explain it's dictates.
1t is not for the citizens to reason
why, it is theirs but to do and/or die,
but this time they have been given
reason. These articles of diet are
rich in vitamin A, and one of the
things which much overworked vita
min A does is to improve vision in
the dark.
This would seem to be dangerous
experiment for the German govern
ment to undertake, for the simple but
sufficient reason that it might work
too well. The first thing they know
Hans and Fritz may begin to see
through the darkness of their own
gloomy position and wonder why it
is their fate to be in the worlds dog
house every few years in an enforced
blackout, and just why they alone of
all mankind have to nibble carrots and
tomatoes and sip fish oil. The notion
of swapping their government for one
with less glory but more gravy may
strike them as reasonable, not treason
able.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-02-01
VALUABLE LABOR PRESS SERVICE

I'llAT the labor press performs q valuable service
by presenting the viewpoint of organized
workers is pointed out by William Green in an
article on the labor press in which he says:
"Ihcrc is a definite place and a definite avenue
OF real service for the labor press to the members
of organized labor and our friends. 1t presents
the means of getting a hearing for our problems
and keeping the readers informed on matters of
general interest in an unprecedented way.
"'The workers Of the nation form a great and
vital part of the whole of our citizenry We share
in the political and economic life of our country
in the taxes which support our nation, states and
communities.
Our opinions should be Of value and should
be considered in the formulation of policies which
affect our lives. Through our labor publications
we have a channel for the expression of these
opinions and medium which is devoid of par
tisan bias for the guidance of our members in ar
irving at conclusions"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-02-01
WORKERS BILL OF RIGHTS

SINCE our Industries went out Of homes and
small hand craft shops into factories where
mechanical power became the controlling factor,
there has been a continuous struggle on the part
terms and conditions under which they work In
other words they have tried to work on a contract
basis. The essence of contract is mutually. No
one can challenge the contractual method as a
sound, intelligent basis for business relations.
Since the ownership or employer is collective
and of greater financial power than any individual
worker, workers have banded together in unions
to equalize their bargaining power with that of
the employer in order to promote their common
interests. Equality in bargaining is essential to
fair contract.
Because unions were u new agency in the in
dustria field to bring about a more equitable dis
tiibution Of returns from ground work they were
challenged by employers. When unions had nc
legal status, for long time they were held to be
illegal conspiracies. Union leaders and union ac
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-02-01
SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD
STUDIES OHIO RELIEF

Washington, D. c. QLNS).-The
Social Security Board announced that
it was sending several technicians to
Columbus, O., to begin factual sur
vey of Ohio unemployment relief.
The survey was ordered after pre-
liminary study by Fred c. CroXton,
assistant director of the Bureau of
Unemployment Compensation. Ohio
CIO leaders complained to Paul V.
McNutt, head of the Federal Security
Agency, concerning Ohio administra-
ton of the unemployment act.
Estate authorities will cooperate in
conduct Of the study" the board said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-02-01
UNION ORGANIZERS FIND
TELEPHONE MONOPOLY
HARD NUT TO CRACK

st. John N. B. OLNS).--Although
covering adjoining provinces, unions
have found organizing conditions
greatly different for employees of the
Nova Scotia Telephone Company and
the New Brunswick Telephone Com
pany.
A. +. of l.. organizers have estab-
lished a union of employees of the
Nova Scotia or Maritime Telephone
Company. This company owns neither
a daily newspaper or a radio broad
casting station, and did not provide
opposition to the unionizing of the
help.
The task is in glaring contrast with
the New Brunswick Telephone Com
pany, which has successfully resisted
all efforts to unionize the employees.
This company established daily
newspaper monopoly about IA years
ago, buying out and disseminating all
opposition, and then boosting adver-
tising rates. The owner and founder
of the st. John broadcasting station
was also forced out, and the telephone
company took over.
With the newspapers and radio
solidly lined up against unionization,
the organizers have been unable to ac-
complish anything tangible. 1t has
been impossible to get their side of
the situation before the public either
in print or over the air. The telephone
monopoly, incidentally, has been cut
ting deep into the newspaper payrolls,
and many have lost their jobs in an
economy drive.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-02-01
WHAT NEXT?

When the wearer of a new life
preserver jacket finds himself i'm
water, a patented distress signal
light goes on automatically and
burns continuously for over 72
hours. Electric current for the
light is made by an inbuilt bat
terry, consisting of zinc tube
with carbon rod center, which is
inactive and non -deteriOrating un-
til in contact with water.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-02-01
The Cherry Tree
Where We Hdtchet Out
The Truth
. WHERE'S YOUR CAKE?"
q ASKED THE PRESIDENT
. SUPREME TRAGEDY
. THE CAKE PLOPPED

Did you ever see 800 pounds of cake
go "plop," while the President of the
United States waited in expectancy of
receiving the cake in all it's splendor?
This writer saw that happen and,
for the moment, it was the worlds
supreme tragedy.
This was the chow" of it all: For
weeks Clement, the master artist of
Washington's cake bakers, had toiled
to create this huge beauty, to be pre-
sented as the Presidents Birthday
cake. 1t was contributed by the
Bakery and Confectionery Workers
Internationals and the A. F. of L. had
contributed money at the rate of $10O
per candle, until the cake represented
cash gift of something more than
$500, since the candles were over
subscribed. All was finished. Came
the day, as the fancy writer's have it.
X X X
Washington skies, during the pre-
vious night, let down about six inches
of snow. The snow worked into hills
and gullies. But, nevertheless, the
truck was backed up to Clements
shop. The great cake, 51a feet high,
was loaded on. Two trumpeters, with
tallyho horns, were seated abaft the
confection. Banners proclaimed the
purpose of it ALL
Two limousines, bearing President
Green and the three young ladies who
came from Chicago for the presenta-
ton, lined up behind police motor
cycle escort. The young ladies were
the Misses Gilmore Myrup, Marilou
Winter and Elsie Schmidt.
The truck started from it's alley to
join the procession. 1t hit snow
gully. 1t went bump! No cake could
take it that hard. The huge base sec
ton literally collapsed. 1t was no
use.
So, sans cake, the committee went
to the White House and told the Pres
ident all about it, crestfallen, but by
no means beaten.
X X X
"Where's your cake?," the Presi-
dent asked Mr.. Green and the three
young ladies.
"Well," said Mr.. Green. "There was
an accident in the snow" "It broke"
said Miss Myrup.
"Gone to the repair shop" said the
President, with smile. Then he dis
cussed the whole affair, told how
much the money would mean and said
that if the cake could be repaired it
could be brought next day for the
benefit of photographers and news
reels. That was done.
Clement, the wizard, took the wreck
age back into the shop, worked like a
beaver, and had the cake in complete
condition for exhibition at reception
given the same night by Mr.. Green
for the three girls. Mrs. Roosevelt
attended the reception and beamed.
The spirit of the great cake was
manifested. Despite calamity, it full
filled it's mission. Everyone, including
the President, accepted the inevitable
and made is possibly even little finer
than had all gone well.
And, to top it all, the President had
waited through more than an hour of
delay, caused by snow and the acci-
dent.
"Gee, it was grand" said all the
| girls.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-02-01
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS
Borah, Lion of Idaho, is dead.

DOIdllS ljlOIl lUdllO, ID ucdu.
He, perhaps more than any other
man of influence, stood for the idea
that the vital policies of this nation
should be isolated, if not insulated,
from the affairs of other nations.
1t is said that the death of no other
single man in this nation could have
been so loaded with potency for in
ternational affairs. Which illustrates
how impossible it is for the affairs of
this nation to be considered apart
from those of the rest of the world.
1t could have contributed nothing to
Senator Borah's peace of mind, that
he was so clearly demonstrated to
have been in the wrong, when he con-
tradicted the attitude and opinion of
the President and Secretary of State
Hull, concerning the possibility of a
breaking out of war last fall.
This may not have been the real
reason why he did not face the Presi-
dent at the time when the latter read
his opening message at the special
session Of Congress in October. The
Senator said it was because he could
not trust himself to hear the per-
suasive voice of the President, and be
sure of thinking clearly, himself.
Advocates of the Woodrow Wilson
policy, with reference to the League
of Nations, are more sure than ever
now that Senator Borah was wrong in
his stubborn fight against that policy.
Isolationists of smaller caliber
would do well to ponder the full
course of events of the last 20 years,
before going farther with their COM
mitments.
Labor, being interested in the
marketing of Japanese goods, pro-
duced on Japanese levels of living, is
sure to have an interest in the ending
of the Japanese commercial treaty.
The action of the Secretary of
State leaves the little brown men
hanging over the precipice or two. 1t
is to be remembered that a very large
share of the economics of Japan, in
Guiding her military supplies, are tied
up with this treaty and the continu-
ance of it's conditions.
But the share which Japan plays in
American commercial matters, while
perhaps not negligible, is a much
smaller fraction of our economic op-
erations. 1t is hinged quite largely
on our cotton production and dis
posal. And the unhappy relation of
cotton production to the welfare of
the American farmer is now coming
to be better understood. 1t was a
source of Dragging, formerly, that a
million farmers made their living out
of $500 million export of cotton
That means just $500 per farmer
Which is one of the things connected
in the public mind now with the zone
third poorly housed, poorly fed" OF
our American picture.
X X X
"American labor will fail in its duty
if it does not offer the maximum
measure of support to the unfortunate
civil population of Finland in this
hour of it's great stress and need. Or
ganized labor should be, and | hope il
will be, in the forefront of the vast
masses of American citizens who are
eager and ready to offer aid to the
embattled citizens of Finland and tC
help safeguard the free labor move.
ment of their untry."-David Du
binsky, president, international Ladies
Garment Workers Union.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-02-01
WAR THE ISSUE FOR 1910?
(From the Wall Street Jour

MORE than one declared or receptive candidate
A'A for Presidential nomination has lately
prophesed that keeping the United States out of
Europes war would be the issue for the 1910 cam
paign.
An issue is something on which parties dis
agree, something on which. they offer the elecor-
ate a chance to divide. Which party will ask the
voters to disagree on that question?
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-02-01
Truths Pondered While
Riding At Anchor
MIR. MODESTUS
. ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND
= BIG AS A HOUSE
. NEW ARMY BOMBER
. REAL WAR BIRD

y REAL WAR BIRD
Sui generis-
Meaning: the only one of it's kind
Applies to the big bombing plane
on Boiling Field
With four propellers, and wing
planes as big as a house
Built to carry, and to drop, bombs
weighing a ton apiece
No other country has any so large
Nor has any other country the
bombing sights
Enabling the bombing pilot to hit
barrel from 10000 feet up
X x 4
Gyroscopes-
Consist of brains and instinct
Embodied in the whirling wheels
and secret insides-
Of a mechanism which will hold ar
airplane on it's course
Will keep it steady and right-side.
up in a storm
Will find, and follow, almost in.
tangible radio beams
Then land the plane on a flying
field =
More gently than if controlled by
human hands
X x X
These horoscopes have ball bear.
ings-
Which contain balls Of almost ex.
actly the same size
They are allowed to vary within
one 100000 of an inch
Dropping one ball on the floor
makes a dent in it
Throwing out the entire assembly
of five balls
Motion of the plane out of its
course
Defects a knife blade which is ad
justed in fork
The two fitting within one 1O,O00tf
of an inch
DETECTION so slight you could not
feel it with your finger
Acts on a valve releasing OF
pressure on a piston
Piston throws levers which moves
controls of the plane
< X X
In the cold heights
Where airplanes fly over rainbows-
Ice gathers on the edges of wings
menacing-
Adding weight, changing form OF
surfaces, destroying control
So the air magicians add lungs to
the edges of wings
Rubber surfaces which breathe, in
hate and collapse
Dislodging ice sheets as they freeze
and form
But rubber gathers static electricity
from the moving air
Being non-conductor, rubber
gathers and holds
Accommodating charges of LITTLE
lightning pockets
Capable of jumping, when fillet
tight enough
TO some tank of gas contained
within the wing
Until the wizards add some chemi
cal to rubber surfaces
Making of it a conductor instead O.
an insulator-
X X X
These big birds have wings
Also feathers: at least they talk O.
them
Feathering propellers which chang
their angle to the air
While in motion, automatically
changing from power to speed
By motion Of small motors set with
in their heads
Controlled through small steel ar
teries-
Carrying wires and currents from
some metal BRAIN
X X X
War Birds
Fitted with teeth, talons, ant
thunderbolts-
Covered with camoutlage, conceal
ing their dread approach
Powered to cross continents, de
riding oceans
Dread falcons of battle, banishinl
doves of peace
Certain of use, in world gon
mad
Caricatures of progress.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-02-01
GOOD HOUSING Is FUNDAMENTAL

~ SLUMS have long been serious drain upon our
- civic prestige civic well-being, and our
civic pocketbooks. Good housing is one of the
fundamental necessities of life. When homes are
indecent or inadequate the welfare of individuals
and Of the community at large is severly threat
ing.-United States Housing Authority.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-02-01
McNUTT DENOUNCES MONOPOLY

Washington, D. c. (ILNS).-Fed-
eral Security Administrator McNutt
warned group of business leaders
that industrial monopoly is step to-
ward some form of totalitarian gov
ernment. Addressing the National
Automobile Association banquet, Nc
Mutt said Monopoly in any form is
abhorrent to q democratic society"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-02-01

The crystal gazer peered closer into
her mystic glass. 81 see," she whis-
pered, 81 see buried treasure"
Her visitor moved impatiently. 81
know he said. 81 know all about
hlm. He's my wife's first husband"
--Capper's Weekly.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-02-01
WISDOM
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

A cruel story runs on wheels,
and every hand oils the wheels
as they run.-GeOrge Elliot.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-02-01

EASTERN GENERAL WARE STAMPING COMMITTEE COMMIT @ ,
DALE FRED SUTTERLIN JAMES TURNEt
l. WIEATLEY, WM YOUNG EDWARD SEYFlER1
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-04
Charles Flynn
Passed Away
Osalds Business Man,
Son Of Mrs. N. ID. Cowlthorp,
Buried Wednesday

Charles Flynn, of Osakis, oldest
son of Mrs. M. D. Cowlthorp, Of
this city, who passed away Sun
day night, was buried in the Osa-
kis cemetery Wednesday afternoon.
Funeral services were held in the
Osakis Methodist Church at two
o'clock. Death came to Mr.. Flynn
as the result Of the ravages of
cancer.
Mr.. Flynn was born in Rice
county, Minnesota, on February 81,
1882. He has been engaged in the
garage business in Osakis for fiji
teen years. He is survived by his
mother, Mrs. M. d. Cowlthorpe, of
Sank Centre, his wife and one
child, and three brothers and one
sister, all Of whom reside at Osa-
kis. The brothers and sisters are
Roy Flynn, Clarence Flynn, George
Flynn and Mrs. William Owens.
Among those in attendance at the
service were Scott Eastman, broth
err of Mrs. Cowlthorp, Of this city,
and his two sons, Vern and Ardell
and their wives, Of Kenyon, Mime
sofa. These people arrived in this
city Thursday night and remained
overnight in this city at the M. D.
Cowlthorp home.
Mr.. Flynn was well-known in
Sank Centre and was highly re-
spected in the Osakis community,
where he had been a part of the
business circle for so many years.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-04
Local Census
EnunneratOrS
At Work
Ten-Year Population
Census Started
Tuesday, April End
ENDS IN TWO WEEKS
Sank Centre Has
Two Census Takers
Ask Cooperation

Census enumerators started their
duties Tuesday morning, April End
in a national population count in
the regular 10-year federal census
Enumerators for city and rural
areas have been selected by exam
ination and have been instructed
in the requirements Of the census.
Enumerators for Sank Centre
are Fred T. LUX and Mrs. Lauretta
c. Fish. Other enumerators Of this
community are: Sank Centre Town
ship, Harold G. Dean; Getty Town
ship, Ferdinand J. Wiener; Ashley
Township, Marie Eta Shanahan;
Raymond Township, Michael Ess-
Ter.
Each enumeration has been given
defined limits in which to work and
they will make reports on every
family and resident. Work on this
census must be completed within
two weeks, and the cooperation OF
every citizen should be given in
order to help the enumerators COM
plete their work in the specified
time.
Among the questions asked will
be that pertaining to incomes.
Every family will be asked how
large its income is; If it is derived
from wages, salary or commissions.
If the family income is more than
5000, the amount over $1,000 need
not be given. This is under the
plan to obtain for the commerce
department estimates Of the aver
age American family's income.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-04
Legion Band
In Concert at
st. John u
Will Be Held At
University Thursday
Evening At 8:15

Sank Centres American Legion
band of forty pieces, under the di-
rection Of DR.. Paul w. Hanson,
will play a concert at st. Johns
University this evening, Thursday,
at 8:15 o'clock. The event Is
fourth in a series Of spring con-
certs in neighboring communities.
Band members are to meet this
evening at 6:45 o'clock to leave for
the University at Collegeville. 1t
marks a return engagement for the
local band at the University.
A program Of standard marches
and overture selections will be var
led with several speciality numbers.
Jess Clough and Robert Rydholm
will play a cornet duet. Vocal
selections will be added to the pro-
gram by the four trumpeter girls.
The girls are: the Misses Peggy
Phyllis Svenneby, Adeline
Nelson and Shirley Carpenter.
Instrumentation Of the band now
includes: a piccolo, 10 clarinets. 8
saxophones, comets, 4 altos, 3
BASES, 6 trombones, 8 baritones,
and 2 drums. w. d. Gallup Is bust
ness manager of the organization.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-04
TO BUILD HIGHWAY NO. 4 FROM
MERE GROVE TO 81 THIS YEAR

to Mr.. Meyer. The letter further
stated:
1T is our expectation that we
will be able to start this project
this summer, but there are still a
number of matters to be adjusted
with the Public Roads Administra-
ton before we can arrange to OBJ
tain federal funds for financing
fifty percent of the construction.
In view of the fact that a large
amount Of federal funds are avail
able, it is necessary to meet the
federal requirements wherever pos
sible so that federal funds may be
used in financing fifty per cent of
trunk highway construction"
With the above assurance from
the highway department, 1t is pos
sible that work may be started ear
ly this summer and that the extern
sion of Highway No. 4 from Metre
Grove to Highway Az is practical
ly assured.