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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-09
FUNDS FOR ARMS
PLANTS PROPOSED
Congress Will Be Asked To
Provide Money For Scores
OF New Factories

WASHINGTON, Dec. g. R -
Funds for scores of additional mu-
nitions plants will be asked Of con-
gress, defense officials reported to-
day, to assure an adequate supply,
in event Of war, Of guns, shells,
tanks and planes for land forces of
four million men.
Possibly $500, 900, 900 will be
sought at the session opening next
month to add to the more than
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-09

which to old France had been an
important naval base. The dry
dock area Vas among the targets,
the news service said, and a bomb
hit a power station. There was an
explosion when the station was hit,
Continued on Page Two; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-09
ROOSEVELT VISITS
MARTINIQUE ISLE
Climaxes Caribbean Cruise
With Conference At Po-
tential Trouble Spot

ABOARD U. S. MAYRANT AT
SEA, Dec. S.-(R-President Roose-
welt climaxed his Caribbean defense
inspection cruise today by stopping
off at the French island of Marti-
nique, a potential trouble spot,
where he conferred for one hour
aboard the U. S. S. cruiser Tusca-
loosa with American officials.
U. S. Consul Broker and Capt.
Ernest j. Blankenship, U. S. NJ,
American observers on the island,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-09
NO CHANGE

BELFAST, Northern Ireland,
Ueg' 0'-R-Prime Minister J. M.
n.ufe"S, successor to the late
stllle Minister Viscount Craiga'
,"'' Today declared there would
W no change in the governments
*'aVy toward Fire, its nelghbor
ue South, and that Ulstermer
ren." .
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-21
OUR GOTH CONVENTION
BV William Green


OUR Sixtieth annual convention at New Orleans
~ will usher in the final year of our sixth decade
of work for a better life for the workers of the
United States.
When our organization was founded in Pitts
burgh, November Is, 1881, it represented hope
and constitution. Five years later came reor-
ganzatiOn and full-tnne president who gave HIM
self to the upbuding of the American Federation
of Labor
From less than 50 600 members we have grown
to a new record peak. Ours is a proud record Of
struggle in the service of humanity in which each
new outpost has been won through suffering and
even bloodshed. Our movement has its roots in
the need for justice and the desire for OppOrtuni-
ties for betterment, and it will continue as long
as industry exercises authority over mems lives.
Though the Federation takes pride in reducing
weekly hours of work from an average OF sixty
three to thrty-nine and in increasing the hourly
pay rate from nineteen cents to SlXty-flVe cents,
we measure our permanent gains in the intellectual
and cultural progress resulting from our laws pro-
viding wider and better educational opportunities,
and from the collective bargaining procedure Of
our trade unions, which enables us to control and
direct our own lives and to extend democratic
standards from the political to the economic field,
as well as enabling us to participate wherever
organized society affects our interests.
The organized labor movement develops men
in the service of their felloW-men. One of our
gravest responsibilities is to keep our movement
aSsertiVe and active but without the relentless
and inc0nsderate pursuit of financial gain that
chalacterizes business, and always to fashion our
policies so that our gains shall lead to betterment
for all mankind
Upon our labor movement now rests special
responsibility for the maintenance Of democratic
institutions and procedure during this emergency.
Every union representative must realize that upon
his actions and decisions in behalf of his union Will
depend the maintenance Of democracy in that part
of national life, and that all his ability and expert
ence should 90 to this high service.
"a rjpbt q those matters
which affect our lives, together with the right to
Join conferences for mutual agreement upon the
terms of the contract covering employment OF
workers, are rights inScparabe from real freedom.
Whether our employers are private business men,
the government or an agent OF the government,
these remain our inalienablc rights.
Our immediate responsibility is to maintain
self-2overnment within our organization and the
discipline that Self-gOvernmcnt implies. Upon our
self-discipline mainly depend our opportunities in
the decade which we approach.
The fate Of our democracy will turn upon our
ability to maintain our rights as free workers..
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-21
LABOR IN WAR
WHILE we are fighting for freedom, '

WHILE we are fighting for freedom, we must see
W among other things that labor is Free and
that means a number of interesting things.
1t means not only that we must do what we
have declared our purpose to do-see that the con-
ditons of labor are not rendered more Onerous by
the war-but also that we shall see to it that the
by which the conditions of labor
are improved are not blocked or checked.
If we are true friends of freedom, of our own
or anybody eses, we will see that the power OF
this country and the productivity of this country
are raised to the absolute maximum, and that alb
souely nobody is allowed to stand in the way Of it.
Our duty is to stand together night and day
until the lob is finished. To stand together means
that nobody must interrupt the process of our
energy, if the interruption can possibly be avoided
without the absolute invasion of freedom.
Let us show ourselves Americans by showing
that we do not want to 90 off IN separate camps
or groups by ourselves, but that we want to CO.
operate with all other classes and all other groups
in the common enterprise which is to release the
spirits of the world from bondage.
We must not only take common counsel, but
we must yield to and obey common counsel.
This is a moment more critical perhaps than
the history of the world has ever known, mo-
ment when it is every mans duty to forget him
self to forget his own interests to fill himself with
the nobility of a great national and world con-
ception and act upon q new platform elevated
above the ordinary affairs of life and lifted tC
where men have views of the long destiny of man
kind.-Woodrow Wilson,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-21
STANDARDS TO SEE US THROUGH

'vNIIE calculations had gone wrong-thc worker
had been mistaken for a machine,' was the
conclusion of the Health Of Munition Workers
Committee set up to advise on the health and et-
ficency Of munitions workers in the World War.
Hours limitations and other labor standards had
been abandoned in desperate effort for pro-
ducti0n. That proved that beyond a certain point
increasing the hours did not increase production
but on the contrary accumulated so much fatigue
that normal rest did not countcract it.
"I'he country cannot afford the extravaganza
of paying for work done during lncapacity from
fatigue Just because 50 many hours are spent on
it," concluded this committee after cValuating the
results Of lengthcnng hours.
We have the task Of bringing our national de
fensc to a war basis fully modcrnZed and meChan-
lied to defend the Western Hemisphere. The
United States is just inauguratng its defense pro
gram. On October "A the 1O-hour week provision
of the Fair Labor Standards Act became effective
Our responsibility is to do the defense job within
the shortest time in which it can be we'll done. As
the task is Of such size as to run production dur
alton into at least two years, our work day must
be that Of maximum efficiency for this period.
Sustained efficiency has physical basis, in
volvng adequate time for rest and recreation, goOC
food, good living and working conditions, and
psychological basis in the assurance Of joint ma
chinery to act upon problems and grievances.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-21
Legislation Conference Postponed

Washington, d. c. QLNS).-The
Seventh National Conference on Labor
Legislation scheduled to begin in
Washington on November II, has been
postponed until December 9, the De-
partment of Labor announced. The
conference is held annually at the call
Of the Secretary of Labor.
Verne A. thinner, director of the
Division of Labor Standards, who is
in charge of arrangements for the
meeting, explained the conference was
postponed because many state labor
officials were planning to attend other
meetings in connection with the con-
ventions of the American Federation
Of Labor and the Congress Of Indus
trial Organizations.
Governors of approximately 40
states and territories will be repre-
sented at the December conference.
In addition to reviewing the progress
of state labor Legislation, the meeting
will discuss the integration of state
labor regulations with the national de-
fense program.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-21
EMPLOYMENT RISE IN n. Y.

Albany, n. Y. QLNS).-Employ-
ment in New York state factories ad-
vanced 2.7 per cent from the middle
of September to the middle of October,
Industrial Commissioner Miller re-
ports. Payrolls rose 80 per cent in
the same period. These gains are
greater than the usual net changes
from September to October as record
ed in the last 26 years. The average
changes since 1914 have been gains of
O.5 per cent in employment and of
0.3 per cent in payrolls. The main
factor contributing to the October
gains was the continued expansion in
the metals and machinery and textile
groups of industries.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-21
'BUY UNION'' FOR CHRISTMAS

HEAVIEST Christmas buying in a decade is
hh predicted this season.
Americans will have approximately three
billions dollars more in their pockets to buy Christ
mas gifts, the Chicago Association Of Commerce
estimates.
This, as they used to say is "all to the merry
1t indicates more employment, rising standards of
living, better times.
How much of the increased total of spending
will 90 for unon-made goods and services? That
depends largely on members of labor organizations
They can give big boost to sale of union-made
products and services by buying union" for
christmas.
Which means demanding the union label
on everything they purchase and by insisting
on being served by union men and women.
Union label buying Of holiday goods will in
Icrcase employment of union members, strengthen
the position of union workers in dealing with their
employers, promote organization of labor, help to
increase wages and thereby increase national pul-
chasing power and have many other beneficial re-
suits.
A good union member will lose no opportunity
to "buy union for the holiday season.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-21
AID IN TAX STUDY PROMISED

New York City.-Labor is ready to
accept any invitation by the National
Association of Manufacturers or the
United States Chamber of Commerce
to cooperate in a study of tax prob
lens, Matthew Woll, American Fed
Grafton of Labor vice president, told a
conference here. "The problem of
stimulating the incentives to existing
and private enterprises, to increase
employment, to make improvements
and to supply services III the face
of a crushing volume of total tax
alton is one of the urgent questions Of
the day and one in which labor is
deeply concerned" Woll said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-21

The workers of the United States are willing
and ready to give to the utermost in defense OF
the way of life that we call democracy. The basis
of democracy we believe, is an appreciation of the
value and the possibilities of human beings, with
the consequent obligation to provide opportunities
for human progress.
Democratic civilization seeks to make material
progress and organizatonal achievements serve
human welfare, and to make all things honor the
human beings whose production and creative abill-
ties are responsible for progress.
Limitations on hours of work are necessary to
conserve the creative and productive abilities of
those working for Others
They are the ultimate stronghold of human
capacity to be maintained in our defense campaign.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-21
VALUABLE L. S. PUBLICATION

pamphlet called Workers and National Defense
at the suggestion and with the help Of labor union
officials
1t aims to answer ina practical way, such ques-
tionS as these How do | 90 about getting job in
defense producton-ether in the Government or
in private industry? What kind of workers are
likely to be needed most now? Where can one get
training for the Jobs that need to be done? Can
Il brush up on skills which have become rusty?
Then it discusses the maintenance of labor
standards at time when production is geared to
defense needs. It touches on collective bargaining
minimum wages and maximum hours, and the pro-
lection of workers. safety and health.
Copies may be obtained by interested indi-
lviduas or organizations who write to the Division
of Labor Standards, u. S. Department Of Labor
Washington, d. c.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-21
RECRUITED IN CHURCHES

New Orleans.-A night crew of the
Alexandria Office of the state employ
ment service found itself temporarily
stymied when a large order for negro
laborers was placed. The order was
filled on time through the quick think
ing of an employe Of the department
who made hasty round Of the Negro
churches and made talks to the men
from the pulpits.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-21
Truths Pondered While
Riding At Anchor
MR.. MODESTUS
WE PREFER PEACE
. BUT ARE NOT SCARED
LET UNEMPLOYED PRODUCE
FOR THEIR OWN USE

. BUT ARE NOT SCARED
. LET UNEMPLOYED PRODUCE
FOR THEIR OWN USE
Well, that's over
Sure! Everything is peaceable now:
if, and but
1t is all settled, who gets the jobs
Only, it would be nice to be good
winner
Provided you don't forget, anyhow
That we already have a date for
the next fight
X X X
What was this election all about,
anyhow?
Nobody really cared whether the
Roosevelt boys
Were in the Marines, the Air Corps,
or the movies
Of course, the D. A. r. still are en-
ranged, inside
About Eleanor, and Marion Ander-
son, and Constitution Hall
But Joe Louis is willing to forget
it all
Hugh Johnson is still carrying ants
in about the same old places
But if a third term meant 13 years
instead of 12-
Willkie could have saved a lot of
his voice
X X X
Was this an American Hitler, losing
an election
Then coming up for share in the
administration
And just what are those eternal
principles
For which he was conducting a
"crusade"?
That is, outside Of the Power Com
panies-
Some coal miners unions
Protested against st. Lawrence
River power developments
Were those some of the left wing
unions
Trying to hamper American and
Canadian cooperation?
Or were they making common cause
with WILKES crusade?
Or did that have something to do
with John L. Lewis walkout?
Power companies claim steam is
cheaper than water power.
So they don't want any government
plants in st. Lawrence River
Did this have anything to do with
that crusade?
We much prefer peace
But don't force America into a
fight
United States voters are not much
scared
By prospects of war, which seems en-
tirely possible, now
Nor by political superstitions or
taboos-
Maybe you can fool all of 'em part
of the time
Probably you can fool part of 'em
all the time
But Lincoln said: You can't fool all
of 'em all the time
Now, who do you suppose shifted
those few thousand votes
Just so they would keep F. d. r
on the job?
1t couldn't have been jim Farley
this time
Jim's wife took him out of the
game
Or, did she?
X X X
Somebody said something about
''more production
Did that mean production for use
of the producers
Making tanks, airplanes, won't alb
sorb all our surplus labor
There will be demolished men OF
the loose again, soon
Armies of surplus men and women
looking for something
Better find out what kind of indus
trial pattern
Will take up all this surplus o.
trained humanity
Before it gets to be embarrassing
again
Let the UNEMPLOYED produce
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-21
WIS DOM

The danger of minding other
peoples business is twOfold. First,
there is the danger that man
may leave his own business un-
attended to; and, second, there is
the danger of an impertinent in
reference with anOther's affairs.
The friends of humanity" almost
always run into both dangers.
William Graham Sumner.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-21
DEMOCRACY SEEN CHALLENGED

New York City ULNS) ).-Solicito
General Francis Biddle warned here
that democracy, even in the United
States, is a challenged faith" He
said national unity consisted of two
essentials, the achievement of COM
mon aspiration and single purpose
and the preservation at the same time
of the field of free criticism under
which American institutions operate.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-21
WHAT NEXT2

To find the location Of radio
stations brOadcasting wi hOut
proper authority, the Federal
Communications Commission now
uses an ingenious device, built
into an automobile. The driver, by
noting the direction from which
radio beams come to two different
places, can plot the location of one
of these ''bOOtleg" stations to
within about 100 yards.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-21

Success in business is more often
achieved through observance of simple,
obvious rules than through uncanny
and deep cunning.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-21

. EASTERN GENERAL WARE STAMPING C%oMMITTEE % ,,r
DALE FRED SUTTERLIN JAMES
Operatives Z. L. MHEATLEY. VIM =. YOUNG EDWARD SEYFIERT
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-21

One of the worst problems Britain
faces in her mounting loss of merchant
shipping. Axis surface raiders and
submarines are doing tremendous
amount of damage, as Churchill re-
Gently admitted in Parliament, and the
convoy system is not working WELL
Reason for that is lack of warships to
use as conveys, inasmuch as England
must keep great forces in the Mediter-
ranean and in home waters. Also, Ger
man destruction of British destroyers
has been exceedingly great.
Some think that before long British
may appeal to this country for still
more ships-principally destroyers and
small cruisers of modern, high-speed
types. Whether we'd agree is any
body's guess. Certainly public opin-
ion developed with incredible speed in
favor of more and more help to
Britain during the last year There
lis no apparent reason why it should
not continue to do so, particularly in
the light of Mr. Roosevelt's extremely
pro-British stand.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-21

WESTERN GENERAL WARE STANDING COMMITTEE
JOHN McGIIVRAY LOUIS PIESLOCK F. HAYNES
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
BEACH TO Open
EARLY THIS YEAR
Wrightsville Beach Resorts
Begin Preparing For
Opening

The prospects are that Wrights-
vile Beach will open it's season g
little earlier this year than usual.
The Ocean Terrace will open June
1 and will be the meeting place for
two conventions: Order Of the East
ern Star, June 10, II, and u, and
the North Carolina Association OF
Mutual fire agents, June 81 and ~
"A third story addition to the Paris
cottage is being planned by Mrs
j.. D. Beatty. Renovations are plan
ned at the Pullen cottage by Mrs,
E. T. Pullen.
Mrs. R. c. Muse and Miss Marga'
ret Stroup, of Hamlet, are arrang'
ing an early opening for the Tenn
pie and Carolina cottages. The Bat
son cottage has already been opened
by Mrs. C. M. Batson.
Mrs. G. M. Lands, of Charlotte.
plans to open the Lands cottage
about May 1. The Seaforth Inn, OPP
Grated by Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hur-
sey, has been undergoing renovation
and will be opened shortly.
Lumina plans to open officially
about June Is and the Lumina cot
tages will be open for occupancy
about May 1. A new hotel and res
taurant, to be known as the ,Lumina
Inn, will be opened about May l..
Most of the fishing fleet, now in
winter quarters at Swansboro, has
been heard from recently. The fleet
plans to return about May !.
Fishing fleet captains heard from
to date include: Harry Moore, of the
"Sonnyboy"; Willie Moore, of the
"Tanger"; Clyde Piner, who last veal
had the Valhalla, is bringing a new
boat called the "Lucille"; and Tom
Murreli, of Wilmington, who recent,
ly launched a new boat, Sea Gull
II, a new sea skiff, with ITO horse
power motor, and 80 mile an hour
speed, now in the river, to be taken
to Wrightsville about May l..
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
DR.. Carter To Begin
Reuiual Series Here

DR.. William Howard Carter, pas
tor of the First Full Gospel Taber.
naele church of Goldsboro will begin
a series of revival services at the
Eighth Street Free Will Baptist
church Monday night and will con.
tlnue for two weeks, it was a
nounced today by the Rev. Ruth T.
Ketchum, pastor.
DIR. Carter is widely known in
Eastern Carolina having conducted
revival services here sometime ago.
Nr. Carter has been in the ministry
for 1S years, beginning when only
II years of age, and has won recogn'
ition for his work in the ministry
and as an organizer.
Besides his pastoral duties DR.. Car.
ter is editor-in-chief of the Full Cos.
pei Herald published in Baltimore,
Md.
DIR. Carter is a state official of e
Woodmen of the World and is now
directing public relations for the
North Carolina Woodmen.
DR.. Carter will be accompanied to
Wilmington by Mrs. Carter and his
secretary, Miss Doris Virginia Byrd.
The public is cordially invited to
attend these services each night at
1870 >p. m.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
~SoPYRiGHr. is4
NEA SERVICE, INC.

out too much difficulty! A few sig.
nlficant hints that the police would
like to know of their deeds, turned
the trick. Ann prepared and served
Inc dinner that night. Irene tried
10 help, unsuccessfully. The next
day Ann interviewed applicants and
fllled the positions, eliminating one
OF the maids. In a weeks time the
machinery of the household was NOV.
ing without a hitch.
Irene returned the roll of silver
TO AIMS room. These spoons are
lovely" she said. Aren't You slad
they're not engraved. Your initial
IS different now" She was delighted
over the turn of events,
Ann was equally pleased. isn't
it wonderful, Irene"
Il think So"
steve was not at all impressed by
eHe Aews. lie merely said, Wasn't
L the first to notice a family resem-
blance?"
well, not quite the first" Ann
told him.
Maybe you'll go out with me
now" he suggested. "As hired help
you were a bit too uppity. How
about the Athens Club spring for.
mai? It's coming off next week.
was planning to drag you there by
the hair Of your head"
rs that SOP"
You bet that's So"
Ann was not at all sure that she
wanted to attend the Athens Club
party. Since coming to the Temple
house, the bruised feeling in her
heart had lessened just enough to
make it e%ndurable. She was trying
CALAMITY to put Paul Hayden from
her mind and the party might bring
all the old memories to life. Not that
they showed any inclination to die,
they fingered on, tormenting and en-
FILTERED. Why hadn't Paul loved her?
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
Gee Has Planted l9
Million Trees In N. {.

WASHINGTON, March 23.-P)-
James J. McEntee, CCC director
said today that the Civilian Conser-
walton corps had planted 9 1000, 00C
forest trees in North Carolina since
1888.
"The tree-planting job being car
ried out by the CCC in North Caro-
lina," he said, els the largest ever
attempted by a single work force.
Lands being reforested are those
which have suffered greatly from
heavy cutting and forest fires. Many
are of vital importance in the pro-
lection of watersheds"
McEntee said that North Caro-
lina's national forests have increased
from 420,700 acres in 1888 to more
than 100000 acres today.