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The Key West citizen., 1940-01-30
SAWYER OPENS BARBER
SHOP AT NAVAL STATION

Announcement was made this
morning that Berlin Sawyer To-
cal barber, had secured the bar
bershop concession at the Marine
Barracks, and that everything
was in readiness to offer service
to enlisted personnel at the sta
tion.
MIR. Sawyer has employed Os-
car Portela, barber of long ex-
perience including a period of ten
years in New York City, to man.
age the station shop.
The Key West citizen., 1940-01-30
JAYCEES TO MEET
TOMORROW NIGHT

Key West Junior Chamber of
Commerce will hold it's regular
bi monthly meeting tomorrow
evening. 6:30 o'clock, in Rainbow
Dining Room of La Concha Hotel,
President Weintraub requests
a full attendance of the member
ship at this session.
The Key West citizen., 1940-01-30
TRANSPARENT FISH

CUREALL, Mo. - Transparent
fish, from two to five inches long
and without eyes, have been TAX.
en- from the well on the Ozark
farm belonging to Harrison Gar
rett. These fish resemble catfish
and their bones are visible in the
sunlight. The well is 100 feet
deep and the water comes from
an underground stream, six feet
deep.
The Key West citizen., 1940-01-30
PROPOSALS

Sealed bids viii be received
until Tuesday, February 9Th,
1910, 7::30 p. m. for one ID to five
(5) second hand, 11z ton, hy-
draulic dump trucks.
The usual right is reserved to
reject any and all bids.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
jan30-31, 1910
The Key West citizen., 1940-01-30
DIES AT SONS FUNERAL

FORT WORTH, Texas.-Mrs.
Sarah Martha Fitz-Charles col
lapsed and died of a heart attack
at the funeral of her son, Geo.
William FitZ-Charles, So, who
had died of heart attack.
The Key West citizen., 1940-01-30

Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only IA Fahrenheit
The Key West citizen., 1940-01-30

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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-10-17
Slated
For Trenton Pldnt
Ldrge Production Increase
With Added Personnel Is
Scheduled By AR & SIS

Trenton, n. J.-William H. Kelly,
manager of the Trenton plant of the
American Radiator and Standard SAM
tary Corporation, located on klockner
Road at Hutchinson's Mills, last week
announced the firm will undertake
within six weeks an extensive eXpan-
sion program involving a large in
crease in production and employe
personnel.
According to Kelly, two additional
kilns will be constructed, requiring
the hiring of $50 additional workmen.
The company now operates two kilns
and has an employe personnel of ap-
proximately 400 persons. No new en-
ployes will be taken on until con-
struction work is completed.
The building to house the two
gigantic kilns contemplated already is
available. Construction Of the kilns
will begin in month and half and
Kelly said he expects completion dur
ing the course of the Winter.
The Klockner Road pottery was
formerly owned and operated by the
Thomas Maddox Sons Company, and
was purchased by the Standard Manu-
featuring Company in 1929. Previous
ly, in 1928, the Standard Company
and the American Radiator Corpor-
alton merged.
Recently an agreement was reached
and signed with the Trenton Stand
Continued on Page Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-10-17
Congressman Links Harry Bridges
In Plot To Murder Joseph P. Ryan

vania while it was in the Panama
Canal. The Pennsylvania is 6,390-ton
ship owned by the Texas Company.
Anderson's document quoted Car
ney as saying the plot to murder
Ryan never was carried out because
two men who were to aid Carney were
arrested and imprisoned for stealing
records and personal belongings of an
AFL seamen's organizer.
The document concerning the al
legged plot to sabotage the Pennsyl-
vania said the conspiracy was agreed
to in 1886 at a series of meetings of
Communists in San Francisco. 1t said
graphite was to be put into the ships
lubricating system, steering gears
were to be disconnected, and fuel oil
was to be set afire
The conspiracy was not carried out
because "orders were only to sabo-
tage in case the strike was called"
and "we did not get word that a
strike was called until we reached
Havana"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-10-17

Washington, D. CA ruling by
United States Attorney General Jack
son buttressed the policy of the Ma
tional Defense Advisory Commission
to bar corporations which violate Fed
eral labor laws from obtaining gov
ernment contracts.
This policy, approved by President
Roosevelt and agreed to by both the
War and Navy Departments, had one
loophole-could firms held guilty of
unfair practices by the National La
Dor Relations Board be barred i'm
mediately or would their status have
to depend on final court determina-
tion of such cases?
The Defense Commission asked At
torney General Jackson for an opin-
ion on this key question. He respond
ed:
"We have given informal consid-
Grafton to your oral request for ad-
vice as to the effect of findings by
the National Labor Relations Board
that an employer is in violation of
the National Labor Relations Act.
ut seems too clear to admit of
controversy, though we will prepare
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-10-17
All Firms Must Abide By Labor Laws
Or Be Barred From Defense Contracts

a formal opinion if it is requested
through the usual channels, that the
findings of the National Labor Re-
lations Board that an employer is in
violation of the National Labor Re-
lations Act are binding and conclu-
sive upon the other agencies of the
executive branch of the government
unless and until these findings are re-
versed by court of competent juris-
diction."
Mr.. Jackson's ruling Immediately
aroused storm of controversy, but
President William Green of the Am
erican Federation of Labor and other
labor leaders declared they consid-
cred it sound and reasonable.
If the policy of the Defense Com
mission and the ruling of the Attor-
ney General are strictly enforced, it
was pointed out, there is no reason
why the national defense program
should be impeded. The chief result
would be to force corporations to
abide by the law, course of conduct
required of them in any case.
The Commission had made no i'm
Continued on Page Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-10-17
Ldbor Must Hove Voice In Defense,
Citrine Tells The British Convention

Southport, England.-A warning to
employers that Great Britain's labor
unions would not permit any "tinpot
Hitlers" to dictate to them during the
war was issued at the opening of the
seventy-second annual conference of
the British Trades Union Congress by
Sir Walter Citrine trade union leader.
"We are determined" he said, "that
no tin-pot Hitlers shall arise in our
midst in this fight to destroy Hitler
ism and defend democracy. Some en-
ployers seem to think that the trade
unions have no business to deal with
wider questions which these employ
ers describe as managerial func-
tions; but we have staked out our
claims for recognition, which have
been freely recognized by two sue
cessive Prime Minister'S"
President William Holmes, opening
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-10-17
Milk Drivers Sue
Diaries for $4,000
Back Pay Cldi1ned For $500
Workers BY Chicago
TeurnsterS

Chicago OLNS). - Milk Wagon
Drivers Union, Local No. 1853, Inter-
national Brotherhood of Teamsters,
Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Help
ers, A. F. of L., has demanded pay
ment of 1911 900 in back wages in a
suit filed against Chicago dairies in
Superior Court by David A. Riskind,
attorney for the union, in behalf of
$500 members. The action is an out
growth of the recent settlement of a
protracted wage and hours dispute.
The union sets forth in its suit
that one of the conditions for sub
mitting the dispute to arbitration was
that the wage and hour findings of
the arbitrators be made retroactive
to June l, when the arbitration pro-
ceedings began. The award was en-
tered September Is, although the ar
birtators had reached decision Sep
tember S, and in the intervening
weeks since June l, the suit states,
the drivers worked an average Of 69
hours a week, instead of 50, as pro-
vided in the agreement.
Monopoly Case Ended
Established by the arbitrators was
a new wage of 81 cents an hour.
Payment at this rate for the ID extra
hours worked each week above the
new limit of 81 hours was asked by
the drivers. This amounts to $11.34
q week, but the union deducts $4.26,
representing the differential between
the new base wage Of $43.47 and the
old base wage of $4S, leaving the ex-
cess wage claim of $7.08, or $106.2O
for each driver over the Is weeks.
The so-called milk monopoly case,
in which the drivers union was a de-
fendant, was ended by consent de-
cree entered before Federal Judge
Charles E. Woodward. The govern
ment charged, among other things,
conspiracy to charge arbitrary prices
in the Chicago area.
No Admission of Guilt
Defendants signing the consent de-
cree agreed to refrain from the prac-
tees of which the government ac-
cused them, but emphasized that they
were making no admission Of guilt
Continued on Page Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-10-17

Washington, d. C.-Harry Bridges,
West Coast CIO maritime leader, was
accused by Representative c. Arthur
Anderson (D), of Missouri, from the
House floor of having once "conspired
to commit the crime Of murder, and
plotting sabotage of one of our largest
liners in the Panama Canal"
Anderson read into the record what
he said was a transcript of evidence
contained in Justice Department files
to support his charges.
He read one document which quoted
Walter Carney, alleged former Bridges
bodyguard, as stating that two Com
munists, at a meeting attended by
Bridges, agreed to pay Carney $4,000
to eliminate" Joseph Ryan, president
of the International Longshoremen's
Association, so that Communists could
gain control of the union.
Another document read by Ander-
son, which he said also came from
Justice Department files, told of a
plot to sabotage the S. S. PennSyl-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-10-17
Should Americans
Feed Nuzi Victims
Could Innocent be Succored
Without Aiding Hitler
War Machine
BY A. S. Upton

Ominous darkness shrouds the i'm
mediate future of Europe. Public opin-
ion here and elsewhere is getting used
to the idea of a long drawn-out war.
The errand boys of the totalitarian
masters have again met in secret
conclave. They are said to have de-
cided on the redistribution of the
world-that is, if, as and when Great
Britain is defeated.
Or are we safe in assuming that
all this talk about redistribution hides
fundamental differences between the
axis partners? 1t is we'll to remember
that Mussolini's precipitate jump into
the war met with mixed feelings
among the Nazi rulers who were of
the opinion that benevolent non
belligerency" by Italy was much more
in accord with German needs and in
terests.
Here we stand at the beginning of
the equinoctial storms and uncertain
wintry weather. Half a dozen men
meeting behind thrice sealed and bolt
ed doors deliberate upon the fate of
the world. No thought is given to
the millions of affected human beings,
except when the masters feel the time
has come to tell them what is good
for them.
The people simply do not count.
They are moved back and forth, sac
rifccd, lifted out and dropped into the
pond of despair. Millions of Poles, Bel
gians, French, Dutch, Norwegians and
others are shaving for the German
conquerors. They are sullen in defeat,
but no less so are the German work
ers who are subjected night after
night to the slashing counter strokes
of the RAF.
This is truly war of the people,
of the silent inarticulate masses pro-
tected by the armies. But even that
is no longer true. The civilians are
right in the combat zones. They, the
civilians, are fighting the war while
millions of heavily equipped soldiers
sit idly by. Daily and nightly death
rains on city inhabitants from heaven.
Their houses and all earthly belong
Continued on Page Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-10-17
AFL Exemp+s Draffees From Union Dues:
Directly Afflicted Members Affected
WAGE INCREASES
RECEIVED BY LU so
Cdmden Incomes Boosted
Over Fifty Per Cent
Since Lost May

The constant drive of the National
Brotherhood of Operative Potters for
higher standard of living for those
who are under the organizations pro-
lection has again resulted in higher
wage rates for members employed by
the Camden Pottery Co., sanitary
firm. Negotiations were carried on
by the shop committee under the lead
ership of First Vice President E. L.
Wheatley.
Within a period of five months day
workers have been granted increases
totaling as much as So per cent and
in a few cases more.
At present the management of the
company is considering a request for
additional increases in the casting de-
partment and an extra ten per cent
to be paid tank casters expected to
start on a night shift.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-10-17
Printing Trades
Hits Brewers Of
Budweiser Beer
Advertising In DonnelleY.
Printed Magazines Is
Condemned

Chicago, Ill.-The Chicago printing
trades unions have adopted resolu-
ton condemning Anheuser-Busch, Inc,
brewers of Budweiser beer, for ad-
vertising in the two non-union sports
magazines known as National Sports
man and Hunting & Fishing. Both of
these publications are printed by the
notoriously anti-union printing con-
Germ of R. r. Donnelley & Sons Co.
Following is the resolution as
adopted:
WHEREAS, National Sportsman,
Inc, publishers of the two sports
magazines known as National Sports
man and Hunting & Fishing, is now
having it's publication printed under
deplorable nonunion working condi-
tions by the notoriously anti-union
printing concern of r. R. Donnelley
& Sons Company; and
"WHEREAS, The American Feder-
alton of Labor and it's subordinate
state federations of labor have en-
dorsed nationwide campaign against
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company and
all of it's products (including National
Sportsman and Hunting g. Fishing
magazines); and
WHEREAS, Anheuser-Busch, Inc,
brewers of Budweiser beer, St. Louis,
Missouri, is openly defying the Amer
lean Federation of Labor and the men,
bers affiliated Herewith by refusing
] to remove it's advertisements from
the non-union National Sportsman and
Hunting & Fishing magazines; there
fore, be it
"RESOLVED, That this organiza-
tion in regular meeting assembled
place Budweiser beer on the "We Don't
Patronize List" until such time as
Anheuser Busch advertisements are
removed from the non-union National
Sportsman and Hunting & Fishing
magazines; and, be it further
"RESOLVED, That this resolution
be given widespread publicity among
the members and friends of organized
labor in this community; and, be it
finally
Continued on Page Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-10-17

the conference, voiced a demand for
"stern measures if necessary" to as
sure Equality Of sacrifice" in the
British war effort.
Holmes pledged labor to fight Naz-
ism to the end
About $50 delegates attended the
conference, and a resolution pledging
full cooperation with the government
of Prime Minister Winston Churchill
was scheduled for quick passage.
The Congress appeared to be the
most conservative one held since the
World War. More than a score of
local trades councils with Leftist ten
dencies either have been expelled or
drastically reorganized, and it was
indicated that the council would have
little trouble lining up the entire
trade union movement behind the gov
ernment'S war effort.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-10-17

Washington, D. C.-Next year will
bring the largest increase in employ
ment this country has ever witnessed
with new jobs for 100000 to 6,00o,-
600 persons, Secretary Perkins pre-
dicted.
preliminary figures show that de-
fense orders alone at the anticipated
rate of expenditure should involve a
direct increase of employment in de-
fense industries of at least three and
possibly four million workers by the
end of 1941," Miss Perkins said.
"The payrolls of defense workers
will lead to more employment in auto
mobile and furniture factories, in tex
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-10-17
Executive Councils 8 Order Is
Expected To Be Followed
BY National Unions
FOLLOW PRECEDENT
Convention In 1917 Voted to
Exempt Members In
World War

Washington, D. C.-The Executive
Of Labor announced that members of
directly affiliated local unions who
volunteer or are drafted for service
in the nations military forces will be
exempted from dues payments and
will retain their good union standing
during their period of service.
In taking this action, the Executive
Council followed a precedent estab-
lished by the 1917 convention of the
American Federation of Labor which
voted a similar exemption to men,
bers who served in the World War.
President William Green also an
nounced that all City Central Bodies
and State Federations of Labor will
set up machinery to assist draftees to
regain their former positions in in
dustry, wherever possible, after COM
pletion of their year of military train
ing.
"The American Federation of Labor
is determined to do everything in it's
power to protect the status and pro-
mote the welfare of those who are
called upon to serve our country in
its time Of emergency" Mr.. Green
said
at is the clear and patriotic duty
of the American Government, Ameri-
can industry and American labor to
safeguard the physical, moral and
economic well-being Of the young men
who are shouldering the responsible
ity of defending the nation"
Mr.. Green also disclosed that ma
tional and international unions affi-
lated with the American Federation
of Labor are now considering what
action they can take in accordance
with their laws and Constitution to
protect the standing of their members
who are drafted and continue their
rights to union benefits. The national
and international unions during 1889
paid out more than S25,000,000 in
various forms of benefits to members,
including old age pensions, death bene-
fits, health and unemployment COM
pensation and disability payments.
Continued on Page Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-10-17
Members of No. 9b
Anxious To Meet
Mefuchen Potfers
Sixteen Members Register;
Some Expect Call By
Uncle Sam

Perth Amboy, n. J.-President Steve
Macy informed the members of Local
Union No. 96 who were present at
the last meeting that it is his in
tentions to make the meetings short
so that members may be encouraged
to attend more regularly.
1t was passed around the shop that
Vice President E. L. Wheatley would
be at this meeting and some of the
members who attended expected to
get the low down on some questions,
especially what to do about the con-
scription. Brother Ed, it was stated,
had informed Brother Lybeck that he
would be at this meeting, but some
thing came up spelling his plans. APP
proximately eighteen of our members
registered on October 16 and it is
more than likely that some Of them
will be taken into the service.
Brother Nels P. Hansen who still
takes interest in the affairs of our
local, although he is not working at
the trade, was at this meeting and
as usual kept the boys interested with
his good horse sense about unionism.
His talk centered around how to help
a committee He contended that men,
bers should be more Independent in
regards to calling headquarters to get
action on some shop question. The best
way he knew to express this inde-
pendence, he stated, is to attend meet
ings regularly and give the commit
tee ideas on various questions. He
pointed out committees are largely
governed by the enthusiasm Of a large
attendance at meetings which shows
them that the members are ready to
lend support.
Brother John Kish gave a good talk
regarding passing remarks about diff
ferent nationalities in the shop and
thought that it would be good idea
if the boys would eliminate nationality
and religious talk. He stated that
these conversations usually start in a
joking way, but invariably end in
heated argument.
We are informed that our brothers
at the General Ceramics in Metuchen
Continued on Page Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-10-17
New Jobs For Five Million Forecast
As Defense Production Is Increased

tile mills and clothing factories. Re-
tail stores and service industries will
all be stimulated. Although the in
direct effect of defense expenditures
on employment in non-defense indus
iris is felt only after several months,
it should bring about an increase in
employment Of approximately two
million additional workers.
''Total non-agricultural employment
by the latter part of 1941 should ap-
proach a level between five and six
million greater than at the beginning
of the present fiscal year."
She estimated that the present de-
Continued on Page Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-10-17
ALL. Neutral In
Presidential Race
To Publish Punphle: Giving
Labor Records Of Both
Candidates

Washington, D. C.-The Executive
Council of the American Federation
of Labor reaffrmed the traditional
non-partisan political policy of the A.
F. of L. and decided this policy will
be followed in the 1910 Presidential
race.
The Executive Council approved i'm
mediate publication and distribution
among officers and members of the
Federation of a. pamphlet giving the
records of the candidates for Presi-
dent and Vice President of both ma
jor parties; the labor planks recon-
mended to both party conventions by
the A. F. of L., and the planks adopt
ed by both conventions pertaining to
labor.
The Executive Councils declara-
tion of policy, which will be published
as a foreward to the pamphlet, fol-
lows:
"The American Federation of La
Dor has found from experience that
the best interests of its entire mem
bership have been protected and con-
served through strict adherence to
a non-partisan political policy. This
procedure requires that the platforms
of the political parties must be COM
pared and the records of candidates
for office must be carefully studied
and scrutinized. When all such polit-
ical information is made available the
individual members of organized labor
invariably support candidates for Of
fee who are known to be friendly and
sympathetic toward the aims and pur-
poses of the American Federation of
Labor and who enjoy the confidence
and esteem of the members and rep
resentatives of organized labor.
Continued on Page TWo)