The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-02-01
ewRudio Program
Office of Education Begins
democracy In Action
Series Sunday

Washington, d. C.-The story of
the largest pay envelope in the world,
that of 45,OC0,O00 wage earners, and
the relationship of wage earners to
the Federal Government, will be dra-
matized in a group of radio programs
to be broadcast on the u. S. Office of
Education radio series, Democracy in
Action" The Department of Labor
and other Government agencies supply
authentic frst-hand facts for these
scripts.
U. S. Commissioner of Education
John w. Studebaker said that the new
group of S episodes reviewing $50
years of the relations Of the Federal
Government to labor, will be titled
"For Labor's Welfare" This is the
fifth group of democracy in action
programs devoted to major functions
of government. The series is heard
Sundays from 200 to 2:3O p. m. EST
over the Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
tenn.
The titles and dates for "Labor's
Welfare" during February are as fol-
lows:
Feb. 4-Life and Limb. Advances
made in safety in the shop mill and
mine. The relation of working con-
ditions to public health. The story
of accident compensation. The Ma
TONS battle against industrial dis
eases.
Feb. 11.-Tmmigrants All--Workers
All. From 1920 to 1886, more than
38,OO0,OOO immigrants from all parts
of the world sought homes and jobs
in the United States. What has this
spectacular movement of people meant
to Americas pay envelope-to our
economic progress-to our standards
of living?
Feb. 18-Help Wanted-Jobs Want
ed. How the people have called upon
the Government to help them find and
hold jobs. How recent legislation
regulates hours, wages, and working
conditions.
Feb. 25-Home and Mill. The story
of women and children in industry.
The Government takes up the prob
lem of the welfare Of working girls,
married women, mothers and grand
mothers, and the equalizing of dis
PARTIES in wages between the sexes.
serving of Individual portions of food.
Here are some Of the items that
were listed as coming under that in
nocent designation of "cups and their
saucers and plates":
Cups-custard, cream soup, egg,
bouillon; saucers-fruit, oatmeal, ice
cream; plates-bread, cake, chop, but
ter.
The thing we d;A object to in the
treaty as carrying most serious men
ace to our industry was the full 30
per cent reduction on the duty COW
ering bone china. This, according to
the treasury department definition, is
china the body of which contains 25
per cent or more of calcined bone.
This type of china had carried a
slightly different rate of duty under
the Underwood Wilson bill but was in
cluded with all other china in the
Hawley- -Smoot bill. The contention of
the importers that this type of china
came almost exclusively from England
was true.
A very limited quantity at that time
was coming from one factory in
Japan. 1t was made in this country
by only single company, the LenoS
Co. of Trenton, N. j. feel sure all
of you gentlemen know something OF
this company. Their representative is
here and will speak later.
The serious danger in this to oul
industry, as whole, is that the Jap
anese manufacturers who have beer
exporting to us the cheaper grade OF
china and against which we are un-
able to compete even with our earth
enware, simply will add little cal
cium phosphate to their body mix anc
obtain a SO per cent reduction in duty
which will mean that about the only
limitation there will be on the quan.
tity they can sell in this country, viii
be the capacity of their factories.
Our Representatives warned the
British importers at the time of the
hearing, that they probably would be
the first ones to suffer from re-
duction in the tariff on this class OF
china, as the factories in Japan max
ing the finer grades of china already
had started the manufacture of bone
china that was equal in quality to the
English product.
1t therefore was interesting, to say
the least, to see on display in one OF
the Pittsburgh department store!
within the last month japanese bone
china dinner sets at $120 and compar
able in every way to the English set:
at from $3.50 to $500.
Now, gentlemen, hope l have made
it clear why the china and earthen
ware industry is opposed to the con
tinuation of the present reciprocal
trading act and why we are sure W.
are in for bad time under the con
cessions that were made in the British
treaty, just as soon as the China-Jap
anese war is over and Japan has th'
manpower available to operate he
china factories-which we have beer
advised by representatives of our gov