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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-06-27
Green And Duffy Speak At Post Office
Clerks Dinner In WeI|sviIIe, Saturday
Locul Union l2Hus
New Inside Guard
Lunning Nonindtes. Makes
Excellent Campaign
For Ldnning

Local Union No. IL now has a new
inside guard. The local has been 60
ing along for years, electing officers
twice annually with little trouble in
choosing man for this important
post. Bu. this year a worthy oppon-
ent who was not adverse to taking
advantage of an absent brother was
found.
It might be said that the office of
vice president of the Brotherhood act
ed as a boomerang against Joshua
Chadwick, the heretofore invincible
inside guard, since his duties made it
impossible for him to be present at
the meeting when the usurper made
his successful effort to dislodge the
perennial official.
In the midst of the election George
Lanning arose to state that inasmuch
as Mr.. Chadwick was absent he
thought it an excellent opportunity for
his man, whom he considered extreme
ly we'll qualified for the position, to be
named to the office of inside guard. He
ended with, II give you George Lam
ming" After being seconded, Mr.. Lam
ming arose to point out the qualifica-
tions of his favorite. He was indeed
eloquent in his praise Of Mr.. Lanning
in a speech that could we'll be used in
Philadelphia this week.
Mr.. Lanning won the post.
/ And of course you've read of Brade
Bowersock who became involved in an
argument in the Diamond recently
with friend over the amount Of ware
he could transport in his car to a pro-
posed roadside stand in the east. Wax
ing pretty warm, he asked his pal to
walk down the street with him to
where his wife would be waiting in
the car and he would demonstrate just
how it could be done.
(Continued on Page TWo)
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-27
new COMPENSATION
RACKET IS CHECKED

New York, N. "A warning to en-
ployers in laundry and other service
Industries against "a new racket de-
signed to evade the payment of work
mems compensation insurance" was
issued by Industrial Commissioner
Frieda S. Miller She cited the case
of Maurice Greenberg, an insurance
broker, convicted in the New York
Court of Special Sessions of selling
workme ms compensation insurance
posters at SIS apiece to laundry OPP
orators, representing to them that by
placing these posters on their premises
they could mislead labor department
investigators into believing that they
carried workmen's compensation in
surance, whereas they carried none in
fact.
"We hope other employers will not
be taken in by such representations
as Mr.. Greenberg made, because we
can assure them it does not pay either
in money, time or trouble" Commits
sioner Miller said.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-27
President of A. F. of L. Says Labor Stand Ready Give
ut Becomes Our Solemn Duty to Avoid Strikes

Washington, D. C.--President Will
liam Green served notice on the entire
nation in a radio address over the
Columbia Broadcasting System that
the American Federation of Labor
stands ready to do anything in reason
to speed the national defense pro-
gram.
He declared that the great army of
workers enrolled in the A. F. of L. al
ready are giving service in industry
"the like Of which this country never
before has seen." He insisted that
the leaders of A. F. of L. unions have
measured up to their obligations and
the demands of the national emer-
gency ain a way that warns my
heart" Then he added:
81 challenge anyone to point to a
single request for help and co-opera-
tion from the government of the
United States which has not received
an instant and favorable response
from the leaders Of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor.
III challenge anyone to point to a
single strike by any American Fed
Grafton of Labor union which has de-
layed or impeded the national defense
program.
T challenge anyone to point to a
single instance where any responsible
official of the American Federation of
Labor has attempted to embarrass or
sabotage the national defense pro-
gram for selfish reasons, for organiza-
tional advantage or for anti-Ameri-
can, political ends"
While vigorously upholding labor's
right to strike, Mr.. Green declared
that in the defense emergency "it be-
comes our solemn duty to avoid strikes
and to prevent Interruptions of work.
He said:
"The national defense policy of the
American Federation of Labor, as de-
termined by its recent sixtieth annual
convention, is clear-cut and definite
| We stand four-square in support OF
the national defense program. We
commit ourselves to avoid strikes, not
only for trivial reasons, but for
scarcely any cause, unless particular
conditions become completely unbear-
able. We are ready to make any rea-
sonable and necessary sacrifices, the
sacrifices that the government may
be forced to call upon all citizens to
make in the course Of events. We
say to our government-'Show us
what you want us to do and we will
do it. If any sacrifices are necessary,
show us why they are necessary and
we will cheerfully agree to them
We are with you to the finish. That
is the policy of the American Fedora
tion of Labor"
Outlining some of the constructive
things A. F. Of L. organizations al
ready have done to help the defense
lprogram, Mr.. Green said:
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-27

"Our unions in the building con-
struction and metal trades fields have
sought out and mobilized thousands
of skilled, unemployed mechanics who
reside in remote sections of the coun-
try, and have helped to move hun
dreds of thousands of skilled workers
from their home communities to pro-
duction centers where they were
needed to construct army barracks,
ships, airplanes and national defense
supplies.
"Our union leaders in the past few
months have helped to settle many in
dustrial disputes by peaceful means
around the conference table. They
have accepted compromises, and they
have deferred legitimate demands be-
cause they, as we'll as everyone else,
were anxious to avoid interruptions
of work. They have widely enforced
system of strict self-discipline
among local unions to avoid provo
cations and disputes. They have
pledged themselves to exhaust every
possible avenue of mediation and con-
ciliation before even considering
strikes"
The record and the policies of the
A. F. of L. merit praise rather than
criticism, Mr.. Green emphasized. He
assailed those members of Congress,
industrialists and others who have
given vent to anti-labor expressions
for "trying to develop class hatred
at time when we must be united
nation" He reminded these critics
of the public tribute paid to the A.
F. of l.. at it's recent convention by
Secretary of War Stimson, who said:
3Your response to the country's
needs has already been swift and gen
erous. 1t merits the warmest commen-
dation from the War Department and
the rest of the country"
The A. F. of l.. does not have to
be "sold" on the urgent necessity of
national defense because it realized
the danger from totalitarianism long
before any other group in the nation,
Mr.. Green pointed out. Further en-
phasizing the patriotism of the A. F.
Of L., he said:
eve have no left-wing or right
wing in the American Federation of
Labor. We have no Communists,
Nazis or Fascists in positions Of in
fiuence in our movement. We have
among our millions of members and
among our leaders fine and repre-
sentative cross-section of American
citizens who are ready to lay down
their lives, if necessary, in defense
of their country"
Mr.. Green concluded:
eve of labor are fortunate, and the
entire nation is fortunate, in that
the present government of the United
States understands and sympathizes
with the needs and aims of American
workers. Our government knows that
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-27
LARGE sum SPENT ON
PROPERTY REPAIRS

Washington, D. C. (ILNS). - Well
over one hundred million dollars worth
of work has resulted from the autumn
campaign for property modernization
and repair launched August Is by the
building industry in cooperation with
lending institutions and the Federal
Housing Administration.
Using F. H. A. Title I loans as
gauge, this campaign has almost
doubled the volume of modernization
work in America and has been the
most successful in recent years, ex-
ceeding even the autumn of 1886, the
F. H. A. says.
While the campaign is continuing
into the winter months, much has
been accomplished in the banner
months of September, October, and
November.
Before the campaign began, Title
loans were being reported by lending
institutions to the F. II. A. for insur-
ance at the rate of around 10000 loans
amounting to about $4,000,0OO a week.
In September, October, and November
this rate almost doubled, averaging
around 1860 loans amounting to ST.
692,0 900 week.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-27
MAINTAIN PRESENT
LABOR STANDARDS,
GREEN EMPHASIZES
President of A. F. of l.. Predicts Good
Year for Workers of Nation.

Washington, D. C. (ILNS). - The
future security of the United States
depends to large extent on the
maintenance Of labor's standards" +"
President William Green of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor declared in a
New Years statement which said that
1941 appears full of promise for
American workers.
In support Of this optimistic view,
President Green said:
"Already the tragic army OF the un-
employed which the nation has been
compelled to support for the last ten
years is being rapidly absorbed by
private industry. Unemployment to-
tails have dropped to 100000. By the
end of the coming year we predict
that 100000 new jobs will have been
created and the army of the unem-
ployed practically will have disap-
peared.
Must Think of Future
"This is an encouraging prospect
and labor has further reason for graft
fication in the realization that the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-27
4O-Hour Week Is Mobilizing
America, Wage-Hour Head
Tells Manufacturers Group
Also Enforcing Widespread Training of Americans in Pro-
ductve Skills-Says Minimum Wage and Industrial
Wage Orders Have Added to Workers Income.

down to the employment of one or
two in the very smallest establish
ments.
Job Indices Rising
"This increased employment is be-
ing forced not only in factories and
mines, but in wholesaling, transpor-
tation and commercial establish
ments."
Indices Of employment are rising,
Col. Fleming pointed out. The index
of factory employment in August was
104; 108 in September, and 10 in Oc-
tober. Social Security Board records
of jobs in private industry show an
increase of 100000 over last year.
Fleming said that current protests
about the 40-hour week were not COM
ing from manufacturers. He termed
them 'literary rather than industrial" !"
"When the 4O-hour week pinches,
/ hear about it" he said. Operators
of canneries and wholesale establish
ments, he added, brought pressure to
be relieved of the penalty Of time and
half for overtime, but manufactur-
ers had not done so. His offer to de-
bate, the 4O-hour week on the radio, he
said, had been declined by more than
a score of public figures.
Overtime Penalty Championed
"The board assigned to the task of
mobilizing the American industrial
power" Col. Fleming said, considers
the overtime penalty one of its most
valuable implements in accomplishing
it's task. I am referring to the Ma
tional Defense Commission. When the
question of continuing present labor
standards was brought before Stet-
tinius, Knudsen, Budd, Hillman, Hen
derson, Davis and Elliott, they were
all of the same mind-that the present
legal standards should be continued" !"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-27

United States Government is deter
mined to protect it's hard-won eco
nomic, social and Legislative gains.
1--WE must think not only of today
and tomorrow and the months of 1941
but of the years ahead. Our future
security as a nation depends to large
extent on the maintenance of labor's
standards"
President Green expressed pride in
the record A. F. Of L. members have
made in defense production and said
there had not been a single strike by
an A. F. of L. union which impeded the
defense program. He said labor is
ready to do its full duty in the defense
of American democracy, and added:
A. F. l.. at Peak Strength
"The ranks Of the American Fedora
tion of Labor are stronger today nu-
merically, financially, spiritually, and
in every other way, than ever before
This great army Of American workers
IS 100000 strong-is now pitching in
with all its skill, training and genius
to do the job set for it in the govern
ment's blueprints-building the most
powerful and invulnerable defense
structure in our nations history.
ALREADY the program is squirting
ahead Of schedule because the men and
women Of the American Federation OF
Labor are contributing not only OF
their strength and their craftsmanship
but high patriotic fervor and an un-
conquerable spirit Of confidence.
american workers want peace
They are willing to do everything In
their power to keep America at peace
That is why they are giving whole
hearted support to the national de.
tense program and are ready to make
any necessary sacrifice to bring about
the success of the defense program.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-27
Bridges Deportation
Predicted By Hoover

Miami Beach, Fla.-Director j. Ed
gar Hoover of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation said he believed "evi-
dence we have submitted to the De-
partment of Justice is sufficient to
justify deportation of Harry Bridges" ]"
West Coast c. I. o. leader.
Hoover said the F. B. /. had sent a
2,500-page report to Attorney General
Robert H. Jackson. "This report con-
firms that Bridges is Communist and
that the Communist party advocates
overthrow of the United States Gov
ernment," Hoover asserted.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-27

New Yeak City (ILNS).-The 40
hour week is enforcing the employ
ment of America, Col. Philip B. Flem-
ing, administrator of the Wage and
Hour Division, u. S. Department of
Labor, told the forty-fifth Annual Con-
gress of American Industry, sponsored
by the National Association of Man.
ufacturers.
"More important" Col. Fleming
said, "the 4O-hour week is enforcing
widespread training of Americans in
productive skills. The most valuable
and powerful of our resources is get
ting into action-the manpower of our
130 millions"
The thirty-cents-an-hour minimum
wage, and industrial wage orders, he
said, have added more than $780,
100000 a year to workers pay enve-
lopes.
Col. Fleming addressed the manu-
facturers as soldier. He emphasized
the Importance of workers morale.
He referred to a resolution of the
National Association of Manufactur-
ers' Employment Relations Commit
tee opposing compulsory arbitration
of industrial disputes, and told his
audience that the one way to avoid it
was to succeed in maintaining good
labor relations.
"40-HOur Week Working"
"The enforcement of the 40-hour
week, with it's penalty for overtime, y
Col. Fleming said, ''is one of the most
important assignments soldier could
have in the defense of his country.
"The 4O-hour week is working. Re-
ports coming to my office indicate
that it is causing plant after plant
to go on two and three-shift opera
tion; that it is Fastening the employ
ment of hundreds in good-sized plants
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-27
Chicago Teachers Form
List OF Blood Donors

Chicago, Ill.-Officials of the Chi
cago Teachers Union announced plans
to protect its members in sickness
emergency through volunteer blood
donors list. The blood of each men,
Der volunteer will be typed by the
Civic Medical Center, medical or
ganization officially endorsed by the
union, which believes itself to be the
first large lay organization to arrange
for such far-seeing preventive med
ical action.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-27
AFL For National Defense First,
Green Replies To Labor Critics;
Champions AFL Defense Support

it is not only essential to have our
soldiers and sailors well-fed, we'll
clothed, well-housed and well-equipped
but that it is even more essential to
have the nations first line of defense
its great army of workers-well-
fed, well-housed, well-clothed and in
good moral and physical health"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-27
COMPENSATION PROVIDED
FOR CANADIAN JOBLESS

Ottawa, Can.--An annual fund of
$61, ,410, 900 will be devoted to compen-
sation for the jobless in Canada under
the nationwide scheme of unemploy-
ment insurance enacted last summer
and soon to come into operation.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-27

Advertise In The Press.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-06-17
Red Cross Lists Names Of
Swim Certific ate Winners

Names of those who receiveda
Red Cross swimming certificates
as a result of the two week course
conducted in Ell Centre were an
nounced Monday by Mrs. w. j.
Meagher of the Ell Centre chapter.
Twenty-four passed in the begin
nerS division of LOG. They were:
Fay Jewel. Madeline Golden,
Moon Woo. Bob Miller. Bob Man
ming, Earl Hancock, Jimmy Moore,
Howard Shelton, David Nuffer,
Floyd Thomas, Beverly Holmes,
Mary June Blackwood, Arlene Jones,
Billy Tyler, Martha LizarraraS, Mar
tina McNutt, Tony Adams; Women's
class: Mrs. Daisy Carey, Miss Gene
We've Moody. Mrs. Lynn Chandler.
Velva McDougle, Mrs. Geo. Fluter,
Mrs. Haig Tatosiay, and Mrs. D.
Wolf.
In the intermediate, II out of 80
got certificates:
Billy Stoddard, Joyce Fawcett,
Pattie Weatherbie, Helen Worth
ington. Ann Havekorst, Don Chris
tan, Dexter Babcock, David Sum-
ner, Phyllis Smith, Herbert Faw-
cett, Fredes Smith, Lorraine STAFF
ford, Richard Hulsizer, Allan Ryer-
son, Doyle Blackwood, Patricia
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-06-17
Bill Asks nPer
Cent Increase in
Naval Strength

WASHINGTON. June 17-CUP)-
Chairman Carl Vinson of the house
naval affairs committee today in
troduced naval expansion bill
calling for a % per cent increase
n the U. S. Navy by the addition
OF 81 warships at an ultimate cost
of $1,000 100000.
Vinson introduced the measure
less than an hour after President
Roosevelt had signed another naval
expansion bill for an IL per cent
increase in fighting tonnage-repre-
i Senting % new warShipS.
VinSon said that $80,000000 de-
ficiency appropriation would be ask
ed Immediately to start the new
program. 1t woul increase to pa
the number of ships being built by
/ the navy. he said.
The new bill would authorize con-
struction of another 379.600 fighting
tons as follows:
Aircraft carriers. 1880 tons, three
! ships;
Cruisers. $4,000 tons. IL ships:
DestroyerS. 80l00 tons, Al ships;
Submarines. $4,000 tons, % ships
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-06-17

is estimated at S654902 30, and al
ready congress has begun appro-
priating the funds to build them.
The bill also authorizes an in
crease in the number of useful
lighter aircraft TO Is. The IA
Wy now has seven blimps in service.
Other features of the bill are:
/. Authority for a S35 100000 APP
preparation for shipbuilding ways
and docks and facilities for ship
building, and 100000 for facilities
and equipment at either private or
naval yards for production of armor
and armament.
?. Authorization for $4,000. OOC
appropriation to modernize the bat
tleships New York, Texas and Ar
kansas.
g. Provision that all contracts be
subject to 10 per cent profit limi-
tation, and that 10 per cent of the
aircraft including engines. be manu-
featured in government factories.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-06-17
Defendant Again
In Police Courf

w. S. Harris, slated to face trial
June % on drunk driving charge,
was in trouble again Monday when
called into police court in Ell Gen.
tro to face disturbance charge.
The complaint, signed by Mrs j.
Burke, hotel manager, charged
Harris and L. C. Liebert were fight
ing in a room at the Blue Moon no.
tel. Their pleas will be hear Thurs
day.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-06-17

Brown, and Barbara Jean Mastick
Of the swimmers, % got certifi-
Gates out of a class of 26. They were:
Edith Small, Jack Weir, Jane
Meagher, Bob Whitelaw, Richard
Larry, Florence Moore, Eugene Clay
Louise Havekorst. Wiley Corn, Wally
Christian, Dorothy Ann Mitchell,
Merlin Miles, Jack Rentz, Kit Car
son, Patsy McNeece, Junior Lesley,
Frank Fleming, Dickey Buster, Peg
gy Havekorst. Jeanne Delp, Warren
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-06-17
Roosevelt Signs Bill to
Boost Navy II Per Cent

WASHINGTON. June II. (UP)-
President Roosevelt today signed
the Vinson bill authorizing an IL
per cent increase of the United
States navy by adding % new air
craft carriers, cruisers and sub
marines and an equal number OF
auxiliary naval vessels.
The Vinson bill also authorizes
an increase of l,01l planes in the
navys air force to a total of 4.50o.
but this figure has been outmoded
by other legislation rushed through
congress authorizing an increase OF
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-06-17

Nice, Jim Schiller, and Jim Carson.
Three Ell Centre swimmers join
ed the ranks of Red cross advanced
swimmers, of which there are only
400 in the nation, when certificates
were awarded to Herb Schmidt, Bill
McCampbell and Warren Nice.
Sixteen won Junior life saving
certificates out of &c enrolled in
the class. They were:
Richard Larry, Kit Carson, Wiley
Corn, Dickey Buster, Dorothy Ann
Mitchell, Merlyn Miles, Jack Rentz,
Jim Schiller, Frank Fleming, Edith
Small, Jean Delp, Warren Nice,
Junior Lesley, Jane Meagher, and
Bob Whitelaw.
In the senior life saving division
three were approved, Betty Hoy
Bill McCampbell and Herb Schmidt.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-06-17

the air force to 10000 planes.
The increase in fighting tonnage
is accomplished by authorizing ad-
dition of 10000 tons of combatant
vessels in certain categories. The
decision as to the number of units
to be added in each category is left
to the Navy Department. 1t is ex-
pected that there will be built three
new aircraft carriers, five cruisers,
and IA submarines.
The total cost of the additional
warships. auXiliaries, and airplanes
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-06-17
BURGLARS STEAL GAS

Deputy sheriffs searched Monday
for burglars who took 80 gallons of
gasoline from the tool 1ouse at
the Barbara Worth Country club
Saturday night.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-06-17
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
EMPLOYEES RETURN

Mrs. Frances Thompson and Miss
Jessie Allen of the Imperial Coun-
ty Welfare department returned to
Ell Centre Sunday night after at
tending the institute of govern
ment at use June 10 to IA.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-17
Time Element is Vital

Time d now the touchstone Of Germanys success The
military and diplomatic observers In Washington agreed
that the present drive must click speedy schedule TO
give Hitler the unmstakable upper hand he's seeking he
obtains il they figure that new peace bid 10 likely TO be
made.
Here as the broad outlines Of terms which the best
informed sources conjecture that Hitler In dominant
position might PROPOSE acknowledgement TO give
Germany naval parity with Britain and to prevent British
of the peace period to mobilize for revenge British
REIMBURSEMENT Of Gibraltar; international control Of the
Suez Canal French concessions Italy In Africa In return
for such sxactons and TO grant sembance of face saving
to Britain It's believed likely that the Fuehrer would grant
nominal Independence 10 Denmark, Norway, modified
Poland and token Cxechoslovakia.
The Alternative which military authorities foresee to
British and French acceptance Of such proposal s
air assault the United Kingdom. Realists here
reason that Hitler would BE- ready to lose plane for plane
with his adversares until their air fleets swept from
the skies and their cities left without defenders With
Holland In his possession it's probable that he could make
rood on such threat