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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-12-20
Sports Writers Select Champ
Joe Louis For Al Mel Award

NEW lORk-(C) --The Edward
Neil Memorial Plaque for having
done the most for boxing during the
II year was awarded TO Joe Louis
az the Boxing Writers association
annual meeting. lie will get il on
Jan. Il at their annual dinner at
Ruppert's Brewery.
Louis was unanimously selected
by tho fight scribes at a luncheon
meeting Wednesday at Toots Shor's.
Previous winners we're Jack Demp-
scy, IS: Billy Conn, 80. and Hen
ry Armstrong, 40.
The writers also listed the chief
challengers TO each champion, as
follows; Heavyweight Champ Joe
Louis-Billy Conn and Buddy Baer;
Lightweight Gus Lesneyich--Bo Book
or Reckwith and Ken Overlin.
Middleweight Tony Zale--George
Abrams and Coley WEIGH. Welter-
weight Freddie Cochrane-Ray Rob-
inson and Young Kid Mccoy: Light
weight Lew Jenkins Bob Mont
gomcry and Sammy Angott. Feath-
erwcight chalky Wright - Pitts
hurgh Jackie Wilson and Richie
l.emos Bantamweight Lou Salica
XII Kong Young and Rush Dali
ma. The fyweight division. seldom
active around these parts. was ig-
nored.
II is interesting TO note that there
arc two Negro champions. Louis,
heavyweight: Chalky Wright. feath-
crNeight: and three Negroes list
I'd as outstanding contenders in
ghcir respective divisions. They are
Rocker Beckwith light heavy
weight; Ray Robinson. welter-
weight and Bob Montgomery. light
weight
Any one OF these contenders
would prabably win the title il
given the opportunity to engage the
champion. In the lightweight d.
vision Bob Montgomery OF Philadel-
Ihia has defeated former champ
sammy Angott in a non-title bout.
In the featherweight class Chalks
Wright OF Los Angeles gets the
nod over Pittsburghs Jackie Will
son, recognized as king Of the feath-
crs by the Natinoal Boxing asso-
citation.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-12-20
Swimming

The SENIOR Soy Swimming team
took econd place las Friday AZ
tie ,r'aneu'af Mos, herNeen West-
ern, Fisher and - An'oinc.jn no
Western 81 pool saturday, Tie
Junior ana lnteenaGae noNs trag-
eled 90 the Northern y f0f meet.
hct~ecN Northern and ST. ATONE
The Junior h0ys Won and The Inter-
mediate boys came 10 second.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-12-20

lively engaged in trying to break down
racial barriers in the Navy!w Vest
continued, the Navy will be obligat-
ed to Louis and the Negro race.
feel that in the long run it will directly
or indirectly help Negro boys in the
navy"
Asked whether or not he thought
the bout would be financial success,
Mr.. Vest declared. "the fight should
really go over big with the fight fans,
not because they think that Baer has
q winning chance. but hecanse Of the
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-12-20

0e interest IN the Nays dilemma since the Pearl Har
Dor Incident pick Louis to K.O. Baer before the six
rcund"
Young Kid Mccoy and Fritzie Zivic battled it out
70 see who would get shot at Ray Robinson who
Gently beat Zivic. In turn, the winner was to meet
Red Cochrane for the welterweight title But il just
50 happened that at the end of the furious rounds
the decision draw. II all Civic up until the
sixth round when Mccoy staged a remarkable come
back that swayed the official decision favor of the
draw verdict
Michael Strauss Jacobs will probably give Mccoy
enance at Sugar sometime the latter part of January.
Most everyone believes that Red Cochrane will prob
oy lose the title matter who he contests-Robnsor
Mccoy or Civic
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-12-20

Horace Smith. Jackson High
school halfbnck who has been Sc
Iccted on all three Michigan ALL
state football teams Of 1912 by
The Detroit News, Times and
Free Press. Smith weighs Isl
pounds. Is five feet. ten inches
high. Is years OF aye and Is n
Junior He gained 100 yards dur.
the season. without single fum-
bile. and Il Mlchlgan's hest high
school hall carrier Of the year.
Horace i also an outstanding
trackman. holding several rec
Ords.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-12-20

Senior Boys

Gussman ard DAVIS NJ 70 Senior
Boys team chch scored points TO
shaGe high POM honor whIe Turn
81, Best and harrington each scored
j. po.n', Lindsay and Bel, The
other mcn.htis OF the team also
scored
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-12-20
YMCA BOYS
A 7 HE T &c
DEPARTMENT
yolleybali

The "a yoleyball team won
from the Northern team last we'd
nesday by q forfeit while the -"
team dropped three games 20 Fish
or.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-12-20
Through
The Sports Mirror
By Russ L. Cowans
BY Russ J. Cowans
BY JESS HAUCABOOK
Pinch Hitting for Russ Cowans

Rollo 5. Vest Michgans only Negro boxing Inspector
says Il believe Joe Louis is making very splendid GEES
lure uMder the circumstances by being the first Nerrn ac-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-03-06
Congressman Told of Importance of
Labor Relations In Defense Set-Up

Business is fastening to comply
with the Wage and Hour Law. The
Wage and Hour decisions of the Su-
preme Court last week confirmed the
acceptance Of the Act which was be-
coming universal among the many
types of employers who are to some
degree engaged in interstate COM
merce. The realization that time and
half for overtime after 40 hours
must be paid to maintenance workers
and office workers in most commercial
establishments, as we'll as to pro-
duction workers in factories, is
spreading.
The 30-cents-an-hour general mini
mum wage and industrial wage orders
establishing minimums between 3212
and 40 cents an hour have increased
payrolls in low wage industries by
more than S10O,OO0,0OO annually. To-
tai factory payrolls in the United
States have been steadily increasing
for the past three years. In 1888
they were $1,786,571 600; in 1889 they
were $2,O98, ,124 900; in 1910, $780,
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-03-06
Expunded Defense
Program To Take
All JobIess BY AZ
Research Stuff Estimates the
Fall Of 1912 Will See
All Employed

New York City ULNS).-America's
defense program will absorb all un-
employed persons able to work, a re-
search staff of the Twentieth Cen
tury Fund believes.
Recent major increases in the de-
fense program have brought about
demand for labor that "wlll certainly
exceed the number of unemployed per-
sons in the labor market" the staff
said.
First Estimate Revised
Under the original $4,000 100000
defense program, the staff, headed by
DR.. Lloyd G. Reynolds of Johns Hop
kins University, had previously esti-
mated that present reserves of labor
were adequate. Since that time, how
ever, it was announced by Evans
Clark, executive director of the fund,
President Roosevelt's request for ad-
ditional defense appropriations of
$1,000 100000, plus an underlined
amount for shipment of war mate
rials to Great Britain, has made the
defense program now limited only by
the capacity available for armament
production.
Basing its estimates on reports of
the Census Bureau and the National
Industrial Conference Board, and
Judging from circumstances that
have arisen since they were figured,
the staff reports that the number Of
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-03-06
Bureau of Mines Developing Process
For Production of Magnesium Metal

The Bureau of Mines today reported
to Secretary of the Interior Harold l..
Ickes that it is ready to proceed with
initial tests of a special process it is
developing for the production of mag
nesium metal, vital defense material.
The tests will take place at small
pilot plant just completed by the Bu-
reau at Pullman, Wash, DR.. R. R.
Sayres, Director, said.
Extensive experimentation in the
laboratory by metallurgists of the
Bureau on a method for the direct
production of magnesium from mag
nestle ore has proved encouraging
enough, said Doctor Sayres, to war
rant trying out the process on an en-
gineering scale.
No commercial plant in the United
States, added the Director, utilizes
such a process, and only three other
plants in the world are reported to
employ method similar to that be-
ing developed by the Bureau.
If the operations at the Bureaus
small pilot plant, which is designed
to produce from so to 100 pounds OF
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-03-06

the metal daily by the electro-thermic
method, are successful, sufficient data
may be made available to determine
the feasibility of production on a
larger or commercial scale.
The information which the Bureau
of Mines has gathered to date is not
sufficient to permit the design Of a
large producing plant or to furnish a
reliable estimate of the cost Of pro-
ducing magnesium by the electrother-
mic method on a commercial scale.
Magnesite ore, which the Bureaus
process utilizes, is found in abundance
in a number Of areas throughout the
United States, and some of the largest
deposits, variously estimated as from
three to seven million tons, are stu
ated in the State of Washington. Bru-
cite, dolomite and many other common
minerals contain magnesium in ap-
preciable amounts.
The Bureau of Mines realized the
potentialities of magnesium metal
when in 1886 it began active cooper
alton with the State College of Wash
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-03-06
Dinner-Ddnce Pldn
OF Local Union 49
Trenton Unit Celebrates It's
Third Anniversary
Next Saturday

Trenton, N. J.-Local Union No. 49
is going to celebrate it's third anniver-
sary Saturday, March Is, at Roman
Hall, Whitaker Avenue, this city.
Dinner will be served at 1880, to be
followed by dancing to the music Of
Roland Foss and his orchestra.
1t has always been the intention Of
the members of 49 to hold dinner
dance and have their wives, husbands
and friends attend in order to promote
a closer relationship among the men,
bers. This will be a good time to
ripen those friendships.
The charter of Local Union No. 40
was issued March IL, 1888. The COM
mittee in charge hopes to have a
large turnout and urge all members
to support this banquet. The COM
mittee guarantees that all who at
tend will have a good time.
The committee in charge of the af-
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-03-06

The defense Importance Of labor re-
lations was pointed out to Congress
last week by Colonel Philip B. Flem-
ing, Administrator, in the second an
nual report of the Wage and Hour
Division of the United States Depart
ment of Labor.
Employment indices, stimulated by
our tremendous defense production
program and by the 40-hour week of
the Wage and Hour Law, will soon at
tain new peaks-higher than 1929
levels and proportionate to our in
crease in population since those busy
days." said Colonel Fleming in max
ing the report public.
"Both employment and payroll in
dices Of factory employment today are
higher than at any time since the last
war. The index of employment has
been steadily rising. 1t was 1O3 in
July, 107 in August, Ill in Septem-
Der, 113 in October, ia in November
and 116 in December, and workers for
new factories which are risingthrough-
out the land have not yet been re-
cruited
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-03-06
Excellent Report
Of Conference Is
Had ByL. u. No. AZ
Fred Shelter Is Elected To
Treosurer's Post For The
Remainder Of Term

Salem, Ohio.-The last regular
meeting of Local Union No. az was
well attended and the unit accepted
five new members. You can readily
see this local is growing by leaps and
bounds.
The highlight of the meeting was
the report Of the conferee, Dick Reedy,
on the recent wage sessions held in
New York. He explained all in full
and told of the charts passed to the
conferees by the manufacturers eX-
planning living costs from the year
1888 to the present time. He made a
brief report of the different proposals
made by each side and Of the out
come.
He told Of the way President James
NJ. Duffy handled the operatives side
with an answer for every argument
advanced. Mr.. Duffy is one man who
doesn't take a back seat for anyone
The high cost of living must be con-
tended with and the potters will have
to work day and night to keep up
with the war time prices. Clothing,
food and rent will go sky high. There
will be no rest or time off, you will
have to work overtime to make ends
meet if prices continue to soar.
Our local is backing Richard Reedy
for third vice president. He is 10
getter and hard worker if there ever
was one He has attended the last
four conventions and has been wage
conferee from our local twice, in fact
the only conferee we ever had. He Is
also president of our local and is en-
ployed in the warehouse at the Salem
China Company.
Margie Clunn, treasurer, handed in
her resignation last meeting. Although
we hated to see her vacate this office
we accepted her resignation and hope
she will be able to attend the meetings
now and then. Brother Fred Shaffer
was elected treasurer by the member
ship to finish the term.
We had a fast one pulled on US,
Bruce Cope and lovely little Thelma
McFeely were secretly married last
september Ill tlle pIeSeliIe " WI. d4tu
Mrs. Charles Moore. They were mar
ried in New York state. You know
there isn't many who can keep secret
that long without it leaking out. Con-
gratulations to this couple.
Brother Forrest Green is still in
the hospital and it is reported he is
getting along fine. We want you to
know Greenie, that the farm is do
ing fine, little Anna is doing the best
she can and will carry on until you
get back to work. Brother Charley
Evans has been off sick for sometime,
we hope he will be on the road to re-
covery soon.
Our sympathy goes to Mrs. Frank
Scullion who lost her son in an auto
mobile accident last Saturday in
Cleveland. AS you know her husband
died short time ago after linger-
ing illness. Our sympathy is also ex-
tended to Brother Ed Taylor Of Be-
lott who recently lost his father.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-03-06
Suppose Hitler
Conquered
America!
BY DIR. CHARLES STELZLE

Editors Note: This is the last
of DR.. Stelzle's articles. The noted
labor writer and founder of New
Yorks Labor Temple died last
Presbyterian minister, he served
as New York City relief director
in 1914 and 1915, was executive
director of the Good NeighbOr
League from 1886 to 1889 and at
tended AFL conventions from
1905 to 1915.
The major issue in America regard
ing the future of our country is
whether we shall be controlled by a
Fascist or a Democratic government.
If we should be drawn into the pres
ent world conflict and win, we would
not only continue to be Democracy
but we would become the acknowl-
edged leader among the nations Of the
world If we should lose, we would
become a Fascist country in the new
alignment Of nations.
Already there are forces in this
country which are working towards
this latter end, although its leaders
say little or nothing about Fascism.
They are eager to make terms with
Hitler, which would mean that Amer
lea would become part of a world
Totalitarian Government. Should this
occur, it would mean the wiping out
of all political parties in this country
which would oppose them.
In all essential points we would be
a duplication of the Nazi Government
with all that this implies, although
it is likely that many of the old IA
miliar slogans Of the United States
would be retained, just as Germany
today boasts of freedom and liberty
and "lebensraum" Groom to live) at
the same time carrying on relent-
less war of determination on all mi
norities.
Hitler promised the privileged class
es in Germany security, but when he
had taken from them all they had tc
give, and he was safely entrenched
he ruthlessly destroyed them, ano
confscated their belongings, reducing
them to poverty and ignominy. He also
made special promises to Labor, but
he destroyed all the freedom that they
had won during the years, including
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-03-06
War Hits British
Pottery Industry
Government Closes Plants;
Release Workers For
Arms Production

In an attempt to release 100000
workers for employment in arms
plants, the British government has
shut down many potteries while con-
solidating others. The pottery indus
try is only one of more than so to
be affected in England by the order
which was given Tuesday.
The house of commons was inform
ed of the program by Oliver Lyttleton,
president of the Board of Trade. The
industries to be affected first, he said,
are pottery, hosiery, textile and
leather. The order will affect l,CCO,-
600 workers.
Under the plan all available man.
power and materials will be shifted
to the manufacture of arms
Lyttleton explained that the gov
ernment, through it's absolute control
Of raw materials, either will force the
factories to close down or consolidate.
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-03-06
ArnoId's Charges
Against I Unions Is
Denied BY A.F.L.
Green Hits Statement That
Labor Boosts Cost OF
Living

Miami, Fla.-The charge made by
Assistant Attorney General Thurman
Arnold before the House of Repre-
sentatives Judiciary Committee that
the practices of organized labor are
increasing the nations bill for food
and housing, and thus hampering de-
fense efforts, was positively denied
here by William Green, president OF
the American Federation of Labor,
who said that the A. F. Of l.. Execu-
tive Councils complete exposure OF
the fallacy of Arnold's claim had been
sent to the Judiciary Committee.
"Mr. Arnold told the House COM
mittee that the tendency of union
practices was to increase prices" Mr..
Green declared. "We were amazed at
this line Of testimony and we are of
the opinion that Mr.. Arnold has mixed
his facts.
"It is our opinion that the increase
of costs and services attributed by
him to the action of the unions are
attributable to other causes"
Mr.. Green asserted that Mr.. Ar
nold's allegations that certain labor
practices were hampering the defense
program were untrue. He reiterated
his earlier opposition to the applica-
ton of the antitrust laws to labor
saying that if labor was guilty of law
breaking other statutes were applic-
able and these should be invoked.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-03-06
PRIMARY ELECTION OF OFFICIALS FIRST Meeting IN MARCH
ANNUAL PICNIC TO BE HELD AT
ID0RA PARK, SATURDAY, JUNE IA
Greater Coveruqe
Urged By SIS Board
McNutt Argues Program Is
Necessary To National
Morale

Washington, D. C.-Amending the
Social Security Act to extend the COW
erage to reach new classes of benefic
iaries, together with increases in al
lowances and participation by the
Federal Government in direct-relief
programs administered by the States,
were recommended in the annual re-
port of the Social Security Board.
In forwarding the report to Con-
gress, Paul V. McNutt, Federal Sc
curity Administrator, said "a we'll
rounded social security program is a
necessary bulwark to national NOR
ale."
Specific recommendations of the So
cial Security Board included:
Insurance to provide protection
against wage loss due to physical dis
ability.
Extension of old age and survivor
insurance to include most of the ma
jor occupations now excluded, such as
agricultural and domestic workers and
employees of non-proit, charitable and
educational institutions.
Broadening the base of the Federal
unemployment compensation tax to
reach employers of one or more per-
sons. This type Of coverage now pre-
walls in the District of Columbia and
several States because of specific leg
islation, but generally the tax reaches
employers of eight or more persons.
Federal-State direct relief programs
carried out on matching" basis.
Revision Of present public assist
ance programs for aged INDECENT, de-
pendent children, and blind, to sup
plant the equal-matching plan with
an arrangement by which the size of
the Federal contribution would be
determined by the economic capacity
Of the State to pay.
present payments under all pub
lie assistance programs are least ade-
quate where the need is greatest"
the report says. Currently, the Fed
eral Government pays half of what
State pays up to $40 monthly for
the aged INDECENT and blind; half up
to $18 for the first dependent child
in a family, and up to SIP for each ad
ditional child. The Social Security
Board proposes the $40 base apply to
the first child.
In proposing to put the Federal
Government back in the field of di
rect relief, which was abandoned in
1885, the report says:
"Some States have used an undue
share of their available funds for one
or more of the special types Of as
sistance for which matching Federal
grants are available, to the detriment
Of provision of general relief for other
needy persons in the population. Cen
eral relief is necessary supplement
to the special types of assistance now
provided under the Social Security
Act and is also needed to supplement
social insurance measures until COW
erage becomes more general and to
meet situations, which fall outside the
necessarily specific provisions of an
insurance system"
1t adds that Federal grants to the
States for general relief, under the
safeguards appropriated to the use
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-03-06
Committee Told To Agdir
Plan Bigger and Better
Outing for Potters
AUTOMOBILE CHOSEN
Beautiful ChrYsler Soon To
Be Seen In Diamond
Show Place

Going into startling pace right at
the gun, the Potters Picnic Commit
tee jumped two Of it's highest hurdles
at the second meeting of the organ
ization last Saturday night when both
the park and the automobile were
chosen. The date, June ID, had already
been set two weeks ago.
The second Saturday of June again
promises to be the most gala day Of
the year for the members of the
National Brotherhood of Operative
Potters and their friends who always
look forward to the annual picnic and
have every right to do so.
1dora Park, scene Of last years ex-
travagant outing, is once more the
choice of the committee for the 1941
reunion. The members feel the Youns-
town playground fits the needs of the
potters better than any other avail
able park.
The rides are kept in excellent
shape, assuring a safe and carefree
day of pleasure for the more than
10000 who are expected to enjoy a
full day of fun. The park itself is
unusually clean and we'll kept while
facilities for contests and athletic
events are of the best.
The car that will soon make it's
appearance in the Diamond is un-
doubtedly the most beautiful thing on
wheels. 1t is the top car in the
SCCftrysfer lfneyt tthe famed New Yorker,
as sleek an eight cylinder thunderbolt
as you have ever seen. Unable to
decide upon color combinations, the
purchasing committee has been in
structed to accompany the local dealer
out Of town to view the complete line
before placing an order.
However, this much is certain, the
car will have beautiful two-tone up
holstery, special de luxe dash, fluid
drive, diversified heater, white side
wall tires, and all the refinements it
is possible to put on a 1941 automo-
bile.
The Chrysler New Yorker is easily
the best car the committee has ever
purchased to give away at the annual
outing. The lucky person who drives
it out of the park, June IA, will not
only be thrilled with its quiet power,
trim lines and easychair ride, but will
actually be able to drive it from coast
to coast without shifting gears or
even touching the clutch. Think of
that!
Addressing his newly appointed
committee at the initial meeting, Pres
ident James M. Duffy told the men,
bers to stick to their seventeen year
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