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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-13
Holy Newspaper Owners
Demand Child Labor

Another item in a similar vein
comes from California where it seems,
that a group of wealthy, holierthan-
thou ultra conservative newspaper
paper owners have gotten behind a
vicious bill to wipe out the States
present law curbing exploitation of
children in street trades.
The present law is weak enough
and has been described by the Ma
tional Child Labor Committee as one
of the poorest in the country. 1t per-
mits boys as young as ten years to
sell newspapers on the streets.
But these newspaper publishers,
who never pass by an opportunity to
smear organized labor, even want that
slender protection for minors weak
ened. Their bill would eliminate the
work permit requirement and thus
open the way for youngsters of six
or seven to roam the streets at all
hours Of the day and night hawking
newspapers. Needless to say, labor
will fight this bill.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-13
At GRAVE OF ANN RUTLEDGE
BY Daniel B. StraIev

There is wild and rustic beauty
On the hillslope's crankling crest
In the shrub, the weed, the wildrose
And in craven marbles dressed.
Here the murmurs from the treetOps
AS a dirge upon me fall,
Yet in fretful, signing breezes
From tomb | hear love call.
From a grave upon the hillside
Closely nestled to its breast,
| hear the smothered whisperings
Of a maiden soul caressed,
Of an unforgotten loved one
In narrow, slab marked bed,
There transient love compassions
The dust lips of the dead
A love from granite grandeur,
From the heights Of world renown,
Whose martyred brow is wearing
A nations posthumous crown.
To their solitude | leave them,
And the guardian oak that stands
With its weathered arms uplifted
Strewing leaves with gnarled hands.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-13
Over Million Youths Given
Work On n. Y. a. In Year

Washington, D. C. GLNS)-Dur-
ing the fiscal year which ended June
30 1910, 1,1SS,000 different youth
worked and received wages under the
programs of the National Youth Ad-
ministration, NYA Administrator
Aubrey Williams said in his annual
report.
These young people were residents
of almost every county in every state.
Their ages range from Is to "a years.
About $4,000 different young men
and young women were employed on
the -of-school work program dur
ing the year ending June 80, 1910.
They earned an average Of $3.50 per
month. More than 222,OO0 youth vol
unfairly left employment on the NYA
out-of-school work program and more
than 100000 of them did so to take
private jobs.
During the past fiscal year 613,35O
students worked and received wages
under the NYA student work program
in 2@,301 secondary and high schools
and 1893 college and universities. Sec
ondary and high school students earn
ed an average of $4.55 month, col
lege undergraduate students earned
an average OF $12.75 a month, and
graduate students earned a monthly
average of $21.14.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-13
Work Resumed By
Members Of LII l56
3-Week Strike Ends With
Wage Increases, Work
ing improvements

East Palestine, Ohio.-After several
months Of almost hopeless bargaining
and a three-week strike, all the mem
bers of Local No. 1876 have returned
to their work. President James M.
Duffy and Vice Presidents George
Turner and Charles Jordan worked
hard to bring about a settlement and
the local extends it's thanks to these
members of the executive board for
their help and counsel. A quick set
tlement was made after a conciliator
was called in.
A few changes were made in the
contract plus an increase to all the
day-workers. Piece workers were
promised a price adjustment within
the next ninety days. There seems
to be plenty of work and several new
employees have been added to the pay
roll. Among them we find none other
than that famous coon hunter, eagle
Eye" Mansell. We are glad to have
him working with us again.
Our president-elect who was Sc
lected at our regular election has OBJ
tanned other work and the local was
forced to name another. Brother Roy
Harding was elected to fill the va
cancy. The local wishes him the
best Of luck.
We are very sorry that we have a
| few members who are always in ar
rears. We hope that they are wiser
since our strike has been settled. They
have lost in strike benefits enough to
pay almost two years dues and per-
centage. Sometime there will be a
shakedown at local meeting and
some of our members will be left out.
Now that our contract is all signed
we hope the members will still come
to the meetings. The flu has not hit
many of our members and none have
been called in the conscription as yet.
Bill Moore has signed up with the
navy and is in Norfolk, Va. Kenneth
Spaite is in the army at Hawaii.
%. c. 156.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-13
FREEDOM
FOR ALL
BY DR.. CHARLES SELZLE

When Patrick Henry was answering
the "appeasers" in the Virginia Con-
vention of Delegates in ITS, who
were fearful of what the Hanoverian
rulers Of England might do to their
opponents in the new world who were
determined to establish a free gov
ernment, he passionately declared: 81
know not what course others may
take; but as for me, give me liberty,
or give me DEATH" That he was really
speaking for his countrymen was evi-
denced by the war which shortly fol-
lowed, and which brought indepen-
dence to the colonies of America.
Eighty-three years later-in 1858
at the Republican State Convention
in Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lin
coin declared that "this government
cannot endure permanently half slave
and half free" Lincoln realized what
this remark would mean in the future,
but he loved his country so sincerely
that he led it into deep sorrow so that
it might emerge purified and united,
! blotting out the curse Of human slave
ry in this country.
Addressing the United States Con-
gress on January sixth, 1941, one
hundred and sixty-six years after Pat
rick Henry's historic demand for
freedom, President Roosevelt said that
in the future days, which we seek to
make secure, We look forward to a
world founded upon four essential
human freedoms-freedom of speech
and expression; freedom Of every per-
son to worship God in his own way;
freedom from want; and freedom from
fear. The significant thing about the
Presidents address was that after
mentioning each Of these freedoms,
he added these challenging words:
Everywhere in the world"
Chat is no vision Of a distant
millennium" he said. at is a definite
basis for a kind of world attainable
in our own time and generation That
kind of world is the very antithesis
Of the so-called new order Of tyranny
which the dictators seem to create
with the crash Of bomb. We are COM
| ii4iLLtt ~ LlIS PippOSlLlOIl CildI pIlilCI-
pies Of morality and consideration for
our own security will never permit US
TO acquiese in a peace dictated by
aggressors and sponsored by ap-
peasers. We know that enduring peace
cannot be bought at the cost Of other
| peoples freedom"
/ Concluding his address, the Presi-
dent said Freedom means the su-
premacy of human rights everywhere.
Our support goes to those who strug-
/ gle to gain those rights and keep
them. Our strength is our unity of
purpose. To that high concept there
can be no end save victory"
Labor is in accord with these prin-
ciples. They are the principles for
which it has always stood, and be-
cause of which its progress will con-
tinue until it has brought in the day
when freedom" shall be the watch
word Of the world.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-13

Tribute to labor effort in the natl
onal defense program was paid by
Sidney Hilman, Associate Director Of
the Office of Production Management,
in a speech read to the Council of
State Governors meeting here.
81 have no hesitancy in saying that
labor's present contribution to the de-
fense of the nation has never been
excelled at any time in all history y
Hillman told the governors. His
speech was read by Isador Lubin, Hill
mans executive assistant.
Sharp Drop in Strikes
"The number Of industrial disputes
since last May, when the defense pro-
gram started, was radically declined
as compared with corresponding
months of 1882" Hillman said.
Moreover, the number Of strikes
thus far has been considerably small
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-13
CHILD LABOR DECLINES

Washington, d. C.-Katherine F.
Lenroot, chief of the Children's Bu-
reau, L. S. Department of Labor, re-
ported that child labor in industry
was reduced Is per cent between 1887
and 1889, and still further in 1910,
as result of the minimum age stand
ards in the Federal Fair Labor Stand
ards Act Of 1898 and the child labor
laws Of many states.
"a darker side Of the picture" said
Miss Lenroot, is the fact that these
laws do not protect children con the
industrialized farms, where too many
young children are employed in fac
tory-like repetitivc processes, for long
hours at low wages"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-13
BHRUCH CONDEMNS
DRAFT LABOR" TALK

The following quotation is from the
report Of the War Industries Board,
headed by Bernard II. Baruch, fnan-
cicr and businessman:
"If no action is taken To stop the
rise in the cost Of living and huge
profits are in prospect, any man who
labors will feel that he is entitled to
greater pay. This includes all those
working for wages and fees. / think
too much stress is laid up on the
shortcomings Of labor That they
should be inordinately rewarded is un-
necessary, wrong and easily avoidabe,
but not by drafting men to work for
other men. A soldier serves the Ma
ton directly. There is but one master
in the case, and that master is Am
erica. He serves to profit no one but
the country as whole. There is no
distinction between him and his com
rades. He enters an immcmorial
status. His entry is not contractual.
He is clothed, housed and attended.
GAS long as our present indus
trial organization maintains, indus
try is in the hands Of millions of
private employers. 1t is operated for
profit to them. The employe, there
fore, serves in private industry oper-
ating for gain. Enforced and involun-
tary service for private master is
and has been clearly and repeatedly
defined by our Supreme Court as
slavery inhibited by the 18th amend
ment to the Constitution Of the United
States.
'If any such provision (the draft
ing of labor) were made it might be
used to break perfectly justifable
strike and so at one sweep destroy
all the social advance Of our labor
system in the last century"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-13
PUTTING LIFE. INTO
MUSIC LESSONS
LYDIA LION ROBERTS

Music lessons and their practice
will be more interesting to child if
various associations are formed to
stimulate attention. Parents may help
in this development of interest by
watching in magazines and news
papers for articles or pictures con-
nected with music in almost any
form. Stories about old instruments,
musical ceremonies in other countries,
the discovery and compilation of folk
songs, customs connected with music,
and modern inventions or achieve
ments in musical fields with all help
to make music more vital part of
a child's life, if the description or
incident is told in words that the child
can understand TO be of it's great
est benefit to children, music must be
made alive, dramatic and concerned
with some other personal experience.
One mother made the home study
of music more interesting by combin-
ing it with Bible stories during the
bedtime story hour. She told her
boys the story of David playing the
harp to troubled Saul and then cited
modern customs of resorting to music
for spiritual, as well as physical, re-
freShment.
The story of the fall of Jericho was
used to illustrate a talk on trumpets
and other brass instruments used by
bands and orchestras. By looking in
the Bible concordance for references,
the children found verses mentioning
the harp, trumpet, cymbal, viol,
psaltery, pipe and several other in
struments. These verses gave them
a clearer idea Of life in those days
of long ago. They better understood
the distant background of music when
they read "harp and pipe are in their
feasts," and they "payed upon an in
strument of ten strings" 1t was il
Illuminating to learn that at many
gatherings the people sang and
danced and "made music together y
then, as we do now.
One little girl who was very fond
of singing but not as interested il
practicing her piano lessons became
alert and interested in all music as a
happy adventure when she learned
how many times the word "sing" or
"song" is used in the Bible.
didn't know people in the Bible
ever sang," she said in surprise,
"Have people always sung? Do they
sing now in every land in the world ?''
She was encouraged then to start
on a long happy trail of exploring the
music and songs of many countries
and many ages. These were worked
in naturally with her music lessons
Especially was she proud and pleased
when her teacher taught her to play
a simple accompaniment to a psalm
which her mother was to sing.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-13
EnfornuTiog1 On
Social Security

Employers who have not issued
wage statements to their workers who
are covered by the Social Security
Act, covering earnings for the year
1910, must issue such statements now
covering earnings of such individuals
for the II months just ended.
This statement was made today by
Glenn II. Pittengcr, manager of the
Social Security Board field office in
Youngstown. Mr. Pittenger cited the
following passage in the Internal Rev
enue Code, as amended August g.
1899, to show the duty that is required
of employers Of persons who are COW
cred under the old-age and survivors
insurance system. The citation fol
lows:
every employer shall furnish to
each Of his employees q written state
ment or statements, in a form suit
able for retention by the employe
showing the wages paid by him to
the employe after December 81, 1889
Zach statement shall cover d calendar
year, or one, two, three or four cal
endar quarters, whether or not within
the same calendar year, and shall
show the name Of the employer, the
name Of the employc, the period Gov
cred by the statement, the total
amount Of wages paid within such
period, and the amount Of the tax I'M
posed by Section 14C0 with respect
to such wages"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-13
LABOR'S CONTRIBUTION TO DEFENSE NEVER
EXCELLED IN HISTORY, STATES SIDNEY HILLEHAN

er than in the year 1916, when our
factories were engaged in arming the
Aliens. The number has been much
less than in 1917 when we were
actually at war.
"To date 241 potential industrial
disputes in defense industries have
been brought to the attention Of the
Labor Division of the National De-
fense Advisory Commission. Of this
number only 2 resulted in appreciable
stoppages. Even these 2 were of
short duration, one lasting 7 working
days and the other two"
Big Output Gain
The nations factories expanded
their output by % per cent between
May and December Of 1910, Hillman
said. "Despite this tremendous in
crease in industrial activity" he add
ed, "the Labor Division of the Natl
onal Defense Advisory Commission,
through it's training program 'on the
job and in the nations vocational
schools, is keeping ahead Of the labor
demands of defense industries.
GAS for the future" he declared
"more than three and one-half mil
lion man years Of skilled-worker time
will be required to meet the needs of
the defense program, thus far author
lied by Congress, while the total Ia
Dor needs-skilled and unskilled-will
be in excess of eight and one-half mil
lion man years"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-13
Pullman CO. Forces Men
To Strike For Rights

There's lot of talk in the papers
about passing a law to abolish strikes.
But how can any law prevent a
strike when an employer, himself, re-
fuses to obey the law?
A case in point is the strike forced
upon LOO members of the Brother
hood of Railway Carmen by the Pull
man Standard Car Manufacturing
Company in Michigan City, Ind. Al
though 90 per cent of the employees
signed up with the union, the man
agement refused to meet with its rep
resentatives. A consent election sug-
gested by a Labor Department con-
ciliator was accepted by the union but
rejected by the company. "The men
had no alternative but to strike" ex-
planned president Felix H. Knight, Of
the Carmen.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-13
Florida's Highest Court
Upholds Public Housing

Washington, D. C. GLNS).-Low-
rent housing and slum clearance have
been upheld as municipal purpose
within the limits of the state con-
stitution in a new decision by the Su-
preme Court of Florida. At the same
time the court approved the granting
Of taX-eXcmption to public housing
communities in the state.
Previously the Florida court had up
held enabling legislation allowing To-
cal housing authorities to participate
in the United States Housing Au-
thority low-rent and slum clearance
program. The highest court Of 27
states have now handed down similar
decisions.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-13
Injured Workers Totol
Rises In Pennsylvania

Harrisburg, Pa.-The Pennsylvania
Department of Labor announced that
reports Of 104 deaths and 9,6O5 non
fatal injuries were received during
December, bringing the yearly total
to 109,475 injuries, including 1878
deaths" The number of injuries re-
ported for 1889 was 3,6O7.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-13

The boat was sinking. The skipper
rushed up to a crowd of scared pass
engers. 'Who among you can pray?"
he asked them.
81 can" answered a minister
Then pray, mister" ordered the
skipper. "The rest of you put on life
preservers. We're one short"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-13
BRITISH LABORiTE DEAD AT Is

London NLNS).-DaVid Williams,
veteran Labor party worker, died on
January at the age Of rs. He held
various public Offices, having been
mayor Of SaWnsea Corporation in 1912
and Member Of Parliament from
Swansea. He was also justice Of the
peace and active in cooperative So
ciety circles. He was a page boy when
young and later 4 boilermakcr.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-13
H0ne Education
"The Child's First School is the
Family"-FrOebel

Issued by the National Kinder
garten Association, 8 West doth
Street, New York City. These arti-
cles are appearing weekly in our
columns.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-30

Entire British Garment Industry
Will Concentrate on Army
Learn 70 Make Things Out OF Scraps They Once
Discarded; Production OF Underwear Restricted

Grades and shades are limited.
but II YOU can afford tn pay OYER
eight shillings for = pair Of hose.
the choice seems wider.
For those fortunate women
who have been able to buy up
good stock Of hosiery. the prob
lem Of preserving them is loom
ing large on their horizon.
Bottled stockings seems TO be
the answer, according 10 experts.
They are washed out in soapy
water dried naturally and drop
ped into warmed jam jars which
then are Theoretically sealed. As
IAN Jars cannot be used for jam
(rationing Of that commodity
having been instituted many
women have tried out the bottled
stocking system.
Tomorrow you will find British
women reaching in the cupboard
for a jar of stockings praying
that the recipe won't turn out a
failure. as sometimes happened
with their jam.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-30
L.smpshades Can
BRIGHTEN Dull Corners

You can brighten up the most
hopelessly gloomy corner with a
colorful lampshade. Odd bits Of
fabric. preferably some high-twist
woven cotton, are suggested for
the shades. colorfully dramatic
details may be added to tie in with
the room itself. II yQp use wire
frame. simply cover each wire strip
with narrow bias tape wound
loosely and evenly over each strip.
Then measure around top and bot
tom circumference to determine
the amount of material needed.
After cutting the fabric the needed
size, turn your attention To dec
orator finishes and details. You
can use your modern sewing ma
chine attachments for bindings,
shirrings. pleatings, etc.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-30
GOOD TASTE
TODAY
Nv EMILY POST

A group of Campfire Girls asks
me to endorse dunking so that,
as their letter explains. "a weeks
doughnut drive which We are spon-
soring in X-town may have the
benefit OF your printed approval"
There is nothing that ] would
rather do than agree with group
of young people. But really cam
not 20 on record as saying that
dunking is good table manners
On the contrary, dipping a great
round object into a coffee or tea
cup and then biting into this sop
ping object is about as bad an eX-
ample Of table behavior as could
be found. But ! can say TO those
who evidently think a doughnut
soppsd in coffee tastes better than
a dry doughnut, that you could
drop q mouthful at a time into
the coffee and then lift it to your
mouth with the spoon. Since this
is permissible with pieces of
crackers in soup. why not with
doughnuts in coffee? (Of course
If 1t Is a case OF, right or wrong,
dunk you WILL. then at least
break your doughnut in half. and
dip an end in slightly, and bite off
the dipped part. But DON'T quote
me as saying this is best man.
ners It's only better than worst
GRANDMOTHER Number Three
Dear Mrs. Post: Ny little hoy
has two real grsndmothers and
one step-grsndmother. He is 60
ing to see his step-grandmother
for the first time. and as he now
speaks clearly he has TO be told
what 10 call her. But what?
Answer: he might call her
whatever name is left over mean
ing grandmother. II he calls the
two real graRdmothers any of
these names. Grandmother. Grand
mama. Grandma, Gramomie. Gran
ny. Gran. or Grsmsy. then he can
call her q leftover one Of these
I Or better sui. nc might ask HER
what she would like him to call
her.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-30
Bv RoSETTE HAR6RONf
Tacoma Times special Correspondent

LONDON Prospective British
mothers will no longer be able to
pick and choose the perambula-
tors destined 10 trundle their
first-born.
II has just been announced That
the supplies Of baby buggies are
to be- cut down in fact. strictly
rationed. The new lot Of "prams
which will shortly be placed on
the market will be standardized,
made to a single design.
Prams only start the list OF
newly rationed articles. Ration
ing gets stricter every week, and
the women Of Britain are begin
ming TO wonder what will come
next.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-30
Personal
To Fat Girls

Nsv - ~ slin 1own your face aad
Agurs Uttbost Starvation distinx er bach
breAkiag ezsressss- Just sst sensihty and
take narDcla unssr the conditions and g.
eor1ing - direcssons the package.
naruneaA Tabises have been sold 70 the
public Ter nsss than thirsy jean More than
Treaty nfI1Sen boxe kavs bsen distributed
during tat period.
MarDa1A \ net . sure-an. haunoia u
eNly for aanlt fat persons whose fatnsss "
nuood ~ . thyroid deAeieney thypothy reid-
tsml bat vho are otherwise normal and hsai-
NJ Ne % Ut mako any diagnosis - that
, ~ funekscn Of your physician. who must
- epaealesd for that purposs. Why not try 10
- thnas ug6. uacuafcrtah3s poands IL
nssussh v.y' Get soa Of hArsnA toaAy
adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-30

membsring how stiff and sore her
knees. back and arms were all
through last springs gardening
sesson-went in for little exer-
else before starting this years
digging and planting.
She chose five exercises
each for arms knees. back. ankles