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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-06
Costs Up Required
Amount, Says LU So
Tdxes Boost Prices Enough
For Reopening Believes
Sebring Local

Sebring, Ohio.-Local Union No
SOS membership was very much sur.
prised by the presence of Seventh
Vice President Charles Jordan at the
last meeting. He gave some very in
teresting information on the organiz'
ing activities of the Brotherhood dur
ing the past few months. We are al
ways pleased to see Charlie at oul
meetings since we consider him oul
own member of the Board. We have
never doubted for a minute his ability
to fill this position and from all in.
Gications he is living up to our ex-
pectations.
Our members are becoming very
much concerned over the rising cost
of living. From all sides one hears
the inquiry, when are we going to
have reopening of the agreement
Evidently the question is well taker
and has been in the minds Of ma
jority of our members for sometime
since the local has voted unanimously
for a reopening at the earliest pos
sible date.
We believe the ten per cent in
crease in cost of living which our last
convention limited us to before we
could ask for another wage increase
has been reached. However, the cost
of food, clothing, rent and fuel-the
things most of us consider when
thinking of the cost of living-are not
the only things to be considered. All
too often we overlook some of the
other costs, such as taxes, transpor-
tation, upkeep of property and so
forth. We especially forget taxes
which have been levied and, accord
ing to the information we get, more
will be levied in the very near future.
These alone will pass the ten per
cent limit by considerable margin.
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-06
Fleming Hits Any
Proposed Increase
Of Working Hours
Fdvors "Workuble" Pay
Sterilization Program.
Hits Pay Freezing"

Seattle, Wash. ULNS).-A pay
standardization plan was suggested
"wage freezing" emphatically con-
demned and proposals for lengthening
the workweek to more than 40 hours
sharply criticized, in an address pre-
pared for delivery here by Gen. Philip
B. Fleming, administrator of the
wage-hour law.
Standardization Of wages for the
national defense emergency could be
put into effect through the use of the
industry committee process which has
been found successful by the Wage
and Hour Division of the U. S. Labor
Department in setting minimum
wages by wage order, Fleming said.
The address was read by Baird Sny-
der, deputy administrator of the
Wage and Hour Division, before the
Pacific Logging Congress.
~ am opposed to wage control, if
by wage control is meant the 'freez-
ing of the wage structure at a level
existing at some particular prior
PERIOD" General Fleming wrote. "To
freeze wages is to freeze as we'll all
the wage injustices and inequalities
now existing. But you can't freeze
the discomfort and resentment of the
man in one factory who is being paid
far less than man in some other fac
tory doing exactly the same kind of
work.
81 am, however, in favor of a
reasonable and workable program of
wage stabilization, which is a far diff
ferent thing. A program of that kind
should start by first ironing out exist
ing inequalities and injustices, and it
should involve also the necessity of
adjustments from time to time to in
creases in the cost of living.
"If program of this kind is to be
attempted-and l do not believe any,
thing short of it will meet the situa-
toni would modestly suggest that
the Wage and Hour Division of the
Department of Labor has perfected q
mechanism that can we'll be adapted
to the purpose. l refer to the indus
try committee process which we have
used so successfully in raising mini
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-06
Dance Scheduled
For CIorksburg
L.U. November J
Plenty Of Work---Neurness
Of Christmus Fuils To
Score Potters

Clarksburg, w. Va.-The D. E. Nc
Nicol China Company is working full
time with some time and one-half be-
ing paid the members of Local Union
No. 80. We are still working on the
@. M. C. orders.
The firm has installed electric
water coolers throughout the shop,
which l am sure will be appreciated
by all of the workers.
Christmas is only four pays away
and no one has been crying about its
nearness this year, which is sign
they have had a good year.
J The potters Of Local Union No. SO
will be holding their second dance of
the season November z at the Will
low Beach night club from 9 until the
wee hours of the morning. From
downtown Clarksburg will come the
"Brown Buddies," Clarksburg's sun
tanned music masters, who will fur
nish the jive for dancing. Due to the
fact that this dance is only two days
after pay day all should have the ad-
mission fee of 25 cents. If not, you
should see "Two-point" Ward, as he
seems to be the litter Of the boys
financial worries.
The officers of our local union
would like to see more members take
an interest in their meetings. Some
of our members don't know when we
| meet and others don't know where.
One of our members who answers to
the name of "Pug" knew where we
met, but not when. He went to the
meeting hall on an off night and soon
was surrounded by a group of coal
miners attending their meeting. He
finally woke up to the fact and pro-
ceeded to leave feeling very much en-
barrassed.
We would like to see more members
attend our meetings and also larger
crowd at the gathering November 7.
It will be bigger and better affair
than our last one and good time is
guaranteed to all who attend. o. C.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-06
POTTERY GUILD
on WEST COAST
SIMILAR ToUSPA
Conference. Standing And
Discharge Committees
Arranged
N. B. OF O. P. IS BOOSTED
EurlY Suspicion Is Broken
Down By Results In
Eastern States

The manufacturers on the Pacific
coast have organized an association
called the Pottery Guild. This or
ganization, under the direction of J.
j. Stein, industrial consultant of wide
experience in ceramics throughout the
nation, has been extremely active in
research in all matters pertaining to
the advancement of the industry in
the locality.
A milestone for the new organiza-
tion as we'll as for the National
Brotherhood of Operative Potters was
reached October % when representa-
tives of 20 clay production concerns
met in Los Angeles. Among the firms
represented were those with collective
bargaining arrangements with the N.
3. of o. P. and number of those
whose employees are not members of
this union.
After a thorough discussion of
employer-employe problems as affect
ing west coast plants, it was the con-
sensus Of opinion Of all those present
that the methods in vogue in the east,
as practiced by the National Brother
hood of Operative Potters and the
United States Potters' Association
during the past so years had been
proven sound in the matter of de-
veloping maximum production while
maintaining an excellent standard of
quality.
Accordingly, in the best interests
of both the employers and the en-
ployes, it was concluded that this
group would become party with the
Brotherhood in establishing in the
coastal area the complete arrange
ment as is now enjoyed in the dinner
ware, Motel and restaurant chinaware
trade.
Arrangements were completed to
establish a standing committee for the
settlement of all disputes; dis
charge committee to review all dis
charge cases, and a regular biennial
joint wage conference. Conferees
would be selected by the subordinate
local unions of the territory and head
ed by Brotherhood officials. The
Guild would be represented by its ex-
ecutives.
This is the fruition of the seed
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-06
NBOP's Convention Delegates
Attend Joint Coast Meetinq
Brotherhood Coins
In East Are Noted
Sanitary Wages Tipped :
Per Cent Post Two
Months

Increased wages of approximately
seven per cent on total payrolls have
been negotiated in conferences held
with the Universal Sanitary Pottery
! Company of Camden and New Castle
the Eljer Pottery in Ford City, Tren-
ton Potteries Company of Trenton
Equitable Plant, and the Canadian
Potteries Ltd. of St. Johns, Quebec,
all manufacturers of vitrifed china
bathroom fixtures.
The adjustments were made by ne
gotiations between the various man
agements and local union committees
headed by Vice President E. L.
Wheatley in separate shop confer
ences. The increases became effective
in the different plants from Septen1-
Der 20 to October 16.
A new exclusive bargaining con-
tract has been signed by Manager
Rex Luton Of Camden Universal
plant with Local No. so which con-
tains, in addition to the increase in
wages, features such as Monday to
Friday 40-hour week, time and one
half for overtime after eight hours
in one day and for Saturday, double
time for Sundays and seven holidays,
renewal of the one-week vacation
with pay clause.
Recently the Camden management
adopted the two-shift method of cast
ing tanks, granting 10 per cent in
crease to casters who work at night.
This is the first written agreement oO-
tained with the Universal and SIM
liar contract is about to be signed
with the same company and Local No.
133 of New Castle.
The provisions and arrangements
were made October 81 with Mr. Rad
ford Crane of the Eljer Company to
|renew the closed shop contract which
was in effect prior to the recent in
creases which are retroactive from
October 81. The present vacation pro-
vision will continue with the under
standing that new vacation clause
will be negotiated between Local No.
1O2 and the Eljer Company no later
than March l, 1912. The stoppage Of
work that occurred during the de-
liberations with the Eljer Company
which was not due directly to the
wage situation was rectifed and both
parties to the agreement are in ac-
cord and functioning under the new
pact.
An agreement signed during Sep
tember with the Canadian PotterieS
Ltd. of St. Johns, Canada, marks the
first time such a relationship has oc-
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-06
Crov Denounces
Curriar Bid As
Plot TO Raid AFL
Exposes Anti Labor Record
Of Firm; Chaf0es CIO Is
Working Below Scale

Washington, d. C-Testimony be.
fore the Senate Committee investigat.
ing defense contracts exposed the
Sweetheart agreement" between the
Currier Lumber Company and the
CIO Construction Workers Union as
plot to harass the A. F. of L. build
ing trades unions and to embarrass
the national defense construction pro-
gram.
Facts submitted to the committee
by Richard J. Gray, acting president
of the A. F. of L. Building and Con-
struction Trades Department, dis
closed that the Currier firm has a
long record of anti-labor practices
which should effectively bar it from
receiving any Government contract.
Mr.. Gray took up one by one the
charges made before the committee
by A. D. Denny Lewis, little brother
of John L. Lewis, and head of the
paper union known as the United Con-
struction Workers (ClO), and pune
tured the arguments put forward in
support of the raiding tactics of this
organization.
In view of the whole record of OBJ
struction to the defense program en-
gineered by John L. Lewis and the
obvious fact that Denny Lewis is his
brothers willing tool, the Currier in
cident was regarded by informed per-
sons as merely another in the chain
of attempts by the Lewis coterie in
the CIO to get President Roosevelt
and the defense program into hot
water.
Mr.. Gray warmly defended the role
of Sidney Hillman, Associate Director
of the OPM, in helping to bring about
the stabilization agreement entered
into by the A. F. of Z. building trades
unions with Government defense
agencies. He denied this agreement
gave the A. F. Of L. unions mon
opoly on defense 1pqstrnction jobs
and proved shat x7kfge number of
these projects were awarded to nom
union contractors.
Mr.. Gray also submitted proof that
the rejected Currier bid for housing
project in Detroit was not 100000
lower than the next lowest bidder. He
showed that the actual difference was
only $216,OO0 and added significantly:
''If the committee prefers to inves-
tigate this point further, it would be
interesting for them to subpoena from
the Social Security Board the records
Of the social security taxes paid on
the employees of the Currier Lumber
Company. This would, to say the
least, establish one particular point
that is, what were the wage rates paid
by the Currier Company to their So
called union employes?' l have heard
it alleged that the wages paid their
mill workers ranged from 60 to 70
cents an hour in most cases. If this
is so, that is from 20 to 80 cents be-
low the wage customarily paid by en-
ployers of union labor for mill work.
ers in the Detroit area and would, in
a certain degree, account for some Of
the difference of the questioned $780,
900.
"In view of the large publicity
given in the public press and by radio
commentators to this matter and the
fact that the difference in the bids
was freely stated as being $430,000, I
think that the committee owes it to
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-06
CORRECTION

In the tabulation of the vote on the
increase for the office of president of
the National Brotherhood of Oper-
ative Potters there appears two list
ings for Local Union No. SO. The first
should be Local Union No. so.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20

they detected smoke. Upon in
vestigation they discovered a blaze
raging in the basement of the
four-family building
After turning in a fire alarm the
patrolmen entered the apartment
building, awakened the tenants
and helped them to safety.
Those rescued were Mr.. and
Mrs. John Cullinan and their
3-year-old son. Jack; Mr.. and Mrs
Howard Carder and their daugh-
ter, Arlee Rae. 20 months old, and
Carder's brother, Charles; Mr.. and
Mrs. Stanley A. Ferris and their
son, Donald, II. and Mr.. and Mrs
Otto ]. Solterisch and their 3-year.
old son.
Because Of the bitter cold sew
eral of the tenants were taken Il
the Crosse Pointe Park police sta
ton to spend the night.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20
Send BaLy's Photo
IF You Haze Snapshot, Enter 1t in Times Comics
for Daily Prizes and $500 Grand Prize

If you have an interesting pic
ture of baby, send. il to The De-
troit Times Interesting Baby
Picture Contest. That is. if it's
a snapshot. but please DO NOT
send a studio picture. Perhaps
you'd like TO send more than one
snapshot. You may do so, for
contestants are permitted to SUBJ
nit any number of entries.
This appealing contest. running
BOTH in the Daily and Sunday
Detroit Times. pays cash award
of s. for each picture printed. In
addition. there is $500 grand
first prize. plus $500 in other at
tractiVe cash awards, 10 be paid
at the end Of the contest.
Don't think this IS a beautiful
baby picture contest That's not
50. It's a contest seeking pictures
of ALL types of babies. whether
pretty or plain. big or little, How
the picture IS, IS what
counts,
BY looking at the winning pic
lures in this edition of the Times
you'll obtain an idea of the gen.
eral type Of pictures wanted. In
ierestlng pictures Of all sorts Of
babies IN all sorts of poses are
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20
Hurry With Projects,
Road Builders Urged

ANN ARBOR. Feb. 20.-Michi-
gan road officials at the opening
session of the twenty-seventh
annual highway conference were
urged to speed investigation of
highway project needs so the state
can participate in the federal gov
ernment's S2S7, 100000 defense
highway development plan.
Governor Van Wagner and
State Highway Commissioner G.
Donald Kennedy both told the
state road builders that practically
100 per cent of the 1871 budget
will be allocated for construction
of highways included in the mill
tary road network.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20
Training Camps FACE
Draftees GOING Now
Times stan Correspondent

FORT CUSTER. Feb. 20.-Witf
most OF the regular army and ma
tional guard regiments now up TO
strength through requirements of
draftees. men now being indicted
into the army will be sent to
specified training camps.
There they will be instructed by
regular and reserve officers and
army noncommiSsioned officers ~in
seven weeks of intensive training.
They will then be drafted 10 regu-
lar army units as qualified soldiers
and not as recruits. as now.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20
Congressman Inspect
Crosse lie Air Base

Congressman Noah NJ. Mason
CD of Oglesby, ILL.,. Dies commit
tee member, and William w.
Blackney (R) of Flint, member
of the naval affairs committee,
were to fly back to Washington
today after a hurried trip to see
the naval air base at Crosse lie
and attend an Americanism meet
ing at Flint last night. They
landed at lie base yesterday in a
Lockheed naval twin-motored
transport and were met by Ameri-
can Legion officials and 1t. Com
mander r. c. Young, commandant
of the base.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20
LIB Trapped
by Blaze
I'm POinte

Two Crosse Pointe Park police
men today were hailed as heroes
of an apartment house fire at ITO
Maryland avenue in which ID per-
sons. three of them small children,
were driven into the cold clad only
in their night clothes.
Patrolmen Jules BanDeGinsde
and Arnold Hough were cruising
in their scout car at 3 a. m. when
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20

sought. Elsewhere in this edition
you II find contest rules and entry
blank, everything you need TO
know about the contest.
BE sure TO watch the Times
each week day for winning pc
lures and this coming Sunday
and every Sunday throughout the
contest--for a Full Page OF prize
winning snapshots.
Send baby's picture today! 1t
may win as much as $500 for you.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20
State Births Set
13-Yedr Record
Times stan Correspondent

Ian SING. Feb. 20.-More
births were registered in Michigan
last year than in any other year
since 1927. the department of
health reported today
Births in 1910 totaled 80 1879,
nearly 5000 more than in 1889.
The 1927 record was 99940.
The birth rate per thousand
population last year was 1886. the
highest since 1880, when 1t was
20i.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20
4-Mi|Iion Cut Seen
In State Debt by July

LANSING. Feb. 20.-The states
deficit, which STOOD at S27OO00OO
last July l. will be cut 10 S23. 0O0.-
900 by the end of this fiscal year.
June 30, because of increased
revenues, Auditor General Vernon
J. Brown reported today
Instead of the budget depart
ments estimated revenues of ssh
100000 for this year. the state will
take IN S96,000000. When the
Legislatures deficiency bills are
passed, There viii be S4000,000 left
to appfv on the deficit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20
ADVERTISEMENT
FOR DRINK HABIT

Excessive drinking often tends to
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and weakened faculty of judgment.
Should you have a problem OF ex.
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helping to build up the nerves and ap-
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safe and doesn't upset the stomach.
Cravex costs only S1.O0 and your money
cheerfully refunded IL not delighted.
Ask your druggist lie has Crayex,
or can get IL for you.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20
FitzGerdId Hits
Foes Of Labor
n Convention

GRAND RAPIDS, Feb 20.-In
the keynote address 10 the Demo
cratic state convention here today.
Frank FitZGcrald. Detroit candl-
date for Circuit Judge. listed as
fifth columniStis' the employers
who ask labor to rclent concern
ing wage and hour standards TO
facilitate the defense program.
among our enemies at home
are the employers who declare
that the defense program can
not 20 ahead unless the working
man fOrgets this stun about
wage. hour. and overtime stand
ards" FITZGERALD sand.
Because there il danger OF
these people having their way,
the situation is critical today for
the labor movement. labor must
be eternally on guard.
I'VE do not need "A kind OF
American fasciSm to fight the
European variety
LAYS BLAME ON COP
Blaming the Republican Party
for the depression, FitzGerald told
the 200 delegates that.
I'VE of the Democratic Party
are the founders Of nation
the nation of tomorrow.
Senator PrentiSS VI Brown de-
Tended the leaSc-lend bill and de-
clared il is the duty of this nation
10 restore peace 10 the world by
aiding Britain
Great Britain Is 'mefeIy n
symbol" the SenatoT~eantinuc
aid TO England means aid to .
Poland, Denmark, Norway, Hol-
land. France. Greece and to
those affrighted people who have
been forced by the military lash
TO submit Ia the NaZi hosts.
"If Hitler wins. this nation
must undertake a military pro-
gram more extensive than any
I'm the history of the world. I
am confident that we could stand
up against any onslaught. But I
want 10 emphasize that to mill
. tarize the American people Is to
faSten upon us the same system
that has made Europe a battle
field for centuries.
THE financial burden would
he over and above any tax bur-
den within our contemplation.
There are good arguments
against the course we are taking
IN aiding Britain. But, to me.
the outstanding factors are that
u Is the right and moral thing
~ do and II is the safe thing
60 do"
PRAISE FOR KENNEDY
Senator Brown gave high praise
= HIGHWAY Commissioner G.. DON
I'd Kennedy for the accomplish
mcntS of his department and
revealed that all construction funds
this year Will he used on roads
and streets designated as military
arteries
lie pointed out that although
previous administrations had
signed contracts TO improve De-
Sroit streets no widening project
as started there until Van Wag-
bner and Kennedy took over the
highway department in 1893.
commissioner Kennedy has
now presented plans for most
modern system of thoroughfares
In the great metropolis" he said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-12
Army Orders

WASHINGTON. u. C.-The vsr de-
partment has issued the following
Col. Louis Farrell. inf. Omaha. re
tired
Lieut.. Coils. Christopher C. Scott.
A. C.. Camp Bowie TO Brentwood 4.
Tex. Robert l.. Copsey. A. C; Fort
DIX. to Columbia ; C: Carlos l..
Reavis. A. C.. Fort Still. TO Birmins
ham. Lacey Van b Murrow, A. C..
Camp Murray. to Fort Lewis, Luelah
X. Truscott Jr.. cav. Fort Knox. 10
Fort Lewis. Otto Wagner, cav. NIL
waukee TO Camp Polk; Russell {.
Barkalow, p A. Fort ord TO Pre-
sidio OF San Francisco. Charles c
Merrill. chap. Fort Slocum. to Fort
Knox. Aristeo v Simoni. Fort Han
cock TO Camp Grant; James l.
Blakeney. chap. Panama Canal Dept,
to Preside OF San Francisco.
Majors George c. Stewart. inf Ha-
waiian Dept. 70 Port Benning: Laur-
ence K. Hsnley, retired. Guadalupe
county Texas. 10 DUTY. Fort sam
Houston Edward Valentine Pettis. A.
c. res. Chicago. to duty, Randolph
Field.
Captains John r Kilcoyne. chap,
Fort Sill, 10 Camp Roberts; Thomas
H Reagan. chap. Fort Lewis. 10 Ma
con. william l. Cooper. chap. Hs-
waiian Dept. TO Camp Wolters. jacob
L. Gold NJ c. BROOKLYN. TO Hawaiian
Dept: Oswald II. Milmore. c. A. c.
Fort Monroe. q Camp Callan. re
voked. Charles ". Buckingham. NJ A.
C. Carlisle Barracks. 70 Camp Ed
wards. Roscoe Z Baker, NJ. c. Car
lisle Barracks. 70 Fort Mcclellan;
Prank T. Cavanor. \. C. Carlisle Bar
racks 10 Camp Forrest. Jordan A.
KEELING. n. C. Carlisle Barracks. 70
Camp shelby. Melvin c. Martin. NJ.
c. Carlisle Barracks 70 Fort Custer:
lssoore {. Middleman. NJ C. Car
Isle Barracks. 10 Camp Grant, Ar
thur NJ Mulligan. NJ c. Carlisle Bar
racks. 70 Camp Hulen; Joseph d. Null
lender. {. A c. Fort Monroe. 70 Camp