The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-03-20
Three HUNDRED
GUESTS attend
TIL. BANQUET
Labor Plays Important Part
In National Defense.
Declares Speaker
CLIO. BACKS DOWN

Labor's part in national defense was
graphically pointed out by Matthew
Vol, multi-titled labor leader, at the
East Liverpool Trades and Labor
Councils 47th anniversary banquet
| last Monday night in the Brother
hood auditorium before 800 guests.
The American Federation of Labor's
third vice president, who is chairman
of that body's peace committee negotl-
ating with the CIO, also assured his
audience that no part of the blame
for the continued rift in labor's
ranks, which he declared should now
above all times be solid, could be laid
to the door of the A. F. of l..
! Mr.. Woll recalled that agreement
was reached in the first conference,
but was vetoed by John L. Lewis
later During the second meeting, he
stated, the A. F. of L. accepted the
proposals of the CIO only to have
Hillman and Murray retire to an
other room and come out in a few
minutes with the statement that the
| propositions of the CIO had been
withdrawn.
James Grafton, secretary of the
/ Central Body introduced Presidehr
George Salsberry who welcomed the
guests. He also paid tribute to the
founders of the organization and
stated the city is stronger now than
ever before from a labor standpoint.
He then presented Toastmaster James
NJ Duffy, president of the National
Brotherhood of Operative Potters.
President Duffy stated the annual
gathering has been growing both in
attendance and Importance, lending it.
self to the promotion of great cooper
alton and a sincere will to join hands
and do things.
Some thirty guests were introduced
as outstanding in the movement.
These included the members of the
Executive Board of the \. B. of 0.
P, former Central Body presidents,
out of town labor leaders, political
figures and the chairman of the Ohio
State Industrial Commission.
kilograms from Walter Creese, Re-
tail Clerks representative, and Mike
J. Lyden, president of the Ohio State
Federation of Labor, who was unable
to take his place on the program,
were read.
Group singing of popular patriotic
and Irish songs, led by Tim Desmond
of Minerva again proved popular. Mr..
Desmond also sang couple of solo
numbers and Albert Oakes, Jr., made
hit with his accordian. Donald Brad
field was at the piano.
=, In introducing Mr.. Woll, Toast
master Duffy stated it was 'Godsend
to the movement that we have had
the counsel, service, guidance and
advice of this tried and true son Of
Labor.
Mr.. Woll's complete address fol-
lows:
1t is perhaps unnecessary for me to
dwell upon the solemnity and gravity
of the crisis which face US in the
world At no time in the past fifteen
years has there been a time which is
more critical both for the welfare of
} America and for those principles of
constitutional liberty upon which this
: UdClOl WAS 1OuIluSu L VI liiO'S "iio
have eyes to see this crisis is moth
ing short of totalitarian world rev.
olution, in which all the Instruments
! of modern technology are being util-
! lied to achieve a social and political
| revolution by the sword and the ma
chine gun, the airplane and the SUBJ
marine.
| 1t is a new situation which we face.
Because men have not been aware un-
, til recently of the objectives of this
, fight they have been reluctant and
uncertain regarding necessary meas
5 ures and steps to defend adequately
! our way of life.
There are still those who view the
2 present conflict abroad as simply a
f war of rival imperalisms, game OF
f power politics between grasping ma
| tions of the Old World. Then again
there are those who contend that this
: struggle is the decay and failure OF
| a capitalist democracy. However il
, is difficult to reconcile either point OF
e view with tactics of the Nazis anC
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