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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
TELL EN- WHAT YOU THINK!

THE HOUSE of Representatives has passed a
drastic anti-strike bill The measure, verlta-
BILE monstrosity, is a strange hodgepodge OF IN
sound provisions, which, if made law might easily
cause unrest and dissatisfaction which would give
a staggering blow to national morale and the de-
fenSe program.
Fortunately, it is probable the Senate will
never approve the bill jammed through the House.
But labor can afford to take no chances and must
make known its sentiments in unmistakabe
words. Letters to Senators and Representatives
from their trade union constituents and from
friends and supporters of organized labor, Will do
the trick.
In this connection, |. NJ. Ornburn of the A. F.
of L. Union Label Trades Department, gives some
wise counsel. In a recent radio address, he said:
"There are now many bills before Congress
which provide for the Stacking of American
workers through so-called anti-strike laws and
there are other proposals to freeze wages. All
these bills would establish conditions like those in
Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.
"Now, | am going to make an important ap-
peal to all citizens who believe in the constitutional
rights of American workers. | ask you to lmmedl-
atey write to your two United States Senators
from your own State and to your Congressman
from your own district, and urge them to vote
your servants in Congress that workers have more
votes than few unfair employers and cheap poll
ticians who are advocating this drastic legislation
"This is still representative form Of govern
ment, known as a republic, and you have perfect
right to petition your representatives Tell them
that you are keeping a close tab on their records
Let them know that if they vote to enslaVe Ameri-
can workers that at the next election you will vote
to keep them at home. If your members of Con-
gress vote for laws that will shacke labor replace
them with men who will uphold American freedom
and democracy"
Mr.. Ornburn's advice is good. The quicker il
is acted upon by American workers, the better fol
labor and the nation.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
CULINARY WORKERS RESENT
SLUR MADE ON UNION HEAD

Cincinnati, O. 0LNS).-An attack
in Life" on Edward Flore, president
of the Hotel and Restaurant En-
ployes' International Alliance and
Bartenders' International League of
America, has stirred the indignation
of the unions members and a number
of locals have strongly criticized the
magazine. One of the most vigorous
of the protests was made by Philadel-
phia Bartenders' Local 115, which
wrote Life" charging that it lacked
courage to call President Flore a
"racketeer," though it insinuated that
he was one, and condemning the pub
lication for "bad and yellow journal
| ISM"
The Bartenders' letter, reprinted in
the international unions official jour
nal, "The Catering Industry En-
ployes," said that "Life" referred to
Edward Flore "as the head of a
racket-infested Bartenders' Interna-
tional League" The letter paid
tribute to President Flores "honest
and fortnight" leadership and said:
"We think that magazine with a
circulation such as Life ought to be
more accurate. You lack the courage
to call Mr. Flore a racketeer You
know that's untrue but, by innuendo,
you convey the same impressions. We
denounce you for slurring the man
who has contributed materially toward
the improvement in the lot of thous-
ands Of American men and women"
The letter ended by asking Life" to
give the same space to the unions
protest that it gave to the attack on
Flore, which was based on articles by
Westbrool. Pesler.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
MORATORIUM SIGNED
BY CONNECTICUT GROUPS

Hartford, Conn. ULNS)-An agree
ment eliminating strikes for the dur
ation of the war has been signed by
the presidents of the Connecticut
State Federation Of Labor, CIO State
Council and Manufacturers Associa-
,tion.
Both labor and management" the
agreement said, "have agreed that
there will be no cessation of work or
production, arising from any differ
ences which may interrupt or curtail
IN any way Connecticut's ability to
produce the weapons of victory"
The signatories agreed that all diff
ierenceS between labor and manage
ment would be submitted for settle
ment to Gov. Hurley or to arbiters
designated by him.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
DANGER SIGNAL

As YET the nation has given no clear indication
of realizing the national danger implicit in ris-
ing prices and imitation. 1t is true that everybody
notices rising prices and complains Of them. Few
Discussion of initiation frequently brings yaWns in
fact. But, as the Consumers Union says:
"Infation is not some abstract theory that in.
Iterests only economists and students; it is breac
land butter problem affecting every household anC
Ievery pay envelope 1t can slash living standards
with btZkrieg speed and destructiveness.'
Prices of basic raw commodities are more thar
50 per cent above the pre-war level, the Consum
Iers' Union points out. "Ihis increase is red light
to the country, giving advance warning of future
sharp rise in the cost OF living unless effective
faction is taken by the Government
AS yet, the Government has been tagging il
reflective action" Trade unioniSts can help to cor
rect this by writing their Senators and Reprcsen
Itatives, asking speedy enactment of price contro
Legislation, in line with that advocated by the
American Federation of Labor.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
GOOD MOVE

SWIFT INVESTIGATION and disciplinary action
~ in the Pearl Harbor disaster is certain to in
spire confidence in the ranks of labor and among
all Americans. Appointment of an able special
board of inquiry and replacement of the high army
and naval command at Hawaii argues that the
Government means business and is determined on
efficiency in the conduct of the war.
If Washington had not acted quickly and de-
cisively in the Pearl Harbor attack confidence in
military leadership would inevitably have been
weakened. The feeling would have existed that
efforts were being made to protect negligent or in
competent officers. The Governments action will
be hailed as assurance that nothing of the sort
will be tolerated.
Of course this feeling Of confidence, based OF
action to date, will be shaken unless responsibility
for the disaster is promptly fixed, proper punish
ment meted out and all steps taken to prevent as
far as is humanity possible, any repetition of The
Hawaiian surprise. That the investigation will be
thorough is indicated by the cabre of the inquiry
board, headed by Supreme Court Justice Roberts
and composed of experienced Army and Navy
IOtlicerS.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
ESSENTIAL TO VICTORY

IN THE fight which must now go on day and
might and seven days week to win unmlstak;i-
bile victory ruthless aggression, the industrial
forces Of America are now referred to as the hope
of the democratic world.
From this time ON, perhaps for years the mu-
nitiOnS Of war IN continuous and swelling stream
must flow to those wherever and whoever they are
with strength still to resist the gangSterS who
would end our freedom. In the indispensable pro-
ducton and transportation of tanks, planes and
ships, American labor will not be found wanting.
1t will now be recognized that those who work in
factories and mines are no less patriotic than
those who sit behind desks. One of our highest
duties in this time OF stress and strain Is to make
doubly sure that this working force is developed
and maintained in highest efficiency.
This industrial army must be trained and
disciplined to higher levels Of skill in production,
but at the same time it must be Safeguaided
against needless hazards Of occupatonal accident
and disease, and protected from short-sighted
periods Of OVcI-strain that result in disastrous
fatigue and netliciency. This is not coddng labor,
it is using the common sense OF practical expert
encc in the interests Of sustained efficiency and
increased production.
We have for Ouu guidance the experience of all
countries i'm the First World War. Workers and
managers, inspired by patriotic ferVor and under
the urge for greater and still greater output to
meet the ineXorabe needs Of war, after brief
period Of oVcr-eXcrton found output decreasing
below the level Of normal effort. Fatigue dullcd
the senses, accidents increased until the appalling
casualties Of industry burdcned the hospitals and
required nationwide laws for vocational rehablli-
tation. 1t was then learned to the ht that al
though in time Of great national emergency we
need the scvcn-day week for our muniton ma
chimes, we cannot aiIord-.-cXcept for very brief
periodS-tO have ScVcn-day workers. Sustained
maximum production is not secured through a
working force that is poisoned by fatigue.
Out Of years Of study and experience, minimum
standards Of health and safety have been de-
Velopcd. Through democratic processes these well
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
LAUDS WAKE ISLAND DEFENDERS

NTEPHTN M. YOUNG, COngrcSSman-at large
~ addressing the House of Representatives, said
Mr.. Speaker, let us ask the blessings of Almighty
God for the small force of Americans on Wake
island resisting the armed forces of the japanese
Empire Many Americans everywhere offer pray
ers Of thanksgiving and hope, and voice the pride
of great nation for that small group of Ameri
cans fighting vaianty against overwhelming odds
with no surrender in their hearts, but dreams of
ia fal-oT and-outnumbered and outgunned tre-
mendously by the air force, army and navy OF
Japan, but fighting on hcroicay, repelling attack
after attack. This Republic may endure thousands
of years, but American school children thous.
and years from now will recall Wake Island and
its little force of defenders and say-They were
brave men,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
w H A T MEX T?

Latest in watchmen's equipment
is the Walking Stick" designed
by a Chicago manufacturer as IA
weapon and means of summon
ing help from long and short dis
tances. In the sticks handle is Sc
cretcd a small radio device. BY
punching a small button, the
watchman sends special wireless
key signal" which can be ar
ranged to set off alarm bells or
sirens, transmit a private warning
to other guards or notify police
headquarters.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
MERRY CHRISTMAS
BY DANIEL B. STRALEY
AS the loves and friendships vanish


AS the loves and friendships vanish
To the tear
And the yuletide circle narrows
Year by year,
Let there be no shade of sorrow
Christmas Eve, nor on the morrow
Only cheer.
Let all ills and cares that weigh
Lark winged quit the festal day
And as playful childhood's chatter
Mingles with the merry clatter
OF the toys,
And the scent of pine and spruce
Vie in fragrance with the goose
Let the gladness of the heart
To some needy one impart
Of its joys.
Then will the voices long since fe'
Their celestial benedictions shed.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
"SHE'S SPICK-AND-SPAN"

These words when heard, "She's
spick-and-span,"
Cause one to think she's neat
Just simply dressed, no lipstick,
rouge,
No freaks on head and feet;
For little spick with little span
Suffices the petite,
While lots of spick with lots Of span
True chicness does defeat.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
PROGRESS TAKES WORK

THE SOCIAL advancement Of working men anC
women resulting from improved labor cond-
tions is not brought about by either the free play
of so-called economic law or by the generosity
of employers. 1t is achieved by the deliberate anc
sustained effort of workers organized in bona idt
trade unionS.-Frank Morrison
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
THE EXPERT

The expert was tyro once
And had no skill or speed
But was determined to progress
To learn and to succeed
So day by day he planned and worked
And in due time became
The best Of all in his own class
An expert of great fame.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
w l S D O M

The liberty of the press is the
tyrant's message; it is the true
friend and supremest supporter of
civil liberty.-Gen. Benjamin Lin
coin.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
Truths Pondered While
Riding At Anchor
MIR. MODESTUS

JAPS NEED DICTIONARY
. NO GRATITUDE
JAPAN PAMPERED
. VIGILANCE PRICE OF
LIBERTY
Hurry, killee-
No savvy Melicanee-
Yankee words have backward mean
ing for Japs-
"Co-operating" means murder, pill
lage, rapine, robbery
peace" describes invasion, war,
bombing cities
"Honor" is queer word, meaning
honesty, fair dealing
Civilization" is a word not much
used by Japanese
They talk about "Asia for Asiatics":
i. e., for japanese
Ultimately, they actually claim the
whole world.
Captain Perry, in 1853
introduced Japan to Western Civil
zation-
Previous to that, Japan refused ad-
mission to westerners-
The U. S. A. did not invade Japan,
nor conquer the country
Captain Perry fired few cannon
shots, just to show them
Then left them a treaty, which they
could take or leave
Next time America knocked at their
doors
Japan said, "Come in"; and began
to learn western ways
Not the old Spanish method, of con-
quest, robbery, slaughter
For which they are now giving us
their form Of gratitude.
X X X
Japan's foreign trade
Increased over 1000 times, between
1870 and 1886
From 40 million yen, to 5,456 mil
lion yen in that time
In 1885 their commerce with U. S.
A. totaled 1874 million yen
Over one-fourth of their total for
eign commerce that year
We took one-third of her total ex-
ports
First we pitied her; then petted
her; then pampered her
But the little brown men couldn't
take it, somehow.
Civilization was something to which
| they were immune
They thought it meant science, ma
chimes, profits, war-power-
In 80 years, they failed to get the
key to Anglo-Saxon civilization
But when Nazis came along, they
took to them like ducks to water.
x X x
Japan's population is 70 million
About the same as Germany, before
Hitler t"
What Churchill said of the latter
holds true of Japs-
"Some of them are durable; the rest
are killable"-
Which our marines began to dem
onstrate at Wake Island.
x X X
Democracy didn't "take" in Ger,
many, either
Something is absent in German
mental and moral structure
Social self-control is something for,
eign to them
Democracy" to German minds, is
equivalent to "capitalism''-
Something inherently related to eX
ploitation and profits
Ii the German people did not accept
Hitlerism-
If the "Fuehrer" idea did not fiji
their mental structure
They would, before now, be doing
what the Greeks and Norwegians are
Mobs will do anything
Under the drive of leader
Fuehrer-
But when mobs stop long enough t.
think, they Ego democratic"-
They then get control of them
selves, personally and socially
And "social self control is the es
sence of democracy
Calling forth to action the most es
sential human capacities
That is why: External vigilance i
the price of Liberty
And that is why the Hitlers, biz
and little
Don't like labor unions, and collec
tive bargaining.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
AMERICAN TANKS

ITHE BRI'TIslI had plenty of tanks in the first
World War. Neither Britain nor France had
tanks to stop Hitler from marching through
France and other countries. There were 800 tanks
made in America in 1910, and it will be 5000 fol,
I194l.
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Lasy success is not permanent.
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EASTERN GENERAL WARE STANDING COMMITTEE
Operatives E. WIIEATLEY. VIM E. YOUNG EDWARD SEYFIER
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WESTERN GENERAL WARE sTATDING C=oMMITTEE = ~,
rs--- M j LfN1fl, ARTHUR w WEl1l.
LOHN McGILLINRAY: louis PESLOCK r. HAYNE
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EASTERN CHINA WARE STANDING COMMITTEE ,oos
Operatives, f. WHEATEY JOHN r. BALDAuF. Jr VIM OWEN
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22
Americans Back Plot
 Uncovered In Paris
tContlnued from Page D

Saturday ct St. Denis arch and French police and German soldiers grabbed several persons who, they said, were handing out Communist tracts and shouting sseditious,' sIo- gans. Fourteen of them were sem fenced to death. Two were shot and the others had their sentences com muted. .
 Meanwhile the Germans warned against French civilians harboring British flyers shot down over France. A communique said anyone violating the order would be shot. It was re- ported that two British planes were shot down in the Paris region re- centlH and that the crews were found, presumably having been hid- den by French civilians.
 Another Execution
 Fresh posters announcing 8 new execution, following disclosure of the execution of communists yes- terday, appeared on Paris walls to- day. German occupation author ities proclaimed that Jose Roig had been shot for recruiting volunteers for Gen. Charles De Gaulle, free France leader.
 Other posters said that German authorities in occupied France had decreed the death penalty for an person failing to disclose the where- abouts of British airmen shot down in France. Any person hiding a British aviator also will be execut- ed, it was announced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22
Hitler Hurling ! Hordes
 Into Bloody Battle
Continued from Page 1)

that German attempts to cross big river, presumably the Dnieper near Dniepropetrovsk, had been crushed with loss of 800 German soldiers, 26 boats, a number of pontoon bridges and much other war equipment. Odessa still was holding out under German air and artillery lombard ment, as was the capital of Kiev where Moscow said new vaudeville show was opened last night.
 The Russians said that Josef V. Stalin'S "scorched earth" policy was being carried out so effectively that nothing was left for the Germans in the territory they had occupied. They also again reported the Ger mans using small air-borne tanks in the Ukraine offensive and told of one occasion when 20 tanks, with crews, were landed and all destroy ed by Russian military and home guard action.
 Central-The Russians admitted the loss of Gcmel, where Berlin previously had claimed big vic- tory in an important sector about half way between Kiev and Smol- ensk. But today's Moscow commit nique said that fighting was con- tinuing stubbornly in tAet area.
 The Russians continued to claim an advantage in the Smolensk sec- tor, on the direct road to Moscow, where the Germans have failed to make progress in recent weeks and where the British reported that heavy rains and deep mud had im- mobilized German mechanized units
 In addition to reports from the main military fronts, there were significant developments in other, more distant fields.
 Berlin dispatches disclosed that the Germans had appealed for vol unteers for. the crack "S' troops, which originally were Hitler's body guard and which have been report ed suffering high casualties in leading the most difficult and haz- ardouS Nazi attacks.
 In France, the campaign of Mar shal Henri Philippe Petain to crush ruthlesSly all opposition was accom- panied by charge in the Paris press that plot, backed by Ameri- can money, had been uncovered against the Vichy government. The NaM-controlled Paris weekly, LAD pei, charged that the plot was con nected with the mysterious deaths of two persons alleged to be leaders of the, new revolutionary move ment, known as the "synarchy."
 Japan continued to resist Ameri- can British pressure in the Far East but there appeared to be at least a temporary relaxation of tension. The Tokyo spokesman sug- eested in an interview that 1t would be 8 good idea for the United States to guarantee that it would not establish bomber bases in east ern Siberia in connection with aid to the Soviet Union. The Japanese press had charged that America was cooperating with Russia, Bri- tain and China to "encircle" Japan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22
President Goss Will
 Succeed MT. Hubbard
(Continued from Page D

in May as result of legislation passed by the 1941 General Assembly
 Among his many official posts in industry and business, the most prominent are: vice-president and director of the Nazareth Cement Company of Nazareth, Pa., director of Manufacturers Mutual Fire In- surance Company of Providence; director of White Rock Mineral Springs Company, Waukshaw, Wis consin; Director of Citizens and Manufacturers National Bank, Wa terbury; director of Waterbury Sav- ings Bank; director of New Britain Machine Company, New Britain; president and director of the Noun tain Lake Corporation, Lake Wales, Florida; trustee, Rollings College, Winter Park, Florida; director of Connecticut State Farm for Wo- men, Mantle; and director of the board of st. Mary's Hospital, Wa terbury. He is also a director of the National Industrial Conference Board of New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22
VIM. M. HARRIS
 LEFT $3,43C.45
CCOntinued from Pare D

CContinued from Page D for which Harris left no will, is the Colonial Trust Company. Lucian D. Warner and Gustav A. Anderson are the appraisers.
 Harris died in this city on May 20, lo4l, after he had been hospi- talized for an infection of the blood stream. He was born in New Castle, Maine on February 3, 1886, and was 65 at the time of his death.
 Active In This City
 His career was featured by activ- ity in educational and welfare work. He was at one time president of the Westbrook Seminary at Portland, Maine, and head of the First Con- tinuation Schools in Boston. He also served in the capacity of head of the personnel department of the Willet- Sears Company, Boston.
 During the World War and sub- sequently he was vice. chairman at the National Red Gross headquar-. ters in Washington, D. c. In March of 1929 he came to this city as ex- ecutive secretary of the Lincoln House Association, and manager of the anti-T Tuberculosis League, both of which posts he held until the time of his death. A short time after his arrival in Waterbury he was appointed probation officer of both the superior and common pleas courts in this city.
 He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Theresa Mckinley Harris, and three children.