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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-31
Boards To Defer Agriculture Students;
Urge Medical Students Join Reserves

"has arisen on the question of wheth-
er or not the local board has the
power to defer students of agricul-
ture. I am in receipt of a communi-
cation from National Headquarters
which dispells all doubt in this mat
ter"
This communication, Director Co.
bic says, states:
National Headquarters has issued
a number of memoranda with respect
to the deferment of necessary men in
preparation or training for essential
occupations.
Considerable inquiry has develop
ed as to the authority of local boards
to defer students of agriculture. 1t
is believed that the memoranda set
forth clearly indicate that local
boards have ample authority to defer
such students Of agriculture as are
found by the local boards to be neces-
sary men within the meaning of the
Selective Service Regulations"
The Regulations provide, the Direc.
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-31
T. A. Rickert Dies
Suddenly At Home
A. F. of L. Executive Council
Member Suffers Heart
Attack At SIS

New York, N. Y.-Thomas A. Rick
ert, international president Of the
United Garment Workers of America
for the past thirty-seven years and a
member of the Executive Council of
the American Federation of Labor
since 1918, died suddenly at his home
here July %. He was 65 years old.
Mr.. Rickert suffered a heart attack
and died soon afterward. He had
spent the day at his desk at the un-
ions headquarters and showed no
signs Of illness. News of his death
came as a shock to the entire labor
movement.
Born in Chicago on April "a, 1876,
Thomas A. Rickert was educated in
the public schools and went to work
in his early teens. He became ac-
lively identified with the labor move
ment when only 10 and at the age of
%, having demonstrated the qualities
of labor leadership, he was chosen
president Of the United Garment
Workers.
Mr. Rickert was highly regarded by
Samuel Gompers and at the Denver
convention of 1921 the revered found
er of the A. F. of L. rose for the first
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-31
Harding President
Of Local Union l56
Some Kilnmen So Anxious
To Get To Work They Are
Coming BY Tdxi

East Palestine, Ohio.-Local Union
No. 1856 held installation of officers
July ID, with the following being in
Quoted into office: Roy Harding, presi-
dent; Roy Fulk, vice president; Yer
non Latham, secretary-treasurer
Robert Hall, recording secretary;
Zetta Rodgers. defense collector;
Emma Mcdowell, statistician; Otto
Kuntz, guard; Glenn Mahon, inspec-
tor, Kenneth Easton, trustee, 1S
months; Robert Hall and Kenneth
Eaton are the two new officers of the
local.
The membership wishes all officers
much success in the future months.
We also wish to thank the retiring
shop committee for it's untiring efforts
in negotiating the new wage confer
ence and thank our national vice pres
idents, Josh Chadwick, George Turn
er and Charles Jordan for the part
they played. The new wage scale
gives female labor an increase of
three cents per hour; male labor
from five to nine cents per hour.
The shop is working good at the
present and we hope it continues. We
have taken in over 60 new members
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-31
MeanY Pledges Workers Will Make
Greet Arsenal Of Democracy Here

1t was estimated that the drive will
produce hundreds of thousands Of
dollars in contributions for the pur-
pose of sending food, medical sup
plies and other necessary assistance
to the courageous workers Of Great
Britain.
In his radio address, Mr.. Meany
said:
"We know what a grave RESPONSE
bility rests upon the shoulders of
American labor. We know that it is
not at all farfetched to say that upon
our ability to produce and deliver
ships and guns and tanks and planes
the face Of the world depends. We
know that we cannot permit the bull
wark that stands between us and Hit
ler's legions of destruction to be con-
quered by the Nazis.
"The workers represented by the
American Federation of Labor give
assurance that, just as the. workers
of Britain are not failing in the diff
ficult tasks which they have before
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-31

New York, N. Y.-Secretary-Treas-
urer George Meany of the American
Federation of Labor climaxed the
closing drive of "Aid British Labor
Week" with a nationally broadcast
address in which he declared that the
workers Of this country will fulfill
their share of the responsibility for
making America "the arsenal of de-
mocracy."
"Aid British Labor Week." con-
Quoted by the American Labor Com
mittee to Aid British Labor, proved
huge success. 1t was officially in
augurated by President William Green
of the American Federation of Labor,
endorsed by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, proclaimed by the Cover
nors of twenty-five states and sup
ported in enthusiastic fashion by
workers throughout the nation. Other
notable speakers who participated in
the drive included Wendell Willkie,
Mayor LaGuardia and Matthew Woll
Vice President of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-31

'OeScrlDed Dy Independent OD-
servers as the most comprehensive
and illuminating ever prepared by
labor organization.
Mr. Green pointed out to the COM
mittee that workers for the colossal
task of constructing 46 Army can
tonments, which are virtually cities
in themselves, were Furnished by the
unions affiliated with our Building
and Construction Trades Department
without any cost to the Government
or contractors"
He also stressed the contributions
to the defense program made by the
Metal Trades Department. He cited
as an example the case Of the Inter-
national Association of Machinists,
which recruited men from every part
of the country for work in Navy
Yards, arsenals, airplane plants and
other vital defense industries.
Another notable example, out of
dozens mentioned by Mr.. Green, was
that Of the International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers, which worked
out with Government defense agen-
cies detailed procedure for organizing
labor supply to avoid local shortages
and to prevent wasteful and aim
less flocking Of workers to areas
where jobs are not ready for them"
Mr.. Green emphasized that organ
lied labor has not received credit in
the newspapers for its indispensable
cooperation in the defense program.
He declared that while The Govern
ment has given generous incentives
to business to cooperate in the de-
fense program, workers have given
their services without inducements
and under severe hardships in many
cases. Among these hardships he
listed:
Failure to pass legislation pro-
tecting the old age pension and un-
employment insurance rights Of
workers drafted into the armed serv-
ices.
2-Failure to protect many of the
100000 new workers drawn to Navy
Yards and arsenals from jobs in pri-
vate industry where they enjoyed
pension and unemployment insurance
rights now jeopardized.
3-The same failure with respect 70
migratory construction workers who
are moved from one defense site to
another and lose important rights be-
cause under State unemployment in
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-31

Because of the growing shortage of
farm workers and farm produce, and
on the basis of figures reported to
him by Col. Furman G. Spencer,
chief of the Occupational Deferment
Division, Lieut.. Colonel C. w. Co.
BILE, state director OF seIectlve service
for Ohio, today emphasized that local
boards have ample authority to defer
students of agriculture as men Gin
training or preparation for' neces-
sary occupations. At the same time
it was announced by Major Claude S.
Perry, assistant chief of the Medical
Division of selective service, that
medical students and internes who
are selective service registrants
should endeavor to obtain commits
sions in the Medical Reserve Corps of
the United States Army.
Existing Selective Service Regula-
tions covering necessary men" are
sufficiently broad to permit deferment
of agricultural students, the Director
declared.
"Some misunderstanding" he said,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-31
Doesn't Care To
Take Direction
From Dicfufor
Actor Meredith Prefers To
Continue Role In
Democracy"

New York (FFF).-"You may be
interested to know why an actor like
myself messes with public affairs
why an actor who has been for years
engaged in the business of make be-
lieve should be engaged in such real
istic doings as these" Burgess Mered-
ith, stage, screen and radio star told
a recent Fight for Freedom rally.
at is to say my bit against the
turning of the world into a perform
ance written by dictator that l am
here tonight.
"The prospect of talking. laughing,
crying, loving, shouting and living on
cue "a hours a day-of thinking only
Of the words of dictator's script, of
becoming a perennial stooge to the
whim of an unbearable playwright
whose work you thoroughly detest-
such prospect is one an actor is
damned we'll qualified to speak out
against.
Democracy was not written by a
playwright. 1t was written by the
hearts of all men. 1t permits speech
VI OSSIy hliiu, ~ pCIIiltS lICCuOIll VI
thought and movement. 1t contains
no dictator cues.
democracy is our show-America's
show. We were among the first of it's
producers. And we owe it one great
duty. 1t is show that must 90 on
must go on if we have to act it out
with guns and ships and planes and
with our lives"
Meredith, former president Of Ac-
tors Equity, and Helen Hayes, first
lady Of the theater. are working with
Louis Shaffer, director Of Cultural
Activity of the International Ladies'
Garment Workers Union, to organize
prominent figures Of the theater and
screen in the program Of Fight for
Freedom, Inc.
Shaffer produced "Pins and Nee
dies" the ILGWU musical comedy,
which was the first labor stage pro-
duction ever to succeed on Broadway.
1t ran more than two years in New
York, and was on tour throughout the
country for more than II months.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-31
u. S. Investigating
Labor Conditions
Conditions In Panama Are
Studied At Request
Of A. F. Of L.

Washington, D. C.-The United
States Government sent Lieut. James
P. Mitchell, Labor Adviser to the
War Department, to the Canal Zone
to investigate wages and working
conditions of employees of all contrac-
tors engaged in defense projects and
other work there. He was accompa
MED by w. c. flushing, Chairman Of
the A. F. of L. Legislative Commit
tee.
Last December Mr. flushing ano
Joseph McDonagh, Treas
urer of the Metal Trades Department
of the American Federation Of La
Dor, made such an investigation ant
reported very bad conditions existinf
there. Mechanics brought from thC
United States by contractors were be
ing paid less than the rates paid il
the continental United States and re
quired to work overtime on Satur
days, Sundays and holidays withou.
extra pay. They found the laboi
turnover to be more than 81 per cent
on account of these conditions witt
resultant delay of the defense pro
gram to say nothing Of the financia
loss due to the cost Of bringing men
to and from the United States at ap
proximately $3.50 each.
The employees have been most res
tive under restraint but have re
Trained from striking upon the rec
ommendation of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor, pending correction OF
the complaints.
Senator Reynolds, chairman of the
Senate Military affairs Committee, or
June 16, 1941, introduced a bill IS
l64D to correct the conditions COM
planned of, but by agreement the leg
islation will be held in allegiance pend
ing the new investigation.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-31
Just Peace After War Aim Of
American Federation
Of Labor
SPEECH BROADCAST
Oppressed Workers Listen
To Words of Cheer Over
. Short Wave

Washington, D. C.-In a message
to the downtrodden workers of Nor.
way, bowed under the yoke of their
Nazi conquerors, President William
Green of the American Federation OF
Labor pledged the help of America in
obtaining just peace after the pres.
ent war is over.
His message, broadcast over short
wave radio from Station WRUL in
Boston, said in part:
"Prior to the invasion of your coun-
try the flag of freedom waved proud
ly. Your people enjoyed all the prec-
ious freedoms Of free democratic
state. In your great nation democ-
racy lived on a fertile soil enriched
by the fibre Of courage, discipline and
tolerance.
"Now your brave country is occu-
pied by the forces of human savagery.
The same aggressor forces who struck
at peaceful Norway have also men,
aced the freedom and liberty of every
democratic nation, and lighted the
flames Of racial and religious hatreds
all over the civilized world.
"Our nation faces the most serious
crisis in it's history. AS workers de-
voted to the ideals of our country we
are deeply concerned. Many Of us
came here from your land and other
lands across the seas as immigrants.
And many millions of us are the sons
and daughters of immigrants who
came here because America promised
Them an opportunity for protection
against tyranny Of any kind and equal
rights before the law.
"Our government has been faithful
to~tAe one hundred and fifty year old
preamble to our constitution. Our
people recognize more and more that
the fellowship of man knows no boun-
daries. Our people hope that the
heroic resistance of the Norwegian
people with those Of other enslaved
nations will be victorious, and in the
end tolerance, reason and justice, lib
erty and freedom will again prevail in
your once happy land.
"The millions of workers in the
american Federation of Labor will
join with you, our friends in Norway,
when lull in the battle comes, to
create together not an armistice, but
an enduring and just peace among
the nations of the world and among
the peoples of all nations. We shall
join with you and help in every way
to translate economic progress into
social justice throughout the world so
that the blessings Of peace on earth
and good will among men may be-
come real and UNIVERSAL"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-31
A Tough Day For
A. D. Denny Lewis

(The following is reprinted from
the Washington Merry Co -Round):
1t was tough day for A. D.
("Denny") Lewis, talking broth
er Of hirsute John L.
Denny is head of the United Con-
struction Workers, largely a paper
outfit kept in existence by a s1O,-
O00-a-month dole from the CIO cash
box. Several months ago, without
the prior approval Of Phil Murray,
but with the blessing Of Brother John,
Denny issued charter to Minneap-
oils Local 554 of the General Drivers
Union, whose Trotskyite leaders were
about to be purged out of the AFL
by scrappy teamster boss Dan Tobin.
With Local 554 under his belt,
Denny became very cocky and boast
ed Of a big drive on the AFL team
sters. Several Of John LIS "palace
guard" henchmen were sent West to
look over the situation
Then came the deluge.
In Minneapolis a Federal Grand
Jury indicted Trotskyte chieftains
Of Local 554 on charges of advocating
overthrow Of the U. S. Government
through armed force. And in Wash
ington, defense authorities entered
into an agreement with the AFL
building trades unions, giving them
sole representation on the construc-
tion stabilization committee--and
leaving Denny's U. c. w. out in the
very cold.
One of Denny's lieutenants, bewail-
ing the double blow, remarked: "Who
says lightning doesn't strike twice in
the same place."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-31
Picnic Scheduled
For August q BY
Carr China Co.
Grafton Members Resume
Work Following 2-Week
Shutdown

Grafton, w. Va.-Carr China en-
ployes are all back at their benches
after a two-week shut down due to
much needed repairs. 1t is the first
that any Of us have had the oppor-
tunity to get little time off for rec
reation as we have been working very
steady filling government contracts
as we'll as many other orders. If the
boiler was not repaired it was only a
question of time until it would have
blown up and Frank Fawcett said
that he was not ready to take that
kind of a trip so the repairs were
made and all is set for another long
run.
AS for the employees going places, it
would have kept the F. B. l. busy to
try to keep track Of them for they
scattered to all parts of the United
states and some even went to Cana
da. The o. C. has contacted some on
the shop and here is what he found
out. Several took trip down to Flor
ida and even though it was summer
time they did not suffer any from the
heat. The ones who went to Canada
spoke Of the military attitude of all
the people up there. Those who trav-
eled the farthest were the two who
took a trip to California where sew
eral of our former brothers and sis
ters have gone recently. Too numer-
Gus to mention are those who motored
through the states visiting historical
points of interest. In that group the
0. c. found that the states of Vir-
gmia and New York were the most
popular.
The seashore came in for its share
Of the travellers and others went to
the mountains. Fishing trips, camp
ing out in the woods and boating on
the Great Lakes, proved popular. Still
others just loafed at home or work
ed in their gardens Everyone en-
joyed themselves in whatever form of
entertainment they chose but after all
is said and done we are all glad to
be back at work once again. That
vacation stuff is all o. X. except that
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-31
Campaign TO Aid
Labor of Brifuin
Given Big Boost
Nationwide Observance To
Bring Help To Heroes
Of England

New York, n. Y.-Greatly stimu-
lated by the nationwide observance of
Aid British Labor Week. which
brought the need to help the heroic
British workers forcefully to the at
tention of the American public, the
drive of the American Labor Com
mittee to Aid British Labor has
swung into more intensive phase,
with contributions, pledges and en-
couraging reports pouring in from all
sections of the country.
Eager to make its first substantial
contribution to the British Trades
Union Congress at the earliest possi-
BILE opportunity, the committee is ap-
pealing to all Aid British Labor Com
mittees, state and city central labor
bodies, ard international and local
unions to send in at once whatever
funds they have collected to date.
This will also enable the committee
to report evidence of activity by
communities when it makes its first
comprehensive report.
"We have refrained from setting
quotas or standards, since the cam
paign is being conducted purely on
voluntary basis" Matthew Woll,
chairman of the committee, said.
Committees which have not yet sub
mitted any estimates are being urged
to do so by the national committee.
Since the campaign has now progress
ed to the point where they are able
to do so, according to Mr.. Woll, the
following committees established their
own quotas which were offered to all
committees and central labor bodies
as possible guides for their own esti-
mates. Some Of the goals are as
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-31
PHYSICAL Standards
of Armed Forces To
Be Studied BY Army
Remediuble Detects Will Be
Corrected Prior To
Physical Exam

Selective Service registrants in
Ohio today were urged by Col. How
ard E, Boucher, Chief of the Medi-
cal Division and Assistant State Di-
rector, to learn the fundamental phys
iral standards of this Nations armed
forces, consult their doctors and dent
ists to determine whether they con-
form to these standards, and to have
remediable defects corrected prior to
physical examination.
Pointing out that such action by
registrants would constitute a distinct
service to their country and to the in
dividual registrant, Col. Boucher said
that the men could not, of course, be
expected to learn highly technical de-
tails of the standards. However, he
asserted, they can acquaint them
selves with the basic requirements
and, upon consultation with their own
physicians or dentists, determine
whether they are physically qualified
according to the general standards.
Although the local boards and the
armed forces are the final judges of a
registrant's fitness, Col. Boucher de-
clared, registrants would be able, by
following the suggested course, to
make some determination of their
chances Of induction as physically fit.
Furthermore, he emphasized, men
who learn they have physical defects
and have remediable ones corrected so
as to qualify themselves for training
will render patriotic service to their
country and improve their own
health.
He said:
Learn the minimum physical re
quirements as laid down by the Selec-
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-31
President Green Pledges U. S. Help For
Socia| Justice In Norwegian Message
Wage Boost Is Won
By $1,000 Workers
Wdrning Of Price Infection Is
Sounded By American
Federutionist

Washington, D. C.-Wage in
creases reported during June aggre
gated almost six million dollars g
year for $1,000 workers organized ir
238 locals of American Federation OF
Labor unions.
However, the American Federation
of Labor's monthly survey of bust
ness warned that fast rising fooC
costs may wipe out these gains ano
make the condition of workers ever
worse than before.
The threat Of price initiation men,
aces the family budget more danger
ously than at any time since the last
war since the average rise Of food
costs has been 8 per cent since year
ago and in many cities from 10 to 1s
per cent, the survey showed.
Labor losses by initiation and wages
cannot keep pace with rapidly in
creasing living costs that come dur
ing initiation periods, the survey said
1t warned also that initiation usually
is followed by even more serious de-
flation with widespread wage cuts
and unemployment.
"If we do have a serious price in
fiation today" the survey continued
"added to the vast dislocations of in
dustry and workers caused by the
change to mass production of modern
war machines, America stands to lose
great deal more than jobs and wage
standards. We know how the 1888
depression closed our banks and
wiped out millions of dollars in work
ers' savings, bankrupted thousands of
farmers and businesses, threatened to
undermine our institutions. We know
how serious depressions abroad caus-
ed the overthrow of democratic gov
ernments in country after country
brought Hitler and his regime to Ger
many. A serious price initiation in
America could bring incalculable dis
aster. What can be done?"
In answering that question, the sur
vey declared that while some form of
price control is vital. wages must not
be included in its sphere. Wages are
not prices, it was emphasized.
Labor can help, the survey advised,
by obtaining full information on COM
pany income and costs before seeking
wage increases so as to prevent COM
modify price boosts based on higher
labor costs.
Workers also can help to prevent
initiation by investing increased earn
ings in defense savings bonds and not
causing upward spirals by excessive
luxury purchases.