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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

August 81, l94I
Mr. ". X. Hearst
WyntoOn,
McCl0ud, California.
Dear Mr.. Hearst:

/ Dear Mr.. Hearst;
7 WAS interested In the lette
OF inquiry To you from Al
East Indian gentleman VIII
asked whether the eight point
would apply 10 India and othe
Asiatic and African nations.
In your comment, you con
cluded with the implication tina
, the promised freedoms nigh
not he fully carried out even II
the United States.
One Of the most appealing q
, the four freedoms Is freedom n
worship. which Of course i
guaranteed at home in the Bill
of Rights.
Nothing which Adolf Hitler
did outraged the moral sense q
the American people so much
as Nazi persecution OF religious
groups.
And so far as know, Mr.
Hearst, you were the frs
eminent American who had tn,
courage To appear before thu
fuehrer and tell him candidlN
of American disapproval o.
such practices.
This was years before the
professional politicians in this
country or in Great Britain had
let out peep.
Religious bigotry, 81 course
is An age-old phenomenon.
But until the contemporary
totalitarian systems were de-
velOped. such practices in con-
temporary times were always
eXtra-Iegal.
i Hitler's offense lay in making
such hoodlumism the official
law Of the land in Germany.
The resultant cruelties were
another expression Of similar
purges earlier in the Soviet
against religious and economic
dignitaries.
Now we all 60 along with
Presi dent RoOsevelt's noble
statements relating to religious
freedom.
Perhaps we can look for
ward to happier day wher
this ideal or freedom will HI
translated into an accomplished
. reality In all countries.
In the meantime. our zeal Il
bring the reform in other coun
tries should not blind us to thu
mote in our own eyes.
Though American achieve
ments depend on the melting
pot concept, the American spirit
OF tolerance Is sometimes
preached by bigOts at home-b,
hotels which in An I'M American
way apply religious criterion
for the selection of clients, h,
employment agencies who ash
To what church job seekers he.
long. and by various Jim Grow
arrangements.
IL may not he practical IL
make all foreign nations accpp,
American ideals through the
sword. hut we can promot, ouI
concepts Of the good life h,
practicing them conscientiousl,
at home.
And in condemning religion,
prejudice abroad, we should bs
careful not to condone the
practice ~ any similar viciou,
practices at home, however
yelled.
You are in position 10 ASSUME
leadership in this movement fol
tolerance and understanding. fol
all through your career yo,
have selected business associate,
and personal friends on tn,
basis Of merit. not through an,
narrow tests growing out o
bigotry.
Your unlinching devotion {,
the letter and the spirit Of thu
Bill ~ Rights has been the YER,
foundation Of the Americanisn
which yOu advocate and which
YOU have always practiced.
Sincerely yours.
MERRYLE STANLEY
RUKENSER.
4 The Wentworth.
4 % West i6 ST.. New York
l August l6, 1871.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

: clangor
Over city. vale and dell.
Never while our voices thundei
Our star-spangled flags re
frain;
No, good God, the severed
letters
Never shall he found again
Union once again with England
Never while we draw life's
breath,
Never while we still remember
/ Give us liberty or DEATH.
Never while we think of heroes
Fighting in a snOw-filled glen
Winning freedom. yea, bequeath.
ing
Freedom to the sons Of men
Union once again with England :
Never while we freely roam,
Never while we sing of Dixie"
And our native "Home Sweet
Home"
Never while our yankee
Doodle"
Thrills the land from sea Ia
No, good God, there'll be no
union
While our nation still is free.
Oliver Allstorm-to Americas
foremost patriot,
William Randolph Hearst.
2l21 Shelby ST.. Seattle, Wash.
August %. 1871.
MIR. William Randolph Hearst,
San Simeon. California.
Dear MIR. Hearst:
4 7 Yesterdays general
n meeting of this society il
was ordered that we con-
vey our thanks to you for your
stand against cruel practices in
dealing with those creatures
ranked as Clover" than the
human in the scale Of animal
life.
Whether against the cruelties
connected with the filming of
motion pictures, the horrors of
viyisection, or other fragrant
abuse of creatures over whom
we have been given dominion"
(Which surely means protection
rather than heartless eXplOita-
tom, the stand taken by you
through the Hearst press has
been, and is being, Of inestimable
value to the humber creation
and Ia those Of us who con-
stantly work in its behalf.
In grateful acknowledgment
we remain.
Faithfully yours,
state Humane Society Of
Washington
MABEL V. McGILL, secretary.
i045 Los Feliz Blvd,
Los Angeles, Cal.
August Is, 1871.
NJ u'tII,o ~, Randnlnb Hearst
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

August Is, 1871.
Mr.. William Randolph Hearst.
San Simeon, California.
MY Dear MIR. Hearst:
Jour articles In the News
! are acquainting the public
Of facts heretofore un-
known that I offer the following.
This is taken from Sperling's
Journal, September 10, 1919. II
was reprinted in the London
Times. While il might he Of
interest to the public in general
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
LIGHT CRUISER LAUNCHED

QUINCY, Mass. Sept. 6.-The
Sl2 ,226.000 light cruiser San Juan
was launched today at the Fore
River shipyards Of the Bethlehem
Steel Company
Named for the Puerto Rican
city. the San Juan was sponsored
by Mrs. Margaret Coll De Santori,
daughter of Cayetano Y. Cuchi,
president of the San Juan board
of commissioners.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
Launch Cruiser
AT Kedrny Yard

KEARNY, N. J.. Sept. 6.-nNS)
The 6,000-ton light cruiser u s.
s. Atlanta was launched today at
the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry
dock Company shipyards on thu
Hackensack River.
The Atlanta is the first ship TO
he launched AT the shipyards since
the navy took over operation OF
the plant on August % after a
l9-day strike Margaret Mitchell,
author of Gone With me Wind"
sponsored the vessel.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-13
Sl75,000 Wage Raise
Won By Electricians

New York, N. Y.-Wage increases
totaling S175,CC0 year for 1900 en-
ployes working on defense orders at
the Yonkers plant of the Habirshaw
Wire and Gable Company, SUBJ
sidiary of the Phelps Dodge Copper
Products Corporation, resulted from a
routine talk between the company's
plant manager and the representative
of Local No. 3, international Brother
hood of Electrical Workers, AFL
affiliate.
Confronted with the fact that rising
prices virtually had wiped out the
effect of ten-cent-an-hour wage in
crease provided in a contract signed
by the company and the union six
months ago, the plant manager pre-
sented the matter to Wylie Brown,
president of the parent corporation.
The result was an informal agree
ment that all wages would be in
creased five cents All hour.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-13
Labor Department Asks
Sdfer Defense Plants

Washington, D. ca report by the
Department of Labor's Committee for
the Conservation Of Manpower in De-
fense Industries shows that accidents
to employed workers take far
greater toll of production than strikes.
The report disclosed that such acci-
dents, largely due to inadequate
safety precautions by employers,
caused loss of one and one-half bill
lion man hours, or 187,5O0,OO0 man
days in 1910.
This loss is nearly 80 times as great
as the man day losses from strikes
last year, and as much as all strike
losses in the past IA years combined,
the Department of Labor figures
show.
Because of this tremendous increase
in industrial accidents the committee
has started a nationwide campaign
to establish safer working conditions
in defense plants.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-13
Roosevelt Asks Pay Boosts
For 653. 900 u. s. Workers

Washington, D. C.-President Roose-
welt sent to Congress a uniform plan
for salary increases for Federal and
District Government employees, and
asked that sS,236,S27 be appropriated
for within-grade pay raises this
fiscal year.
The plan would implement the RAM
speck Act. The s3,O00,O00 fund would
be divided as follows:
District Government, s116,051; /;
GPO, $6,050; Treasury, sG98,S25;
Veterans Administration, $642,125;
Agriculture, s526,291; Post Office,
$280,685 GAO, $185,747.
Total number Of employees covered
by the plan is $1,000, Of whom 142,-
800 are in Washington. More than
100000 whose entrance salaries were
less than $4,000 will receive $50
raises. The 68,10 with entrance sal
aries between $4,000 and $1,000 will
get 500 increases. The 10000 get
ting between $4,000 and $500 will
get $500 increases, and 900 employees
getting more than $500 will be
raised $3.50 year each.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-13
Higher Wages Ordered
In Five Industries

Washington, D. C.-The Wage and
Hour Administration of the Depart
ment Of Labor announced that five in
dustrial wage orders directly increas-
ing the wage rates of about 100000
workers went into effect on Novem-
Der 2.
These wage orders require payment
of at least 40 cents an hour in the
shoe, furniture, jewelry and gray iron
foundry industries, and at least 35
cents an hour in the lumber and tim
Der products industry.
The lumber wage order affects the
largest number. 1t is estimated that
it will increase the hourly wage rate
of 10000 workers, mostly in the
South. Logging operations are not
under the lumber wage order. The
cutting of timber and pulp wood in
the woods is at the 30-cent-an-hour
statutory minimum of the wage and
hour law, it was explained, while the
36-cent-an-hour lumber wage order
and the 40-cent-an-hour paper wage
order start with the unloading of the
logs at the saw mills or paper mills.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-13
The Democratic
Way Of Life
BY RUTH TAYLOR

We speak glibly Of the hard life
under totalitarian rule, of the subju-
cation of the individual to the State,
Of the RECOMMENDATION which like the
bed OF Procrustes stretches or
shortens all men to a common stature.
Yet the democratic way of life de-
mands more of its followers than any
other form Of government.
The democratic way Of life de-
mands thought. It's citizens are not
ruled by orders but have to govern
themselves-what laws they have are
made by them, so that there is no
alibi when they fall short.
The democratic way of life demands
self control. Man is not restrained by
force, but must reason and restrain
himself.
The democratic way of life demands
education. Not the education given to
children in the dictator ruled state
but the training in thinking things
out and in thinking things through.
Man must learn to live in a democ-
racy. He must be educated to live
with his fellow man, to cooperate
without meddling, to act in a spirit of
fellowship without any attempt to
domineer over the life of someone
else, and to accept the peculiarities of
another as ne expects his own peculi-
arities to be accepted.
The democratic way of life demands
cooperation. In order to make it work
there must be an opportunity for each
citizens to earn a living, to have op-
portunities equal to his natural capa-
bilities and to have chance to de-
velop those capabilities to the ut
most. We have gone far under the
capitalist system, and if we want to
see free enterprise continue we will
have to see that it works for the good
Of all.
The democratic way of life demands
constructive action. We must not be
content with things as they were or
things as they are, but we must plan
and work for better world tomor.
row. We have progressed because our
standards have gone up. We can
progress only as we take steps to in
sure still finer things for the coming
generation.
The democratic way of life demands
conservation. Democracy is not free
gift-it must be earned and earned
anew by each generation. We must
defend our democratic heritage both
from the enemies without and from
the enemies of indifference, neglect
and carelessness within. We must re-
dedicate ourselves to the principles
upon which our government is founded
and live up to them in our daily
life
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-13
Building Wages Increase
81 Per Cent In rs Cities

Washington, D. C.-Union wage
. ties in the building trades advanced
II per cent from June 1910 to June
1941, the Bureau Of Labor Statistics
reported.
The average union rate for all
building trades was S1.365 per hour
on June l, 1941, in the rs cities COW
cred in the survey. The journeyman
average was S1.30 per hour while the
average for helpers and laborers was
S6.S cents per hour. About one per
cent Of the journeymen had scales of
less than 81 while about six per cent
had rates of So and over. Almost 40
per cent of the helpers and laborers
had rates between 70 and 80 cents,
while IA per cent had rates Of $1.2O
and over.
Over 43 per cent Of the journeymen
i bd about so per cent Of the helpers
-1nd laborers in the rs cities covered
in the survey received raises during
the year.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-13
Protect Your Home
from tuberculosis
Lighthouse Symbol
Of Christ1nus Seul
This Years Health Seal Is
Designed By Lorain
Artist

"Steven Dohanos, native Of
Lorain, Ohio, in designing the 1941
Christmas Health Seal, conceived the
lighthouse as the symbol of tubercu-
losis work, spreading light, leading
the way to safety" stated DR.. Ken
non Dunham, Cincinnati, president Of
the Ohio Public Health Association,
when he disclosed the theme of this
years Seal. Lighthouses dot the
shores of the United States just as
the tuberculosis associations dot the
cities and towns, warning and guiding
the people against treacherous cur
rents and the shoals of Indifference to
a serious health problem" continued
DR.. Dunham.
1t was soon after he had begun to
show his work and had earned ma
tional recognition that Dohanos, mur-
alist and illustrator, discovered that
he had tuberculosis. "In studying the
1941 Seal," said Dr. Dunham, zone
cannot help feeling that Dr. Dohanos
was inspired by the light of knowl-
edge which guided him back to health,
his work and normal, happy life"
Some of the highlights of the
artists life were projected by DR..
Dunham today. The temptation to risk
regaining his health while keeping up
his work was great, but Dohanos made
his decision and went to Saranac
Lake, N. Y, where he underwent a
period of treatment and complete
rest. Less than three years from that
time, Dohanos was chosen by the
Treasury Art Project in Washington
to do paintings in the Virgin Islands
for federal buildings. Back in the
United States since 1887, he has con-
tinued his work in the fine arts field,
ecently completing two mural
projects.
From mural work to design is quite
a transition for any artist but Mr..
Dohanos brilliantly has portrayed the
lig h t h ouse as representative of
tuberculosis prevention. With breadth
and dignity and artistic excellence he
depicted the winter swept lighthouse
scene. The light itself, bold in illumi-
nation, beams outward into the night,
certain beacon for those who would
be guided to desired security.
That, in essence, is the message of
the Christmas Seals-tiny beacons
lighting the way for the unceasing
fight on tuberculosis. Take your place
in the convoy for health by purchas-
ing these Seals which will be offered
this year from November "a to
Christmas Day.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-13
Wage Freezing. Longer
Hours Hit By Fleming

Proposals made in Congress and
elsewhere for freezing" of wages
during the. defense emergency were
assailed by General Philip B. Flem-
ing, Fair Labor Standards Act Ad-
ministrator, as unjust and unwork-
able.
"To freeze wages is to freeze all
the wage injustices and inequalities
now existing" Fleming declared. "But
you can't freeze the discomfort and
resentment of the man in one factory
who is being paid far less than a man
in some other factory doing exactly
the same kind of work"
Fleming suggested that boards Of
employers, labor and the public be set
up to seek uniform, high wage levels,
industry by industry.
The administrator also denounced
propaganda for lengthening of the
work week as a "blind" for elimina-
tion of the requirement in the law for
payment of time and one-half rates
for overtime. In many defense in
dustries, he said, hours run as high
as SO to SO week.
"Can it be said that these hours are
not long enough" he demanded. "On
the contrary, from the standpoint of
health, safety and efficient produc-
ton, they are near the danger point"
Employers permitted to escape the
time and one-half pay rule for over
time would have a green light" to
work employees unlimited hours, Flem-
ing warned.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-13
tainment of power beyond anything
the heart of man has conceived.

tainment of power beyond anything
the heart Of man has conceived.
And that is why yesterday orthodox
Christians celebrated All Souls day.
They celebrated the all encompassing
solidarity of those now alive with all
those who ever lived before. They
prayed, out of love, for the dead they
will soon join, this life being at best
short. And when those who now pray
are dead, they will be prayed for by
persons yet unborn.
Here is solidarity far beyond any,
thing poor Marx or Stain ever
dreamed Of. Here is a unity that
makes racism, whether it be Hitler's,
or some American "blueblood's," so
mean, discordant and unreal. Here is
a vivid illumination, at once, of the
worlds of the dead, the living and the
yet unborn by the light of Christ's
all embracing love, that they all
may be one, as Thou, Father, in Me,
and l in Thee" Here is the whole
wide, magnificent universe.
The dead prayed for are those in
purgatory, we are told, where suffer
ing must purify those who felt su-
perior to others on this earth or
hated or harmed others, before they
can journey on toward God.
Praying for them, we also keep
their memory alive. We realize how
close we are to them, how like them
we are, how thin the veil is between
US. We come to know, glowingly, in
our hearts, that we may be with them
next year-or within the next few sec
onds; that we are one. l can almost
see my fellow newspaperman smiling,
the one who lay in his casket week
ago.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-13
Small House Contractors
SIGN Detroit AL Contract

Detroit, Mich.-Under a new con-
tract, several thousand carpenters in
Detroit, formerly working on small
houses under non-union conditions at
wages under 81 an hour, will get 80
per cent wage increases, the Carpen-
ters' District Council of Detroit an
nounced.
The contract was signed with the
Builders Association of Metropolitan
Detroit. The new scale is s125 an
hour, 80 per cent increase. The
work week is reduced to 40 hours and
double time is paid for Sundays and
holidays.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-13
OUR DEAD
BY DANIEL B. STRALEY

Over the markers, white as snow,
The Flemish breezes sadly blow
And wild birds with their mournful
cry
Across the gravetops slow winged fly.
The poppies, blanketing the dead,
A deeper crimson seem to shed,
And Ger the white crossed burial
green
The Stars and Stripes are dropping
seen;
For now, alas, the vandal Hun
At last the brutal crime has done,
Leaving in his CORY tracks
His scourge upon the vanquished
backs,
And Flanders cringes in the dust,
The victim of a madman's lust.
Thus, they who once fought there and
died
A freeman's grave are now denied.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-13
Mutual DependabilitY
BY LUCIA MALLORY

While l was attending a committee
meeting at the Y. w. C. A. Building
one morning not long ago, Blanche
Varian hurried into the room and
handed paper to one of the secre-
taries.
'Here is Helen's account of the Girl
Reserves meeting at Longfellow
School," she said breathlessly. 81
promised her that would bring it to
you before noon so that you could
check it and send it to the Herald
office in time for tomorrow's edition."
"Thank you," the secretary replied.
"Helen always gets her material in on
time. / wish all of our reporters were
as prompt"
"I'm glad Helen is so dependable" )"
her mother replied. 81 made a second
trip downtown to keep her report
from being late this week."
"Won't you let me take you home in
my carr" l asked my friend. "Our
meeting is over and Pm going your
way"
eyes, thank YOU" Blanche accepted
my invitation with a grateful smile.
= Now l need not worry about reach
ling home in time for the children's
lunch"
81 know what you're thinking,
Lucia" Blanche said as we seated
ourselves in the car. "You are Won
dering why l do not make Helen re-
sponsible for her own work. AS a
matter Of fact, do. 1t was my plan
and not my daughters that l take her
report in this morning.
"Helen was busy after school yes
terday taking care of neighbor's
children" Blanche continued, $50 she
could not write her report until after
dinner. At breakfast this morning
she told me she would have to ride
downtown on her bicycle at noon to
get the report in on time. Since |
needed to go downtown anyway, |
suggested taking it for her. Then a
bushel of peaches was delivered for
canning. | remembered that l needed
some jar lids and hurried off to get
them, without thinking about Heen's
report until | came home from town
and saw it lying on the sideboard. |
had to turn right around and go back
downtownw
"Couldn't you have let it go for one
day, when you had fruit to CAM" l
asked.
"No," Blanche replied firmly, "Helen
was depending on me. How can ex-
pect my daughter to keep her prom
! ises to me if | do not keep mine to
Ger?"
81 know you are right about keep
ing promises to your children"
agreed, as my friend stepped out of
her car at her own gate. 81 can see
why Helen and Tommie and Joyce are
so dependable. No lost or late books
at the library from the Varian fam
ily!"
l remembered Blanche's- story few
days later when attending a tea for
mothers at the Central School, to
which, as children's librarian, l., also,
had been invited.
The children whose mothers were
there were shining eyed and happy,
leading those mothers around to meet
all of their teachers and friends.
81 wish my mother would come," |
heard one sober little girl say. "She
told me she was coming, but she isn't
here"
"My mother promised me she would
come, too," a disappointed voice re-
piled. 81 guess she just didn't have
time"
l went home wishing those mothers
could know how much their broken
promises had hurt their children. 1t
is worth giving up a great many less
important things to keep faith with a
child
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-13
Milwaukee Shoe Workers
Gain Higher Wage Pdcts

Milwaukee,, Wis.-Wage increases
of from five to ten per cent went into
effect here for $500 production or
warehouse workers in eight of the
city's shoe plants, officials Of the AFL
Boot and Shoe Workers Union No.
ITO announced.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-13
Testimonial Is Planned
For D. Of G.. Labor Leader

Washington, D. C.-Fred s. Walker,
labor member Of the District of Co.
lumbia Minimum Wage Board, and
business manager of the Trades
Unionist, official organ of the Cen
trail Labor Union, who has been prom
inent in labor circles for many years,
will be honored with testimonial
dinner November 27 at the Mayfower
Hotel, it was announced by Louis A.
Lopez, chairman, and John Locher,
secretary of the Walker Testimonial
Committee.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-13
Home Education
"The Child's First School is the
Family"-FrOebel

( Issued by the National Kinder
garten Association, 8 West 40th
Street, New York City. These arti-
cles are appearing weekly in our
columns.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-13

Let's make Merry Union Label
Christmas.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-11-13

ASK for Union Labeled merchandise.