The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-04-03
Legislative News
From
OHIO STATE FEDERATION
OF LABOR

and their friends are urged to contact |
their Senators and Representatives in
support of S. B. No. 62-Mr. Keifer
and H. B. No. 153-Messrs. Buckley
Burke Clayman, Unemployment Com
pensation Amendments supported by
labor.
Many bills of interest to Labor were
heard during the past week. Some of
the more important ones were as
+, follows: S. p. No. 248-Mr. Hunter,
increasing the number and duties of
state highway patrolmen was heard
before the Senate Committee on High
ways. Labor is opposing the cxten
sion of broad police powers to state
highway patrolmen. S. B. No. 266-
Mr.. Jameson, providing for state
plumbing code was heard before the
Senate Committee on Public Health
and was supported vigorously by rep
resentatives of Labor from various
parts Of the State. Three bills pro-
viding for the organization and main
tenance of an Ohio Home Guard were
heard by the House Committee on
Military Affairs and referred to a
subcommittee for further study. Bills
providing for teachers tenure were
heard by the Senate Committee on
Education and were referred to a sub
committee for further study. II. B.
No. 79-Mr. Radcliff, to repeal the
State Board of Barber Examiners was
heard before the House Committee on
Health and by action of the committee
was ordered laid on the table. H. B.
No. 267-Mr. Stephenson, providing
! for reinstatement of employees under
the classified service after serving in
the armed forces of the U. S. This
bill was reported out and recommend
ed for passage by the committee. S.
B. No. 274-Mr Phillips, vicious
Conspiracy act" bill was heard by the
Senate Committee on Judiciary and
was vigorously opposed by repre-
sentatives Of Labor. John Rohrich
and John Fitzgerald, Legislative
Agents for the Cleveland Federation
of Labor, along with your own Leg
islative Agent, appeared against this
bill. S. B. No. 309-Mr. Whitacre, to
: create a public institutional building
authority for the purpose of con-
structing and equipping buildings was
: heard before the Senate Committee
on Banks and Loans. John Jockel,
Secretary-Treasurer Of the Ohio State
> Council of Bricklayers, spoke in sup
port of this bill. This bill was
: heard again Wednesday, April 2, at
800 p. m. before the Senate Commit
tee on Banks and Loans and Brother
Jockel had representatives of Building
: Trades organizations appear at this
hearing.
Bills Passed
The Ohio State Senate in it's Thurs
day afternoon session, March 27
passed S. B. No. 216-Mr. Daniels
This bill places very definite restrict
ions on the circulation of initiative and
referendum petitions and calls for inn
mediate action if Labor and the citi-
zens of the State of Ohio are to pro-
tect the present Initiative and Ref
erendum laws. If this bill succeeds in
passing the House and is signed by
he Governor, only the major political
parties who have great numbers of
people available for circulating petit
lions, or groups who have large
amounts of money at their disposal
and who are in a position to employ
sufficient people, will be able to cir
,ulate initiative and referendum petit
tions successfully.
Your attention is called to S. j. R.
No. 11-Mr. Ward, proposing an
amendment to the constitution, pro-
viding for preprimary conventions and
H. B. No. 314-Mr. Ward, which also
provides for the holding Of preprim-
ary conventions for state Offices and
optional conventions for counties and
cities Both Of these measures are
, considered bad and would place con-
, troll Of our elections back into the
hands of the political BOSSES"
Bills pending before the Legislature
and which you are urged to support
S. B. No. 9-Mr. Lipscher, teach
ers' tenure Write your Representa-
lives and Senator in support of this
bill.
H. B. No. 3-Mr. Meyers, providing
for an 8 hr day, AS hr. week and
optional maintenance for state in
, stitutional employees.
H. B. No. 267-Mr. Stephenson
providing for reinstatement of firemer
and other classified employees after
. having served in the armed forces OF
The U. S.
S. B. No. 266-Mr. Jameson, provid,
ing for a state plumbing code.
S. B. No. 309-Mr. Whitacre, tC
create a public institutional building
authority for the purpose Of con
;tructing and equipping public institu-
{ | .ional buildings.
S. B. No. 130-Mr. Glass, defining
| beer.
{ Bills pending before the Legislature
md which you are urged to oppose
; S. B. No. 22l-Mr. Reiners, provid-
? ng for number of exceedingly bad
. | amendments to the unemployment
compensation laws.
S. b. No. 248-Mr Hunter, increas-
ing the number Of state highway