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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-04-03
Stabilized Wages
FdlldcY Punctured
RedctionarY Scheme Hit By
"Ldbor's S Monthly Survey"
AFL Publication

Washington, D. C.-The reaction.
ary scheme proposed in certain quar-.
ters to prevent price raising by stop.
ping wage increases is knocked into
smithereens by the American FEEDER.
alton Of Labor in the current issue OF
"Labor's Monthly Survey" an A. F
Of l.. publication.
Instead of freezing wages, the Sur
vey held that the sure way to curb
price raising is for representatives OF
the workers and the employers to
meet at the conference table and
with all the facts before them use
the principles of collective bargaining
to determine the portion of profits
which should be allocated to the work
ers in higher wages.
american labor risks a great loss
because policy makers refuse to look
at the facts" the Survey said. "a
move is, to stop wage increases. The
reason given: If wages rise, prices
must rise also, and the nation must
guard against price increases and in
flation.
"Such reasoning confuses the public
and hides the true facts. No one
wants price increases, but stopping
wage increases is not the way to pre-
vent prices from rising. Wages can
be raised substantially without rails
ing prices, when workers are con-
stantly increasing their rate Of pro-
duction. This has been proved again
and again."
Pointing out that even after excess
profits taxes were paid leading cor
porations reported profits in 1910
ranging from 33 to 191 per cent high
er than in 1889, the survey said that
under a democracy the workers are
equitably entitled to higher wages and
that agreements between organized
labor and employers is the medium
by which the matter should be ad-
justed.
"When the union by collective bar
gaining" the Survey concluded, "de-
termines the fair share of employees
in the profit they help to create, then
America may be sure of the whole
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-04-03

ture employment of these workers has
been thrown into jeopardy by the re-
cent order establishing priorities in
aluminium manufacturing"
Specific suggestions which Mr.
Green made were as follows:
l. A survey of all available sup
plies of virgin aluminium, showing
the supply to be made available in the
immediate future, capacity of fabri-
eating facilities to consume almuni-
mum, and the relationship Of alumni
mum to be used on defense contracts
to essential civilian needs of the
metal.
2. A detailed examination of en-
ployment facts showing the "present
productive status of aluminium work
ers and the extent to which priority
orders would affect their jobs"
3. Provision for full utilization of
workers now employed in the several
branches of the aluminium industry.
"No situation now exists in any
branch Of the industry which could
not be resolved by distributing the
present demand for all types of prod
ucts in such way as to provide labor
in the aluminium industry full en-
ployment with minimum of disloca-
tion," Mr.. Green's letter concluded.
Employment stability and job Sc
curity of aluminium workers can and
should be greatly strengthened by
subcontracting defense materials to
aluminium manufacturing plants when
avar that ic pocc;hlov
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-04-03
Washington Guild
Urqes Members To
Quit CIO Council
Maintains District CIO Has
Opposed Nutiondl
Defense

Washington, D. C.-Charging that
the Washington Industrial Union
Council, central body of the ClO in
the District, has followed the Com
munist party line by opposing ma
tional defense, the executive commit
tee of the Washington Newspaper
Guild, itself a CIO unit, recommended
that local guildsmen resign from the
council.
The resolution, passed by vote
of 10 to l by the executive commit
tee, stated in recent months the coun-
Gil has "directed its energies and
spent its resources upon actions which
are not the proper concern OF such
body and followed the Communist
party line"
Actions of the council which the
guild committee considered favorable
to communism included:
Consistent opposition to defense
measures, such as the Selective Serv-
ice Act and the lend-lease bill; par
ticipaton in the American Youth Con-
gress; affiliation with the American
Peace Mobilization; backing of the
American Rescue Ship Mission; in
dorsement of the National Negro Con-
gress; support of proposed demon
stration at the Glenn L. Martin plant; /;
political activity remote from trade
union interest, and harassment Of the
Roosevelt Administration.
Washington Guild members will
vote on the withdrawal from the coun-
Gil in a referendum on April 80. Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt is member of the
w. n. G.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-04-03
Members Urged
To Use Meetings
Discussions Do More Good
In Local Than On Shop;
Board In Sebring

Sebring, Ohio.-The meeting Of Lo.
cal Union No. SO held March 81 was
fairly well attended, but considering
our membership Of approximately
$50 there should have been a better
turnout.
| cannot understand the attitude OF
the majority of our members, they
are all very much interested in Sc
curing better wages and working con-
ditions, but it seems they would
rather discuss these questions on the
shop instead of in the local meetings
Some of these members are very able
thinkers and convincing speakers and
it is my opinion they are wasting
their talent discussing these ques-
tions outside of local meetings. How
much better it would be if these mem
bers would attend local where they
would benefit individually and the To-
cal would get the benefit of their
knowledge.
Time is growing short for the intro
duction of resolutions to be presented
to the coming convention. Any mem
Der has the right to present a res
olution which he thinks would be bene-
fetal to the trade. The only re-
striction at this time is that no res
olution pertaining to the wage scale
will be considered, as this will be a
constitutional convention.
Western members of the Executive
Board paid a visit to Sebring last
Thursday evening. They are very
much concerned over the outlaw strike
situation and invited comment by our
members regarding ways and means
to discourage this practice. The To-
Gals here, have, through the Trades
and Labor Council, conceived a plan
which l think will be very beneficial
in this situation. A mediation commit
tee, consisting of two members from
each local and one from the Trades
and Labor Council, has been formed
which will act in case of emergency,
at the request Of the local and firm
involved.
| have been informed by various
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-04-03

is composed of eleven members and
constituted as follows:
Public Representatives - Clarence
A. Dykstra, former Director of the
Draft, chairman; William H. Davis,
former chairman of the New York
State Mediation Board, and DR.. Frank
P. Graham, president of North Caro-
lima University.
Labor Representatives George
Meany and George Harrison, of the
American Federation of Labor; Philip
Murray and Thomas Kennedy, of the
CIO.
Employer Observation-Disclosures
C. Teagle, Standard Oil of New Jer-
sey; Roger D. Lapham, Hawaiian
American Steamship Co.; Eugene
Meyer, publisher Washington Post,
and Cyrus Ching, United States Rub
Der Co.
The boards jurisdiction will begin
when the Secretary of Labor certifies
to it that a controversy Excluding
any dispute under the Railway Labor
Act) cannot be adjusted by the De-
partment of Labor's conciliators. N
Then the chairman will name a
panel of three board members-one
from the Public representatives, one
from the Employees and one from
Employers-to adjust the dispute.
The panel will be authorized to
seek peaceful adjustment of disputes
through a variety of methods; af.
fording opportunity for voluntary ar.
CONTINUED on Page Two)
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-11-06

The Sunshine Sunday school class
was entertained at the home of Ma
bel Howard, Friday evening. Those
present were Ruth Bowman, Madge
Carter, Dora Bowman, Marian
Reed, Mary Pickering, Florence
Sewers, Josephine Smith, Zola Eek
ard, Racy Goddard, Bessie Smith,
Charlotte Bretz and Rev. Bretz.
Lovely refreshments were served by
the hostess and her assistants, Mar
gerry Muse and Goldie Hoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. V. Bowman enter
tanned with a family dinner Sunday
their children Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Bowman and daughter Barbara
Jean, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Howard
and four children and Mr.. and Mrs.
Max Bowman and two children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Harmer Of
GAINESVILLE were Sunday guests OF
Earl Bowman and family.
Mrs. Mary Doan is confined to her
home with illness. Her daughter,
Mrs. Alta Reed, is caring for her.
Edward Osborne of Miami uni
versity, Clair Thomas of Cleveland,
Jean Pemrock of Hiram college,
and Lois Smith of Athens, spent
the week end with Mr.. and Mrs. G.
O. Thomas, and attended the home
coming football game at Athens.
Saturday.
CLAYTON John, of Columbus, spent
Saturday night and Sunday with his
mother. Mrs. Gladys John.
Marv Armstrong is visiting her
sister. Mrs. H. J. Thomas. While
helping Mrs. Thomas clean the yard
last week, she fell and painfully
hurt her arm.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-11-06

seven seas. By 1916 under our
naval building program the Ameri-
can navy will be more powerful than
the combined navies of all nations
of the world In March, 1898, we
had Is battleships, we now have II.
We had three aircraft carriers; We
now have six carriers. Nineteen
cruisers, now we have 38 including
the mighty cruiser Cleveland which
was launched Saturday. We now
have I'll destroyers; in 1893 we
had 92. American destroyers are
as powerful as are light cruisers of
the Italian and German navies. In
1898 we had so submarines; we
now have 113. The personnel of
our navy is composed entirely of
volunteers. From the time of John
Paul Jones who had "just begun to
fight" our navy has established a
tradition for daring and victory.
Call Off Elections (?)
The silliest political statement
can be credited to Col. Lindbergh.
His suggestion that the Congress
sional Elections of 1912 might be
called off takes the cake as the most
foolish statement made to date. His
decline in public esteem may be at
tributed to inept, unwarranted,
foolish statements of the sort. Con-
gressmen and other officials in Ohio
are elected according to Ohio laws
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-11-06

Marian returned home Wednesday,
after visiting few days with John
Reed and family at Toledo. Mrs.
John Reed and son Bobby came
home with them to spend few
days with relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Newburn
Of Youngstown, visited from Thurs
day until Sunday with relatives
here.
The Minerva Literary club met
Wednesday evening with Mrs. Lu-
cille Hodgin, at her home. Lena
Whitacre gave report on the state
of wyoming. Those present were
Lenore Gibbons, Sarah Patterson,
Dencie Bailey, Marian Reed, Racy
Goddard, Edith Patterson, Sadie
Moor, Dora Bowman, Bea Williams,
Frances and Mary Stone.
j. B. GODDARD moved the last OF
the week to rooms in the Lily McIn-
turf property. Arthur Boston has
purchased the j. B. Goddard prop
erty, and plan to move soon.
Mrs. Donald Stone and daughter
left Thursday to spend week with
Mrs. Stones parents at Middletown.
Ben Danielson and family moved
Wednesday from the Ellis property
to st. Marys, w. Va.
Mrs Abbie Denny returned home
Wednesday, after visiting relatives
at Newark, GAINESVILLE, and Malta,
the past three weeks.
Marion PTA will meet Monday
night, Nov 10, at the gymnasium.
Marion Rebekah lodge. No. 1856,
members and their families and the
Odd Fellows and their families are
invited to attend an open meeting
Tuesday night, Nov. II, after the
regular lodge meeting. A program
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-11-06

Frank Randall who is being car
ed for at the r. S. Harris home, is
improving.
Rev. Burmworth was Sunday
dinner guest at the Eva Zumbro
home
Francis Smith and Wayne Wood
ward left Saturday for the Naval
Training Station at Newport, r. l.,
after spending a week with their
parents, here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Wood Of
Pittsburgh, Pa, and Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Wood and daughter Helen
jeanette, of Columbus, spent the
week end with j. A. Wood and fam
lily.
Mrs. Grace Fawcett returned
home Friday, after visiting for
three weeks with her father and
brother and family, at New York.
Margery Fawcett, of o. w. u, at
Delaware, spent the week end at
her home here.
Vera Michener of Athens spent
the week end with her parents,
here
Mr.. and Mrs. E. N. Williams spent
the week end with Ray Williams
and family, at Orrville.
Mrs. Lucille Miller and son Gary
came Wednesday to spend six
months with relatives here, while
her husband, Harold Miller is
working at st. Lucia, one of the
West Indies.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. NORM and
children Gene and Joan of Newark
and Mrs. Pauline Harris and daugh-
ter Martha Jane and Mrs. Ella Hop
kins were dinner guests Sunday at
the S. B. Zumbro home.
Mrs. Alta Reed and daughter
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-11-06

Is being planned, and refreshments
will be served
The annual Prince Of Peace Dec
lamation contest will be held Sun
day evening, Nov. 8, at 7:45, at the
M. e. church. The eight contest
ants are Marion Shook, Nina Wy
mer, Beulah Wogan, Dorothy Dun
bar, Rosalie McPeak, Joan Bran
non, Joe Nutter and Wendell Whit
acre. - ,...~-
ernoon, Nov. z, with Mrs. Effie
Michener, at her home. @fse
Private Russell Wood left Tues
day morning for Ft Bragg, N. c.,
after spending a week with home
folks. Esn
Mrs. Dora Bowman, Mrs. Martha
Wood, Sadie Moor, Fern Anderson,
and Ruth Bowman attended con-
cert at Parkersburg, Monday night.
Mrs. Gladys John, Mrs. Mary
Williams, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Ellis were business visitors in Ath-
ems, Friday afternoon.
Farmers Institute
Program for Farmers Institute,
Nov. II, at gymnasium: First ses-
sion-1O o'clock, program by school
with Mr.. Stone in CHARGE; Mrs. D.
B. Phillips, state speaker, will speak
Nothing;" D. w. Galehouse, state
speaker, will speak on the subject,
| Doing Your Best
Second session: / o'elock-music,
; high school chorus; "The Farmer
and the Nations Defense" County
Agent Jas. F. Hum; music, Clifford
Dougan Farm Practices, Yester-
day, Today and Tomorrow, Mr.
Galehouse; music, boys quartet;
"Building for Tomorrow" Mrs.
Phillips; music, high school chorus.
Third session: s o'clock-music,
high school band; 1.-The Keeper Of
the Springs" Mrs Phillips; violin
solo, Mrs. Max Bowman; music,
ladies' quartet; ''The Farmers Va
cation" Mr.. Galehouse; music, high
school band.-Adv.
School News
We are glad to report that the
community sale, sponsored by the
PTA, was successful
The first basketball games of the
season will be held on the Marion
floor, Friday evening. Nov. Z. The
teams playing are: Marion VS.. Mar
ion Alumni, and Marion, Jrs., VS..
Penn, Jrs.
Chesterhill Methodist Charge
Sunday, Nov. 9: Oakland, Wor-
ship, 9:15 a. m. All those recently
uniting with the church will be CIV
en- certificates of church member
ship. Church school, 1918 a. m.
Amesville: Church school at $3.50 a.
m. Everybody invited. Chester
hill: Church school, 9:45 a. m.
Morning worship at II O'Clock. The
adult choir will sing. Epworth
League youth fellowship Z p. m.
Prince of Peace contest, 7:45 p. m.
The public is cordially invited. An
offering will be received for the car
rying on of this work. There are
nine contestants: Joan Brannon,
Dorothy Dunbar, Charles Dunn,
Rosalie McPeak, Joe Nutter, Mar
ian Shook, Wendell Whitacre, Beu-
lah Wogan, and Nina Wymer.
The Epworth League held their
annual election Sunday evening at
the close Of the devotional meeting,
as follows: President, Marian
Shook; 1st vice president, Dorothy
Dunbar: End vice president Allan
Bode: 3rd vice president, Wendell
Whitacre; 4th vice president. Mary
McElfresh; sec'y, Nina Wymer;
reas., Cline McCurdy; pianist, Flea
~or Bode; assistant pianist, Mary
,ois Whitacre. Goldie Hoon and
Bessie Schofield were made coun-
selors Of the League.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-11-06
STRAIGHT FROM WASHINGTON

(By Stephen M. Young, Ohio
Congressman-at-Lar
The German Embassy in Wash
ington is nearly abandoned and 1t
Is stated that German diplomatic
officials have their valises packed
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-11-06

handed 'one OF the first peaches OF the season by Miss
Mary McHoe. OF New York. The peach motif carried out
in the Decowore line OF kitchen introduced at the
Unnuu Housewares Show held here
Detroit evening times., 1941-11-21

world. and here are all the
elements of Europe, cut loose,
however, from petty racialisms
and nationalisms, cut loose from
everything in Europe, except the
grand line of Europe as whole.
A first necessity in the
awakening of will, will for,
as we'll as a will against, is,
therefor, avoid at all costs
falling backwards into a lone
hundred per cent Americanism,
provincial in outlook.
Rather. we must seek to find
the fundamental trends, common
TO the whole of western civili-
Zation, and construct, on those
trends, a program of reorgani-
Zation and reconstruction for a
new cooperation between
Europe, Britain and ourselves.
Only a program that bids fair
to accomplish this will mean
peace. And, if such program
is lifted up. it will attract to
itself the peoples of the whole
world.
Released by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.
(TO BE CONTINUED
Detroit evening times., 1941-11-21
| letters TO
The Editor
TO THE EDITOR:

TO THE EDITOR:
I'LL wager that the Russians
\ laugh at us when just short
time ago we frowned at their
communism and now we pre-
pare bundles. Not so long ago
we condemned her for attacking
the Firms and now we condemn
the Firms for attacking her.
What is this? Nothing but a
war of ammunition corporations.
The ones who outwardly are do
ing the squawking have money
invested in such enterprises.
l suggest the first overseas
army should be made up of those
individuals.
Britain declared war, is spend
ing less, but refusing peace.
Canada doesn't draft her men,
nor send anything except COD,
while we have been scared into
a possible Is per cent tax levy
TO be taken out of our pay
checks just to feed the wolves.
We now are buying cattle
from Canada to give" to Brit
ain. Now we have a marathon
Santa Claus.
Why don't we remember
Washington's Farewell Address?
Didn't the signers of the Dec
laration of independence intend
TO establish a nation free from
foreign entanglements?
Can l be anything else but
pro-American when my only son
enlisted?
MARIE ADAMO,
Detroit evening times., 1941-11-21
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
koU. 2I, 1870

Congressman Dies of the Dies
committee to investigate un-
American activities, claims
agents of Germany are penetrat-
ing into the economic structure
OF the United States.
Raj planes bomb Duisburg-
Ruhrort, vital Ruhr artery, and
one Of the greatest river ports
in the world.
Greeks attack two main
Italian bases in Albania.
Detroit evening times., 1941-11-21

EFT us return again to dis
- cussion of the strategy of
this war and the prospect of
peace.
That this war is somehow
senseless is felt by all the people
in the world today. 1t is so felt
by the German people no less
than by those who are fighting
them. Something can seem
senseless, however, and still be
inevitable.
This is one of those inevitable
wars that follows a situation of
anarchy, political inadequacy,
economic chaos and a break
down that went deep into the
very souls of people-a kind of
febrile unease accompanied by a
despairing resignation and
marked by one characteristic
common to the whole of west
ern civilization: doubt.
Neither persons, nations, nor
societies can, however, live per-
manently in condition Of
doubt. All healthy life is affir-
nation and belief. There are
people who cannot get out of bed
in the morning because they are
afraid to put their feet on the
ground. Such persons are psy-
chopaths and very i'll indeed.
But our whole society has
been like that. We have doubted
ourselves since we have been
told that we are but the result
of infantile complexes and eco-
nomic conditioning. We have
doubted our institutions and
traditions.
Part of this doubt has been
due to the experience of seeing
institutions break down under
recurring crises; part of it has
been the result of form and
content of education that has
all but eliminated the element
of human will in favor of
mecndnlStlc view OF history.
THE NaZis reintroduced into
L history the element of will.
The result has terroriZed the
world, for the will-less are par
alyzed before the will-full. The
spectacle. and finally the at
tack, resulted in some societies
going to pieces"
The first powerful one that
did not go to pieces, but, on the
contrary, pulled itself together
and confronted the NaZis with a
will of its own, was the British.
1t took Dunkirque. however, TO
accomplish that miracle.
The second was the Russian
but it took an attack on 1000
miles of front to accomplish
that, too. and we do not yet
know what the effect will be on
communism.
As for the United States: we
are still nation without will.
Our tlmldlty does not arise from
our fear of Hitler, but rather
from a blind and silly compen-
satory optimism accompanied by
a profound distrust and fear of
ourselves. Gen. Robert E. Wood
and DR.. Robert Hutchins are
quite open about it. 1t is not
war they fear; they are both
soldierly men. They fear that
we are incapable of winning a
war.
Others fear that we are in
capable of winning il under
Roosevelt. Mr.. Thomas fears
that our democracy is incapable
of surviving the test of war.
Others fear that war will reduce
the American standard of living,
and rather than risk that they
will throw away all standards
of life.
Our will-lessness and our
doubts about ourselves are re-