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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-25
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 e. Why is the federal govern ment advising consumers to buy coal for next winter now?
 A. Because there Is now an ade- quate supply of coal and railroad cars to move t. Next fall, war pro- duction industries will need coal, in larger quantities, and a stort- age of coal available to consumers is predicted by that time.
 e. believe that my son has been captured by the Japanese. To whom shall I write to obtain information about him?
 A. Write to the Bureau of Infor- nation, (Ainericarl Section) Office Of the Provost Marshal General, War Department, Washington, D. c.
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Washington Merry Round
DREW PEARSON ROBERT 8. ALLEN

Helped ckes Clneh PIon for TonkerSovns Pipeline; Shipments from Seoboord Will Cut Risks from UBoots Wike Nye Exchonse Roper Thusts ot Codo" LuneheOn Donod Nelson Backs Down Before Roe Anger Senoor WASHINGTON
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@. What was the weight of the light tanks used in World War I?
 A. Seven and one-half tons.
 Q. What Is the origin of the word tabloid?
 A. The word was arbitrarily coined by the firm of Burroughs, Welcome & Company, of London, England, and was applied to a prep aration of drugs in concentrated and condensed form. Although the term is a copyrighted trade e-maTk of that firm, it is now widely used to designate anything concise or condensed; as, a tabloid newspa- per.
 o. What was the value Of the es. tate of the Presidents mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt, and how much of 1t did she leave him?
 A. Mrs. Roosevelt bequeathed the bulk of her estate to her son. It irl- cluded all of her real estate and nine-tenths of the residuary estate consisting of personal property, bank deposits and securities. The net es- tate was valued at $l 08o,872.
 @. Do hippopotami sweat blood?
 A. Their thick skin contains an oily substance which exudeS from the pores. When they a:e hot, ex- cited or in pain, this fluid flows more freely and has a reddish color, resembling drops of blood. The col- or is produced by 8 peculiar car. mine pigment consisting of small corpuscles which are brought out when the animals sweat.
 e. How much paper is used an- nually in the United States to make cigarettes?
 A. About 5000 tons.
 @. What is the distance by rail from Moscow to Vladivostok, and how long does 1t take to make the trip?
 A. The distance is BITS kilo-, meters (5,734 miles,, and ordinarily in peace time the journey requires ii days by reguglar passenger train and 9 days by express. o. What does the Russian word Babushka mean? A. Grandmother.
 c. What accounts for the fall in population of the city of Dacca, In- dia, between 1900 and 1840? r
 A. The city was center of fine muslin manufacture. Tn 1891 the, population was about 100000. The Napoleonic Wars in Europe caused a cessation of the muslin trade. and the population fell off to about 4o.- 900.
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Current Comment

Troops will do anything for ofil- cers they have confidence in be- cause they believe their risks are being shared.
 Mai. Gen. Hanson Ely, War Col-
 lege instructor.
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Hidalgo and Juarez fought the foreigners who menaced our Mber- ties. Shall we besmirch their record by failing to fight nowI General Maximino Avila Ca- macho, Mexican minister Of communications, urging war against axis.
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The right to call Congress names is as sacred to Americans as the mother-in-law joke, but in times of crisis that right may be 50 exer- cised as to threaten Congress as an institution.
 Secretary of the Interior Harold l.. Ickes.
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. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Mills Of WIPE Grind Out Laws Quickly
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COETeSpOmdent

If the speed and the number of wartime orders, regulations, sched- ules, amendments, interpretations and explanations rolling from the duplicating machines of Washing
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e. What was the weight of the light tanks used in World War I? A. Seven and one-half tons.
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-09
$50, 900 Puid Under
Wage, Hour Law
Payment Of Amount Is Re-
suit Of Action Against
Four Companies

Cleveland. - Back wages totaling
$34 4,70744 were paid to 65S northern
Ohio workers in June under require
ments of the Fair Labor Standards
Act, Miss Grace G. Glascott, regional
director, Wage and Hour Division an
nounced today.
The amount represents the difference
between what the workers were paid
since October 1888 and what was found
due them under the law. Legal action
was taken in Federal District Court
against four companies. Two establish
ments, FrantZ Home Bakers, Inc, East
Liverpool, Ohio and The Builders
Structural Steel Co., 2912 f. 81 Street,
were permanently restrained from fu-
/ ture violations by consent DEGREES.
Y Civil action seeking Federal injunc-
tions were filed during the month
against Foundry Police, Inc, Bedford
and Segal-Schadel Co., Columbus.
Total restitution to Ohio and Michi-
gan workers amounted to $SO,956.77.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-09

Washington.-"So valuable are labor
management production committees,
they should be continued as the means
of solving a great many postwar prob
lens"
This was the message given the ma
tons leading advertising executive
this week by C. J. Symington, president
of the Symington-Gould Corporation
Rochester, New York. Mr.. Symngton
spoke out of the experience of his COM
pany in which following establishment
of labor-management war production
committee. in which production of tank
castings and parts jumped IA per cent
in volume in 80 days.
Our committee" SymingtOn told
those attending the conference of Ma
tional Industrial Advertisers at At
lantic City. has set its goal at 40
per cent increase over pre-war drive
totals. We are confident the efforts of
the committee will result in our OBJ
tanning the maximum production from
our facilities and our manpower.
when the War Production Drive
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-09

Denver ULNS).-ShOrtage OF teach
ers will force closing Of a consider
able" number of schools in the coming
school year, especially in the farming
areas, DR.. John w. Studebaker, United
States Commissioner of Education,
warned here. He said the teacher
shortage would reach fifty thousand.
Addressing 5000 teachers, admins
traitors and school officials at the SOth
annual National Education Association
convention, DR.. Studebaker said that
the draft and high wages In war in
dustries have already drawn away
thousands of teachers. He added that
the shortage would lower teaching
standards unless constructive measures
are taken to deal with the situation.
1.-THE Office of Education has been
active through the wartime commission
both in studying this problem and In
proposing measures for relief at criti-
cal points," he added. "One of these
critical points is the anticipated short
age of teachers of mathematics and
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-09
Lunchti1ne Follies
Help Fldvor Food

Brooklyn, n. Y.-A new project de-
signed to bring entertainment To work
ers in war industries was launched at
the Todd Shipyard in Brooklyn, n. \.
last week. The projection, sponsored
by the American Theater Wing, is
called "The Lunchtime FOllies,' and
consists of sketches and songs for the
amusement Of war workers during
their lunch hour.
Entertainment units will be organ
lied through cooperation between war
production plants throughout the coun-
try and the American Theater Wing.
Sketches are written by such top-tlight
playwrights as George s. Kaufman and
Moss Hart, and Harold j. Rome of
''Pins and Needles fame is one of the
well-knOwn song writer's contributing
his efforts.
A permanent committee in charge of
1.-The Lunchtime FOllies" for war in
dustry plants consists of Moss Hart
and George Heller as chairmen, Kermit
Bloomgarden as general manager.
Aline MacMahOn as secretary and Bert
Lytell, president of Actors Equity.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-09
Schools MaY Be Forced To Close
Due To Shortage Of Teachers

physics in the secondary schools and
colleges"
Even though the Army and Navy
had been urging greater emphasis on
these subjects, the supply of we'll
trained mathematics and science teach
ers was diminishing, he said, and it
might be necessary to use English and
Latin teachers in algebra, geometry or
physics classes next Fall. A plan for
retaining these teachers to handle
mathematics and science subjects is to
be put into effect Immediately.
DIR. Studebaker asserted that whether
the war was long or short one, the
schools must continue to operate effec-
lively, but warned that to accomplish
this might be difficult since, with in
creased Federal taxes, attempts may
be made in various communities to cur
tail school expenditures.
1--WE must all be vigilant to see that
necessary school expenditures and sup
porting tax levies are not cut In
crippling attempts under the mask of
furtherlng the war effort" he said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-09
Executive Urges Labor Management
Committees For Peace Time Service

idea. with its Labor -Managemen Com
mittee. was first broached by the Gov
ernment. we. doubtless like many
others. were somewhat Skeptical of its
workability. On the other hand, we
were aware of the necessity for in
creasing our production of war ma
terialS. Our labor situation was stable
under a Union Shop" contract. We
could not find any tenable reason why
the Labor Management Production
Drive Committee idea should not be
given a trial. Try it we did
''In the process of forming the Com
mttee and during its early meetings
there developed what we believe to be
the keystone of the whole Labor
Management Committee plan - SIN
CERITY. All concerned soon realized
(and expressed themselves according
ly) that unless there was confidence
in the sincerity of the members, one to
another, there could be nothing con-
structive resulting from the Commit
tees labors. Also if the Committee as
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-09
lob Discrimination
Fight Just Begun.
Lawyers Predict
President And Committee
Congratulated On Ami
versorY Of Order

Washington, ID. c. ULNS) - Con.
graduating President Roosevelt and the
members af the Committee on Fair
Employment Practice upon the first
anniversary of the "historic executive
order setting up the committee, the
National Lawyers Guild in Il letter by
Martin Pepper, national executive
secretary, told the President that the
creation of the committee lis substan-
tial proof that we are engaged in war
for the establishment of democracy and
equality for all the people.
by steps such as the creation Of
the Committee on Fair Employment
Practice, we are building foundation
upon which the cainp!se structure of
equality can be built"
The Guill letter continued: I'm the
fight against discrimination, we have
only made a beginning.
Further vigorous steps must be
taken Immediately by the government
in order to assure the fullest integra-
ton on the basis of full equality of
the Negro people and other national
groups into all aspects Of our national
life. This is indispensable if we are to
establish that measure of unity neces-
Sary for victory over our eIlelnies-the
fountain heads of discrimination and
Subjugation.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-09
$4,000 Workers
Get PdY Boosts
In Navy Yards
Increases Of 8 To l3 Cents
Per Hour To Go Into
Effect Soon

Washington, u. G. = Over $4,000
workers in the governments navy
yards and nearly 6O0.OOO in private
ShipyardS are tn start drawing pay
increases of to 13 cents an hour in
the next few weeks. This will add
81 100000 week to the payrOlls in
navy yards and over S2,OOO.OOO in
private yards.
The increases in the private yards
We're negotiated at labor-manage-
ment- government conference in Chicago
last May, but actual payment of the
boosts was held off pending ratitica
uon by all unions, the shipbuilders and
government agencies.
This ratification is now almost COM
plete. the government Shipbuilding
Sterilization Committee announced,
and notice will soon be served on ship
builders to begin paying the raise. A
few yards have already put the in
crease in effect.
The new scales are TO be retroactive
to April ! for West Coast shipyard
workers; to June . for the Great
Lakes, and June % for the Atlantic
Coast, in accordance with dates fixed
under StabilizatiOn agreements in these
areas. Increases will be s cents an hour
in each region.
On the Gulf Coast. however, the
raises will range up TO 13 cents an
hour to bring the yards there on a
parity with other sections of the coun-
try The Gulf increases will 90 int"
effect August I.
For the government navy yards, ex-
cept on the Gulf. the higher pay levels
became effective July 6. In the Wash
ingtOn navy yard, one of the nations
biggest, 1900 workers will benefit
from the wage order.
The navy increase was ordered to
bring the government yards in line
with the commercial shipyardS.
The Metal Trades Department of the
AFL played the leading role in obtain
ing all of these wage increases.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-09
Trenton Potter Is
Token By Death
Hdd Spent Life At Trade;
Prominent In Union
Activities

Trenton, n ]. - The members of
Local Union No. AZ were greatly sad
dened this past week to hear of the
passing OF Brother Joe Bradbury.
Brother Joe was life long potter and
was held in the highest esteem by all
with whom he came in contact
He was member of the Conference
Committee representing the china ware
shop and was always willing to spend
his time and effort in behalf of the
workmen We extend our sincere SYM
pathy to his wife and daughter. His
fellow workmen paused to pay their
last respect and render every service
they could.
Our delegates to the 1942 cOnven-
tiOn will have lot to tell when they
return from Atlantic City, so be sure
to attend the meeting and receive a
first hand report.
We were very sorry to hear of the
illness of Vice President Turner and
extend to him our sympathy and best
wishes for a speedy recOvery.-O.C. 10.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-09
AL AUTO WORKERS
WIN UNION LABEL ON
BUSES; ALSO RAISE

Kalamazoo, Mich. A union shop
contract carrying a general wage in
crease of cents an hour and an in
crease in the minimum rate for the
plant of 80 cents per hour has been
negotiated with the Kalamazoo Coach,
Incorporated, by Local No. 100, AFL
United Automobile Workers of Amer
lea. Other provisions Of the contract in
clude two 5-minute rest and smoking
periods, a vacation bonus Of PA per
cent of the employees annual earnings,
no discharges or disciplinary lay-Ofrs
except by mutual agreement between
the company and the union.
The agreement also provides for the
use of the union label on all products.
The company, which produces buses
and mobile hospital units, will produce
the first union label bus in the auto
mobile industry.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-09
Work Speeded As
Convention E nterS
It's Second Week
TEN-POINT WAR
PROGRAM ADOPTED
BY UPHOLSTERERS

Chicago. Ill.-A 10-point program for
labOr's cooperation in the war effort
was adopted by the Golden Jubilee
convention of the AFL UphOlsterers
International Union here.
The program, intended to preserve
labor as a vital force in the preServa-
ton Of American democracy" as well
as to win the war. recommended
Mass purchase of war bonds. maxi
mum production Of war materials, a
voice for labor in management. labor
representation in all governmental
agencies, protection Of civil liberties.
cOunter-attack against anti-labor lies,
conservation of vital materials, CO..
operation in plant conversion, assimila-
tiOn of new war workers INTO the AF'L.
continuation of the fight for adequate
living standards.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-09
Increase Granted
Railroad Employees
Order Affects Engine And
Trcin Service Men Of
T. P. & w.

Washington, d. c. ULNS).-JoSeph
3. Eastman. Director of Defense Trans
portation. has ordered higher wages
and better working conditions for en-
gine and train service employees of the
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad.
which has been operated by the Gov
ernment since its seizure was ordered
March q by President Roosevelt.
EaStman's order, retroactive to
March %, affects 90 employees. all OF
whom struck on December 26 last in
protest against working conditions in
stituted by George McNear, anti-union
president of the road. The new Sched-
ules increase the monthly pay of the
% by 5000, a 26 per cent average in
crease per man.
This" Eastman said. would bring
the men up to the standard rates of
compensation as paid other railroad
employees of similar locations in the
same territory"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-09
Everett Jackson
Nu1ned President
Of Sdlenn Union
ReedY. Wilt And Jackson
Named On Auditing
Committee

Salem, OhiO.-LOcal Union No. 42's
officers at their regular meeting. Those
installed for the next six months were
Everett Jackson, president Catherine
Reesh, vice president; Nellie Jackson.
recording secretary: Fred Shaffer.
financial secretary: William McPhail,
defense secretary; Leona Walters,
treasurer: Dorothy Hinton, statisti-
clan; Mae Scott, guard: Stella Leslie,
inspector: Dick lteedy. trustee These
officers We're installed by "California
Kid" Theodore Pase who has just re-
turned from the west coast
Brothers Pase and Leonard Wilt
spent a vacation at the Golden Gates
of California. They were hoping IN
crash the movies or find pot of gold,
but they We're glad to return to their
job at the Salem China.
Brother Reedy commendS the local
for their fine selection of officers as he
thinks the local will need the best to
handle the affairs of the local in the
next few months.
President Jackson appointed an
auditing committee to 20 over the
books for the past six months. Those
to serve on this committee are Richa rtl
Reedy, Leonard Wilt and Nellie jack
son.
This local is going to change the date
of their meeting night. 1t has been
placed in the trustees hands and will
be their headache from here on out;
Your O.C. has some news on that, he
understands the X. of =. hall is open
every other Friday night This would
be an excellent time for the local to
meet.
This aid That" !" Dick iseeLy rs on
a diet and is using horseback riding
for a method to reduce, while Bill Nc
Phail has "A rowing machine to get his
surplus off. think this good idea for
they both look like they could stand
to reduce. Keep it up boys, you may
make the army yet. ..
Charley AckelsOn left for the sery-
ice June 20. Many more are expected
to leave in the next consignments July
13 and IA. We will have some, list TO
send in if all our boys pass the test.
The financial secretary. has mailed
delinquent notices to the following and
If he doesn't hear from them by July
10. he will recommend that they be
suspended, Andy Kelly. Harry Edgel',
Arthur Criss and Dean Moore. All of
these brothers have left the shop and
it Is hard to get In touch with them.
SO If any member sees these men tell
them they have their final notice
Winfred Reeds honorary member
ship application will be passed on at
the next meeting.-O.C. ~.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-09
Labor Snushinq
All Production
Records--Greer1
Highights Of Federation
Presidents Detroit
Address

Detroit.-FollOwing are hiShlights
from the address of President Will
liam Green at the labor rally here
sponsored by the United States Army
on Independence Day:
America Is now prepared for all-out
war! Very soon we Will be ready to
strike at the enemies of democracy
with the full power and fury of our
armed forces, backed up by the most
devastating and ineXhaustible supply
of war weapons the world has ever
seen. That is our victory message on
this Independence Day to Hitler and
HirOhitO and Mussolini!
And that is also the answer of Amer
lean labor to the question What are
you doing in this war? For in the
short seven months since Pearl Harbor
American workers have done what was
considered impossible and have made
fantastic" production goals come true.
The men and women who make up
the ranks of American labor constitute
in themselves. a vital margin OF SUI
periority which will prove decisive
factor in the winning of the war. For
they have proved an obvious truth
that free labor will Outproduce slave
labor.
No one has to crack the whip over
American labor. Our workers and their
trade union representatives are In this
fight to finish There is nothing they
can do, no sacrifice they can make,
that they will not gladly offer Of their
own free will.
For this is their war-labor's war.
They are not working and fighting for
a cruel and cOnsciencless dictator. They
are working and fighting for them
selves and for the human race. They
are conscious of their responsibilities,
alert to their opportunities and in
spired by their mission.
To this great army of free American
production soldiers the nation today
renders a salute - for tremendous
achievement. They have won the first
battle Of this war-the battle of pro
ductiOn. And in modern warfare, pro-
ductiOn is the key to victory.
l have no hesitation In predicting
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