The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-03-05
Delegates Return


getting war supplies to their destina-
tiOn.
e. L. Oliver, Chief, Labor Relations
Branch, Labor Division, War Produc-
tiOn Board, and one-time labor leader,
told that the Labor Division has been
just recently set up in the Labor De
fense Program to improve relations be-
tween Labor and the manufacturers.
Mr. Oliver stated that we now have
100000 people working in defense
plants and that by the end of 1912 we
must and are going to have 100000
thus employed. He spoke of the neces-
sity for the employment of more and
more women in defense plants, and
that more negroes would have to be
absorbed into the war industry. He
stated that unions and employers alike
must help break down race prejudice
| by doing everything they can toward
giving every negro that wants in the
chance to hold defense job, because
we are going to need every able-bOdied
man and woman regardless of race,
color or creed.
James b. Carey, SecretaryTreasurer
of the G. l. o., in celebrating on this
subject, asserted that it doesn't do any
good to sing patriotic songs unless we
give the sharecrOpper and the negro
Il chance to maintain the American
standard of living.
Mr.. Carey stressed the Importance
of good morale on the home front, and
urged that we not waste too much en-
ergy ON criticism of our officials. They
may make mistakes-we all make mis-
takes.
From the press we get the impress
sion that Labor doesn't want to work
over forty hours week. This is wholly
Il false impression. LabOr'S object is TO
put the unemployed to work first says
Mrs. Carey.
While our boys are doing their ut
most on the battle front to win the
war, we on the home front must do
everything possible to win the peace
by seeing to it that after the war the
wheels of industry are kept turning in
the manufacture of the things of peace,
that the men will have jobs to come
back to, and that we will have Il pro-
gram of plenty instead of scarcity.
Darrell ID. Smith, Labor Supply Off
cer Labor Division, War Production
Board, on his subject of The Problems
Of Labor Supply" stated that govern
ment restrictions as regards aliens ap-
plies only to defense plants Our aliens
can and should be given Il chance to
work in nOn-defenSe industry.
Robert Weaver, Chief Negro En-
ployment and Training Branch, Wan
Production Board, stated that ther,
are 13,OOO,OOO negro citizens in the
United States, and that we will neet
many of them in our defense plants in
the near future. They did their share
i'm World War |, and want the oppor-
tunity to do it in this war.
II. w. lIutchins, Assistant Admins
traitor of Farm Program, L. $. Depart
| ment of Agriculture, speaking ON the
, subject "When Peace Comes" empha-
sized the fact that now is not too early
:, to start preparing the foundation foi
, peace. I'VE must wage peace as we are
now WaSllS Waf, TtgafuleSS OF lll'
, cost We saw democracy allow people
to starve after the first World War
/, Many are wondering if we are goin2
y to repeat this mistake Democracy
~ can't stand another shock like that
h Real democracy looks out for the fel
low down below asserts Mr.. IIutchinS
n Delegates Armstrong, Thompson ant
+ Bergner felt that on the whole th'
:. conference was very enlightcning an,
, most encouraging. They stated tha
u President Howard l.. Hevis of Ohi,
. State University and members of hi
: staff were most cordial i'm their wei
4 come to the eight hundred delegate
n who attended the conference. q. {