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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-10-22
Union Membership In
Sweden Believed Highest

Stockholm, ULNSD. - More than Il
million members are enrolled in the
Swedish Federation of Labor, the ac-
tual number being 1904, ,0J1 as of June
80 The 5000 trade unions in Sweden
now have as members % per cent Of
the nations population between the
ages of - and So, this percentage be
ing the worlds highest, it is believed.
Virtually all of the wage-earners in
industry and transportation have been
absorbed into unions, and if the farm
laborers and forest workers become
affiliated, Il maximum membership of
| 300, 900 is fOreSeen.
his last mission in behalf of labor he
tOled until he was taken i'll for the
Immediately following the convention
was Il grievOus loss to labor and TO
our Bureau. ! ann proud to pay my
tribute to this loyaf friend and inspir-
ing leader before this company of his
fellow trade unionists.
am happy, however, to say that the
mantle of office has fallen upon the
shoulders Of Elmer Milliman, the Gen
eral President of the brotherhood of
Maintenance of Way Employees. He is
now carrying the light which Brother
Burke bore so ably. 1t is a fortunate
organization or movement that can
have the services of two such loyal,
devoted and capable leaders as Brother
Burke and Brother Milliman.
Men of labor, we stand today in the
valley of shadow These are difficult
and dark days for free men every
where. We need to give each other the
courage of our faith and the fullest
measure of our cooperation. | have
come to assure you that the complete
facilities of the Bureau are at your
disposal without reservation of any
kind. We could ask no more than that
you use our services to the full as we
face the hard road that lies ahead.
We have the heritage of free men,
and we have Il living faith that right
eousneSS eXalteth a nation.
When Colonel RomlIlla. the last man
to leave Rataan. to become subsequent
ly the Aide-de-Camp to General Mac
Arthur. arrived in this country he said
of Bataan and of that heroic struggle
of five months. that it would stand in
the annals of military history as Il
hope that died but Of faith that will
never pass away. What was that hope?
1t was the hope that somehow or other
it would be possible for a handful Of
men to withstand the might of the
legOnS of HirOhito. That hope failed.
But what was that faith that will not
die? 1t is this faith in freedom, in free
governments, in free institutions. in
free labor, in free world that death
less quest Of the human spirit for free
dom will never die. 1t is to that high
quest that we are all summoned in this
hour to pledge ourselves and all that
we are and all that we possess, that
that faith and that dream of Il better
world will not perish from the earth.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-10-22

conferences on labor and the world
crisis. We have attempted not only to
interpret this global war but we have
sought to lift mems sights so that
they could see that the way we win the
war would contition the peace we
built
Perhaps the highest compliment that
could be paid to our services was that
the government initiated what we have
been doing. These conferences under
government auspices have presented
the governments point of view and in
rerpreted the function of the various
governmental agencies.
In this work there has been Il great
demand for labor speakers before the
various service clubs, business and fra
ternal organizations. People every
where have wanted to know what labor
thought about this struggle and their
role in its prosecution. We have con
sidered this an opportunity for the
education of the public without Il form
of public relations.
| During these past twelve months we
have had an opportunity for the uti!-
! ization of broadcasting facilities not
only through America but through the
use of Short-Wave to broadcast to our
| soldiers overseas in Australia, and in
| Iceland. as we'll as workers in the
occupied countries. We have sought to
give them some sense of the concern
on the part of the American workers
for their heroic services.
We have as well continued to issue
pamphlet material. interpretive of the
war as we'll as education which has
been widely used. Copies of this litera-
| ture you will find on the tables at the
exhibits We are under special debt 10
| the American Federation of Teachers,
us we'll as President Green, for the
assignment of John ConnorS, one Of
their Vice Presidents, who has been
an invaluable assistant to me in carry
ing on the multi-farious duties of the
Director of servicng the many re-
quests throughout the country
No story of our Workers Education
| Bureau during these past twelve
months would be complete without Il
word about him who for so many years
served with distinction and unSeltiSh
devotion as the President of the Work
! ers Education Bureau. Those of you
who have attended convention of the
| Federation for past three decades will
remember that lOvab ln figure of
| Thomas Burke, General Secretary
| Treasurer of the United Association Of
Plumbers and Steam Filters. His en-
thusiaSm for the trade union movement
and the workers education WAS bound
less. | know of no good soldier in this
movement who in season and out Of
| season devoted himself more unSparing-
| ly and more effectively to advance the
best interests of the trade union move
ment and workers education than
| Brother Burke.
When the Workers Education Bureau
was started u years ago Thomas
Burke was among the very first men
who recognized its value. For almost
that length of time he served as an
official of the Bureau. When he went
out to Seattle last year on what wa$
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-10-22

employees which may concern the
Office of Defense Transportation
Consultation with the Office of De
activities which are of interest to en-
ployees and management; and
EnliSting the cooperation of en-
ployees, management and their organi-
cations for the efficient and economic
utilization of all transportation facili-
ties for the duration of the war.
Labor Members Named
Members of the committee already
appointed by the railway labor organi-
Zations to meet with representatives
of management at the call of the Office
of Defense Transportation are: David
i. Robertson, president, Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men; George Nj. Harrison, grand presi-
dent, brotherhood of Railway and
and Steamship Clerks; Samuel j.
Hogan, president, National Marine
Engineers Beneficial Association; B.
Nj. Jewell, president, Railway En-
ployees' Department, AL; and A. f.
Whitney, president, brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen.
A committee of railway executives
will meet with the railway labor heads
Oct. 20 in Washington, ID. c. to set UP
permanent central joint council to
function under ODT's auspices.
a group representing the Interna-
tional brotherhood of TeamSters will
meet Oct. % in Washington with man
agement representatives, selected by
the American Trucking Association, to
work out plans for a labor-managemenr
council in the motor truck industry.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-10-22
Ladies' Handbag Union
Signs Up Three Firms

New York, y. Y.-Samuel Reinlib,
president Of the International Ladies'
Handbag. Luggage, Belt and Novelty
Workers Union, reported that his or
ganiZation had concluded negotiations
for closed union shop contracts with
the Wilson Manufacturing Co., of Bos-
ton, Mass, and Rockland Novelty Bag
Co, and Service Handbag Co., both Of
Nyac, \. y. The agreements provided
wage increases, m i n III Il m weekly
wages and number Of other union
conditions,
and one great poWer-the right TO
cast his vote. As matters now stand in
number of southern states, election
means nothing whatever to poor men
and women because they need the $500
tax money for something else. Further
more, in some states the poll tax is
retroactive and a citizen is compelled
to pay for all past years he has missed
before he may vote.
In this American crisis it is good
time to strengthen democracy at home.
The House Of Representatives by an
overwhelming vote passed legislation
to outlaw the poll tax. Let Us hope that
the Senate will act favorably TO end
the poll tax evil.
The idea behind the poll tax is to
| keep the poor and the negroes from
voting. Only a handful Of Congressman
from the southern states uphold the
poll tax idea. 1t would seem this is
good time to restore liberty in its full
( est sense here in this Nation.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-10-22
Spinach

Most Of the spinach produced is 90
ing to the armed forces. Little boys
and girls may consider that even a war
has its good side.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-10-22
AFL Convention Seeks
The Reutfiliution Of ITU

Toronto. Every effort should be
made to help bring the International
Typographical Union back into the
American Federation of Labor, the
federation's convention unanimously
voted in approving Il recommendation
of the committee on the executive
councils report.
gret' that no progress had been made
in this direction since the Seattle CON
yention.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-10-22
Demand End
(Confinued From Page One)

forna and Nevada. In all but 16
states, the average for men topped
$500"
"Certainly," she continued, "wagcS
for women are much better than they
were in the 1930s, and we are all glad
to see the old system of wage differ
entails under heavy fire from many
quarters. The war is bringing the
matter of wage rates for women into
sharper focus A growing chorus of
strong voices can be heard in many
parts of the country saying: Where
there is a job to be done and a woman
to do it, she should be paid for the
job and not paid less because she is
Il woman There are good signs on the
industrial horizon, and important adj
vances are being made"
However, she reminded the delegates
that I'VE cannot escape some facts
about women's wages in wartime which
are not pleasant" She said:
The same minimum entrance rates
for men and women in the ammuni
ton plants are the exception rather
than the rule. According to Women's
Bureau studies, minimum entrance
rates for women in Is privately oper-
ated ammunition plants were from ~
cents to 50 cents; for men, from 40
cents to so cents. In only three were
the rates the same. There was a diff
ferential of 3 cents an hour in three,
but some of the differentials were as
high as IS cents, 20 cents and %
cents. These all apply to minimum en-
trance rates."
Urges Keeping Standards
"1'he induction of millions of women
into war employment is, in itself, "a
tremendous undertaking." Mis- Christ
man said in conclusion. But the war
emergency must not be used as an
excuse for destroying sound labor
policies.
1T is our business to see to it that
we maintain basic work standards
which experience has shown are nee
eSsary for the health and efficiency of
all our workers, the standards which
result in maximum production.
"Nor can we merely hold fast we
must 90 forward Equality of Oppor-
tunity must have meaning for women
in the shop-their pay rates must be
based on their jobs without artificial
discrimination based ON sex. Our
democratic way of life must reach into
the everyday experience of millions Of
men and women through organization
of the workers into strong unions,
through collective bargaining and the
other democratic methods of self
government in the shop,
In all this women must carry their
full share of the load-do more than
pay dues - serve on grievance com
mitteeS, negotiate wage contracts, work
on abOrmanagement com M i I t c S
wherever they are set up
Hour Laws Upheld
Resolutions opposing relaxation of
the six day week and Women'S eight
hour laws, on the preteNt that it aids
war production, were adopted by Il
unanimous vote of delegates to the
conference.
Speaking on the physiology Of work,
DR.. A. c. Ivy, of the Medical School.
Northwestern University, agreed with
a similar statement made on women 5
working hours by Miss AgneSS Nestor,
president of the WOmen's Trade Union
League of Chicago, and said that, for
the best performance. men should work
not more than rs hours week, women
at least two hours and preferably four
to eight hours less.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-10-22
Labor Management Groups
Set Up In Roll And Trucking
To Advise On War Transport

Washington, d. c. QLNS)-Labor- management committees
made of railway and trucking workers well
heads the industries will from assist the Office Of
Defense Transportation in solving all transport problems
Formation of committees for the two industries has been
announced by Joseph B. Eastman, ODT Director.
The committees Eastman sai will be concerned with the
following general functons
Calling attention to matters involving industry
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-10-22
Straight From
Washington
BY STEPHEN NJ. YOUNG
Congressman at Large, Ohio

Washington. - Il Bet ter write your
Congressman for government booklets
on vegetables and raising poultry, un-
less you are already thoroughly orient
ed on such subjects. Our Government,
early next spring will urge city and
town folks to raise chickens in their
backyards as another food source. Also
as smaller supplies Of vegetables are
likely 10 be available for civilians By
reason Of demands of our armed forces,
our Government will urge all citizens
TO grow vegetables in their backyard5
and to use all available land.
Girth Control
4 Washington bureaucrat suggested
! business birth control as one solution
10 the problem confronting small bust
ness" In other words, he recommended
curbs on new retail stores and bust
nesses to permit existing businesses to
survive He expressed opposition to
permitting the creation Of any new re-
! tail businesses, factories, shops and the
| like. This view carried to its logical
conclusion would mean that big busi-
ness would be given a green light and
small business would eventually be
strangled.
Birth control for little business is
not remedy, but "girth control" for
big business is the proper governmental
policy.
Spinach
Most Of the spinach produced is go
ing to the armed forces. Little boys
and girls may consider that even war
has its good side.
Preparing For Worst
Chief of Staff Marshall has made
plans for an American army Of thir-
teen million. Probably, no American
army of such size will ever be created.
1t is felt that plans should be made
for a tremendous American Army in
preparation for the worst possible con
tingenCy. Were Russia 10 be crushed
and forced to make separate peace
and then We're the British Isles to be
invaded and conquered. our maximum
manpOWer might he needed. \ much
smalled American force will undoubted-
~ be sufficient To do a thorough job.
After all, our need iS for a mobile
compact, thoroughly mechanized army
on every front where we have to fight.
China and Russia have vast reservoirs
of manpoWer. but of course. need arms
and equipment. Furthermore the Rus
SLAMS are fighting magnificently and
Russians will continue 10 fight for their
homes and their liberty.
I'n-American Poll Tax
Our Ohio Constitution provides, No
poll tax shall ever be levied in this
state
The poorest citizen in the land is
entitled to one great day-election day
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-10-22

I've asked Mr.. and Mrs. Jenkins to
dinner at seven, Jane, but | think We'll
give them quarter of an hours
grace said the mistress.
We'll, ma a'am," Jane replied, I'm
Il little religious myself, but l think
that's rather OVERRIDING it
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-10-22
Big ManpOwer Reservoir

In support of the joint resolution
Senator La Toilette said that s of the
II millions of agricultural workers
were farm operators, owners, tenants
or share cropers and with members
of their families who assisted in farm
work composed "a great reservoir Of
undevelOped manpower for our national
effort :"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-08
Plan Crack-Down on Careless
and Unpatiotic Motorists
Bsievs Gss RetieWins ProeIsmstion
Will De Issued About Oct. Is

mile an hour speed limit on
state Highways.
Halsey/ Z said literally thous-
ands of drivers. who must de-
pend on their tires to get them
to their jobs in the production
of materials of war, are guilty
Of careless treatment of their
tires which he called "just plain
criminal"
Their offense, he said, is to
drive their tires until they are
too worn or battered for recap
ping. then discover that for lack
of recappable rubber their ma
chimes are useless.
He called on the administrat-
orS to induce factory manage
ment to have the tires on all
cars in their parking lots in
spected regularly, and follow
through by requiring employees
to keep them in good condition.
Melville Stantmyers, in
charge of tire rationing in Mich
igan, told the conference ration
ing boards would cooperate In
enforcing compliance with rub
Der conservation efforts. He said
$4,000 applications for tire re-
caps have been rejected in Mich
igan, although they were within
the allowable quota, simply be-
cause the owners had allowed
their old tires to deteriorate to
a point of usefulness.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-08
WiIIkiei Flies
from China
Next Stop as
Yet Unknown

CHUNGKING, Oct. 8-(R-
Wendell Willkie departed from
Chungking by plane yesterday,
1t was disclosed today, ending q
five-day visit in the provisional
Chinese capital.
The next stop of WILKES
world tour, which has taken him
through the Middle East and
across Russia, was not immedi-
ately disclosed. r
The secrecy surrounding his
departure was in keeping with
the censorship which cloaked
his progress from the time he
entered China until he reached
Chungking last Friday.
Meanwhile, Wilkes state
ment calling for an all-out Allied
offensive and an end to the en-
pire of nations over other ma
tons found unanimous support
in the Chinese press.
Every newspaper here dis
played the statement prominent
ly and endorsed it enthusiastical-
ly.
"A savior for post war human
ity has descended upon us" de-
clared the new Peoples Daily.
Ia Kung Pao said "Willkie's
statement bounds and rebounds
with sincerity and wisdom; it is
the greatest statement he has
made during his present trip"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-08
Pacific

Continued from Page ~
operating from their new base
in the Andreanof Islands, 125
miles from Kiska, dropped ex-
plosives and fire-bombs on the
japanese encampment Monday
and scored hits on seaplane hang
ars. ~
Six enemy seaplane fighters
which counterattacked were shot
down, the Navy said, while all
American planes returned to
their base.
On the New Guinea front,
Gen. Douglas Macarthur head
quarters left no doubt that the
japanese threat to Port Mores-
by had been smashed for the
present and characterized the
enemy troops as exhausted.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-08
Slow Speeds Urged
Instead Of Raiioninq

WASHINGTON, Oct. g. R,
- Observance of a 35-mile-an.
hour speed limit and voluntary
gasoline saving by motorists are
recommended by the petroleum
industry war council in place OF
nationwide gasoline rationing to
conserve rubr n.
The council, composed of rep
resentatives of the industry, sub
mitted resolution to petroleum
coordinator Harold L. Ickes yes
terday advocating a 90-day de-
lay in extending gasoline ra-
tioning to determine if motorists
voluntary cooperation cannot
accomplish as much as coupon
rationing."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-08
A.&p.Workers
Vote Oh. IS
County Stores
ere Included

DETROIT, Oct. 8 Up The
Seventh Regional office of the
National Labor Relations Board
announced today that about 500
employees of 81 Great Atlantic
and Pacific Tea Company stores
In Oakland, Macomb and ST.
Clair counties will vote Oct. IS
on whether they wish to be rep
resented by the American FEEDER
alton of Labor or by no union.
Participating in the elections
will be stores at Milford, Wall
ed Lake. Birmingham, Clawson,
Berkeley, Royal Oak, Ferndale,
Pontiac, Keego Harbor, Auburn
Heights, Orion, Oxford, Romeo,
Rochester, Van Dyke, East De-
troit, st. Clair Shores, Rose
Vile; Mount Clemens, Algonac,
Marine City, st. Clair, Port
Huron and Richmond.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-08
UmkmOWm's Car
Quilted by Blaze

Sheriffs deputies today
sought the owner of q car that
was Quilted by fire on Jefferson,
south of Croker.
Deputies Leonard Jarvis and
Norman Moore, who answered
the call at 1910 a. m. today,
notified the fire department, but
the interior of the car was COM
pletely burned. The lie e n S e
n u m Der indicated the car is
owned by Mrs. Pauline Buchan-
an, 1885 Eastlawn, Detroit. but
no such person lives at that ad-
dress, the deputies learnde.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-08
Russia

CONTINUED from Page ~

Our troops are holding their
positions"
More important, the Red Arm
les were declared to be hacking
into the German left flank
above the Volga metropolis,
overrunning Nazi positions stud
ded with half-buried tanks.
The northwest barrier,
stretching between the Don and
the Volga, has been frequently
cited by the German high COM
mand as guarding the main Nazi
siege armies.
SIZE UNKNOWN
A bulletin from Red Army
headquarters failed to indicate
the extent of the Soviet tank
thrust, but reported:
Northwest of Stalingrad, tank
crews broke into enemy posi-
tons and destroyed tanks dug
into the ground, eight guns and
five ammunition trucks, and
wiped out about $50 Germans"
Inside Stalingrad, the city's
reinforced defenders beat off
every German attack in the last
"a hours, dispatches said, and
frightened their hold on recap
tured streets.
Front-line advices to Red
Star, the Soviet Army newspa-
per, disclosed that German
shocktroops recently penetrated
into the northeast suburbs, at
lacking at night along a ditch
leading to the Volga, but de-
clared that a Russian guard di-
vision drove them back.
Red Star said the northeast
district included the huge Stain
tank and tractor factory, the
Red October metal works and
other war plants, surrounded by
workers homes.
The newspaper said Russian
troops stopped the Germans in
the workers quarter and threw
them back, and the invaders
failed to make further advance
against strengthened Soviet de-
lenses.
In the central Caucasus, Rus
sian headquarters acknowledged
a Red Army withdrawal for the
second day In succession in the
Mozdok area, so miles north of
the Grozny oil fields, but de-
clared the Germans lost IL
tanks and company of infantry
in an enlightenment movement
that back fired.
Along the Black Sea coast, in
the northwest Caucasus, the
Russian command said two bat
talions of Rumanian infantry
newly moved into battle had
been surrounded and annihi-
lated" in a two-day fight below
Novorossisk.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-08
Stripped Car
Found I'm County

A car stolen from the Hi Daw.
SON used car lot in Detroit was
found Wednesday on Garfield
road near Runyan In Macomb
township stripped of five tires
and all accessories.
Bernard Schoff, of 4415 Run
yam, told sheriff's deputies he
saw a car containing three men
speed away from the scene at
tbs a. m. Tuesday. Dawson was
notified.