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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-10-29
Presidents S Wage
Order Is Headache
For WLB Members
Expect To Be Syamped BY
Blizzard Of Cases Call
ing For Decision
TRIBUNAL IS BADLY SPLIT
Spokesman For Employers
And Workers In Conflict
Over Interpretation

Washington, ID. C.-President ROose-
velts executive order stabilizing wages
is providing IL terrific headache for
Federal officials.
Members of the National War Labor
Board, who We're given the task OF
enforcing wage coptrO!s admit they
are worried over the magnitude Of the
job.
They predict that before long cases
will be pouring in on the board at the
rate of 5000 to 10000 Il week, Great
ing one of the greatest logiams any
Federal agency has ever faced.
Over 100000 employers were esti-
mated to be covered by the order. Since
every wage increase or decrease, be-
fore becoming effective, must be ap-
proved by the board. its members
anticipate that at least one case Il
year involving each employer is likely
to drift in their direction.
InundatiOn Expected
That would mean an average Of
10000 problems a week will he tossed
on the boards lap.
To handle this inundation, the board
is planning to set up regional offices.
Even with this setup, it will be long
time, members said, before the board
will be able to dig out" of the eX-
pected "blizzard' Of eases.
Meanwhile, it was revealed that II
hot battle is developing over interpre-
tatiOn of the Presidents order
The order specifies that the board
shall not approve any increase in
wage rates prevailing or September Is,
unless necessary to correct maladjust-
ments or inequalities, to eliminate sub
standards of living, to correct gross
inequities,or to aid in the effective
prosecution of the war;
Employer members insist the order
be interpreted as a wage freeze" for
all workers except those at sweatshop
levels.
Labor members, on the other hand,
maintain the order is broad enough to
a low for adjustments on many
grounds. Furthermore. they are de-
manding retention of the boards wage
formula, which takes into account the
rise in living costs.
Under that formula. the board has
been allowing pay boosts to bring earn
ings to level Is per cent above rates
prevailing on January /, 1941. Since
Is per cent represents the living cost
increase only up to March, 1912, th.,
labOriteS insist the formula be raised
to at least Is or 20 per cent to cover
price rises since March. Any other
course, they argue, would impose Il
wage cut on workers.
Who wins this tug-of-war will de-
pend on the votes of public members.
Decisions in the next few weeks are
expected to clarity their stand.
Meanwhile, the board, in one of its
first policy rulings, exempted all EN-
ployers having eight or less workers
from the Presidents order. That elimi-
mated about 100000 establishments
- mostly retail stores - but still left
nearly 100000 bosses and tens of mil
lions of workers to be dealt with.
The board also ruled that wage in
creases given as result of promotions
length of service, higher productivity
in piecework, and advancement of
apprentices or traineeS may be put
into effect without w. l.. B. approval.
(Tnrn to PAGE Tzu0)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-10-29
Plan On Mdnpower
Mapped By McNutt
Job Analysts Would Advise
Drdft Boards On Kinds Of
Skilled Industry Needs

Washington. - Seeking to fOreStall
the manpOwer drain on war industry
plants because of the induction of high
ly skilled and technically trained men
into the Army, plan for Occupational
deferment has been drawn up by the
War Manpower Commission, and will
be put into effect soon -
Following testimony before a House
committee that crisis in manpOwer
will occur between December and
February, Paul V. McNutt, War Man
power Director, indicated at a press
how his organization
planned to meet the threat.
Mr.. McNutt declared that the prob
lem of deferment of highly skilled in
duStrial workers was Il 'hOt" one and
that the situation could be handled in
two ways; first, the introduction of
job and occupation analysis in conec-
ton with the work of the local draft
boards and, second, changes in the
present selective service appeals ma
chinery.
1t was indicated by the WNIC chair
man that job analysis would be on
hand to advise local Selective Service
Boards on how important the skills and
and occupations of prospective selec-
tees may be when they are called for
examination.
Would Advise Local Boards
If the men are engaged in a type of
work which is considered essential in
the war, the local boards will be so
advised and will be permitted to defer
the entrance of such employees into
the Army until others have been train
ed for the work. At the same time,
some way will be found whereby the
onus of an appeal may be removed
from the prospective inductee, who is
frequently reluctant to take the initia-
tive in requesting such deferment, even
though it is a temporary one.
The manpower crisis which the war
production organization is facing was
the subject of testimony before the
Senate Military Affairs Committee by
Colonel Lewis Sanders, chief Of Selec-
tive Service Unemployment Division.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-10-29

Turn to Pa0s Taco
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-05-28

ians who have had no military train
ing and in no way have earned such
promotions is causing a national
scandal at Washington, according to
a statement made by Congressman
Charles L. Faddis, of Pennsylvania.
The recent commissioning of poll
tician OF Minnesota, to the high posi-
ton OF lieutenant commander in the
navy, although he has never worn
the army or navy uniform, seems to
have called sharp attention to the
schemes by which some civilians are
being favored with commissions max
ing them high officers in the army
and navy, although they have no
military experience. Congressman
Faddis has added an amendment to
the military service pay bill which
he says will stop such practices.
eff there's anything in this whole
war that has disrupted the morale
of the men," said Congressman Fad
dis, sponsor of the amendment, at
is the commissioning of favored men.
80 SeASAA>N iiAoiiy iAiSii "hio law
been indicted into the service and
who have enlisted are far more quail
flied for commissions than men sud-
denly pulled out of civilian life and
put in officers uniforms" The
amendment would require all COM
missioned officers to have had a
regular course of military training
fitting them for the position in which
they would have to prove their worth
and merit for such commission be-
fore receiving it. In other words it
would stop the big scramble of young
men in civil life who use political
and personal pull, and perhaps more
sinister means, for procuring COM
missions that will land them in
highly paid jobs in the military forces
of the country to the detriment of
the men in the ranks who must earn
any promotion they get by hard
work.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-05-28
BONER
BONER a.-H
(Grand Rapids Independent, May 14)

(Grand Rapids Independent, May 14)
The biggest political boner ever to
be pulled in Minnesota politics is
the one Governor Stassen pulled
when he enlisted in the navy and
planned to continue to be governor,
hold both jobs, not only for the term
for which he is at present elected,
but planned to run for another term,
direct the policies of the 1943 legisla-
ture (if elected) and then resign to
60 into active service in the navy.
The governors course in his first
announcement was not only i'll adj
vised, but it showed a conceit so
colossal that it is difficult to imagine
any man in public office, or else
where, having such a super-ego.
The governors move is so palpably
one playing political grandstand,
waving the flag, Haunting his patri-
otism that even the man on the street
who seldom takes much interest in
politics, sees through it and is mad
about it. To be sure, it is a rather
raw and amateurish bit of politics,
but it is about what a whole lot of
Minnesota people have looked for.
The treatment that Stassen and
his close advisers have given county
Republican chairmen, men long lead
ers in the party councils and others
who deserved courteous recognition,
is not forgotten. No one likes die
tatorship in a political party any
more than they do in governing a
nation.
For a couple of weeks, there was
talk that the governors political
boner might be corrected. There
was talk that the governor had seen
his error and that he was not going
to run. But when he came back from
working for the navy for a month,
during which time he. neglected his
governor job, he stuck out his chest
and said, sure, he was going to run,
just like he had planned in his orig
inal program. Well, err
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-05-28
WAR, NOT PARTY is UPPERMOST
(Glenwood Herald)

When the people of Minnesota 60
to the polls next fall to elect MEM
bers of the Legislature and Con-
gress they are going to think less
of party than at any time in the past.
The main thing we have to do now
is to end the war successfully. The
voters are therefore going to send
to Congress or the Legislature those
men that they feel will be able to
do most to bring the war to sue
cessful conclusion. The people are
not going to take much part in the
political campaigns. They are going
to make up their minds, each by
himself, how he is going to vote j..
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-05-28

Club, Club while the bullfrog says
croak, croak.
Many informed men (Binderup,
Owen and others) say our monetary
system" is wrong. Most of us agree
with them. Then why try to get
something fright" out of a wrong
system? 1t can't be done. If Con-
gress insists on a wrong system let
them work it. If they would tax
the super-rich exclusively that would
be near to fair. But they won't.
A transaction tax, which is triple
geared sales tax, will pile all the
burden on the ultimate consumer,
including the oldster who gets the
pension. This is silly. Besides the
country is going to have all the sales
tax it can, or will stand.
And why tell Congress of this tax,
that tax, or the other tax? They
know all the taxes there are-and
are looking for more. The kind of
tax is simply by-path that leads to
the jungle. Some take one path,
some another-and all arrive at ex-
actly nowhere. Why not all follow
the main road-the broad, plain road
of adequate pensions for the aged
and unemployables? Even to quar-
rel over $40 or $50 is foolish. The
buying power of any dollar means
nothing until the dollar is made to
keep step with commodities.
Congress does not respond to rea-
son, sense or science. They respond
only to ballot-box pressure. Make
that pressure strong enough and
they'll find a way. The only way
such pressure can be strong is by
being united. AS long as oldsters
split and divide, jibe and jab at one
another Congress will fiddle while
homes decay.
For nearly a decade we've been
telling Congress how-and look what
we've got-a dole, raised in their
way. Not the way we said. Even
that would be all right if it was ade-
quate. Suppose the assistance was
$50 instead of $30-fifty flat? Sup
pose it was $50 minimum, or $50
average, instead of $40 average?
Would you care how the money was
raised? You might "care" but you'd
accept it-and be quite happy.
Well, CLUB, Club i.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-05-28
POLITICAL CONVERTS
Duluth Herald)

Back in 1910, when Senator Ship
stead changed party designations to
seek and win reelection as a Re-
publican instead of Farmer-Labor-
ite, there was quite a little grum-
bling from the tried and true old
timers of both parties.
Today Hjalmar Petersen is re-
ported ready for a similar CONVEX
sion and the old grumbles have been
brought out and repeated.
This is not a matter of PERSONAL
tiles but of principles, the grumblers
tell us.
What principles? Isn't our party
government based on the hope and
the belief that some voters will be
independent and intelligent enough
to change their party allegiance once
in while, giving new group a
chance to lead and plan? And if
the converts include leaders as well
as followers, candidates as well as
voters, isn't that the natural work.
ing-out of our party system, as mod
flied by the direct, open primary?
The party-changer may be at
tackled as an opportunist, concerned
for his own welfare, but what about
the in-and-out party man who puts
up with anything, holding his nose
if necessary, but still sticking, be-
cause he thinks he will benefit per-
Sonally by his blind loyalty? Is he
any nobler?
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-05-28
LEARNING DAILY
1.-TWO Harbors. Chronicle)

1.-TWO Harbors Chronicle)
in the future is in the laps of the
gods. Many think that there will
be great economic adjustments, and
we must find ways to help other
peoples attain the means as well as
the desire to buy part of the incred-
IDLE flood of goods that our postwar
factories will be able to produce.
They think there will be an end to
thinking that peoples of another
creed and color are inferior to peo-
Piles of our creed and color. They
think, in short, that real start may
be made toward the goal of the
Brotherhood of Man that philoso-
pliers have dreamed about for 20
centuries.
In any event, all of us are now
getting a new and far more accur-
ate idea of the character of other
peoples. We used to think of the
Chinese in terms of incredible pow
erty, disease and ignorance, now we
have learned that the Chinese are
brave and intelligent and are led by
men who are outstanding in any
company. We used to think of the
Russians as spineless serfs-and now
the Russians have held the greatest
military machine the world has ever
known, and perhaps saved all the
United Nations from defeat and dis
aster We used to think of Australia
as rather uninteresting and unim-
portant island" far away in the
Pacific-and now we have learned
that the Australians are people very
much like ourselves, proud and en-
battled, and that the defense of
Australia is vital to our own defense
So it goes. Whatever comes, the
average American is obtaining an
infinitely better knowledge of the
world and the peoples who inhabit
it than his forebears ever had.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-05-28
ROAD BLOCKADE ENFORCEMENT
(St. Paul Pioneer PreSS)

-(St. Paul Pioneer PreSS)
If the Minnesota Conservation de-
partment cannot find a less obnox-
ious method of game law enforce
ment than by road blockades, Off
Gals of that department should be
replaced by persons better qualified
for the job.
From throughout the Middlewest
where the state has spent tens OF
thousands of dollars in advertising
Minnesota's recreational advantages
came violent protests last year when
this road blockade policy was insti-
tuted.
Wardens were hauled in to seven
or eight strategic points from
throughout the state. Roads were
blockaded and fishermen and other
tourists were delayed from one tc
several hours while the wardens
closely examined their cars, counted
and weighed game or fish and
brought violators before a waiting
justice of the peace.
At Virginia over the past week
end two arrests were reported from
hundreds of cars that were checked
before the city officials threatened
to throw the wardens into Jail for
obstructing traffic. At Dilworth
near Moorhead, twelve persons were
arrested for various violations after
the search of 700 automobiles.
Persons who resort to this type
of police methods are not above seek
ing out cooperative justices. Coop
erative justices are those who can
be depended upon to levy maximum
penalties providing the arresting Of
ficers bring them enough cases upon
which they can collect fees. This
kind of racket was common in traf-
.fic law enforcement years ago.
If this method of policing is the
best that the Conservation depart
ment can devise, it is sorely in need
of someone who understands both
policing and public relations. After
all the fact that person is driving
Minnesota highways during the fish
ing or hunting season is not prima
facie evidence that he is a criminal
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-05-28
concentrated wealth and curling the

concentrated wealth and curbing the
rights of the common man, they can
always agree on.
Now of course newspaper men are
no different than other people. Like
all people they know on which side
their bread is buttered. They know
for sure who pays them. But, as
long as we are fighting a peoples
war, why not put crimp into those
who have usually been against this
project? Even at Versailles Presi-
dent Wilson received poor support
from our press.
S. j. SIMONSEN.
Pease, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-05-28

These men are now coming up for
reelection, and their chances are
very slim, according to the Gallup
poll. This, then, is the peoples re-
ward to them for carrying out their
wishes as best they could.
Guard and cherish as never before
your privilege of putting into office
men who will forsake their all if
necessary before disappearing the
will of their electorate.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-05-28

office that the amount
of sugar allowed is intended to en-
courage canning fruits whole in thin
syrup rather than in such sugar
using ways as jams and preserves.
Smear and Discredit.
The 1912 Congressional campaign
promises to set new low-water-
mark for viciousness. The campaign
was launched two weeks ago through
a supplement issued by the Com
munist magazine, New Republic,
which was sponsored by an organ
ization that calls itself the "Union for
Democratic Action" This group has
in the past been investigated by gov
eminent agencies and branded as a
Communist front organization. Up
to the time of the German invasion
of Russia, members of this organiza-
ton denounced the war as imperial
istic and openly charged that it was
being fought to save the capitalist
system That was their attitude
when Adolf Hitler and Joe Stain
were friends but as soon as Russia
had been invaded they changed their
tune; then it became a holy war that
is being fought for the preservation
of freedom and human rights.
Now the "Union for Democratic
Action" is out to defeat every Sen
ator and Representative who was
opposed to the Presidents foreign
policy prior to Pearl Harbor. They
have honored me by placing my
name on the list of those to be
purged. The list also contains the
names of a number of prominent
Democratic members of Congress
who have supported the Presidents
foreign policy 100 per cent but have
been very active in fighting subver-
sive activities in this country. / re-
fer to such gentlemen as Martin Dies
of Texas, Eugene E. Cox of Georgia,
Joe Starnes of Alabama, and num-
Der of others. The line of attack
will be to discredit Congress as a
whole and then pick the members
off one by one. Already they have
fired blasts at the Congressional
frank, the stationery and mileage &C
counts, the so-called pensions for
Congressman, "X'' gasoline cards, in
fact everything that Congress does
is attacked and when they have de-
stroyed the peoples confidence in
Congress they will step in and take
over just like they did in Russia.
The movement is going to have
money to burn and every candidate
that they back will be amply fl
nanced. The American people will
witness the unfolding of the plan to
take over America as the campaign
progresses. Their first shot was fired
at Senator David I. Walsh of Massa-
chusetts who was charged with hav-
ing visited house of i'll fame in
Brooklyn, New York, a place alleged
to have been frequented by Nazi
agents who sought information from
such enlisted men as might visit
there. Senator Barley, the Demo-
cratic leader, quietly arranged with
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
to investigate the charges and their
report, which was given to the Senate
last week, completely exonerated
the Senator who, by the way, is one
of the outstanding members of the
U. S. Senate and before becoming a
member of that body was governor
of the great state of Massachusetts
for several terms.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-05-28
CURB NECESSARY REFORM
Editor ASkov American:

Editor Askov American:
Since the World war, the press,
aided by the radio, has carried on
scare campaigns, trying to brighten
the people into believing that the
progressive and radicals were try
ing to ruin the country. Their favor
lite weapon has up to a recent time
been the "red scare" In this way
they hoped to curb necessary re-
forms by frightening people into be-
lieving that it would lead to COM
munism. They of course wanted the
financial support of selfish interests
who were against all reform as they
feared that it would jeopardize their
privileged positions. Hence, they
have been against the New Deal
generally.
When Mussolini and Hitler started
out they capitalized on this and gen.
orally they received good support
from their press and as we'll from
large portion of our press. At
various times large sums of money
were loaned to Germany and other
countries to enable them to build up
their countries. Our own deserving
people, the farmers and laborers,
had pretty tough pickings between
themselves. In addition to this a
large number of our correspondents
from large newspapers maintained
headquarters in Europe and in gen.
eral were instrumental in stirring
up trouble until Hitler gained his
evil power. Many of these busy
body newspaper nitwits when they
were finally driven out of Europe,
started to advocate the very means
in this country which had cumu-
lated into the rise of Fascism and
Nazism in Europe. A few of these
busy-bodies seem to have been fair
ly well silenced here of late, but
altogether too many are still on the
rampage.
The press in general always harps
on the necessity for the freedom of
the press" However, they are quick
to advocate other peoples rights be
curbed. I know of no social or eco
nomic reform that has taken place
the past 10 years that has had the
support of the press in general.
1t would seem at this time that
some of the freedom of the press
could well be curbed. All military
and naval information could we'll be
censored by the intelligence services
of these departments. While there
seems to be trend towards this, it
has not gone anywhere near far
enough.
More and more the large news
papers have been taken over by nom
local ownership and many independ-
ent newspapers have gone out OF
business altogether. Most of the edi-
torials covering important topics and
matter of current interest are canned
editorials. These writings are put
out by built-up columnists who SIM
ply know everything. While some
of these columnists do not always
agree, on inconsequential issues
they. can always agree on issues
where the general public and COM
mon people get the short end of it
Such issues as the sales tax, anti
labor legislation, anti-farm legisla-
ton and in general building up OF
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-05-28

AS I prepare to depart for. des-
tination unknown, my mind is CEN
tered on the fate of those senators
and congressman who had quits
enough to do what the majority of
their people wanted: namely, to keep
their country from involving itself
in a world war.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-05-28
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