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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-08-20
AFL APPROVES HIGH TAXES
TO WIN WAR BUT OPPOSES
ARBITRARY PAY FIXING

Washington, d. c. 0LNS). - The
American Federation of Labor ap-
proves the levying of high taxes to win
the war but can see no justice in arbi
trary wage fixing, either for the work
er or for the employer Raymond G..
Cranch of the AFL research staff told
the Senate Finance Committee during
hearings on the new tax bill.
The AFL, Cranch said, was opposed
to limiting net incomes to $25,0OO an
nually, as advocated by President
Roosevelt. The federation, Cranch said,
recognizes that many independent
business men would find it necessary
70 restrict their activities, reduce their
war work and decrease their employ
ment of labor if such an arbitrary
limit was made effective
There WILL of course" he added,
"be increasing taxation, in accordance
with ability to pay, but the nation
would indeed be shortsighted to limit
productivity of its business men by
such an arbitrary and infleXible rul-
ing"
The American Federation of Labor
opposes Il flat ceiling for workers
wages, by arbitrary freezing, and JUS
tice demands that the same principle
be applied to salaries yielding above
5000 after paying taxes. Let us get
the necessary Federal revenue, but let
us be fair to employer and worker
alike"
Cranch said the AFL believed social
security taxes should be increased but
opposed other pay roll deductions. He
urged that individuals be permitted to
take deductions from income taxes for
medical care and the payment Of life
insurance premiums.
The AFL spokesman expressed oppo-
sition to general sales tax but said
the federation would not put up a last
ditch fight against a tax which was
confined to luxury articles.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-08-20
TRIAL OE THE SPIES

WHEN HE German spies were captured and
" put on trial in Washinton popular demand was
to shoot these enemies on the spot. But military
authorities and branches of the Government in
control of the administration of the laws of the
land under civilian practices got together to pre-
vent any sign Of terrorism in the handling of these
cases The United States boasts that every man is
innocent until proven guilty, and that was the
program followed by the Government The Su-
preme Court was called in special session to pass
upon the question of whether the military tribunal
possessed full authority to pass judgment upon
the spies. The final decision rested with the Pres-
dent.
The Supreme Court passed upon the legality
of legislation by Congress, and approved the posi-
ton Of the President. The Executive in turn had
the final word concerning the decision of the
Military Court. Thus every branch of our Con-
stltutiona form of government exercised it's au-
thority in the trial of the spies.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-08-20
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TIRE ATENED

THE DRIVE 70 "stablIlZe7 wages threatens TO
substitute decisions by government boards for
free collective bargaining agreements, and to die
tate policy Of no wage increases. To stihe col
iective bargaining is to destroy the free labor
movement in America Is wage policy to be die
tated by a government board instead of being
formulated by unions and managements?
Organized labor has made an outstanding con-
tribution 10 the war effort by refraining from
strikes by giving up double pay for overtime, by
shouldering the job of war production and turning
out fighting equipment at a rate unequalled any
where in the world Is this to be our reward? And
is labor to be asked for further sacrifices without
first seeing that other groups make equal sacri-
fees ! Such procedure would be beyond all reason.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-08-20

New Orleans (ILNS).-The LouiSi-
ana Supreme Court has affirmed Il
lower court decree ordering contractors
on the Morganza spillway project in
Pointe COupee parish to recognize a
union shop contract. The action was
brought by the Building Trades Coun-
Gil of Baton Rouge, which claimed that
under conditions of the contract be-
tween defendants and the State De-
partment of Highways union shop
agreement should be enforced.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-08-20

A contract for the construction
of 1000 plywoOd lifeboats, the first
of their kind ever built, has been
awarded to the GundersOn Bros,
Portland, Oregon. The new ply
wood vessels have passed Coast
Guard regulations and are said to
have certain advantages over
metal boats. Described as a new
development i'm lifeboat production,
the new boats will be 20 feet long,
and one out of every four to be
placed on Liberty ships will be
self-prOpelled.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-08-20

Union security means the difference between
a stable organization and an organization subject
to raids and disruption It means that the union
can give its time to production rather than beating
off attacks by ani-labor employers or their agents
Union security gives the organization time and
energy for constructive work otherwise taken up
in the fight to preserve its existence 1t gives the
union time for planning; makes it possible for the
union to swing its full weight III the victory pro-
gram
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-08-20
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COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS

campaigning III lHc ulluSl VI wal, Nuo
would make all America think as one,
along the lines of RECOMMENDATION as en-
forced in Fascist and Communist ma
tions, might study with profit events
in Sweden.
Here is a little nation, in deadly
danger of invasion from one or both
of the forces in the world war. Yet
Sweden, while constantly on the alert
and steadily strengthening it's arma-
ment, is conducting political cam
paign in preparation for general elec-
tions on Sept. 20. These elections, it is
recognized are linked with the business
of internal improvement, which Swe-
den is not neglecting.
In contrast to the great United
States, protected by wide oceans from
continental invasion in any consider
able force Ito say nothing of it's power
full military forces) the position of
Sweden is perilous indeed. But domes-
tic politics are not trivial, say the
SwedeS.
The Swedish view of politics in a
world at war is well expressed by
Allan VOught editor of "Arbetet" of
Malmo and a member of tthe Foreign
Policy Committee of the Riksdag (Par-
liament).
Doubtless we shall be told anew
that we are hopelessly backward in
devoting our time to listening to the
voice of the people," he writes in his
paper. "Such reproaches we take with
ceptional position, even though it may
seem strange in world in revolt.
"We discuss municipal taxation, and
the building of new hospitals, and SINH
that our attention to these things has
not interfered with our duty towards
maintaining our liberty, which is re-
quiring such great sacrifices on the
part of the Swedish nation.
"Our house has been fortified. 1t is
not a matter of Indifference to us how
it looks inside"
Two more quotations from Swedish
spokesmen to show Sweden's aware
ness of danger and determination to
protect itself are timely. Premier Per
Albin Hanson said in a speech open
ing the political campaign:
81 strongly believe that Sweden will
al ,e Int iS.
sible that matters will not 60 as we
wish. We may have to fight for all we
hold dear, but if we do l know that
our people who love peace will show
they love freedom and democracy
more"
And in a speech on the same day,
Minister of Justice Karl G. Westman
warned that the nation must be pre-
pared for new dangers, as the belliger-
ents seeks new fronts.
1--WE have proclaimed" he added,
''Our resolve to conduct our foreign
policy within the frame of neutrality.
This means we will resist any belliger-
ent that violates our neutrality. Our
counter-measures must be taken with
due deliberation, and in manner
clearly demonstrating the seriousness
Of our neutrality policy and our will
to defend ourselves"
Both the statesmen, quoted in the
foregoing also discussed domestic is
sues, showing that they agreed with
Editor Vought that is was not matter
of Indifference how the house of Swe-
den looks inside"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-08-20

The minor ambitions crop up in this
war to bedevil the ma jOr issue.
The minor ambitions look big to
those who have them.
People get things out of their true
perspective-they get cross-eyed in see
ing things.
Take Mohandas X. Gandhi, who has
come to be known as the spiritual
leader of the people of India.
And the mis-named All-India Con-
gress Party. 1t isn't all-India. Think
twice and you'll know that as of today
nothing COULD be all-Inda.
But Gandhi sets up immediate free
dom for India as the major issue.
Doesn't wise man KNOW that
there is only ONE major issue and
that it is VICTORY FOR FREEDOM!
Whatever interferes with winning
the war for freedom is something lot
worse than secondary issue.
X x X
Gandhi, who is a very clever poll
tician and a darned good publicity
man, has managed to win for himself
a great deal of respect among the lib
erals Of the world.
He got started by playing on the
theme of imperialistic Britain.
The horrible Britain that exploited
subject peoples.
Well, maybe he had something there
at one time-but the free peoples Of
the world would like to rise up at this
hour and tell him that he hasn't got
anything there today. Not anything
at all
Because to demand today what the
Gandhi cabel has demanded is to pave
the road for the Axis.
An India today, minus British pres
ence, would be a chaos, split between
religions which have between the bit
terests of all bitterness.
x 4 4
We have in Mr.. Gandhi the finest
example of the extreme, the mystical,
but also intensely practical, fanatic.
AS this is written there are reports
that Gandhi has been arrested, that he
will hunger strike to death, and other
rumors.
Perhaps Gandhi will or would -
hunger strike to the death. He has gone
almost that far before.
But no personality and no idea is
big enough to get in the way of Civ
ing the Axis the complete works.
We are in shape to NOT win this
war this year and maybe not next
year.
We are not in a position where we
can trifle with our chances, or play
tag with ideas that bother the war ma
chine even a little bit.
Mr. Gandhi may have lived in a
world SO far removed from the hatch
ing and forming of the war issue that
he grasps everything else, except that.
Maybe.
We have in our own country some
who, on a lesser scale, would trifle
with victory for the sake of hobby or
an appetite.
We have some labor officials who are
like that, too.
but az lIiC luollSlII HdINIl lllC
classical example, the mystical but
dynamic example. But a half pint
physically, standing ever on plat
form of self abnegation, he makes an
appealing and also a pitiful figure.
He wants nothing material, but he
seems nightly to want power-some
kind of power.
And so India, if he has his way, will
be flung sprawling across the war pro-
gram of the United Nations.
The hopes of mankind throughout
the world must, it seems, be endanger-
ed because of the misguided ambitions
of an almost unreal son of Mother
India.
Somehow, THAT MUST NOT BE
-CMW.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-08-20
RIDING
AT ANCHOR
MIR. MODESTUS

Geopolitics!
Government fitting to the lands
Peoples formed according to physical
environments
Economics arising in forms resulting
from physical resources
Ruling classes created by natures
forces
Or else-ruling class, asserting SUI.
periOr wisdom
Sorts our populations, lands, equip
ments, food supplies
According to supreme judgment of
superior CD race.
SO, that's how come
Boston Back Bay Goldfish aristoc.
racy-
Cotton kings in blacklands of Deer
South
Wheat and elevator kings in Chicag &C
and Middle West
Railroad lords all over maps, putting
bond issues ahead of rlOadings-
Insurance families with fingers in
every pie
From chemicals to counting ma.
chimes
Mining managers scattered from
Pennsylvania to Colorado
From Michigan and Minnesota to
California's golden sands
With Wall Street confidence men
juggling the whole geschmier-
GeOpOlitics!
X X
World empire
On which sun never sets
Swinging from Singapore, Delhi, Cal
cutta, Hong Kong
TO Canada, Jamaica, and Guina,
Australia, South Africa and Egypt
All run by mixed tribe of Angles,
Jutes, Celts, Saxons-
Having head Offices and native
hearths in some small islands
Where they couldn't raise enough
food to line their gizzards-
But they balanced Europe, controlled
India, exploited Canada and Egypt
Yeah! According to Geopolitics?
4 x 4
SO, the Germans
Coming late to the table
Having been preoccupied with Thirty
Years War
Find most of good places at the
game already taken
Having sold some of her human flesh
for cheap cannon fodder
When George III bought Hessian
soldiers
To help conquer his American
colonies
Failing to put all European Ger
mans
OF Saxony, Bavaria, Prussia, Po-
land, Austria
Into one united group, lacking politi-
cal acumen for that
Waited for Frederick, and Bismarck,
to show how to begin it
Now suddenly give birth to conceited
idea
That having got that many Germans
together
They could, therefore, take posses
SioIl VI dllc lcSl VI llle WOTlu-
Dividing up all the maps again, on
some new plan
Called, "Geopolitik"
Trouble is
Humanity is also one of Nature
products
Alleged philosophers, leaving out hui
man elements
In straining their Imagination to
think in world-terms--
Start all wrong, to begin with; nee
esSarily get wrong answers
You can do a lot with statistics, and
maps and charts
But even factory engineers, calculat-
ing what machines must produce
Discover human factors, even in ma
chine-tiled factories
Just so, Deutsche Studenten, aiming
ut Notwithstanding
While little brown men, aping learn
ed Berlin Scholars
See rubber in Java oil bubbling in
Sumatra and Burma
Conclude that these are things TO be
re-arranged-
According to what Germans call
"Geopolitik"
But the men of Nippon have their
own word for it:
Asia for the Uapanese) Asiatics. ~
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-08-20

Perhaps the surest way to reach the
pinnacle is to have such burning de-
sire to get there that nothing can di-
vert us.-William Feather.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-08-20
MACHINIsTS ADMIT NEGRO

Seattle, Wash. - Seattle Local 10,
International Association Of Machin-
lists, has admitted the first Negro to
full membership. The local interpreted
the word white" in the initiation
ritual to mean in behavior. not in color
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-08-20
CHERRY cHT Tree

Where With Our Little Hatchet
We Tell the Truth About Many
Things, Sometimes Profoundly,
Sometimes FlippanAy and
Sometimes Recklessly.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-08-20

they lack fuel and other supplies. That
is probably the reason for the delays
between raids.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-08-20
S D o M

1t is with life as with a play
it matters not how long the action
is spun out, but how good the act
ing iS.-SeneCa.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-08-20

Slap the Japs- 10 per cent of pay
in War Bonds buys bombers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-08-20

The recent parade of crack Nazi
divisions in Paris was obviously de-
signed for propaganda purposes both
at home and abroad. In effect, Hitler
told the world that he was ready to
resist United Nations invasion of the
'erlnan-held continent of Europe.
In the meantime, the English seem
To be carrying out their big-scale air
raids on German industrial areas as
often as they can rhe English have a
great many trst.ulass bombers but
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-08-20

. EASTERN GENERAL WARE STANDING COMMITTEE ~
ManufacurersA FRED SUTTERLIN. JAMES TURNER
Operatives E. L. MHEATLEY WIN. YOUNG. EDWARD SEYF1ERT
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-09-07
Joint Committee

Second, President Murrays proposal
that there be established a committee,
composed OF representatives Of the CLIO
dictional questions that may arise be-
tween these two organizations or their
respective affilates will prevent stop
pages of work which would otherwise
result. The objective of this proposal is
to make certain that in the interest of
winning the war there will not be any
interference with production.
Third. under President Murray's pro-
posal committee has been established
by the CLIO to meet with the ALL COM
mittee for the purpose of discussing the
possibilities of establishing organic peace
between these two declarations.
President Murray has made It clear
that such discussions must not I'm any
way be permitted TO interfere with
the war effort Of labor or Of the nation.
These discussions must therefore be
conducted on q basis consistent with
the all-out effort OF labor TO expend all
energy toward winning the war.
This purpose would not be served by
any unity proposals which In any way
would violate or weaken the security Of
any group of organized workers or the
basic principles upon which the CLIO was
established.
The CLIO Executive Board does hereby
approve President Murray's proposal to
the ALL and the committee designated
by President Murray. and specifically au-
4. aasI $40 hi.
manship of President Murray. to enter
into negotiations with the AFL commit
tee on the basis set forth.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-09-07
Go Boards Resolutions Set Policy
On Major Questions Facing Labor

class and high incomes, both individ-
ual and corporate, have not been
raised sufficiently. Taxes must be
imposed on tax-exempt securities to
eliminate such special privileges.
There should be maximum limit on
all personal incomes of $4,000. The
sales tax in any form must be Bit
terly opposed because it can only
serve to interfere with and under
mine the war effort.
The present tax proposals of the
Senate Finance Committee are a
direct reputation Of the Presi-
dents program and blow at the
war effort of the nation.
A failure to adopt a sound tax
program will defeat the entire ma
tional economic program.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-09-07
AFL'S OBJECTIONS

Proposal for the involved form OF
relationship among the three ma
tons came from the AFL, whose
top leaders objected to membership
on the same committee with the
Russians.
Allied Labor News predicted in
its London story that the British
labor convention is certain" to 60
on record "for the expansion Of the
Anglo-American labor committee to
include full representation Of allied
trade unions"
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-09-07
Unity ToIks
With The AFL

The position of the CLIO regarding
the question Of labor unity has been a
consistent one. The CLIO has been unified
in its desire to achieve labor unity on a
basis that would serve the interests of
the nation and of the workers.
The recent proposal Of President Muir
ray to the American Federation Of La
Dor furnishes the basis for attaining this
end.
First. it Is made clear that Labor's
Victory Committee, composed of repre-
sentatives of the ALL and CLIO. must
continue its work and expand the scope
of its activities.
This committee through consultation
with the President of the United States.
has had the opportunity of intensifying
the participation of labor in the war eff
fort and of ascertaining how labor can be
Of aid to the President and to the nation
in the conduct of the war. President Muir
ray has made it clear that nothing should
be permitted to occur in any unity dis
cussions between the CLIO and ALL
which would in any way impede this
work or the cooperative relations which
have been developed by Labor's Victory
Committee.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-09-07

our armies to Berlin in 1912, we can have
no patience with the chorus Of carping
critics whose voices are raised in con-
slant attack on the national war effort.
who fought the New Deal before the
war, and who have lost no opportunity
since the war to bait labor, spread dis
trust and disunity, limit and detract from
an about prosecution of the war and
curb at home the fullest growth OF the
democracy for which we are fighting
abroad.
These groups have fought the Presi-
dent in Congress. AS they show their
faces more and more brazenly through
public statements and press comments,
labor in this crisis assumes more than
ever its obligations as the firm backbone
of a strong nation which will not be
swerved from its determination 10 work
with the President to victory over the
Axis.
The fight must be carried on with re-
newed vigor through the remaining
primaries and into the elections, and
labor Is the strongest force which can
be relied upon to carry the fight.
We know the stake we have In this
war and we will not fall the nation
and the President.
1t is the first task OF the CLIO unions
and members to take active steps in
house-to-house and worker to worker
campaigns to elect to Congress and to
other public offices representatives who
can be depended upon to support pro-
gram for winning the war through ag-
gressive prosecution of the fight abroad
and through control of the cost of living.
curbs on profiteers, an adequate and
equitable tax program, elimination OF the
poll tax, and protection of workers
health and welfare at home.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-09-07
InfI. Trade
Union Unity

Whereas, the organized trade union
movement Of the world are engaged in
the united struggle against the common
enemy and can strengthen the unity
within and among the United Nations
through greater cooperation with each
other in accordance with the experience
of the united action which has already
been achieved between the British and
Soviet Union trade unions; and
Whereas, discussions, recently made
public. between the ALL and representa-
tives of the British Trades Union Con-
gress indicate the exclusion from such
labor cooperation of the CLIO. the Rail
Brotherhoods and the trade unions Of
other United Nations, which action must
be deplored as being inconsistent with
the aspirations Of the workers of the
United Nations: now. therefore. be It
Resolved, that the CLIO Executive
Board approves the action taken by
President Murray in communicating the
protest of the CLIO against any such &C
ton to Sir Walter Citrine of the British
Trades Union Congress- and authorizes
its national executive officers to take
steps toward securing closer cooperation
and unity Of action between the organ
lied workers Of America. including the
CLIO. AFL and Railroad Brotherhoods,
and the trade unions of all the United
Nations. including the Latin American
nations, to the end that united war
labor movement may be the basis for
winning the war against the Axis and
securing peace which will establish for
all the people freedom of speech and as
sembly. freedom of religion. freedom
from fear and freedom from want.