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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-18
LABOR'S PLEDGE

THE COMING summer will bring some type OF
crisis in the struggle which engulfS the globe.
Our industrial machine is turning out unprece-
dented quantities of munitions of u ships,
bombers, guns and all the necessary equipment of
fighting armies. Our troops are being moved to the
front
Wherever and whenever the decisive battles
are fought, we want our fighting men to have at
hand whatever materials and supplies they may
need We who are back of the lines in the less
dangerous places of service, must grid ourselves
for a supreme effort. We must accept hardships
and sacrifices as the price of freedom. What we do
or fail to do will advance or retard our nation
war effort.
This is just another way of saying we are in
a total struggle We cannot maintain civilian life
purposes and needs will restrict and deimt civil
ian supplies and standards of living. Directly or
indirectly, all of us will contribute to the success
of our armed forces.
Since our part is production, let us pledge our
selves to let nothing keep us from daily work
responsibility. Let us assume, as a moral and
patriotic duty, the obligation to keep ourselves
fit and available for production work.
Let us remember each day that some soldier may
lose his life if we do not do our full part to main
tain the principles upon which American life is
founded.
For the duration number of unions have sub
sttuted time and one-half for the sixth and
seventh consecutive dork days for their long
established doube-tme Standards Others are
waving double-time on national holidays that fall
within the consecutive work week in the summer
Labor's objective is maximum sustained out
put to support the battlefronts, SO must guard
against the long continuous hours that bring
cumulative fatigue which destroys production
liability. But do not be satisfied with putting less
than your full ability into every hour you work.
The outcome of the summer campaign will de-
termine the length of the war.
The following pledge, repeated frequently, will
serve to keep us mindful of our obligations:
"Fellow-American soldiers on the firing line,
we your felloW-Americans in the industries of
America salute you each morning as we begin the
days work and each night as end We want to
keep faith with you as we know you will keep
faith with us.
1--WE are both defending our homes and our
freedom of living and opportunity for progress
I'VE serve in producing the supplies you need and
in getting them to you as you need them. We
lserve by doing without things you need and in
|cheerfully and willingly giving our best to the
days work.
"We pledge you to keep ourselves physically
lift that we may be ready for each days work. We
|pledge you to maintain the spirit and institutions
of democracy the daily practice within America
IWhlle you defend our way of living by arms.
Gas you daily meet the fire of the enemy, we
are daily trying to better past production records
land to- preserve the democratic institutions you
are fighting to defend.
eve shall keep the faith as we know you will
keep faith with us
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-18
WIS D Q M
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
A man should be upright, not be
kept upright.-MarCIs AurelilIs.
SEATTLE VOTERS TO BALLOT
ON SPECIAL PROPERTY TAX

Chicago ULNS.-Seattle voters will
ballot this fall on authorization of Il
special tax levy against all property to
finance expenditures for civilian de-
fense purposes, the American Munich
pal Association reports.
Most cities to date have been taking
money for this purpose out of the gen
eral fund, the association said.
Since February, Seattle has spent
more than $4,000 of $4,000 appro-
priatiOn for civilian protection pur-
poses and has earmarked an additional
S125,OOO for ordered supplies. Eleven
per cent of the $4,000 went for sala-
ries, 81 per cent for supplies, and 30
per cent for equipment
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-18
FOES OF PRODUCTION

II TNION WORKERS in Wangford, Conn.,, have
- been focusing public attention on three
enemies of war production that the nation can i'll
laf1ord to tolerate at this critical time
Enthusiastic results already accomplished
by the labor management production drive COM
Imittee set up by the r. Wallace & Sons Manufac-
turing Co.. of Wallingford, engaged in war work,
land Local As of the international Jewelry Work
|erS Union, AFL affiliate, men and management
lStaged a community celebration and public hang
ling Of Americas enemies that drew repeated
cheers from Wallace workers, school children who
had been released from classes for the celebrations
and parents and army and navy officials and
American Iegionnaires.
The victims of the hanging were Hitler
dubbed 'lost time Mussolini, known as "ineff-
cheney" and Hrohito, labeled accidents" The
figures were designed by Russell Patterson, we'll
known magazine illustrator.
Arriving at the factory yard, the three figures
were given a mock trial with Uncle Sam present
ling the charges
The Wallace production drive program includes
use of shop posters, reproductions of which are
run in the local newspapers once a week. Weekly
pay envelope reminders call the workers attention
Ito the need for lessenng waste time and waste
IetlOIt.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-18
INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS
CONSIDER RUBBER SHORTAGE

Portland, Ore. ILNS).-Three hun
dred delegates are expected to attend
the International Brotherhood of
Joseph A. Padway, chief counsel for
the American Federation of Labor,
will be the principal speaker.
The delegates, representing II west
ern states, will pay much attention to
the rubber shortage problem, which is
bringing curtailment in deliveries and
causing other hardships on teamsters.
The conference will have strong
patriotic trend, since most of the
problems stem from the war and war
conditions.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-18
VETO BACKS LABOR PLEA

ported labor's opposition to a bill
passed by the Legislature to extend the
night hours of work of female hotel
and restaurant employees to- \. NJ
Existing labor law provisions prohibit
such employment after II midnight.
The State Federation of Labor appealed
to the Governor to reject the bill on the
ground it was not necessary and there
is no shortage of male hotel and res
taurant workers. The bill was vetoed
by the Governor.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-18
WATCH PLANTS IN WAR TINE

Washington, -. c. The War De
partment says that plants that used to
make watches have converted to the
manufacture of aviation and naviga
tion Instruments, as chrOnometerS used
in ship navigation, elapsed time indi-
Gators used in blind flying, and stop
watches used in troop maneuver and
gun-tire observation
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-18
BIG LOSS FROM EYE ACCIDENTS

Southbridge, Mass. A total of
9,!W,OO man-days - enough to have
built II deStrOyerS - were lost in the
United States last year because OF
industrial eye accidents, according to
a survey by the American Optical Com
pany.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-18
GERMAN WORKERS STRIKE

. washington, D. c. = 4 broadcast
from Moscow recorded here said:
Workers in large metal plant near
Berlin struck against 14-hoYr work
day. They demanded shorter hours and
increased food The Gestapo arrested
many, surrounded the plant and for 10
days no one was permitted out Several
workers We're shot"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-18
HAT MEX TT

Synthetic leather goods are now
being made from resin derived
from coal, lime and salt.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-18

A man should never be ashamed to own that
he has been in the wrong; it is but saying, in
other words, that he is wiser today than he was
yesterday.
Evening star., 1942-10-25

-Allmetal cans with tight-fittins
cover and strong bail handle
Handy size. 6-gal size, &1.39. s.
gal. size. S1.59. lO-gal. size, SI.69.
Evening star., 1942-10-25

Electric vac cuum cleaners.
Famous makes, including Royal,
and Eureka. Powerful motor, ap-
proved cord: on and of switch.
No mail or phone orders.
Evening star., 1942-10-25

Ideal for cleaning aluminium
and metal cooking utensils. 10
Made Of steel wool and vegetable
compounds.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-11-23

one phase of a complete production cam
paign which has been adopted in whole
or in part by l54 other war producing
companies. It's this kind of activity and
spirit that will bring about your final
defeat!
RCA Victor invites inquiries from all
labor management committees in war
plants, concerning these posters or any
part of its Beat the Promise" Cam
paign. Address RCA Victor, Depart
ment BTP-10, Camden, N. ].
The people's voice., 1942-07-03
N. Y. Clio OPENS
drive AGAINST
cONGR RESSMEk

NEW YORK (FP) - The Greater
New York Industrial Union Council
opened campaign June 10 to defeat
five New York congressman In keep
ing with the national CLIO policy Of
electing representatives whose rec
ords guarantee support of President
Roosevelt's foreign and domestic pol
icies.
The five are Leonard w. Hall, w.
T. Pheiffer, w. B. Barry, ]. A. O'Leary
and M. ]. Kennedy.
"These five voted against re-
vision Of the neutrality act, against
arming of merchant vessels, against
draft extension" the council pointed
out.
Hall and Pheiffer =. voted for the
Smith bill, the most vicious antilabor
legislation ever introduced in con-
gress, and for the deportation of Har-
ry Bridges. Barry and O'Leary
also voted to deport the great anti
fascist labor leader.
"Vice President Wallace stated that
Martin Dies could not have been more
effective if he had been on GoebbePs
payroll. /. Hall, Barry, O'Leary and
Kennedy all voted to continue the
Dies committee"
The people's voice., 1942-07-03
IS NATURALIZATION OF
INDUSTRY In PROSPECT?

American railways and draw a com
parison between our own transporta-
tion system and that of Canada, which
is facing no such problem so far as
transportation is concerned.
American railways in the United
States now employ only 50@o of the
labor they employed during the last
than at that time lin 1922 the shops
at Livingston employed 800 men while
at present they employ only 400.)
Railways have fewer locomotives but
are still paying interest rates on old
and obsolete equipment.
During the depression" the Mil
waukee railroad went through it's sec
ond or third receivership and only
few years ago this same road sold
Matlett engines to Japan for scrap
iron. Later on the same road bought
new engines, with no money in its
treasury, thus increasing it's bonded
debt, and this new equipment was
acquired at time when our govern
ment needed the steel for defense
purposes. At present the railroads
find it necessary to work large crews
Of maintenance men to keep the roads
in shape to handle the extra traffic,
and this maintenance work itself often
delays traffic Had this work been
carried on during the depression the
roads would now have been In posi-
lion to handle the extra traffic and
his needed man power could be di-
verted to war industry thus stilling
he clamor for Mexican and Japanese
abor to relieve the labor shortage.
The people's voice., 1942-07-03
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influence from groups within or with
out the profession determined to pre-
serve the status quo. This gives
: those in the medical profession sin
| cerely interested in meeting the eco
| nomic problems which exist, an oppor
tunity to do so by voluntary co-opera
tive action with the profession"
The hopelessness of the AMA's
cause was made clear by the desper
ate argument Of its lawyers. They
even tired to use an argument which
most ANA members abhor-that doc
tors are the same as day or wage
laborers and are thus protected by the
LaGuardia-Norris anti-injunction law
written to prevent injunctions against
organized workers.
The battle over whether the ANA
was to retain it's monopoly began
when Group Health Inc. was formed
here in 1887. Medical co-operatives
had been started in other cities but
the ANA decided to choose the ma
tional capital itself as the battle
ground.
AS soon as the cooperative started,
the high-fee doctors opened up. They
said for the record, which was used
in the trial, that their incomes were
ployes might be coerced into joining
the cooperative, and they even threat
ened mass exodus of doctors from
Washington.
Some doctors in the medical society
wanted to deal fairly and honorably
with Group Health but the ANA de-
cided to blacklist doctors who were
employed by Group Health and even
disciplined doctors who permitted
Group Health physician to observe an
| operation.
A whispering campaign was started
Group Health physicians. The ANA
compelled hospitals to adopt rule
that only members of the ANA could
practice in hospitals here and thus
bar the group doctors and their pa
TENTS
IdlCly udb lncl6 DCCh q SOui lCCT
ord of a more ruthless campaign to
destroy the freedom of any group of
Americans. Even the lawyers COM
mented ON ANA physicians who made
no effort to hide the record of what
the courts have now declared to be a
criminal conspiracy.
The ANA of course will appeal to
the U. S. supreme court but no one
expects them to win in view of the
.evidence which has been amassed.
Group Health was not destroyed by
the campaign. In fact it is {. flourish
ing organization which together with
the court decision should encourage
unions and other groups to develop
cooperative medical plans as many
unions already have.
The people's voice., 1942-07-03
WORK ON $40, 600, 900
SYNTHETIC RUBBER
PLANT STARTS

! PORT NECHES, Tex.-FP)-Work
has been launched here on the $40,.
100000 synthetic rubber products
plant of the B. F. Goodrich Rubber
Co.
The plant, with capacity of $4,000
tons year, will process synthetic
rubber produced by the Neches Bu-
tame Products Co.
Operators of the Butane company
are the Texas, Gulf, Atlantic, Pure
and Magnolia (Standard) Oil COM
panies.
Local 22S, Oil Workers Intl Union
(CIO), is here and plans to take care
of the organizational possibilities in
conjunction with the CIO Oil Workers
Organizing Campaign in this new Pc
troleum products field.
DEMAND THE UNION LABEL!
The people's voice., 1942-07-03
HITLER CAN'T Join
PAINTERS UNION

FAIRMONT, w. Va. - OPP = Al
though housepainter Adolph Hitler
has become internationally famous,
the Bro. Of Painters Decorators & Pa
perhangers (AFL) here wants to have
nothing to do with him. Just to
make sure, it has passed resolution
barring him from membership.
"Owing to the distressing fact that
Adolph Hitler was misnamed as a
paperhanger," the resolution said,
"and because, from all the informa-
ton we are able to collect, this was
a grievous misstatement, the extent
of which has been appalling to Ii
censed paperhangers throughout the
world by reason of the fact that he
could not claim competency as a
skilled mechanic even as a helpers
helper for paperhanger, so be it
acknowledged herefrom that we Of the
BPDP refuse any affinity with the
Goddess Hitler"
The people's voice., 1942-07-03
REPORT OF WORK
I'M SUPREME
COURT FOR week
DECISIONS

DECISIONS
June 27-AIelndaIe Irrigation Com
pany v. State Water Conservation
Board and Flint Creek Water Users
Association, corporation. An appea
from the district court of Granite
county, Philipsburg. Opinion of the
court by Chief Justice Howard A
Johnson.
Facts: The Allendale company
brought suit to prevent the water
board from interfering with their
vested water rights. The water board
claimed that on the date in question
the only water in the stream out of
which the Allendale company took
Its water was direct and return flow
of project water which the water
board had brought in from another
watershed.
Held: That the Allendale company
was entitled to the injunction; that
the water board not only failed to
prove that there was no interference
with the Allendale company's water
right but that their evidence affirma-
lively proved that there was such in
reference as to the first twelve days
in question.
HEARINGS:
June 22nd-Geo. F. Crosby v. Hail
Insurance Commission. An appeal
from the district court of Big Horn
county, Hardin. 1t is a case involv-
ing the recovery for damage to crops
under hail insurance policy.
June 22nd-State of Montana v. C.
H. Russell. An appeal from the judg-
ment of conviction of the crime of
grand larceny.
June 26th-Peter J. Kelly v. Rose
Graney and others. An appeal from
the district court of Silver Bow coun-
ty, Butte. 1t is case involving own
ership to house In Butte, Montana.
Prepared and Released by:
PETER MELoY, Marshal
The people's voice., 1942-07-03

civilians backing them up.
| Kline is an expert in making docu
mentary films - the trade name for
pictures in which the actors are just
people being themselves, and the set
tings are actual scenes.
Such pictures cost no more than
the ordinary cowboy film.
Some Best Films Cost Under $4,000
In Communique, weekly paper of
the Hollywood Writers Mobilization,
Kline tells the cost of three films of
this type he made with Alexander
Hackenschmied.
Crisis cost $4,000. Lights Out in
Europe cost $4,000. The Forgotten
Village cost $4,000. Compare: the
$4,000 paid by the U. S. Treasury to
Walt Disney for one Donald Duck
short.
For 100000 to $15O,OO0, declares
Kline, a small crew with complete
camera and sound equipment could be
sent anywhere in the world and OBJ
tain a memorable real life picture.
That would be with the dialog and
sounds recorded on the spot = no
suave and superior commentary from
a projection room.
The British documentary, Target for
Tonight, which Warmers released, is
cited by Kline as the sort of film that
could be made. There's no sign of
such projects yet. A little clamor in
the ear of your theater manager might
get to headquarters in Hollywood.
The big companies agree to turn
out two or more short subjects apiece
aspects of the war effort
suggested by Lowell Mellett. These
will be commercial products, and ex
hibitors will pay for them.
Other special subjects, such as films
used in training our military manpow-
er, are paid for by government de-
partments.
Finally Get Chance
One independent producer has at
last been entrusted with making an
army picture, and will probably
astound the authorities by a revela-
ton of what an ''at-cost'' film should
COST
Four other independent producers
are being permitted to contribute to
Mellett's program. They will use as
much free talent as possible (acting |
and technical) and will donate re-
,eipts to the USO, Army Relief, Navy |
Relief, and Red Cross.
The people's voice., 1942-07-03
BY LEvERNE HAMILTON

Recently the AP newspapers cal
Tried an item announcing the fact tha
lGreat Britain had nationalized tn,
british coal mining industry for thu
duration of the war. Whether there
is to be naturalization of other in
dustries or whether the British na
Itionalization process is to be con
tinued after the war, "deponent saith
not" if indeed the AP or any British
official really knows.
The fact however, that England has
found it necessary to take such a step,
even "for the duration" may be re-
garded as a straw indicating the direc-
| tion of the wind, and If the wind blows
in that direction in England it is not
only possible, but highly probable that
the United States may find 1t neces-
sary to proceed along similar lines
in the very near future, and it is ad-
visable that we in America devote a
little thought to this possibility.
The fact that Russia, nation which
has nationalized practically all her in
dustries, has so far been able to offer
the most effective resistance to the
Axis powers, may have had some
slight influence on the British action
but it is more probable that the step
was taken because under private man
agement the coal mining industry was
not serving the nation with the high
est degree of efficiency
Bearing out this belief is the fact
that during World War | the United
States was compelled to take over the
U. S. railway systems because private
management admittedly was unable to
deliver the goods" Railway execu-
tives in 1918 frankly admitted that
they were not equipped to handle the
traffic and that they were unable to
put their equipment In condition to
handle 1t and they welcomed the shift
ing of the problem to the shoulders of
Uncle Sam. The shift was expensive
to be sure but nevertheless Uncle
Sam accomplished the desired result,
which, in time of emergency is the
only thing to be seriously condisered.
Now despite the improved condition
in which the government left the rail-
ways when they were turned back to
private management and the enor-
nous payments and donations made
them since that time, we find a sim
liar situation developing, as indicated
by the fact that while no actual short
age of motor fuel exists, rationing of
such fuel is made necessary because
private industry cannot provide trans
Dortation for the fuel
In this and succeeding article,
shall review briefly the condition of |
The people's voice., 1942-07-03
MISTRIAL DECLARED IN
GEORGIA ENLIGHTENMENT

ATLANTA.-(FP)-A mistrial was
declared after a jury failed to reach
q verdict on embezzlement charges
against e. D. Rivers, former governor,
Hiram w Evans, former imperial
wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, 10 former
state officials and corporation Of
ficials.
They were indicted last January ON
charges of defrauding the state of
s2O1,36S The former governor is
known as bitter enemy of labor.
The people's voice., 1942-07-03

of the fox holes, the
first aid huts, the
bombers, and the
torpedo boats?
There is no such
film, sad to say. But
this film could and
should have been
made, according to
Herbert Kline. And
others like it, show
ing in vivid dramat-
ic document our
American and Fill
pino troops in ac-
tion, and the doc
tors, nurses, truck
drivers and other
The people's voice., 1942-07-03
UhI0NISTS URGE WAR
ON MANNERKEIM

NEWARK, N. J.-(FP)-The com
mittee of Finnish-American Trade
Unionists has called on President
Roosevelt to declare war against Fin
land because under Baron Manner
helm it is Hitler puppet state" and
"it is waging war against our ma
tional interests"
Pres. Ilmar Koivunen of Local 29,
init. Woodworkers (CIO) in Duluth,
Mimi, is chairman of the committee
and Organizer Rudy Hanson of the
init. Union of Mine Mill G. Smelter
Workers (CIO) here is secretary.
Finnish-Americans from unions in a
dozen other cities are on the com
mittee.
Labor-management committees now
are boosting production in more than
The people's voice., 1942-07-03
HOLLYWOOD
LOT
By TED TAYLOR

What would you think of a film
called The Defense of Bataan, which
would star such real heroes as Gen
erals Macarthur and Stilwell, One
Man-Army Wermuth, Villamor, Kelly,
The people's voice., 1942-07-03
U. S. TRUCKS FORMED

Americas trucks-the greatest truck
fleet in the world-are being mobil
ized for victory into the ODT's u. s.
Truck Conservation Corps. All truck
drivers and operators are asked to
join the corps by signing a pledge to
give their machines utmost care. A
red, white and blue insigne will be
issued to each pledge-signer for dis
play On the windshield
The people's voice., 1942-07-03
ANTI-FREEZE PRICE
SCHEDULE ISSUED
FALLEN ANIMALS NOT
UNDER THE GMPR

Dead animals usually termed fallen
annals" are exempt from the provi-
sions of the general maximum price
Regulation, the OPA has ruled. Fallen
animal prices remain indirectly regu-
lated, however, since ceiling prices
have been set for all the renderer's
products
The people's voice., 1942-07-03

NEW YORK.-FP)--Pre Thomas
Murtha of the Central Trades & Labor
Assembly has been appointed to the
city war council by Mayor F. H. La
Guardia.
The people's voice., 1942-07-03
FRUIT, VEGETABLE GAMERS
TO GET MACHINERY

Fruit and vegetable packers have
ben assigned higher preference rat
ings to assist them in obtaining mate
rials and machinery for canning the
1912 crop. The action will aid about
5000 canneries in packing the 1912
fruit and vegetable production, which
is expected to be approximately Is
per cent larger than the 1941 crop.