The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-09-17
Facing The Focfs
With PHILIP PEARL

Little bonds buy big bOmbers. In
Maryland a lot of little men are buying
little bonds At the same time they are
building a huge Naval Air Station
where some day big bOmbers may take
off to protect American democracy.
We called them little" men. AS a
matter of fact they are little only in
the sense that their names are I'M
known outside of their own circle of
friends and relatives. In every other
sense they are big men, especially big
in their devotion to their country.
For these 2,1T men working on the
construction of the Cedar Point pro-
ject in NIaryland-every single one of
them-are giving 10 per cent of their
pay each week for the purchase of
war bonds.
This is one of the few 100 per cent
jobs in the country. And it is also one
of the nations outstanding examples of
| labor-mana cement cooperation to make
the Treasury Department. 10 per cent
payroll allotment program a success.
In the three months UP to Aug. 20,
the workers at Cedar Point bought
$170,466 worth of War Bonds. Before
the project is completed another 1000
men will be put to work there, so the
total purchases will accelerate much
more rapidly in the future.
They are making the week of Labor
Day at Cedar Point 'Labor's Answer
Week. The answer is to Hitler and
Hirohito. 1t consists of a voluntary
agreement to put half of that weeks
pay into War Bonds.
Going TO Town
That's what we call really going to
town. We want to tell you who and
able achievement. Because if it can be
done at Cedar Point, there is no re;i-
son why it can't be done in every plant
which has an American Federation of
Labor union.
Cedar Point is Il construction job.
Ordinarily it is much more difficult to
put a payroll allotment program into
effect on a construction job than in Il
manufacturing plant. That is because
the men are not employed continuously
by the same employer but move from
job to job and from employer to en-
poyer as their part of the construction
work is completed.
Let us concede that the workers at
Cedar Point are inspired by true pa
triotic fervor. But even that doesn't tell
the whole story. Other workers in
many different parts of the country are
just as patriotic and just as anxious
to help America win the war. Nor are
the workers at Cedar Point especially
aflluent Workers in other parts of the
country earn as much if not more.
It's just that at Cedar Point the first
lesson of trade uniOniSm-OrganiZat
has been applied to the problem of
War Bond purchases. Labor and man
agement together have done the on
ganiZing under intelligent and hard
working leadership. That's the whole
secret of their success at Cedar Point
The moving spirit behind the work
ers at this project is young Willy Arm
helm, financial secretary treasurer and
business representative of the ROard.
Highway and Heavy CONSTRUCTION La
bOrers, Local No. 1876. We talked to
Willy about his activities. He's full of
enthusiasm and pride for his men and
he's loud in praise for the CumminS
Construction Company, which is the
contractor on the job, but he doesn't
say much about himself.
Pow of Persuasion
Nevertheless, it wasn't difficult for
us to discover why Willy is winning
out He works hard at his job, day and
night. He's putting real drive and mis-
Sionary zeal behind his efforts.
But Willy says that most of the
credit belongs to George Deterer, pay
master for the company. He says pay
masters for other contractors in the
building industry object to the payroll
allotment program because it means
too much extra bookkeeping. But
Deterer refused to be licked on that
account and worked out Il simple meth
od of Keeping tabs on bond purchases
without to much additional paper work.
We are willing to give Deterer the
credit he deserves. But it seems to us
that Willy must have done some efIec-
: tive perSllading. We know his powers
of perSuaSion because his eloquent i'll
Sistence on the need for all building
trades unions to get behind the payroll
allotment program as the. boys at
Cedar Point have done persuaded us to
write this piece.
Willy is not contining his efforts to
Cedar Point. He is also serving on the
Washington, ID. c., Building Congress
War Savings Bond Committee. This
committee has sent out to all building
trades employers in its territory an
appeal to install payroll savings plans.
ITO overcome amy and all objections, the