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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-22
$4,000 Rail Men
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Truman (Dem, MOI, chairman of the
committee, julius c. LuhrSen, eNecl-
tive secretary of the association, point
ed out that the $4,000 miserably paid
workers represent over half the eln-
plOyeps for whom the II unions speak.
He sent to Truman exhibits showing
the number of workers in each wage
bracket. The exhibits disclosed that
out of the $4,000, over 100000 get
only As cents an hour, the minimum
below which Glass l carriers cannot
legally go.
TO freeze these workers at such low
rates, while at the same time allowing
importation of aliens for employment
on the railroads, would be to freeze
poverty and work a grave injustice on
the employees, Luhrsen said.
The wage figures, he declared, en-
phatically diSprOve propaganda that
railroad workers are high paid"
"These $4,000 workers cannot prop
erly cope with the increased cost of
living" Luhrsen informed Truman.
THE Presidents executive order (vir-
! tually freezing wageS) is bound to
have an unwholesome effect on many
of these workers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-22
Helen Hayes Hits Top
In Red Cross Campaign

Nyack, n. y. = Helen Hayes, cur
rently starring in Harriet" life story
of Harriet Beecher Stove, scored an
other smash success as the Nyack Red
Cross Chapters 1913 War Fund drive,
which she headed, went over the top.
Heavy contributors to the drive were
Rockland COunty's labor unions, whose
Red Cross gifts ran into thousands of
dollars. Two AFL unions at Gair Car
tons, Inc, Il paper box factory within
the Nyack Chapter area, presented
Miss Hayes with Il check for 81 600
30 per cent higher than the usual total
for this plant
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-22
Labor Leader Proposes
Home Treatment For
tuberculosis Victims

st. John, n. B. ULNS). - Frank
Record, representative Of the District
Trades and Labor Council, on the st.
John Tuberculosis Hospital Commits
sion, is responsible for Il suggestion re-
criving consideration.
Record has proposed that the atten-
tion of tuberculosis sufferers be eX-
tended from the hospital to their
homes. He has advocated the use OF
moneys received from the provincial
tax on tobaccos, cigarettes and cigars
and snuff, for the extension Of treat
ment. Hitherto, the tax receipts have
been used wholly for the actual hos
pital care.
The labor representative points out
that nearly all Of the people who come
out of the hospital are in poor tinan-
cial condition and unable to work for
some time. The family income Is in
adequate too provide the needed care.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-22
AFL LAUNCHES ALI-OUT DRIVE TO SLASH
BASIC FOOD PRICES AS GREEN DEMANDS
OFFICIAL RULING ON NEW WAGE POLICY
PRESIDENT RoosEvELT's STATEMENT


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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-22
FDR HITS CONGRESS FOR
LIFTING BAN ON HIGH
WAR INCOMES

Washington, d. C.-On the heels OF
his Executive Order severely restrict
ing wage increases for workers, Presi-
dent Roosevelt permitted Il Congress
Sional rider ending the S25,OO0 linlita-
ton on net incomes To become law
without his signature.
In so doing, however, the President
made il clear in public statement
that he would have vetoed the measure
if it had not been attached to vital
legislation increasing the nations debt
limit to 21O billion dollars.
The President said:
THE Congress has chosen to reScnd
without even attempting to offer Il
substitute. The result is that Congress
has authorized the drafting of men
into the Army for $500 Il year regard
less of whether they are earning $1,000
or 100000 year, but has refused TO
authorize the reduction in the salary
of any man not drafted into the Army
no matter how high his income may
be-
AT the same time the StabiliZation
program enacted by the Congress re-
qlires wage increases to be denied TO
workers earning 1,5GO Il year even
when their employers are willing 10
pay those wage increases. The essence
of StabiiZatiOn is that each should
sacrifice for the benefit of all This
principle the Congress has failed to
recognize.
Some two or three thousand per
sons who, on Sept. Il, 1912, were re-
ceiving salaries in excess of S6I ,2oo
may continue to receive them. About
$50 persons will be able to receive
30 persons, salaries in excess of S21O,-
600, and 3 or persons, salaries in
excess of S5OO,OOO.
"One hundred and thirty million
Americans can make the stabilization
program work even though IL relative
handful of persons are not obliged to
cooperate as they should. The eXemp-
tion accorded these excessively high
salaries does not help morale, but
American morale is too strong to be
permanently injured by this ill-con-
sidered action"
Earlier, faced with President Roose-
yelt'S veto of the Bankhead BILL which
would have increased food prices, tho
farm bloc i'm the Senate refused to
risk Il vote on upholding the veto and
had the measure referred back TO COM
mittee While this action poStpones,
at least, any attempt to override the
veto, the President criticized the eva
sion as another failure on the part of
Congress to take affirmative action to
stabilize the cost of living.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-22
Letter to the Editor
LABOR ENJOYS DEMOCRACY

We of the laboring class are as will
ing to make an the sacrifices our Gov
ernment requires of us to win the War
as any other element of society.
I.abors forefathers have in the past
paid taxes, fought and died on the
battle fields, to create and maintain
the principles of democracy, just as
millions Of our boys are doing today
all over the world.
While our boys, their parents and
loved ones are making the supreme
sacrifice in this World War, so that
those of us who may live on will con-
tinue to enjoy the privileges that our
great American Democracy holds out
for all good citiZens-with all of this
being true Labor is at loss to under
stand why there appears in each and
every session of the Legislators Il num-
her of vicious anti-Labor bills. The
nature of these bills only serve to
create bottlenecks in the Legislature
and disunity among the citizens.
Therefore, would this not be Il better
united World if Capital and Labor
could see eye to eye in general? l be-
lieve this could be accomplished if
only the extremists among Capital
could be eliminated, and this can only
be done when the citizens stand on
their feet and demand justice mean
the democratic justice for all of tn"
peoples.
a quotation by Il commentator on
the program World News-WBNS,
10 =. NJ. April II, 1913" Germany
and Italy has eliminated the illiterate
in both nations, by education through
Army and Navy Schools; that Russia
has decreased this element of citizens
to minimum by the same method.
In the same broadcast it was stated
that there are more than 750,NDO men
in our armed forces who have not
passed more than the fourth grade in
the Grammar Schools of this great
Nation
So what has become of our democ-
racy and the compulsory education
system?
Is it not true that Labor for the
past fifty (5O) years has been spon-
soring legislation throughout the Ma
ton to eliminate this great evil among
our citizens.
The more Anti-Labor legislation
which becomes Law, the greater this
evil will exist throughout this great
NatiOn-the good old L. S. A.
Therefore, it behooves both organ
lied and unOrganized Labor to renem-
ber our responsible Representatives
who vote for this un-American anti
Labor legislative program, which If
passed by this Assembly would turn
back the progressive Labor and Edu-
catiOnal Program in the State of Ohio
fifty (5O) years, and would add great
ly to the number of illiterateS we al
ready have in our midst.
HARVEY j. LEE,
Columbus, Ohio
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Questions And
CONTINUED From Page Onr)
will arrange for grant Of releases
outside these areas.

OutSIuc tslcSc AREAS.
q. The area where | work doesn't
have program, but there is Il pro-
gram in the area where I've been
offered II higher-paying job. What
should ! do?
A. Present your ease to the WINGS
area Office or its affiliated United
States Employment service Office in
the area where you'd work i'm the
new job. If your present employer
approves the shift. get him to say
SO in writing to help you make out
your case.
q. But my present employer Won't
agree to my leaving. Will the VINO or
USES give me Il release?
A. They must do so if: Cd You've
been fired; (2), you've been laid
off for an indefinite period or for
seven days or mOre;" and (3), you
can show your present employer
doesn't use you full-tine at your
highest skill. They may do so for
other reasons ii they think it will
III
just to let you get higher pay.
O. | have friend who does essen
tial work In Il stabilization program
area who wants to take II highcrpay-
ing essential job, in an area which has
no program. Can he get II release?
Possibly. But il his present em-
pIOyer won't release him, he'll have
Il harder time than ii he were go
ing from an area without n program
to IN area with one. The VINO and
its USES unit prefer shifts 10 areas
with programs. because these gen
orally are the places where new
can release your friend if they want
to.
q. Can't | take higher-paying job
under Il new employer without going
through all this RELEASE procedure?
A. Ycs-yOu can take il after go
ing without pay for 30 days. The
order doesn't apply to transfers by
persons who haven't drawn pay for
that or II longer period.
q. Does the order stop my present
employer from giving me Il raise?
A. The order has nothing to do
with you unless you change from one
employer TO another. The War Labor
Board regulates raises an employer
can give to those already working
for him, and it permits raises for
merit or promotion to higher job
classiticatiORs.
%. Well, could l switch to anothr!
employer at my present pay and get
Il raise from him later?
4. Yes, SO far rs the Government
is concerned.
q. What was the purpose of Chair
man McNutt'S order?
A. Largely. says the War Man
power Commission. to cut down job
shifting by persons i'm essential ac-
tivities. thereby eliminating what
McNutt calls prime source of
wasted manpOwer." Also to en-
courage shifts from nOn-essential to
essential activities, and to support
the Presidents recent mandate to
hold the line against initiation.
! q. Is there any penalty for viola
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-22
WE BELIEVE
An Easter Meditation
by RUTH TAYLOR

"There is no atheism in the fox
holes" To my mind that ringing sen
tence which came out Of the battle
fields of the South Pacific Is one of
the most soul-stirring slogans of tile
war.
Years ago | heard ii phrased slight
~ differently. One day In mid ocean
when there was II heavy sea rolling
steely gray To meet Il slightly paler
sky, Il ships doctor said To me: mo
man who follows the sea can be an
atheist Those who live amid storms
cannot help but believe in God"
If this war, To which we are giving
all that we hold dear, were but II
struggle between rival nations for
power and land an enlarged gang
warfare-there would be no hope for
the future The darkness would cover
the earth and it would be as ii was
before the beginning of time.
But ii Is not that kind Of a war.
This is warfare between those on the
one side who believe in God and in
the God giving rights Of man and those
on the other who deny both the soyer-
eighty of God and the free will of
man.
In this world there Is not sufficient
room for those who believe in the die
tatorship Of the few and the enslave-
ment of the many, to dwell side by
side In amity with those who believe in
IA onOtheiSllc observation-disclosures they
be called Protestant, Catholic or Jew.
The two methods Of life are diam"tric-
ally opposed 10 one another and iher"
is no common meeting ground.
We will win this war bccnuSe 1--WE
fight on Gods side" to use the great
phrase contributed by an American
Negro. All of rs have been brought up
To say, whether ii be In cathedral,
church or Synogoguc-"Thr Lord is
my light and my salvation, whom shall
! fear?' We are not fighting from des,
peration, with secret police dOggng
our footsteps and II firing squad ever
ready for Its hapless victims. We are
fighting voluntarily that we may live
as free men--frcc to carry out the will
of Him whom all of us worship though
in divers ways.
We are ii God fearing nation - not
fear in the sense Of terror, but in II
spirit of reverence. We owe allegiance
10 Il God of mercy, to a God of Justice.
We fight on His side for the liberation
of oppressed and Subjugat"d people.
We fight that peace may come again
to earth and that children the world
over may have IL chance to grow strong
and healthy in both body and mind
learning To put God before man made
rulers, to obey His Commandments and
10 put into practice that other com
mandment. Thou shall love thy
neighbor as thyself."
No, there Is no atheism in the fox
holes. And when the powers of evil
are at last vanquished, God grant that
the great upsurge of faith will show
us the way to make an everlasting
peace in which all men will live as
brothers acknowledging the fathcrhoo,
of God!
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-22
Industries Hoard Workers.
Says Roll Union Aide.
Hitting Labor Drdft

Washington. u. G. ULNS).-Labor
is being boarded by war industries,
which are not properly using the man
power already available, Julius c..
LuhrSen, executive secretary of the
Railway Labor Executives Association
charged in testimony before the Senate
Military Affairs Committee. He ap-
peared in opposition 10 compulsory
service legislation.
LuhrScn vigorously denounced the
n-WndSworth labor draft bill as
nothing but Il grant of brute power
over the manpower of America He
added that the rail executives aSSO-
citation believes that the use of Selec-
tive service to administer Il proposed
national service act will eventually
produce military domination in the
field of manpower.
The great ma jority of war plants
are OverStatfed," LuhrSen said. En-
ployerS are boarding labor. Labor is
not property utilized. Labor is not be-
ing used at its highest skill"
Ihe union spokesman aScribru these
shortcomings to competitive prac-
tlces of employers" adding that the
SelectiVe service system does not have
proper occupational defermcnt policies,
because final authority is vested in
local boards, and contended it could
not handle the civilian manpower
problem.
LuhrSen urged appointment of "la-
bor utilization inspectors to see that
maximum use is made of manpower.
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tion of the order?
A. Either an employer or employee
could draw penalties as great as Il
$1,000 fine and Il year i'm prison for
violations. Certain other penalties
could be imposed i'm collecting taxes,
and holders of Government con-
tracts could be penaIiyed further
under contract terms.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-22

It's better that your wife find a
letter you forgot to mail than one frIu
forgot to burn.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-08
POLITICAL PARADE
BY GEORGE ROCKWELL BROWN

passed under Republican con-
troll In greater New York the
local machines failed to deliver.
and moreover they are in a
rather sorry moral mess.
Frank Hague's machine
was powerfully instrumental in
nominating Roosevelt for a third
term. 1t smells worse today. as
natural in something defunct or
seriously sick.
3-The President for months
past has been seeking to make
the war issue paramount. and to
convince the people that all are
united on the domestic front.
where all is well. Only the war
issue was 70 be emphasized in
1914.
BLT the voters on Tuesday
last proved they would have
nonf of this. and elections from
Connecticut TO Kentucky were
determined on domestic issues.
largely involving widespread dis
satisfaction with the govern
ment in Washington.
Thus is revealed 70 the fourth
term planners that the scheme
10 renomInate and reflect Mr..
Roosevelt, not fourth term as
President, but merely for a
SECOND TERM AS COM
ANDER-IN-CHIEF has come
un-Stuck.
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4 MEXICAN aviation has been
n scoring brilliantly in the
Southwest Pacific. Demolition
Of enemy aircraft by the score
and occasionally by the hundred
has become a familiar item in
communiques from Gen. Mac
Arthurs headquarters, T h IS
gratifying news. however, must
not be allowed to encourage
smuguess on our part. 1t is
much too early tn discount
Nipponese AIR power.
The Japanese, it should be re-
called have a special talent for
secretiveness-" strategic decep-
tom would be the more proper
term for IL. For a number of
years they boarded the Zero
fighter and ter weapons,
grlmly sacrificing large numbers
of men and tactical advantages
In China rather than disclose
what they possessed.
BY Withholding improv
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-08

up some if not ali their margin
OF inferiority.
First. American aerial equip
ment, once put into action, can
not remain secret. Planes shot
down fall into enemy hands,
making available to them our
airplane designs, new arma-
ment, new instruments and, in
general, the results of our re-
search. And we must remember
that the japanese have a well
deserved reputation for skill in
Initiating western accomplish
mentS.
IN ACQUIRING knowledge in
this manner, of course, they
will always be one step behind
US. This however, is remedied
as far As japan is concerned by
the second consideration-the
fact that the japanese have
German chronological achieve
ments at their disposal, and the
Germans. as they have just
demonstrated in the Schwein-
furt air battle, for example, are
often step ahead of us.
The widespread notion that
Japan is cut off from Germany
is dangerous myth. These two
members of the Axis are con-
nected by the land route across
neutral Russia and Turkey.
Besides. submarines plying
between Germany and Japan
can readily transport actual
prototypes Of new airplanes and
weapons; and new long-range
prototype planes can fly direct
10 Tokyo from Germany, bring
ing with them not only the
necessary data for their manu-
facture, but also key production
men.
Next Column Appears wednes-
day)
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II. v. DURLING>
ON THE SIDE

Distributed BY King Features synd., Ine.
QUERIES from clients. O.
W How about the marriages
of green eyed blends? Are they
usually happy?
A-Regret to say our Horses
a. w omen department has
practically no Information on
green eyed blondes. However,
cur n A. W operative No.
SID, who has been engaged in
recearch on mud horses and
dishwater blondes has been in
Strueted tn devote his entire
time. until further notice, TO the
study of green eyed blondes.
Q-Why do you recommend
playing the fsvorite 10 show?
Al never made any such
recommendation. My recommen-
dation II that betting on the
comparative speed Of equines
should be avoided. IL is = dan
zero business. However, In
NOut 81 Wfhh NOu
cannot stay away from race
tracks suggest you bet the
"solid horse" for show. This Is
not necessarily the favorite.
Q-Why do girls who have
been in business before marry
ing usually have the happiest
marriages
A business girl. being in
dependent a. to her support,
IL more likely 10 marry for love.
Business girls have more knowl-
edge 8f men than heme girls.
This makes them tolerant. The
business girls make better home
managers due to their efficiency
and their knowing the value Of
money by having had to work
/ for IL.
lanes CAGNEY. Considered
% by some 70 be the best actor
in Hollywood. Jimmy is a native
of New York City. His father
was Irish and his mother Swed-
ish.
Ted Lewis. Whimsical band
master. 1t was just about 30
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-08
One Word Led to Another
By ARTHUR BUGS" BAER-

New York Good Place 10 Be FROM These Days
New York is crowded fat boys skin.
So little you have take trip to the suburbs
TO change your mind.
You get little room for $40 day. You
get with board for twice that The board your
bed. If you want a room with room it's extra
Things crowded they charge you two-twenty
TO stand in heater. Even the penny arcades require
references and you wire ahead for reservations
the moving stairway in Pennsylvania Station
stroll down darkened Broadway at night is like
walking in swamp. You wait for the fellow ahead to
lift his foot and you put yours in the print.
We complained to the landlord that our apartment
was too small He came up and discovered empty
drawer in the bureau. Now he's living with us.
There is plenty of food but things are so crowded
you have to eat it off strangers plate.
You get compartment in the revolving door
of the Waldorf for $50 day but only until Saturday
1t has been the winter by whirling dervsh
from Iraq
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the Sulfa drugs here since they
have been so effective.
4 disadvantage IS that IL has
10 be gwen hypodermically or IN
the vein, or applied directly 10
the infection. II does not work
when taken by mouth as do the
Sulfa drugs, The dosage has
now been worked out by this
committee win great care.
IT DOES not seem 10 be as
toxic as are the sulfa drugs
al times They occasionally
cause a bad general reaction.
but the committee which has
been working on peniciIlin IN
very encouraging in their conn
ments along this line.
Undoubtedly. now that we
have proved that II can be dons.
We will have many different
preparations OF this sort. The
Whoie group OF VIRUS Diseases is