The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-10-14

| I'd like to talk for bit about a man.
There have been a few men in the
course of history who have been worth
talking about, because they have lived
lives that have made them of value to
their fellow men long after they them
selves shuffled off this mortal coil
Within the ranks of labor there have
been some of these men, not to be for
gotten but to be remembered for what
they did
There was, above all, Samuel Com
pers. And there was Andrew Furuseth
linen of moulds as different as could
well be conceived, yet each of tremen-
dous worth, long after life. The fruits
that fall into the laps of other men
will continue to fall for long years to
come, borne from the seed which they
planted.
Some of these fruits come from the
thoughts which formed in their brains,
others from the plain knock-down and
drag-out battles which they fought.
But today let us talk of another,
just departed from among us. His name
was Andrew A. Myrup and he was the
real head of the Bakery and Confec-
tionery Workers International Union.
Perhaps to some thousands he was
Andy" just as the great Samuel
GOmpers was Sam that amazing
Sam who could introduce scrub
woman as my associate and thus
raise her dignity while he maintained
his own
Well, Andy Myrup was that kind of
common mana common man whose
thoughts constantly out-raced those of
his associates.
His thoughts Outran them, while his
actions remained always within their
range. They could understand what he
was driving at today, even if they
couldn't know what far-away dreams
went through that great head, which,
like that of Andrew FuruSeth - an
other 'Andy"-was Scandinavian by
birth.
Andy Myrup was a great labor
leader and Il great American.
1t is genuinely too bad that Andy
Myrup has departed from among us.
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One thing you didn't do with Andy
Myrup was to get him tied up with
blocs and cliques He was his own man,
always.
Andy Myrup could be counted upon
TO, Il II
he has Chagrined those who thoughr
they had him in their books or on their
lists.
There is little more that can be said
of a man than to say that he was fair
with his fellows, that he was honest,
that he was kindly and forebearing and
that he would not be driven catalOgued
or sold away from his honest convic-
lions You can say those things about
Andrew a. Myrup, who was plain
Andy" to SO many who were his
friends.
And when those friends found him in
disagreement they could not be Offend
ed with him, because they knew, if
they themselves had integrity, that he
was not in agreement with them be-
cause he did not honestly believe with
them.
What on earth are you going to do
with Il man like that except to like
him and respect him!
Well, Andrew Myrup has passed
away. He has gone to whatever reward
there may be for men who have fought
for their fellow men.
The American labor movement can
ill afford such losses, but of course
Andy Myrup would be the first to point
out that it has been said no man is
that there is no man who
cannot be replaced.
And it would, indeed, be strange if
such Il leader had not bred men in his
union who would know the truth. who
would posses the magnetism of leader
ship and who would carry on.
1t would be strange, too, if such in
tegrity, such plain honesty and such
great devotion, had not built Il Struc-
lure so strong that it could stand even
Ill tlle lace ol lIle loss Oh llS leauer ana
its architect
There are fancy words and phrases
for use when prominent men die BUT
when fine and real men die the fancy
words and phrases are suddenly empty.
You just want to be glad that there
was such man and YOU want that
sladneSs somehow to cover the fact
that you are saddened by his going
and that you'll miss him.-CMW.