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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-07-08
Dudl Task Seen
For u. S. Women
Need To Muintuin Homes
And Help Turn Indus
trY's Wheels

Women today are charged with the
tWo-told duty of maintaining their
homes and helping to turn the wheels
of industry, Mrs. Alfred J. Mathebat,
president of the American Legion
Auxiliary, declared.
Mrs. Mathebat, speaking to gath
ering at the American Women'S ASSo-
citation in New York, urged the regis
tration of all women. explaining that
this move would result in decline in
Juvenile delinquency because mothers
with young children would not be per-
mitted to leave their homes unneces-
Sarily.
The nursery school is not the answer
to this rising delinquency. she said,
adding that the time has not yet come
homes, and until this is true a mothers
place is with her children.
There is not much choice between
the bother Of registering women and
letting the children 20 Wild" she
added. If we are careless. we will
have children here that will make the
Russian wolfpacRS looks like kittens" "
Mrs Mathebat. who has recently re-
turned from Il $1,000 mile tour of in
dustrieS. ShipyardS, camps, hospitals
and prison camps, reported on the atti-
tude of many of the women in indus
trial concerns.
They are frank enough to admit
that they work for the money and not
for patriotic reasons she announced.
They like this new independence, and
their ability to buy luXurieS for the
family
Many of them said they intended to
keep the jobs after the war and do not
look on their services as contributing
solely to the emergency.
The additional comforts that they
can obtain for their children do not
compensate for their neglect" she
said.
She declared that in many cities
there are ordinances issued To motion
picture theatre managers To search the
seats individually that no child may
be left sleeping overnight in Il vacant
theatre
Women must be impressed with the
fact that their services are needed
only for the emergency, she added. for
our Army must return To civilian life
and our boys are entitled to Il home.
Il family and job. We remember the
last war and the apple-vending vet
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-07-08
Wallace Says Jesse Jones
Is "Bdck-Door Compldiner

Washington, ID. c. ULNS).-In Il
statement prepared for the Senate Ap-
DropriationS Committee. Vice PreSi.
dent Wallace called for an end to the
"hamstringing bureaucracy and back
door complaining Of Mr.. Jones and his
employees" and suggested that the
Board of Economic Warfare take over
from the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration, which Jones heads, the ac
tual job of buying critical materials.
Now Wallace complained, BEW has
full power over strategic imports, eX-
cept that ii is helpless to move when
Secretary Jones won't sign the checks
That happened, said Wallace, with
Gen. Douglas MacArthurs urgent plea
for more quinine production.
Wallace charged that Jones and the
REC did little or nothing about get
ting StockpileS of a dozen critical
materials when that agency had the
job to do, before April Is, 1912, when
authority over the imports program
was turned over to the BEW. In con,
trast, he declared, that from April IL
to The end of last year the BEW either
made substantial progress, or exceeded
the original war production quota fol
the same materials.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-07-08
Asks No Strike" Pledge End Unless
Living Costs, Tdxes Are Equdlized

Speakers at the convention. as which
were 1,S0O delegates representing Il
Go membership in Michigan of about
100000, made it clear that the reSolu-
ton. as adopted, did not in itself re-
yoke the "no-strike" pledge. 1t was de-
scribed as merely a recommendation TO
national CIO headquarters that such
revocation be considered.
Representatives of the United Steel
Workers of America announced that
they were not in accord with the coun-
ellis action and notified Philip Muir
ray, president of the ClO, "one hun
drcd per cent that they would con
tinue to rely on your judgment in the
future
Victor Reuther, head Of Local ia,
United Automobile Workers, told the
convention that the resolution would
be "a weapon in the hands of the
CLOS president, Mr.. Murray, to use
to obtain. Immediately, the safeguards
that labor demands"
Il oppose the immediate revocation
of the 'no-strike' pledge because we
must abide by the democratic decisions
Of the entire CIO," Mr.. Reuther said.
But the men in the shop must tell the
union officials, and the government,
that we take these problems seriously.
The 'no-strike' pledge, without speedier
settlement of grievances and without
roll back Of prices will lead to more
strikes"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-07-08
MANY FAMILIES FACE
SERIOUS FINANCIAL
| DIFFICULTIES .

New York City ULNS).-hnalysis
how consumers in all parts Of the
country and at different income levels
are meeting the rising cost Of living
was made public here at the Annual
Conference on Consumer Problems,
sponsored by Consumers Union Of
United States.
A majority Of the questionaireS
were received from families having
incomes over $1,000 a year and the re-
plies indicate that many Of these fam
lilies are having serious financial diff
cultieS. But the returns from families
with incomes under this level give
striking evidence that large section
Of the population is faced with actual
disaster from the rising tide Of infia-
tionJ Only 2SW of the families now
earning under $1,000 dollars year
reported increased income since the
beginning of the war.
In order to meet the SkyrOcketing
prices of food and other necessities
81 of the families below 81. 800 state
that they are borrowing. 1JT are
drawing on savings. 35rc are saving
less than they did, 55fS are buying
less. $50 are cutting down on amrSe-
mentS, trips, etc, and $40 are buying
more carefully than they did formerly.
In most cases, the queStiOnaire> indi-
cate that Il combination of several of
these means of meeting higher costs
q raa holm, usal :,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-07-08
Urges Labor And Manage
nent To Cooperate With
Civic Groups
HOME FRONT SETBACK
Two Days Of Senseless Riot
ing Results In 100000
Mun-Hours Lost

"America suffered Il serious setback
on the production front during the
Detroit race riots Joseph d. Keenan,,
vice chairman of the War Production
Board for labor production, declared
here, in emphasizing the far-reaching
cost of the rioting.
Keenan, urged labor and manage
ment in every war industry center to
cooperate with civic groups to remedy
the causes of racial strife. The WIPE
official, formerly executive secretary
of the Chicago Federation of Labor
said that the rioting directly caused
absences from work tOtaling more than
100000 man-hours. He added:
THAT is only small part of the
total cost of war production. These
absences caused stoppages on the
transmission lines and conveyor belts
in many plants. Productivity of indi-
vidual workers was likewise impaired
From preliminary survey We
estimate that the two days of sense
less rioting in that one city cost the
nation Il worse setback in the produc
ton of planes, tanks, material an(
other equipment than it had suffered
from all the labor disputes in the en-
tire nation in the first two months OF
this year.
The rioting will cost our fighting
men much needed equipment.
In accordance with our RESPONSE
bilitv TO score maximum production
by war workers, the WPB labor pro
duclion office calls upon trade unions
and management to join at once will
other civic groups to seek out an(
correct the causes of racial strife.
"To the extent that these cause
may involve shortages of community
facilities, our office will be ready t,
render every possible effort to secure
remedial action"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-07-08
Nations Plants To
Meet Rubber Needs
Will Be Capable Of Meet
ing All Essential As Well
As MilitdrY Requirements

Washington, ID. G. ULNS).-Amer.
ica'S $7OO,000,OOO rubber industry by
the end of this year will be capable OF
meeting all essential civilian as well
as military requirements, Secretary OF
Commerce Jones said recently.
Manufacturing capacity of the 4C
plants throughout the country by De
cember will be in excess of 100000
tons Il year (which is more than we
have ever used and sufficient for oul
essential PURPOSES Mr.. Jones de,
clared in an address prepared for Il
Made in America Rubber luncheon
at Houston, Tex. Telephoned from this
city, his address was broadcast over
Texas state network.
Reporting on his prewar Stockpiling
program. Mr.. Jones declared:
about this time in 1910, Is months
your Government began protecting oul
rubber supply. In July, 1910, President
Roosevelt asked the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. to build up a stockpile
of rubber Between that time and the
capture of the Dutch East Indies by
the japanese, we bought every pound
of rubber we could possibly get.
AS Il result, when we entered the
war we had accumulated the largest
rubber Stockpile the world has ever
known. We have drawn upon that
Stockpilc for all our essential needs
as well as for those of the United
Nations, and we still have several
hundred thousand tons. We have beer
stimulating the production of natural
rubber i'm South and Central America
and in Africa by every means pos
sibe, and we are getting some natural
rubber from these and other sources
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-07-08
Women Don Stacks
At Big Jersey Plant
Management Affords 'sEdge.
water Factory Puts New
Rule In Effect

Edgewater. \. J. Complying with
women employed on the assembly lines
at the Ford Motor Company plant here
reported for work wearing Stacks and
safety shoes.
Dresses, open-toe shoes and high
heels were banned in an order that
Angus Harris, plant superintendent
posted on bulletin boards throughout
the factory several days ago To become
effective July !. 1t read:
1T is the express will of the man
agement that women employees wear
the following after July |. Low heel
shoes (nO open toes or SandalS) of the
type known as safety shoes: and two
piece slack suits, preferably blue
1t was said that except in Il few
cases in which suits had to be specially
per cent. a few women had expressed
the feeling that girls in the offices also
be compelled to wear Stacks, but the
management was not going To risk Il
situation like that at the Highland
Park plant in Detroit where the Office
girls staged Il three-day revolt against
such an order and had their own way
in the end.
There also were Il few objections
here about buying safety shoes until
the women We're informed that no ra-
ton coupon was necessary for shat
type, which is specially constructed to
protect the toes from falling objects.
Everybody, the men included, seem
it was said at the Office
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-07-08

Detroit 49, The State CIO Council
recommended 10 its affiliated unions
and to the national Go that labor'S
mo strike" pledge no longer be con-
sidered binding unless the assurances
made to labor at the time the pledge
was made We're Immediately put into
operation
These assurances, the CIO Council
declared, were that the cost Of living
would be kept down, that adequate
machinery would be maintained to
settle management labor grievances
and that taxes would not put undue
burdens on the workingman.
Since the start Of the war, the Coun-
ellis resolution said, these assurances
have been shanefully and Wilfully
disregarded 1t was adopted by ris-
ing vote after Il hOt-tWO-hOur debate.
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-07-08
Analysis OF The Current Tax
Payment

The manuscript prepared by Repre-
sentative Daniel \. Reed containing an
analysis of the present income tax law
has been published in leatet form, and
is available now. 1t is entitled "QueS-
tons and Answers on the Tax Pay
ment Act" If you desire a copy write
Il note or postcard to Congressman
Earl X. Lewis, at Rm. Ills House
Office Building, Washington, ID. {. and
he will be glad to forward Il copy to
you, so long as his supply lasts.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-07-08
WHEELCHAIR GARDENER

Los AngeleS.-Harvey Deborde says
his physician told him he would never
get out of bed after suffering an attack
Of arthritis and complications. De
borde now cultivates IA Victory Gar
den 2.5H square feet in area from a
wheelchair He says. Just wanted to
show the doctor he was wrong
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-07-08
END OF SCHOOLHOUSE ERA

New York City-With the end Of
the school year New York City has
closed lis last little red SchoolhouSe.'
building erected in 1897 on Staten
Island will be transferred to Il school
with better facilities.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-07-08

are being used.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-07-08
Unprecedented Appropriations For
The War Effort

Last week was mOmentOuS in the an
nails of Congress. The House enacted
the largest appropriation bill in the
history of any nation on this globe. 1t
was Il bill for the support of the Army
in the sum of 1910, ,43S.S73 and this,
together with the enactment of tn"
Naval Appropriation Bill of S21,637,-
226.19 constitutes the largest appro-
priations for the armed forces of any
country in the whole history of the
world Certainly this Congress has
been backing the war effort 100 per
cent.
Veto OF COnnally Smith Bill
At 3 :13 Friday afternoon, June 10Th,
the Presidents ueSSage Vetong the
Connally- Smith Bill was read in the
Senate Immediately by a vote of 5G
TO % the Senate voted to override the
veto. The measure was then forwarded
to the House of Representatives and
at 4 80 y. III. by Il vote OF 244 to lOS
the House also oyerrode the Presl-
dents veto and the War Labor Dis
pute Act became law.
1t is true that Il national labor policy
is vitally needed in the present wal
crisis but us ] have stated previously
the present act was hastily drawn, Is
confusing and contradictory; and un-
der the circumstances it is likely that
instead of aiding in continuous wai
production through the banning of
strikes it Will cause increased labor
difficulties and hinder rather than help
the war effort. 1t is Il good example
of what happens when Il Legislative
body which has given no basic thought
to a balanced labor program acts sud
denly in response To Il particular
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-09-30
PROGRAM

THURSDAY, Sept. 90, goo F. M Dance in USO Lobby.
 FRIDAY. october l, 6;45 F NJ servicemen's Council Meeting III Uso Lobby goo P NJ Game Party in USO Lohbg-
 SATURDAY. october 2 uSO Dance in USO Icbby.
 SUNDAY, october 3, 100 P M ,or later at convenience of Service he,,l-rlip to Mendcnhall Glacier 900 P Bicycle Party (weathe' sermitting). 9:So P M--Vespers ID Uso Lobby; 1000 P. M.-Sinsine around piano.
 MONDAY, october 4. 800 P. M Forum Club Meeting at privatt home Get your reservation at use desk. 8:3o P. M-Movies in USe Lobby
 TUESDAY. october 5, goo P. M Quiz Contest Cbroadcast over KINY). e:3O P. M-Bingo Games
 WEDNESDAY, october 6, 7;3o F M-Movies. in USO Lobby; 8:3O F M-Card Party on second floor oi uSO with Patronesses as hostesses; 8:45 P. M Old-fashioned dances III USO Lobby
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-09-30
LATE DATE

If you happened by the USO on
 Sunday night at a very late hour
 so late, in fact, that it was well
 nto Monday morning. and noticed
 sllat the lights were still on, prob-
 ,blv. you were surprised because
 normally the clubhouse would be
 lark by then It wasn't until near
 losing time that we had received
 word that ten Coast Guardsmen had unexpectedly found themselves 1t Duck Greek as the result of the rounding of plane by bad weather. They had no funds on hand, afai they were hungry and very tireo' soldier at the Army camp tele- ohoncd US, wondering whether the USO could take care of these fel- lows?" The answer was Most cer- tainly. Send them in" A half-hour later they were with us' about a minute afterwards they were eating a long overdue supper We learned that they were headed for assign
 ments at outposts so lonely ana inaccessible that they cannot expect to receive mail oftener than once
 or twice in the next l8 months
 Several of these fellows were very young and had just finished their hasic training. None had ever been in Alaska before. They all expressed great surprise at finding a USO club here; and they were no less than positively astonished at finding sSo charming a hostess as our Mary Me- l Cormack. For while they all 1 talked with us or wrote letters home Then. nearly worn out from their tiring flight, most of them went up to bed But the three youngest stay ed downstairs to play cards with i Mary. When this war is over and a l lot of people have nearly forgotten there ever was a USO, personally we expect for long while to cher ish a whole album of memory pie lures acquired up here. And 1t IS our guess that one of those that will be longest in our recollection will be that picture of three exceedingly youthful Coast Guardsmen and Mary, playing cards, all alone there at that late hour, but filling all that big room with. the friendliest of warmth and gaiety and laughter
 Yet vivid as the picture is to us, how much brighter it is certain to be in the memories of those three
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-09-30
NEW YORK TAVERN
 CHANGES OWNERS

Change in ownership of the New York Tavern takes place this week when George Salo takes over the management from John Pastl, who has been proprietor since 1884. Prior to that time MT. Pastl was associated with the New York Exchange from 1914 to 1918, and during the years of prohibition dispensed soft drinks. He plans to remain in Juneau, and has a home here.
 MT. Salo, the new owner, was for many years contractor in the All aska Juneau mine, and also en- gagged in fishing, as well as manag- ing the Salo Boarding House. He started the Midget Cocktail Bar last year and recently sold his half interest to his partner in the enter prise. He will take over the man agement of the New York Tavern tomorrow, October l.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-09-30
FAREWELL TO FRIENDS

last Saturday night was the oc- casion for USO party which was at once a welcome and a farewell When it was learned taat the cham pionship Sitka baseball team was coming over to play enc ot the locsl outfits. the Club wanted to have party in their honor At the same time it was discovered that large number of men from a nearby pos' were soor to leave for service else- where; of course we were eager to honor them too So dance at the clubhouse was quickly arranged. II turned out to be very enjoyable affair. though necessarily :t was tjngcd with a deep sadness over the departure of many men whom we all have come to like So well
 Out of the large number to whom we said goodbye that night It IS hard to select any few who will be missed with keencr regret than the others. But certainly it is safe to say that among those sure to be remembered with much affection by all of us at the USO are Bill pavligc, Erwin Hagerup, Flank Gull len. Steve Bzdek. Jerry Oakley, Bud Hcs,ner. Glen Eirkham and Bill Goodman though needless TO state this is a totally inadequate enum- eration of such names.
 The excellent dance music was furnished by thea recently-formed group known as the Montana Greek Orchestra. It consisted of GSO girl Pat Shaffer at the piano. togesher with Soldiers Glen Kirkham, Bill Goodman. Ben Jackson, and William Harris
 To this reporter the affair had enc angle that was outstanding There was heartwarming sidellght to Glen's and Bills presence in the orchestra. That night was pre- sumablv to be their last in Juneau for many months to come. Surely they would have been justified in  declining our invitation to play and deciding to spend the evening with their parents. but. good soldiers that they both are, they had job to do for USO, and they did it. However, they did not miss being with their parents after all. If you were ob- servant you must have noticed two couples tit was quite evident they were two pairs of parents sitting through most of the evening right beside the orchestra and as close as they could get to the saxophone player and the drummer. And l. must have given you an extra pleasant feeling, as it did us, if you recognized these two couples as Mf.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-09-30
SID (oWGILL RESIGNS AS
 USo DIRECTOR
Accepts Position in San FranCislo-6ordon Is
 Acting Director

i According to Harry Sperllng, Chairman of the USO Board of Directors, Sid Cowgirl has submit ted his resignation as Director of the local USO Club to Chairman Sperling and to the New York office of the. United Service Organ izaton. MT. Cowgirl has rendered his resignation in order to permit his acceptance of the position of Program Director for the Central YMCA of San Francnsco.
 Mir Cowgirl thus terminates two years of service with the USO in Alaska. He served one year in the Ketchikan USO and came to Juneau in the fall of 1942 to start the pres ent local club upon it's crowded career. His new position will throw him into the heart of civilian war work in San Francisco. His 1lrst assignment is to tackle problem somewhat similar to the Los Angeles ..zoot suit trouble. There are some 10000 war workers in San Francesca between the ages of Is and l8. Many of these youthful workers come from all over the nation and are earning wages out of all proportion to their ability to manage thoughtfully. This group is beset with grave problems of housing, wholesome absenteeism- recreation, continuance of education and general adjustment to a strange environment. So acute has the prob lem become that the city of San Francisco has placed $l0,o00 at the disposal of the YMCA Program Director in order to facilitate q solution of the problem.
 USO Chairman Harry Sperllng indicated that Mr. s'Zack" Gordon present Assistant Director will carry on as Acting Director for the pres ent He will be ably assisted ln this work by Miss Mary McCormacK and Miss Aida Matheson currently employed by the local club.
 MT. Cowgirl wishes to take this opportunity to thank the citizens ol Juneau and Douglas for their splen- did support of the USO effort throughout the past year. He es- pccially requests that this able sup port be extended to MT. Gordon In his continued work here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-09-30

NOTICE TO ALL CAR OWNERS
 Traffic officers will check cars every afternoon on Willoughby Ave. between and pm All cars must be checked before deadline.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-09-30
QUIZTIME

Many a tough question has been 1skcd and correctly answered on tuesday nights at the Clubhouse ince the inauguration some weeks lgo of the broadcasts of the USO Quiz Contests. But for long while he one question that nobody seemed ble to answer with any confidence gas this: Where and when will some utfit be found to upset that Army gam. undefeated since the start oi
 he team contests? The G. l. squad efelred to consisted of the following
 ,eulars and substitutes. Larry 1lkelich. Eddie Dosek, Ralph Erlck-
 sn. Leslie Swanson, Oscar Krenzke,
 oscoe Hoissen and Harold Wilcox. twice they had beaten GSO team
 vice they had been victors over 2
 long Signal Corps outfit. But on
 tuesday night of this week they
 inally met their masters when they .lasied with Coast Guardsmen Ill ;humway. John Sherman, Delbert Dixon and John Gionfreddo. It was i, close battle, however, from start o finish, with plenty of credit Tor ,oth sides. Now the question IS: low long can these lads ill blue ;tav up on top? To find out, tune Il on KINY next Tuesday night at ):oo,-or we'll be glad to have you ,ome down to the USO clubhouse tnd watch the battle at close range.