The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-05-27
Letter to the Editor

Editors Note-The PotterS Herald
is glad to print the following letter
sent to the secretary of the Ma
tional Pre-ConventiOn Conference of
Union Labor Legionnaires in answer
to their invitation to attend the an
nual conference of that body which
will be held in Detroit on June II.
Mr. Lybeck is member of Local
Union No. 96 Sanitary Workers,
Perth Amboy, N. j. and is an active
member of Central Labor Union
May %, 1913.
Mr.. George G. Danfield,
224S North Kimball Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois.
Dear Comrade and Brother:
l was very glad to receive your in
vitation to attend the conference of
Union Labor Legionnaires and also to
know that you are still interested
enough to write me from time to time
about the union movement within the
Legion.
AS much as / am interested in both
the Union and the Legion l must ad-
nit that it is beyond my means to at
tend the conference. AS matter of
fact / have only been working steady
for the past six or eight months and
prior to that work was slow. l work
in the pottery industry and at present
we are quite busy. Also l can say that
the Local Union to which l belong has
| n,>1
seventy so you can readily see that it
would be unreasonable to expect eX-
pense money from them.
AS ! have stated in previous letter
to you / have tried to form a Union
Labor Post here and have spoken on
this numerous times at the meetings
of the Central Labor Council, but ii
is evident that the members in both
organizations have a one track mind.
You must also realize that the mem
bership possibilities here are small as
compared to your big cities.
However, coincidental with your
letter l read that the Legion Execu-
tive Committee has condemned the
closed shop, and also that an investiga-
ton is under way as to the apology
resolution that Post No. 6J3 of South
Fork, Pa. sent to John l.. Lewis.
believe that the Legion is getting just
a little on the Fascist side when il
starts batting the rank and file OF
labor around together with the big
boys in labor. | haven't much use foi
Lewis, but, at least, | believe that
those miners are deserving of better
It's alright for COmrade Waring anC
the executive committee to sit dOwl
and say that they are going to gel
jobs forthe boys when they come back
but l know and you know that Il thou
sand such executive committees could
MT do much in getting jobs in The
period that we went through since the
last war. l say let labor run theil
business, and the Legion run theirs
Believe me I'd hate to have some o
the labor batting members in Post a
of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, sticl
their nose in my business as one o
labor in Perth Amboy, for l know tha
the ones that are running that Pos
are about as anti-labor as WeStbrool
Pegler and possibly worse.
| sincerely hope that the groul
which you represent does something t'
get the Legion away from it's anti
labor attitude, and also that the com
ing conference will bear the fruit tha
will inculate sense of obligation int,
the minds of those high up in th'
naires, who, l believe, are just plain
working men.
Again thanking you for the invita-
ton and letter, | am
Yours for victory,
WALTER II. LYBECK.