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The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-13
Invites
Applications.
For Housing
Vacancies Available In West
Hills And Three Low
Rent Projects

B. NJ. Petit, director of the New
Haven Housing Authority, announced
this week that there are vacancies
available in the three 1ow-rent hous-
ing projects and the war housing
project at West Hills.
The Authority is looking for ap-
pllcatlonS from persons who are living
in substandard dwellings and can
qualify for loW-rent apartments in the
Elm Haven, Quinnipiac Terrace, and
Farnam Courts projects.
Persons whose family needs are
as follows and whose annual in
comes fall within these limits are
invited to make application either
at the projects or at the office of
the Authority, 100 Church Street:
Two and one-half room apart
ments, income of $l,4OO a year;
three rooms, $500; four rooms,
81 900; four and One-haIf rooms,
ZOO; five and one-half rooms,
$I,75O; and six and one-haIf
rooms, 81, 300.
War workers who are made
quately housed may apply to quar-
tiers in the West Hill project, by
getting in touch with the Housing
Authority.
At present, there are several va
cancies available in all projects, and
from time to time other vacancies
occur, said Petit.
A mistaken notion is that people
living in the low-rent projects are
subjected to a list of harsh rules and
restrictions. Petit said the projects
are operated as normal communities,
with the spirit of neighborliness and
democracy prevailing.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-13

office was that of trustee i'm Local
OH to which he was appointed in
1896 by Pres. Herbert Miller. Next
he was elected business agent of
that local, and when Local $50 was
created out of Local OIL in no
vember 1889 he was elected bust
ness agent of the new union. He
served in that capacity until he was
installed this week as secretary
treasurer.
BausOla was born i'm Manchester
in 1904. He is married and the
father of three children.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-13
WPB Reassiigns
Miss Anne Gould

Miss Anne Gould, formerly Con-
necticut Labor Representative of the
War Production Board, with head
quarters at Hartford, is now working
out of the New England Regional
W.P.B. office in Boston. She and
Frank c. Burke cover all New Eng
land on local labor problems involv-
ing ALL. workers. They are under
the direction of Associate Regional
Labor Division Representative Harry
A. Russell.
AS Connecticut labor representa-
tive, Miss Gould worked with all labor
groups. The Connecticut W.P.B.
Labor Office has been closed.
Paul M. Hall and William A. Muir
ply handle CLIO. labor problems
dealing with war production. They
work under the supervision of Gail
Smith, Region Labor representative.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-13
Government Issues Call For Workers Abroad And In The IT,

HARTFORD, CONN.-The
us. Employment Service an
nOunced today that civilian
workers are critically needed
for Civil Service jobs in var
iOus government establish
ments within and outside con-
tinental limits of the United
States.
MANY TRADES NEEDED
For employment in the Ter
ritOry of Hawaii, the Navy De-
partment needs Electricians,
Machinists, Blacksmiths, Boil
ermakers, Diesel Mechanics,
Instrument Makers, Steamfit-
tiers, Boat Builders, Sheet
Metal Workers, and these men
will be paid 500 to $40 for a
4O-hour week, with time and
One-half for all overtime. Also
needed are Helpers of many
kinds and Laborers who are
paid $l.l4 and 88c per hour
respectively. Total living costs
amount to only $50 to 500
per month because the Navy
Department supplies dormi-
tories and cafeterias for it's
employees.
Requirements for Journeyman work
in the Panama Canal Zone have just
been lowered, and men with 2 years
of skilled trade experience can now
be appointed. Particularly needed are
Pipecoverers, Shipwrights, Shipftters,
Tool Grinders, Tool Makers, Copper
smiths and Marine Planners and Esti
majors. Men with two or more years
of experience will receive between
$58 and $78 for a 40-hour week, and
time and one-half for all overtime,
depending upon their previous exper-
fence and the trade in which they are
skilled. Helpers of all kinds will be
paid at the rate of $105 per hour.
Living expenses vary between SIS and
500 per month and here also govern
ment barracks and cafeterias are
supplied.
u. S. PAYS FARE
The u. S. Navy Yard in Mare
Island urgently needs JOurneyman
Electricians and instrument Max
ers. Men appointed to these posi-
tions will be paid about 800 per
week for 48-hOur week. Appoint
ment to these positions will be inn
mediate. All persons found quail
fled for employment i'm Mare Is
land, the Territory of Hawaii and
the Panama Canal Zone will be
sent to those establishments at
government expense.
The Navy Department also needs
Helpers and Laborers of all kinds for
immediate appointment in the Puget
Sound Navy Yard, in Bremerton, in
the State of Washington. Qualified
citizens will be appointed Immediately
to these jobs at wages between $45 to
$50 per week. Here also government
dormitories and cafeterias are pro-
vided and persons selected for appoint
ment will find their living expenses
are only one-ha1f to one-third of what
it would ordinarily cost them else
where in Bremerton.
Further information can be OBJ
tanned from the local office of the
u. S. Employment Service or from
the Civil Service Secretary at any
first or second class Post Office.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-13

Fill the oil drums of democracy
by buying War Bonds.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-13

Let your dollars work three shifts
for war production today, for pic
tory tomorrow, and for security in
your future. Buy War Bonds.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-13

Help load our guns and fill our
bomb racks. Buy War Bonds.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-13

Danish the fatal curse of too late
and too little by buying War Bonds
apIenty and in time.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-08
Lund Advocates Ldbor-Mdndgement
Cooperdtion To Reduce Absenteeisn

contributing factor is the inadequate
enforcement of state safety laws due
to the increased load on enforcement
officials resulting from the expansion
Of industrial activity.
Fatigue bulks large in both illness
and accident cases. The longer the
workweek, the lower the individuals
resistance, and the slower his reaction
to danger. Studies made over period
of years in the interests of shortening
the wOrkweek prove cOncluSively that
there is danger point beyond which
it is unwise to work man or woman.
"A punitive expedition against alb
senteeism would be as useless as ring
ing the bells in the old days to frighten
away the plague. You can't legislate
against broken leg or a case of
pleurisy; you can't outlaw bus break
downs and road washOuts.
Let us urge cooperation of manage
ment, workers, and community in find
ing and solving the causes of absentee
ism. Let us put no hindering legisla-
tiOn in their way, or arouse no public
opinion against them on false grounds
lest we interfere with that great pro
ductiOn effort which we all seek tu
advance"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-08
Rise In Food Prices In Canton,
Ohio, Jump More Thdn 100 Per Cent

were members of the Combined Labor
Victory Committee headed by William
Green, president Of the AFL, and
Philip Murray, president of the C1O.
Alvanley Johnson, grand chief of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
was a member of the committee. The
others were George Meany, secretary
treasurer of the AFL Il. j. Thomas
Of the United Automobile Workers
(CIO). and julius Emspak of the
United Electrical, Radio and Machine
Workers (CIO).
Although the conferees made no
statement on the subject after leav-
ing the White House. it was also re-
ported that they had expressed dis
satisfaction with the cost of living
figures, gathered by the Bureau OF
Labor Statistics. as not being true
reflection of retail prices of food for
wage earners in the lower brackets.
I'VE insisted that ceilings be estab-
lished on all prices, particularly at the
retail sources where there are evil
dences of runaway prices in food COM
modities," said Mr.. Murray. This
should be done particularly if proper
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-08

Washington, ID. c. - "Absenteeism
can be sharply reduced by labor
management joint action if causes are
carefully analyZed and dealt with in
telligently," declared Wendell Lund,
Director, WPB Labor Production Di-
vision, in testifying before the Labor
Committee of the House of Repre-
SentativeS.
'"The first and greatest cause Of
absenteeism is Illness" he said. "The
severe winter just passing brought on
considerable illness in many regions
unduly forcing up the rate of absentee
ism. More is caused by over-crowding
in industrial communities, especially
new ones started without proper stand
ards. Inadequate transportation with
breakdOwns in bad weather aggravate
colds and the illnesses which develop
from them.
accidents at work are runner-up
to sickness as a cause of absenteeism.
They are often a result of a too rapid
plant expansion, the large scale intro
duction of new and inexperienced
workers, an insufficient number of
supervisors, many of whom are also
less experienced, over-crOwding of
plants and speeding-up processes. A
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-08
Straw Shed Burns
At Mayer China Co.
$1,000 Fire Races Packing
Shed At Beaver
Fulls Plant

Beaver Falls.-The Mayer China Co.
was preparing to rebuild its straw
shed, swept by a $1,000 fire, Wednes-
day, March 81, Arthur j. Meyer, presi-
dent, said.
1t is believed the blaze originated
from Il rubbish fire in the pottery yard,
when a spark might have blown into
the building in some manner. When
tiremen arrived they found the straw
filled structure flaming to the roof and
threatened the 10th street bridge under
which it is located.
The building was burned so badly
the corrugated iron walls will have to
be torn down and an entirely new shed
erected, Mr.. Meyer declared. The firm
manufacturers hotel and restaurant
china
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-08
Two-Week Paid Vacation
For All Employees With
Five Yeurs' Service
HALL IS PACKED
Building Trades Council Re.
fuses To Install Unfair
Products

Trenton, n. J. - O.C. As does not
have great deal to report this week
but he has been thinking quite a lot
of what he would like to report, which
would go something like this:
Local * met last Friday night with
some 200 of our 25O members present.
President Davies called the meeting
to order at s 10 p. m. with all officers
at their respective positions.
After prelimnaries were completed,
Fourth Vice President Charles Zim-
mer, chairman of the Conference Com
mittee, reported a recent meeting with
the firm at which request for Il two
week vacation with pay) for mem
bers with over five years service had
been favonbly acted upon. Mr.. Aitken
also said he had been advised, from
Chicago, that in the future the welfare
and encouragement of Crane En-
plOyees should be given first consider
alton and the firm would cooperate
with the National Brotherhood of
Operative Potters in their efforts to
improve the working standards and in
sure the health of their employees
Chairman Jones of the Shop Com
mittee made his weekly report. He
stated some pieces which have been up
for settlement for some time have been
satisfactorily settled. His duties hav-
ing to do with our members as we'll as
the firm, he was glad to state that
they We're gradually realizing the folly
of racing with one another and work
ing like crazy men in order to get done
early. This situation had been causing
anxiety on the part of the firm as well
as the more serious minded of our
members in the past.
Financial Secretary Watson made
his quarterly report showing all men,
bers paid-up to date and some in ad-
vance. He called to our attention that
after July many of our members would
be in line for $500 benefits. Another
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-08
Local Union No. 1876
Fast Rounding Into
Shape In The West
Management Of HollYddle
Pottery Cooperating
100 Per Cent
PERSONAL MENTION
Mccormick. Marshall And
Jones Endorse Cali
forniu Sunshine

Hollydale, Calf - We are very
happy to announce Brother Sewickley
caster, who has been with the Hall
China Co. for many years arrived in
Southern California recently and has
accepted casters bench in the Holly
dale Pottery. Brother Sewickley is GO
ing to work day wage for several
weeks and rearrange our casting shop
and then work piece work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sewickley came from
Ohio by way of trailer transportation.
They report it required almost Il month
to make the trip in Il leiSurely way,
stopping to enjoy the scenery and
points of interest along the route.
Their trip was unmarried with the eX-
ception of tire blowout on their
trailer in Dallas, Texas. This piece of
bad luck required Il weeks layOver
to get Il new tire.
We feel sure it will be an advantage
to the Hollydale Pottery Co. in hay
ing the services of Brother Sewickley
as a caster, who has served many
years at the trade and brings with him
many modern and up-tO-date casting
methods from the east, which can be
used here to an advantage.
Local Union No. 1876, new addition
to the Brotherhood, is slowly develop
ing into q staple and standard unit
of the National Organization. Upon
the completion of organization we We're
confronted with many perpleXing
problems, incidental to the introduc-
tiOn OF the national wage scale and
working agreement. 1t has required
much patience and fortitude by all
concerned during the process of read
,juStment, the management is cOOpera-
ating with us 100 per cent. Each day
we sea new faces in the shop and few
of the newcomers remain with us long
enough TO gain sufficient experience
to be of any real value to the produc-
ton effort Through the efforts of our
West Coast Office we now enjoy the
checkOff method of collecting dues and
assessments from our members, which
will simplify an otherwise complicated
situation.
l cannot refrain from letting the
cat out of the bag and in a very secret
way inform John Swickley's bench
mates and the Saturday afternoon
bowlers that Brother Sewickley is just
a bit homesick, and is singing that
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-08
Set S+age For
Bond Drive To
S+arf April II
Columbiand County Quota
In Second Loan Cdn-
vuss $7.l75.00O

Cooperation of units Of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor and the Con
gress of Industrial Organizations, in
this district has been pledged in
Columbiana COunty'S campaign to
raise $7,175,OO0 as part of the nations :
Second War Loan Drive, President
James Nj. Duffy. announced today.
At the same time it was announced
that as a prelude to launching the
Second War Loan drive Monday, April
II, many members of the Columbiana
County Victory Fund committee will
attend Il meeting at the Travellers hotel
here Friday night (.April - ut s when
Mrs. James \. Bines of Elyria o., will
relate her personal experiences i'm the
last days before japanese troops Occu-
pied Singapore, and Java.
Mrs. Rines escaped from that Brit
iSh baStion on one of three boats as
signed to carry civilians to Australia
Her boat was the only one that sur
vived Japanese bombs. She said good
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-08
Committee Announces List
Of Members To Contest At
General Election In Nav
ROAD MAGNET DOES
BIT IN COLLECTION
OF OLD SCRAP

Chicago ILNS).-A road magnet
built three years ago by the Chicago
Surface Lines to collect sharp metal
objects from streets Travelled by its
buses is doing it's BIT i'll collecting
scrap for the war, according To the
American Public Works Association.
Attached 10 the bottom of special
service truck. the batterypOwered
magnet collected 800 pounds of metal
in July and more than 1000 pounds
in October from 195 miles Of streets.
Tin cans. nails. hairpins, paper clips.
bottle tops and tobacco tins were in
cluded in its haul"
The device is similar "a one built by
the Missouri state highway depart
ment to clear state highways Of tire
destructive metals. Road magnets also
are used by public transit systems in
Milwaukee, and Philadelphia for the
same purpose.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-08

Washington. Spokesman for the
American Federation of Labor the
Congress of Industrial Organizations
and the Railway BrotherhoOds asked
President Roosevelt to use his good
offices in an effort To have retail food
prices reduced to the levels of Sept
Is. 1912. the date set for wage Stabll-
ization by Mr.. Roosevelt's Executive
Order which followed enactment of
the anti-inflation acr of Oct. =.
If wage stabilization is TO become
effective, the labor leaders urged.
prices must be on a par with wages
and since the wage rates of Sept. 10
have been held to be proper then prices
on that date should also be considered
fair.
Significance was attached to the re-
quest because the labor SpokeSmen did
not ask again for the scrapping OF the
Little Steel formula under which
wage rises of Is per cent are allowed
by the War Labor Board to cover in
creased living costs from January,
1941, to May, 1912. They took another
course which, if it were made effec-
tive, would attain their objective of
wage-cost" parity.
Those who called on the President
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-08
Cambridge Potters
Decline Invitation
To Merge With &C.
Present Living Standards
Are M;srepresented BY
Dolly Press
SUPPORT LEADERS
Will Vote For Local And
Ndtionol Officers On
May lst

Cambridge. Ohio. - Local 122 con
tinueS to assemble in the Eagles Hail
every first and fourth Monday at I 80
p. m.
Attendance is on the decline. possibly
because of the large percentage of new
members who are not acquainted with
the conduct of our organization, and
the decision of some OF our older mem
bers that the war effort has left union
activities parked ut the curb. How
ever, most O.C.s and local officials are
aware that anti-labor interests over
look no opportunity to sprag the fly
wheel of labor. The legislative com
mittee continues on the job of con
tacting representatives in both Col
umbus and Washington when interests
of labor are threatened.
The class conscious unioniSt has an
the leaders of the labor movement
from criticism of some of its OWL
members and others who seem To think
that at different times or in different
ways, labor leaders are about TO fol
low in the foot steps of Benedict
Arnold.
Some radio and newspaper com
mentatorS seem perfectly able to con
fuse the public mind at will. Labor
members should know the place to find
the facts and figures are in the labor
union press representing the miners
pOtterS. railrOaderS, etc, and not sole,
~ in lotions of love" or Pegler Pratt
tie Members of organized labor will
do well to grant to their SpokeSmen
the benefit of doubt or take the trouble
to get the actual facts.
Local 122 decided to stand alOot
ITurn tn Pnns Tscnl
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-08
Local Union l24
Will Hold Special
Meeting. April Is
Trial Period Of Semi-Month-
lY Meetings To Encourage
Victory Gardens

Local 124 had very good turnout
and many interesting topics We're dis
cussed at our meeting Tuesday night.
For period of sixty days we are
going to meet just twice a month in
order to give the members chance to
put in that Victory Ga,Fdlen. At the end
of the trial period if the amount of
acres, plus the pigs raised justify it,
we will continue to hold semi-monthly
meetings for the rest of the summer.
Two more names were added to our
honor roll, George Gruber and Donald
Mackall, We're inducted into the army
last week
Withdrawal cards We're granted
Dennis Smith, Lettie Nelson, Boyd l..
Cunningham, Harry Dean, Ada Nc
Laughlin, Walter Finley, Emma F.
Mackall and Joseph LesSel.
A special meeting has been called
for next Tuesday evening, April 18th,
to discuss the indefinite lay-off of
eight of our members. All gilders who
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-08
Jiggernen Ask For
Special Conference
WithMdnufdcturers
Appeal To Executive Bodrd
Following Special Meet
ing Saturday
LARGE TURNOUT
Podewels Gives Report Of
Joint Meeting With
Local Union l3l

Over two hundred members attended
the special meeting of Local Union No.
II last Saturday evening at Brother
hood headquarters when by unani-
nous vote, petition was forwarded
TO the Executive Board, asking for a
special conference with the United
States Potters Association
President Kelly in calling the meet
ing to order, thanked the brothers for
such a fine turnout and outlined the
reason for the meeting. This is by far
the most serious and perpleXing prob
lem that has ever faced the lingering
trade. many suggestions have been
some cases would relieve the situation,
while in others it only added to the
seriousness of the problem.
Chairman Harry Podewels made a
report of the joint meeting held with
the committee from Local Union 13l.
In his remarks, brother Podewels
brought out the agreement that was
reached with the manufacturers.
whereby q jiggerman who is employing
inexperienced help, the firm would
make up fifty per cent of the loss
suffered in his wages while teaching
a new crew. At the time this was
agreed upon we thought we had the
proper solution for the problem, bur
this plan as we'll as others that have
been tried proved to he boomerang.
In normal times this plan would
work, but today with so many of our
young boys being called to the service,
others leaving after a few weeks work
in the pOtteries to enter defense plants
where the wages for beginners are
much higher than in our industry. the
plan has not worked out.
While we all realize that we have
to sacrifice in this day and age if we
are to survive some of the hardShipS
that have been thruSted upon us. we
feel that the agreement as it now
stands is not the proper answer to our
problem We can hold special meetings
at which many suggestions have been
offered as was brought out tonight,
but the committee feels that the only
just and proper way to settle this
question is Il round table discussion
with the manufacturers.
We We're pleased to see the younger
members of the local take the floor
during the discussions. The day will
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-08
New Castle Potters
Ask Uniformity In
SdnitdrY Industry
Present Working Standards
Could Be Maintained In
Slack Times
WORKING GOOD
Committee Recommends
Changes To Relieve
Dust Huzurds

New Castle, Pa.-There seems to be
a growing interest in doing things to
protect the health Of the potter.
At one time in the sanitary pOtterieS
we had an inspector who made regular
visits to all shops and his suggestions
on how to overcome dust hazards and
improve the ventilation were gladly
accepted by the heads of each pottery.
The men were also willing to CO.
operate by using regulation dust bags,
made of special material and
changed their clothing each week.
Healthful conditions, assuring the
long life of potters should be one of
the most valuable assets in the sue
cessful operation of any pottery, and
the manufacturers should insist that
dust caused by carelessness, should be
eliminated.
A real effort at cleaning out the
shop at regular periods has brought
about wonderful results here at the
Universal, and if suggestions made by
a committee selected for the improve
ment of working conditions in the
plant are carried out, great relief
will come to many departments.
We have one casting room in the shop
where they get dust from the slip
house and blowers, dirt from the floors
above and cold air from all corners
The bosses say it is not a fit place for
anybody to work in, but the boys are
still there and the firm so far has
ton.
The membership committee seems
to be making good progress and We
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