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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS

Members of organized labor played
a major role In the capture of the i'm
portant japanese air base at Munda
In the Solomon Islands, according to
information received from that South
Sea island section and revealed by the
Navy Department.
The Navy says the enemy position
was "softened up by a line of heavy
Marine Corps field guns before the
final assault and that Navy Seabees,
majority of whom were recruited
from the ranks of organized labor,
made it possible to get the guns into
position.
Organized labor produced that line
of heavy Marine field guns which be-
came known as "Murdereds' Row" and
which poured steady stream of death
and destruction upon Munda during
the "sOftening up" process. And the
Navy says those ath-dealing guns
roared into action within 4S hours
after the first wave of United States
forces landed at the strategic outpost,
keeping up the whitening fire until the
Stretegic point was taken.
Getting the heavy field pieces into
position was job that called for trac-
tor-breaking, back-breaking work, so it
was assigned to the ''can do" boys.
The Seabees went to work while the
guns were being unloaded from the
landing ships. Getting them through
Rendoya's incredible mud to the firing
positions seemed an almost impossible
task
But not to the Seabees. They solved
the problem by building log road
over which the Marines moved up
"Murderers' Row. through the
swampy jungle to the firing position.
In record time the Seabees had ac-
complished the difficult task.
The mission of the deadly battery of
heavy guns was to neutralize, harass
and interdict specific enemy areas and
that mission was carried out as re-
suit of free American labor's efforts
both on the home and the fighting
fronts.
In thoughtful editorial which prob
ably reflects the views of most Ameri
cans on Finland, the influential New
York Times says that "it is impossible
not to wish the little country well" and
that the majority of Firms, one may
guess, merely wish to be let alone"
'They would be glad to be at peace
and assured of their national indie
pendence-aS they should be- the
Times remarks. But whether they can
have peace and independence depends
on Russia more than it does on the
United Nations, the Times points out,
adding:
IF the war ends in the disarma
ment of Germany, and if some system
of collective security is thereafter
established, Russia can afford to be
generous with Finland. The little coun-
try has Il distinct identity. 1t is popu-
lated by a fine, manly race.
1T is entitled to survive, not as Il
war-making state offering itself to the
III ShesI oiuuei, Dul do d Hdtlolldl ulllt'
independent in all that matters to the
happiness of its people In this respect
it is Il test case"
Even under Nazi domination, the
labor unions of Denmark continue
their advance toward their goal of 100
per cent organization, says a report of
the International Federation of Trade
Unions, putting the membership of the
u unions making up the Danish Fed
GRAFTON of Labor at SAT ,226 at the be-
ginning of 1943. The gains made in
1912 amounted to about p 900.
= :, 4
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19
SO New York has had it's riot!

SO New York has had it's riot!
AS everyone knows, it took place in
Harlem and some papers have called
it Il race riot
Best evidence is that it was a case
of hooliganism, induced by rotten
economic background.
There has been a tremendous lot or
nonsense written about the affair and
moderate amount of sensible stuff.
But what gripes about the whole
business is the tendency to talk about
remedy mainly ON the grounds Of
color.
Mostly the talk goes that something
must be done because the victims We're
Negroes.
Nothing is going to be settled on that
basis.
Let's look at couple of other
matters.
Back in the bitter depression days
the Okies went on their famous star
vation trail to California. Do you
remember the Okies?
Well, they were the victims of just
as much injustice as were the Negroes
of Harlem.
But would it have helped any to
have planned for remedy of those
wrongs on the basis of color?
Would anything have been accom-
pliShed by an effort to get justice for
the Okies because they were white?
You can play around with that ques-
ton for a while and see where you get
Isn't it the injustice itself and not
the color of the victim that needs first
consideration.
Some writer's have written as if they
believed some kind of solution lies in
equality.
But one Negro leader in Harlem hit
the thing more squarely. He said what
the Negroes needed was equality of
opportunity, while a lot of the writer's
have social equality in mind.
Probably more twaddle has been
written about race social equality than
any other issue
There is no social equality among
whites.
But what about Jim CrowiSm'?
someone will ask. jim CrOwism against
Negroes is no more defensble than is
the segregation of any other group of
human beings.
But the world is full of social tabus
and the sudden ending of all of them
wouldn't produce the millennium, or
even three square meals a day.
Much of the background of the Har-
lem riots was in the fact that the
Negroes of Harlem are forced to pay
extra high prices for food, that they
are gypped in their rents, that they are
crowded and robbed of the opportunity
to live decently. And the streets are
full of child bands which borde on
banditry for lack of Fairgrounds and
often for lack of legitimacy.
1t isn't that color boils in resent
ment; it is humanity popping off
against injustice
Your successful and we'll fed Negro
doctor and lawyer are NOT on any
race riot rampage They know that
America is swell place and that their
own homes are pretty nice places.
They are pretty happy about every
thing.
But whenever you turn Old Man
Economic Injustice against any human
being you are gambling that Il riot is
on its way to happen, somewhere,
Snmn timn If in rs A
and in Harlem.-CMW.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19
SHORTAGE is PERIL

Los Angeles.-The shortage of lock
smiths is so great that it constitutes
a danger to the war effort, says Frank
Williams, president of the Federated
LocksmithS of Southern California.
when a war worker is driving 4 or )
his key there is a definite sloWing-up
in factory production he says He
says locksmiths have been classified as
essential workers, but they are unable
to secure the necessary material to re-
main in business.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19
VICTORY PRIMARY OBJECTIVE

THE WINNING OF the war is the primary Ob-
jectiVe of all classes Of people, including the
Of the American Federation of La
Dor. The destruction of totatarianism and the
triumph of democracy, the establishment and
maintenance Of free, democratic unions and the
of said free, democratic unions by
the membership, free from governmen domination
and government control are issues involved in the
outcome OF this conflict in which labor is vitality
call for 63rd annual AFL con-
VentiOn.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19

Workers throughout the world are deter
mined to prevent for all time the recurrence of
mass unemployment, of industrial depressions and
to forever prevent the rise of totatarian die
tatorship which the resulting mass privation and
mass suffering inevitably breed.-William Green.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19
SETS FOR THE POKER PLAYER

Louisville, Ky set which the
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Cor
poration premium department says is
offered for coupons packed with Raj
eigh union-label cigarettes. The COM
plete set consists of beautiful and
well made case of hand rubbed walnut
finish, 300 assorted chips and 2 decks
of Bicycle cards. The case only and
chips in units of 80 are offered for
Raleigh coupons.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19
w II A T NEXT?

Taxi service on the Chicago River
between ChicagO's west side railroad
stations and the Michigan Avenue
bridge has begun, with a One-way
fare of 25 cents for a 6 minute ride.
The operators have two 3O-passenger
boats. running every Is minutes dur
ing morning and evening rush hours.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19
DON LOUDEN IN WLB POST

Washington, \. c. ULNS). - Don
loudcn, of Columbus, Ohio, formerly
editor of the WPB Labor Press Scrv-
ice, has Joined The staff of the War
Labor Board as an assistant to the
AfL labor members. Loudcn, who
joined the WIPE international staff in
January, is well known as L labor
Official and writer having been on the
staff of the Ohio State Federation of
Labor for several years.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19
w S D o M

In time of war, as i'm peace, group
interests must give way to the ma
tiOnal interests. Otherwise we run
risks which are needlessly high
Donald {. BlaiSdell.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19

In his Much Ado About Nothing"
Shakespeare told us (scene: MeSSina,
ltaly) In Il false quarrel there is no
true valor." Apparently the Italian
people have felt that way about the
war That explains their lack of ar
dor in fighting for Hitler and Musso-
lini and in resisting our armies.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19

Law is the most dangerous piece of
legislation enacted against the people
in America since the Stamp Act of
1863.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19
H1 CHERRY Tree

Where With Our Little Hatches
We Tell the Truth about Many
Things, Sometimes Profoundly,
Sometimes FIiPPantly and
Sometimes Reckiessly.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19
News From Ohio Federation Of Labor

in to
Federation Labor Phil
ton announced this week
begins Bat
Columbus hotel
Credentials already received
wartime conditions Voting control
included
entire floor exhibits
mental agencies will evidence
by the nied
especial
The Labor Igue Human Rights United Nations
workers of Europe " ~
Ehestes sponsored jointly
ton Of Labor and the Ohio Office the Labor League which NJ j. lyn
is regional director
pre-
ous the opening of the Monday morning Included
these the Ohio Building
ference of an"ers Sheet Metz" Workers and Motion Picture Operators
Every o Wi be made to make the delegates visit to Columbus
Paul j. Met aty, president
announced Tl" Columbus Federation will headquarters the Neil
House and nC,@yor to be of special o
band made members the Columbus
play patriotic
play during opening of the convention
REGISTRATION NOTES
of Ercklaye Organization ii of
five dollars if they fail to register
rHe Columns Ga1"srs Union is e%,"ing intensive ss,,:tin
as well as methods.
n % L ere, of the oS State Federation @ ; of @I"
he has aodle%s'" during the past several weeks.
newspapers carrying
register national elections,
Workers 21i27 telephone campaign
lmgn al members TO insure complete registration
to years Locals
and individual members each of their
vote declares NJ ISdn president Ohio
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19

Demand the Union Label on all
your purchases.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19

President NJ Duffy P O. Box g. East LiyerpooI Ohio
Bank Building, Trenton g. New Jersey.
Second Vice Preden-Frank Hull Gill Pacific Blvd Huntington
Park, Calf.
Vice PresdentJme Saven Mills Liverpool
Ohio
thinner.
New
Newbon.
New Jersey.
Turner Fourth St. Liver
Presiden-Chares Virginia Avenue
Sebripg, Ohio
Chadwick. Newell. West
Secretary McGilivray Liver
pool,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19

GENERAL WARE STANDING COMMITTEE
]. LYNCH W. A. BETZ ]. T. HALL
+. HAYNES
Evening star., 1943-05-15

Don't lose hope It'll you've tried a
Star Want Ad." MA. 5000.
Evening star., 1943-05-15
Prefabricafed House
To Be Set Up on | Street

Home construction records are
expected to be broken the forepart
OF next week when the Texas Pre-
fabricated House Il Tent Co. will
erect osae Of its units for inspection
by Government officials on a lot ad-
joining the Army and Navy Club
on I street.
1t is expected that it will be a
matter OF minutes to erect the pre-
fabricated house. If officials put up
additions around the original struc-
ture this would take several hours.
The fundamental living unit Of
plywood includes a living room, bed
room, bath and kitchen. A special
feature is the ventilation system for
hot weather. Wall slots under the
caves give fresh air, which, in turn,
goes out through a ventilator at the
peak of the roof. Special flaps have
been designed for the windows and
these may be lowered during adverse
weather.
Many OF these units have been
constructed for the armed forces.
They are specifically designed to
conserve building materials, save la
Dor and provide comfortable living.
Evening star., 1943-05-15
Permits
Continued From Page B-1)

avenue NV, owner; Olaf Berg, Ar
lington, Va. builder; William Alex
ander, designer; to make repairs,
Evening star., 1943-05-15
The Home Clinic
Fence Around Your Garden
Can Be ReuI Decoration

The children's sand pile may be
placed here, as well as chairs and
tables for the grownups. It makes a
charming and secluded spot for out
door meals and resting.
Dwarf Type Of Trees.
More and more is being done with
the "espalier" fruit trees. These are
the dwarf type of trees which are
pruned and trained to grow against
a wall. They may be used against
the house wall, against fence or
to make alleyways through the gar
den. They are decorative, both at
the flower and the fruit season, and,
because of the restricted amount OF
fruit, is unusually large and well
formed.
These are ideal against the bare
wall of the house, against the garage
or any other surface that cannot be
developed into garden. With the
branches trained back against the
wall, less than IA inches is neces-
sary for clearance, and the yield
from this small area Is well worth
the time and attention these trees
take.
Planting for production as well as
for beauty is the thing this year. 1t
may be that we shall not see the
lawns dug up and planted with po-
tatoes, as they did in the last war,
but carrots and beets make very
fine edging plants. tomatoes are as
decorative as rosebushes. and pole
beans will run just as we'll on fences
as they will on poles.
Each of these adds to the summer
dinner menu. takes little more eff
fort than the flower garden, pays
dividends both ways.
Look over your own property be-
fore the summer gets too far along.
See where some vines or green plant
ing would help the view. Then buy
vegetable seeds, fruit vines and to-
mato plants and decorate the land
scape with edible plants which you
will enjoy all summer.
Evening star., 1943-05-15

changes. We ask that member
boards of this association assist us
in any and every effort and every
possible way to secure justice.
Federal properties - In many
communities Federal acquisition of
property which becomes tax exempt
has greatly affected local revenues.
In view of the fact that in such COM
munities there is often an increased
burden on the schools and public
facilities, we believe that such tax
losses are properly chargeable as a
war cost. We recommend, therefore,
that the Congress take early action
to provide for payments by the Fed
eral Government and its agencies of
sums of money in lieu of taxes which
will at least be adequate to replace
the revenue lost to local govern
ments.
Home ownership - We believe
that the purchase of a home in time
of war is anti-inf1ationary and
should be encouraged by every
agency of the Federal Government.
Home purchases involve long-term
commitments by buyers which auto
matically remove a portion of the
savings of the public from the con-
sumers goods market. Moreover,
encouragement of home buying is a
well-approved method by which the
fundamental bonds of the family,
the community and the Nation may
be strengthened and patriotism thus
fortified and encouraged. Any reg
ulation by any department of Gov
ernment which discourages home
ownership is un-American.
Seeks Premium Holidays.
"War risk insurance-The War
Damage Corporation is now collect
ing S130 100000 per year in war-risk
insurance premiums. 1t would ap-
pear that the amount already COL
lected for last year is adequate to
take care of any damage which
might be incurred during the cur
rent year. We recommend, there
fore, that premiums for 1943 be
omitted. We recommend also that
war-risk insurance be made mutual
and that premiums paid and not
used to pay losses be returnable at
the conclusion of the war. We re-
quest that our Washington Com
mittee make representations with
respect to this question and, if nee.
essary, seek action by the Congress-
Disposal of Federal properties
Many properties acquired by Gov
ernment for war purposes are al
ready surplus. We recommend to
Evening star., 1943-05-15
100000 Tons Metal
Expected 10 Be Saved
In '43 by Use Of Wood
Employed as Substitute
In Long List Of Items
For Civilian Consumption

Use of wood in manufacture of
products previously manufactured
of metal will release to war serv-
ice more than 100000 tons of
metal this year, technicians of the
National L,fnber Manufacturers
Association estimated here. This
figure was compiled from reports
of WPB, Army, Navy, Maritime
Commission, Forest Service and
Census Bureau, as we'll as Of indus
trial concerns.
Statisticians of the association
found that on the average it is
possible to save enc ton of steel by
the use of 1000 board feet of lum-
Der. On some items. such as cast
iron, 1t is possible to save more;
on others, such a sheet metal, the
saving Is smaller
The volume of saving is compar-
able to the 1942 figure, but there Is
definite difference in the use of
the material Last year wood prod
ucts substituted for metal in con-
struction. Now the cantonment
building program, the shipyards
and the factories are all but COM
plete.
The industrial effort has shifted
from construction to production.
Wood is being used this year to re-
place metal in long list of civilian
products that have been largely
curtailed or discontinued. It is also
being diverted into essential war
uses other than construction.
Expenditures for construction last
year reached an all-time high of
$6,170,000,000. Had it not been that
timber replaced structural steel so
extensively, a building program OF
this magnitude would have been i'm
possible, the association said. The
savings of structural steel in roof
trusses alone, through the use of
timber connector construction, has
been estimated at 100000 tons.
Manufacture of some 1900 metal
items has been stopped entirely
Many Of these still are being dupli-
Gated in wood. Wood Is performing
some jobs it never has done before,
but in many instances use of wood
is not historically new. although It's
use is new in modern industrial
practice. the association stated.
Evening star., 1943-05-15
1920 Potomac avenue NV, to cost
81 200.

1920 Potomac avenue NV, to cost
$1,000.
James Wong, 2463 Eighteenth
street NV, owner; De Mund Engi-
neering Co., 721 Quincy street NV,
builder; Fred C. De Mund, designer; :;
to make repairs, 2463 Eighteenth
street NV, to cost s490.
L. c. Englert, 1904 Ninth street
Sc, owner; National Engineering
Co., Tower Building, builder; j.
Marcus Hallett, designer; to make
repairs, 1904 Ninth street Sc, to
cost $1,500.
Nellie c. Hall, 1454 v street Sc,
owner; Leon Chatelaine, jr., de-
signer; to make repairs, 1854 v
street Sc, to cost 81 500.
Roy G. Wilmington, 800 Bryant
street NE, owner; Roy o. Reid,
Garrett Park, Md, builder and de-
signer; to make repairs, 800 Bryant
street NE, to cost $500.
w. H. Sheriff., owner; w. D.
Spicknall, 821 Hamlin street NE,
builder and designer; to erect one
2-story brick apartment, 235 Penn
sylvania avenue Sc. to cost $500.
A. Koutris, 819 Sixth street NV,
owner; H. w. Turner, designer: to
make repairs. 819 Sixth street NV,
to cost $500.
Evening star., 1943-05-15
Tin Salvage Program
In D. {. Apartments
Jagged in April
Totul Collections
Here 246, $40 Pounds;
Drive to Be Pushed

Collections of discarded tin can
materials dropped sharply last
month, Horace Walker, executive
secretary of the District Salvage
Committee, reported today. He noted
that the largest decline was in the
apartment house collections.
Total collections amounted to
246,540 pounds in the District. Of
this only about 10000 pounds were
produced by apartment house resi-
dents.
"On the basis of 1000 occupied
apartment dwelling units here, it
would appear that only approx
mately Is per cent of the apartments
are participating in the program, y
he said.
Tenants Need Depository.
Mr.. Walker who has been using
all means available to get in the
scrap material" recently started a
special drive to get apartment man
agements to provide spaces where
tenants could deposit their tin cans
for collection. Though noting an in
crease in the apartment collections,
he said much could be done by
apartment dwellers to aid the cam
paign by few minutes of segregat-
ing the material and placing it in a
depository set aside for the purpose.
Mr.. Walker said today he recently
had been receiving an increased re-
sponse from apartment managers
and expected that by the end of
this month larger percentage
would be recorded
The Salvage Committee members
remarked that they ARE entirely
helpless to assist apartment dwell
ers who are saving their tin cans
unless the resident manager. or
janitor, puts the program into effect
in their apartment building"
Haphazard Disposal.
The committee, through Mr.. Wal
ker, reported there had been some
complaint on the part of apartment
residents that though they gathered
their tin cans and placed them at
the regular trash collection points
instead of going to the salvage drive
the cans were gathered in with the
normal household refuse.
Thousands of pounds of metal ma
terials are lost through this method
of haphazard disposal and the COM
mlttee has made the appeal for a
special depository in all of the
Washington apartments so that a
co-ordinated collection may be
made.
While the total collections showed
a 43,000-pound decrease, it is as
sumed that this is due, in a large
degree, to the rationing program,
which has reduced the production
of home-consumption products in
tin c.ns," he said.
Mr.. Walker however, added that
a number of apartments are doing
an excellent job in cooperating
with the tin can salvage program.
Complete information on the pro-
gram may be gotten from the COM
mittee headquarters by calling Re-
public 8488," he stated
Evening star., 1943-05-15

the administration and the Con-
gress that in the near future steps
be taken to create appropriate and
business-like arrangements for dis
posal of surplus Federal properties
both during and following the war.
1t would in our judgment be desir-
able to concentrate a disposal pro-
gram, so as to avoid the develop
ment of real estate Offices in a large
number of Federal agencies.
I'VE recommend also to the Gov
ernment that established private
businesses in the real estate field be
used to the utmost extent by the
Federal Government in appraisal,
management and disposal of its
properties"
Evening star., 1943-05-15
Lipscomb Mansion
OF Is Rooms, 5 Baths
Sold by Sondoz, Inc.

The large mansion at 1924
Massachusetts, avenue NV, Just
of Sheridan Circle, has been
sold to an undisclosed purchaser
through the offices of Sandoz,
Inc, Thomas w. Sandoz, vice
president, announced today.
Sale was made for William H.
Lipscomb and the American
Security & Trust Co., co-trus-
tees for the estate of the late
Rebecca Ross Lipscomb.
The structure has 16 rooms
and five baths along with a
four-car garage, Mr.. Sandoz
said.