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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-07-22
Frenchtown Local Union
No. l73 Shows lO0Per Cent
Increase In Membership
NEW YORK CITY RALLY
PLEDGES FIGHT ON
RACIAL PREJUDICE

New York City (ILNS). : Three
thousand persons attending a rally
sponsored by the Negro Labor Victory
Committee here adopted a pledge to
fight race hatred and discrimination.
81 pledge to meet the attacks of the
instigatOrs of race riots by cementing
the closest bond of unity between the
American people, Negro and white
Jew and Gentle, native and foreign
born, behind our Commander in Chief
for the total victory over fascist en-
slavement," the pledge said.
The pledge also included petition
to President Roosevelt urging him "to
speak out in condemnation of the fas-
ciSt incitement to race riots, which are
demoraliZing our people and diSgrac-
ing our country and flag
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-07-22
Unionists Propose
PdY Cut For Poll
Tax Congressman
Central Labor Union Would
Reduce Salaries 6011o In
Poll Tax States

Portland, Me. ULNS). The Port
land Central Labor Union has adopted
a resolution calling for a 60 per cent
reduction in salaries of congressman
from the SOuth's poll tax states
David Hastings, secretary, said that
the GO per cent figure was derived
from comparison of wages in Califor-
mia where, the resolution set forth
workers engaged in the cotton seed
and vegetable oil industry enjoy Il
wage scale of approximately 81 an
hour" and southern states where work
ers in similar lines receive Il wage
scale of 40 cents an hour"
The resolution was sent to President
William Green of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-07-22
Pldns For Sdlem
Picnic Reported
Well Under Way
Ehrhdrt Is Given Response
bilitY Of Providing A
Good Boil Come
TO BE HELD AUGUST 81
Three Months Dues In Ad-
vance Are Required OF
New Members

Salem, OhiO.-At the last meeting
of Local Union No. AZ, it was decided
by the Chairman of the Picnic com
mittee that Brother John Ehrhart
should assume the responsibility of
having a good ball game. Immediately
Brother Ehrhart challenged our neigh
bors at Sebring to fill the bill. He
claims he can put team on the field
that will knock the ears off of any
Sebring team accepting the challenge.
In case any other teams in the vicln-
ity would like Il chance to appear
please send your request to the Salem
China Company. The date is Saturday.
August 21 at Lake Placentia.
Progress is being made on the picnic
and everything seems to be rolling
along very nicely from the report re-
ceived There will be free ice cream,
for all sport events.
Chairman Pete Sanders and his COM
mittee are going to have a meeting
with the sponsors of the picnic, the
Salem China Company, to see that
they fulfill the company'S wishes. This
picnic is in honor of both the local
and plant on their % years of smooth
sailing. We know the picnic will be as
great success as our % years OF
working together.
All members take note, when you
leave the shop to take defense job
or retire from the trade please come
to the local and ask for q Withdrawal
card or honorary membership. If you
have five years membership in the
tinuOus good standing you are entitled
to honorary membership. If you con
tinue to pay your local union dues and
(Turn to Paae Tev0)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-07-22
No-Strike Pledge Is Reaffirmed
By Labor Unions In New Jersey

sentative that more speed would sbe
a major consideration in the disposal
of applications for wage adjustments
presented to the board.
Theodore Kheel, WLB regional
chairman, conceded that complaints by
labor against delays in adjudication
Of requests for wage adjustments had
been justified.
Governor Edison said nO-strike
pledge forms would be distributed to
leaders of management and labor in
individual plants throughout the State
for signature. "This promise is, in
effect, a pledge Of loyalty to the ma
ton" the governor stated. Il believe
that all persons will be happy to give
it,"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-07-22

Trenton, N. Labor and manage
ment pledged to Governor Charles Edi-
son that they would use their full
efforts to insure that there would be
no strikes, lockouts or any other work
stoppages in New Jerseys arsenal of
democracy for the duration of the war.
They also agreed that the duly con-
stituted agencies of the government
would be used in an effort to settle
all grievances and differences that
might arise.
Called by Governor Edison, the con-
ference, which included representatives
of the AFL State Federation of La
Dor, the State CIO Council, the New
Jersey Manufacturers Association and
the State Chamber of Commerce, was
told by a War Labor Board repre-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-07-22
Cdnonsburg Local
Elects New Officers
Members Urged To Give
Officiuls All Possible
Cooperation

Canonsburg, Pa.--LOcal Union No. 81
installed the following officers at their
last regular meeting: James Green,
president Charles Harris, vice presi-
dent; G. r. Rawlings, recording secre-
tary; G.: Wright; financial secretary !;
Ann Bender, treasurer, Rose Koplin,
defense secretary; j. SedOra, guard !;
Bob Stiesprihg, inspector; Ollie Balls,
statistician, lower shop: Art Hamp-
son, statistician, upper shop; William
DOnkin, trustee, IS months.
Members of the local should realize
these officers cannot carry the affairs
of the local by themselves. 1t is up to
each and everyone of the brothers and
sisters to get behind these officers and
help them with the problems of the
uniOn.-O.C. 81.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-07-22
Very Inter esting
Meeting Held By
Local Union No. IS
WhedtleY Gives Report On
Negotiations With Tren-
ton Potteries Co.
BOB YOUNG ON JOB
Harry Jones Again Named
Chairman OF Shop
Committee

Trenton y. J.-Local Union No. A.
held very interesting and well at
tended meeting last week. Members
were there who very frequently attend
and most of the officers were in their
chairs.
Vice President +. L. Wheatley gave
a splendid report OF recent negotiations
with the Trenton Potteries Company.
He touched on many matters of gen
eral interest and some We're discussed
pro and con with the aid of Brother
James Solon, who can always give
helpful advice
A meeting of Locals 40, 81 and a.
was held Monday evening. but to date
there is no report on same.
The auditing committee consisting Of
Brothers Birch, Jones and RoSSier re-
ported the books of the local in Al
condition. \ vote of thanks was eX-
tended the committee.
The shop committee met during the
past week and reelected Harry Jones
chairman. This is Harry'S third con-
secutive term on the shop committee
and second term as leader. He is
lea rning Il great deal and doing a very
fine job. At the meeting a case of IA
mixed job was satisfactorily settled
and also the case of used mOuldS.
Brothers Arthur FORESTER and
Michael ByZstricki were granted with
drawal cards and William Feeney was
suspended for lack of information since
aeaving the trade. Members leave with
out making any provision for their
membership, leaving us to make a
guess of what to do about them.
Financial Secretary Watson made
his quarterly report, showing 292 on
the roll, including 81 in the armed
(Tnrn to Pd0e Tev0j
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13
Aid Drive for Books

ZEN in armed services need more than uniforms
lVl and weapons and food to keep them going"
They also need morale-andif if they are to have the
best morale they must have comforts and recreation and
cultural materials.
That is why the Red Cross accompanies the army
and the United Service Organization was formed and
that is also why the 1943 Victory Book Campaign has
been instituted to continue until March 5.
The slogan of the campaign is Books for our armed
forces"
The appeal which is nation wide is sponsored by the
American Library Association the Red Cross and the
USO and it has the support and participation of the
National Education Association the National Grange, the
American Federation of Labor the American Bar Associ
ation the Chamber of Commerce of the United States,
the American Farm Bureau Federation, the American
Medical Association the National Association of Manu-
facturers and the American Council on Education,
TT IS likewise approved and supported by President
Roosevelt, Vice President Wallace and other public
officials and distinguished citizens.
In each community the public is asked to present to
the local representatives Of the campaign to the public
libraries any and all books which be spared for the
men in uniform.
However, the campaign will be failure, if not
disgrace, unless judgment goes with generosity.
1t should not be used laudable to get rid
of literary rubbish.
The men our merchant or naval vessels or in the
armys foreign bvouacs have interest in receiving old
amanacs or dry-as-dust statistical publications.
THEY know good books when they see them and they
i are entitled to have good books to read.
The Victory Book Campaign committee has formu
lated rule by which to judge the appropriateness of any
book one might consider giving
This is the rue-f it is a book YOU would like to
keep then it is book which the in the services
would like TO have
The 1943 Victory Book Campaign committee has
been designated by both the army and the navy the
official agency for the collection of books be distributed
among Americas fighting
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13

union is supposed TO supervise,
were dangerous and hard. The
union was just a shakedown and
an outside gangster was sent to
supervise the shake. And con-
tractors were giving Nuzzo
presents.
In August. 1899, after the
Thomas sentence, Nuzzo and
Wallace went to Atlantic City
TO confer with MoresChi, Bove
and the rest and Wallace
brought along II gorillas from
Jersey City. oStensibly as body
guards at $50 a day each, and
expenses.
The Newburgh suckers, toiling
In the tunnel, paid $1,700 for
this outing OF two days. In
February. 1910, Nuzzo and Wal
lace went to Washington 10 meet
Moreschi. Bove and the rest Of
the muscle, on a similar problem.
THIS time they had eight
Il guards. stayed four days and
billed the chumpS for S1.500.
Another time, Nuzzo gave Wal
lace 5000 to buy a car and at
other times he gave him $4, 900
for general expenses" in addi-
tion to his pay and fixed eX-
penSes.
In December, 1899. Wallace
and the mob went TO a brawl in
honor of George Meany, who sits
with William Green, in the
council of the AFL and Wallace
was stabbed. He and NuzZo then
went to Florida and Nuzzo
tapped the union till for $500 for
Wallace TO help him recuperate
in the night clubs and at the
race track. NuZZo Swore that
Bove authorized this present
Bove is still a big shot in the
executive board of the Interna-
tional Hod Carriers, Builders
and Common Laborers' Union Of
America. a dirty racket which
has extorted millions of dollars
from workers on war construc-
tion jobs, highway improve
ments and the like for years and
years.
Copyrighted by United Features synd, Inc.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13

March Of Events
BY Benjamin DeCasseres

country where verboten Is
scrubbed over everything human
and Spontaneous--Germany.
Write, protest TO your con-
gresham and your state legis-
lature against the return of the
infamous wood alcohol era.
DRETTY nearly time that
Il some one came back at
Gen. Phil Sheridan, who said in
a speech at Fort Clark, Tex, in
1855:
"If I owned hell and Texas.
I'd rent out TEXAS and live in
hell"
Eighty-Seven years afterward
(that would be 1922 a Texan,
George Sessions Perry, lands
haymaker on the jaw of Sheri-
dan in his book, Texas: A
World in Itself (Whittlesey
Housed.
Here is a lively, cracking
story of the bad men" who
seem 20 be the founders of all
empires" of cotton folks of
Texas lingo, of the wide open
spaces, of the ranch country
and, Of course, of Jim Ferguson
and a fellow who is pic
tureSque' enough, l admit, but
whom I do not care much for,
"Pappy' O'Daniel
An early settler In the Lone
Star State said that If any one
came TO Texas from another
state and said he was not
fugitive from justice he was
looked on rather suspiciously."
I've never been in Texas, but
7 feel that General Sheridan
was all wrong.
After reading Mr.. Perry'S
book Id rent out hell and live in
the sta te that was good
enough for Sam Houston and
O. Henry.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13
SOLDIER BADACZEWSKI.
31Sth Military Police
Escort Guard Company.
Coolidge, Ariz.
TO THE EDITOR:

TO THE EDITOR:
TT IS evident that the victory
Il tax's early start IS plain lar
ceny and its doctrine an out
rage.
Although the treasury Itself
was warned against such an
act. the treasury agents went
right ahead with their repertoire
of sly and chady ShySter tricks
and whecdlcd thousands Of dol
lars i'm victory tax out Of the
American citizen that Shouldn |
have been paid until 1914.
/ am wondering Just how far
the congressional leaders Of the
New Deal are going with taxes.
and how soon the American
public will become aware Of the
wasteful spending going on in
Washington,
MRS. AGNES RICHARDS,
1893 Lorada avenue,
Flint.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13
JOHN X. CORCORAN.
205 Grand avenue West
To The Editor:

o me EdllOf:
NELL, well! I see by one OF
w the papers that unless we
have our tires inspected by a
certain date there is even danger
Of having our food ration cards
taken from US.
Where do you suppose we'll
bury our dead? OF course,
starvation being a slow process
and we being nation Of hoard
ers. that threat may turn out
10 be a thing for future genera
tionS TO worry about.
If it was purely the imagining
powers of a good reporter at his
best. then something should be
done 10 correct his train OF
thought but, if the threat is
from the master-minds that
keep thinking up ways 10 pros
per the printing business OF the
government, then il is time we
Informed our representatives
that we are always at our rest
when approached as intelligent
adults and not when threatened
as Subnormal criminals. :
A little more economical CO.
operation on the part OF our
leaders and a little less stand
ing over-us with a whip might
save lot of hard feelings end
distrust by the folks back home.
MADELEINE LARGENT,
4I02 Springle avenue.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13

To the Editor:
A LOT of Americans are hav-
~ ing qualms of nervous APP
prehension because OF the
seeming futility of trying TO
inculcate spiritual idealism into
the communistic mind Of Young
Russia.
They overlook the fact that
our Aown churchmen are ever
lastingly demonstrating with us
with regard 10 growing neo-
paganism in America.
The regime of the late Car
Nicholas was one of terror and
espotism - that has been
eclipsed only by Hitler Of Ger
many.
Tens OF thousands of iHno-
cent peasants-condemned as
nihilists - were brutally mur-
dered, or banished 10 Siberia
on mere suspicion.
II the Christian Church was
prosecuted after the revolution,
it was simply because the
church in Russia was closely
associated with the existing
regime and gave silent consent
10 its diabolical technique.
l venture TO say that there is
as much spiritual idealism in
Russia today as we could safely
venture to hope for in our own
United States.
JOHN X. CORCORAN.
205 Grand avenue West.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13

DEMEMBER, Thomas was
IL mobbed in June of '3S.
In September Of that year,
while a fugitive on the Thomas
charge Wallace turned up in
Newburgh as business agent of
Local II of the Hod Carriers
Sam NuzZo, the local boss Of
the union. now just convicted of
robbing the workers, says Wal
lace was sent up 10 him by
James Bove OF YonkerS, \. Y.
president of Local 60 and fourth
vice president of the big inter-
national union with headquar-
terS in Washington, d. {.
Nuzzo had never heard OF
Wallace. But Nuzzo says Bove
was the one who gave him juris-
diction over the big Delaware
aqueduct Job on the west shore
of the Hudson and that he had
to render accounts TO Bove.
That jurisdiction was worth a
fortune.
When Wallace went to Jail in
Jersey for mobbing Thomas,
NuzZo'S local continued his pay
nevertheless, although he never
was member of any union and
never worked in his life
In August, 1889, after he had
served time for the riot, Wallace
sat in with Joseph V. MoreSchi.
international president, Bove
and all the muscle of the inter-
national executive board at
meeting in New York 10 decide
a juriSdictional question. His
name is in the official minutes.
WALLACE was not Nuzzo's
w subordinate He was Nuz-
zo'S boss and Nuzzo swears that
he represented Bove. the inter-
national vice president. Nuzzo's
local was harvesting money
from 5000 poor suckers and
giving them nothing.
Working conditions, which a
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13
We Are All Soldiers, :
Let Us Be Good Ones
UU/s ARE All Soldiers Whether in Uniform o0e'
w aIlS or Shirt Sleeves"


The sentence above is from President RoosevcIts
message to Congress yesterday the budget 1t is
blunty and definitely and it applies to every Amer
can citizen and every United States resident who claims
the protection Of this nation.
We are all soldiers but not all Of TO face the
fact
Right here in Detroit persons who don't realize
II or who It.
They are the irresponsible few who persist in foment
ing wildcat strikes in war production factories.
Government agencies know pretty well who they are.
So do the vast majority Of decent workers who try patri
oticaly to keep war production at peak levels.
But seemingly nothing is done about these bad
soldiers and consequently, they become daily more and
more arrogant more and sconfu of and detrimental
TO our effort.
MAYBE that's because they in overalls instead of
wi olive drab uniforms,
They all presumably are registered under the Seloc
tive Service Act
Certainly they are not indispensable workers while
they continue to impede production by melting wildcat
strikes.
If they were actually in the armed forces would they
dare try out their twisted theories and subversve argu
ments on hardboiled top sergeants?
Hardly They wouldn't get away with it minute
and they know it
They should appreciate the truth of the presidential
declaration that we are all soldiers whether in uniform
or in overas
They should ponder the logic of the further presi
dental utterance yesterdays budget message-to wit:
Victory is achieved by the blood of soldiers, the
sweat of working and women and the sacrifice of
all our people"
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13

THE more food we send TO the
German-occupied areas of
Europe the more food Germany
viii have for her own people
and her own soldiers.
Even if the Nazis do not take
the American food out of the
mouths Of the French, Dutch,
Belgians. Norw egians and
Czecho-Slovakians, it means con-
serving for her own uses all her
produced food and all
that she is stealing from the
Russians.
Herbert Hoover did a great
job of feeding 100000 people
in the German-occupied areas in
the last war.
But / believe that that pro-
longed the war, for Germany
was really starved out by the
British fleet. and would have
been starved out earlier if she
had had to feed France, Belgium
and Holland.
l do not think this error
should be repeated.
Besides, the hungrier the en-
shaved populations of Europe
became the quicker and more
deadly their revolt.
Revolutions are born of empty
stomachs.
IF WE Americans do not want
\, a war within a war, We must
rouse ourselves against the
Shiny. serpenty efforts Of the
totalitarian "drys" (who are all
Hitlerites at hearU TO bring
back TO us the slavery, corrup-
ton and gang wars of prohibit
ton.
If you want TO learn how
slimily and cunningly these
enemies of sanity and freedom
work, you should read the arti-
Gle by Zeta Rothschild, entitled,
Can 1t Happen Again?" in
Town and Country.
To what a new low these
sponsors of murder, bootlegging.
poison liquor and gangsterism
will go, digest the following in
connection with the charge of
the "dryS' that our men were
all drunk on the morning Of
Sunday, Dec. Z, 194l, at Pearl
Harbor:
Even though the Roberts In
vestigating committee cleared
the military forces Of any inn
plicatiOn OF criminal negligence,
the drys continued TO spread
their innuendoes.
They (the JapS) had thou
sands Of our men In such con
dition they could not fight that
day. said Alonzo n. Williams Of
the American Business Mems
Prohibition Foundation in
speech at Charlotte. n. C., ac-
cording to that dity's news.
"'Was the japanese govern
ment advised by some of the
235 Japanese saloonkeepers that
Sunday morning was an ideal
time for a traitorOus attack be-
cause a certain percentage Of
our naval and military estab-
lishments were not fully fit for
immediate service due TO Sun
day morning hangover after
night spent universally In Japa-
nese and other saloOns?' asks
the National Prohibitionist. ofii-
cial organ of the Prohibition
Party. not heSitating to spread
the scandal"
The "dryS' are 80 shameless.
so dishonest so fanatiCal. SO
un-American in everything they
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13
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Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13
BAERlNG DOWN ON The NEWS:
Can't Get RNif HNcE
BY ARTHUR BUGS" BAER

sec that the New Deal FISH floating bey-up there
isn't chance Of the Congress getting bait back
But I thankful that finished with HAT
boondogging aSracadabra Among my from The
PWA are instructions on now 20 fold a beach chair
They tel this victory Congress will call spade
shovel without leaning The handle.
don't expect complete harmony nor complete disagree
between the White House and the Capitol But I do
expect Pennsylvania avenue dignity a boue
ward again. II has been bowling alley for 10 years.
., International Kesis Serve,
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13

I WILL tell YOU about Wallace
l. as he calls himself and then
tell you how he happened to
land in Newburgh as a business
agent of the racket known as
Local II of the Hod Carriers.
His record began with a con-
victlon of stealing copper worth
$500 in 1923 when he was l6
years old. Two years probation.
In 1924 ne stole an automobile
and got an indeterminate sem
tence. Paroled September, 1925.
In 1929 he got six months for
sticking up a lunchwagon with
a gun. He broke Jail and was
recaptured. In 1881 he beat his
wife and was charged with as
sault. Complaint dismissed. In
April. 1885, he got three months
for assault and battery. And, in
December 1898 he got 30 days
for throwing eggs at Thomas.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13
TO THE EDITOR:

HELLO Detroit:
IL This company Is composed
OF Hamtramck and Detroit men.
A few of them receive your
paper, which they pass on to
others. | really enjoy reading
the news from the home town
that goes for the other boys
also.
Who said we wouldn't have a
white Christmas? Believe il or
not, but il rained hail That's
the closest we could get 10 snow
and II really looked good.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13

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