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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-12-14
81 AN HOUR WAGE RATE NOT TOO HIGH

SOME reactionary newspapers are literally tear
ing tner hair over proposal before Congress
20 raise the present minimum wage rate OF AZ
cents an hour to 90 cents. 1t might be imagined
from the vehemence of the protests that the very
pillars of the nation were being undermined
The only objection that may reasonably be
ased against the 65-cent proposal is that it is toe
modest. That was the contention OF spokesmen OF
organized rail workers who testified before q
Senate committee considering the legislation
They insisted that a rate of 81 an hour is about
The smallest this country can afford If after the
war American workers are to live in decency and
The nation is to have the buying power necessary
TO prosperity.
1t is estimated that, with the defeat of the
Germans, overtime work in industry will virtually
cease. The elimination of overtime in manufac-
turing will cut So, 153000,000 from the wage bill
and that means corresponding cut in purchaS-
ing power available to buy manufactured prod
ucts.
A 65-cent minimum wage would not entirely
counteract this shrnkage. Careful estimates
show that it would add only 935,000000 to pay
rolls, or less than half the amount that will be
lost by elimination of overtime.
IL business men could be made to realize on
which side their bread is buttered, they would
Join with labor in its efforts to maintain purchas-
ing power, which is what the raising of wage
rates really means.
A witness before the Senate committee dis
closed that if the annual wages of underpald
workers could be moved up to the 1,500-S3, ,000
class, it would create market for some 7000,000I
where these products had never been
bought before.
Seven million refrigerators are twice as many
as were produced in the best previous year in our
history. 1t would mean twice as many jobs for
workers and more profits for theI
The fact that 40 per cent of American workers
are making less than 65 cents an hour should bel
of as much concern to business men as it is toI
labor leaders. 1t means that these millions OF
Americans are poor prospects Tor automobiles
radios furniture clothes and shoes.
Some business men do realize their vital inter-
est in the wage question. Charles E. Wilson, head
)f General Electric, has come out with'a demand
that prices be reduced to postwar levels and that
5he take-home pay Of workers be continued at its
present dimensions
When all employers take the same position the /
goal Of 60,000000 jobs which the President has
promised can be realized. Purchasing power is the
foundation of prosperity and purchasing power is
BASED on money in pay envelopes.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-12-14
POSTWAR WAGES

THOSE who have various responsibilities for
postwar plans are troubled about how the
national income can be maintained at high deves.
The total gross product from which /incOme is
derived is now about 1856 billion dollars. Our ma
tional debt is so large that normal postwar
revenues must reach new levels. The burden can
be spread more widely if there is full employment
at high rates of pay. The level of employment
will depend upon the purchasing power available
to buy the products produced and the services
available. If that buying is active enough to keep
products moving out of retail establishments,
high employment will continue
Wage-earners and small salaried workers buy
rs per cent OF the consumers goods and services
of our national production. While some war
workers have been able to adjust weekly earnings
to cover high costs of living, by overtime and
bonus devices, wage rates have been practically
frozen an initiation prevention policy Wage
stablllzatl0n policies and procedures useful IN a
period Of restricted production became disastrous
to the whole economy in period of expansion.
When Germany goes down, at least 40 per-
cent of war production will be stopped and those
production facilities freed for much-needed
civilian products at prevailing wage rates Tor al
40-hour week, and purchasing power will Begin
to drop Even if we have full employment after
full reconversion, if wage rates are not raised
there will be only 105 billion dollars to buy la
to / 10 billion dollars of consumer output
We should not wait for the reconversionI
period with its many production problems before
we modify our stabiliZation policies and increaseI
wage rates That adjustment should be made
now so that labor costs may be included in re-
conversion plans and prices.
There need be no fear of increased earningS,I
'or they will go into savings to purchase replace
nents and to provide more comfortable living asI
facilities are relaxed for civilian serv-
ce. Purchasing power is needed to sustain pro-
luction and thereby employment. Unless wage
'ates are raised we face deficit in national in
,ome which will turn us toward depression.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-12-14
HOUSE COMMITTEE BACKS
PERMANENT FEPC BILL

Washington, D. c. QLNS). - The
House Committee, by a vote of to
5, has approved bill to establish a
permanent Fair Employment Practice
Commission. Chairman Mary T. Nor
ton said she would press for imme-
diate consideration of the measure.
She said she would ask the Rules
Committee for action, and if refused
she would try to bring it to the floor
by means of petition. In such a
case majority of the membership
must sign the petition to achieve sue
cess.
Under the proposal 7-member
commission would be established with
power to prohibit discrimination in
because of race, creed,
color, national origin or ancestry"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-12-14
HOLDS SMALL BUSINESS
VITAL TO JOBS AFTER WAR

Washington, ID. C. (ILNS)-Wayne
Taylor, Undersecretary of Commerce
championed small business as vital
to postwar employment, in speaking
at the opening session of series on
management aid for small business
in the Department of Commerce audi
torium.
"We must have thriving small
business population if we are to reach
our postwar employment goal" P"
Taylor said. "It is estimated that
million returning service men and
women will go into business and agri-
culture for themselves at the close
of the war.
'To absorb the additional workers,
we must expand business from 80 to
45 per cent in the years Immediately
after the war as compared with the
1910 level"
Taylor recognized that uncertain
ties and difficulties of the reconver-
sion period lie ahead and he pledged
full cooperation of the Department Of
Commerce in aiding the proprietors
of small business. At the present
time, he said, the Department is issu-
ing pamphlets to help those launch
ing into small business and is anxious
for personal conferences with those
such ventures.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-12-14
LITTLE STEEL FIGHT

THOUGH the straddling, buck-passing decision
of the National War Labor Board SUSTAINING
in general terms the vicously unfair Little Steel
Formula for fixing wage levels, may appear to be
defeat for Labor, it is merely the first round IN
the fight. The struggle for justice for working
people will not be dropped because the board re-
fuses to face the facts. ,
There was one gain for Labor in the board S
decision. The cost of living figures furnished by
the Bureau of Labor Statistics were definitely
proven wrong Even the board, which has follow
ed the Bureau so closely, had to admit that living
costs have gone up farther than that agency Will
admit. IL corrected the Bureau figure of 255 per
cent by adding another 45.
Working people well know that the cost OF
living has gone up far more than 80 per cent since
January of 1911 No amount Of statistical num-
bo-iumbo by government bureaucrats can con-
vince Labor that the Bureau'is correct.
The officers Of scores OF American Labor
Unions are conducting this campaign to get a
decent wage for workers, for the members OF their
organizations These Union officers know from
experience that campaigns OF this character are
not won in hurry or with little effort They
understand the Importance and the difficulty or
their lob. but they are not discouraged The fight
will 90 on-and it will be won.
The workers of America are entitled to wage
increase reasonably in keeping with the actual
rise in the cost of living and the Unions are going
to get it for them.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-12-14
FINNISH RECONSTRUCTION AID

Stockholm (ILNS). - Sweden has
granted Finland credits for rehabili-
tation purposes amounting to about
100000 In addition to the food
credits already granted, it has prom
ised to deliver most of the goods
needed by the Firms for months to
come. Among these are iron and steel,
textiles, chemicals, salt, coal and
coke. Only those raw materials of
which there is a decided scarcity in
Sweden itself are excluded. While
Sweden has practically no coal de-
posits of its own, it has managed, by
careful economizing, to build up
limited reserves from previous inn
ports from Germany. The food de-
liveries which Sweden had earlier
promised Finland include 10000
tons of grain, 10000 tons of sugar..
and $500 tons of edible fats. Ship
ments of grain have already arrived.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-12-14
GERMANY AND PEACE

VHE NATURAL resources of Germany, its
machine tools and its chemical industries have
in past years provided other countries of Europe
with basic materials on which their economies
depend.
Germany has a closely knit population bound
together by language and historical tradition. 1t
has been a leading industrial country Pre-Nazi
Germany made valuable contributions to civiliza-
ton and culture. If we deny Germany opportun-
ity to rebuild its industries, cripple the nation
and erect hindrance to prosperity in other coun-
Ties.
Our peace problem is to curb the German lust
FOR aggression which in a short span has twice
plunged the world into destructive wars. We can
not establish lasting peace by repressng Ger
nanyS creative potentiaties or closing its
opportunities for progress
The experience, the ability and resources of
The German people should be put to the service
IF all instead of being used to dominate all.
Neither nations nor individuals can reach the
plane of full development until they dedicate
themselves TO service TO others
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-12-14
LET'S FINISH OUR PART

60 WE bought Christmas Seals last Christmas
- Good That certainly is doing one part OF our
part in the fight against tuberculosis, Waged year
in and year out by the National tuberculosis AS
sociaton to protect us against the disease. But
money is not enough
Perhaps we know quite lot about tubercu-
losis Perhaps we know people who have It, Per
haps we've talked to doctors and nurses about IT,
Perhaps we've read books, newspaper stories,
pamphlets, seen movies, heard talks on tubercu-
loss, but knowing, even knowing quite a lot about
tuberculosis, is not enough.
Our part in the fight against the disease IS not
done until we and all the members of our families
are periodically examined for the dlsease-perl-
odically, because tuberculosis, a highly comm
municable disease can creep ON as and be In an
advanced stage before any symptoms appear AS
early diagnosis is imperative for early recovery.
Our part in the tuberculosis fight is three-told.
First, we must be periodically examined for tuber-
cuosis Second, we must know the facts about the
disease, one Of the greatest killers, one of the
most serious social and economic problems, IN this
country. Not onlN know the facts, but use our
knowledge by lining up with the tuberculosis asso-
citation in all they are doing Third, we must con-
tinue to support the work Of the association by
our consistent purchase of Christmas Seals.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-12-14
Newspaper Launched To Mdrshdll
Facts Of World Reconstruction

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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-12-14
TIE MASK is SLIPPING

WESTBROOK PEGLER had better look out
(" His mask is slipping. Heretofore he has done
lot Of double-talking. He has skated close to the
brink now and then but he hasn't come out direct
~ and explained what's back of his continuous
TRADE The other day he almost gave his secret
away; he announced that democracy is commun-
ism, after all, and added this choice tidbit:
at begins to dawn that this version Of demOc-
racy is unfrendly to the religious teachings Of
those who are religious at all because all of Us
who have such feelings put family first.
"Why should the advocates of democracy want
to discredit the family
You see, Pegler swapping at the income
tax law he doesn't like the provision of the tax
law that makes the folks with big incomes pay
more than those with little incomes. He thinks
the little wage people should carry the load-but
that is contrary to democratic principles, so he
doesn't like democracy; he calls it communism
and says ii is hostile to the family.
No, it doesn't make sense. Neither does any
part Of the Naz doctrine. Except TO a few who
do not like the idea Of giving the wage Garner a
break.
PegleI's mask has slipped just trne, but he
mas given Us a clearer glance at the mug behind
il. Look out, Pegler your swastika is showing.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-12-14
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS

Congressman on the loose, junket-
ing in England at the expense of the
government, sometimes let tn e i r
tongues slip, and they can't be held
responsible for what comes out when
their mouths open.
Representative J. Parnell Thomas
of New Jersey, while sojourning in
London, heard there is shortage of
ammunition, and without taking the
the trouble to find out the facts, got
himself interviewed, declared there is
no excuse for shortage and laid the
blame at the door of our working
people.
'It is the fault of some of these
labor barons who have condoned
strikes in wartime" he told the re-
porters. He probably meant labor
union officials who have been unable
to keep their members employed and
who have struck for short periods of
time, in spite of their leaders.
Even the reporter-the English re-
porter-could have told this bright
United States Congressman that
there have been more strikes in
Britain and more man hours have
been lost since the war started than
we had here in this country.
The Congressman himself should
have known not only this, but he
should also know that we have pro-
duced more war material quicker
than has ever been produced before.
1t has been produced so fast that
about year ago high army official
announced that so much ammunition
had been delivered that it was "run-
ming out our ears"
The Congressman also should know
it is just now not shortage of mate
rial but largely a shortage of trans
portation. Our armies have advanced
so fast in France that transportation
facilities have been unable to keep
up.
Of course, with the tremendous
amount of munitions which have been
used since the invasion, there is now
much less in reserve and there must
be no let-up in production, but "we
0lo IL OCIOlC anu VIC Sdll uO IL dSdius
Congressman Thomas, when asked |
to name some of these heinous labor
leaders who are holding up produc-
tion of needed war materials, came
up with Sidney Hillman and Harry
Bridges.
Admiration must have glowed in
the eyes of the reporter when he
heard this. If the reporter had vote
he would have an opportunity to vote
for the dumbest candidate on the
ticket.
Even an English reporter, of
course, would know that Sidney Hill
nan heads a clothing union, and his
members have nothing to do with the
of arms. Except (and
his article needs little humor) the
arms of the coats they make.
AS for Harry Bridges, the Aus
,ralian leader of west coast long
shoremen, who up to now has sue
,essfully resisted deportation as an
alien, since Pearl Harbor no man in
,ur country has done more to keep
supplies moving to our fighting
'orces. He went all-out in the be-
ginning, and it was against his ad-
rice that Japan was able to get all
'ur scrap iron.
And again the Congressman was
lumb, because Bridges and his long
horemen have nothing to do with
rms production.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-12-14
USE OF CIVIL SERVICE
EMPLOYEES Is OPPOSED

New Orleans QLNS).-Ending its
convention here, the AFL Building
and Construction Trades Council de-
clared opposition to the use of civil
service employees by government
agencies on construction work.
Such work should be handled
throug contractors or by directly en-
ploying union building workers,
resolution adopted by the convention
says.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-12-14
THE
CHERRY TREE

Where Fifh Our Little Hafchei
NE Tell the Truth AbOut
Many Things. Sometimes Pro-
foundly, Sometimes Fiippnnfl,
and Sometimes ReckIessIy.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-16
Jap Planes
Grounded By
Navy Forces

Aboard Wee Admiral McCain's
Carrier Fogce flagship, Off the Phil
ippinos. Dee. lG - lAP) Shielding
General MacArthu'a Mjndoro island
land landu-, g. barge force of navy
planes TODAY kept the island m the
Philippines cut off from the Japan
ese empire l.r.a secnud day.
No enemy siiip and hardly al
enemy IiiIc mNVtd IN the north
ern Philippines without drawing
the attention of wee Admiral
NcCa.n'S carrier planes. From
carly yesterday, when tie
around the c'Dck combat patrols
began |holcrIng ave Luz"n, a
total OF 81 enemy planes has
been pal oiit III commission ur
to mid m0rnius today.
TWclNp enemy sca-Golng ships, l1-
Guiding one large troop transports
were sunk during the same pcrI.d
This is the inst time IN the history
of naval aviation that a carrier tas,
force has ever kept a smotherne
blanket Of fighter planes day anC
night uvcr any land mass even ap-
proachi.g HE size OF Luzon, 1ht-t
are approximately 100 fields on IN,
island, which is more than 300 mile.
long.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-16
Britons and Poles
Make Fresh Gains
On Italian Front

Rome. Dec, 10 (AIp British
and Polish troops renewed the at
t,ak southwest of Sucnza today and
aai,ed = lnothold ON the ridge run
ming between CeIlc ana IIdufa' AL
lied headquarters announccd.
Cellc is less than two miles west
Of F3cnza and below the Bologna
ranadian forces north of the high
,avtano]ed with the NaziS in severe
fisRt.ne and extended their 1 neWly
49,, brjdgehead acros the Maol3-
fia canal 10 5000 yards. In the llllf
armv sector fierce fighting conlInu-
ed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-16
Production
Frozen For
Civil Goods
Drastic Move Aimed
AT Large Increase
In War Manufacture

Washington, Dec. l6-(AP)
The Wa, Production Board,
in a drastic new move to meet
vital war needs, has ordered that
all civilian production be frozen
indefinitely at present levels.
The order, datcu December T. and
circulated within the Wur Produce
tion Board, but mot announced, is
designed Ia discourage The movement
Of labor from wan plants INTO peace
time activity While heavy demand
continues for some vital weapons and
material.
In erect. Il hold -thc-lili"' az
der en- production, tie ruling in
structcd the WEB staff neither
to incrca>" civilian goods pro-
duction above the level oi tli!s
quarter, nor to relax existing or
dtrs if increased output would
result.
The move wa based ON the theory
that the volume al civilian goods
now progrJmed is sufficient TO meet
"es,"utlu- requirements ana 4No'c
hardsHips on the home front. some
sIl9ht IctWuy for expansion "a5 Ieij'
however, by two mcchanIsnS pre-
yjdcd IN the order, which Wa Si9ncd
bv Samuel Anderson, WPBs vice
chairman:
l. The OFFICE of Civilian Require
ments. or other agency speaking t2i
..,or,,of nT thr domestic tCl0DNlN,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-16
Japs Lose
800 Planes
In Operation
Tokyo Says Violent
Sea-Air Battle In
Philippines Begun

General MacArthur's Head
quarters, Philippines, Dec. 10
CAP) "A huge 20-mile-long
American ship convoy moving
500 miles among enemy islands
OF the central Philippines, while
carrier planes knocked out up
ward of 300 japanese aircraft,
landed mechanical troops Fri
Gay on Mindoro, within 1855
miles of Manila, headquarters
disclosed today.
They aWar2nea ashore with little
loss
This boldest ainphibious stroke
OF the Pacific war, unlocking the
th1na while crossing to the west
sea approaches to cmbatt.SZ
ern side OF the archipelago from
leHte, vas completed with stun
hil@ case, but preparations Wer"
made for violent Nippcnese reac-
ton.
CIo.syo radio reported today, With
out Allied confirmation. that a NO.
lent sea and AIR battle already is
raging off Nndouo.J
IbrCe ,tspng DcacbHalds on SOUTH
era MHHd5fo were eFerrun at dawn
Friday by sixth army troops of 1t.
Gen. Walter Kruger, who were
greeted cEcltedIJ by FiIIpinos. the
Japanese baNl 3 He'd inland under
bo-mDardmaut Ut d~estr5yers and
f4NFtrn.tT ft,l4 I,na,I,lnal --
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-16
"DEEINITE o

washington, Dec. T3-IAFJ-BIIg.
Gen. Carlos p. Romulo, Minister of
Information of the Philippine Coy
ernmcnt, just back from the fighting
in Leyte, tonight described the ial}-
ings on Mindoro Island as "defiritc
proof that We are firmly established
on Leyte.'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-16
Action Is
By
The House
President To Give
Views in Statement
Now Being Prepared

Washington, Dec. 1G-CAPD
Speaker kayburn announced
to the House today that Prcsi.
cent Roosevelt had signed leg
lsIation freezing social security
payroll and p~aycheck taxes at
one percent.
The speakers announcement
VISA chccred by the House. many
OF whose members had stayed
here in expectation Of Il veto OF
the administrations proposed
legislation.
There was no message to the
Congress. The speaker eXnluin-
ed that d statement outlining the
Presidents views wa being
prepared at the White House.
Washington, Dec. l6. - (Ap)-
Trains and planes speeding from
Washington held the key today to
the fate of legislation pegging social
security payroll taxes at one per
cent.
On them were many House mem
bcrs heading homcHarj for the con
gressional Christmas holiday slated
to start formally next Tuesday or
Wednesday.
Baekers Of the social security leg
i~slation frankly Wcrc worried about
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