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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-09-07

Service will make available from its
allotted overseas rebroadcasting time a
period each month for each political
party, qualified under the statute, be-
tween early September and November.
The departments action was in con-
fOrmance with a recent amendment TO
the Soldier Vote Law under which, the
department said, .'the Army may re
broadcast political addresses over
goyernment-controlled radio stations
provided equal time, if requested, is
given to each political party having a
candidate for President in at least g
states"
The announcement followed the War
Department action August - in which
it first granted the Socialist party
radio time for an overseas broadcast
to troops, upholding the Socialist con-
tention that President Roosevelts
Bremerton, Wash. speech August u
was political address" and 6 hours
later withdrew the permission on
grounds it had determined that Roese
velt's Bremerton report" was not
political.
The latest announcement made no
mention of the Bremerton speech IT
emphasized at the start that short
wave facilities of the armed forces
simply were being made available to
the qualified political parties under the
soldier vote law. IT did not define
political addresses
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-09-07
DRAFT OFFICIAL DEGREES
PREJUDICE AGAINST MEN
HELD PSYCHONEUROTIC

New York City (ILNS)-Col. Arthur
V. McDermott. New York City head
of Selective Service, says that the re-
luctance Of many local employers to
re-employ veterans discharged from
the armed forces for "psychoneurosis"
is due to apprehension that such vet
Grams are either mentally defective or
insane.
Nothing could be further from the
TRUTH he emphasizes Save in ex-
ceptional cases, discharge from the
armed forces upon diagnosis of
psychoneurosis merely means that the
medical authorities of the Army or
Navy have determined that the ind-
vidual concerned cannot stand up un-
der the extreme emotional and physi-
cal stress Of combat training anil
service
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-09-07
Times Prints Reply
To Srneur Articles

New York (FP). = Proving that il
they wait long enough, even unions car
occasionally break into its choice
pages, the New York Times finally
printed a statement by Vice President
Walter =. Reuther of United Auto
Workers blasting a smear story which
it ran August is.
The Times admitted it had received
Reuther's reply a week before but said
that through inadvertency GD did
not receive appropriate attention AT
the time" The Times was reminded of
the statements existence only after
Reuther got tired of waiting and re-
leased it to another New York news
paper.
Reuther's statement answered charges
by General Motors Corp. officials that
JAW workers in Detroit were restrict
ing production. The GM charges ap-
peared in a series of smear articles by
Russell Porter, Times reporter. An
earlier story by Porter attributed SINH
lar production restrictions to rubber
workers was refuted by top War Man
power Commission and War Produc-
tion Board officials.
Reuther's statement said the GM
charges against labor 'are induced by
hatred of the union rather than by
sincere, patriotic motives at any time
and any place" Answering the GM ac-
cusations point by point, he said:
Further, it is ridiculous to assume,
first that the GM workers. with mem
bers of their families in the armed
services, are Withholding war prOduc-
ton; and secondly that they would cut
their own income by pegging produc-
tion.
The union can cite numerous cases
of army navy Els being awarded 70
GM plants and workers of specific
plants where the army's quota has
been exceeded and of individual contri-
buttons of thousands of GM workers
of war production ideas"
In conclusion Reuther referred to
the army announcement that 2O,0OO
Willow Run workers are to be laid off
i'm months ahead. obviously he as
serted "there would be no such layoffs
if the workers had not produced
bombers in more than sufficient num-
bers to fill the needs of our armed
services
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-09-07
McNutt Asks Extension
OF Vitul Services

Washington, ID. c. ULNS) ).-Recog-
nizing the importapae of many service
industries to the war effort, Chairman
Paul v. McNutt of the War Manpower
Commission has called for the eXten-
ton throughout the country of shop
ping and professional services in order
to reduce absenteeism among war
workers.
McNutt urged the extension not only
of community services but the installa-
ton of some services in war plants,
such as pickup laundry services, facil-
premiums, gas and electric bills, and
automobile repair establishments on
plant parking lots.
McNutt asked plant managers, mer-
chants, and local groups to cooperate
with VINO in its program to extend
shopping facilities.
Specifically, he suggested: adjust
ment of shift hours so that workers
large stores and small neighborhood
shops and services are open; establish
ment i'm plants of stores for the sale of
Il limited range of goods automobile
service stations on parking lots; laun-
dry and dry cleaning pickup and de-
livery service; facilities for payment
of gas and electric bills and insurance
premiums sub-post Offices; establish
ment of personal shoppers in plants !;
scheduled time off as means of avoid
ing unpredictable absenteeism eXten-
sion of store hours, with compensatory
time off for store clerks; shopping
services in stores to fill telephone
orders.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-09-07
LABOR'S NEW SPIRIT
l. M Ornburn Secretary Union Label Trades
Department, American Federation of Labor
| EDWIN MARKHAM WROTE:

he leans
Upon his hoe and gazes on the
ground,
The emptiness of ages in his face,
And on his back the burden of the
world"
From THE Man With The Hoe
When the late Edwin Markham
| wrote the lines of his famous poem
.The Man With The Hoe" workers did
not have the hours, wages, and work
! ing conditions that they now enjoy
The changes have been brought about
through the American Federation OF
Labor. Trade unions will be far more
necessary after the war than they are
today.
Leaders and members of organized
labor must grasp the new spirit OF
labor. They should be alert to the
progress that will be made in the new
day following the secession of hos
tilities.
During the postwar period, the pos
sibilities of organizing our returning
veterans as well as the men and
women workers discharged from war
industries into old and new unions will
be even greater than they are now but
it will require greater effort.
With the advance i'm science and ma
chinery, in order to create jobs for all
willing workers after the war, work
ing hours will have to be greatly re-
duced After munitions industries are
curtailed or entirely shut down, wages
will have to be materially increased
to maintain the mass purchasing
power necessary to absorb the prod
ucts of the production lines of the
future.
American workers should no longer
have to face the drudgery of 'The
Man With The Hoe" The man who
does the actual work should be able to
enjoy the benefits of new machines and
scientific progress. The hoe has been
replaced with modern equipment. New
machinery requires greater use of the
workers brains and skill.
In this new era, there is no better
way that workers can obtain the great
blessings of industrial progress than
by joining labor union. In what
better way can workers maintain
American labor standards than by buy
ing Union Label goods and using Union
services? They are the only methods
of buying back the products made and
the services performed by union
workers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-09-07

lliC lCSOlu
tion emphasized, may easily become q
means of limiting educational oppor
tunity and breaking down wage stand
ards if they are continued after the
Training Programs Backed
Earlier, the convention asked con
tinuance of the present emergency
training program, but on a broader
basis and more flexible schedule tt
meet the postwar needs of youths who
have taken war jobs before finishing
school.
In a resolution covering vocational
educa tiOn and rehabilitation the
teachers noted that large numbers OF
boys and girls under II had curtaileG
their education and recalled that in
to remain out of school so as to re-
ceive unemployment compensation
thus flooding the labor market.
The resolution called on all locals OF
the union to work out comprehensive
plans to meet the needs of out-0f
SC1lOOl IouSScStlOllS
the creation of statewide counseline
and guidance aid in cooperation with
organized labor and the U. S. Office OF
Education, under the supervision OF
the local public school system.
To Protect Opportunity
Joseph f. Landis, who was unani-
mously reelected president of the
teachers federation, said that the
union would protect American youth
against curtailment of opportunity and
would attempt to expand public school
services to meet the needs of the post
war period.
In short statement, President
Lands said that challenging year
lay ahead for public education EXpan-
sion in adult education, veterans train
ing and vocational adjustment would
result from reconversiOn and demObil-
izatiOn, he said.
Nationwide teacher shortages must
be relieved he declared. adequate
public financing and expanded educa-
tional facilities and services is impera-
tive. Present retrenchment heavily
mortgages the future of this genera
ton. Federal assistance must supple
ment local and state support of edu-
cation.
"The American Federation of
Teachers pledges itself to protect
present American youth against cur
tailment of opportunity and to expand
our public school services to meet the
challenge of the postwar adjustment
period. Learning and labor together
pledge defense of education in the
building of better America"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-09-07
Army Radio Time Is Offered
To Five Pdrties For Political
Addresses To Men Oversees
IN coNFoRMANcE WITH SOLDIER VOTE LA,

Washington, d. G.. 0LNS) Five political parties will be
given equal time the Amys radio facilities for
reboadca Of political addresses to the S. armed forces
the War Department has announced
The department listed the Democratic, Republican, Socialist
Prohibition Socialist Labor parties qualified to receive radio
time.
In provide orderly opportunities for members of the
information by radio
the coming election the Armed
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-09-07
Teachers Worn Of Danger To
Wages In School-Work Pldn,
Urqe Child Low Enforcement
PLEDGE TO MEET POSTWAR CHALLENGE

Chicago QINS)-Preservation of standards fixed by child
labor laws urged by the American Federation of Teachers
annual convention here.
The convention warned of danger the of school
work providing for the release of pupils during
part of the school day.
Unless federal and state child labor enforced and the
best standards for cooperative education followed
bes of this school generation will be unprepared for adult
sponsbities, a convention resolution said
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-09-07

We try never to forget that men are
dying at the front while we are com
planning about civilian sacrifices"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-09-07

Boost the concern that pays your
wages; or move on to one you will
boost
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-10
GOVERNMENT ACTS TO EASE
CLOTHING SHORTAGES

Shortages of lower-priced clothing
may be eased this fall A new textile
order designated TO channel approXi-
mately5 80 million yards of cotton
fabrics each quarter into the produc-
ton of moderately priced and low
priced items of essential civilian cloth
ing, was issued recently by WPB.
1t sets aside a certain, amount of
cotton fabric to be sold only to manu-
facturers certifying that it will be
used to make clothes within prescribed
price lines First effect will be felt in
fall and winter clothes, WPB said.
Covered by the new order are cotton
dresses and slips, blouses, nightgowns,
pajamas, shirts shorts, handkerchiefs,
rompers, pants and children's Oyeralls
and play suits. Labor has been press
ing for action of this kind for some
time.
Manufacturers also have been order
ed by WPB to increase production of
civilian work clothing, making over
four million dozen outfits i'm the next
three months and putting back into
production all items discontinued since
1912 Mems and boys bib overalls,
dungarees, work shirts and pants,
jumper jackets and banket-lined coats
and 1-piece work suits are included.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-10
MINE UNION TO HONOR
MINER WAR HERO

Harrisburg, Pa. (ILNS).-Recently
an Army officer standing before Il
silent audience In the First Presby-
terian Church of Finleyville, read
aloud: For conspicuous gallantry and
intrepidity at risk of life above and
beyond the call of duty :" Amid
quiet sobS from those who remembered
the curly-headed young man who
would sit in this church no more, a
grey-haired woman stood at the altar
while major general pinned around
her neck the Congressional Medal OF
Honor.
Thus the tenth Medal of Honor
came to Pennsylvania. to the mother
of Sgt. Archibald Mathies. who had
given his life I'm an attempt to save
his wounded pilot. Other tributes were
still To be paid To the bravery of this
Scotch-born Washington County miner
The United Mine Workers of Amer
ica planned Il memorial To their first
member To win the nations highest
award, and Sgt. Mathies' former EN-
ployer. the Pittsburgh Coal Co, an
nounced that It's new development on
the Monongahela would be called
MathieS Mine.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-10
COSMETIC STOCKINGS

Leg paints are better buy than
ever this year, Consumers Union tech
nichians found In actual tests of "a
brands The good ones look well and
are cheaper than stockings.
Buy only the water resistant brands,
GU advises. Others will make sorry
mess if you're caught In rain. Apply
the lotion in long, even strokes up the
legs, starting with the foot. BE sure
to fill in hollows around the heels,
ankles and the backs OF the knees
After the makeup has dried thorough
ly, rubbing with the hands will remove
excess powder and give the legs a
sheen. You may spoil the first pair or
two, but you'll soon learn to apply fine
looking stockings from a bottle.
Gu staff guinea pigs wore the leg
paints to work. where they were scru-
tinized and tested. The following
brands We're water resistant and didn't
rub off. (ltatings are In order OF in
creasing cost per. Ounce.) GimbePs,
Filene's Own, Perlac, Sutton, Lady
NARROW, Rose Laird, Chantry, Frances
Denney, Jacqueline Cochran, Tattoo,
Nina. Some Of the best known brands,
such as Helena Rubinstein's Aquacade,
Harriet Hubbard Aver and Lentheric
were rated flair" because they rubbed
off on clothing and were not water
resistant.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-10
ICE CREAM MIXES

You're not likely to fool your family
with an ice cream mix, Consumers
Union found In taste tests of II brands.
In blindfold comparisons with store
Ice. cream. tasters could tell the differ
ence almost every time. But you can
make pleasant tasting Ice cream from
some brands.
The samples We're prepared exactly
according to directions In Gus labora-
tory, and each brand was taste-tested
by a large number of testers. Two
brands, known to the tasters as A and
Il, We're included In each test. The
tasters compared the samples and told
also what they thought OF each.
Here are some OF the brands liked
best by Gu tasters. Figures I'm paren-
theses Indicate the cost per pint of the
finished Ice cream, including added in
gradients: Zip-Freeze, Zoe (20c), Vir-
ginia Dare, Zoe (2lc), Junket Freezing
Mix, &c (28c), Frizz, 33c (22c).
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-10
Pdid Vocation
(Confinnrd From Pa0e One)


of Operative Potters who had a years
service record in 1943 and also who
had ii years service record in 1914
was entitled to two weeks vacation
with pay"
Unable to reach an understanding as
to which party was right In their
Interpretation of the ru ng, both
agreed to confer with officials of the
regional war labor board in Cleveland,
seeking their Interpretation of the
directive
Following this meeting at which
both sides were in accord that the
vacation order is retroactive to 1943,
thereby assuring weeks pay in lieu
of the vacations missed In 1943 both
parties were unable to agree on appli-
cation of the 1914 paid vacations.
Hence the matter was delayed until
the wage parley in September.
Representatives of the U.S.P.A. an
nOunced Tuesday, the weeks pay for
1913 will be given employees as soon
as the payroll departments can COM
pute the amount.
The Regional War Labor Board In
June issued directive ordering the
paid vacation plan, following an 49,
month discussion between the WLB
and members of the National Brother
hood of Operative Potters, beginning
in 1913, when they asked for wage
increase and vacation with pay.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-10
BY BETTY GOLDSTEIN
Federated Press

Women shopping on Fifth Ave. in
New York City are stopping to watch
new kind of window display, life
along the whole front of Lord X Tay-
lOr, swanlly department store. The
first is i'm a kitchen. A mother dressed
in slacks and a frilly apron is putting
the finishing touches on the filling for
pie while a little girl in sun suit
stands by helping and grandma sits
on rocker and shells peas for dinner.
Your Vote Is Part OF The Food You
Cook For Your Family" the sign says.
The scene switches to nursery
where card reads: "Your Vote Is
Part OF the Care You Give Your
Children" then to chain store with
shelves well-stocked with ripe peaches,
oranges and canned goods Your Vote
Is Part OF The Shopping You Do For
Your Family" the sign says The
fourth scene shows the mother getting
brother and sister ready to leave for
school and the sign says: Your Vote
Is Part OF The Education You Give
Your Children
Reason for the display is explained
i'm each window: 5000 of the Estir
mated Electorate This Year Will Be
WOMEN" Posters proclaim the com
ing of primary day, registration day,
election day, with "Iour Ballot Has
the Power to Eelect the Congress You
Want, TO Decide the Peace You Want.
Use Your Power. Vote!
When high-powered store executives
play up politics for the women's trade,
it's not only citizenship, it's smart
salesmanship-and it must mean that
women are i'm politics to stay. On
which labor agrees with this manage
ment
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-10
100000 BALLOTS SENT
TO MERCHANT SEAMEN

Washington, ID. G. (ILNS).-All
merchant marine personnel is being
given the means and opportunity To
vote i'm the 1914 elections, unless the
military situation prevents, the War
Shipping Administration said. Plans
formulated under provisions of Public
Law 277, 18th Congress are intended
to enable every eligible merchant sea-
man, whether afioat or ashore on "a
war mission to exercise his franchise.
The VISA Is distributing 100000
Federal war ballots for use of the sea-
men outside of continental United
States. With these, merchant seamen
who qualify under the federal and
state law, and whose home states per-
NIT, may vote I'm the general election
Nov. z for President, Vice President,
Senator and Representative I'm Con
gress. Voting by federal ballot will
take place after October 1.
To meet the earlier election dates in
primaries and special elections, distri-
button of 100000 post card applica-
tions for state absentee ballots was
started by VISA April 27. All eligible
seamen receiving state ballots will
thus be able to participate in elections
for federal, state and local offices In
their respective states, VISA said
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-10

federal income taxes under the prOvi-
sions of section l010D of the Internal
Revenue Code and income tax provi
sions of the revenue bill.
This exemption from income taxes
was established by the AFL
through the medium of blanket ex-
emption in the year 1910. This exemp-
tion has been maintained from the
date it was first established by fur
nishng the Bureau of Internal Rev
enue with list of all incoming and
outgoing unions each year, thus keep
ing the exemption in effect from year
to year.
"The most recent acknowledgment
of the continuation of the exemption
was received from the Bureau of In
terna Revenue under date of Feb. Is,
1914
Therefore in filling out Form 800
you will make this notation in the
space which refers to the question of
exemption:
This organization is exempt under
blanket exemption secured by the
American Federation of Labor from
the Bureau of Internal Revenue In
1910, renewed Feb. Is, 1914"
Affiliated locals should, when they
receive the report forms from the col
lector of internal revenue not fail to
return it Immediately with the above
notation.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-10
Tips To Unions On
Radio Broddcdsts
Connot Refuse Unions Free
Time For Programs OF
General Interest

New York (FP)-RadiO stations
must under present government regu-
lations give unions time free on the
air to present labor's side of all con
troyersial issues In the community, In
GLIDING political election campaigns
Stations cannot legally refuse to give
unions free time for programs of gen
eral public interest or to sell them
time for programs Of specific union
interest.
Labors actual legal rights to the air
and tips on how to get time and use 1t
for political action are outlined in
Radio Handbook, a H-page pamphlet
just put out by the National PAC.
Pointing out that today more people
listen to the radio than read news
papers, and spend more time doing 1t,
the booklet remarks on the marvels
radio has done for business, and can
do for unions, If workers take full ad-
vantage of their right to use radio
broadcasting.
Under licenses issued by the Fed
eral Communications Commission, the
unions chances of getting time free
are just as good as getting paid-for
time, this pamphlet reveals.
Occasions when labor union may
ask for radio time and expect to get
it include the following when men,
Der of the union returns from an i'm
portant labor convention, or from a
trip to Congress or the State Legisla-
ture, for report to the community !;
when an officer of the international
visits the local, he should be inter
viewed as distinguished guest Of the
community; when the local has II
birthday, present radio celebration !;
when Il national Issue such as the
polltax, subsidies or the annual wage
is being discussed, present labor's po-
sition.
Unions should from time to time get
to broadcast programs about labor In
the war effort, its contribution to COM
munity drives, and post planning,
the pamphlet says. "And above all, In
this election year the local union
should be given sufficient oppOr-
tunity to present its views on current
political issues"
Stations have no legal right to cen
sor what the union wants to say on a
political question, and no right to re-
fuse to give the union time to answer
when labor or labors political pro-
gram has been baited In II program
broadcast by the station, the PAC as
serts.
What to do to get the station to
give or sell the time, what to do ii
the station refuses on tries to pull Il
censorship act how II local union can
protest unfair treatment by the sta
tion or unfair radio programs, when
to use spot announcements, straight
talk round table discussion, or dra-
matte skits on the. air, how to publ
cizc the radio program, Iand many
other questions are answered In this
booklet 1t includes suggested topics
for labor radio broadcasts and several
ready programs on political ac-
tiOn and registration.