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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-11-09
American Soldier Is Not A "Moocher"

The State Convention of the American Legion adopted resou
The capital Press"
len, Ore. carries his CONN
a at
hundreds whose sentiments changed
disturbing phase the whole that while
the
political
ITO be should also demand that all
ncheon without thought of membership fees
charges.
"The Legion has evidently made the mistake that others
tell the think
ut gain enlightenment by asking returned soldier if he wants
be odded moocher 1t will find he
citizen with fully developed sense of American independence and will
lone date.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-11-09
SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW
ARMY DIRECTORS JAILING

Washington, ID. c. ULNS). - The
L. s. Supreme Court has agreed to re-
view the conviction of conscientious
objector who refused to report for in
duction, thereby challenging the milf
tary membership of the Presidential
Appeals Board, which upheld his la
classi sification.
Willis Il. Giese, SO, former EN-
ployee of the War Manpower Commits
sion, has contended that the board
which ultimately reviewed his classi-
fication should have been composed OF
civilians instead Of military personnel.
Giese was sentenced in District OF
Columbia Court to serve from 3 months
to years in prison and the conviction
was upheld by the Court of Appeals.
The Court of Appeals majority ruled
that the conscientious objector could
not contest the validity of his Selec-
tive Service classification in court until
he had been inducted.
In dissenting motion, Chief Justice
Groner of the Appeals, Court held that
the mans classification should have
been passed on by civilians, declaring
that the classification by members of
Maj Gen. Lewis b. Hershey's staff
was Illegal.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-11-09
THAT CIGARETTE SHORTAGE

TT WAS announced last week that there might
be a temporary shortage of cigarettes. So sheep
like, the suckers rushed out and helped make that
prediction come true, by panic buying and hoard
ing of more cigarettes than they can normally
consume
This condition was tailor-made for the black
marketeers and cunning distributors seeking king
sized profits. Cigarettes went out Of the show
cases and under the counter from where, in all too
many cases, they were sold well above ceiling
prices.
Cigarettes are perishabe products. They dry
out rapidly and cannot be kept for any great
length Of time without losing their freshness and
tang. Yet hoarders are accumuating more than
they can consume thus depriving other users of
their normal consumption. If enlightened com
munty responsibility instead of animal selfishness
prevailed here at home the average smoker would
simply cut down his consumption for while, and
thus help the present supply to go around without
denying smokes" to others.
On the other hand real cigarette shortage
would prove beneficial to our national health. Cur
rent consumption is over ten cigarettes day,
which medical authorities claim is the demarka-
tion point where the smoker becomes an addict. A
little self-denial right the part of cigarette
smokers would end the shortage-and the black
market in cigarettes, in a hurry 1t also would
benefit public health
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-11-09
BABBLING BABSON ON LABOR

ROGER w. BABSON, the business writer who
writes what selfish business likes to read and
who has guessed wrong more times than any
other so-called economic prophet Of his times in
one of his latest blurbs says that when the war
is over, Labor will be weak and then the big
fellows can push the working people around as
they please
Labor today is powerful because labor is
scarce" Babson writes, "but later when the sup
ply of labor exceeds the demand, labor's power
will be nil.
''War Veterans will not be very friendly to labor
after their return. If Labor has enough sense to
keep out of politics and quit asking for any favors
after the boys return, very well. If, however,
Labor continues a postwar struggle for higher
wages, more power and other benefits, there is
bound to be trouble
So that's it, Ell? The campaign, which the
daily press is encouraging, to create i'll feeling
among the service men toward the working people
OF the country, is going to put the workers back
in slavery and make them like it?
What Babson forgets is the fact that the men
in the Army and Navy right now didn't come
from rltzy clubs or the mansions; they came from
the ranks of working people. What they want
most when they get out of uniform is jobs, at
decent wages and under American standards of
living They are going to become extremely un-
happy If there are not enough jobs, and they will
not smile pleasantly if wages are low and work
ing hours long and dreary. They want homes and
they want benefits; they'll want pensions, too.
Labor today is made up largely of the veterans
of World War One. The Veterans of this war will
make up the Unions of the future.
Snug Mr.. Babson had better look into his
crystal ball again.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-11-09
UP GOES LIVING COST

YES, FRIENDS, your cost of living is soaring
again. This time it is being accomplished by
shortages which force you to buy more expensive
articles, or go without. The facts come from the
Department of Labor, which has just finished q
survey of the clothing situation as>t effects work
ing people. Here is the story.
The shortage of cotton goods is more severe
than at any time during this 1t will con-
tinue for long time. The collapse of Germany
will not relieve it, for we will still have the Japs
to smash and that's tropical war to a great
extent and will require great quantities OF cotton
clothing.
In many of the stores surveyed by the De-
partment of Labor, there were no cotton goods
available. Other stores had only odd sizes and
styles, nothing in the low price line. The supplies
still available priced higher than before. Cheap
house dresses or yard goods for home sewing are
rare The shortage of mems and boys underwear,
work clothing, school shirts infants clothing, per-
Gale yard goods sheets and pillow cases, is acute
The textile industry, one of the low-pay groups
that is still fighting to keep wages under the
poverty line, is having difficulty getting workers
Production probably could be increased consider
ably If wages were upped enough to attract help
That won't happen however, SO long as the indus
try can prevent it. Meanwhile cotton prices paid
to the wealthy southern plantation owners, have
been given boost
The best information available is that it will
be from one to two years after Germany collapses
any price.
How does this effect your cost of living? Any
body but a government statStician Interested
solely in making the Little Steel formula look
good, knows the answer 1t forces working people,
to buy cotton substitutes, of poor quality, at much
higher prices Your wages are frozen; profits
are not.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-11-09
LABOR PLEDGES BACKING
TO JEWISH PALESTINE

Atlantic City, n j. GLNS) The
Zionist Organization of America was
told in message that the members OF
the American Federation of Labor
stand solidly in support of its effort
to establish Jewish national home in
Palestine
The message, from AFL President
William Green, was read at sessions
preliminary to the 47th annual con
vention. Ii said "the AFL is deter
mined to see that Jewish Common
wealth is established with no strings
attached by Great Britain or any other
power.
James r. Carey secretary of the
Go, sent word that his organization
extended its full support to the jew
ish people in their battle for equal
rights, and pledges to do everything
in its power to help put an end to the
plague of -Semitism."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-11-09
UNORGANIZED AND IN POVERTY

4NE-THlRD of American working people are
- receiving less than 60 cents an hour. -Four
million workers are not getting the lawful mini
mum wage OF 40 cents an hour because so many
employers are chiseling on them These are facts
announced a few days ago by l.. M. Walling, ad-
mnstrator of the Wages and Hours Act
Another fact that Mr.. Wallng did not bring
out is that nearly all Of these poverty victims are
unorganized; they have no Labor Unions When
and if they organize their wages and working
conditions will improve Not even the power of
the federal government seems able to protect
them from chiseng employers so long as they
remain outside the fold Of Labor
Wallings announcement punctures the bunk
of the daily newspapers that the workers are roll
ing in wealth, these days. The average wage of
all workers, including their much publiczed over
time, is less than $40 a week How would you
like to go back to the days of the 40-cent an hour
wage? Think it over
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-11-09
PLUMBER NAMED OFFICIAL OF
NEVADA LABOR FEDERATION

Washington, d. c. QLNS) = The
Journeymen Plumbers and Steam
Filters Journal extends congratula
tions to ii. A. Foregeron, business
agent of Local 525, Los Vegas, New
ada, United Association of Journey
Plumbers and Steam Filters, recent
ly unanimously elected secretary
treasurer of the Nevada State Fed
Grafton of Labor. The Journal ex
presses confidence that Forgeron will
demonstrate outstanding ability in his
new position and adds that members
of the plumbers organization will
watch his progress with interest.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-11-09
SAFETY MOVEMENT GETS RESULTS

THE LIVES OF $4,000 Americans have been
saved since the national safety movement be-
gan in 1913, it is revealed in the 1914 edition of
Accident Facts" the statistical yearbook of the
National Safety Council
A box score of accidents contained in the book
shows that the death rate has been lower than
for 1913 each year in the 30-year period from
1914 to 1914 except for 1917 and 1886. In 1913
the rate was S5.5 per 100000 population. Last
year it was 1928.
During the triple decade there were 2,S08000
accidental deaths. If the death rate had been as
high each year as it was in 1913, this death toll
would have been 3,1l9,000
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-11-09

A 17-year-old girl was found murdered in a
Washington park recently, and marine is
charged with the crime
This seems to present problem which is
stumping the experts. Some of them opine that
parents ought to TALK to their daughters before
they come to Washington to work for the govern
ment; others believe supervision by other experts
would prevent such gongs-on.
Back in the home town 17-year-old girls-or
boys, either, for that matter-are not considered
and everyone in town more or less
takes part in protecting them from such evils as
exist even to the extent Of eliminating some of
the evils which might constitute pitfalls for the
unwary.
But when they leave their home towns and
come to a war town, filled with service men and
strangers, some of these adolescents, quite natur-
ally perhaps, follow the line of least resistance.
And that-again, quite naturaly-leads in only
one direction.
What excuse can anyone offer for recruiting
l7-year-old girls for work in government depart
ments and war agencies away from their home
We have not yet reached the point
Of sending l7-year-od boys into the armed serv-
ices, and there is in our opinion, less excuse for
sending 17-year-old girls into war service.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-11-09
Cunudidn Labor Hollis MIRA Drumu

the
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada the Moral Re Armament ndstIa
audience of oQ including 600 delegates their wives and local unonsts
Federation of Labor and President Of the United Textile Workers America
A.
headed President
Council Chairman
Il
he
a
contribution
md Nl0riHrp
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-11-09
UNION INCREASES MEMBERSHIP

Others attending from the Congress- which @ this year almost doubled its
United Association of Plumbers and seamfters Frank Hall of the Brother
General Chairman
Division Railway
Convention Miss
Union Chairman
canadian labor
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-11-09
THE
CHERRY TREE

Where With Our Little Hatcher
Ne Tell the Truth AbOut
Many Things, Sometimes Pro-
fOundIy, Sometimes FIippaniy
and Sometimes ReckIessiy.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-11-09

James M Duffy o. Box 6. East Liyepool Ohio
Wheay Broad
Bank Building, Trenton s. New Jersey.
Pacific Blvd, huntington
Park Calf. ,
Saven, Cannons Mills East Liverpool
Ohio Avenue Trenton g.
Meoe Avenue Trenton g.
New Jersey. :, :,
PedentGeorge 2l5 W. Fourtn
Liverpool. Ohio
PresdentChaes Jordan l76 East
Sebring, Ohio Wy,
Presiden-Joshua Chadwick
Virginia.
TreasuJohn d. McCIvray, r. u East Liver
pooOh
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-11-09
INDUSTRIES REPRESENTED


the audience Cana1a
cmded heads such organizations General
Shell Unionists
cooperation needed full postwar employment and lay the foundation
o
The FORGOTTEN Factor written and produced by the casts of the
al
a
invaluable
understanding between
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-11-09

Demand the Union Label,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-11-09

GENERAL WARE STANDING COMMITTEE
LYNCH, W. A. BEIA
JOHN McGLIIVRAY LOUIS PlESLOCh r. HAiNo
CHINA WARE STANDING COMMITTEE ~ ,r,r,
Manu- X. KOOS, III. M. WALKER, W. A.
Operatiyes CLARK, H. HAISLOP. CHARLES JORDAN
DECORATING STANDING COMMITTEE n,n p,v
ROBERT DETZ, MARtIAREI f~A
BROOKES, w. A. BETZ
Operatives JAMES SLAVEN, HUGO MILLER ROLAND HokIoN
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-03
Helping Discharged Veterans Get Back TO Work
Is Big Part Of Se|eCtive Service SYSTEMS Duties

employment situation in their own
communities.
The Congress, in the Selective
Training and Service Act, instruct
ed the Director of Selective Service
to set up a personnel division to
supervise veteran unemployment.
Such division was established, al
though to avoid confusion as to it's
specific functions, it was named the
Veterans Personnel Division"
This division determines the over
all policies for operation of the Sc
lective Service Veterans Assistance
Program.
The program in the states is I'M
der the direction of the governors,
who have generally delegated to the
State Directors of Selective Service
the duties of administering it.
Local Boards Handle Program.
Actual operation of the program,
however, will remain with the Sc
lective Service Local Boards-some
SAB of them-in conformity with the
decentralized procedure which has
characterized the Selective Service
System since its inception four years
ago. At least one unemployment
committeeman" has been attached
to each of the local boards to assist
in the work of veteran reemploy-
ment
These committeeman are individu-
ais who are well qualified to know
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-03

Should he not wish to employ his
own counsel, the veteran may bring
the case to the attention of the Unit
ed States District Attorney.
The discharged veteran who had
no job when he entered the service,
and who now wants one, or the vet
eran who had a job when he was
indicted but now wants a new one
rather than to return to his former
position, also will find the Selective
Service System ready to help him.
When the veteran who wants a new
job is discharged, he should report
to his local board and explain his
desires. All of his qualifications will
be considered and he will be turned
over to one of the boards reem-
ployment committeeman.
If the job desired is in an industry
other than railroading, the commit
teeman will take the veteran per-
sonally, or will arrange an appoint
ment for him, with the proper rep
resentatives of the Veterans EN-
ployment Division of the United
States Employment Service, an
agency with some 1900 offices in the
nation which has been planning this
service for number of months. The
USES. officials will carefully con-
slider the veterans desires and his
qualifications. This agency main
tains records of all different types of
jobs that are open and is in a posi-
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-03

ton to advise the veteran of the
opportunities available in them.
A Job for Every Soldier.
The Selective Service Local Board,
even then, will not consider that its
responsibilities to the veteran have
ended, but will keep following the
case and using every effort to see
that he is placed in job.
In each state, the United States
Employment Service, under the War
Manpower Commission, has appoint
ed veterans representative who is
supervising the employment inter-
ests of the veterans at the local Of
fees of the USES. A local veter-
ans employment representative has
been designated in each employment
office to perform at the local level
duties similar to those performed
by the state veterans employment
representative at the state level.
Since the United States Employment
Service maintains contacts with en-
ployers throughout the country, it is
in an advantageous position to as
sist the veteran.
Some returning veterans doubtless
will prefer a job with the Federal
Government. In such instances, the
veterans Selective Service Local
Board will refer him to the nearest
United States Civil Service office or
any first or second-class postoffice
where all necessary information
may be obtained. A veteran is en-
titled to five points preference in an
examination for appointment and
veteran with service-connected dis
ability is entitled to 10 points.
Assistance to Farmers.
Whenever a veteran is interested
in establishing himself in an agricul-
tural activity, he will be referred to
the County Agricultural Agent who
is qualified to explain the benefits
available to the veteran who de-
sires to make career of farming, or
is interested in its associated job
opportunities.
The War Food Administration,
through the cooperative Agricultural
Extension Service, has arranged for
advisory groups in each agricultural
county which will give advisory as
sistance to all veterans interested in
agriculture, and who express need
for assistance.
Such assistance will include advice
as to types of farming. amount OF
capital required, sources of credit,
size of units necessary to maintain
satisfactory standards of living,
sound operating policies and SINH.
lar matters as well as current job
information.
In summary, good advice to the
veteran, regardless of the nature OF
his problem, is this: Take it up first
with your Selective Service Local
| Board,
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-03
Expect Less Than
Half to Cast Vote

The Gallup poll indicates that
there will be a drop of 10 million
in the vote in the national election
this year. That would mean only 40
million ballots cast out of possible
88 million.
In the Wisconsin primaries where
Willkie staked his presidential
chances, only SO per cent of the
people bothered to go to the polls.
In New Jersey, with the exception
of one county mayor Hague's BALI
wick) only Is per cent of the regis
tered voters went to the polls in the
recent primaries. In New York state,
the votes dropped from 6,279,OO0
in 1910 to 100000 in 1913.
This year there are 44,043, 1859
American men of voting age. Nearly
nine million of these are now in the
armed forces and it will be hard to
do anything at this late date to
stimulate them. Therefore, the
greater responsibility devolves upon
the members of service families at
home who can exercise their fran
chise.
Five million families have moved,
following war industries Some of
these have lost their votes but others
can establish new residence or regis
ter and vote by mail in their home
towns.
There are millions of first voters
coming up; this year 100000 more
women than men are eligible to vote
and women are laggard about car
rying out this function. This year
there are great issues at stake and
Americas is one of the few free
elections going on in the world.
So much for the bed rock facts
about voting.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-03
Bag of Sponges Used
AS Proposal of Marriage

If you came down for breakfast
one morning and found on the
table a silken net containing 81
sponges, what would you think?
Probably that the unknown donor
had been to the Black Market, be-
cause sponges are almost I'M
obtainable now.
But there is an island where, if
you received such a present, you
would know that one of your girl
friends, 81 years old, was asking
you to marry her.
Most of the worlds supply
comes from the Mediterranean
from Tunis, Crete, Cyprus, and
Lampedusa, to quote only few
places. Supplies are also obtained
rom the Bahamas and Florida bay.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-03
FIRST STEP in leaving the army

FIRST STEP in leaving the army
is this desk, where soldiers turn in
their Identification tags and such pa
pers as their service records, special
orders, pay and deposit books. All
men to be discharged will 60 through
this process, which will no doubt be
a joyous experience to most Of them.
Forty-eight hours later, they will be
free civilians again. As soon as
they reach home, they report to
their Selective Service local boards,
where they will be assisted in get
ting their old jobs back, or in OBJ
tanning new ones.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-03

One of the great Magyar crops in
Middle America is manihot, or tapi-
oca, made from the starchy root
yucca. Centuries ago the Mayas
learned how to crate the root and
squeeze the pulp in basketry press
and thus remove the toxic Juice,
how to press the pulp into cakes and
heat them until all the remaining
volatile poison was driven out. The
end product was cassava bread,
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-03
Kaiser Backs Drive for
Large Turnout at Polls
Election of Enterprising Officials Assures
Program for Full Productivity, Famed
ShipbuiIder Tells Countrymen.
BY BAUKHAGE
RetUs Analyst and Commentator.

Now what about this job business
that voters have so much to do with?
Mr.. Kaiser's views on this subject
will startle a lot of people.
But they will not startle many
of the members of the fraternity Of
big businessmen who, like Mr..
Kaiser, know that their bread is but
tered with the same spread that
covers the slice in the working
mans dinner pail.
Mr.. Kaiser believes in three prin-
ciples:
l. High wages. (This is a hot one
for the old-fashioned tycoon to swal-
lowD
2. Increased production. Chat
isn't so terrifying.)
3. Low prices. (Another bomb
SHELLY
These are necessary, he believes,
to full employment which is in turn
vital not only to prosperity but the
only escape from depression, dis
sension and war.
And what, I asked Mr.. Kaiser,
are the things which we have to
have to achieve full employment?
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-03
B r | E F S. .. by Baukhage

Pineapples weighing 20 pounds are
common IN the New Hebrides is
lands in the South Pacific, reports
the Associated Press.
German school children have one
or two days a week leave from
school in order to collect straw
berry and raspberry leaves and
camomile flowers for the production
of a tea substitute.