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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-24
Membership Soddened By
Deoth OF Stdnis Ludwig.
Veteran Turner
PERSONAL MENTION
AnxiouslY Awditing Distri-
button OF Vacation Money
For Yecr Of l943

Wheeling. w Ya.-The membership
Of Local Union No g has been sad
dened by the passing, on Saturday,
August 10, Of Stanis Ludwig, turner,
one Of the 'old timers of the Warwick
China 60. His departure from our
midst marks the passing not only OF
an artist in his line of potting EN-
deayor, but one of the oldest and best
known Wheeling musicians Born in
Germany. August y, 1879, Stanis came
to the L. :. A. at an early age. and
was soon engaged in the pOtting indus
try. Thrifty. Industrious. and good
mixer, this longtime Warwick potter
will leave vacant space in the realms
Of music and ceramics. Peace TO his
ashes, and rest TO his soul,
With the news that Brother Clarke
continues i'll. after months of illness,
Sister Virginia Lewis. and Sister sgd
ney Porter being in the hospital. we
hope we have covered the casualty
list
The departure of William Lewis,
efficient and capable head of our print
ing department has seriously cripples
our production. We do not enumerarc
reasons for "Bill's" leaving, we merely
comment that there's always the last
straw that breaks the camers back"
We suppose that conditions here.
owing TO the war and the new ruling
about hiring labor are common in all
cities where war Industries are housed.
If Wheeling would make drive and
put to honest work all her squaw men,
touts and tin horn gamblers there
would soon cease to be any labor short
age With the advent of month of
racing at Wheeling Downs. this ele
ment Will be increased by large per-
centage. The local powers that be
might study with profit the axiom of
physics: Action and reaction are al
ways equal, and in the OPPOSITE
To inject a cheerful note into your
pessimistic peruSal. we are eagerly
awaiting the distribution of our 1913
cash. We note that the par
ticular brand of labor done by your
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-24
WORK STANDARDS RECOMMENDED:
Shipyard Workers Not Utilized To
Fullest Advantage. Survey Finds

Washington, ID. c. ULNS)-WithOut
the unprecedented and extensive use of
woman labor i'm shipyards, this coun-
try could not haye met its blue prints
and time schedules ON Liberty tankers
and Naval vessels Today thousands of
women are helping to build the ships
that slide so proudly down the ways.
These are the wOmen-the feminine
10 per cent of the industry's production
wage earners-fOr whom the Women's
Bureau, L. S. Department of Labor,
recommends employment standards in
a recently published bulletin on women
in shipyards.
Just little over 2 years ago the
subject and purpose of this bulletin
would have been, considered as fanci-
full as tale from the Arabian Nights"
comments the bureau in describing the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-24
Wheeling Scribe Suggests
Roundup Of Gamblers To
Relieve Mdnpower Shortage
NEW PLAN WORKING
IN CRITICAL INDUSTRIES

Washington fFP).-War ManpOwey
Commissioner Paul V. McNutt said
that the first months operation of the
priority referral program instituted
July | had proven success, particu-
larly in the employment of urgently
needed workers in the critical war in
dustries
The VINO made "a nationwide spot
check Of 121 firms in the must" war
items category and found increases in
total employment through operation Of
the new federal program, McNutt said.
Despite this good report. he added
still greater gains must be made if the
war plants producing critical mate
rials in the labor shortage areas are
to meet their manpower requirements
in the months ahead.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-24

Reciprocal trade agreements, init
ated 10 years ago in June, have been
a complete failure and offer no basis
for solution of our postwar interna-
tional economic problems" DR.. John
Lee Coulter, economic consultant and
former member of the United States
Tariff Commission, said.
Not only has the trade agreements
policy failed to achieve any of its pur-
poses, he declared, but revenue figures
indicate that it cost the country be-
tween $200,OO0,000 and $3OO,0O0,OO0
annually in revenue
Ten years ago." he said 'the Re
ciprocal Trade Agreements Act was
hailed as measure to provide employ
ment, stimulate exports, create good
will, preserve enduring peace through
out the world, and solve all the eco
nomic ills of society.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-24
Local Union is
Resumes Weekly
Meetings. Sept. !
Specidl Session Called For
Friday Evening To Vote
For AFL Delegates

Trenton, N. J-LocM Union 45 will
elect delegates to the A. F. of l.. con
ventiOn at a special meeting on Friday
| August 25. Every member should at
| tend this meeting and help i'm selecting
those best qualified for this important
| task
Beginning with our meeting on Sep
tenber 1, the regular winter schedule
of weekly meetings will go into effect.
Attendance has been very good during
the hot summer months and we hope
with the Inauguration of the winter
schedule, the same enthusiasm will
prevail.
Organizer James SOlOn gave a report
of meeting held with plant officials
and members of the Executive Board
in regards to securing machine for
the treatment of SilicOSis. 1t will be
installed sometime during October and
before any treatments are given all
men will undergo a physical eXemina-
ton and X-ray taken by specialist
for lung diseases
This procedure is being followed SO
any member now afflicted with silicosis
will not be deprived of his benefits
under our silicosis law which becomes
effective the first of the year. Full pro-
lection of the Executive Board and the
local has been assured in seeing that
no members job is ieopardized by the
examination. We wish at this time to
thank the management for the splen-
did cooperation we have always re-
Ceived in anything pertaining to our
members health.
Our shop committee reported the dis
pute over the ring setter. We expect
the tank man to stay overtime for
extra tank So to be fair to these men,
anyone making over the price Of six
gallon tank will put in overtime for
the extra work
Using obscene and vulgar language
cost a former persistent violatOr of
our union laws fine of six months
dues. The fine has been paid and we
hope in the future he will show our
officials the same respect and courtesy
we demand they show members.
In the past officers of the Health
Fund have been appointed by the man
agement. Under the new set-up the
president of the local will apOint two
members of the local to serve on this
with him during his term
of Office. President Harry Jones has
named Al Davis and James Dermody
as his aides-O. C.. 40.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-24

phenomenal changes in shipyard per-
SOnnel.
Vital Problems Covered
Citing the pre-Pearl Harb0r cOndi-
tions in one of tOday's largest woman
employing shipbuilding corporations, it
states that this firm did not accept
women even as Office secretaries, and
the lone woman telephone operators
were facetiously reported as being
kept under lock and key"
"The first woman to enter the ship
yards-an industry bound in the ira
ditiOn of dirt, sweat, and rough and
tumble-were greeted with hOOting and
whistling," declares the report. This
was not surprising, for the need to
employ women was not realized and
accepted till the very last moment,
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-24
Western Electrics
Dummy Is Ditched
Labor Board Deuf To Com
punys Plea: Decision Vic
tory For Mdchinists

The National Labor Relations Board
this week refused To fall for the argu-
ment that ditching of a company
union" would disrupt the war effort"
That argument was raised by the
Western Electric Company in a des-
perate effort to save the dummy"
union at its big Baltimore plant,
known as the Point Breeze Employees
Association"
The board dismissed that alibi as
pure speculation" and ordered custer
of the ''phoney' association on the
basis of evidence showing it was COM
pletely controlled by the management.
The boards action was a big victory
for the International Association Of
Machinists, which filed the charges
against the company more than year
ago.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-24
Proceeds Will Be Turned
Over To Boosters Club To
Aid Boys In The Service
EHRHART WINS SIS BOND
Rdin Forces Committee To
Omit Race Program At
Annual Outing

Salem, OhiO-Local Union AZ met
in regular session last Friday evening
with very good attendance. Lively
discussions followed several reports
made by committees of conditions on
the shop. No doubt the war is largely
to blame for some of these conditions,
but attention was called to the neces-
sity of contracting your shop commit
tee when any controversy arises.
The picnic committee in making
their report of our annual outing over
looked nothing in the way of an ex-
PLANTATION, even had an answer for
those who took them to task for the
dOwnpour of rain which marred the
races on the days program. The com
mittee members, who by the way are
real victory gardeners, stressed the
need of rain for their crops. After
listening to their explanation of why
it must rain all were of the opinion
that it is better to eat than play
Brother John Ehrhart was the lucky
winner of the gate prize, a S2500 war
bond.
1Hfee new members were ODilSateu
and their names added to the roll
three Withdrawals issued and three
suspended for non-payment of dues
John, Robert and Ella Mae Felisky.
The sympathy of the local is ex-
tended to Sister Myrtle Wildman in
the ecent-esieatli of her BROTHER in
Denver, Colorado.
Following our next meeting on Fri
day evening, August %, benefit ball
game between the Salem China and
the Dover Independents will be played
under the lights at Reilly Stadium,
beginning promptly at 8 80. Proceeds
of the game will be turned over to the
Boosters Club of Salem to purchase
cigarettes and gifts for soldiers. This
is very worthy cause and one in
which every member of the local
should support In addition to aiding
the boys in the service, you will wit
ness game comparable to any played
in the Eastern Ohio league
Brother Charles Adams was re-
ported on the sick list. We wish him
a speedy recovery.-O.C. AZ.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-24
Sdlem Chino Boil Team To
Play Night Come AT Reilly
Stddium. Friday, August rs
WLB AMENDS RULES TO
SPEED ACTION ON CASES

Washington (FP).-In an action de-
signed to speedup handling of volun-
tary wage and salary increase cases,
the National War Labor Board amend
ed its rules delegating authority to
Wage Sterilization Director Carroll r..
Daugherty to make decisions i'm most
of these cases.
Daugherty, under the new procedure,
will handle all applications for wage
and salary adjustments except those
of unusual Importance or novelty as
to warrant presentation to the national
board.
The change also does not cover ma
tional voluntary cases involving the
airframe industry, which will be
handled by the airframe panel of
WLB.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-24
Art Wore Workers
In ByesviIIe Plant
Join Brotherhood
Vice Presidents Jorddn And
Turner Outline Brotherhood
Policies To Workers

Continuing the organization drive tn
bring all unorganized shops into the
fold, the employees of an Art and Nov
city shop in Byesville, Ohio, voted
overwhelmingly to affiliate with the
National Brotherhood of Operative
Potters.
Vice Presidents Jordan and Turner
visited the plant last week and in a
meeting with the employees outlined
the policies of the Brotherhood and the
value of organization. Plans are now
being made for an early conference
with the company to secure an agree
ment.
The new local which will be known
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-24
Digmun And Hdll Elected
Conferees BY Locdl No. IL

Local Union No. II met i'm special
session last Saturday evening and
elected Luther Hall and Guy Digman
as their conferees to the wage confer
ence to be held in Cleveland beginning
September II. With the selection of
Hall as cOnferee, Brother John
Webber was named delegate to the
Ohio State Federation of. Labor con-
vention, replacing Hall, who was
elected to the state convention at a
previous meeting.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-24
Bosses Bolder In
Attacking Unions;
l0Cdlled To Book
Lubor-Boiting Weir Heads
List Of Employers Using
Strong-Arm Methods

Now that the war is nearing its end.
employers are getting bOlder in their
assaults upon unions. That was re-
vealed this week as the National La
Dor Relations Board was forced TO
crack down on over 10 anti-labo-
bosses. the largest number for a single
week in many months
Heading the list of employers defy
ing the Wagner Act was Ernest i.
Weir. notorious labor-hating steel mag
nate, who continued to battle unions
by strong-arm methods.
Weir has thumbed his nose at orders
of the NLRB and DEGREES of the courts
directing him TO cease his reign of
terror. As a result. the board has
finally instituted proceedings before
the United States Circuit Court of Ap-
peals in Philadelphia, asking that both
the Weirton Steel Company and its
affiliate, National Steel, as well as
Weir and other officers of the corpora
tions, be held in contempt and punish
ed for brazen defiance of the law.
Another hard-bOiled 'union-busting"
employer against whom the board act
ed was Frederick G. Crawford, former
president of the National Association
of Manufacturers.
CrawfOrdS two cOmpanieS-Thomn
son Products of Cleveland and Thomp
son Aircraft Products of Euclid, Ohio
- were found to have conducted a
bitter all-out campaign against regular
unions at the plants.
Many Forms OF Intimidation
Company unions" were set up:
bona fide unions were vilified i'm COM
pany bulletins; active unionists were
fired: some workers were bribed with
pay raises To stay out of genuine
unions, and many other forms of in
were resorted TO by the
To prevent employees
from exercising their legal rights, the
board declared.
Through such a campaign both the
Association of Machin
lists and the United Automobile Work
ars were defeated in an NLRB elections
by the neither vote. However, the
board set aside the election results be-
cause of the reign of terror, ordered
I new vote within 80 days, outlawed
he dummy unions in the plants and
lirected the company to cease its anti |
lniOn activities.
Orders to restore discharged union |
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-24

phenomenal changes in shipyard per-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-20
"On Band Wagon"

If Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York is eventually nominated for Presi- dent by the national Republican conven- ton much credit will come to the Young Republicans in Connecticut as result of the Young COP. convention last week which adopted motion to indorse Gov ernor Dewey for the presidency.
 When this comes to pass it should be borne in mind, and it will be, that the support for Governor Dewey was first agitated right here in this city by the local Young Republicans and if any credit for the Dewey boom in this state is to be credited to any group it must come to the local group.
 Even more important, however, is the individual who fought for, planned originally and brought about the Dewey boom in this state. That individual is Edward M. Ryan of this city.
 Knowing few things about the Repub- lican party set up in this state, we feel assured that Mir. Ryan had several serious obstacles to overcome, we further assume that he had to wage bitter fight to win over the old line conservatives to the side of Governor Thomas E. Dewey, that he succeeded, is a credit to MT. Ryan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-20

ble for S,O0O,00O kilowatts. The accom- plishments of the private investor-owned companies are the fruit of foresight, tech nical planning, business development, and sound preparedness. The ample physical facilities and the experienced and loyal organizations required to man them are built on foundations laid de- cades ago.
 The total generating capacity of the country is 63,000,0 900 kilowatts Of this amount, the Federal government pro- duceS five million kilowatts, with most of the balance provided by private savings. Ironically, if power shortage should occur, it may very likely appear in the territory served by the government hy- droelectric plants, which in dry months could be crippled from lack of water. Even this eventually is not too onlinous inasmuch as the plants of the entire private electric industry stand ready to meet emergencies, as well as keep our war industries going and our homes lighted-with or without E banners.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-20
Making the Horse Drink

Doctor Paul H. Nystrom, Professor of Marketing, Columbia University, in dis cuSsing the postwar outlook for retail distribution, expressed the conviction that postwar planning is as necessary in dis tribution as in production. If industries are to be maintained and full employ ment provided, selling and distribution are certain to be important factors. Re tailing in particular will have a highly important part to play, on the one hand, in interpreting consumer demand to pro- ducers, and, on the other, in stimulating those demands for the goods that pro- ducerS make.
 The old saying that you can lead horse to water but you can't make him drink, aptly describes the position in which the United States may find itself after the war Our industries will have almost unlimited productive capacity to turn out the most elaborate array of necessities and luxuries the world has ever seen. But this will mean nothing unless consumers have the desire and the money to buy the things manufacturers produce.
 And that is where the distribution irl- duStry will step in. Merchants are de- vising ways to increase efficiency and reduce costs. They are planning more attractive establishments. If it is hu- manly possible, they will, through ad- vertising and salesmanship, not only lead consumers to water" but will induce them to drink" In so doing, they will help nightly to restore the trend toward higher living standards that character ized pre-war America
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-20
Warning to Satellites

The urgent invitation from the United States, Great Britain and Russia to Hit lers satellites to get out the war was a well-timed piece of collaborative diplo- macy. There is no question that Fin land, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria can underestimate the strength and pur- pose of that declaration.
 These four nations know that the Allied powers are perfectly aware of the measures that Germany takes to keep wavering satellite in the fight. But the tine is past for any sympathy toward government for betting on the wrong horse. This is evident from the fact that, though the United States is not at war with Finland, nor Russia with Bulgaria, the three-power declaration applied to all four countries. It is warning that the vassal governments must take their choice between iHtler's desperate repriSals and the destructive power of the advancing armies of liberation
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-20
Battle of the In-Laws

A British court, in denying divorce to a war workers wife on grounds of cruelty, has ruled that the English hus- band, not the wife, is the sole judge as to whom shall be admitted to and enter tained in the home. This applies - rather pointedly, as the case proved-to in-lawS.
 We can only hope that the final, inc vitable test of this cold edict in English households can be postponed for the duration. A nation of enraged and of- fended mothers-in-law would certainly have a diversionary effect upon total victory
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-20
A Permanent Dies Committee

Representative J. Parnell Thomas of New Jersey thinks that the Dies com mittee = officially the Special Commit tee to Investigate Un-American Activities = should be made permanent when It's present tenure ends next January. AS the committees ranking minority mem Der, MT. Thomas is in line for the chair manship if he should be reelected and the Republicans should gain control of the House in the next Congress. This may lend urgency to his suggestion, which will probably find considerable support in and out of Congress. Any de- cision on the suggestion is complicated by the question of what the committee will be like without Martin Dies, who IS lowing out of politics. The history of his committee has been marked by violent opposition and enthusiasm, but 1t IS nara to tell whether it was the committees work or MT. Dies, personally that aroused these feelings Perhaps with a different chairman and changed personnel the while atmosphere might be different. But that doesn't alter the fact that the com mittee's past activities have been mix ture of revealing Investigations and silly witch hunts. And it doesn't settle the question of whether Congress is the best center for this type of operation.
 MT. Thomas is right when he says that we must not let our guard down against un-AmericaniSm. But whether the pres ent weapon of exposure . must be maintained through a congressional con- mittee' is another question. It is always possible that such weapon will shoot wide of the mark and hit some political or personal targets. Or it may prove amusingly ineffective, as happened in the Federal Theater Project investigation when one Dies committeeman accused the dramatist Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) of being a Communist. It seems to us that the logical place for ln- vestigating un-Americanism is the Fed eraI Bureau of Investigation. Its record oe efficiency in this field is certainly -s good as the Dies committees. And it's staff, enlarged if necessary, could surely turn up as much valuable evidence as MT. Dies claims his group turned over to the FBI.
 Might not the FBI be put to political and personal uses, too? Yes, but Con- greSs would very likely be on the alert for such symptoms. These same Symp- toms might go unnoticed in a colleague, for the lawmakers usually present a united, loyal defense against outside at tack on one of their members, however much they may fight in their own cham bers or sound off at election time. But with the present congressional allergy to all things bureaucratic, an FBI "Dles committee" couldn't get far out of line.