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Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
Rescue Crews Battle Gorge
TO Save Morooned FIiers

Observers who flew over the plat
eau to drop food supplies yesterday
sighted only two green flares while
three had been sighted the Cay
before, indicating all men were safe.
However army officials said no red
flares to indicate a death were sent
up.
All rescue parties will be kept or
ganized by a radio system central
izeC in an observation plane. At
temptS were being made, also. to
contact the men by code messages
with a giant spotlight on Pima
Point, clearest view of the plateau.
The ranger parties were equip
ped with a breech buoy gun with
which they hoped to get a rope
across the river and aid the cross
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
District Audit Shows Gains for 1q43

Continued from Page u
f0r provision ot doubtful accounts
and s696a 81 for expenses. retire
mrufs ana losses.
Administrative and overhead costs
for The power division included
sI71 q85 Is FOR salaries aid general
office expense. SlSl2o0 Sc for de-
probation and amortization of IA
Outics. Slf512 % for provision for
doubtful accounts. S28.35l.91 fer
m. coliancous CHpCDeCs. retircmentS
and lo. ses. Cnmpania administra-
i've and overhead costs were S39,-
40 - for salaries and general Of
Icc cxponsc. S50723 for taxes;
Sif1 12gG T. fer depreciation and
amortization of facilities; S7459 for
miscellaneous expenses. retirementS
and lcSscs Total financial costs,
applicable only 90 the L s. irriga-
ton division and the power division,
consisting of interest on the bonded
debt. interest On warrants. amorti-
r1Uon o. bond discount and eX-
r-u.c. of the rcfundiug plans
amounted ia s5g2 OS6O9 fer the U
IS IRRIGATION division ard sl5i0l6.72
tor The power division. or a total Of
s146 oG281 for BON divisions.
RFNFNUES LISTED
The total consolidated gross rcvC-
nuo If s4255. .8O37l, included the
following claSSifications: S3,026.-
l3lO4 from the irrigation division,
sils4o3I70 from the power divi-
sion. ard sl45 64o97 from the Com
naria. or Mexican division. TIE
'1lce.t. or irri-a'ion division tctal
derived It revenue from the follow
ina sources. assessment 1currcnt
81 325laOl47. aSSCsSment ,delln-
uuent s34s i4745 water sales
n 025l4s79 rentals Of property and
equipment. s143022.5l. interCst, dis
counts and miscellaneous sales
grg.167l9. intCr-divls sional water
.alcs. SlG2 1859. Credited TO the
Drwcr division were Sll63 9lo 83 fol-
,ales r power. and s2oi1l87 fol
interest. I'll i-coUutc and miScel-
lanrous sales. The Compania total
OF s145.64097 represented the diff
ference between water sales which
amounted 10 S3Os O84 go and inter
divisional water sales to'aling sl62.-
f43 G3
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
Death Summons
Felix Havens
Continued from Page II
ogS for breeding purpoSeA

IlOSS LOT DreeQ'lS puIpOSeA
His activities as land commits
sioner attracted attention and he
attended to all early filings and an
nual proofs for settlers until the
office was abolished in 1904 and
unentered land withdrawn from
entry. There we're 385 land entries
anG l60 final proofs in his office.
He went to Washington twice in
his fight to help early residents get
titles to their land.
While living in Imperial, Havens
was we'll known in the early days
of that city. He was a tireleSS and
eager fighter for what he believed
to be right. In order to get his
ideas before the public and back
his convictions with power, he
bought the Valleys only newspaper
and went to work to put his iCeaS
into practice. HavenS fought for
the farmers who lost their lands
when the Colorado river flooded
into the valley and tried to get the
Mexican government to pay them
damages. alleging that Mexico was
responsible for the break in the
river bank by granting permission
for the bank to be cut. He engaged
in all the early water fights ans
played a leading part in politics.
DISPOSED OF PAPER
HavenS sold his paper to w. F.
Holt, who moved it to the new CITY
OF Ell Centre in 1906. Havens. how
ever remained as editor for several
months.
As a member OF the first CITY
council of Imperial, Havens ioined
in the fight between Imperial and
Ell Centro. He was a director of the
Imperial Chamber of Commerce in
1904 and worked in the first coun-
ty chamber of commerce in the
years following its organization in
1908. AT one time he was recorder
of Imperial.
As El Centro's first CITY clerk
HavenS once again played Fart
in the development of a new town.
Later he was with the Ell Ccn.ro
Chamber of Commerce.
His wife survives him.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
RAMBLING REPORTER

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ficiating as clown at the bond
rodeo. II really think he wrote
RR. that l had more fun being
the clown than the people had
watching me as that was my first
try at being a clown. I would like
to thank you and all the nice peo-
pie in FL Centre for their thought
fulness and kindness. l was glad
to do my small part"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28

GRAND CANYON. Ariz.
June y. (UP)-Through un-
marked and unused trails in
t0 The depths OF the Grand Canyon.
rescue parties Wednesday inched
their Way towart Tonto Plateou,
Grassy mc=a whore three army air
men a5fe been marooned for more
chan week
snarrrd bF fear that one Of the
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
COP Nominaies
Dewey. Bricker
lC'nnIITI-IrI fr.rI pIrT

qualified ta delea. .rr Nea DesI
GrisWol3s snee.l e.lrrcd af dtl-
egates to applause His declaration
that DcWcE Al restore The pHe4-
dency Of The I'm ca States - the
American people Va- JUS he kns
81 victory meas fhe delegates lad
been hinceFns for
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28

men had met with an accident, a
second rescue party left Tuesday
from Kingman army air base in an
attempt to reach the stranded men
from the north rim.
Other parties of seasoned for
est rangers hac' reached the swift
waters of the Colorado in the cam
yon from the south side and were
preparing to cross the river in a
COllanSible boat
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28

the attorney general. district at
torneys throughout California are
preparing escheat proceedings
against the Japanese as the alien
land law prohibits the Japanese
from owning land in California.
The Imperial county suits are ex-
pecteC' to be filed soon.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
{ R ME PYLE

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the mayor almost cut mis- head In
tao with Dos mile. and the little
airis threw their flowers. and the
whole crowd waved tEeir arms. Ev-
erybsdY Eas very happy including
Berf And Ne hope Ne made you
FeTF happy 30
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
SNAILS TEST WATER

Snails succumb quickly to tainted
water 'and, for that reason, are
sometimes carried in dry countries
to test widely scattered water holes
before drinking from them.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-01-06
Rueben H. Smith
Sends Greetings
Ills Nobs" Would Like To
Contact F Former Shopmdtes
Located On The Coast

Rasking in the sunlight, surrounded
by Shrubbery, flowers and fruit trees,
Rueben Fl. Smith, familiarly known as
His NobS" for his many articles to
the Herald while he was working at
the trade, extends the seasons greet
ingS from his home in San Diego, Calf.
"Rube," who holds the distinction of
having worked in practically every
pottery town in the United States, in
quires as to the whereabouts of many
of his former shopmates who are now
located on the coast. He writes of
spending Christmas with his son who
is employed at the Consolidated Air
Craft Corporation, and his grandson
who is a Petty Officer in the Navy. The
latter being aboard the U.S.S. Sara
!, toga until recently, having his first
shore leave at Christmas time in over
three wears
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-01-06

Senators Wagner of New York and
Murray of Montana, together with
Representative Dingell of Michigan,
have introduced bill, Senate No.
1161s to provide better social security
than we now have. Organized labor,
both the AFL and the CIO, have en-
dorsed this bill and union members
should know about it. Certainly our
social security system needs strength
ening, for there are now many gaps
land loopholes in it,
For one thing, we should set UP a
federal unemployment insurance sys-
TEN in place of the separate laws for
each state that we now have. This is
what the Wagner-Murray-Dingell bill
does. Each of the present separate
state laws differ somewhat in the
amount of benefits and the number of
weeks they are paid, the length of the
waiting period before an unemployed
man begins to get benefits, the penal
ties and the definition for justfiable
discharge or voluntarily quitting work,
and how much if any contribution is
made by workers out of their pay.
These differences have no relation to
common sense but depend chiefly on
the relative political strength of Or
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-01-06
Wagner Murray Dnge Bill Endorsed By Organized Labor

fully protected. This part of the law
is to be administered by the Surgeon
General. who is himself Il doctor.
assisted by an advisory council to be
composed of representatives of medi-
cal associations and hospital organ
izationS. The net effect of the law
would be that doctors would get paid
for treating great many persons
whom the more decent and humane of
them now treat free because they cam
not pay.
Also the bill proposes to pay all the
benefits provided in it To returned
soldiers and sailors at Il rate calcu-
lated on the basis of their having made
contributions propOrtiOned either to
their army and navy pay plus 6O
dollars month or to the amount they
earned during six months before they
entered the armed services, whichever
is larger. This seems a reasonable
basis for fitting returned soldiers and
sailors into the social insurance
scheme. (Of course it is not a SubSti-
tute for the lump sum mastering out
pay which is now being discussed.)
The cost of all this is to be paid by
tax Of SO of their rolls levied on
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than 500 of his average pay or Sl2OoO
a month whichever is lower.
Many persons are now excluded
from our social security system, both
for old age pensions and unemployment
benefits. The most important groups
now denied benefits are domestic ser
wants, farm laborerS, and the EN-
ployees of charitable, educational, and
religious organizations such as hOspi-
tails, colleges, and 1.M.C.A.'S. These
three classes of people are included by
the Wagner Murray-Dingell bill in the
benefits for old age, unemployment.
permanent disability. sickness, and in
Jury. The self-employed, such as small
shoDkeeparS or small working cOntrac-
tors, are also included in all the bene-
fits except those for unemployment at
rate dependent on the value set on
their labor, but not over $1,000 a year.
In general, the benefits are proper
toned to wages and salaries, but pay
over $4,000 a year is not included either
in figuring the benefits or computing
the contributions which worker has
to pay.
The most important gap in our
present social security system is its
failure to provide for sickness or in
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-01-06

weeks if the unemployment insurance
fund is sufficient.
We ought to provide benefits for
workers and their dependents if they
become permanently disabled. Under
the present law the dependents of a
dead man are better off than one who
is permanently disabled, for the latter
get no benefits but the dependents OF
a dead worker do get survivors in
surance payments This injustice the
Wagner-NIurrayD Dingell bill remedies
by providing benefits for those who are
permanently disabled and their de-
pendents at the same rate that is pro-
vided for old age benefits.
The benefits for old age and perma-
nent disability are minimum of
$4,000 month, plus 20To of workers
average monthly pay, while he was
working, over $1,000 a month. Thus if
man had been getting an average
of $4,000 a month his old age pension
would be $4,000 a month. There is a
small addition to this amount depend
ing on the length of time man work
ed steadily. In addition an aged or
disabled person gets l2sof the amount
of his benefit for each dependent wife
or child except that he cannot get more
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-01-06
Charge Of Rdcidl
Bios Refuted By
Roll Labor Chiefs
Robertson. Brown. MCGOWAN
Deny Any Discrirnind-
ton Against Negroes
AIDED BY UNIONS
Compliance With Order
Would Destroy Harmony.
Leaders Declare

Chiefs of two Standard Railroad
Labor Organizations this week chal-
lenged charges made by the PreSi-
dents Fair Employment Practice Com
mittee that they are discriminating
against rail workers because of their
race.
The committee has issued sweeping
drectiveS against 22 railroads and
seven unions, directing that they cease
and deSiSt from such alleged diScrimi-
nation, involving mainly Negroes. but,
in some instances. MeXicanS also. Six
teen of the carriers responded last
week, notifying the committee its or
derS We're unconstitutional and i'm
practical,' and declined TO comply.
First union chieftainS To reply We're
President D. b. Robertson of the LO-
comOtive Firemen and Enginemen and
President Harvey w. Brown of the
MachiniSts.
Can't Nullify Constitution
One clause of the directiveS, as ap-
piled to the B. of l.. +. x f.. demanded
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-01-06
Jackson Reelected
President Of LII AZ
Every Member On Sick List
Received A Basket At
Christmus Time

Salem. OhiO.-AS has been the Gus
tom here in Salem for a number of
years, every member on the sick list
is presented Il basket at Christmas
time The officials of the Salem China
Co. join with the local in making this
gift possible and we wish to extend
our thanks for their cooperation. TO
our members who are in the service Uf
their country, the local sent each one
a check for $500.
President Everett Jackson again
heads Local ~ for the new term. All
officers were reelected with the eN-
ception of defense secretary and are
as follows: President, Everett Jack
son; vice president. Phil Laughlin, re-
cording secretary, Nellie Jackson; fin
ancial secretary, Fred Shatfer; defense
secretary, Rebecca Green: treasurer,
Carey Jackson.
President Jackson ma med Fred
Shaffer, Phil Laughlin, Bob Marrow,
Carey Jackson, Roy Spence, Rebecca
Green and Nellie Jackson on the ReSc-
luton Committee. Any member having
Il resolution they wish to present
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because thousands of defense workers
will leave where they are employed to
return to their homes in another state
and thus will lose their right to I'M
employment benefits in the state where
they had been working because some
states require contributions to the un-
employment insurance fund from the
employee as well as the employer. The
worker thus loses the benefits to which
he himself has contributed if he leaves
the state either to seek work, or to get
work or to return home The federal
scheme for unemployment insurance
set by the Wagner r-MurrayDingell Bill
avoids this injustice.
The amount of unemployment bene-
fits provided III the bill are 500 of
the first IL dollars Il week of average
pay, plus 25R of the amount over II
dollars week. For each dependent a
worker gets 12 of this basic benefit in
addition. But the unemployed man
cannot receive more than 500 of his
weekly pay or 80 dollars a week
whichever is lower, no matter how
many dependents he may have. He is
entitled to 26 weeks of unemployment
benefits in any one year, but this may
be increased to full cOverage of 81
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ganiZed labor in the different states.
A single federal unemployment in
surance system has two great advaE-
tages. First, it spreads the risk more
evenly. Some states may be hit worse
by unemployment than others, because
some industry which may be particu-
larly heavily hit by jOblessness con-
stitutes a greater than average pro-
portion of that states total industry.
A Federal unemployment insurance
system evens this up so that those
states where employment is more
stable can help those where unem-
plOyment is the worst. This is the
essence of insurance of course. 1t
makes possible greater minimum of
benefits for smaller contributions.
More important to the worker is that
a federal system is necessary to pre-
vent him from losing his rights to
benefits whenever he leaves the state
Most states have a considerable resi-
dence and length of employment re-
Quirement before worker may get
unemployment benefits. A man who
goes to another state to take work
even if he went to get defense work
loses this right. This situation will
cause much injustice after the wal
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-01-06

jury, except of course injuries which
occur at work which are covered by
wOrkmen'S compensation laws. The
ner-Murray-Dingell bill sets up a
system of benefits for workers tenn
porarily disabled by sickness or injury,
and provides medical and hOSpitaliZa-
ton services for them. The cash pay
ments to sick and injured persons are
the same in amount and duration as
the benefits for unemployment. They
are made available for the same
classes of workers. In addition, medi-
cal and disqualification services are
provided both for persons insured un-
der the act and their dependents.
Hospital service is limited to 30 days
Any physician legally qualified by Il
state is eligible to furnish medical
services under the act, except that
specialist have to qualify as such under
rules to be laid down by the Surgeon
General. Any person may pick his own
physician, so that completely free
choice of the doctor by the patient is
safeguarded.
While many doctors do not like this
provision of the bill, there is no sound
reason for their opposition. The free
choice of doctor by the patient is
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-01-06
Christrnus Crib
Presented City
BY federation
Equality. True Brotherhood
Of Man Unionism's
Goal. Says Oldnder

Chicago ILNS).-The birth of Jesus
Christ marked the 'beginning of the
abolition of slavery" Victor \. Olan
der, secretary treasurer of the Illinois
State Federation of Labor, declared in
presenting Christmas crib. the gift
of the building trades and other AFL
unions, to the city of Chicago.
The crib, life-SZed, is called the
'Harbor of Peace" and is on display
outdoors at the Congress Street Plaza
facing Michigan boulevard. 1t depicts
the Nativity scene. and is the largest
ever to be built. Accepting it for the
city was Mayor Edward J. Kelly
Others who spoke were Patrick f.
Sullivan, president; Earl j. McAlahOn
secretary-treaSurer, and Father Joseph
l.. Donahue. chaplain of the Chicago
and Cook County Building and Con
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-01-06
LdY-OH PdY Urged
For War Workers
Substantial Sums To Them
And Service Men Seen As
Curb On Depression

New York. Substantial discharge
payments to service men and dismissal
or lawOtf wages to war workers, both
for as long as six months, if necessary,
We're advocated by Professor Harold
Nj. SOmerS of the School of business
administration, University of Buffalo,
as "the first requisite in preventing Il
depression which threatens either i'm
mediately after or soon after the war"
Professor SOmers discussed "Ameri-
can policies of postwar readjuStment"
at the tifty-eighth annual meeting of
the American Historical Association al
Barnard College, Columbia University,
held concurrently with meetings of ten
other historical associations.
Professor SOmerS presented study
of postwar readjustment policies in
the United States after the Civil War
and World War l, in an effort, he
explained, to find out the primary
causes that led in each case to an
economic depression, thus providing
guides for avoiding the mistakes OF the
past.
The primary cause of the depression
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-01-06
Profits Sndshinq
All Past Records,
Government SdYs
Presidents Pledge About
mo Millionuires In This
War" Is FORGOTTEN
PASS ON HIGHER TAXES
Business To Have AZ Billion
Reserve. Says AFL. But
Workers Stripped

Corporation profits for the third
quarter of 1913 We're the highest for
any similar period in the history of
America, the Department of Commerce
reported this week.
After deducting all taxes and other
charges, the department said, profits
were slightly more than S2,OOO,WO,-
OOO,' or 6 per cent above the 1912
quarter, the previous all-time high.
Business as Il whole will smash all
records for the year, with profits, after
taxes, of more than $4,000, 100000. This
is double what they We're in the last
peacetime year of 1899, considered
pretty good for business.
For the first nine months for which
figures are available, profits have risen
II per cent over the same period of
1912, after payment of taxes.
Up Faster Than Taxes
Commenting on these figures, the
"American FederatiOnist,' publication
of the American Federation of Labor,
declared that what has happened is
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Officers For Local Union
IS Will Be Installed At
First Meeting In New Year
EDUCATOR HITS BRITISH
REFUSAL TO LIFT
FOOD BLOCKADE

Washington, -. G. ULNSD.-Great
BritainS refusal to modify the block
AIDE to permit the sending of relief
supplies to foreStall famine and peStil.
ence among the civilians of occupied
Europe was aSS;iiled by DR.. Edmund
A. Walsh, :. J.. vice president Of
Georgetown University and we'll known
Catholic educator.
Il am grateful that it has not been
the Government of the United States
which felt obliged 10 formulate This
Draconian policy and | greatly fear
that the memory Of ii in days Ia come
will rise like the ghost of Banquo to
plague the cabinet which still insists
upon it" he said.
DR.. Walsh spoke at commencement
exercises for 63 graduates of the
Georgetown School Of Medicine
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-01-06
Clerks Will Elect
At Next Meeting
WLB Gives Approval Of
Wage Increase With Re-
trouctive Clause

The regular meeting of the Retail
Clerks Union will be held in the Bro
1herhood hall on Monday evening.
January 10. Election of officers will be
held and it is expected there will he
a close race for several of the offices,
as was last year. 1t is your duty To
come out and help elect officers who
YOU think are-inrereSted in the affairs
of your organization.
The War Labor Board has finally
handed down a decision in our request
for n wage increase Notice was re-
ceived this week approving a 10 per
cent increase. retroactive to Oct. t,
1913. This will go a long way in help
ing to meet the increase in the cost
of living as we'll as helping us buy that
extra war bond in the new drive.
1t was reported that quite few of
our members are failing TO wear the
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