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Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-11
AMUSEMENT TAX
(San Bernardino Sum


Municipalities which are faced with
increased expenses because of increased
population occasioned by war work are
examining the feasibility of an amuse-
ment tax.
San Diego inaugurated the tax and city
officials there are informing representa-
tives of other cities of its success. Stock
ton is to make it's decision on the tax next
month and the Stockton Record has voic-
ed its approval of the plan. Various
cities are beginning to indicate interest
in the success of the tax in San Diego
Los Angeles, as the center of the motion
picture industry, has rejected it.
In the search for some quick method
to obtain some slight tax contribution
from the hundreds of thousands of per-
sons in California who are making no
direct local tax payment the field of
amusement ticket tax is high on the list
of potential sources of new revenue.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-11

Americas secret weapon is not a new
gun or new plane. 1t is Americas mag
nificent youth. And how they are rising
to the occasion will astonish everyone.
-Comdr Gene Tunney, back from the
SOlomons.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-11
TRIAL DATE SET

TRIAL DATE SET
John l.. Lewis, IA, will be tried
before a jury in Imperial county
superior court March 6 on a morals
charge involving a small girl.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-11

Robert E. Burns, son OF
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-07-20
BY TRAVIS X. HEDRICK, Federated Press

Franklin
Presidents Journalists
the months when he would his position on 4th term can
a would handle
the White House
President Roosevelt conendy in
aloud Chairman Robert
When
delegates being bound in clear majority
cigarette
Then lighted commented with that unfortunately
is no a
be mono and a Nuadr
his reading aloud
Roosevelt knitted under the editors and
of times
is
ane effective, realistic 1t will
good soldier will
us all OF the T.
opposition really honest
it. And nobody knows that better than FDR
Thomas f. about
minds
report
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folded
when another lush
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Trends subjects always Chicago
Tribune New YokDa and ne
organization and speaks only for Brown
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that he will not be candidate has
chairman the Tennessee COP that his
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-07-20
Union Lobel
(Confinued From Po0e One)

lowing judges, each a nationally known
authority: Miss Melva r. Bakkie, ma
tional director of American Red Cross
Nutrition Service, Miss Edith NJ. Bar
ber of the New York Evening Sun and
author Of Edith Barber's COokbook.
Miss Nell ClauSen, president Of the
American Dietetic Association, Miss
Ida Jean Kain, author of syndicated
column and lecturer, DIR. Louise Stan
ley, internationally known Chief Of the
Bureau of Home Economics i'm the
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture 1923-43. Mrs. Herman H. Lowe,
president of the American Federation
of Women's AuXiliaries of Labor. and
Dr. Mark Graubard i'm charge Of La
Dor Education in Nutrition, War Food
Administration
In response to popular interest the
Union Label Trades Department plans
To issue soon in booklet form, for free
distribution, all the winning recipes
well seasoned with some valuable war
time food information Requests for
this booklet are already coming in
from all over the country. The contest
received the full cooperation of the
Nutrition Programs Branch of the
War Food Administration.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-07-20
WLB UPHOLDS l943 VACATIONS
EVEN THOUGH WAR CONDITION
PREVENTS GIVING TT IN TIME OFF

Washington (FP).-Oyer the yigor-
Gus opposition Of employer members.
the National War Labor Board ruled
that simply because the war prevented
workers from getting their 1943 yaca-
tions Is no reason why employers
should not make "A proper settlement
Of the dispute
The industry members said there
can be no such thing as retroactive
rest and the vacation period ordered
by the board merely means a cash pay
ment in lieu of vacation.
Edwin T. Witte. a public member
said the majority opinion in the case
involving the petition Of the Sivyer
Steel Castings Co, Chicago and the
United Automobile Workers (CIO).
that TO hold that it is improper 10
now determine this dispute on any
basis which Is more liberal than that
which prevailed in 1942 would put
premium upon making "A dispute out
Of every demand for liberalization
Of a vacation and doing everything
possible to delay the decision Of such
dispute until the vacation period had
expired"
In other words, the WLB majority
seeks to stop employer stalling on
vacation grievances and this method
viii do it.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-07-20
NUTRITION AND
LABOR
FOOD RATIONING

Although the ratiOning Of food has
been very much relaxed. especially for
the summer months, recent release
from the Office Of War Information
explains that we will probably have
rationing Of one type or another off
and on until the war Is won. Ration
ing viii be necessary because food
production is unpredictabIe and be
cause the progress Of the war will
affect the amount Of food TO be needed
in meeting the demands of the mill
tary, lend-lease, and essential relief.
The vast ma ajority Of Americans do
not fear rationing. Few, indeed, show
lack of patriotism by storing up un-
necessary food supplies just because
their ration allotment permits for most
people realize that this is the greatest
food producing country in the world
inadequate food supply here. We have
! /16 Of the worlds acreage and we
produce z Of the worlds food
At present meat is non-rationed with
the exception Of beef steak and beef
roast Cheese, butter and oleomar-
garine are rationed. Much canned food
is being released rati0n-free. All
canned juices may be obtained with
out points except pineapple and grape.
The only other canned rationed foods
are; Fruits, fresh lima beans, mixed
vegetables, pumpkin and squash. milk,
jelly and pam, baby foods, and catsup
and similar sauces. Dry legumes are
rationed and 50 is sugar
Pork was freed from rationing be-
fore beef because its production was
speeded up more rapidly. Tin has been
scarce because most of it before the
war came from countries now Occu-
pied by Japanese The manufacsure of
certain canned food has therefore been
curtailed and precedence has been
given to army shipments. Civilians are
expected to eat more fresh foods
which can under no circumstance be
considered a disaster
Storage space is limited and produc-
ton of some foods may be greater than
expected. Al times, war requirements
will increase or decrease rapidly de-
pending on the tempo of military
operations Hence at times some foods
for civilians will increase in supply.
If it happens to be rationed item it
is taken off rationing to get it con
sumed. After the surplus is removed
that same food may again be rationed. !
IL Il.
sumner will understand that such shifts |
are made necessary by the changing |
weather or war situations and not by |
the whims of Government officials.
More articles to follow
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-07-20
Hearing Set For Mapping
Election In Western Union

Washington CFP). - The National
Labor Relations Board moved ahead
with plans for Il public hearing on its
proposed decision 10 call a nationwide
election among the c0000 employees
Of the Western Union Telegraph Co.
to determine whether they will be
represented by the AF'L or Go.
In its proposal, the NLRB suggested
6 geographic units and the New York
home Office as appropriate divisions
for this, the largest election in its
history.
The AFL, through the Commercial
Telegraphers Union, wants a system
wide, single bargaining unit and the
company has concurred. But the CIO,
through the American Communications
Association has asked that units be set
up i'm 10J districts and divisional CEN
ters, but that after the election all the
AFL and Go units be consolidated
into 2 respective units.
Trial Examiner Samuel III. Jaife re-
jected both the AFL and CIO con-
tentions and he favors the units plus
the New York Office. The hearing 10
be held July % here will see all
parties present arguments and briefs
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-07-20
Trenton Potters
(Confinued From Paae Ouel

get behind in their dues, and when in
formed of the action the local must
take, threaten to quit their jobs rather
than fulfill their obligations and re-
main in good standing. The laws of
our organization demand that all
members must be in good standing if
they are to work at the trade. The
local will not be blufed into rescind-
ing these laws for any individual. If
you leave one plant and seek to fol-
low your trade elsewhere. you will
only come into contact with other
union men who will deeply resent the
dark cloud that hangs over your head.
Besides, you Will have to make Il fresh
start on the amount of insurance you
receive from the Brotherhood ut death,
the same as a new man.
Brothers Harry Miller and j. Simp
son were reported on the sick list We
wish both boys speedy recovery
n & "A
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-07-20

One of the greatest services that can
be rendered to American Labor and to
the American people at. this election
would be Labor platform to clarity
for the public the struggle in industry
today. Such Il platform would do more
than win votes it would win the pub
lie to new understanding of the
essential part Labor has in building
Americas future.
The idea that wins in industry will
decide the future-whether it will be
the supremacy of one group over an
other, or teamwork with all groups
working together on the same basis of
honesty
Just as there is clash between selfish
interests and unselfish men in manage
ment, SO there is a battle going on for
control in Labor between the forces
out for class conflict and those who
believe in teamwork as the American
way
There are two phases in this battle.
The first is for the men in Labor and
Management who believe in teamwork
to put their thinking across within
their own ranks. The second is for
these men in Labor and Management
to work together in the common pur-
pose of serving the nation and making
the security and happiness OF every
person in it their chief concern.
In accomplishing this, Labor has a
unique part to play. Labor has always
fought to see that the human factor
in industry is given its rightful place
in the scale of values. Labor, with its
emphasis on people before before
things, can constantly keep this in the
forefront of all industrial planning,
and show that true security is not in
having more than the other fellow, but
in everyone having enough.
There's enough for eyeryone's need,
but not for everyone's greed. If every
body cares enough, and everybody
shares enough, then everybody will
have enough is how one union man
put it during Il Labor-Alanagement
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-07-20

THE local Society of Spooks
and Spectres blames us for
unemployment among its
members.
They say ghost has got to
have long dark halls to work
in and Pickering candles to
blow out. How can any self
respecting wrath rattle chains
or utter mournfu1 means in a
brightly lighted room with the
radio playing swing music?
Seriously, today's children
have little chance to learn the
fear of the dark that once op-
pressed their elders. They don't
know how shivery blackness
can be. They never fumbled
blindly for a ! match or felt
tremulous relief as the lamp
wick caught flame and slowly
drove back the shadows.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-07-20
Pulls Another Brewster
In New York Wor Plant

New York (FP).-The Navy Depart
ment is continuing the "ruinous Brew
ster formula" of shutting down war
plants without any provisions for re-
conversion, the Greater New York In
dustrial Council charged in protesting
the layofr Of 900 workers on three
hours notice in New York plant.
War Mobilization Director James +.
ByrneS told unions he had ordered
government agencies 10 give adequate
notice Of cutbacks after the Brewster
AerOnautical Corporation suddenly dis
charged 5000 workers June / because
Of government contract cancellations.
But even less notice was given the
900 workers Of Burchell Products Inc.
here and several hundred employees Of
sjlbcontratcors who were also affected
by The current cutback
Council Secretary Saul Mills pointed
ont the cancellations could have been
spread among three plants making the
same product. Unions here made the
sudden dumping OF BurcheIl employees
the occasion for further pressure on
Washington to deal with employee
reconyerSion problems which congress
left hanging when it adjourned for
political recess after taking care Of
the employer part Of reconversion.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-07-20

and Go before the Los Angeles city
council failed by only two votes to get
immediate passage of little Wagner
act which would bring collective bar
gaining rights to employees of the city
and contractors supplying it.
Keany, n. J.-The Federal Ship
yard x Drydock Co. t. S. Steel sub
sidiary which defed the War Man
power Commission in firing workers
laid off because of cutbacks in govern
ment orders, backed down from its
policy in the face of strong opposition
from the government and Local l6,
Industrial Union of Marine < Ship
building Workers (CIO).
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-07-20
L.ABOR'S NEWS IN BRIEF
By FEDERATED PRESS

New York.-Labor and prOgreSsives
scored victories in six primary cleo
tions July II, putting supporters of the
war and the Roosevelt administration
| on the Democratic slate for November
in Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Oklahoma, Utah and Washington.
Chicago-Labor in Americas indus
trial centers, from AFL and Go top
officials to workers down in the shops,
cheered President Roosevelt's an
nouncement that he will continue as
ommander-in-chief, and pledged their
strength to his reelection. Hailing the
Presidents ssured denomination,
unions pressed for the denomination of
Vice President Henry A. Wallace.
Washington-Co of the init
tial stages of organization of the Ma
tional Citizens Political Action Com
mittee which is to finance the labor
and liberal drive to reflect President
Roosevelt next November through vol
untary contributions by individuals
was announced by Chairman Sidney
Hilman of the CIO Political Action
Committee.
Milwaukee. - In the biggest NLRH
war the United Auto Workers (CIO)
was named collective bargaining agent
for 1000 workers at the Allis Chal-
mers supercharger plant here.
Fontana, Calif-The best contract
of its kind in the basic steel industry
United Steelworkers (CIO) covering
1900 workers in the Fontana steel
plant, the biggest in the west.
Denver.-The Labor State Political
Assembly, composed of delegates from
AFL and railroad unions, indorSed
called ON local unions to obtain Il 1c
monthly voluntary political assessment
from members and mapped war and
postwar legislative programs.
Sacramento, Calif-California labOr
-AFL, Go and railroad brotherhOods |
-girded for battle as the anti-union |
right-to-work bill sponsored by the
notorious Merchants < Manufacturers |
A Association squeezed onto the Novem |
Der ballot with the bare minimum of |
required.
Springfield, Ill.-A resolution callins |
for the reelection of President Roose-
welt was adopted by Local 764, United
Mine Workers (unafliliated, and Il
copy was forwarded to UNIV Presi
dent John l.. Lewis, Il member of the
local.
New York.-Herbert Hoover has re-
Chairman Sidney Hilman of the CIO
Political Action Committee charged
here, branding the COP platform as a
ticket to disaster not only for labor
but for the entire nation ut war.
shington-Answering the poverty
Danies that a lie hourly wage increase
would bankrupt them, the United Steel
workers (CIO) gave figures before the
National War Labor Board panel hear
ng the steel wage case which showed
hat the steel industry's profits before
axes are up 2419o in four war years
over the four previous peace years.
Washineton.-Th NLRB set a pub
ic hearing to map the largest nation
vide election in its history to deter
nine whether the 10000 employees of
he Western Union Telegraph Co. will
)e represented by the AE'L or CIO.
Los Angeles. y Arguments Of AL
|
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-07-20
Labor's Role In Americas Future

session at the Moral Re-Armament
Training Base, Michigan.
a labor platform that challenges
everyone in industry TO live up to the
highest standards of unselfishneSs,
honesty, and cooperation will draw the
those out only for themselves and their
own group and those who care for
every section of the nations life The
American public will follow with con-
fidence the lead that Labor can give
in this moral struggle in industry
Victory in this battle will decide the
future for America.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-07-20

~.''-'''''.' GHOST "'''' work.
Wunfs work!

Who's afraid Of misty appari-
tions = with reassuring light all
ways instantly at hand? And
just as electricity has all but
banished haunted houses, SO it
has laid the ghosts of many
household jobs that once were
done by hand.
In fact, electricity is so CONF
mon, SO constant today, that
most people take it for granted.
But the folks who work for this
company can't do that. It's
their hard work, careful plan-
ming and good business man
agement that keep electric
service friendly, dependable
and cheap - even in wartime.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-07-20
POLICE UNION ASSAILS
BELITTLNG IN FILMS

Los Angeles (ILNS). ).-The Los An
geles Police Employees Union, an AFL
affiliate, has condemned motion pic
lures (which depict members of the
police profession as persons whose
mental quotient is that of subnor-
malcy.'
Sgt. Tom James, author of the reSO-
luton passed by the union, explained
that repeated attempts 10 dissuade the
filmmakers from casting the policemen
in an unfavorabe light have been re-
buffed and that the unions public rela-
tions committee has been instructed to
use every means at its command to put
Il stop to it.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-07-20

The case started when the Regional
WLB AT Chicago in July l943. directed
vacation plan az the plant of week
with pay after ! year of service and
= weeks after ; years The existing
plan provided for only ] week after
year The company appealed for re-
view to the national board, which said
in its opinion that Throughout, the
issue was what should be the vacation
allowance in the year 1943."
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Only IL Per Cent
(Confinued From Page One)

most of which are AFL affiliates. They
engaged in only seven strikes and ac-
counted for only one-tenth of the total
workers involved in strikes.
Another interesting feature of the re-
port shows that jurisdctonal strikes
have almost disappeared in wartime.
\ few AFLCIO disputes cropped up
to Interfere with production. but
strikes caused by jurisdictional troubles
between two AFL afiiliates were yiI-
tually non-eXistent.
Wages were the issue at stake in
more than half the strikes ,906 out
of 3,734 - the tabulation disclosed.
Most of the wage strikes were de-
mands for increased rates. Many were
protests against adjustments of time
or piece rates which workers felt
would result in lower earnings; others
were strikes over application of over
time rates, incentive systems, etc
More than one-fourth of the total
strikes resulted from disputes over
working conditions and company poll
cies such as seniority, disciplinary
methods, racial questions, supervision
or work loads. About 1871 per cent
or $50 strikes Arose from questions
concerning union organization-incl
ing recognition as bargaining agent,
of bargaining position,
and closed or union shop recognition.
Considerably more than half of the
strikes involving union organization
also concerned wage and hour issues.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-07-20

Those who twist with obvious malice
the labor news to our fighting men are
playing into the hands of our enemy
by pitting Americans against Ameri-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-07-20

Money spent for unfair products
causes cut in union-wage scales.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-07-20

Expediency is often the last refuge
Of the incompetent or ignorant.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-07-20
lie OHIO POWER Co

DON'T WASTE ELECTRICITY JUST BECAUSE
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cans.
Evening star., 1944-11-04
Job Preference Rule
For Coast Guard Cited

Only members of the Coast Guard
Reserve temporary on active full
time duty with pay and allowances
at shore stations or aboard Coast
Guard vessels will be entitled to vet.
erans' preference in Government
jobs, the Civil Service Commission
ruled today.
The commission said it had acted
on advice from the Acting Secretary
of the Navy that only members of
The Coast Guard Reserve (tempo-
rary) In one of six different lines OF
duty should be considered naval
veterans upon their discharge.
The ruling applies to preference
claims which have been granted, as
well as to pending and future claims,
the commission ruled.
Not considered naval veterans are
members of the Coast Guard Re-
serve temporary on part-time duty
without pay and allowances other
than for uniforms, officers of Great
Lakes vessels and pilots without pay
and allowances other than for uni
forms, Coast Guard police without
pay and allowances and civil service
employees Of the Coast Guard with
out pay other than compensation
for theix civilian positions.
Evening star., 1944-11-04
Z Germans Acquitted
OF Harboring Soldiers
BY the Associated Press,

bs the Associated Press.
VERVIERS, Belgium, Nov. A.
Two German civilians accused of
harboring German soldiers, the first
to face trial under Allied occupa-
ton law on charges serious enough
to provide the death penalty, were
acquitted last night-on the plea
that they had merely been carrying
out directions issued by the Allied
propaganda organization.
The defendants were Robert Mi
chel Hogen, Al, formerly a manu-
facturer in Aachen, and his cousin
Karl Packbier. 81, owner of a farm
house, with whom Hogen lived after
being bombed out
The pair admittedly had sheltered
five Nazi soldiers, but they pleaded
successfully that Allied propaganda
both in leaf1et broadcasts and by
radio, repeatedly had asked the Ger
man people to give aid to all who
were prepared to desert the German
Army and thus shorten the war.
The trial was before an all-Amer-
ican bench of an Allied Military
Government Court, and was con-
Quoted in the open, almost exactly
as any trial at home in the civil
courts. but the court reached the
verdict in secret. 1t deliberated
only five minutes.