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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-04-13
Small Attendance
At No. 9 Meeting
Glost Crew At No. S Plant
Displays Service Flag
With Is Sturs

Despite the small attendance very
spirited meeting was held by Local
Union No 9 last Friday night.
Our delegates to Trades and Labor
Council made their report of the meet
ing held by that body last Wednesday
AT which time officers for the coming
term We're elected. Brother Dever
Dewell was elected vice president. They
also reported that wives of some MEN,
berS of the National brotherhood Of
Operative Potters have been charged
with crossing the picket line at the
w. L. Grant Co. store. This is a Seri-
Gus otfenSe against organized labor and
one that must be stopped Immediately.
They urged all members to warn their
families that this concern is on the
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-04-13
POTTERS ON WEST COAST
APPEAL. DECISION OF WLB
GIVING PARTIAL AWARD
FAST UNION ACTION
GETS NEW HOMES
FOR WAR WORKERS

Baltimore, Nd. (FP). - Because Of
action taken by Local 73S. United Auto
Workers WCIO). migrant workers at
the Glenn l.. Martin bomber plant will
move ont of traiierS soon into 15O
houses with furniture, provided by the
government.
Faced with eviction from the trailer
sites and unable To meet both the
higher rents and the cost of new flrni-
ture for existing unfinished housing
projects. many of the migrant workers
were about 10 pull out and move bacl:
home.
After many conferences word was
sent 10 the trailer group thar there
will be 100 new furnished housing
units for them 10 move into this month
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-04-13
Shop Committee
At Cldrksburg Is
Doing Good Job
Cooperation From Bisque
Warehouse Workers Aids
In Settling Dispute

ClarkSburg, w. Va. - Local Union
No. 30 met in regular session with
President Joe SOnlag presiding.
Brother Augie MaZZei gave Il report
on the activities of the shop committee
and what can be accomplished when
members cooperate with the committee
in settling disputes. He cited the dis
pute of the bisque warehouse workers,
and the cooperation extended by the
girls of that department which en-
ablcd the committee to settle all %riev-
anceS to the satisfaction of all parties
concerned.
We wish to congratulate Local
Union 146 at Paden City on the
minute man" pennant awarded them
by the L. S. Treasury on their pur-
chase of war bonds. Keep it up boys,
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-04-13
Fourth Vice President Zim-
mer Urges Members To
Attend Local Meetings
SOLON OFFERS PRAYER
Trenton Pottery Head Lduds
Existing Relationship
With N. B. Of O.. P.

Trenton, n. with an estimated
attendance of over $50 at our annual
dinner-dance held at Roman hall ON
Saturday evening, March %, this
years party far surpassed any we
have ever held, and to quote the Senti-
ments of those present, 1.-The committee
overlooked nothing in the way of
entertainment, that would have added
to the evenings fun"
The festivities got underway prompt
ly at 80 o'clock with TOaStmaSter
James Purcell calling on Organizer
James SOlOn to offer prayer. The full
course chicken dinner was delicious
and the music of Charles Wolf and his
orchestra was enjoyed by all present.
There We're a number of novelty
dances played throughout the evening
by the orchestral mixing up the
dancers and getting everyone ac-
quainted.
After the dinner was served Toast
master Purcell i'm Introducing the
visiting members from Locals 45, 80
and 81, called to the attention of the
assembled guests that Brother Charles
Smith. who is at present affiliated with
Local Union No. 45, was one of the
charter members of Local Union 40
when it was organized. Charlie de-
clined an invitation for few remarks,
but consented to take bow.
In the absence of First Vice Presi-
dent Wheatley, who Was culiIi To
East Liverpool by the sudden death Of
his step-father, Fourth Vice President
Charles thinner was the main speaker
of the evening
Brother thinner gave very inSpir-
fng speech and complimented the en-
'tertainment committee on the fine work
accomplished in arranging the affair.
He stressed the Importance of every
member cooperating with their local
officers in conducting the affairs of
their organization. Now more than
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-04-13
Pdden City Pottery
Workers Given Fluq
Representative A. Schiller
Delivers Main Address At
Reilly Held On Shop

Paden City, w. Va.-Employees of
the Paden City Pottery Co., affiliated
with Local Union No. 146, National
brotherhood of Operative Potters were
awarded a L. s. Treasury minute
man" pennant flag for "outstnnding
achievement in war bond purchases
through payroll deductions. at services
held on the plant April 9th.
Company officials said that all of
the 637 employees have made 10 per
cent purchases since December o.
1941.
w. c. Handlan of Charleston, eXecu-
tive secretary of the state war finance
committee made the presentation while
the main address was given by Rep.
"A. {. Schiller OR, W. Va).
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-04-13
Scores Starvation
Wages BeforeW WLB
TWU Asks For Minimum 60c
Hourly Wage And Vucd-
tons With Pay

Atlanta, Ga. UFP) Union surveys
of living conditions in five typical tex
tile communities reveal that the aver
age textile workers. SubStandard 5Ic
hourly wage has led to 'malnutritiOn.
lack of clothing, insufficient medical
attention and no comforts" the Textile
Workers Union (CIO) said here.
The plight of the grossly underpaid
textile workers was presented to Il
National War Labor Board panel at
hearings on TWU wage demands. The
union is asking a general wage in
crease of not less than 1Oc an hour, a
minimum 6Oc hourly wage, minimum
rates in all job classificatiOns, a guar
anteed daily minimum wage, Il third
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-04-13
Wage 1ncredsesFor
Members Of LII l77
WLB Directive Calls For
Equalization OF Rates
In All Departments

Robinson. III. The National War
Labor Board has issued directiv"
awarding The following wage i'll
creascs and adjustments for employees
of the ". 4. Case 4 Son Pottery,
members of Local Union No. III, Ed
gar l.. Warren. chairman of the sixth
regional board announced last week.
A tive-cent an hour Increase for
second and third shift workers; all
casting rates to be brought up to Il
$500 a day level; benches that paid
over $500 to receive a fOur-cent in
crease: time and one-half for hOli-
days; vacation with pay, and equaliZa-
ton of rates in all departments. The
board turned down request that
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-04-13
LARGE CROWD ATTENDS
DINNER DANCE OF LOCAL
UNION 49 ON MARCH Is
POLLTAXERS> TO FIGHT
SUPREME COURT WHITE
SUPREMACY DECISION

Austin, Tex x(FP)-White supremacy
forces here are preparing to fight the
L. $. supreme courts ruling that
Negroes must he allowed to vote in the
Democratic primaries in Texas.
State Attorney General Grover
Sellers will file motion with the
court for Il re-hearing on the white
primary case Although Gov. Coke
Stevenson has decided against calling
Il special Legislative session to increase
poll taxes or devise other means of
barring Negroes from voting, the state
pected to take some action when il
meets before the state party conven-
tion May 23.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-04-13
Plans Completed
For Anniversary
Dinner Of L. u. Is
Will Be Held At Weinmunn' S
Grill Saturday Eve
ming, April 18th
ACCEPT CHALLENGE
First Vice President Wheat
ley Reports Silicosis Bill
Awaits Signature

Trenton. \. J. - Many important
cusSed at our last meeting. Although
attendance was fair. let us again re-
mind every member to attend every
session in the near future in order Ia
have Il clear picture of our postwar
problems.
The management asked for Il meet
ing last Friday afternoon with our
conference committee to discuss these
same problems, and the frank manner
in which the facts We're laid down was
greatly appreciated.
First Vice President Wheatley re-
ported the SilicoSiS bill had passed
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-04-13
Roseville Elects Officers

RoSeville Ohio. - Local Union No.
have elected the following officers ::
President. NJ. Bishop: vice president,
Frank Sagle: financial secretary. Les
ter Fleming: recording secretary,
Wilbur Smith treasurer. Dorothy
Garrett; defense secretary. Frank
Woods; inspector, Austin F0@leSon@ :;
guard. Herb Litter; trustees. Richard
Marshall, Harry Gibbs. Hazel Weaver.
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-04-13
UOPWA Case Goes To WLB

New York QP).-DiSpute between
the Prudential Insurance Co. and the
United Office and Professional Workers
(CIO) over demands for Il wage in
agents was certified TO the National
War Labor Board.
UOPWA is asking for Il $40 weekly
raise to meet higher living costs and
to equip the agents to sell more inSur-
ance to help finance American indus
try. The company opposes any kind of
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-04-13
SOUND TIE BUGLE

Joliet, III. GP) Another open shop
fortress has fallen before the relent
less pressure Of union labor.
The L. S. Chamber of Commerce
uses the union label on its newest
publication, Modern Highways.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-05
John Never

Funeral services for John Meyer,
Michigan's Oldest druggist, who
died Unexpectedly Friday in Ago
nae at the age of SO. will be held
at 2;30 p. m. tomorrow in the
residence, 1873 Gratiot, Mt. Glenn
ems.
Born in Germany, Mr.. Meyer
entered the drug business in 1876
in his father-in-law's drug store
at Gratiot and Randolph. Four
years later he opened his own
store in Mt. Clemens where he has
filled a quarter of a million pre-
scriptions.
He is survived by his daughter,
Mrs. Harry Rickel Of Detroit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-05
Costello Rites
Tomorrow
OBITUARIES

Services for Thomas J. Cos
tello, 6S, retired general plant
manager of the Hupmobile Motor
Co., will be held at $3.50 a. m.
tomorrow in the Fred N. Marshall
Sons Chapel and at 9 a. m. in
Annunciation Church. Burial will
be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Mr.. Costello, who died Satur-
day, had lived in Toledo since his
retirement in 1888. He came 10
Detroit from Ireland when ne was
IA years Of age.
Factory manager Of the original
Hupmobile Company, he later
managed plants for Willys-OVer-
land and Chrysler. He assumed the
IHupmobile general plant manager
ship in 1885.
He is survived by his wife, Ma
tilda; a son, Sgt. Irmin S. Cos
ttelio; a daughter, Mrs. John
Redding; a sister, Mrs. Michael
Sullivan and a granddaughter,
Susan Redding. AAsk
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-05
James A. Fitzgerald

Funeral services will be con-
Quoted az 2:30 p. m. tomorrow in
the William r. Hamilton Chapel,
1875 CasS, for James A. Fitzgerald,
u, ofz4g4 Dexter Burial viii be
in Woodnefe Cemetery.
MIR. Fitzgerald who ~ the last
surviving member of the original
firm Of Brennan, Fitzgerald, and
Sinks, restaurant chain, started in
business in Detroit in 1897 in the
Russell House
He leaves his widow, Josephine,
and a son, James.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-05
Defroiter Wounded

Pvt. Chester Zgryzniak. 81. Of
46l4 Grandy has been seriously
wounded in action in France, his
mother, Mrs. George ZgryZniak,
was informed in a war depart
ment telegram TODAY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-05
I8 Million Members

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 tINS)
Basil O'Connor. chairman of
the American Red Cross. an
nounced today that membership
of the Junior Red Cross had
reached a high Of 1866. $40.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-05
Ironer Kills Child

CHICAGO, Sept. 4 (INS)-
Thomas Mooney. 2. was killed
yesterday after getting his cloth
Ing wet, he grabbed a wire con-
Meeting his mothers iron TO an
electric socket.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-05

Prices Subject to Jc5 Sales Tar-Tar IS oH
Base Price. Not iHclHdiHg any Federai TaN.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-28

Troop 3l, Boy Scouts with their leader will 90 on an overnight bivouac to Black Rock Park next Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-28
DORIS vELETTE
 TO BE HONORED
Waterburian to Be NOmin- ated for Executive Board
 of U. s. E. s. Offices

The annual meeting of the 1r- ternational Association of Public Employment Services, Connecticut Chapter, will be held Saturday, July 9th at 2 D. m. at the Ye Castle Inn in Saybrook with President Arthur V. Geary, presiding James Bond of Dallas, Tex, president of the In- ternational Association and William J. Fitzgerald, State Manpower Di- rector, and John G. Confrey, Assist ant State Administrator of the WING have been invited to address the meeting.
 Members from the U. s. E. S. offices in various cities will attend the meeting which will be concluded with dinner at 6:30 p. m. The afternoon will also be devoted to a program of sports which will in- clude hose shoe contests, tennis, swimming, soft ball and other sports
 The name of William G. Ennis of Hartford will be submitted by the nominating committee as president to succeed MT. Geary. Other officers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-28

committees one open session, held in the west ballroom of the Stevens hotel.
 OVERFLOW CROWD
 It was @ nice little place for a private waltzing party of a dozen couples, but when they tried to crowd into the room the full conl- plement of 100, plus 50 newspaper men, a dozen photographers, a cou- pie of movie newsreel crews with their lights and 100 curious specta- tors, 1t was too much. People over. flowed into railways and lounges and they stood on chairs around the walls. In this chubby little atmos- phere, without benefit of fans or air conditioning of any kind, the reso- lutions committee of the COP got itself organized, put through the slate by naming Senator Taft its permanent chairman, and ad- journed to polish of It's work and effect its final compromises.
 The attempts of the IS governors and Wendell Willkie to stage a re- volt and force last-minute changes to strengthen the foreign policy plank were headed for failure at the start. They made the work of the drafting committee a little tougher, but as long as platforms have to be written to please every body, they can't be written to please forward looking minorities like these.
 The platform as adopted should be judged with this background in mind. What 1t will mean is just what the party's choice says 1t means when he campaigns on 1t be- tween now and November.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-28
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 HmwvAnTAvAAAnf

W0SefDUIy OcuVCESb WoSAhhb SVh
 Correspondent
 Chicago, June 2s-The Grand Old Party's platform which the Repub- lican's National Convention adopted yesterday represents ten months Of thought by the party's deep think CTS, ten days and nights of toll, tears and compromises by the conl- mittee on resolutions. Ten days or ten minutes hence, 1t may be all but forgotten, but while 1t lives, like the ten-day May flies, 1t has its full measure of fun ana nights. .,
 A resolutions committee starts out with the idea of getting something short and snappy-something that can be printed on postcard, and 1t goes on from there. Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio saw this l944 COP job through, principally with the help of party stalwarts who got their first workout in drafting the Mack inac Island conference reports last September.
 DRAFT PLATFORM
 Then a month before the conven- VAOAA9 SdSAA VI IAAC otdtC oAAQ bCLI4VVIAh Ah1 delegations named two of It's dele- gates to serve on the resolutions committee making an unwieldy body of nearly 100 which was sup posed to draft the party platform that would be all things to all fac- tions-if not appealing to all voters, at least trying not to make them mad.
 As soon as these committeeman were named, the pressure groups in each state started to work on them, and their mall was flooded with let- ters telling them why there should be . plank to cut the top oil the Rocky Mountains, raise the tariH on tumbleweed seed, or support the Rosebush Township High School de- batting societys plan for mainten- ance of world peace.
 Each of these proposals would i'll not one postcard, but several poster cards in itself, so when the unoficial committee began meetings in Chi cago a week before the convention convened, 1t had enough proposals to fill a billboard. About this time, Senator Taft began to think the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-28
Lea Manufacturing CO. Given Army-Navy "E"
Officials, Employees Commended for Splendid Work in
 Interest of War Effort; 'E' Pins Given Workers

Pointing out that the firm is now in the select two per cent of the nations war plants, Major Arthur H. Murtha of the Springfield Ord- nance District, lauded the Lea Man. ufacturing Company at yesterdays presentation exercise of the Army Navy ''E".
 Lieutenant Raymond Smith of the Navy's industry cooperation division in New Haven, presented the pen- nant to Robert s. Leather, Lea Company president.
 MT. Leather called for still greater production, and a re-dedication to- ward a quick victory in a brief ad- dress.
 Privte First Class Hyman Kimmel wounded veteran of Guadalcanal, holder of the Bronze Star and a Presidential unit citation, pinned "E" pins on a group of employees representatives, Ernest Martin, Mrs. Frances G. Stuart, Salvatore s. Merluzzi, and Henry P. Stance.
 Mayor John s. Monagan acted as master of ceremonies.
 Major Murtha's remarks were as follows:
 This afternoon I am being hon. ored to represent the Army in the awarding of the Army-Navy "E" to you who have worked and labored so diligently as to merit and reward.
 This award embodies within itself the spirit of the democratic way of life. It is the Army and Navy's way of saying we recognize the splendid work you have done for us on the production and engineering front and we wish to reward you. In re- warding you, the armed forces have recognized your contribution and this contribution has not been small
 You are now one of a select group that represents less than two per. cent of all manufacturers. It is di6- cult during these times to measure the true proportion of aSi effort oi of Q contribution. In your daily tasks in handling your products 1t is not easy to conceive of 50 calibeI machine gun, a 80 caliber carbine or an airplane engine. Yet on the in. ishing assembly lines of this coun- try of ours your products have play ed part that has made these wea- pons possible.
 Time was when it was the belief of American industry that the skill and knowledge required to manu. facture weapon of war in any oi it's various forms could be acquired only by years of training. That myth has been cast aside by our production recerds. The man-hourf formerly thought necessary to pro- duce these weapons has been slaah-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-28

ed and re-slashed under the impact of resourceful American engineers seeking for speedier methods of manufacture.
 The manufacture of guns prior tc l940 was conceived of as a one handed operation, that is, a man held a component with one hand while he filed with the other. Pro- duction was at 50 per cent of cap- acity under the one-armed method. Your products have permitted man to work with both hands seated at his machine.
 In one plant that I had the op- portunity to visit, instead of the hundreds of filers that formerly had been thought necessary was able to see only three girls in the entire plant who had to use files for finishing work.
 Needless to say the production output had been increased many fold. Today pressure of circum- stances and of requirements has necessitated that we think not in terms of thousands but in terms of millions and even billions. The Lea Manufacturing company has met this challenge,
 Your efforts in converting a com mercial product to a wartime use have contributed a considerable part to the production records of this nation over the period of the last three years. We Americans are essentially a friendly people com- paratively unarmed and unprepared in time of peace for the war that always comes. When it does come it requires the organized and CO., ordinated activities of each and everyone of us. Without this unity we would be subjugated people to- day. That we are not & subjugated people is due to all-out efforts by yourselves and neighborS.
 Today you can be justfiahly proud and are being justifiably rewarded. am happy to present at this mo- nient to you, the men and women of the Lea Manufacturing coni- pany, the Arny-Navy award for ex. cellence in production"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-28

platform would have to be extended and run maybe 1900 or 2000 words. CRACKPOTs
 On top of that, when the com mittee began meetings in Chicago last week, 1t found camped on its doorstep an assortment of mono maniacs and crackpots, all wanting to testify personally and at length on the one world-saving theory on which each was particularly hipped. The committee this year actually heard more than 70 such witnesses and though 1t limited each to To- minute speech, he could file a brief" of from 10000 to 100000 words, by way of a footnote to arn- plify his remarks.
 By this time the committee was swamped. It split up into sub-com- mites and subcommittee Every one of the 100 members was sup posed to be on one or more of these subcommittee. The fight in each subcommittee was to reconcile eX- tremist points of view. For in- otdtASV, VII AO4GABA POlSyp GSAAabOAo Arthur Vandenburg of Michigan and Joe Ball of Minnesota had slightly different conceptions of world cooperation, while Sen. c. Wayland Brooks of Illinois wanted a nationalist plank.
 The pressure groups presented such widely separated trains of thought as Wendell Willkie's "One World" internationalism, Clarence Streit's Union Now" with the Brit ish, and Gerald L. K. Smiths America First" all-out isolationism Naturally, when the committee tried to satisfy such divergent views, it faced the problem of trying to draft a plank that would say everything and still say nothing. These de- bates, naturally, went on behind closed doors, with newspaperment outside.
 All this while, before the conven. tion was called to order on Monday the resolutions committee had been working on a temporary basis, just to try to gets its work done in time. When the committee was formally named at the opening session, 1t had to go through the motions of reor. ganizing. This was done in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-28
STONE TAXES OVER
 ALLEYS IN BRISTOL

A certificate for incorporation of Stones Inc, bowling alleys, Main street, Bristol has been granted to Raymond P. Stone and Loretta Stone of Waterbury and Wilma Raap, Naugatuck. by the office of the secretary of state.
 Authorized capital amounts to $50ooo made up of 800 shares with a par value each of $l0o. Cash with which to commence business is in the amount of S2l 800.
 MT. Stone is president of the board of education in Waterbury.
 Every day s4,oooooo is being col- lected in tobacco taxes ir England.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-28

BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-28
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to be presented by the nominating committee include Ruth Ford, New London, first vice-president; Hil- dreth Peterson, Stamford, second vice-president; Helen M. Dynia, Thompsonville, recording secretary; Helen Coyne of Hartford. core. spending secretary and Willard A. Gray of New Haven, treasurer.
 Members of the executive board for a two year term include Louis M. Simons, Danbury; Betty Day, Norwalk; Edward L. Crook, Middle town; Doris Velette, Waterbury. One year terms, unexpired, LeRoy Pur- dy, Danielson and Florence O'Neill, Bridgeport. Nominations for ofl- cers will also be in order from the floor.