The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-11-30

H.! \ ~ III
THE DREAM
There was a dream -
That men could one day speak the
thoughts of their own choosing.
There was hope
That men could one day stroll through
streets at evening unafraid.
There was prayer -
That each could speak to his own
God in his own church.
That dream, that hope, that prayer
became-America.
Jack Levi.
Victory for President Jim Pc
trillo, of Musicians Union, forcing
agreements with mammoth radio
mOnOpOlies, ended refusal of musi-
clans to make recordings without
extra compensation. This is proof
conclusive that labor can take care
of itself without interference by
Federal agencies - who pass the
'buck" to FDR.
Refusal of National Labor Rela-
tion Board to permit system wide
election to decide bargaining agent
for employees of Western Union
Telegraph Co., shows NLRB playing
"favorites," in a deliberate move to
protect the interests of CIO in sew
eral isolated localities, when the
question comes to a vote. Even the
employers preferred single bargain
ing agent to a multiplicity of unions,
some AFL and others CIO. e
British Trade Union Congress
will be represented at AFL New
Orleans convention, which opened
Nov. 20, by John Brown, of Steel
Trades Federation, and Arthur
HOrner, of Mine Workers Fedora
ton.
NEW PICKUPS-Out of $4,000
back pay won by San Diego Cannery
Workers, all members of the union in
armed services have been mailed So.
Editor Geo. Seldes, of "In Fact"
charges Town Hall Meeting of the
Air program with being guilty of
rigging" their question period in
advance of broadcasting; also that
this program is sponsored by the
anti-labor Readers Digest One
wonders where Matt Woll, AF'L vice
president, finds time to participate in
the scores of activities in which he
represents labor !. Woll is one of
the most respected American labor
leaders within, as we'll as outside the
labor movement Stevens Hotel,
Chicago, largest in the world, is now
union, and AF'L is driving to sign the
ritzy Palmer House-in windy CITY,
Sgt. Chas. Commando" Kelly,
war hero, Nin accepting his Team
sters' Union card, said: Next to
the war, this is the biggest thing
that's happened in my life."
Incidentally, Walter Winchell is
now a member of the American
Newspaper Guild I. An ILG re-
port shows liquid assets of the
uniOn-$16, 1862 in General and
Reserve Funds - increase in four
years, S9,33O,275 Webster says:
"A scab is one who takes the place
of a striker-a dirty, paltry fellow,
a scOundrel." !. A sign in New
York restaurant window: "WOman
dishwasher wanted-will marry if
necessary"
Minnesota Federation of Labor
issued a printed overseas news bulle-
tin for it's membership throughout
armed forces !. The vitriolic pen of
Harold Ickes wrote as follows to
native Fascist: $50 far as | am con-
cerned | have never had any fancy
for political charlatans or mounte-
banks of your type" =. Mr.. Ickes
must be slipping = Smith deserves
better than that.
"Iron Age" publication of steel in
dustry survey, states that 900 of
war vets favored labor unions :.
Pathfinder Magazine, bought and
slicked up with money of Sun Oil
Co. Pew's Of Penna., is printed in the
"rat" Chicago Donnelly plant :.
Unionists throughout the country are
protesting to Boards of Education
against use of the anti-labor Readers