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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-31
LABOR DAY

THIS Is THE fifth Labor Day since the wal
broke out in Europe, and the third since the
United States entered it, Five years ago, in 1899
we celebrated Labor Day only few days after
Germany invaded Poland Then that invasion
seemed to be a far-off thing and many people
thought that what had happened was purely
European matter and that this country could
avoid involvement in the struggle.
But events soon demonstrated that modern
war has no limits. The flame which burst out on
the frontier between Poland and Germany was
soon blazing on all the continents of the earth.
This is indeed World War. On this Labor Day
of 1914 when complete victory is no longer IN
doubt, and when its actual outlines can be per-
ceved on the horizon, let us resolve to see to 1t
that the peace to come is not an American or a
European peace not an Atlantic or Pacific peace,
but World peace.
Of course the price of victory (Which is also
the price of freedom) IS not yet PAID 1t would
still be premature even to say that the worst lies
behind US Voctory still depends on nfexible de-
votion and unrelaXing effort. And there is a
danger that the end of the wal. may find the VIC
torious peoples unprepared Tor the peace That
was what happened after the First World War. 1t
must not happen again when this war ends. If 1t
does, it will mean that we shall have to prepare
for third war, even more horrible and devastat-
ing than this one. Not everybody understands
this fortunately organized labor does.
Most American labor organizations have al
ready adopted important declarations of principle
concerning our war aims. They have their post
war programs, not only domestic but interna-
tonal This is true as we'll of all the labor move
ments in the free countries The underground
labor movements in AXis-occuped countries have
also formulated their programs, and many of
these have been transmitted to the outside world,
at least in part. And the various groups IN eXlle
representing the ensaved labor movements of
their postwar aims.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-31
WORKERS ARE PRAISED BY
SOLDIER IN PACIFIC REGION

It's thrill to help make B-29
bombers, but it's an even greater thrill
to hear them droning overhead on their
way to blast the enemy, Cpl. Robert
II. Steputis, now stationed on an island
somewhere in the southwest Pacific,
wrote his former fellow-workers at the
Boeing plant in Seattle.
You Boeing workers are doing a
marvellous job in putting across the
B-29s" he wrote. 1T gives me great
pride to know that / helped to provide
parts for the first models of that
Superfortress."
Morale among his buddies in the
army went up by so points after the
BIOS raided Japan, he said. Upon
returning home i'm the not too far dis
tant future, plan to visit my friends
at Plant =, and believe me, I'll tell
them about the swell job they're do
ing!'
The Boeing plant is organized by
Lodge 751, International Association of
Machinists (AFL).
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-31
ELIMINATION OF WAR

WAR HAS plagued the world since the begin
" ming of history. 1t has periodically lnflamed
nations with the spirit of hatred necessary for
the killing which war requires. 1t had laid waste
the handiwork and achievements of generations
and left physical and spiritual scars on those IN
voIved.
We cannot get rid of war simply by lamenting
the evil and hoping it will not return. The one
encouraging fact is that at the national level many
nations have progressed beyond the right OF lndl-
vidual citizens to make war on others and have
set up agencies for the protection OF all citizens
and safeguarding their rights.
We have for centuries tried to do the same
things at the international level by balanc-of-
power agreements. But balance OF power protects
only the favored few. After the defeat of Napo-
leon balance of power took on moral purposes
under the name "IIoly Alliance" but the results
We're the same.
In the Western Hemisphere we have developed
the Pan-Amercan Union, which embraces the
United States and all free countries south of our
borders While there have been some wars in the
New World, the main development has been to-
ward regional self-control through agencies work
ing out solutions Of common problems. The
League of Nations represented an effort on a.
broader scale, but it did not have the power to
keep the peace Whatever agencies the United
Nations may set up at the end of this war will bel
effective in proportion as they have power to make
agreements effective.
Europe has been trouble center, repeatedly
wars WHICH nave lHVOlNeu su COUNTRIES
Political boundaries are also economic boundaries
thus restricting markets and economic develop
ment What is needed is an economic and political
ntegration of Europe. The United States might
well condition aid for the rehabilitation Of Europe
upon plans for its economic integraton which
would facilitate political integraton.
Similarly with Asia. The aggression of Japanl
las been the outgrowth of the perversion of ma
.ional education to develop belief in force and war
If all nations accepted plans for cooperation underl
which all communities would be enabled to utilize|
the progress of science in relation to Industrial
production, we could have a program of PEACEFUL
for ALL without any nation trying toI
the possessions of another.
If we want to eliminate future wars we mustI
De prepared for the long, difficult and wearisomeI
ask of negotiating with other nations of good
will until we reach agreement ON agencies andl
heir functions. Then we must set ourselves toI
he responsibility of helping to operate theseI
agencies in accord with the purposes of demo-
,ratc freedom.
AS this war draws to an end we must not
allow the fundamental issues Of world peace to bel
'ntangled with political party issues which haveI
ightfu authority within their sphere
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-31
IMPERATIVE LEGISLATION

|THAT WE have already passed the peak OF wal
production is obvious from the growing mum
Der of cutbacks. Cutbacks are part OF the de-
mobilization Of war industry and affect workers
as well as management. Decisions on cutbacks
are wholly at the discretion of the armed services
which are responsible only for military obJectives
Half the production facilities and half the work
force of the country are at present liable to sum-
mary action by the armed services. Arrangements
may try for new contracts OF seek to return to
civilian production, while the workers look for
new jobs, with only meager unemployment bene-
fits for income.
Although the hour has grown late and recon
version is here, Congress has failed to provide
public policy and agencies for dealing with re-
conversion in an orderly fashion that would en-
able us to manage the transition with the least
waste of resources and human beings. After the
Senate passed the contract termination bill,
number of Senators expressed their determination
to provide equally we'll for the rehabilitation of
workers. But though months have passed, this
has not been done. Labor has made repeated
urgent appeals, but Congress has failed to act
Now the time for more general cutbacks is closer
than ever.
The Federation has proposed that demobiliza-
tion be integrated by placing in the hands OF one
agency determination Of the principles to be fol-
lowed by the agencies administering various
phases of decentralization. Our plan would direct
the central administrator, with the aid OF COM
mission composed of representatives OF the major
grOupS-abor farmers ana lnduSCIla
employers-to formulate policies to achieve the
purpose Of full employment within full enterprise
on competitive basis. Adherence to these policies
would coordinate the activities Of all agencies re-
SpOnSible for reconVerSion.
Our program provides for emergency unem-
poyment benefits for all those unemployed as al
result of the national emergency Efforts to work
toward full employment will be fruitless unless
we provide unemployment benefits approxlmatlngl
normal incomes. We therefore urge the federal
government to make payments at 80 per cent OF
former earnings during the two-year period tol
facilitate expansion of production. Administra-
ton Of the emergency unemployment compensa-|
ton program would utilize all state organizations
wiling to cooperate
Unless there is planning which will put orderI
nto reconversion, we shall blindly defeat our
selves in reaching full employment and unneces-|
;arily inhict the scourge of unemployment uponI
)ur own nation as well the many whose for
unes depend upon us. Economic chaos will result,
INVOLVING our free political and economic institu-
ions.
On behalf of our whole nation and our hopel
If freedom in the future, we call upon Congress
o move quickly and effectively. Action upon thlsI
imperative need cannot wait upon elections. lheI
urgency of the situation is obvious to anyone Who
S aware of the progress on the military front.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-31
lam WINS ELECTION HELD AT
DOUGLASS AIRCRAFT COMPANY

Tulsa, Okla. FP). BY winning
nearly $50 of votes cast in an NLRB
election, the International Association
of Machinists (AFL) became certified
collective bargaining agent of workers
at the big Douglas Aircraft Co. plant
here
This is the second Douglas plant to
90 LAM. The first was the Douglas-El
Segundo plant at the beach near Los
Angeles.
The LAM now claims representation
for some 100000 aircraft workers, in
Guiding nearly all units of Consolidated
Vultee Except the Downey plant which
is represented by United Auto Work
ers), all units of Boeing, Lockheed.
Solar and Rhor aircraft companies and
nearly all units of Curtiss-Wright.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-31
KNOW YOUR CANDIDATES

WE ARE going to hear a lot about the labor
W records Of candidates for public office during
this period proceeding the November elections.
We are going to be told that this or that candidate
has a splendid labor record and is therefore a
friend Of labor and deserving of our votes, while
that and the other candidate has a record that
smells to high heaven and he therefore must be
denied labor's support at the polls. 1t would be
wise for every union member to find out for HIM
self or herself about these things, and weigh the
evidence for or against candidate very carefully.
There are, Of course, men in public office whose
records are crystal clear. Senator Robert +. Wag
ner Of New York is as well known for his favor
able labor record as Congressman Howard v.
Smith of Virginia is for his unfavorabe record
Wagner is friend Of all unions Smith the enemy
of all. There are others who records are no less
clear and union member should have little diff
Guilty in deciding whether or not to vote for them
However, there are many candidates whose
records are not quite so clear 1t is these candi-
dates whose records must be given the closest
scrutiny between now and Election Day by all
union members who are interested in seeing that
the men who make and administer our laws are of
the type who will accord all labor fair and equal
treatment.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-31
"As yE SOW, so SHALL YE REAP"

0kLAHOMA dirt tanners have l0ined The hight
~ against Montgomery Ward, arch foe of union
ism in America. The following letter was recently
sent to Sewel ('Put Me Down Now BoysO
Avery, president of the company, by Farmers
Union local
Dear Sir We, the Farmers Union, have APP
proxmately $50 members in this county. We are
we can get hold Of and putting them in the scrap
drive. Have already picked up 175 catalogues and
will see that your next issue Of the catalogue is
altogether devoted to this worthy cause. Our
county needs the paper. Please send more cata-
logues down here"
News such as this explains why Montgomery
Wards sales dropped 24 million dollars (9%) in
the first five months Of 1914 in face of a general
high registered by all other mail order houses.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-31
UNION BLOOD FLOWS FREELY

A bloody contest that's all to the
Angeles Central Labor Council.
The transportation workers chal-
lenged any other affiliated local to a
contest i'm donating blood for plasma
at the Red Cross blood bank. lmme-
diate takers of the challenge were Milk
Drivers, International Brotherhood OF
Transfers, with an honor roll of 200
members each stiffness or better, and
some 20 members with 10 donations
apiece.
A single labor-management blood
bank drive conducted by the local re-
Gently resulted in more than 1,OOO
to the blood bank.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-31
AIRPORT WORKERS ON STRIKE

Joliet. ILL., FP).-Picket lines across
the Joliet airport was the answer of
State, County & Municipal Employees
(AFL), to the city's failure to meet
wage demands of park employees
Union teamsters notified the mayor
they would refuse to cross the picket
line
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-31
Commends Labor On War Job

Washington Commencing labor wPIs
said that the labor
a
a
contribution o life this time on
TO of
in
lilies fn1dy
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-31
FOUGHT FOR lO-HOUR DAY; LOST

Philadelphia union carpenters struck
in 1871 for 1O-hour day from 9 a. NJ.
to p. m. with two meal periods They
lost.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-31

of
Americas shouldn't during his
campaign, the aniFDR
come back time winter.
Dewey it. he o everything
states precincts Alabama.San Diego
aundrymen in
n Mayor Ion for Governor bands all customers shirts (he
pity a remarked Mr.
popy'
m
the Howard and the ScrippsIowad Ah what
fearful parting that must have been!
Certainly They Wen their like
count
oddng throwing Webook like he "
irony of
can't accuse OF inconsistency, you Popy'
DiwOrth
Don't Pop said Little Luther reitng:
Peglers
does it for Scripps, the other Hearst
tell me which worst
regional War Labor Board explained that it
affecting the would be drastic
remedy dinerential which examination "theoei
They lmvelo looked
that will positively the lives of lot of their sodiera long pole with
white flag it,
If their profits slip peaceme,
the dole if their abolished
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-31
Government Employs Handicapped

in
T.
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fellow increasing severity his handicap
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-31

It only costs 500 to kill boy or girl en-
oloyed in violation Of the Illinois state labor laws
No wonder Illinois leads America in child labor
law violations.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-31
FACING THE FACTS
With PHILIP PEARL

in
today. is the CIo Political Action Committee
postwar killed by the
only
this OF is doomed
manym of who
have with
and the tory Republicans.
ogress minority in
The
MORE
Members wapath they
affiliations in
be make
ightfl will
what
Go
Then who going convert politically? Do they think they
influence the membership of the FL? Do think
zeabe
identified with labor and who already the
political
persuade them This
bound
by their support of that ticket
THE LOW-DOWN
is
The CIO-PAC
leader Mr. 1lln interested in high
the odtme political BOSSES
be
pinch The CO asicay
national administration committed CIO it
period nothing
But partisan politics is strange John Lewis tried buy
Lewis Roosevelt at each others tlroats
will be helped
fearful boomerang that will lasting harm the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-31

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GENERAL WARE STANDING COMMITTEE
M. j. LYNCH. w A. BEIZ, j. T. HALL
Operatives, McGLLIVRAY LOUIS PlESLOCk,
CHINA WARE STANDING COMMITTEE -
Mann ufactlre X. A.
Operatives..BERT CLARK, H. HAISLoP CHARLES JORDAN
DECORATING STANDING COMMITTEE = =,
Manufacturers, ROBERT DIETZ Sr MARGARET PARKER KA
BROOKES, Wa A. BEIZ
Operatives. SAVEN. HUGO MILLER ROLAND HOkION
Laurel outlook., 1944-01-05
Miss Augusta Davis
Dies At Year End,
, Columbus Hospital

Park City, Jan. 5.-Miss Augusta
Davis, &c, died Thursday, Dec. 80
at the Columbus hospital, where she
had been a patient several weeks
Mrs. Eva Belle King, Miss Davis
sister, died at her home Dec. TO-
after coming from the Columbus
hospital early that evening.
Miss Davis was born in Winona,
Mimi, a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Allen M. Davis. Before coming to
Park City a number of years ago,
she was employed in a Billings
store. After moving to Park City
she operated a novelty shop on
Main street for several years, until
she retired because of i'll health.
Funeral services were held at $50
D. m. Sunday at the Settergren
funeral home in Billings, with burial
at Mountview cemetery beside her
sister. Rev. M. J. Wilcox of Laurel
and Park City Methodist churches
had charge of the service.
She is survived by two brothers,
Frank Davis of Winona, Mimi, and
Charles Davis of Minneapolis. and
a nephew, Erwin Lesher, who is sta
toned at the army proving ground
at Aberdeen, Md.
Laurel outlook., 1944-01-05
PARK ITYSECTION

I The Park City Rod & Gun club hat
its annual New Years dance at thu
gymnasium Friday night. A capacit!
crowd was in attendance. The Melod
ians, a Billings orchestra, furnished
the music.
Mrs. Glen Miller of Laurel came
Thursday and remained until Sunda!
evening with her parents, Mr.. anC
Mrs. Conrad Krieger, and her sister
Mrs. Stanley Pearsall.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Davis, Mis-:
Pearl Davis and Mrs. E. H. Wells
went to Columbus Sunday to see Mr.
Wells, who is at the Columbus hos.
pital.
Mrs. Helen Braun was a guest
Thursday and Friday of DR.. and
Mrs. A. S. Brown in Billings.
MI. and Mrs. Ed Grooters of Bill
lings were guests Friday evening of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Hansford.
The Park City district beet grow
ers met Thursday at the gymnasium
to sign up for the federal parity
payment for the 1913 sugar beet
crop.
The last meeting of the Garden
club Tor 1915 was nelQ thursday
afternoon at the hall with Mrs. r.
]. Harris as hostess. Mrs. Charles
Rymer was leader of the program
on blouse Plants"
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Davis ard
Miss Pearl Davis were New Years
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Or
chard at Billings.
The Park City school opened Mon
day, Jan. 8, after a two weeks va
cation. Miss Florence Won Ehren.
brook, home economics teacher, re-
turned Sunday from her home in
Denver. Miss Ellen Stuhbreiter of
Libby, first and second grade teach
err, came Sunday as did Miss Hulda
Boelter from Harlowton. Mr.. and
Basil Helgesen spent part of
their vacation at Belmont and re-
turned to Park City the last of the
weeq. Mrs. Vera FaXon, English
instructor, spent her vacation at her
home in Billings. Supt. and Mrs. r.
C. Bolin, Mr.. and Mrs. James Cain
and Miss Rosa Eisenmann remained
in Park City for the holidays.
Laurel outlook., 1944-01-05
TREWIN

John Rupp and family spent par
of the holidays visiting relatives a
Chinook.
A number of friends of George
Lendway were present at a party
given in his honor Tuesday evening
at the John Kappel home. He left
that night after having spent his
furlough from army service visiting
friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Walters and
daughter jeanette of Park City
were visiting at the Mike Beslano-
witch home Wednesday.
Albert Robertus spent Wednes-
day evening at the Grubs home.
Mrs. Grace Fry of New Deal is
visiting her sister Mrs. Amos Flood
and family this week.
Mrs. Lucia Bongiani and children
Paul and Alma called at the Grubs
home Thursday evening.
Tony Bongiani left Thursday for
Somers, Mont, to spend some time
with his uncle, Mario Bongiani and
family.
r. McKittrick of the Red Lodge
farming community was a visitor
at the Grubs home Wednesday.
School began at the Trewin
school Monday after a Today va
cation.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Grubs and
children Calvin and leila, attended
a watch meeting party at the Roscoe
Shay home in Hawthorne Friday
night.
Mrs. Kenneth Shay and son Nor
man were Sunday visitors at the
Grubs home.
Mage Reynolds spent Tuesday at
the home of his son Edgar of Lau-
rel. The occasion was the birthday
anniversaries of Mrs. Edgar Rey-
nolds and Mage Reynolds.
Laurel outlook., 1944-01-05
The Outlook Says:

Mr. and Mrs. w. T. Johnson were
hosts at their home to the Senior
Young Peoples Sunday school class
at a watch party New Years eve.
The program included a talk by
Mrs. Kenneth Thompson, a list of
New Years resolutions given by
the group and a candlelight service.
In appreciation of her work with
the class as their leader, Mrs. M.
j. Wilcox was presented with a
bouquet of pink carnations. The
remainder of the evening was spent
in the game room of the Johnson
home where songs and games en-
tertained and refreshments were
served.
Laurel outlook., 1944-01-05

tNeII Was drTdHSeu do q
by their children.
Their sons and daughter-in-law;
present for the occasion were Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Benner and children
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Benner and
children, Miss Esther Benner of Bill
lings, Mr.. and Mrs. George Ost-
wald and children, Mr.. and Mrs
Alex Alex Ostwald and children OF
Laurel, Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Ben
Second Lieut.. Willie DeGroat, who
has been in training in Washington,
D. c., came Monday to spend a few
days with his sister, Mrs. Allen
Lierow, and his father, A. w. De-
Groat, who was here from Great
Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Flood enter
tanned at dinner Monday evening for
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. M. Whitmyer and
son Carl of Billings, Supt. and Mrs.
R. c.. Bolin, Mr.. and Mrs. H. d.
Tompkins and Mr.. and Mrs. r. w.
Davis.
Pvt. George Lendway, stationed at
Whitehorse, Canada, left the first of
the week after spending his furlough
here with friends.
Mrs. Grace Fry of New Deal, came
the first of the week to visit her
sisters, Mrs. R. M. Fry and Mrs.
Amos Flood.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Tompkins en-
tertained Saturday for Mr. and Mrs.
C. w. Hepp of Billings, Mrs. June
Anderson of Los Angeles and Mr..
and Mrs. C. M. Whitmyer and Carl
Whitmyer of Billings.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Benner re-
ceived word recently of the marriage
of their grandson, Arthur Wagner,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Wagner
of Chinook, to Miss Mary Frasier of
Whitefish. The groom is also a
grandson of Mrs. Catherine Wagner
of Park City. The couple were at
tended by Miss Lila Paulson and
Coxswain Marvin Wagner of the u.
S. navy, brother of the groom.
E. H. Wells, who was taken to the
Columbus hospital several weeks ago
following a severe heart attack, con-
tinues to improve slowly.
A. Geiger and family, who have
been working on the George Benner
ranch since last spring, moved to
Laurel the last of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Jensen and two
daughters, Anna of Bozeman and
Gloria, were guests Saturday of Mr..
and Mrs. r. j. Harris.
Francis Monk Williams who has
been in the Aleutian Islands and re-
Gently sent to Colorado Springs, came
Friday to spend a 21-day furlough
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Williams.
Miss Anna Jensen left Sunday for
Bozeman after spending two-weeks'
vacation from her sophomore college
work.
Miss EEllen Ware left Sunday for
Mildred, Mont, where she teaches in
the high school. She had spent a
Today vacation with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Lee Ware.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Nelson Of Bill
were calling on friends here
Friday.
Miss Jean Grubaugh returned 20
Portland, Ore, after spending ten
days at her home. She is in defense
work.
Junior Roberts who is in the navy
and is stationed in Oakland, Calf,
last week to spend a few DAYS
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 2. w.
Roberts.
A. w. DeGroat left recently for
Great Falls after spending several
days with his daughter, Mrs. Allen
LieroW and family.