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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-02-15
Proof OF ManpOwer Waste
And Hoarding Submitted
To Council

Miami. = Evidence of widespread
waste Of labor, exaggerated estimates
Of manpower needs and failure OF
government procurement agencies TO
work out program for full use OF
facilities already in operation, was
presented to the AFL Executive
Council meeting here.
These facts. were gathered by the
AFL research staff in support Of la
bor's contention that compulsory labor
draft legislation is unnecessary and
that civilian agencies should be re-
tanned to direct manpower mobiliza-
tion.
As an example of manpower waste,
a report from an AFL representative
in Los Angeles charged that carpen-
ters and other skilled workers in
shipyards in that area were being
kept in enforced idleness. The report
added:
Management refuses TO release
them although shortage Of skilled
carpenters in nearby Grating yards
delays the Grating Of munitions for
shipment to the Pacific war fronts.
"Airplane parts and equipment of
all kinds are piling up, waiting to oe
Grated, while skilled carpenters in
shipyards are told by management to
hide themselves and are not allowed
to do the work they ask permission
to do"
The AFL research service declared
,gt IN,
yards and in many plants working on
a cost-plus basis
The Executive Council was inform
ed that the Taft Bill, offered as a
substitute for the May-Bailey Bill in
Congress, would correct these condi-
tions by empowering the Manpower
Commission to investigate and elimi-
nate wasteage and boarding OF labor.
Investigation by AFL representa-
tiyes also showed that scores Of COM
panies have exaggerated their man
power requirements.
To prove that the armed services do
not plan contract awards so as to use
production facilities fully, the AFL
research service reported:
"In awarding their contracts, the
armed services frequently permit q
well-equipped plant with skilled man
power to close down for lack Of con
tracts, while work which the plant
could do is awarded in a tight labor
market, creating q labor shortage.
An example is the shops which have
been forced to release 10000 men,
thousands highly skilled, because the
landing craft program is completed
and the procurement services have
not awarded new work to these plants.
The plants are equipped to make
fuses, castings, ordnance and do 2
wide variety Of war work requiring
modern machine shops. Such work Is
now being awarded in tight labor
markets"
Among plants laying off men cited
in the report were Drayo Corp, Ne
vile Island, Pa, 1850; Missouri Val
ley Bridge & Iron Co, Evansville
Ind, 26,000; Chicago Bridge g. Iron
Co, Senaca, ILL.,, 9,000; American
Bridge Co, Ambridge, Pa, $500
Bethlehem Steel Co., near Boston
1000; Zenith Dredge Co, Duluth
700; JeiTersonvile Boat q Machine
Co, jefferson, Ind. 5000; and Island
Dock Co. & Hildebrand Yards, King
ston, ~ Y, 1900.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-02-15
LEGION POST ADMITS
JAPANESE-A

Hollywood, Calf. QLNS).-Holly-
wood Post No. 591, composed entire
ly of World War II veterans, has
rebuked intolerance and given an
example of Americanism by admitting
a Japanese-American to membership.
A spokesman of the post said it was
the first post to take Japanese
American. The man admitted is Har-
ley Nj. Okla, who recently received a
medical discharge from the Army.
The post adopted a resolution which
condemned the action Of the Hood
River, Ore, post Of the American Le-
gion in removing the names Of Jap
anese-American soldiers from its
honor roster.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-02-15
'AFL Leaders Dem a nd
Defeat Of May Bill And
Favor Taft Bill

Miami. = Opening its annual
mid-winter session with a bang,
the AFL Executive Council took
these immediate actions:
1T called upon the U. S.
Senate to reject the House-ap-
proved May Bill, calling for a
labor draft, and adopt instead
the Taft substitute which re-
tains voluntary controls and is
aimed at elimination of labor
waste and boarding.
2-It prepared to settle once
and for all the question of re-
affiliation of the United Mine
Workers Union.
st accepted President Will
liam Green's report on the ami
cable adjustment of long stand
ing iurisdictional differences be-
tween the international Associa-
ton of Machinists on one side
and the international Brother
hood of Carpenters and the In
ternational Union of Operating
Engineers on the other.
The Executive Council left no room
for doubt on its stand with regard to
the so-called work or fight legislation
which is considered the most danger
Gus blow directed at labor's basic free
doms in many years.
By unanimous vote the Council con-
demned the May Bill as a precursor
to slave labor in America and urged
The u. S. Senate to defeat it.
Emphasizing that the May Bill
would hurt war production, instead of
increasing it, the Council strongly
recommended adoption of the Taft
substitute This measure, which lost
by only handful of votes in the
House where it was introduced by
Rep. Barrett of Wyoming, would leave
administration of manpower problems
where it is now lodged - with the
War Manpower Commission.
But the bill goes much further. 1t
empowers the War Manpower Com
mission for the first time with au-
thority to go into war plants and in
vestigate labor waste and boarding.
If such investigation shows that sur
plus manpower exists, the Commits
sion would be empowered to order the
release of workers not needed so that
they could be ftihneled into other war
plants where actual shortages may
exist.
The Executive Council firmly denied
that a real or dangerous manpower
shortage exists in war plants gener-
ally throughout the country. 1t held
that the few local and sporadic labor
shortages which develop from time TO
time can best be adjusted by volun-
tary methods, rather than the un-
trained and inefficient machinery of
draft boards.
With regard to the re-affiliation of
the United Mine Workers, Mr.. Green
told newspaper reporters that he eX-
pected the Council to make final de-
cision one way or another at this
meeting. He said he would submit to
the Council correspondence which has
taken place with officers Of the
miners union since the last AFL con
vention.
During the next few days, the
Council will give its consideration to
long list of vital Legislative pro-
posals affecting the labor movement.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-02-15

1t will also draft reports on post
war action necessary to establish eco
nomic and social security in America
when the fighting ends.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-02-15
Chemical Workers Join
Union Label Trades

Washington, d. c. QLNS). - The
International c h G m lea Workers
Union has affiliated with the AtL
Union Label Trades Department, |,
M Ornburn, secretary-treasurer OF
the department, announced here.
Both IL. A. Bradley, president Of
the Chemical Workers Union, and X.
+. Tomlinson, its secretary-treasurer
are able and progressive leaders and
deserve great credit for building usch
strong union in an industry never
before unionized, Secretary Ornburn
said The union in convention recent
ly decided to use the union label to
advance the sale of union-made chem
ical products.
Ask for Union Labeled merchandise.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-02-15
STATE SYMPHONIES PROPOSED

Boston ILNS)-Dr. Serge Kousse-
vitzky, conductor of the Boston Sym
phony Orchestra, proposed a post
war program in which each of the 4S
states would sponsor symphony
orchestra as spiritual food for its
residents"
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14
She 5 eating my apple, too. 90
One Word Led To Another
BY Linda and
Jerry Walter
By Arthur Bugs" Baer--

asked the chefs question in 1913 that they have
not answered yet. Here it is when is parsley
decoration and when is it memorial wreath ??a
BY that mean to state that ANYBODY who orders
hash these days has than the first landlord
the first rent day.
There is something reminiscent about the taste Of
hash these ratoned days 1t reminds you of things that
have gone before. know that life started this planet
when the ezynomena wgged of the and developed
legs But don't want it to be doing archaeological nip
ups in my hash
l had chance to order a bison steak the other day
and seized it. 1t tasted like weldone inner sole with
rich brown mucilage called the chef and asked us this
a bull or a bison?'
He replied with neatly adjusted dignity, Its bull.
lady bison would be none of your bisoness."
Well, gag is gag. But that didn't improve the
taste of the early American sroin You have those
prairie flet mgnons and give some roast beef with
caviar champagne pate de fol gras mushrooms supreme
Of chicken under glass, steak Chateaubrand baked
Alaska and New England boiled dinner for dessert. l
like American cuisine.
I'm not morbid enough to wonder what they put in
hash I'd be satisfied to know what they left out The
goes for croquettes, which is hash through
pencil sharpener.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14

Then he came home and told
his wife about the relapse; say
ing he had finished with the
amour.
He agreed TO divorce, but only
in anger.
He has since made every effort
TO dissuade her, saying ne fIas
never loved any one but her,
and that the other woman was
just an escape" when they
claShed too greatly.
! believe she Will respect any
advice you have 10 give. X. T.
VOUR dear friend is a very
L spoiled darling, much too
lazy TO work at anything, year
in and year out as matter Of
course or from sense Of duty.
And for all her intellectual
tall talk and world-savior theor-
izing, she is still in the Child
miHdACategpryy-5- |
Witness her. retreat TO her
family'S wing. when she finally
decides 10 have done with her
husband -
She probably has in hun the
-maklnggs- better life and
greater security for herself and
children, than she can find again
If she burns her bridges.
What she =faiiS-to appreciate
at It's priceless worth is his Will
-ingness- 10 be her inHp-saaer
devoted meal ticket for Keeps.
despite her & daring infantile
faults, and even. what's more
amazing 10 consider il a privilege
OF sorts TO put up with her.
VI. III.
EDITORS NOTE-Mary Ha-
Wovth eounseis through her col.
umn; not BY mail or personal
intsrUieW. Write her in care Of
The Detroit Times.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14
II. v. DURLING

doctor is an animal research eX-
pert and his guarantee refers
10 cattle. Using his methods.
two calves are born instead of
one. So If you know a cattle
man who wants to really step
up beef production on his ranch
advise him to make inquiries as
to Or. Hammond's experiments.
COME workmen Of Leicester,
~ England. did not care for
the quality of the beer and ale
being served in the public
houses s----- ----
Also thought the price too
high.
SO they started campaign
which resulted in 26 working
mems clubs Of Leicester getting
together and starting a brewery
of their own.
Now this brewery is said to-
make about the best beer and
ale in England.
It's product has won many
prizes.
The members of the club are
getting il at reduced prices.
Not only that, the brewery has
made so much money the 26
clubs owning il all have new
and luXuriously appointed club
houses.
THERE are more fights in Los
l. Angeles and Hollywood bars
and restaurants than in any
other section of the country.
They are that type of aght in
which the man who starts il
hopes his friends won't be too
long in holding him back. I
have often been curious as TO
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14

Here's a title for your whls-
kers, Inside Interior"
I told him il was certainly a
catchy title.
Probably the author IL work
ing on sequel" ! suggested,
"to be called Outside Exterior
or maybe From Terra Firma to
Earth IL Is certainly far more
intriguing than any of those
standard titles like Through
Harold Ickes With Canoe and
Pack Burro'."
Mr.. Brown said he agreed,
although a really gripping title
would be:
Forever Ickes."
II prefer IL to a Tree Grows
in Harold" he said. THE lat
ter doesn't seem 10 have the
real dash of romance"
I TOLD Mr.. Brown we should
Il be glad We had such high
class redundancy champions in
the government employ.
II will pit the author OF
Inside Detroit against all COM
ers for the redundancy belt"
/ said.
I DON'T think I'd have COM
Il pletcly believed it if | hadn't
gone over that catalog. For
instance a couple Of the larger
volumes are:
Contours of Culture in Indo-
neSia" (522 pages) and a 265-
page book put out by the census
bureau- -eemPariHs-th fertility
Of women in 1910 with 1910.
Understand, I am not knock
ing fertility" said Rep. Brown.
"But, with a war going on, IL
seems we could find better use
for paper than rehashing the
situation Of 35 years ago"
Another undoubtedly entranc-
ing volume, with which you
would just love TO curl up be-
side the fire. is "Malocclusion,
or Buck Teeth in Rabbits"
This is put out by the depart
ment Of the interior and IL is a
wonder IckeS is not swamped
with would-be purchasers.
/ know all my friends are
just worried TO death about
their rabbits getting buck teeth
and are beSieging dentists Of
fices to have them fitted with
braces.
Fish Roc and Caviar" (30S
pages) seems 10 be a popular
number; also a thrilling narra-
tive called Fatigue - That
Tired Feeling" But the mys-
terry novel that had us all
guessing is: "Diatomites of Pa
cific Northwest"
Distributed by Kins Features synd Inc.
Reproduction In whole or In part
strictly prohibited.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14
On the
Side

how these fights start. Have
just heard one was caused by
the fact that on a night when
margarine was being served at
a restaurant one patron showed
up bringing his own butter.
Another customer called the
man carrying his personal butter
IAN unpatriotic louse." Then
the fight started. And while
the fight was on some other
patron stole the butter.
QUERIES from clients. G.
W You say there never was a
paperweight division in boxing.
You should know there was
such a division between 1906
and 1916.
Al merely said I did not
think such a division was a
recognized one. Haven't all the
records but none j have mem
tion any "paperweight" cham
pions.
Q-What have you TO say
about a man who has a woman
executive fer a boss? Is this
usually an enjoyable job?
A-CouIdn't say. Never had
a female executive for n boss.
Perhaps my education Is not
complete.
Didn't Horace Greeley
once say THE man who mar
ries a widow and two daughters
marrieS three thieves p
A--George Herbert said that.
However, MIR. Greeley once OBJ
served: "A widow of doubtful
age will marry almost any sort
OF a white man."
Copyright, lo4S. By King Features
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14

on a pending aviation bill.
If the issue is forced Calendar
Wednesday can be sidetracked
only by a two-thirds vote, but
when no issue is raised it can
be done by unanimous consent.
II is this device which Mr..
Mccormack has employed sue
cessfully for so long that Calen-
dar Wednesday, once a great en-
franchising reform in the House,
has virtually gone into the dis
card.
Any Republican could object
TO the request to dispense with
Calendar Wednesday, and force
q call of committees.
The Republican leadership of
the House should reassert its
responsibility, and force the
consideration of bills under
Calendar Wednesday.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14

THE soldiership of Macarthur
l. is a subject l really want
to get into and clear away Some
of the debris that envy and
petty mindedness have washed
up around the greatest military
figures of the Pacific war.
There are two kinds of gen.
erals. One gets down and walks
on foot with his men. and for
this my friend Gen. Joe Still
well VIII never be surpassed in
the annals Of heroic leadership.
The other kind of general
maintains the old-fashioned idea
OF the special dignity of a COM
mander and the prerogative and
care for the person and health
which go with II.
GRANTED, Macarthur be-
~ longs TO this class.
He believes that general
should have the Immediate per-
sondt furniture with which he
has been accustomed to live.
He observes his OWN peculiar,
long-working hours which throw
him =eHt of gear with the usual
working day and, in consequence,
ne rarely sees officers outside
OF his own immediate Official
family.
He gives no time 10 social
mixing during a campaign.
When he feels like being in
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14

IA boy, although a girl is
more likely TO make the best
grades. In his famous search
for brilliant children, Prof.
Lewis M. Terman found in some
groups 116 brilliant boys for
every 100 girls. and in some
groups. 212 to 100. Even more
astonishing was the fact that
among the brothers and sisters
of these brainy children, there
were 123 brilliant boys TO 100
girls. We also know there have
been at least so great male
geniuseS and leaders in history
10 one woman. When this mys-
terry is solved. we will know
lot more about both men and
women, than we now know. V
2--Dr. Roscoe Gilmore Stott
brings this out forcibly in his
new book, Dear Shut-In." He
shows how shut-ins develop a
courage. hope and faith that
should make us who can 20
about as we please ashamed of
ourselves. Shut-ins are happier
than we because they have dis
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14
MARY HAWORTH'S MAIL

wants. and feels he needs,
well-run household as back
ground for himself and family,
she is too engrosSed in world
problems TO bother about eff
cient housekeeping.
Several years ago, during a
period or great tension They
have been frequently, he started
an affair with another. They had
a stormy time. and finally de-
cided to close the incident and
outgrow il.
Later, during another period
OF domestic difficulty, he re-
neMed the affair, but recently
OF his own volition. he broke
o m y | C tie ~ with the other
woman, who wants to marry
hun.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14
On
Broadway

Shake Hands with a Million
aire." Still happy-go-lucky. al
though no longer in the money.
THE Late Watch: Van John
Il son was rejected by his
draft board again weeks ago,
ffftrts Stnatra fanfare.
It's a boy for the A. Twining
Hadleys III, at Drs. Hosp. Pops
granddad was president of Yale.
Nancy Carrolrs sincerest ad-
mirer is Witold Miecyzlawski.
an official of the Polish Govt in
exile.
Joan Blondells next film will
be The Strange Adventure. T"
with Greer Carson and Clark
Gable-his first since going on
the inactive list.
Lloyd Lewis will quit manag-
ing-editing a Chicago paper TO
resume writing important books.
He is doing the life of Grant.
Robert Strawbridge or n.
Guggenheim may inherit the
post OF racing commissioner.
Zanuck is seeking an un-
known play Amber. A new
conner (now being considered)
with loads Of beauty. talent and
oopfff is Betty BARLEY.
The hootch industry is all
agog. For the first time u. S.
manufacturers are selling 10
Cuba instead of importing from
there.
Copyright by Daily Mirror. Inc.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14
UPTON CLOSE

formal, which is not often, he
is more likely to step out and
chat with ffoneons and -pri-
Yates than to drop in on officers
mess.
And so he has got the reputa-
ton Of being pompous. and aloof.
IN THE war against the Japs
L the quip about "dug-out
Doug has had quite a run.
Rhymes innumerable, circu-
lating from pocket to pocket of
navy uniforms. parody general
Macs order of the day.
And there is no denying that
he does have a high publicity
sense snanid1eSg1-ferhi rhisewn
version of the kind of reports
that Caesar and Napoleon have
woven into history.
But there is not a man in the
navy whose hat is not off to
Macarthur as a soldier and a
commander.
l have heard Admiral "Bulp
Halsey say-and l am sure he
will not resent my passing it on
that for his money Macarthur
rs the best soldier he knows.
THE American people are con-
l. vinced that although Gen.
Macarthur must give the navy
credit for taking on the dirtiest
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14
WASHINGTON Scene
By George Dixon

DEP. CLARENCE J. BROWN
~ of Ohio picked up a copy Of
a priceless tome. How 10 Salt
Nuts al Home and heaved il
violently through his office
window.
The large Ohioan's outburSt
vas occaSi ned by evidence he
had just dug up. Spread before
him was documentary evidence
OF governmental paper wastage
calculated 10 knock the beholder
groggy
The prize item in Mr.. Browns
collection. which he had gath
cred as member of the house
committee investigating tn @
rewsprlnt situation, was the
monthly catalog Of L. s. gov-
eminent publications. This
catalog listed hundreds Of re-
markable Volumes printed and
distributed by the government.
4 5 HE surveyed his evidence.
"a Mr. Brown got mad all
over. In a few minutes he had
me mad too.
Suddenly the wm X r
grabbed up the catalog and ran
his finger down a list of volumes
obtainable from the govern
ment.
Listen 10 this" he hOoted.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14
BETTERAHEAATH
= By DR.. Herman Bundesen

HEMORRHAGIC or bleed
II Ing" diseases refer 20 those
disorders in which loss OF blood
occurs because OF lack Of one
or more OF the substances
needed for hlood-clotting. One
form of bleeding, known as pur-
purah. occurs because the walls
OF the blood Vessels allow blood
TO seep through into the tis-
sues.
The checking OF bleeding is
known as hemOStaSls. Hemo-
stasis depends upon normal ac-
ton Of the walls OF the blood
vessels and Of the coagulating
or clotting mechanism Of the
blood OF course, bleeding Will
not start UnleSs a blood vessel
wall is injured When there is
a defect in the clotting. even
tiny injury may result in a Sc
we're or even fatal loss Of blood.
When abnormal bleeding oc-
ours, The first thing 10 do is 20
test the clottng time Of the
blood. that Is. 10 determine how
long il takes for blood 10 clot.
II IL is found that the blood
clots too slowly. IL means that
there is a deficiency Of certain
Of the blood elements necessary
for clotting, particularly pro-
thrombin. The amount Of pro-
thrombin in the blood also can
be assumed 10 be the cause Of
the slow clottirg. In such in
stances, vitamln K is admins
tered either by mouth or by in
..lection, since a deficiency Of this
('ltamln causes a leSSening of
Gthe prothrunbin in the blood.
Another cause for bleeding is
the blood's lack Of tiny bits Of
tissue known As blood platelets.
The number of the blood plate
let's present can be determined
by counting them under
microscope. The condition OF
bleeding which is due 10 a de-
ficiency of blood platelets is
called thrombocytopenia.
IF THE plateletS are normal.
L and there is sufficient
quantity OF prothrombin pres
ent. IL can be assumed that the
bleeding is due 10 the disorder
known as hemophilis, a condi-
tion which iunS in families. Just
what is responsible for the dis