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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-25
Membership
Of Locdl 33
Hits New High
Delinquents Warned OF
Action Local Will Take

Beaver Falls, Pa.-Local Union 8;
met in regular session on January Is
with a very good attendance, includ
ing all the newly elected officers al
their respective posts, anxious tC
carry out the duties of their office.
A short time ago the Local went
on record that new members making
application for membership, must at
tend the following meeting or they
would not be permitted to work the
next day. This rule was carried out
at our last meeting with seven new
members being obligated.
In answer to comment heard
throughout the shop wish to again
call to your attention, any member
who fails to pay his assessments after
the third pay will be subject to sus-
pension. Some of our members seem
to be of the opinion that the Local
cannot take such action. If you are
of this opinion, better take this hint
and pay up, otherwise it will cost you
a reinstatement fee.
DIOINcI NiIUcIt IlcTI, CdSLcI, 10
working out his notice and will leave
the trade for short time, due to ill
ness. Gilbert who just recently COM
pleted his apprenticeship was looking
forward to the day when he became
a journeyman, and the advice of his
physician was a great shock to him.
We hope it will not be long before
he is back with us.
Brother Joe Gill was granted a
card.
Our sincere sympathy is extended
Ted Stafford, superintendent, whose
mother passed away recently.
It's small world after all, accord
ing to Steve Gorby and Harry Frank
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Florida Official. Thinks
Labor Act Still Valid

Tallahassee, Fla. QLNS).-Validity
of Florida's labor union licensing act
is not disturbed by the U. S. Supreme
Court decision that a provision of a
similar Texas statute is unconstitu-
tional, Tom Watson, state attorney
general, thinks.
An appeal from State Supreme
Court ruling that Florida's law is
constitutional now is pending before
the high court.
The only provisions of the Florida
law involved in the pending suit are
those requiring labor business agents
to be licensed by the state and pay an
annual fee of 81 and requiring labor
unions to register the names and ad-
dresses of their officers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-25
Michigan Governments
Report Planning Progress

Lansing, Mich. QLNS)-Local gov
ernments in Michigan had submitted
up to Nov. 1, requests to the state
planning commission for S3,844,8 1927 to
finance the preparation of local plans
and specifications for postwar prof.
ects. The funds will be made avail
able from a S5,000,000 appropriation
by the State Legislature, to be
matched on a $3.50 basis by local
units. One million dollars of the fund
was earmarked for use by county
road commissions for planning roads
and highways, and S4,O0O,000 is avail
able to counties, cities and school dis
tricts on a population formula which
was extended to Nov. 20 to give all
Jurisdictions time to submit applica-
tions.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-25
Suggests Local
Programs For
War Shortages
Labor, Industry, Gov
ernment To Cooperate

Washington, D. C. QLNS). - Co.
operation of labor, industry and gov
ernment, locally and nationally, to
solve our war manpower shortages
has been proposed by the National
Association of Manufacturers and $50
state and local industrial associations
affiliated with the National Industrial
Council
The program in many respects is
similar to that advocated by organ
lied labor, which has declared it's
emphatic opposition to national serv-
ice legislation, as its friends call a
labor draft.
Presented primarily for use locally,
where NAM said the problem "must
be met" the program called on man.
agement and labor to intensity their
voluntary effort to solve the problem,
management by better utilization of
existing manpower, elimination of
any labor boarding and more accurate
estimates to the U. S. Employment
Service of needed labor, and labor by
elimination of any restrictions upon
production, reduction of absenteeism
and strict adherence to the no-strike
pledge.
Draft Alternative Offered
AS an alternative to labor draft
law, the NAM said the War Man
power Commission should receive
authority from Congress for more
effective administration of it's orders,
with enforcement through the courts.
Such proposed legislative authority
would cover establishment of employ
ment ceilings, use of controlled re-
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-25

DIR. Sugar, head OF the medical Staff
of the Crane Company was with him
and highly recommended it as did
First Vice President Wheatley repre-
senting the Brotherhood. Quite a
number of the casters have had their
preliminary x-rays taken and are now
taking treatments. Most of the films
showed our members to be in pretty
good shape.
To some who seem afraid to be
examined or take the treatment we
recommend the articles now appear
ing in The Potters Herald on this
subject, and to all we urge that one
of the best forms Of health insur-
ance is to work like human being.
The following were named on the
shop committee: John Cooper, chair
man; Earl Ellis, Charles Jessen,
Henry Kresicki, John Burns, Edgar
Shuman, James Wylie, Phillip Web
ber, Ted Copestake, Joseph Snyder;
mould shop still to be heard from.
Vice President Walsh will take over
for the next two weeks in the alb
sence of President Werner who is
taking his vacation now so that he
may accompany his~wife bo Benvery
Colorado, for visit with their daugh-
ter, whose husband is in the service
there.
The conference committee met on
the 18th to draw up the contract for
1915 but did not reach an agreement.
Corporal Charles Rose. who was
home on furlough dropped in for a
visit with his former shopmates.
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-25
Two Roll Unions
Vote On Program
Seek Better Pay And
Working Conditions

Cleveland, Ohio (ILNS). A ST.
point program to obtain improved
working conditions for employees in
engine, train, yard, and dining car
services has been placed before the
local chairman and lodges, respective
iy, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers and Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen for ratification, it was
announced here by Grand Engineer
Alvanley Johnston, of the B. of L. E.,
and President A. F. Whitney, of the
B. of r. T.
"It is also proposed to inaugurate a
movement for an increase in rates of
pay when the stabilization act will
permit" they said.
In joint statement, the two Bro
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-25
Tough Utility
Signs Agreement
Climaxes Ten-Year
Battle By Workers

Labor history was made this week
when the Ell Paso (TeXas) Electric
Company, once one of the toughest
anti-union utilities in the nation,
signed "union shop" agreement
with the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers.
The pact marks a new era in. re-
lations between the union and the
company, and climaxes a 1O-year
battle by the workers for the right to
organize in a bona fide labor organi-
zation.
When the |. B. E. w. first began
organizing on the property decade
ago, the management responded with
campaign of intimidation, setting
up a company union' and firing
unionists wholesale. The union fought
back with strikes and proceedings be-
fore the National Labor Relations
Board.
In 1898, the board came down with
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-25
SdfetY Experts
To Aid In Wur
On Accidents
Seek To Reduce Injuries
40 Per Cent In 6 Months

Washington, D. C. GLNS).-Quali-
fled safety representatives from the
U. S. Department of Labor or CO.
operating agency will be available to
visit planning mills and wooden con-
tainer plants to assist in the accident
prevention drive to reduce injuries
40 per cent in months. They will
figure accident frequencies, detect
accident and health hazards, and or
ganize safety programs on a labor
management basis, V. A. thinner, di-
rector of the Labor Departments Di-
vision of Labor Standards announces.
Safety training courses will be Of
fered to key plant supervisors, union
representatives and foremen. These
courses are sponsored by the Labor
Department in cooperation with the
u. S. Office of Education which pays
tuition and are held in engineering
colleges, plants, or at other con-
venient gathering places.
A foreman's safety training manual,
prepared by committee of expert
enced safety engineers from the in
dustry and insurance companies, will
be teady soon. 1t will stress the key
position occupied by foremen in acci-
dent prevention and will discuss de-
tailed accident causes from unguarded
unsafe conditions and
work practices.
Safety Code Prepared
A safety code for guarding wood
machinery has been pre-
pared by the American Standards
Association. The manual will provide
a check list to detect and correct un-
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-25
Akron Local Elects
Robert Baird, President

Akron, Ohio.-The following Off
GERS have been elected by Local
Union 164 for the ensuing term:
President, Robert T. Baird; vice
president, Ellsworth Weckerly; re-
cording secretary, Kenneth Ward;
treasurer, Henry Ferguson; financial
secretary, Robert Brandenstien.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-25

mot take the case before Local and
have it Strengthened out.
Our new system Of collecting three
months dues with the imitation fee of
all new members seems to be work
ing out satisfactorily.
We wonder why the handlers can't
get together and settle their differ
ences without so much wrangling one
the shop. Recent demonstrations only
prolong settlements.
Several of our members have heard
from Brother Dick Adams who is re-
cuperating in an English hospital
from an elbow wound received in ac-
tion. Dick mentioned in his letters
that he has received no mail since
September. Brother Jack Mullens, Jr,
is also hospitalized in England. Why
not get the address of these two
brothers and send them a letter TO
cheer them up. They would do that
much for you.
Brother Frank Andia has entered
the Veterans Hospital at Aspinwall,
Pa. We hope it will not be long be-
fore he is back with US.
Guy Knicely who went out to hunt
deer the first day of the season is
back at work. Guy did not mention a
word about his success, but his alb
sence from the shop began to worry
the boys and they were on the verge
Of forming searching party.
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-25
Health Committee
Draws Up Rules To
Eliminate Hazards
MEETING FOR LOCALS APPROVAL; MEM

Clarksburg, W. Va.-Members of Local Union who
interested in maintaining clean shop urgently
attend the next meeting when the Health Committee will make
their of proposed plan health
shop Various suggestions have been made time
the committee after taking all these consideration
set of which will be presented for the Locals approval
Brother Carl Bnkey has given up his lingering Job making
the second apprentice to leave this job recently Ruor has
improper division of good and bad work
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-25
New Officers Are Elected
By Local Union No. 1876

Hollydale, Calif.-Local Union 1876,
Generalware, elected the following
officers at their last meeting: Presi-
dent, Guy Dunn; vice president, AL
Nelson; recording secretary, Gloria
Hill; financial secretary, Claire Mat
eek; treasurer, Eddie Fernandez;
trustee, Virgie Woods.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-25
Equipment To Treat
SilicOSiS Is Installed
By Trenton Firm
ARE NOW TAKING TREATMENTS; REPRE-

Trenton N Local Union As has been holding
interesting meetings of vital Importance to the trade and well at
tended considering the weather time transportation diff
cues 6day fatigue and other adverse circumstances
The quarterly report and membership of
283 with 46 in the service, sick or unemployed.
letter of thanks for his Christmas gift received from
Charles Cook and very much appreciated by the boys
Dr. Harmon of Washington Pa, paid visit in December
and nauguraed the Mcintyre treatment for scOs plant
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Evening star., 1945-05-20

another camp. said, Maybe I can
stand this. will try to cook
Il went to CT kitchen. I cooked.
The food was better but had to keep
an eye on the food.
Il didn't know that would have to
stand up and tell the men You can't
have no more of this
II said, We got to split it with the
rest Of the fellows That is what
told him. ,.
"Or, maybe they would not eat. Then
we had a whole lot to throw out that
some men could eat.
When went AWOL that was just
the beginning of it. You have got me
here now and you had better throw
the book at me. You had better shoot
me. That is the best thing to do"
A Leading Question
The records occasionally show a me-
ticulous regard for the rules of evi-
dence which they have learned from
their court-martial manual, which
every officer assigned to court work is
duty bound to read
For example this bit of direct exam
ination shows that the court was care
full to keep leading questions out OF the
witness lawyer cannot lead that is
ask question that contains the an
swer or suggests the answer.
@. Did you hear Pvt. Smith talk
about-make any remarks about his
company commander?
"a. Yes, sir. He referred to his COM
pany commander as an s. o. b.
@. Didn't he call him an old S. o b.?
prosecution: Objected to.
THE court: Objection sustained"
And sometimes the record betrays an
understandable unfamiliarity with the
rules of evidence. The defense counsel
in this exchange evidently confused
personal with hearsay knowledge.
@. In what status was he sent to the
hospital?
"A. That of a general prisoner.
q. Do you know from personal
knowledge that?
Defense counsel Gnterrupting) I
object to the admission of evidence on
mere personal knowledge"
Better Than Fiction
Some of the CT talk in the record is
the stuff fiction writer's strive to put in
the mouths of their characters The
Mccoy is so much better. This descrip-
tion of fight given by soldier from
q court-martial witness stand Is the
Mccoy:
"Keener asked him to come down and
put the gloves on. He refused. So
Keeners dignity was hurt, so he hit him
on the button. He tried to get away.
I was coming up the path and got a
smack in the eye, and I put the boom
on him.
"Then Boccio got in it. All could
see was feet flying Boccio went in
there with CT shoes and we followed
like bunch of cats. We got in a few
punches, but Boccio is pretty big. You
can't get any place with him-some of
our fellows got kicked up by Boccio. I
got smacked by Boccio. Keener got
Evening star., 1945-05-20
~ make up my bed and
then get back on it and Sleep"

do nothing. I don't want to learn to do
nothing. I don't want to be hollered at. !.
II asked him what he did during the
day.
HE said, 7 make up my bed and then
get back on it and sleep
II asked him If he went to drill.
"He said, I don't like to drill; can't
do it. I can't stand to have people holler
at me. I don't know what they say be-
cause never pays attention.
"I asked him how he happened to get
in the Army.
HE said he volunteered-'everybo
else was. didn't have no job. I quit
work because it was too hard. I didn't
know nothing about the Army. Every
body else was joining so did
HE said he had never been sick He
didn't like the food, it was too greasy.
II asked him if he was unhappy in
the troop He said, I don't like to be
around so many people. They make
too much noise. I don't like to work. I
like to fish,
IT asked him why he failed to salute
the general. He said he never saluted
no officer since he came in the Army
and he wasn't going to-"
As In all criminal courts Of this
country the accused In q court-martial
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The filing cabinets containing them fill
many rooms. The reviewing officer Is
charged to see to it. among other things,
that evidence enough to convict is in
the record introduced according to the
rules of evidence prevailing in Federal
courts. If it is not, he recommends that
the conviction be reversed.
The court martial mill grinds on de-
spite the end of hostilities in Europe.
1t is hoped that it will slack off greatly
with the reduction OF the Army from
5000 900 to 100000 men, with a larger
proportion used to military discipline.
Six of ten court-martial convictions
that come to Washington for review are
for absence without leave (AWOD or
for desertion. The new soldier is dis
proportionately represented and the
Army is still getting new soldiers from
the draft boards. Inability to make the
adjustment to Army life is clear in the
testimony of many Of the cases. The
problem the psychiatrists have been
writing about-a problem to the Army
dS Wtu dS W tIIc NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. oQG
in the words of the boys in trouble.
Intent not to come back is, in general,
the legal difference between AWOL and
desertion. These, letters to his draft
board of a boy who had just donned
khaki seem to indicate that he had no
intention of returning
His first letter started:
Dear Sirs:
Il am writing you these few lines and
asking for favor. I volunteered for
the Army but made mistake. never
realized how much my mother needed
me around the house. Now would like
you to get me a discharge. I don't
care what kind. Three of my brothers
are in the Army and think it's fair
for me to get a discharge from the
service.
81 have another brother who is mar
ried and won't support my Nom. He
never did. He married young girl 18
to keep out of the Army. She can
work and keep herself. Why don't you
take him in the Army and give me a
discharge? just got to get discharge
out OF here or I'll 60 nuts. In fact, I'm
going nuts already. Either put me in
a guardhouse or in Jail or any place,
but get me out of here.
Il been getting pains all over Every
time I march or bend down my back
hurts. Anybody who really deserves a
discharge is me. better get one, too.
My mother has to have some one around
the house in case anything goes wrong
hope at least one of you uses your
head for once at least. Good Bye and
Please give me an answer right away
because I'm nothing but a nervous
reck"
Two days later he wrote:
Il wrote you letter before but I'm
also writing you this letter because this
Evening star., 1945-05-20
BY George Kennedy.


One of the lawyers in uniform looked
up from the voluminous record of the
court martial he was reviewing.
Here's one for the book" he said.
Then he read aloud
q What did you say to the corporal
when you had the meat cleaver over
his head?
"a I told him in a nice way that I
would cut his head of, that's all"
A stenographic report of testimony
of every general court-martial is
reviewed before the sentence becomes
final. General courts-martial try all
charges of a serious nature that may
bring about dishonorable discharge from
the Army or imprisonment Of more than
six months.
The Army takes some pride in this
protection of the accused 1t is pointed
out that stenographic recording OF teSti-
mony is not general in State and Fed
eral Courts. In District Court, for in
stance as in other Federal courts, if
defendant wants stenographic record
of testimony for use in a possible appeal
he must hire stenographer.
Dear Draft Board:
This is one of the mammoth paper
work jobs of this 5000, ,000-man Army.
Records of more than $4,000 cases have
been reviewed here since July l, 1910.
Evening star., 1945-05-20

Maj. G. Durno. quartered the cot
next to mine is occupied by Maj. John
Farmer of the North Falkland Apart
ments, Silver Spring, Md, who was
attached to Gravelly Point in the
priorities division of the ATC before
coming overseas is months ago. He
has moved up from the South Pacific
with general headquarters and has the
task of helping to assign priorities for
passengers and cargo.
Maj. Farmer accompanied Secretary
of the Treasury Morgenthau as mill
tary aide on his visit to Europe, North
Africa and the Near East in October
of 1943
In Hawaii
Back at Honolulu our party was en-
tertained by Maj. George Durno, for
mer president of the White House Cor
Evening star., 1945-05-20

address. Maj. Gen. Woods.
Maj. Rendell, formerly with the
Washington Bureau of the Associated
Press, who left the staff of News Week
to enter the service, has seen duty in
Europe, Africa, the Near East, India
and Burma. If he keeps on moving
east, he said. he may be home before
too many months.
The boys out here keep wondering.
they say, if their friends will remember
them when they finally get home. Let
ters from home are the next best thing
to going home and the men overseas
can never get enough Of them-even
q post card will do.
Evening star., 1945-05-20

smacked by Boccio. And the rest of
them got smacks, because he was swing
ing like hell.
Then the fight is over and every
thing is all right"
The accuracy of some of the testimony
is impressive:
@. Pvt. Reeves how old are you?
"a. Twenty-one, sir.
q. When did you enter the service
OF the United States?
"A. September Is, 10 minutes of. IL,
1910. SIR
Sometimes the accuracy is incredible.
Such as this:
What time was that?
"a. Well, around about 9, as close as
I can get at it. didn't have no watch.
1t was dark, the sun was down.
@. After the fight ceased what did
Sylvester do?
"A. He left.
@. About how much time took place
between the time he left and when he
came back?
"A Forty-five minutes and so Sec
onds"
Impersonation in Reverse
There have been frequent instances
of enlisted men getting court -martialed
for impersonating officers, but there is
sworn testimony in the records con-
corning an officer about to embark at
the New York port of embarkation who
impersonated an enlisted man to see
New York again.
There was the accused who said he
was having family difficulties because
two women claim to be my mother"
and there was the accused named Fan
tasia and the one in the next record
named Ambrosia.
Favorite with the officers is the
answer an enlisted Negro somnambulist
gave when challenged by sentry. The
sentry was startled to see Negro after
midnight walking between the barracks
clad only in pajama trousers.
Haiti" shouted the sentry. who
goes there?"
The answer was even more startling.
The Negro identified himself as:
Officer of the day"
Lawyers familiar both with criminal
court cases in civil life and courts
martial say the court-martial records
Evening star., 1945-05-20

by the sleeve and pointed toward the
bottle. He wanted drink. I told him
to 60 to hell and he spit in my face. 7
opened the door Of the cage and held
him while took poke at him. He hit
me on the head with a board. People
must have heard the racket, because
they came in and dragged me out of
the monkey cage. Then went back to
the ship.
@. (By the court) Have you any
further testimony or evidence to give?
"A. would like to add that the man
and lady who owned the monkey had
no i'll feelings. I went back the next
morning and they gave me all the drinks
7 wanted free.
"(The COURT In view of the evidence
and the foregoing statement Of the ac-
cused, the court finds the accused guilty
Of being drunk rs charged