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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-18
Wage Adjustments
Approved For
Lenox Employees
Retroactive Pay
From October 10

Trenton, n. j. Local Union 184
has been notified by Vice President
Wheatley that the Philadelphia War
Labor Board has approved the wage
adjustments which were jointly
agreed to and presented by the Lenox
Management and the National Bro
therhood of Operative Potters.
The adjustments approved were ap-
piled to the following clasifications
with retroactive pay effective from
October 10, 1914:
All Slip house employees increased
from 76Ec to 90c per hour. Female
Liners increased to a 75c per hour
minimum. Dipping house girls and
Cleaners increased from 55c per hour
to 60c. Numberers or Back stampers
from 52Rc to 60c, with new start
ing rate of 55c per hour.
The basis for petitioning the War
Labor Board for these adjustments
was due to inequalities of rates paid
for inter-related job classifcations
within the establishment and for
making individual adjustments under
General order No. 81.
Brother Sam Jackson made a very
interesting report to the Local upon
his return from the East Liverpool
Wage Conference, where he repre-
sented Local 1S4 as a Conferee. The
Local has been notified by the Com
pany and the Eastern office that the
Vacation Agreement will be recog-
nized and because of a shortage in
office help the checks may be a week
or two late, after the first of the year.
The writer has been informed that
since making his report Brother jack
son has been confined to one of the
local hospitals for an operation for
l do not as yet know
which hospital he is in. We all hope
for an early recovery and that he will
soon return to his home and friends.
Because of Christmas and New
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-18
Decorators Nome
Committees At
Last Meeting
Daniel Commended For
Outstanding Action

Shop committee reports consumed
the major portion of time at the regu-
lar meeting of Local Union 124 Tues
| day night. The reports brought to
light some infractions of our agree
ment which will be taken up with the
officials on various plants.
The following shop committees
were appointed:
Edwin M. Knowles-Stampers, Lois
Coleman, Eve Ross and Genevieve
Covert.
Hall China--Decal, Rose Stewart,
Dora Ecelston, Margaret Hamilton,
Mae Curran, Hazel Title, Augusta
George, Viola Weekly, Mary Jackson
and Emma Durbin.
We are glad to see SO many of our
members taking advantage of the 10
per cent savings by paying years
dues in advance. The number this
year has surpassed those of past
years.
Word has been received that Walter
G. Daniel, a member of this Local and
decorating kilnhand at the Homer
Laughlin China Company before he
entered the service, has been COM
mended by Major-General Elwood r.
Quesada, Commanding General of the
Ninth Tactical Air Command, for out
standing performance of duty on the
Narmandy beachhead. His outfit be-
ing among the first wave Of Allied
troops to hit the beaches.
Their Landing boats and equipment
swamped by the high tides of the
Normandy coast, forced to swim and
scatter to the shore under the fire of
enemy coastal guns, Sgt. Daniel and
his aviation fire fighting platoon
finally reunited on the beachhead,
forgot about fighting fires for the
moment, and served where they could
to help advance the invasion.
Led by First Lieutenant Frank o.
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-18
Harmlessness OF Aluminium

Animal experiments having serveG
their purpose, it became necessary tc
consider means to test the discovery
on humans. A question for immediate
consideration was: Is aluminium harm
full to man when inhaled as a fine
powder? While the animal expert
ments were reassuring, since they
conclusively showed the powder to be
innocuous when breather by animals
it was nevertheless, desirable to
have additional reinsurance with re-
gard to it's effect upon human beings.
Through the courtesy of the Alumi-
mum Company Of America and espe-
cially the valued interest in this prob
lem displayed by that Company's Di-
rector of Research, DR.. Francis C.
Frary, study was made of the
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-18

Ftirely wrong and certainly is without
foundation when they take such
stand. They are working in the inter-
est of the majority and in so doing,
perhaps some time their ruling is not
to our liking, but bear in mind they
have our interests at heart at all
times.
1t is with disgust we hear of one
of our members reporting to his fore
man all that transpires at our meet
ings. Certainly this individual cannot
expect to gain anything by such pro-
ceedure. While our meetings are
secret, so to speak, confined only to
members Of Local Union No. 80,
there are no transactions that take
place which we are ashamed of. If
you want to sacrifice the love of your
fellow workmen, all well and good,
that is your privilege, but remember
the day will come when such actions
will only prove to be boomerang
and the ones who may be subject to
criticism due to your grapevine re-
ports, may be the ones you will ap-
peal to for favor.
Certain remarks levelled at our
National officials by individuals who
go out of their way to inform us Of
certain statements made by them
have fallen on deaf ears. We have
faith in our officials and certainly
their past record has proven they are
working every minute in our behalf.
We hope it not necessary to report
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-18
Locul Union l2l
Will Suspend
'Delinquents
Stamping Question Goes
To Standing Committee

Sebring, Ohio. - Our first meeting
in the new year was held on January
9 with the usual attendance.
Sister Minesinger made report of
the wage conference and although it
was not very encouraging, we know
our representatives at the conference
had their hands tied by the Little
Steel" formula.
Some Of our members are being
notified that unless they pay up their
back dues by our next meeting, they
will be suspended. Better check your
book and see if this applies to your
self, act now and save money.
Two members were refused with
drawal cards because they were in
arrears. No cards will be issued while
you are indebted to the union.
The stamping question for day
wage at the Limoges China was
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-18
Sebring Potters
Guests Of Firm
At Turkey Dinner
Ray Meyers Receives
Medical Discharge

Sebring, Ohio. - Employees of the
Gem Clay Forming Company were
guests Of the firm at turkey dinner
on December % at Shaffer's Res
taurant in Salem.
POSTMASTER Ray Green in his re-
marks gave a brief history of the
firm and lauded the support they re-
ceived from members of Local Union
166 in rounding out successful year.
He praised the relationship with the
Brotherhood and hoped the same will
continue throughout the new year.
Outside of few bent tenders and a
few of our members being lost in a
strange city, everything went over
o. X. and we take this means to
thanking the officials of the firm for
a grand evening.
We received our vacation checks,
with a few exceptions. These cases
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-18

James Moss; inspector, Alvin Jack
son; guard, Gus Mautz; trustees, Will
liam Ashbaugh, Is months; George
Brunt, IL months.
A withdrawal card was issued to
Ralph Sanford who has accepted en-
ployment with the newly organized
Acme China Company in Wellsville,
manufacturers of fine translucent
china items. Brother Sanford has
been one of our most faithful men,
bers, always willing to participate in
all questions with sound sense of
judgment. We wish him the best of
luck in his new adventure.
The one problem that should be of
most interest to the members of this
organization is the health problem,
since so many members are reported
as having silicosis after being X-rayed
by their physician. This is because so
many of us are compelled to inhale
shop dusts unnecessarily. The one
common practice among some work
ers is to quickly grab broom or
brush when they finish their days
work and sweep in and around their
work bench while others have to re-,
main at their work and inhale the
dust clouds. Too much emphasis can
not be stressed against the practice
of sweeping during working hours.
The U.S.P.A. recognized this as being
a hazard many years ago and agreed
that all sweeping would be done after
working hours, that is part of our
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-18
Evansville Local Elects
Sylvester Hawke, President

Evansville, Ind.-Local Union No.
5, Generalware, elected the following
officers for the new term: President,
Sylvester Hawke; vice president,
Hiram Feagley; recording secretary,
Beatrice Brinker; financial secretary,
Arthur 8. Huffine; inspector, Theresa
Montgomery; guard, Adeline Heldt;
statistician, Leo Schnautz; defense
secretary, Ralph Schnautz; trustee,
Jess Miller.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-18
Local Union No. 131
Elects New Officers

The following are the newly elected
officers of Local Union No. 131, Bat
tersout and Mouldrunners: President
Walter Wilson; vice president, Vern
Sprout; recording secretary, Arthur
Marshall; financial secretary, Robert
Mccormick; treasurer, Paul Long;
statistician, Alice Sewers; Inspector,
Clarence Dehn; guard, Paul Brooks
trustees, Alice Sewers, 6 months;
Robert Mccormick, II months; Paul
Long, 18 months.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-18
Johnson Retained As
President OF L. L. 1856

Los Angeles, Calif.-The following
officers were elected by Local Union
1876 at their first meeting in January:
President, James Johnson; vice presi-
dent, Mary Sanchez; recording secre-
tary, Lloyd N. Sprague; financial
secretary, Carl Bockman; treasurer
and statistician, Thomas Poulton; de-
fense fund collector, Sam Palmer; in
speetor, Don Gonzales; guard, STAN
ley Gentry; trustees, Lewis Shawl.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-18
Progress In Aluminium
1heIapay
BY w. ID. Robson, Medical Director
Mcintyre Research, Limited,
Toronto, Ont.

The prevention of silicOsis by
metallic aluminium was first report
ed in 1887 by w. d. Robson, Medi-
cal Director, Mcintyre Research,
Limited, Toronto, Ont. The results
definitely established that silicosis
was prevented in animals by the
inhalation of small quantities of
aluminium. The POtters Herald
herewith presents the first of a
series of articles dealing with the
progress made in this field of re-
search.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-18
Mixed Sanitary Local
Elects New Officers

Trenton, N. j. = Local Union 81,
sanitary mixed, has elected the fol-
lowing new officers: President, Will
liam Cameran; vice president, Alex
Dawson; financial secretary, Anthony
Borach; recording secretary, Joseph
Pazdan; inspector, James Schersetti;
guard, Louis Mancinelli; statistician,
Frank Lockett; trustee, Robert Nc
Roberts.-O. c. 81.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-18
Grapevine Reports
Draw Ire Of Members
OF Local Union 80
MEMBERS SUBJECT TO CRITICISM
WHEN FOREMAN LEARNS OF ACTION
TAKEN AT LOCAL UNION MEETINGS

Carksburg, W. VaThe last meeting of Local Union SO
very encouraging not empty seat in the hall This it
should be if to forward during the coming year. Bring
troubles to the settled proper
manner, don't grumble around the shop
Brother Mazze made lengthy regarding the activities
OF the shop committee No matter how far this committee
their efforts to sraghten out difficulties placed hands,
it brothers feel the committee imposes hardship
them if they do not always rule in their
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-01-18
Takes Issue With Shop
Committee Endorsing
Sweeping By Employees
FIRMS OFFER TO SUPPLY PUSH
BROOMS WILL ONLY LEAD TO
RESTORATION OF HEALTH HAZAF

Local Union No started year with well attended
meeting despite the bad weather
Several important and interesting questions brought
forth for discussion which resulted in the meeting lasting little
longer than usual however, the information and knowledge gained
from such Debates than pay for staying session
longer.
Officers elected for the ensuing follows Presi
dent Frank Daes president AL Everart recording
tary Fred Gynn secretary Edward Edgars treasurer
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The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-12-14
LACK OF REpLA(EMENTS
NULLIFY POINT system
FOR NEGRO MARINES

OKINAWA, Dec. IA (ANP). -
Negro marines of the 18th service
battalion may not expect to be
shipped to the states regardless of
how many points they have until
there are adequate requirements.
This rule does not apply to white
personnel of the 18th service bat
talon. They may return home when
they have accumulated so or more
points, regardless of how many
months of Pacific duty they have.
Negro marines, who have so or
more points, must remain here for
at least "a months before they can
leave for home.
High marine officials claim that
the reason for this one-sided situa-
ton is due to the slack Of needed
requirements for colored person
nel." They say that white marines
who are leaving are being replaced
immediately"
The Negro marines say, however,
that the tasks they were assigned
to here are finished.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-12-14

The blistering and sweeping at
tack which CIO President Philip
Murray made upon President Tru-
mans so-called fact-finding pro-
posals for labor peace should re-
ceive the careful attention of the
Negro public.
At stake are not only the eco
nomic rights and opportunities for
millions of Negroes, but the future
lineup of the Negro vote in such
industrial states as Michigan, Hi
nois, New Jersey, New York, and
Indiana.
The majority of Negro voters
are strongly Democratic, believing
among other things that the Demo-
Gratis are strongly pro-labor. AS a
matter of fact tens of thousands of
Negroes vote Democratic not be-
cause they saw difference in the
racial policies of the two major
parties, but because they thought
they could thus protect their inter-
ests as workers if not as Negroes.
Moreover, the CIO was as actively
organizing Negro voters as were
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-12-14
CHANGE SOUGHT IN
RECREATION PROGRAM HERE

A major improvement program
for Dayton recreation facilities was
recommended yesterday to city
committee in a survey prepared by
the National Recreation association
Foremost among recommended
tions was the creation of a five
man board to head a department
of recreation, replacing the present
parks and Fairgrounds division of
the welfare department.
The committee sponsoring the re-
port included Emerson H. Lands,
superintendent of schools, chair
man; Herbert w. Starick, city plan
director, secretary F. R. McKeever,
executive director of the Com
munity Chest, and F. 0. Eichel-
berger, city manager.
The survey reported the present
parks and Fairgrounds division had
developed a decentralized program
of varied character at low cost per
capita,
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-12-14
RELIGION and PEACE
By Jesse Nimmons

If our religion is to have real
power in our lives, we must practice
it in every phase Of our lives. There
is no substitute for it. Religion is
easy to understand, if we first make
up our minds to become willing
within ourselves to accept Gods
way of life. We have tried war.
Thousands of lives were lost. We
still do not have the Peace. There
will be no peace until the human
race accept the real meaning of Re
ligion, ''That all humans are Gods
children and he paid the debt by
giving his life, that mankind might
see the way" He left a trail in the
sand of time for others to follow.
When we learn to follow, love will
take the place Of war and hate.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-12-14
LIQUOR BONUS IN STORE
FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

COLUMBUS, Dec. 14.-Ohioans
can get beyond their normal whisky
ration at Christmas this year, it was
announced by State Liquor Direc-
tor Robert M. Sohngen. A bonus of
one extra unit will be given for the
December 1923 period. Purchases,
however, must be made with the
regular purchase so that the ration
cards can be punched at the same
time.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-12-14

The Youth Council of Dunbar
Community Center, The High
School Girl Reserves of the West
side Y.W.C.A., the Dunbar White
Chapter High Boys invite the pub
lie to a free program of carol sing
ing out Of doors Wednesday eve
ming, Dec. 10, beginning at 6 pm.
on the porch of the center; the
group will travel east on Fifth St.,
singing enroute to the Y.M.C.A.,
where they will appear and sing at
GAS. At 7:30 pm. the group will
sing on the grounds of the West
side Y.W.C.A. From 8 pm. to $50
pm. a closed social hour for the
participants in the carolling will be
held in the cafeteria of the WV.
CA. and refreshments will be
served.
Plans for the community sing
were made by Mrs. S. J. George,
director of Dunbar Center, Miss
Audrey Kent, activity secretary of
Y.W.C.A., and Mr.. William Cum
mings, Dunbar teacher and coun-
selor of the white chapter HiY
Boys. Music for the occasion will
be under the direction of Mrs. Will
liam Cummings, a very competent
and outstanding pianist who has
recently become a resident Of this
city from Kentucky.
J. Rehearsal for the program will
be held Tuesday, Dec. 18, 7:30 pm.
at cafeteria, Y.W.C.A.
The 7th and 9Th grades will en-
tertain with "Bell Hop" Dec. 17th,
$50 pm. This promises to be one
of the seasons "jingling'' affairs.
Invitations are being released
for the "Box Social" sponsored by
the Youth Council.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-12-14
Frigidaire To Start Work Saturday

About 1000 Frigidaire employees,
laid off earlier this week when a
shortage of rubber seals closed
down the final assembly line, re-
turn to work tomorrow morning.
A shipment of seals was en- route
to Dayton from Akron last night,
Frank c. Lyons, General Motors
executive, said. This supply will
keep the line going until Inland
production gets underway again,
he added.
Hourly rate workers at Inland
division, General Motors corpora
tion, whose 16-day strike ended
Wednesday night, are being called
back to work as fast as various de-
partments are readied, M. A. Lause,
company official, said last night. He
expects full production will be re-
sumed Monday.
About 5000 members of the
United Electrical Radio and Ma
chine Workers (UE), CIO, at Delco
Products, Frigidaire and Antioch
Foundry, all General Motors plants,
cast ballots during the strike vote
conducted by the National Labor
Relations Board (NLRB), yester-
day, union leaders said.
An official count was not avail
able last night. Henry Fiering, UE
international representative esti-
mated the ratio of votes was 13 to l
favoring a strike, if necessary, to
support the unions demand for a
S2-a-day wage increase.
CUE, however, will not call a
strike in 1945," Fiering reiterated.
Admitting the vote was light,
Fiering attributed it to bad weather
and the layoffs at Frigidaire.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-12-14
LABOR VIEWS
By George F. McCray

the Democratic precinct captains.
The Murray blast at Truman and
the attack of other labor leaders
raises several difficult questions.
The first is: How the CIO and the
Democrats separated completely a
few months away from the 1916
congressional elections?
The second is: Will the Negro
voters, over 95 percent of whom are
low-paid workers, follow the CIO
out of the Democratic party, assum-
ing of course the CIO is on the way
out?
To anyone familiar with Negro
public opinion the answer to the
last question is plain. Negroes are
so disgusted with Congress and SO
distrustful of Mr.. Truman's influ-
ence and ability as a leader, that
many would accept any opportunity
to change the situation.
Not that Mr.. Truman is entirely
responsible for the anti-administra-
ton attitude among Negroes, but
Negroes have not liked the trend OF
things in Washington for a very
long time. This dissatisfaction
could not crystalize or come to head
because of our attachment to the
Roosevelts and to our appreciation
of the administrators labor and
social security programs. Despite
all this, Negroes chafed and smart
ed bitterly over the treatment OF
Negro soldiers and sailors and over
the scuttling Of FEPC. Mr.. Tru-
man himself is now taking a hand
in the latter piece of dirty work.
The conclusion seems sound that
if Murray and Hillman want to pull
the Negro vote out of the Demo
cratic party, they will not have to
try very hard.
But does the CIO leadership really
want to do so? That's the $64 ques-
tion. Murray has not said so but il
is logically impossible for CIO to
support party which in Murray's
own words is "appeasing business
and trying to destroy the labor
movement" and with regard for
the Interests of the common peo.
ple." Even in the labor movement
this is strong language and coming
from Philip Murray it is astound-
ing.
The CIO has become so deeply
interviewer into Negro life that
Negro leaders will be wise to find
out what is really on Murray's
mind. If a major labor-poitical
shift is taking place, we want to
know why and the direction it's
going. A pertinent statement from
Willard S. Townsend, would be most
interesting.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-19

This Al student OF Pf,es, school whose
thirteenth birthday is today hopes some
day to become an electrical engineer and
plans TO attend college at Wayne UNI
yerIty. lie plays the guitar, IS a member
Of his school Safety Patrol and uses has
newspaper route profits OF sf0 week to
buy war stamps, school supplies and TO
save for a higher education.
Norman lives at 6O7l Proetor, serves
Detroit Times subscribers in Radcliffe and
Dlyton avenues and attends church at
Gileld Baptist. HIS hobby is collecting
unusual holiday greeting cards.
Norman likes to earry Newspapers be.
cause he enjoys earning his own money.
HIS parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey Hall
consider a newspaper route an ideal buA-
ness for youths.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-19
Fire Box Bid OK'd

Bids for so fire alarm boxes to
be erected in public housing areas
in the northeastern and south
western corners of the city were
approved today by the common
council.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-19
By Maelean
By Wall Disney

-Ths trun C
Before you give a piece of your mind YOU might ask
yourself if YOU can spare it
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-19

Stuff you'd most like to be ma
rooned on an island with-Wheat-
les. Big fakes of good whole wheat.
Jam-paeked with delicious malty-
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-19

rich flavor. Try milk, fruit, and
Wheaties, famous breakfast Of
Champions" You couldn't wish for
better breakfast dish.