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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
Sebring Is Fast
Becoming Pottery
Center. Soys O. G.

Sebring, Ohio.-Local Union A me-
in regular business session on July
20 and transacted the usual business
matters.
Things have returned to normal
following the convention with all
delegates having made their reports
to their respective locals. Needless to
say their reports were we'll received
and efforts made to carry out the rec
concentrations adopted at the conven-
tion.
The new addition to the Royal
China Company is nearing completion
and will be a boom to the general
ware trade in Sebring. The city is
fast becoming pottery metropolis.
At present there are Is art ware
shops, large and small, all doing a
fair share of business.
The health program still continues
in a forward stride with all shops
favorable reports. Many who
felt little skeptical about taking the
aluminium treatments when first Of
fered, are now among the most ardent
boosters for the treatments. All have
reported improvement in their physi-
cal condition.
The time is at hand when the peo-
pie of Sebring should honor the vet
Grams of World War ii in a fitting
We feel memorial of some
kind should be offered and the men,
bers of Local "A have gone on record
to support any worthwhile endeavor.
The local has also endorsed a move
ment now under way to raise funds
for a veterans organization and
financial support for an injured war
c. A.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
New Owners
Take Over At
.Fulls Creek
Jackson China
Charges Hands

| Falls Creek, Pa. - The Vogue,
China and Glass Inc, of New York
has purchased the controlling interest
in the Jackson Vitrified China Co.,
officials of the Brotherhood were ad-
vised this week.
The Vogue concern, Of which Mr..
Philip r. Distillator is president, took
over the plant on July 25 and an
nounced that plans are already under
way to increase the output of the
plant. Ground has been broken for
the erection of a new tunnel kiln.
Mr.. F. w. Hughes has been named
as the new superintendent of the
plant He has been with the old firm
for the last thirteen years, doing an
efficient job of management. The
plant will continue to operate under
the name Of the Jackson Vitrifed
China Co.
The new owners have signified
their intentions of carrying on the
same collective bargaining agency
IICAl CACilPll
fed through the National Brother
hood Of Operative Potters and further
substantiated this claim with the an
nouncement that the firm will spon-
sor a picnic for employees which will
take place in the near future The
purpose of the social entertainment is
for the new management and the en-
ployees to get acquainted and estab-
lish the goodwill and cordial re-
lationship which existed before the
change.
The plant which has been operated
for more than a quarter of a century,
vitrifed china and has
supplied hotels and other big consum-
ers with their product, including the
Army, Navy and other branches of
the United States Government.
1t was revealed the new concern
has purchased the holdings Of the
major stockholders of the former firm
and will afford the opportunity for
minor stockholders to dispose of their
shares.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
Attitude Of
Plunt Bosses
Intoleruble
Members Of L. U. 124
Ask For Showdown

A report of plant foremen sudden
ly deciding to reverse decisions OF
matters of long standing was tn,
main topic for discussion at thu
meeting of Local Union 124 Tuesday
evening. 1t seems this practice oc
ours rather frequent lately and is
mainly responsible for so much un
rest in the trade today. After listen.
ing to the various discussions, it is
the writer's opinion the only way to
combat such irregularities, is for al
to ban together and to have a show
down once and for all.
The change about-face of the de-
partmental heads is bad enough, but
the attitude they take in discussing
these matters with the employees,
and the undue criticism they dole out
to the workers, is something wholly
uncalled for and will not be tolerated
in the future.
The decal girls at plants and
of the Homer Laughlin China Com
pany were ordered to appear at our
next meeting, subject to a fine for
failure to answer the summons.
The auditing committee made their
report and the funds of the local were
found to be solvent A vote of thanks
was extended them for their service
and vote of thanks extended the Of
ficers upon recommendation of the
auditors for the fine manner in which
they found the books.
Brothers Claire Armstrong and
Harold West were named delegates
to the West Virginia State Fedora
tion of Labor convention which opens
in Huntington on September 6.
A little tip to our members who
find it difficult to stretch their earn
ings to meet the high cost of living.
There is a new race track being
planned at Waterford Downs and we
have information from reliable
sources that "Smoke" Hulmes and
Frank Copestick are planning on
making killing. Brother Hulmes
will purchase the nag and Brother
Copestick will be his jockey. Here is
a<geod eta4ee to : ) if they are firm.
believers in brotherly love-and we
don't mean via beefsteak, a-la-horse-
flesh.
Brother Harold Williams, our eff
cient financial secretary was con-
spicuous by his absence Harold sell
dom misses a meeting and his tardi-
ness Tuesday evening was due to him
being on vacation.
Sister Pearl Deyarman is back to
work after long illness.-O. c. 124.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
Prices Sodr
As Living
Costs Climb
Increase OF 20fo
Over June Levels

New York (FP)-While OPA's
first comeback action was to grant
"price relief" to thousands of manu-
facturers, profits in the first quarter
of 1916 reached new heights and are
expected to continue their dizzy climb
upward.
Virtually abandoning any plan of
"relief" for consumers, OPA's admin
istration of the new legalized infa-
tion price control law is expected To
increase the cost of living at least 20
per cent over June 80 levels.
Although consumers can expect ris-
ing prices to cut deeper than ever
into their standard of living, a sur
vey in Labor Research Associations
August Economic Notes revealed that
big business looks forward to con-
tinuously booming profits.
In some industries, according to a
Commerce Department report on first
quarter profits, production and sales
broke all previous records and, with
the elimination Of the excess profits
tax and some reduction in other cor
porate levies, it was almost inevitable
that net earnings would reach new
highs"
On the basis of first quarter show
ings, Poor's Investment Advisory
Service, discussing retail trade profits
predicted that full year net profits
"in most instances should at least
double the favorable results reported
in 1945."
Even in manufacturing, where
labor-management disputes were in
in this period, the results
were surprisingly good. "Almost half
the manufacturing companies includ
ed in the tabulation showed higher
first quarter profits after taxes than
a year ago, and more than a fourth
IF those with increases had gains ex
,eeding 1C0 per cent" Poor's reported.
despite pessimism in certain Wall
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08

to give priority to the British loan
measure.
at was shunted aside again." he
continued, "to give priority to the
Philippine loan. Labor had given it's
fullest support to both loans as es-
sential to world reconstruction. But
labor wants to know whether the
House leadership does not look upon
American postwar reconstruction as
deserving at least equal consideration
with foreign postwar reconstruction.
"The Wagner Ellender-Taft hous-
ing bill is basic to the rebuilding Of
postwar America. 1t is indispensa-
BILE to the immediate emergency hous-
ing program for veterans"
In ending his statement, Green
said:
at is said that many members of
the House have no time to act on the
bill because they are anxious to go
home to seek reelection. Labor says
to them that the best they can do to
get reelected is to act on the housing
bill before they leave Washington"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08

Employers say we must do more
intelligent job of negotiating work
contracts, that we must bear in mind
what is best for the public, and that
we must understand the problems OF
our employer and of our industry.
Government Must Help
where can we go to learn how to
assume that responsibility? Not in
the schools of most states. Unions
provide some scholarships in Harvard
and other colleges. Unions have ar
ranged summer courses in labor edu-
cation in other colleges. Public foun-
dations have financed many labor
education projects. These only scratch
the surface. The process is too slow.
Unions have not enough money to do
the job.
"The government should share the
responsibility for labor education, as
we'll as for general education. 1t can
do more for industrial peace through
education than by passing laws and
setting up labor control boards"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
Homer LoughIin
Chino Building
New Sfphouse

Preliminary work for the construc-
tion Of new $4,000 sliphouse at the
Homer Laughlin China Company got
under way this week, officials of the
firm announced on Monday.
The new unit built of steel and
concrete will be Of fireproof structure
and will be three stories in height,
120 by 80 feet. Company officials
stated the new structure will house
the most modern sliphouse equipment
and will connect its Nos. and
plants. The new facilities are de-
signed primarily to supply the No. A
plant, but also will augment the sup
ply of clay to the No. 5 plant.
Construction work is under the
supervision of the company's own
crews and will be completed in about
six months, spokesmen said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
Momrock Visits
With His Pal
Of Bygone Days

Canonsburg, Pa.-Officers for the
next six months were elected at our
last meeting and include the follow
ing: President, John Mamrack; vice
president, Cliff Rawlings; recording
secretary, Clarence Wright; defense
secretary, Rose Koplen; treasurer,
Ann Bender; guard, Ed. Czarnicki;
Inspector, Roy Patton; statistician-
upper shop, Carl Zinn; lower shop,
Walter Rose; trustees, James Small,
Nancy Delaney, James McPeake.
President John Mamrack gave an
added touch to his report of the pro-
ceedings of the convention by giving
the highlights of his trip to New
York. Johns main purpose in visit
ing the big city was to call on his
pal Perry Como-that's right-that is
what the man said, Perry Como, the
"crooner." John and Perry were once
members of the same dance band
back in "Guntown." He was a spe-
cial guest at the broadcast in New
York and the "crooner" honored the
occasion by dedicating special num-
Der for Johnny. His trip back home
was made via a Douglass Air Liner.
%. c. 81.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
New Jersey Lobor
Den1unds kIun Be
Burred In Sfufe

Trenton, N. j. (FP)-Demands for
outlawing the Ku Klux Klan were
raised here after it was reported that
new Incorporation papers for the re-
vived secret order had been received
in the secretary of states office.
The charge, made by the Newark
Call, was later verbally denied by
Ernest R. Kerr, chief clerk in the
secretary's office. Among those de-
manding action against the xxx,
which has shown renewed life here
recently, were President Louis P.
Marciante of the New Jersey Fed
Grafton of Labor, Secretary James
Imbrie of the New Jersey Indepen-
dent Citizens League and other labor
officials.
Disclosure of new Klan activities
brought forward salient facts: The
Klan has been incorporated in New
Jersey since 1923 and its charter was
amended in 1885. However, it's name
has always been on the records. Dur
ing the 1920's, when the Klan was
especially active, burning crosses
were almost a commonplace in the
state. The organization was quiet for
while until it suddenly emerged at
Camp Nordland together with the
German-American Bund before World
War III.
DR.. Samuel Green, national Klan
head, has admitted receiving well
over 500 letters from former Klans-
men in New Jersey asking that the
organization be revived. When a re-
porter asked Kerr for copies of the
Klan's old incorporation papers, the
chief clerk went to look for them. He
later returned empty-handed, stating
he could not seem to find them. "The
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Wont Therdpy
TredtnentS
Says Scribe
Would Benefit Firm
And Their Employees

Richmond, Calif.-A fine turnou
was on hand at the last meeting O
Local Union 80 when Brothers Col
den and Andrus, delegates to the con
yention, made their report. The re
port was we'll received and the mem
bers were pleased to hear of the al
lotted time devoted to sanitary am
feel the time is close at hand wher
members employed in the sanitary
branch of the industry will be GOV.
cred with national agreement same
as those in the general ware branch
In the future all fines collected by
the local will be turned over to the
entertainment committee and such
money will be used to promote social
entertainment for the members. Ac-
tivities along this line were curtailed
during the war, due to shortages,
rationing, etc.
Brothers Otto Baar and Fred
Drochelman were commended for
their fine work in soliciting funds and
representing the local at a meeting
held on the coast by labor organiza-
tions, to combat initiation and anti
labor legislation.
At every meeting the question
seems to be raised when will the firm
install the necessary equipment to ad-
minister the therapy treatments. To
date, the Health Committee, has had
little encouragement to offer along
this line. The management has ex-
pressed their willingness to cooperate
with the committee in safeguarding
the lives of their employees by hav-
ing the shops swept every evening
and having a special crew come in on
Saturday and give the plant a
cleaning. The writer feels
if the company would further their
efforts in the health program and in
stall the equipment for treatments, 1t
would serve a two-fold purpose
offer a much needed relief to their
and benefit the company
in financial way, inasmuch as there
are two claims on file at the present
time with the State Industrial Com
regarding silicosis.
Two brothers were assessed the
usual penalty for starting to work
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
Represenfufive
Hook Asks Probe
OF Roll Profits

Washington (FP)-A call for a
Senate investigation of the wartime
profits of American railroads was
coupled with a vigorous defense of
President A. F. Whitney of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
(unaffiliated) in a speech before the
House July 20 by Representative
Frank Hook 3D., Mich.).
Hook charged the railroads "are
owned by handful of anti-labor and
greedy banks" and that during the
war, despite capacity loads they
failed to lower rates.
"The Mead (war contracts investi-
gating) committee should make pub
lie the amount of business the rail
roads did with the government and
the net profit on this business.
The Michigan Democrat charged
that in 1914 the carriers realized a
net profit, after taxes and fixed
charges, of almost S700 million and
that in 1945 the figure was $3.50 mil
lion.
despite all this, the railroads are
still crying the blues. The railroads
now have the gall to ask for flat 25
per cent increase in their rates, a re-
quest pending before the Interstate
Commerce Commission"
AS to the railroad strike last May,
Hook said it was caused by the
stubborn and selfish position" of the
railroads and that their propaganda
lists directed the attack on Whitney.
He insisted that President Truman's
own blast against the union came be-
cause 'the issue was misrepresented
to him."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
Detroit Living Cost Rises
81 Per Cent In Is Days

Detroit (FP)-In the Is days be-
tween the death of OPA and July Is
the cost of living in Detroit climbed
32.1 per cent, according to joint find
ings of the AFL and the CIO in this
city. The survey covered meat, fruit,
vegetables and dairy products.
While the average jump was 32.1
per cent some increases reached 86.1
per cent in that period, the labor re-
searchers found.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
AS 1t Must to All Men .

London (FP) = King Georges
coachmen, footmen, Wallets and 9TH
er retainers who may have had
union buttons lurking in the folds
Of their elegant clothing can bring
them out in the open now.
The first collective bargaining in
history by 280 royal household
members netted them weekly pay
increases averaging 81, retroactive
to last October. The workers are
members Of Branch 145, Civil Serv-
ice Union, with whose officials
Treasury and Ministry of Labor
representative negotiated the pay
increases.
The agreement covers workers at
Buckingham Palace, Windsor Cas-
tie and Marlborough House.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
San Francisco Halts
EvictiOns For 80 Days

San Francisco 1FP)-As complaints
of sharp rent raises continued to pour
into OPA offices here, the San Fran
cisco Board of Supervisors passed a
90-day ordinance continuing OPA
regulations on evictions. The board
acted after Governor Earl Warren
(R.) called a special session of the
Legislature for July % to consider a
state rent-freeze law.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
PICKETING NETS JOB

Oakland, Calf. (FP)-Forty- three
days of solid picketing at the Safe
way Stores here netted the Citizens
Committee for Fair Employment re-
suits when the firm agreed to hire a
Negro clerk within 80 days.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
They Stole Enough
To Wrap The Army's
Feet In Bags!

Washington (FP)-The JUS
tice Department has announced
criminal Indictment of the Shoe
Factory Supply Corp. of Brook
lyn, N. Y, on charges of black
marketeering in textiles. The
firm is alleged to have gotten
2.5 million yards of textiles for
servicemen's shoe Innings and
channeled over half of it into
the black market, making $751;
0O0 over the ceiling price on the
deal.
Now a lot of the boys know
why they got trenchfoot in the
Rhineland and the snow of the
Ardennes!
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
ASKS ALLOTMENT INCREASE

Washington (FP)-The cost of liv-
ing has made it necessary to demand
a S35 monthly increase in living allot-
ments to veteran students under the
G. |. bill, American Veterans Com
mittee has announced. AVG seeks
500 for single and s125 for married
students.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
CONVENTION DATE SET

Chicago (FP) - The 23rd conven-
tion of the Bakery G. Confectionery
Workers International Union (AFL)
will open here September 16.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-12-19
Association Of Washington Cities
Offers Assistance on Airporis

Kennewick, with not one, but
two municipal airports, with all
the attendant problems thereby in
creased, may receive some valu-
able assistance from a newly form
ed aeronautics group. .-....
The Association of Washington
Cities has a very extensive num-
Der of cities interested in airp0rtS.
There are forty cities which are
operating airports in the State OF
Washington and there are % cities
wanting to improve their airports
and 81 cities planning on building
airports.
The Executive Committee, fol-
lowing the request Of the Associa-
ton at its annual meeting at Yak
ina last summer has set up a
statewide Aeronautic Commit
tee composed of Alfred Rochester,
Seattle city councilman and men,
Der of the Executive ommittee,
chairman; George L. Sears, Com
missioner of Finance, Chehalis; J.
S. Roberts, Commissioner of Pub
lie Works at Tacoma and E. j.
Beard, City Clerk of Bremerton.
The committee will take up such
questions as the coordination of
cities various airport systems and
will assist in establishing COM
mercial air routes as well as in
come-producing use of the airport
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-12-19
NAVY Offers Valuable Scholarships
For Full Four Year College Course

3. Applications must be received
by the Navy Department by De-
cember II, 1916, to be consider
ed. The candidates selected may
choose either Naval Reserve Of
ficers' Training Corps NROTC)
or Naval Aviation College Pro-
gram NACP) sponsorship of their
college education, and qualify for
commissions in the Navy or Mar
inc Corps upon graduation.
Students will be able to take
courses leading to bachelor de-
grees of their own choice, while
still meeting the minimum re-
quirements in Naval subjects.
The program is designed pri-
marily to provide a steady flow
of qualified officers for the Navy,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-12-19

by private flyers for private pleas
ure and business.
The committee will work for
such necessary legislation to make
it easier for cities to operate air
ports; for example, one law is
needed which would allow cities
and counties to cooperate in oper-
ating an airport. While there is
such q law, it does not allow the
airport operators to keep unified
financial accounts.
The committee is anxious to
handle any problems cities wish to
present to them and such COM
munications should be sent to the
Associations office at the Uni
versity of Washington.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-12-19

Scholarships worth a minimum
of $4,000 each will be awarded
by competitive examinations to
more than 5000 high school SEN
iors and graduates throughout
the nation, the Navy Department
announced today.
The examination for the four
year college courses at Govern
ment expense will be held on
January ID, 1947, in SIS cities
in the United States, Hawaii, Alas
ka, Canal Zone and Puerto Rico,
Naval Officials said. Full infor-
nation on the program is avail
able on application to high school
principals, college deans and Of
fices of the Naval Officer pro-
curement. ..e 49,.
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but the graduates who prefer to
accept Reserve Commissions may
elect to do so after they have COM
pleted an initial tour of duty
amounting to two years under
the NROTC plan and three years
under the NACP agreement.
Upon completion of this duty,
Commission the candidate may
return to Civilian life well fitted
to pursue any career he may
choose.
Candidates selected for the
NROTC must be accepted by one
of the So universities and colleges
at which NROTC units have been
established. They will be given
four continuous years of educa-
ton, with tuition, books, normal
fees and $50 per month furnished
by the government. The courses
will include summer training
cruises.
Candidates must agree to ac-
cept commissions as EnSignS in
the Navy or Second Lieutenants
in the Marine Corps, if qualified
upon graduation. After two years
service on active duty as COM
missioned officers, they may elect
either to remain in the Regular
service or to accept commissions
in the Organized Reserve and
return to civilian life.
Students selected for the Ma
CP may attend any accredited
university, college or Junior col
lege Of their choice, provided
they meet the normal entrance
requirements of the school. They
will receive the same financial
benefits as the NROTC students.
After two years of study they
will enter two-year program
of flight training and flight duty
as midshipmen, after which they
will be commissioned as officers
and serve a year on flight duty.
Upon completion of this duy,
they will be eligible for permanen.
commission in the Regular Navy
or Marine Corps, and, if accepted,
will receive two years of profess
sional education with active duty
pay.
If they do not desire to re-
main in the Regular service, they
may be given commissions in the
Organized Reserve, released to
inactive duty, and given an OPP
portunity to return to college for
two more years, with tuition,
books, fees and 500 per month
from the government in order to
complete their formal education.