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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
CIogue New Head
Of Labor Bureau

Washington (FP)-Both the AL
and CIO appeared pleased with the
selection of Evan Clague, veteran
government economist, as head of the
U. S. Department of Labor's Bureau
of Labor Statistics,
The $4,000 a year job had been
held by A. Ford Hinrichs, who re-
signed early in July as acting COM
missioner of the BIS. Hinrichs had
been favorte target of all organ
lied labor groups because of the BIS
insistence that the cost of living rose
only 80 per cent from January 194l
while labor figured it was above 45
per cent.
Clague has been director of the Bu-
reau of Employment Security in the
Social Security Board and first joined
the BIS 20 years ago. He is grad
uate of the University of Washington
and took his Phi d. at the University
of Wisconsin in 1929.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
Runkin Blocked
Bv FiIibusfer

Washington (FP)-The labor bloc
in the House used the poll takers
filibustering tactics July 20 TO pre-
vent the House from citing Chairman
George Marshall of the National Fed
Grafton for Constitutional Liberties
for contempt of the committee on un-
American activities.
Representative John +. Rankin
sought to bring up the citation OF
both Marshall and Director Richard
Morford of the National Council OF
Americana Soviet Friendship.
Eight intervening motions by Rep
resentative Vito Marcantonio, Repre-
sentative Frank Hook and Represen-
tative Andrew Biemiller resulted in
roll calls of 40 minutes each until
finally the House adjourned without
completing the reading Of the Mar
shall citation.
The two men are charged with re-
fusing TO turn over their records and
correspondence to the Wood Rankin
un-American committee after being
served with a subpoena.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
Wallace Urged
Hobbs Bill Veto

Washington (FP) - Publication of
an erroneous story smearing the
name of Secretary of Commerce
Henry A. Wallace in the labor press
has aroused considerable resentment
among his friends here.
The story, carried by newly
formed labor press service (not by
Federated Press) went as follows, in
part:
Secretary Henry Wallace was
given partial blame this week for
President Truman's signing the
Hobbs bill to which organized labor
vigorously objected.
"The President asked all members
of his cabinet to make recommends
tions on whether he should sign the
bill. Only Secretary of Labor Schwel-
lenbach recommended a veto, it was
learned. Wallace did not recommend
a Veto"
Although FTP did not carry the
story, it was asked to state that there
is no truth in the statement and, that
to the contrary, Wallace submitted a
written recommendation for veto
through the Bureau of the Budget,
Among other papers, the erroneous
story was carried under a two-column
headline wallace Failed To Fight
Hobbs Bill' in the July 10 issue of
the Wage Garner, official organ of
the Association of Catholic Trade
Unionists, in Detroit.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
Strike Looms At
Disney Studio

Hollywood (FP) - Walt Disney,
Hollywood's major cartoon producer,
had a choice July 81 of reinstating
459 workers fired two days earlier in
a mass layoff or of facing a complete
shutdown of his studio by the Screen
Cartoonists' Guild (AFL).
The union gave Disney until p. m.
July 81 to cancel the frings. If the
everybody or nobody" proposal is re-
jected, strike vote was to be taken
that evening with ratification by the
general SCG membership slated for
the following night.
Disney, who has one of the worst
anti-labor records in the movie col
ony, announced the dismissal of 40
per cent Of his entire staff, approx
mately half of them cartoonists, after
he started negotiations with the union
on new contract. The old one ex-
pired June /.
Following the recent settlement OF
the Conference of Studio Unions
(AFL) strike, Disney, like all the
major producers, agreed to 25 per
cent pay raise for all crafts affected,
these being in minority at his
studio, but baked at giving the in
crease to the cartoonists, who are the
majority. The guild asked that the
increase be retroactive to January /.
The union ultimatum asked that
Disney rehire all the workers, II
necessary on a six-hour day, at the
new wage scale pending outcome of
other points under negotiation. These
include working conditions, vacations
and termination pay.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
IATSE Reelects
Walsh, President +

Chicago (FP) - President Richard
F. Walsh and his entire slate were
returned to office by delegates to the
38th convention of the International
Alliance of Theatrical Stage En-
ployees (AFL). Walsh received GAS
votes to 426 for William Bennett OF
Washington, who was making his
third try for the presidency. Secre-
tary-Treasurer William P. Raoul de-
feated his opponent, John Snuff OF
Akron, Ohio.
Delegates vested Walsh with au-
thority to suspend portions of the
union constitution granting locals au-
tonomy in disciplining their own
members. They also authorized hin
to take immediate steps to rid the
international of any subversive, radi-
cal or communistic groups
"The executive board headed by
the president has been given au
thority to ignore that portion of the
constitution granting locals autonom
Gus powers over their membership il
the first stages of discipline" sale
Eugene Atkinson, Chicago delegate
and one of Walsh's strongest support
ers. "The constitution and bylaws
provide that an offender be tried by
his own local with the right of ap-
peal from the local level to the ex-
ecutive board" ,rsfyt-.
Once Walsh or the executive board
declare a member communist, that
member loses all his rights of appeal
and his local loses all jurisdiction
over him. The move was coupled with
the expulsion Of IL members of Hol-
lywood Local A., which Walsh had
accused of being controlled by com
munists.
Business Manager Ben Scher of
New York Local 306 challenged the
action, charging that all an ambitious
international official would have to do
to get rid of anyone who threatened
his position would be to cry "com-
munist."
The convention also empowered the
executive board to increase per capita
dues payments of every member by
25 per cent and voted to admit Negro
members at the next convention as
delegates with full voting powers.
Negro members at this convention
were seated as observers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
GEORGIA VOTING SYSTEM
FRUSTRATES DEMOCRACY

votes are broken down as follows:
The eight largest counties have SIX
votes each; 80 next, four votes each;
the remaining 121 have two votes
each. Thus a candidate may be far
behind in popular vote but if he can
swing sufficient small counties he can
capture the county unit vote and win,
even though contrary to the will Of
most of the people.
The trick is to get the most votes
in the right places.
That is what Old Gene did. His
rabble-rousing white supremacy cam
paign he carried to the 121 small,
tobacco road" counties where ignor-
ance and intolerance is rampant and
where his dire predictions of '''nigger
rule" and demagoguery fell on fertile
ground The larger cities he ignored.
Georgia adopted the county unit
system in 1904 on the plea that it
would give the small counties voice
in state affairs and prevent the large
counties from getting all the gravy.
1t was this system that permitted
Talmadge to carry 105 counties with
242 county unit votes and win the
election although 16,l behind in the
states popular vote. Carmichael, who
was the choice of most of the people,
carried A counties with LAG county
unit votes.
Nomination is tantamount to cleo
ton in Georgia.
By this method four backwoods
counties with a population of few
thousand can out-vote Fulton County
with a population Of 100000.
This was shown in the vote of the
recent primary. Chatahoochee county,
casting a vote of 265, Echols county
with a vote of 635 and Lanier county
with vote of 1929, total of 1929
popular votes and six county unit
votes, stalemated Atlanta's Fulton
county which cast 81, $50 popular
votes yet had only six county unit
votes.
There are some who will argue
that this method is democratic be-
cause it assures the little fellow a
vote. Others look at the 1929 to 84,-
$50 ratio and wonder.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
HEAD OF MUSICIANS
UNION PASSES AWAY

New York City (ILNS). = Jacob
Rosenberg, president of Local SO2,
American Federation of Musicians,
died July 81 at Polytechnic Hospital,
where he had been taken 10 days
previously suffering from an illness
believed at first to have been minor.
He was ST.
Rosenberg was born in Austria and
brought up in this city. He was an
active leader in the strike of 1886,
when picket lines were established
before theaters here for long periods.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
GOVERNOR PRAISED FOR VETO

New York City (ILNS).-Governor
Davis of Louisiana was congratulated
by the Workers Defense League fol
vetoing an anti-closed shop bill sim
liar to those adopted in Arkansas and
Florida. At the same time the league
condemned the slanderous campaign
initiated by the bills author, Repre-
sentative w. j. Cleveland who
charged that the governor, who is an
honorary member of the American
Federation of Musicians took his
veto action upon orders from James
c. Petrillo.
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MRS. BERNICE CARRAHER

MRS. BERNICE CARRAHER
Mrs. Bernice Weisend Carraher,
widow Of Edward M. Carraher, died
July 81 in her home, 935 Kent ave-
nue., following a long illness.
Mrs. Carraher was a gold stamper
by trade and employed last at the
Taylor, Smith & Taylor Pottery Co.
She was a member of Local Union
124, National Brotherhood of Opera
tive Potters and Of st. AIMS Mis-
sion.
She leaves three daughters, Mrs.
James Popp and Virginia .Carraher
and Beth Carraher at home; son,
Keith Carraher at home; four sis
ters, Mrs. Margaret Mclaughlin,
Misses May b. Weisend, Agnes
Weisend and Kathryn Weisend, all of
East Liverpool, and brother, James
Weisend of Corsicana, Tex.
Funeral services were held from
st. Aloysius Catholic Church with
burial in st. Aloysius Cemetery.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
AFL REFLECTS DEAN AND REID

Grand Rapids, Mich. IFFJ--Ke-
elected without opposition, President
George w. Dean and Secretary Treas
urer John Reid will again head the
Michigan Federation of Labor (AFL).
The 1947 convention will be held in
May at Marquette in the upper pen
insula in connection with an AFL or
ganizing drive to be launched in that
region.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08
KARL J. KIRCHNER

Tiffin, Ohio.-Karl j. Kirchner, age
43, died suddenly July 22 from a
heart attack suffered while working
at his bench at the American Radia-
tor Standard Sanitary Pottery,
A lifelong resident of Tiffin, Mr.
Kirchner had been employed at the
plant for the past Il years. He was
affiliated with Local Union No. 7, Ma
tional Brotherhood of Operative Pot
ters.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
Viola Kirchner; two sons and two
daughters, Marguerite NJ, at home;
Donald r., in the Army at Fort
Lewis, Wash; James ", and Nancy
Lou, both at home. He also leaves
two brothers and sister, Herbert L.,
Ferdinand +. and Mrs. Albert j,
Sauber all of Tiffin.
The Union Liable formula results In
more money for your pay envelope
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New Jersey Labor
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folder is mislaid somehow" he said.
There has been no publicity given to
Klan sponsors as yet by the Republi-
can administration of Governor Wal
ter Edge.
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NOTICE JIGGERMEN

= A special meeting has been
!. called for Saturday evening,
< August 10 at Z p. m. All MEM
< bers are urgently requested to
( be presently order of presi-
!. dent.
4 $3.50 W~ !. ! I / 4 I 4
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-08

Man or woman, if you cant say No
you must take the consequences.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-25
|I3 Gambling Suspects
 Lose Bonds

Bonds totaling e275 were forfeited by i3 men In City Court Saturday when they were arraigned before Judge Charles R. Sumna on ganb- ling charges.
 Two of the "a were charged with keeping gambling houses. Armand DelPo. 57, of IS Avon Street, forfeit ed c e5O bond. The other accused, Vincent Monserro. 4e, of 825 High land Avenue, forfeited a bond of SiOO.
 Ten Of the other accused forfeited bonds of si0 each. They were: Stan- ley Elukovich. 3l, of 2l0 North Main Street; Joseph Sanchis. 54, of 40l North Main Street: Victor W. Cur. sky. 35, of 73 Elizabeth Street; Os- wald J. Meyer. 37, of ll Elizabeth Street; Ruggiero DiDonato, 6e, of 27 Ward Street.
 Also Michael Martone, 47, of 25 Lawrence Street: Peter J. Cipriano, 38, of ITO Highland Avenue; William J. Oliver, 70, of 6l0 Wilson Street; James Russo, a. of % Lawrence Street. and Joseph Dovidaitis, 37, of 32l Bank Street.
 One other frequenter, Anthony j.. Genova, 36, of l4O8 North Main Street, forfeited a bond of S25.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-25
Pope Makes Youth PLeo

Vatican City. Nov. as = CUPD = Pope Pius XII called on American yout hlast night to ''ssise the torch of faith and carry it fun flaming to the ends Of the earth"
 "It Is Americas hour" the Pom tiff said, Missions await the response"
 His Holiness spoke in English dur ing a broadcast commem0rating the 300th anniversary of the martyr dom of St. Israel Issac Jogues at the hands of Mohawk Indians in what is now New York state.
 The Pope said Jogues and two lay companions who shared his exper- fence were not the possession of New York state alone. They be- long to the whole nation"
 They were not only missionaries martyred for faith in America" he said. But they are the first to be raised to the altars given by the church under God to be patrons of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-25

pool"
 There came a day, however, when the polio victims were barred from the public pool. That really marked the start of warm Springs.
 Sets Up Own Foundation
 Mir. Roosevelt bought some land, cottages and a hotel from the noted philanthropist. George Foster Pea- body, and had a special pool for patients built there.
 He obtained the services of pr. James Johnson of nearby Manches- ter. At first patients were stretched out on dining room tables for elab- crate muscle tests. Today, although every facility medical science can provide is in use, the doctors will adhere to those original Roosevelt muscle tests.
 Bolts is now registrar of the foun- dation and always drove the famous little car that was kept here for Mir. Roosevelt's personal use.
 Don't dramatize polio" Bolts said today. Tt isn't dramatic. You'n find here that polio patients detest sympathy"
 But 1t is dificult to escape a feeling of the dramatic.
 Fair shinned. chestnut haired Martha Granger, of Equality, Ala, now 2l, was cut down by polio at the age of il. Polio twisted her spine, crinped the thumbs of both hands and withered her legs.
 In the intervening 10 years she has undergone eight operations and months of bodybuilding.
 Her thumbs were restored to use by borrowing tendons from fingers on each hand and connecting them to the thumbs. A similar operation, moving a tendon from the side of a leg to the rear, corrected Martha s left knee which had been bending both ways.
 Then came the tough and tedious job of strengthening her spinal col- umn. This will be done in two op-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-25
|Heorinson Wage Scale Announced

A public hearing win be held al the State Capitol in Hartford Dec 70 on new wage schedules for beauty shop employees. The new scales recommended by a state wage board have been accepted by State Labor Commissioner John ]. Egan.
 Under the scale, operators with one-year experience win get e22. as compared with el450 ct present; two-year operators s25 instead of sl5.50, and three-year operators s2e instead of SIS.
 The scale calls for payment of overtime after 44 instead of 4e hours. Part-time operators and clerks would get e5.50 a day instead of $3; overtime pay Of sl an hour instead of 60 cents for operators and clerks; and 75 cents an hour over- time, instead of 45 cents, for maids, cleaners and porters.
 Under the schedule, cleaners, por- ters and maids would get 72 cents an hour for less than s2 hours, and Q weekly wage of s22 for from g to 44 hours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-25

Che land made fsgtEn hr tM6r hlnnd."
 May youth. that American youth always 60 ready and eager Co throw themselves Wlnole- -heartedlr Into every worthy and noble venture. for whom obstacles are but . chnllanne to their courage may thNy sei1e the torch of faith lighted by you gJog- uesl in the wilderness and carry it fun flaming Co the ends of the earth until ail men may see and know Jesus Christ, the Divine Mas ter who has loved you the rontif said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-25
Tall Tower
 Topics
GOOD EVENING.

Wednesday evening, Dee. 4th, will be "Mr. and Mrs. Night" for 10000 LegOnnaires in the New Haven County or Second District, Connecticut Department, American Legion. The official observance will take place at The Elton in the form of testimonial dinner. Of course there will not be for 10000 but their 300 representatives will find ample accommodations and warm-hearted hospitality awaiting them. The guests of the evening will be Mr. and Mrs George F. KarnOfsky of Waterbury district commander and district president respectively, to comply with official etiquette. Corp C0yle Post will be host, but the arrangements will be made by district committeeman. Commander karnOf- sky is the first district commander to represent Water. bury in many years. The same statement may be Of' fered for Mrs. KarnOfsky and the district auxiliary The event should be an outstanding affair in veterans circles. Representing Waterbury last week when the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers visited the Saville dam in the vicinity of Barkhamstead and Simsbury, Robert D. StratOn and Francis J. Ryan of the City Engineering Department; (. Walter Chds, Burton J. Hines and George S. Hubbard of ScOvi Manufacturing Company Frederick J. TrOwbrdge, local engineer and surveyor and his assistant, Armand s. Fisher. The Save dam is part of the Hartford Metropolitan District Water Supply A dinner at the Rosewood in Simsbury concluded he days program. 1t very interesting inspection trip and the local C. Els enjoyed i i'm mensely
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-25
By ED BRIDGES

Warm Springs, Ga, Nov. 26 = (UP) = A new chapter in the late President Roosevelt's development of the infantile paralysis founda- ton here was told today by the man who was his first patient.
 Fred Bolts, a slender, jolly man who looks like Fred Astaire, was stricken by polio in 1916. For nine years he suffered in silence until a friend showed him a newspaper acc count of how the 90-degree waters at a place called Warm Springs had brought relaxation and relief from pain to a man named Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
 Bolts went to Warm, Springs one day in 1925 and for six weeks bunk cd with MT. Roosevelt in a cottage near famous old Meriwether Inn then a fashionable resort.
 Colony Soon Formed
 Soon a score of polio victims were attracted here and formed a small colony. MT. Roosevelt became their informal doctor. He directed exer- cises at the public pool where they swan, made a muscle chart for them to study and prescribed diets,
 Mir, Roosevelt would tell his pa- tients that Bolts was his first patient and that he had to watch him closely.
 T was so skinny that MT. Roose. welt said he'd put a special screen over the swimming pool overflow pipe to keep me from floating down the drain," Bolts recalled. He was absolutely tireless working with us. I've seen him work for hours wltn one patient trying to get the suf- erer's feet on the bottom of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-25
VIEW. Post Holds
 First Annual Dance

Brooklyn Valley Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, held it's first annual dance at St. Joseph's Hall Saturday night. Al Yoska supervised the ar- arrangements, assisted by George Robertson, Frank Farrell, William Oliver, George Boileau. Al sstaonis Anthony Kuncas, Charles Kulas, Jo- seph Brieve and Woodward Lap- ham.
 Great Britain is approximately three times the size of Ireland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-25

erations. the first of which is sched- uled this week. Tn preparation for 1t, her surgeon has achieved mark ed strengthening by use of a metal brace which stretches the girls spine and at the same time applies constant pressure to push the curve into a straighter line.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-25
HORSE AND WAGON FoLLEEs

East Liverpool, O. CUP)-Clar- ence M. Flowers escaped a drivers license revocation-because he does not have one-but Squire John Tal- btot in nearby Newell. W. Va, im- pounded his horse for the next six months. Flowers also was fined S25 and costs and sentenced to 10 days in jail for driving a vehicle at night without lights and while intoxi- cated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-25
Warm Springs Patients SGU FDR aS Informal MD

Editors Note: The following dispatch tells how the late Pres ident Roosevelt first became an informal doctor for other polio pateients at the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation for infan- tile paraylysisl.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-25


 I'm dreaming Of bright Christmas. And so are thousands of other CTS who have spent the last two three 0F four Chrstmasses away from home everywhere from the unges of New Guinea and whte-h0 sands Of the sahara to the bitter cold really "whte" chrstmasses 0f Alaska For years have been dreaming Of Water bury streets ablaze with Christmas decorations, of the bggsst tree n New England' set up on the Green Of Santa Claus riding top of the clock on the Green. MlKed up with the "VisOns of sugar pnms visions of store windows with a the ektraspeeal gifts we'd Ike to get for our eElFa-speeia friends Everything would be bright and maybe white f the weather bureau could e0ak little for that day. Gls dreamed many dreams while they were overseas hoping they would a come tre but perhaps sube0nae0usy feeling inst they a wouldn't But Of Ril the dreams they dreamed the one they least expected be shattered the bright Christ mas We a realize tha the dimOut must be expected for our own best interests to conserve coal We hope John L. can get together wltb the government and solve the sF as soon as possible that this special dream vii come true And K t Isn't possible to settle the strike, we would like t0 ask Uncle Sam to make AD eseepti0nto let us hsve bright Christmas at least on Christmas Eve That h one time when the lights should go on again, sli over the world.
 GOOD NIGHT.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-25

A marriage ceremony in Japan consists of passing a cup of wine le times between the bride and bride groom.