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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-09-26
Green Hits Soviet's Slave Labor
In Attack On Communist Unions
Trumon Ready To Lounch Inquiry
Of Communists In The Government

Washington, ID. C.-Pres;dent Tru-
man has Give" interest in the purg-
ing of Communists and other subver-
sive groups from the Federal payroll
Rep. Randolph, W. Va, told news
men after a White House conference.
He says he believes the Pfeside ent will
name a special commission to investi-
gate such elements in Governmental
machinery.
Randolph, chairman of the House
Civil Service Committee, suggested
such an inquiry to Mr.. Truman July
rs, when House subcommittee, after
a brief inquiry into civil service hir-
ing practices, recommended the ap-
pointment of a commission that would
conduct thorough investigation and
report to Congress next January its
findings and recommendations for
any needed legislation to protect the
Government against infiltration Of
Communists and other subversive
persons.
In his letter to the President last
July, Randolph suggested that mem
bers of the proposed commission be
named from the Departments of War,
Navy, State, Treasury, Justice, and
Civil Service. He said that he did
not know whether Mr.. Truman will
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-09-26

follow this recommendation but as.
serted the matter is "now on the
Presidents desk"
Randolph told reporter that it is
the desire Of his committee to see
that the government is protected
against individuals whose primary
loyalty is to governments other than
that Of the United States"
There is no doubt that there has
been infiltration into government
service of Communists and followers
of ideologies and isms imported from
other countries in witch hunts or
in Red-baiting but only in seeing that
the Government is protected against
disloyal persons"
Randolph said that because he con-
siders the issue vital to the stability
of the government, he had vigorously
urged Mr.. Truman to name the COM
mission Immediately so it will be able
to report early next year.
Rep. Rees of Kansas, ranking mi
nority member Of the House Civil
Service Committee, has demanded
that the next Congress authorize
sweeping investigation of all Federal
employees whose loyalty is in doubt,
including thcSe who have convinced
they are not subversive.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-09-26
House compaign
Group Drows
Bead On Labor

Washington (FP)-Political acti-
vities of labor unions are apparently
the first target of the House special
committee on campaign expenditures,
check of the committee QUESTIONABLE
Sept. % revealed.
The QUESTIONABLE, called "only the
first step" in committee probing, has
been mailed to slightly under 300 or
ganizations, about so per cent of
which are trade unions, including
AFL, CIO and independents. Progress
sive groups such as the Southern
Conference for Human Welfare and
National Citizens PAC are also listed.
A window-dressing of anti-labor
groups is maintained by listing of U.
S. Chamber of Commerce, America
First Party and the National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers. The hundred
and-one trade associations such as
meat packers, coal operators, railroad
men and retail dealers are conspicu-
Gus by their absence.
The QUESTIONABLE which organiZa-
tions are to fill out probes into where
they bank their funds, who is respon-
sible for their money, and asks them
to "List in detail the sources of in
come of your organization.
In the event that some groups
might decline to give some answers,
the QUESTIONABLE sneaks in this at
the end: Estate the name and address
of the person in your organization
who is authorized to produce your
books and records for the commit
tee, should the committee require
such records"
The recent experience of House
citation for contempt of anti-fascists
who did not turn over such records to
the Wood Rankin unAmerican COM
mittee indicates that union official
named in this question would be
caught coming and going if his union
did not want its records opened to the
probers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-09-26
u. S. Veteran Population
Now over II Million

Washington, D. C. (ILNS) - The
veteran population of the United
States Aug. 81 was 17,499,OO0 says
Veteran Administration report.
The report revealed that there were
about 13,538,O00 World War II vet
erans and approximately 1861, 900
veterans of World War | and other
wars.
1t showed also that 1,655,607 vet
Grams filed claims for unemployment
allowances during the last week of
August; 104,644 were being rehabili-
tated as disabled veterans under
Public Law 16; 1,145,634 were receiv-
ing education and -the-job training
under Public Law 346 and 2,O67, TAO
veterans were listed as receiving dis
ability compensation and pensions.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-09-26
Strikers Appeal
To Labor For Aid

Pontiac, Mich. (FP)-The strike Of
200 Pontiac municipal employees for
wage levels equal to Detroit classifi-
cations is almost a month old and
strikers are feeling the pinch of lost
payrolls but standing solid for their
demands.
Support by the labor movement
throughout the nation is required to
prevent these men and women from
being penalized for fighting for an
American standard of living" Vice
President Mort Furay of the United
Public Workers declared after the
Pontiac city council at its Sept. II
session had again refused to grant
nickel. "Our valiant members of
Local 100 are showing their public
spirit by keeping minimum public
service going.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-09-26

legislation regardless of party affili-
alton. If members of Congress who
voted against you and were your
enemies are elected or reelected to
Congress, such action would be inter-
preted as an approval of their votes
against you.
81 urge you to organize effectively
for the election of labor's friends to
Congress and the defeat of it's
enemies. You can do this because
the votes of working men and women
are sufficiently large to defeat our
enemies and elect our friends.
"Organize your committees for Of
fensive and defensive nonpartisan po-
litical action. Demonstrate to the ma
tion the nonpartisan political strength
of the working men and women of
our country. Elect our friends and de-
feat our enemies in the Congress of
the United States"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-09-26
SEQ Strike End
Neurs As Sedmen
Win Some Wuqe

New York (FP)-Early settlement
of the nationwide maritime strike was
foreshadowed here as federal arbitra-
tor James F. Fly awarded the Nation
al Maritime union the same wage in
creases previously won by AFL sail
ors.
While the award did not specifical-
ly grant increases to the other two
striking members of the Committee
for Maritime Unity = the Pacific
coast National Union of Marine
Cooks & Stewards and Marine Fire
men, Oilers, Watertenders e. Wipers
Fly emphasized that awards for the
other unions, including the nom
striking American Communications
Association would be issued shortly
and would follow the same pattern.
The decision granted increases of
S5 and $40 above the $3.50 which the
GNU won June Is. The AFL seamen
subsequently won S22.50 and S275O
increases after their nationwide
strike had tied up the nations ports
for almost two weeks and compelled
Economic Stabilizer John r. Steelman
to overrule the Wage Sterilization
Boards refusal to sanction the in
creaSes.
Fly in his award called on the
three striking unions to return to
work at once and asked shipowners,
particularly those on the west coast,
to reinstate the men and resume ne
gotiations until all issues are settled.
The west coast operators have per-
sistently refused to meet with repre-
sentatives of the marine cooks and
firemen until they had resumed work
under the old contract.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-09-26
BY HOWARD FREEMAN

Los Angeles (FP)-Complete AFL
and CIO unity on the picketline back
ed by wide public support including
"a committee of prominent citizens is
paying off with results in the 2-week
lockout against the Los Angeles
Newspaper Guild by the Herald Ex-
press, this city's largest newspaper
and Hearst's biggest money maker.
The guild threw up picketlines
when the management locked out 525
guildsmen after negotiations over
union demands for a 40 per cent pay
increase collapsed Sept. A. Almost i'm
mediately AFL printers, mailers,
stereotypers, photoengravers and
pressmen voted to respect guild
picketlines.
At guild suggestion, the AFL men,
bers arranged to enter the plant in
groups of five to sign the payroll.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-09-26
REAL EARNINGS
DOWN.. DESPITE
PAY INCREASES

New York City (ILNS) = Rea
earnings have dropped, despite in.
creases in wages This is the finding
of the National Research Industrial
Board, a research organization sup
ported by employers.
The board says that hourly factory
pay reached new peaks for the sixth
consecutive month in July, but real
weekly earnings declined sharply
from June in the rs manufacturing
industries which it surveys monthly.
The July average of $1.193 for
hourly earnings of production and
related workers was C.3 per cent over
June and marked the ninth consecu-
tive month in which that figure rose
above the preceding months level.
The average was 79 per cent ahead
of July, 1915, and 57.2 per cent above
January, 1941, base date of the Little
Steel formula.
Weekly earnings averaged $47.58,
and wer 0.8 per cent above June, 2.9
per cent below July year ago, and
55.4 per cent higher than in January,
1941, the beard sasd.t
Real weekly earnings, or the
amount of goods and services that can
be bought with weekly dollar earn
ings, declined as per cent from June
and 9.3 per cent from July, 1945, but
were 1873 per cent higher than in
January, 1941, the board reported.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-09-26
Cites U. S. Document
Based On Statements
Of Leaders In Russia

Rockford, I'll. = Lifting the "iron
curtain" Soviet Russia has thrown
over it's labor and other activities,
AFL President William Green barred
to American labor a formal United
States report proving that Russian
workers constitute a giant "slave
army" that trade unions are "goy-
ernment institutions" and that the
Red workers throughout the Soviet
are disciplined to their governments
needs and goals"
Addressing the Illinois State Fed
Grafton of Labor convention, Mr..
Green sharply condemned the CIO
for refusal Of its unions to take
stand against Red infiltration and ap-
pealed for united front by Ameri-
can workers to maintain and rein
force world peace.
Branding the CIO in general "a
Communist dominated organization"
Mr.. Green added:
eve can no more reconcile the
Americanism of the AFL with the
communism of the CIO than you can
reconcile the Knights of Columbus
with the Ku Klux Klan."
Citing a strictly factual document
compiled recently by the library of
Congress on conditions within Russia,
based upon what the leaders of Rus
sia and official Soviet publications
have themselves revealed" Mr.. Green
said:
''This report devotes an entire
chapter to labor. The report says:
Trade unions in Soviet Russia
have been absorbed by its general
economic machinery. Sow
let trade union officials as party "ac-
twists" are government officials,
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persons VINO understand and are
sympathetic TO the cause tof labor
Mr.. Green said:
"The election of members to the
United States Senate and the House
of Representatives this year is of tre-
mendous Importance to the member
ship of the American Federation of
Labor. Members of the House Of Rep
resentatives and the United States
Senate who voted in favor of high
ly Objectionable antilabor legislation
while serving as members of the 10th
session of Congress ought to be de-
feated.
"Those who voted against this anti
labor legislation and supported labor
in its position on said legislation
ought to be reelected regardless Of
their party affiliation. This is in con-
formity with the nonpartisan political
policy of the American Federation of
Labor.
''In order that the membership of
the American Federation of Labor
and all their friends in each congress
sional district and in each State may
be acquainted with the record made
by the Congressman who represent
them in Congress on labor legislation,
| am enclosing a copy of the record
to-. This is the official rec
ord of your Congressman and U. S.
Senator who are candidates for re-
election. l respectfully request you
examine this record carefully. Give
it as wide publicity as possible in the
district in which you
are located. Furthermore, l urge you
this action by the selec-
ton of a nonpartisan political COM
nittee for the purpose of bringing
about the defeat of those candidates
for reelection to Congress who the
record shows were your enemies, who
voted against you and in favor Of
antilabor legislation.
"We must depend upon the men
md women of labor to elect and re-
elect members to the House and SEN
ate who will stand by labor and in
opposition to reactionary antilabor
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-09-26
STRIKE IDLENESS
DECREASES IN JUNE

Washington, D. C. (ILNS). - The
u. S. Cancellation Service settled
1,408 labor-management disputes in
June, adjusting 1,095 of them with
out work stoppage. Idleness resulting
from employer-employee dispute s
reached postwar low in the same
)month, according to the Bureau Of
Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of
Labor.
With the termination of the anth-
racite strike June 7, the national
economy, for the first time since. last
September, was free of any very
large work stoppages.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-09-26
Planning Mill Workers Are
VictOrs In Tough Battle

Asheville, N. c. QLNS). = Deter
mined and unified, employees of the
Williams -Brownell Planning Mill strug-
gled through long months of en-
ployer opposition to achieve member
ship in Local 1856, Uphokterers' In
ternational Union, then win recogni-
tion in a bitterly contested NLRB
election, to emerge finally with UIU
contract boosting wages five cents
hourly and materially improving
working conditions.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-09-26
LocuI Union Is
To Hold Porfy
On October 18th

Buffalo, N. YIN addition to an
unusual amount of business trans
acted at our meeting last Friday
evening, final plans were discussed
and the date set for our party which
will be held on Friday evening, Octo-
Der 18th. Chairman Bob Pfeiffer and
his committee have overlooked moth
ing in the way of entertainment for
the evenings fun and promises the
party will be one of the best ever held
by the local. Johnny Urban and his
orchestra has been engaged to furn-
ish the music for the evening.
The Buffalo Pottery had a desert
ed look. the past week. while there
was plenty activity in and around the
new kiln, production did not fare so
well. With the glost kiln down, the
glost ware and packing departments
came to halt. The clayshop has been
working on a reduced schedule and
this has slowed down production in
the bisque kiln and warehouse. Start
ing next week it will be full speed
ahead in all departments.
We are coming to the time of year
when most employees are laid up with
common colds. In this connection we
would like to bring up the question of
vitamins. Authorities say three out
of four working people do not get
the necessary vitamins in their daily
diet to maintain good health. If
enough employees can be interested
in trying out vitamin tablets over a
60day period, the firm has agreed to
pay half the cost. If you are interest
ed register your name with Bert
Clark.
DR.. Hanna of Washington, Pa, was
recent visitor at the plant, He ex-
pressed keen satisfaction of the pro-
gress being made to administer the
aluminium therapy treatments and
promised the x-ray machine will ar
rive early next week.-O. C. rs.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-09-26
BUILDING is STOPPED

Washington (FP) = Civilian Pro-
duction administration said Sept. it
had finally halted work on 100000
open air theater in Seattle by going
into federal court for permanent in
junction. Previously the theater build
ers had ignored three official tele-
grams demanding that work cease.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-09-26
AFL Calls On Labor
To Insure Election
OF Better Congress
STATE FEDERATIONS AND CENTRAL
BODIES TO BE FURNISHED VOTING
RECORDS ON VITAL LABOR ISSUES

An appeal to Organize effectively to insure election
Congress and State Legislatures of friendly labor
expressed by AF President William Green letters to all State
Fedelations andfCentral Labor Unions
The voting records of members of the Senate and House
vital labor issues being compiled by the AFL and being
forwarded unions throughout the Nation guide the
vember baotng of their MEMBERS
Sressng the Importance of registering qualify for voting
and the imperative placing Congress and legislatures
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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-09

ste. vi pac ne veste, kako je hui
do in kaj je vojna in kaj je po-
manjkanje -. Kaj pa Ii, stric,
ne mislite nikdar priti mas OBJ
iskat? LIE okorajzite Sc enkrat,
da vidite donna Knafelcevo mia
do generacijo. Same Toneta ne
boste vec nasli. Mega so farji
sprawl S tega sveta. Ampak IL
sti far Smihelski, ko je meme S
priznice simfal, tisti je pa lie pla-
cal S svojo glavo. Prav mu je!"
To je IL pisma Knafelsove ne
cakinje Anice in prav gotovo nj
prijetno. Posledice vojnih gro
zot Sc bodo tam Sc dolgo let po-
male in spomin ma -prestano tr-
picnic DO zivel ne lie z vso sta
rejso, temvec tudi z najmlajSo
generacijo.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-09
S SEIZE KLUBA ST. Jsz

Chicago, ILL., Ma letni sell
kluba st. l JSZ dine %. deem
brav SDC so navzoci razprav-
ljali 0 raznih zadevah in podana
SO bila porocila tajnika in odse-
kov. Dne 80. novembra je klu-
bova blagajna znaSala $177.80.
Oh enem poseduje klub vecino
delnic Slovenskega delavskega
centra. Vsi klubovi clani so u
praviceni tie delnice zastopati ma
obcnih zborih SDC. Prihodnji
obcni zbor Sc vrSi dine 3k janu-
aria.
V razpravi glede naSe minute
dramske priredbe je bio IRA
zano mnenje, da je bila prema-
10 oglasana, kar je vzrok, da
udelezba nj bila vecja.
Drustvo "Sloga'' st. 16 SNIP
V Milwaukeeju vabi, da bi ma
mimi slavnosti ponovili igro
Elisa gospoda Harringtona'.
Bio je predlagano in sprejeto,
da Sc odzovemo.
Klub ostane V Prosvetni ma
tici z isto clanarino kot dose
daj, MANFRED pc $3.50 ma mesec.
Razpravljalo Sc je tudi o re
lifni akciji, MANFRED O sedanjem
zbiranju obleke pomoc naSim
ljudem V starem kraju. Bio je
odobreno, da Sc da dvorano V
Centru v ia namen diva tedna
brezplacno nida pomagamo.
Odbor kluba "a to leto je Sic
de6i: Chas. Pogorelec, tajnik-
blagajnik; Angela Zaitz, zapis-
nikarica. Nadzorni odbor: Fred
A. Wider, Flip Godina in Fran
ces Rak.
Dramski odsek: Milan Med
vesek, Josko Oven, John Rak,
Louis Zorko in Frank Zaitz.
Prosvetni odSek: Louis Benz
ger, F. A. Wider in F. Zaitz.
Knjiznicar Chas. Pogorelec.
Organization Frank Zaitz in
John Turk "a North Side.
Zastopnika V zdruzenem Cd
boru jugoslovanskih American
cev sta Milan MedveSek in Fran
ces Wider,
Angela Zaitz, zapisnikarica,
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-09

imenu kluba JSZ in John Rak
cd SNIP.
Imela je vencev V pogrebni-
kovi kapeli vse naokrog in OBJ
zadnjem slovesu je bio V Mi
polno p~rijateljev in p~rijateljic
Svetlikove druzine.
Tako je Sla IL nash vrst spet
ena rojakinja, donna il starega
kraja, XII Sc boil in boil redcijo.
Delala je vse zivljenje in Sc po-
slovila cd vseh z zavestio, da je
"a otroke storila vse kar delav-
ska matt zmore, in da je bila oh
enem z duSo in srcem tudi v ma
sem delavskem in drustvenem
gibanju. Caster il spomin! So
progu Tomu, otrokom in sorod-
nixon iskreno ~socutje. Z.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-09
svetiu stolica 81 skUsa pomagati
il tezuv z ",ovo Iiniio"
Vatikon prvie v poIozoiu, do nj ma svetu
nobene kotoliske velesile. : Potezo z
novimi kordinoIi imo povsem %polifieen ~znoeoi

Vatikan skusa torej prenesti
teziSce ma nevtralne dezele in
kjer lie mogoce, ma zmagoslaven
nacin. Najvecje v~prasanje V va
tikanski politiki preteklem le-
tn je bilo vprasanje odnosajev S
soviet, Mnogo je bio prizade-
vanja, da Sc ustvari modus vi
vendi med Vatikanom in So
vjetsko unijo. Prvi korak ia
namen so cello napravili Rusi
sami, ko je Stain pozval ameri-
'skega poljskega zupnika Orle-
manskega V Moskvo in mu dial
zagotovilo, da sovjetske oblasti
nikakor ne bodo preganjale ka-
tolicanov V svojih okupacijskih
predelih. Toda pokazalo Sc je.
da je vse zastonj, in ola name
rava Vatikan vztrajati ma svo-
jem staliScu, ter da vsaj zacasno
nj nobenega upanJa ma umlrltev
odnoSajev med Sovjetsko unijo
in Vatikanom.
Svetovna situacija, XII izvira
IL tega je polna nevarnosti in ne
gotovosti. Use drzave brez izje-
me - torej tudi S~ovjetska uniia
- priznavajo versko svobodo lie
pod pogojem in V predpostavki,
da bodo privrzenci doticne we're
lojalno izpolnjevali svoje dol
znosti napram drzavi. Ako So
vjetska unija in socialisticna
Poljska ne morejo racunati ma
to lojalnost, DO posledica, da Sc
DO protiverska oziroma proti-
cerkvena propaganda podvojila
- a to DO ustVarilo nezdrave
razmere.
Konferenca V Moskvi je Cd
stranila nevarne zapreke V cd
noSajih zaveznikov. Tudi to
vprasanje verskih odnosajev je
treba razcistiti, Upati je, da DO
papez to sprevidel in krenil ma
nova pota.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-09
IL AVTNEGA MESTA

Detroit, Mich. - OdbOr ma
sega kluba "a to leto je sledeci:
Anna Klarich, tajnica-blagajni-
ca; Math Urbas, zapisnikar; An
ton Anzicek, organizator. Mad
zornici "a pregledovanje knjig
sta Mary Potochnik in Julia
Mention. Zastopnika kluba pr
SIND sta Rudolf Potochnik in
Martin Mention. Zastopnik klu-
ba pri SID je Anton Anzicek.
Knjiznicar je Joseph Mention. V
pevskem zboru "Svoboda" ie
klubov zastopnik Rudolf Potoc-
mix. aa
Mas klub ina sedaj malo cla-
nov in tudi priredb nina kakor
nekoc. Toda Sc Sc mocno drzi.
Tako je lani tudi IL svoje bla-
game pomagal, ne lie z aktiv-
nostmi svojih clanov. Cd kar ie
nastal SANS, mu je ia klub pri-
speval il svoje blagajne mad
$500, kar je S strani male orga-
nizacije mnogo, "a ruski relif je
dial $31.80, placuje vsako leto
clanarino Prosvetni mattel in da
je vse to mogoce, gre zasluga
c~lanstvu, oziroma vsem tistim
XII prispevajo prostovoljno V
blagajno.
N. pr, S. Benedict. Ker ma seize
ne utegne, pa pravi, bonn z desc
takom pomagal in ga odda V klu-
bovo blagajno. V letu 1915 je to
dvakrat storil. Hvala ii, Peter.
z zeljo, da hos dobro uspeval tu-
di V BODICE.
Z
V letu 1915 sta nam premi-
nula diva dobra clana. John Ber-
lisg v maju in Leo Junko pa v
decembru. Ker sta oba bila zelc
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-09

delavna in vrSila vazne vloge v
nash aktivnostih, jul ne DO mo-
goce nadomestiti. Ostaneta nam
"a zmeron castnem spominu.
4
AmeriSki druzinSki koledar
boste letos v Detroitu dobili, ka-
dar ga prejmemo, pr naSem
znanem agitatorju Josipu Kor-
sichu. Pojdite mu ma roko, da
Sc DO vse izvode razpecalo.
Sedaj pa hvala clanom in cla-
nicam, ker so mi Sli v casu mo-
jega tajnikovanja tako lepo ma
roko.
Sodelujmo z novo tajnico ko-
likor najboljse moreno, ma So
miSljenike pa apeliram, pristo-
pite V klub, da tako z vasimi
mocmi dobi svoje nekdanje XIV
ljenje. Math Urbas.