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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-12-12
By LAURENT FRANTZ

Jackson, Miss. (FP) Senator
Theodore G. Bilbo, Americas lead
ing race-baiter, wound up a 4-day
inquiry here into the legality of
his reelection with the open and
proud admission that he certain
ly" opposed Negroes voting.
Boldly basing his defense on
purely racist grounds, Bilbo and a
number of leading white Missis-
sippi politicians who appeared in
his defense told the Senate cam
paign expenditures committee that
Bilbo was merely defending the
traditional opposition of south
erners" to Negro participation in
the Democratic primary.
The socalled defense blandly
ignored U. S. supreme court de-
cisions that the white primary is
unconstitutional and skirted the
fact that the primary is in effect
the election in Mississippi. Thus
a person excluded from the pri-
mary is excluded from the political
life of the state.
Although Bilbo claimed to speak
for all the white people, not only
of Mississippi but of the south, the
record shows that only about a per
cent of Mississippi's 2,250,000
population voted for him.
1t also shows there were some
$4,000 Negro veterans eligible to
vote without payment of polltax
and anxious to take advantage of
it. A small fraction of the suppress
sed Negro vote would have been
sufficient to overcome Bilbo's pri-
mary majority of $500.
Senator B. B. Hickenlooper
brought out dramatic confirmation
of charges by so Missippi citizens
that Bilbo used illegal means to
obtain his reelection. Hickenlooper
asked Bilbo if it was the intent
and purpose of his campaign to
bar Negroes from the polls.
Certainly, I'm against their
voting" Bilbo replied. Wouldn't
you be, if you knew they were go
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-12-12
BY UNION DOCTOR, Nj. ID.
Federated Press

Shortly before it adjourned, the
18th Congress passed the National
Mental Health Act. Although it re-
ceived very little attention in the
press, this law may turn out to be
one of the most progressive to
come out of that laundering legis-
lative session.
For a long time doctors have
realized that tremendous amount
Of disability from which our people
suffer is mental in origin. Since
about 1880, half of the hospital
beds in the country have been
occupied by patients with mental
disease. 1t is estimated that one
out of 20 persons born today will
spend some time in a mental in
stitution before he dies.
It's not only the patient who is
Crazy" however, that accounts for
the big problem. A great many
physical complaints are really due
entirely or in part to mental
causes. One of the most important
is stomach ulcer, which is well
known to be related to nervousness
or emotional strains. Many skin
diseases are similarly caused.
High blood pressure and heart
disease are often the result of
basic emotional disturbances. Men
tai upsets, in other words, take
their toll in physical disease as
we'll as mental illness.
For a good many years the at
titude toward mental illness was
that it was incurable. If people
were nuts" there was nothing
much to do about it except put
them in an "asylum" where they
couldn't do any harm. Today we
realize that mental disease can be
treated according to the same
scientific principles as physical
disease and patients can be COM
pletely cured or at least improved
enough to do certain kinds of work.
More important, if mental con-
dition is detected early enough it
can often be nipped in the bud and
prevented from ever causing any
real damage. A mild emotional
problem brought under the care Of
a psychiatrist doesn't have to re-
suit in a serious nervous break
down.
Socalled behavior problems in
children can be faced and, with
proper cooperation from the par
ents, stopped from causing person
alitV difficulties in later life. Even
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-12-12
Farmers Union
Changes Sfond

Washington (FPJ - Reversing
its previous position on farm par
ity prices, the National Farmers
Union announced Nov. 20 that it
will support legislation providing
for inclusion of farm labor costs
in computing the parity formula.
President James G. Patton of
NFU announced the change, say
ing that last year the organization
opposed raising parity prices
through changes in the formula
because "there was serious danger
that runaway initiation would be
touched off by such legislation.
"Now, we have very grave in
flation. This will be followed, un-
less steps are taken, by an even
more serious deflation that will be
ruinous for agriculture. Therefore,
we believe that the time has come
to prepare for the later deflation
and to urge legislation that will in
sure a floor under the price of
their products"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-12-12
General Strike
Halls Police
Strike Breaking

Oakland, Calf. (FP)-The 2-day
general strike that almost COM
pletely shut down this and several
neighboring cities ended here Dec.
5 after City Manager John F.
Hassler yielded to a union demand
that police not be used to break
picketlines and that city officials
remain neutral in labor disputes.
The strike by 10000 AFL
workers with strong CIO support
was touched off Dec. after police
had broken AFL picketlines at two
department stores, Hastings and
Kahn's, to herd in IL truckloads of
scab merchandise. Local 1865, Re-
tail Clerks International Associa-
ton, had been on strike at the
stores for more than a month.
There was little violence in the
2-day stoppage as workers mass
ed outside the struck stores, tied
up transportation, halted news
paper printing and delivery, and
generally left the city in a state
Of suspended animation.
Before the agreement was reach
ed, the CIO indicated it would
join the strike. This would have
reduced utilities and other essen
tial services.
The general strike was the fifth
this year. Earlier strikes tied up
Rochester, N. Y; Stamford, Conn.,;
Houston, Tex; and Camden, N. j.
The Rochester and Houston strikes
were conducted mainly by the AFL
and the Stamford was conducted
jointly by the AF'L and ClO.
Hassler, in giving assurance to
the unions that their demands
would be observed, said the de-
mands were Consistent with the
laws Of our land, as far as the
city government is concerned"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-12-12
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Fall Far Short
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Washington (F)-Despite the
common boast that American W.
ing standards are the highest in
the world, American labor stand
ards in many cases fall below the
international standard set by In
ternational Labor Organization
convention.
That was the gist of a speech to
200 delegates to the Labor De-
partment conference on labor leg
islation here by assistant secre-
tary David Morse, who heads in
temational activities of the Labor
Department.
The shortcomings, Morse said,
arise from the fact that the U. S.
constitution requires regulation of
workers in purely intrastate estab-
lishments to be left in state hands.
Many states, he showed, have not
yet enacted labor laws up to the
recommended standards which the
lilo has set for world labor.
Among them he listed:
1.-The longstanding LILO con-
vention prohibiting night work
for children under 18 in manufac-
turing, and the recent inclusion
of mercantile employment. Only
one state meets the manufacturing
standard, none of them meet the
mercantile standard.
2.-The LILO standard requiring
medical examination of persons
under 18 entering employment has
not been met by al U. S. states.
3.-The principle of one day of
rest in seven has been made law
in only seven states.
4.-Only 18 states have an g.
hour day, 48-hour week require
mept, and these apply only to wo-
men and minors.
5.-Although compulsory uni
versal coverage is the first prin-
ciple of workmen's compensation,
only 20 states make it compulsory
and many workers in small estab-
lishments are excluded. Only so
per cent of the employed workers
in the U. S. are covered by work
mems compensation laws.
6.-Although the lilo standards
call for 5-day waiting period in
compensation, only 10 states have
so short a period.
7.-28 states pay less than the
LILO standard of 66 2/3 per cent
of the wage in compensation bene-
fits.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-12-12
WHY YOU TEACH
SUCKERS TO READ

Chicago (FP)--A novel dollars
and cents reason for teaching peo-
pie how to read was advanced by
President Charles Luckman of
Lever Bros. Co., soap makers, in
an address to profit-hungry MEM
bers of that supermarket institute
here.
"The simple truth is" blurted
Luckman, "that advertising is COM
pletely ineffective unless our popu-
lation can read, write and under
stand English, and thereby raise
the level Of their expectancies and
desires This would provide a
powerful stimulus to the welfare
and to the living standards of our
nation and therefore to YOUR IN
COME as the nations supermarket
OPERATORS"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-12-12
O'Mohoney Asks
Annual Wage Law

Washington (FP)-Just before
President Truman told his press
conference that he would send as
strong a message as possible to
Congress Jan. 3 so as to get some
thing done, he had an audience
with Senator Joseph O'Mahoney.
While Truman said his message
wouldn't be confined to labor, but
includes it,. he was told by OMa-
honey that the annual wage ought
to be included as a basis for a
constructive solution to the labor
problem.
Labor cannot be made a COM
modify again" O'Mahoney said he
told Truman. "To settle a labor
problem we need more than puni-
tive legislation"
The Wyoming liberal reported
he also said the man who works is
entitled to recognition, and that we
have strikes because of fear that
human standards may be under
mined.
O'Mahoney also recalled to Tru-
man that annual wage studies have
been under way several years, but
nothing had been done. He called
the annual wage practical in all
national industries, especially in
coal mining.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-12-12
FIGHT FOR HEALTH

more, people can be taught the
principles of sound mental hygiene
to strengthen themselves so that
mental disturbances won't ever get
started.
1t is along these lines that the
National Mental Health Act can do
its greatest good For this law,
among other things, provides
funds to the U. S. Public Health
Service for giving grants to the
states for the establishment of
mental hygiene clinics. In these
clinics, trained psychiatrists and
psychiatric social workers will be
on hand to advise people about
their mental and emotional prob
lens.
High-priced psychiatrists are
out of the reach of the average
workman's family in their own of
fices, but at these public clinics
they will be ready to serve the
people. Not that a mental hygiene
clinic can ever correct the social
and economic injustices that give
rise to many mental disturbances
but they can help strengthen the
individual to face these problems
constructively and possibly over
come them.
Your local health department
should be able to get funds for
starting a mental hygiene program
very shortly. Give the health of
ficer your support in getting this
work going. 1t will help all of us.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-12-12
Trade Problems
(Confinued From Pn0< One)

viii be held in January.
Representatives from all shop
committees were present at the
meeting and made reports on the
activities at their respective shops.
Nothing of serious nature war
ranted action by the local.-O.
C. q.
The Lincoln times., 1946-07-18

Ed. Note: This newspaper has ar.
ranged with the Washington Bureau
of National Weekly Service, 1916
Eye st. N. W., Washington, D. c.,
to answer questions pertaining to
servicemen and veterans These ques-
tions will be answered in this col
umn if addressed as above. No re-
plies can be made by mail, but this
paper will print answers to all ques-
tions received.
Q. Is a person supposed to pay
three cents to get allotment checks
and government pension checks cash
ed? l paid three cents for every
check the boys sent home of the Glass
E allotments. - Mrs. C. H., Villa
Ridge, Mo.
A. Charge for cashing any check,
government or civilian, is a rule of
some banks. Some banking institu-
tions charge as high as 10 cents for
cashing checks.
Q. l was in the Army nine one
half months. While in service l re-
ceived leg injury on guard duty.
After receiving my honorable dis
charge l am disabled to the extent
that l can only work part-time. l
appealed to the Veterans Admins
tration for compensation, but so far
l have not received any help. l was
advised by Bay Pines hospital, Flor
ida, to get statements from my lieu
tenant and first sergeant of the S1st
Division who were both stationed at
Camp Rucker, Alabama, at the time
of my accident. VIII you help me
get addresses of these two mer
through your office IS. G. H., Mel,
bourne, Fla.
A. Write to Personnel Division
Ad;utant Generals Office, War De-
partment, Washington 25, D. c., and
give all details of the men you are
seeking.
Q. My foster son is still in serv-
ice in Korea. Where can we write
to obtain information on lost war
bonds? He has money deducted from
his pay but never received the bonds
and it has been over year.-L. H..
Fulton, N. Y.
A. Write to War Bond Division,
The Lincoln times., 1946-07-18
State College Student
Must Build A House

Raleigh, July 1S-Here's one way
to beat the housing shortage for out
of-state students seeking admission
to N. c. State College for the fall
session.
Grover B. Turner, an Indianapolis
und.) textile manufacturer, recently
came here along with his son, Grover
R., who applied for admission to the
school of textiles.
Dean of Textile School Malcolm
E. Campbell told the Hoosiers that
admission would be made only if the
student could furnish his own hous-
ing. Father and son thanked the
dean, and left.
Two hours later, father and son,
both former GIs, returned. They re-
ported they had purchased large lot
near Meredith college, not too far
from the school of textiles, and had
arranged with a contractor to build
two houses on the lot.
Grover, Jr., will enter N. C. State
College as freshman in textiles this
fall. His dad said the boy will have
his choice of homes.
The Lincoln times., 1946-07-18
E5VEIEF4 @S
G:S8oIEsET!sl|!!9g9Nsss

U. S. Army, 1900 Goodfellow Blvd,
St. Louis 20, Mo-, and give your sons
full name, serial number and all in
formation possible.
Q. l spent little over six months
in the Army in 1914 and received an
honorable discharge. Would be
eligible to draw $1,000 to farm =?
There are some around here drawing
that amount who have been in the
Army.-W. c. NJ, Summit, Ala.
A. l know of no $1,000 fund upon
which veterans may draw. Perhaps
you are referring to a sum equal to
maximum of $100 per month paid
under unemployment compensation
for self-employed veterans in lieu of
unemployment compensation. If that
is the money to which you refer, you
should go to the nearest office of
United States Employment service
and make application as provided by
law.
@. | am World War widow. My
husband was accidentally killed here
at home and wasn't in the service
at the time of his death. He was
not in the service when we were mar
ried, but was in the service about
four months before we were mar
ried. We have a small son born No
vember 25. 1945. This son was I
weeks old when my husband was
killed. Is there any way can get
help for me and my son?-Mrs. V.
B., Greenville, Ala.
A. You do not give sufficient de-
tail for me to determine whether you
are eligible for pension, but you
should apply to the nearest Veter-
ans Administration office and tell
them your whole story and they will
determine your eligibility.
Q. My husband is veteran of
World War |. He has children by
former marriage. Now l worked
during the war and saved money and
bought us home after we were mar
ried Should my husband pass away
would l have to give his children
half of the money from the place :?
The place is in my name. Would |
have to divide insurance money with
The Lincoln times., 1946-07-18
Rosey Farm Picture
Has Its Dark Side

A two-toned picture of the general
farm outlook has been painted for
the remainder of 1916 by the Farm
Management Department of the Ex-
tension Service at State College.
The bright side of the picture
shows higher prices for farm prod
ucts, while the dark portion of the
picture indicates a rising cost OF liv-
ing, and continued scarcity of feed
and labor.
Many signs point to a real break
through in the price level, which has
already advanced greatly. Farm labor
will continue to be inadequate to meet
all needs now, and will also be high.
Equipment and transportation facil-
tiles will improve some. but farm
machinerey will be high in cost. Most
repair parts will soon be available.
The price situation for most crops
appears very good. The average yield
of tobacco is smaller, but acreage is
up nine per cent. The price should
hold up to 1945 levels. Cotton acre
age is at low average and the price
is rising. Peanuts should bring at
least 1945 prices. The support price
will be near ~ cents a pound.
In the livestock field everything is
higher. Poultry has gone up and
eggs will hold high prices during the
fall and winter. All dairy products
continue to rise in price. Dairy cows
are declining in numbers, and are
selling at an all-time high. The
number of beef cattle and hogs will
be smaller by next spring, indicating
increasingly higher prices.
While livestock prices are going up
the feed is becoming harder to find
Commercially mixed feed will be re-
duced 20 per cent by government or
der. The farmer must depend OF
pasture, home grown feed and farm
by-products to help ease the feed
shortage and the high cost of mixed
feeds.
The Lincoln times., 1946-07-18

A Times Want Ad win Sell til
The Lincoln times., 1946-07-18
Effect Of Nitrogen
On Pasture Mixtures

Pastures are the cheapest source OF
livestock feed, and in this period OF
scarce feed must provide large por-
ton of the animals daily food re-
quirements. In view of this situation
interesting experiments have been
made to determine fertilization prac-
tices for pastures, especially with
nitrogen, by the Agronomy Depart
ment of State College.
To get the most good grazing pos
sible from a pasture it must be treat
ed as a crop. Plenty of lime, phos-
phate and potash should be applied
to provide a high level of fertility
What about nitrogen? D. S. Cham
blee, R. L. Lovvorn and w. W. Wood
house, agronomy specialists, answer
this question by giving the results
from numerous experiments which
they have conducted.
Nitrogen applications are very ef-
fective in increasing early spring
grazing and in the establishment OF
grasses in the sod, but in many cases
grasses increased at the expense OF
the legumes in the mixture. Lespe-
deza was especially depressed by ad-
ded nitrogen.
The use of nitrogen as rule is
not very effective in increasing the
total yield OF protein content OF
grass-legume sods. The main effect
is on time of growth rather than
amount of growth.
Nitrogen is not only desirable, but
is essential for such supplementary
grazing crops as small grains and
Sudan grass.
The Lincoln times., 1946-07-18
Co.tca Sells Above
35-Cent Lark Fret
Time in % Years

New York, July Is = Cotton sold
above S5 cents pound for the first
time in twenty-three years in the
cotton exchange Monday as the July
delivery shot up the daily allowed
limit of SIS bale.
Prices rose rapidly in strong and
active market with the general level
around noon up S2.95 to SIS bale.
The advances represented gain of
around $50 bale since a week ago.
Demand was based largely on the
growing shortage of available sup
plies and prospects of a limited crop.
The Lincoln times., 1946-07-18
SCOUT OFFICIALS
TO CONVENE AT
PIEDMONT CAMP

Lincoln County Boy Scout leaders
will attend the meeting of the exec
utive board of the Piedmont Coun-
ell, Boy Scouts of America, which
will be held at Piedmont Boy Scout
Camp, at Lake Lanier, on Sunday
morning, July 81, for the regular
summer meeting of the organization.
Members of the board represent the
counties of Alexander, Burke, Cald-
well, Catawba, Cleveland, CASTOR,
Iredell, Lincoln, Mcdowell, Polk and
Rutherford. The meeting will start
with a devotional service at II a. m,
and the business meeting of the board
will follow.
Henry McKelvie, president of the
Piedmont Council, will be in charge,
and reports will be received from the
various officers of the council and
committee chairmen. A special re-
port on camping will be made by
Major Bernard Sharp, chairman of
the committee on camping, and by
r. M. Schiele, the camp director. Fol-
lowing the business meeting an in
spection of the camp will be made
and members of the board will join
at one o'clock dinner.
Officials of the Piedmont Council
have expressed qualification with the
outstanding success of the camping
program this summer, in which two
thousand or more Scouts and leaders
from the eleven counties of the coun-
Gil area will participate. Hundreds
Of boys are being taught to swim
and thousands of Scout advancements
in swimming, life-saving, rowing, ca
noeing, nature study, and other camp
crafts are beinp made at the camp.
The Lincoln times., 1946-07-18
Electrification Of
More Farms Coming

Remember the old saying about pa
tience being a virtue? Well, some
10000 of North Cardinals farm peo-
pie will be rewarded for their long
and, at times, seemingly hopeless
wait for the magic of electricity dur
ing the coming fiscal year.
The good news has been announced
by the Rural Identification Admin
istration in an outline of its ambi-
tious 1946-47 program. This will be
the biggest year in the REA's ten
year record of progress in rolling
back the age of darkness which still
prevails on far too may of the ma
tons farms.
In spite of the numerous shortages
of materials and labor, over 1000
miles of lines will be constructed in
North Carolina alone. This is very
encouraging fact and will mean cleo
trio current in 10000 additional
homes. North Carolina has been lag
ging behind other states, but this
new program will put it up with the
leaders in per cent of total families
with current.
There are numerous aids and plans
for wiring buildings furnished by the
Agricultural Engineering Department
of State College to help farmers get
the job done right. So take advan-
tage of the practical helps offered
All those wonderful devices that
are dreamed of will be back on the
market soon, and the farmer who has
been in the dark will have a chance
to really shine.
Even with this ambitious building,
many of North Cardinals deserving
fa ilias will still ho without LIGHT
The Lincoln times., 1946-07-18
Poison Ivy Charm
Comes On Third Time

If you're going picknicking it may
be some consolation to know that
poison ivy won't bother you the first
or second time you touch the little
weed-but look out for the third con-
tact
That is the advice of DR.. Lester
Hollander of Pittsburgh, reporting
on research in Hygeia magazine. He
declares that poison in the ivy is a
sensitizing agent which doesn't af-
feet every one adversely. and even
those it does infect break into blist-
ers only after skin has become SEN
sitized by several contacts.