The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-10-10

President William Green told the
39th convention of the United
Mine Workers he favored immedi-
ate abolition of the Wage Stabili-
zation Board and dumping of "any
and all forms of wage controls"
WASHINGTON (FP) - T h G
Federal Communications Commits
sion concluded examiners hearings
on the application of the New
York Daily News, violently anti
labor tabloid, for an FM radio
station license. The American
Jewish Congress testified against
the News application.
WASHINGTON (FP) - Spokes-
men for the Pacific American
Shipowners Association told news
men they would not give in to
union or government demands for
a union security clause in con-
tracts with ships officers unions.
HOLLYWOOD (FP) - Seven
striking AFL locals of the Con-
ference of Studio Unions filed
charges with the NLRB accusing
10 major studios of refusing to
bargain collectively on contracts
since Oct. l945. Eight pickets were
arrested after attacks on picket
lines by hundreds of armed police,
deputies and company guards.
WASHINGTON (FP) = Attor-
ney Tom Clark announced his de-
partment would bring suit against
railroads accused of having over
charged the government several
million dollars during the war for
hauling army and navy freight.
The case has been pushed by Sen.
Glen Taylor.
WASHINGTON (FP) = TIL e
American Retail Federation, repre-
senting 100000 retailers, held
closed meetings to discuss ways
and means of dealing with labor
disputes and holding out against
unions in collective bargaining.
CHICAGO (FP) - Presiden n t
John Fitzpatrick of the Chicago
Federation of Labor died at his
home here after a long illness.
Fitzpatrick had served the GIL
since 1905 as president.
NEW YORY (FP) - Walkouts
on all coasts by three unions
brought idleness to the nations
waterfronts for the second time in
a month, after government efforts
to postpone the strike extended
past the midnight Sept. 80 dead
line. Unions involved are the Mas
ter Mates & Pilots and the Inter
national Longshoremen's & Ware
housemens Union and Marine En-
gineers Beneficial Association.
CHICAGO (FP)-A broad in
dependent political platform as a
guide for action in the Nov. 5
election campaign within t h e
framework of the traditional 2
party system was hammered out
Sept. 1929 by 800 delegates rep
resenting Americas leading pro-
gressive organizations. The group
named a combinations committee
of so to map conference of pro-
gressives" in January.
LOS ANGELES (FP) The
most bitter strike in the history of
the printing trades unions in the
southwest ended in a victory for
$50 locked-out members of Allied
Printing Trades unions at the
Pacific Press Co., printers of west
coast editions of Time and Life
magazines.
WASHINGTON (FP)-A July
agreement worked out with Cuban
sugar interests through the U. S.
State Department was seen as par
tally responsible for a 2 cents
pound increase in sugar prices
costing American consumers $780,
100000 in the coming year.
NEW YORK (FP)-The Trans
port Workers Union unanimously
reelected incumbent officers at its
fifth biennial convention. TWU |
President Michael J. Quill pro-
posed winning the 30-hour week
as a TWU goal.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y,
(FP)-Demands for 35-hour
week and cost Of living wage in
creases highlighted the convention
of the Industrial Union of Marine
& Shipbuilding Workers which
also saw reelection of the unions
top three officers.