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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-11-06
BrickIayers Hold
Up Work On Kiln
At Lincoln Plant

Lincoln, Ill.-Everything seems
to be rolling along in fine style
at the Stetson China Co., with pro-
duction up to capacity. The track
for the new glost kiln has been
laid but work has been somewhat
stymied on the new unit, due to the
inability of the firm in securing
bricklayers.
We are informed Mr.. Claude F.
Copeman, plant manager who is
convalescing at his home from a
recent attack of Typhoid fever, will
be back on the job in about two
weeks.
Our membership roll continues to
increase at each meeting. Several
new members were initiated at our
last session and several more are
in line to ride the goat at our next
meeting. We welcome these new
comers and as a bit of fatherly ad-
vice, urge them to attend the meet
ings regularly and join in the dis
cussions in formulating plans for
the betterment of all.
Although it is somewhat of be-
lated report, the members of Local
Union 116 had the pleasure of list
ening to the play by play account
Of the world series while perform
ing their daily toll. Through the
generosity of Mr.. Henry Reese, vice
a radio was installed in
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-11-06
4Rising Costs Brings Jump In Number
Of Children Receiving Federal Aid

Washington, d. C. (ILNS).-The
big rise in the cost of living since
VI Day is major factor in an in
crease of more than so percent in
the number of children financially
provided for through state-federal
programs for aid to dependent chill
dren, Federal Security Administra-
tor Oscar r. Ewing said here.
Other important factors are loss
of employment, including layoffs of
mothers who had worked in war
time jobs. Ewing added, referring
to survey made by public assis-
nce officials in the Federal Sc
eurity Agency.
Total Doubles In Some States
More than 100000 children in
100000 families were aided in Au-
gust, 1947, under state-federal pub
lie assistance. Two years earlier in
August, 1916, the month of VI
Day, nearly 605,000 children in
more than 25U,000 families were
being helped.
Increases in careloads varied
widely among states during this
period. In 16 states the rise in num-
bers of children aided was 70 per
cent or more. The District of Co.
lumbia, New York and Florida
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-11-06

Washington, D. C. QLNS)-A
"Train of Friendship" will be sent
from coast to coast in November to
collect food for hungry Europeans,
the Citizens Food Committee an
nounced here.
The subcommittee directing plans
for the train include Daniel j.
Tobin, president of the Information
al Brotherhood of Teamsters, who
has promised the hearty support of
his union for the project. Other la
Dor unions have also pledged sup
port. Pres. William Green of the
AFL and President Philip Murray
of the CIO are members of the
Citizens Food Committee, of which
Charles Luckman is chairman.
Luckman named a 10-man sub
committee to handle arrangements
for the train from headquarters
to be set up at Los Angeles. The
train itself will be donated by the
of American Railroads.
1t will consist chiefly of freight
cars, with few passengers for the
staff.
The exact types of foodstuffs to
be collected will be described soon.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-11-06

showed gains of over 100 per cent.
The only states showing an increase
of less than 80 per cent in the num-
bers of children aided were Della
ware, Illinois, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Tennessee and Vermont.
In many families applying for
aid to dependent children in the
last 2 years, resources fail to
meet basic needs, particularly in
view of the drastic rise in con-
sumner prices. In the years since
August, 1945, the cost of food has
risen nearly 40 per cent in large
cities.
While prices have continued to
spiral, many of these families have
also suffered a cut in income. Moth
ers and children who worked dur
ing the war have returned to kitch-
en- or classroom.
Relatives in war jobs who con-
tributed to family support in many
instances are no longer able to
carry extra responsibilities due to
the pressure Of rising costs. Some
ex-GIs who had helped younger
brothers and sisters through depen-
dents allowances while in service
are unable to continue this assis-
tance.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-11-06
DRIVE To SNEAK THRU
ROB THE POOR TAXES
EXPOSED BY AFL MAN

Washington OPA) = The at
tempt by Rep. Harold Knutson (R.,
Minn.) to set up committee of
tax experts, stacked with Wall st.
tax lawyers and men whose SYM
pathies are for corporations and
coupon clippers, is going to back
fire.
Knutson, who broke precedent by
personally appointing 11-man
group to advise the House Ways &
Means Committee on improving the
federal tax structure, made the
mistake of naming Matthew Woll
of the AFL to the committee.
Woll, a one-man minority who
was represented at all committee
sessions by Arthur A. Elder, vice.
president of the American Fedora
tion of Teachers-AFL, has turned
in detailed dissent from the ma
jority recommendations, which he
is insisting be printed at commit
tee expense.
The AFL officials report charges
that the committee majority has
first, "gone for beyond the express
ed intention of the committee" and
further has widened the gap be-
tween Highland low-income tax
payers, giving preference to the
former.
Especially dangerous, according
to Woll, is the proposal that excise
forerunners of a sales taX-be in
creased and extended. "Such a pro-
taxes = which he warns are the
posal, if adopted, would constitute
an unfair and capricious burden on
consumers and businessmen alike"
Woll insists.
"Taken in combination the pro-
posals favored by the committee
majority would, if enacted, shift the
tax load from those more able to
those less able to bear the burden"
Woll concludes.
"The majority recommend 33
changes in the income tax pro-
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-11-06
UNIONS PROVE NEED
FOR INCREASING THE
MINIMUM WAGE RATE

Washington (LPA)-A series of
representatives from unions this
week presented their support of a
strengthened Fair Labor Standards
Act to a predominantly hostile
House Labor Subcommittee.
Early testimony was given by
Vice-president Alfred Hoffman of
the American Federation of Hos
iery Workers and Secretary-treas-
urer William Pollock of the Tex
tile Workers Union of America.
Also scheduled were Legislative
Representative Russ Nixon of the
United Electrical, Radio & Ma
chine Workers and Hoyt Haddock
of the Maritime Committee.
Pollock told the Congressman
that experience of the textile union
shows that an immediate increase
in the legal minimum wage to 75c
an hour will benefit not only the
workers getting the raises, but
their industries and the general
economic health of their communi-
ties.
"You cannot have a free enter
prise system in an area of paup-
ers," Pollock insisted. Business
makes customers. Customers are
made up of workers and their buy
ing power comes from wages"
The textile industry has increas-
ed its profits every year since 1888,
the year the Fair Labor Standards
Act was passed, Pollock pointed
out. Thru union efforts, the mini
mum wage has risen from 32.5c
in 1889 to 85c in the north and SOC
in the south.
Discussing the much-debated
question of whether there should
be different wage floors for diff
ferent parts of the country, the
official said that "There is
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-11-06
NEW CWA ORGANIZING
CAMPAIGN IS BEGUN

Washington (LPA)-A new or
ganizing drive among long lines
telephone employees and Western
Electric installation workers was
started this week by the Communi-
cations Workers of America-un-
affiliated.
CWA Vice-president John Crull,
writing to the unions 33 divisions,
said that the two campaigns would
run simultaneously. In both groups
conventions will be held immediate
ly in the event of NLRB certifica-
tion and will elect their own perma-
nent officers and bargaining COM
mittees.
Bargaining on a new contract
will then be carried on with the
new divisions being given full assis-
tance from the CWA including
trained negotiators anu legal coun-
sci.
The American Union of Tele-
phone Workers and the Association
of Communication f "a u i p m e n
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-11-06
Face Facts, Mason
Tells Congressman
On Wage-HourL Law

Washington tLPA)- The AFL,
thru Natl Legislative Representa-
tive Walter Mason, last week went
on record with Congress in favor
of 75c minimum wage, and liberal
increases in the kinds Of industries
covered by the Fair Labor Stand
ards Act.
Mason told a House Labor Sub
committee that: 81 am calling upon
the members of this Committee to
face reality-to acknowledge that
the present 40c an hour minimum
rate no longer carries out our ma
tional wage policy and to take the
corrective action necessary to make
this policy effective. The American
Federation of Labor is proposing
an immediate increase in the mini
mum wage to 75c an hour We do
not feel that this proposed mimi
mum will provide the standard of
living contemplated by the original
Act. 1t is, however, what is needed
Immediately to correct the gross in
equities which now exist"
The AFL spokesman quoted one
set of figures after another, all
proving beyond a shadow of a doubt
that even single worker couldn't
subsist on 40c an hour today.
Turning to the arguments that
low-paid workers are necessarily
inefficient and can't produce
enough to justify 75c an hour, Ma
son quoted the report of a special
subcommittee of the House Agricul-
ture Committee which as recently
as July issued report saying:
Experience reveals that the
establishment of minimum wage
standards tends to increase the
willingness and ability of low-paid
workers to produce. This improve
ment in the productive ability of
workers results from the somewhat
greater measure of physical WELL
being that the higher wage makes
possible. 1t is also likely that bet
ter compensation improves work
er morale. Also the imposition of a
legal minimum tends to stimulate
improvements in managerial effort.
Extremely low wages afford little
to management to ope.-
ate at maximum efficiency. The
shock produced by higher wage
standards frequently leads manage
ment to take steps looking toward
the better selection and training
of workers, the better arrangement |
of machines and work space, the
better flow of materials, and, in
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-11-06
Neil G.. McNicoI
Dies In Hospital
At Cleveland, O.

Neil C. McNicol, former East
Liverpool pottery executive and as
sociated with his brother Hugh l..
McNicol in the operation of the D.
E. McNicol pottery in Clarksburg,
w. Va, died Oct. 80 in st. Vim
cents Hospital in Cleveland, follow
ing an operation from which he
never rallied.
A son of the late Daniel E. and
Hanora Cronin McNicol, he was
born Nov. 8, 1891, in East Liver
pool. He attended st. Aloysius
Parochial School, East Liverpool
High School and Notre Dame Uni
versity. When a young man he
became associated with his father
and his two brothers in the opera
tion of the D. E. McNicol Pottery
Co. He was secretary of the COM
pany until 1880, when the East
Liverpool plant suspended opera
tions.
Mr.. McNicol was active in well
fare and charities work. For sew
eral years he was Columbiana
county chairman of the Catholic
Charities campaigns in the Cleve-
land Diocese. He was a member
of St. Aloysius Catholic Church
and East Liverpool Elks Lodge 25S.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Hazel
McNicol of Cleveland; a brother,
Hugh l.. McNicol of Clarksburg, w.
Va, and two sisters, Misses Mayme
S. McNicol and Ann r. McNicol,
both of East Liverpool.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-11-06
Strikers Discover
Foremen Is Judge
In Picket Trials

Baltimore (LPA) = Bethlehem
Steel has really packed the cards
against it's striking Shipyard Work
ers, members of the Industrial
Union Of Marine & Shipbuilding
Workers contended here this week.
At the huge Sparrows Point
yards, where the IUMSW strike is
now in it's 18th week, the company's
strikebreaking technique has reach
ed near-perfection. Every house,
every bit of property in Sparraws
Point is owned by Bethlehem. If a
worker dies his family is forced out
of the town.
The payoff came when strikers
learned that the magistrate in the
company town is a foreman in the
Bethlehem machine shop. If an al
tercation or company provoked
fight occurs on the picket line at
6 a. M, the union member stays
in Jail until 6 p. IN. when the fore
man-magistrate finishes work. But
# Bethlehem representative is
arrested for speeding or anything
else, the company foreman can be
yanked off his job in a hurry to
set bail.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-11-06
RAIL UNIONS DEMAND
ACTION ON WAGE BOOST

Chicago (LPA)-Switching their
strategy, the five operating" Rail
road Brotherhoods this week de-
manded immediate action by the
railroads to put into effect a 30%
wage increase.
Representatives Of the five Bro
therhoods have been meeting with
the managements for three weeks
here on a program for changes in
working rules, but the negotiations
were reported to be stalemated.
Though the rules parleys have
not yet been broken off, the five
unions called upon the railroads to
raise wages of nearly 100000 "op-
Grating" employees by 301o now
or face unrest, dissatisfaction and
turmoil among the workers.
The five Brotherhoods involved
are the Locomotive Engineers, Lo-
comotive Firemen & Enginemen,
Trainmen, Conductors & Switch
men. Back in September, II "non-
operating" unions, representing
over 100000 workers on the "Iron
Horse" secured 15c an hour pay
increase.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-11-06
Weather In Pool
vies With That
In Sunshine City

Erwin, Tenn. - With nine new
members initiated at our last meet
ing, one more added by reinstate-
ment and three withdrawal cards
issued, the tally sheet shows the
roll of the local is still on the up
ward climb and going strong. Come
on Homer and Horace, let's make
it one hundred per cent. The more
the merrier.
We are still continuing to enjoy
fine weather here in Erwin and
wondering whether our fellow
members back in the "pooP can
boast the same. Last Sunday for
instance, trek through the var
ious localities found many potters
sitting in arm chairs on their front
porches enjoying the balmy Erwin
sunshine. Editors note-Climatic
conditions We'd with that in Erwin
with the temperature lowering
around the sos.
We read in the Herald where
Cambridge Iotters are making for
ward strides in establishing a re-
tirement plan. We would like to
hear from other locals along this
line and perhaps we could gather
a few ideas to put into practice
here.
Bro. Charles Caldwell, honorary
member and his wife are visiting
with their daughter in Pittsburgh.
The Caldwells made the trip to the
Pennsylvania city via the air lines.
A lot of the old time turner's will
Charlie as he has work
ed in various localities.
Wedding bells rang out last week
for Miss Betty Edwards and Pat
rick Johnson. The newlyweds are
both handle finishers and have a
1ost of friends who extend their |
best wishes to the happy couple.
They were presented with a beau
,iful stand lamp by their shop
mates.
Roscoe Upton and LYDIA McKin-
ley began serving their apprentice
hip in the kiln shed and ware |
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-11-06
Friendship Troin' To Collect Food
For Relief; Labor To Aid Drive

The itinerary still is incomplete
but the train will pass through
these cities from Los Angeles to
Chicago:
Bakersfield, Fresno, Merced,
Stockton, Oakland and Sacramento,
Calf; Reno, New; Ogden, Utah;
Green River, Rawlins, Laramie and
Cheyenne, Wyo.; Sidney, North
Platte, Kearney, Grand Island, FIRE.
mont and Omaha, Nebr.; Council
Bluffs, Boone, Ames and Cedar
Rapids, Ia, and Clinton and Sterl-
ing, Ill.
To Split At Chicago
At Chicago the train will be
split into 2 sections. One will pro-
ceed to New York City by the New
York Central route, stopping at
South Bend and Elkhart, Ind; To-
ledo, Cleveland, and Ashtabula,
Ohio, and Buffalo, Syracuse, Utica
and Albany, n. Y.
The other section, travelling on
the Pennsylvania route, will stop
at Fort Wayne, Ind; Mansfield,
Ohio; Pittsburgh, Altoona, Harris
burg, Lancaster and Philadelphia,
Pa; and Trenton, N. j.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-11-06
Large Attendance
Al Last Meeting
OF Local Union 86

Local Union sc found it neces-
sary to hang out the S. 0. S. sign
at their meeting Monday evenin
when the membership rallied to a
request for full attendance to
transact urgent business.
Shortly after the meeting con-
vened chairs were at a premium
and although additional chairs
were secured, many were forced
to stand throughout the session.
The meeting was marked with
spirited discussions, some members
at times reaching a high "C' in
their vocal outbursts to stress their
point.
President Palmer as usual was
equal to the occasion and welded
the gavel in an efficient manner,
affording one and all an equal op-
portunity for the floor. Progress
sive measures were adopted to
meet new issues in the trade and
pledges of support in carrying out
the measures.
We were privileged to have with
us on this special occasion, Presi-
dent James M. Duffy. The Broth
erhood chief had a message of spec
ial interest for all warehousemen
and one in which much good can be
derived if we carry out his recon-
mendation, keeping in mind the
rules and regulations as embodied
in our contract with the manufac-
turers. 1t is very enlightening to
have our national head drop in on
us occasionally and give his ad-
vice and counsel on vital issues at
hand. The writer feels sure this
knowledge will be embedded in
the minds of all and will be very
instrumental in meeting irregulari-
ties that seem to creep up in the
trade from time to time.
The only mishap to mar the eve
ning's activities came at the close
of the session when the members
in their haste to make their exit,
resulted in one brother taking the
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-11-06
PRICE RISE BRINGING new PAY DRIVE
c. Of G. Uses False
Facts In Fight
On Wage-hourL Law

Washington (LPA)- Exploding
the theories presented to the House
Labor Subcommittee by industry
economists opposing the wage
hour law, DR.. Richard A. Lester of
Princeton University last week
gave the Congressman several
hours of fact packed testimony in
support of the Fair Labor Stan
dards Act.
Presenting himself as a capital
list" and stock holder and part
owner of 20-odd small and large
concerns with plants in all sec
tions of the country, Lester vigor-
ously attacked testimony by the T..
S. Chamber of Commerce and DIR.
Paul Nystrom of Columbia Univer-
sity.
"The facts are not what some of
the armchair theorists naively sup
pose in their economic speculations
about minimum wages" Lester in
sisted. While on the faculty at
Duke University, Lester made sew
eral detailed studies of wage pat
terms in industries in all parts of
the country; he has served as ar
bitrator chosen by labor and man
agement in dozens of cases involv-
ing textile mills; and was one of
the top officials of the War Labor
Board.
Lester cited figures showing that
wages for the same jobs vary tre-
mendously from plant to plant in
the same community, and from
community to community, "widely
and irrationally." There is no close
connection between wages paid and
differences in labor productivity,
differences in living costs, he as
serted.
Opponents of minimum wage
regulation by the federal govern
ment had told the committee that
there was a sharp difference in
living costs, therefore justifying a
wage differential, fixed by federal
law, between northern and south
ern communities. Lester denied
this. He presented figures to show
that "The degree of local wage
in some localities in the
south is two or three times great
er than the average real north
south wage differential for, say,
cotton textiles, hosiery, or furni-
ture."
The Princeton professor asserted
bluntly that the answer is mo" to
the question: Due to minimum
wage legislation, union pressure, or
shifts in industry, many firms have
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will long be remembered in the
minds of those present. The tenn
in the hall was below the
orty mark as the meeting con-
Vened, due mainly to our landlord
being caught unprepared for the
first touch of winter, but heated
arguments brought forth in dis
cussing the issue at hand (produc-
tion) quickly sent the mercury sky
ward.
Once again we find the speed
king is to blame for the majority of
our troubles. The practice of some
individuals going at break-neck
speed in performing their daily
tasks has set precedent that will
in time tend to act as a boomer
ang instead Of an accomplishment.
With these so-called fast men, or
human machines as they should be
rightly called, setting a pace of
production that is beyond the reach
of the average worker in an eight
hour day, the bosses are now hol-
lering for the same production from
the average workman as that turn
ed out by the "speed king"
At one time the slow man could
make the same wages as the fast
man by putting in longer hours.
But what can he do now that he
is limited to eight hours while the
sspeed King" in maintaining his
standard Of production puts in
eight full hours at the bench? If
he tries to keep up with the "speed
king" either his work or his health
is impaired, or he has to be con-
ent with less wages.
The boss and the fast man quite
often think he should be satisfied
to do just that, but can you blame
him if he maintains an attitude
that the speed-up system is ruin
ing his trade while at the same
time making it more difficult for
him to earn a decent living.
Quantity and not quality seems
to be the slogan of the day in
every industry, but this will not
last forever-what then? The ma
chine with it's crews instead of in
dividual workers could help to solve |
the problem but here again we must |
keep in mind that all men are not |
created equal in strength and
speed, or are we Fastening towards
the survival Of the fittest and for
getting that strength and speed may |
not last forever and may even bring
an early end.
We often read that unions are
guilty of curtailing production but
as far as our small sanitary trade
is concerned, we are sure there
never was a time when production
was as high as it is today and
not all due to improved methods.
With piece work rates we earn
more if we do more work, that is
to our advantage to do so within
reason, if only to combat the ever
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