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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-25
M Musicions U S Bon
M e m b ers From
FIN BroudcuSfS

NewYork- UPA) - A confer
ence between officials of the Amer
lean Federation Of Musicians-AFL
and representative of frequency
modulation networks was scheduled
for Washington next month follow
ing an AIM ban on appearance of
union members on FM chain broad
casts.
The first annual convention of
the Frequency Meditation Assn,
national organization of FIN broad
casters, appointed five-man COM
mittee to meet with AIM Presi-
dent James c. Petrillo in the office
of Rep. Carroll Kearns (R., Pa.).
Kearns, member of the House La
Dor Committee, recently headed a
subcommittee investigation into the
music industry. The FMA commit
tee will include Morris S. Novik,
of the Unity Broadcasting System,
parent of a chain of FM stations
being established by the Int'l La
dies Garment Workers-AFL.
No immediate explanation for
the union ban was given, but the
AIM has had prohibition against
performance by it's members in
television for more than a year. In
addition, the union has barred SIM
ultaneous FM and standard broad
casts by it's members.
At Atlantic City the Natl Asso-
ciation Of Broadcasters' convention
considered an extensive new code
of standards for the industry cover
ing everything from the length and
type of commercials to the content
and presentation of political broad
casts, news programs, and drama
tizations. The code was strongly
opposed by independent radio sta
tions which contended that adop-
tion would give competitive ad-
vantage to the chains.
Federal Communication Com
mission Chairman Charles r. Denny
Jr. told the convention that an i'm
proved code might be used as
helpful guide" by the FEC in de-
termining whether to renew broad
casting licenses. After emphasizing
that radio is still "tOo commercial"
Denny said, "lf you adopt good
code, the FEC may, as one element
of its review, inquire whether
particular station has lived up to
the minimum standards adopted by
the industry. This does not mean,
however, that the FEC is going to
go into the business of building
false dentures for toothless code.
We have a responsibility of our
own and we do not intend to abdi-
cate our statutory responsibility.
There may be some things in your
code which we would regard as
helpful guide. On the other hand,
the code might contain, as your last
one did, some provisions which we
feel are contrary to the public in
tereSt,"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-25
Job Rights OF Veterans
Clarified BY Labor Dept,

Washington, d. C.-Persons who
reenlist in the armed forces with
in. 80 days after their discharge
there-from are entitled to be re-
stored to the positions they held
prior to their original service, up
on completion of their reenlist-
ments, Robert X. Salyers, Director
of the Veterans Unemployment
Rights Division, Department of La
Dor, said here.
Salyers emphasized that these
rights held even though the vet
Grams have not, during the interim
between discharge and reenlist-
ment, applied for reinstatement to
their former jobs.
The policy is a departure from
the position taken by the Selective
Service System which handled vet
erans' unemployment rights prior
to last April l..
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-25
Non-Profi+ Food
Stores Spreading
Through Michigan

Detroit-UPA)-The newly or
ganized Motor City Coop, which
was formed by leaders of AFL,
CIO, and other labor, consumer
and veterans groups, found itself
with a flourishing business on its
hands last week.
By this week, auto workers and
their wives and neighbors were
catching on. More than 40 local
unions in Detroit and outstate
agreed to seek local approval to
put up 81 for each of their MEM
bers as capital to acquire foodstuffs
and other supplies, and to obtain
warehouse facilities.
Groceries bought at wholesale
will be sold at cost to members
of the unions thru buying clubs or
at union halls. The Motor City CO.
op will provide and manage the
warehouses and purchasing opera
tions.
With the aim of eventually turn
ing the buy-at-cost stores into con-
sumers' cooperative which can tie
in with the nationwide wholesale
purchasing agencies of established
co-ops, the JAWS Education De-
partment has offered assistance to
locals in all parts of the country
who may want to follow the Local
400 example.
Already the power of collective
bargaining in consumer expendi-
lures has been demonstrated by the
special sales drive launched by the
APP. While sales at cost conduct
ed by our locals deserve credit for
this move toward lower prices by
the big chain, our members are not
kidding themselves that they can
count on the chains to carry on
their fight for them. They are pool
ing their purchases in mass drive
for a bona fide and major reduc-
tion. in food prices"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-25


While guarding against the fas-
cist technique of smearing every
decent liberal and progressive with
the brush of Communism, Reuther
warned that "On the other hand,
we must fight against the Com
munist Party and their efforts to
employ the same smear technique
in reverse by branding as fascist
and Red Batter everyone who has
the courage to oppose or to criti-
cize the Communist Party line. The
American Communist Party is not
a political party in the legitimate
sense. Communist Party members
IN America and in our union are
governed by the foreign policy
needs of the Soviet Union, and not
by the needs of our union, our
membership, or our country.
After proposing that the con-
vention elect three-man board of
trustees to check union finances,
Reuther turned to the Thompson
case. "The records of the interna-
tional secretary-treasurer show
that more than half a million dol
lars was spent in the drive, yet the
plants remain unorganized," said
Reuther. "The greater portion of
this money was expended before |
became president, for since the last
convention the Thompson Products
staff has been limited to three in
ternational representatives"
AS an example of the waste of
union money, Reuther cited the case
of one international staff member
who was on the staff for a period
of 107 weeks. The records showed,
Reuther said, that while this man
"was being paid to organize the
Thompson Products workers in
Cleveland, he spent a major por-
ton of his time away from the
plant he was being paid to organ
ize. The weekly expense sheets of
this international representative
further show that during the lot
weeks he was assigned to the
Thompson Products drive, he made
1873 trips away from Cleveland to
points thruout the u. S. and Can
ada. Such scandalous waste of
union funds is inexcusable, and
the coming convention should take
drastic steps to tighten up our fl
nances and guarantee against
repetition"
Reuther's report was seen as
clear-cut challenge to his left-wing
foes who, his supporters contend,
have sniped at him and sabotaged
his administration since he won
dramatic victory over incumbent
president X. j. Thomas, at Allan
tic City last year.
Reuther is set to run for re-elec-
tion, but what remains to be de-
cided is whether his opponents will
decide on the nomination of either
Thomas or Adde's. 1t was virtual
certainty that no matter whom the
anti ti-Reutherites nominated, he
would be supported by the Com
and their followers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-25
GI UNEMPLOYMENT PAY
TOPS S2.5 BILLION MARK

Washington, ID. C.-The Veterans
Administration announced that over
$2R billion has been paid to vet
erans in unemployment or self-em-
ployment allowances since the fall
of 1914.
However, only half Of the ma
tion's l4,500,000 World War ii vet
erans have received readjustment
payments Of any kind and fewer
than 3 in every 100 have claimed
all of the allowances to which they
are entitled under the Gil bill.
Unemployment payments were
made to an average of 10000 vet
erans during July, 1947, compared
with weekly peak of 100000 a
year earlier. Self employment
claimants numbered 250,OO0 during
June, 1947, compared with month
ly peak of $4,000.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-25
Strikes At Lowest
Point In 5 Months

Washington - (LPA) - Three
hundred new strikes thruout the
country in July represented the
smallest number starting in any
month since February, but the
number of workers involved, 500,-
600, was greater than for any
month this year with the exception
of April, the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics reported last week.
July's 100000 man-days lost
was exceeded only in April and
May during the nationwide tele-
phone strike. A total Of 500
strikes, including those continuing
from the previous month, were in
effect during July, affecting about
65O,O00 workers. Major factors in
the July total were the short strike
of $4,000 soft coal miners and
the strike of $4,000 shipyard work
ers. The Cancellation Service halted
2SO strikes involving 1860 work
e,~S
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-25
AFL SEAFARERS DEFY
TAFT TO TAKE AWAY
THEIR HIRING HALLS

San FranciscO-(LPA) The
one-day concession quickly re-
tracted-by Sen. Robert Taft (R.,
Ohio) that perhaps the Taft Hart
ley Laws prohibition of the closed
shop should be amended by Con-
gress dramatized once again last
week the fact that the nations
seagoing maritime unions will be
injured more than any other group
by the ban.
Keystone of all maritime labor
achievements has been the closed
shop represented by union hiring
halls which were won only after
decades of bitter struggle. So prec-
ious are the hiring halls to mari
time unions that both the Sailors
Union of the Pacific-AFL and the
Searfarers Int'l Union-AFL have
flatly refused to relinquish them
despite the Hartley law.
The SUP's unequivocal position
was stated last week by its paper,
the West Coast Sailor. "If it should
finally become necessary" said the
paper, "the membership must see to
it that all crew members come from
some union hall of the SUP or STU.
Members aboard ships must in
sist that all who join must produce
dispatchers' slips as proof of ship
ping from the hall. At the end of
a voyage, some of the crew must
remain on board to see that re-
placements come from the right
place-the union hall. Other men,
bers must make the rounds to ad-
wise all others that shipping from
any place outside the union hall is
wrong and will not be tolerated"
How important the hiring halls,
instituted by the SUP in 1884, are
to prevent a return Of the primi-
tive seafaring conditions of the
1920's and early 1930's was empha-
sized in the following historical
by the SUP paper:
After the government-shipowner
combine broke the 1921 strike, the
U. S. Shipping Board opened fink
halls in every port and on all
coasts. In addition most seamen on
the Pacific Coast had to carry
(fink) book in order to
join most ships.
During those years seamen were
forced to rush around from place
to. place in an attempt to land
job. These seamen were at the
mercy of the personal feelings of
those who operated Seamen's In
stitutes, brothels, rooming houses,
shipping agencies, federal and ship
owner offices, and even bar rooms
and houses of prostitution did
little bit of man-catching for an
occasional ship.
In most cases it took months to
make a job. But for all seamen it
was necessary to make the rounds,
continually spending the day from
early until late visiting the COM
pany offices, hanging around the
docks, dashing from one crimp joint
to the other-hat in hand and hum
bly, trying to get an elusive job.
Because the shipowner-operator
had a large number of seamen al ]
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-25
REUTHER DRAWS FIRST
BLOOD IN BATTLE FOR
UAW-CIO PRESIDENCY

Detroit-LPA)-The long-brew-
ing feud between supporters of
President Walter Reuther, of the
United Auto Workers-CIO, and the
majority of the JAWS executive
board exploded here last week as
Reuther charged that:
THE board majority blocked
enforcement of the nti-Communist
provision of the UAW constitution.
2-More than $5OO,OO0 was spent
in a "scandalous waste of union
funds" in an attempt to organize
the Thompson Products Co. of
Cleveland.
3-The union is being damaged
by factionalism and political pat
ronage.
The charges came in a summary
of Reuther's full report to the
membership which will be given to
the November UAW convention in
Atlantic City. The summary was
printed in the September issue of
the United Auto Workers.
Deploring the lack of unity in
the UAW, Reuther quoted Presi-
dent Philip Murray as saying that
JAW factional pickering had
"sunk to a level of complete moral
degeneracy" Reuther's own efforts
and program for internal unity
were frustrated by the board ma
jority, he said, which voted to table
the unity proposal. "Despite our
continued efforts" said the UAW
chief, "factionalism increased in in
tensity and eliminated in the poll
teal maneuvering by which the
majority of the board sought to put
across the unsound and unconstitu-
tional FE merger proposal"
Bluntly and without any punch
pulling, Reuther blamed the board
majority, which includes former
President X. j. Tromas and Secre-
tary-treasurer George Adde's, for
failure to take action against Com
munist infiltration. GAS democratic
trade unionists," he said, 1--WE must
continue to defend every members
right to believe in his personal
political philosophy, but we must
oppose with uncompromising deter
mination the efforts of the Com
munist Party or any other outside
group or individual to interfere in
affairs of our union"
The UAW, Reuther continued,
"must not tolerate any effort of the
Communist Party or any other out
side groups to use the labor move
ment to advance their interests at
the expense of our membership"
Citing the anti-Communist and
anti-fascist clause in the constitu-
tion, Reuther declared, "The ma
jority of the executive board at
meeting in Detroit on April 28,
1947, blocked enforcement Of this
section of the international consti-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-25

/ ways on tap, they kept ships and
jobs at a sub-standard level. The
seaman, being "beggars" were un-
able to do much about it. Wages
ranged from $50 month up. There
was no such thing as overtime pay.
There were many 18 and 20 hour
days. Ships quarters, in the ma
jority of cases, were crowded;
roach, bug and rat infested. Food
at it's best was very poor. The poor
est quality found it's way on board
ship. Straw mattresses and pillows
were standard equipment.
If crew members openly growled
about these intolerable living and
working conditions, long hours,
small wages, hard work, lousy
quarters and food-well all COM
panies kept a blacklist on which
were posted the names of such sea-
men who did not like the way the
ships were run. Steamship compan-
les thus were in a position to hand
pick or screen all crew members
on all ships because competition
was keen among the unorganized
and unemployed seamen.
The hiring hall" in the sea-
mems case, said the paper is the
backbone that supports the condi-
tions under which we now live and
work aboard ship-the wage struc-
ture, agreement and machinery for
settling disputes.
Unless hiring of ships crews is
continued thru our union hall, crewS
will be strangers to one another
and personal feelings will divide
seamen to such an extent that thew
will easily become victims of all
sorts Of phony publicity and foul
play, which in a short time will see
the present standard of hour,
wages, working rules, etc, take a
nose dive.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-25
KAISER BACKS LABOR
CHARGES ON STEELS
DEPRESSION PROGRAM

Washington LPA) = Indus
trialist Henry Kaiser last week
joined spokesmen for organized la
Dor in charging that the steel in
dustry's program of scarcity pro-
duction is leading the country to-
wards depression.
Kaiser's statement took issue
with Congressional testimony by
u. S. Steel, Republic Steel and 9TH
ers who contended that present ex-
pansion plans are sufficient to meet
further needs. Kaiser said that
some of the steel industry's top
men expect the shortage to con-
tinue four or five years at present
capacity.
With plant capacity remaining
where it now stands, Kaiser MAIN
tanned, 1--WE would underwrite the
economy of scarcity and write the
prescription for a depression"
Shortly after VJ-Day the industry
promised sufficient steel very soon,
Kaiser pointed out, but "that very
SOON has been stretched over two
years and nowhere is there any
sign that basic steel-making capac-
ity has come abreast of even do
n,tstic demand"
The steady rise of steel prOduc-
tion from 1900 to 1916 was halted
last year and at the present time
it has been cut back by to 5,000,-
00O tons, he said. "This cutback his
been by decision Of long establish
eG steel management, who argue
that this country has sufficient
steel capacity or that if it hasn t
il will very aoo, rave"
Meanwhile, trade publications
also bore out labor's arguments.
The auto industry has IA backlog
of at least 100000 passenger cars,
and Automotive News, authorita-
tive trade paper, declared that auto
manufacturers have just about
enough steel to carry them thru
September.
President Walter Reuther, of the
United Auto Workers-ClO, charged
that the auto industry is "an equal
ly guilty partner with the steel in
dustry in a conspiracy of planned
scarcity in America"
Said Reuther, If the auto in
dustry is not guilty of this charge,
let them prove it to the American
public by assuming active public
leadership in the fight to expose
the program Of planned stee. scare
ity and aid in breaking this criticol
bottleneck."
Altho the auto indus,ry is one
of the most vitality effected by the
steel shortage, "not one auto manu-
facturer, with the exception Of
Henry Kaiser, has raised his voice
in protest." Reuther said. "Instead
of positive action to correct the sit
uation, the auto manufacturers an
nounce another layoff due to steel
shortage-with pious regrets, of
course-slap another increase on
the price of cars, and rake in the
most enormous profits in the his
tory. 1t appears that auto manage
ment, like the steel industry, pre-
fers restricted production, high
prices and high profits to full pro-
duction and full employment"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-25
WATT MEMORIAL SET UP

New York-LPA)-Five schol-
arships for promising refugee boys
in Palestine have been established
in appreciation of the friendship
and devotion of the late Robert
Watt, AFL international represen-
tative, by the Vocational Education
Department of the Histadrut trade
schools in Palestine.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-25
OBITUARIES
THOMAS A. STULL

Coshocton, Ohio Thomas A.
Stull, 81, an employee of the Pope
Gosser China Co., died Sept. % at
his home from the effects of cere-
bral hemorrhage suffered three
months ago.
A jiggerman by trade, Mr.. Stull
was widely known throughout the
trade having been delegate to nu-
merous conventions and wage con-
ferences of the Brotherhood.
Before moving to Coshocton Mr..
Stull was employed at the Edwin
M. Knowles China Co., in Newell,
w. Va. He was a former president
of Local Union Is.
He is survived by his wife, Chris
tina Stull.
ANTHONY L. MICHALSKI
Trenton, N. j. Anthony L.
Michalski, SO, husband Of Mrs.
Mary Luczak Michalski, died in the
Veterans Hospital, Bronx, N. Y,
after an illness of two months. He
lived at 279 Hills Alley. Prior to
his illness, he had been employed
as a potter at the Trenton Pot
teries Company for 26 years. He
was member of Polish National
Alliance, Group No. 180 and Local
Union 45, National Brotherhood Of
Operative Potters.
In addition to his wife he is sur
vived by his mother, Mrs. Rose
Michalski; two sons, Frank and
Stanley; a stepson, Edward Grud-
ziecki; two brothers, Frank and
Peter Michalski; sister, Mrs. John
Kedzierski, and a granddaughter.
X X X
MACIEJ KLOSOWSKI
Trenton, N. J.-Maciej Klosow-
ski, 81, an employee of the Tren-
ton Potteries Co., died at his home
413 Woodland street, following
short illness. He was a member of
Local Union as, National Brother
hood of Operative Potters, Polish
Federation Group SO, and of Holy
Cross Church.
He is survived by his wife,
Josephine Halajski Klosowski.
Funeral services we're held from
Holy Cross Church with intermcEt
in Holy Cross Cemetery.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-25
Poffers Adopt
(COnfinued From Page One)

hour each day at time-and-one half
rate until they accumulate the
necessary four hours.
Since it will be necessary to have
committees appointed to put such
plan in effect, further details in
this respect will be announced in
next weeks Herald.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-25

How long can Labor Unionists
expect to receive Union-Made
wages if they do not buy Union
Made goods?
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-05-08

Il clovek uren, pri delu pa .poca.
sen. Kar sem njih, TAXA stva1
vedno prav PRIDE"
Pocasi sta Sc priblizala in
Munk je vsakemu dal hleb kru-
ha. Poznalo Sc jima je, da ne bi
rada pokazala veselja, vendar
sta Sc njuna obraza kar sama
cd sebe razlezla. Odstranila sta
Sc brez zahvale, kajti zahvalju-
jejo Sc le beraci. Ko sta bila re
onstran mostu, je Munk zakli.
cal "a NINA:
PA molita "a Munkinjo!"
Odgovoril m uni nobeden, to-
da obraza, XII sta sc cd dalec
ozrla vanj, sta Sc mu zdela po-
nizana in uzaljena. Munk sc je
zavedel, da je storil napako, in
bilo mu je neprijetno. Sal ven
dar Sc nista prava reveza, XII hi
molila "a vbogajn1e. To sele
pride =.
Zadnja je prisla il cerkve
meznarica Treza. Poslednjih
petnajst let Sc je tudi njej po-
znalo; korak il nj bill vec tako
prozen in lahak kakor nekoc, ma
obrazu pa Sc il je poznala dol
goletna bitka "a moza, XII jo je
nazadnje tako zalostno izgubila.
Bila pa je Sc vedno lepa zenska
in, ker Sc je koncno iznebila Ze-
pa, je Jamnica zdaj upravice-
no upala, da DO prisla do last
mega meznarja.
"Treza, tt 81 pa zadnja!" je
vzkliknil Munk in il pomolil po-
slednji hleb kruha v roke.
Nekaj casa sta 81 gledala v
oci, potem pa, ko da bi sc zalo-
tia pri nedovoljenih mislih, sta
Sc magic razsla.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-05-08

ma Hojah z Mvacnikovih in Pod
peskih, XII SO Sc zadnja leta pri-
rdruzile praznotam nekaterih
opuscenih gruntov; lett so bill
re pref last nekmetov, raznih
mogotcev il bliznje jamniske
okolice ter so njihovim lastni-
kom rabili lie "a lesni zaklad in
"a kosenine. LIE majhne zaplate
okrog teh propadlih domacij so
pricale, da stanujejo v njih 60
staci, XII sadijo le nekaj krom-
pirja, medtem ko 81 drugi zivez
nosijo cd drugod. Mvacnik je
navzlic kmecki zasciti obupal in
je grunt prodal, Kupljenova Ro-
"a pa je po ocetovi smrti in po
izgubljenem boju "a Apatove-
ga Zepa zapustila grunt in Sc
poroeila z nekim denarja zelj-
MIN uradnikom IL trga.
(Dalje prihodmji6)