The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-24


Duffy: Section 81 of the Nation
al Constitution obligates the Ma
tional Secretary to prepare all
resolutions in the usual book form
for presentation at opening of
convention. Of necessity the Secre-
tary must have all resolutions in
, the hands of printer in ample time
to have same for the first session
of the meeting. Every year, dur
ing my tenure as an official, reso-
lutions come to headquarters after
the printed program has been pre-
pared and the only alternative we
have is to take such resolutions to
the convention and then offer them
supplemental to the printed pro-
gram.
1t is petty to say the least for
any individual to raise a hue and
cry when their resolution is re-
jected by a majority of the dele
gates and it is silly to say that
their resolution was rejected be-
cause it did not appear in the
printed program. Who is to blame
when local union propositions are
not received at headquarters in
time to be printed? The National
Secretary or the officer Of the
union charged with that RESPONSE
bility?
Isn't 1t Funny
Whippler- Finlay: isn't it funny
how available certain national Of
ficials become around this season
when an election is in the offing :?
We know Of one local a short dis
tance from East Liverpool threat
ened to withhold it's per capita tax
if one of the officials didn't pay
them a visit. They'll get service of
a sort, now that the contest draws
nigh"
Duffy: Is it any less funny that
the likes of Brothers Whippler and
Finlay make themselves available
by visiting homes of members of
locals other than their own, by
making tour Of different shops, by
presenting themselves in places
where members of the Brotherhood
congregate for social and recrea
tional activity, to pour into their
ears a lot of sweet nothings intend
ed and designed to ingratiate them
selves into their good graces with
the object of inducing them to cast
their ballots for Whippler and Fin
lay? Yours is a disservice to the
members in that much distortion
of facts pertaining to the function
ing Of the organization will be the
usual order Of the day.
Why Is This?
Whippler- Finlay: Several other
labor unions have potters within
their membership other than the
CIO Union of Ceramic, Silica, and
Glass Workers. The AFL Brick and
Clay Workers and The Hod Car
riers are among these Unions. For
instance, the pottery at East st.
Louis, H., ect." t
Duffy: | venture to say there is
not a labor organization in all of
the United States that does not
have some Of its stray sheep in
other recognized unions. For in
stance, the carpenters for years
have accepted metal workers, ma
chinists and other building trades
men that really belong to other ma
tional groups. Printing ira d e
unions have had many such aggra-
waiting cases. | know on the best
Of authority that miners unions
have retail clerks, BARRIERS and
beauticians in membership. The
United Mine Workers have been
plagued for years by the Progress
sive Miners who have a member
ship of several hundred thousand.
The Whippler-Finl idea that
heads of organizations should be
retired because an insignificant
number of workers in an industry
cannot be brought into the fold is
fantastic.
DO Elections Count Nowadays?
WhippIer-F -Finlay: "The appoint
ment of a Brother from Erwin,
Tenn, as delegate to the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor Conven-
tion in l946 was a new low. The
law provides that these delegates
be elected, but this Brother is an
administration handy man despite
the fact he wasn't even i'm the
running. What is this thing called
love?"
Duffy: In the May 1945 general
election, Brother Henry Bruce of
Local 1903, Erwin, Tenn, was elect
ed a delegate to the AFL Conven-
tion. War restrictions prohibited