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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-18
Seeks Union Card

New York-NPA)-The Presi-
dents daughter, Margaret Truman,
last week applied for membership
in the American Guild of Musical
Artists-AFL. Miss Truman, color
atura soprano, made her debut on
a radio broadcast last March and
made her first appearance as a
public artist at the Hollywood
Bowl last month. Her membership
application will go through the reg
ular channels and when accepted
she will be able to sing in opera
companies that have contracts with
AGMA.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-18
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Let's talk about something of
which we seldom think. Let's talk
about our language.
Government has been trying to
get bureau chiefs, ETC., to use plain
language in inter-office communi-
cations and in letters to outsiders.
Most occupations develope lin
go-government has its lingo, often
confusing.
But our daily talk among our
selves is also likely to be confusing.
Take that "etc," used three para
graphs up. Many persons think that
"etc." mean "and so FORTH" 1t
doesn't. IL is the abbreviation for
ct cetera, literally, "and other
things" Almost the same, but not
quite.
Semantics is something like the
science of language, including the
right use of words to express pre-
cisely what you want to say. Sem
anticists would not say "and so
forth" when they mean "et cetera." !"
Labor contracts and other con-
tracts often mean one thing to one
party, something else to the other
party, because the authors were un-
able to say, or for some reason fail
ed to say, precisely what they
meant to say.
So, tribunals have work to do, in
terpreting.
Congress writes laws and courts
construe them, often because the
laws do not say clearly and pre-
cisely what they were intended to
say.
We use words carelessly and we
also use them in deliberately utter
ed misrepresentation. For exam
pie, a person will start a letter,
saying, "My dear Mr.. Smith" when
he really means, "You old goat"
We have funny words, too =
words that are spelled in many
ways, mean many different things,
but that are pronounced alike, such
as "bell" and "Belle'', or "dam" and
damn"
We have words like "stinker,"
which, when used in one way mean
simply a person whom you do not
like, or who has unpleasant charac-
teristics, but when used in another
way indicates a positive and nau-
seous olfactory reaction.
Furthermore, we have odd pro-
nunciatiOns, as we all know. There
are many cases wherein" and 100"
have the same sound. We have our
silent letters, such as the final sc"
in words which end with "lle" or
de"
Take the words "chenile" and ap-
peal" and you get the same sound
from the final syllable in both
cases.
Or, the words ''weal" and
"wheel' or "fire", "lyre" and
"crier."
ave have "put" and 'putt"-the
same "u" with different sounds IN
pronunciation.
"Put," as generally pronounced,
gives the "u" the same sound as
that of 900" in "foot," while in
"boot" the 900" has an entirely
different sound.
On the other hand, in beauty"
and "butane," you get the same
~" sound, with two useless let
ters in "beauty". You get the same
sound in "cutie," interestingly
enough.
If careful attention is given to
word meanings there will be few
er disputes over meanings of con-
tracts and other documents.
Usually the simpler statements
are at least easily misinterpreted.
Many of our words, more often
in the case Of big words, have their
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-18
General Strike Ends

New York-(LPA)- Civil rights
were voided last week in Lima,
Peru and 48 labor leaders were
arrested because Of five-day gen
eral strike in Lima and its port
Of Callao. President Jose Rivero de-
clared the strike illegal and issued
an edict suspending constitutional
guarantees. The General Labor
Confederation and the Union of
Labor Syndicates issued joint
statement that the strike had been
settled in direct negotiations with
management half an hour before
the Presidents edict.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-18
AFL Urges Children's Fund Aid

Lake Success, n. Y.-LPA)-
AFL representative Toni Sender
last week urged a more vigorous
campaign for contributions to the
Int'l Children's Emergency Fund
of the United Nations. The. U. S.
has agreed to donate up to S4O,-
OOO,OO provided that this does not
exceed 579o of the total contribut-
ed. So far, only s30,O00,000 out of
a goal of s25O,00O,O00 has been
raised.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-18
Poll Shows COP Loss

Observation-Disclosures conf
dence in a Republican victory in
1948 has dwindled to little more
than half of what it was last De-
cember, according to the Gallup
Poll. Since Feb. 2, the poll has
charted a comeback of President
Truman and the Democratic Party
to public favor. While in 1916, 1890
of the public thought the COP
would win, now only 46% express
that opinion.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-18
Raps Michigan Jim Crow

Detroit = (LPA) = Reminding
Gov. Kim Sigler of the recent ac-
ton of New Jersey in banning all
discrimination in its militia, Will
liam H. Oliver of the United Auto
Workers - Anti Discrimination
Dept last week charged the Gov
ernor with "evasion of a clear re-
sponsibility" in failing to take SIM
liar action in Michigan. Sigler had
referred a protest against forma-
ton of a Jim Crow Natl Guard
unit to Brig. Gen. Leroy Pearson,
thus avoiding taking any stand
against segregation himself.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-18
CIO Sends Food Abroad

New York-(LPA)-As part of
its campaign to aid desperately
needy trade unionists abroad, the
CIO last week sent food gifts to
228 workers and their families in
Poland and Italy. The supplies, in
the form of care food packages,
will be distributed by Polish and
Italian labor trustees representing
the CIO Community Services Com
mittee.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-18

Do talkative women ever COM
plain to each other that their re-
spective telephone lines are busy
most of the day?
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-18
IN THE LABOR LIMELIGHT

of the Pulp, Sulphite e. Paper
Mill Workers-AFL. This election
"shows how our members will
vote" he predicted.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-18
Miners Win New Contract

Springfield-(LPA)-In a refer
endum vote, the Progressive Mine
Workers of America-un-af affiliated,
approved a One-year contract
granting wage increases of 93c to
1888 day, it was announced last
week by PIMA President John Nc
Cam. The contract, covering 49,
900 PIMA members in Illinois, also
doubles the former 5c-a-ton royal
ty for the welfare fund, retains
the basic seven-hours, five-day
week, provides travel time pay
ment.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-18
For Union Shop, 543 To 6

Fort Edward, N. Y.-(LPA)-
Two AFL unions in the plant of the
Groveton Paper Co., Groveton, N.
H., have won a SAB to 6 vote in
favor of the union shop, in an elec-
ton conducted under requirements
of a new state law. "That is the
way we shall have to get our union
shop agreements under the Taft
Hartley law" President John P.
Burke wrote iast week to all locals
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-24
PLANS SETUp INHANDLINC
 LABOR LAWS
Truman Calls NLR Board Members 10 Discuss
 Administration

WASHINGTON, June 24. - 'H- President Truman called in mem bers of the National Labor Relationc Board today to discuss administra- ton of the Taft Hartley labor con- trol law, enacted over his veto.
 Presidential Press Secretary Charles G. Ross, when asked Mir Truman's reaction to passage of the measure over his objections, re- piled.
 The President spoke his views in his veto message"
 Paul M Herzog is Chairman of the NLRB. The other members are John M Houston and James J.. Reynolds, Jr.
 Broad additional responsibilities are imposed on the NLRB by the new law, and Senate Republicans said they are planning to give it more funds to administer these duties.
 The Senate, following the lead of the House, smashed down the veto yesterday by a vote of 68 to 25, six more than the required two-thirds majority.
 The House three days earlier roll ed up a crushing 331 to 83 margin to override MT. Truman's disap- proval of the Taft Hartley measure now law.
 The act imposes far = reaching limitations on union activities.
 Among other things, the new law:
 Sets up machinery designed to block national paralysis strikes; outlaws the closed shop; permits the union shop only when majority of workers vote for it; prohibits jurisdictional strikes and secondary boycotts; makes unions liable for unfair labor practices and subject to damage suits.
 Wagner act revisions, such as the ban on the closed shop, do not go into effect for 60 days. The new mediation set up will start operat- ing in 30 days.
 But another major provision is in effect now. This authorizes the government to obtain 80-day in- functions to block or slave off na- tional emergency strikes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-24
"B|G MUDDY'' WEARS HIGH RECORD MARK
Flood Destruction Mounts in Three States as
 Tributaries Rise

OMAHA. June 24.-tP-The swol- len Missouri River neared a record level in southeast Nebraska today 9s it attempted to absorb the over- flow from tributaries still spreading their destruction upstream.
 At Rulo in southeast Nebraska Big Muddy" reached 2065 at 8 am. today, only .31 ol foot below the all-time record 2096 level set June 15. New crests on tributaries were expected to boost the figure to a new record.
 In Iowa, towns along the lower Raccoon and Des Moines Rivers including Des Moines, Ottumwa. and Van Meter-braced themselves for higher water today. Fort Dodge, Ia, lost it's power and water sup ply as the upper Des Moines River inundated the power plant.
 In northeast Nebraska, crest on the Elkhorn River was expected to reach Norfolk tonight. Today it was flooding thousands of acres and tearing away railroad and highway lines near Ewing and Neigh. At Columbus, Neb, where a fourth of the city was under water, emer- gency centers were set up at the city hall and hospitals to handle hundreds of evacuees. The Loup River at Columbus was three miles wide
 Rail and highway traffic in Ne braska, Iowa and Missouri was stopped completely in many areas by huge gaps in pavements and track beds, but torn telephone and telegraphic lines were being re- stored.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-24
SUGAR BOWL CAFE
 SOLD TO LAzETTI,
 MRS. M(C0MMO(K

The Sugar Bowl Restaurant, on South Franklin Street, will have a new owner on July 1, according to an announcement made today. One of the new owners. Mrs. Gle damae Commock, has been it's manager for the past two years. Her partner is Leo Lazetti, Juneau accountant.
 It's present owner, Mrs. Bessie Thomas, founded the Sugar Bowl four years ago. The sale includes the restaurant facilities only and does not affect the ownership of the building which is owned by Joseph Thomas, husband of Mrs. Thomas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-24
Third Party Movement Believed Given Impetus
 By Labor Law Enactment

WASHINGTON, June 24.-lRl- Enactment of the Taft-Hartley la bor law over President Truman's veto brought disputed predictions today of a third party movement and possible Republican loss of the organized labor vote.
 Senator Pepper tD. Fla) told a reporter he thinks tremendous iin- petus" was given the fledgling third party movement by the Senate's 68 to 25 vote yesterday smothering MT. Truman's veto.
 Political history has been writ ten here" Pepper declared. Con gress has done more than Henry Wallace ever did to give lift to a third party.
 We have seer a demonstration that neither party can muster a majority in Congress for liberal proposals.
 Nobody but intellectual liberals have been interested in third party up to now, but if the working people feel that their rights aren't going to be protected they may make third party movement a vital affair.""
 Pepper, one of g Democrats who voted to sustain the Presidents veto, said he will remain a Demo- crat in any event.
 Senator Byrd (D-Va), one of the 20 Democrats who cast their bal lots against the veto, said he thinks the President has succeeded ill making at least the Administra- tion's part of the Democratic Party the Labor Party for 1948.
 Byrd who had urged the Presi- dent to sign the bill, noted that MT. Truman pulled only slim ma- jority of the Senate Democrats along with him on the issue. The President got only minority support from his own party when the House overrode the veto last Friday by a vote of 331 to 83.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-24
5EvERDRUp
 TO RESIGN

LOS ANGELES, June 24.-lR- Dr. Harald U. Syerdrup, 58. for II years director of the University of California's Scripps Institution of Oceanography at LaJolia, Calf, will resign next year to become di- rector of the National Institute of Polar Research in Oslo, Norway, University President Robert G. Sproul announces.
 Born in Norway, Dr, Sverdrup is one of the worlds foremost auth critics on ocean currents From 1917 to 1925 he conducted scientific work in the A.ctic with Amund- sen. In 1881 he was in charge of the scientific staff of Sir Hubert Wilkins submarine expedition to the North Pole. He joined the Uni versity staff in 1886.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-24
U. ACTON
 PROTESTED,
 { NATIONS
for Jap Whaling Expedition 10
 Antarctic Resented

WASHINGTO-~, r.ule z4.-tE-- The United States, over the pro- tests of four nations, has authorized a new Japanese whaling expedition to the Antarctic.
 Disclosing this yesterday, State Department officials told report CT hat under present plars, two large factory sh,ps along with a fleet of auxiliary vessels will make the round trip from Japan to the Antarctic during the 1947-48 sea- son.
 The American official position is that with Japan short of foods, fats and foreign exchange, the ex- petition would tighten the burden of occupation expenses on this country.
 The protests were filed by Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Norway. They were rejected in notes handed their envoys on June g but officials indicated that fur ther efforts were expected to block the project.
 Texts were not made public but London dispatches said that Bri- tain objected that whaling opera tions might provide the basis for reviving the Japanese navy, and that it is too early for the Japan csc flag to be shown on the high seas inasmuch as the peace treaty has still to be written.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-24
FOUR BODIES TAKEN FROM
 SHIP DEBRIS
Nine Still Missing in BIest- ed Hulk of Tanker
 Mdrkay

WILMINGTON. Calf, June 24- R- Through still smoldering de- bris and noxious fumes workers searched grimly today for more bodies in the charred, twisted hulk of the blasted tanker Markay.
 Four already have been recover ed and nine men still are missing following Sundays terrific explo- sion of nearly 100000 gallons of fuel, which broke the vessel in two and caused heavy fire damage to nearby docks.
 Estimates placed the overall damage at $10,000,000
 The bodies of Harold c. Liok, l9 oiler, of Molalla Ore, and William Nelson Walters, third assistant en- gineer, McMinnville, Ore, were the last recovered.
 After looking over the wreckage of the 11,830 ton tanker, L. L. Lishman, Port Captain for Union Oil Co.,, said it is readily evident the explosion was touched off far inside the ship"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-24
The w aShinqton Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON Speaking of Truman's Kansas City pals, one in- side story of the Potsdam Confer ence can now be told. When the President left for Potsdam he took with him several old friends, in- cluding White House court jester George Allen and Fred Garfield, U. s. Marshal in Kansas City.
 Garfield was Truman's field ar tillery sergeant in World War I and his appointment as U. s. Mar shal was one of the first Truman made after he became President.
 In Potsdam Truman entertained Generalissimo Stalin one afternoon at tea, in the course of which he introduced his friends and aides to the Soviet chief of state.
 Marshal Stalin," said the Presi- dent, T want you to meet Marshal Garfield of Kansas City"
 Stalin put on his most charming smile and gave Garfield an unu- sually big Hello"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-24
COAST STATES
 TO FIGHT FOR
 0FF5H0RE0IL
High Court Decision on Federal Ownership
 Brings Action

WASHINGTON, June 24. = R-- Coastal State Congressmen began T campaign today for prompt enact ment of legislation giving their States clear title to rich oil and mineral deposits lying off their shores.
 After quick look at the Supreme Court decision holding that the Fed eral government owns the off shore lands between low water mark and the three-mile limit, Rep. Poulson tR.- -Calif) announced he will in- troduce such a bill immediately.
 Predicting it eventually will pass over the Presidents veto" Poulson asserted there is still time in this session of Congress to make good start"
 The courts 6-2 decision yesterday dealt specifically with lands off the California coast but seemed broad enough to apply everywhere.
 Fred Links, State Superintendent of Budgets and Accounts. said the decision will cost California $4 ,408.- GOO in oil royalties this fiscal year.
 But Poulson insisted that "oil is only a small part" of the case so far as California is concerned.
 Its importance" he said. lies in the fact that by interpretation the Federal government now can claim the ports and harbors which produce millions of dollars in municipal revenues for Los Angeles and other port cities"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-24
STOCKS TAKE DECLINE

Stocks today had their first maj or decline since the market turned up after hitting a new 1947 low on May IT.
 Traders sold for two reasons: one, to realize profits run up in an almost perpendicular advance for more than month; two, fears over labor reprisals on the new labor law which late yesterday passed in the Senate over President Truman's veto.
 Wall Street regarded the Presi- dents statements that the bill was unavoidable as a dangerous situation giving labor a green light to fight the measure. Walkout of some 142,000 coal miners accentu- ated today's situation.
 That walkout in the coal fields was reflected immediately in cur tailment of steel operations. The steel shares led the decline in the late trading. Bethlehem lost more than 3 points U. s. Steel was down 2 points Without steel, the auto mobile companies would have to halt and their stocks as a result were hard hit Chrysler dropped more than 3 points and General Motors, 2 points.
 All sections of the list followed these groups lower Selling spread to the rails which had losses rang ing to more than a point despite several favorable earnings reports.
 Oils were off fractions to more than a point. Utilities yielded ground and declines ranging to a point were noted in such groups as the mercantile, tire, textile, electri- cal equipment; and farm imple- ments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-24
Tankers Carrying Oil T0Russia Were BuiIi
 for U. S. Government

WASHINGTON, June 24.-R- Chairman Weichel (R-Ohio) said today the House Merchant Marine Committee has learned that Soviet operated tankers carrying oil from this country to Russia were built for the U. s. government only a few years ago.
 One of them, he said, sailed from California less than two weeks ago with 123,895 barrels of gasoline and 12,500 barrels of oil and two others left earlier this month with 113,- 900 barrels of oil
 Three more. Weichel told a re- porter, are loading in California ports and may depart beforG export controls are restored on petroleum products effective June 30.
 The Commerce Department, an- rouncing reimposition of the con- trols last night. explained:
 Export contro! b necessary if the limited domestic supply is to be protected and U. s. petroleum eX- ports are to be used most effectively in the interest of world recovery" The controls were lifted soon after V-J Day. Trey apply to all nations except C.nada.
 The governments authority to control exports -urs out next Mon day midnight, but an extension bill is pending in Congress.
 Weichel said the consignor for all six of the tankers on the west coast is the Amtorg Trading Cor poration, Soviet purchasing agency, which bought the oil from several large United States companies.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-24
Undertaken Answers Death Call; Finds Victim Own Son

TACOMA, Wash. June 24.-lR- Undertaken William Gauthier re- sponded yesterday to deputy sher- ifs call that he pick up the body of an unidentified boy killed by a truck.
 The child was his stepson, Donald James Gauthier, 9. He had been struck by, lumber truck as he ran across the roadbed of the Puy- allup bridge.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-24
PRESIDENT i5 NOT
 VISITING ALASKA,
 HAWAII THIS YEAR

WASHINGTON, June 24. - R- Governor Ingram M. Stainback Of Hawaii. said following talk with President Truman today, that he Chief Executive does not plan to visit either Hawaii or Alaska this year.
 He said that he invited MT. Tru- man to visit Hawaii, and that the President told him he hai hoped earlier that he could visit 10th Ha- waii and Alaska, but had been forced to change his plans and would not visit either this year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-24
E PROTEST
 MADE0vER
 LABOR LAW
Report Made that Full Scale National Strike
 Now Developing


 WASHINGTON. June 24.-W-- Soft coal miners numbering at least l55,000 walked off the job today in protest against the new labor law and Rep Howard Smith (D-va) proposed that Congress renew the governments plant-seizure powers to prevent national calamity" | Also, the National Coal Associa- tion said that full-scale national strike seems to be developing in what spokesman described as ap- parently "a clear violation" of the new Hartley law. Smith told the House that this curbing law. which the Unit ed Mine Workers and other unions fought to the end. may not take care of coal strike
 An author of the Smith, -Connally War Labor Disputes Act. t.Smith pro- posed that Congress extend for a year from June 30 a provision in that Act empowering the govern ment to seize strike-bound factor ies and mines.
 Government possession of the mines, in which the miners have been kept at work with a govern ment contract, now is scheduled to expire along with the contract June 30.
 Smith said the Taft-Hartley pro- visions. including provision for &C., day injunctions to stall national emergency strikes. is insufficient to meet the situation of a coal strike. They could stop it only for comparatively short time" he said.
 Smith advanced his proposal dur ing these other developments pill ing up around the law which Con- gross passed over Presidential veto yesterday:
 Many Developments
 1.-The striking Ford Motor Com pany foremen at Detroit asked the CIO Auto Workers to respect their picket lines. If agreed to, this would .dle 85.00O production workers. The ioremen's union said the company had been encouraged to resist their strike by passage of the Taft-Hart- ley Act.
 2.-President Truman called in members of the NatiI g4i Labor Re- lations Board for a conference. They have the job of administering the law, which MT. Truman de- nounced in his veto message as un- workable
 3.-Republicans talked of doub- ling, to s9,000,000, the amount of money in a pending bill to operate the NLRB during the year begin- ming July l.
 4.--Rep. Lisinski (D-Mich) intro duced bill to repeal the new Act. It was passed over MT. Trumans veto by a Senate vote of 68 to 25 and House margin of 33l to 83.
 5.--Labor union leaders went ahead with plans for political re- prisal against those who voted thI bill into law. They made plans too for court fights.
 6.-In addition to the miners, shipbuilders, livestock handlers and ether union members over the country were reported leaving work here and there. They were bitter at losing their long fight against the bill.