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Smyrna times., 1947-11-13
Cafeteria Reduces Prices

Under date of Tuesday, Novem-
Der IL, 1947, the Health Lunch in
the cafeteria was reduced in price
10 per cent. The price of this "A''
lunch, which must meet Govern
ment specifications for content,
quality of food, etc., has been 80
cents, the new price is now 27
cents. With such a fine quality of
food and generous serving, it is
difficult to understand how any re-
duction in price can be made. This,
however, is in keeping with Ad-
ministrative policy that the cafe
terra must be non-profit, working
entirely on a material cost, plus
cost of food preparation and serv-
ing. The new price will continue
in force until further notice.
Rededication Week
Though the Smyrna schools
teach the American Heritage, di-
rectly and indirectly, throughout
the year, all departments and
classes in the school will make a
special effort to emphasize the
American Heritage during the next
two weeks in cooperation with the
American Heritage Foundation.
The American Heritage Founda-
tion has originated 'rededication
week" to arouse the American peo-
Smyrna times., 1947-11-13

about: Tolerance of a husbands
taste for old hats, old pipes, old
friends, and mellow beer. And toll
erance on the husbands part of a
wife's tastes and habits.
From where I sit, nobody be-
grudges Prissy taking that clip
ping from the Clarion. But I'd like
to hint that if she'd just Subscribe,
she'd get my thoughts on tolerance
firsthand. And in return I'll treat
her to a glass of beer.
@e Maue
-
Smyrna times., 1947-11-13
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
Report of Church Services Fol
Next Sunday

First Church of Christ, Scientist,
Wilmington, at Park Place and
Van Buren Street: morning service
IL a. M, Sunday School, IL a. m.
Christian Science Society, Milford,
meets at Grange Hall: Morning
service IL a. M; Sunday School IL
a. M, also meets first Wednesday
evening of each month at p. m.
Subject for Sunday, November 16
is: "Mortals and Immortals." Gold
en- Text: John 12: 25. He that low
eth his life shall lose it; and he
that hateth his life in this world
shall keep it unto life eternal. A
Bible citation from the lesson-ser-
Smyrna times., 1947-11-13

mon is: John 5: 19, 81, "a. Then
answered Jesus and said unto them,
Verify. say unto you, The Son can
do nothing of himself, but what he
seeth the Father do: for what
things soever he doeth, these also
doeth the Son likewise. For as The
Father raiseth up the dead, and
quickeneth them; even so the Son
quickeneth whom he will. Verify,
verify, say unto you, He that
heareth my word, and believeth on
him that sent me, hath everlasting
life, and shall not come into con-
demnation; but is passed from
death unto life. A correlative pass
age from the Textbook Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip
lures" by Mary Baker Eddy is: Up.
593). Resurrection. Spiritualiza-
tion of thought; a new and higher
idea of Immortality, or spiritual
existence; material belief yielding
to spiritual understanding
Smyrna times., 1947-11-13
How to cut the cost of
Heuting Your Home |
~@&~ Rvse&evY !
IL AMERICAS HOME HEATING EXPERT
Use the Right Size of Coal
AMERICAS HOME HEATING EXPERT

231 in diameter and IL" to 15'
in depth require stove size coal.
Those that are less than IL" in
depth usually require chestnut
size coal.
The figures noted above are
merely recommendations, sub
ject to change by other factors,
such as chimney construction,
draft conditions and location of
the house.
Your, coal dealer by inspecting
your heating plant will be able
to tell you whether or not you
are burning the correct size coal.
If you feel that you are not get
ting satisfactory results from
your furnace consult your coal
dealer. He will be glad to assist
you with your heating problems.
f3l
Smyrna times., 1947-11-13

MANY people are under the
NI impression that there is only
one size of anthracite coal. Many
others think that it makes no
difference what size is used in
the furnace. Anthracite coal is
prepared and sold in several
home sizes. One of these sizes
will give best results in your
furnace and more useful heat
for the least money, or it may be
that a combination of sizes will
give you better results in your
particular heating plant.
Usually the size of coal to be
used is determined by the size
of the frebox. Fireboxes that are
"a" or more in diameter and 16"
or more in depth require egg
size coal. Those that are 18" to
Smyrna times., 1947-11-13
"Spy Glass" Rates

The Senior Glass on Monday,
November 10, began their sales
campaign for advertisements for
"Spy Glass, student-edited high
school magazine. For the first
time since its founding, twenty
three years ago, the Spy Glass"
advertising rates have had to be
Smyrna times., 1947-11-13
Wesleyan Methodist Church

Rev. Joseph Kephart, pastor Of
Wesleyan Methodist Church an
nounces the following services for
the week: Sunday School at 10 a.
nj. followed by worship service at
IL a. M, Sunday. Prayer meeting
Wednesday night.
Smyrna times., 1947-11-13

Fire Prevention Week Essay Con-
test sponsored locally by the Wrot-
en- Insurance Agency. The win
ners were: Marion Price, 1st prize
of $1,000; Albert Lane, End prize of
$500; Shirley David, Bird prize of
$3.50.
Smyrna times., 1947-11-13
J, From where | sit. by Joe Marshy
Prissy's Got a Man!
Moybe)

Yesterday Sis Martin, our IL
brarian, found an article cut from
their file copy of the Clarion. When
she compared it with another copy
that I gave her she found it was my
column on ''How to Keep a Hus-
band Happy"
Nothing unusual about that. Ex-
cept the last person seen reading
the paper was Prissy Hoskins (our
towns proverbial Old Maid)!
Well, if Prissy has finally got a
man, more power to her. And more
tolerance to both of them i. be-
cause that's what my column was
Smyrna times., 1947-11-13

Permanent junior class reporters
are being selected this week. The
privilege of reporting has also been
extended by including the classes
taught by Miss Ruth Webb, whose
students will begin contributing
articles next week.
Smyrna times., 1947-11-13
Assembly

Highlight of the regular assem-
bly, on November Z, sponsored by
the Ill homeroom under Mrs.M Mar
garet O'Neill was an address by
William E. Matthews, Jr., past
commander, Department of Della
ware, American Legion, who gave
a summary of the ideals and prin-
ciples governing the Legion and
some of it's accomplishments to
date. A special duet by Dorothy
Burge and Bobby Collins won pro-
longed applause from the students.
An extra feature of the assembly
was the award of prizes for the
Smyrna times., 1947-11-13

A large battleship carries 8 mil
lion pounds or more of armor plate
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-22
Convention Ok's
73c Wage Raise

Durham, N. C. (LPA)-The 35th
annual convention of the American
Federation Of Hosiery Workers
gave an overwhelming vote of ap-
proval here last week to a bean
hour wage increase for full-fas-
hioned hosiery workers which was
won by its negotiating committee.
The wage proposal was submit
ted to the convention prior to a
referendum by the II, 600 members
covered by the contract all over the
country.
The 200 delegates resolved to do
everything possible to effect a
presidential veto of the pending
Taft-Hartley anti-labor legislation.
Discrimination in any form was
condemned, in another resolution
which urged local unions to under
take activity to wipe out any trace
of this evil practice wherever it
may exist"
The convention voted a $4,000
grant to the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania to fur
ther studies in the field of labor
relations. President Alex Mckeown
said the unions endowment would
aid labor-management cooperation.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-22
Labor Bills Are
Product Of Anger

Washington, D. c. (ILNS).-The
Senate and House labor bills were
"the product of anger rather than
the result of reason" Fiorello H.
LaGuardia, former mayor of New
York declared here.
His comment was included in a
statement drafted at a closed
meeting of representatives of about
30 organizations, including the Ma
tional Farmers Union, National
Lawyers Guild, League of Women
Shoppers and National Negro Con-
gress. They said:
eve recognize that some of the
new techniques Of labor require
correction, but the remedy should
not be hastily gaveled through
Congress on one-sider approach" "
The statement added that it was
the opinion of those representing
the organizations that both labor
measures "would affect adversely
not only organized labor, but the
economic welfare and civil rights
of the American people,"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-22
Industrial War Promoted

"Of course the sponsors of this
Legislation deny any such purpose.
They claim they have mandate
from the people to adopt legisla-
tion to curb the effectiveness of
unions. Let us examine this claim
mandate Undoubtedly, the voters
in the last election were disturbed
by high prices, by postwar short
ages, by the failure of government
controls and by recurring labor
management strife. The people
were sick Of war on the industrial
front. They wanted peace and pro-
duction.
"But if the Taft Hartley program
passes, the people will not get
what they want. Instead they will
get complete chaos in the nations
industrial life. By destroying the
most effective methods of peaceful
collective bargaining, by attacking
union security and by giving hos
tile employers unfair advantages
over labor, these bills would pro-
mote the worst outbreak of in
dustrial strife ever seen in this
country"
Direct Attacks Listed
Green charged the bills seek to
destroy organized labor by "a di-
rect attacks against union secur-
ity," which he listed as follows:
First is the provision which
seeks to impose the compulsory
open shop upon industry.
"The second, punitive feature of
the pending legislation is the pro-
posed ban on industry wide bar
gaining.
"The third, deliberately punitive
provision authorizes damage suits
in the federal courts against
unions.
"The fourth attempt to inflict
direct punishment upon labor is
contained in the sections which
would restore the evil Of govern
ment by injunction"
People Asked To Speak
In closing, the AFL president de-
clared Congress is rushing "head-
long into the worst legislative
blunder in the nations history" and
appealed to the people to prevent
"this tragic mistake" by making
their voices heard in Washington.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-22
Lobor's Hope On
Union Wreckinq
Law Is For Veto

! Washington OPA)- American
labor's war-winning production rec
ord was awarded last week when
the Senate, by 68 to "a vote, ap-
proved Legislation to cripple union
ism and wreck organized labor's
gains over the past 100 years.
The Senate vote, which saw 21
Democrats join AZ Republicans in
sanctioning what all sections of
organized labor described as
"slave-labor legislation, was clear
ly headed for a veto by President
Truman.
Pro-labor Congressman declared
there were three reasons for ex-
pecting a veto: 1.-The Taft Hart
! ley bill parallels to great degree
the Case bill which Truman vetoed
last year; 2-Repeated statements
by administration spokesmen in the
Senate and House that Truman
would not accept punitive" legis-
lation; and, 3-Truman's signing
of the anti-portal pay bill which
Democratic leaders insist gives
him strong weapon against the
COP for labor bill veto also for
the 1948 elections.
1t will require at least one week
in Senate House conference to re-
concile the Taft and Hartley bills.
At first, two weeks were thought
necessary, until Rep. Fred Hart
ley (R., N. j. announced that the
House conferees would not insist
on their bills ban on industry-wide
bargaining. Hartley said he was
willing to drop that prohibition,
which was defeated by an unex-
pected one-vote margin in the Sem
ate, because / want to see a law"
The Senate bill, as it came out of |
committee, was considered "milder"
than the Hartley version in the
House. However, three major
amendments tackled on by the COP
machine led by Taft and Ball pro-
voked both Republican and Demo-
cratic Senators to charge that it
had become a "tweedledum-twee-
dledee" choice as to which was |
more effective nj its union-wreck-
ing proposals.
Sen. Alben Barkley 3D., Ky),
leader in the last Con-
gress, made it clear during the fl
nal hours Of the Senate debate that
no matter what came out of the
Senate House conference, the legis-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-22

strikes and boycotts, Twill have the
inevitable result Of clogging the
federal courts with petty litigation
having no objective but that Of
weakening the labor movement"
said Morse. 'That amendment
alone takes US back at least 25
years in labor relations, and if it
becomes law, it will be found that
legitimate union detectives bill be
greatly harassed and seriously sty-
mied by anti-labor employers"
A sneaker" amendment on Com
munism in unions also went thru
altho Taft was so afraid Of it that
until almost the last moment he
wanted it withdrawn and killed.
Finally, when he saw that even
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-22
Did You Get
"A 4001o Woqe
Ruise Yet

New York (LPA)-The extrav-
agant profits that organized labor
has charged to industry and big
business were verified once again
last week in a survey made by the
Wall Street Journal.
The profits of 149 companies in
10 industrial groups for the first
three months Of 1947 averaged
1920. Nineteen iron and steel com
panies showed profit increase of
more than 370Ht. Railway equip
ment makes jumped their profits
to 357as, and building material and
equipment suppliers took third
place with profits up 2559s, the
Wall Street Journal reported.
Other net profit reports, not
recorded by the Journal, showed
earnings ranging nearly to 400%.
Int'l Paper Co., one of the giants
of the industry, showed an all-time
high profit of $16,160,54O for the
first quarter compared with S4,-
241, ,512 for the same period last
yeara
Continental Oil Co., which had a
net profit of S2,606,354 for the
first three months of 1916, scared
to $6,559,706 for the same period
this year. The huge Celanese Corp.
of America made $6, ,180,564 for the
first three months compared with
$3,434, ,164 for the 1916 first quar-
ter. Burlington Mills Corp. clear
ed $12,613,476 for six months end
ing March 20 against $5,049,983
year ago.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-22

lation would be tougher on unions
than the Senate bill. Said Bark
ley: Senators who vote for this
bill on the theory that it is as good
as we can get and will be no worse
when it comes back from the con-
ference, are reckoning without
their host, because know, as other
Senators know, that this bill will
be worse when it comes back to
US from the conference than it will
be as it passes the Senate ;"
Barkley, whose best efforts to-
gether with those Of other Demo-
cratic leaders failed to keep 21
Democrats from leaping to support
Of the Taft-driven COP machine,
asserted: "The enactment Of puni-
tive and restrictive Legislation
against the laboring men and wo-
men of the u. S. would do more to
foster Communism among the
trade union organizations in all the
nations of the world, including our
own, then any other thing in which
Congress could indulge"
The Senate's mad rush to enact
union-wrecking legislation quickly
brushed aside substitute bill of
fered by Democratic Senators Muir
ray (Mont.), Thomas (Utah),
Chavez On. M, Green OR. L.,
Johnston Is. CO., Magnuson
(Wash.) Myers pa, Taylor
(Idaho), McGrath OR. I.), and Pep
per (Fla.). This substitute bill,
which incorporated Truman's rec
ommendation for an investigation
into the whole field of labor-man-
agement relations, was swamped
by 73 to 19 vote.
The severest criticism of the
Taft amendments wrecks the Nor
ris-LaGuardia anti-injunction law.
Morse declared that under the
amendment permitting employers
to bring suits against unions "there
has been returned to individual en-
ployers the right to secure an in
junction. To that extent the Nor
ris-La Guardia Act is set aside by
this amendment"
The first Taft amendment, de-
signed to prohibit coercion" of
workers in their choice of bargain
ing agents, was denounced by
Morse as laying "the legislative
foundation for a national police |
force" Under this amendment, said |
Morse, "anti-union employers can
bring a great many false charges |
against unions, alleging coercion /
where coercion in fact does not ex-
ist."
The ban on union-controlled well |
fare funds was also condemned by |
Morse as "straightjacket' that |
"will cause confusion, i'll feeling
and trouble in many industries that
have worked out to the complete
of both employers and
workers very good welfare fund
agreements"
The third amendment, approving
suits against unions for secondary
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-22

this could be passed he withdrew
his motion to reconsider. Morse
pointed out that "Under this
amendment, an employer does not
have to recognize the union if he
alleges that it has a Communist as
an officer until the Board finds to
the contrary. This amendment is
an open invitation to the Commu-
nists to infiltrate into labor unions
and thereby make them ineligible
for certification."
As the slave labor bill went into
conference, unions throughout the
country concentrated on appeals to
Truman to veto the legislation and
to Senators to sustain the expected
veto.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-22

unions Ito an impotent staus, pow
erless to defend their members and
to protect the American standard
of living" he added.
Labor relations, as many a wise
employer has discovered" Green
said, "are really a problem in hu-
man relations. The problem cannot
be solved merely by passing law.
Good will and sincre compliance
with existing laws calling for fair
collective bargaining constitute the
best approach to industrial peace"
Dangerous Depression" FOreseen
Green asserted that the first re-
suit of passing of the bills would be
wage cuts call down the line, for
nonunion as well as union workers,
because in modern industry the
union wage level sets the standard
for all other wages"
Suppose that happens" he con-
ntinued. Suppose the Taft Hartley
6lave- labor legislation becomes law
and wages are forced down. Do you
believe that the great mass of
American workers, afflicted as
they are today by continuously ris-
ing prices, would be able to sustain
the blow? Do you think our Ameri-
can economy as whole would be
able to stand the shock of dras-
tic cut in mass purchasing power?
People would just have to stop
buying many of the things they
need, business would shrivel, pro-
duction would drop, millions of
workers would lose their jobs and
our country would find itself bog
ged down in another dangerous de-
preston.
"This is not an exaggerated pic
ture / have presented. 1t is the
natural and inevitable consequence
of the present drive in Congress to
tear down the unions and grind
down the workers through punitive
legislation.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-22
AFI Chief Worms Notion
Enactment Of Antildbor
Bills Means Wage Cutting

Washington, d. c. QLNS).-Enactment Of antilabor
legislation before Congress would wage cuts for
all American workers and promotion of the nations worst
industrial strife President William Green of the American
Federation of Labor declared in radio debate with Senator
Taft
Reiteratng the AFL contention that legislation
is necessary President Green charged that the real purpose
behind the bill is to weaken and destroy labor unions If
they have the power sponsors of the bill would reduce
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-22
COP Storves
Labor Dept.
AndN. r. B.

Washington (LPA)-House and
Senate conferees last week began
their meeting on the differences be-
tween the House and Senate on the
Labor Dept Federal Security MI
RIB appropriation.
One thing was certain: there
would be a heavy reduction in the
useful services of both the Labor
Dept and the NLRB.
The Senate bill restored about
S4 100000 of the more than $14,-
100000 sliced b ythe economy-ob-
sesses Republican majority In the
House from the operating funds of
the Labor Dept. But the Senate's
own COP wrecking crew, headed
by Sen. VIM. F. Knowland (R.,
CALI, slashed 20%o, or more than
100000 from the grants to the
states for operation of free public
employment offices.
Even big business last week be-
came frightened at the rapacity of
the COP cuts. The N. Y. Journal of
Commerce reported, "Cuts that
Congress is making in appropria-
tions for the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics will force many employers
to enter collective bargaining ne
gotiations without a considerable
body of information that hereto
fore has been available to them"
Labor leaders were convinced
that the Senate appropriations of
about S23,000,000 for Labor Dept
operating funds and a little less
than $5,OOO,000 for NLRB were the
best that could be hoped for. Pat
ronage grabbers in the House, it
was believed, will lrestore part or
all of the Senate slash in grants to
the states, since these jobs are
controlled by the state political ma
chimes.
Even retention of all the operat-
ing funds voted by the Senate will
cripple the Labor Dept services
seriously. The Senate's most vici-
Gus thrust, according to pro-labor
Senators and union-leaders, was a
provision eliminating and forbid
ding workers education activities
by the Labor Dept. The House, in
the entire Labor STAN
dards Division, directed that work
ers' education be saved and trans
ferred to the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics. The Senate Republicans re-
versed the decision on killing La
Dor Standards, but directed the end
of workers education.
The Senate's reduction in the De-
partment's peratin funds
to nearly one third of
the total recommended by the bud
get, and the only way the Senate 4
action can be made to look palata-
Bile is to compare it with the House |
reduction of 1870.
By bureaus, the Senate cuts are
devastating in their efforts. Office
If the Secretary was cut 27% COM
pared with 3196 by the House. The
Solicitors Office, which handles
Ill Department litigation including
he Wage-Hour Act, the Bacon
Davis, Walsh Healey and Anti
lickback laws, was cut $40 COM
,ared with the Houses 40%s. Divi-
ion of Labor Standards, abolished
~ the House, was cut 45% by the
Senate.
The Senate, in it's committee re-
,ort, specifically reversed the al
egedly unconstitutional act of the
House in abolishing the jobs If
Director Edgar L.
Warren and 100 people of his top
taft. Then it gave back only one
fifth of the $600,000 cut from Con-
iliation Services budget by the
louise, the net cut under budget
eing 1870. Apprentice Training
vas cut 1917 under budget, COM
AIRED with 20% by the House, and
Vomen's Bureau was cut 1870, the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-22
STORE CLERKS GET RAISE

San Francisco, Calif.-The De
partment Store Employees Union
(AFL) signed a contract for en-
ployes of 27 stores outside the
downtown district, which gave a
Sc weekly raise and a 5-day 40
hour week. The new scale will
raise pay to $40 to $5l weekly.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-22

To be a good trade unionist q
man must first be a good Ameri-
can.-Samuel Gompers.