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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-11-27
Emergency Congress Foces
Most Crucial Decisions In
Pedcetime History of u. S.

Washington (LPA) - Congress
will tackle its hardest task since
it passed the laws and appropriat-
ed the funds that helped win the
war, in special session that started
this week. President Truman has
put up to the legislators the twin
problems of ending initiation at
home, and putting into effect i'm
mediate and long-term aid meas
ureSt to save the nations of western
Europe from collapse.
On the home front, the Repub-
lican majority itself is split on how
to best curb initiation. COP Sem
ator Taft, chairman of the Joint
Committee on the Economic Report,
this week begins sessions of that
group to consider Truman's propo-
sails. In addition, this Joint Com
mittee has before it reports from
three subcommittee which held
bearings in most major cities on the
the east and west coasts, and at
many points in the mid west. None
of these subcommittee has favored
price controls-either for basic ma
terials like steel and grain and
coal, or for the market-basket
goods that contribute to the cost Of
living.
The Eastern subcommittee has
put down ~ possible steps to inn
prove the price situation. None are
expected to be taken too seriously,
since they range from eliminating
the 40-hour week (Which cannot
be done by law, since no law re-
stricts employers or workers to
the 40-hour week. to voluntary and
if necessary compulsory rationing
of meat, butter and eggs, without
price control.
The program of European aid is
much further along in the cumber-
some Congressional machinery.
Both House and Senate Foreign
Relations Committees have held
hearings and gone into considerable
detail on the proposals made by
the l6 European counties partici-
pating in the Marshall Plan, and
the State Departments urgent
proposals for stop-gap aid.
How the two programs can be
meshed so that both work smooth
ly is not yet clear, Washington OBJ
servers believe.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-11-27
OBITUARIES
FRED SMITH

Fred Smith, 1011 Riverview St.,
died at his home after a long i'll
ness.
Born in Dudley, Worcestershire,
England, Mr.. Smith resided in East
Liverpool the last As years. He was
employed last as a caster at the
Hall China Co. Mr.. Smith was a
member of st. Stephens Episcopal
Church and Local Union A, Nation
al Brotherhood of Operative Pott-
ers.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Annie
Clark Smith at home; two sons,
Charles Smith of North Hollywood,
Calf, and Edmund Smith of Hunt
ington Park, Calf; a daughter,
Mrs. Ellen Smith McCalmant, also
of Huntington Park; sister, Mrs.
Mary Smith of West Bronwich,
England >and two grandchildren.
X x X
WILLIAM HENRY COX
William Henry Cox, 72, former
East Liverpool potter, died Nov. 23
in his home at Tuppers Plains,
Meigs county, following a long ill
ness.
Mr.. Cox was born in England
and came to the United States
when a young man. He was kiln
man and was employed last by the
Homer Laughlin China Co. He liv-
ed on Railroad st. for many years.
He left here about three years ago.
Mr.. Cox was member of the
Second United Presbyterian
Church, the Protected Home Circle
and the National Brotherhood of
Operative Potters.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Mil
dred Winters Cox; two sons, Will
liam H. Cox and Owen Cox of East
Liverpool; a daughter, Mrs. Flor
ence Maley of New Brighton, Pa,
a step-daughter and several grand
children.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-11-27
Telephone Labor
Plans PoIific
Action Program

Washington (LPA)- Organized
labor in the telephone industry is
planning a national legislative
program for the first time in its
history, it was announced last week
by the Communications Workers of
America.
Legislative directors from all 33
CWA divisions will convene here
on Dec. ] to develop plans for po-
litical action. Issuing the call for
the conference, CWA President
Joseph Beirne said, "We are in a
period of reaction as was witnessed
by the actions of the seth Congress.
Acts of ommission by the Congress
were as important as their acts of
commission.
Estate legislatures in most in
stances were as vicious as Con-
gress," Beirne said. "The small
sprinkling of social legislation can
not be compared to the deluge of
reactionary laws. Unless everyday
working men and women like our
selves take strong hand in the
affairs of government the cycle will
continue"
CWA has called on Congress to
take necessary action to bring
prices under control. Other propos-
ed legislation that will be consider
ed by the conference will include
the pending housing measures and
the Murray Wagner -Dingell health
bill.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-11-27
|Pre-Fubricofed
Houses Will Be
7OOoo Union Made

Chicago (LPA) - Members of
three AFL unions will work on
production and erection-of the first
prefabricated homes built on a
production basis, it was an
nounced here last week by Dan
iel Carnell, Illinois State Fedora
tion of Labor attorney.
A precedent-setting contract to
run for two years has been signed
by Lustron Corp, which aims to
produce 10000 houses a year to re-
tail at $1,000, and three AFL crafts,
the Int'l Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, the Plumbers & Steam
filters, and the Carpenters.
The three unions, whose members
will work at the plant in Columbus,
Ohio, and erect the homes all over
the country, won a contract pro-
viding for union shop, and eli
mination of jurisdictional disputes
by limiting the crafts having bar
gaining rights to the three inter
nationals, whose heads guarantee
to enforce the agreement.
General President Martin p.
Durkin, Of the Plumbers, at a
luncheon here announcing the pio-
neering move, said that because
the houses are of all-steel con
struction with enameled walls. no
laths, plaster or paint are used.
In other prefab houses, where 9TH
er materials are used, the appropri-
ate crafts are signing similar
agreements to eliminate jurisdic-
tional disputes in exchange for the
union shop clause.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-11-27

Demand the Union Label
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-11-27
Evicfions Fuce
Mony Tenonfs In
Housing Crisis

Washington (LPA) = With the
results of nationwide survey
of the housing situation soon to
be compiled, the Joint Congression-
al Committee on Housing last week
completed it's first series of hear
ings in every part of the nation.
Drafting of a report will probably
wait until further hearings, sched-
uled for November but postponed
because of the specially-called ses-
sion of Congress, can be complet-
ed.
AT sessions in Newark, N. j., and
Boston, Congressman were told the
facts and figures about the housing
crisis by union spokesmen. CIO
state council representative Albert
G. Clifton told the Boston hearings
about typical New England indus
trial city, Worcester. There are
100000 people in Worcester. Right
now, there are 500 to 1000 evic-
tions pending in local courts. A
local alderman reports that 98 per
cent of all recently married couples
returned from their honeymoons to
live with others. There are 5000
veteran families living doubled up,
and 20O0 of these families are in
seriously overcrowded' quarters.
The Worcester story, compiled by
Local 1886 of the United Steelwork-
ers shows that only 541 dwelling
units were covered by building per-
mits between January / and No
vember this year Virtually none of
the new housing sells at under
$4,000 or rents for less than $50
a month, though veterans on the
average can afford a $64O0 house
or Sal month rent.
The Massachusetts spokesmen
urged Congress to set up a Natl
Construction Authority empowered
to stimulate greater production of
building materials. The Wagner
Ellender-Taft housing bill will be
dead letter" if the supply Of
building materials is not increased,
the CIO men asserted.
"Half of the 10000 members in
New Jersey are under threat of
eviction, either thru direct notice
from landlords or thru threat of
further action when rent controls
are abandoned Feb. 49," President
Carl Holderman Of the New Jersey
CIO told the Newark hearing.
Both in Newark and in New
York, heads Of the building trades
councils appeared to vehemently
deny reports that AFL building
unions were slowing down produc
ton Of housing. The New York
sessions were conducted by House
Labor Subcommittee.
President Howard McSpedon Of
the Greater New York Building e.
Construction Trades Council-AFL
led off, and then spokesmen for
specific unions appeared to refute
charges made by Walter Gordon
Merritt, anti-labor lawyer who had
been given free rein to attack the
unions in the early days of the
hearing. One of Merritt's charges
was fully exploded when Harold
Stern, attorney for Local of the
Intl Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers-AFL pointed out that a
feature 'of the Local contract
with the employers to which Mer-
ritt objected had been eliminated
by mutual agreement in 1910 A
representative Of the painters dis
trict council denied that unions linn
it the size of brushes used to Az
inches as charged by home-build-
er. Employers themselves limit |
painters To use of a five-inch |
brush to improve the quality of the
work." he pointed out.
Evening star., 1947-12-01
By Elena de Soyn

It takes violinist of Fritz Kreis-
ler's magnitude to hold an audience
for half an hour with a performance
of . Bach unaccompanied sonata,
its mere name suggesting the most
exacting type Of "high-brow" music.
Not many can boast either Of the
tangible evidence of popularity and
esteem which he enioys>as seen yes
terday afternoon in Constitution
Hall where he gave a recital. Re-
spectful absorption Of old and young
alike in whatever he chose to give,
spoke more eloquently than words.
It actually mattered little what he
played as long as it was he who
played. ...i
The volume of applause which
greeted his delivery of Bach's so
nata in B minor" showed that Mr..
Kreisler was an eloquent spokesman
for the work. Omitting two of the
eight sections, and some of the pre-
scribed repeats, the violinist re-
versed also the order of succession
in one instance to better advantage.
One of the two Double" sections,
taken at a presto speed, and the
graceful "Courante" were among
the loveliest numbers on the pro-
gram. His tempt, phrasing and re-
vised bowling in the sonata added
very much to the interest of these
outmoded forms of old dances and
to the embellished repetitions Of
themes, as in the Doubles"
Although the artists tone has lost
some Of its opulence, it fully retains
its old charm. Perhaps he was
using another violin, other than the
one his admirers learned to identify
with him. If this was not the case
the familiar richness and breadth
of his tone, as remembered, were
wanting yesterday, in the "Alle-
mande" and "Sarabande" Of Bach's
sonata especially. Yet the "Bour.
ree," often used as an encore by
soloists, was a revelation Of new
possibilities in Mr.. Kreisler's read
ing. The effects created with mini
mum use of bow, its f1rmness, his
consummate mastery of the accent
and form were an object lesson t<
lesser violiniSts.
The high light of the afternoon was
his delivery of Schumann's "Fantas!
in c Major, op. 131," work hardl!
known to concert goers. The daz.
zling velocity of Mr.. Kreisler's pas.
sages, the brilliancy Of his execution
and thorough affinity with the com
poser's style provided unabated en-.
joyment. As contrasted with thi
Evening star., 1947-12-01
PTA to Hold Bozuur

The Parent Association
OF the Lucy slowe School will hold
a fair and bazaar at the school,
Fourteenth and jackson streets NE,
from 6 to 1890 pm. Friday.
Evening star., 1947-12-01
Fritz Kreisler Well Received
In Constitution Hall Concert

work, his performances of Chaus-
sons "Poeme" led to some reserva-
tions. OF course, any composition
is subjected to the players individu-
ality. Those which contain marked
national characteristics may have
closer kinship with some perform
ers and less with others. In the
case of schumann's Fantasy" the
Schubert-Fried "Rondo in D
Major" Brahms Hungarian Dance
in F minor" this kirship with Mr..
Kreisler seemed uppermost. The
mysticism of Chausson's music re-
quires an elasticity of nuance and a
sympathetic understanding of its
subtleties. It's technical and especi-
Evening star., 1947-12-01

ally rhythmical problems are liable
to obscure the vision Of the per-
former and reduce the eloquence OF
the music as was the case yesterday.
That Mr.. Kreisler's fame is not
confined to his being a violinist was
apparent from the reception ac-
corded his encores. The opening
measures of his Caprice Viennois'
and of "Schoen Rosmarin" were lost
in the profusion of applause ac-
corded each. The last group con-
tained also his effective Grave,
'Malaguena" and Gypsy Caprice
all of which speak Of his extraord-
mary talent for composition and re-
markahle versatility.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19
Dear Ruth" Opens
MINIS Auditorium
Tomorrow Evening

Hundreds of Wilmingtonians to.
morrow night will see a Broadway
stage hit, acted by a cast of all
New York players, and brought te
Wilmington by the Business and
Professional WoInen's club.
The curtain is scheduled to rise
on Dear Ruth at $50 o'clock III
the New Hanover high school audi
forum.
An added incentive to local
ticket-buyers is an announcement
by Miss Julia Seigler, in charge OF
arrangements for the BPW. t h a t
a portion of the proceeds from
Dear Ruth will 60 the ITALIAN
Hall Restoration Fund.
This romantic comedy. which
boasts two laughs a minute. is be-
ing presented by the Civic Drama
Guild of New. York and marks the
return to Wilmington of the legiti-
mate theatre.
Tickets will be available tolnor-
row at a box office at Belk-Wil-
liams company, with Miss Eliza
beth Bridgers, of the ITALIAN AS
sociation, in charge.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19
German Princess Who Joined Nazis
Hopes To Become u. S. IHousemaid

back after she showed she could
haul ties with the sturdiest. =.
Living today in a shabby attic
room in the American sector OF
Berlin, the plump little princess
looks and feels anything but a
member of royalty. Her big gid.
ed mirror framed with smiling
angel heads, the only glamorous
piece left from the good old
days reflects a middle-aged
woman with untidy hair and shabby
dress hiding a body which today
yearns to become a neat house
maid.
when I was working on the
railroad I obviously watched the
housemaids tending to their SHOP
ping, and I decided this would be
a very good job to have" she
sigheu. But the times. they are
so hard o a princess WHO be-
longed TO the party. Yesterday
answered an ad for q sal Il cook
but they rejected me after check
ing my record
Says She Can Cook
The princess. who has never
officially changed her name OF
dropped the title, longs for the
day when she is denazified, fol
then she would be eligible fol
better paid jobs. She. thinks il
would be nice to work in a beauty
| oarlcr. for instance
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19
Recreation Department
Lists Activities For Week

All activities listed will be helo
at the End and Orange Community
Center unless otherwise labeled
Monday: 8 a. MIL p. m
Junior Sorosis practice, 8 a. in
IL %. m. Chamber of Commerce,
3:O0-Teen-Age club, 3:00-Ladies
Card club at Nesbitt Courts. SOC
Folk club.
Tuesday: 900 a. m.-11:00 p. m.
Junior Sorosis practice, 900 a.
m.-11:oO p. m.-Chamber Of Com
merce, 10:30-Girl Scout Leaders
Association, 300 Dance class,
8:00-Band practice, 800 Mems
club at Nesbitt Courts.
We'd: 900 a. m.-11:00 p. m. -
Junior Sorosis practice, 900 a. M
1900 - Chamber of Commerce,
1920 a. m.-Wednesday Bridge
club, 3:OO-Teen-Age club, 800
Bridge club, 8:00-College center
dance.
Thurs: 900 a. m.-11:00 p. M
Junior Sorosis practice, 900 a. M
1900 p. m.-Chamber of Com
merce, 3:30-Dance club, $50
ITALIAN Workshop, $3.50 roller
skating for adults.
Friday: 900 a. m.-11:0O p. M
Junior Sorosis practice, 900 a. M
HOO p. m.-Chamber of Com
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19
By IRENE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Dy AleAIINA
BERLIN = Princess Victoria
Cecille Irene Margaret of Hesser
would very much like to get a jok
as housekeeper to some American
family. but the 32-year-old member
of what's left of German royalty
has not been denazified yet.
A former Nazi parry member
since the early days of the Hitler
regime, the princess considered
herself lucky when the labor office,
Immediately after the collapse.
got her a job with the Berlin traffic
company-cleaning dirty railway
cars and hauling timbers.
1t was not an easy job for a
former princess. Dressed in half
torn Stacks from her former air
raid protection Uniform. Victoria
lugged wooden ties to help re-
build the torn roaGoets and tracks
On lucky days she was allowed
to clean out dirty trains.
Foreman Frowned
To her female colleagues she
vas known as Miss Hessen, bu'
Ter grizzled foreman-who had no
at first liked the IDEA of a roya
princess working in his proletariaf
;ang-frowned constantly at hel
-:ntil she had proved her worth
She realized she was Gin Wher
re gave her a friendly pat on the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19
'Teen-Agers Entertain,
Surprise Birthday Party

The Teen Tavern club of the
Cornelius Harnett Recreation Cen
ter entertained Irene Ammons and
Jack Bishop at a surprise birthday
party on Friday night, January II.
The club rooms were beautifully
decorated for the occasion, and the
colors red, yellow, green, and
orchid were used in the decorations
and birthday cakes. Games were
played and refreshments served.
Those o. the refreshments COM
mittee were: Mrs. Annie Ammons,
Mrs. Earl Toler, Raymond Bishop,
and Peggy Grimsley. Mary Bran
ner, ~Audry OVERLY, Louie Clark,
Emerson Surles, and Charles Wat
kins, under the supervision of Mrs.
Mary Bessellieu, director, deecorat-
ed the club rooms.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19

Il remember those days when
l visited the beauty shops on the
Kurfuerstendamm," she recalls.
ut was not often. of course, but
once I had a facial, and I'll never
forget that. It would be fine if
could be a masseur or manicur-
ist."
Such jobs are still closed to the
princess of Hassen, but she has
hope for the future.
DO try to get me a job as
housekeeper with the Americans"
were her parting words after tell
ing us she has taken a household
course at a Berlin cooking school.
Il a cook. clean, and l am very
willing to learn" She paused and
then admitted sadly, II am only
afraid my ironing of army shirts
will be too bad"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19
RUGGED BRIDGE

An ancient covered wooden
bridge or the Pepper turnpike.
Scott county, Ky, has withstood
flco5 waters tn destroyed steel
spars %14ve a,1 below, it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19
Mabel Bacon
Will Ate n d
Meeting Here

Miss Ruth Humphrey, president
Of the Wilmington Business and
Professional Women's club, has an
nou1ced that Miss Mabel Bacon,
state president, BPW clubs, will be
in w Wilmington Sunday, January 26,
to discuss the progress Of the plans
and arrangements for the State
BPW convention to be held at
Wrightsville Beach in June.
All convention committee chair
men are urged to meet with Miss
Bacon { r lunch i'll t h e dining
room of the Friendly cafeteria at
II O'Clock Sunday, January rs.
Other members desiring to attend
are invi d 10 do so.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19

tiques which need gentle handling
Luckily, AIMS mother is almost
as doll-happy as her daughter, for
it takes almost all their collective
srace time to keep the dolls dust
q, dressed properly, and in fit
aoldii,0n to receive the visitors
Nao ways / arriving to look
g. us l1~ge inanimate family.
i t-eo all of them in one room
. IS Ana. Mother says when they
start taking over the living room
we can just move out to another
place. What with the housing
shortage, 1 wouldn't be at all sur
prised to see the dolls living COM
fortably in our apartment, and
mother and me evicted to a fur
nished room somewhere. We could
always come back and visit them,
you know"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19
Forest PIT. A.
Will Sponsor Party

The Lake Forest Parent-Teacher
association will sponsor a benefit
bridge, rock and Chinese checker
party on Friday evening at 1880
o'clock in the school gym.
Prizes will be awarded for high
score at all tables and a special
prize will be given.
Reservations may be made by
calling Mrs. E. A. Kerr, 1918, Mrs.
Manley Williams, 2-3416, OF Mrs.
j. P. Turner, 2-2262.
Those playing cards are asked
to bring their own cards.
1t is the sun that gives life to
all growing plants, yet they grow
faster in the dark.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19

merce. 500 TeeIl-Age club. 400
Rooster club. 100 Teen-Age club
at Cornelius Ea~.aett, 8:00-Tcen-
Age club at Nesbitt Courts. 300
Teen-Age dance. At 3:00-4:30, the
Greenfield tennis courts will be
set up for skating for small chill
dren who have metal roller skates;
from 7:00-8:30 the same arrange
ments will be made for older chill
dren.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19
cu.Ll.G,. oDDITY

Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn,
gives instruction in aviation. auto
mobile repairing. ETC.. and Jet its
student body is made up largely Of
girls.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19
CAPE FEAR Club
NAMES PRESIDENT
Thomas W. Davis Chosen
Page And Bell Elected
To Governing Board

Thomas W. Davis, genersl solici-
tor of ths Atlantic Coast Licc Rail
road company. was elected presi-
dent of the Cape Fear club fer the
ensuing year at the annual mem
bership meeting in the clubhouse
last night.
Davis, who served as president in
1917, succeeds Louis j. Poisson.
Elected to the clubs board OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19

Galveston. Tex. is located on an
in the Gulf of Mexico. =.