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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-24
TOOT YOUR HORN, FOLKS!

CONGRESS HAS BEEN hearing lot from the National
Association Of Manufacturers, the Chamber of Com
merce the publishers and big business interests generally
the subject of antiion legislation It's time it heard from
the people.
convince Congress that the American people demanding
to undermine unions and weaken the workers bargain
This campaign has not been confined to editorials de-
mandng action against labor and to playing the vast out
has also found of it's most effective expressions in So
called public opinion polls
Universtys Bureau Of Applied Research, appearing in
Prncetons Public Opinion Quarterly confirms abors long
felt impression that most public opinion polls heavily load
ed with anti-labor bias
Dr. Kornhauser examined all labor questions asked by
leading opinion polls from 1910 to 1945 He found
that of 155 questions, only eight dealt with positive or
81 concerned with union faults activities the public
condemns or proposed restrictions on unions.
Threefourths of the Gallup poll questions and onethrd
of those Of the other opinion samplers found to be
guilty of directing public attention persseny to the
tive side of organized labor"
The study reveals many different ways in which ques-
ons loaded to produce the results desired by the pub
fishers and other big business nteestsresuts which
still further turned against labor by faulty interpretation
Search will he scarcely discover instance
of proabor loading Kornhauser of corresponding
questions aimed at bringing out the faults of big business
Even than the obvious and fam-boyant anti-abor
propaganda that fills the press and RADIO such biased opinion
polls help to create false impression that the public is out
for labor's scalp
Any politician who wishes to get reelected will want
evidence that legislation he is asked to back has the
support of a substantial proportion Of the voters
Big business therefore has concentrated every pos
sb trick and pressure members of the Congress
that there is big popular demand for annon legislation
It is more than time that Congress heard more from the
people themsevesrom the ordinary Americans who work
for living and who certainly don't want their living stand
ards reduced by the unionbustng and wagecung legsa
ton that is being vigorously pushed in Congress-
We the people, don't have the muti-mlion sush and
propaganda funds of big business We don't have chains OF
papers and miion-circulaon magazines We don't have
opinion polls for the manufacture of false impressions of
public opinion
But we do have our voices and votes and do
represent the majority of Americans who want labor and
democratic rights preserved and rising living stanardsnot
business.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-24
FOOD TO HELP DEMOCRATIC EUROPE

HUNGER CHAOS and desperation in any country play into
Communists hands and enable them to get control The
winter of 1857 has been the code in Europe in SO
In areas especially in Germany and Austria under
noushment has been this year than last because al
though food rations somewhat higher almost
where they have been far from adequate that the
lated deficiency is causing slow starvation Relief is still
necessity until Europe can be got back to production
UNRRA will end it's relief work in Europe June &c. and
the President has asked Congress to appropriate $3.50 mil
lion USAs share of the $610 million to provide
diet of 1000 caores for the people of Europe until the next
harvest hs compares with average diet of calores
USA in 1917 The distribution of relief under this appro
pration will be strictly under u S. supervson-an improve
ment UNRRA which, with Communists in key positions,
permitted the of relief for political purposes
To help meet this immense need and to encourage the
growing free trade union movement in Europe
stone of democracy the American Federation of Labos Free
Trade Union Committee has already collected than $780,
600 for food parcels for union families there letter from
unonst in Germany of these parcels They help those
buttons may be sent to Matthew Wo Chairman Free Trade
Union Committee Box 65, Station G. New York 49, NJ Y
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-24
THE PETRILLO FUND

THE CONTRACT of the American Federation of Musicians
for royalties the sales of musical records paying off
handsomely it $650000 out of $l756000 collected
far in the administered fund have been dsbursed in
membership benefits well for the financing of musical
projects
To those who recall the public controversy raging
around the socaled Petrlo Fund this is welcome well
promising 1t is welcome in that it shows the
constructive character of the fund promising in that
the fund holds out to each member the hope of additional
earnings and helps to strengthen managementunon
ton in the entertainment industry
What is the true purpose of the Petrlo Fund? 1t
Without saying that the money collected from the record
manufacturing industry must help to soften the blows of
employment and provide security against setbacks created
by improved mechanical methods In fact is used
time undertaking financed by the union goes under
Assuming however that the public program of the
fund broadened to include promotion of international
good will through exchange of orchests and outstanding
musicians musical felowshps, scholarships for talented
children, popular understanding and sympathies with the
aims of the union would be greatly improved Other ideas
such old musicians home and supplying of record play
ing equipment etc. to schools and other institutions come
to mind Intelligent of the fund in the general interest
bound to enhance the reputation of the union 1t bound to
contribute to better public relations of which all of organized
labor stands in need
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-24
STOP, LOOK, LISTEN!
(Ry X. G.. SOderStrOm.
President, Illinois State Federation Of Laborl

IT'S TIME FOR NOT ONLY union people, but also all the
other American people to STOP look and listen We
ronted with national and world crisis There two forms
of government unctionng in the world today only two
One the SociasSovet form which has swept most OF
the foreign countries in the world - the other is the demo-
cracy of the United States Thirty years from
ably there be only form of throughout
the world and it won't be the democratic form unless the
working people of America struggle for it, fight for it, and
continue to exercise their fundamental rights citizens
Democracy is something that belongs to all the Ameri
people, to be enjoyed and shared alike by all workers
well all employers When democratic rights denied by
to of all these other countries they
somehow retaated bindy wrongfully but still retaated
by successfully imposing similar slavery upon all the other
people in the land Must more be said?
History teaches terrcaly convincing lesson that no
country not beloved United States long
endure half slave and half Free Save labor unions and
they will save America!
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-24
HENRY WALLACE

HENRY WALLACE of the most quixotc figures OF
this generation He has held two cabinet positions In the
United States government been vcepresdent OF this con-
try just missed being president and now the editor OF
liberal magazine.
With all of this background he is now busy in Great
Britain denouncng the Adminstraons policy in relation to
Greece being ruthless Imperialism We do not with
him all counts but that completely beside the point
What has worried is that now he is being attacked
because certain people to doubt that he has right to
say what he saying We going to rush to his defense
and point that if free speech anything he definite
y has right speak his mind but Henry eratc and Wild
eyed he sometimes s beat to the punch In dgnfed
statement he summed up the whole furor in this fashion,
"A little year ago at Fulton, Mo-, distinguished
private citizen of Great BrtainWinston Churchltold
the American people how he felt The president OF the United
States sat behind him as he spoke
obviously at Fulton, Winston Churchill expressed per-
sona opinions variance with those of his government Now
there nothing wrong in this surey large part of the
American press and the Republican party applauded Mr.
Churhs views Those of who disagreed with his views
certainly did not deny the right of this distinguished British
citizen speak out in the United States That is part OF
every Americans fundamental faith in free speech
You see, Wallace is speaking for Wallace, and that is
his privilege American. Thank Cod
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-24
legislative News From The Ohio
State Federation Of Labor

Anti-Iabor bills which endanger very
ss T S 81
svn Asn M Cleveland Restricts Res pcsS s to ct two
Soliciting reseSins political purposes
ass SS
Immediately after afpS vote Practically
Ae-van (R Cleveand). bill directs employer
terminate ter checking Xxi &c off of dues any time upon 80 days written notice
H. p 4s-yeaeh R Putnam) This would completely
ton to BAN sho a'h'f proposes to amend the state
s s 'Ss%
This @ is extremely Will andIor write I'M
them these b ~ just post '
a ss Pssa sSoa t S naS @e t pe G % I
Strikes by Public Employees hearings wednesday, apr" -'
pohS s tas empoyes ss amy branch
The who week after opposition to labor
They were George Hammond Retail Merchants Assoeia
% I and Frank Gs" Manck NaN the ohio
sq Agent s and d. President s Louis Ohio State
SSRsss"s 1as sPS
Sss school board
n fss f1ss sss S s1al the o @ ff @ You"
N Hamion) would change the Ohio Workmens
which have been effect for 35 The existing the
state the exclusive right to guarantee compensation victims of in
dsra accidents Private sell that
of
Under the Reners private firms allowed to guaran
compensation without the The
Federation will this BILL
Workmen's Compensation
The first hearing has been held the
pensation bill This measuSenate Bill 262 by
Senator Addison (R Columbus).
Duffy Federation legal counsel then presented
merce and Labor Committee with comprehensive Of the
Your Legislative Agent
United Mine Workers District John
of the Ohio State Conference spoke
This bill Improvement the law merits
all bodies
Labor and Management jointly will exert all
nand effort to have the Legislature Bill
It's form.
The Senate Commerce
hearing the Workmen Compensation bill Tuesday,
a 1000 a.
Other Hearings
Labor Committee Tuesday, April a
the minimum age for
hours attending
The House Insurance Committee will hold
SIS Tuesday April % at 1880 This
sections of the General Code contributions public
retirement fund
Roberts Reappointed
The appointment of w. T. Roberts by
Board
confirmed in the Senate
had endorsed Mr. Roberts
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-24
LAUGH OF THE WEEK

TO LES FINNEGAN of Labor Press Associates goes full
credit for this Laugh of the Week Quoth Brother Fnne
gan:
There's nothing in current economic life in
trgung than the big business theory that what the nation
needs is greater productivity while prices being lacked
high that buy products Remember the story
of the little moron?
Wel this little and his little helpers
building house see? So the little went to the boss
and asked him if they should build it from top
from the bottom up why build it from the bottom UP
of course' the boss replied The little turned and
yelled to his helpers Tear er down. boys We gotta start
all over!
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-24
These Subversive Americans

usImguished senator was speahHe' -,
~u o~ people their paa coal
strike and nationwide railroad wakout less than
By angry
sa S pa Of this
m5 % @ dss S9%s b The right avSSs the s
nd to Se W s o1 1d and
& Il Lies. essential H. m & defend the
resources to better conditions advancing
yet when defend rights being
~ The Senator WAS not talking through his hat Since Claude Pepper
called have 5 thrown nto hs %s"
hopper ang w oer G b bills h aimed at smashing unions % DIRECTLY %
amed dsfnhs The yssrS 6 =
n % in R Of BY the % an o ry o 9 S a
o un s at one me % another 6esG
by big newspapers by groups of businessmen and indus
means Take ts rent c9n nt & for a T millions Of
% Of he National ssE OF Rss P H
sae ond @ % ed & m % "d of 3 G
the way
What ;, about sa the EsnsTaft housing bill
munst according NAREB President Nelson
s kicking S N'%a Come
FrsS 5s 4 Taft ' SnS fSf Of & g's I BY the real
mss 6a GS as os of aSng @ IA G BILL used & the Technique
employment s s bill T he called it, and the jobs
@ % ss % pa @ base n.as
anee for workers M and their families Using the ure redbaing
campaign against the bill termed the t
of all professions industry The Medical
Associations friends hastened Rep
Charles A. Pumiey, Republican of Vermont
if it from the sanctfed of Karl
Equal rights old American
Chamber communsms bood-red
Employment Practices Legislation
discrimination To Senator Theodore Bbo Mississippi
FEPC foo communist concept what Bbo
colleagues think
have discovered Opponents of the poax
with the red brush.
Education hand hand with democracy,
committee heard bill providing blasted as
toward colectlvlsm We would be
perhaps somewhat after the Russian
Iabors stiffer the
according to David Lawrence coum and COP
destruction individual incentive which the basic
the communic philosophy"
Under of the red by House COM
mittee unAmecan activities and President
"dsloyap
ment safeguards for the workers being broken
cut more than $l2 million in the Labor Departments
explained the label
Director Edgar L. Warren, well
the long distinguished wash
ed by the antired hysteria.
From attacking aborupported attacking labor
self communist Not passes con-
hreling
American ndstrywide bargaining red plot and strikes
higher communist-nspired.
That is why organized labor today anti
bills William
against bill outlawing the Communist
There would readily kind
whereby political
social economic
today conveniently label communism anything they find
able Them 1t should
cute and prosecute liberal country"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-24
No More 'SocioIis+ic' Than Education1 !

Senator Taft is to be congratulated his
touched the high points frankly and couageousy Washington
speech recently.
There 100000 sub standard homes in this The only
thm
the Taft of
can't for decent housing" He's he saws
He ground decent housing no
the conservative this will weight
who have been msd by the the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-24

"Do you know Fontanes what astonisheS most in
this world? Inability OF force to create anything In the long
run the sword is always beaten by the sprtNapoleon.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-24

If it's all for workers to have
negotiation with their employers be
agency which has shop for members of the
Lawyers Union, without consulting anyone? ~
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-09-12
United Nations
Week
S E P 7 E M B E r
IA 20, 1947

In June of this year the Unit
ed Nations celebrated the Sec
Ond Anniversary of the signing
of the Charter at San Francisco.
In the two years of the Oper-
alton of the United Nations we
find there are at present SIS
nations members as compared
with the As members of the
League of Nations at the time
of its greatest strength.
The test of the United Nations
will be it's ability TO PREVENT
WAR.
Success or failure in this ma
jOr task will be determined by
the support which it receives
from the rank and file of the
citizens of all countries.
You are the q in the United
Nations.
A recent survey made by the
University of Denver indicates
that S7% of the American peo-
pie say there is no necessity for
war between the q. S. and Rus
STA. The opinions from reliable
sources indicate that about the
same percentage of the people
of Russia agree to this concen-
sus of American opinion.
IET THE PEOPLE SPEAK"
Evening star., 1947-12-07

WE ARE not much wiser for the atomic
w bomb, but we have at least learned that
we can no longer entrust our affairs to the
conventional triumvirate of the legislator, the
businessman and the soldier We must now
pay equal attention to the scientist who
understands the dominant scientific facts OF
our lives.
We are beginning to apply this lesson by
making room for scientists in our highest
councils, and there is no better example OF
their growing influence than that provided by
the person of Dr. ]. Robert Oppenheimer.
Five years ago he was professor of theo-
retical physics at the California Institute OF
Technology and at the University of Cali
fornia He emerged from academic into public
renown only after the war. when he was
revealed as the director of Los Alamos, where
he had done more than any other one man to
translate nuclear fssion into a military
weapon.
Soon after this, he co-authored the famous
Acheson-Lilienthal report on the control of
atomic energy And since then he has been
appointed to the two very important govern
ment positions he now holds: Chairman of the
General Advisory Committee of the domestic
Atomic Energy Commission, and scientific
consultant to the American delegation on the
Evening star., 1947-12-07

for their richest verbal awards. He is "a
brilliant physicist" "a charming companion"
"a tireless worker" an overwhelming person.
atty" His critics are those who think scien-
lists oughtn't to meddle in public affairs, and
those who think they should participate fully.
Science or Politics?
HE first view is represented by a military
man who was associated with Oppenheimer at
Los Alamos: HE is one of the few men of our
generation with true genius, but he's so in
volved in the government today that he has
ceased to be a scientist" The others say
something like this: "Oppy's too much inclined
to function on the high-policy level The time
has come for big scientists to climb down and
deal as citizens with the issues science has
raised. Oppenheimer would be invaluable in
the political arena. No one knows the situation
better than he does No one feels more deeply
Evening star., 1947-12-07
HOW TO Be A: SCIENTIST
nv James Il. Miller

These davs it's more than a matter of test
tubes and formulas. Look what's happened
to Robert Oppenheimer, the gaunt young
physicist who can't get away from The Bomb
Evening star., 1947-12-07

friend says: MAYBE it's that voice. He speaks
with great intensity, but so quietly that you
have to listen hard to get what's he's saying.
Pretty soon you're sort of hypnotized Later,
after the spell is gone, you get to wondering
what the devil he was talking about. He's not
the kind of guy who tries to fool people, but
think he can make you fool yourself.
Oppenheimer escapes any suspicion of being
Laboratory Svengali by his obvious integrity,
kindness and humility In restaurant, he
seems almost to suffer when he has to ask
waitress for an extra piece of butter. In dis
cussing scientific matters, he shows as much
courtesy to those who are ignorant as to those
who are informed One member of the domes-
tic Atomic Energy Commission, man OF
great accomplishment in his own field. says
gratefully, II know I'm an ignoramus on
nuclear physics, but Oppy has very carefully
Continued on page 28
Evening star., 1947-12-07

something like that of an Old Tes-
lament prophet - and one who
knows whereof he speaks when
he warns of fire and birthstone
Oppenheimer smokes inces-
sanity and coughs, as one of his
colleagues put it, like to die
right in front of you" But no
one feels sorry for him. His capac-
ity for work is too great, his
presence much too powerful for
anything like that. Another
Evening star., 1947-12-07

about it. Very few men can articulate if moro
clearly and movingy."
The first criticism is wide of the marL
Oppenheimer is in the government by invita-.
ton and because he is needed He is still verv
much of a scientist and is trying, to the extent
that it is possible, to make scientists of us all
The other criticism is sounder But Opnen.
heimer is Oppenheimer. He is impatient
with politics. He is by training and TEN.
perament teacher. 1t is impossible to de.
tail his government duties, for they are clothed
in secrecy, but there is no question that his re.
lation to the other men of the Atomic Enerov
Commissions - and indirectly to the rest of
US - is that of teacher to student 1t is his iob
to make US as knowledgeable as possible about
the furious atom with which we have to deal
His major qualification is that he is regarded as
one of the five or six greatest living physicists
Like an Old Testa.nent Prophet
| HE man with this task and reputation is
now 43 years old. Without his slight stoop he
would stand six feet tall. Weighing only l23
pounds, he looks almost patheticaly ean
There is hawk-like conhguration to his face
- small mouth, arching nose, high forehead,
short-cropped graying hair. His expression
concentrated in eyes of a startling blue, is
Evening star., 1947-12-07

Atomic Energy Commission of the
United Nations. His continued
standing among the scientists is
underscored by his recent ap-
pointment as Director of the
Institute for Advanced Study at
Princeton, N. ].
People who know Open
heimer like to talk about him
because he has given them so
distinct a set of impressions.
Most of them reach Immediately
Evening star., 1947-12-07

TW-12-7-H
The Valley settler., 1947-05-22
PALMER CfNTER OF RESEARCH

Cont. from page l
 that the program be initiated next year with an appropriation of $l5O, ,Ooo and that such program be "developed over a five- year period to a program costing three or four inc s that amount"
 The agricul tural group estimated that there probably is not more than one mill lion acres of suitable farm land in the Territory, and recommende that increase attention will be directed to dairying and the raising of pou1 try. hogs, beef cattle, sheep and goats in the future. The course of action recommended by the group to Congress for an intensive agri- cultural re search program in Alaska Is based upon the need Tor inforn t ion ito guide new sett 1ement." Recognizing the niQue problems Of the terr i5ory. the so- called task force recommended the follow ing to the Senate and House committees: 1. Detailed soil classification and Nap ping within the tuo principal farming areas, the Latanuska Valley and the Tanana Valley, with some work in the area near Anchorage and Homer.
 2. Research to develop reliable inforaa- ti0n regarding control of diseases, har- vesting. storage, proces ess1ng and hand1 ing of cereal crops, potatoes, vegetables and shall fruits.
 8. study Of c1 iInatic influences to guide
 the development Of research on crop pos sibilit ies ia Ala ska.
 4. Estab1i smnent of central re search Station located in the latanuska Valley and two ub-stations, probably in the Tanana Valley and one on the Renal Penin- sa1a, in order to conduct research in live stock breeding.. feeding and management 2rool ems peculiar to those areas. 5. An expanded research program on fur- bearing animals, Continued on page ?