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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-10
LABOR is A MONOPOLY

THE CHARGE THAT ORGANIZED LABOR is becoming
monopostc and therefore needs the type of
though partly true The monopotc tendencies of labor
are becoming terrible. To cite only few of the things in
life over which labor exercises complete monopoly will be
interesting.
Labor has complete monopoly on all the ramshackle
houses in the sums of all great cities Those having only
reasonable wealth would consider living such shacks abo
nabe Labor must live in these ss because of the made
quae they receive from greedy wealthy employers
Labor has complete monopoly every in the
poor houses our nation Labor tolls hard exc exist
and to accumulate profit for the absentee wealthy
ers in industry who own their Jobs Labor is too old to toll
after the age of fifty then very benevolent society gives
labor aims house to share with other except those
have earned their living by the of their brow and
who have been beaten badly by the machine.
Labor has complete monopoly in finding it impossible
to give all of their children university education Usually
job the mines that Mother have few extra dollars
to keep the little home together.
Labor has complete monopoly, when i'll, on the wards
too many unkept city hospitals The wealthy private
institutions with trained nurses constantly at their beck and
Labor especially black labor has complete monopoly
ignorance because their white masters still refuse to
furnish universities schools for them to attend in some of
our sovereign states.
Labor has nearly complete monopoly the right to go
fight and die to the world until the next
GRAFTON Of workers develop that another war can be
fought and won.
Labor has complete monopoly suffer and to die for
lack of proper medical attention because of the high Tee OF
every day at cost of $500 throw strains the strings
greatly and poor Nom just suffers out and too often
her reward is shroud.
Labor has complete monopoly on job fear and debt;
complete monopoly million rafting tn izzies that will
paid for at the end of three if not attached because
a few payments could not be made
When this giant labor organized for the purpose of Civ
ing schooling to the children to keep them out OF mnes
mills and factories to give them free textbooks to give
mothers PENSIONS old and unemployment insurance, to
provide the undeprvieged with opportunities to lift their
moral social and intellectual status then they are supposed
suffer with attempted crucxon at the hands of modern
Ponus Pilates of the k of the Dafy Tafs the Joe Screw
balls and Heartless Hartleys.
The members organized labor should forget that
even adversely they must keep their faces to the and
keep their faith in Cod with the additional ortfication
of bigger and stronger unions based upon justice equality
and the brotherhood of man.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-10
TRADE UNION LOYALTY

AS CONGRESS AND STATE legislatures grinding out
calculated to restrict rights and activities the
need for deep-seated tradenon loyalty among the men,
bers is making itself ever more potently felt.
devoves chiefly upon local union officers to install in
to the hearts and minds of members loyalty to their union
without saying that also the conduct of local union Of
fcers and the administration of the local unions affairs
should be such to inspire the members with confidence
and loyalty
the past several years. the vast majority of the daily
papers and of the weekly and monthly magazines either
openly clandestney have been conducting vicious
pagn against labor aimed at destroying the faith of working
and in their unions.
This antiabor campaign largely inspired by the Nation
al Association of Manufacturers and other such groups
aborhatng employers be successfully counteraced
among the members sound understanding concerning the
why of the union
Even its affairs should not be conducted strictly
cordng to their particular notion of right and
are not likely to desert their union if they deeply
conscious of the fact that by doing they delivering
themselves up to the tender mercies of profit greedy
poyers.
Even most unorganzed workers in industry are look
ing protection They will be glad to join the union if
looking for Members loyal to their union if they
maintain their membership not because they have to- but
because they want to- They must be made believe in their
union Organizing union craftsmanship and the degree OF
organizers success like that of other salesman, de-
pends upon his knowledge of the goods he has for sale and
upon his ability to explain their merits to prospect
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-10
HEALTH AND UNION WAGES

GOOD HEALTH AMONG WORKING people depends more
- good wages and working conditions and decent hous-
ing than other factors Where good Union wages
prevail tuberculosis is seldom found Where poverty wages
and long hours and sum housing prevail tuberculosis gains
enormously.
Though tuberculosis and does attack all classes of
people, it hits working people hardest In this country the
death rate from this disease professional men, bus
nessmen and officials very low. However, the rate for
semskiled workers is four times high profess
ona people 1t times great for unskled tOllers
Nutrition, well good housing, prime factors in
the prevention Of this disease Good nutrition helps build
the bodys resistance Starvation and semstarvaon diets
invite invasion.
Among some industrial workers, slicoss is responsible
for high death rate from tuberculosis. Hard coal miners,
foundry workers and many others who nhae silica likely
develop scosis. Union rules and conditions have
the fatality rate, however by enforcing safety stan
dards.
One of the most important for the high death
from tuberculosis unskled workers is overwork
Hard exhaustng work is seldom done by professional
but by the unsklled toers. Physical overstran
among lower wage industrial workers. reduces resistance to
tuberculosis.
Hospitals physicians, nutrition, nursing have done
much to combat the disease Many hospitals need
ed right here in the Pacific Northwest But not only must
medical and hospital facilities be improved if the plague to
conquered but the standard of living for those who fall
natural victims must be raised Higher wages shorter hours
of work-the results of Union oganization-the complete
abolition Of all speedup schemes and better housngthese
comprise the real miracle drug which and will eventually
wipe out the plague.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-10
WHY OVERTIME PENALTY?

UNION MAN WE KNOW discussing his take-home
"A pay and the of living What seemed to make him
hottest of all that his employer had ceased calling him
back for overtime No ndonehaf appears in the
weekly paycheck.
While sympathize with him, and we understand his
trouble think he is missing the meaning of overtime pen
atty There would be such rates if working people,
through their Unions, had not determined that limited
working day and fve-ay week desirable and
airy.
The overtime higher than straight time
that want to discourage overtime We penalze the EN-
pIoyer We do want him to call back When we have
finished days work, want to quit and home If the
boss has emergency work left which he wants to turn out
then well workout only at a penalty rate of pay.
The limitation on working hours and working weeks
never intended of increasing the weekly
It's sole purpose to prevent at least to discourage over
time The worker himself must eventually recognize this
His standard daily should be fair and reasonable
If it isn't then it rghtfuy the subject for negotiation with
the employer the proper time but extra overtime hours at
penalty rates of intended to boost the take
home Their purpose is to protect the limits on hours
and days of work
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-10
DEPRESSION WHEN?

DRICES ARE SO HIGH, quality of goods is so low, people
weary and almost hopefully turn toward the promise
of depression but the depression holds off primarily be-
employment holds up and the demand for goods is so
vast and constant.
stona condition One group of economists comes forward
and advocates the sabzaton of the high prices This of
course that everybody in the United States has his
reduced to about 40 percent and that the standard OF
living will remain at low level in the richest country
the world 1t is curious theory, but is inevitable that
those who have benefited by the present situation want to
keep the level of prices and the flow of profits constant
There a lot of curious ideas abroad too result
of the situation The daily press and big business
doing their best to create the impression that labor caused
the high prices. Housing for veterans is practically at
standst Automobiles scarce and they being sold
largely the black market There is scarcity of necess
es and great abundance of luxury goods. In fact, we
live in sick economy, and somehow the patient must get
cured.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-10
Now Who+!
BY RUTH TAYLOR

There mincng spot How got
there who responsible plight
the moment Labor has unquetonaby been nped by outside
teress but has also had it's aboteu within We don't
that But this the fell
lows short comings This the time off the spot!
What the agitation
the country? 1t has been campaign carefully fomened
by those who seek to destroy Built false allegations half truths
geneaes and personalities has affected thous
an who friends of Labor and who still believe the
high purposes to which Labor allegiance
Butm first quick not be led into
what these potters For this not the
iodc attempts to destroy Organized Labor
part of the greater plot against American unity.
This the time to talk of the record of Labor Organized
Labor the tactics of the
them before the the existed Labor
the dangers of Fascsm when the
tourist only that time Organized Labor
the of Hitler at the first of the the
and started its boycott while the misguided still shook their heads
the Versailles treaty Granted all that Now the attack is
Labor and has to fghnot its fellow Amecansbut those who
would divide the nation for personal gain.
Nowhow to fight First be house is clean: that
charges that justified
represent Labor like
tmesand labor who lets down his fellow
his actions misrepesent their motives and traitor of
he endangeng the the labor
but undermining the the WELL
Second do job to the best of ability then
casebe aricute Iaborand above
actions that opponent is all And ourthve
beliefs
YOU whose whole method of life dependent unity and
action must show that word deed
your expressed
straight to lne-and get off the spot!
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-10
looming Prices Wipe Out Servings

Washington ID. CThe workers losing battle
rising prices caused the exhaustion of all large part their
time according a Federal Reserve
The boards report warned that unless purchasing workers
the nations economy is headed for a slump
showed a lopsded Among
the moderate brackets off
by 10 billion dollars On the other hand
sharply.
What the savings for? In the
board said such funds withdrawn primarily for living
medical emergencies and other
About oneourh of the who had to dip into
FUSED all of their holdings the board
debt.
W significant" the added "that
and substantial
of liquid assets for living expenses"
In there has been marked
the number of purchasers who buy such durable
efrgerato furniture radios and washing machines
for automobiles alone is holding the showed
praGcuary heavy decline
because of staggering prices.
"Many units, and particularly
brackets have disappeared from the list of
houses" the report pointed
Some bright spots the cited there
fewer family units with incomes than wear
the board declared moderate shifting
income levels took place. So
But ostng that the board said
reduced the effective purchasing of their
and of such savings they had" ~
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-10
Missed Chance Of d Lifetime

the powerful daily have been pos-
ing defenders of freedom Of the they have been
strangely silent Senator Robert A. Taft
boased that provisions the Taftarte bill designed
labor ~
Here real threat freedom press the
publishers made protest Was because
involved? ~ 49, ~
Whenever include
of child labor laws, the publishers silent -
Freedom Of the would be
not work children number of hours pay
When members Congress suggested
should be allowed to buy radio
again dire danger to freedom of the press. p
In all those and Others the
publishers right make the biggest possible profit any way
they fit Under those circumstances they w ring
with shouts of freedom of the press" - ~ 80
have been able
objected to the labor the
ed this lifetime
Fortunately, the labor is able
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-10
INALIENABLE RIGHTS OF LABOR


IN THE OPINION OF THE American Federation of Labor
every country-vicor and vanQuished aike-must con-
slider naenabe the right of its working people to organize
work strike and fight for constantly just distribution
of its national income and wealth. for the Improvement of the
moral and material welfare of the people, for better health
and protection against unemployment industrial accident
sickness and old age.
Social legislation is not worth the paper which it is
written unless it guarantees deed decent minimum
hours of work prohibition of child labor adequate
medical and full social insurance Noisy glorcation OF
any economic system long hide its grave inherent de-
and is substitute for its failure to improvehe
conditions raise the standards and lift the levels of its work
ing people.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-10
DICTATORIAL CAPITALISM
nURING THE TROUBLED TWO years followin
" World War there has been debate in this co

nURING THE TROUBLED TWO years following the second
- World War there has been debate in this country about
capitalism and its services to the underlying population. The
apoogsts for capitalism have declared frequently that it is
tied up with democracy and that only under capitalism
you democracy The present antunion Congress- how
ever has greatly dslusoned the underlying population
about the virtues of democratic capitalism The antabor
moving against the workers and the underpriveged.
seems view of these performances and the facts that
what really have in America today is dicatoral capital
ISM There many signs that the Congress is friendly
only big business monopoes and cares and to
the worker the small consumer has voice in Congress
with the majority, and the cards loaded heavily against
them These matters of import and point to
sharper widespread struggle than at any time in
history.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-10
NEWS and VIEWS
BY ALEXANDER S. LIPSETT Can ILNS Feature)
Glimpses OF Postwar Sweden

f. the French to is to esee then the swedes a
Just snf sss Hssns 5 5
s
5 the sd @ By s 9 as asS satsa s
ard of living of which Americans are naturally proud
s s as a a aers without @ @
future power land
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m %Gss Ss @
es oag .Se sa ena s and o osr %
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the W the then Of the haVe
sss s aSi sd s
sighted policies of the late labor Prime Minister Per Abn Hanson
As.s But s al in % R' % to- while s not @ sss
s bus sn % @ y Bu % ~ e % sa
war problems sssrans
ss a., s s
than by necessity hortrange problems of e war er
the 1ss Se s s'ss sa had %
snnS bom IT, ess Sf es
s1s tonnes
% s But with aVorsPy alike the
aeS s' S S' aSs
felt Hs Fsese 5s Srfss s Sas a sa
ss by @
Ye 5 fs @ Sae t ndns and trade union
Swdens labor shortage 100000 arbitrary
be but indicative of the desperate industrial
There to fill that need Swedish industry and
is true need not look around for new markets They have all and
ironically enough this prosperity which makes Sweden
particularly led
foreign which controversy
abroad
manifold Seen the overall
Sweden after all of that
significance the collapse Europe agicay
gnfed the destruction of Germany and the weakening of other
of the continent This together with Brian difficulties holds
dangers for Sweden.
imports from England industry
unsatisfactory
tativey quantae disappointing and depend delivery
of
this the that the Swedes fearful
United States and therefore inclined seek
Eastern markets. and glimpse of the
political complexities in the of 1947.
Swedish industry and trade have their hands full with handling all
the business they but when think the
foreee the action the labor
Eastern Western trade balance different
bitterly fought-over agreement of
which articles Not that the
from the Western
behind the
the geographic location neghbor
at this time hidden dangers
Russian plot to its into the Swedish political
decidedly arfetched The
after themselves quite efectvy during tn World Wars and They
ing the Russian bluff if such is intended
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-10
WISDOM

WISDOM
Responsibility is tremendous engine government
Thomas Jefferson.
Evening star., 1947-06-30
Relief Agency's Staff Cut
To 2,o75 From 1908 High

UNRRA, slated TO ring down the
curtain on its European operations
today. has cut its staff here and
abroad from a peak of l2,906 persons
in June, 1916. to 2,675, as OF to-
morrow, a spokesman for the relief
agency disclosed.
The agency estimated its staff here
stood at 315 from l946 high OF
1926. BY December 81 of this year,
the total employed in Washington
will be down to about 400, the
spokesman said.
1t was explained that the large
majority of employees remaining on
after this year will be engaged IN
auditing and similar chores.
The agency already has vacated
number of its Offices at 1874 Con-
necticut avenue NV. They are be-
ing taken over, however, by the
United Nations Food and Agricul-
ture Organization, the International
Emergency Food Council and the
International Refugee Organization.
UNRRA auditors will continue op-
erations in the La Sale Building.
Argentina has stopped the I'M
portation of radios and ampllt1ers. 8
Evening star., 1947-06-30

Carol, 4, and Olivia. 8, were in
jured in the accident, but officials
at the Doylestown Hospital said
last night their condition was good.
Mrs. Geddes, the former Grace l..
Carr of Washington, was at the hos
pital with them.
The sen of Mr.. and Mrs. Bond
P. Geddes, 20 Grafton street, Chevy
Chase. Md. the young business
executive will be buried in Rock
Creek Cemetery. His father is
executive vice president of the
Radio Manufacturers Association.
A native of Washington, Mr.. Ged-
des attended Dartmouth College fol-
lowing his graduation from Central
High School. Elected member OF
Phi Beta Kappa fraternity at the
age of 10, he later received a master
of science degree from the Tuck
School of Business Administration
there.
During World War II he served
for three years as a Navy lleuten-
ant aboard the aircraft carrier Sag
inaw Bay. He participated in five
aior battles in the Pacific area.
Mr.. Geddes, whose home was in
West Orange, N. j.. was member
of Sigma Nu fraternity and the
Montclair IN. j. Golf Club. He
was a former member of Columbia
Country Club here.
He is also survived by brother,
Bruce B. Geddes, Ill Allan road,
Yorktown Village, Md.
Evening star., 1947-06-30

William M. Hanna He was edu-
Gated at Princeton University where
he took a degree in civil engineer
ing in 1892.
Mr.. Hanna joined the engineering
staff of the old Washington and
GEORGETOWN Railroad Co. in Febru-
ary, 1894, and when it was reor-
ganized into the Capital Traction
Co., he took an important part In
the development of the electrical
underground track system.
He served successfully as as
sistant chief engineer and superin-
tendent, chief engineer, vice presi-
dent in charge of operations, and
finally as president of the Capital
Traction Co., from March. 1926, un-
til September, 1888. In that year
the Capital Transit Co. was formed
from a merger of the Capital Trac-
ton Co. and the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Co. Mr.: Hanna
was elected president of the new
organization.
Advocate of better Service.
In more than So years in which he
was associated with the Washing
ton transit system, Mr.. Hanna was
a constant advocate of new methods
and equipment to improve the serv-
ice. The development of the modern
streamlined streetcar is credited in
a large degree to his efforts.
Active in many community &C
tivities until a few years ago. he
was one of the organizers and for
mer director of the Community
Chest.
He also was a former director
Evening star., 1947-06-30
De Gau|Ie Warns Of War
Between u. ). and Russia
By the Associated Press


LILLE. France, June 30. - Gen.
Charles De Gaulle warned French
men yesterday that Russia-domi-
mating two-thirds of Europe-had
attained a status Of rivalry with the
United States that threatened to
end sooner or later in gigantic
conflict from which no people and
no man on earth will be spared
In speech at ceremonies in this
town where Sc Frenchmen were
massacred by the Germans in April,
1914, Gen De Gaulle said that
Russia, which was already very
powerful because of her natural re-
sources and the number and Valor
of her people, has become more so
due to the weakening of the other
states and despite the losses she
suffered for the great common
cause"
The French leader said that
America, inspired by an ardent
ideal of freedom and democracy, "
was alarmed "at the character they
think they see in Russia's expan-
sion"
Gen. De Gaulle said he did not
believe Russia was ready to embark
"in the near future on violent
conquest of the world" and said
that France, despite the weakness
of her present government, had a
vital part to play in organizing
Europe as an element of equili-
brium' between Russia and Amer
ica to preserve peace
Evening star., 1947-06-30
U. S. Employees
Continued From First Page)

the resolution, but thus far the
House has baked at doing this as
long as House and Senate con-
ferees were deadlocked on the
various appropriation measures.
Some Senators charge that the
House Appropriations Committee is
refusing to enact the resolution in
an attempt to get the Senate con-
ferees on the appropriation bills to
agree to House terms quickly.
Congress has authorized Govern
ment departments and agencies to
incur obligations" but the Budget
Bureau and the GAO say that this
is not enough. They say the Senate
passed resolution, which authorizes
Federal agencies to make salary and
other payments and permits House
eliminated bureaus to continue
pending final congressional action,
is needed to clarity the situation.
Disputed by House Members.
This is disputed by some House
members, who said the continuing
to incur obligations" resolution is
all that is needed.
Government officials say that the
agencies whose funds were elm
mated entirely by the House face
an even worse predicament than
the other agencies which suffered
only cuts. The latter group of
bureaus still may incur obligations,
knowing that eventually they will
get the money to cover them.
But the e-eliminated agen-
cies aren't at all certain whether
to- incur obligations, because they
don't know if any more money will
be Forthcoming.
Among these bureaus are the
Office of Government Reports,
Housing Expeditor, State Depart
ment's overseas broadcasts, Export
Control Commodity Credit and a
number of others.
Federal officials say they doubt
whether those bureaus that are
parts Of departments and agencies
can get financial aid from the par
ent organization in the event that
they run into money difficulties
over incurred obligations.
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