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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-12
TRUMAN VETO HOPE SEPARATES
THE UNIONS FROM SLAVE LABOR

authorized or ratified the acts in
question"
On the Democratic side the final,
hopeless battle in the Senate was
led by Pepper (Fla.), Murray
(Mont.), Magnuson (Wash.) and
Taylor Qda.). Magnuson empha-
sized a major threat to the nations
labor press in the provision ban
ming union political contributions
to campaigns primaries, conven-
tions and caucuses.
Magnuson suggested that eff the
pending bill should become law it
would mean that all labor organs
which are now in existence would,
from now on, be prohibited from
participating in campaign, fav-
oring a candidate, mentioning his
name, or endorsing him for public
office"
An example cited by Sen. Pep
per to Taft showed the real extent
of the threat to the labor press
a threat that had never been dis
closed before in the debate. "Would
the newspaper called Labor, which
is published by the Railway Labor
Executives" asked Pepper, "be
permitted to put out special edi-
tion of the paper, for example in
support of President Truman, if he
should be the Democratic candidate
for the Presidency next year and in
opposition to the Senator from Ohio
(Taft) if he should be the Republi
can nominee for the Presidency,
stating that President Truman was
a friend of labor and that the Sen
ator from Ohio was not friendly
to labor? Would that be called
political expenditure on the part
of the labor organization ?"
Taft replied, "If it were support
ed by union funds contributed by
union members as union dues it
would be a violation of the law,
yes"
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man by the Natl Association of
Manufacturers and the U. S. Cham
Der of Commerce, whose represen-
tatives virtually wrote the two
bills, by the Republican Party and
the Taft machine in Congress and
by a large group of reactionary
Democrats who supported the bill.
The final House vote showed
that 105 Democrats joined 217 Re-
publicans in passing the bill. Op-
posing the measure were only 66
Democrats, IL Republicans and one
American-Laborite.
A rising storm of protest from
all sections of organized labor fol-
lowed Congressional approval of
the bill. Huge demonstrations in
New York and other cities and
statewide rallies petitioned Truman
to veto the legislation. Predictions
were made freely and widely not
only by labor leaders but by Con-
gressmen that enactement of the
bill would result in greater indus
trial strife and industrial chaos.
Rep. Ray Madden 3D., Ind.)
summed up labor's case for veto
when he told Truman in visit to
the White House that "If we're
going to have a contest with the
Republican Party over which will
get the support of the Natl Asso-
citation of Manufacturers, we might
as we'll go out of business.
Popular protest to the White
House was admittedly tremendous.
Nearly 1884, 900 letters and post
cards asking for veto were receiv-
ed by the White House in three
weeds. This did not count hun
dreds of thousands of signatures
on petitions sent to the White
House or to Congressman for trans
initial to Truman.
There was an obvious attempt in
Congress to browbeat Truman into
signing the bill, with the argument
being spread that Truman would
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Fire Sweeps
(Ceafisusd From PAGE One

final conference as we realize that
there are certain factors in the
sanitary industry that necessitated
a monetary sacrifice on their part.
as also the employees sacrificed
certain demands, to which we felt
entitled.
Briefly, all plant employees of
Camden Pottery shall receive "A
general wage-increase of 12hc
per hour across the board and no
strings attached. In addition two
special adjustments were provided
for certain skilled work, in order
to equalize their wages as nearly
as possible with similar work in
other sanitary potteries. This in
cluded .05c per hour increase to
machinists, millrights, and welders,
a 10c per hour increase to mold
makers, in addition to the above
12Hc per hour general-increase.
All increases are retroactive to
May 7th, the expiration date of
our previous agreement.
Your o. C. would like to remind
the members of l.. u. No. so, es-
pecially the newer members, that
with union organization, better
wages and working conditions are
possible, whereas, where there is
no bona-fide bargaining agent in
the factories and workshops, your
chances of higher wages and bet
ter working conditions are about
one in a thousand. While our rela-
tionships with our employer have
generally been agreeable in the
past, it is only reasonable to as
sumo that the employers, large and
small alike, do not usually grant
wage increases or better working
conditions, until such time as there
is apparent dissatisfaction and
then reluctantly. A satisfied en-
ployee is one who likes his particu-
lar job, or can reasonably expect
to be promoted to better one, at
the same time receiving decent
living-wage for his labor. Under
the above circumstances, there is
less labor-turnover and labor man
agement relations are more har-
iDonious.
Our next regular meeting will
be June 20 at 500 p. m. Every
member of l.. u. No. so is urged
to be present as local officers will
be elected for the last half of the
year 1947. Come cast your ballots,
as only by doing so can we expect
to elect the brothers to serve you
for the next six months.
Again, we want to thank the
local committee and brothers
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New York City (ILNS). - De-
claring that selfish reasons" had
dictated the action of Congress in
passing bills to reduce funds for
public employment services, Sem
ator Robert F. Wagner condemned
the proposed slashes in strong
terms.
In a message sent from Wash
mgton to the convention here of
the International Association of
Public Employment Services. Sen
ator Wagner said the attack upon
the public employment service
snakes us fearful indeed for the
economic future and the internal
security of our land"
Holds Cut "Body Blow" 49,
The public employment service
in this country has "just been
dealt body blow by the denial of
adequate operating funds" Wag-
ner said. He warned that "forces
are forming already" for still 9TH
er attacks from many quarters"
and continued:
Ignoring the magnitude of the
problems, to the solution of which
the employment service must make
such a basic contribution, the
House of Representatives took the
almost inconceivable action of re-
ducing the already small budget
request for national USES func-
tions by nearly 80 percent.
"The Senate, though it restored
part of the funds needed by the
USES, more than made up for this
token restoration by taking 20 per-
cent away from the necessarily
larger appropriation for the
states"
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Philadelphia GLNS). - The
United Mine Workers of America
has added to it's long record of
constructive activities by establish
ment of $575,00O fund with JEFF
ferson Hospital here for research
and treatment of silicosis and 9TH
er deadly occupational diseases
found among anthracite miners
and workers in other dusty indus
tries.
The gift, from the unions health
and welfare fund, is seen as more
than justifying creation of the
fund, which was bitterly attacked
when set up last year.
Robert P. Hooper, president of
the trustees of jefferson Medical
College, said that the gift will be
known as the Anthracite Health
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Washington (LPA)-Union-hat-
ing Republicans and Democrats al
most literally refused to listen to
handful of pro-labor Congress
men last week as the Taft-Hartley
machine rushed the slave-labor bill
thru the House by a 800 to 70 mar
gin.
On nearly every occasion when
an opponent of the bill took the
floor during the last three hours
Democrats by the score got up
and walked out to the cloakrooms
for a smoke or into the corridors
for a chat.
Here, however, are few of the
ignored warnings that disguised
pro-labor Representatives predict
ed their colleagues would live to
regret:
REP. MARY NORTON 3D., N.
J.)-"At long last the labor bait
ers and labor haters are having a
field day, the day you had hoped
for for 10 long years. Much that is
in this bill you will bitterly re-
gret. For the last IA years your
Labor Committee and a Democratic
Congress protected labor, with the
result that when our country need
ed labor to supply the necessities
of war, production was speeded up
until his country became the won
der and the envy of the world.
None profited more than the Natl
Association of Manufacturers. That
group Of little mem wrote this bill
for their own profit and found a
subservient Republican committee
ready and anxious to do their bid
ding"
REP. ADOLPH SABBATH CIR.
Ill.) 81 can only say that the
American people will remember
this affront to justice and fair
play. If you Republicans think
that the interests who are forcing
you to adopt this legislation will
help to reelect you, | tell you now
YOU are badly fooled. They cannot
do it, no matter how much money
they may expend. All their money
cannot buy the American people.
You fooled them in 1916. You can
not fool them in 1948."
REP. JOHN A BLATNlCK d.,
Minn.) - "The Hartley bill was
aimed at destroying the American
labor movement by taking away
from the worker his only protection
against ruthless employers. This
slave-labor bill violates every prin-
ciple of Americanism-it violated
the rights of the people under the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-12
Boxers Union
Offers Free
Bikes As Prizes

Washington, D. C. (ILNS). =
Bakers Union, Local No. 374, of
the Bakery and Confectionery
Workers international Union of
America, AFL, is holding contest
for the boys and girls of Dayton,
Ohio.
The prizes are 5 brand new bicy-
cles which will be given to the 5
winners who turn in the greatest
number of entire union label bread
rappers at one time to the local
union.
The contest has received great
deal of publicity in The Labor
Union, of Dayton, well known
weekly, and over a local radio
station. Handbills are being dis
tributed throughout Dayton by
members of the Bakers Union an. !,
their families. y
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-12
Allis-C Chalmers Strike In
Al Called By Communists
House Labor Group Finds

Washington, D. C. OLNS). = Charges made by thu,
American Federation of Labor and other leaders that t
long strike at the AlsChamers plant in Milwaukee early
in 1941 Communist inspired and Communist led have
been borne out by the House Labor Committee sizzling
report.
The strike which lasted 76 days. called by direction
of the Communist party because of the important work
being done at the big Milwaukee plant for the Navy the
committee reported 1t made public the findings of fact
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clusions and recommendations of a
subcommittee and announced it had
adopted them.
Strike Boon To Reich
Soviet Russia had a nonagression
pact with Hitler's Germany at the
time of the strike and Communists
in the United States and through
out the world were holding antiwar
demonstrations and denouncing as
imperalistic the war between the
Axis and the Allies. The United
States was supplying vital material
to Great Britain and the other
nations resisting Germany and any
interruption to the stream of U. S.
supplies was of direct help to Hit
ler's aggression.
The committee said it was with
holding from publication the full
report at the request of the Depart
ment of Justice to which it had
turned over the document as evil
dence of "false testimony" by Har-
old Christoffel and Robert Buse.
Christoffel was president of Local
248, United Automobile Workers,
Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tions, when it struck in 1941. Buse,
now president, directed the 329-
day strike which ended last March
% and has also been called Com
munist-inspired.
Plant Vital To Navy
The plant, which manufactured
heavy machinery and had $45,000,-
600 of defense orders at the time,
was singled out by Communist
leaders as ga focal point" in 1941
because of its Navy work, the re-
port said.
"At the direction of the Com
munist party and for the purpose
of carrying out it's program" it
added, Harry Christoffel called
To-day strike at the Allis-Chalmers
plant. In doing this he used over O.
COO fraudulent ballots and betrayed
his country, his employer and his
fellow workers"
The report said there was "con-
elusive evidence" that Christoffel
"wilfully and feloniously testified
falsely" under oath before the full
committee March and 3, 1947,
during hearings on general labor
control legislation. There was Sub
stantial evidence" it added, that
Buse did the same March 1. Both
denied to the committee that they
were Communists.
Reds Long Trouble Makers
The subcommittee was comprised
of Representatives Charles j. Ker-
sten, Republican, of Wisconsin,
chairman; Thomas l.. Owens, Re-
publican of Illinois, and John j.
Kennedy, Democrat, of Massachu-
sets. 1t made an on-the-scene in
vestigation in Milwaukee and held
hearings there and in Washington.
The subcommittee said it did not
investigate the recent Allis- -Chal-
mers strike, which was in progress
at the time of the investigation.
"On the other hand" it said, Eve
believe that the Communist influ-
ence at Allis-Chalmers during the
past 10 years has created friction
between the employer and its en-
ployes."
Right To Fire "Reds" Upheld
Consequently, it held, any en-
ployer or union should be free to
discharge or expel any employe
who is a member of the Commu-
mist party. The report said:
Furthermore no employer should
be required to bargain with any
of his employees who
is a member of the Communist
party or by reason of active and
promotion or support of
the policies, teachings and doctrines
of the Communist party can reaS-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-12
Delegates To
7q47 Convention

Local Union No. 4-Casters, East
Liverpool, o. - George Shaffer,
James Moss, George Brunt, Edward
Edgars; alternates. Fred Glenn,
Shell johnson, Garvin Burgess,
William Ashbaugh.
L. u. 6 Chinaware - Wheeling,
w. Va.--E. N. Mountford.
Local Union No. 5 - General
ware, Evansville, Ind.-Henry Sch
nautz; alternate, Theresa Mont
gomery.
l.. u. 7 Sanitary-Tiffin, Ohio
James r. Baker, Adolph Talbot,
Herbert Fisher; Alternates: Carl
Elehart, Walter Boneham.
Local Union No. 9 - Kilnmen,
East Liverpool, O.-Fred Bowler,
Roy Broadbent, Lawrence Brown,
Edward Cronin.
Local Union No. 10 - Turner'S
and Handlers, East Liverpool, o.
Frank Duffy, Fred McGillivray.
Local Union No. 12-Jiggermen,
East Liverpool, Ohio-Guy Dig
man; George Lanning, William
Duke; alternates, Ernest Terrence,
Harry Podewels, Luther Hall.
l.. u. II Kilndrawers-East Liv-
erpool, Ohio-Wm. J. Cox; Alter
nate: Ray C. Green.
Local Union No. 20-General-
ware, Steubenville, o. - James
Coaker.
l.. u. II Claymakers-East Liv-
erpool, Ohio--Earl Cox; Alternate:
Ray Bryan.
l.. u. 22 MOuldmakers East
Liverpool, Ohio - Alfred Ferber;
Alternate: George Goppert.
Local Union No. 24--Chinaware,
Wellsville, O.-William Robinson,
George Salsberry, Clyde Christman,
Samuel J. Lawton.
Local Union No. rs - Packers,
East Liverpool, 0. - Erwin II.
Crawford.
Local Union No. 29-Dishmak-
ers, East Liverpool, 0. - Harry
Brindley.
l.. u. 81 Generalware-East Pal
estine, Ohio--Wm. Vile, Howard
Rafferty,, Leland Quinn; Alternate:
Charles A. Hall.
l.. u. 35 Chinaware-Trenton, N.
FIRED Perdunn; Alternate Jack
Brul.
Local Union No. ~ - General
ware, Salem, O.-William Stark, p.
X. Laughlin, John Ehrhart.
Local Union No. "A - Sebring,
Ohio-R. C. Larkins, j. |. Sullivan,
Jesse Nelson, Earl McBane, God
frey Edie, Alvin Kennedy; Alter
mates, Mike Come, Phillips Schroe-
der, Bro. McDaniels, John Hamil-
ton, Andy Zeides, Grace Foutts.
Local Union 45-Sanitary, Tren-
ton, N. j., George Smith, Elijah
Watson, Robert Hannah and John
Cooper, Sr.
L. u. so Sanitary-Camden N.
J.-Stanley Malpas, Aloysius Ka-
to, Robert w. Gresch.
Local Union No. 5l-General-
ware, Canonsburg, Pa. John
Mamrack, Charles Harris; alter
mates, Cliff Rawlings, Charles At
kinson.
Local Union No. 53-Finishers,
East Liverpool, o. - Ella Duffy,
Matte McGill.
l.. u. SO Kilnmen, Dippers, Sag
germakers-Sebring, Ohio Fred
Booth, Frank Buehler, Thomas
Stahl; Alternate: William Gran
ston.
l.. u. 75-Generalware, C0shOc-
ton, OhiO-George Smith.
Local Union 76-Chinaware, Buff
falo, N. Y.-Oscar Dale, Carl
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onably be regarded as being
member of or affiliated with such
party, or is a member of or sup
ports any organization that teaches
or advocates the overthrow of the
United States government by force
or by any illegal or unconstitution-
al methods.
Congress cannot afford to deny
employers and unions these rights
if we are to preserve free enter
prise system in the United States"
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Tenants Need
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and building material controls will
be killed by the provisions of the
bill. New housing, and old housing
that was not rented during some
of the period of rent controls are
exempt from rent ceilings. In ad-
dition, effective veterans prefer
ence provisions fell by the wayside.
Taylor, who was on his feet dur
ing much of the fight, told his col
leagues that "since / have come to
the u. S. Senate much of the legis-
lation passed has not been of the
nature which | had hoped to see en-
acted"
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Heintz.
L. U. II Sanitary, Warrington,
w. Va.-E. r. Fluharty, John N.
Thorne.
Local Union No 124-Decorators
and Decorating Kilnmen Mar
garet Curley, Harold Williams, E.
C. Armstrong, Myrtle Hutcheson.
Local Union No. 131-Battersout
and Mouldrunners, East Liverpool,
Ohio-James Bennett, John Gil
more; alternates, Alice Sewers,
Arthur Marshall.
Local Union No. 20 - General
ware, Minerva, Ohio-John Rourke,
Abe Edwards, Sylvanus DeBee,
Glenn Haines; alternate, Martha
Cole.
Local Union No. 86-Warehouse-
men, East Liverpool, o. - Harold
Palmer, James Ward.
l.. u. 80 Sanitary, Richmond,
Calif.-Rex Morgan, Sal Fresher,
Alternates John Lilly, C. l.. An
drus.
L. u. 80 Clarskburg,
w. Va.-John Fazio, David Beven,
Patsy Scott.
l.. u. 116 Generalware-Lincoln,
Ill. Bessie Willis; Alternate:
Glenn Martin.
l.. u. 121 Generalware, DecOra-
tors-Sebring, Ohio-Elnora Lamp,
Naomi Woolf, Hazel Brown, Glenn
Flowers.
Local Union No. 122-General-
ware, Cambridge, Ohio James
Coffey, Forest Wagstaff.
l.. u. 1870 Kilnfiremen Helpers
and Trackmen - East Liverpool,
Ohio - Floyd Jividen; Alternate:
Charles Larcombe.
Local Union 1872 - Handle Cas-
ters and Finishers Opal Land
fried; alternate Bertha Magnone.
l.. u. 1873 Sanitary, New Castle,
Pa.-Howard Houston, John Pop
ovich.
l.. u. 14O Porcelain-East Liver
pool, Ohio-Lloyd Densmore; AL
ternate: Lucille Rodgers.
Local Union No. 141 - Oddmen
and Laborers, East Liverpool, o.
Harry Robinson, George Jones,
Howard Pryor.
Local Union No. lag - General
ware, Paden City, w. Va.-William
ID. Krebs, Carmen Yost.
L. u. 148 (Mixed)-East Liv-
erpool, Ohio James Barnhart,
Robert Barrow; Alternate: Betty
Robertson.
Local Union No. 1853 - Potters
Supply and Refractories, East Liv-
erpool, O.-James O'Reilly, Will
bur B. Doughty.
l.. u. 164 Porcelain, 1nsulator -
Akron, Ohio-Robert Il. Baird.
l.. u. 172 Maintenance Men, +.
Liverpool, OhiO-Wm. Stackpole.
l.. u. TIA Sanitary--Metuchen
N. john Karnas, George Bon
dies; Alternate: Robert j. keenan,.
Local Union No. 177-Sanitary,
Robinson, Ill. - Floyd Umbarger,
Ross Terry.
l.. u. 1874 Chinaware-Trenton,
N. Arthur Devlin.
l.. u. 1872 Generalware, Sebring,
Ohio-Hugh Daley, Harvey Aus
tin, James Conny.
l.. u. POI Chinaware-Hunting-
ton Park, Calif.-O. l.. Sullivan,
Felix Zuvanich; Alternates: Ever
cite Marshall, A. l.. Bucheit.
l.. u. 214 Sanitary-Redlands,
Calif.-Clarence Davis.
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sulting with the people who have
to pay the bills =.
"Organized labor in California
is for compulsory health insurance
and opposed to charity medical care
for our self-supporting people. Our
State Senate Committee on Prepay
ment Medical Care-which was not
invited to testify-has recommend
ed that or State should establish
a State system of health insurance
'at once. Our Republican Governor,
like his Democratic predecessor,
has insisted that we need compul-
sorry health insurance. These are
the views of Californians."
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Tex Program To



my district and my state will know
what the Republican party stands
for when they learn that the $780,
900 man is given an increase in
take-home pay, after taxes, Of
more than 609o, while the man un-
der $4,000 receives less than 5%
increase in take-home pay. The cur
rent 15c an hour increases seem
like small change when compared
with the windfall of $40 an hour
increase in take-home pay which
the 100000 man receives under
this tax bill. This bill would actual
ly restore the upper bracket tax
payers practically to the prewar
tax level"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-12

1t didn't take the Quiz Kids long
to prove that they knew more than
we did. Since then we have quit
listening.
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WheatIey and Solon for the excel
lent manner in which they conduct
ed the negotiations to successful
conclusion.-O. C.. so.
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y Weekdays are too closely spaced
and Sundays are too far apart
nowadays.
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Demand the Union Label.
Evening star., 1947-04-27
AA-Day Camera Trip
On Today's Program

Among the events sponsored by
the National Capital Parks today will
be an all-day camera stroll at Fort
McHenry National Monument and
Sherwood Gardens in Baltimore, be-
gining at 10 am. at Fort McHenry.
Also on the program are a bird and
rock walk and sightseeing trips on
the Potomac.
Special buses will leave for the
Baltimore trip at $50 am. from
1416 F street NV.
The bird walk will be held from
7 am. to $3.50 am. along the Chesa-
peake & Ohio Canal towpath, from
Sycamore Island to Lock 10. Walk
ers will start from Stop 80 on the
Glen Echo carline.
The rock walk will organize at the
Harvard street entrance to the ZOO
at pm. Park Naturalists Raymond
Gregg and Gordon Gaumnitz will
lead the walk.
Those who like riding-and on the
waterway take the Potomac
Clipper" sightseeing boat operated
by Government Services, at its dock
adjacent to the Tidal Basin Inlet
Bridge. The boat will make trips
every other hour from 10 am. to 6
pm.
Other recreation facilities operated
by GSI include horseback riding,
bicycling and sailing. There are also
swan boats and pedal boats on the
Tidal Basin.
Evening star., 1947-04-27
Speakers Announced
For Enqineer Reserves

Training schedules during May
for District Army Engineer Re-
servists of the 1167th Engineer
Combat Group were announced last
night by Col. John H. Donoghue,
commander of the unit.
The Reserves, who meet the
second and fourth Wednesday of
every month, will hear a lecture of
the setup of new infantry divisions
by Maj. William Friedman of the
War Department general staff, on
May IA. The May % session will
feature a talk on Tactical Crossing
of the Rhine River at Remagen" by
Col. Russell F. Lyons also of the
general staff.
The meeting are held from 8 to
10 pm. at 2131 C street NV.