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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-05-08
LOCAL NEWS

Mrs. H. 3. Johnson of Starkville
visited her son I'M family MIR. and
Mrs. H. H. johnson. AFTER spending
several days she returned to her
home. AZ
The Rev. and Mrs. Abner Meek of
Black Hawk were Lexington visitors
Friday.
MIR. and Mrs. Pat Barrett had six
teen guests for dinner Saturday eve
ming ~honoring Mr. and Mrs. Ed Nc
Donnell of Jackson, who were week
end guests. The out of town visitors
were; Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie Peacock
and MIR. and Mrs. Tom Ross of
C~larksdale.
Mrs. Joe Berman, Mrs. Max
Scobey, ADELAIDE Ramsey and jeanne
Rerman spent Saturday in Memphis.
Mrs, N. B. Hooker, Mrs. Walter
Hooker, Helene Hooke and Mrs.
Dandy Lipsey shopped in Jackson,
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Patterson
spent Sunday in Kosciusko, with
Mrs. A. H. Hardison.
Friends of Miss Evelyn Ruthledge
will be sorry to hear that she is in
the hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Barton went to
Walden, Sunday to visit his sister,
Mrs. j. o. Fades.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rush E. Byrne of
G~reenville, spent Sunday afternoon
with Mrs. Ruth Roach.
Mrs. M. c. Frazer and Mrs. John
B. Greer Jr., both of Columbia,
South Carolina, will arrive tomor-
row for a visit with their parents,
DR.. and Mrs. A. M. Doty who are i'll.
Mrs. Effie Swittenburg has re-
turned from a visit with her daught-
ter. Mrs. Lamb Crouch of Greenville.
Mrs. Alton Parker and daughter,
Martha Brook shopped in Jackson,
Friday.
Mrs. Ruth Roach and Mrs. McRae
were Durant visitors Sunday.
Miss Agnes Grantham of Green
wood, spent Sunday afternoon with
Mrs. Rathe1l Swinney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Thomas of
Yazoo City, spent Sunday with Mrs.
B. c. Stewart.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-05-08

"A years custody Of the beautiful
Championship Cup will go to the
winner. AT the end of seven years
the cup will go to the club with the
largest number of winners.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-05-08

Inc second Mississippi Junior
Amateur Golf Tournament sponsor
cd by the Jackson Junior Chamber
OF commerce will be held in Jack
son the latter part of June. t. the
exact dates to be announced at a
later date. Participation is open to
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-05-08

all boys residing in the state who
will not arrive at their 10th birthday
prior to August 2 and who qualify
through their local golf clubs.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-07

Well, they did their usual kid
tricks in Congress and went home.
All over the country now editor
ial writers and columnists are CIV
ing US the benefit of their judg-
ment-good or bad.
Above all other achievements,
this Congress probably will get to
be known as the Taft Hartley law
Congress, because that law is more
talked about than any other.
For that achievement nobody
will be wanting to claim much
credit, say along about year from
now.
This Congress also could be
known as the Congress that put
David Lilienthal on the grill and
then gave him an OK. 1t wasn't "a
very high class performance the
Congress gave us in that case.
We come away with the impress
sion that this Congress has tried
all along to play good game of
partisan politics and wound up by
playing very bad game of poll
tics.
Some people never seem to un-
derstand the fact that the best
politics lies in serving the people
best.
We didn't get anywhere with
veterans housing in this Congress.
We surely didn't get anywhere
with Missouri and Mississippi
River flood control and reclama-
tion.
Now there was an issue for good
politics! 1t would have been good
politics to have done a real job to-
ward saving the nations soil, from
which its crops must come.
Every time a square yard or a
cubic yard of that soil goes down
the river to the sea part of the
United States has gone forever! A
part of that from which we get our
food has gone beyond recall.
Even the most shamefully part
isan dumb cluck ought to see that.
Well, the record shows the sad
neglect.
It's a grand thing to be a MEM
Der of Congress and do your duty.
1t requires courage and it requires
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-07
II Rail Unions
Arbifrufe For
zoe Wage Boost

Chicago (LPA) - Arbitration
started here this week in Americas
largest wage case involving IL
incorporating" railroad unions
and over million workers.
The II unions are seeking Zoe
an-hour wage increase for the mil
lion employees who are in all crafts
other than actual train operation.
A six-man arbitration board is
conducting the hearings, with the
unions represented by two, the
railroads by two, and two "neut-
rails" The latter are DR.. William
nj. Leiserson, former chairman OF
the National Mediation Board, and
ex-member Of the National Labor
Relations Board, and DR.. Robert
C. Calkins, former dean of the
school of business ut Columbia
University and now president OF
the General Education Board, an
endowed foundation.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-07
Comment On World Events

to produce half the worlds steel,
most of which came from Germany.
Today German steel production is
only Z percent of the 1889 volume,
and Europe's entire production
Excluding Brittany is scarcely
more than a third of prewar
(1939).
with ruined factories to rebuild
throughout Europe's industrial
centers, this shortage of steel and
coal hamstrings recovery. Europe
looks to the U.S.A. for steel, but
finds that even our own industries
here are being slowed by a steel
shortage. We cannot indefinitely
supply Europe without reducing
our own vitally needed supplies"
The federation says in conclus-
ion:
"Any plan for Europe will have
to take account of certain basic
needs: (1) Food for workers so
they can produce. (2) Coal: Effic-
lent operation and machinery to
restore German production; food
for miners is essential. (3) Steel
and other materials: Restore pro-
duction and ship enough from US.
and elsewhere to get Europe's in
dustries started. (4) A security
plan for the Ruhr industries by
federation of Europe so that their
production may be freed for
Europe without danger of future
war. (5) Consumer goods for
workers, farmers and others. When
they cannot buy goods with their
pay, there is little incentive to
work; the shortage of goods is also
increasing imitation. (6) All sup
plies must be directed to the points
where they will contribute most to
recovery. CD Because most sup
plies will have to come from U.S.A
and be paid for in dollars, Europe's
dollar shortage will have to be met
by loans, but plans must be made
for imports to this country so
loans can be repaid"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-07
Three Railroads Expond Programs
For Troining Shopcroft Apprentices

Washington, d. c. 1LNS).-
Revitalized and expanded joint ap-
premiership programs for the de-
velopment of skilled maintenance
men have been adopted by 8 major
railway systems: the Union Pacific,
the New York Central, and the
Western Pacific railroads, in CO.
operation with the unions with
which they have bargaining agree
ments.
Announcement to this effect was
made here by the Apprentice
Training Service, u. S. Department
of Labor, which gave technical as
sistance in setting up the new joint
apprenticeship programs. These
programs have been approved by
the Federal Committee on Appren-
ticeship, composed of an equal
number of representatives of en-
ployers and unions.
The following System Fedora
tioris, Railway Employees Depart
ment, American Federation of La
bor, are participating in the ap-
premiership programs: New York
Central, Systems No. Sd and 103;
Union Pacific, System No. 105, and
Western Pacific, System No. lit.
The programs provide for the
training of machinists, electricians,
sheet-metal workers, carmen, paint
ers, boiler makers, blacksmiths,
steamftters, pattern makers, mold
ers and upholsterers.
General Committee on Appren-
tticeship, composed of an equal
number of representatives of the
labor system federation, and the
managements of the railroads have
been organized to act as advisory
bodies to local joint apprenticeship
committees, also equally repre-
sentative of the railroads and the
unions.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-07

intelligence.
It's a great privilege to be able
to vote for a member of Congress.
1t takes thinking and understand
ing to help pick the right men.
But a lot of people forget the
obligations and the responsibilities
A lot of guys say to themselves,
al think | can get myself elected
to Congress-" because they have
been wheel horses in the district
and they are solid with the bosses.
A lot of voting guys take what
ever is offered and vote the ticket,
regardless of merit.
When men and women take
their citizenship responsibilities
more seriously we shall get better
office holders and not until then.
This has been said i'm one way or
another by a great many people
and it will be said a great many
times more before we get uniform
ly good office holders.
Here is something that we come
slowly to realize: In this age we
cannot afford to elect poorly equip
ped men. We cannot afford to elect
"good fellows" and party hacks.
We cannot afford the punks and
the dumb clucks.
The affairs of our nation are too
important to be entrusted to pid-
ding numbskulls and mumbledinks.
The atomic age rules out stupid
ity and greed in our high Offices.
The issue can be life and death
and there is only one guess as to
where we can be led by ignorance
or greed.
A lot of members of Congress
which has just taken itself a recess
ought to go home and pray to high
heaven for some brains, some cour-
age and some common civic de-
cency.
Ducks can quack and chickens
can cackle, but we have to expect
more than that of our Congresses.
And, what's more, we have to get
more if this nation is to play its
role in the world and save its own
neck, which happens to be the
neck of the most powerful and best
fed nation on earth.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-07
Seufurers Union
Gets New Pact

New York City.-The AFL's
Seafarers International Union an(o
employing operators of the Allan
tic and Gulf Ship Operators Asso-
citation agreed on a new wage and
working contract.
J. p. Shuler, union secretary
treasurer, said the settlement dir
ectly affects 10000 seamen work.
ing for nine Atlantic and Gulf
Coast operators, but will indirectly
benefit $4,000 other AFL seamen
on all coasts. 1t gives the seamen
the percent wage rise won last
month by CIO seamen, provides
nine paid holidays at sea, 7-day
vacation after a year of continuous
service and Ia days for the second
and subsequent years.
The companies represented by
the association were the Bull Line,
Baltimore Insular Line, Alcos
Steamship Company, American Lib
erty Steamship Company, Eastern
Lines, Seas Shipping Company,
Seatrain Lines, Smith and Johnson
and the South Atlantic Steamship
Lines.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-07
Labor And Fund Raising

Labor representation on every
chapter of the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis, Inc, is the
new policy of the organization
founded by Franklin ID. Roosevelt.
Other social service organizations
are adopting similar policies. Part
ly it reflects labor policy of taking
an active part IN community acti-
vities. On the other hand, fund
raising executives of charitable or
ganizations realize that the very
rich cannot alone support local and
national charities and that more
dependence must be placed upon
smaller donations from many per-
sons. If the union representatives
of 100000 persons join in solicit
ing funds, the dimes can roll up
fast.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-07

In a discussion of the Marshall
plan for the rebuilding of Europe,
Labor's Monthly Survey of the
American Federation of Labor
says that crop failure, food and
coal shortages, the vast destruction
of industrial plants, winter of
terrific cold and storms, labor
shortages, lowered production cap
acity due to lack of food and many
other difficulties have delayed
European recovery, so that the
continent is now in "a state Of
near crisis"
"The Marshall plan now offers
Europe, including Russia" the sur
vey continues, "a chance to lift it.
self out of crisis and poverty with
American help. An overall recOv-
cry plan for Europe is vital, so it's
countries can work together to pro-
duce for their own needs, exchange
their products, break down barriers
which check the international use
Of electric power, highways, water
ways.
"Such plan can only be worked
out by European nations them
selves with full cooperation of all
who wish to join. Stain has made
it clear that he will not permit the
Soviet or the nations Russia DOM
mates to take part in the plan un-
less Russia can dictate how Amer
lean money is to be spent and make
sure it will promote Communism" +"
The AFL goes on to say that
"coal is the first great need for in
dustrial revival, and then steel,
machinery, building materials, cot
ton for textiles, leather, consumer
goods and a host of other items.
Before the war, Germany was
Europe's main supplier of coal. To-
day German coal production is
down to half the prewar level in
the western zones, and her rich
Silesian coal fields are at present
under Polish control. Europe now
depends on U.S.A. for two thirds of
her coal. AS for steel, Europe used
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-07
Mine Sofe+y Improvement Possible
Without Sacrifice In Production

Washington, ID. G. = Increased
safety in the nations coal mines
can be achieved without hindering
maximum production, according to
report issued by Capt. N. H. Col
lisson on operation of the mines
under the Federal Mine Safety
Code.
Capt. Collision, who administer
ed the soft coal mines for their
period of government operation
submitted his report to J. A. Krug
Secretary of the Interior.
He said the record of govern
ment operation of the mines ere
flutes without question" any theory
that maximum safety can only be
attained at the expense of produc-
ton.
Capt. COLLISION said that with
government withdrawal from the
mines the operators now have full
opportunity to proceed voluntarily
to maintain maximum safety.
The terms of the Federal code
with few exceptions, have been in
corporated in the agreement be-
tween the operators and the Unit
ed Mine Workers. The code, said
Capt. COLLISION, "is not in its pre-
sent form a perfect document. 1t
will require careful revision and re-
view based upon study, experiment
tation and the results of practical
application. Coal mining in this
country is an inherently dangerous
occupation.
at would seem indefensible to
permit accomplishments thus ach-
ieved to remain static and the in
dustry, the workers and the public
to lapse into a state of complac-
ency."
The record of $40, ,751 600 tons of
coal produced in the 1945-46 fiscal
year was second only to the coal
produced in the l943-44 fiscal year,
when the figure was 630,485,OOO
tons. The safety code was opera
tive in IL months of 1945-46.
Soft coal fatalities in 1945-46
from all causes totaled 500. This
was rate of 1.194 per million
man-hours of working time. In
1940-41, the total fatalities were
1,072 and the rate was 1.55 per
million man-hours.
The report pointed out that fat
alities resulting from falls of roof
and rib and the fatalities resulting
from haulage accidents greatly ex-
ceeded those resulting from gas
and dust explosions.
"This is important" said the re-
port, "for the reason that public
interest is inclined to concentrate
on the dangers existing with re-
spect to explosions and minimize
the very real dangers which are al
ways present in the mine resulting
from falls Of roof and rib, as we'll
as the manifold accidents resulting
from the haulage operations"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-07
Murray Soys AFL
Blocks Working
UnifvOfLobor

Washington (LPA) = Organic
unity of the CIO and AFL or pro-
gram of working cooperation was
more remote than ever this week
following a letter from CIO Presi-
dent Philip Murray to AFL Presi-
dent William Green in which the
CIO chief accused the AFL execu-
tive council of attempting "to pre-
vent the members of organized Ia
Dor from effectuating their keen
desire to establish immediate work
ing unity to defeat the drive of re-
action on both economic and poll
tical fronts"
The AFL has insisted that or
ganic unity must precede any con-
sideratiOn of a common front for
economic or political action.
Murray told Green that as a re-
suit of the May meeting at was
distinctly our understanding that
we had jointly recognized the inn
perative need for an immediate,
common and unified program of
policy and action on the part of or
ganized labor to protect the living
standards of the American people
and to assure effective political ex-
preston on the part of our men,
bership. We understood that future
meetings between the CIO and the
AFL unity committees would
evolve a program of joint action,
in addition to opening the way for
further discussions incidental to
the formation and establishment of
strong, united labor movement
in the United States.
at now becomes apparent" :"
Murray continued, "that it is the
objective of the Executive Council
Of the AFL to prevent the men,
bers of organized labor from effec-
tuating their keen desire to estab-
lish immediate working unity to
defeat the drive of reaction on both
economic and political fronts. Your
refusal to discuss this vital subject
while insisting upon long drawn
out negotiations with reference to
organizational unity must be view
ed with alarm by all who appreci-
ate the dangers which presently
confronts labor and the nation.
at is undoubtedly this under
standing which is presently
prompting increasing nu m b e S
among the ranks of labor within
the AFL and CIO to arrive at mu-
tual agreements eliminating divis-
ion or conflict and providing for
joint action against our common
enemies"
The CIO leader concluded by as
suring Green that the CIO unity
committee twill continue to hold it
self in readiness at all times to
meet with the committee represent
ing the AFL, when you feel that
such meeting and discussion will be
open to full consideration of our
immediate problems as well as the
objective of the establishment of
united labor movement"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-07
Rhode Island Painters.
Win Wage Increase

Providence, r. /. QLNS).-Six
hundred painters, on strike since
July /, accepted 20-cents-an-hour
wage increase and returned to work
July 28.
The painters, who had been re-
ceiving $1.371a an hour, sought an
increase of 31H cents through
their union, Local 1876, Brotherhood
of Painters, Decorators and Paper
hangers of America, which has
jurisdiction over painters in Pro-
vidence, Warwick, Bristol and
Westerly. The counter-offer of the
employers was 1871 cents an hour.
The painters now receive $1.57h
an hour.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-07
OBITUARIES
HOMER Ii. RICE

Homer b. Rice, 60, of Avondale
street, died August 3 in a hospital
at Kellysville, Okla, following a
several months Illness.
Mr.. Rice was a native of Tyler
County, w. Va, and was employed
last at Plant 7 of the Homer
Laughlin China Co. He was affili-
ated with Local Union No. 8, Ma
tional Brotherhood of Operative
Potters.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Susie
Brewer Rice; three sons, Glenn
Rice, Homer Rice and Robert Rice,
all of East Liverpool; four daugh-
ters, Mrs. Ada Wolf and Mrs. Ruby
Fair of East Liverpool, Mrs. Leona
Poole and Miss Dolores Rice Of
Kellysville; three brothers, Ben
jamin Rice of Sandusky, Warren
Rice and Lyman Rice, both of Ches-
ter, and six grandchildren.
The body was returned to East
Liverpool for burial in Riveryiew
Cemetery.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-07
TAFT, HARTLEY VS.. CONGA

Washington (LPA)-The "Arth-
ur Murray" Dance Studio here,
which has a license to use the
name Of the New York dancing in
structor, has been picketed by
strikers from the New York dance
studio who are members of the
United Office & Professional Work
ers-CIO. An attempt by the Wash
ington studio operator to use the
Taft Hartley law to obtain an in
juction failed last week when it
was pointed out by the unions
lawyer that only the NLRB can OBJ
tain injunctions against secondary
boycotts, even under the TIL law.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-07
Mine FOremen's Union
Ordered Dissolved

Pittsburgh QLNS). - All locals
of the United Clerical, Technical
and Supervisory Employees of AM
erica, affiliate of the United Mine
Workers of America, have been or
dered dissolved, effective July 81,
John A. McAlpine, president of the
organization announced here.
The announcement confirmed re-
ports from some West Virginia To-
Gals who said several weeks ago
they had received orders to dis
band.
McAlpine said the assets of the
80 900 member mine bosses union,
part of the UMW's District so,
will be turned over to the UNIV.
He blamed the unions dissolution
on the Taft Hartley labor law
which he termed "slave labor
act"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-07
JOHN +. COWFER

John Thomas Cowfer, GS, died
August 2 in the home of his son,
George Cowfer, West Eighth
street, following long illness.
A kilnman by trade Mr.. Cowfer
was last employed at the Hall
China Company and affiliated with
Local Union No. 8, National Broth
erhood of Operative Potters. He
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-07
MRS. LEONARD WILLIAMS

Funeral services for Mrs. Leon
ard Williams, wife of Leonard
Williams mouldmaker at plant No.
6 of the Homer Laughlin China Co.
were held Aug, 6 from the Martin
Funeral home with Rev. David
Skeen, pastor of Orchard Grove
Methodist Church, officiating.
A former resident Of East Liver
pool, Mrs. Potts died 1t her home
in Akron, following four-month
illness. She was the daughter of
the late +. l.. Potts, who for many
years conducted "A restaurant ad-
jacent to the old K.T. a X. pottery
on Bradshaw avenue. She was a
member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Besides her husband and mother,
she leaves two sons, Leonard +.
Williams and Chandler b. Williams
Of Akron; two brothers, Paul f.
Potts and Leward r. Potts of East
Liverpool, and one grandchild.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-07
CARE HAS BABY PACKAGES

New York (LPA)-Three special
baby packages have been prepared
by CARE-Cooperative for Amer
lean Remittances To Europe -
which can be ordered for $40 to be
sent to families in most European
countries. The three are: layette;
a food package for infants up to
six months old; food package for
babies between six months and one
year.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-07
TRUMAN STILL LEADS DEWEY

Washington (LPA) = President
Truman would get light majority
of the votes if he ran against Re-
publican Thomas E. Dewey now,
the Gallup Poll found as of mid
July. The results, just made public,
show: Truman-51%; Dewey-49%.
At comparable time in advance
Of the 1914 election, the same
question asked about President
Roosevelt and Dewey showed:
FDR-55%; .Dewey-45%e.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-07

was a member of the Moose and
Eagles lodges.
He is survived by his wife, Eliz-
abeth Menough Cowfer; another
son, Charles Cowfer of Sewickley,
Pa; two daughters, Mrs. Clyde
Hanna Of East Liverpool, and Mrs.
Louis Saan of Toledo; step-son,
Willis Ward of East Liverpool, and
four grandchildren.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-07
WHAT NEXT?

The Chesapeake & Ohio has filed
with the Federal Communications
Commission an application for
authority to install two-way pub
lie toll telephone system on two of
its trains between Washington, d.
c., and Cincinnati, Ohio.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-07
WISDOM

Nothing then is unchangeable
but the inherent and inalienable
rights of man.-Thomas Jefferson
in a letter to Cartwright, 1924.