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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
THE CHERRY TREE

Do you realize that, as an Am
erican citizen, you are participate
ing in great affairs all over the
world and that you are responsible
for decisions now being made, as
well as many that have been
made And further, that these de-
cisions mean the expenditure OF
enormous sums of money and the
movement of tons of materials
along with many men?
That is not saying that the deci-
sions are wrong, or that you are
to blame fob anything, up to this
point. But it does mean that YOU
you as a person-have tremen-
dous responsibility in all of these
matters.
The State Department sends a
note. Our representative in the
United Nations Council takes a po-
sition. Our Congress votes great
appropriations. Now, these deci-
.sions are not those of some detach-
ed person. They are YOUR deci-
sions and YOU pay YOUR share
of the cost, whatever it may be.
e YOU cannot duck that RESPONSE
bility.
Z But the important thing is this
How much do you know about the
matters thus decided :? Do you like
what is decided in your name, or
do you NOT like it?
< Are you ever consulted, or do
you ever make yourself heard?
Il Our country is following what is
known as the Marshall plan and
our Congress has voted a lot of
money to be spent under the gener-
al terms of that plan. Most of us
think the plan is sound, although
costly.
But how much voice does any of
us actually have? Have YOU had
any voice?
More than that, have YOU ever
been told the whole reason for do
ing what is being done and for
what must yet be done?
The clear and plain answer is
NO!
In democratic country the
PEOPLE are responsible for what
their officials do.
When you say "the people,
that includes YOU.
YOU have a right to know WHY
and for HOW MUCH and WHEN.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
Big Question
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requires such information as the
following: Names, titles, compen-
sation and allowances of the union'Sn
three principal officers and tit
manner in which they are elected
or appointed, and their compensa-
tion and allowances for the pre-
ceding year; names, titles, compen-
sation and allowances of all other
officers or agents whose compen-
sation exceeded $4,000 in the past
year; initiation fees and dues;
qualifications for or restrictions
on membership; manner of election
of officers and stewards; levying
of assessments and fines, authori-
zation of bargaining demands; rat
ification of contracts; strike auth
orizations. Finally, the union is re-
quired to submit all receipts of
any kind and the sources, total as
sets and liabilities, and all dis
bursements.
One Of the many reasons that
AFL and CIO unions have deter
mined to bypass the NLRB COM
pletely was cited this week by a
labor lawyer who pointed out that
under the "absurd vagueness" of
the law the NLRB has the right to
decide what are reasonable initia-
tion fees and dues.
"The act gives the NLRB abso-
lutely no guide-post," said the lab
or lawyer. arbitrarily they could
find any dues or initiation scale
excessive and unreasonable - just
depending on who was on the
Board and how sympathetic they
might be to a unions building upn
a strike fund or organizing cam
paign."
Unions are also getting a bitter
lesson already on the Taft Hart
ey requirement that no checkoff
may be permitted unless there are
individually signed authorizations
from union members. In several in
stances it was reported that unions
had these forms printed and signed
by members only to have the en-
ployer quibble about the wording
of the authorization and contend
that if he accepted it he might be
liable for Taft-Hartley penalties.
Consequently the union was told to
go back and have the forms printed
all over again.
Here again, according to labor
lawyers, in a way that Congress
never anticipated, the Taft Hartley
law plays into the hands of anti
union employers who wish to create
confusion and prevent such evil
dences of union solidarity as ma
jority demand for the checkoff.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14

Our State Department is pretty
much of a clam about almost
everything.
Through years of old-style diplo-
macy, which almost never lets its
left hand know whose pocket its
right hand is in; the State Depart
ment has got used to the idea that
the people are not to be trusted.
That is bad business.
1t is only when the people know
why things are being done that
they can be depended upon for good
judgment.
How can any official expect
solid and lasting support from a
people that is only half informed ?
ooh, but there are some things
that mustn't be said out loud" it
it whispered.
Bosh and nonsense.
If there were more candor-more
fortnight speaking = everything
would be better and our nation
might be lot safer.
AS of today, our country is in a
pretty bad way, as far as world af-
fairs are concerned.
There are plenty of dangers.
Perhaps a lot of people think
matters are worse than they are. If
so, that it the fault of hush-hush
officials who hold back too many
facts.
1t is high time that we got more
facts from the people who make
decisions in our name-in YOUR
name and mine and in the names
of 130 millions Of Americans.
After all, this country is the
PEOPLES business.
Fascists would like to run it as a
private business. But those who be-
lieve in democracy should not go
even single step toward aping
them.
Starting with the State Depart
ment, let's have more truth, more
light.
Let's all have a chance to help
steer a straight course.
We can get into some mighty
hot water by wrong decisions and
once those decisions are made there
is little chance to un-make them.
1t is most important that they be
made right in the first place.
But the chance of not being
right is immense, unless THE PEO-
PIE KNOW THE FACTS.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
Railroad Lobby
Fails In OneOf
It's RuWeSf Deals

One of the rawest deals ever at
tempted by the Railroad Lobby was
blocked by the White House last
week when President Truman re-
fused to sign the Wolverton bill.
Almost from the time the first
mile Of track was laid in this coun-
try the bankers have been milk
ing" the carriers. In recent years
the roads have been divided into
groups, each belonging to a certain
banking house.
Whenever a railroad issued sec-
urities they were sold by the bank
ing house which dominated that
particular road. The result was rich
pickings for the bankers. They got
the securities mt their own price
and sold them to the public at the
highest price investors could be in
duced to pay.
Broken Up By Eaton
After long fight, Cyrus S. Eat
on, the Cleveland financier, broke
up this practice and induced the
|. C. C. to very reluctantly issue an
order that stopped it. However, the
banking interests and their chief
ally, the Railroad Lobby, were still
on the job.
They induced Congressman Char
les A. Wolverton (Rep., N. J), the
man who has been attempting to
sabotage the railroad workers Re-
tirement and Unemployment Insur-
ance system, to introduce a bill
ostensibly to give the |. c. c. jur-
isdiction over the issuance of sec
urities by the Pullman Company,
now owned by the railroads. But
the second section Of that bill per-
mitted the railroads to make deals
on securities with their controlling
bankers.
Passed UnnOticed
While the measure was going
through Congress no notice was
taken of this joker, but President
Truman's assistant at the White
House uncovered it and the Presi-
dent wrote a brief but vigorous
statement of the reasons he with
held his signature.
"The eradication of banker con-
troll is difficult enough without the
of new legislation to
facilitate and encourage such con-
troll" he stressed. "The evil of the
kind Of transactions here involved
has long been recognized"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
AFL-cIo Choice
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ernment or labor movement to ac-
cept the Missions recommenda-
tions.
"Our role" said Golden, "will be
to assist in the recruitment of
labor for the enormous work of re-
building and rehabilitation, to help
establish wage, hour and other
standards, and to give whatever aid
and advice we can for the creation
of a free and democratic labor
movement.
After he and his assistant, AL
Ian Strachan, former United Auto
Workers official, get their program
functioning, Golden intends to pro-
pose that other American union
leaders be invited to Greece to give
advice in such particular fields as
textiles, construction, chemicals
and clothing. On this project both
AFL President William Green and
CIO President Philip Murray have
pledged full support. The AFL and
CIO can also be helpful in the pro-
curement of supplies for Greece,
Golden said.
Recommendations for progress
sive social and economic legisla-
tion will be one of the labor miss
ions tasks, the labor official con-
tinued. "We will take with us cop
les of the Natl Labor Relations
Act and such legislation as the
Social Security and Wage-Hour
laws together with typical union
constitutions, and mater
ial on grievance machinery"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14

MISS FINA c. WATKINS

Miss Fina C. Watkins, 528 Wash.
ington street, Newell, died August
z at the home of her sister, Mrs
Richard c. Eckleberry, following
several months illness.
Miss Watkins was employed in
the bisque warehouse at plant No.
of the Homer Laughlin China
Co., and was affiliated with Local
Union 1876, National Brotherhood of
Operative Poters. She was a mem
bersof the Central Valley (W. Va.)
Methodist Church.
She leaves three other sisters,
Mrs. w. A. Neptune and Mrs. w.
c. Lucky of Leroy, w. Va, and
Mrs. w. A. Watson Of Newell; a
brother, Pearle Watkins Of Newell;
two nephews and two nieces.
Funeral services were conduct
ed by Rev. Anna Porter, pastor
of the Newell Methodist Church.
Burial was made in Palestine, w.
Va.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
Mine Workers
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ence the ANA will have on the
operation of the program.
Sayers served as chief surgeon
and chief of the Health & Safety
Branch Of the U. s. Bureau of
Mines for 16 years up to 1888,
and was director of the U. S. Bu-
reau Of Mines from 1910 until he
resigned early this year. He is a
native of Indiana, received his
MD degree from the Univ. of Buff
falo, and has served with the u. S.
Public Health Service and the Bu-
reau of Mines ever since 1915.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
Cost OF Aid For Aged
Doubles In New York

Albany, N. Y. ULNS).-Cost of
old age assistance in New York
state has doubled in the last dec
ade, the Citizens Public Expendi-
ture Survey reported. The statis-
tical organization said that 1887
expenditures of local, state and
federal funds was $26,200,000
against 1916 total of $50, 700, COO.
The increase was attributed to
larger allowances and an overall
increase in the case load. The sur
vey said the average monthly al
lowance had increased from $33 to
$50 and the number of recipients
had risen 1927 to 107,73O a
month.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
UPHOLsTERERS OFFER

Philadelphia UPA) - The best
Investment Of union funds that
can be made would be in college
scholarships, the Executive Board
Of the Upholsterers' Init Union
AFL decided at its last meeting.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14

'PAPPY' PROFITEERS = In
1916, Sen. w. Lee "Pappy" O'Dan-
iel Cd, Tex.), bought a Washing
ton apartment house and evicted IL
tenants. The house, he swore in
court, was needed by his family.
But today he doesn't live there any
more. The building was sold to
Senate Apartments, Inc., remodel
ed and now apartments are for sale
at $4,000 and up. And who do you
think is the principal stakeholder
Of Senate Apartments, Inc? You're
right. Pappy, himself. Federated
Pictures)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14

No one ever deliberately set out
to make a mess of his life. :.
Somewhere he lost the way.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14

PHILOSOPHY-A study which
enables man to be unhappy more
intelligently.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14

GANGSTER-A man with gum
ing little ways.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14

RULER-Give a woman an inch
and she becomes ruler.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-02-17
LEGION BASKETEERS
TO PLAY TWO GAMES

Basketball team of Union post
No. 79, American Legion, will
play two games here this week,
both in the Marysville high gym
naSium.
Tuesday night, t n e Legion
naires will entertain the strong
quintet sponsored by the Mt,
Sterling post. 1t will be the sec
ond meeting between these two
teams this year, the Marysville
cagers having won from Mt. Ster-
ling on the latter's floor earlier
this season.
On Thursday night, following
the consolation game of the Un-
ion county tournament, Union
post will meet West jefferson,
also in a return game.
The tournament consolation
game, billed for pm. on the
tournament scorecard and pro-
gram, will start at 7;30 pm. SO
the Legion game can start at
8:45 pm. The consolation game
will be between the losers of
Wednesday n ig at S semi-final
tits.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-02-17
. VALLEY ROAD
BY MRS. EFFIE DAVIS

Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Norris, of
Marysville, called on their neices,
Jennie Grindle and Esther
Wheeler, and family recently.
Several from this community
attended the Friends Aid on We'd
nesday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Mary Hereford.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cunning
ham of near Broadway called on
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Davis.
Hugh Ridge called on Alfred
Thompson Saturday.
Mrs. Lola Hull and Mary Web
ster spent Thursday afternoon
with Mrs. Lillian Howard.
The Work and Win Sunday
school class will hold their Feb
ruary meeting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. James Howard on Fri
day evening, Feb. IA.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Watts
and children of near Westerville,
were Saturday guests of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Thomp-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Ridge was
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Boggs of near Rich
wood.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Howard
and family entertained relatives
from OStrander for dinner Sun
day.
Christine and Phyllis Clark of
Redwood were guests Sunday of
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Osborne,
moved in the vacant house on the
Albert Thompson farm near Clai-
borne.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Durbin
had for their Sunday dinner
guests his mother, Mrs. Durbin,
and brother and family of Colum-
bus.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-02-17
M. H. S. SETS
FINALGAMES

Marysville high school winds
up its basketball season this week
with two games, one at home and
one away.
Wednesday night, Marysville
will play return engagement
with Delaware high, on the SEN
ator's floor Earlier this season
the Monarch's turned back the
Delaware team in the Marys-
vile gym, and will be definitely
out to report, this week.
Saturday night, the strong Up
per Sandusky team will come
here for a game which was orig
inally scheduled New Years
night but postponed then as ice
made driving too hazardous for
Upper to risk the trip here.
The Upper SanduSky team is
one of the strongest quintets
operating in the north-central
part of Ohio this season, and Ma
rysville will have its hands full
if it hopes to finish the season
with win. The Rams have vic
tories over some tOp-flight teams
and are favored to defeat the
Monarchs Saturday.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-02-17

invasion of France. Mr.. Wood
served over three and one-half
years with the army, two of these
being spent in the European
Theater.
The meeting of Mrs. Wood and
her husband was very coinciden-
tial and rather complicated. At
ter a short time, the two applied
for necessary Government papers
permitting overseas marriages.
These papers were delayed for
some time due to the changes
made by his company moving
from place to place. Mrs. Wood
entered Germany thus separating
the two for over ten months.
Before leaving Europe to re-
turn to the United States he
was granted leave by his COM
pany officers to visit his wife-to-
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-02-17
York 81, Union 2l.
Broadway SO, Dover is.
Friday
Magnetic 81. Redwood 81.
Raymond 36. New California 81.

Seml-flnal round VIII be play
ed Wednesday night, with the
teams matched as follows:
7:30 p.m.-York VS.. Broadway.
$3.50 p.m.-Magnetic VS.. Ray
mond.
Losers of these two games will
meet at 7:30 pm. Thursday in the
consolation G a m e, winner o i
which will be Union county's No
3 team in the Central District
tournament. The winners of We'd
nesday nights games will meet
at 8 pm. Friday for the county
championship.
Produces Upsets
This years tournament, so far,
has produced more upsets than
most Union county cage fans can
remember coming out of any one
previous tournament.
1t began last Tuesday, when
York eliminated Byhalia and
Dover, without a victory all sea
son, upset Darby. Wednesday
nights games went off as antic-
ipated, Magnetic pasting Watkins
and Raymond walloping Allen.
York figured in another upset
in the Journeys parade of sur
prises by whipping Union, No. 2
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-02-17
News Il. :. Courts

acres in York township.
E. o. and A. H. Tobey 1.30
acres in York township, 81.
Marian M. Tobey and others to
Virgie l.. Tobey, 1.30 acres in
York township, 81.
William N. Tobey and others
to Virgie l.. Tobey, l.30 acres in
York township, 81.
Henry A. and L. S. Tobey to
Virgie l.. Tobey, 1.30 acres in
York township, 81.
Ruth c. Tobey and others to
Virgie L. Tobey, l.30 acres in
York township, 81.
A. C. and E. H. Joos to William
l.. Hudson, 10 acres in Allen
township, $500.
j. George Emmert and others
to Paul and Leota Brown, lot in
Marysville, 81.
John l.. Southland and others to
Minnie T. Southland, lot in Marys-
vile, 81.
Continued on page 2. col. ID
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-02-17
SUNBURY. MARYSVILLE
TIE FOR MID-STATE LEAD

Mid-State League basketball
season ended with a two-way tie
for first place between Marys-
vile and Sunbury, each school
having six victories and two de-
feats during the season.
A surprise victory by last-place
Mt. Gilead team over second
place Marion st. Mary prevented
a three-way tie for top honors,
last Friday. Playing on the tiny
Mt. Gilead court, the Morrow
countianS turned in a "a to 20
win over st. Mary, to leave the
Marion team record of five wins
and three defeats.
Redwood, fifth member of the
League, finished in third place
with two wins and six losses.
Marysville's only League losses
were at the hands of Sunbury,
while Sunbury was twice beaten
by Marion st. Mary.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-02-17
HOME COUNCIL
PLANS MEET

The Union county Home DEM
onstration Council met at 2 p. m.
Feb. "a in the Extension office.
The Council is made up of rep
resentatives from each township,
the Grange, the Farm Bureau and
All Advisors. 1t works with the
home demonstration agent to de-
velop, strengthen and promote
home demonstration program
within the county.
During January, Mrs. Mary
Alice Diehl, home agent, with
the help of the Home Demon
stration Council conducted pro-
ject on Sugar Savers" in each
township, Five hundred and sew
enty seven women and girls at
tended these meetings.
During February and March,
a project on yeast rolls will be
conducted in each township.
Everyone is welcome to attend
these meetings, watch for the
date and place of your township
meetings.
The officers of the Home DEM
onstration Council are: Mrs.
Dwight Herd, president; Mrs.
Shade Watkins, vice president;
Mrs. Ivan T. Beck, secretary
treasurer.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-02-17
FRENCH GIRL, BRIDE OF VET
QUICKLY ADAPTS TO U.S.. WAYS

be. He found her waiting very
patiently. Soon Mr.. Wood was
sent back to the states, leaving
her in France.
Mrs. Wood applied Jan. 27,
1916 for transportation and visa
for the u. S. A. She was given d
quote number granting her to
leave France in Dec, 1916. That
being too long for Mr.. Wood to
wait, he Immediately began try
ing to secure papers for her, here
in the states. He arranged for a
reservation on the T. w, A. Air
line.
Mrs. Wood left France by plane
June 10, 1916. Eighteen hours lat
er she arrived in New York, then
boarded a train for Columbus,
where she was to meet her hus-
band. The marriage was perform
ed by the Rev. Father Hauffer
at Marysville, June l8, 1916.
Mrs. Wood, formerly a school
teacher in France, and having
spent most of her life in the city
of We're, is readily becoming ac-
customed to farm life here and
says she is very happy and con-
tended.
She speaks and understands
American English very we'll,
speaking with a British accent.
She says she can hardly realize
the distance she is from her home,
due to the short time she was
travelling from France to Amer
lea.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-02-17
STATE HIGHWAY SETS
REPAIR TO THREE BRIDGES

Repair of the bridge on Route
l61 over Little Darby creek in
cluded in three projects for which
the State Highway department
will receive bids until 10 a. m.
March IL.
The bridge has a single span
102 feet long, 10 feet 4 inches
high and 81 feet 6 inches wide.
1t is to be cleaned by sand blast
ing, then given one prime coat
of paint and one field coat.
Other bridges on the same pro-
posal include one over Deer creek
on Route So and one over Big
Darby creek on Route 161, both
in Madison county.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-02-17
SHEEP BREEDERS BANQUET
PLANNED FOR MARCH Ia

Guy Green, chairman of the
Sheep Improvement committee of
Union county, announces that the
annual Union county Sheep Ban
quet will be held in the Pharis-
burg school on March ID, at 7:30
pm. Guests of the evening will
be l.. X. Bear, Agricultural Ex-
tension sheep specialist, Ohio
State university; c. w. Hammans,
market specialist, Ohio State
university; and c. F. Flickinger
and Robert Rector, representative
of the Columbus Livestock CO.
operative association, plus many
other men interested in sheep and
lamb improvement associations.
Tickets will be available at the
County Agricultural Extension
office and from each member of
the Sheep Improvement commit
tee.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-02-17
WEST MANSFIELD LIONS
ELECT THEIR OFFICERS

Officers of the newly-formed
West Mansfield Lions club were
chosen at meeting held in that
community Tuesday night. They
are:.
H. J. Smith, president; Burton
]. Pratt, first vice president;
Dwight w, Ballinger, secretary
Edwin E. Moffitt, treasurer; Lew
is w. Tamplin, lion tanner; and
Red Forester, tail twister.
Two more vice presidents and
four directors are to be elected
at the clubs next meeting, Feb.
25. The group is being organized
by George w. Bormuth, represen-
tative of Lions International, and
is sponsored by the Redwood and
Mt. Victory Lions clubs.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-02-17
FARM SAFETY
ANNOUNCEMENT

Every day in Ohio approxl-
mately 80 farm people are hurt
in a serious accident. Some are
killed, others are injured perman-
emily. Most of these accidents can
be prevented. Experience is a
costly teacher. So, action today
may prevent an accident tomor-
row. Let's take time out to anchor
that throw rug, fix that handrail,
and replace that worn extension
cord with one approved by the
Underwater Laboratories, Inc.