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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-15
LookAfTheL LobeI
On Wool Clothes

When you buy any "wooP' cloth
ing, look carefully at the label.
That is the moral" of an order is
sued this week by the Federal
Trade Commission.
The F. T. C. told David D. Doni-
ger & Company Of New York to
stop violating the Wool Products
Labelling Act, which Congressman
Robert Crosser (Dem., Ohio) put
a few years ago against
alter opposition by unscrupulous
SDlsiness men. The law is also call
ed the truth in Fabrics Act.">
Doniger, the commission said,
"sells sportswear and sweaters un-
der the trade name 'McGregor,'
and uses other terms which falsely
suggest that the products are
made in Scotland or England. The
company must stop that.
Must Tell All
More important, Doniger must
put on the clothing labels showing
what percentages of the fabric are
new wool, "reprocessed" wool, re-
used" wool ("shoddy"), rayon,
other fibers and "adulterating mat
ter"
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-15
Puden City
Local Holds
Fine PdrtY
Officials OF Firm
Guests OF Evening

Paden City, w. Va.-It has been
several months since we have con-
tributed to the columns of the Her
aid, but we wish the trade to know
we are still among the living.
Our last scheduled meeting was
postponed for one week so as not
to conflict with the entertainment
and banquet sponsored by the local
and in the Paden City High School
auditorium on May 1st. The event,
the first of it's kind ever held
since the local was organized are
still talking Of the wonderful time.
Miss Ruth Laugh was chairman
for the banquet and with her aides
came through in fine style, fur
nishing a meal that more than sat
isfied the need of the inner man.
William "Bill" Adams was chair
man of the entertainment commit
tee and any one who knows "Bill",
can rest assured that part of the
program was well taken care of.
Wilmer Sebor of New Martins
vile, leader Of the Harmony Four
Quartet, was master of ceremonies
for the evening and his Barber
Shop quartet gave several num-
bers.
Duke Curtis showed the members
that he can still tap dance; Herbert
Richie, appeared as cow boy and
received numerous requests for
special numbers; Cecil Inbody and
Robert Sheets impersonated Lum
and Abner, and did a swell job
in their little skit.
In an effort not to slight any,
one from participating in the eve-
ning's festivities, the management
permitted the ten night decal crews
a two-hour recess to join in the
fun.
Officials of the firm were guests
at the party and extended words
of praise for a fine enjoyable eve-
ning.-O. c. LAG.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-15
Delegofes To Be
Elected BY LocoI
IS On Moy 22nd

COShOctOn, Ohio - The members
of Local Union 75 held quite dis
cussion at their last meeting in re-
CARDS to reopening negotiations
with manufacturers for wage in
crease. Supporting their contention
along this line, many took the floor
and cited the various price in
creases in the cost of living since
our last wage increase. Since there
seems to be a national trend for
granting a Is per cent wage raise
in other industries, certainly the
employees of the pottery industry
are entitled to same.
Election for national officers
was held with a very good turnout
at the polls. We were glad to see
such fine turnout and hope the
members will keep in mind that
the same enthusiasm displayed at
meetings throughout the year is
bound to bring good results. Let's
not only make it election time we
are interested in our organization,
but every meeting.
Ruth Barrick, Marian Bailey and
Waiter Funk were issued with
drawal cards while Ernest Broom
hall received transfer card to Lo-
cal Union 1872.
Margaret Clark deposited her
withdrawal card and her name was
placed on the rolls along with Car
men Wheeler, Stephen Bailey and
Leta Ugie, who were initiated.
The following names were read
who are eligible to be delegate to
the convention this year: Tom
Book, Okey Contempt, Dan Chur-
ton, Margaret Holder, Frank Main
waring, Sr., d. l. Scott, Ed. Smith,
Tom Stull and George Smith. Vot-
ing for one of these candidates will
be held at our next meeting
scheduled on May 22nd.
The usual refreshments were
served at the close Of the meeting
and the balance of the evening
spent in an old fashioned chin fest.
20. c.. IS.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-15
L.U.45 Heurs
Report From
Wage PdrleY
Firm Offers 11H-Cent
Hourly Wage Increase

Trenton, n. J.-Local Union al
had a very large turnout at their
last meeting on May 8 when the
conferees to the wage parley with
the Trenton Potteries Company
made their report of proposals Of
fered by the company to be en-
bodied in the new contract, subject
to approval of the union.
Fourth Vice President Charles
thinner, spokesman for the com
mittee, reported the company offer
of an 11h-cent hourly raise, six
paid holidays, and premium pay
for night work calling for 21a-
cent hourly raise from 5 to 71s-
cents for the second shift and 10
cents an hour for the third shift.
Double pay for holidays worked,
provided the Individual did not loaf
the day preceding or following the
holiday.
The 11lA cent hourly raise will
be reduced to piecework rates for
all in that category and the new
contract is retroactive to April 29.
After much discussion this gen.
eral section of the new agreement
was endorsed by the local, and a
rising vote of thanks extended the
committee for their services.
First Vice President Wheatley,
Organizer James Solon and Fourth
Vice President Charles thinner
headed the joint committees of To-
Gals as, 49 and 81 in meetings with
the firm. Local ASS representatives
in the parley included Lance Ansell,
John Cooper, Sr., James, Acton,
Russell Sleepy, Robert Hannah and
Arthur Kirkham.
The committee from Local Union
45 has scheduled a meeting with
the firm to negotiate items which
pertain to our own local and it is
hoped satisfactory agreement can
be reached and the contract signed
and put into effect.
Raymond Pontani, Albert OPP
dyke, Joseph Takash and Robert
Fisher were initiated and their
names added to the roll.
Brothers Joe Wyatt, Francis
Morias and Tony Myhalski were
reported on the sick list, and Phil
Webber reported back at work.
Brothers Duncan Stewart, Will
liam Wideman and Matthew Thorn
ton reported back from work else
where.
We are very glad a new agree
ment is being reached without loss
of time and more or less satisfac-
tory to most of US, but we hope
the interest at our union meetings
will continue. There are always
new matters and details to be
taken care of and many improve
ments that could be made if the
right cooperation is extended. Let's
strive from here on in to be regu-
lar in our attendance at the week
ly sessions and move forward as a
unto. c. 45.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-15
Exemption Of AP
From Antitrust
Lows Denounced

| Washington (LPA) = A high
powered well-financed campaign to
enact federal legislation exempt
ing Associated Press and other
newsgathering agencies from the
antitrust laws ran into heavy op-
position here last week.
The Justice Dept, the American
Civil Liberties Union, the Int'l
Typographical Union-AFL and 9th
er groups registered strong OBJ
jections to a bill introduced by Rep
Noah Mason (R., Ill., which would
reverse a Supreme Court decision
declaring AP a monopoly and COM
pelling it to sell it's services to all
newspapers.
Power behind the Mason cam
paign is Col. Robert Mccormick,
reactionary publisher of the Chica-
go Tribune. A Tribune employe,
George C. Blohm, registered as a
lobbyist for the legislation, receives
salary of $245 a week plus ex-
penses up to $3.50 a month.
Hearings on this bill, as well as
one sponsored by Republican Sem
ators Taft, Ball and Smith will be-
gin before the Senate Subcommit-
tee on Health the week of May 21.
A sharp clash between advocates
of Charitable medicine" led by
Sen. Taft and those who want all
workers and their families covered
by federal insurance plan is expect
ed.
Sen. Wagner said the people of
the u. S. "are self-supporting, self
respecting groups they neither
ask for nor want medical charity"
But, he added to explain why his
health insurance bill was needed,
"They sorely need way of meet
ing the costs of sudden, unpredict-
able sickness so that these costs
will not be catastrophe to family
income or savings.
voluntary insurance plans can
not do the job; after many years
Of effort, the large-scale plans pro-
vide very limited benefits and the
plans which supply comprehensive
medical and hospital services cover
only about 800 of our population"
Besides proposing an extension
of the present social security sys-
tenn to provide for universal health
insurance, the new bill would pro-
vide a permanent system of federal
grants-in-aid to the states for ex-
panding public health services and
maternal and child health services,
and for Improvement of the grant
in-aid under the Hospital Survey
& Construction Act.
Sponsors who joined Sen. Wag-
ner include: Murray d., Mont. },
Pepper 3D., Fla.), Chavey 3D., N.
NJ, Taylor d., Idaho), and Nc
Grath 3D., r. I.).
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-15
Delegates To
BYL.U.No.l0 10
Much Discussion Over
Temporary Settlement

Local No. 10, at the last meeting
had satisfactory vote for Nation
al Officers and Delegates to the
A. F. of l.. Convention. They also
elected Frank Duffy, and Fred Nc
Gillivray delegates to the Atlantic
City Convention and Thomas Cur
ley as alternate.
Considerable discussion was
given to recent temporary settle
ment which is unsatisfactory to the
Local, and something will be done
about it at the expiration of the
agreement.
We were glad to notice in the
gathering, members from some of
the shops that are not usually rep
resented at our meetings and we
hope they were sufficiently inter-
ested to attend regularly.
Some letters were received from
Candidates too late to be effective,
this was probably due to the delay
in receiving the returns from the
Primary election.
While Local No. 10 imposes no
penalty for failure to attend the
meetings, we hope to make the ses-
sions so interesting and profitable
the members will consider it a
privilege rather than an obligation
to attend.-O. G.. 10.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-15
Anfi-Lobor Lobby
Spent S137.910
In Three Months

Washington (LPA) - For the
first time in U. S. history there
was concrete evidence last week of
the enormous sums Of money spent
by big business to maintain Con-
gressional lobbies.
To pass legislation that they
wanted and to defeat Legislation
they opposed, l24 organizations re-
ported they had spent $928,0o0 dur
ing the first three months of this
year. Largest single expenditure
was by the anti-labor Committee
for Constitutional Government
which laid out s137,910 in pushing
the Republican tax program and
the Taft-Hartley union-wrecking
bills.
The fight against public power
cost the Natl Association of Elec-
trio Companies lobby neat S65, ,000
for the three months. The realtors
lobby, represented by the Natl As
sociation of Real Estate Boards,
spent S13,356 to battle rent con-
trolls and public housing legisia-
tion. Its lobbyist, C. X. Snyder,
listed among his expenses $6l2 for
initiation fees and dues at the Con-
gressional Country Club. The same
detectives were sought by the Natl
Home & Property Owners Founda-
tion which shelled out S4443.
The s92S,C00 spent by the 124 or
ganizations probably represents
only part of the actual expendi-
lures, several Congressman con-
tended. They pointed out that alto
gether there are more than 500
groups registered and they main
tain $50 lobbyists on their payrolls.
Undoubtedly" said one senator,
lobbying is a S5,000,000 a year
business"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-15
Religious Groups
Hit HortIey-Tof
Slave Labor Plan

Chicago (LPA) = A mounting
! number of religious groups thru
out the country threw their support
to labor's battle against the Taft
Hartley union-wrecking legislation
last week. Many of the organiza-
tions urged Presidential veto.
Newest groups to add their
voices to union protests include:
Methodist Foundation for Social
Action, Rabbinical Council of
America, Natl Religion & Labor
Foundation, and the Chicago Fed
GRAFTON of Reform Synagogues.
. The NRLF charged that the leg
islation is ain violation of the prin-
ciple of divine justice" The Rab-
binical Council declared: "We reaf-
firm the right of labor in all ave-
nues of service to strike for the
purpose of advancing the position
of the individual laborer toward
better, happier and more creative
life.
"The maintenance of this right
is basic in order to guarantee the
essential dignity of the human per-
son." said the Council. "Since, how
ever, the rights Of labor to organ
ize for the purpose Of collective
bargaining and for the enhance
ment of its living standards and
working conditions has long been
recognized we decry any effort to
nullify the gains of labor over the
past years"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-15

set up in each plant to tabulate
the vote. Approximately 5000
votes were cast to determine the
;, potters' sentiment on "fast" time
tn Is opposed to standard time, on
g. which the district is operating at
present.
The following is the tabulated
;vote for each plant:
Homer Laughlin China Co.-For
daylight time: 1876, against day
light time: 1887.
Taylor, Smith & Taylor Co..
For daylight time: 348; against
daylight time: 4O1.
Harker Pottery Co.-For day.
light time: 146; against daylight
saving time: 1870.
Hall China Co.-For daylight
saving time: 408; against daylight
saving time: 435.
Edwin M. Knowles China Co..
For daylight saving time: 284;
against daylight saving time: 425.
Louthan Manufacturing Co. =
For daylight saving time: "a;
against daylight saving time: 81.
Potters Supply Co.-For day.
light saving time: 81; against day.
light saving time: 81.
Of the total vote in the seven
plants, only two, Louthan Manu-
featuring Co. and the employees of
the Potters Supply favored "fast"
time. Homer Laughlin China Co.
employees voted against the issue
nearly two-to-one, while the result
was fairly even at Hall China Co.,
Harker Pottery Co., and Taylor,
Smith & Taylor.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-15

Senator Iaft stared down at his
desk disconsolately as the result
was announced, but few moments
later was grinning and exchanging
handclasps with Senator Ives.
Defeat of the industry wide bar
gaining ban came at moment
when the American Federation of
Labor was placing advertisements
in papers througout the Nation ex-
planning that only such a system
could insure industrial peace
throughout America and assure
workers in this country Of a decent
standard of living.
The advertisement declared:
Industry knows no boundaries.
1t sprawls across the Nation.
Thousands Of employers are or
ganized on an industry-wide basis.
"To meet industry as an equal,
labor must bargain on an industry
wide basis. The real interests of
the public, the workers and the en-
ployer are identical. What they all
need, what America needs, what
the world needs, is lavor-manage-
ment peace and increased produc-
ton.
"You, the public, certainly have
an interest. You know that wartime
economic maladjustments brought
on strikes. You resented this incon-
venience. The National Association
of Manufacturers, attempting to
capitalize on this resentment, has
charged that industry-wide bar
gaining causes industry wide
strikes
'"rhis is not true. It is al ltoo
frequently the stubborn refusal of
certain employers to give labor a
fair break. In the last 10 months
wage rates have risen only 9.5 per-
cent. Wholesale prices spiralled 80
percent; retail prices were up 20
percent = and industrial profits
were the greatest in 10 years.
More than 100000 working
people are now covered by indus
try-wide bargaining contracts.
Thousands of employers prefer this
method of bargaining. If industry
wide bargaining is banned major
upheaval in thousands of companies
will result. Hundreds of new strikes
will be encouraged, many in in
dustries which have had no strikes
in generations. You will get indus
trial chaos-not industrial peace.
Such unwise legislation will create
the conditions which it ostensibly
seeks to abolish"
AS the issue came to a head on
the floor of the Senate in regard
to collective bargaining, 16 Repub-
licans deserted Mr.. Taft's leader
ship to join % Democrats for the
defeat of the Ohion's proposal to
outlaw Nationwide labor bargain
ing.
In his vigorous opposition to the
proposed ban on Nationwide bar
gaining, Senator Ives told the SEN
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-15
Senofe Oufdoes
House In Labor
Dept Fund Cut

Washington (LPA) = For the
first time in IA years the senate
last week reduced a Labor Dept
Federal Security appropriation be-
low the amount allowed by the
! House.
The Senate okayed 81, ,685, 100000
for the two agencies, which was
$8,388,0OO less than approved by
the House and $1OO,OOO,OOO less
than what President Truman re-
quested.
However, a number of severe
Labor Dept cuts, strongly protest
ed by labor and liberal groups,
were restored by the Senate. This
was made possible by slashing
more than $14,0O0,000 from the
House recommendation for state
grants for employment offices and
slicing $5,328,20O from the funds
Of the Natl Cancer Institute.
This saving, slightly less than
s2O,CC0,OCO, permitted restoration
of $4,344,S00 to Labor Dept oper-
ating funds, $941,0 to the Natl
Labor Relations Board, and slight
ly more than $6,000,000 to FSA
functions.
Nine separate attempts by liber-
al Democrats to increase the funds
for specific Labor Dept units were
beaten back by the economy-ob-
sessed Republican majority which
adopted its Appropriations Com
mittee report without changing
dollar.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-15
Lewis Named Foreman
Of Jackson Company

Falls Creek, Pa.-Bill Lewis who
has had charge of the underglaze
decorating at the Jackson China
Company was recently appointed
as assistant to the general man.
ager, effective as of May /. Bill
has had a wide experience in fore
manship duties, having served in
that capacity at the Warwick
China in Wheeling.
Joe Reckel, clayshop foreman
has left our midst and accepted a
job as manager of a novelty shop
in New Brighton. Clyde (Red)
Craven, popular member of Local
Union 104 has been named to sue
ceed Reckel in the foremanship
role. - o. C. 104.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-15
Delegates TO
7o47 Convention

Local Union No. 4-Casters, East
Liverpool, 0. George Shaffer
James Moss, George Brunt, Edward
Edgars; alternates, Fred Glenn
Shell Johnson, Garvin Burgess,
William Ashbaugh.
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 Torrehce,
Harry Podewels, Luther Hall.
Local Union mo- 20 General-
ware; Steubenville, o. James
Coaker.
Local Union No. 24-Chinaware,
Wellsville, William Robinson,
George Salsberry, Clyde Christman,
Samuel j. Lawton.
Local Union No. 25 = Packers,
East Liverpool, o. Erwin H.
Crawford.
Local Union No. 29-Dishmak-
ers, East Liverpool, 0. =, Harry
Brindley.
Local Union No. AZ - General
ware, Salem, O.-William Stark, P.
X. Laughlin, John Ehrhart.
Local Union 45-Sanitary, Tren-
ton, N. j., George Smith, Elijah
Watson, Robert Hannah and John
Cooper, Sr.
Local Union No. 49-Trenton, N.
J.-Stanley Malyhas, Aloysius Ka-
to, Robert w. Gresch.
Local Union No. 53-Finishers,
East Liverpool, 0. - Ella Duffy,
Matte McGill.
Local Union 76-Chinaware, Buff
falo, N. Y.-Oscar Dale, Carl
Heintz.
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,
rth,,r Marshall
Local Union No. 20 - General
ware, Minerva, Ohio-John Rourke,
Abe Edwards, Sylvanus DeBee,
Glenn sHaines; alternate, Martha
Cole.
Local, Union No. 86-Warehouse-
men, East Liverpool, o. - Harold
Palmer, James Ward.
Local Union 1872 - Handle Cas-
ters and Finishers - Opal Land
fried; alternate Bertha Magnone.
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
D. Krebs, Carmen Yost.
Local Union No. 1853 = Potters
Supply and Refractories, East Liv-
erpool, O.-James O'Reilly, Will
bur B. Doughty.
Local Union No. 177-Sanitary
Ill. = Floyd Umbarger,
Ross Terry.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-15
Baseball Guild Still Fighting

Boston (LPA)-Expressing the
hope that he would not be Danish
ed to the gagged silence of base
balls Siberia" by Happy Chandler,
President Robert Murphy of the
American Baseball Guild last week
asserted that hearings before the
N. Y. Labor Relations Board June
4 on charges Of unfair labor prac-
tices against three New York Ma
jor league clubs, Natl League
President Ford Frick, and Ameri-
can League President William Har-
ridge, again justify AGES organ
ization drive.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-15
CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT
EXPECTED TO INCREASE

San Francisco alif.-The April
issue of the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics' Monthly Labor Review re-
veals the following information:
The labor force on the entire
West Coast is expected to increase
from 100000 in 1910 to a total in
the neighborhood of 5,800,000 in
1850, a 36 percent expansion.
The total civilian employment in
the state at it's wartime peak was
3,712,OC0 in June, 1914. The post
war low was reached in February,
1916, with 3,327,0O0 in civilian en-
ployment. 1t then climbed steadily
to a seasonal high of 3,766,000 in
September, 1916, and in December,
1916, stood at 3,648,00O.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-15
P0tters Ballot To
Decide Time issue
In Liverpool Area

poll among pottery workers in the East Liverpool dis
trct suggested by the United Potters Association to
sraighen out differences of opinion Daylight Saving
Tme resulted in vast majority of pottes favorng standard
time in preference to Daylight Time
The poll conducted among employees in plants,
Hall China Co., Homer Laughln China Co., Edwin M.
knowles China Co.. Taylor Smith Taylor Co., Harker Pot
terry Co., Louhan Manufacturing Co., and the Poters Supply
Voting by secret ballot with workers committees
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-15
|ndustry-Wide Bargaining
Ban Beaten In Senate Test

Washington d. C.-The United States Senate, in
sharp revolt against its present leadershps determination
penaize organized American labor along wide 'front.'
ected "A to A. to restrict ndustrywide bargaining
The Senaes action marked the first major defeat for
Senator Taft Republican, of Ohio, since he became chair
of the Senate Labor Committee and head of the Senate
Republican Steering Committee The revolt against the
amendment led by Senators ves Republican, of New
York. and Morse Republican of Oregon.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-15
BILE REFLECTS JOHNSTON

Cleveland (LPA). - An eight
week convention of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers
wound up here this week by re-
electing Alvanley Johnston as its
grand chief engineer equivalent
of president). A full slate of other
officers was also elected.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-15
UNDER-SCALE BOSS JAILED

Long Beach, Calif.-A restaurant
opera:o-, Leslie Dekom, will spend
the next six months in Jail for fail
ing to pay an employe the scale
provided in his contract with the