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Evening star., 1947-05-29
Canal Repairs Planned
|Aher 5O-Foot Break
Lowers Wafer Level

Plans were under way today to
repair the break in the Chesapeake
IL Ohio Canal near Canal road and
Weaver terrace NV, following a
cave-in along the bank on the Po-
tomac River side.
The break, which occurred late
yesterday, almost emptied the
waterway, with water flowing
through the wide opening into the
area adjacent to the river, about
500 feet away.
Five locks located above the break,
estimated to be between so and rs
feet wide. were closed, and water
was shut off at the Brookmont
feeder dam to prevent further inun-
dation of the area.
No One Found in Danger.
Shortly after the canal and the
river were joined by the swirling
current, park police heard reports
that about five people were ma
rooned between the two waterways.
A harbor police boat arrived from
the Key Bridge area. and Pvts F. c.
White and Frank Carr made a
thorough search. They were un-
able to find any one in danger.
The break, which occurred in the
section of the canal known as the
"Georgetown Level" created two
small waterfalls, one on each side
of the opening. At one point along
the canal, the water swiftly dropped
several feet barring the clay sides
of the canal.
| Barge Is Beached. -, 80
Park police said the break might
have resulted from collapse of q
conduit connecting Macarthur
boulevard with the Potomac River
The conduit might have collapsed
because of recent heavy rains, it
was said.
The Canal Clipper. horse-drawn
barge which makes weekend trips
on the canal, was beached when the
water poured through the break
A barrier was placed on one side
of the break to prevent hikers from
using a pathway along the bank
Evening star., 1947-05-29
Former Elected Director
OF U. S. Junior Chamber

Marshall L. Farmer, 1101 Six
teenth street NV, now complet-
ing two-year term on the board
of directors of the Washington Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce, has
been elected a national director oil
the United States Junior Chamber
of Commerce, it was announced yes.
terday.
During the last year, Mr.. Farmer
has been director in charge of the
public health committee and his
torian for the local group. He is a
years old, and one OF the youngest
men ever to be elected to nationa
Office in the organization.
Evening star., 1947-05-29
Court Upbraids Policeman
For Traffic Case Conduct

A motorist who accused q police
man of climbing into his moving
car and forcing" four other oc-
5cupants to jump out yesterday was
freed Of q traf1lc charge by Judge
who upbraided the policeman for
his conduct.
John IL, Hurd. 20. colored, of the
1900 block Of B street Sc, appeared
in Traffic Court for failing to yield
the right OF way to q pedestrian,
who was Pvt. VIC. Grant OF No,
9 Precinct. Mr.. Hurd denied the
charge, however. and charged the
policeman unexpectedly climbed
through the car window, grabbed
Evening star., 1947-05-29
| lIat him snd frishtensd the passsn.

|at him and frightened the passen-
gers.
aHe acted crazy Mr.. H1rd told
the court.
Judge Armond w. Scott, dismiss
ing the case, declared: This is the
type Of officer that brings disrepute
to the force. It is fortunate for
the department that cases OF this
kind do not appear often.'
Evening star., 1947-05-29
Lodge PIuns Dinner Dance

The 49th anniversary of Keane
Council, Knights of Columbus, will
be celebrated by a dinner dance al
7:30 o'clock tonight in the Hamilton
Hotel, 1t was announced. James P
McKeon, past State deputy, will be
the principal speaker
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-23
HOFFMAN BILL
GUARDS SCABS

Washington (FP) Outright
repeal of the Wagner labor rela-
tions act and creation of a new
National Labor Mediation Board
with strict prohibition of the closed
shop is called for in a bill offered
by Representative Clare Hoffman.
Hoffman's bill brands as unfair
labor practices refusal to bargain
or mediate under the newly estab-
lished NLMB, deduction of union
dues from wages unless individual
ly authorized, or striking in viola
tion of a contract or in violation
of the Hoffman act.
Employers are given the right to
discharge or refuse to reemploy
any worker who ais guilty of un-
fair labor practices" and the right
to bargain with any union or en-
ployee who fails to recognize or be
bound by a certificate of collective
bargaining representatives issued
by the board.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-23

posed upon the Department OF
Labor conciliators, Warren said
"But," he continued, "it has i'm
posed an even greater response
bility upon management and labor.
Today no interruption of work can
be blamed upon the government.
The full responsibility for continu-
Gus production now rests wholly
with employers and unions.
"Last years record" he declar-
ed, 'was the worst in our history,
3 times more man-days lost than
in 1945-the previous peak year.
| doubt that the citizens Of this
country will be willing to put up
with many more years of free-col-
lective bargaining if the stoppages
continue to be as long and as Bit
ter and as frequent as they were
this past year.
"That 9 in every 10 disputes
were settled peacefully last year
is not a sufficient defense. Last
years record of $4,000 negotia-
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-23
Merger Of Poper
Workers Unions
May Take Place

Fort Edward, n. Y. ILNS) =
John P. Burke, president of the In
ternational Brotherhood of Pulp,
Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers
announced at union headquarters
here that he would propose merger
of his organization with the In
ternational Brotherhood of Paper
Makers.
President Burke, whose union
has a membership of 104,C00 in
the United States and Candada,
said the consolidation offer has
been made by Matthew ]. Burns,
president of the paper makers. The
latter union has a membership of
"a 900.
No action can be taken, Burge
added, until his unions convention
in Milwaukee in September.
A spokesman for Burns at head
quarters in Albany said the paper
makers president had advocated
the merger for several years and
that members endorsed the pro-
posal at their last annual conven-
ton.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-23
Hearings On
Anfi-Lubor Bills
Get Under Woy

Washington (FP) - The anti
labor express got a green light
from the Senate Labor Committee
when Chairman Robert A. Taft an
nounced that hearings would be-
gin Jan. % on all pending meas
ures to reduce industrial strife.
Instead of taking up the various
anti-labor proposals one by one
as has been the custom, Taft said
the committee had directed that
all witnesses make but a single
appearance to voice their position
on each measure.
Taft also said it was now plan
ned to complete hearings by
March 1, which means no labor
legislation will reach the Senate
floor before than date except pos
sibly plan to solve the portal-to-
portal pay issue.
Labor Secretary Schwellenbach
and other government officials will
be in the first list of witnesses, the
Republican leader said. Each wit
ness will be required, under the
1916 congressional reorganization
act, to state what issues he will
discuss, which side he is on, and to
file brief summary of his views.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-23
ORGANIZATION And Legislative Drive
Is Planned By A. F. of L. Farm Union

ed the Importance of organiza-
tion to gain for agricultural work
ers the protection of state and
federal labor laws. Emphasis was
laid on the old age provisions of
the social security act, now denied
farm hands too old to carry on
daily work in the fields.
A demand was raised for federal
investigation of violence against
organized farm workers in Port
ageville and Charlottesville, Mo.
during 1916, involving the murder
of one Negro farmer who was will
ing to pay hired hands the union
scale. The convention appointed
group to take their plea to Attor
ney General Tom Clark, while
other delegates visited the halls of
Congress to take their demands
for protection of federal laws to
their senators and representatives.
The delegates adopted proposals
for streamlining the union setup,
calling for improved union edu-
(Tuyn to Page SixJ
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-23
chrisfmos Porfy
Given BY Son+o
Anifo Pofferies

Los Angeles, Calif.-The annua
Christmas party given by the
Santa Anita Potteries for all mem.
bers of. Local Union No. 183 anC
families was held during the holi.
days. A delicious turkey dinner
was enjoyed by all, followed by
entertainment and then dancing
The Christmas spirit was observed
by a gift exchange and in addition
each employee received $500
from the firm.
Brother AL Madrid was party
chairman and Sister Jessie Murray
in charge of the dinner.
At the last meeting officers were
elected for the next six months
0. d. Reese, president; Leonard
Sullivan, vice president; Harry
Hernandez, treasurer; George
Thorne, financial secretary; Eddie
Fitzpatrick, recording secretary;
James Lamb, statistician; George
Dean, Inspector; John Baroni,
guard; Harold Jewell, trustee. We
have fine set of officers and hope
the members will aid them during
their term of office.--O. c. 183.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-23

= Inc Baltimore pill operators also
agreed to stop claiming that its
Selected Imported Sea Vege-
tables" whatever that may mean,
have any value in preventing or
treating goitre, regulation of
glands, blood pressure or heart ac-
ton, or that they will in any way
stimulate or promote normal men,
tai or physical development" or
even be helpful in clearing the
complexion" or in eliminating
body poisons."
In another decision protecting
the poor consumer, ETC agreed
with George w. Goodie, trading as
Sani-Tex Laboratories of Los
Angeles, that he will stop right
now from claiming that his femin-
inc hygiene products sold as "Sani-
Tex" are recommended by physi-
clans or are of use as a contracep-
tive measure.
Goodie, caught in a bald-faced
lie, also stipulated that he would
cease from using the word ''labora-
tory" or any similar name in his
ads, since he does not own or con-
troll "any appropriately equipped
laboratory where his products are
compounded or made and where
research work in connection with
them is. conducted by a trained
technician."
Three guys operating the Hada-
shain Export Clothing Co. and the
Eastern Mail Order Co., of New
York City, agreed to cease and de-
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-23
Dinner-Donce To
Be Held Feb. ] BY
canonsburg Local

Canonsburg, Pa. - S turd a y
evening, February l has been
selected by the Social Committee
of Local 81 as the date for the
diner-dance in honor of the ex-
GI.'s, members of our local.
The affair will be held in the
S. n. P. j. Hall and a capacity
crowd is expected to be on hand
to greet our honored guests. Din
ner will be served at 6:00 o'clock
and after the dinner the remainder
of the evening will be spent dane
ing to the music of a very good
band.
The General Committee is COM
posed Of Brothers John Mamrack,
Charles Harris, Cliff Rawlings,
Clarence Wright and Charles At
kinson. The Kitchen Committee
will be headed by Brother Tom
Schussler and Harry Anderson will
head the Reception Committee. A
large number of members have vol
unteered their services to assist
in making the party success.
President Mamrack has appoint
ed the following committees to act
for the present term. Lower shop:
Charles Harris, chairman of COM
mittee, assisted by Vernon Hile-
man, John Sedora, Ed Balls, Clyde
Wylie, Joe Kendra and Peg En-
low. Health Committee: Cliff
Rawlings, Alice Gregory and Rose
Serca. Flower Committee: Cliff
Rawlings and Nancy Delaney.
Upper Shop: John Marshall, chair
man of the committee, aided by
Larry Bird, Harry Glenn, j. D.
Rossell, Margaret Bolensky, Clyde
Patton Jr., John Lauther, Julia
Blandine. Health Committee: Clar-
ence Melone, VIM. Dampf Jr. and
Yarkosky. Flower Com
mittee: Rose Koplen and Margaret
Legislative Committee: j.
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-23

MuchinistS
Ask $400,000
For MI. r. B.
Suggest Continuance
OF Luxury Taxes

Washington, D. C. (ILNS) -
Harvey w. Brown, president of the
International Association of Ma
chinists has called upon Congress
to provide supplementary funds
for the National Labor Relations
Board for the current fiscal year.
In a letter addressed to each
member of the 80th Congress,
Brown pointed out the financial
handicap under which the board
has been operating, its inability
because of curtailed budget to keep
up with the avalanche of cases filed
in labor disputes. He emphasized
the moral responsibility and duty
of Congress to provide adequate
funds to keep running the board
which has been set up by Con-
gress itself as statutory machinery
to reduce strife in industrial rela-
tionS.
He estimated that supplement
tary appropriation of only $4C0,CO0
would lift the board out of it's diff
ficulties.
"With Congress keyed up to try
all kinds of methods to prevent in
dustrial strife, it is unbelievable
that it should allow so small sum
to stand in the way of effectively
carrying out a method that for
more than 10 years has proved it's
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-23
Survived Of Free Bargaining Held
Up To Labor And Management

Washington, D. c. QLNS) =
Fate of free collective bargaining
in the United States will depend on
the ability of both management
and labor to do their negotiating
without seriously disrupting the
nations economy or interfering
with the lives of their neighbors,
)Edgar L. Warren, head of the U.
IS. Cancellation Service said recent
ly.
Addressing the Institute of In
dustrial Relations of the National
Association of Manufacturers at
Boca Ration, Fla, Warren warned
that if work stoppages continue
to interfere with the national eco-
nomy Congress will consider SER
iously some form of compulsory
arbitration. That, he declared,
would be the first step to many
other compulsions.
With the end of wartime con-
trolls and limitation of the gov
ernment's role to Cancellation, a
grave responsibility has been i'm
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-23

bargaining can best play its ere
ative role in advancing the stand
ard of life of the workers and in
protecting their satus as human
beings. Lack of stability, however,
may provide the basis for re-
newal of the industrial strife that
characterized much of the first
postwar year"
1t was in connection with his dis
cussion of stabilized industrial con-
ditions that he spoke approvingly
of the increasing use of health and
welfare funds in union contracts.
While he felt that the general
economic outlook for the immedi-
ate future is favorable if price
stability is quickly achieved, Mr..
Schwellenbach felt that "the deci-
sive test for the postwar economy
will come when the deferred de-
mand of the war years for capital
goods and equipment has been
met"
He added that "our economic
health must depend mainly, Of
course, upon the foresight and
ad&ptabiiity Of labor, management
and farmers in working together
through their organizations and
their Government for general, sus-
tanned prosperity"
The Secretary urged that "sta-
bility must be assured at high
level of output, and the products
of industry must be equitably dis
tributed among those who cooper
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-23
Local Union No.
722 NumeS New
Shop Committee

Cambridge, Ohio-At the last
regular meeting of Local No. 122
officers for the new year were in
stalled.
There were several questions up
for discussion, among them the
decal girls question which has been
causing a great deal of trouble.
Lawrence Keats, jiggerman, gave
report on the meeting with the
firm, also the session at headquar-
ters regarding jiggering round
footed oval dish. This has been
settled by the Generalware Stand
ing Committee since the meetings.
Chairman Bill Wade named the
following shop committee: Forrest
Wagstaff, jiggerman; Andy
Henry, caster; Albert Van Camp,
dipper; John Ellis and Art Medley,
kilnmen; Joe Jones, glost ware
houseman; Lii Rose and Marie
Adams, decAl machine and bench,
respectively; Ludley Knight, deco
rator; Wayne McCracken, decora-
ting kilnman and Chester Rister,
decorating warehouseman.
Universars new Laurella shape
is in production and with the ex-
ception of few "bugs" is going
we'll. This is the first new shape
in several years. Some shapes will
be discontinued soon. Orders are
good and the outlook is bright for
capacity production and steady
work throughout the year. There
have been a few minor breakdowns
causing some loss of work.
Health of the members, as
whole, has been fair with a few
off work for several weeks. Broth
er Elmer Lewis, liner, is back at
his bench after recovering from
stroke also Brother Fred Hender-
son, jiggerman, who has been laid
up for. several months with heart
trouble.
l would like to impress upon
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-23

Washington (FP) - Meeting in
it's 18th annual convention here,
the National Farm Labor Union
decided on a program of organiza-
tion to bring a higher money in
come and greater security to three
million workers on farms, ranches
and plantations.
The NFLU, formerly known as
the Southern Tenant Farmers
Union, received an AFL charter
last August. 1t reports member
ship of $4,000 hired field hands,
ers and sharecroppers
throughout the south and south
west, recording a growth of 5000
in the past year.
First resolution passed by the
convention Of more than 100 dele
gates called for congressional ac-
tion to provide minimum wage
of 65 cents an hour in agriculture,
and Overtime as now provided in
industry"
Several resolutions as well as
floor speakers and guests stress
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-23
Public Investment
Is Necessary To
Avert Depression

Montreal (ILNS)-An Interna-
tional Labor Office study issued at
lilo headquarters here warned
that large-scale public investment
would be needed in many countries
in the next 10 years to maintain
employment, and urged advance
planning fo public expenditure to
offset economic fluctuations.
"The volume of public invest
ment that will be needed in the
next decade for reconstruction,
development and the maintenance
of full employment" the study de-
clared, "is likely to exceed any,
thing undertaken in the thirties.
1t is therefore more important
than ever that public investment
should be based on the most eff
cient planning techniques."
Suggesting that unemployment
resulting from a deep and prolong-
ed secondary" postwar depression
such as occurred in the years fol-
lowing 1929 was more to be feared
than any other type, the report
said that the fundamental solution
of the problem of lack of work,
however it was caused, could be
found in providing a sufficient
flow Of total expenditures-public
and private-combined with a high
degree Of mobility of labor and
resources.
Entitled "Public Investment and
Full Employment" the study's in
tention is to explain the difficult
ties of timing public investment to
stabilize the economy, as recon-
mended by the international Labor
Conference, and to suggest meth
DDS by which these difficulties may
be overcome. The report was pre-
pared by Benjamin Higgins, LILO
staff economist, in consultation
with D. c. TAFT, chief of the lLO's
Employment Section.
The study asserted that the
value of public investment as a
means of countering cyclical fluc-
tuations in the economy depends to
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-23
Grocery Clerks
Strike Wins SIS
Weekly Increase

Los Angeles (FP) - A pay in
crease of SIS a week was wor
here Jan. 13 by 5000 grocery
clerks, ending their 11-day strike
The new pay is $55 week.
The strikers, members Of Local
ITO, Retail Clerks international
Association, had demanded $50 a
week. Apprentices. will get $40 to
$50 week in their first year.
The strike was carried on des-
pite an ultimatum from President
Dave Beck of the Western Confer
ence of Teamsters Jan. 8 to end
the walkout or teamsters would be
ordered through the picketlines.
Disregarding the order, Local
ITO Secreary Joseph T. De Silva
wired back: "Your courteous and
courageous gesture in your at
tempt to demoralize the fighting
spirit of the retail clerks in Los
Angeles, which has miserably fail
ed, only indicates your ever will
ingness to be of tremendous serv-
ice to the employers at time
when the retail clerks are engaged
in a struggle for decent living con-
ditions."
De Silva also announced that he
had received word from James
Suffridge, president of his inter-
national union, to ignore Brother
Beck's ultimatum as he is without
authority to speak for the clerks
international"
Commenting on the wage vic
tory, De Silva told a membership
meeting Jan. 13: "We used to be
the tail Of the labor movement
here, Now we're the Spearhead."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-23
|INDEPENDENT
UNIONS BUSY

Washington (FP)-Representa-
tives of Independent unions have
returned to Capitol Hill to seek
what they call equal representa-
ton" and rights in federal labor
agencies.
Chairman Edward G. Wins of
the Independent Unions of the
State Of New Jersey interviewed
Senator Joseph Ball asking for
national recognition and protec-
ton from the AFL and CO."
Present at the same time were
Senator's: Albert w. Hawkes. and
H. Alexander Smith.
President Edward A. Ross of
the Weirton Independent Union,
Inc, asked Ball to free his organi-
zation from "years of oppression
from the CIO-controlled NLRB."
His group operates in the Weirton
Steel Co. in West Virginia and
Pennsylvania.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-23

sbefore exhaustion of "all the vol
untary means of resolving differ
ences between unions and employ
ers regarding wages, hours and
working conditions, invites inva-
sion Of the right Of labor and man
agement to contract about their
affairs"
"Such untimely and unwarranted
resort to administrative or judicial
Intervention is inconsistent with
the mutual rights and responsible
ties established by employers and
unions through private contract in
free society" he added.
Mr.. Green, whose letter was
accompanied by an official AFL
statement on travel time, to aid
national and information unions in
determining their course of action
in regard to the portal pay issue,
cited few of the portal pay suits
had been instigated by AFL unions
and expressed deep satisfaction
that AFL affiliates. generally, con-
Cured in his belief that best un-
derstandings could be reached
"over the collective bargaining
table"
Mr.. Green's declaration was
strongly supported by the Interna-
tional Teamsters, whose executive
board, meeting in Miami, adopted
a resolution declaring that Team
sters would not make any claim
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-23
Labor Curbs Will Bring
Strikes, AFL Leader Saws

Cleveland (FP) = Of IN G
around with restrictive laws and
practices will increase strikes
AFL Director of Organization
Frank Fenton warned the 42nd an
nual meeting of the American Po-
litical Science Association here. .
To achieve industrial peace Fen
ton suggested that management
open it's books, short of revealing
trade secrets, in collective bargain
ing negotiations and urged mini
mum of government interference.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-23
Truman Shows Profits
Up, Wages Down

Washington (FP) - President
Truman's economic, report to Con-
gress estimated that 1916 net cor
porate profits after taxes were II
billion dollars, divided into bill
lion dollars for dividends and Z
billion dollars for savings.
Truman's 1916 figure was 8 bill
lion dollars higher than the figures
on corporate profits for 1945, and
the highest in U. S. history.