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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-12-11
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.AFF|DAV|TS REFUSED
BY THE n. |. R. B.

Washington (LPA)-Nearly 30
per scent of the Taft-Hartley affi-
davit forms submitted to the MI
RIB have been rejected because they
failed to satisfy the letter of the
anti-labor law, NLRB General
Counsel Robert Denham announc-
ed last week.
Most common fault among local
unions is their failure to furnish
the membership with the same fl
nancial data required to be filed
with the Secretary of Labor Sim
ply posting ii copy of the financial
report on a bulletin board or to an
nounce that the books are open to
anyone who wants to look at them
is not sufficient, Denham asserted.
"Unions must endeavor to distrib-
ute copies of the required data to
all their members"
Another error which has delayed
acceptance of the affidavits has
been failure of local unions to send
their forms direct to the nearest
regional office, rather than to the
NLRB in Washington. Only inter
national unions should file in Wash
ington, he emphasized.
Still another pitfall has been the
failure of local unions to file anti
Communist affidavits for each OF
their officers. The Taft-Hartley
law requires that the affidavits be
filed by every person who is speci-
fled as an officer in the union con
Stitution.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-12-11
Challenges Right Of Union To Bring
Suit In Federal Court Under tn Act
PHILADELPHIA 0LNSJ What is ::

Philadelphia OLNS) - What is
believed to be the first instance
of an employer challenging the
constitutionality of the Taft-Hart-
ley law was reported to the Up
holsterers' International Union
here.
The action arose as result OF a
suit filed by Franklin D. Roose-
welt, Jr., as attorney for the union,
in the Middle District Federal
Court of Pennsylvania against the
Gettysburg Furniture Co. over re-
fusal of the firm to arbitrate the
firing of veteran employe and
other grievances.
Jesse Freidin, Roosevelt's law
partner in New York and former
counsel for the National War La
Dor Board, notified Haskell Colder,
the unions resident attorney, OF
receipt of a motion by the firm
to dismiss the suit.
The firms attorneys alleged that
the union had no right to institute
action in federal court, maintaining
that the section of the new labor
act which allows such suits is un-
constitutional.
The Taft Hartley law permits
federal suits in labor cases with
out diversity of citizenship"-that
parties to suit be from different
states-and a minimum claim OF
$4,000, which were required in all
federal courts prior to the acts
passage.
Firm Refused To Arbitrate
Date of the hearing on the firms
plan to dismiss the suit has not
yet been set by the court, Freidin
said.
Roosevelt instituted the court ac-
tion after the firm discharged Wal
ter Reynolds, the veteran employe,
and union leader who is well known
as a guide at the Gettysburg battle
ground. After a day-long confer
ence with company lawyers, Roose-
velt announced the firm, under con-
tract to the union, had refused to
arbitrate grievances of long stand
ing.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-12-11
Congress Warned Again
3rd Wage Hike c min g
Unless Prices Decline

Washington (LPA)-Labor Sec
retary Schwellenbach last week
spelled out for the House Bank
ing G. Currency Committee what
President Truman meant in his
call to Congress "to authorize price
ceilings on products in short sup
ply which basically affect the cost
of living or industrial production,
and to authorize such wage cell
ings as are essential to maintain
the necessary price ceilings"
The Labor Dept head made it
clear that earnings had not kept
pace with prices and profits since
the end of the war.
II have little hope that organized
labor will be able to keep from ask
ing for sizable wage increases" he
said, if assurances are not given
that prices will be checked, and
food costs lowered, thru passage
of Truman's 10-point program.
"There are already pressures for
n third wage round" Schwellen-
bach told the Congressman.
Labor cannot reasonably be
asked" he continued, ''to bear a
solitary burden in the anti-inflation
effort The full variety of ef-
forts which the President has out
lined is necessary to provide the
assurances which labor will re-
quire."
Reminding the committee that
"the average city housewife who
goes to buy food today must take
nearly $21 to buy what SO bought
in 1889 and what less than $l5
bought on VI day or even as re-
Gently as 18 months ago." Schwel-
lenbach made strong case for the
full 10-point Truman program.
AS to how any wage controls
should be administered, the Labor
Secretary placed heavy emphasis
on voluntary action, assuming
that the cost of living is held, to
insure lfldI WdSt toHlso aiN h~p>
in line with the controlled prices
in the same product lines"
He recommended that, along
with price control machinery
"there be established in the Labor
Dept a wage board to watch and
report on the course of companion
wage questions" He indicated eth
er an all-government, an all public
or a tripartite membership of these
two and labor, would be an accep-
table composition.
For the "handful of critical sit
uations" which cannot be solved
by voluntary action alone" ne pro
posed as last resort that author
ity to act be entrusted in the wage
board "on a case by case basis"
The Labor Secretary said that
'there has been no request fol
authority to order wage settlements
in the absence Of labor-managemen'
agreement thus eliminating g
whole segment of wage issues from
the coverage Of the anti-inflatior
program.
Questioned for an hour and {
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-12-11
Screen Directors Bar Reds

A resolution prohibiting any
Communists from holding office or
serving in any executive capacity
or on committees in the Screen Di-
rectors Guild has been adopted by
the membership, the guild announc-
ed. The meetings at which the ac-
ton was taken was held previous
to a closed meeting called by Louis
b. Mayer, chairman of producers
committee, to discuss communism
in Hollywood with representatives
of the Directors Guild, Screen
Writers Guild and Screen Actors
Guild.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-12-11

INJUNCTION HAPPY
NLRb CHASES LABOR
INTO MORE COURTS

Washington (LPA)-The NLRB
closed the door for once and for
all last week on any union partici-
pating in an election unless it has
filed Communist affidavits and
financial statements.
In a-precedent-making decision,
the five-man board ruled unani-
mously that non-complying union
may not appear on an election bal
lot even though the election has
been demanded by an en-
ployer. The Board found that
even though the petition was filed
by an employer the question of re-
presentation was "raised by labor
organization" Although, it is the
employers petition in such case
that "sets the Boards machinery in
motion, it is an individual or la
Dor organizations initial claim for
recognition that makes it possible
for the employer to invoke that ma
chinery," the ruling declared.
/ At the same time the NLRB went
to the courts with increasing fire.
ouency to obtain Taft-Hartley in
functions. In two major cases II
obtained show-cause orders against
the Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters-
AFL in Utica, N. Y, and against
the Federation of Architects, En-
gineers, Chemists & Technicians-
CIO in New York City.
In Utica a federal Judge ordered
the Teamsters to show cause why
injunctions should not be issued
against them to halt four alleged
unfair labor practices. The first in
junction was asked to block the
union from seeking wages for
union member for a truck driven
from Connecticut to Ohio by
non-union man. The second sought
to enjoin the union from conduct
ing a secondary boycott, the third
to prevent the IBT from coercing
an employer in selecting his bar
gaining agent, and the fourth to
stop the union from enforcing a
closed shop.
In the case of the Facet, an af-
filiate of the United Office & Pro-
fessional Workers-CIO, the NLRB
obtained a show-cause order under
the Taft Hartley secondary boy
colt provisions. The union alleged
ly picketed two companies to per-
suade them to refuse work farm
ed out" by another firm which has
been strikebound for two months
Facet Attorney S. A. Newbor-
ger contended, however, that the
secondary boycott complaint was
not justified and that the picketing
was a primary strike designed to
win union recognition. at is coin.
cidence," he said, "that these com
panies are doing scab work, but
that is not involved in our strike
The workers in these companies are
on the picket line because the COM
Danies have refused to recognize
our union, and, in one case, because
one of the key union representa-
tiyes was fired"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-12-11
British Unions
At Record Peak

London (LPA)-The British Min
istry of Labor announced last week
that there are now 8,714,O0O trade
union members in the United King
dom. Since the war $4,000 men
have Joined unions, while 24,OOO
women have dropped out-an in
dication of the change in the en-
ployment pattern since the wars
end.
For the same period the Com
munist Party of Great Britain has
itself revealed the fact that its
membership has declined from 49,
600 to $4,000.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-12-11
Casters To Remember
Shut-inS On Xmas

With the Christmas season at
hand, Local Union No. A at their
last meeting formulated plans for
carrying out their usual procedure
of remembering the shut-ins on
Christmas. This has been their
practice for years and one in which
they can feel justly proud of-re-
membering those less fortunate
than ourselves on the Lords birth
day.
Nomination and election Of Off
GERS will be held at our meeting
on Dec. 20 and we are looking for
ward to a record turnout.-O. y. A.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-12-11
TRANSFERS MIGHT
SUPPORT WARREN
FOR PRESIDENT IN 48

indianapolis (LPA)-The power
full Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters-
AFL this week became the nations
first major union to suggest that
it might support Gov. Earl Warren,
of California, if Warren becomes
the Republican presidential candi-
date.
IBT President Tobin in a signed
article i'm the current international
Teamsters, IBT monthly, praised
Warren for his labor record and
pointed out that the governor won
the nomination of both parties in
the last California elections.
Tobin said that he had talked
to the governor "confidentially and
openly and his expressions and his
answers to direct questions pertain
ing to his attitude toward labor
and his intentions in the future
were as clear cut and outspoken
as could be expected"
Tobin stressed that Warren "was
much more direct than any other
leader in either party who has ex-
pressed himself. Gov. Warren, in
our opinion at the present writing,
will have an enormous backing
from organized labor thruout the
country" But Warren, coming from
west of the Rockies, "has a very
poor chance" Tobin said.
The IBT chief warned that "la-
Dor should refrain from premature
ly endorsing candidates" AS fan
as the IBT is concerned, Tobin con-
cluded, "this' will be our policy
when the proper time comes, if we
deem it necessary we shall call q
conference of the representatives OF
our unions for the purpose ol
deciding whether or not we shal
participate in the campaign or sup
port any candidates or party >
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-12-11

Buy Union Made goods from
others as you would have them
pay Union wages unto you!
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-12-11
HARRY HI. BYLAND

Harry Herbert Byland, SO, died
Dec. 3 at his home 143 West
Seventh St., following a 10-week
illness.
Mr.. Byland had spent his life
time in East Liverpool. He was en-
ployed as a batterout at the Hall
China Co., and affiliated with Local
Union 131, National Brotherhood
of Operative Potters. He was a
member of the Orioles Club.
His only survivor is brother,
William Byland of Warren.
. Rites were held from the Mar
tin Funeral Home by Rev. Robert
d. M. Thomas, pastor of the Sec
ond Church of Christ. Burial was
in Spring Grove Cemetery.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-12-11

Buy Union Made goods from
others as you would have them
paw Union wages unto you!
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-12-11
OBITUARIES
MRS. LILLIAN ELLIOTT

Minerva, Ohio-Mrs. Lillian FL
lott, 43, widow of Arthur H. Ell
lott died in her home on Jackson
street, Dec. End, following a six
month illness.
She was a member of Local
Union 70, National Brotherhood of
Operative Potters and the Alpha
Rho class of the Christian Church.
She is survived by two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Clayton Day Jr., and
Mrs. Lester Brenner of the home;
two sons, Joseph, also of the home,
and Arthur of Minerva. Her father
w. F. Keister of Pekin a sister,
Mrs. Chales Wilson, Minerva and
four brothers, Jacob Keister of
Massillon, David of Canton, Dale
and Paul Keister of Minerva and
two grandchildren.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-12-11
WILLIAM JAMES WISE

William James Wise, 81, died
Dec. 7 in his home, 906 Orchard
Grove Ave., following a five-month
illness.
Mr.. Wise was born in Hanley,
Staffordshire, England, and lived
here for the past % years. He was
a decorator by trade and employed
at the Harker Pottery Co. He was
a member of Local Union 124, Ma
tional Brotherhood of Operative
Potters and of St. Stephens Epis-
copal Church.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Eva
May Baumgard Wise; a son, Rich
ard N. Wise of Butler, Pa; three
sisters, Mrs. E. c. Pencon, Mrs.
Arthur Hollinsworth and Mrs.
Charles Reynolds, all of Stoke-on-
Trent, England, and granddaugh-
ter.
The body was taken to Coshocton
for burial in South Lawn Gene
terry.
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MISS ANNA B. KONG

Miss Anna Konig, brusher en-
ployed at Plant 5 of the Homer
Laughlin China Co., died Dec. S
at her home, sol Harrison street,
Newell, following a weeks illness.
She was 81.
Miss KONG who was born in
South Bend, Ind, came to East Liv-
erpool 40 years ago from Wheeling.
She was member of Local Union
"a, National Brotherhood of Oper-
ative Potters, Council a, Daughters
of America, the Protective Home
Circle at Newell and st. Johns
Lutheran Church.
She leaves a brother, Theodore
KONG of East Liverpool; three
sisters, Miss Dorothea j. KONG of
Newell and Mrs. Katherine Zange
and Mrs. Joseph Anderson of East
Liverpool, and 16 nephews and
|neices.
Rites were held from the Martin
Funeral Home by Rev. Paul F.
Obenauf, pastor of st. Johns Luth-
eran Church. Burial was in River
Wow Cemeterv
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-12-11

Demand the Union Label.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19
Slightly Off The Record
Wilmington, N. G.
January 10, 1947.

Dear Peggy
The most exciting news I have had for you in many weeks and
news which will gladden. the heart of every woman in this town who
likes to entertain away from her own nome IS that MRS. Haskel s.
Cape Fear Country club. effective this week. The opening affair at
Thursday evening, January 49, when the first in a series of regular
weekly Thursday night dinners will be staged for members and their
the program at the popular clubhouse are a Tuesday bridge luncheon
starting at II A. M, with luncheon being served at 1:3o o'clock; a
Saturday night dinner; and a Sunday night buffet supper. The first
sa tug ~ ne niaht in mn o N Ga mar uar 81 and the first sunday nioht bnffs st
meals and may be made by calling the clubhouse "a hours in advance.
A dinner dance will be staged N e a month on Saturday evening with
an orchestra for dancing. Mrs. Rhett needs no introduction or recon-
nendation to the members of The Cape Fear Country club as she is
Fear section. Since 1912 She has capably and successfully managed
The Surf Club at Wrightsvine Beach and her fame as a planner of
delightful menus and a provider of excellent food, we'll served, has
gone far and wide. With home entertaining proving o difficult and
arduous for the hostess these days. due to food s h and lack OF
Country club to take care of all the tresome details inaddition to the
execution of the delicious meals will prove a veritable god-send to the
wives of club members.
This afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock at St. Andrews Episcopal Church
and Mrs. Thomas Gordon of Wrghtsvine Beach will be christened
by The Right Rev. Thomas c. Darst, retired Bishop of the Diocese
of East Carolina. The baby is being named for her paternal grand
father, Norman Cheshire Gordon, and for her uncle, Norman Cor
d9a. CHI ehid rs'l aod1Me 1amous and Ddf' ead-F Ha5 s viii iH be: Mr. "a and MRS.
Frank Williams, Jr, and George Wood, Jr. of Edenton; Mrs. Norman
and Miss Grace#Cordon of Pasadena, California. Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Gordon, the parents of the little girl who is to be christened,
tagess on West Oxford street at Wrightsvhle Beach.
Mrs, Albert F. Perry and Mrs. Sam Nash, J. returned Friday
Hotel Ambassador. Prior to. joining Mrs. Nash in New York, Mrs.
Perry accompanied her Q !, Arthur Perry to Concord. N. H, where
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bright Hill returned Friday morning from
Washington, D. G, where they spent a few days, John Bright Hill
Miss Jennie Murchison and Mrs. N. Ashley Curtis drove to- Greens
who has been their attractive guest for the past ten days. Mrs.
Binney will join her husband in High Point where he is spending a
Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Marbury left this mornirg by motor accom-
visit of ten days. Mrs. Washburn will be the guest of Mr.. and Mrs
stContinued on Page 2; Col, u i
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19
Peck-Strange
Wedding Plans
Are Completed
Marriage To Take Place Satur-
day Evening AT St. James
Church Here

Miss Jocelyn Peck. whose mar
.'ase to Allan T. Strange will be
"a event of Saturday evening at
O'clock at St. James Episcopal
saureh, has completed plans for
Mf wedding which will be fol-
uNed by a small reception at the
nome Of Miss Marguerite Walker
!" Chestnut street.
MRS. Robert Hope Crawford Of
@sarlotte. the former May Taylor,
sli be matron-of-honor a n d her
Sldesnaids win be Miss May
french Strange, Mrs. Richard w.
ssntWell n d Mrs. Robert w.
:s:sKe OF Canton, Ohio. Miss Peck
~ hal De given in marriage by her
10 Mo1nef Oscar Parsley Peck,
nile her other brother, James
ssenson Peck, will attend the
'raesroem as best man.
e~roornsrnen4 W i'll be Tommy
zxea -, Fare :, Cosa.nny ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19
Miss Dolores Holt Cheatham Becomes Bride
OF Harry Copp James In Beautiful Ceremony

nipped waist-yoke, to form an ex
a%ggerated oval train.
The fingertip veil O. gossamer
French illusion, shirred to form .
half-halo. was caught at each Sida
by a spray of orange blossoms.
and was edged with hand,
some Maltese lace. The lace, hand.
made by nuns on the Island Of
Malta, belonged to her maternal
grandmother, Mrs. E. c. Holt, and
was worn by her mother on the
court train of her wedding gown.
Following family tradition, the veil
was pinned with an heirloom Flor
entine filigre brooch which had
previously been worn by three gen
erations of brides. Her only other
jeWelry was an exquisite diamond
necklace, presented to her by her
maternal grandmother.
To a white prayer book was
elapsed her bridal bouquet, a spray
OF white orchids, which was show
cred with satin ribbons and bios
SONS of white sWeetpea.
The maid-of-honor and the ma
tron-of-honor were attired in bout
FAINT dresses of aqua nylon taffeta,
fashioned with boat-shapd neckline
and bertha, short puffed sleeves,
and ballet bodices styled with de-
more hustle back, accentuated By
a slight train. Upon their heads
they wore small hats of white
satin, trimmed on one side with
white ostrich tips and tied with
white satin. Their gloves were OF
formal length, and they carried
Colonial bouquets of white sweet
peas, centered with a natural or
child and edged with puffs of ma,
line.
The diminutive blonde flower
girl wore a portrait slipper-length
dress of pink taffeta trimmed with
the same shade of embroidered or
CANDY and pink rosebuds.
The dress. an Empire period origi-
nal, was designed with high waist
line, a square yoke edged in ruff
ed organdy, puffed sleeves, and a
bouaant skirt caught with tiny
clusters Of roses 10 reveal the edge
Of a ruffled organdy petticoat. A
halo Of rosebuds matching her
dress trim. was worn on her head.
and she carried an old-fashioned
nosegay of white sweetpeas, cent
cred with a blue Dutch iris and
arranged in replica of the bouquets
held by the BRIDES senior attend
Continued On Page 3, Column y
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19
Many Wilmingtonians Attend
ing Wedding Of Statewide
Interest Last Night

BURLINGTON, Especial, Jan.
Is. = Of interest to statewide so.
ciety is the marriage of Miss
Dolores Holt Cneatham, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Thomas
Cheatham Of this city, and Harry
Copp James, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Graham James of Will
mington, which was solemnized
this evening, at 8 o'clock at the
Episcopal Church Of the Holy Com
forter. The Rev. Lewis F. Schenck,
pastor of the church, officiated at
the wedding ceremony. which was
followed by a formal reception at
the home of the brides parents,
90 West Davis street.
The bride was escorted by her
father who gave her in marriage.
She was attended by a maid-ot-
honor, Miss Julia Shuford Cooper
of. this. city; and by a matron-of-
honor, Mrs. Robert j. Powell. Jr.,
of Mebane, the former Catherine
Ravenel Cant of Burlington. The
bride was also attended by q flow
er girl, little Miss Margaret Holt
Brown, her cousin, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs: Walter M. Brown, Jr.;
and by a page, Master Manly
Barker May, her godchild, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Garvin May, of
Kernersvile.
Thomas Cowan James of Will
mington, was his brothers best
man. The groomsmen we're Bon
ner H. Thomason, Jr., of Fayette-
vile; Or. Ransy Weathersbee, Jr.,
Of Wilmington; DR.. Frank R. Rey-
nolds, Lieutenant, United States
Army Medical corps, Fort McClel-
Ian, Alabama; Oscar Parsley Peck
OF Wilmington and Atlanta, Geor-
,gia; William O. S. Switzerland of
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19
Maxyne Smith,
Mr.. Sheffield
Announce Plans

Miss Maxyne Smith, bride-elect
- walter L. Sheffield, Jr., has
obosen Saturday, January Is, as
the date for her wedding, and is
taday announcing the plans and
nrida] personnel. The ceremony
~i1 take place at 6 o'clock in the
svenins at the Calvary Baptist
chnrch in Jackson, Mississippi,
Nth Dir. Claud 3. Bowen, pastor,
oticiating. Mrs. J.. Virgil Posey,
organist; Miss Mary Taylor
s.ndefur, soloist; and Miss Vir.
,inia Hoogenakker, v olinist, will
sresent the program of -nuptial
music.
The bride : elect, who will be
given in marriage by her father:
+ Calhoun Smith, will be attend.
I'd by Mrs. Bonner H. Thomson,
". Of Fayetteville, as matron-of-
honor. Bridesmaids will be Miss
Lucy Sheffield, sister Of the bride.
,roorl. OF Wilmington; Mrs. Ben
p. Miles, OF Danville, Va: Mrs
.John w. Boutwell,, Of Forest.
Miss: Mrs. Robert O. Smith, sis.
t,r.in-law Of the bride. Miss Mar.
s,ret Lay. and Miss Alice Owens,
III Of Jackson, Miss; Miss Lucy
headers, cousin of the bride-elect
and Miss Dorothy Earle Huddle.
.4o, hoth Of Jackson. will he
flower girls.
Walter L. Sheffield, father of the
bridegroom-elect, will attend his
ion as best man. The usher.
.roornsmen will be Claude T
Davis, Haywood c. Emerson, and
v. Earle Bea1e, brother-in-law OF
the bridegroom, all of Whining.
ton: Bonner H. Thomson, Jr., OF
Fayetteville: Oscar: L. Owens, Jr..
Of New Orleans, La; Hugh Cald.
a, Of Jacksonville, Florida; ano
Robert o.. Smith, brother Of the
bride:elect, Of Jackson, Miss.
Following the ceremony, the
wedding reception will be held in
Me Rose room 0. the Heidelberg
hotel given by the brides parents
Miss Smith will entertain her
bridesmaids with a luncheon in
he. home on the Raymond boule.
yard at l o'clock on Friday, Janu-
ary "a. Friday evening a rehearsal
supper will be given for members
Il the bridal party and out-of-town
guests at $50 o'clock in the Silver
loom Of the Heidelberg hotel.