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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-08
Congress Urged To Slow Up Wrecks

The increasing number of shocking railroad accidents last
aroused the Committees of the House
In editorial the ST. Louis "Pos Dispatch" declared
that negligence caused the deaths "a
Arrow that this tragedy has been followed by epidemic of
wrecks"
The editorial The painful railroads
trying compete twentieth speed but with nineteenth
century equipment for doing safely.
Such railroads want continue operate without speedo
meters without radio without automatic control and
other modern should
themselves jogging along at the lesure to which their
equipment entities them.
they compete aines in speed they should
be required to themselves with the devices that will make high
speed safe.
of schedules for amount of safety make rec
essness safe"
few days the peup of Seaboad Air Line sreamner
Cass c. the night of March % and similar wreck last week
the Illinois Central.
operated scheduled speed
65 miles hour when hit switch and shuntd
The Diesel
Luckily killed.
clerks and nearly of injured
According to the there the the
cab until the few hundred feet from the switch Then the
minute speed the distance was not sufficient.
More than the c. c. to
block system, prevented
crash, but it has not done so in that territory
At the request Of the Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles A. Woveton ep h chairman of the House
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee introduced bill which
would not only give the C. authority to order the installation of
workers by establishing
with to train operations
Aso Congressman Harris Ellsworth ep, Ore) proposed
measure the g. q
instructions
track 1t has this authority signal systems Signal
The latest reports from emphasize the tremendous
hazards the The
and 674 injured For 67O killed and
1882 manned
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-08
HIGH PRICE BALDERDASH

Prices a have & come on Eve Even lot & Of the theme
look at the Extra delars t5sr
g & aaa % Th they hey d1ne aT to t & lining ne
the highp apologsts handing out
these @ pa Ssy clearly fs s But os' the
there is no why they can't down even though have
Let's look at three different Kinds Of evidence
LIT HAPPENED IN THE PAST 1919 average
urs sss 5 sS Pr Se @ az s4 So more And the cost of living went up
week By % S bs surE had s s G s @ but s
1919 snS a s ssrg W 1 s3' M ter ss s 1a a a better than in
like mine 5 But you'll find that t % o go % while & down. & And
talking IooK WHO SAYS THAT IT CAN BE DONE Labor of
And all through the and since the ended labor has
During 1916 when oPA
could be made without price The
nsS 1 Gu '-S VINO raised 'ns "oua
down h that wages had had to & 60 up and that Industries could
months Of study by the Council of Economic Advisers
preached pu he the economics of prosperity @''S "' mas
o IO THE eaS bs there sow in Re his 3W M g p
gold divided This gold in the huge profits that beS
and into the savings of few families
they s mo thsn nao z sa are m king
only some s@ Mrep dens are ng hnsd % nd that profits are highest in
industries where highest That's really
figures show that while profits running about twice
that fast 1929 The he only thing that be done with
place: the workers wages low
Both AFI Putting figures these
Een the & G give a eW H d 0 know % v % to S
@ ss to o0 dee So wa to o aoS S E 1u brother union members "
ep ere fe" are IDEAS; spread your
p % o% s prices Ge @ tn the wen a they @ %an s @ t G
back of the Take the & credit business from the
These things will prices
5 up % with s U.s. ES nd hit the e ss busy Sf now
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-08
CAPTAIN KID(D)

OUT OF THE HUNDREDS Of union-breaking proposals Of
~ fered TO Congress- the Republican high command is
coctng poisonous witches brew guaranteed to knock out
labor - and, incidentally, smelling to high heaven
Two samples of this unsavoy called to public
attention last week the Senate bill sponsored by Sen Rob
Taft of Ohio chief Of the Senate Labor and COP policy
mtees and the House bill sponsored by Chairman Fred A.
Hartley, Jr, and the Republican steering committee
Both bills designed to deprive American working peo
destroy their unions the power of employers
to impose low wages and worsened working conditions
Professional Senator Taft has brought out bill that is
a masterpiece of egalstic Skulduggery
It's 81 pages of intricate phraseoogy contain nearly
possible device for hamsngng unions and weakening
the workers bargaining power.
The Taft bill has five major titles, the first of which,
dealing with amendments to the Wagner Labor Relations
Act is in itself vertabe encyclopedia of the nionbreakng
arts.
1t would transform the Magma Cara" of American
workers rights into instrument for destroying most of
these rights.
This first section of the Taft bill would outlaw the closed
shop and severely limit all other forms of union security de-
carng among other things that employer refuse
bargain negotiate discuss security demand
Under the guse of preventing ndustrywde bargaining,
it would break up national unions into poweess company
wide groups and make virtually impossible to enforce uni
form standards of wages and conditions
1t would strike at the roots of industrial unonsm, break
ing up voting units by crafts plants and localities and sepa
rating professional employees" from manual workers.
1t would promote employer interference, narrowing com
pany obligations to bargain encouraging individual grievance
adjustment, permitting interference with the workers free
choice Of bargaining agent and protecting company domin
ated unions.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-08
An+i-Union Propaganda Of N. A. N. Is
Founded On Fantastic FoIsehood

"Fyseven American people approved a power
prohibit business monopoly. Today kind of
monopoly threatens Americas wellbeingabor monopoly"
National Association of Manufacturers
the of the N A. NJ and other
of drastic
make the American people and their
believe that: Big Business thoroughly
stri bv law interest
busted that monopostc
only lion the path
been dnned into the peoples
Plenty believe it. Yet it just about the biggest
history.
monopoly" fourishing in
history and there such thing "abor monopoly"
If magines that business monopoly"
old stand let him read
by authorities who know the facts:
Robert f. Free Republican member of the Federal
which created by Congress
which shares with the Justice Department the job of enforcing
antitrust laws.
article published by Washington news
and the 81 -od Clayton Antitrust
The Clayton he said "ha ended
Sherman Act has unscrambed' the trusts great
their size and power" -
2The National Association of Small Business worr
Big Business gobbing up Business that R
telegram direct President Truman appealing for
for the Antitrust Division of the
"For than half century, the telegram said the anti
The penalties provided by the antitrust laws VIGOROUSLY
futile"
There have the plain truth, little business victims
of monopoly and from top official who has tried enforce
the anti monopoly laws. ~
What will happen Congress accepts n A. nronao.nd,
drastic unions
Business monopoly will continue
will be crippled Weak will strong emnover oraon
and the "yelow dog contract" and
kind of injunction outawed by the
That what the A. NJ and other an-abor ~
evening up the balance between workers and employers van
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-08
RICH BONUSES FOR MANAGEMENT

WHENEVER labor union suggests that big employer
W should contribute to kind of welfare fund to
for those of his employees who cack up under the strain
of modern production the goes up that the union is
imposing unfair burden the of the property.
employees, too But "Bg Business" run in this
country, they manage the determining how much
the managers executives will receive in salaries pen
sions, bonuses.
These managers are very generous with themselves.
For example, the directors of General Motors ask for
increased bonus for executives This bonus would start the
moment the company earned $140 share There
FORE IL per cent of the profits would into the bonus fund
At present the bonus starts at $97 share and
amounts to only 10 per cent of earnings
The scheme will give the big fellows an increase
of $500OO in bonuses during the coming year. if business
keeps up to present standards
How many stockholders of General Motors really had
opportunity to pass this proposition? We willing to
bet that not than in 100 Stockholders not
ganized All they supposed to do is to send in their
proxies
What would the daily papers say if labor union
gesed for the workers anything like this rich bonus scheme
for executives?
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-08
KEEP MOTORISTS AND TRAINS APART

'.I< EEPNG MOTORITST and trains apart is the only
"A to stop the highway railroad grade crossing accident
Robert B. Brooks, chairman of the American Road Builders
Association committee railway and highway grade sep
arations, recently pointed out
Brooks emphasized that more than one-fourh of such
collisions caused by motorists driving full steam into
speeding trains locomotives Motorists and trains
kept apart only through separation of grades and closing
abandoned crossings by law" he said
Major Brooks consulting engineer in st. Louis, said
that 1858 persons killed and 4399 injured in
highway railroad grade crossings in 1916 During the last
10 years, this type of accident has taken the lives of IT,
537 persons and injured another 455O number equal to
the population of goodsized city These accidents, along
with many other types that brought highway death toll
up $500 last year. be reduced through modern high
way design, he said.
In spite of the fact that crossings protected by
gates wtcmen and various types of signals 81 percent
collisions at these protected according
the findings of the committee Many crossings appear
safe that the driver fails to stop, look, and listen
elimination of highway railroad grade crossings
wherever feasible recommended at the Presidents High
Safety Conference must not be delayed, said Major
Brooks Such separations of vital Importance in both
present and long planning for highway safety
when consider the needless waste of human life and
suffering that could be eliminated"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-08
SLAVE PRISONERS

THE MOSCOW CONFERENCE of the Big Four = after
seven dreay weeks of futile labor finally agreed to a
Russian proposal for repatriation of all German prison
by Dec 81 1913 GroteSque it may sound even this
shameful proposal will be weapon the hands of Soviet
plopagandsts who be relied to make the most of it
before the German people.
To say that the agreement is another boch the shield
of that One World conceived at Casabanca and born at
San Francisco the naked truth Of the 100000
prisoners officially reported to the conference the Soviet
Union holds 000 France 20OO Britain 435OOO and the
United States $1,000 However, many prisoners in American
hands officially returned to German SOIL have in reality been
turned France and Britain where they held in
lation of sacred American pledges.
There is a wide gulf between these figures and trust
worthy reports which place German prisoners in Russia at
nearly 100000 and in France at 100000 What has become
of the missing will perhaps be known They have
ished without trace but the very mystery of their dis
appearance will continue to poison the international atmos
phere.
And So whatever remains of the sad relics of Hiters
mad dreams will return home early 1919, nearly years
after the Naz collapse and the end OF warfare in Europe I'm
til then these held for purpose onyto exploit
their manpoWer for all it's worth 1t remained for the nerna
tonal relations committee Of the American Federation of La
describe the system for what it truly is sad relapse
chate slavery and the Dark Ages threat to the free
workers of all countes and challenge to the conscience of
democratic peoples
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-08
bob" WAGNER WROTE THE WAGNER BILL

COL HEBER BLANKENHORN, economist and writer who
served his country with distinction in two World Wars,
literally knocked Columnst Davy Lawrence out Of the
ring this week. "Davy had casually remarked in the Wash
ington Star:
at is interesting to recall that the Wagner Labor Re-
latOnS Act written by the G. O. lawyers in 1885,
Now it happens that Colonel Blankenhom present
when the Wagner Act born and he there when
rewritten. Aside from Senator Wagner himself no
knows about the law than Blankenhorn.
In replying to Lawrence Bankenhorn pointed out that
the Wagner Act first drafted two years before the c.
O. into existence and Bankenhon can't recall any
the drafters who in the decade after became
C.. |. O. lawyer"
Then Colonel Blankenho gives Propagandist Lawrence
the finishing touch, says:
Senator Wagner drafted the Wagner Act. The law
he wrote it, became more gaed than other of the
socaled New Deal laws and it has STILL after 10 years.
practically perfect record of approval by the courts
Unfortunately while Blankenhorns letter was printed
by the Star" Lawrences misleading statement
ed through the cOuntrydeceivng and misleading lot OF
good people who really wish to think straight"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-08
Know Yourself
BY RUTH TAYLOR

The person dodge yourself criticism
can't dismiss S of
that before the
The person you have to live with yourself.
capabilities. spent time
live what 20 be, do
of
where.
organization which belong
himself.
stances they know that he will decide according he thinks
right for him with the result that he always Others
There deal of difference between being gotsta and
being difference
your 1t isn't easy but great
the
any and all problems lies within ones SELF
on believe be
by emotion by prejudice
secure ahead you you
going.
contained Independent belong
that you will
depend what they do for feel that
must
And don't be afraid to change mind doesn't make
difference what right
world bounded by where drive lives bounded
We world
We make it but what ourselves
yourself!
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-08
WHY?
TT SOMETIMES TAKES tragedy to bring home the |

TT SOMETIMES TAKES tragedy to bring home the bitter
fact that mines unsafe and that standards being
violated How many times have read the past with hor
of such disasters those at Powhatan and Pneve
And have the tragedy at Centralia Illinois,
Why?
There many factors involved and it may be far from
easy to provide complete safeguards But that adms
sbe defense only it is first established that all reasonable
precautions had been taken
The mines have been operating under Government
seizure and under Federal safety Standards That itself
little for Government operation has been echn
cal, not functional And standards very little unless
those who actually run the mines apply them.
Four months ago Federal mine inspectors had served
ce the operators that the Centra mine unsafe and
that standards being violated But the tragic story of
this disaster is that four miners appealed to
Governor Dwight Green to enforce the State Safety laws
warning of the dangers Three of the four dead
Why do mine operators ignore Federal notices? What
did the State mine bureau fail to do These questions the
American public will want answered
What can be done to insure the American people that
these caamties come back to the coal fields?
-ostmpasherj ID
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-08
IF YOU WANT REAL VALUE

WHY WASTE MONEY? Why accept inferior merchandise
W and secondae service? You work hard for your dollars
and you're entitled to the finest values when spending these
dollars.
If you want to be you're getting all that's coming
you make rule always to look for the union label the
union shop card and the union service button These mbems
your of real value for dollars and cents
Be loyal trade unionst and canny shopper! Don't
spend your unonearned trashy merchandise and
inferior services Be wse Get plus for your dollars.
unionabeled goods and union services always Re-
fuse substitutes-they just don't compare!
And pass the good word along to your friends. They III
really appreciate the tip.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-08
ABOUT FREEDOM OF SPEECH

TERE HAS BEEN much publicity about freedom of speech
for employers who oppose organization of their workers
into unions Most of the publicity has been false outright
misleading Employers have the right to let their
poyees know their sentiments The courts have approved
that right So what's the fuss about? Just this: big
plant have threatened their workers, warned them
if they for union they will lose their jobs the
will be shut down Other bosses have sent agents to
the homes of workers to browbeat them and make them
afraid become union members That says the law is
ryng free speech too far 1t interesting to note that the
very Congressman who yepng oudest for unlimited
speech for employers the chief boosters for laws to
outlaw picketing and the closed shop.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-08
MINIMUM PAY BOARD SLATED

Your legislative agent met with other representatives of labor in
standards for hotel and restaurant employees
board for this industry The board
replace those of mandatory 1887
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-08

The time to guard against corruption and tyranny, is
before they shall have gotten hold of is better to keep
wolf out of the fold than to trust to drawing his teeth
and claws after he shall ener-Ihomas Jefferson from
"Notes on Virginia" 1887 edition.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-05-08

On Capitol Hill, it not a of Congress
of feeling,
shop for wokerseven when the employers entirely
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1947-08-06

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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1947-08-06
EAST MADISON
Y.M.C.A. NEWS
Membership Campaign
Dates Set

Bruce Rowell, chairman of the
Membership Committee, announces
that the campaign will start on
September 5 with the kickoff
meeting at the East Madison Y.
M. C. A. The campaign is schedu-
led to end on September % with
victory dinner. The campaign
is conducted to give members an
opportunity to renew their mem
berships and also give new mem
bers an opportunity to sign up.
Rowell and his committee says we
will need approximately seven hun
bred adult members in order to
insure the campaign of being a
success. Other members of the
committee helping to plan the
campaign are AL Hail. Nathan
Johnson, Don Lee Moore, Henry
Twaites, Edward Russell, Robert
Flowers, Ira Simons, Ben McAdoo,
Leonard Clayton, Glen Nygreen,
Douglas Jones and Willard Nit
chell.
The next few weeks will be spent
in securing campaign workers and
making the fial plans for the
campaign.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1947-08-06
Let The People Decide,
Says Homer Jones

WASHINGTON, d. C. = When
the House recently OVERRIDE Pres
ident Truman's veto to the Tax
Cut Bill by the overwhelming
majority of 299 to 1Os, Rep. Homer
r. Jones, Washington First Dis
trict, cast his vote for taxpayer
relief.
However, Jones effort failed,
for the Senate vote of 81 to SO
to override fell five short of
the necessary two-thirds majority
One congressman, commenting on
the effort to provide relief for
49 million Embarrassed Ameri-
cans, told the House:
I'VE will submit the matter to
that great tribunal. the American
people, in 194S, and let them de-
eide whether on not they want
tax reduction"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1947-08-06
WOMAN CLUBBED
FATALLY, FORMER
MATE is STABBED

A woman was injured fatally
by a blow with a club and her
former husband was stabbed in a
family quarrel in a Holly Park
Housing Project home about 9
O'Clock Friday night.
Dead was Mrs. Pearl Saver, "A
years old. 6721 S5th Ave. So, who
died of head injuries.
In serious condition in Harbor-
view County Hospitau, was John
Sarver. 40, her former husband,
as a result of stab wounds
Detectives Don Sprinkle and
Perry Hacker were questioning a
young woman believed to have
stabbed Sarver with butcher
knife. All concerned are Negroes.
Police said Sarver followed his
former wife across the street from
her home and into a house at
67S1 35th Ave. s., where he at
tackled her. He then returned to
his ex-wife's home, where he was
stabbed
Holly Park is off Empire Way,
in the South End
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1947-08-06
YESLER NURSERY
MAY BE CLOSED

The Seattle Public School Board
has notified the Yesier Terrace
Management Office that the Yes
Ter Nursery cannot continue to
operate with its present enroll
ment of twenty-five. An enroll
ment of forty in the minimum
needed to meet expenses.
The Yesler Nurser. School is
open for enrolment n children
of two years to kindergarten age.
1t is open five days per week
from 700 am. to 600 pm. The
fee is $3.50 per day per child.
This includes in addition to care,
citrus juice in the morning, a bal
anced meal at noon, consisting of
a hot dish, a cooked vegetable,
raw vegetable, milk and cod
liver OIL. An afternoon snack is
also provided. The school provides
bed linen for naptime. The nur-
sery school is operated by the
Seattle System which provides one
teacher for each ten children. Ac-
tivities include free play, story
telling, finger painting, and work
with dough. Mrs Mae Priske is
in charge. She may be contacted
at the Child Care Center located
behind the Central office at 825
Yesler Way, or by calling Main
7943. There is no waiting list.
We feel that it would be unfor-
tunate to lose the nursery and
urge any interested parent to en-
roll his child now.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1947-08-06
Day Camp Begins

For the next two weeks the
boys at the East Madison Y. M.
c. A. will enjoy program of
trips, hikes, crafts, fishing and a
host of other games Harold Morse
will direct this day camp program
which will include about fifteen
boys. Other boys who are not in
the day camp program will take
part in a program at the Y. M. G.
A. under the direction of John
Copeland; so there will be plenty
for every boy to do during the
month of August.
The Summer fun ckib is plan
ming a carnival to END off the
summer program before going back
to school. They also plan a paper
drive to raise money for the pur-
pose of purchasing athletic equip
ment.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1947-08-06
Brotherhood Signs
Agreement with
Denver Rio Grande

NEW YORK - Last week in
the offices of the Denver Rio
Grande Western Railroad in Den
yer. Colorado, negotiation of an
agreement concerning wages and
working conditions was completed
by A. Philip Randolph, Interna-
tional President and M. p. Web
ster, International Vice-President
of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters, with the Management of
the Denver Rio Grande Western
Railroad. The Brotherhood, through
constant negotiation with the Man
agement of the Railroad was able
to secure the restoration of half
of the porters who were laid off
with prospects of the other half
being put back to work in the
near future. An increase in pay
of fifteen dollars a month was
also won for the men, stated A.
Philip Randolph