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The union times., 1947-07-05
Teamsters Nail Cabinet Backers
 Of Slave Bill

NEW YORK (LPA)-Commerce Sec'y. Averell Hartman, who is a1- ready in the bad graces of labor be- cause he is, understood to have rec commended that President Truman sign the Taft-Hart1ey bill, had a mar row escape last week from charges of anti-labor practices at a dairy he owns with his brother at Hartman, N. Y.
 When drivers at the Arden Farms Dairy Co. held a meeting to sign up with the Intl. Brotherhood of Team sters-AFL, Local 338, the farm su- perintendent tried to prevent an IBT organizer from discussing the union with the men, and told them he had withheld $10 pay increases from their envelopes because of their "sneaky' discussions of unionization behind his back.
 The union immediately brought charges of anti-1abor practices against the Arden Co.,, but after informal talks in the offices of the State Labor Relations Board here, at which it is understood a personal spokesman for the Commerce Secretary was present, both parties agreed to try to negoti- ate a settlement.
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Printz is also chairman of the Ma tional Coat and Suit Industry Recov- cry Board, a joint union-management venture designed to promote stabil- ization of the industry In that capac- ity, he addressed the convention in Cleveland of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union.
 Printz' remarks were broadcast in full page lads" in principal metro politan newspapers.
 Fought Unions in Past
 Like Eaton, he maintained that the welfare of the nation hinges on har- monious relations between free labor and free capital. Printz said he came to this conclusion the hard way-that is, after fighting unions for years.
 ''I withstOOd the unionizing of my firm for quarter of a century from 1910 to l935;" he declar- ed. ''NOw, after 12 years of con- ducting union plant, I feel that, despite the occasional problems and differences that are inevitable in any relationship, I would not want to revert to a non-union status.
 T would view with regret any de- velopments that would place unioniza-
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haps through "joint conventions of representatives of labor and manage ment."
 Advancement toward an equitable management-labor re- latiOnship in industry in general
 cannot be achieved through de-
 priving conscientious labor groups of their effectiveness" Printz emphasized.
 Tt Is true that jurisdictional dis putes, secondary boycotts and similar actions have evoked much justified criticism, but it would be everlasting ly regrettable if, in attempting to curb these, the very life of wholesome un- ionism were to be endangered.
 "The fact that there has been some unsavory union leadership does not justify any generalizations that ignore the role of organized labor in our nations march to progress"
 He voiced the belief that ''there is an increasing awareness among reasonable and capable employers that strong unions, led by men of vision and probity, are indispens- able to industrial orderIiness and stability.''
 "The task of making way for a bet ter tomorrow in our nation is prop erly joint endeavor of us a1l," he concluded. Tt is the common goal of worker and employer. Drastic curbs upon either labor or management will not attain this eagerly desired objec- tive.
 Mutual confidence and good will are the basic essentials for lasting betterment for ourselves and for the generations to cOme'S
The union times., 1947-07-05
Protection For
 Scabs Is Out

NORTH TONAWANDA, N. Y. (LPA)-After an unsuccessful at tempt by police to take scabs thru picket lines at the struck Remington Rand plant here last week, Mayor Miles Joyce temporarily suspended the police chief, and ordered no further police protection for strikebreakers. Remington Rand plants in seven up- state communities have been struck by the Int'1 Association of Machin- ists and the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers.
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 15-Bans long list of ''unfair labor practices" by unions includ- ing: coercing workers into mem bership; charging excessive or discriminatory dues or fees; re- fusing to bargain; attempting to compel industry-wid bargaining, etc. Effective Aug. 22.)
 l6-Bans employer contribu- tiOns to health-and-welfare funds where the employer does not share in administration of the fund and where the contract does not provide that the fund be used only for death, accident, medical and un. employment payments. Effective nOw.)
 H-Bans certifcation of a local or national union unless every officer swears in an affidavit that he is not a Communist or Communist sympa- thizer. Effective Aug. 22.)
 DISRUPTION?
 18-Permits the breaking up of large industrial collective bargaining units into scores of small crafts if the latter demand certifcation. This is certain to disrupt many long standing plant-wide, company wide and indus try-wide contracts Effective Aug. 22)
 19-Bans the use as evidence in an unfair practice case of any employer argument or opinion as long as it does not present a specific threat or promise of benefit. Under this clause an employer could condemn a work CTS union activities and fire him the next day, but the expression of con- dennation could not be used to deter mine whether the firing was an unfair labor practice. Effective Aug. 22.)
 2O-Permits an employer to fire for sscause'' but this section could be used to nullify NLRB policy which has been to make certain that the discharge was really for cause and not for union activity. The Wagner Acts protection against discriminatory firing is made workable. Effective Aug. 22.)
 2l-Permits employer damage suits for breach of contract and
The union times., 1947-07-05
Paper Makers Set A Record

PORTLAND (LPA)-The best contract ever negotiated in any part of the pulp and paper industry has been signed to cover 15,0OO workers in the Pacific states by the Pulp, Sul- phate & Paper Mill Workers-AFL and the Int'l. Brotherhood of Paper Makers-AFL.
 During the past year, wage raises have amounted to 1812c an hour, and as a result of the present uniform agreement covering three states are at the unprecedented level of $1.27H for men, and $1!O7 for women. For the first time on the west coast three paid holidays are provided.
The union times., 1947-07-05
Wisconsin Medics Back Coop Bill

SUPERIOR-The Wisconsin State Medical Association has buried the hatchet in its campaign against medi- cal co-ops, reports the Cooperative Builder here. Now the medics are lined up with the co-ops in an effort to legalize coop methods of medical care in the state.
 A compromise bill, agreed upon in joint sessions of the Wisconsin Asso- ciation of Cooperatives and the Wis consin Medical Society, has passed the State Senate without a dissenting vote.
The union times., 1947-07-05
Housewife. Beware!

NEW YORK (LPA)-Read those full-page ads of sales of sheets and towels carefully, consumer experts warn. The Journal of Commerce, trade daily here, analysed such ads in many cities over a two weeks pe- riod, and found that actual price cuts occurred in only 8@o of the towel ads, and "very few price reductions" on sheets and other staples.
The union times., 1947-07-05
RAPID ACTION

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia. = (LP)- Opposition to state and national anti labor legislation has served here to unite AFL, CIO and unaffiliated un- ions in citywide campaign for re- peal of the labor curbs. Over 1000 at- tended the meeting launching the campaign.
The union times., 1947-07-05
Canada Should Not Be ACopy-Cat

OTTAWA LPA) = A lengthy bill revising and changing Canada $ governmental regulations on collec- tive bargaining has been proposed by Labor Minister Humphrey Mitchell.
 It calls for compulsory 14-day cool ing-of periods, defines unfair labor practices by unions, employers and others, and would set up an eight-man Labor Relations Board half employer and half employe.
The union times., 1947-07-05

Display ad in the Somerset (Pa.) American describes ''AlI spring suits-H off.''
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-26
Ladies 'GormentW Workers 'convenfio
Offered 70-Poinf Prosperity PIon

Cleveland, 0. (ILNS).-Fifteen
cent hourly pay increases for work
ers who have not received raises
this year and federal government
action for reducing excessive prices
were proposals included in 10
point program for maintaining
prosperity submitted to the 26th
convention of the International
Ladies' Garment Workers Union
here.
President David Dubinsky of the
union urged the program in long
speech at the convention opening.
He discussed a number of labor
problems, devoting special attention
to American foreign policy, Com
munism in the labor movement and
the Taft Hartley labor bill, which
he flayed as "a measure conceived
in labor hate and in complete scorn"
of the nations workers. He urged
President Truman to veto the bill
Sin the interest of all the people
of this country"
Dubinsky expressed the belief
that the United States should make
every effort, short of appeasement
or compromise with principle, to
live at peace with Russia but made
it plain that he did not believe in
tolerance or coddling of American
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-26
MRS. WILLIAM STEFFEN

Mrs. Alma r. Steffen, AIT Elm
St., died Monday at $40 p. m. in
City Hospital, following a long i'll
ness. She was 63.
Mrs. Steffen was born in Karns
City, Pa, a daughter of Harry
Reddick and Clara Reddick She
was a member of the Ceramic Re-
bekah Lodge 286 and L. U. No.
2O3 of the National Brotherhood of
Operative Potters.
She leaves her husband, Will
liam Steffen; three daughters,
Mrs. Mae Rothwell of Wisconsin
Dells, Wis, Mrs. George Schley
of Milwaukee and Mrs. Everett
Croft of East Liverpool! a son Carl
Steffen of East Liverpool; broth
er, Warren Reddick of Pittsburgh; !;
three sisters, Mrs Ethel Hands of
Pittsburgh, Mrs. William Orris Of
Mcdonald, Pa, and Mrs. Frank
Brown Of Hannibal, Mo-, and nine
grandchildren.
The body was taken to the Daw
son Funeral Home. Arrangements
are incomplete.
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Communists.
The prosperity program propos-
ed by Dubinsky included establish
ment of a federal price adjustment
board to reduce excessive prices;
rapid spread of the 15-cent hourly
pay rise in industries that have not
yet granted such second-round
wage increases, and enactment of
an amendment to the Fair Labor
Standards Act raising the minimum
wage from 40 cents to rs cents.
Rent Control Extension Asked
Other points called for liberal
ization and broadening of the un-
employment insurance system; ex-
tension of rent control; expansion
of federal expenditures on foreign
reconstruction and foreign loans;
federal underwriting of 1,5C0,0C0
housing units year; other public
housing to provide 100000 units
a year at moderate rentals; expan-
sion of state and local public works
expenditures and extension of crop
insurance to farmers.
The entire program, the union
chief pointed out, was predicated
on the conviction that rising prices
and sky-rocketing profits had re-
duced buying power to a level too
low for economic stability.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-26
Conodiun
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square feet of potential new cast
ing and mould shops and including
a new one deck Dressler Thrift
Kiln. With the completion of the
new annex it is estimated that pos
sibly by January 1st the entire
new plant will be in full produc-
tion
Local 7S has expressed its appre-
citation to the National officer and
the Committee for the success they
have attained in raising wages to
level where the membership may
more successfully keep up with the
increase in the cost of living.
A special meeting' was held June
23rd at which time delegates were
elected to attend the international
Convention which will be held in
Atlantic City.-O. c. 78
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-26
Care By Eoch Individual Will Bring
Sufefy In July 4 Holiday Driving

Chicago (ILNS) - The biggest
traffic jam in the nations history
will occur during the Fourth OF
July weekend holiday this year.
the National Safety Council pre-
dicted.
To meet the threat of a record
breaking traffic toll, the council ap-
pealed to motorists and pedestrians
to "Be Alive On the Fifth" as the
keynote of nationwide campaign
against accidents during the holi-
day.
Highways Seen Japmed
Close to 30,O00,000 vehicles are
expected to pack the highways over
the Fourth of July, the council said,
and their speedometers are expect
ed to clock nearly a billion miles
during the 3-day holiday. This esti-
mate is based on gasoline consump-
ton, which shows milegae this year
exceeding even the previous record
level of prewar 1941.
One hundred and thirty other ma
tional organizations have joined
with the council in a united effort
to prevent a jamboree of careless
ness over the Fourth. The campaign
is designed to help public officials,
traffic officers and safety leaders
in their efforts to curb the holiday
death toll.
In asking for public support of
the campaign, Ned III. Dearborn,
president of the council, said that
similar coordinated effort last
year helped to reduce the July traf-
fic toll % percent below the pre-
vious high in 1941.
Nevertheless" he said, $500
persons died from accidents of all
kinds in July last year, and as
usual the Fourth of July celebration
contributed substantially to that
figure.
Many Dangerous Factors
This year we have many danger
Gus factors - a 3-day holiday, in
creased mileage, relative prosper
ity. 1t adds up to big celebration
and big pile-up of dead and in
jured-unless we all make it our
business to do something about it.
We can do something about it, be-
cause these tragedies result from
things we can control-haste, sell
fishness, thoughtlessness, the desire
to show off.
"Take it easy on the Fourth, be
alive on the Fifthw
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-26

munists in our midst"
A detailed financial report by
Dubinsky showed the union to be
! in excellent shape, with a casf
balance of nearly $7,500,000, com
pared to a mere $4,000 back ir
1882. If assets of locals and joint
boards were included, the total
would be over $20,000,0CO.
In addition, the union has ST.
S56,728 in death benefit funds and
/ is in charge of health and welfare
funds, to which employers contri-
butte, totalling nearly $24,000,O00.
However, Dubinsky made it clear
that the latter amounts are ear
marked for specific purposes and
that the convention would modify
its constitution SO as to prevent
any diversion of such funds for
other uses.
Since the last convention in 1914,
Dubinsky said, the union expended
over $9,000,000 for labor, charit-
able and war relief causes. He re-
vealed that the union would have
heavy further expense in carry
ing out its plan for establishment
of radio stations in six cities -
Philadelphia, New York, Los An
geles, Boston, Chattanooga and st.
Louis. He put the overall cost at
81 100000 to $1,500,000.
Among other addresses to the
convention was one by Adolph A.
Berle, Jr., former assistant secre-
tary of state, in which he called
upon Henry A. Wallace to break
with the Progressive Citizens OF
America and back the Truman doc
trine. He hit the Pea as a zap
peasement party and declared it
was controlled by american Com
munists and fellow travellers"
A telegram received by the con-
vention from President John L..
Lewis of the Miners extolled Du-
binsky as zone of the most able
and outstanding of our contemp-
orary leaders of labor"
President Truman sent a mes
sage in which he lauded the union
for Completion of AZ years of
constructive unionism."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-26
IAN STRIKERS
I'm 5TH WEEK
AT REMINGTON

Elmira, N. Y, (LPA)-Picket pa
trolls continued to watch the gates
of the strike bound Remington
Rand plant here last week as the
dispute between the Int'l Associa-
tion of Machinist (unaffiliated) and
the company went into its fifth
week.
The strike was called when the
union, representing $500 workers
and management, deadlocked on
the wage issue and the company's
refusal to arbitrate. The company's
top offer was 10Hc including the
cost of six paid holidays, while the
LAM asked for 15c-an-hour includ-
ing holidays.
In Cleveland, the IAM's strike
against the Pipe Machinery Co.,
continued with 20 strikebreakers
attempting to do the work of lis
Machinists who were forced to
walk out because of company at
tempts to undermine the union.
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Can Congress


particularly need-being produced :?
"a. Where is anything being done
on broad scale to cellar slums
and blighted areas?
"5. Isn't there a housing bust
throughout the country except for
homes far beyond the reach of
average citizens ?"
To add the clinching point, Chair
man Tom Keehn who heads the
Washington Fight for Housing
Day committee, asks: "In view Of
the answers anyone has to give
to these questions-including rep
resentatives of the building indus
try-what is the basis for the OPP
position to the Taft Ellender- Wag-
ner general housing bill 2"
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Building Trades
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IoVssss"~S@ AsV"s . s~SS OS'~$
last year with the Division of APP
prentice Training, Massachusetts
Department of Labor and Indus
tries.
In Ohio, the State Building
Trades Council is observing no
ratios while there is a shortage of
skilled construction workers, and
is permitting the employment of as
many apprentices as are needed
and can be trained, according to
Patterson.
among the cities in which build
ing trade ratios have been liberaliz-
ed are Duluth and Wichita" Pat
terson declared. "The Wichita ratio
for plumber apprentices was chang
ed from 1 to to / to 3. In Duluth
the radio for some OF The building
trades also has been changed to 1
to 3 to permit the hiring of more
apprentices"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-26
OBITUARIES
WILLIAM VILE

East Palestine - William Vile,
president of the National Brother
hood of Operative Potters Local 81
and a former councilman, died
suddenly of a heart attack at 6:3O
a. m. Tuesday at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Emma Alexander, with
whom he resided.
Mr.. Vile, SO, had attended a
meeting of the local Monday night
when plans were made for his
attendance at the N. B. o. P. con-
vention this week in Atlantic City.
He was an official delegate. Mr..
Vile was a jiggerman at the w. S.
George Co. Pottery.
He was active in municipal af-
fairs when serving as councilman
at-large for one term in 1934-36.
An overseas veteran of World
War l, he was member of the
American Legion Post.
He was born March IL, 1888, in
East Palestine, the son of Lewis
Vile and Pauline Hoffmeister
Vile.
He is survived by the sister, who
resides on West Main ST. Ext, and
three brothers, Charles Vile and
Lee Vile of East Palestine, and
Harry Vile of Negley.
He was a member of the Grace
Lutheran Church and its pastor,
Rev. Carl Duce, conducted services
for Mr.. Vile Thursday in the Van
Dyke Funeral Home.
Burial was in the East Palestine
Cemetery.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-26

the AFL housing experts warn.
"For the estensible purpose of con-
tinuing Federal rent controls thru
Feb. 20, 1948, the bill sipes out
any effective rent and eviction
controls and destroys the last yes
tiges of the veterans emergency
housing program"
Unless Congress rejects this
dangerous proposal or the Presi-
dent vetoes it," the AFL predicts,
millions of American families will
be gouged by raised rents or faced
with eviction"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-26
uGWU-AFL Marks New
Membership Of 400, 900

Cleveland (LPA)-A goal of 25,.
100000 members for the labor
movement in America was laiC
down by President William Green
of the AFL in an address here to
the largest convention in the his
tory of the international Ladies
Garment Workers Union.
The convention swung into its
second and final week after hear
ing reports that membership had
hit the 100000 mark, an all-time
high and representing gain of
$4,000 in the past three years.
Since 1882, when David Dubinsky
became president, membership has
mounted 10000.
Green, in his talk, predicted a
/ renewal of negotiations within the
near future" between the AFL and
CIO for establishment of united
labor movement. He declared that
"there is burning desire" for or
ganic unity among the rank and
file.
Once such a reconciliation is eff
fected, the trade union movement
should, he said, go "on the march"
for another 100000 members to
an ultimate goal of rs, 100000.
Another highspot of the conven-
ton was Dubinsky's keynote speech
to the record breaking total of
900 delegates.
He presented a l0-point pro-
gram, which the convention was ex-
pected to endorse overwhelmingly.
1t called for: price reductions and
establishment of a Federal price
adjustment board extension of the
15c-an- hour pattern" increases in
pay; 75c-an-hour minimum wage
under the Wage Hour Act; public
housing to provide 500, 900 low-rent
units a year; improved unemploy-
ment compensation; effective rent
controls; increased Federal expen-
diture for housing and foreign
loans; more funds for state and
local public works programs; un-
derwriting by the government of
100000 housing units per year
and legislative protection for farm
ers.
Dealing with the political scene,
Dubinsky declared that "it would
be unthinkable for labor to turn to
the Republican party which has
served all these years as the will
ing tool Of high finance" The labor
movement, he said, should work for
independent liberal political ac-
ton" He called for the creation
of labor-liberal coalitions in all
states.
He devoted substantial part
of his address to the international
scene. As to the Soviet Union, he
declared: "We are wholeheartedly
for adequate and prompt help to
Russia in rebuilding the war
wrecked cities and villages, but
we want such American help only
on the basis of rebuilding Russia
for peace and not arming her for
conquest and war against our
country or any other country"
America should, he said, do all
in its power to live peacefully with
Russia, short of "appeasement." He
added, however: "We are not for
tolerance and coddling of the Com