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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-17
Comment On
World Events

Philip Hannah, u. S. Assistant
Secretary of Labor, made a good
case for admission Of 100000 dis
placed Europeans into the United
States. Legislation to this end has
been endorsed by the American
Federation of Labor and the Con-
gress of Industrial Organizations.
Arguing for a bill which would
let 100000 year through immi-
grafton barriers for the next A
years, Hannah declared that the
newcomers would actually in
crease our economic well-being"
and added:
"The assumption of this respon-
sibility is entirely in keeping both
with our tradition of providing
haven for the oppressed, and our
present position of leadership in
the world"
Hannah testified before a House
Judiciary Subcommittee which is
considering the measure submitted
by Representative Stratton, Repub-
lican, of Illinois.
Arguments against the proposal,
Hannah said, are based on "the
erroneous belief that in any given
country during any particular per-
iod there are just so many jobs to
be filled, and that an increase in
population inevitably means that
some must go jobless."
He estimated that of the 100000
who would be admitted each year
under the Stratton bill, not more
than 60,0G0 would be of working
age or in need of employment.
"This number" Hannah said, "is
so small compared to our total
labor force of 60,000,000 as to pre-
sent no problem of competition
with native workers."
He added "Many of these people
will meet labor needs that have
gone untitled for some time"
Among them he listed construc-
tion workers, nurses, dentists,
physicians, farm help, machinists,
railway workers and tool makers
all, he said, "in short supply in
various parts of the country"
President Truman has urged
Congress to adopt such a measure
to aid some of the S50,000 persons,
uprooted from their homes by the
war, who now live mainly in camps
in Germany, Italy and Austria.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-17
Bosses Sneak
TuxEvusions

Washington (LPA) - The Ford
Motor Co. retirement and pension
plan won by the United Auto
Workers was the first in the ma
tion's auto industry and it got
headlines but it's an old story to
the U. S. Treasury Dept.
More than 10000 company pen
sion plans have been filed with
Treasury since 1912 because in
that year Congress changed the
law to make employer contribu-
tions to retirement programs tax
free.
Actually, under the wartime ex-
cess profits tax the pension plans
were a sneaky tax evasion method,
Treasury Dept officials disclosed
in effect last week. The excess pro-
fits law permitted many corpora
tions during the war years to make
as little as sc a contribution to
such plans but still be credited
with 81 contributions. The differ
ence was what the government did
not collect.
The present law allows a COM
pany operating at profit to pay
only &c for each 81 it supposedly
contributes to pension plan. The
Other. $50 is tax exempt.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-17
Miners
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tries. 2-Two specific clauses giving
the union unprecedented protection
against Taft-Hartley law penalties.
3-The 5c-a-ton royalty" payment
by operators to the UNIV welfare
fund will be doubled. 4-The indus
try will be forced to accept the
Federal Mine Safety Code.
Of greatest interest to both gov
ernment and union officials were
the Taft-Hartley provisions which
stipulated that the miners will
work only during such time as
they are able and willing to work. !"
This and the clause which provides
that it shall be a violation of the
UNIV contract for any operator to
take legal action against the union
will undoubtedly be used as pre-
cedents by other unions in negoti
ating new contracts.
Determined to ignore the NLRB
in future demands for collective
bargaining certification and for
processing of unfair labor prac-
tices, most unions were expected
to press for Taft-Hartley contract
clauses similar to those in the
UNIV agreement.
How the Taft Hartley law back
fired in terms of the new law was
summed up editorially by the Chic
ago Sun which declared, "There
must be an empty feeling in the
hearts of those members of Con-
gress who hoped to humble John
L. Lewis with the Taft-Hartley
Act. Lewis is not only not humbled
but he has emerged as a more pow
erful labor leader than ever. AS
the man who won an increase of
44hc an hour for his union, in con-
trast to much more modest in
creases accepted by others, he will
be figure to reckon with in the
AFL leadership, and the effect of
his coup is sure to be felt deeply
within the CIO. The Taft Hartley
Act evidently had little effect upon
the new coal contract except a
negative one"
UNIV officials claimed that the
new contract represented pack
age gain of $3.54-a-day including
a $1.20 day raise to $13.O5 for an
8-hour day including one hour of
travel time. The previous $1.1SH
hourly was jumped to $1.63. Con-
tinued from the UMW's contract
with the government were the $100
annual vacation payments, dues
checkoff and inclusion of foremen
who now belong to the union.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-17
JoI+s COP
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month"; shifted the effective
date from July to next Jan. /. The
COP had been encouraged by the
302 to l12 House vote which was
26 more than two-thirds necessary
to override veto. 1t was the House
which killed the bill earlier by fail
ing by only two votes (26S to 1870
to override the veto.
Truman's announcement may
have killed all hopes of the COP
to get its bill thru without post
poning the July 26th adjournment
date. Although the Senate Finance
Committee voted 10 to three in
favor of the ''new" bill, it was OBJ
vious that pro-Administration Sen
ators could continue debate so as
to compel the Republicans either
to abandon their July 26 adjourn
ment date or the legislation itself.
Finally, evidence mounted in
support of the contention of Rep.
Herman Eberharter 3D., Pa that
the COP tax plan for next session
included federal sales tax. Griff-
ing Bancroft, Washington cores
pondent for the Chicago Sun, re-
ported that it was basically two
major plans: 1.-THE proposed levy
will not be called a sales tax but
instead will be referred to as
broadening the excise taxes 2-At-
tempts will be made to gain popu-
lar support by trying to make the
new levy appear as special tax
to pay for the war;" In any event,
labor economists agreed, that tax,
as would the present one, would
place by far the heaviest burden
on the low-i income wage earners.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-17
AFL Union Chiefs Pledge Court Fight
To Secure Repeal Of New Labor Law

"2. The repeal of this notorious
legislation shall be our fixed OBJ
jective. We shall never be recon-
ciled to the acceptance of this leg
islation. We shall oppose flight
it at every step and every oppor-
tunity-until we succeed in our
efforts to bring about its repeal.
Our action in this respect will be
based upon the fact that we re-
gard the Taft Hartley bill as a
slave measure, un- American, VIC
ious and destructive of labor's con-
stitutional rights.
"3. We will organize, unite and
concentrate our efforts toward
bringing about the defeat of every
member Of Congress for reelection
who voted in favor of final enact
ment of the Taft-Hartley bill.
"a. To protect our organizations
against possible suits for damages
and other vexatious and destruc-
tive litigation under this law, it is
recommended that no-strike pro-
visions be omitted from all future
agreements, written or oral.
"5. In order that the workers of
the nation may be accorded full
and complete opportunity to vote
in national elections, we recon-
mend that our organizations set
aside this day as holiday to be
devoted solely to election purposes.
sc. We recommend that the Ex-
ecutive Council of the American
Federation of Labor give full and
complete consideration to the de-
clarations of this conference and
in addition, prepare for the consid-
Grafton by the next convention Of
the American Federation of Labor
program giving full effect to
these purposes"
Held "Strife- Provoking" Act
The preamble asserted that the
authors of the Taft Hartley Act
had ignored the affirmative and
mobile" purposes of trade unions
and had decided that "only weak
and impotent labor unions be al
lowed to survive"
"The Taft-Hartley Act is
strike and strife-provoking act"
the resolution added. at should be
properly classified as such. 1t will
serve to prevent the workers from
agreeing to incorporate no-strike
pledge in written contracts. 1t
means the end of sound manage
ment-labor relations and the sub
stitution therefor of distrust, sus-
picion and class hatred"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-17

Washington, d. C. (ILNS).-
More than 200 top officials of Am
erican Federation of Labor nation
al and international unions unan-
imcusly adopted 6-point declara-
tion on the Taft Hartley labor law
which blasted the measure as "de-
structive" and "noxious", promised
court challenge of many of its pro-
visions and pledged its repeal as a
"fixed objective" of the federation.
Opening the special conference
at the Washington Hotel, AFL
President Green told the labor ex-
ecutives "We will never stop fight
ing until the Taft-Hartley labor
law is repealed and those who vot-
ed for it are defeated.
"The law" he said, represents
a determined attack on the trade
union movement by our enemies.
1t is an attempt to weaken unions
and render them impotent so that
the working people of this country
can be exploited"
Padway Aanalyzes Law
Joseph A. Padway, AFL chief
counsel, gave a detailed analysis
of how the specific provisions of
the law affect the day-to-day oper-
ations Of the unions and their long
range objectives.
= A committee conffbsedTof Of Vice
Presidents Matthew Woll, David
Dubinsky, William l.. Hutcheson,
Daniel j. Tobin and Secretary
treasurer George Meany drew up
the conference declaration, which
was adopted after all day discuss
ion of the law. Following its APP
proval, the AFL executive council
met to speed nationwide cam
paign to give publicity to the AFL
standpoint.
After giving labor's reasons for
opposing the new law and delcar-
ing that "the following shall be
our pledge and uncompromising
purpose" the 6-point statement
said:
81. Because we believe many of
the provisions of the Taft Hartley
bill are unconstitutional, we will
challenge the validity Of said Sec
tions in the courts. In doing SO, we
shall avail ourselves of the oppor-
tunity to appeal in accordance with
court procedure to the Supreme
Court of the United States. We
shall exhaust every legal recourse
at our command in efforts we put
forth to test the validity Of this
act
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-17
Lose Little
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trustee, Newman Way. With the
seating of the new officials we are
looking forward 20 new spirit of
enthusiasm in the ranks of l.. u.
l03. Let's all strive to aid the new
officers in carrying out their tasks
and am sure every member of the
union will benefit. Remember, i'm
unity there is strength.
1t has been some time since we
had the honor of visit from our
national president. Although we
know he is a very busy man with
the wage conference coming up
next month, we still feel little
sighted in that he has not paid US
a visit for quite some time.
Plans are moving along for our
annual picnic to be held at Knox
vile, Tenn. on September /. The
committee this year has promised
us a bigger and better picnic than
was ever held before. Let's mark
that date on our calendar and be on
hand for a real days fun.-O. c.
1903
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-17
Delegates
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members during his term of office.
Members of the new shop COM
mittee to date are as follows: Wal
ter Gooch, Howard Meyers, John
Byford, Harry Naylor, Zeig Raft
alowski and Henry Krezwinsl<i. 4
Bro. William Macdonald waA1
transferred to l.. U. 40 and Bro.
Harry Jones, who was made fore
man recently, to L. U. 208.
Allan Hamilton, Joseph Krem-
cicki and Joseph Gervasi were in
itiated recently and Ri hard
Temple and Frank Cavaliaro re-
ceived by card.
Auditors were appointed to go
over the books and make their re-
port at our next meeting which
will be held on July 25.
Once again we remind all MEM
bers of our Contingent Fund.-O.
C. as
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-17
Pushes u. s.
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the u. S. Savings Bonds Division
for West Virginia, thanked men,
bers of the board for their endorse
.ment and ''full cooperation" and
introduced Gilbert Hyatt, national
director of Labor Organizations of
the u. S. Savings Bonds Division,
Washington, who explained in de-
tail how labor all over the nation is
working closely with the Treasury
in its mid-year promotion to en-
courage program of national
thrift.
To bring before the individual
members of all its local unions the
Importance of continued savings
through payroll savings, the state
affiliate of the American Fedora
tion of Labor decided to print and
distribute among it's membership
10000 2-color thrift program
pamphlets.
The pamphlets will be distribut-
ed by union secretaries who will be
asked to spearhead the campaign
in each local, and will carry state
ments of endorsement of the Trea-
sury's savings bond payroll plan
from William Green, president of
the AFL, and Volney Andrews,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the West
Virginia Federation.
Object of the campaign is to in
crease the number of members
buying bonds regularly from the
states present average of 40, per-
cent to the national goal of 70 per-
cent.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-17
NAME NEW OFFICERS

At special meeting of Local
Union 131 on June 26, officers for
the ensuing term were elected and
installed. The official salte is as
follows: President, James Bennett;
vice president, Rosemond Smith;
treasurer, John Gilmore; financial
secretary, Arthur Marshall; re-
cording secretary, Alice Sewers;
statistician, Roy Cunningham; in
spector, George Boley; guard,
Theodore Clutter.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-17
AnnuuI Outline
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married so years, were presented
with a set of door chimes, and Mr..
and Mrs. Glen Haines married az
years received a basket of grocer
les.
Fifteen ladies were entered in
the contest for the funniest hats
and it was rumored some of the
gals really had head gear that was
"just out of this world" Mrs. Viola
SALESMAN, Mrs. William H. Geib
and Mrs. Elmer Lee were the win
ners in this contest which required
judges of real skill.
The skill of the fisherman with
the rod and reel found eight con-
testants displaying their skill with
Heinie Kutsch, Robert Greenwood
and Jerry Ruff showing the crowd
how it is done.
When it comes to rug-cutting
Dick Jones and Elmo Dysle along
with Kenneth Scott and Helen
Lukacic, aided by the super-duper
music of Eddie Juenemann's orch
estra from Canton, one Of the top
notch dance bands in the state,
showed the crowd what it really
meant to "get hot"
Mr.. and Mrs. Chal Chaddock of
Carrollton, Wilson Hawk and Mrs
AL. Riebe, ana Mrs. Frank Cope
and Heinie II. Kutsch, were the
winners in the prize waltz contest.
Spud Sekely won a beautiful
tricycle. for her efforts in the ice
cream eating contest.
Bill Gotschall, George Wood
ward, Jr. and George Breckenridge
provided many thrills for the
crowd in the watermelon contest.
The boys really had watermelon
seeds sticking out Of their ears.
A boxing card featuring some of
the top-notch leather pushers in
this vicinity was well received by
the crowd. Five bouts were on the
card and all proved to be of high
calibre.
The 1947 two-door sedan, pre-
sented to the picnic committee by
the management, was awarded to
Lynn Evans of the packing shed.
The car was awarded from num-
bers drawn corresponding with
payroll checks of employees as of
June 13.
Just before the dance, when
darkness had settled over beauti-
full Taylor Lake, Kress Cron-
in Jr., a movie fan, showed pic
lures taken throughout the factory
and office. Well over half of the
nearly 500 employees were shown
on the screen. Most of the shots
were taken with the subjects at
work.
The ticnic committee consisted
Of S. l.. DeBee. Frank Riebe, Orlo |
Jack BAIL, Al Brunt and
Kress Cronin Jr. Other persons |
pitched in on the day of the picnic |
to make the event the most pleas
ant and successful in the history of |
the Crolin China Co. Harold Mar \
shall and kress Gronin Jr. handled |
the announcements over the public |
address system.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-17

Chicago 0LNS). - Stati n
WRRR in Dallas, owned by the
city, has accumulated a reserve
fund of $3S6,000 since 1899, the
International City Managers AS
sociation says.
The station, one of several muni-
cipally-owned standard waveleng-
tn stations in the U. s., is operated
by an independent commission. Its
profits may be used to boost the
stations power from 5000 to So
600 watts, or may be diverted to
cover other city expenses.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-17

"Open minds" are all right
but seldom does anything take adj
vantage of the openings.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-17
Members Of
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tional convention to Canada, to
honor the locals of the Brother
hood that exist north of them.
Their interest of our problems and
their wealth of information, | am
sure will enable us to become a
more active member of the Broth
erhood in the future. So in ex-
pressing my feelings to one and
all personally, ! hope that we can
continue to cement our relations
of Good Neighbor Policy.-O.C.
1gl
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-17

If it weren't for paying taxes,
many of US could pay our bills on
time.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-17
ANTIUNION MILL ASKS Csc

Washington (LPA)-One of the
most violently anti-union textile
mills in the south-Burlington
Mills of Greensboro, N. C.-is urg-
ing Congress to pass the labor
sponsored bill raising the legal
minimum wage to Csc now and in
two years to 75c.
w. S. Coulter, the Burlington
counsel, wrote to Rep. Harold d..
Cooley 3D., N. CO. who introduced
the letter into the record of COM
mittee hearings on minimum wage
measures last week.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-26
WHAT is FAIR TRADE?
HOW DOES 1T HELP
THE CONSUMER?


Gary, Ind.-Forty-five states
have Fair Trade laws. Only
three = Missouri, Texas and
Vermont - and the District
of Columbia - have failed to
enact them.
Fair Trade is a means of
quality protection for consum-
ers. Fair Trade laws author
ize establishing, by the manu-
facture, of a minimum retail
price for his branded product
to prevent it's use as a ''bargain
bait" or a Gloss leader" by
cut-rate retailers.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-26

With Mrs. Theo. Stewart as
SOloist.
TENOR SOLO "Thanks Be
to Thee" by Handel.
Mr.. Philip A. Pennington.
CHOIR ANTHEM-"Holy Art
Thou" by Handel.
REPRESENTATION God,
Our Help in Ages Past" by
Croft.
CHOIR REHEARSAL-Friday
evening, November 18th, 8
o'clock.
P. A. Pennington,
Conductor
Charles l.. Kess1er,
Organist
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-26
CHRISTMAS "MANGER
SCENE" TO BE UNVEILED
FRIDAY AT 1880 P. M.
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bez Taylor, we'll known to
Zion and to the North Shore
through Zion Passion Play, the
task of building "the Manger
Scene" in life-size proper
tions.
From the following figures
some idea of the size of the
Scene" will be gained: the
display will be "a feet long,
16 feet high, and 8 feet deep;
same will be fully illuminate
ed, and will present most at
tractive setting.
No resident of the City of
Zion should miss the unwilling
on next Friday evening at
1880. There will be Communi-
ty singing of Christmas Carols
led by Phil Pennington; and Mr..
Lundahl, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, will be
POSTMASTER.
The retail merchants and
professional men of the City
are underwriting the expense
Of this beautiful portrayal, in
order that the spirit of Christ
mas may more fully enter the
minds and hearts of all. The
public is asked to come out to
the unwilling on Friday even
ing. The "Scene" will be illu-
minated every evening right
through the Christmas holi-
days.
All Churches are requested
to cooperate in making known
to their membership this splen-
did exhibition setting forth
"The Christ-child in the Man.
ger.''
The Time: Friday evening,
November 20, 7:30 p. m.
The Place: Sheridan Road,
between 26th and 9th Streets.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-26
The TheOCrat

and pray, he will come back
to us after the rites are all
over at the end of three months
and not be affected by them
too much. This is a horrible
system they live under. Thank
God the children born to Chris
tan parents don't have to go
through it.
The roads are terrible. How
happy We'll be when our plane
arrives. I hope we shall hear
it is on the way soon. 1t will
be a great blessing and help in
our work. Many think, back
home, that it would be imprac-
teal but let me assure you it
would be a great help and
blessing.
We have nearly finished Eu-
genes house and now we must
repair our house and the girls
house. Then we must build a
home for our lectric genera
tor, school dormitories and
Bible School homes, and work.
ers' homes. This all takes time
and money. We hope to open
our Bible School in January.
We are all we'll and happy
in the Lord. The new mission
aries are doing fine at learning
the language. Two of our chill
dren are away at school now.
They will be away until Dec
ember 18th. They are quite
homesick and we miss them
terribly. They will be home for
a month, when they do come
home.
We do enjoy your letters.
Please continue to write. We
miss you all so much. Thanks
so much for the ones already
sent. .....
Now the God of peace, that
brought again from the dead
our Lord Jesus, that great
shepherd of the sheep, through
the blood of the everlasting
covenant, make you perfect in
every good work to do His
will, working in you that
which is we'll pleasing in His
sight, through Jesus Christ, to
Whom be glory for ever and
ever. Amen.
Yours in His service,
Bob Lichty and
Family and Party.
P. S.-We are now enjoying
lights from our generator.
Thanks so much for your as
sistance and help on it. We are
in great need of the other fix
lures though. Gene is a good
electrician and works fine. The
generator works we'll and is
q hiU holm