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Evening star., 1947-08-22

White roses and gladioluses deco
rated the Clarendon Methodist
Church for the wedding Saturday
evening of Miss Ernestine Wilson and
Mr.. Herman l.. Bonney. She is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Riley Wilson of Arlington, and he
is the son of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman L. Bonney. The Rev. Leary
P. Poythress officiated at the cere-
mony, which took place at 8 o'clock,
and Mr.. John Wigent played the
organ.
Mr.. Wilson gave his daughter IN
marriage. She wore white satin
gown with a long train and a finger
tip veil which fell from crown of
seed pearls. Her flowers we're white
roses and white orchids. Her sister,
Mrs. Alta Wright of Manteno. ILL.,,
was matron OF honor, wearing light
blue marquisette with matching
gloves and a Mary Queen of Scots
hat made of the same material. She
carried an arm bouquet of pink roses
and blue delphlnlumS.
The other attendants were Mrs.
Imogene Skinner of Arlington, an
other sister of the bride; Miss Katy
Virginia Wilder of Lecanto, Fla, her
cousin, and Donna Lee Wright, her
niece, who was flower girl. She wore
white satin with a halo of white
roses and carried a basket of rose
petals Mrs. Skinner and Miss
Wilder wore pink costumes similar
to the matron of honor's and car
ried light yellow roses.
Mr.. William w. McMillen was best
man and the ushers were Mr.. Hilton
Bonney, jr, and Mr.. Jennings
Bynum, jr.
After the reception Mr.. and Mrs.
Bonney left for the Poconos. Upon
their return they will make their
home in Arlington. The bridegroom
is graduate of Benjamin Franklin
University.
Evening star., 1947-08-22

ber of the Board of Directors of
the French Line.
Mr.. Gabriel Fabre, who is Chief
Administrator of Colonies of France,
left New York Immediately after his
arrival there yesterday for Toronto.
He came to head the French exhibit
at the Toronto Exhibition which
opened there today.
Officials of the United Nations
who came on de Grasse included
the French alternate representative
to the U. N. Trusteeship Council,
Mr.. Henri Laurentie and Nine. Lau-
rentie. Another passenger was the
legal counselor to the French dele
cation to the U. NJ, Mr.. Antony
Leriche who was accompanied by
Nine. Leriche.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Miss Duncan Bride
Of Mr.. Clements

The wedding of Miss Dorothy
Anne Duncan and Mr.. Russell
Rodda Clements took place Saturday
evening in Hyattsville, the Rev. Ed
ward Roach officiating at 8 o'clock.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.,
and Mrs. Edward Gorsuch Duncan
of District Heights and was given in
marriage by her father. She wore
white satin with marquisette yoke,
made with hoop skirt and train. A
tiara of satin and seed pearls held
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Conodiun Steel Men
Wont Seek Poy Hike
BY tho Asseeiatsd Prsss

TORONTO, Feb. Is Canadian
members of the United Steel Work
ers of America (CIO) decided today
against seeking any new overall
nav increase until at least April l.
1948.
The unions national policy con-
ference here decided instead to con-
centrste on a program aimed at re-
ducing and holding down prices.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-10
OBITUARIES
WILLIAM PROSSER

Trenton, N. J.-William Prosser,
81, an employee of the Trenton Pot
teries Company for the past 80
years, died April 3 in his home,
134 Norway Ave., from heart at
tack.
Mr.. Prosser was born in England.
He was president of Sir Charles
Napier Lodge No. 33, American
Sons of st. George, and a member
of Gothic Lodge No. 270, F. and
A. NJ. He was a member of St.
James Episcopal Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Ada Schaffner Prosser; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. F. Leslie Burke of Nor
risville, and Mrs. Edward Braith-
waite, this city; two sisters, Mrs.
John w. Scragg and Miss Sarah
A. Prosser, both of Mercerville;
three brothers, James of Wood
bridge, Harry of Stoke-on-Trent,
England, and George of White
Horse; stepson, Joseph Schaffner,
a patrolman Of the Hamilton Town
ship Police Department; and four
grandchildren.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-10
SHORT WORK WEEK AIDS
1,650,000 IN BRITAIN

London, Eng. Announcement
that shorter work weeks became
effective in January for 1,650,000
British workers was made by the
Minister of Labor More than
100000 received wage increases in
January the report revealed.
The hour changes affected main
ly workers i'm the automobile, ma
chine tool and other types Of ma
chinery operations. The normal
week was reduced from AZ to A
hours.
Iron and steel, tobacco manufac-
ture, rubber manufacture, glass
containers, flour milling and
wholesale trades received wage in
creases during January, adding
100000 to the weekly wage bill.
Four hundred and twelve thous-
and working days were lost
through industrial disputes during
January. This represents an in
crease over December, 1916. Par
ticular Importance is attached to
the loss Of $1,000 working days in
coal mining as result of labor
disputes.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-10
Labor Takes initiative
To Aid Better Relations

United States, was approved re-
Gently by the Institute Committee
headed by Mayor Vincent J. Muir
ply of Newark, secretary of the
State Federation of Labor and CO.
sponsor with Rutgers and the
Workers Education Bureau of the
17-year-old labor education project.
In accepting membership on the
combined labor-management COM
mittee working for joint partici-
patton, Glenn Gardiner, president
of the New Jersey Chamber of
Commerce, heralded the move "as
very constructive development"
Labor Editor Approves
Lewis M. Hermann, assembly
man from Essex County, editor
New Jersey Labor Herald, New
ark, and longtime member of
the Rutgers Labor Institute Com
mittee, summed up his endorse
ment when he said: $50 much has
been said about labor management
cooperation during the last few
years that it is about time we ac-
tually practice some of our ideas"
The first step toward converting
to joint institute during this
years conference will be Labor
Management Day" devoted exclu-
sively to an analysis and discus
sion of subjects of common in.
terest to both groups. Henceforth
the entire sessions of the institute
will be given over to discussion of
mutual problems.
The committee working on the
new project includes, beside Mayor,
Murphy, Lewis Hermann, and'-
Glenn Gardiner, Dean Norman c.
Miller, director of the Rutgers
University Extension Division, and
two business representatives still
to be selected.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-10
UNION REFUSES TO
INSCRIBE NAMES
ON HEADSTONES

Providence, r. l. (ILNS). -
Union granite cutters here an
nounced that they no longer would
inscribe the names of Rhode Is
land dead on finished" headstones
imported from Finland and Swe-
den. John w. Castellucci, union
secretary, said that neither would
they carve or sandblast any me-
mortal or design on such grave
markers in the future.
Castellucci explained that the
unions action was taken as a re-
suit of a postwar flood of "fin-
ished" headstones from the two
countries which had threatened
Rhode Island granite cutters with
drastic job curtailments."
He said inland dealers were can
ceiling orders with eastern con-
Germs employing union labor be-
cause the imported products were
cheaper in price. He attributed
the price differential to the en-
ployment of "cheap foreign labor"
"We have no objection" Castel-
lucci added, "to the Importation of
rough or unfinished stock. But,
when the foreign finished head
stone can be sold on the American
market cheaper than our manu-
facturers can make them, then it's
high time something was DONE"
He said he thought it "insuffer-
able" that "Joe Stalin's dominated
abor market in Finland can throw
American union craftsmen out of
n ioh -
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-10
Health Tests
Advocated To
Cut Absenfeeism

New York City (ILNS).-Pro-
vision by employers of annual
health examinations for all en-
ployees as a means of reducing
production costs was suggested at
session on industrial health of a
safety meeting sponsored by the
Greater New York Safety Council.
DIR. Harry j. Johnson, assistant
clinical professor of medicine at
New York Post Graduate Medical
School, said this would constitute
"a frontal attack upon one of
management's greatest sources of
loss today, absenteeism."
Declaring that industry's posi-
tion with regard to employee
health was 30 years behind its
progress in accident prevention,
DR.. Johnson said that only six per
cent of all absenteeism was due to
accidents or industrial diseases and
81 per cent was caused by "ordi-
nary Illness"
He reported that the average
loss from absenteeism of eight
days man a year was not an i'm
portant item when wages were
low but had become serious cost
to industry.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-10
TOBACCO WORKERS GAIN
$4,000 NEW MEM BERS

Washington, -. c. QLNS)-The
Toledo Union Leader, Toledo, O.,
says that John c. Taylor, inter
national representative of the
Tobacco Workers international
Union, during a recent visit To his
home in Toledo, reported that the
union has been making big strides
in the past year, having gained
$4,000 new members and issued
charters TO many new locals. The
greatest increase, he said, had
been in North Carolina, although a
substantial increase in strength
had been made in all the tobacco
growing and tobacco manufactur-
ing states.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-10
Supreme Court
Evenly Divided
On Pullman Co.

Even the Supreme Court throws
up it's hands when asked to pass
judgment on the Pullman tangle.
In an antitrust suit, a couple
of years ago, the Federal Court in
Philadelphia found Pullman was a
monopoly and ordered it to divorce
the car manufacturing and sleep
ing car operating business.
Choosing to keep the former,
the corporation made a deal with
43 railroads to buy the latter for
$75,CO0,000. Meanwhile, Cyrus S..
Eaton, the Cleveland financier, and
his associates not only offered to
buy the business, but proposed to
"streamline" it. Bids were also
made by several others.
Justices Cans Agree
The court, however, approved
the deal with the railroads, re-
jecting the arguments of the De-
partment of Justice and Eaton's
group that this merely substitu-
ted one monopoly for another.
Finally, the matter was carried
up to the Supreme tribunal. After
hearing the arguments two weeks
ago and reading the briefs, eight
of the justices announced that
they were equally divided. Justice
Robert H. Jackson did not partici-
pate because he was attorney gen
eral when the antitrust suit was
filed in 1910.
The effect of this was to affirm
the lower court.
o. X. c. on the job
The carriers proposal for carry
ing out the deal is already being
considered by the |. c. C.
On Wednesday the Order of
Railway Conductors, which repre-
sents the Pullman conductors, re-
quested that the commission re-
quire protection" for employees
who may be adversely affected.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-10
Fifth Of Bdnks Inspected
In Yedr Fdiled To PdY 40c
Minimum Hourly Wage

Chicago (ILNS). - The banking
industry, which can hardly plead
poverty in extenuation, made a
showing far from bright as re-
CARDS compliance with various
provisions of the Fair Labor
Standards (Wage-Hour) Act in
the fiscal year 1916.
This was revealed here by
Thomas d. O'Malley, regional di-
rector of the Wage and Hour and
Public Contracts Divisions, U. S.
Department of Labor, who told a
central states conference of bank
ers' associations that 20 per cent
of the banking and trust COM
panies inspected by staff of the
division were in violation of the
minimum wage of 40 cents an hour
set under the act.
Tops National Average
O'Malley pointed out that this
high percentage of violations Of
the minimum-wage provisions was
about twice as high as the national
average for all industries covered
Z by the federal wage and hour law.
Forty-nine per cent of the in
spected banking and trust COM
panies were in violation of one or
more of the major provisions of
the act, that is, the minimum
wage, overtime or child-labor pro-
visions, according to O'Malley.
This compares with 81 per cent of
violations in all non-manufacturing
industries.
go "The sum of 100000 was agreed
to or ordered paid by banking and
trust companies to $500 en-
ployees as restitution of back
wages owed under the minimum
wage or overtime provisions" the
regional director said.
i. O'Malley said that the figures
showing 40 per cent of the com
panies in violation were not in
dicative of the compliance records
of banks generally, because "we
try to make our inspections on
selective basis, which means that
we concentrate on those establish
ments against which complaints
have been made or where other
information leads us to believe
that violations probably will ex-
ist."
Principal causes Of violations in
the banking industry are failure of
some banks to realize that their
employees are covered by the law
and misapplication Of certain ex-
emptions from the minimum wage
and overtime provisions, O'Malley
said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-10
LUNDBERG AGAIN HEADS
SEAFARERS' UNION

Chicago ULNS).-Harry Lund-
eberg, secretary-treasurer of the
Sailors Union Of the Pacific was
reelected president of the Sea
farers' international Union of
North America at the unions BIZ
ennial convention here.
John Hawk of New York, sec
retary-treasurer Of the Atlantic
and Gulf District, STU, was elect
ed first vice president,
Other vice presidents were Nor
ris Weisberger, New York, Mrs.
Andrea u. Gomez, Los Angeles,
Patrick McHugh, Boston, Lester
Ballinger, San Diego, Calf; Ro-
land Caveny, Monterey, Calf;
Edward Coester, Seattle and w. C..
Tanner, Mobile, Ala.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-10

New Brunswick, N. j. (ILNS).-
The cause of better labor-manage-
ment relations is expected to be
given important aid here when the
Rutgers Labor Institute opens it's
sessions to management participa-
tion for the first time in it's IT.
year history. Henceforth the an
nual meeting will be known as the
Rutgers Labor Management Insti-
tute.
DR.. Robert C. Clothier, presi-
dent of the university, announced
that, as result of action taken by
the New Jersey labor groups
which are co-sponsors of the In
stitute, management has been
asked to attend and participate in
the four-day sessions beginning
June 8.
Industrial production on which
our national welfare depends is the
joint responsibility of labor and
management and it is a move Of
almost unprecedented significance
that representatives of both groups
are meeting together in the edu-
cational and impartial atmosphere
of the university" DR.. Clothier
declared.
Policy Change Approved
"It is particularly gratifying
that labor has taken the initiative
in this important development. |
am confident that management
will cooperate wholeheartedly and
that lasting goodwill will result"
The major change in policy of
the Rutgers Labor Institute, first
of it's kind to be organized in the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-10

terror Secretary as a modern
Herncles with a No. IL shoe and
size 5 hat"
Meanwhile, there appeared a
question Of whether the miners
left idle by the widespread mine
shutdown would be eligible for un-
employment compensation.
Payment Of jobless benefits is
determined by each State, but most
of them withhold compensation
when the workers are made idle
by strike.
Officials of the Department of
the Interior privately expressed
the opinion that the miners would
be entitled to the benefits.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-10
GEORGE FIRTH

George Firth, IA, retired potter,
died April in his home, TIT Bank
St., following sevenweek illness.
Mr.. Firth was born in Cincin-
mott, a son of Greenwood Firth
and Sarah Harrison Firth. He lived
in East Liverpool for the past 70
years.
Mr.. Firth was a kilnman and
was employed for many years by
the Edwin M. Knowles China Co.
He was a kiln foreman for the
Hall China Co. when he retired
five years ago.
He was an elder and a member
of the Bethany Class Of the First
Church of Christ, a member of the
East Liverpool Lodge 379, Odd
Fellows and an honorary member
of the National Brotherhood of
Operative Potters.
Mr.. Firth leaves his widow, Mrs.
Rachel Jones Firth; two brothers,
John Firth of East Liverpool, and
Samuel Firth of Steubenville and
six sisters, Mrs. S. w. Smith, Miss
Sue Firth, Miss Emily Firth and
Miss Irene Firth, all of East Liv-
erpOol, Mrs. Carl Laughlin of Buff
falo and Mrs. John G. Holman of
Steubenville. Another brother
Clarence Firth, died last Novem-
ber in Trenton, N. j.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-10
RECREATION PROGRAM

Chicago OLNS).-San Francis
co is drafting a Master Plan for
Youth calling for a $l2 million
city recreation program, the Amer
lean Public Works Association
notes. The program calls for crea-
ton Of 80 neighborhood recreation
centers. A city tax on cigarettes
has been suggested as a means of
paying off bonds issued to finance
the program.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-10
WAGE RAISE GRANTED
BY REYNOLDS METAL

Louisville, Ky.-Frank Weil,cl,
director of labor relations for Rey-
nolds Metal Co, said he was i'm
formed that an agreement had
been reached in Richmond, Va,
April /, calling for an increase of
10 cents an hour in the wage scale
of the company's employees. The
international Council of Aluminium
Workers, AFL, suspended plans
for a strike at plants here and in
Richmond, Long Island, n. Y, and
New York City, pending results
Of the Richmond conference
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-10
Green Expresses
(Confinned From Pace On<I

disaster and said, in a letter to
UNIV locals:
"There is public sorrow at the
moment, but we know from harsh
experience that it is only a momen-
tary feeling Of pity on the part of
the public, and this sacrifice, like
others before, will soon be forgot
ten. Shortly after the mine work
ers bury their dead, the feeling of
sorrow will remain only in the
breasts of the loved ones who sur
vived; and the mine workers can
look forward to the next catas-
trophe.
Says Killing Must Stop
"We who are privileged to speak
for our dead, and for those pa
thetic widows and orphans, and
for the future safety of our peo-
pie, challenge this criminal and
calloused attitude. This killing
must stop. This debauched admin
istration of mine safety must stop.
at must be stopped now. The
American people must be aroused
to the stark realities of the situa-
tion and the casualties Of the coal
industry. Coal is already saturated
with the blood of too many brave
men and drenched with the tears
of too many surviving widows and
orphans"
Lewis urged that the member
ship conduct memorial ceremonies,
church services, and other exer-
cises to honor their dead.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-10
KANSAS CITY DAIRY
HELPERS GIVEN RAISE

Kansas City, Mo.-Dairy en-
ployes here were granted substan-
tial weekly wage increases in a
contract between milk distributors
and the international Teamsters
(AFL). The increases amounted to
from $5.72 to $3.50 a week, with
most workers getting a 1924
boost.
Under the new contract the
minimum weekly wage for inside
workers is $49.40, while those
working on any shift or part of
a shift between 6 p. m. and 6 a. m.
will receive an additional cents
an hour.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-10
Local Union s.
fConfiHued From Page OneJ

All members having resolutions
they wish to come before this
years convention should hand them
in as early as possible. All resolu-
tions have to be approved by the
local before they are forwarded to
headquarters. The deadline for re-
these resolutions at head
quarters is May 1st.-O. C. So.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-10
Miners Idle
Government
Checking Pits

Closing of SIS Government-op-
Grated soft coal mines was ordered
by Interior Secretary j. A. Krug
as John l.. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers, was placing
before a House Labor Sub-Com-
mittee charges that Krug, by neg
ligence signed the death warrant
for the III miners who died in the
recent Centralia, H., mine disas-
ter.
Interrupted during his testimony
to be informed of Mr.. Krug's or
der, Mr.. Lewis declared:
"That is Krug's death-bed con-
fession. May God in Heaven for
give him for not finding that mine
unsafe before and for not closing
it down before those Ill men men
died."
Branding Krug as a scheming,
faithless politician, criminally neg
ligent in permitting the death of
these miners, Mr.. Lewis pointed
out to the committee that only two
soft coal mines throughout the
Nation are really safe. The Krug
directive closing the 518 mines or
dered also 2013 more not to open
up again until their safety has
been certified.
In one of the most dramatic stu
ations seen on Capitol Hill in re-
cent years, Mr.. Lewis, facing a
battery of newsreel cameramen
and pres photographers, asserted
his sincere belief that President
Truman should remove Mr.. Krug
on grounds that his negligence
was responsible for the booming
of the Centralia miners.
Mr.. Lewis told the House group
that Mr.. Krug had "signed with
me on President Truman's desk"
the agreement under which the
mines would be operated under
definite safety regulations which
would be enforced by the Govern
ment. This responsibility was
ignored by Krug, he said.
Removal Of the top Administra-
ton official responsible for oper-
alton of the mines was one of the
three suggestions by Mr.. Lewis in
his day-long appearance before
the House Labor subcommittee. He
proposed that Congress, by resolu
ton, ask the President to remove
Krug "for cause"
His other proposals We're:
Legislation making it mandatory
to close the mines on the findings
of a safety Inspector that safety
standards were being violated.
Authorization of the Federal
Treasury to remit the $7O0,00O fine
against the United Mine Workers
to the widows Of the miners killed
at Centralia and at Straight Creek,
Ky, in December, 1915, for the
education Of their children.
Twenty-four men lost their lives
in an explosion at the Kentucky
Straight Creek Coal Co. mine
in Pineville, KY, on December 26,
1915. Seven We're saved. The |
miners were entombed more than
SO hours before rescue workers
found the first survivors.
Representative Gerald w. Lam
dis, Republican of Indiana, said he |
would sponsor the two latter pro-
posalS of Mr.. Lewis.
Mr.. Lewis gave the committee
assurance that the members of his
union would be back at their posts
at the termination of the six-day !
period. He qualified this,
however, by saying that he would
not ask any mine worker to enter
A condemned mine.
In branding krug as an "arch
for neglect of mine
safety, Mr. Lewis described the In |