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Evening star., 1947-09-05
Weather Report

District of Columbia - Rather
cloudy and humid with occasional
light rain today, scattered thunder
showers tonight. Lowest tonight
about 70 degrees. Tomorrow mostly
sunny and not so humid. Highest
temperature about 80 degrees.
Virginia-Rather cloudy, warm
and humid with scattered thunder
showers tonight and on the coast
Saturday afternoon. Fair west and
north portion tomorrow.
Maryland-Rather cloudy. warm
and humid with scattered thunder
showers tonight. Tomorrow clearing
with lower humidity but continued
warm.
Wind velocity, IL miles per hour
direction, north northwest.
District Medical Society ragweed
pollen count for "a hours ending 9 80
am. September 5-121 grains per
cubic yard of air.
Evening star., 1947-09-05

River Report.
From United States Ensineers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
Evening star., 1947-09-05
The Sun and Moon,
Pfecipitatinn.

Monthly precipitation in inches in tt
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-02

New York (FP)-The case of
the vanishing progressive eommen-
tators-a whodunit that you can't
hear on the airwaves - is today
radios biggest thriller.
Alibis are plentiful for the grad
ual disappeartnce from radio of
any political newscaster who does
not follow the line of big business.
Loss of sponsor, inability to find
the right time slot, economy, etc.
But the fact remains that in the
past year while the corps of re-
dictionary commentators has re-
mained untouched, more than a
score of progressives have been
pushed off the air and the remain
ing handful are close to the brink.
The trend can be traced back to
Nov. 6, l945, when the Wood Ran
kin committee on unAmerican ac-
tivities announced am investigation
of the political views of seven
radio commentators. Only four re-
main on the air today, and of these
two hava been cut down to once-a-
week broadcasts. Since the Novem-
ber 1916 elections, which the radio
industry has interpreted as man.
date for reaction, the swing toward
the right has become even more
marked
Most recent victims are Johnnes
Steel, whose departure from WIN
on Dec. 27 will end a 10-year
career on the radio, and DR.. Frank
Kingdom, whose nightly broadcasts
on the Mutual Broadcasting Sys-
TENS WOR ended Dec. 20. No
sponsor was the reason given in
SteePs, no good time available was
the excuse for dropping of King
don. Steel is seeking to finance his
return to the airwaves by selling
a private newsletter which he
hopes may be able to sponsor his
air time.
A rollcall of others engulfed by
radios trend toward reaction
shows the following victims: Steel,
Kingdom, William S. Gailmor, Rob-
ert st. John, John Vandercook, Don
Hollenbeck, Don Goddard, Sidney
Walton, Hans Jacob, Orson Welles,
Quentin Reynolds, Henry Morgen-
thau Jr.
WOR, which dropped Kingdom
but keeps native fascist Upton
Close, Fulton Lewis, Henry J.
Taylor and Gabriel Heater, has
also cut liberal Cecil Brown down
to 5-minunte weekly broadcast.
Remaining are J.. Raymond Walsh
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-02
Milk Monopoly
Swings Morkef To
Protect Prices

New York (FP) - New York
consumers will have as much as Is
million dollars grabbed out of their
pocketbooks in January because
milk producers manipulated the
butter market to protect their pro-
fits.
The rocking of consumers was
revealed Dec. 26 when butter
prices tumbled 10 cents a pound in
New York, leading a break in the
rest of the country.
A bland admission came from
the producers Dairymen's League
Cooperative that it had bought
more than 100000 pounds of but
ter to prevent threatened mar
ket decline which would have pull
ed down the price Of milk Here's
how the scheme worked:
The price of milk each month is
based by federal marketing order
on the average price of butter and
skim milk during the preceding
month. The January price is based
on the period from Nov. 25 to Dec.
"a.
In the week before Dec. "a a
broker for the Dairymen's League
paid $4,000 for it's butter pur-
chase. This kept the wholesale
price of butter at 84R cents
pound in New York, at the same
time the Chicago market was sell
ing butter at 8 cents less a pound
than here. Normally the differen-
tial between New York and Chi
cago butter is about ! cent.
If the price of butter in New
York had been allowed to decline
as much as it had in Chicago, the
retail price Of milk for January
would have gone down y cent
quart.
AS soon as the January price for
milk was established, the Dairy
mems League withdrew it's support
of the butter market and prices
went down. Retail prices were
lowered to 80 to so cents a pound.
Independent dealers charged that
the reason for the fictitious market
was that the Dairymen's League
found itself stuck with large in
ventories of storage cream which
would have been affected by drop
in milk prices.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-02
Cost Of Living
Hits Record
High In Nov.

Washington LPA) = Not-too-
pleasant news announced the day
after Christmas by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics of the Labor De-
partment showed that retail prices
of consumer goods in the u. S. hit
the highest level on record Oh Nov.
Is.
The consumers price index on
Nov. Is was is per cent higher
than in June 1920 the peak after
World War land 1873 per cent
higher than five months earlier
before Congress crippled price con-
troll.
Between mid October and mid
November, retail food prices rose
4.3 per cent. Retail prices of fats
and oils rose 65 per cent, with lard
prices soaring l04 per cent in the
one-month interval.
Besides the spectular increase in
food prices, the BIS found that
higher prices were asked for near
ly every type of apparel, includ-
ing shoes and shoe repair.
In the year between mid Novem-
Der 1945 and mid November 1916,
food prices rose "a per cent; cloth
ing l3 per cent; housefurnishings
Is per cent. Rents advanced "only
slightly and gas and electricity
costs declined about 2 per cent.
Despite the repeated promises Of
meat packers and their lobbyists
here that meat prices would rise
only reasonably" with the end Of
price controls, the BIS found re-
tail prices of all meats have risen
55.4 per cent in one year, most OF
this since the end of price con-
trolls. Pork rose 83.9 per cent, beef
and veal 61.2 per cent, lamb 50.8
per cent, between midNovember
1945 and 1916.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-02
Mr.. X, MEET JOE

! hour week." Joes said. "The com.
pany cut out all overtime last
June, and things cost twice as
much as they did last year"
The Feinsots pay $40 month
rent for the half of the old-fash-
ioned frame house they occupy on a
| pleasant Newark side street. Food
comes to about $25 week for
| them for their son and daughter
l1-year old twins. Our milk bill
alone last week was $685." Mrs.
Feinsot said. She pays "a cents a
quart for an extra good grade OF
milk to help build up the boy, who
was dangerously i'll last year and
is still weak.
Other items in the Feinsot bod
get include 81 a month for utili-
ties, $4.68 for a telephone, $5.76 a
month for insurance. Then there's
$l2 a year for a fraternal organi-
cation. Their only saving is So a
week in bonds.
1--WE don't go out any more be-
cause we can't afford it," said Mrs.
Feinsot. Neither Joe nor | have
had any new clothes since l can't
remember when. A vacation ~
(The Wall Street Journals Mr..
and Mrs. X and their three chill
dren spend month at Lake Tahoe
each summer.) "We just stay
home"
There are a lot of things we
need" Joe added. "I've got to have
my glasses fixed and my wife's
eyes are bad too. But we're putting
that off. And things around the
house need fixing" He pointed to
piece of plaster hanging from
the ceiling. "The whole. house is
like that. The bathroom sink up
stairs needs repairing"
A car is out of the question, al
though Eve always. used to have
one when Joe was in business"
Mrs. Feinsot said. Joe, who has to
take two busses to get to his job
in another town, still keeps his
drivers license and borrows his
laws car for an occa i.
sional Sunday outing.
Unlike Mr.. X, who belongs to
five clubs. Joe's life revolves
around the union. He is shop stew
ard. He showed me letter Of
praise his union brothers gave him
along with a Christmas bonus. The
company, although it's a subsidi-
ary of the fabulously wealthy In
ternational Telephone & Telegraph
Co., isn't giving any Christmas
bonuses this year. ~
"Maybe they're mad because the
union is asking for a 20 cent-an-
hour raise" said Joe. 1T looks like
we're going to have tough time
getting it, but it means everything
to people like u.s."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-02
kuiser-Fruzier
Bonus Far Below
EorIy Estimates

Willow Run, Mich. (FP)-Bonus
checks paid by the Kaiser-Frazd
Corp. to employees under contract
averaged $19.78 per employee. This
is about one tenth Of what was
originally estimated might be paid
for the year 1916.
When the contract was signed
it was hoped in union quarters
that the bonus, would add dime
an hour to each employees annual
earnings. At 2,C00 hours that
would have been 5000. 1t was also
estimated that about 5000 employ
ees would benefit.
r The $50 bonus in round numbers
actually went to 2,783 employees,
the highest check being $4l.82.
Late start, due to engineering diff
ficulties in reconversion and in de-
sign of cars, plus material short
ages, was responsible for the
meager bonus. The contract calls
for bonuses at the rate Of SIS a car
and SIPS Rototiller to those not
engaging in sitdowns, strikes or
slowdowns. 4
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-02
OBITUARIES
GEORE JOHNSON

George w. Johnson, 81, World
War | veteran Of State street, East
End, died Dec. 27 in the u. S.
Veterans Hospital at Sun Noun
tain, N. Y, following a long i'll
ness.
Mr.. Johnson was born in East
Liverpool and followed his trade
here as a kilnman. He was work
ing for the Hopewell On. j. China
Co. when he became i'll.
He was a member of Local
Union No. 9, National Brotherhood
of Operative Potters.
Mr.. John leaves two brothers,
Harry Johnson of Youngstown and
William +. Johnson of Uhrichs-
vile, and three sisters, Mrs. IL. C..
Moore of East Liverpool, Mrs. J.
w. Ellison of Lawrenceville, H.,
and Mrs. A. j. Kripleare Of Colby,
Wis.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-02
ROY j. DlCKEY

Roy j. Dickey of Grant street,
Newell, died Dec. 80 in Terra Alta
Sanatorium in West Virginia, fol-
lowing a six-month illness.
Mr.. Dickey, caster at the HON.
er Laughlin China Co., spent his
lifetime in Newell and East Liver
pool. He was member of Local
Union No. 4, National Brotherhood
of Operative Potters and the
Eagles Lodge of East Liverpool.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Osie
Dickey Of Marietta; two daughters,
Mrs. Virginia Walker of Newell,
and Mrs. Jean McNicol Of Mar
ietta; five brothers, Joe Dickey,
George Dickey and Eugene Dickey
Of East Liverpool, and Howard
Dickey and Earl Dickey Of Buffalo,
N. Y, and a sister, Mrs. Louise
McCauley Of Cleveland.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-02
Progressive Commentators
Squeezed Off AirWuves

on WMCA, Gailmor with a week
ly 15-minute program on WIN,
and Raymond Gram Swing on the
American Broadcasting Co. net
work, but all three repeatedly re-
gard their future on the airwaves
as extremely uncertain.
The trend on the west coast has
even been more sweeping. Last
April there were 25-pro-business
commentators and IA liberals on
daily. Today there are 35 conserv-
atives or reactionaries reaching
west coast audiences. The progress
sive group has been whitfield down
to four: Averill Berman, daily, and
Peter De Lima, Fridays, over
KXI4A in Pasadena and Alvin
Wilder, daily, and Raymond Swing,
twice weekly, over KECA.
One of the most popular COM
mentators forced off the air on the
west coast is Sam Batter, dropped
by the Mutual network when he
exposed the pro-fascist connec-
tions of its owner, Col. Robert r.
Mccormick of the Chicago Tri-
bune.
Typical of the censorship slap
ped on west coast commentators
was an order last summer by
KMPC General Manager Bob Rey-
nolds to his newscasters never to
mention FDR or Henry A. Wallace
over the air. what if Wallace
dies, Reynolds was asked. "Just
say the secretary Of commerce, "
he reDlied
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-02
AFL Unions Set
To Back New York
Tuqbouf Strike

New York (LPA - Six AFL
maritime unions, members of the
Greater New York Maritime
Trades Council, last week pledged
all-out support to the AFL Tug
boatmen, Local 1888 of the Interna-
tional Longshoremen's Association.
The Tugboatmen were expected to
conclude strike vote this week
in preparation for a walkout on
Jan. /.
Assurance of a complete tieup of
this great port if the Tugboatmen
should strike was voiced by Paul
Hall, chairman of the Maritime
Council. "The entire support Of the
AFL Maritime Trades Council is
behind the Tugboatmen," said
Hall. "lf they should strike, no
member Of an affiliate Of the coun-
Gil will cross their picket lines"
In addition, the entire facilities
Of the member unions will be at
the disposal of the Tugboatmen,
and that includes soup kitchens,
money and physical support" Hal!
said. The Council includes: Sea-
farers International Union; Sail
ors Union of the Pacific; Master
Mates and Pilots; international
Longshoremen's Union; Radio Of
ficers' Union; American Merchant
Marine Staff Officers Association;
and various waterfront locals Of
the Teamsters.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-02
Press Suppresses
(Confinned From Paa( OneJ

read what the Chamber of Com
merce of the head Of General
Motors or the National Association
Of Manufacturers has to say about
the Nathan report, but you haven't
seen the report printed in any
newspapers and you haven't even
seen a fair summary Of it,"
The 66-page report, issued re-
Gently in Washington, forecasts an
economic depression unless greater
purchasing power is accorded the
consuming public at once, and de-
clared that wages must rise 25 per
cent without accompanying price
increases or prices must be reduced
Immediately to avert such a de-
preston.
$50 far" Fribe said, "no COM
petent economist has answered the
facts in the Nathan report
When you read labor news in the
daily papers, we recommend you
take it with a grain of salt. In fact
you should keep whole salt
shaker beside you.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-02
By MIRIAM KOLkIN

Newark, N. Y. (FP)-Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Feinsot of Newark, N. j.,
have a lot in common with Mr.. and
Mrs. X of San Francisco, the un-
happy couple the Wall Street
Journal discovered living in misery
on $4,000 a year.
"That as brings us right close
together, Joe (Pop) Feinsot said
sarcastically. 81 make 45 a week
and he makes 45 thousand a
year." Still in his early 40's despite
the nickname affectionately be-
slowed on him by his brothers in
Local 447, Feinsot earns $1.20 an
hour as a milling machine opera
tor.
We were sitting in the living
room of the Feinsot's home with
the Wall Street Journal story
spread out on the table in front of
us. Pretty blond Mrs. Feinsot
stared unbelievingly at the head
line. "Mr. X Barely Manages to
Make Ends Meet on $4,000 d
Year." it said. "Skimps on Clothes,
Gifts, No New Car, Fewer Trips"
81 don't know what to say" she
said slowly. "We just can't get
along at all on what Joe makes. /
have to keep putting off bill collec-
tors from week to week. I've been
drawing from the bank steadily,
but all we have left now is $780,"
Joe brought out his weekly pay
receipts from the Federal Tele
phone and Telegraph Co. at Cliff
ton, N. j. His take-home pay the
week ending Dec. Is was $47.43,
the week before it was $45.69. On
a straight 40-hour week, after de-
ductions for social security, health
insurance, Withholding tax and
union dues ($1.5O month), his
pay came to $43.54.
"And most of the time it's a 10
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-02
Race Betting
ToIImadge Dies

Atlanta, Ga. (FP) - Governor
elect Eugene Talmadge, the man
who won election on a rabble-rous-
ing white supremacy platform al
though a majority of the voters
backed his opponent, died here
Dec. Il of cyrrhosis Of the liver
and stomach hemorrhages.
His death leaves a legal tangle
over who will be Georgia's next
governor. Since the states laws of
succession are vague, there is a
possibility that present Gov. Ellis
Arnall may continue in office until
the next gubernatorial election in
1850 or that Georgia's first lieu
tenant governor, NJ. T.. Thompson,
who would have been Talmadge's
successor if the new regime had
been sworn in might take over
During his campaign Talmadge
denounced u. S. supreme court
decision allowing Negroes To vote
in a Democratic white primary and
swore that if he was elected no
Negro would ever vote again in a
Georgia white primary.
His election was contested in law
suits pointing out that under the
states county unit voting system
the popular will is frustrated by
allowing rural communities with
small populations to cancel out the
votes of large cities, but the pro-
tests were thrown out of court.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-02
Case Strike
fConfinnsd From Paof Ons)

fConffHntd From Pa0f OnsJ
Of the strike, the Case Co. attempt
ed to organize a 33-state vigilante
movement to break it. Federated
Press revealed in October that the
organization had backed a former
ku klux Klan organizer in spon-
soring the drive which received
support from at least II members
Of Congress.
President Harvey Kitzman of
JAW Local l80 after mid-sum-
mer trip TO New York reported
that a vice president Of the Chase
National Bank told him quite
frankly that Wall Street intends
to "back Clausen to the hilt" in
his drive to break the union.
As the strike entered its second
year, kitzman said the union mem
bers were determined TO see il
through TO finish. Many members
have temporarily taken other jobs
while those maintaining the pick
etlines are receiving up TO $40 a
week from the union.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-02
Detroit
(C0nfinusd From PAGE OneJ

(C0nfinusd From Page OneJ
Picard himself after the excite
ment burned out some fuses in the
employer-controlled dailies. He
noted that the supreme court de-
cision was not so sweeping as had
been pictured and that many
points remain to be cleared up be-
fore he can make the awards the
court directed him to make.
Having whipped up all the
frenzy it could among the employ
ers the Detroit News said editori-
ally Dec. 26: "Be not hysterical
The minority reasoning in the
pottery decision may be further
developed as new minds are
brought to bear on the issue. FIX
perience, represented by the unex-
pected train Of events set in mo-
ton by the decision, may persue
the court that there were realities
inherent in the issue which lay
outside its philosophy realities
with which the working world
must live"
But the suits keep coming in.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-02
Teamsters Win 2O%
Raise From IVA

Knoxville, Tenn. (FP) - IVA,
which helped the farmers Of the
Tennessee valley to a better stand
ard Of living, has now agreed to
wage increases averaging more
than 20 per cent for members OF
the international Brotherhood of
Teamsters.
The increases, negotiated at the
Twas IL annual wage conference
here, cover truck drivers, helpers,
warehousemen, chauffeurs, garage
attendants, truck foremen and dis
patchers employed by the author
ity. Teamsters' hourly rates will
range from 95 cents to $l.25.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-02
Charge Laundry Strikers
Deprived OF Rights

New York (FP)-Five hundred
laundry workers in Winston
Salem, n. c., on strike against $l2
and $l3 weekly paychecks, are be-
ing deprived Of their constitution
al liberties by prosecutions, ar
rests, excessive bail and outrage
Gus prison sentences, the lnterna-
tioal Fur and Leather Workers
Union charged here.
OF IL strikers arrested on the
picketline in one week, six were
given sentences by Judge Leroy
Sans ranging from three to l8
months on charges of alleged as
sault.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-02
GIN Chief Would Ban
InduStry-Wide Contracts

Chicago (FP)--A call for legis-
llation to prohibit industry-wide
bargaining by labor unions was
sounded here by President c. f..
Wilson of General Motors before
the Illinois Manufacturers Associa-
ton here.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-02
UNION FINDS MILL BUYER

Atlanta, Ga. (FP) - On the
theory that "if you can't lick 'em,
buy 'em out" the Textile Workers
Union has found a prospective
buyer for the Athens Manufactur-
ing Co. here, where the nations
oldest textile strike is now in its
18th month.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-02
important Topics
(Continued From PAGE OneJ

(Continued From PAGE OneJ
propositions to be submitted at the
parley will be discussed and all
members should make it a point to
be present and express their opin-
ion to enlighten our delegate,
Harry Brindley, as to the senti-
ment of the trade on these matters.
20. c.. 20.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-02

Try making your own mustard
a little dry mustard and a little
milk well spooned in small cock
tail glass or egg Gun,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-02

Editors Note: This if the first
of two stories on the drive to
oust progressive commentators
from the air.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-02

The best prescription, fof Pros.
perity is equal Parts ofS Union
Labels, Shop Cards, and Service
Buttons! ~ I,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-02

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Evening star., 1947-12-18
HvattspiIle Tree
Service SatArdav

The Woman's Community Club OF
Hyattsville is making plans for its
annual tree-lighting service to be
held at pm. Saturday on the
grounds Of the County Building.
School children and Scouts are
among those who are invited to
attend the ceremony which takes
place around a tree planted by the
club several years ago.
Arrangements for the program,
which includes carol singing, are
under the Craftsmanship of Mrs.
Agnes Rymer.
Christmas activities of the club
include cash collection to provide
food packages for European relief
and the donation of gifts to be dis
tributed through the Red Cross to
hospitalized veterans. The club re-
Gently appropriated funds for the
purchase of two card tables to be
used for games in the Hyattsville
Teen Age Club.