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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-02
Only 1l12 Unions Of $4,000
Comply With TIL Demands

-(LPA)-The snow
down that NLRB General Counsel
Robert Denham has been seeking
to force union compliance with his
Interpretation of the Taft-Hartley
law was in the making on two
fronts this week.
Denham filed actions in Chatta-
nooga against the Int'l Brother
hood of Teamsters-AFL for alleged
secondary boycott, and in Baltimore
against the Int'l Typographical
Union-AFL for alleged refusal to
bargain in good faith.
A trial examiners hearing on the
Baltimore case was set for Oct. 6.
In Chattanooga, the Carpenters
were given until Sept. 80 to show
why an injunction should not be
issued restraining the union from
prohibiting its members working
with non-union workers on a floor
and wall covering job.
Meanwhile concrete evidence de-
velOped that the efforts of Den
ham, anti-labor Congressman and
big business spokesman to stam-
pede labor into subjecting itself to
the Taft Hartley law had proved a
complete flop.
Of the nations nearly $4,000 in
ternational and local unions, exact
ly 1112 had filed the financial and
organizational reports required un-
der the Taft Hartley law by the
end of the laws first month of op-
GRAFTON. The remaining unions are
automatically barred from use of
the NLRB services and facilities
until or unless they do file.
NLRB officials indicated that
there would be no anne uncement
for three or four weeks on the num-
ber of unions that have filed the
anti-Communist affidavits but there
was. good reason to believe that
the total here would also be tiny
percentage-especially after the re-
fusal of the AFL executive council
and CIO executive board to comply.
Behind this wholesale boycott of
the Board was a growing battle
over Denham's stubborn insistence
that the law requires the top AFL
and CIO officials to sign the affi-
iavits before affiliated unions can
acquire any status before the MI
RIB. 1t was known that the Board
Itself was divided over the Denham
with distinct pos
sibility seen that it might be over
ruled.
Sen. George Aiken (R., Vt.) who
voted for the law and also to over
,ide the Presidents veto, charac-
;erized the Denham notion as "sil-
y" and presidential hopeful, Har-
lid Stassen, addressing the Massa-
.husetts and New Hampshire Press
associations said that the ruling
vas probably unconstitutional.
Denham, however, made it clear
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-02
Increase In
Attendance
At Local 121
Extra Chairs NEEDED
At The Last Session

Sebring, Ohio-Since we moved
to our new hall, the attendance al
the meetings of Local Union 12l
has been very good. In fact at our
last meeting on Sept. %, we had
to scour around for extra chairs
to handle the crowd. We sincerely
hope this interest continues and if
it does, Local Union 121 can become
one of the strongest units in the
Brotherhood chain.
A little dispute in one of the
local plants finds the members
pretty well up in arms and they
voiced their sentiments at the meet
ing. We hope the controversy can
be settled in peaceful manner and
in conformity with the agreement.
If this procedure is followed justice
can be afforded all parties concern
ed, but should either side flare up
and maintain a belligerent atti-
tude, then we can look forward
to trouble. We sincerely hope this
little reminder for the proper man.
ner in settling disputes is carried
out and the trouble brought to an
end.
Three members who recently
visited in Trenton, N. j., and drop
ped in on the meeting of Local
Union 45, wish to take this means
of expressing their thanks to the
local for the cordial welcome
they received, also to the manage
ment of the Lenox and Trenton
Potteries whose plants they visited.
The trio told of their experience
while in the East and the knowl
edge gained through their tour of
the plants.
We feel there is much to be gain
ed through these visits to the var
ious locals throughout the trade
and Local Union 121 wishes it to
be known that their doors are al
ways open to visitors.
President Glen Flowers continues
to do a good job of welding the
gavel ard keeps things moving
along at a nice pace, enabling all
business to be transacted without
too much time and per-
the meetings to be long
drawn out affairs.-O. G. 121.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-02

New York, who referred to a pre-.
vious warning by a physician wit.
ness that one-third of the city's
families were seriously affected by
high food prices.
Speaking for the New York AFL
William Collins asked the Con.
gressmen to impose "the most
stringent requirements on trading
in the commodity exchanges, par
ticularly on trading on futures. Un-
less such controls are imposed, we
may expect further increases in
food prices" He told the subcom-
mittee there had been "a wave of
speculation in foodstuffs.
Earlier, State CIO President
Louis Hollander led more than a
dozen CIO witnesses before the
committee. He tangled with Sen.
Ralph Flanders over whether or
not corporation profits of this year
were too high. Hollander cited fig
ures to show that corporation prof
it's, after taxes, were running at a
rate 4096 higher than 1916 and
70% over 1943. The CIO spokesman
said "mad profiteering" was endan-
gering the nations economic
health.
On their one-day stand in Con-
necticut, the Congressman heard
Secretary-treasurer John DriscOll
of the state CIO cite the profits
of the big brass and copper cor
porations as symptoms of initiation.
A spokesman for the New Haven
County Retail Grocers. Assn urged
controls over distribu-
ton of meats and other basic COM
modiies as method of holding
down prices.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-02

orally at the last second, from his
fourth major blunder on this
"pulsetaking" tour when report
ers noticed this statement in his
prepared speech: "every man who
voted for the law is entitled to the
support of those who wish to main
tain government without special
privilege and with liberty and jus
tice for ALL"
This, 'said reporters, looked very
much like a reelection endorse
ment for southern Democrats who
voted for the law. 81 see nothing
wrong with that" said William d.
McAdams, Taft press agent. But
in a half hour McAdams returned
and told the reporters that the
word Support" would have to be
changed to gratitude.
Taft apparently could make mis-
takes but as for union leaders, he
assured his Seattle audience, they
either do not understand what is
in his law or else "they are deliber-
ately deceiving their members"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-02
No Con1pulsion To Give
Time In Aiding Drive

of anyones pay check unless they
notify their foreman they are will
ing to work and donate their pay
to the Fund. For those who do not
wish to do so, it must also be un-
derstood, they will not be permit
ted to work the extra hours at
! time-and-a-half rates. ,s4 p"
Further details regarding the
plan will be ironed out at a mass
meeting at Headquarters on Mon
day evening. The meeting has been
called for 1880 p. m. and represen-
tatives from every local in this
district are urgently requested to
be present.
The Community Fund Associa-
tion is just what the name sug-
gests it is--an association with
funds donated to it by the people
of this community. This fund is
there for the protection of every
man, woman and child in the COM
munity. Therefore, everyone is OBJ
ligated to do his part when the
time comes to make your donation
October 8 through October 18.
The Community Fund does
job that could not very well be
done any other way. Every organ
ization that shares in the funds of
it is operated by people trained to
do their particular job. This en-
ables them to do it more cheaply
and efficiently than unframed
workers could do it. Every organi-
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-02
New tn Outfit
Pledges No Cut
And Dried Rules S

Wasington--UPA) = The new
Federal Mediation & Cancellation
Service, created as an Independent
agency by the Taft -Tartley law
announced last week that it would
have ready for distribution soon a
form for 30-day notifications of
contract termination by both en-
ployers and unions.
Director Cyrus S. Ching, in a
general statement of principles
which will guide the FM&C, said
that the form will assist the Serv-
ice "in determining whether, in a
particular case, it has statutory
legal authority to intercede "
Of particular interest to union
leaders was Ching's statement that
the test of whether a dispute falls
within the interstate jurisdiction
of the service will not rely on
judicial precedents but rather we
shall apply The more limiting test
whether such a significant inter-
ruption of commerce is threatened
by the dispute as clearly to require
federal intercession to protect the
interest of the federal government.
This test does not draw a line of
jurisdiction. 1t is experimental and
empirical. Its success depends upon
the exercise of sound judgment by
regional directors in the field"
This could be, in the opinion of
Labor lawyers, flexible formula
if it is followed. Of almost equal
interest was Ching's statement that
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-02
Jury Probes
Milk, M eat
Price Fixes

Chicago-(LPA)-Some clues to
what the Federal Grand Jury which
has been meeting here for more
than a week may be finding re-
garding combinations to keep meat
and milk prices high were seen
in the subpoenas served on Off
cials of meat packing and milk dis
tributing corporations who have
been summoned to appear.
Fifteen subpoenas calling dairy
officials list, among other informa-
tion to be presented, any agree
ments with other distributors or
any of IL trade organizations Or
with unions, all documents pertain
ing to price changes, price displays,
or the "store differential" between
prices for milk sold thru stores or
thru home delivery, any restrictions
on sale of milk on the basis of area
or special containers.
Also to be produced are copies
of minutes of meetings concerning
prices and any confidential month
ly letters that deal with sale and
distribution Of milk, Basic infor-
nation about profit and loss from
1941 thru June 1947 is also to be
presented.
The grand jury investigation is
part of series of Investigations
initiated by the antitrust division
of the Justice Dept. Aimed to fer
ret out conspiracies to keep prices
high, the Justice campaign has al
ready resulted in an indictment of
the Natl Association of Real Es-
tate Boards and the Washington
REB on charges of conspiring to
maintain brokers' fees.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-02

In answer to many inquiries re-
ceived at this office regarding the
proposed plan of working few
extra hours at time-and-a-half
rates, with the compensation re-
ceived for such work being turned
over to the Community Fund, let
| it be stated as matter of record
that there is no compulsion for any
individual to work.
1t is merely a plan for our peo-
pie to give to a charitable cause
without any loss in their "take
home pay" At recent meeting of
representatives of every local in
this district whose roster includes
employees in the East Liverpool,
Newell, Chester and East End
plants, the plan was adopted after
it was learned the management of
the various local plants favored
such plan and as their contribu-
ton for such a worthy endeavor,
would pay premium pay for the
hours worked. In other words, for
every dollar earned by the worker
under this plan, the company will
put in so cents.
In some plants where the 5-day
week-40 hours is in effect, it may
be possible to schedule the extra
time in single day, perhaps Satur-
day.
In others, it may require an ex-
ira hour of work on four different
days. But let it be understood
there will be no money taken out
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-02
NLRB Ruling
Cause S Strike
At Chair PIunf

Jhiladelphia-(LPA) - Respon.
sibility for the first strike of the
Upholsterers' Int'l Union-AFL un.
der the Taft Hartley law was plac-
ed squarely at the door of NLRH
General Counsel Robert Denham
last week by UIU President Sal
B. Hoffman.
Denham was blamed for the
walkout of 180 employees of the In
dianapolis Chair Co., at Aurora,
Ind, where the workers voted un-
animously for strike after the
Board dismissed a UIU election
petition. The latter action resulted
Aom Denham's insistence that
1kFL affiliates have no NLRB sta
tus unless top AFL officers file
anti-C Communist affidavits.
The election was banned after
the Aurora local ended a brief
strike when the employer agreed
to an SC blanket hike, reinstate-
ment of three men who were fired
for union activity, and an NLRB
poll. When the workers sought
union recognition without an NLRB
election the employer refused.
Said Hoffman, "In view of the
UIU's compliance with the law ig-
nored by Denham, the union had
no alternative but to sanction the
Indiana locals strike at the chair
plant and also to authorize the cas-
ut workers to resume their walk
SSht, should that prove necessary,
inasmuch as the Boards ruling
made their strike settlement mean
ingles.
"An even more unfair-if not
downright arrogant-ruling of the
NLRB," Hoffman continued" oc-
cured when it refused to certify
the UIU as bargaining agent after
it won an election, before the pro-
visions of the Act went into eff
feet, against a Communist union at
Hagerstown, Md.
Terming the Denham ruling "a
bureaucratic edict without basis in
cause of the unfair stand taken by
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-02
Prices Only 1920
Above Last Year

Observation-Disclosures are
leveling off at point about 2S9o
above a year ago, the Bureau of
Labor Statistics reported last week,
as wholesale prices hit a peak only
59o below the all-time peak of May
1920, showing a rise for the 18th
consecutive week.
The expected drop in meat prices
though it will bring cheers from
housewives-is expected to be only
temporary as cattle are sent to the
market before winter forces farm
ers to feed them grain.
Meanwhile, the official figures
just released showed that between
mid-June and mid-July the consul
mers' price index rose to point
1870 above year ago, and in the
one month food prices rose 1.4%.
Food prices in that one month, ac-
cording to Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics, rose like this: eggs, up 11%;
butter, up $50; fresh milk, up 31o;
up 2%.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-02
Do Not Bargain
For Employees
Or Call Strikes

The Taft Hartley Act is now in
operation a little over one month.
AS was anticipated, not much has
been added to illuminate the kind
of interpretations hich the act
will be given. Here and there, chief
ly thru the extra-curricular obser-
vations of General Counsel Robert
Denham, it has been possible to
mglean a few insights not available
Before.
In an official way, as everybody
knows at this time, Denham has
ruled that all members of the exc
cutive bodies of the AFL and CIO
will have to sign the anti-Commu-
mist affidavits before any affiliated
international and its subordinate
locals will be able to utilize the
processes Of the Act. This shows
an extraordinary lack of under
standing about the structure of or
ganized labor.
There are some glimmerings
that a majority of the members of
the Board do not share Denham's
Interpretation. If this is true then
they agree with everybody who has
any understanding about labor mat
ters-that both the AFL and CIO
are federations of autonomous in
ternational unions.
Except with relation to a hand
full of federal unions in the case
of the AFL, and local industrial
unions in the case of the CIO,
neither the AFL nor the CIO are
unions" in any meaningful sense
of the term at all. The AFL and
CIO do not bargain with employ
ers, call strikes, collect dues from
individual members, organize pic
ket lines, or do anything else that
a union does.
There are $50 years of labor his
tory rooted in the fact that the
9FL and CIO are not unions at all,
sbut organizations of unions. The
theory which Denham seeks to i'm
pose is repugnant to the labor
movements idea that internations
are autonomous, and it would seem
in contradiction to the self-impos-
ed task Of democratizing the unions
which the Taft Hartley Act assum-
ed.
Perspective on how Denham will
interpret other provisions of the
Act can be found in his rather in
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-16
FALL5FR0MD0(k
 TO HIS DEATH IN
 CHANNEL WATERS
Man Identified as Joh n Donini Drowns = Body
 Recovered, 45 Minutes

 i The body of a man identified as John Donini was recovered late l yesterday afternoon from the wat CTS of the Gastineau Channel near where the man was reported tc have jumped or fallen one hour earlier.
 Conflicting reports from witness es said that he had been sitting on the edge of the Juneau Cold Storage Dock and had fallen over backwards into the water without a cry about 4:35 p. m. Other re- ports stated that he had staggered toward the docks edge and fallen over. All witnesses corroborated the fact that the man had fallen into the water without cry.
 His body was recovered at $40 p. m. after members of the Juneau Volunteer Fire Department had dragged the bay for about 45 min utes. The body was taken to the Charles w. Carter Mortuary.
 According to City Police, Donini was subject to epileptic fits. They said that he had been picked up five times within the past 24 hours, each time found in an epileptic condition. Police reported taking him to the hospital several times. but said that he had been released afterwards. They also stated that the dead man had told them short ly before his death, that T won't be having many more of these
 Donini had been treated at St. Ann's Hospital in June by Dr. William Whitehead.
 Donini, 52 years old, is survived by a wife in Seattle. He was born in Switzerland. His occupation was machinist, and he had worked one day at the Charles G. Warner Machine Shop. Unconfirmed re- ports stated that he had Teen in and out of Juneau for the past two years.
 This morning, U. s. Commissioner Felix Gray, acting as Coroner, de- clared that no inquest would be held He said that report made to him by Chief of Police Milo Clouse supplied sufficient enough information to label Donini's death as accidental caused by an epileptic fit
 Funeral arrangements are pend- ing receipt of word from Donini's wife, who is believed residing at 2103 Queen Anne Avenue in Se- attle. Commissioner Gray has sent word to her explaining the cir
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-16
Tacoma Goodwill Party
 Due Tomorrow; Will Give
 Cocktail Affair at , ?. M,

The Tacoma goodwill party of Is businessmen, headed by Mayor c. Val Fawcett, will arrive from the westward at 1:40 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and will be met by a party from the Juneau Chamber of Commerce. At o'clock, the visitors will give a cocktail party in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. The Tacoma bunch came north Sunday, flew to Fairbanks and then to Anchorage.
 Members of the party, including Mayor Fawcett, are Ebert H. Baker II, c. w. Benfield, Chauncey Bak- CT, E. D. Click, Fred Haley, Frank J. Johnson, Allen H. Link, R. R. Madison, J c. Richards, T. A. Ste
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-16
.DR. ABRAHAM5EN E
 VISITING IN JUNEAU

Dr. Norman Abrahamsen, of Pas adena, Calf, arrived via PAA on Monday to spend six weeks here visiting his brother, Ray Abraham sen, and sister, Mrs. c. F. Wyller and family.
 Dr. Abrahamsen does research work in the Department of Chem istry at the California Institute of Technology at Pasadena.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-16

venson, T. A. Thronson. Charles Walker, Charles F. Wolf and Karl J. Maxwell.
 The local Chamber will meet as usual tomorrow noon.
 ANCHORAGE Alaska, July 16.- R-Fifteen Tacoma businessmen, led by Mayor c. Val Fawcett, ar- rived yesterday on goodwill tour of the Territory.
 Our stake in Alaska is as great as you believe it to be- said a spokesman for the group. We want to be helpful, so that we may re- port to our leaders in business and our state and Congressional repre- sentatives."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-16
CHAMBER MEETING
 TOMORROW AT NOON

At the regular weekly meeting of the Juneau Chamber of Com merce tomorrow at noon at the Baranof, Attorney H. L. Faulkner will discuss the Lemke bill.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-16
POPULATION GROWS

On Saturday, July 12, there were 9 newborn babies registered in the maternity ward in the Anchorage hospital. The previous days record was 16 nursery occupants in one day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-16

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