The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-24

Whippler- -Finlay: "Unofficial re-
ports from the locals are acquaint-
ed with both contenders and Off
cials, indicate that the aspirants
for the job are giving the officials
a trimming"
Duffy: The official tabulation of
the vote in the primary will tell the
true story. What sad awakening
is in store for the perpetual dis
tortionists.
Membership Versus Salaries
-. Whippler- Finlay: "W lille we
were at war with the Axis powers,
the 1914 Convention by taking
section out of the Constitution,
granted the Executive Board an in
crease in salaries"
Duffy: Are we to understand
that Whippler and Finlay question
the right of the delegates in Con-
vention to amend our Constitution? ?
Throughout the Potters News they
assert, when it suits their purpose,
the sovereign right of the dele
gates in convention to make laws.
Here, as in other instances where
it does not serve their purposes,
they impute ulterior motives to
delegates in convention who have
seen fit to make amendments to
our Constitution.
Per capita cost for salaries of
executives of the N. B. O. P. is
less than that of any other labor
organization in the country. Every
single one of the organizations
listed, giving salary of it's presi-
dent, also maintains salaried tech
nicians, economists, statisticians
and lawyers.
The President of the N. B. o. P.
has the responsibility of everyone
of the above enumerated represen-
tatives and must serve the mem
bership in all of these aspects in
national wage conference. in an
pearing before c o pensat tion
Boards throughout tie nauon ana
arguing cases in the courts. Re-
suits of my efforts in all of these
fields | leave to the individual
member to determine as to the
service given them and results OBJ
tanned. Are we to understand that
Brother Whippler expects, if elect
ed to the position of president, to
serve for less than the established
salary of the office Is the Brother
truly asking for votes on the
ground that he is willing to do the
job for less money?
How Well Are We Organized?
Whippler- Finlay: "Many of our
members (including ourselves)
were under the impression that our
industry was organized from 80 to
95 per cent as we have been told
over the years"
Duffy: 1t is a well known fact
and recognized by people who un-
derstand the situation that govern
mental reports are very much
jumbled and confused. Learned
men in all walks of life readily adj
NIT that only after years of contact
and association with statisticians
in various governmental bureaus
can they properly interpret their
figures.
/ assert now, as | have many
times in the past, that the semi
vitreous branch of our industry is
organized and under contract, 90
to 95 per cent. The vitreous branch
70 to rs percent.
Convention Highest Tribunal
Whippler- Finlay: "The Conven-
tion is the highest tribunal in the
Organization. 1t is the final au-
thority in all matters except a
referendum vote. The Executive
Board must make a report of its
activities to the Convention, and
the Convention is supposed to tell
the Board what to do. Oh Yeah?
Last summer at Atlantic City the
Board told the Convention what to
do. The Board held meeting while
the Convention was in session and
declared the delegates of Local
Union SO of Sebring to be unseated
without voice or vote"
Duffy: ! defy anyone to show
the slightest deviation on the part
of our Board i'm that any single ac-