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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-21
Independen+Union
Merges With AFL

In one of the biggest mergers
ever consummated in organized
labor involving local union, / 600
members of the Independent Sim
mons Mattress and Bedding Com
pany Union, Elizabeth, N. j., today
unanimously voted to affiliate with
the Upholsterers' International
Union of North America, A. F. L.,
according to Sal b. Hoffman,, In
ternational President Of the Up
holsterers' Union.
The merger was effected, ac-
cording to Robert C. Greene, Sim
mons Locals president and promi-
nent labor leader, "to protect our
600 workers from the dangers Of
the diabolical Taft Hartley Act and
add our strength to unified organ
lied labor"
Mr.. Greene, who was a former
member Of the War Labor Board
in New York City and former sec
retary of the Independent Unions
in New Jersey, after signing the
affiliation agreement in President
Hoffmann's Philadelphia office,
said:
"This affiliation was brought
about by the enactment of the
Taft-Hartley slav-labor bill which,
i'm the opinion of our officers and
members, was designed in malice
by anti-labor forces to divide and
confuse the ranks of workers which
inevitably must lead to dissension
and discord in labor management
relationship.
"Our officers have explored the
c. |. o. and the A. +. l.. setups and
have come to the unanimous con-
clusion that the Upholsterers' In
ternational Union Of North Ameri-
ca, A. +. l.. is a 1000 American
Union not tainted with any Com
munist or foreign ideologies like
most c. |. o. unions"
Mr. Greene continued: at is our
hope that other independent unions
will quickly follow our lead into
the American Federation of Labor,
a tried, tested and true American
union that has proven itself inval-
liable TO the American working
man and woman for over 55
years."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-21
Justice Dept.
is Still Blind
.ToChdllenge
Labor Offers Grounds
For Test of TIL Law

New York (LPA)-Two unions
one CIO and the other AFL, have
offered the most likely grounds for
the Justice Dept to prosecute the
first test of the Taft Hartley law
both conservative and liberal law
yers agreed here this week.
The lawyers concurred with re-
dictionary Ncolumnist David Law
renee that "The first clear-out vio-
lation of the federal law which pro-
hibits expenditures by labor
unions and corporations in connec-
tion with Congressional and presi-
Dental elections appears to have
been recorded by the Connecticut
Federation of Labor, which in
serted paid advertisements in daily
newspapers advocating the defeat
'of Connecticut Congressman who
supported the Taft Hartley law and
opposition to Sen. Robert Taft (R.,
Ohio) as a presidential nominee.
The Connecticut AFL's deliber-
ate challenge was followed closely
by letter sent to all members of
the Textile Workers Union-CIO in
the 9Th Pennsylvania Congresssion-
al district by TWUA President
Emil Rieve last week. The letter,
which was sent out with union
funds and will also appear in the
unions newspaper, Textile Labor,
urged the election to Congress on
Sept. 8 of Philip Storch, ex-Marine
and former president of the Lehigh
Valley Newspaper Guild.
A TWUA statement said that
distribution of the appeal may be
"a technical violation of the 'elec-
tion funds section of the Taft
Hartley law" but "union spokesmen
claim that this section is unconsti-
tutional."
So far the Justice Dept will ad-
nit only that it has a group of
lawyers and investigators STUDY
ing" the law. 1t has persistently
refused to say whether it has been
scrutinizing other outright chal-
lenges to the law such as the print
ing of the names of labor's Con-
gressional enemies by labor papers
or the successful SUPPORT by AFL
and CIO unions of Congressional
candidate in Baltimore.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-21
WFTU Rebuffed by UN
But NAM Gets Status !

New York (LPA) = The long
campaign of the World Federation
of Trade Unions for an active role
i'm the United Nations plans to
promote international trade union
rights received setback last week
when the Economic & Social Coun-
Gil selected the Int'l Labor Organ
ization instead.
The Council sent report on
labor rights prepared by the ILO
to Secretary-General Trygve Lie
with the suggestion that the ILO
work with the Human Rights Com
mission in writing a code of labor
safeguards into the international
bill of rights now under considera-
ton.
When the Council voted over
whelmingly against Russian pro-
posal to consider the WFTU recon-
mendations for the labor code,
WFTU Asst Secretary General
Elmer Cope declared that by the
time the lilo finished writing the
safeguards, the very existence of
the labor movement in many coun-
tries would be imperilled.
Also last week, the Council rails
ed the Natl Association of Manu-
facturers to the "B" list of consul
tative agencies thereby allowing
the NAM to confer with a special
committee of the Council and to
circulate summaries of it's position
on Council matters among Coun-
Gil members.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-21
Labor Wins FIGHT
To Refuin Charter

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-A
New York Times dispatch from
Bogota, Colombia, said that the
Council of State decided, just IL
days before the 3-month suspension
of the charter of the Colombia Fed
Grafton Of Labor ended, that the
government had acted without
legal authority.
"The government" the dispatch
said, suspended the charter as
punishment for a nationwide work
stoppage. The government charged
the stoppage was political move
and the federation claimed it was a
protest against the high cost of
living.
"The Council of State, an admin
istrative agency of the government,
exercises judicial functions as a
tribunal of last resort in contro-
versies between individuals and
the state"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-21
FOREMEN GET CONTRACT

Detroit (LPA)-The Foreman's
Association of America-unaffiliated,
after only seven hours of bargain
ing, won new two-year contract
with the Kaiser-Frazer Motor Co.
on the day after the Taft Hartley
bill became law, excluding fore
men from the benefits of the Wag-
ner Act. About 400 foremen are
covered by the contract which guar
antees them raises of $3.50 a
month or nine per cent of their old
salaries, whichever is higher.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-21
OVERS GET NEW CONTRACT

New York LPA) - The 10000
textile dyers and bleachers in New
York, Pennsylvania, and New Jer-
sey will receive five cents per hour
more in their pay envelopes if they
ratify the contracts negotiated with
representatives of 1856 employers
by the Federation of Dyers, Fin
ishers, Printers a. Bleachers-CIO.
The new contract contains a years
extension of the uLion shop, and
union promise to help any strike
which it has not officially sanction
ed.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-21
TRUMAN FOR UNION LABEL

Washington (LPA)- President
Truman last week wrote |. M. Orn-
burn, secretary of the AFL's I'm
ion Label Trades Department con-
graduating the AFL on its Union
Industries Show to be held in Mil
waukee next May. The President
added that the union label is a good
thing as it enables consumers to
do their part toward encouraging
continuation of enlightened, friend
ly relations between labor and
management"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-21

capacity.
The California State Council of
Carpenters determined not to use
any struck redwood lumber. Presi-
dent William Chamberlain, of the
Eureka Local, pointed out that
about 75%O of redwood lumber is
used in California (which fact puts
the States Carpenters in position
to render much valuable help" The
boycott continued in full strength
despite the newly enacted Califor-
MIA "hot cargo" law.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-21
AZ WAGE DETERMINATIONS

Washington, ID. C. (ILNS).-
Unlike the Wage and Hour Law,
the Public Contracts Act does not
establish single minimum wage
for workers, but requires the pay
ment Of not less than the minimum
wages as determined by the Secre-
tary of Labor to be the prevailing
minimum wages for persons en-
ployed in specific industries. Forty
two such wage determinations al
ready have been issued.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-21
CTU-AFL Gets SIS, 900
In Overtime Back Pay

Washington (LPA)-More than
$4,000 in retroactive overtime
wage payments will be made to
members of the Commercial Tele-
graphers Union-AFL under a War
Labor Board order dating back to
Dec. 30, 1945.
In addition to the 10c-an-hour
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-21

pay raise awarded at that time, the
new payment will represent an ex-
ira SC an hour for overtime work
ed during Ill wartime weeks be-
tween Nov. Ia, 1942 and Dec. 20,
1945. Average payments will be be-
tween $50 and 500 but will range
from 32c to $3.50.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-21
GLASS WORKERS WIN IOc

Atlantic City LPA)-An indus
try-wide labor-management confer
ence has resulted in pay raises for
27,000 flint glass workers repre-
sented by the American Flint Glass
Workers Union-AFL. They will get
10 to six cents-per-h hour boosts.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-21
PORTLAND TABOOS TATTOOS

Portland, Ore. QLNS) - This
city council recently passed an or
dinance that gets under the skins
of lot of young people by prohib-
iting all persons under 2l from ac-
quiring tattoo decorations.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-21
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right identifies the conspratos follows Radical Stanley High
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candidate presden" And fnalths where the House I'm
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labor would foolish
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on added weight by unonists last week when
fifth party entered the electoral In New York. the American
Party which claims 100000 members nominated 84yea
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Prohibition
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split
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-21
Ceramic Technician
Needed

A capable man is wanted to
look after laboratory equipment
and storerOOm in the Depart
ment of Ceramic Engineering at
Ohio State University. Should
have general all-rOund clay
plant, glass plant, enamel plant
or pottery experience and some
mechanical ability. Full-time
job with pension system, one
month annual vacation. Com
municate with Prof. j. l.. Car
ruthers, Dept. of Ceramic En-
cheering, Ohio State Univer-
sity, Columbus, Ohio.
Smyrna times., 1947-10-16
MARDI GRAS
STARTS TONITE
Legion Sponsored Affair Ex-
pected To Draw Large
Crowd
THREE ORCHESTRAS

A gala Mardi Gras, sponsored by
the David G. Harrison Post No. IA,
American Legion will begin to-
night and continue until Saturday
night at the Lotus Gardens on
Route 13, located three miles south
of Dover. Games and fun galore
are promised for those who attend.
Climax of the event will be the
giving away of 1947 Ford Con-
vertible Coupe on the closing
night. Dancing will be held each
night from 8 to IL and spotlight
dances will be held and free prizes
given away each night. AL Green
and his orchestra will play Thurs
day night, followed by Lou Start
and his band Friday night. Johnnie
Short and his band will play for
dancing Saturday, the closing
night. Admission has been set at
55c per person and all benefits will
60 to the new American Legion
Home fund.
Smyrna times., 1947-10-16
VIM. K. CARPENTER TO SHOW
BIG-GAME FILMS HERE TONIGHT

collect specimens of various Afri-
can mammals and habitat groups
of the Black Rhinocerous, Greater
Kudu, and Wild Dog. These an
imals are all shown in the films,
which have been shown to numer-
GUS schools and sporting clubs in
this vicinity" Mr.. Carpenter plans
to leave in November on a third
expedition to Africa. Not only will
there be exciting scenes of lions,
elephants, and other wild animals
encountered on the expedition, but
running talk by Mr.. Carpenter
will explain the sequences. The
animals to be shown in the film are
now being mounted for an African
exhibit at the museum in Philadel-
phia. 1t is seldom that Smyrna
has the opportunity to see such
thrilling and unusual pictures, the
very names of the big game and
the places where the pictures were
taken spell romance and high ad-
venture.
Smyrna times., 1947-10-16
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday School and Morning Wor-
ship Service Announced

Presbyterian Church, Rev. Wal
ter G. Hards, minister, will hold
Sunday School at 10 a. m. The
Secondary Department will meet in
the sanctuary. General topic for
this Sundays lesson will be, THE
Creative Power of Faith" The
Primary Department will meet in
the lecture hall. The Presbyterian
Church is a Doctrinal Church; it
believes that truth is in order to
goodness. In view of this fact,
catchetical instruction will be CIV
en- to all members of the school.
Divine worship at II a. m. Sermon
topic: Sunday: Holiday or Holy
Day?" The annual fall conference
of the Women's Presbyterial will
be held in the First-Central Pres
byterian Chruch, Wilmington, on
Tuesday, october 21. Keep this
date open, and plan to attend
Smyrna times., 1947-10-16

To night is the night of the
showing of the thrilling technicolor
motion picture Deep Into Africa"
which tells the story of William K.
Carpenters world famous African
expedition presented by Mr.. Carp
enter in person for the benefit OF
st. Peters Church. The film will
be shown in the auditorium of the
John Bassett Moore High School,
and all children, through the senior
high school age group, will be ad-
mitted at the 35 cent admission
charge for children. The pictures
have great educational value. A
letter from Mr.. Carpenter says:
'The films that I will show in
Smyrna largely portray big game
in East Africa. Some native
scenes are also shown, but these
are in the minority. The expedi-
ton, made in 1916, was under the
auspices of the Academy of Natur-
al Sciences in Philadelphia and
covered Kenya, Tanganyika, North
ern Rhodesia It's purpose was to
Smyrna times., 1947-10-16
EXPLORER TO
USE WILSON BOX
Smyrna To Be Represented
In African Scientific
Expedition
LEAVE IN NOVEMBER

Smyrna will be well represented
on the Forthcoming scientific ex-
pedition to Africa led by William
K. Carpenter, the famous Whining
ton explorer who will show color
films at the Smyrna school to-
night. Two refrigerators, special
ly designed and built by Wilson
Refrigeration, Inc, will preserve
precious Photographic film from
tropical heat and moisture. Color
film, which is particularly suscepti-
BILE to high temperature deteriora-
tion, will be stored in the Wilson
gasoline powered refrigerators,
which will be shipped to Nairobi,
Kenya, East Africa, by boat.
Collect Scientific Data
The expedition, under the auspic-
es of the Academy of Natural Sci
ences, Philadelphia, will be led by
Mr.. Carpenter in conjunction with
Harold Green, curator of the mu-
scum of the academy. Mr.. Green
is in charge of the scientific work
to be done. The expedition will
follow a path roughly along the
Equator from Nairobi, Kenya, East
Africa, through the Belgian Congo,
French Equatorial Africa and the
Sahara Desert into Liberia. They
will return across the Sahara to
the Sudan, follow the Nile back to
Uganda, then back to Nairobi,
covering a total distance of ap-
proximately $4,000 miles.
Important Films
"The purpose of the expedition is
to photograph and collect scientific
data and specimens such as fish,
birds, and animals" Mr.. Carpenter
stated upon a visit to the Wilson
factory to inspect the finished
refrigerators. Mr.. Carpenter also
said they will make a collection of
desert animals and general col
lection of scientific specimens from
Liberia, a country of which little
is known. Mr.. Carpenter and Mr..
Green will fly to their starting
point, Nairobi, where they will as
semble group of 16 natives and 2
or white outfitters and mechan-
les. Two 3-ton trucks and one l.
ton truck or hunting car will carry
the expedition inland. They expect
to be gone eight months, leaving in,
November.
Smyrna times., 1947-10-16
DEAKYNEI
COMMISSIONED
Howard c. Deakyne, Jr., One
of Nineteen Delaware Men
Appointed by President
BECOMES A MAJOR

First Lieut.. Howard c. Deakyne,
Jr., of Smyrna is one of nineteen
men from Delaware to be nominat-
ed last Friday by President Tru-
man for appointments as commits
stoned officers in the Regular Army
and Air Forces. Lieut.. Deakyne's
commission as Major is now await
ing confirmation by the Senate.
The nineteen Delaware men were
among a list of approximately 900
named from throughout the United
States from among a field of $4,000
candidates, all of them officers or
ex-ohcers. The Senate must now
confirm the nominations.
More Needed
The new list, is was announced,
brings to about $4,000 the number
of officers transferred to the reg
ular Army or Air Force since the
end of the war. Including officers
already in the regular establish
ments, the total for the Army and
Air Force, with the new increment
will be about 10000. Approximate
ly 10000 more will be needed to
bring the two services up to an
authorized total strength of ap-
proximately $4,000.
Smyrna times., 1947-10-16
ANNOUNCE 4TH
M. Y. F.. CONFAB
Theme of Conference To Be
"Jesus Christ Is Lord!
Guest Speakers
REV. BAKER TO BE DEAN

Plans for the fourth annual
youth conference of the Peninsula
Conference Methodist Youth Eel
lowship, to be held in Easton, Md,
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were
announced by the Rev. Richard M.
Green, executive-secretary of the
Conference Board of Christian Ed
ucation. DR.. John Rustin, pastor
of Mt. Vernon Place Methodist
Church, Washington, D. c., will be
the keynote speaker the opening
night. The Rev. Cornelio Ferrier,
a Filipino pastor, will speak Satur-
day morning and the Rev. w. w.
Delaplain, executive secretary of
the Board of Christian Education
of the Baltimore Conference, will
be the banquet speaker Saturday
night. The theme of the confer
ence will be the same as that of
the recent World Youth Confer
ence at Oslo, Norway: "Jesus
Christ Is Lord" The Rev. Howell
Wilkins, Camden, Del, and Mary
land delegates to the Oslo confer
ence, will lead discussion groups.
The Rev. David w. Baker, Milford,
will be dean of the conference and
the Rev. Paul E. Reynolds, POGO
moke City,Md., registrar. The Fri
day night service will be held in
Ebenezer Church, the Saturday
assembly, in Calvary
Church, and the Saturday after
noon assembly and Sunday after
noon service in Trinity Church.
Smyrna times., 1947-10-16
GAME OPENS
SCOUT DRIVE
Band Concert, Trophy Presen-
tatiOn and Baseball Game
Draw Crowd of 500
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM

With the baseball game between
Smyrna and Kenton drawing a
crowd of 500 people, the Smyrna
Lions Club on Sunday opened their
campaign to finance the building of
a home for Smyrna Boy and Girl
Scouts, and the newly formed Cubs
to hold meetings, stow equipment
and enjoy recreation. A concert
by the Firemen's Band preceded
the baseball game and the present
alton of the 1947 softball trophy by
j. Wells FAIRIES, president of the
Smyrna-Clayton Chamber of Com
merce to Harold Hopkins, man.
ager of the winning Wilson Cabinet
Co. team. A public address sys-
tenn was furnished by the State
Police.
Smyrna Wins 5 to 2
Playing a tight defensive game
and making the most of their scor-
ing opportunities, the Smyrna
baseball players defeated Kenton
by score of to 2. The
Smyrna team was outhit, but they
We're neither out-hustled nor out
generated. Kenton got six hits,
two triples and four singles. Smyr-
ma got but three hits, one triple,
one double, and one single. D.
Everett of Kenton was the only
player on either team to get more
than one hit; he connected for a
single and a triple. His triple drove
in Stanley Urban in the seventh
with Kenton's first run. Then F.
Everett tripled, driving in Kenton's
second and final run. The seventh
inning, when they got three hits
and scored their two runs, was the
only inning in which Kenton man.
aged to get more than one single.
Although Smyrna got men on first
and second in the opening inning,
they failed to score. But in the
third. Ford led off with a walk. He
was forced out at second when
CONTINUED on Page Seven)
Smyrna times., 1947-10-16
LOCAL All GIRLS
WIN PRIZES
Prizes Awarded at Annual All
Achievement Day Held
In Dover
COMMUNITY SINGING

Laura Belle Downs and Mary
Emma Moor, both of near Smyrna
were winners in the clothing DEM
onstration held in connection with
the Kent County All Achievement
Day held in Dover Saturday. Edu-
cational displays staged by the
Canterbury and Paradise All Clubs
were judged outstanding. Kent
County Club Agent Robert e. Os-
borne was in charge. E. Paul
Burkholder, county school super
visor. was the main speaker,
stressing that hard work is the
basis for all achievement. Other
winners were: Individual dairy
foods demonstration, Rose Kauf-
mann, Milford; dairy foods team,
Tabitha Rattray and Claire Pit
tard, Frederica; style review, Miss
Moor and Betty Ann Bostick, Eel
ton. Community singing was led
by Lee. Gladen of Wesley Junior
College with Geraldine Nichols of
Wyoming as accompanist. The
program was climaxed by square
and social dancing sponsored by
the Kent County Links Organiza-
ton with music by Jack Benson's
Swingsters.