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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-04-10

fore, that they be made of material
which can Withstand abuse and make
your work easier.
lino1OW0
The most widely used material for
counter tops is linoleum, which has
advantages Is we'll IS some disadvan-
tages. Il comes in many colors and
patterns. It is resilient (you can put
. glass down on il without real danger
of breakage); pliable (you can bend
it up the wall . couple Of inches 70
.'-event water from dripping behind
he counters), and is replaceable when
2ou want to change the color scheme.
Although it scars easily (and there
fore can't be used as . cutting sur.
face), clean cuts have tendency to
heal.
In fact, about the only things that
are really wrong with linoleum are
its susceptibility to excessive heat and
certain acids. and the danger that
water may get under il, making il
buckle.
poreo1oin
Cheapest Of all counter tops ma
serials is porcelain. Il is also the most
assistant to acids, it is not damaged
by heat or knife blades and cleans
beautifully But it's slippery and more
fragile than other materials, and good
only for straight counters Of standard
length.
Tile
Tile is an old, old counter topper
useful because it is 50 tough. But it's
! glass breaker of terrific proportions
md because Of its joints, is hard to
,eep as clean and sanitary as q coun-
-.r top should be.
Weed
Modem wood counters, specially
built for the job, are made Of z z
och hardwood strips Glued together
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-04-10

that the house re-
wolves about the
kitchen and that
the counter tops
bear the brunt
of the Kitchens
functions. It is
imn0rfanf. there.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-04-10

fore, that they be made Of material
which can Withstand abuse and make
your work easier.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-04-10

The state of Colorado contains
four great parks. They are San
Luis park, Middle park, North
park and South park.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-04-10

iicularly good for cutting orer.
IS. But it is hard, slippery, grease.
liable, difficult to keep spotless, and
not heat resistant.
Hardboard
Another wood surface, with the same
virtues and disadvantages as the lam.
mated wood, is compressed cardboard.
Because it is 50 very hard, and more
resistant to cutting, it is easier to
keep clean. 1t is less expensive. But
it doesn't have the attractive appear
ance of other counter tops materials,
and is not heat resistant.
When choosing metals for counter
top use, pick stainless steel or Monel
metal. Except in minor ways (Monel
spreads heat; stainless concentrates it)
they are. almost identical. They are Is
tough as counter top materials come
although If you let something heavy
fall on them. they may dent perma-
nendy and they can be scratched. Also
ON the disadvantage side are the facts
that they spot easily, glasses viii crawl
on them and they are cold to the
touch.
However. they are second to limo
leum in popularity today al be-
cause they are not too hard on hastily
set down glassware; they are abso-
lusely heat resistant and they last for
ever. BY keeping them well polished.
they will bring 20 your kitchen m0ee
beauty than any other counter top
material.
Finally, there ere plastic materials
specially developed for countef and
table tops. Although expensive before
the war, you can now enjoy IN their
advantages at reasonable cost
Of course there ars many different
kinds. but by end large, they Ill COM
bine the virtues Of linoleun and
metal. They come in many patterns
and colors; are very easy 70 clean
because they don't scratch easily; are
heat resistant and reasonably grease
and acid resistant.
eheies
Don't think for m instant that you
must confne your choice to only one
material in your kitchen. Because the
appliances that set into counter are
porcelain enameled, you have two to
start with any. -
way. So, it's per-
fectly al right -
in fact, it's down. &/A
right sensible - -
to use third for H6
special purposes I
(such IS 4 small
1aminated wood counter for cutting, 10
IN all-metal plaa).
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-04-10

KITCHEN COUNTER
TOPS

Dy the
NOMINATING SPECIALISTS
of the
General Electric ConsH1ess Institute
How important is the kitchen coun
er top? You as homemaker know
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-04-18
From The Desk
Of
Melvin Schultz
Local IL, UAW.CIO
President,

I have read with great deal of interest OF
the Henry Wallace affair l have noted that the
Daily Press stated Mr. Wallace accused the poll
ticians and diplomats of our Country of er'
barking on an imperialistic program.
I also listened to discussion by four sen.
ators on the topic of aiding Greece and Turkey
which was a debate put on the radio direct
from Washington. Mr.. Wallace undoubtedly is
better informed and has a much better back.
ground for analyzing the moves of these poll
ticians and diplomats but; nevertheless would
have to disagree with some of his statements II
they are properly reported in the Press.
1 certainly feel that the welfare of the peo-
pie within the boundaries of our Country will
be effected If our Country does not promote
better way of life for all of the workers
throughout the world. can agree on the one
point however, namely; that the moneys ex-
pended by this Country in foreign lands and
the technical knowledge which is furnished by
this Country should only be such funds and
such knowledge as will promote peace and in
dustrial production of peacetime items. Ger
tainly with this investment by our Country,
inspectors must make sure that the funds are
expended in the manner in which the appro-
priation is approved These inspectors, how
ever, should not be military men,
The question of our standards of living
here at home today is at stake if we permit
working people throughout the world to be
forced into a modernistic slave condition
which would produce products in cheap compe.
tition to our own factories or which would
produce an army and the weapons to physi.
cally conquer our Country. feel certain that
such military might as may be necessary to
match any similar assembled military might
can be achieved within the boundaries of our
Country and need not be placed in the hands
of people in foreign lands who could possibly
be induced to use weapons furnished by us
against us at some future date There certain.
ly should be strict ban on furnishing of arms
and ammunition from our factories to any
foreign powers. If it is possible to produce
Gold from circulating in the hands of the av-
erage citizen, then certainly the guns and am
munltion which the so-called Greek Terrorists
possess can be removed from their hands
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-04-18

wages. There, cutthroat COM
petition still prevails.
This is just dandy, says the
House Appropriation Commit
tee, and the whole House
shouts Amen" Industrial
safety, these wise men explain
is none of the federal govern
ment's business.
One of these years, IL the
atomic war is held off, we may
get around to doing something
fundamental about reducing
the ghostly army of 16,5OO
workers who have marched to
death each year. For example;
Il Put workmen's COM
pensation on some part sort
of federal basis, perhaps by
federal grants-in-aid for states
reaching certain minimum
sta n d ar d s of compensation,
safety, etc. Why not? Accidents
are part of interstate COM
merce, as are wages and col
lective bargaining.
a. Amend Senator O'Ma-
honey's old bill for the federal
licensing of corporations to-
require (a) certain minimum
standards of safety, including
the proposal that all new
machines, materials, chemicals
and processes shall be safety
tested before being put into
commercial use and (b) furn-
ishing of certain statistics as
a matter of course, instead of
on the present courtesy basis
which gives the cooperating
employers club over the
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
s. In coal mining, put
responsibility for mine safety
squarely on the federal govern
ment and give the federal in
spectors power to enforce
their recommendations.
Do these things and there
will be less blood on the
things we eat and wear and
burn.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-04-18
Regional
Views
By Richard Gosser
Director Region 2B. UAW-ClO

want to use this space this week 10 appedA
to every worker in our shops to go 10 tne
Safety Building Saturday afternoon 10 Ie rne
meeting which will be held there between GU
and our elected representatives to the state
legislature. -,
This meeting is important because 1t VIII
give us an opportunity to talk directly TO tne
people who represent us in Columbus ana De-
cause it will be proof to them of our concern
with the kind of laws which they are now con-
sidering.
fully realize that not all who will attend
the meeting will either want to talk or be given
an opportunity to eXpesS their feelings ABOUT
the legislation in which we are interested, but
their presence at the meeting will have good
effect on our representatives and let them
know that we are interested in what they are
doing.
TAFT BILL
On Monday morning, the City Council will
have resolution presented to it asking Con-
gress not to pass the TaftHartley bill which
would stand in the way of collective bargain
ing, union security and the right to strike
Since this bill would interfere most Seri'
ousIy with the unions and threaten their very
life, I think that every union member who can
possibly do so should go to the Council meet
ing and by their voice and presence show our
Council that they are interested in their own
interests and want the moral support of their
city officials.
IL is my opinion IndI we InuSl tuIh ouI "
show our interest in the things that concern
us, now more than ever. Had the election been
different last fall, 1t might not be as important
as it is now to show our elected officials that
we have at last awakened and mean to do
something about the legislation which is being
considered in Columbus and Washington.
The only thing that is left for us to do now
is to turn out for meetings such as Saturdays
and next Mondays and write letters and post
cards to our elected officials. Having done that
and shown that we are watching the action of
our representatives, we can only await the next
election when we will be given another oppor.
tunity to undo the damage which was done
last fall when so many failed to exercise their
right to vote.
Let us show our solidarity and interest In
our own welfare. NOW.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-04-18
Behind the
Scenes In
Politics

There are many currents
of world wide importance.
The event / wish to discuss
today Is a local, but never
theless an important event.
l am referring to the legis-
lative clinic which is sche-
duled to take place in the
City Council Chambers of the
Safety Bldg. on Saturday,
April 10Th at 2 P, M.
The legislators from Lucas
County have agreed to be pres
ent and listen to the views of
their constituents. There is no
activity sponsored by the la
Dor movement of more i'm
portance than projects which
have for their purpose to let
our legislators know our de-
sires in the way of laws.
Social legislation at the
present time is getting little
If any support. Anti-labor
legislation is certainly get
ting plenty of backing. 1t may
be true that there Is not
enough support for the more
vicious anti-labor bills to as
sure their passage, but 1t
would be a serious mistake to
take this for granted.
WRITE LETTERS
We must flood our legisla-
tors with mail to let them
know we are watching them.
We must see that open
meetings such as the one
scheduled for this Saturday
are we'll attended.
Representatives of the la
Dor movement spend time and
effort going to Washington
and Columbus to see the leg
islators. The Union spends
our dough to send our repre-
sentative before the legisla-
tive bodies. If we wish such
delegations to have any eff
feet, we must show the legis-
lators that our people are
keeping their eye on them.
This Saturday will be
good time to demonstrate this.
Let us all resolve here and
now to do all we can to as
sure a large attendance.
Time-Sat., April 10th 2
P. M. Place-City Council
chambers of the Safety Bldg.
ELECTIONS
The elections will be upon
us before we realize it. In
order to build an effective
Ward and Township organi-
zation, which can get out the
vote on election day we must
have a large and active mem
bership in PAC.
Membership in PAC is only
one dollar per year and in
cludes membership in the
county, state and national
PAC as well as your neigh
borhood ward or township
club. If you are not a mem
ber see the PAC representa-
tive in your local or shop or
come to our office at 425
Winthrop ST. and join now.
Then become active in our
crusade to save our economic
gains and move forward to
full protection of civil liber-
ties and economic security
for all.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-04-18
Washington
LaborReport
. a wage-earner's

What price a wage-earners
life?
(16,500 workers lost their
lives In fatal industrial acci-
dents in 1946)
What price for lost finger,
an arm, an eye, foot or leg,
or lungs Scared with dust or
burned by fumes and gases?
(There were 2,063, 100 dis
abling industrial accidents in
1946, an increase of 30 over
1945.)
The questions come up again
because:
The House Appropria-
tions Committee has recon-
mended the abolition of the
Division of Labor Standards
in the u. S. Labor Department.
The Divisions major crime, in
the committees eye, was pro-
motion of health and safety
work in the states. The House
voted abolition with a whoop
and holler.
The State of New York,
after IL years in which work.
mems compensation payments
for the incurable and deadly
disease of silicosis (miners' or
stone-cutters' lungs) have been
stepped up gradually, has now
put such payments on the same
scale used for other disabling
diseases and accidents.
3- The buck passing fed
eral to state to Krug and back
again) of responsibility for the
Centralia mine disaster.
The answer to the question,
"What price a wage-earner's
life?" is this;
1t all depends.
1t depends on the state in
which the industrial accident
or fatality occurs. If you're
going to get hurt or killed on
the job, you'll do well to pick
your state carefully.
EXAMPLE
In New York or Wisconsin,
for example, a workers life,
or any part of his body or
working faculties, is worth at
least twice as much as in less
industrailized states where
organized labor is as yet too
weak politically to persuade
state legislatures to set decent
valuations. This difference was
certainly true of New York
and Kansas in 1885, and may
be today. In addition, under
the Kansas law, the injured
worker had to prove that he
didn't hurt himself because of
his own negligence.
This crazy blackboard pat
tern of state values put on a
wage earner's life and earning
ability results in literally
bloody competition among the
48 states and among employ
ers. The insurance premium
rate per 500 of payroll paid
by the employer is naturally
higher in states that require
high workmens compensation
payments for industrial
injuries, disabilities and death;
it is lowest where workers
lives are cheapest in the work.
mems compensation schedules.
We have a federal minimum
wage law to put floor under
payrolls, but no federal floor
under workmens compensa-
tion payments made in lieu of
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-04-18
Women
and
The Union
by Louise R. McNaught

should view with a critical
eve the laws that are in the
making in this land of ours.
What they will mean to us
when instituted and how they
will affect our every day liv-
ing. Will they change our
standards, improve or en-
danger our security? AS a sex
we are still referred to as a
minority group, even in this
modern day and age.
A grand Gal passed on
recently-Carrie Chapman
Gait. A woman who in her
generation had the intestinal
fortitude to fight and pioneer
for Woman's Sufferage and
left behind her a great heritage
which so many women care
lessly ignore or do not employ
for their own safe guard.
It is only when we are con-
fronted with a "Grave Crisis
do we realize we've been
shackled by our own indit'
ference to what goes on in the
world around us. Then we cry
to the high heavens, discrimi-
nation: and have to fight with
fury because we forgot to vote
or voted badly.
The House last week passed
the Cowalk bill which was
supposed to modify and liber-
alize the existing Female Code.
The benefits, If any, does not
give merit TO a bill so shot
with loop holes that future
negotiations of new contracts
probably will result in unex-
pected wages and hours prob
lens even in plants where
women are protected with a
union or closed shop.
If you regard the measure
with little or no concern, you
still are responsible for your
daughters and sisters who upon
graduating this Spring will
flock by the thousands to fill
these jobs under the various
trades and professions that VIII
yield to the relaxation of this
trumped up piece of legisla-
tion affecting women's future
in the working world. l know
of no better way for you
women to learn first hand
Politics in the Making, than
by attending the Legislature
Clinic at City Council Cham
bers Saturday afternoon 2
p. M. April 10 tn.
Experts will tell you how
these laws are shaped up,the
Sponsors of the Bills, the in
fluences behind the lobbyist,
and what you can do to inter-
cept their passage. Its a date.
April Defend Labor.
/ believe in women, when
once they become interested In
a cause or project, when they
realize the seriousness of any
given situation they will roll
up their sleeves and attack
the problem with the thor
oughness and diligence with
which most women are en-
dowed.
The WON en- realize the
scandalous practices in the
food industry. When they get
tired of paying fabulous prices
for food in an ungraded
labeled can they will protest
famous brand cereals which
are under packaged and under
weight. Protest candy sold to
children manufactured under
questionable health standards.
The things will begin to look
up when women investigate
living costs and their relation
to our we'll being. When are
we going to demand cleaner
radio entertainment for our
children.
When are we going to
recommend standards of edu-
cational value that will be
minus vice, arsenic, double
cross, and other vulgar sug'
gestions that blast out their
vicious influence on the
younger listening audience of
America.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-04-18

II you don't think the Republicans are
steering us into period of unprecedented
prosperity as they promised in their campaign
speeches just ponder these two Items
Two nationally known economists In
separate articles in the April issue of Cosmo
politan, find themselves in disagreement on
the coming depression Beardsey Ruml pre-
dict ii for April, 1947. Edward r. Dewey
predicts II in 1880 And the New York Jour
nal OF Commerce reported in a two-column
headline:
Rising Pawn Shop Boom Declared
Just A Case of Normally Redeemed.
One Of the first things the strikebound
Bell telephone companies did throughout the
country was to throw a curtain of secrecy
around the number OF strikebreakers and So
called supervisory employees they were able
to hire In some sections this hush-hush
policy became ridiculous When a newspaper
reporter called the telephone company and
asked, us your information service still oper
ating?" the very nervous voice on the other
end of the line said, I'm sorry, we are not
allowed to give out that information.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-04-18

At Amsterdam, N. Y, the
first factory laundry service
was put into operation by
the Mohawk Carpet Mills,
Inc. The clothes.washing serv-
ice, according to the N. Y.
Times, was started "as a move
to reduce absenteeism among
feminine personnel" The pic
ture was a little puzzling at
first but even after we had it
figured out it was hard to un-
stand how they could oper-
ate those machines wearing
carpets.
Last week was National
Laugh Week but that gave us
no clue whatever TO this ad in
the Communist Daily Worker
"Seeing's Believing DR..
Levberg puts people asleep
with hypnosis. Better come
early. Progressive Forum, 13
Astor Place. Dancing, 63c."
y ~
The Indiana state legisla-
ture set an example last week
that other state legislatures
might well follow. 1t set
aside consideration of anti
labor legislation to discuss a
new bill which prohibits any
one from carrying o m / C
bombs around the state. And
so help us Lilienthal, the bill
survived charges that its au-
thor, Senator Charles Flem-
ing "had been reading too
many comic strips" and was
moved up for a third reading!
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
BETHEL

Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Garrett of
Wilmington were weekend guests
of the formers mother, Mrs. Rhoda
Garrett.
Mrs. John D. Phillips spent Sat-
urday in Wilmington.
Mrs. Charles Arbogast was the
hostess to the members of the
Count -On-Me Club, at her home on
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Laura Wheatley, who is
visiting her daughter in Whining
ton, is i'll at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. ]. Phillips of
Goldsboro, Md. Mrs. William Carey
and Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Carey of
Denton, were recent guests of Mr..
and Mrs. John D. Phillips.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Fletcher of
Sharptown were weekend guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cordrey,
Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Biers, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed. McCracken of Wilkes Bar
re, Pa, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbur Hurley.
Mrs Effie Quillen, Mrs. Ella Will
liam, Mrs. Ludie Phillips, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Williams, spent Sun
day in Baltimore.
Mrs. Laura Williams is spending
few days in Laurel at the home OF
her daughter, Mrs. Irene Dickerson
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17


Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Wright
spent the weekend in Wilmington,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Carter spent
the weekend in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Nolia Phillips spent Monday
with her son and daughter-in-law
Mr.. and Mrs Harrison Phillips in
Laurel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Horsey and
family were Sunday guests of the
latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Judd
Phillips.
Mrs. Edward Shiles, Jr., infant
daughter, are spending some time
with her mother and father-in-law
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Shiles.
Mrs. Judd Phillips entertained a
number of relatives on Monday eve
ming in honor of her husbands
birthday.
Mrs. Edna Clarke, Mrs. Curtis
Burton of Wilmington, Mr.. and Mrs
Harrison Phillips, Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Ellis of Laurel were week
end guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John T
Phillips.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
DELAWARE Farm FRONT

a-
Far more important than the type
of litter used in the poultry laying
house is the care that is given it.
]. Frank Gordy, extension poul-
tryman, suggests that poultrymen
build UP their litter from six to ten
inches in depth before cold wea-
ther begins
Fine litter acts as a floor insula-
tion and prevents the condensation
which takes place when the warm
air in the poultry house comes in
contact with the cold floor. :
Each year a study of Dairy Herd
improvement Association recorLs
in Delaware indicates that many
cows in herds starting in the herd
improvement program for the first
time are not paying their way.
If the same situation IS true in
ether herds where no records are
kept-and this is apt to be the case
there are too many cows that are
not paying for their feed and the
other costs necessary in milk pro-
duction.
Delmar Young, extension dairy
man, says that the answer to this
problem is first of all joining a
dairy herd Improvement associa.
tion to know what each COW is do
ing and then feeding according Il
her production. His next recon,
mendation is breeding to good sirel
and raising these heifers as hero
requirements. This is possible il
Delaware through artificial breed
ing