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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
CONGRESS Stdrts Study
As Prices Hit New Peak

higher than a year ago. Steel prices
advanced from 6% to 1870 in the
one week alone.
The Congressman also had avail
able the prediction that farmers
prices will remain high during the
next few months. The Bureau of
Agricultural Economics at the Ag-
riculture Dept predicted this, and
also reported that during July
farmers got higher prices for live
stock and products, corn, cotton,
rice and potatoes"
AS a direct result of last-min-
ute action of the last session OF
Congress, sugar prices are being
boosted &c per 10-pound sack.
Not from official government re-
ports = but important for we'll
dressed Congressman - was the
fact that mems suit prices will
rise from $3.50 to SIS a suit next
fall. This was announced on the
wholesale market only four days
before American WoOlen Co., re-
ported profits for the first half OF
1947 of $7,89O,898, plus a cool
million dollars put in the kitty for
Contingencies" American Woolen's
president reported that prospects
for the rest of the year are Cen
cOuraging."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
EdrlYBirds
WdrnedBY
Local. No. As
7:30 A. M. Is Starting
Hour Scribe Informs

Trenton, n. local Union 45
met on Aug. s with very large
attendance on hand. Vice President
Valentine Olshak presided and
marked the occasion by initiating
13 new members, the largest num-
Der on record for this local in many
years. We welcome the newcomers
into our fold and urge that they
join with their shop buddies in pro-
noting the interests Of all men,
bers.
Bro. Elijah Watson made his
quarterly report, and we noticed
the membership has increased near
ly 100 during the past year
Fourth Vice President Charles
thinner made lengthy report of
recent meetings Of the Conference
Committee with officials of the
Trenton Potteries Co. which
many settlements were made that
will be beneficial to eur members.
He also covered in his remarks de-
velopments made in cases still
pending.
Bro. John Simpson reported for
the Contingent Fund and asked
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
Clumbuke
Set For Goth
AtMetuchen
Firm Joins With Union
In Sponsoring Event

Metuchen, N. IA very inter-
esting, plus a fine attendance mark
ed the last session of Local Union
TIA. Discussions were of a spirited
nature with many interesting facts
being brought to light in the re-
marks. Chief among these being
the new conveyor that is to be in
stalled in the near future. As is
always the case when an innova-
tion of this type is introduced,
rumors begin flying and it is not
long before the members become
incensed with the thought that
such innovations are harmful to
the trade.
The writer feels our shop stew
ards are capable of coping with any
situation that may arise and be-
lieves in the old saying, "never
cross bridge before you come to
it."
Chairman John Mezores of the
auditing committee made his re-
port as finding the funds of the
local solvent. A vote of thanks was
extended the officers for the fine
manner in which the committee
found the books.
The date for the long awaited
clambake has been set and will be
held August 80 at Warady's Grove
The affair which is sponsored by
the Richmond Radiator Co. in con,
junction with Local Union TIA, is
the highlight of the season as fan
as social activities are concerned
Nothing has been overlooked by
the committee in making this party
one of the best ever held. All mem
bers and their families are cordial
ly invited to be on hand August 3C
and join in the fun. John Mezores
heads the committee on arrange
ments, assisted by John Kerestar
and John Katzaro.-O.C. TIA
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14

PltemS may De In DOLLAR tcriiiS~
must be avoided. Many of the prac-
tees with which labor is charged
are also petty; and, without regard
to the importance of either, work
ers are prone to regard the one as
justifying the other.
'The second principle is that the
passing on of the benefits of in
creased productivity must - equit-
able and reasonably clear and GER
tain. Workers want higher pro-
ductivity to mean higher wages
and lower prices. They want
management and stockholders to
get their fair shares, too. But they
are not interested in stepping up
productivity if the entire benefits
that result are to go to increase
profits which may already be am
pie. This should be elementary
common sense, but it is all too fire.
quently ignored in discussions OF
industrial efficiency"
Calling for increased labor
management teamwork, the labor
leaders said, "Wherever unions find
it possible to take the initiative in
making operations more productive
and where past experience lndl-
Gates that management will well
come such initiative-we urge that
they do so However, we are
convinced that the first step must
in general come from management.
We urge arrangements everywhere
in American industry to invite the
unions they deal with to sit down
with them and explore how to eli
inmate inefficiency in production
and distribution"
Refuting the squawks OF reac-
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
New Political
Group Urged BY
Congressman

Washington LPA)-Sen. Will
lam LANCER, pro-labor Republican
of N. Dakota, has proposed to AFL
government employees unions rep
resenting more than 100000, that
they join in a campaign to organ
ize new national political group,
it was disclosed here last week.
Conferring with AFL officials
here, LANCER asked them to send to
their membership a Call To Act
ion" which he prepared several
weeks ago. His plan called for the
organization of non-partisan lea
CUES, first on a precinct level, then
on a state and national scale. AFL
leaders were said to be chary of
the idea because, among other rea-
sons, it might involve violation OF
the Hatch Act prohibiting political
activities by federal employees. The
Senator's Call To Action said in
part:
"You are simply calling a con-
vention in an endeavor to have the
people take control of one of the
parties now existing. But if you
find that the politicians are control
ling the present political parties
and that you cannot nominate a
liberal friend of the people in one
of these conventions, then the ma
tional convention made up of your
own delegates, representing you,
will decide the course to take and
which of the parties to support;
and you can dominate the party
which you choose, for you have the
power because you have the votes.
"The international banker, the
members of infamous cartels, the
new war-made millionaires, all
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
Officials EIecfed
BvTrenfon Local

Trenton, N. AT the last regu-
lar meeting Of Local Union No. 49,
the yearly election of officers was
held with the following being chos-
en-; Lawrence Dolan, Jr., president;
Harry Jones, vice president; Will
lam Rowley, treasurer; Thomas
Conroy, financial secretary; Arthur
Hassall, recording secretary; JOS
eph Francis, inside guard; John
Kane, outside guard; Leslie Scheck,
Howell Brades and Joseph Valen-
tine, trustees.
The new officials will be install
ed at our next meeting and it is
hoped a full turnout will be on
hand, signifying their intention to
aid the officers in carrying out the
duties of their respective offices.
Everything seems to be rolling
along in the usual manner and all
indications point to steady work
for some time.-O.C. 49
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
Vacation Period
Over For Poffers
At East Palestine

East Palestine, Ohio-Almost all
the employees at the Electrical Re-
fractories have had their two-weeks
vacation and back on the job. The
writer was taken to task for no
news from l.. u. 1856 in the last two
issues of the Herald. OK. fellows,
will plead guilty to the charge
but the sentence should be sus-
pended since | too have been on
vacation.
We only held one meeting during
the month of July instead OF the
customary two, and the new offic-
ers were installed and took over at
that time. Let's all get behind our
new officers and assist them in any
way we can to advance the interest
of ALL
A very discouraging report at
the last meeting revealed that sew
eral members are behind in their
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
R. Golden Named
Shop Foreman OF
Plant On Coast

Word was received at Headquar-
ters this week announcing the ap-
pointment of Robert Golden, men,
ber of Local Union 80, Richmond,
Calf, as cast shop foremen at the
Standard Sanitary plant at Torr-
ence, Calf.
Affiliated with Local Union SO
for the past several years, "Bob"
as he was known by his many
friends on the coast was a staunch
worker i'm the ranks of his local
and faithfully attended Contra
Costa Central Labor Council as
delegate for several years. He was
very faithful in the ranks of organ
lied labor and spent many hours
of his time advancing it's cause.
AS partial reward for his faith
full service in Brotherhood ranks,
the trade elected him as one of the
N. B. of O. P.'s delegates to the
American Federation of Labor con-
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
MdnY May Lose Their Jobs
is New A. F. OIL. Wdrninq

to save, the majority had small ac-
counts"
Consumer prices today, the AFL
pointed out, are almost $3.50
above 1899; half the rise occurred
during the war, and nearly all the
rest was after OPA expired in
June 1916. average factory wages
have not kept pace with rising
prices since the war. The actual
buying power of the weekly pay
envelope in June 1947 was 3%o be-
low VJ-Day, but 30@6 higher than
in 1882"
In terms of June 1947 prices, a
"health and decency living stand
ard" would require $363O income
for a family of four, with $500 go
ing for income and social security
taxes.
"Workers are by far the most i'm
portant group of consumers" the
Survey said, land probably buy
about three-fourths of all consum-
er goods produced and at least half
the entire product of full employ
ment'.
GAS workers, we are organized
to raise wages, but this is not
enough. We need to organize as
consumers, in cooperatives and
credit unions with other consum-
ers, to raise our buying power by
seeing that wage increases are not
wiped out by rising prices, unrea-
sonable charges of loans and
mortgages, high cost and poor
quality in living necessities"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14

TeamSterS-AFL.
Organized labor, Green insisted,
will never submit to such govern
mental and bureaucratic domina-
ton" as provided in the Taft Hart
they law.
~ "This hateful law is part of a
new legislative pattern in Wash
ington," he told the Teamsters,
"that became crystal clear with the
enactment of the rob the poor
rent-boosting bill and two attempts
to enact 'spare-the-rich' tax bill
over President Truman's veto.
"The 80th Congress has scorned
the will of the people. 1t responds
only to the dictates of entrenched
wealth. All that is going to be
changed"
The AFL President outlined this
"housecleaning program" for the
coming year:
First, the AFL and its affiliat-
ed unions will use their economic
strength to protect the interests of
their membership in contract nego-
tiations with employers so that
some of the harsh provisions of the
Taft Hartley Act will not apply.
Secondly, we will use every re-
source at our command to challenge
the legality of the slave-labor law
in the courts. We are confident
that a large portion of it will be
held unconstitutional by the Sup-
RENE Court.
sFinslly, se are determined to
unite, organize and concentrate our
efforts on defeating for reelection
every member of Congress who
voted for this vicious law.
n. "Make no mistake about it
fAbor has the votes"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
Pres Nunnes
Industry Mdn
For TIL Post
Former President
OF u. S. Rubber Co.

Washington (LPA) = President
Truman last week nominated Cy-
rus S. Ching, one of the few liber-
ais in industry, to head the Taft
Hartley-created Federal Mediation
and Cancellation Service.
Labor leaders, acknowledging
that Ching was about the best
nominee that could possibly
squeeze by Sena' RS Joe Ball (R.,
Mimi and Rob't Taft (R., Ohio)
declared that for the most part the
71-year-old former vice-president
of U. S. Rubber Co., had an equit-
able viewpoint on labor relations.
One official of the United Rub
Der Workers, the union that has
known Ching most intimately in his
role as industrial relations chief
for U. S. Rubber, said that the
unions relations with Ching had al
ways been amicable and that he
had shown sympathy with the
unions viewpoint in contract nego-
tiations where other labor relations
men had been dead set against
union demands.
Ching will take over the new
job on Aug. 22 when the major
portions of the Taft-Hartley law
become effective. On that date the
Cancellation Service will be divorc-
ed from the Labor Dept and be-
come independent. Still undecided
is where the new agency will be
located, whether it will have its
own legal staff and its own in
formation section.
Ching, native of Canada, was
admittedly labor's favorite indus
try member of the War Labor
Board. Nevertheless there was
disappointment in labor circles that
from the large group of eligibles
Truman did not name someone
from public life rather than an in
dustry representative.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14

Washington (LPA)-Unless the
nations consumers are able to pur-
chase huge increase in production
"more than 1,000,0 900 jobs will prob
ably be lost" the AFL warned last
week.
Consumer buying could expand
if prices came down, the AFL pub
lication, Labor's Monthly Survey,
emphasized, but "the prospect for a
gradual downward adjustment OF
prices in the months ahead is not
encouraging. Food prices are in
creasing, rents are due to rise
somewhat"
Citing a Federal Reserve Board
study which showed that last year
American families, chiefly those in
low income groups, spent $40 bill
lion out of their savings, the Sur
vey commented "With prices OF
necessities out of reach, 400 OF
this huge sum was spent to pay for
living expenses, medical care and
emergencies. A tragedy of high
prices is that hard earned savings
are frittered away without bringing
their owners any permanent ad-
vance in living standards. Others
who spent savings Jared better ;. :.
While low income groups were fore
ed to spend savings, many high in
come families were able to add to
their savings even in 1916; but
1919 of all families spent all the
savings they had. Among unskilled
workers, half had no savings at
all, and of those who had managed
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
.Toff-Hor+IeyFoe 7
Doomed For Vice
President In '48

Indianapolis (LPA) = A "baby
boom" to offer the Democratic
vice-presidential nomination next
year to one of organized labor's
best friends in Congress has been
started by the Democratic organ
ization in this state.
Rep. Ray j. Madden, outspoken
foe of the Hartley law and
one of Hartley's irreconcilable en-
emies on the House Labor Commit
tee, will be doomed for the vice.
presidential nomination at the for
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
3More Top NLRB
Officials Quit
Because Of tn

Washington OPA)-The Natl
Labor Relations Board lost three
more of it's veteran top officials
as the result of the TaftHartley
law last week.
Alan F. Perl, New York Regional
NLRB attorney for the past eight
years, quit in disgust with the new
law. He told NLRB Chairman Paul
Herzog that he was not in SYM
pathy with the law and believes
it will "work great mischief in the
field of labor relations" Perl an
nounced that he would join the
legal staff of the Int'l Association
of Observation-Disclosures where he
said he would have "an opportunity
for advocacy consistent with my
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
AFL, Clio Leaders
Warn Industry On
|Chise|ing Labor

Washington (LPA)-Management must recognize two
general principles any campaign aimed at increasing work
productivity SO AF and CO leaders, members OF the
Labor Committee National Policy Of the Natl Planning AS
sociation declared here last week.
"The first of these" said the joint statement is that
workers that the cards not being
stacked against them They must have ground to feel that
the cost accounts being loaded with dubious items Sus
pcion on this matter how petty the questioned
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
Green DareS COP
To Nominate Taft
For Worst Defeat

San Francisco Q.PA)-President William Green of the
AF this week issued challenge to the Republican Natl
Convention to nominate Sen. Robert A. Taft R Oho) as its
1948 candidate for President For every labor vote Taft
gets at least 100000 labor votes will be cast against him.
Green predicted
81 further predict that Mr. Taft will suffer the worst de-
feat handed candidate of major party for the
Presidency of the United Staes Green told delegates to the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14

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The Nome nugget., 1947-02-10
American Shipping Makes Big Profits

WASHINGTON, (P)-Undersec- retary of state William l.. Clayton said today the American shipping industry lis making unheard of peacetime profits" and added be- fore a House merchant marine subcommittee:
 l. The high costs of moving goods from one part of the world to another is acting as a brake on world trade.
 2. These costs should be reduced. 3. Profits to the shipping indus try have reached unprecedented levels for peacetime operations.
 Clayton asked that Congress permit the state department to ne- gotiate the return of U. S.-oWned lend lease vesesls now being oper- ated by the British, he said, for the purchase of l15 Liberty ships and have promised that all the vessels they do not buy will be re- turned by mid-1948.
 Clayton said the state depart ment opposes any legislation de signed to force immediate return of ships operated by the British. He estimated the value of the ships now in possession of the British at approximately 5,O0O,0OO.
The Nome nugget., 1947-02-10
Tax Hearing To Be Limited

NGTON, (P) - The House ways and means committee voted IS to 6 today to limit tax hearings beginning Feb. l9 to the closed-door testimony of treasury and internal revenue officials.
 Rep. Forand D.-R.IJ, a commit tee member, promptly contended the Republicans were adnpting steam roller tactics" to press through their tax legislation
 Chairman Knutson R.-Minno told reporters the hearings will be held on his House bill No. ] pro- posing a 20 per cent aero he board slash in individual '0me taxes "and on kindred b.l
 He said the tax cutting iS'- ton would be brought ID Q House for a vote in early -A.
The Nome nugget., 1947-02-10
Macarthur Orders New Election

TOKYO. (P)-General MacAr- thur took indirect note today of the increasingly insistent and widespread opposition to the con- Servative government of Premier Shigeru YoShida and ordered an other general election for Japan.
 The supreme commanders edict was delivered to YoShida in a po- litely couched letter expressing the belief that "the time has come for another election" to "once more advance the process of democracy which now governs the state"
 However, there was no doubt that the "belief" carried the full weight of the supreme cammand- CTS order.
 The letter likewise omitted ref erence to the political friction which has made the Yoshida gov ernment largely ineffective, but it left scant doubt that the doom of the ultra-conservative cabinet had practically been sealed.
 Yoshida has been the target of heavy criticism from all factions except the ultra-conservatives; laborites, leftists, middle classes.
The Nome nugget., 1947-02-10
Thompson Ruled Georgia Governor

McDONOUGH, Ga. R)-Super- for Judge Claude H. Porter ruled today that It. Gov. M. E. Thomp- son is Georgia's acting governor and that Herman Talmadge's cleo ton by the legislature was invalid.
 The decision, handed down at Rome, Ga, ordered the state par don and parole board to turn over records on budgetary matters to Thompson. An appeal to the Geor- gia Supreme Court was announced quickly.
 Judge Porter held that the legis- lature could only declare Eugene Talmadge, Herman's father, who was elected but died before his in auguration, had received the ma jority of the general election votes and that Ellis Arnall held over in the office until his resignation.
 Arnall resigned four days after the legislature elected the young CT Talmadge. Judge Porter ruled that when he did so Thompson succeeded to the governorShip.
The Nome nugget., 1947-02-10
DAUGHTER OF HARVAF v BROWNS PASSES ON

Mary Jane, eighteen mo- daughter of MT. and Mrs. + Brown, pasede away at the /, early Saturday morning. neal was held at the Lavin'' lace Young Mission ChurCh - day at 4 pm.
The Nome nugget., 1947-02-10
Forecast And Weather Report Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept. of Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Monday, February 10, l947

Monday, February ID, l947
 Forecast Nome: Partly cloud, and a little colder tonight ana Tuesday. Lowest temperature to- night 10 highest temperature Tues day 20.
 Nome data as of 7:30 am. today: Precipitation last 24 hours none. Total precipitation this month OLA inch.
 Temperatures last "A hours: highest 39, lowest l9.
 Maximum wind last A hours Is miles per hour from the east.
 Sunrise at 8:l4 a.m., sunset al 4:17 pm.
 Comparative data:
 Temperatures one year ago to- day: highest Is, lowest A.
 Extreme temperatures on this day since 1907: Lowest -35 in 1880, highest 39 in 1947.
 Data for other selected stations a Sof 7:30 am. today:
The Nome nugget., 1947-02-10

. Veterans Administration pro- cessed over 1,5OO,OO0 pieces of incoming mail during October.
The Nome nugget., 1947-02-10

Photostat your Discharge Papers.
Evening star., 1947-05-05
Woman Amnesia Victim
Knows Maiden Name

Police today were endeavoring to
identify a woman, apparently an
amnesia victim, now under obserya-
tion at Garfield Hospital. She tells
questioners she can remember her
maiden name but not her married
one.
The woman, about 81 years old,
was picked up last night by Taxi
cab Driver Christopher H. Prior,
1919 Seventeenth street NV. at
Eighteenth street and Columbia
road.e He took her to the hospital
and reported she had tainted in
his cab.
The woman said her maiden name
was Mary Elizabeth Porter and her
home was on Miller road in Wick
life Heights, Ohio She did not
know why she was in Washington.
Evening star., 1947-05-05
Esfranged Husband
Held in Shooting Of
Wife in Montgomery

Montgomery County police said
today they would place charges
OF assault with intent to kill against
Charley Henry Grouse, 80, of Hol-
lywood, Md, in the shooting of his
estranged wife Ruby, 26.
Mrs. Grouse was reported to be
recovering at the Montgomery
County General Hospital at Sandy
Spring from shotgun wound in
the neck. Police said she was shot
Saturday night at the home Of
Walter K. Bennett, Rosemary lane,
Hollywood, near Colesville.
Detective Sefgt. James Ander-
son said Grouse, a truck driver
and war veteran, broke the kitch-
en- window of the Bennett resi-
dence, where Mrs. Grouse was hav-
ing supper and fired one shot.
Sergt. Anderson said, Mr.. Bennett,
who was in the kitchen with four
other members of his family, re-
ported Mrs. Grouse was hit while
she was standing near thte stove.
The sergeant said Grouse was
arrested at a neighbor's house.
Sergt. Anderson said the Crouses
had been separated for about two
months and the husband visited the
Silver Spring police station five or
six times to ask If police could not
help effect q reconciliation. They
have two hcildren, Betty, s, and
Charles. 2, who are being cared for
by neighbors.
Police said that Grouse, who is in
the Rockville Jail, probably will be
given q preliminary hearing in Sill
yer Spring Police Court at 2 pm.
tomorrow.