The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-04-24
WhippIer-FinIoy
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ate some of the evils.
Fraternally yours,
ANDREW 7. MCGOWAN

ANDREW J. MCGOWAN
The committee recommends
adoption of majority report and
rejection of minority report. Mo-
ton we concur in the report of the
committee. Motion carried"
Whippler-Finlay would have you
believe that your Executive Board
attempted to reduce the number
of conferees certain locals pre-
viously enjoyed contrary to action
of delegates in this 1888 Conven-
tion. This is just another one of
the irresponsible acts of Whippler
and Finlay who do not hesitate to
resort to deliberate falsehoods if
they think by so doing they can
cast reflection upon the national
officials.
Insurance Referendum
Whippler- Finlay: "The insur-
ance referendum recently passed
by vote of the trade has some
angles. At last summers conven-
tion a resolution providing for a
maximum of $500.C0 insurance
came out of the Finance Commit
tee, with a recommendation to
adopt. This is usually the assur-
-ance of the passage of such a reso-
luton, but something happened,
the resolution was attacked and
beset upon by certain people in the
convention, and who do you sup
pose they were?
. You're right Brother, members
of the Executive Board were sue
cessful in sidetracking this reso-
luton. 1t was finally relegated to
a Fact Finding Committee. The
Board, however, laying an ear to
the ground and this being election
year, decided they would be the
Fact Finding Committee and very
generously CD submitted the
question to a vote of the trade.
Ask your delegates to the last con-
vention about the insurance ques-
ton"
Duffy: Substitute Resolution
for Resolutions 146, 159, l61, l80,
and l84.
We, recommend that a Fact
Finding Committee be appointed by
the Executive Board Immediately
following this Convention. This
committee to investigate til Q
N. B. of o. p. Insurance Funds to
the extent of deciding whether our
insurance funds would warrant
the paying of $4,000 death bene-
fit. Such findings to be brought to
a referendum vote of the trade.
Committee recommends adop-
ton. Motion we concur in report of
Committee. Motion carried"
You will note again the discrep-
ancy in the Whippler-Finlay state
ment that the Finance Committee
had recommended adoption Of the
resolution increasing death bene-
fits to $4,000. As matter of fact,
the Finance Committee brought in
the above quoted substitute for
five resolutions covering the same
subject and the recommendation of
the substitute resolution has been
carried out by the Board in letter
and in spirit as ordered by dele
gates in the convention.
The 1Sls Cent Per Hour Increase
Whippler- Finlay: with the l8R
cent per hour which started in the
Generalware and Chinaware trades
June /, 1916, and netted the mem
bership $1.48 per day for an eight
hour day. Our paid Officials took
and increase Of $11.l0 per week"
Duffy: Board members do not
have uniform working day as to
number of hours.
Consistently the organization
must pay its employees time and
one-half for hours in excess Of 40
hours in any one week, hence the
$11.10 per week increase.
Who Has Charge OF The Big SHOW?
Whippler- Finlay: During the
1916 Convention, a resolution ask
ing that the National President be
empowered to appoint the Organiz-
ers, from l.. u. 90 came on the
floor with a recommendation To re-
ject. The Clarksburg delegate tried
to fight the thing through, and
during the discussion that ensued,
Brother Wheatley, who was pre-
siding, said "About two months