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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-09
If Denhom's Right. Hoffman Is Wrong.
Then BoIPs Right And Tof+ Is Wrong

Washington = (LPA) = NLRB
General Counsel Robert Denham
suffered the cruelest cut of all here
last week when Rep. Clara Hoff-
man (R., iMch.) said in effect that
Denham's Interpretation of the
Taft-Hartley anti-Communist af-
fidavit requirement was as screwy
as tugboat propeller.
Denham, according to the arch
reactionary Hoffman, has "grev-
iously misinterpreted" the law, to
such an extent that Hoffman is
willing to see it amended.
Labor lawyers chuckled. Hoffman
was one man on whom Denham
could presumably depend no mat
ter what extreme Interpretation of
the law he made. 1t was Hoffman,
they recalled, who denounced the
Taft Hartley act as SISSY" legisla-
tion and told Congress to its face
that if they dared pass so mild a
piece of legislation AFL General
Counsel Joseph Padway and ClO
General Counsel Lee Pressman
would hold champagne dinner to
cenebrate it's enactment.
But the harrassed Denham, who
is opposed even by some members
of the NLRB itself, had one drop
of consolation. Sen. Joe Ball r.,
Mimi came to his rescue. Said
Ball, "What we were trying to do
was cover the national unions so
Congressional intent as to the CIO
and AFL is blank. There simply
was no discussion of applying it to
the federations that ! recall. But
the language certainly is clear and
broad enough to cover them"
Sen. Robert Taft (R., Ohio) on
his west coast trip had previously
declared that the Legislative his
tory of the law did not justify Den
hams peculiar interprettion.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-09
Mystery Of Armour's Penny

Armour Meat Packing Co. claims
that it makes "only" 1.8c profit on
each dollar of sales.
Sen. Ralph E. Flanders, chair
man of the Joint Congressional sub
committee investigating prices in
the East, is shedding tears over
that 1.8c. How can Armour be ex-
pected to reduce it's prices under
these circumstances He wants to
know.
Here's the answer:
The meat industry, according to
an office of Price Administration
report, was accustomed to making
SC on the sales dollar in the pros
porous prewar years of 1869.
The 1.8c profit of today represents
a 1850 increase.
Actually this method of COM
putting profits is misleading, as
even the Federal Trade Commits
sion, in it's Report on the Meat
Packing Industry" pointed out
some years ago.
"The packers make use Of the
word cent fraction of a cent,
only a few cents >. in the
knowledge that the public regards
a cent as very small element of
value." the FTC claimed.
Actually, the Commission contin-
ued, "this practice obscures the real
facts as to profits" because "a prof
it of a cent per unit, far from being
a small profit, may be an exorbi-
tant profit"
The reasonable method of COM
putting profits is by "aggregating
such profit and comparing it with
the capital invested in the enter
prise"-especially in an industry
like meat packing which "does a
large volume on a small invest
ment."
Arithmetic lesson:
Armour's rate of return on its
net worth, as quoted by Flanders,
is 10.9%. a good rate of return is
generally considered to be 6 to 8@e.
Net Armour profits after taxes
were SO million in 1945, $21 mil
lion in 1916.
OF no apparent concern to Sen.
Flanders was one Armour cost
item; $1,197,696 in salaries paid
to AS directors and top officers.
This one bill is almost as much
as Morrell Meat Packers nets in
a year.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-09
We Need 7,50O, 900
HON es A Ye ar
Congressman Find

Washington-UPA)- Undaunt-
ed by the experiences of their col
leagues investigating high prices,
the Joint Congressional Commit
tee on Housing this week announc-
ed series Of local hearings from
Pittsburgh to Houston starting
Oct. 20 and continuing thru Nov. Z.
Chairman Ralph Gamble (R., N.
~ indicated that the personnel of
the subcommittee conducting the
local hearings, and an indication of
who will be heard during the study
of the housing shortage, will be
announced later.
Vice-chairman Joseph Mccarthy
(R., Wis.,, the "brains" of the
committee, recently told the Build
ing Officials Conference of Ameri-
ca that the committee members
were finding that there was need
for 10000 new homes a year for
the next ten years-the goal set in
the Taft -Ellender- Wagner housing
bill which was sidetracked in favor
of the present investigation. He
also expressed the view that only
mass production of housing, on
scale undreamed of by the present
housing industry, could solve the
present housing chaos, which, Nc
Carthy said, threatens "what we
may delicately refere to as recess
sion"
The committee has already been
told, in Washington hearings in
mid-September, by Louis Justement
of the American Institute of Archi-
tects, that at is not realistic to ex-
pect investors in rental housing to
take the risk of building on the
basis of today's prices" and that
public housing must fill in the gap.
Chief proponents Of the present
Congressional investigation were
the builders and real estate lobby
lists who want to kill the public
housing provisions of the Taft
Ellender- Wagner housing bill.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-09

Dor spokesman pointed out that
high prices had "rationed" these
foods for the average family.
Grain prices continued to soar
last week, as spectators took ad-
vantage of the lack of government
controls to buy and sell wheat at
sky-high prices, anticipating that
the government eventually will
have to purchase it to fill the 57O,-
100000 bushel quota set by the
Presidents committee on the Mar
shall Plan resources, and confirm
ed by the Luckman committee.
Wheat prices for the first time in
history were at SO a bushel, and
an anonymous Agriculture Dept
official predicted that there would
be sales of wheat at $3.05 bushel
if free enterprise" was allowed to
run its course.
On the dollars and cents side of
the European stop-gap air pro-
gram, Assistant Secretary of State
Robert Lovett told reporters that
the need for aid between now and
the time next spring when the
Marshall plan to set the western
European nations on their feet can
be approved by Congress is likely
to be nearer $500, 100000 instead of
the $3.50, coo, 900 listed earlier by
President Truman.
Europe's dollar shortage-and its
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-09

positive achievements of the AFL
in behalf of the nations workers
and the American people as a
whole.
The task of building up better
relations for organized labor will
require expansion of the Informa-
tion and Publicity Service of the
AFL. 1t will require a planned an
nual program of newspaper adver-
tisinp and it will likewise involve
a carefully prepared series Of radio
programs on an annual basis de-
signed to reach a maximum audi
ence. In the radio field, the enter
tainment unions affiliated with the
AFL, which rendered such splen-
did service during the campaign
against the Taft Hartley Act. have
volunteered to cooperate fully on
a long-term basis.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-09
ANDREW nj. WATSON

Andrew M. Wasson, honorary
member of the National Brother
hood of Operative Potters, died
Oct. A at his home in Belpre, Pa,
following three-week illness.
Mr.. Wasson made his home in
East Liverpool until moving to
Belpre three years ago. He was
born in Beaver County. He was a
kilnman by trade and employed last
at the Homer Laughlin China Co.
He was a member of the First
Church of Christ and of the Odd
Fellows Lodge.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Bertha
C. Wasson, and a sister, Mrs. Liz
zie j. Graham of Fairview Beaver
county.
Services were held from the Mar
tin Funeral Home in East Liver
pool with Rev ID. Park Chapman,
pastor of the First Church of
Christ, officiating. Burial was in
Riverview Cemetery.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-09

resulting inability to buy goods in
this country-has been tied in di-
rectly with U. S. initiation. In the
year ended June 80, 1916, the aver
age cost of bushel of wheat is
$1.66; last year, a bushel cost
$2.2615; this year, so far, it has
been $2.47. The wheat exported in
1916 cost the European nations,
Britain, and the u. S. (for occu-
pied areas) 1864 100000. This year,
it would come to 1898, ,0O0,CC0 for
the same amount Of food.
President Truman has before him
report from his Council of Eco
nomic Advisers which describes our
initiation as alarming, and proposes
a series of steps which the Ad-
ministration might take. Among
them are reported to be controls on
cash margin requirements for COM
modify speculative markets; con-
trolls over how grain is used (al-
location controls): stricter export
controls, if necessary, price control
and rationing.
Luckman's program, which is ex-
pected to have nationwide support
even though it won't do the job
alone-is as follows: buy the
cheaper meat cuts. 2-Don't over
cook meats. 3-Don't serve too
much. 4-Use leftovers. 5-Save
wheat other ways.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-09
Desser Appointed
Arbitration Head

New York City-ULNS)-Abra-
ham A. Desser has been appointed
director of the labor-management
division of the American Arbitra-
ton Association, Paul Fitzpatrick
administrative vice-president Of the
association, announced.
Desser has been supervisor in
charge of collective bargaining re-
search for the National Industrial
Conference Board during the last
four and one-half years. Before
that he served as general organ
izer. for the American Federation
of Labor.
Fitzpatrick said passage of the
Taft Hartley law had given "great
impetus" to the use by manage
ment and labor Of arbitration as
a means of settling disputes.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-09
Advertising. Radio Shows Included In
Proposed Public ReIofions Program

| San Francisco. - The Executive
Council recommended a vastly ex-
panded educational and public re-
lations program to be carried on
in 1948.
If approved by the convention,
the AFL will embark on a newspa-
per advertising drive and sponsor
highly popular nationwide radio
program during 1948.
The text of the statement fol-
lows:
The extent to which big business
dominates the media through which
public opinion is influenced and
molded was forcibly impressed up
on labor during the period wien
the Taft-Hartley Bill was being
considered by Congress.
Almost without fail, the spec
ious propaganda formulated by
the sponsors and supporters of this
legislation was given wide puOl:c
ity in the press and over the radio.
On the other hand, attempts by
labor officials to refute this pro-
paganda and to expose the true
nature of the legislation were given
scant mention.
The daily newspapers, with an
amazing degree of unanimity, sup
ported the legislation editorially.
Many newspaper columnists carried
on a virtual crusade for the Taft
Hartley Bill and viciously attacked
anyone who opposed it. The same
was true, to a large extent of radio
commentators, one of whom even
had the effrontery to identify the
measure as "the labor reform bill"
Because of this situation, the
Executive Council authorized
special advertising and radio cam
paign, financed by assessments on
national and international unions,
to bring home the truth about the
legislation to the American people.
Thus, for the first time in it's his
tory, the American Federation of
Labor was compelled to buy space
in the newspapers and time on the
air, day after day and week after
week, to express its views in
way that would command public
attention.
The fact that the Taft-Hartley
Bill was eventually enacted over
President Truman's veto does not
detract from the effectiveness Of
the educational campaign against
it which was carried on by the
AFL.
The need for the establishment
and maintenance of a permanent
public relations program for the
purpose of offsetting the wide
spread propaganda activities of the
powerful forces arrayed against or
ganized labor is both very great
and clearly apparent.
The AFL program should be
aimed not only at the repeal of
the Taft-Hartley Act and the de-
feat of similarly repressive legis-
lation, but it should also stress the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-09
OBITUARIES
BOICE JAMES

Boice James, a decorator en-
ployed at the Homer Laughlin
China Company, died suddenly of
heart attack Oct. l, in his home,
1910 Lisbon street.
Mr.. James who had worked the
day previous to his death was taken
i'll shortly after his evening meal.
He died before a physician arrived.
A son of Mrs. Ettie Boice James
and the late William James, he
was born in Salineville and lived
there until 1941, when he moved
to East Liverpool. He was a MEM
ber of Local Union 124, N. B. of
o. P, the Salineville Presbyter-
ian Church and the Fellowship BIZ
BILE Glass of the First Presbyter-
ian Church of East Liverpool.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Helen
Kirk James; two daughters, Mrs.
Louise Johnson of Salineville, and
Mrs. Virginia Llewellyn of Cleve-
land; his mother in East Liverpool; /;
two sisters, Miss Marie James of
East Liverpool, and Mrs. Pauline
Paisley of Irondale; a brother,
Paul James, of East Liverpool, and
a grandchild.
Funeral services were held from
the Salineville Presbyterian Church
with Rev. Alfred Martin, pastor of
Glenmoor United Presbyterian
Church, officiating. Burial was in
the Woodland Cemetery, Saline
Vile.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-09

New York-(LPA) 1.-The general
executive board of the Playthings,
Jewelry q Novelty Workers-CIO
last week voted to comply with all
provisions of the Taft Hartley law
necessary for use of the election
machinery of the NLRB.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-09

How long can Labor Unionists
expect to receive Union Made
wages if they do not buy Union
Made goods?
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-09
MRS. ETHEL DUNN

Mrs. Ethel Ash Bossen Dunn, 81
wife of William A. Dunn, 1852 Oak
street, died Oct. 6 following a
heart attack. She had been i'll for
about day.
Mrs. Dunn lived in the district
virtually her lifetime. She was en-
ployed as a decorator at Plant 2
of the Homer Laughlm China Co.
She was a member of Local Union
124, National Brotherhood of Op-
erative Potters and the First Meth
odist Church.
She leaves a daughter, Mrs.
Helene DeVille of Akron; son,
John Bossen Jr., Of Los Angeles;
two sisters, Mrs. Pauline Smith Of
Newell, and Mrs. Dollie Dallas of
Freedom, Pa, and four brothers,
Garnet Ash of Chester, Delbert Ash
of Rochester, Pa, Herbert Ash OF
Freedom, and Frank Ash OF
Newell.
Services were conducted by Rev.
William Longsworth, pastor of the
Calvary Methodist Church. Burial
was in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Free
dom.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-09
MRS. EDWARD CHADWICK

Mrs. Dorothy Chadwick, 38, wife
of Edward l.. Chadwick, and daugh-
ter-in-law of Joshua Chadwick,
eighth vice president of the Ma
tional Brotherhood of Operative
Potters, died Oct. 2 in her home in
Bloomfield, following a weeks i'll
ness.
A daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Fitch of Newell, she was
born in East Liverpool. She spent
her lifetime i'm this community.
She was a ware dresser ut Plant
No. 6 of the Homer Laughlin China
Co. and affiliated with Local Union
No. "a, National Brotherhood of
Operative Potters. She was a men,
ber of the Newell Church of Christ.
Besides her husband and parents,
she leaves two sons, Donald Chad
wick and Richard l.. Chadwick,
and a daughter, Nancy Louise
Chadwick, all at home; six broth
ers, Edgar Fitch Jr., Bernard Fitch
and Norman Fitch, all Of East Liv-
erpool, Robert +. Fitch of Newell,
Harry ID. Fitch of Sacramento,
Calf, and John j. Fitch of Am
bridge, and four sisters, Mrs. J.
l.. Thompson and Hazel Fitch of
Sacramento, and Bernice Fitch and
Patricia l.. Fitch of Newell
Heights.
Services were held from the Mar
tin Funeral Home by Rev. George
A. Brown, pastor of the Saline
vile United Presbyterian Church.
Burial was in Columbiana County
Memorial Park.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-09

We can stand almost anything
except listening to person who
insists on winning an argument.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-09
JOHN MYERS

John Myers, 615 Harrison street,
Newell, died Oct 2, in the East
Liverpool City Hospital, following
a six-month illness. He was 70
years Of age.
Mr.. Myers who came to Newell
about 27 years ago from Tyler
County, w. Va, was dipper by
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-09
HARRY ]. REED

Harry j. Reed of Glenmoor died
Oct. 2 in the East Liverpool City
Hospital following a six-month i'll
ness.
Mr.. Reed, son of the late Mr..
and Mrs. M. l.. Reed, was born in
East Liverpool and spend most of
his lifetime here. He was employed
as handler for the Salem China
Co., and affiliated with Local
Union No. AZ, National Brother
hood of Operative Potters.
He was a member of the Glen
more United Presbyterian Church.
Mr.. Reed leaves his widow, Mrs.
Louise Reed; three sons, Don II.
Reed, of Pittsburgh, Lawrence w.
Reed and Kenneth Reed of East
Liverpool; a daughter, Mrs. Ada
Swearingen of Hookstown; two
brothers, John L. Reed of Wells
vile, and Paul w. Reed of ALI
ance, and 10 grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-10-09

trade and employed at Plant No.
a of the Homer Laughlin China Co.
He was affiliated with Local Union
13, National Brotherhood of OPP
erative Potters.
He leaves two brothers, Phillip
Myers of Newell, and Samuel
Myers of Paden City, w. Va, and
sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Kilibel of
Cincinnati.
Services were held from the Ar
ner Funeral Home by Evangelist
Denver Cooper of the Chester
Church of Christ. Burial was in
Columbiana County Memorial Park.
Evening star., 1947-12-07
Leohy Thinks Irish Played Best
Sinq|e Game in Their History

| the graduating seniors they wouldn't
have another chance to play on an
undefeated college team"
/ Sophomore Emil Sitko, whose 7s-
yard touchdown run at the outset
of the third period broke the Tro-
jams back, came in for Leahy's COM
mendation.
This was certainly Sitko's game"
said the coach. And also Connor's,
Captain George Connor impressed
most observers as one of the great
est tackles ever to appear on the
field.
In the Trojan dressing room,
Coach jeff Cravath backslapped his
quiet, disappointed players and told
neWsmen:
That's one of the greatest, If not
the greatest college team I've ever
seen. Our boys tried all the way, but
the Irish just had little too much
Of everything"
Coach Fritz Crisler of Michigan
U. S. C.s Rose Bowl opponent
dropped down to see Cravath after
watching his forthcoming opponents
in action.
It's tough. jeff" consoled Criseler.
There's not much you can do when
they explode on you like that"
Crisler had kind words for the
U. S. c. line and said Notre Danes
showing was the best college per-
formance he had seen this season.
The Michigan mentor, however.
ducked when asked: Does that In
clude your own team7"
Evening star., 1947-12-07
by the As,ocioted pye.s

LOS ANGELES, Dec. CT think,
said Coach Frank Leahy, his hat
pushed back and a grin spread
across his big Irish face. that that
was perhaps the best single game
a Notre Dame team ever has
played"
From the showers behind him
came a chorus of husky voices, sing
ing-no, yelling-the Notre Dame
Victory March.
Leahy was referring, of course, to
his squads tremendous 38-to-7 vic
tory over Southern California's Tro-
jams.
Il won't say that this club is bet
ter than the 1880 team (Notre
Danes last an-winning aggrega-
tion)," declared Leahy, but of to-
days game, I would think it's just
about as good"
The rock -jawed Irish boss added,
matter-of-factly:
I'VE got hot and lucky at the
same time. It's awfully hard to beat
a team with that combination.
The Ramblers' performance ex-
ceeded their showing against Army
with which team Leahy compared
the Trojans.
I'm inclined to give a little biz
the edge over Southern California, "
he said. (Notre Dame beat Army,
27-7D
I'll admit our boys were very
high for the Trojans," the coacn
asserted. "Of course. we reminded
Evening star., 1947-12-07
College Sports Results

George Washington SO; Wake For
est, So.
Hofstra, Ct; Queens. 43.
Indiana, So; Depauw, 43.
Long Island, 48; Western Mich, 46.
Loyola (Baltimore),, so; Univ. OF
Bait, %.
Medical College of Va, 81; Lynch
| burg, 46.
Moorhead, Sc; No. Dakota State, 40
! N. Y. u, 81; st. Francis (BrookD
| So.
North Carolina, 81; Guilford, 30.
North Carolina State, 78; High
Point, AZ.
Northwestern, So; Butler, 81.
Notre Dame, 66; Indiana State, 49,
Oberlin, AZ; Hiram, &c.
Olivet, So; Tristate, 81.
Oregon State, SO; Canisius, 48.
Oshkosh, go; Moline, so.
Quantico Marines, A. Richmond, 81
Rensselaer,, so; N. Y. State Mari
time, As
st. Joseph's Philal, SO; Denver, Al.
Salem, 90; Rio Grande, So.
Springfield. 56; Lowell, 36.
Temple, Sc; Muhlenberg, SO.
Vermont, 70; McGill. Al.
Virginia, "a; Old Dominion. 81,
Washington & Lee, 80; Danmasters,
"A.
West Ontario, 49; Albion, AZ.
William e. Mary, 81; Citadel, Al,
Wisconsin. ST; Marquette, so.
Xavier, a. Purdue, 43.
Yale, ST; Rutgers, 46.
Evening star., 1947-12-07

There will be yet another revival
Of last nights 15-round thriller at
II am. Monday when Walcott's
manager, Joe Webster of Camden,
N. j., is scheduled to beard the
New York State Boxing Commis-
sion and demand that his man
be awarded the title on the point
system"
The result there will be the same,
too. Louis will retain his crown,
and he will again receive the heavy
end of the gate when he and Jer-
sey Joe play return engagement
at Yankee Stadium next summer.
Twentieth Century Sporting Club
officials were not sufficiently recov-
cred today to discuss the next meet
ing of the two big Negroes, but 1t
is inevitable.
According to informed opinion,
there isn't a chance in the world
that Webster's appeal to the COM
mission will alter last nights 2-to-1
verdict In favor of Louis. They
don't make refunds on fight results.
AS one well-known fistic figure ex-
planned 1t, Chairman Eddie Eagan
Of the Boxing Commission "is just
bein' courteous to an outsider"
Point Rule Not Involved.
The point system" on which
Webster will base his claim comes
into use in this State only when
an official finds that his card shows
two men have fought draw on
the basis of rounds won. In that
event, he adds up his points to give
the victory to one or the other.
The idea was thought up by Eagan
to avoid draws. The necessity for
computing the points didn't arise
last night, as both judges tagged
Louis the winner on rounds and
Referee Ruby Goldstein gave it to
Walcott on the same basis.
Neither fighter showed up at the
promoters office today to claim his
check. Louis remained up in Har-
lem, having cold congresses ap-
piled to his nearly closed left eye.
Walcott, whose strange, shifty style
almost scored one of the great
upsets of boxing history. hurried to
his Camden home early today after
learning that one of his six children
was ill.,
Examination showed that Louis
right hand, which he hurt when
he banged Walcott's close clipped
skull in the fifth round, was not
broken, but it still was swollen and