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Evening star., 1948-10-20
Eric Johnston Sees
No Alternative for
Full Ties With Spain
BY the Associated Press

Eric Johnston, president of the
Motion Picture Producers Associa-
ton, called again yesterday for re-
newal of full diplomatic relations
with Spain, even though he is
opposed" TO Generalissilno Franco.
"We fool no one when we give
Franco a charge (d'affaires and
not an Ambassador" Mr.. Johnston
told a news conference following
a trip to Europe. e
The American Government pulled
its Ambassador out of Spain In
1916 In keeping with a United Ma
tions resolution condemning the
Franco government. Since then a
Charge d'Affaires, secondary Dip
lomat, has been there.
Sees No Alternative.
In explaining his position, Mr..
Johnston said he. believes the
United States has no alternative,
but to give full diplomatic recogni-
ton to every established govern
ment." He said this includes the
new Jewish state of Israel.
Mr.. Johnston first urged full
hedged American relations with
Spain on october after he talked
with Franco.
"I, am unalterably opposed to
relationships, of the left or right -
he said yesterday. Il am opposed
to Franco and the type of regime
he represents"
Film Deal Explained.
Answering questions, he said the
Motion Picture Export Association
had approved the deals he nego-
tiated during his trip whereby Rus
sia and Yugoslavia will buy limited
quantities of American films.
Mr.. Johnston emphasized that
Russia, Yugoslavia and other Iron
curtain" countries must choose films
from a list selected by American
motion picture representatives.
This list, he said, will include only
those which most accurately reflect
American life" while at the same
time entertaining.
Russia will buy Aim from Ameri-
can producers in lots of 20, he said,
rand Yugoslavia, 25,.at a time.
Evening star., 1948-10-20
Police Prevent Lynching
Of Negro by Own Race
BY the Asseeiaisd Press

SAVANNAH, Ga, Oct. 20.-Police
saved a Negro last night from pos
sible lynching by members of his
own race after he had assaulted
and. robbed an elderly white drug
gist, Detective Chief John c. Nc
Carthy reported.
Mr.. Mccarthy said the presence of
a white detective, j. w. Walker, pre-
vented a mob of angry Negroes from
harming the prisoner, identified as
Frank Mack, %, an ex-convict.
Mack had held up DR.. B. W.
Hardee, II, white druggist, at the
point Of knife, then slashed and
beat him and fed, Mr.. Mccarthy
said.
Several Negroes saw Mack, the
Evening star., 1948-10-20
Two Flyers Out 10 Remain
AIoft for Six Weeks
BY the Assoeioted Press

FULLERTON, Calf, Oct. 20
"Well be home for Christmas" Dick
Reidel and Bill Barris said as they
took of last night in q single
engine cabin plane in search of a
new endurance flight record.
Mr.. Reidel, "a, and Mr.. Barris, IS,
intend to remain aloft in their
"Sunkist Lady" for six weeks, which
amounts to 1,OO8 hours. The exist
ing record of 726 hours was set in
1889 at Long Beach, Calf, by
Clyde Schlieper and Yves Carroll.
The flyers plan to make pick
ups of fuel daily from jeeps. During
these operations, their plane will fly
about so miles an hour at an alti-
tude of about SO feet. The men will
alternate at the controls in four
hour shifts.
Evening star., 1948-10-20
House Probe Of WAA Lease
To Kaiser 10 Follow Election
BY the Asseeioted Press


Fureher congressional hearings
into leasing of the Government
owned blast furnace at Cleveland
to the Kaiser Frazer Corp. win open
November 8, the Monday after elec-
ton.
II deliberately selected this post
election date" said Chairman Ben
der of a House Expenditures Sub
committee, Ito prevent any possible
injection of political considerations
into this issue"
Mr.. Bender said he intends ito
probe the highly irregular methods
of negotiation and disposition used
by the War Assets Administration
in this instance"
The furnace was operated by Re.
public Steel Corp. during and after
the war. After lengthy negotia-
tions between the surplus agency
and Republic for sale of the prop
erty fell through WAA Administra-
tor Jess Larson leased the plant to
Kaiser-Frazer with the right to
buy. Republic and other bidders
protested that the disposal would
result in loss of pig iron for gen.
eral distribution.
Evening star., 1948-10-20

oficer said, and gave pursuit. They
were joined by policemen and after
q chase Mack was caught by Mr..
Walker and r. B. Mullino, Negro
policeman.
A mob Of angry Negroes quickly
surrounded the officers and the pris-
oner, MIR. Mccarthy related. He said
the Negroes begged the officers to
turn Mack over to them.
Mack will be charged with armed
robbery, which carries a maximum
penalty of death, Mr.. Mccarthy said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30

The decision of the local board
to allow the rent boost was arrived
at with s members present by A
to 3 vote, with the chairman alb
staining from voting. There are IL
members of the board. The vote
was "less than majority of those
present" and therefore obviously
lacks the persuasive weight which
Congress attached to the collective
Judgment of a board of local citiz-
ems, as a group representative of
the affected interests in the area I"
The fact that there's a lot of new
construction in an area doesn't
necessarily mean that the housing
shortage has ended, condition
justifying decontrol under the
terms of the law.
The court said: "There are refer
ences at various places in the re-
cord to new construction in Bexar
County. But the board has made no
finding as to the extent of the new
If the new construc
tion is predominantly of more ex-
pensive housing units, this would
hardly be a substantial alleviation
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
Many New Faces
AT Last Meeting
OF Local No. 124

1t was a pleasure to see so many
new faces at our last meeting and
we hope these brothers and sisters
will make it a point to be with US
on every Tuesday evening.
Returns of the referendum were
received, showing a favorable vote
to retain the present salaries of
our two top officials. Members of
Local 124 had they voted one humid
red per cent could have swung the
vote. Those who did not exercise
their privilege have no right to
gripe at the result.
Bro. Tony Wynn, delegate to the
Ohio State Federation of Labor
convention, made his report of the
state meeting and relayed valu
able information for all. He stress
ed the necessity of large labor
vote at the coming election if we
are TO defeat the enemies OF labor.
Bro. Harold West reported
Trades and Labor Council has ap-
pointed a committee to contact local
physicians, relative to better medi-
cal attention in East Liverpool
Dissatisfaction was voiced on the
breaking down of the hourly rate
increases by the gold stampers.
After much discussion, the local
was instructed by the chair to be
patient until some decision is ar
rived at by the joint committee.
A special meeting for decorating
has been called for Sun
day, Oct. II. The place to be an
nounced later.-O.C. 124
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
COURT RULES TENANT CAN TAKE
PART IN RENT BOARD ACTIONS

Washington (LPA)-In two de-
cisions that received almost no at
tention in the press, a special US
emergency Court of Appeals last
week handed down rulings which
may make it lot more difficult
for landlords to obtain rent in
creases under the present rent con-
troll law.
The judges, whose decision is
final under the rent control law,
decided that a landlord in Red
Bank, N. j., couldn't raise the rent
of Spencer w. Pitts from $33.34 to
$125 a month. In the course of the
ruling, they laid down this vital
principle: A tenant has a right to
participate in proceedings before
the area rent control board, and in
any appeals Of board decisions. He
can have access to the facts pre-
sented to the board, for example.
In turning down a decision by
Housing Expediter Tighe Woods,
acting on proposal by local rent
control board in San Antonio,
Texas, decontrolling all rental
units in that city, the court had
two important things to say.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
Halifax Unions Press
For Housing Plan

Halifax, N. S. ILNS)-AFL un-
ions and their heads in this district
have been trying to interest city
provincial and federal authorities
in low cost and low rental hous-
ing plan. Thus far, all the house
construction has been at high cost
and aimed at high sales prices and
rentals.
The rentals demanded for gov
ernment housing colonies have been
in the stratosphere and construc-
tion so far has been of no benefit to
the families of small incomes. The
AFL District Trades and Labor
Council has been working to have
this defect remedied, but valuable
time has been lost blythe failure of
the politicians to do more than talk
about such a movement. There is
now said to be a possibility of a
low cost and rental colony being
built next year.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30

dent said that Little has not used
Nashua as MILL He has used it as
a mine-a gold mine. He has mined
and stripped it. Now he is ready to
kill the whole enterprise, and des-
troy the city of Nashua, for a few
dollars more"
"Do not be deceived by Mr..
Little's statement that he now
wants to sell the mill as a unit"
Rieve added. eff you had not start
ed this investigation there would
not have been such talk from him."
Little had habit of buying mills,
enormous war boom profits
out of them in a few months and
then stripping them and selling the
machinery in Zanzibar or Guate-
mala where he could get the most
for it. Leaving the New England
textile workers high and dry, he
would then take the money from
this racket and open mills in the
south where wages were lower.
Under pressure of the Senate in
vestigation, the manufacturer an
he would reopen the Jack
son cotton sheet mill under a five
point speedup system employing
700 of the 1900 people who used to
work there. If these 700 workers
keep the mill producing as much as
it used to, he'll give them break
and keep it open.
Under the public eye of the COM
Little denied that he was
taking the Textron plants to the
south in order to undercut wages.
He said that southern workers get
almost as much per hour as the
New Englanders do now but they
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
Green Denounees
ITU Persecution

st. Louis (LPA) = While the
NLRB was summoning publishers
from all over the country to bolster
its sagging case against the Init
Typographical Union-AFL on Taft
Hartley law violation charges, AFL
President William Green denounced
Sen. Robert A. Taft's (R., Ohio)
attempt to force the government
to "crack down on the ITU on be-
half of Chicago newspaper publish
ers."
Speaking to the convention of
the Bridge & Structural Ironwork-
ers Int'l Association, President
Green agreed with President Harry
Truman that Taft was guilty of
Improper conduct when he call
ed in NLRB officials to speed-up
their drive against the ITU.
Everyone knows that Sen. Taft
was the sponsor of the Taft-Hart-
ley act. He had at his side during
the conference the counsel for the
Congressional watchdog commit
tee" which has the power to make
things hot for any public official it
suspects of ineffective enforcement
of the Taft-Hartley act" Green
reminded the Ironworkers.
Besides that" the AFL chief
"Sen. Taft is the real
leader of the majority forces in
Congress and swings great deal
Of weight. Under the circum-
stances, his general statement re-
lating to the Importance of prompt
action in cases of this kind to use
his own words, really amounts to
outright intimidation of the two at
torneys for the NLRB to whom he
spoke"
Green pointed out that within a
few weeks after the NLRB en-
ployes faced Taft and five repre-
sentatives of the Chicago publish
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
I'm Relationship
In Tiffin Plant
At High Standard

The results of a sincere labor
management relationship pays off
in many ways, but none better ex-
emplified than the following script
read over the air waves recently in
a radio broadcast from Tiffn, Ohio:
"Local No. 7, at the American
Radiator & Standard Sanitary
Corporation Plant in Tiffn, is one
of the many locals which make up
the National Brotherhood of Oper-
ative Potters, an A. F. of l.. affili-
ate. This National Brotherhood con-
tains locals in dinnerware, china
ware, art, and various speciality
wares, besides those in sanitary.
Although the potters' trade is very
old, often spoken of as the oldest
trade in the world, our special
branch, sanitary, is comparatively
recent, having grown in America
within the last century. But still
we feel it is important, because so
much of our modern civilization is
built on sound sanitary engineer
ing. Many of the great modern adj
vances in medicine have been made
possible by advances in sanitation,
and the special fixtures which go
into modern hospital are made
here in Tiffin. We also contribute
our share to gracious living with
the complete line of sanitary fix
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
MednY Appeals To Workers
To Register, Vote This Yedr

to vote in a free election. That is
also the highest obligation of citiz-
enship. Upon the right to vote and
the free exercise of that right, rests
the whole foundation of our system
of self-government. If our citizens
fail to vote, democracy is bound to
become a dead letter. Instead of
self government, instead of major
ity rule, we would then have rule
by the minority.
"That is exactly what happened
in the 1916 elections. Only one
third of the citizens of this coun-
try who were qualified to vote took
the trouble to go to the polls and
cast their ballots. They just could
MT be bothered, or they weren't suf-
ficiently interested.
"Let's see what happened as a
result. In 1916 a new Congress
the 80th Congress-was elected to
office by one-third of the voters of
America. That Congress was en-
trusted with the vital responsibility
of transforming our nation from a
wartime to a peacetime basis. For
the past two years, that Congress
has been passing new laws which
govern all the American people. 1t
has reversed many governmental
policies which had been in effect for
more than a decade and it has
adopted new policies which effect
the daily lives of every one of u.s."
Warning against the menace of
Communism which threatens world
peace and this nations security, the
LLPE spokesman said that voting
is not only a privilege, "but pat
riotic duty which cannot be shrug-
ged off without peril to the future
of our democracy"
at comes down to this" Mr..
Meany declared. THE security of
the American way of life depends
upon the vitality of American citiz-
ems. The price of continued free
dom and democracy is good citizen
ship"
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
PLANT GUARDS
SETTLE STRIKE

Detroit (LPA)-Plant guards at
the Briggs Manufacturing Co. set
tied a 15-day strike last week so
that 100000 auto workers, idled
because of the dispute, could re-
turn to work.
The ITO members of the plant
guards union thought it was un-
fair to let so many workers take a
loss because of them any longer.
The $4,000 members of United
Auto Workers at Briggs had refus-
ed to cross the guards picket line
and the resulting parts shortage
had led to the layoff of $4,000 more
at Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto, Chry-
sler and Packard plants.
The Briggs guards got no wage
increase and no increase in "pre-
paratory time"-the. time they
have to get ready for work, the
two main issues in the strike. They
got a two-year contract with sc
raise in the minimum pay for
guards.
Union president James C. Nc
Gahey said they had ended the
strike because so many workers,
not directly concerned with the
strike, We're being hurt by it." He
charged Briggs with refusing to
bargain in good faith with the un-
ion.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
Pickets, Officers
Attacked By Thugs

New York (LPA)-The lengths
to which anti-union interests in
even we'll organized industry are
prepared to go to defeat trade un-
ionism was revealed in New York
this week when bands of thugs in
vaded the Offices of the Dress Joint
Board of the Int'l Ladies Garment
Workers Union-AFL, and, on the
same day, beat up union pickets on
the streets of Manhattan. 1t was
the first day of an organizing by
the union.
Five thugs crashed into the of
flee of William Ross, the Joint
Boards new organizing director,
and beat him and two other organ
izers, Charles Fischer and Joseph
Greenberg, over the head with
chairs.
Later in the day group of
hoodlums armed with lead pipe
wrapped in newspapers attacked
pickets in front of two non-union
dress factories. Three of the pic
kets had to be taken to the hospi-
tai. They are members of the Sea-
farers Int'l Union-AFL who have
been working temporarily in the
ILGWU organizing drive.
Dress Joint Board Manager JUL
ius Hochman warned that the at
tacks may signal an attempt by
racketeers to force their way into
the industry. The ILGWU played a
leading role in driving the gangs
ters out in the middle 1905.
Hochman said that he is meeting
with Mayor William O'Dwyer to
plan full police protection for the
unions drive to organize the shops
which have refused to recognize it.
An investigation has already been
started by the police to find out
who was behind this outbreak of
violence.
Charles S. Zimmerman, manager
of Local %, largest unit in the
Joint Board, said that the union is
determined to "mop up" the out
posts of non-union production that
still exist in the New York dress
industry. With $4,000 members, the
ILGWU division is the largest
single labor organization in the
city.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
Trades Council
Not In Favor OF
New Village Hall

Sebring, Ohio-The talk in Sch
ring these past few weeks is very
much concerned with the proposed
new village hall. 1t will appear on
the ballot at the Nov. 2 election
for approval or disapproval as a
100000 bond issue.
The Sebring Trades and Labor
Council at their last regular meet
ing on Sept. %, by unanimous vote,
went on record as being opposed to
new village hall at this time. The
reason given were namely, the
plans do not include a suitable
meeting room to accommodate the
local unions and fraternal organ
izations that are meeting in the
present village hall. Furthermore,
many delegates present felt that
any further increase in taxes is
unwarranted at the present time,
considering the high cost of living
and the increase in real estate
taxes we have experienced in the
past several years.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
heintz Makes His
Report At Last
Meeting Of LU rs

Buffalo, N. Y.-Local Union rs
met on Sept. II with the attend
ance something to brag about
Every chair in the hall was occup-
led as the members were anxious
to hear first hand report of the
agreement reached with the manu-
facturers. Bro. Heintz carefully
traced each days proceedings, CIV
ing the arguments pro and con on
the propositions submitted by the
Brotherhood as well as those pro-
posed by the manufacturers to be
embodied in the new contracts
We were especially pleased to
hear of the general increase which
brings employees in the pottery
industry on a wage level with any
other group of workers. The fact
must also be taken in mind that
wage increases for potters have all
been won without any work stop
page.
The following new members were
accepted to our ranks: Nick Sea-
sock, packing shed; Leo Grelewicz,
glost warehouse, and Gladys Herd
endorf and Florence Kubiak, bisque
warehouse. We welcome these new
members into the fold and hope
to see them present at our local
meetings.
We are glad to report Dorothy
Donovan up and around again after
her misfortune.
With old man winter slowly
creeping upon us, the time is at
hand to guard against those nasty
colds. A brand new shipment of
vitamins has just been received.
They are the same high quality
vitamin tablets we have been re-
ceiving the past several years and
one of the finest on the market. If
you feel you are in need of some
thing to help build up your vitality
for the months ahead, get your
supply from the Personnel Depart
nlent. You will find the cost to you
is less than the retail prices in the
stores.
The management was approach
ed last week concerning more lock-
ers in the plant and we are glad to
arnounce these may soon be avail
able.
There's a possibility Ct a coffee
making machine being installed in
the plant in the very near future.
This machine will give you cup
cf good coffee plus sugar and
cream for 5 cents.
Sister May Sutten of the clay
shop who underwent a tonsilectomy
On Sept. II, is improving rapidly.
Sister Martha Trzewieczynski is
lack on the joJ fully recovered
i I'm a tonsilectorly which she un-
delwent on Sep. 3rd.-O.C. 76
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30

attendance at our meetings, espec-
tally so among our younger men,
bers, many of whom could not give
up one evening TO be initiated but
asked to be excused as soon as that
ceremony was over. Be sport and
a real brother and either turn up
or pay up as in spite of criticism no
one had better solution to offer.
President Rafalowski and his
committee will doubtless have lots
Of work on their hands so do not
make it harder by kicking or en-
couraging others to kick. Remem-
Der, the time and place for all COM
plants was at our last meeting
and if you were not there to do
your share it cannot be helped.
Do you ever think of what the
President and some others do abb
solutely gratis = present almost
every meeting as we'll as time spent
in the shop and after hours. 1t be-
hooves each and every one of US
to give this new addition to our
bylaws fair trial.
President Rafalowski is back at
work following two weeks illness.
During his absence Vice President
Fred Stevenson and Bro. George
Smith presided at our weekly ses-
sions.
Bros. Paul Martin and Wallace
Poole were reported on the sick
list.
Bro. Al Davies reported $4,000
was collected for the Mckinley
Hospital. The sum would have been
much large had collections been
made in all departments.
The shop committee was instruc-
ted to make a canvass for the Sis
ter Kenny Polio Foundation who
now has a hospital in Jersey City
from which no one is turned away
for financial or other reasons. We
hope there will be a generous re-
sponse to this worthy cause.
The Community Chest is asking
10 cents a week from US this year
and this matter will be up for con-
sideration soon. Also talk by one
of their representatives if you re-
quest it.
There is so much that could be
done if we had enough interested
members to do the work entailed.
We hope this will soon be the case.
-O.C. As
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
Wins Presidency
By Narrow Vote

Omaha (LPA)-L. S. Buckmast-
er was reelected to the presidency
of United Rubber Workers by a
two-vote margin at the unions
stormy convention here.
The URW president received so
votes to sos for his opponent Geo
rye R. Bass. A member of Bass
faction, H. R. (Whitey) Lloyd, was
reelected as vice-president.
By a slightly larger vote of S18
to 788, the convention adopted
Buckmaster's annual report which
flayed the majority in the execu-
tive board for failing to follow ma
tional policy repudiating President
ial candidate Henry Wallace and
endorsing the European recovery
program.