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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-04
Economists Find
No Proof Prices
viii Drop Much

Washington (LPA)-The bright
young men who put out press re-
leases for the NAM and employers
associations were set back on their
heels at the end Of last week,
when official government figures
revealed that the "price break"
which was supposed to end the
need for third round wage boosts
was revealed as very slight drop
IN prices consumers have to pay.
Most Of the price breaks, Com
missioner Of Labor Statistics Evan
Clague told a crowded press con-
ference at weeks end, were in agri-
cultural products. And between
Jan. 13 and Feb. II, even retail
food prices declined only per cent
to per cent.
There has not yet been time for
a clear trend Of retail prices as a
whole to emerge" Clague warned.
Outside of the agricultural COM
modify markets, there has been
no appreciable drop in prices of
commodities traded on organized
exchanges In fact, latest re-
ports from manufacturers indicate
a continued rise into February in
the prices Of such commodities as
coal and petroleum, lumber and ce-
ment, woolen goods and steel pro-
ducts. Price developments in other
consumer goods will depend on the
course of manufacturers prices in
response to demand, and so far
there has been no indication of
marked or consistent declines"
Referring to the food price cuts,
Clague said that, Gwen in foods,
which have declined on the average,
the important declines have cen
tered in few foodstuffs while 9TH
ers have been only slightly affect
ed and some have even increased.
Price cuts have differed widely in
different stores. Many grocers have
apparently cut prices on selected
items before they themselves have
rec eived the benefit Of lower whole
sale costs. Whether these cuts are
maintained or extended depends
largely on the extent to which the
drop in primary market prices is
reflected in lower wholesale costs
Of food in local markets"
Clague released at the same time
figures showing that on Jan. Is,
the consumers price index reached
a new all-time high; each of the
groups of the index-food, apparel,
rent, fuel, housefurnishings and
Observation-Disclosures also at a new
postwar high. He indicated that the
8 to A per cent drop in food prices
between Jan. Is and February
might easily turn out to be offset
by rises in rents and apparel, and
perhaps also fuel.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-04
AEL Head Asks
X ais For All
Govt Workers

Washington (LPA)-AFL Presi-
dent William Green last week urg-
ed an annual pay raise of at least
$500 for all Government employees.
Green, testifying for number of
AFL unions, told the House Civil
Service Committee that the union
demand is based on something
more sound than fluctuating high
prices"
These increases, he said, must
be based on a standard of living to
enable wage earners to maintain
their homes, educate their children,
discharge their civic duties and ac-
Cuire some excess during their life
time" The AFL President called
on the government to "lead all en-
pioyers in establishing sound prin-
ciples of human relations"
Witnesses for the Railway Mail
Ass'n-Afl and the Natl Rural Let
ter Carriers-unaffiliated said that
separate bills should be passed for
postal and other government work
ers. They urged minimum pay
raises of $500 a year, retroactive
to Jan. l..
Earlier in the week, William c..
Doherty, president of the Natl AS
sociation of Letter Carriers-AFL,
spoke in favor of a permanent wage
increase of at least $500 for all
postal workers.
Only one federal workers union
appeared in favor of the Rees bill
now under consideration. The Natl
Association of Federal Mechanics
unaffiliated gave half-hearted en-
dorsement of the measure proposed
by Rep. Edward H. Rees. (R.,
Kans.) which provides a $3.50 raise
for Federal workers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-04
Supreme Court Refuses
To Hear FOremen's Case

Washington (LPA)-By default
the U. S. Supreme Court has up
held the constitutionality of the
provision of the Taft Hartley Act
which denies foremen and other
supervisory employees the right to
bargain collectively.
The back-handed decision results
from the refusal of the court to aoz
cept an appeal from the Foremen's
Association of America over a cir
cult court ruling which held that
a pre-Taft- Hartley NLRB decision
ordering a Los Angeles firm to bar
gain with the Association is no
longer enforceable.
In another ruling ignoring labor's
protests against restrictive legisla-
tion the Supreme Court SAID it
won't take an appeal from AFL
butchers in st. Louis who are chal-
longing the constitutionality of a
Missouri law which forbids picket
ing which interferes with the deliv-
cry of merchandise.
The things we're insured against
never seem to happen.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-04
.UphoIsterers Win
Victory In Texas

Dallas (LPA)-The last unor-
ganized plant of the Simmons Mat
tress Co., in the U. S. was brought
into the Upholsterers Int'l Union
AFL this month, when its workers
voted 76 to 46 for the union in
an NLRB election.
The victory marked the end of
an organizing campaign, during
which the company barraged work
ers with bulletin board appeals and
speeches "to preserve
their freedom from the union"
Toward the end of the campaign
Robert C. Greene, president of Lo-
cal 420, rallied to the union a group
of Negro workers who had hither-
to stood aloof. He told them that
the NLRB vote would be on Lin
coins Birthday and that they
should prove that they were free
men. Greene's local, which repre-
sents 1000 Simmons workers in
New Jersey entered the UlU last
year after having been an inde-
pendent union.
) Jesse B. Ivey, shop chairman,
who had been hospitalized for some
time, took two blood transfusions
and a shot of adrenalin on the
of the election in order to
get to the polls and cast a vote
for his union.
UIU Regional Administrator Ber
nard Hiatt, who led the organizing
drive, said that the next step is to
obtain contract for the Dallas
workers on a par with UIU Sim
mons contracts in other plants. The
union has already begun organizing
work in Simmons Canadian plants,
in Montreal and Toronto.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-04
Injured Workmen
Musf Meet LegoI
Technic 0iifies

Columbus, Ohio (LPA)-George
Thompson, Ohio Industrial Commits
sion official, told the Ohio CLOS
Workmen's Compensation and Safe
ty School last week that injured
workmen must comply with all the
technicalities of the workmen's
compensation act if they are to Sc
cure the benefits due them.
He warned that workers should
report all injuries Immediately they
occur and file claims promptly. Of
ten, Thompson said, injured men
fail to fill in the required forms
completely, or give an accurate
picture of accidents, and the work
being done when the accident took
place.
Even if the worker carries thru
all right on these first steps, he
may neglect to follow thru with the
Commissions procedural require
ments, Thompson pointed out. Par
ticular care should be taken to get
Aemployers to file the statements
frequired Of them, he said. If a case
is not settled satisfactorily, immed-
late application for re-opening
should be filed, he said.
Thompson urged injured work
ers to report accidents to union
representatives promptly, for assis-
tance in following the complicated
procedure and to insure that en-
ployers are forced to do their part
in the process.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-04
FBI Checking All
Union Political
Expenses-kroII

Columbus (LPA) - Jack Kroll,
CIO-PAC director, told reporters
here last week that all unions are
being investigated by the FBI for
evidence of political expenditures
in violation Of the Taft Hartley
law.
GAS a matter of fact" Kroll
pointed out, call of these records
are already public property, filed
with proper government authori-
ties. We have nothing to hide. Our
record is clear. But we do feel that
the FBI should check the political ac-
tivities of other groups outside the
ranks Of labor. If we are going to
be Investigated, let's have investi-
cations on a broad basis for all
political organizations"
The national CIO political spokes-
man said that Saul Mills, secretary
Of the Greater New York IUC,
which supports the candidacy Of
Henry Wallace despite the CLOS
anti-third party policy, is entirely
mistaken when he claims that the
FBI is interested only in the polit-
ical expenditure Of pro- Wallace
union groups.
Kroll cited the investigation Of
national CIO itself, and the check
on the United Auto Workers, both
Of which oppose Wallace. Justice
Dept agents have told him, he
said, that their n. Y. investigation
had to do with the 1916 election
before the Wallace movement got
under way.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-04
Striking Typos
Pass The Hat For
Farm Labor Union

Memphis (LPA)-One Of the fin
est expressions of labor solidarity
in the history of American trade
unionism came from Chicago last
week. Members of Local 16 of the
Int1 Typographical Union-AF'L
passed the hat on their picket line
and collected $351.26 for the 100
strikers at the Di Giorgio fruit
ranch in Bakersfield, Calf.
H. L. Mitchell, president of the
Natl Farm Labor Union-AFL, re-
ceived the check for the Di Giorgio
strigers, and wrote George Bante,
.secretary-treasurer of the Chicago
typos who are engaged in a Cruel
ling battle with publishers and the
NLRB:
I'VE note that the Chicago Typo
graphical Union is nearly 100 years
old, whereas the Kern County Farm
Union Local is less than one year
old. Your members are spearhead-
ing the struggle to save the gains
of 100 years of the best in Ameri-
can trade unionism, while our mem
bers on the 1917 mile picket line in
California are seeking to bring
some of the benefits of unionism
to the last large group of morgan
iged workers in America"
The California farm workers
have been on strike against the
great fruit combine since Oct. l,
1947. Chicago's typographers walk
ed out Nov. "a, 1947, after news
paper publishers made clear their
intention of using the aft-HaRSey
law to destroy union security and
working standards.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-04
Glen TdYlor
Second Mon
On 3rd Slate

New York (LPA) - Sen. Glen
Taylor ID, Ida) announced last
week that since the Democratic
Party under President Truman hag
left him, he is going to cast his
lot with Henry Wallace in his
brave and gallant fight for peace
The one-time singing cowboy
aid that he would welcome the sup
port Of Communists. "I'm trying to
get elected. I'd be glad to have the
votes Of bank robbers, too" he add
ed. Taylor explained, however, that
if Communists support him they'll
have to do 50 on his program. HI
is out to make our economy work
so well Chat Communism will new
er interest more than the infinite
sinai fraction Of our citizens who
now adhere to it,"
For his mention Of bank robbers
in the same breath with Commu-
nists, Taylor was gently chided by
the n. Y. Daily Worker, official
organ of the Communist Party. At
ter assuring Taylor that the Com
munists will support him, the Daily
Worker explained that all he need
have said in his statement accept
ing their support is: "a peoples
movement without Communists is
a fake. That's what the red-baiters
should be firmly and repeatedly
told"
Two days after declaring his
willingness to be Wallace's vice
presidential candidate, Taylor
charged that Truman's foreign pol
icies are responsible for the Com
munist seizure of power in Czech
oslovakia.
He told press conference in
New York, after the formal open
ing of third party headquarters in
an old brownstone mansion, that
"Soviet Russia is scared to death
and is simply trying to nail down
her borders against the aggressive
foreign policy Of the U. S. If Hen
ry Wallace were President, events
would have taken a different turn
in Czechoslovakia."
Meanwhile, third party organiza-
tion has been extended to Michigan,
New Jersey and Louisiana.
The executive board of the Mine
Mill and Smelter Workers-CIO, de-
fled national CIO policy last week
and voted to support the Wallace
ticket. But the board of the United
Paperworkers-CIO termed that
movement "a piece of wild politi-
cal adventurism that can only re-
suit in the election of reactionaries
and isolationists."
Stating that all major union
groups have disavowed the Wallace
party, the Paperworkers' leaders
added: "The major support of the
third party group has come from
the Communist party, its agents
and followers. A third party this
year can serve only the worldwide
Communist conspiracy to halt the
implementation of the American
program for the rehabilitation of
Europe through the Marshall plan
1t can serve only the international
Communist drive to promote
chaos"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-04
Public Polls Biased Against Unions

San Francisco.-After a study
of all the poll material dealing
with labor in the published reports
Of the leading opinion polling agen-
& ies from 1910 to 1915, Arthur
lLI5rnhauser, a member Of the Bu-
reau of Applied Social Research,
Columbia University, concluded
that the Gallup, Fortune, Opinion
Research Corporation and other
polling agencies had shown a def
mite anti-labor bias in their poll
ing. His conclusions appear in an
article in the Winter, 1867 is
sue of the scholarly journal, "The
Public Opinion Quarterly"
The clearest and most immedi-
ate source of bias is the selection
of questions on what is wrong with
labor unions and their activities.
"By contrast" DR.. Kornhauser con-
cludes, "the essential functions and
positive accomplishments Of unions
in protecting and improving the lot
of working people are only rarely
mentioned. Of the 155 questions ex-
amined, only deal with positive or
favorable features of unionism; 66
are neutral or doubtful; and 81
are concerned with union faults,
activities the public condemns, or
proposed restrictions upon unions. F."
Strike two against the polls is
in a biased wording Of the ques-
tions which results in a more or
less automatic anti-union answer.
Many questions, for instance, offer
a so-called choice between a recog-
nized evil and particular remedy,
which is frequently the remedy op-
posed by labor. Naturally, the pub
Nc votes for remedy, no matter
'How poor it may be.
In other questions, a suggestive
or slanted phraseology is used to
obtain an anti-labor answer, and
the whole issue may be oversimpli-
fled. A Psychological Corporation
question in 1912 reads:
"Do you think it is fair to keep
prices down without also keeping
hourly wage rates down Ito where
they are now ?"
Obviously, the average person
Immediately wants to be "fair" to
two factors posed as equals; in ad-
dition the question excludes all
references to productivity, take
home pay, and profits.
"Of the entire 155 questions stud
led" DR.. Kornhauser finds, "only
four appear to have a pro-labor
bias; so to 80 are slanted in an
anti-labor direction; the remaining
60 to 20 are fair and balance as
far as the wording of the question
is concerned"
Strike three against the polls is
in their Interpretation and release
to the public. In 1912 a Gallup poll
announced a two to one disapprov-
al of the governments policy with
regard to labor union regulation" ("
Yet the results were based on a
specially selected group of people
who had previously voted in favor
,of greater government regulation
9f unions. The sample here and in
many other instances was unrep-
resentative, yet the reader was not
warned.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-04
Rejects USES Transfer

Washington (LPA)-The House
Expenditures Committee has re-
jected President Truman's propos-
al that the U. S. Employment Ser
vice and administration of the fed
eral jobless benefits program be
permanently a part of the Labor
Dept The Committee followed the
lead offered by dozens of employ
er association spokesmen who ap-
peared before them to oppose the
plan. Both House and Senate have
to disapprove, or the reorganization
takes affect.
blocked whether from ignorance
or i'll will is hard to decide.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-04
FIRE FIGHTERS CHARTER
ICELAND LOCAL

Washington (LPA) = The Init
Association of Fire Fighters-AFL,
which is observing its Both ami
versary as an international union,
has a new local affiliate in Kefla-
vik Iceland. Composed of fire fight
ers in the aircraft crash and struc-
tural protection of the U. S. air
port at Keflavik, the local is the
first IAF local outside the u. S.
and Canada.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-04
FOOD PRICES ON
WAY UP AGAIN

Washington (LPA) = An
LPA reporter checked, on Feb.
16 and again on Feb. 20, the
food priced by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics. Of the 20 food
items, six rose in price between
Mondays low and Friday.
Those that rebounded from the
low prices reported by BIS, at
least in Washington's largest
grocery chain, were: round
steak, hamburger, sliced bacon,
butter, eggs, lettuce.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-04

Wagner bill under which the Fed
eral Government would supply two
thirds Of the write-down costs, with
the balance assumed by the locality,
was adequate and equitable. A ma
jority of those who disagreed felt
that the Federal financial partici-
patton should be still higher. The
lack of results achieved thus far
under redevelopment laws enacted
in several states has been due to
the fact that state funds are un-
available or insufficient"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-04

"Knowing what to do in a fire
emergency may save your job, your
plant or your life and the lives of
others"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-04

Jobs do not exist by right or
principle, but only as effective
personalities create them.-Henry
C.. Link.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-04

The things we're insured against
never seem to happen.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-04
NEWS and VIEWS

The fate Of western democracy
depends on keeping the Germans
alive. The phrase aptly recognizes
the relationship between Germany
and the western world, the depend
ence, for good or bad, Of one upon
the other. 1t bares democracy's
most sensitive spot. Let's see what
is being done to keep the Ger
mans alive.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06

Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Smith Wis
tied relatives in Richton on
Thursday and Friday.
S. E. Bilbo's brother, L. l.. Bill
DO, of Montgomery visited him
last week and they left togs ,ther
Sunday for New Orleans, Baton
Rouge and other points in Loui-
siana TO visit brothers and sis
tiers whom they haven't seen in
many years.
Mary Farragut returned home
Monday from Jackson where she
attended a state convention Of
the Assembly of God
Mrs. Charlotte Robinson and
children returned home Satur-
day from jackson where the chill
dren spent the summer. Mrs.
Robinson visited in the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. D.. Cochran.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Rea plan
to leave this week for a two
weeks vacation in North and
South Carolina and Florida.
Cottage prayer services will
be held in the home Of Mr.. ana
| Mrs. Leslie Hudson on Saturday
at 1880 p. m.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06
FROM
Kreole

Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Clark
and daughters. Christine and
Rita, of Slidell. La, spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
sell Stark and family of Bayou
LaBatre and Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Clark of Kreole. Curtis and Les
lie Clark, sons of Mr.. and Mrs.
Milton Clark, accompanied their
grandparents back to Slidell for
a visit before moving to their
new home on the farm.
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Mil
ton Clark are sorry to hear that
they are moving away to make
their future home on the farm.
The Rev. Jewel Golmon, pastor
of the Friendship Baptist church
is holding a revival at Bassetts
Creek Baptist church at Fulton,
Ala, this week.
Friends of Mary Ann Koski
will be happy to hear that she IS
up after a weeks illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Dye had
as guests Sunday Miss Gladys
Dickens of Mobile.
The Women's Society of Chris
tian Service met Monday at the
home of Mrs. Walter Jones. Mrs.
N. c. Sudduth presided in the
absence of the program chairman
and the program entitled Chris
tianity and Its Meaning" was
presented by Mrs. r. N. King.
Ice cream and cake were served
by the hostess.
Mrs. Lee Busby and Miss Eloise
Busby honored their san and
brother, Robert, with a surprise
party on his 18th birthday Mon
day evening. The 35 boys and
girls present played numerous
games and prizes we're won by
Anthony Watts and Thomas
Bourgeois. Soft drinks and cake
were served.
Mrs. Gloria Gore left Tuesday
for a visit with friends in Day
ton, Ohio.
Burnham Lynd, on his return
home to Panama City from Cam
den, Ark, stopped for a visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. T. c. Benefited and
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Busby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Eklund and
Kitty Gore spent Sunday in Luce
dale with Mrs. Eklund's grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Byrd.
Miss Eloise Busby returned last
week after a two weeks vacation
in Vidor, Tex, with Mr.. and Mrs,
E. L. Busby and family and Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Lynd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Baria and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Johnny
Kasaby and Mrs. Martin Kasaby
of Wilson Springs were guests
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06
NEWS FROM
Mount Pleasant

The Woman's Society of Chris
tian Service met Monday evening
in the home of Mrs. N. M. Car
ter with Mrs. Jack Fletcher in
charge. His Way in Poland was
the program subject and Mrs.
Lloyd Golf presented the last les
son in the study. A special fea-
ture of the program was a trio
composed of Miss Nell Carter and
Mesdames w. c. Clement and
Carter who rendered several
numbers. The meeting was clos
ed with prayer by Mrs. Carter. A
social hour was enjoyed while
the hostess assisted by her daugh-
ter, Mrs. w. c. Clement of De-
Ridder, La, served refreshments.
Those present at the meeting
were Mesdames j. C. Harris,
Lloyd Golf, R. M. Roberts, Car
ter, Mark P. Davis, A. E. Roberts,
L. c. Roberts, R. J. Van Horn.
Ruth l.. Roberts and Miss Dellene
Golf.
Mrs. Johnson Ware and daugh-
ter, Carol Sue, from Virgins are
spending a couple of weeks with
home folks here while Mr. Ware
is attending the National Guard
camp in Georgia.
Mrs. Ruble Roberts left Mon
day for a visit with relatives in
north Mississippi.
Mrs. ]. c. Harris returned on
Friday from Miss. State College
where she attended the Home
Demonstration Council.
Mrs. Chandler Ravens is visit
ing her son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Crowder,, in
New Orleans this week.
Miss Dellene Golf was the guest
on Sunday of MI. and Mrs. John
Tillman in Evergreen.
Guests for the weekend in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Quincy
Roberts were Mr.. and Mrs, c. V,
Roberts of Pascagoula.
An old fashioned ice cream
party was enjoyed on Saturday
evening in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul A. Carter. Those pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Barry and daughter Cynthia;
Meredith Mallette of Fort Bayou,
Joe Ray Mcneil of Pascagoula,
Mrs. Tommie Mcdonald of Pass
Christian, Mrs. johnson Ware and
baby of Virgins, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chester Smith, MI. and Mrs. Paul
G.. Carter and children.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06

church at IL a. m. and z p. m.
on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. M. Lyons of
Bessemer are visiting her sister,
Mrs. Leslie Hudson, and family.
DR.. Richard Hudson of Old
Ocean, Tex, left Monday to re-
turn home after a visit of a week
with his brother and his family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Hudson, and
his mother, Mrs. J. P. Hudson,
and other relatives of Grand Bay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sim Naples at
tended the funeral services of
Caryol Keyton in Tanner-Wil-
liams on Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. S. Shattles
left Monday for a vacation trip
to Hot Springs, Ark.
Mrs. H. H. Strickland and
daughter, Jan, spent last week
with her sister, Mrs. Sam Rea,
and family. Her husband join
ed them Saturday and on Sun
day they returned to their home
in Pensacola.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mack Deaton and
son, Douglas, of Mobile spent
Sunday with Mr.. Deaton's sis
ter, Mrs. Sam Rea.