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Valley frontiersman., 1948-11-17
$500 PAY WAY TOVALLEYFAIR, FIGURES SHOW

A total of 3,315 adults and 197 children visited the Matanuska Valley Fair this year, it was re- ported at last weeks meeting of the Fair board of directors. These figures were obtained on the basis of paid admissions re- ceived during the three-day fair.
 The organizations bank bal ance has reached a new low of less than $50, it was reported by treasurer Jan Koslosky. However MT. Koslosky stated that there is still about $500 due the Associa- tion in unpaid advertising bills.
 It was decided that letter of solicitation would be written all fair debtors, in an effort to col lect this money.
 Considerable time was spent in discussion of ways to swell the bank balance. The board concur red in the opinion that fair buildings might be rented in or der to receive additional revenue this winter. A price of $50 month was fixed as the dead storage rate in the Quonset hutS. Fifty dollars will be charged for rental of the administration building, with the renter to ac- cept the quarters in their pres ent condition.
 It also was voted to inform the MatanuSka Electric Association that rental on the workshop they maintain in fair buildings would be increased to $50 month.
 Mrs. Margaret Cope was named
Valley frontiersman., 1948-11-17
Flies to Seattle

Mrs. William HoSkinS was called Outside last week by the death of her mother. She went to Seattle.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-01-15

The Union Label adds the human
factor to the material product.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-01-15
Muchinisfs Have
B amer Year In
Woqe Rofe Coins

Washington (LPA)-It was a
banner year for members of the
Int'l Association of Machinists, the
unions grand lodge reported last
week. Workers covered by lO,42l
lam contracts with employers won
1921 100000 in direct wage in
creases during the year just ended,
the union claims.
More than 100000 men and wo-
men working under lam contracts
received direct raises averaging
$270.40 worker "A year. Figured
on an hourly basis, this comes to
about 13c an hour in wage boosts.
On the railroads, another 100000
machinists, helpers and apprentices
won 1514c an hour pay raises thru
industy-wide collective bargaining,
which comes to $322.40 a year.
All of these higher wages are
in addition to improvements in
such other parts Of lam agree
ments as longer paid vacations, ad-
ditional sick-leave, paid holidays,
increased call-in pay, automatic pay
raises for length of service.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-01-15
JOHN f.. NAUGHTON

John +. Naughton, veteran pot
ter and an active member in Bro
therhood ranks over a period of
years, died Jan. 13, in his home,
402 West Fourth street, following
a long illness.
He was widely known through
out the trade having attended nu-
merous conventions and wage con-
ferences as a representative Of Lo-
cal Union IS, of which ne was sec
retary-treasurer at the time of his
death. He was stricken i'll at the
1916 convention when he suffered
a stroke and had not returned to
work until recently when he re-
sumed his duties at the Laughlin
plant.
Mr.. Naughton was born in East
Palestine, a son of William Naugh-
ton and Alice Sherry Naughton. He
came to East Liverpool about %
years ago.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Mary
Orr Naughton; two daughters
Mrs. Paul l.. Bloor of East Liver
pool, and Miss Gloria Ann Naugh-
ton at home, and one grandchild.
Rites were held Friday at 9 a.
m. in st. Aloysius Church. Bur
ial was in st. Mary's Cemetery at
East Palestine.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-01-15
Taft Hartley Bill
Hampers Mediation

Washington LPA)s - Federal
Cancellation Director Cyrus Ching's
statement that this service can as
sist in maintaining collective bar
gaining which involves unions that
have not filed Communist disclaim-
ers under the Taft-Hartley Act only
when employers agree points up the
mischief" of the Act, the influ-
entail Washington Post said editor
tally last week.
"The mischievousness of the
Communist affidavit clause lies in
the pretext it affords employers
capriciously to deny the authority
of a union when the union had fail
ed, for whatever reason, to af-
firm that it has no Communist of
ficers."
Congress, not Ching, is to blame,
the Post explained. "Mr. Ching can
not attempt to persuade any en-
ployer to refrain from using a
weapon which Congress has made
availa ble." AS usual it is the pub
lie which suffers, the Post .contin-
ued, for TIL makes it impossible for
the mediation office to perform its
function of peacefully settling in
dustrial disputes.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-01-15
Rent Law Must
Close Loopholes,
Congress Discovers

Washington LPA)- President
Truman's call for extension of rent
control legislation, now scheduled
to expire Feb. 90, met this week
with the approval of both Demo-
Gratis and Republicans. Both sides
of Congress agreed because of the
millions of November votes at
stake.
One important flaw in the pre-
sent law has resulted in decontrol
entirely of all apartments where
Is per cent voluntary leases have
been signed and where the tenants
who signed the lease have moved
out. Since about 100000 out OF
the 100000 families covered by
rent controls have signed these
Is per cent boost agreements, rent
officials are beginning to worry
about what will happen.
A bill proposed by Rep. John
Kennedy d., Mass.) would re-
move this loophole for unscrupulous
landlords, at the same time ex-
tending rent controls for another
full year until Feb. %, 1949. Ken
nedy's bill will probably be the
basis Of hearings before the House
Banking & Currency Committee
headed by Rep. Jesse Wolcott (R.,
Mich.). The timing of these hear
ings, and companion action in the
Senate, will depend on decisions
this week by the COP leadership
on Congress- schedule.
A proposed Is per cent rent boost
in st. Louis, an 10 per cent in
crease in the Danville, Va, area
were rejected last week by Acting
Housing Expediter Tighe Woods.
Unions had vigorously opposed the
Danville increase, which was ap-
proved by the area rent advisory
board while the unions were nego-
tiating a new contract with the Dan
River Mills, the most important in
dustry in the area. Both the st.
Louis and Danville increase propos-
ais were turned down because any
claimed by landlords be-
cause of increased taxes could be
met by individual, case-by-case APP
peals to the local boards.
Woods also rejected 10 per cent
increases proposed by To-
cal boards in Durham, N. c., and
Orlando, Fla.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-01-15
Neqro Workers Refdin Coins Made
During War, BIS Survey DiscIoses

Washington, D. C.-Negro work
ers have held onto many of the
gains made during the war, ac-
cording to a report published by
the Bureau Of Labor Statistics in
the "Monthly Labor Review" for
December.
Advances made by Negro work
ers include increased employment
in civilian jobs, significant shift
from farm to factory, and consid-
cradle upgrading.
Between April 1910 and April
1914, employment of Negroes in
|civilian jobs increased about | mil
lion and almost three-quarters of
a million were entering the armed
forces" the Review article says.
"a significant shift occurred
from the farm to factory as well
as considerable upgrading of Ne
gro workers, many of whom re-
ceived their first opportunity to
perform basic factory operations
in a semiskilled or skilled capa
city.
"The characteristic concentration
of Negroes in farming, domestic
service, and nonfarm labor groups
has been greatly modified since
1910. Approximately Z out of 10
employed in 1910 were in those oc-
cupations, whereas in 1914 and
1947 the proportion was only slight
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-01-15

ly more than 5 out Of 10.
During World War II, substan-
tial numbers Of Negro workers
shifted over to higher paying, more
attractive jobs in industry and to
a lesser extent into white collar
occupations.
"These advances were consoli-
dated during the immediate post
war years, and in April 1947 the
broad occupational distribution of
employed Negroes closely resem-
bled the wartime distributions"
The wartime movement of Negro
workers out of agriculture to meet
expanding industrial needs has
brought the proportion down to
less than l in 5. At the same time,
the movement of Negro men ard
women to factories as semIskill-
ed operators was even more pro-
nounced than that of white per-
sons, the article states.
Another striking change which
occurred after 1910, the study
shows, is the drop in the employ
ment of Negroes as domestics. Be-
fore World War II. over 70 per
cent of Negro women employed
elsewhere than on farms were ell
gagged as domestics. This proper
tion dropped sharply to less thar
so per cent in 1914 and remained
at this level in 1917.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-01-15
Congress Finally
Gets To Work On
Bills

Washington (LPA)-- Wholesale
prices hit new postwar peak for
the week ended Jan. 3. Furniture
store buyers revolted at prices
asked by manufacturers at the win
ter home furnishings market in Chi
cago, and simply went home. Gen
eral Electric cut prices 3 per cent
to 10 per cent on some appliances,
but other manufacturers indicated
they wouldn't follow suit.
All in all, the surface signs of in
flation last week were enough to
alarm even members of Congress.
How much they will do, even in an
election year, is up to the Republi-
can leadership.
President Truman had his say in
the 10-point program he handed to
the special session; he's expected
to elaborate on this in his economic
message this week. The more lib
eral COP Senators are working up
a program for standby machinery
to ration meat which labor officials
warn is "half- baked"
Attention this week centers on
the Senate Banking Committee.
Chairman Charles Tobey (R., N.
.H.) has announced that hearings
will take place this week on the
stabilization bill proposed by Sen.
Homer Capehart (R., lnd.), anoth-
er embodying the Truman pro-
gram by Sen. Alben Barkley 3D.,
Ky), and a price-control bill by
Sen. Glen Taylor 3D., Idaho). Both
government and non-government
witnesses will appear. The commit
tee has its hands full, since it
must take up, in rapid order, not
only price control and rationing,
but also housing, bank credit, rent
control, allocations of scarce ma
terials, and the nomination of Tighe
Wood to serve as Housing Expedi-
ter.
Ammunition for supporters of
some forms of price control, ra-
tioning, and strengthened rent con-
trolls was seen in the report from
the Bureau of Labor Statistics that
between mid-October and mid-No-
vember consumers prices rose to
a new all-time high. In mid-Novem-
Der, prices were S.3 per cent high
er than year ago, and 672 per
cent over August, 1889, when the
war started in Europe.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-01-15
Stove Manufacturers,
MOlders Union, In
58th Yearly Pact

Washington, d. c. QLNS)-The
International Molders' and Foun-
dry Workers Union of North Am
erica has set what is probably a
world record for peaceful labor re-
lations by signing its 58th consecu-
tive contract with the Stove Manu-
facturers Protective and Develop
ment Association. There have been
no strikes during the long period
covered by the contracts.
President Harry Stevenson of
the union said the one-year con-
tract provided a l0-ccnt hourly
wage increase, and other benefits,
6 paid holidays for the
$1,000 members employed by the
stove manufacturers organization,
whose headquarters are in Chicago.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-01-15
Federal Job Services, Benefits
Nav Be Turned Back To States

washington LIZ a D-LedueTS VI
organized labor's legislative activ-
ity have broadcast an urgent warn
inc to local unionists that federal
unemployment compensation and
employment services may be turn
ed back to the states. A quiet drive
by the NAM, the U. S. Chamber of
Commerce, Unemployment Benefit
Advisors Inc, and some state Off
cials almost succeeded in Congress
before the unions stepped in.
Already, Rep. John ID. Dingell
3D., Mich.) has issued a statement
indicating that he had not been
aware of what might happen if the
Reeves Bill CHR 4SC0) and the COM
panion bill now before the Senate
Finance Committee were passed. A
conference between representatives
of state governors and key Con-
gressional committees made the
plans to "atomize" the jobless bene-
fits and employment programs in
Chicago last September.
81 am convinced as | look back
on the Chicago conference that in
our haste we made a serious error
i'm going on record as favorihg the
following proposal" !" Dingell stated
last week. The proposal, as he des-
cribed it, was "That the federal
government should relinquish to the
states the federal tax on employ
ers levied to cover the administra-
tive expenses of the state unem-
ployment security programs, and
the states will assume the respon-
sibility for the administration of
the unemployment compensation
and employment service" !"
Actually, as Dingell discovered
and as the CIO warns its members
in letter from Legislative Direc-
tor Nathan Cowan and IUC Direc-
tor John Brophy, the new law
"would transform the unemploy-
ment compensation systems in
many states into powerful machines
for strike-breaking, union-busting
and labor-sweating.
''It would speed up competition
among the states to reduce cover
age, to reduce benefits, TO lengthen
waiting periods, to increase dis
qualification by trick regulations
and decisions-all designed to re-
duce benefit payments and make
possible reduction i'm employer con-
tributions into benefit trust funds.
"Both the unemployment compen-
sati0n and employment services
could then be used to tear down
labor standards, which a sound So
cial security system should pro-
tect."
The AFL has sent out a similar
TO its affiliates. AFL Di-
rector Of Social Insurance Activi-
ties Nelson Cruikshank has, on
many occasions, fought to protect
the unemployment compensation
system from attacks by reaction
airy state administrators, and manu-
facturprS' aseociatiOnS
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-01-15
AffIe e Defines
PhiIo s ophy Of
Brifis h Cow

London LPA)-Prime Minister
Attlee has told the world what the
British Labor government stands
for = not simply what economic
measures his administration will
present this year-but what a dem
ocratic government based upon the
trade union movement, means in
the history of man.
Liberalism" he reminded the
British radio audience last week
in a speech that was meant for all
the world, rendered a great serv-
ice to the world in fighting for
freedom and democracy, but it fail
ed to deal with the problem of
economic freedom. In the name of
freedom it left in the hands Of the
few the power which the posses
sion of land capital gives to its pos
SCISSORS over the many"
Communism reacted against the
failure 6f liberalism, and over
threw the economic tyranny of
landlordism and capitalism, but 1t
has "renounced the doctrines of
individual freedom and political
democracy and rejected the whole
spiritual heritage Of western Eu-
rope" The failure of the Commun-
lists, Attlee continued, to recognize
the Importance of freedom and
democracy in collectivist economy
has led Russia to a policy (which
threatens with a new form of i'm
perialism = theological, economic
and strategic-the welfare and way
of life of the other nations of Eu-
rope"
Great Britain, its Prime Minister
stated, like the other states OF Wes-
tern Europe, stands in its ideas and
its place on the map between the
two great continental powers -
Russia and the United States.
While Britain will not accept the
philosophy Of the Soviet Union,
neither can it adopt the American
system, he said. America stands
for the maintenance of human
rights, but "its economy is based
on capitalism with all the problems
which it presents and with the
characteristic extreme inequality of
wealth among its citizens"
Then Attlee, who spoke as lead
er of the Labor Party, not as
Prime Minister, explained that the
labor philosophy is not "watered-
down capitalism or watered-down
Communism. Ours is a philosophy
in its own right. Our task is to
work out system of a new and
challenging kind which combines
individual freedom with "A planned
economy, democracy and social JUS
tice. This task which faces not
only ourselves but all the western
democracies requires government
with a dynamic policy in accord
with the needs Of new situation.
1t could not be accomplished by
any of the old parties nor by a
totalitarian party whether Fascist
or Communist"
The Labor Party's lcGder is con
fident that Britain's great expert
ment will work, because the govern
ment has "the cooperation of the
people in its double task: that of
reconciling liberty and authority,
and of basing freedom en- social
Justice"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-01-15
PRESSMEN REFLECT BERRY

Pressmen's Home, Tenn. (lLNS)
George l.. Berry, president and
other officers of the international
Printing Pressmen's and Assistants
Union Of North America, were re-
elected without opposition for A.
year terms. An announcement at
union headquarters here said the
election Of the officers was by un-
animous nomination of the $50 To-
Gals.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-01-15
Industry Shocked At
Plan TO Divide Steel
I'm Interest of Public

Washington (LPA)- Henry j.
Kaiser, never one to hide his opin-
ions, presented Il program for allo-
cation of scarce steel "in gold
fish bowl" last week. He was very
coldy received by his fellow steel
Iindustrialists, who had come to
Washington to discuss their part
in the voluntary industry-wide al
location programs provided for in
the COPS anti-inflation bill pass
ed last month.
Kaiser's mistakes, to the steel
makers eyes, began long time
ago. He did the impossible" on
several occasions during the war,
he is the only man who has sue
ceeding in breaking into the auto
industry in recent years with har-
monious relations with unions in
his plants, to make his crime great
err.
The steel men had gathered to
"go through the motions" of di-
viding up the fought-over steel pro
duction as they considered it would
be fairest. Into this meeting, Kais-
er brought disturbing clement
he'd allocate steel thru an imperial
commission of non-industry men,
and he'd empower this commission
to take steps to increase steel capa-
city. Both actions would be exactly
what the industry doesn't want.
For years, it has maintained a
tightly closed set of rates for diff
ferent types of steel, which rise
and fall simultaneously for all com
panies. 1t bitterly fought President
Roosevelt's effort during the war
to expand steel production capa-
city; now, it is successfully resist
ing efforts to expand capacity to
meet postwar needs.
Said Kaiser: Manufacturers al
ready are in a wild scramble to
prove the right of their particular
companies to ALLEGATIONS. We must
see that their claims are made in
the full light of public hearings,
and that steel producers do not
stifle the competitive growth of
the country by following historical
patterns of distribution
"There is solid good sense in re-
quiring public hearings in the for
mutation Of any voluntary plan
that allocates steel" Kaiser con
tinued, point to President Truman's
order that industry, labor and the
public be given an opportunity to
present their views ab)ut any al
locations made under the voluntary
program"
Meanwhile, the Federal Trade
Commission opened hearings Jan.
II on its charges that 101 steel
manufacturing companies have
conspired unlawfully to fix prices
and stifle all competition in the in
dustry.
And, on Capitol Hill, a special
House committee headed by Rep
Kingsland Macy (R., N. W is in
vestigating charges tha: grey mar
ket operations, resulting from the
desperate need % little businesses
for steel, have been profiting at
the expense of s;rall manufactur-
ers. After Il preliminary session,
at which spokesmcn for steel com
panies pledged their cooperation,
the committee recessed while in
vestigators checked on complaints
of exhorbitant prices that have
reached them sin,c word of their
inquiry became public.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-01-15
HARRY III. HUGHES

Harry H. Hughes, jiggerman,
died suddenly of a heart attack
Jan. 8 in the home of Thomas H.
Wren, 1857 st. George street. He
was 81.
Mr.. Hughes was born IN Steuben-
vile, a son of Isaac N. and Annie
Higgins Hughes. He spent virtual
ly his lifetime in East Liverpool.
He was employed at the Hall China
Company, and affiliated with Lo-
cal Union No. IL, National Broth
erhood of Operative Potters.
Mr.. Hughes attended the Oak
land Free Methodist Church and
the Salvation Army.
He leaves three brothers, Verne
V. Hughes, Donald B. Hughes and
Wayne Hughes, and two sisters,
Mrs. Elsie Eek and Mrs. Olive
all of East Liverpool.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-01-15
MRS. BRYAN HOY

Mrs. Mary Dorff Hoy, 62, wife
of Bryan Hoy, 222 Indiana Ave,
Chester, died Jan. ID, shortly after
being admitted to the City Hospi-
tai.
Mrs. Hoy was born and reared
in East Liverpool where she spent
most of her lifetime. She was a
finisher at the Taylor, Smith &
Taylor pottery.
She was a member of Local
Union So, National Brotherhood of
Operative Potters and of the Chris
tain Church.
She leaves three daughters, a
son, a brother and a sister.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-01-15

Patronize fair employers who
display the Union Label and you'll
secure your own job as we'll as the
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-06-09
SatO'S Fled Flood
With 9 Children
(SpeciaI to Northwest Times)


PORTLAND, Greg, June per
haps. the largest japanese Ameri-
can family to be evacuated from the
disastrous Vanport flood of May 80
is the Sato's.
The Satos comprises of Ben, IS,
his wife. Kayo 81, who are with
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hickey, and their
nine children: Tommie (Tomiko) ,
25. sophomore at University of Ore
gon Eugene: Joe, %. employee in
Benson hotel. Portland; Henry, %.
now in Spokane; Wake. Is, staying
with Mrs Slater in Beaverton, Greg. !;
Yasuko. Is. and Mary IT, with Mrs.
Johnson; George, a. Herbert, ID,
and Alami. IL, with Mrs. Larson.
The Hickeys, Mrs Johnson, and
Mrs Larson have their homes in st.
Johns Woods.
Two other daughters, Yuri. 20,
and Mrs. Tsuyako Matsumoto, 81,
of 1922 N. E. Terrace, are in Seattle,
Wash.
Mr.. Sato the father, is employed
as a gardener at Lewis q Clark
college in Portland
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-06-09
MY Air!inns Gets
'efo+v Award

Northwest Airlines now flying
routes totalino II 761 miles i'm the
United States. Alaska and the
Orient today won another safety
award from the National Safety
Council based on the airlines' l947
operations record Frank C. Judd
e-preeident Western Region. an
noUnced today.
Tho airline, second oldest In the
United State also set another new
s9fetv record bv flying a total of
228 GOA 000 passengers miles since
the spring OF 1912 without a fatal
accident.
NorthweS' Airlines was one of
ONLY two airlines in the United
States 10 reach the billion mile
mark without a fatal accident.