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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-11-18
Fee-Splitting Linked
With Solo Practice BY
Doctors In Clark Talk

Boston (LPA) - Reminding his
listeners that more than 1000 eye
specialists are involved in the pre-
sent action by the Justice Dept
seeking to stamp out rebates in the
optical industry, DR.. Dean A. Clark
of the Health Insurance Plan of
Greater New York last week said
that fee-splitting can best be
checked by doctors practicing medi-
cine in a group.
Addressing the American Public
Health Assn, DR.. Clark said that
specialization on one branch of
medical science often leads to fee
splitting and kickbacks on pat
tents fee, whereas doctors who
charge one overall fee in group
practice plan lose no income when
they refer a patient to another doc
tor in the group.
DIR. Clark recalled the fee-splitt-
ing scandals under workmens com
pensation in New York state a few
years ago. Of the more than 1000
doctors who were definitely impli-
Gated in the scandal, DR.. Clark said
that there is no evidence that more
than 900 of the doctors were ever
suspended or expelled by a medical
society.
Demand the Union Label.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-11-18
Airline Pilots
Keynote Program

Chicago (LPA)-More than ITO
delegates representing 5000 pilots
flying for q regularly scheduled
air lines in the US and abroad,
took part in the 10th convention of
the Airline Pilots Ass'n-AFL last
week.
President David l.. Behncke call
ed on the pilots to continue their
active and detailed interest in i'm
proving air safety regulations.
"The pilots have to show the way"
Behncke said, because the pilots
are about the only ones who don't
have pecuniary interest in their
safety actions" y
Airlines, despite the fact that
over 400 people have been killed in
air crashes in the past two years,
still have not learned that safety
is the key to profits and losses,
Behncke asserted.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-11-18

enactment of legislation compelling
the Navy to reinstate the wage
board and to give labor representa-
ton in all of its wage-fixing mach
inery.
Only such legislation, the con-
vention declared, twill foreclose the
efforts of the Navy Dept to oper-
ate an Iron Curtain in dealing with
matters of serious concern to civil
ian employees"
Another agency denounced was
the Atomic Energy Commission
for it's labor relations policies.
Specifically, the convention lam
basted the failure of the commiss-
ion to create appeals machinery to
which unions representing en-
ployes at atom plants can take dis
putes that employers on the spot
refuse to settle.
AS things stand now, the con-
vention pointed out, the commission
gives final power over labor rela-
tions to the private corporations
which operate the plants for the
government.
Thus, terms of employment and
conditions of labor can be fixed by
the employers fat" while the
workers are deprived of the right
to strike, it was declared.
The convention, however, voiced
the hope that a special inquiry
board which President Truman has
set up to study labor relations at
the atom plants will come up with
recommendation to solve the stu
alton.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-11-18
TYPES OF DISABILITY

Disabilities are classified in diff
ferent ways in different states. In
general, there are two broad class
Iifcations: permanent disabilities
and temporary disabilities. Each of
these in turn is subdivided into two
main divisions: total and partial.
A permanent total disability oc-
ours where the injury will prevent
worker from ever again sdoing
any kind of work whatsoever. A
permanent partial disability means
that a worker will never again be
able to do his regular work, but
will be able to do some other kind
of work. The other classifcations
have similar definitions. Into which
category an injured worker may
fall is a medical problem, to be de-
cided from the testimony and medi-
cal reports of the physicians in
volved.
Most states have maximum
monetary ceilings for all or some
of these .classifications. When COM
pensation payments reach these
ceilings, the insurance company is
relieved of all further responsible
ity, even though in fact the dis
ability might continue. New York
state, for example, has such "a
limitation for the temporary dis
abilities, but has no limitation for
the permanent disabilities, except
for certain types of permanent
partial disabilities.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-11-18
British Unions
Urge Step-Up
In Production

London LPA)-The genera
council of the British Trades Union
Congress last week warned its
member unions that the labor or
ganizations themselves must take
greater interest in problems of
production technique if the Labor
governments economic program is
to succeed.
In statement that will be pre-
sented this week to special con-
ference of delegates from all of the
200 unions affiliated to TUG, the
general council said that labor
must abandon restrictive practices
and participate fully in joint labor
management production commit
tees. Consideration must be given,
the report declared, to ways of
transferring workers to underman-
ned industries.
While competent industrial con-
sultants can help meet Britain's
production goals, the TUG top
committee pointed out, they will
need the active cooperation of the
workers. 1t recommended that un-
ion shop stewards be trained in
"the elements of production, cost
ing and industrial relations"
The special union delegate meet
ing to convene this week will also
discuss the first report of the Joint
Anglo American Production Com
mittee, on which four American
and eight British union representa-
tives are serving. Altho the Ameri-
can labor men are reported to have
made numerous suggestions for i'm
proving British production methods,
they are known to have been i'm
pressed with the amount of work
that British labor is getting out
of it's ageing equipment.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-11-18
Hoover For
Strong Labor
Department

Washington (LPA) - Ex-Presi-
dent Herbert Hoover last week SAID
that the Commission on Organiza.
tion of the Executive Branch of the
Government which he heads wants
a stronger Labor Dept.
Fearful lest he be accused of fol
lowing the election returns, the
former president, who has founc
ballot results bad news these past
16 years, said that his Commission
had never had any other point OF
view.
"The thinking is to strengthen
the Labor Dept" Hoover declared
"We're not going to tear anything
out Of it as some people have
thought" Hoover even implied that
some of the agencies taken out OF
the department by the Republican
80th Congress would be restored
to it.
Only two months ago there were
indications that several members OF
the commission were planning the
further emasculation of the Labor
Dept, despite denials issued by
Hoover at the time.
The commission has also been at
tackled by AFL President William
Green, the CIO, and A. f. Lyons
executive secretary of the Railway
Labor Executive Assn for entrust-
ing its social security administra-
tion study to an economist known
to favor a return to the "dole."
Other recommendations in the
commission report published last
week include: higher salaries for
upper bracket civil servants to pre-
vent their being lured into better
paying corporation jobs; no more
political appointments in the postal
service; unified government staff
services; and shifting hiring con
troll from the Civil Service Com
mission to the various departments.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-11-18
Workmen's Compensation Laws
No. in a series of IL articles
by MAX |. KAUFMAN

In some states where there is 6
maximum ceiling on permanent dis
abilities, the law provides for the
payment of compensation based
upon a percentage of such disabil-
ity. Thus, a man who sustains g
back injury, which disables hin
from working, may, after period
of time, be found to be entitled to
compensation based upon 25% OF
permanent total disability.
In some states, for permanent
partial disability resulting from
certain types of injuries, the law
provides that compensation shall
be paid in accordance with certain
schedules. Thus, in New York, the
schedule for the loss of an arm is
312 weeks compensation and this is
paid regardless of the amount of
lost time actually sustained by the
injured worker. In many states,
New York among them, compensa-
tion may be payable for percent
age of such a schedule. Thus, an
injury which is equivalent to 0%
loss of use of an arm entities a
worker to 1856 weeks compensation.
In other states, as in Pennsylvania,
there is a schedule only for total
loss of use and not for a percent
age of loss of use.
All Of these questions are deter
mined only by medical testimony
and reports, and a workers case is
as strong or as weak as the reputa-
tion Of his doctor.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-11-18

price controls, and development in
the public interest of our natural
resources.
Whether or not these bills are
passed, how many compromises the
liberals in Congress have to make
depends in large measure upon you
Remember how the in-season-
and-out support that President
Roosevelt had from the people in
the early years of the New Deal
forced not so enthusiastic Con-
gressmen to vote for his progress
sive measures.
Remember how-when the peo-
Pile relaxed and began to leave it
all to the President-his influence
with Congress waned, and liberal
bills died in committees?
1t can happen again-if you let
it. We've got to keep slugging be-
tween elections and keep the Con
gress convinced that when we voted
for a return to the New Deal we
meant it.
If we stay on the ball, continue
the educational work of our unions
political leagues, keep i'll touch
with our legislators, we can push
labor's program over the congress
ional hump. Then We'll be in a posi-
tion to increase our demands.
But if we just rest on our laurels,
"We've had it," A few good laws
will be pushed thru by the Presi-
dent on the strength of the cleo
ton returns, but then Congress
will start knitting Truman the way
it did FDR. It's up to you-all the
way.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-11-18
IT'S STILL UP TO YOU

Here in Washington a lot OF
people are asking questions which
only you union men and women out
in the states can answer.
Your union representatives here
government administrators, and OF
course the newsmen-who want to
do better job at predicting what
Congress will do next year than
they did at guessing the election
are wondering how much of his
program President Truman will
actually be able to get thru Con
gress. a
Despite labor's victory at the
polls there is still a Taft-Hartleyite
majority-albeit a slim one-in
Congress. All the questions boil
down to this: can President Tru-
man and the people who reelected
him put enough heat on these con
servative politicians to make them
carry out the mandates you handed
Congress on Nov. 2?
Republican senators like Aiken
and Flanders Of Vermont and
Young of South Dakota have said,
since the votes were counted, that
they're prepared to meet President
Truman halfway on his New Deal
program. Their support is being
welcomed by the Democratic high
command. There's even some talk
in Republican circles of replacing
the reactionary Taft -Wherry SEN
ate COP leadership team with new
er men like Ives Of New York.
Not a whisper has been heard,
however, about breaking up the
''murderers' row" of Martin, Tab
er, Halleck, Wolcott and Allen who
dominate the COP delegation in the
House. As was true in the l920's
and 30's whatever enlightenment
there is in the Republican party is
concentrated in the Senate.
Senator McGrath, the Demo-
cratic Natl Committee chairman,
has said that he isn't going to in
terfere with the choice of Congress
ional committee chairmen. The top
leaders of the bigotted Dixiecrat
movement won't be welcomed back
into the party, he declared. But it
appears that the quiet States
Fighters, the men who've usually
voted wrong but didn't openly defy
the national party last fall, will re-
tain their seniority.
McGrath may be right. An out
right slap in the face from the ad-
ministration would certainly for
felt it the votes of the southern
bloc. The catch of course is that it
leaves the Bourbons in key spots
on committees that have to pass on
the legislation you voted for.
What President Truman and Sen.
McGrath are counting on is that
when Congress meets these way
ward Democrats will remember
what it was you voted for: Taft
Hartley repeal, public housing,
health insurance, civil rights, bet
ter minimum wage law, effective
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-11-18
FRANCIS ]. NOLAN

Francis J. Nolan, mouldmaker
died Nov. 13 in the Belmont County
Sanatorium at st. Clairsville, fol-
lowing several months illness.
Mr. Nolan was born in East Liv-
erpool, son of Timothy and Mary
Leblanc Nolan. He was employed
last at the Hall China Co. He was
a member of st. Aloysius Catholic
Church and Local Union 22, Ma
tional Brotherhood of Operative
Potters.
He leaves a son, Francis w.
Nolan of East Liverpool; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Vivian Allies of Cleveland /;
sister, Mrs. Robert Barker of
East Liverpool; two brothers, Ber-
nard Nolan of East Liverpool, and
Daniel Nolan of Dayton, and four
grandchildren.
Rites were held Nov. 16 in ST..
Aloysius Church. Burial was made
in Spring Grove Cemetery.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-11-18
Hit Govt Policies In Atom And Ship
Industries AT Metal Trades Session

Cincinnati (LPA) - Policies OF
three government agencies - the
Navy Dept, Maritime Commission
and Atomic Energy Commission
were under fire last week at the
annual convention here of the AFL
Metal Trades Department.
The Navy Dept and Maritime
Commission were assailed for Civ
ing nearly all of the contracts
awarded under the governments
shipbuilding program to east coast
yards owned by "big steel" corpor-
ations-to the exclusion of the
west coast, Gulf and Great Lakes.
A finish fight was pledged by the
convention to correct this asserted
ly unfair allotment.
President Charles j. MacGowan
of the Boilermakers called it zone
of the most indefensible conditions
of discrimination that our Federal
agencies have ever been guilty of"
MacGowan said the matter had
been brought to the attention of
President Truman, who promised
an investigation.
Meanwhile, a campaign is being
started along. the west coast to
mobilize public opinion and to bring
pressure on Congress and the fed
eral agencies to secure fair allo-
cation Of ship contracts, he said.
The present setup, MacGowan de-
clared, amounts to a case Of "fatt-
ening Big Steel on the North At
lantic."
Thomas A. Rotell, delegate of
the Pacific Coast District Metal
Trades Council, also told of a
struggle being carried on by the
west coast shipyard unions to get
a "fair deal' on shipbuilding
awards for that coast. He predicted
that, with Truman having been re-
turned to office, "the results of our
efforts are going to bear fruit"
The Navy Dept was also assail-
ed for having abolished a naval
wage review board, on which or
ganized labor had representation
for a quarter century. That board
had the final voice on the establish
ment of wage scales in government
navy yards and other naval install
lations employing civilian workers.
The convention voted to fight for
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-11-18
10 AFL Papers
Receive Awards

Washington (LPA)-Awards for
journalistic excellence were pre-
sented this week by AFL President
William Green to 18 labor publica-
tions, judged the best in various
classifications by a committee of
international Labor Press of Am
erica. Scrolls were awarded editors
or their representatives at ban
quet climaxing ILPA's annual con-
vention preceding the AFL conven-
ton here.
Three "firsts"-for excellence in
Typography and press work, for
best art, and for the best pictorial
display, went to Butcher Workman,
monthly rotogravure magazine of
the Amalgamated Meat Cutters &
Butcher Workmen, and editor Eu-
gene Moore.
Two top prizes were awarded to
The Hat Worker and editor j. C.
Rich of the Hat, Cap & Millinery
Workers, and another two "firsts"
to Colorado Labor Advocate, state
federation weekly, and editor AL
Magnuson.
Other awards went to: Mainten-
ance of Way Employees Journal,
Building Service Employee, Retail
Clerk Advocate, Paper Maker,
Southern Teamster, Textile Chal-
lenger, Chemical Worker, Detroit
Labor News, Oregon Teamster,
Fresno Labor Citizen, Seafarers
Log, Machinists Monthly Journal,
Union Leader, Postal Record, and
Electrical Workers Journal.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-11-18
OBITUARIES
MRS. BEULAH WATKINS

MhO. De ~ LAn w n hlINO
Cambridge, Ohio - Mrs. Beulal
Cooper Watkins, 81, died at hel
home, 1850 Beckett Ave-, following
n lingering illness.
Mrs. Cooper was born in Buffalo
the daughter of Justice and Bessie
Mcconnell Cooper. She was mem.
Der of the Beckett Avenue Metho-
dist Church and affiliated with
Local Union 144, National Brother
hood of Operative Potters. She had
been employed by the Universal
Potteries, Inc.
Survivors include her husband
Floyd Watkins; her children, Del
ano of Cambridge, Donald of Is.
leta, Mrs. Melba Steele, Mrs
Norma Klass and Mrs. Leona Yer.
ian, all of Cambridge, and Floyd
Jr., Jack and Joyce Ann, of the
home; seven grandchildren; hel
mother, Mrs Bessie Cooper, Cleve'
land; two brothers, Dallas Cooper
Cambridge, and Leroy Cooper
Cleveland; four sisters, Mrs. Hilds
States of Akron; Mrs. Gail Shivers
and Mrs. Marjorie Green of Cleve-
land, and Mrs. Goldie Grudier
Cambridge.
Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. James Martin, pastor OF
the Beckett Avenue Methodist
Church. Burial was in Northwood
Cemetery.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-11-18
ORVILLE A. GOLDEN

Orville A. Golden, 365 River
Road, died suddenly Nov. Is in
City Hospital following a cerebral
hemorrhage. He was 78.
Mr.. Golden spent his lifetime in
East Liverpool. He was employed
last as a night watchman for the
Harker Pottery Co. He was mem
Der of the First Methodist Church
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Emma
Hughes Golden; two daughters,
Miss Mildred Golden and Mrs,
Gladys Frantz of Jackson, KY, and
two grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-11-18

owners, big farmers, and what few
industrialists the state contains.
The New Mexico Laundry Own.
ers Association ordered its mem
bers to instruct employees to vote
for the amendment. But when labor
pointed out that the unorganized
laundry workers receive only $3.50
to $3.50 day, voters got glimpse
Of the forces behind the measure
and gave it a humping defeat.
While neighboring Arizona put
teeth into its antiunion bill, New
Mexicans wrote finis to the big
money boys scheme to shackle la
Dor. Labor leaders credited AFL
building trades and Los Alamos
atomic energy workers with get
ting out the big vote.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-11-18

where voters rejected: (a) fright
to work" measure; (b) a require
ment that labor union officers be
elected by secret ballot at least
once a year, and (c) a prohibition
against strikes except those voted
by a majority Of the unions mem
bership.
New Mexico voters turned down
an "open shop" amendment which
would have prohibited denying EN-
ployment to any person because of
membership in, resignation or ex-
pulsion from a labor organization,
or refusal to join a union.
Setback in Arizona
In Arizona, where the states
1916 anticlosed shop amendment
was being attacked on constitution
al grounds, the electorate approved
an enabling act which would: pro-
hibit any compulsion against per-
son to join a labor union or strike
against his will; prohibit conspir-
acies to violate the act; provide
that any person injured or threat
ened with injury by any illegal act
shall be entitled to injunctive re-
lief; provide that any person violat-
ing provisions Of the act shall be
liable for damages to the person
injured.
The original amendment, which
the Arizona State Federation of
Labor contended was unconstitu-
tional, was scheduled for hearing
before the u. S. Supreme Court
this week.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-11-18

Santa Fe, N. NJ. QLNS Specially }
New Mexico organized labor un-
tied to smash an antiunion consti-
tutional amendment by walloping
10000 vote margin.
The proposal would have outlaw
ed the closed and union shops in the
state by writing what labor leaders
called "class legislation" into the
state constitution. To oppose the
drive by a big-business backed
front organization, labor pulled to-
gether and had the assistance of
the Catholic Church.
The combination was to difficult
for the big money men to buck,
Out of a total of 100000 votes, la
Dor received 10000 for defeat Of
the measure. And that was without
help from any major candidate
running for state or national office.
Both parties steered clear of the
issue. II was "a clear-cut labor vic
tory.
Big Boys Lose
The New Mexico Council of AS
sociations drew up the bill and
pushed it through the 1947 legis-
lature. But when it came time for
the people to vote on the measure,
the council was unable to rally any
significant support behind it.
Labor had church dignitaries,
educators and civic leaders on its
side. The council had only money
and statements from large ranch
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-11-18
HARRIS NEW ASST COUNSEL

Washington (LPA)-Some of the
heavy load carried by CIO and
United Steelworkers General Coun-
sci Arthur Goldberg was lightened
last week with the appointment of
Thomas +. Harris as assistant gen
eral counsel both for CIO and the
Steelworkers. A 36-year-old native
of Arkansas, Harris graduated
from Columbia University Law
School and then served as secre-
tary to the late Chief Justice Har-
Ian Fiske Stone Of the US Supreme
Court. He has served in several
government legal posts.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-11-18
Two States Reject Bans On Closed Shop;
Arizona Votes Union-CrippIing Bill

Washington d. c. LNs)organized labor scored two major
when following
AFL CO and Independent unions decsey rejected closed
shop bans and other antunon proposals. Arizona voters msd by big
legislation which labor will
n the
polls marked the
when Arizona Nebraska and South Dakota
voted O prohibit the closed shop.
complete 1913 victory Massachusetts,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-11-18

There is more power in the pur-
chase of one ounce of Union Label
goods than there is in tons of reso-
lutions!
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-11-18
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT

Whereas Almighty God in His infinite wisdom, has
fit to take from midst friend and fellow worker
Sister Catherine Daley respected admired for her fellow
ship and character and
Whereas We the members of Local Union SO recognize
the loss of this Sister shall cherish the
of her pleasant and evidence of sympathy and
esteem, it is hereby further
Resolved, That extend profound sympathy to
her family copy of this resolution be published in
official journal The Poters Herald copy spread the
minutes of the Local and copy sent to the beeaved family
Also that charter be draped mourning for period of
thirty days.
FAYE KELL
HELEN HANEY
VESTA HICKMAN, Committee