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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-18
Urge Workers Back
Recovery Program

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-The
2-day international labor confer
ence on the European Recovery
Program, called in London by the
British Trades Union Congress,
ended with a unanimous call for
support of the program. The meet
ing issued a declaration of faith
in the program and urged "effec-
tive cooperation" by all workers in
the participating nations.
A 10-member trade union advis-
ory committee was created to keep
the 43 member labor organizations
in close touch with the develop
ments in connection with the re-
covery plan and to reconvene the
conference at a future date. 1t was
understood the committee would
call a new meeting in late April.
AFL, CIO, u. S. American rail-
road labor delegates joined in dem
onstrating American labor's unity
for the recovery program. Frank
P. Fenton, AFL delegate, emphas-
lied the strong support all labor
had given the program and as
sured the conference that U. S.
labor would assure that ''no polit-
ical strings" were attached to ERP.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-18
AFL Bocks Move For Inquiry BY
UN On Worldwide Slave L q b or

where at least half of the worlds
modern slaves are located.
Charging that the number of
slave laborers in the world has in
creased to an estimated 10000, 900,
the signers of the statement pub
licly expressed their solidarity with
these workers.
"On the basis of the facts dis
closed, the conscience of humanity
must be mobilized," the statement
says. Gree labor is not secure
while slave labor exists. We as
sert that it is the positive duty of
the United Nations to investigate
and publicize the facts about slave
labor. We ask for the facts, and
we demand the end of slave labor
everywhere in the world"
A delegation representing the
Workers Defense League presented
the statement to Trygve Lie, sec
retary- general of the United Ma
tions. 1t is expected that the ac-
ton of the WDL and its hackers
will add an impetus to considera-
ton of the slave labor problem by
the UN, discussion of which was
postponed by the Economic and So
cial Council until July.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-18
Senator Wouldn't Work At Trode
Five Minutes Unless Organized

ers were required to work IL hours
a day, 365 days in the year (at)
$4,000 a month, without pay fol
over time. The teletype has about
Eput my trade out of business, but
would not work at any trade today
for five minutes without member
ship in organized labor" The Sena-
tor concluded his letter by wish
ing the Retail Clerks organization
continued success in their organ
national efforts.
This clear-cut, pro-labor state
ment, regarding his daughters af-
filiation with the Retail Clerks
Union, and his subsequent cham
pioning of all organized labor, is of
particular significance nationally
as we'll as in his home state. He is
regarded in the same light in Colo
RADIO as the late Senator Hiram
Johnson was in California and
Charles Norris in Nebraska. A
member of the u. S. Senate Com
mittee of Interstate and Foreign
Commerce, Senator Johnson voted
against the Hartley Act and
also to sustain the presidents veto.
Before being elected senator, he
served as governor of Colorado and
has been in public life almost "as
long an anyone around Denver can
remember" it was said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-18

Washington, d. C. QLNS) =
Economic forces of initiation and
of deflation are "in a tight strug-
gle for supremacy" Albert N. Den
mis- said in his Labor News Review
program over WTOP, Columbia
Broadcasting System.
"This might be difficult for the
average person to understand, but
practically all responsible econo-
mists whom have consulted agree
that it is true" Dennis said, re-
viewing the economic situation.
"These forces-which is to say,
the forces of initiation on the one
hand and of deflation on the other
are pretty evenly matched as of
right now," the program director
continued. Tn normal times, if we
didn't already have inflationary
prices, that would be the way we
would want the economic forces to
line up. But the present cry is for
lower prices or higher wages, so
it is conceivable that one side or
the other could get the upper hand
again, and another moderate spiral,
up or down, could get started. Eco
nomists all tell me that they do
not expect any great changes in
the immediate future, but it's still
difficult to see over the horizon.
The one present result of this bat
tie of the economic forces is that
present inflationary prices are not
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-18
Governor Acts To
Aid Migrant Labor

Albany, N. Y. (ILNS) = Gov
Dewey has appointed Milton O
Loysen, director of State Placement
and Unemployment Insurance, to
an expanded interdepartmental
committee to improve working and
living conditions of migrant labor.
Loysen was added to the group
in view of the states resumption
of farm labor recruitment and
placement, which had been carried
on by the federal government dur
ing the war. Dewey also approved
appointment of Harry N. Height,
farm labor coordinator of the Agri-
culture and Markets Department, as
executive director of the commit
tee, which represents eight depart
ments and agencies.
The committee recommended con-
tinued state aid for migrant child
care, health and police inspections
of all farm labor camps and assis-
tance by the State Education De-
partment and schools to help
youths ID years of age and over to
obtain farm work permit.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-18
TN Ban On Labor
Politics Declared
Unconstitutional

Washington UPA)-In a clear
cut decision Judge Ben Moore Of
the federal district court ruled this
week that Section 304 of the Taft
Hartley act is unconstitutional.
Judge Moore upheld labor's charge
that the prohibition upon political
expenditures by unions violates
the basic guarantees of the Bill of
Rights.
The specific case on which the
court ruled was brought by the
Justice Dept against CIO and
President Philip Murray on the
basis of Murray's instructions to
ClO News to carry his endorsement
of an AFL members campaign for
Congress in Maryland special
election.
Judge Moore noted that the is
sue Of CIO News in question was
distributed widely, not just to its
regular subscribers, and Inherent
tally brushed aside the contention
of Sen. Robert A. Taft (R., Ohio)
that a union might use its paper
to inform its own members of it's
endorsements, but could not take
its case to the public.
Replying to the Justice Depart
ments contention that Section 304
is justifiable under federal powers
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-18
Sebring Local To
Hold Supper On
Thursday, Mar. rs

President Flowers appointed a
resolution committee at our last
meeting consisting of Sisters
Brown, Jackson and Johnson. The
committee is now ready to receive
resolutions and urge all members
to hand them in as early as pos
sible. The deadline for receiving
resolutions at headquarters is May
/.
The attendance at our meetings
continues to be very good. All
shops in Sebring are working
steady and indications point to
steady employment for some time.
Our recreational program con-
tinues to be quite a success. After
our last meeting a birthday party
was held for Sister Hazel Brown.
She received many fine gifts and
best wishes for many more birth
days. Sister Elnora Lamp baked
the birthday cake.
A committee was appointed with
Sister Lamp as the chairman, to
arrange for chill supper at the
Legion hall on Thursday, March
25. The supper will be served from
to $50 and we would like to see
every member attend. Tickets are
now on sale and can be purchased
from any member of the commit
tee. An invitation has been extend
ed national officials and we hope
they can find their way clear to be
present.
The eligible list for the conven-
ton is still very large and it looks
as though we might have few new
faces at Atlantic City.-O. C. 121.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-18

New York-AFL leaders joined
with other prominent citizens in
calling upon the United Nations
for a searching inquiry into slave
labor conditions throughout the
world and urged an end to the
practice of slave labor everywhere.
The statement, signed by more
than 800 citizens, was released by
Rev. Donald Harrington, national
chairman of the Workers Defense
League.
Included among those backing
the WDL action were William
Green, president of the AFL; Matt
hew Woll, AFL council member;
Max Zaritsky, president of the
United Hat, Cap and Millinery
Workers Union; Arnold S. Zander,
president of the State, County and
Municipal Employees Union; H. L.
Mitchell, president of the National
Farm Labor Union; A. Philip Ran
dolph, president of the Brotherhood
of Sleeping Car Porters; and 9th
er AFL officials.
Rev. Harrington declared the pri-
mary emphasis of the inquiry must
be on the investigation of slave la
Dor in Russian concentration camps
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-18

81 would not work at any trade
today for five minutes withou
membership in organized labor,
declared Colorado's senior u. S
Senator Edwin (Ed) C.. johnson
(Dem.) in response to letter ad-
dressed to him by Retail Clerks
Joint Council, AFL, of Denver, ask
ing him his reaction to the affilia'
tion of his daughter with the Retail
Clerks international Association
AFL, Local Union 454. His daugh-
ter, Mrs. Gladys Arrance, is en-
ployed in the book department of
the recently-organized Denver Dry
Goods Company's department
store.
The 64-year-old Senator also
said: 81 am proud of her (Mrs.
Arrance) for joining the Retail
Clerksk Union. No one knows better
than l the achievements of organ
lied labor and what it has done to
enhance the living standards of the
American people.
II joined the Order of Railroad
Telegraphers in 1905, and still am
a dues-paying member of that or
ganization. | am also a member of
the American Train Dispatchers
Association.
"When l joined the Order of
Railroad Telegraphers, telegraph
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-18
UAW-AFL Tells SEN. BALL
OFF ON TAFT-HARTLEY LAW

Washington (LPA)-Last Friday
wasn't too happy for Sen. JOSEPH
Ball (R., Minn.). The anti-unior
zealot, who should have been feel
ing pretty good over the report OF
his Joint Committee on Labor.
Management Relations was con
fronted early in the morning by
President Anthony Valente of the
United Textile Workers-AFL and
most of the unions executive COM
mitteemen.
They were in Washington for the
UTW's annual convention, and de-
cided to take advantage of the OPP
portunity to tell the Taft Hartley
watchdog" committee just what
they think of the union-baiting
law.
Valente told Bal that unions are
being deprived of their right by the
acts prohibition of pre-hearing
collective bargaining elections. En-
ployers are refusing to go for con-
sent elections, Valente said, because
they rely on the slowness of NLRB
to wear away union support be-
tween the time the union requests
an election and the time that it is
held.
He added that when more than
one union is involved and a run
Off is necessary as much as ID
have elapsed between the
first and the second ballot. an in
stances where charges are filed
against employers alleging unfair
labor practices, it takes so long for
an investigation, for a hearing be-
fore an examiner, his recommended
ton obtained and compliance eff
fected that it becomes a matter,
of not days, or months, but of
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-18
InfIo+ion n. Defiofion In Close
Fiqhf Soys L al or Commentator

getting higher and they're not get
ting particularly lower, either.
"This is attested also by the
latest report of the Bureau of La
Dor Statistics, which says that
prices of commodities in primary
markets, for the week ending Feb
ruary %, showed no average
change. The bureaus comprehen-
sive index remained at 1892 per
cent of the 1926 average, which is
used as a base. This is 2.7 per
cent below the last week in jan
uary, but 81 per cent higher than
for the corresponding week of last
year, and 40 per cent higher than
the last week in June, 1916, when
OPA controls ended. There have
been price fluctuations, but little
average change in recent weeks.
$50 the battle of the economic
forces of initiation and of deflation
still RACES, pretty much to draw
as of now. But that is nothing to
get alarmed about, say the econom-
lists, for a continued stalemate of
these forces could only result,
eventually, in greater economic
stability. Still more assuring is a
fact we have stated before, but
which might well be repeated over
and over again. 1t is that, in the
United States above all nations in
the world, the economic situation
is still basically sound"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-18
Attendance Good
AT M Getting Of
124 Despite Rain

Despite the heavy downpour OF
rain, the attendance at the regular
weekly meeting of Local Union
124 was good. The regular order
of routine business was quickly
transacted and the floor turned
over to Mr.. Willard Garner and
Frank Dales.
As officers for the new cooper
ative store which will soon be open
ed in East Liverpool, both gentle
men outlined the policy of the CO.
op store and answered many ques-
tions fired at them. The quota of
memberships required before the
store is opened is just few short
of the mark and the visitors urged
all those who have not signed up
as yet, to do so at once. We think
it is a very good investment and
one in which will greatly benefit
the working man and woman.
AS election time rolls around we
must all make sure we are regist-
cred. Don't keep putting it off un-
til it's too late. Labor has big job
cut out for all when election time
arrives and every worker should
feel it their duty as well as pri-
vilege to go to the polls and elect
our friends and defeat our enemies.
The anti-labor element is busily
engaged in spreading false propa-
ganda and unless we are on our
toes some of them may be return
ed to office. If this happens, and
in all probability it will unless. we
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-18
Large Attendanc
At Last Meeting
OF Local No. 122

Cambridge, Ohio - Everything
seems to be running along in fine
shape since our last letter to the
Herald and we are glad to an
nounce we are one big happy fam
lily.
Our meeting last week was one
to put heart in any local official.
Attendance was far above aver
age and it was necessary to scour
around for additional chairs to ac-
commodate the crowd.
The chief order of business on
the evenings agenda was the elec-
tion of a defense secretary to sue
ceed Harry Thompson who accept
ed a position of labor foreman.
Harry did a fine job in this re
spect and we feel sure he is fully
capable of carrying out the duties
of his new post.
In a spirited election in which
four aspirants sought the defense
secretary's post, Ida Wilson was
the winner on the first ballot. Our
congratulations to her and we know
she will do a fine job.
A political education committee
has been named by President Cof-
fey, as the local begins prepara-
tions to cooperate with the cam
paign of the American Federation
of Labor to do the best possible
for labor in this years elections.
The best advice is to register and
vote. Don't neglect this duty and
The entertainment committee an
nounced that a party will be held
following our next meeting. Tickets
are now on sale and can be pur-
chased from any member of the
conlmittee.-O. G.. 122.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-18
CIarksburg Local
Looks Forward To
Visit From Duffy

Clarksburg, w. Va.-The NAL,
members accepted the challenge o1
the fair sex at our last meeting
and as a result there was not ;
vacant chair in the hall. We hop,
this rivalry continues as it tends
to promote interesting meetings.
1t looks as though President
Duffy will have big job confront
ing him when he visits Clarksburg
The Local instructed all members
that everything in dispute is tC
stand as is until his arrival. We
are eagerly looking forward tc
his visit and feel sure all oul
troubles will be settled satisfac-
torily.
Lively discussions followed the
shop committee report and we were
glad to see so many of the young
er members taking an active part
This kind of spirit tends to pro-
mote progressive action which in
Athe end proves beneficial to all
trades. Let's keep up the good work
and move forward from here on.
Bro. Dave Bevan made report
on the progress of the Ladies
Auxiliary and extended an invita-
tion to all ladies of Local 80 to
attend the next meeting which will
be held on April 6 at the Central
Labor Union hall. An effort is
being made to secure Senator Nee
ly as the principal speaker. A So
cial will follow the meeting.
The Local is at loss to under
stand some of the recent orders is
sued by the firm. First we were
told everyone had to stop making
coffee in the shop, due to the short
age of electricity. This was follow
ed by later order which forbids
anyone going to the restaurant
until noon. The practice of eating
lunch is approximately as old as
the pottery industry itself and
the employees feel the ban is
little unjust. Some of the GI's were
heard to remark, "It's just like
being in the army"
The McNicol basketball team will
close their season this week. The
boys made a creditable record and
deserved much better support than
was sh3An. Plans are being lnas.e
to bolster the team for next year.
Harold Brinkley, clayshop fore
man has rendered his resignation,
effective March 81, to conduct the
business of his father who passed
away recently. Danny McNicol will
take over the duties of clayshop
foreman.
Bro. Ed. Davis is back in the
hospital and visit from the mem
bers will be appreciated. If you
cannot visit the hospital, send him
a card to cheer him up.
AS reminder, don't forget to
register, and don't forget to vote
for candidates who are friendly
to labor-O. C. 80.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-18
Doors Opened At
Consumer Owned
Department Store

Washington (LPA) = The first
consumer-owned department store
in the country opened in a suburb
of the nations capital last week.
An overflow crowd heard Sen,
George Aiken (R., N. H.) and
Asst Agriculture Secretary Charles
Brannan hail the pioneering ven
ture, first of 100 such stores plan
ned with the aid of funds left by
the late E. A. Filene, Boston de-
partment store owner.
Local union leaders, including
the president of the Central La
Dor Union and the Retail Clerks
AFL local, have been active in pro-
noting sales of stock for the new
cooperative, which has $4,000
square feet of floor and sells every
thing from mems suits to pressure
cookers.
Aiken hailed the new store as a
symbol of "the progressive spirit in
the cooperative movement. He
told the opening-day crowd that
prices will be strictly competitive,
and that the venture will pay all
local, state and national taxes paid
by any partnership or other such
venture, with the benefits returned
to members in the form of patron
age refunds at the end of the year.
Non-members' purchase slips can
be used to build up credit toward
purchase of stock.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-18
Denham To Insist
Upon Union Shop
Polls This Year

! Newark (LPA)-Addressing the
New Jersey Manufacturers Assn
Charles NJ. Brooks NLRB associate
general counsel, assured employers
that General Counsel Robert Den
ham will insist upon a new union
| shop election every time a union
wished to renew a pre-Taft Hartley
union security contract.
Brooks said that Denham main
tains that an NLRB poll must be
taken before union shop contract
is valid, and that the same provi-
sion applies to maintenance of
membership clauses.
However, Denham has said,
Brooks revealed, that once the
authority to negotiate a security
clause is granted, it remains in eff
feet until revoked under the Act,
or until a particular union is dis
placed as the bargaining agent.
Brooks most important state
ment for this years administration
of the Taft Hartley Act applies
to existing contracts which contain
an automatic renewal clause. The
Boards counsel has taken the po-
sition that union security features
may not be renewed without an
NLRB poll.
Despite a general policy of in
sisting upon the priority of federal
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-18
Auto Workers Local
Gains Third Unit

Chicago 1LNS)-Workers at the
A. B. T. Manufacturing Co., OF
Chicago voted by a margin of 2 to
to affiliate with Local 286, United
Automobile Workers of America,
AFL, in an NLRB election held re-
Gently.
This is the third unit to be add
ed to Amalgamated Local 286 in
the last few months and gives new
emphasis to the locals reputation
of the fastest growing union in
Chicago.
Contract negotiations are expect
ed to be opened in the very near
future, and the same type of fine
agreement in effect at other units
is expected to become available to
A. B. T. workers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-18
President of z. M.
Knowles China co.
Dies In Hospital

Frederick B. Lawrence, presi.
dent of the Edwin M. Knowles
China Co. at Newell, w. Va, died
March 13 in the East Liverpool
City Hospital.
! Mr.. Lawrence who was 72 years
of age, had been i'll since Decem-
Der, 1916 when he underwent a
major operation. He had been in
the hospital for the past two
months.
He had been general manager of
several subsidiaries of the Homer
Laughlin China Co. for more than
40 years.
A son of Samuel Lawrence and
Mary Elizabeth Blackmore Law
renee, he was born in Darlington,
Beaver County, Pa. He came to
East Liverpool 81 years ago, to be-
come secretary of the old Globe
Pottery Co. He served later in the
same capacity with the old East
Liverpool Potteries Company, re-
signing in 1905 to accept a position
with the Homer Laughlin China
Co. which was erecting it's No. A
plant in Newell.
Mr.. Lawrence was chairman of
the building committee of the
Homer Laughlin China Co., in
charge of the erection of the Nos.
S, 6, 7 and s plants. He was pre-
sident of the United States Potters
in 1925.
He was elected president of the
Edwin M. Knowles China Co. in
1943, succeeding the late E. M.
Knowles and held this office until
his death.
Survivors include a son, Freder-
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-03-18
DillOnvale Officials Will
Address CO-Op's Meeting

Officials of the cooperative
store movement announced this
week that a special meeting has
been called for next Wednesday
evening, March "a, in the auditor
ium at headquarters. Four officials
from the branch headquarters at
Dillonvale will address the meet
ing and all those interested in
opening a store in East Liverpool
are urged to attend. The meeting
has been called for 7:30 p. m.