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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-13
Textile Workers
Convention Opens
In Atlantic City

Atlantic City UPA)-Opening
the annual convention Of the Tex
tile Workers Union-CIO, President
Emil Rieve said that the unions
atop mission in 1913" is to go to
the polls and elect good congress.
Rieve reported to the member
/ ship that nearly $3.50 of all those
who voted in union shop elections
under the Taft-Hartley act cast
their ballot for the union. "These, y
he said, "included $50 of all those
eligible to vote. When the issue
was clear, the workers came to the
polls and voted right. The issue
can be just as clear in November;
it is our job to make it So"
More than 100000 workers are
now under TWUA contracts at
higher wages than they ever made
before. But, warned Rieve, "tho
we are stronger than ever before,
the dangers ahead Of us are great
er too" Referring to the weaken
ing effects of the Taft Hartley
law, the TWUA head called the
memberships overwhelming vote
for the union shop "an answer to
the Tafts, to the Hartleys and to
all the reactionaries in Congress
who have been kicking labor around
for the last two years"
Another pitfall mentioned by
Rieve was the effect of initiation on
the union budget, "tho we now
have close to two million dollars, a
milestone in our history"
Citing the Lewis case, the union
leader warned that "the anti-labor
injunction, which was supposed to
be dying, is with us again at both
the state and federal level" "If an
employer can't get one himself"
he added, "the General counsel of
the NLRB will get it for him"
The Textile Workers president
listed some serious errors on the
international front. "The gravest," +"
he said, "is spreading the impress
ion that our way of life, "our Am
erican ideal, includes only political
freedom, not economic freedom or
economic security. We are confus-
ing Capitalism with democracy
to the delight of the Soviet Union"
On the political question, Rieve
lashed into the Republicans and
Henry Wallace. "The idea of
third party has strong appeal to-
day" he said "But there is a vast
difference between a true liberal
and what Henry Wallace
is doing" He cited some of the
many instances where the Wallace
party is opposing liberal candidates
for Congress.
or Truman he said: 81 have no
serious quarrel with any major
policy of the Truman administra-
tion. But do not see much pur-
pose in an administration which |
sounds good but gets nowhere"
Rieve said that "the best chance |
for a liberal victory would be pre-
,ented by a draft of General
Dwight ID. Eisenhower" but named |
,ther possibilities for the Demo
ratio nomination such as Supreme
Court Justice William O. Douglas.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-13
Holds Picketing
Violates tn Ban

Washington (LPA)- An NLRB
trial examiner ruled last week that
the Kansas City, Mo-, district of
the United Brotherhood of Carpen-
ters-AFL has violated the secon-
dary boycott ban-in the Taft Hart
ley law. The carpenters took the
lead in the local Building Trades
Councils picketing of housing
project where non-union made pre-
fabricated houses We're being erect
ed.
Most of the charges made
against the union were dismissed.
But the fact that a picket, auth
orized by the Council and paid by
the Carpenters, prevented members
If the Int'l Brotherhood of Team
sters from delivering materials to
the project under threat of sus~
pension by their union was held to
threat of reprisal" in
the course of conducting a secon-
dairy boycott.
Trial examiner Charles w. Sch
neider ruled, however, that the
unions were not guilty of unfair
labor practices in putting the con-
tractors firm on their "Do Not
Patronize" list, or in discouraging
workers from working
for him.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-13

relief to the wealthy and little
relief to the low-income wage
eamers.
1t reduced appropriations for
agencies which aid labor.
1t weakened the Wage-Hour set
up and reduced the coverage of
the Social Security system.
1t weakened rent control.
And it has been reluctant to do
anything about one of the nations
most serious problems-housing.
The U. S. economy, as history
has demonstrated, can stand just
so much strain and then it starts
coming apart at the seams.
The danger point is reached
when consumers can no longer
buy the products of the farm and
factory in huge quantities.
1t won't be long before that
point is reached if the present
trend continues even if the
unions achieve needed wage ad-
justments.
This will be especially true if
industry refuses to pay the in
creases out of it's enormous pro-
fits and, instead, slaps on new
price increases.
The "big guys" are entitled to
a decent profit and the 'little guys"
are entitled to decent wages
and our economy can provide both.
both.
But the quest for unreasonable.
profits-and for legislation to aid
the powerful at the expense of the
weak = will achieve no lasting
benefits even for the wealthy.
The reason for this is that
there are so many more "little
guys" than ''big guys" and that
the ''little guys" occasionally get
together and pull in the same di-
rection.
The powerful ones should never
forget what happened when the
weak ones threw their support to
a fellow named Roosevelt.
And they should never forget
why.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-13

Those governments which created
our constitution" he said, "indulg-
ed in the luxury of adopting high
moral position. They declared that
no refugee who feared to return to
his country of origin should be
forced to do so. They have not
paid the price called for by the
position they adopted"
Tuck revealed that officials of
the refugee organization were SER
icusly concerned over the effects
of German propaganda on the re-
fugee policies of the member gov
ernment. Pointing out that the an
niversary of the liberation" of dis
placed persons was near at hand,
he said that during that period the
animosity between the Germans
and their victims had increased.
On the credit side, Tuck said he
confidently expected early ratifi-
cation of the International Refugee
Organizations constitution by Bra
zil, Denmark or Venezuela. The ad-
dition of any of these countries
would give a permanent status to
the organization. He cited new
agreements for large-scale resettle-
ment with Brazil and Canada, but
he stressed the difficulty of get
ting transportation. This is so SER
ious that Tuck said a financial
saving was anticipated from trans
porting displaced persons by air
to certain countries. In all, the or
ganization will have moved about
10000 fewer displaced persons than
planned by July l, l948.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-13
CIO To FEC: Uphold
Rule Political Talks
Can't Be Censored

Washington (LPA) - The Fed
eral Communications Commission
has been urged by the CIO to up
hold its tentative decision that ra-
dio stations cannot blue pencil the
speeches of candidates for public
office.
The FEC decision, reached in a
case involving the Port Huron
Broadcasting Company, according
to CIO Publicity Director Allan L..
Swim "paves the way for greater
freedom of political discussion in
radio"
If made final, the FEC rule rep
resents "an important step toward
giving workers organizations more
equitable access to the cauntry's
equitable access to the country's
wrote to the commissioners.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-13
Teomsfers DeIoy
Political Action

Indianapolis (LPA)- President
Daniel j. Tobin of the Int'l Broth
erhood of Teamsters-AFL has told
the unions membership that "the
international union is taking no
direct part in the political cam
paign until we find out where we
stand with both parties and plat
FORMS"
After the COP and Democratic
conventions, the powerful Teams
ters may call a conference to de-
eide the unions policy, Tobin an
nounced.
Tobin, who each Presidential
campaign from 1882 on headed the
labor activities of the Democratic
campaign for Franklin ID. Roose-
welt, paid tribute to FDR who, be-
cause of his courage to express
himself in behalf of the masses of
the toilers of the nation, broke all
precedents by being returned four
times to the office of the presi-
dency of the U.s."
at may never happen again"
he added. There may never be
another such man."
Tobin, writing in the current In
ternational Teamster, asserts that
at is a waste Of time to be en-
deavoring to explain to the politi-
cal elements that seem to be in
control now, or others who may
be the political leaders next year,
that labor is the only safeguard
there is for business or capital or
government in our country"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-13
Comment On
World Events

William Hallam Tuck of the
United States, executive secretary
of the Preparatory Commission OF
the International Refuge Organiza-
tion, recently made some pungent
comments on the way the gov
ernments of the world have hand
led the problem of displaced per-
sons. He made a soaring indict-
ment of government hypocricy and
lack of charity, applicable to the
United States as we'll as to various
other nations.
Addressing the opening session
Of the commissions sixth meeting
at Geneva, Tuck, the New York
Times reported, told the delegates:
"The refugee problem is not be-
ing solved. 1t is not being solved
because we have too little of too
many things--too little time, too
little money, too few ships and
most important of all too little
Christian charity among nations"
Tuck charged the governments
with looking upon the refugees as
so much labor fodder, ignoring the
human element and taking an ex-
tremely short-sighted view of the
consequences of their current poll
cies.
He said refusal of the govern
ments to admit families and depen-
dents was creating situation
among the displaced persons that
soon might lead to a reflux of
persons to camps in order to join
their families. "We are menaced in
the relatively near future by some
thing far more serious than the
hard core of aged and infirm," Tuck
said, citing soundings among the
displaced persons that had indicat-
ed that respondent families were
beginning to refuse resettlement
rather than risk indefinite separa-
ton.
Stressing that the problem was
no bigger than the settlement of
one million persons, Tuck said pas
sage of legislation admitting sub
stantial numbers of displaced per-
sons into the United States "would
go long way toward providing a
solution to the major portion of
our problem. He ruled out Pales-
tine as a haven of any Importance
because of the political troubles
there. Many more could be usefully
resettled in Western Europe, he
said, if family groups could be ad-
mitted together.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-13
More Little Guys" Than big Guys"

You can't blame the average
"little guy" if he's a bit fed ur
with the way things have been go
ing since the end of the war.
Oh, sure, he has a steady jot
and he earns more dollars a week
than he ever did before.
But he's tired of always hold
ing the short end of the stick.
He's tired Of the economic and
political maneuvering which has
been widening the gap between
him and the "big guys"
And there's something about
the situation which reminds him
of the boom which came before
our last terrible depression.
You recall that OPA was killed
so "free competition" could take
over and the nation could return
to it's normal" way of doing busi-
ness.
NAM carried the ball on this
one and it assured the public
that the end of price controls
would not be followed by un-
reasonably high prices.
The NAM either didn't know
what it was talking about or it
deliberately misled the public!
Except for short periods, prices
have been increasing steadily ever
since OPA was killed.
NAM didn't point out that "nor-
map business cannot be con-
Quoted during periods of extreme
shortages and that there is no
real competition between pro-
ducers or sellers when there are
not enough products to go around.
Prices and profits went up and
the purchasing power of the aver
age consumer went down.
Last year labor tried to bring
about an adjustment that would
not feed the flames of initiation.
1t said it preferred price reduc-
tionS to wage increases.
Business and industry didn't cut
prices. They didn't even hold
them steady. They boosted them.
The only thing left for labor
to do was to seek wage hikes.
That it did
Now some Industries are MAX
ing price cuts that are much
smaller than their previous in
are refusing to grant
badly needed wage hikes.
Many industries could raise
cut prices and still make
large profits.
The Republican-dominated Con-
gress, which has a "big guy" COM
plex, saddled organized labor with
the Taft-Hartley Law, which is de-
signed to weaken or destroy unions.
1t passed an income tax reduc-
ton measure which gave much
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-13
IBEw RECORDS IT'S HISTORY

Washington LPA) - j. Scott
Milne, secretary Of the Int'l Broth
erhood of Electrical Workers-AFL
has asked all union members and
local TO send him materials for the
union history display which will be
"a permanent feature of lBEW's
headquarters in Washington. Con
vention photos, constitutions,
badges, transfer cards, all will be
preserved among the landmarks of
the unions struggles, set-backs and
advances. Forging ahead after 81
years of accomplishment, lBEW
last week won Toe an hour wage in
crease for 10000 public utility en-
ployes in Illinois.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-13
CHURCH CHOIR ON STRIKE

London (LPA)-The members of
the choir of All Saints Church
downed their hymn books last week
and went on strike. They say they
will stay out until the pastor, Rev.
r. M. Tapply, apologies for
some nasty remarks he made about
local talent. 1t seems that when the
rehearsals for the Easter oratoric
began the preacher wanted to inn
port some outside soloists, while
the regular choir thought it was
quite capable of handling the spec
ial music.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-13

ment that "The principle of contri-
butory health insurance should be
the basic method of financing
medical care for the large majority
of the American people, in order
to remove the burden of unpredic
table sickness costs, abolish the
economic barrier to adequate medi
cal services and avoid the indigni-
ties of a means test" This state
ment was okayed by the steering
committee of one of the assembly
sessions, which included Cruik
shank, Becker, and two top officials
of the American Medical Assn.
Besides this marked change in
ANA attitude, spokesmen for the
suter-organized health program
who were present obtained an
agreement from the ANA to sit
down with committee from the
consumer-sponsored plans to dis
cuss how to solve the problem
created in more than 20 states
where, with state medical society
support, laws have been passed re-
stricting medical care plans to ones
solely controlled by physicians.
"Not only have the state medical
associations obtained these restric-
tive laws" charged Horace Hansen,
counsel for the Cooperative Health
Federation of America, "but they
have vigorously fought bills pro-
posed by lay groups, cooperatives
particularly, which sought equal
privilege to sponsor voluntary
plans" Hansen went on to indi-
cate that he had serious doubts
that the Blue Shield plans operat
ed by the doctors in some states
could be regarded as non-profit or
ganizations. He pointed out that
Blue Shield-that is, the doctors,-
had complete control over both the
rates charged and the way the
money was disposed Of.
The Blue Shield plans, as well
as the Blue Cross disqualification
programs, came in for criticism
from labor delegates. Otis Brubak
er, speaking for the United Steel
workers-CIO, pointed out that in
its current negotiations with the
steel industry for a nationwide
health and welfare program, Blue
Cross was unable to make any in
dication of set of nationwide
rates to provide such service.
Spokesman for l5 national organ
izations-representing well over
100000 people - prepared and
presented to the medical care sec
tion of the assembly an eight-point
program. 1t calls for "a national
health insurance plan, assuring
free choice of doctors, professional
freedom for the practitioner, and
decentralized administration thru |
state and local bodies"
Signatores included: Cruikshank
and Becker for AFL and ClO,
Josephine Roche, newly appointed
director of the United Mine Work
ers welfare fund, for the UNIV;
DR.. Claiming Forthingham, Com
mittee for the Nations Health;
Murray Robinson, American Veter-
ans Committee; Jerry Voorhis, Co
operative League Of America;
Gladys Edwards, Natl Farmers
Union; DR. w. Montague Cobb, !
Natl Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People; DR.. Ed
ward l.. Young, Physicians Com
mittee for the Improvement of
Care.
Until such time when a nation
al compulsory health insurance pro-
gram is won, the signers Of the
statement advocated voluntary
prepayment health plans" achiev-
ed "on a cooperative or collective
basis
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-13
Senators Told
Ball Bill Is
Reverse Step

Washington (LPA) - Speaking
for the organization that led the
fight for the Fair Labor Standards
Act in the 1930's, Professor Walter
Gellhorn of Columbia University
Law School this week told Sem
ate Labor Subcommittee that the
Ball bill would actually weaken
the present law"
The 100000 un-unionized work
ers covered by the present ELSA
protection have been unrepresented
at the current Senate hearings, at
which Gellhorn was the final wit
ness, the professor pointed out to
the committee. Several sections of
both the bill sponsored by Senate
Joseph Ball (R., Mimi and anoth-
er improving the present law spon-
sored by Sen Ebert Thomas 3D.,
Utah are of "gravest Importance
to the large segment of the work.
ing population which is outside the
labor unions" the NCL said.
"a minimum hourly wage of 60c,
subject to being yet further lower
ed to SOC, will not protect standards
already established by the volun-
tary action of American employers.
Few workers embraced by the pro-
posed amendments now earn so lit
tie as to be almost invisible" Cell
horn asserted.
He pointed out that in Balls bill
minimum wages cannot be raised
above Zoe an hour. The NCL op-
poses any top minimum, Gellhorn
said, even the top of 81 an hour
proposed in the Thomas bill, be-
cause what might appear to be a
reasonable ceiling may soon be rem
dered obsolete by events"
Singled out for criticism by the
Consumers League spokesman was
one section of BalPs bill which de-
fines one word, produce" in a way
that removes from the the protec-
tion Of the Fair Labor Standards
Act many workers.
"We note, for example," Cell
horn told the Senator's, "that if few
er than 20 per cent of the en-
ployes are to be covered in this
law. Thus, for example, if there
were 100 employees in an establish
ment, only 19 of whom were en-
gagged in work related to inter-
state commerce, the whole estab-
lishment would be exempted and
even those employees who were ac-
lively producing goods for COM
merce would be unprotected.
"We observe that the converse
of this proposition is not true un-
der the Ball Bill. That is to say,
if 81 employees in an establishment
of 100 workers were engaged in
commerce and the remaining 49,
were not, those 10 would remain
uncovered by the law. In other
words, whenever viewing the estab-
lishment as a whole results in re-
workers from Fair Labor
Standards Act protection, then the
is viewed as whole.
But if to do so would result in
new workers within the
scope of the law, then the process
is entirely reversed. In that case
the Ball bill concerns itself with
what the individual employee is
doing, rather then with the general
nature Of the employers business.
This impresses us as inequitable in
effect if not in purpose"
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