The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-16
By HARRY S. TRUMAN
President of the United States

By HARRY S. TRUMAN
The that the Hartley Act working people
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Having mauguated in the Repuban-conroed soth Congress
party Republicans asking abo support for their anti
guided BY Repuan pol PSss RDesn apd es0
9aes ss dsasoW the party leadership these policies
Neither these policies the Rep0Oean
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by the Democratic party when Republican unemp0ymeh munger
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we had the wOff % Of a DEPRESSION brought the
PtS nfsd State despair toward prosperity and
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the fa ho5 e M FppG'a @ through the
8s7eoooo persons were employed and work
er TO-DAY employment exceeds OoOO record high and
pOyment only 2227OOO mostly accounted for by workers changing
In 1883 earnings employed
sS a sacd ss s Ess ahuh SH sua Republican ns
into the purchasing OF the weekly M pay & M the Republican de-
October 1929 had little sed or no sayings e be eaae
Today large protected by d I pr pro
ddd by oc INSURANCE workers and their widows
ceved payments 100000 to cushion them against economic
the lessons by the S Fs aor ~as hs
this need BY placing oof deT sd waB aBe ees
Emaomsnt yss% s free Service s
n fhse S nSp o PLACEMENTS cost
the total placements about 100000 made during
peon who work for living remember all this forward look
Hartley which sn sS Congress Con PASSED cd
protests the American Federation OF Labor th
the independent @ un @ b as1 p I failure
of e to needed legislation combat initiation and
VIDE TS rHea,S Republican, platform Act
the Democratic PLATFORM which sets forth dente laoor pro-
advocate repeal the Taft Hartley Act It was enacted s 5 by
poposed with the that the rights
AND % aosn s" sr
body of rules to free and effective coev
determine in the public interest the rights OF employees ana EN-
able unions keep membership free of communistc influence
The 80th Congress had hed day Oh anu
labor legislation In addition to the Taft Hartley law, it,
Twice approve reorganization plans for Strengthening
functions of the Department of Labor by making the e.
aon the devee of an rider
the u S. Employment Service to the Federal Security Agency h
Deprived workers of social security benefits over my veto
so percent Unemployment Rights cut so
and the Womn Bureau had to close field offices New York.
labor functions of the federal government
making Independent agency of the Cancellation Service which
operating successfully the Labor Department for 81
for the service
The Republican SOh Congress also struck workers falling to
the following proabo legislation for which bs had been n
duced and under considerations ~ :.
adequate bill provide decent housing for millions of working
people
under the Fair Labor Standards Act from
to least rs cents hour and extend the of the act to
millions workers who do not its protection.
assistance and survivors benefits meet the in
the living and extend the the Social Secu
ity Act to 200 not covered
Establish workers education extension service in the Labor De
operated successfully for many years
Appropriate for the prevention of industrial accidents
which took $1,000 lives and crippled 81 600 workers 1947
Pass an equal for equal-work law.
In the that have passed the Republicans sed price
han the Food prices than double the
Still the Republican Congress refused heed the danger
result high prices continue take bite out of envelope
That's the record 1t tells workers which political
a heart IN out