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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-02
.ILWU PLANS SEPT. 2 STRIKE,
lBOYCOTTS NLRB's ELECTION

San Francisco (LPA)-More tax
payers money will go down the
Taft Hartley drain this week when
the NLRB holds a union boycotted
election on the employers final of
fer to West Coast longshoremen.
At coastwise caucus last week
end, the Intl Longshoremen's y
Warehousemen's Union voted to re-
ject the final offer of the Water
front Employers of the Pacific and
boycott the NLRB balloting on the
offer. A union statement declared
that these moves make "a strike
on Sept. certainty"
"The SO-day Taft t-Hartley injunc-
ton ordered by President Truman
expires on that day." the state
ment continues. "The causus made
lit plain that the union will strike
on its basic demands for wages,
vacations, time off, safety, con-
tract coverage of all groups and
other matters which were included
in the strike ballot. This refuted
the propaganda of the shipowners
and made it clear that mere settle
ment of the hiring hall issue,
which concerns an employer de-
mand, will not stop the strike"
The ILUM statement to the press
said that members of the union
are asked to ignore the NLRB polls.
In the event of a mail ballot, the
members will be asked to turn them
in to their local unions unmarked
and in the original envelopes to be
held in trust. The boycott is expect
ed to be 100, per cent successful" +"
Union president Harry Bridges
told the caucus that the boycott
would "give our ranks the oppor-
tunity to express their complete
contempt for the shipowners' Of
fer and the infamous Taft Hartley
slave labor act" Tho a union busi-
ness session, the gathering heard
concert singer Paul RobeSon, an
honorary member of ILWU.
The caucus also reaffirmed the
previous position of the union to
stand by it's commitments to other
maritime unions mot to settle un-
til each union has reached agree
ment satisfactory to itself" These
include Marine Cooks & Stewards,
Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn
and the radio officers who are in
the midst of a jurisdictional fight.
Associate General Council Char
les M. Brooks has announced that
the NLRB will proceed with its
plans for the election. 'Longshore-
men will be polled "manually" and
the seagoing workers involved
in MOS and MEBA will re-
ceive aairmail ballots at the first
available port. Tho, under the Taft
Hartley law, the results must be in
by Aug. 28, the deadline for the
ballots is not until after
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-02
Manufacturers On
Ground Floor OF
Defense Program

New York LPA)-Earl NJ. Bunt-
ing, managing director of the
NAM, returns these days beaming
from his trips to Washington. The
industrialists' association, which
used to spend SO much time de-
nouncing government bureaucrats.
finds them pretty easy to get along
with-at least so far as the mill
tary-civilian combinations, that run
the Natl Security Resources Board
and the Munitions Board are con-
cened.
Bunting has announced that
agreement has been reached be-
tween these agencies and the NAM
on plans for stoclpiling critical ma
terials.
In cases of materials which are
not produced in sufficient quanti-
ties in the US, importers and pro-
cessors will order quantities over
and above their owned needs. This
excess supply will be warehoused
by the government for emergency
reserves. Bunting has been given
the responsibility for handling gov
relations with these bus
inesses which do not have their
own trade associations with which
the government can deal.
Usually this means that Bunting
is the go-between for the govern
ment with firms that take so large
a chunk of a particular commodity
that they don't have to work with
in a trade association set-up.
Altho 67 commodities appear on
the Munitions Boards critical list,
Bunting and his friends are being
asked to assist in stock-piling 30
of them to date.
Among the 80 are: rubber, lead,
copper, nickel, zinc, tungsten, pep
per, castor oil and bismuth.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-02
Charges Against Farm Union Moy
Bring Early Supreme Court Test

Washington, ID. G. (lLNS)-An
early Supreme Court test of the
constitutionality of nearly all pro-
visions Of the Taft Hartley Act, is
in the making in case being con-
sidered by the National Labor Re-
lations Board at hearings in Los
angeles.
A local of the National Farm La
Dor Union, AFL, on strike against
the $100,000,O00 Di Giorgio Fruit
Corp. ranch near Bakersfield,
Calf, locals of the Teamsters
Union and l of the Winery and
Distillery Workers Union, are ac-
cused of violating the secondary
boycott provisions of the Labor
Management Relations Act.
The NLRB is conducting hearings
to determine whether or not a
temporary federal court injunction
shall be made permanent, and the
unions penalized for violating the
law.
Attorneys for the a local unions
alexander II. Schullman and Jo-
seph F. Galliano) are building up
their case for a test by the U. S.
Supreme Court of nearly all fea-
lures of the Taft Hartley Act. The
union attorneys have challenged the
right of the labor board to enjoin
peaceful picketing, alleged to be a
secondary boycott. In this case they
maintain that not only are the
changes unfounded but that the
unions have a right to picket, which
is as elemental as free speech.
They are also attacking the rule
Of labor unions by government in
junction issued at the request of an
NLRB employe on suspicion that
the law is being violated, when the
law gives no opportunity to the
unions to challenge the issuance of
a federal court injunction.
Another issue at stake is the dis
criminatory provision of the Taft
Hartley Act, exempting agricultur-
al. workers from any benefits of
its provisions but at the same time,
penalizing their organization. APP
peals have been made to the board
in Washington for a ruling as to
what constitutes Il labor organiza
ton in the meaning Of the law.
Earlier, the regional director for
NLRB had refused to hold hear
ing on petitions by the Farm La
Dor Union for an election and
charges against the Di Giorgio
Fruit Corp. for unfair labor prac-
tices.
II. l.. Mitchell, president of the
National Farm Labor Union, Wash
ington, ID. c., issued the following
statement as the NLRB hearings
started on their third week: "We
believe that more is at stake than
the welfare of l,1C0 poorly paid
farm workers in California. We
feel that if this law can be used
by an employer to destroy union
of agricultural workers, then It'll
can be used to break any kind of
labor organization. We are anxious
to see whether or not the u. S.
Supreme Court intends to smash all
labor organizations in the u. S. A.
as the labor board seems determin-
ed to smash the National Farm La
Dor Union"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-02

Oct. l. Brooks has consulted the
Justice Dept on this little digres-
sion, asserting "Pm sure Congress
in writing the law did not intend
anything impossible"
Meanwhile, Sept. l has been set
for an NLRB hearing charging IL
WI with unfair labor practices for
insisting on retaining the union hir-
ing hall in the new contracts. The
board set an ominous precedent
on such cases last week when it
ruled that the NMU hiring hall ons
the, Great Lakes is Illegal under
Taft Hartley. ~, ates N
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-02
Union Wins Woge
(C0HfiHued From Page OHel

ed action a lockout, a breach of
contract, "A refusal to bargain un-
der the federal statutes 1t slapped
$75O,0O0 damage suit on the Girls
field Seafood ASSN.
Last week the employers back
ed down, reinstated the $l-an-hour
wage rate and offered to stand the
costs of the unions legal action to
date. The union has indicated that
it will accept this settlement and
will request the courts to dismiss
the case.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-02
RWDSE .CRACKSDOWN
ON LEFT WING LOCALS

New York (LPA) - President
Samuel Wolchok and other leaders
of the Retail, Wholesale & Dept
Store Employees last week suspend
ed the officers of four department
store locals who have refused to
sign non-Communist affidavits.
The suspensions, which were fol-
lowed quickly by the appointment
of administrators for the locals,
were based upon a resolution pass
ed several weeks ago by an over
whelming majority of the unions
executive board.
First the leaders of the cleft
wing" locals were notified that they
must sign the Taft-Hartley affi-
davits or resign. When they ignor-
ed the unions instructions charges
were filed against them, and they
were notified of removal from of
fee.
That the "left-wingers" will
carry on a vigorous legal battle to
protect their positions is clear.
How much other trouble the newly
appointed administrators of the
locals will have remains to be seen.
The long smoldering bitterness
between the New York department
store local of RWDSE, backed by
the strong warehousemen's Local
65, and the rest of the union came
into the open several months ago.
Local 3, at Bloomingdale's depart
ment store expelled from member
ship three supporters of the inter
national administration and of the
ti-Communist policies of the ClO.
Then as the contracts of the
locals expired there seemed a good
chance that the membership might
bolt the cleft wing" locals. This
suspician was confirmed when the
Retail Clerks Protective Ass'n-AFL
won an NLRB election at the. OPP
penheim-Collins Manhattan store.
The NLRB could not grant the non
fling local place on its ballot and
denied the international chance
to appear since the local had hith-
erto represented the workers in
volved.
The executive board motion
ordering all locals which faced con-
tract termination to comply with
the Taft Hartley filing require
ments-was the unions answer to
this situation.
Suspension from office is the only
penalty that the international can
resort to against the left-wing of
ficers, since expulsion may be voted
only by the local unions. A mem
bership meeting of Local 2 in Gim-
bels' and Saks stores, has voted to
uphold its officers refusal to COM
ply with the executive board ruling.
Meanwhile the international has
chartered a new local for employees
of the Hocht store, in response to
their request for a new organiza-
tion. The leadership of the Hocht
local had announced that it would
not comply with the internationals
policy.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-02
EARNINGS STAY LEVEL

Washington (LPA)-While liv-
ing costs continued their steady
rise TO new peaks, weekly earnings
in July "leveled off" according to
the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
While auto, transportation equip
ment and nonforrous metals work
ers won wage increases, shortening
of the work-week by industry kept
average weekly earnings at $52.96,
only a penny higher than in June.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-02
Union Sponsors
(Continued From Page One)

accepted the gift.
The president of the newspaper
idea. Last week, the State Dept.
writer's union is now in Paris,
where he is serving as chief of the
lthor information division Of the
Economic Cooperation Administra-
tion in Europe. M
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-02

The regular purchase of u. S,
Savings Bonds is the most bene-
ficial lay-away plan ever present
ed.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-02

Millions of Americans know the
feeling nest-egg of
L. S. Savings Bonds provides.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-02

Once enrolled for the Payroll
Savings Plan your dollars roll au-
tomatically into u. S. Savings
Bonds.
Evening star., 1948-01-16
PCALong on Shortages
Factors Lacking for Operation Wallace
Listed as Political Talent, Organization

ginia jewelry store In the depres-
sion, came job-hunting to Wash
ington during the New Deal. Mr..
Wallace, likewise impressed, made
him Farm Security Administrator,
where his devotion to the cause OF
tenant farmers, whatever the cost,
made him cold poison to South
ern Democrats. They finally got his
scalp and he moved to Citizens
PAC, now Pea.
Mr.! Benson lacks the joie de vivre
with which Messrs. Kenny and Bald
win undertake to change the course
of American history. Life is real,
life is earnest to this Minnesota
Farmer-Lahorite, briefly a United
States Senator, who gave up the
major parties long ago and has con-.
sistently nagged Mr.. Wallace to take
extreme stands.
Least adept politically Of all IS
the candidate. Mr.. Wallace gets
bored when politics is explained to
him; can't take political raps with
good grace. His end will be handled
by his cheerful Man Friday. Harold
Young, outwardly a Texas duplicate
of Haywood Broun. Mr.. Young was
Wallace's solicitor in the Commerce
Department; his political effective
ness has yet to be tested.
No Big Angels.
Second biggest Pea problem is
money. They have no big angels now
and only left-wing union treasure
chests to tap. However, Americans
are notorious for pouring money into
|causes-like the Townsend move
ment-so they are optimistic.
On the organization end they have
their secret weapon-American COM
munism. Communists are single
minded, tireless workers; they have
mo equal for doorbell ringing and
the tedious chores of politics. Un-
fortunately for, Pea, they are re-
garded by most Americans as trai-
tors, which rather limits their use
fulness.
It could be that Moscow might de-
eide to contribute to the third
party kitty; however, Premier Stain
has just let the Communist maga-
zine, New Masses, sink below the
capitalistic waves.
If prolonged strikes are necessary
to get the third round of wage in
creases labor is demanding, there
will be less money for any candl-
dates campaign. and it will partic-
ularly hurt MIR. Wallace.
Pea begins the campaign with
good organizations in about 20 States
and claims $4,000 earnest members.
It expects to get on the ballot In 30
odd States, including the crucial,
pivotal ones where they might ruin
President Truman.
Released By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1948-01-16

UdCkCT vi IIlC ~AA0
really impressive progressive ele-
ments who rallied here 16 months
ago to plan how to stamp their
ideas on American government.
The third party has been repudi-
ated by the orators of that day: CIO
President Murray, Harold L. Ickes,
Henry Morgenthau, jr, Walter
White Of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People, Senator Pepper, Raymond
Walsh.
Shorn of the valid resources they
represented, Pea starts its gran
diose project alone. OF all its lacks,
the greatest is political talent.
There is nowhere in their ranks the
kind of imaginative political brains,
the shrewd feeling for America that
won Franklin Roosevelt four terms
and enabled Sidney Hillman to
forge the effective PAC Of which
Pea Is the orphaned offshoot.
The present big three Of the third
party are Robert Kenny Of Cali
fornia, G. B. (Beanie) Baldwin and
Elmer Benson.
Cheerful Cynic.
Mr.. Kenny is the aristocratic
protector of the poor who enjoys
his membership in the exclusive
California Club the more because
ne can shock his fellow members
by bringing Negroes to the club for
drinks. He rode the Roosevelt
wave to become States attorney;
as that tide ebbed he lost even the
Democratic nomination for Cover
nor to Earl Warren. He is a cheer
full cynic, an amusing companion
who Is having a fine time.
Beanie Baldwin's cf1erubic as
pect masks a cool ruthlessness that
attracted Rex Tugwell when Bald
win, who had lost his West Vir-
Evening star., 1948-01-16

before was on Henry MeLemers.
the phone calling John.
did you really send me that
thing?" I asked. "Did you really
60 down and pay your hard-earned
dough 20 that I might have Q sub
scription to that business letter."
Sure" he answered. II thought
you would like It,"
why did you think I would like
it?" I demanded.
1T will help you make money,
he replied. Follow the advice in
those pages, and you stand q good
chance to double, triple, or quad
ruple your money"
What money!" I demanded
again. "It doesn't give any advice
on how to take nothing, multiply
it by three, and get something.
Why didn't you take the dough the
magazine cost and give It. to me
in CASH."
This is the second time this sort
Of thing has happened to me. About
q year ago some one sent me the
Kiplinger letter from Washington.
I am not knocking these letters
they undoubtedly are a boon to
solvent citizens, Or those with money
tucked away in the old sock. But
what earthly good are they to the
likes Of me VINO is dreaming Of the
day when he can pay his grocery
bill on time?
With the income tax sliding down
the chimney like q Dillinger with
guns and a grenade; with eggs
higher than Prof. Picard ever
scared: with a pair Of pants cost
ing more than a small bungalow
used to cost, what do I want to
know about steel, oil, automobile,
and plastic stocks?
II anyone is going to give me a
magazine, please let me have a
magazine that offers suggestions on
how to repair shoes at home, how
to turn out counterfeit bills that
can't be detected, and how to churn
butter.
Evening star., 1948-01-16
This Changing World
International Situation Likely to Play
Paramount Role in Coming Election

OF Western Germany py means o1
strikes and possibly revolutionary
outbreaks are worrying the Amert-
can State and Defense Departments.
The American Government is de-
termined not to yield to the Russian
maneuvers. But 1t is admitted
frankly that II the Soviets wish to-
use force, there is little we can do
in Berlin. Allied forces in Western
Germany are sufdciently large to
suppress rebellions instigated by
Russian agitators, who until q few
months ago were able to enter Allied
zones without difficulty.
Some Of these agitators have
been expelled, but many are stil
there, camouf1aged as workers In
various industrial centers. There is
little that can be done about them,
since the great majority are Ger
mans and are provided with false
identity cards establishing their
right to live in those areas.
: Liberation Troops Ready.
According to reports at hand there
are three divisions Of the German
Army of Liberation available for
action once trouble starts In the
western zones. These are the Lieb-
knecht, Karl Marx and Rosa Luxem-
burg Divisions. They are made up
of former German prisoners Of war,
including many elements from the
Is. S.
These divisions are well equipped
With the latest war weapons. The
role assigned them under the NOM
inal command of former Nazi Field
Marshal Friedrich Won Pallus Is to
assist the prosecuted Germans" in
the zones dominated by the west
ern imperialist-capitalists
In some military quarters here it
is believed that in case of need
these liberation" troops will be
assisted by Soviet Army units. And
the combined American, British and
French forces in Germany are not
capable Of resisting such an on
slaught.
The picture In Greece and Italy
Is even darker There seems to be
no doubt that If we intend to fulfill
our political and military commit
ments under the Truman doctrine
which was reiterated only a month
ago when American troops left italy
economic and financial assistance
will not be sufficient,
The Communists throughout the
world are expected to start their
militant activities early In the
spring. They will be on such q
large scale that they will reduce
domestic political and economic
issues to secondary roles.
Evening star., 1948-01-16
JiqqIed Windowshode Paid
One SpecuIotor Handsomely

Of Agriculture, tried to leave after
signing his first departmental crop
report. He had to wait, too. So did
a man who had an urgent appoint
ment with the President, on another
occasion.
A worker did get out once when
word came his wife had been sud-
denly stricken Ill. But an armed
guard accompanied him to the hos
pital room.
"Since 1905 there has been no
leak Of any kind" said Jasper e.
Pallesen, secretary Of the Crop Con-
troll Board.
I asked him whatever happened
to the man with the window shade,
and he referred me to an informa-
tion specialist who is making q
study Of the case.
Was Fined 5000.
'"The best I have been able to
learn" the information man said,
"is that he was fined 5000 after
a long trial. But old-timers in the
department say he probably had
made $4,000 out Of one deal he
pulled. He Is dead now, but no
body Is sure whether he died in dis
grace or a millionaire"
How many windowshades he
toyed with before he was caught is
unknown, but he pulled at least one
other fast trick. Department rec
ords show that in June, 1905, he
changed the official forecast Of a 14.9
per cent decrease in the cotton
crop to 11.4 per cent.
This apparently suited his specu-
lative purposes better.
1.-THE odd thing was that the final
figure at the end Of the year showed
the actual decrease was nearer II
than IA per cent" said the infor-
nation specialist.
The fellow must have made q
deal with the weather, too.
Evening star., 1948-01-16
THE EVENING STAR. Washington, D. c. ALL
is.

But this United Business Service
offers nothing Ike that. II Is quite
out Of the understanding Of shoe
string Americans like myself.
Take this paragraph:
IBIS index continues TO rise. Is
II per cent above 3 year ago and
within 8 per cent Of 1920 all-time
peak"
What does that mean? In 1920
+ was selling newspapers and saw
ing soap wrappers to swap for Z
baseball glove and bat.
, Or this paragraph:
"Barnsdall Oil. Rejecting steady
earnings Improvement and in
creased dividend payments, this Is
Evening star., 1948-01-16
By Hal Boyle
Associated Press Stuff Writer

The present Senate inquiry into
grain speculation recalls the famous
Case Of the Jiggled Windowshade. :"
an historic scandal in the Agricul-
ture Department.
The Federal employe who jiggled
the windowshade was reported to
have made more that year by this
one act than the President Of the
United States received in salary
then $4,000.
It was back in 1905. The man
had just seen a secret crop report.
BY adjusting the wtndowshade he
signaled to a conspirator outside
whether the crop would be larger or
smaller than expected.
What difference would that news
make?
Size Of Crop Is Factor.
Well, the prices on a commodity
market rise in normals times II q
small crop is forecast and fall II q
huge crop is in sight. A trader who
finds out this information In ad-
vance can thus buy or sell before
the price changes and reap profit.
When he is dealing in hundreds OF
thousands of bushels, even a slight
price change can make him big
money.
The outcry over the jiggled VIM
dowshade led the Agriculture De-
partment to put in a foolproof sys-
tenn to assure that no news OF its
crop estimates would leak out until
they were to be made public.
To do this, the newly created Crop
Reporting Board devised "the lock-
up." This is q block-long corridor
in the Agriculture Department
Building which Is sealed of the
morning monthly estimates Of i'm
portant national crops such as corn
and wheat are to be issued.
Locked Doors Guarded.
Guards are posted outside locked
doors at each end Of the corridor,
all window blinds are locked down
and the telephones are disconnected.
The statisticians then 60 to work
assembling the data. No one Is per-
mitted to leave the lookup until
the report has been completed and
issued simultaneously to news re-
porters waiting in a guarded room.
Unaware of the restriction, the
late Arthur M. Hyde, then Secretary
Evening star., 1948-01-16

sue recently sold at the best price
since 1890"
A great chance have to buy
Barnsdall Or when am having
. devil Of . time paying John Almy's
corner station for the oil bill ran
up In December.
No, I would much prefer the
BOY Scout Magazine to United
Business Service Letter. The Boy
Scout Magazine teaches how to get
things for free, such as building o
fire with two twigs. I might be
able to rustic up q couple Of twigs.
But as for raising any money TO buy
stocks and bonds-hrother, can you
spare dime?
distributed By MeNausht syndicate. Ins.)
Evening star., 1948-01-16

candidate and
it is long on en-
thusiasln for
him. tt is short
Of practically
everything else
1t takes to run
a presidential
campaign, in
cluding political
talent, expert
ence, m on e y
anu OrSaulZa.
ton.
Pea Is the
remnant an d
sole third-party
backer of the