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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30

Samuel Wolchok of Retail, Whole
sale & Dept Store Employees, and
Railway Clerks President George
Harrison, who is also chairman of
Labor's Committee for Truman &
Barkley.
The veteran pro-labor Senator
told his audience that if 100000
residents of New York City turn
out on election day they can pro-
vide the Democratic party with a
big enough vote to carry the state
for the Democratic ticket.
New York unionists are plann-
ing to do just that. Shop chairmen
of a number of the unions affiliat-
ed with the Liberal Party, which
has endorsed the Truman-B -Barkley
team, each day during registration
season are checking their fellow
workers as to whether or not
they've qualified yet.
George Harrison in his speech to
the Liberal party unionists' meet
ing made what may become one of
the favorite cracks Of this cam
paign. He called Republican cand-
idate Thomas +. Dewey's train
"The Spirit of the S0th Congress"
The AFL spokesman said that
he believed Dewey completely when
the COP standard bearer says he'll
be able to work with the Repubh-
can Congressional leadership. "By
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
TechnicoIor Film Shows Garment
Workers Local Union 81 At Work

New York OPA) = The first
technicolor sound film made by a
local union was previewed in New
York last week. Proud producer,
owner, exhibitor-and subject-of
the movie is Local 81 of the Int'l
Ladies Garment Workers Union
AFL-whose members make chill
dren's dresses.
The first showing of "Our Union,
Local 81" was held in the locals
art gallery last week. Local 81 now
occupies the building which used to
be Tammany Hall, home of Man.
hattan's Democratic party organ
ization.
The membership of this local is
young, female and predominantly
Puerto Rican. There is a large
turnover every year, resulting in
the induction of from 100 to 200
new members every week. This pre-
sents difficult educational problem
to the officers of the local. They
must indoctrinate these new mem
bers with some of the basic prin-
ciples of trade unionism, told SIM
ply and with some attention to
overcoming a language barrier,
since many of the members speak
only Spanish.
1t was for this reason that Harry
Greenberg, Manager of Local 81,
introduced the idea of film for
new members. "Our Union, Local
81" was produced by Promotional
Films with script by Gus Tyler,
formerly Local 91's educational dir
ector who is now spearheading the
ILGWU's get-out-the-vote drive.
John Martin is the narrator and
the actors and actresses are the
members and officers of Local 81.
The film tells the story of the
day-by-day work of the union, the
benefits it gives it's members in the
form of protection on the job,
health and vacation benefits, demo-
cratic control by the membership.
There are some beautiful tech
nicolor shots of the buildings and
grounds at Unity House, the
ILGWU vacation home in the Po-
conos, as well as scenes from Local
91's own year-around home on the
Hudson, Croton Lodge.
Educational and recreational act
ivities, sponsored by the local are
portrayed by scenes showing mem
bers in the union art class, dancing
at dress rehearsal for union
play, borrowing books in the union
library.
Several shots of earnest young
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
Hartley Wants To
Put Striking Air
Pilots Under TIL

Washington (LPA)-In one of
his last filings before his Congress
term expires, Rep. Fred A. Hart
LEY (R., N. J), last week began a
one-man investigation into the
strike of Air Line Pilots Assn
AFL against National Airlines.
Hartley, who may be building
fences for the employer labor-rela-
tions service he intends to set up,
admittedly called the hearing at
the request of the company. Ma
tionaPs president, G. T. Baker, was
the only witness and ALPA wasn't
even notified of the session.
After hearing company garb-
led account of the strike, Hartley
called in Tom Shroyer and David
Mcdonald, counsel to the House
Labor Committee, who said that
they would draft changes in both
the Taft-Hartley act and the Rail
way Labor act so that airlines un-
ions would come under the terms
of the famous TIL measure.
The striking pilots have been out
since Feb. 8 and ALPA President
David Behncke declared last week
that National is reaching a crisis
in the pursuit of its wrong-way
labor policy that can no longer be
hidden behind false front of posed
optimism"
"The pending lawsuits, a soon
to-occur hearing on revocation of
Nationals operating certificates by
the Civil Aeronautics Board, and
an admitted loss of close to $2,000,-
900 for the past year indicate con-
clusively the fallacy of the COM
pany's anti-labor, strike-fomenting
policies and the Intellectual nature
of their attempted strike-breaking
operations, while, at the same time,
showing the degree of success of
the pilots STRIKE" he said.
AS proof that the stockholders
themselves are dissatisfied with
Bakers management of the COM
pany since the strike started,
Behncke pointed to the recent FL
ing of a stockholders suit in New
York. The suit claims a million dol
lars in damages from Baker, charg-
ing him with "a policy of deliber-
ate provocation of strikes and la
Dor disputes, refusal to bargain, re-
fusal to comply with the provisions
of the Civil Aeronautics Act and of
the Railway Labor Act, refusal to
and arbitrate, and deliber-
ate and reckless refusal to comply
with and observe the terms of an
agreement between the company
and the pilots Association" 1t
that the company is in
danger of bankruptcy
because of this policy.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
AFL Workers Win
17c Pay Increase

Elizabethton, Tenn. LPA) =
Over $500 members of the United
Textile Workers-AFL won a tic
wage boost this week from Ameri-
can Bemberg and North American
Rayon corporations here.
UTW President Anthony Valente
said that the settlement, retro-
active to Sept. l, will cost the ray
on concerns approximately $2,OOO,-
900 a year. The new contract will
run until Sept. 1, 1850 with wage
reopening Sept. l, 1949.
Production and non-supervisory
employees will get 15c-an-hour
boost and 1900 workers in the
chemical department will get zoe
an hour, making the average gain
tic.
After voting to accept the new
contract, workers at the two plants
passed a resolution giving interna-
tional union 10c per member per
month for the UTW war chest.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
Dixiecrats Are Coy
About Their Funds
by BRADFORD V. CARTER
LPA CoIumnist

One of the biggest sources Of
dough that the Republican Nat'l
Committee and its satellites, the
Natl Republican Congressional
Committee and the Republican Sen
atorial Campaign Committee, have
is tin-cup rattling brigade called
the United Republican Campaign
Committee of Metropolitan New
York. It's agents go from door to
door in Wall St., in the swank up
per East Side apartments and in
the Westchester and Long Island
suburbs collecting dough from the
nations financial and social elite
for the COP. Part of the money is
spent in New York state. The rest
finds its way into the COPS ma
tional Golfers.
On July the New York COM
mittee's collectors picked up $1825
from six contributors in the brok-
erage and investments office build
ing at IA Wall st. Just six days
later they returned and put the
bite on the faithful-15 of them
for a total of S3950. On Aug. 9 the
Republican solicitors came back
again to Ia Wall st. and this time
they squeezed the office boys and
stenoes for their small change, net
ting STA from Ia people. In short,
from one Wall st. office building
the Dewey forces have taken in
nearly $4,000.
All of this is reported in the fin
ancial statements which the law
requires all parties to file with the
Clerk of the House Of Representa-
tives-but which the daily press
doesn't tell you much about.
These reports show, incidentally,
that in addition to the $4,000 they
gave the Natl Committee the du-
Points have also kicked in $4,000 to
the Congressional Committee and
$4,000 to the Senatorial Commit
tee.
So revealing, in fact, are the Re-
publican financial reports that one
is almost tempted to take them at
their face value. The same charit-
able trust cannot, however, be ex-
tended to the Dixiecrats' report.
The Bourbons were late filing
their statements of contributions
and expenditures, you will recall.
Finally they came into the Clerks
office last week with a coy little
note saying that since the Natl
States Rights Democratic Party
was not formally organized until its
Birmingham convention on Aug. 3
the report is limited to the period
Aug. 3 to Aug. 81.
In other words, the Dixiecrats
duck the question of how much
they received before the Birming-
ham meeting to split the Demo
cratic vote. They have never de-
MED the stories that southern utili-
ties companies and southwestern
oil interests made heavy donations
to the racist crusade. 1t will be i'm
teresting to see if the Republican
Clerk of the House lets them get
away with this.
What the Dixiecrats have report
ed is the meager sum of $13,449
plus another $1,000 in the hands
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30

If anybody spoke to us in the
CHEEKY tone of voice accepted as
standard by the male commercial
radio announcers, we'd blush or
worse.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30

The problem of how to live with
in your income is universal and is
not exclusive to those in the lower
brackets.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30

his failure to speak out against
the special privilege legislation of
the Republican S0th Congress,
Dewey has shown beyond doubt
that he is in complete sympathy
with those acts" Harrison declar-
ed. He pointed out that Dewey,
who was his party's nominee in
1914, was head of the COP when
the Taft Hartley law was passed.
Evening star., 1948-03-14

The older, more experienced girls seem to find
it easier to adapt themselves to the exacting
standards of foreign service in peacetime.
1T isn't an easy or glamorous job" says
John H. Bruins, the Counselor Of the En-
bassy. land sometimes ask myself what
makes these girls come over here"
There seem to be several answers to
that. Some girls are hunting careers,
others want to know what the world
looks like. Some 60 frankly for the glamour,
many join up out of sense of duty. A few
are running away from things.
Of the 81 American women clerks of the
Prague Embassy, most were recruited by the
State Department; few came by way Of
the War Department and work for the mill
tary air attaches. Ages range from q to 40;
basic salaries from $2,l6O to S3,4S0 year,
plus oost-of-living allowances. If girl has
special abilities, her basic salary may climb
much higher.
>>oeod Night, sir''
l HE girls ideas of Europe were strictly on
lihS ok&iSSSd oaSS "ilSA slSy oAAiNSA
meant Strauss waltzes. Budapest, gypsy
violins. They were surprised to discover that
people in Prague dressed like people in Amer
ica. though not nearly as well.
Most embassy girls don't speak Czech but
the Czechs in Prague, many of whom are
still passionately pro- o-American in spite of the
political situation, always address them in
what they consider faultless English. In one
apartment building the elevator operator. an
elderly. dignifed party, greets two embassy
girls nightly with a respectful bow and the
words, Good night, sir"
Eleanor Jancik lives in modern fiat over
looking the Moldau River, furnished with
Persian rugs and modern Czech paintings.
1t belongs to Czech movie director now in
the u. S. She pays SIS month rent. To find
an apartment in Prague is about twice as
difficult as in New York City, Some girls
have had to rent single rooms or stay at hotels.
Three girls. Faith Andrus, of Kansas City.
Mo-, Helen Ball of Dallas, Tex, and Jean
Rae Berglind. of Huntington Park. Calf,
keep house in four-room apartment. They
have a cook and a housekeeper. The two
servants cost $25 month, plus room and
Continued on page N
Evening star., 1948-03-14


northeast corner of his dining room, the satel-
lites in the southeast corner and the United
Nations in the middle.
Ankara wasn't all play. however. Working
hours were long, sometimes included Sum-
days. Embassy girls get eight weeks off every
year, and most of the Ankara girls went to
Istanbul, took boat trips through the Dar-
danelles and Mediterranean to Cairo, where
they danced in the shadow of the Pyramids
and went sailing on the Nile. Eleanor still
has her collection of souvenirs from those
trips: Turkish doll, cigarette box from
Damascus, fez from Cairo. Bible from
Palestine
Office Girl in Palace
SHE stayed in Ankara for 18 months and
went back to the States for brief vacation.
Her second assignment, in Prague, has proved
considerably quieter. The u. S. Embassy has
a staff of almost 200 Americans and Czechs.
Located in the old part of town, at the foot
of Hradcany Castle, residence of President
Benes. it occupies baroque, 35O-year-old
palace with beautiful courtyard and a
seven-acre garden.
In spite of this medieval splendor there is
a great deal of serious work done inside,
where the atmosphere is as sober and busi-
nesslike as in the Offices of New York cor
poration Some of the new girls, on their first
assignment in Prague, are badly disappointed.
Evening star., 1948-03-14

foreign-service girl gets on her first assign
ment but it decided Eleanor to 60 to Ankara.
She and Is other foreign-service girls left on
the troopship Mauritania, with about hum
dred nurses and several thousand CTS. There
were about 20 men to each girl. which made
for somewhat hectic crossing.
In England the girls changed to British
transport After the wild whistles and frankly
admiring exclamations of the CTS, the Tom
mics seemed depressingly staid But by the
time the transport ship reached the Medi-
terranean, the Tommies had learned to
whistle too.
Movie Setting
I'VE ASKED them later why they had been
50 quiet in the beginning" Eleanor says.
They said they had thought we might be
offended. Imagine!'
The Turkey assignment, to Eleanor's sur
prise, turned out to be just the kind that
makes girls all over America call the State
Department long distance and ask for jobs.
Ankara was the setting for the kind OF fan
tastic international life which movie audi
ences know all about, where everybody speaks
a different language, most of them unintel-
ligible to the audience.
The United States Embassy's girl clerks
were in constant demand. There were more
parties than they could 60 to. They had dates
every night and marriage proposals every
week, in spite of decree by the Ankara City
Council ruling that lights must be left on in
all taxis at night.
In Ankara most embassy girls lived first
at the Park Palas Hotel, where a double room
cost $265 month. Later they would look
for places in Ankara's white, modern apart
ment houses with big windows and sunny
balconies, which were less expensive. A maid
cost S25 month, and did all the shopping.
For some mysterious Oriental reason,
the maid bought only days supply of
food at a time one lemon, two eggs, an
orange and SO on. That made it tough when
the girls wanted to throw party.
When they didn't feel like eating at home,
they would go to Baba Karpic's famous res
taurant frequented by members of all diplo-
matte missions karpic, bald-headed White
Russian with flair for diplomatic fnesse,
would seat the Axis representatives in the
Evening star., 1948-03-14

stare at you" one of the girls said recently
But then you see that the women look at
you too and you begin to realize that there
must be lot of girls in Prague who never
owned pair of nylons and can't buy more
than one dress a year, since all material is
rationed. 1t makes you feel vaguely uncom-
Portable"
The embassy girls in Prague get frequent
letters from their relatives and girl friends
back home which always contain the same
questions: "Isn't life grim behind the Iron
Curtain? How many marriage proposals
have you had? Do they serve you cham
payne every night?"
Such letters amuse or irritate the embassy
girls. Il wish they could see our exciting
life behind what they call the Iron Curtain.
one of the girls said. Most of US work at
the Embassy until six, and quite few work
even longer. BY the time you get home and
have your dinner, it's eight. Sometimes you
are 50 tired that you just sit and read, or write
a letter home and then fall into bed. Sure,
occasionally you have glass of champagne,
and once in a blue moon you may even get
marriage proposal - but that's not so diff
ferent from life in the States
Unexpected Assignment
ELEANoR's first assignment, during the war;
was more along the line of what her friends
are thinking Of Her grandfather had been
Slovak writer and patriot, and Eleanor had
learned some Czech and Slovak at home. She
had hoped this would get her assigned to the
American Minister to the Czechoslovak Gov
ernment- t-in-Exile, then functioning in London.
But the ways of God and the State Depart
ment are inscrutable, and after taking the
two-month training course in Washington,
Eleanor was assigned to Ankara, Turkey.
For moment Eleanor thought of resigning.
Then she re-read the letter which she had re-
ceived from Secretary of State Cordell Hull:
Your first assignment in the Department
may seem dwarfed by the magnitude of events
in the world today. :. assure you -. if you
face this challenge every morning and 60
home each night with the consciousness that
you have met it, you will have contributed
greatly to the Departments share of behind
the-line fighting"
1t was only form letter, one which every
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-03-25
CARROLL AND MAGERA HAVE
DOUBLE RING CEREMONY

A wedding of unusual interest to
Libby and Troy friends was solem-
nized Saturday evening at 7:30
O'Clock, in the Methodist parson-
age in Libby, when Monte Carroll
and Frank Niagara took their
marriage vows in a double ring
ceremony with Rev w. c. Stearns
officiating
The bride, who was attractive in
a blue suit and wore a cOrsage of
roses, was attended by her sister,
Mrs. Walter McCallum, while Mr..
McCallum was best man for Mr..
Niagara.
Guests included Mr.. and Mrs.
Don Echoff and Don GRIPPE of Troy
and Mr.. and Mrs. Delvin Larson
and Elmer Carroll of Libby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Magera returned on
Tuesday from their honeymoon
which was spent in Washington.
Mrs. Niagara, daughter of Mrs.
Nan Smith of Libby, was born in
Libby and is popularity known
throughout the city
Mr.. Magera has lived in Troy,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-03-25
LIBBY NEWS NOTES

Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Roark and
daughter, Marilynn came out We'd
nesday of last week from Bozeman,
where Mr.. Roark is attending Mon
tana State College They visited
at the home of Mr.. Roark's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Give Roark,
returning Monday to Bozeman.
Miss Billie J. Littell, who is at
tending the University at Missoula,
was home over the weekend spring
vacation. Miss Littell had her
friend and room mate, Miss Alice
Elfers of Roman, as her house guest
while home.
Tom and Gene Huchala returned
Monday to the University in Mis-
soula after visiting with their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Huchala.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-03-25
Libby Gorden Club
Meets March 16

The Libby Garden Club met al
the home of Mrs. Art Nelson, Tues
day, March Is, with Mrs. Elizabeth
Thomson as eo-hosteSS. Kappa Rice
President, conducted the meeting
Roll call was answered by each
one present giving a verse from the
Bible which mentioned a flower.
Plans for Stunt Night were dis
cusSed, and arrangements for prac-
tice at the home of Janet Littell
were made for Monday afternoon.
Ezra ShanholtZeIS reported that
special meetings concerning flower
arrangements were being held in
Spokane, during a State Conven-
ton of Garden Clubs and Sug-
gested that anyone: in Spokane dur
ing the time might attend some of
these meetings.
Selection of name for the new
garden plot was postponed until
the next meeting.
Stella Redfield reported as chair
man of the courtesy committee.
Members were. urged to turn in
personal pictures for the scrapbook,
in charge of Grace Nelson and Janet
Littell.
Nina Barkee gave a very interest
ing talk on tuberous begonias, also,
Mrs. Darlington, a guest, described
her African violet.
The entertainment committee,
Eta McCallum and Irene Peterson,
provided a guessing game that was
won by Nina Barkee.
Plans for raising money were dis
cussed. The penny drill brought in
$128, and the surprise package, won
by Eta McCallum, $l.72.
A delicious lunch, featuring St.
Patrick's Day, was served by the
hostesses.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-03-25

both before he entered the service
of his country and since his dis
charge. They both have many
warm friends who wish them much
happiness.
The newly weds will make their
home in Libby although Mr.
Magera will continue his logging
contract at Troy.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-03-25
CARn GA THANKS

/ wish to extend my heartfeIt
thanks and appreciation for the
acts of kindness, messages Of sym
pathy and beautiful floral offerings
received from many friends in
Libby during my sad bereavement
in the loss of my husband.
Mrs Mary Ellen Keel
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-03-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Dean COPYRIGHT,
former Libby residents, but re-
Gently of Bozeman, have returned
to Libby to make their home. Be
cause of difficulty in procuring a
house they are staying with Mr.. and
Mrs. Stuart Risley at present.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-03-25

George Herbst came down from
Wolf Creek this week for an in
definite stay.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-03-25
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank the people Of
Libby for their kindness and
thoughtfulness during our recent
bereavement.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mcintosh
Mrs. Edith Keel
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Mcintosh
Miss Betty Mcintosh.
The Chicago star., 1948-03-13

were top officers of CIO unions:
Ferdinand Smith, secretary of the
National Maritime Union, and
Charles Doyle, vice-president of
the United Gas, Coke and Chemi-
cal Workers. Irving Potash, vice
president of the Fur Workers un-
ion, had been one of the hunger
strikers until his release was won
on a technical ruling after two
days.
The others were John William
son, national secretary of the
Communist Party, and Gerhard
Eisler, German anti-fascist who
has been held in this country for
years despite his desire to return
to his native land.
THEIR RELEASE on bail fol-
lowed two days of legal argu-
ment by attorneys for the Ameri-
can Committee for the Protection
VI Il vi C45h DO1 IL Sf11C VI LdlC dLtOI =
neys, Carol King, received greet
ing from Henry Wallace on the
occasion of a testimonial dinner
last week. It said:
"Over the past Is years your
steady defense of the civil lib
erties of both native and for
eign born constitutes a great
service TO the cause of freedom
for all Americans. Today. when
more than ever political free
dom is under attack by the
Un-American forces of reaction
join with you in your fight TO
preserve and enlarge the from
tiers of American freedom"
The Midwest Committee for
The Chicago star., 1948-03-13

proper collection of all taxes.
Get Cicero's influence behind the
drive to amend the state constitu-
uon to permit a new fair system
of taxation.
Until the state constitution can
be amended get for Cicero its lust
share of the sales tax without in
creaSing real estate taxes.
Get more revenue from the race
tracks to pay for the extra police
and fire protection needed there.
Take politics out of local govern
ment by giving all town employees
civil service status.
Get a city manager for Cicero.
Stop the development of slum
areas in Cicero.
Get better express service on the
Douglas Park t..
Eliminate the smoke nuisance
from Cicero's factories and the rail-
road marshalling yards.
Eliminate all garbage dumps in
Cicero.
Improve garbage collections and
keep the streets and alleys clean.
Get viaduct for Central Avenue
over the c. B. & @. tracks. replace
the old viaduct over Laramie Ave.
and make the railroad pay its lust
share of the cost.
Get all citizens and civic groups
to help clean up Cicero and end
its reputation as a gangster town.