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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
Injunction Ends
Waterfront Strike
For Eighty Days

Washington (LPA)-That ever
lovin Taft-Hartley law was called
into action again last week to pre-
vent complete tie-up of US ship
ping from the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts.
This time it was $4,000 members
of Int'l Longshoremen's Associa-
tion-AFL who hit a deadlock with
the ship operators over their con-
tract which expired this week. Just
four days before the zero hour
Truman appointed a fact-finding
board to investigate the dispute.
The fact-finders conducted 2 one
day investigation into the contro-
versy and reported that a strike
was emminent. So Truman asked
Attorney General Tom Clark to
go to court for another one of
those Cooling -off-period" injunc-
tions which prevents the union
from striking for 80 days.
The fact-finders, the employers,
and lila President Joseph P. Ryan
all agree that the major stumbling
block to an agreement is the ques-
ton of overtime on overtime"
This involves a ruling the Supreme
Court made last June which inter-
feres with the traditional system
of wage payments for stevedores.
To get around the problem, the
employers have suggested cutting
premium rates and raising straight
hourly rates. The union says that
would take away incentive to keep
employment as much as possible in
so-called normal working hours.
The union has 40 demands and the
employers have just as many. the
union wants straight hourly pay
raised from $1.75 to $2.25. But the
big beef is the overtime on over
time" business. Nobody, SO far,
can agree on a way to get around
that.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
AFL Holds All Groups Must Join Fol
Effective Attacks On Initiation Problem

Washington, d. c.. QLNS) =
"Today's creeping initiation cannot
be stopped by any one group act
ing alone" the American Fedora
ton of Labor warned, in reiterating
Its plea for a united attack on the
problem by the nations chief eco
nomic elements"
In its "Labor's Monthly Survey"
the AFL said:
at would be useless for workers
to forego the wage increases which
sustain their living standards while
employers continue to raise prices.
Yet there are alternatives to gov
ernment controls over wages and
prices.
voluntary action could be taken
if a way were provided for respon-
sible representatives of manage
ment, labor, farmers, bankers and
other economic groups to meet and
study the problems of our economy
jointly They could agree on correc-
tive measures and undertake to put
them into effect through their re-
spective organizations.
"Then at intervals reports on re-
suits could be made to the joint
group conference, which would re-
view current trends and problems
and determine the necessary next
steps. An intelligent, practical pro-
gram could thus be developed by
joint study and agreement kept in
operation"
Discussing the price outlook, the
AFL quoted a dependable business
reporter as saying that can ever
increasing number Of industries is
catching up with demand" The fed
Grafton continued;
"When production finally bal
ances demand, the price rise can be
expected to end. We cannot forget,
however, that since the war the
USA has had an immense task of
building up production, task of
proportions never before equaled
except during the war For, despite
postwar increases in prices and
consequent decline in real wages,
American incomes are still high
enough so that the average con
sumer can buy 80 percent more in
mid-1948 than he could before the
war.
"This means that American con-
sumers are demanding higher liv-
ing standards today and are trying
to buy the goods that will make
these living standards a reality. To
expand plants, make up wartime
shortages, supply goods for this
huge new demand and also for re-
lief abroad has been a colossal task
which challenged labor and indus
try to repeat the production mir
acles of wartime. This they have
accomplished. In 1947 the per
capita physical volume of the pro-
duction in USA was AZ percent
above 1889, and is even higher in
194S. Here is further evidence that
supply is catching up with demand
on the home front.
"Now, however, a new demand
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
HALT Million Telephone Workers For
Bell System Map United Wage Strategy

Washington (LPA)- Delegates
who speak for 423,450 unionized
workers in the Bell Telephone Sys-
tenn met here last week, to map
out a concerted drive for wage
boosts. They discussed joint STRAIT
egy in pressing their wage de-
mands, and set up a continuing
committee to coordinate the clean
up drive.
Both Communications Workers
of America -unaffiliated, with 230,-
600 workers covered by contracts,
and the Telephone Workers Organ
izing Committee, claiming 100000
workers covered, were there. In adj
dition, Independent groups came
from Pennsylvania, Connecticut,
Maryland, Ohio, New York, New
Jersey, Delaware and West Vir-
ginia. All of the actions of the con-
ference were unanimous.
A resolution adopted at the end
Ol Tile SeSlSOli OdlQ IllC pICoCiiI
plight of Bell system employees is
the result of the failure of the
Republican and Dixiecrat-domin-
ated 80th Congress-" and the re-
dictionary profits first and employe
last" policy of the telephone COM
panies. Added the delegates:
"Phone workers are entitled to
wage increases equal to the third
round increases received by organ
lied workers in other basic indus
tries"
While there was no mention of
a nation wide strike in the resolu-
tion, delegates made it clear that
such strike, tying up 80 per cent
of the nations phone facilities,
would be much more practical as a
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
Union Publicity
Has Directors OF
Met On The Spot

New York OPA)-Some time
this week, after another conference
representative of AFL entertain
ment trades unions and the Metro
politan Opera Assn directors will
make public the story of their ne
gotiations over the past few weeks.
But one thing is already clear.
Whether a settlement is reached
or not, whether or not the famous
opera company performs this fall
and winter, the directors attempt
to blame all their troubles on the
unions has fallen flat on its face.
Even the most conservative pap
ers in Gotham have printed in full
the statements of several union
leaders that completely refuted the
management canard. All of them
have attacked the directors unila-
teral decision to cancel the 1948-49
season.
The keys to the public's response
to the unions statement of their
case are two:
/. The unions were clearly in the
right.
2. Under the leadership of Lo-
cal 802, American Federation of
Musicians, they did a good job OF
presenting their case to the public.
Despite the secrecy that has sur
rounded the latest bargaining talks
the public now knows that the
"Met's" directors didn't want it
to know-that the unions weren't
holding out for a pay raise in face
of the operas deficit. What they
want is social security system
for their members, and they've
taken the trouble to plan a series
of special concerts that would make
their insurance plans realizable.
The public knows now that it
was management-not labor-that
was willing to ignore the public in
terest, that it has been labor-not
= that has advanced
constructive plans to meet the fl
nancial dilemmas of one of Ameri-
cas- greatest musical institutions.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26

for goods is being felt, to meet
ERP needs and military require
ments. Business therefore looks
forward to another half year of
high demand when prices can be
raised. Many industries are increas-
ing prices much more than enough
to offset wage raises. Workers may
expect gradual rises in living costs
for the next few months.
"Rents will move up slowly;
metal goods prices will rise; fall
clothing may be higher; meat prices
are likely to stay high or go high
er-we hope for declines next year.
Shoe prices are held at levels con-
sumers cannot afford, while stocks
accumulate, production is cut,
thousands of shoe workers are laid
off. Government support keeps
wheat prices up"
The federation cautioned that "a
day of reckoning cannot be avoid
ed" and emphasized that consumer
buying power must be maintained
| if disaster is to be averted. 1t said:
"The downward price adjustment
is being postponed by government
spending for ERP and ornaments,
but it cannot be escaped. Mean
while high prices are undermining
the reserves and buying power
which alone can sustain production
when these emergency programs
end. Before the end of the war,
competent economists pointed out
that an American living standard
so percent above 1889 would be
necessary to provide the demand
needed to operate industry at full
employment levels. In 1945, per
capita real income in USA was at
this level-54 percent above 1889
But since then it has been so re-
duced by initiation that today it is
only 80 percent above 1889.
Consumer buying power is the
floor under our whole economy. 1t
must be kept intact so that the
price decline when it comes, will be
slow and orderly, not "A price col
lapse"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
Part Time Work For Women

Washington, ID. C. (ILNS)-The
Labor Advisory Committee of the
U. S. Women's Bureau has approx
ed the following motion: "That the
Labor Advisory Committee ex-
presses it's interest in having the
federal government take favorable
action toward the encouragement
of part-time employment for wo-
men in federal service, with view
to exploring the possibilities of
such work feasible from
the employer point of view, equit-
able to the workers, and increasing
public understanding of the needs
of women involved"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
Labor Department
Will Aid Job
Training Abroad

Huntington, w. Va. (LPA) =
Speaking at the convention of the
West Virginia Federation of Labor
'ast week William F. Patterson
director Of the Bureau of Appren-
ticeship of the Labor Dept said
that the USZ will aid European
nations in establishing voluntary
abor management apprentice
training programs similar to those
operated by a number of AFL un-
ions in this country.
Patterson who has just return
ed from a trip to France, Italy and
Greece said: GAS result of my OBJ
servations | am recommending that
arrangements be made to send one
or more representatives from the
Bureau of Apprenticeship to some
of the European countries to act as
advisors to governments and to
both management and labor to see
what can be done towards improv-
ing management and labor rela-
tions thru apprenticeship. am
suggesting that an equal number
of persons from other countries be
brought to the US to study at first
hand how the national voluntary
apprenticeship program is working
out here"
The Labor Dept official reveal
ed that an apprentice training ex-
pert has already been at work in
Greece and has set up "a pilot pro-
gram" on the Greek railroads.
al believe" Patterson declared,
1--WE have developed voluntary CO.
operative approach between man
agement, labor and government
agencies, which can be utilized pro-
fitably by many of the countries
in Europe. There is a tendency in
the countries | visited Of setting up
training programs in
terms of government DEGREES and
In exchanging exper-
fences both with employers and
unions | found that both groups
would like to see greater partici-
patton by management and labor
in working out the programs.
Other proposals advanced by Pat
terson were the bringing to Ameri-
ca Of foreign craftsmen for train
ng in American technical skills, and
encouragement to overseas trade
union and leaders to come here
and study the operations Of US
unions and the life Of American
workers. Seeing is believing" he
said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
Union Official
Killed By Iron

New York (LPA)-Isadore Lam
dau, 55, a veteran official of the
Int'l Ladies Garment Workers
Union-AFL was killed last week
when he was struck in the head
by 15-pound electric iron which
fell from the eighth floor of a
building in Manhattan's garment
center.
Landau, who has worked for his
union for 15 years, was assistant
manager of the children's clothing
department of the Cloak & Suit
Joint Board of the ILGWU. He
was walking thru the garment dis
trict on union business when a
60-year old worker in a 37th Street
clothing factory let his iron slip
out of his hand while opening a
window.
One of the crowd of people who
gathered around Landau's crumpled
body was his own son, Daniel who
works nearby. But the crowd was
so large that he didn't see who
the victim was.
Some friends Of Landau's had
been invited to dinner that eve
ming by the family to celebrate his
return to work that week after a
siege of pneumonia and pleurisy.
They had a hunch too that Landau
was about to receive a promotion
in his union work.
The death of the hard-working,
popular joint board officer is
mourned by hundreds of garment
workers this week. They have
known and respected him as a
faithful union man since he ar
rived in this country as an immi-
grant sewing machine operator.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
THOMAS E. COOPER

Thomas Emery Cooper, 63, died
Saturday, August, 81 at 11:10 a. m.
at the home of his sister, Mrs. Lucy
Barnes, 615 Washington Ave-,
Wellsville, following long i'll
ness.
Born April IL, 1885, in Middle
bourne, w. Va, he had been en-
ployed as a kiln fireman at the
Edwin M. Knowles China Co. for
80 years.
He leaves another sister, Mrs.
Effie Foster of New Straitsville,
o., and two brothers, Frank Coop
er of Newell, and Joseph Cooper
of West Union, w. Va.
Services were held Tuesday at
2 D. m. at the Haugh Funeral
Home by Rev. Anna Potter, pas
tor of the Newell Methodist Church.
Burial was in Springhill Gene
terry.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
HARRY ORvIL MORGAN

Harry Orvil Morgan, 1920 Michi-
gan Ave., died Saturday, August
81 at Rocky Glen Sanitorium, Nc
Connelsville, following a three
month illness. He was 81.
An employee of the Hall China
Co., he lived in the vicinity for
81 years. He was born July 3,
1891, at Beverly, 0.
Survivors. include a daughter,
Mrs. Irene Dawson, and son, Ed
Morgan, both of East Liverpool.
Services were held Tuesday
at 2 p. m. at the Martin Funeral
Home by Rev. Paul Bailey, pastor
of the Boyce Ave. Methodist
Church. Burial was in Spring Grove
Cemetery.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26

result of the agreement to work
comparatively that was reached at
this first session. s
The continuing committee is ex-
pected to meet in matter of days
since many bell system contracts
were reopened for a 30-day wage
renegotiating period Aug. 16, and
almost all others will be reopened
within 80 DAYS.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
INVEST IN NEW PAPERS
TOFIGHT ANTI-LABOR
PUBLISHERS, ITU TOLD

Milwaukee (LPA) - The Int'l
Typographical Union-AFL stands
today "stronger and even with in
creased membership over a year
ago." President Woodruff Randolph
told the delegates to the unions
Goth national convention this week.
Despite what the typos head call
ed a "most disagreeable and pun
ishing experience" the union has
demonstrated its strength and de-
termination thru the all-out ma
tionwide support of the strike in
Chicago dailies. Thru July 20, the
international had collected and paid
out in benefits to strikers in Chi
cago the total Of $3,471 ,538.57
and to job printer strikers in Phila-
delphia another $741, 1,518.63.
First break in the solid lineup of
newspaper publishers-organizedi in
the American Newspaper Publish
ers' Ashland the job printers or
ganized in the Printing Industry
Assn was the New York City set
tlement last week, Randolph said.
This VAST ololwed, he pointed out,
"by settlements in Detroit and Chi
cago along constructive lines inso-
far as possible under the injunc-
ton (obtained by the NLRB Gen
eral Counsel and the Taft Hartley
law"
Randolph pointed out that the
past year has demonstrated that
the union can support large num-
bers of its members who are on
strike for long periods of time.
Now, he said, the union "can sup
ply an unfair employer with enough
competition of various kinds to
make his unfair operation much
less profitable than he calculated
when he dispensed with our mem
bers."
"That does not necessarily mean
that we will start a newspaper in
every jurisdiction where we have a
strike or lockout, but it does mean
that we can supply the mechanical
equipment and the mechanical
know-how for the operation of an
other newspaper where other busi-
ness men would like to enter the
field"
He added that "the practice of
one newspaper arrogantly dominat-
ing an entire city's news, and too
often its radio also, is a practice
which can be somewhat corrected
if other investors can be shown the
way"
An extensive educational pub
licity campaign, using radio and
movies as we'll as the pages of the
daily papers to present the unions
case, is urgently needed" the lTU
president said.
Only indication Of dissent over
the unions anti-Taft- Hartley stra-
tegy in the opening days of the
convention was demand from
striking delegate l.. +. 0'Neill of
Chicago Local l6 that Reese High
tower, Akron delegate, not be seat
ed because Of the actions he has
taken to oppose national ITU pol
icy in fighting the antiLabor law.
The protest is being considered by
the credentials committee.
Gerhard Van Arkel, former Nj
RIB counsel and now attorney for
the ITU, told delegates that last
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BIackfeet Agency
Makes Survey
Of Stock Water

Stockmen on t h e Blackfeet
Reservation will, no doubt, be in
terested in knowing that survey
is being m a d e of the present
stock water developments with a
view toward repairing those now
existing and planning program
for the future developments.
The present policy OF the
Agency is to allow a value to the
lessee or permittee for the unused
benefits W h i c h remain in i'm
provements made on his lease a
permit by him. This will permit
the land user to improve the land
by such practice as fencing or
stock water development and not
have to pa y for the improve
ments at the next advertisement
in meeting the Competitive Aid.'
Technicians are available at the
Agency for the purpose Of design
ing pond dams or other S t o c k
water developments.
Classifieds Pay.
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Some child will $500 and trip to Daley Brothers Circus win
quarters Gonzales Texas for naming the smallest baby ee
phant in America The infant will be hereabous when the
big String railroad circus exhibits Shelby next Thursday Aug
g. with afternoon and night performances at and
Daley Brothers Circus has "a other big and little elephants but
the smallest imported with other wild animals from India
ago. by all standards of comparison the smallest in
America nationally prominent judges headed by movie
and elephant ance will decide the end Of the
which will probably be November which submitted by
child under IL years attendance at of the main
ormances of the the best for the baby elephant
There no entry with the entries and addition
$500 prize will of accompany
the Youthful winner to Texas for the christening
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FEAR OF DEFlATI0k

They are really more concern
ed about defiation than about in
flation." Senator Taft's they"
referred to the Truman Admins
tration. And despite the Presi-
dents p e a S for legislation to
curb initiation, there is a good
deal of truth in Mr.. Taft's state
ment. For the Administration
could do much more to check in
flation if it were rot afraid of de-
f1ation.
But if the spokesman for Re-
publicans in Congress had been
making a nonpartisan statement
he would have had to make his
they" much more inclusive.
Actually, it covers a big part of
the community and definitely in
cludes the Republican arty.
Nearly everybody prefers t h e
boom to even 'stabilizer recess
ion." Nearly everybody is afraid
that measures to check initiation
will S tart defation. Producers
like high prices; workers TX e
high W e e S. Nobody wants to
pull out a girder that could poss-
IDLY send the w h o e economy
crashing.
In fact, both major parties are
more inclined to insert girders.
Mr.. Taft charged that every time
farm prices h W any sign of
falling, the Democrats r u h to
support them. He might h a v e
added that the Republicans sell
dom get left behind.
In fact, the 80th Congress, con-
trolled by Republicans, is respon-
sible for continuing the most in
defensible subsidy for inflated
food priest h a on potatoes.
Former Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson urged that this war;
time measure be dropped. 1t has
cost the taxpayers $170, 900, 900
and is now adding $4,000, 900 a
week. 1t has caused the dump
ing of millions of bushels 1.-THE
cheapest form of surplus disposaD
and costly expedients to vol d
dumping. But Congress insisted
on keeping h e subsidy on the
1913 crop.
They are really more concern
ed about dehation. And Mr..
Taft seems to justify such con-
Germ. For the gist of his state
ment was that prices are leveling
off. We should put more trust in
this estimate if we didn't have a
vivid memory of a similar predic.
ton two years ago. Then the plea
was that if price ceiling were re-
NOV led, increased production
would soon drive prices down.
Christian Science Monitor.
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Wanted-Bicycle to repair Or
rebuild. Repairs for all makes.
Mack's Key S hop. 1O1 North
Central, Cut Bank, Montana.
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AND THE 1913 CROP

Great Northern believes in keeping its
customers posted on problems of mutual
concern and interest.
Harvest of another gigantic grain crop
is approaching high tide in the Great
Plains and Pacific Northwest states.
Growers, country elevatormen, terminal
market operators and grain professors
share with the railways the hope that the
1G4S crop can be moved to market with
minimum delay.
Great Northern already has begun to
move this years grain crop. 1t is devoting
very large number of available cars to
this exceedingly important service, and
has been assured larger supply of cars
as the harvest progresses.
But, anxious as is Great Northern
to provide maximum boxcar require
ments for the grain movement, it
knows that conditions over which
the railway has no control will re-
strict the number of cars available.
A major contributing factor to the car
shortage is lack of materials for car
building. The total boxcar ownership
of American railways has not
improved over this time last year
because materials for new car con-
struction have not been available in
sufficient quantities to keep pace with
retirement of WORKOUT equipment.
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Great Northern has built 1000 rew
boxcars this year, and a large num-
Der of an additional !, 900 cars wouid
haue been in service this Fall had
not a materials shortage stopped
construction. The railway hopes it
can resume Uithin a fe.O .veeks cay
building program Which wiN put
1000 neW borcars on the rails by
n,id-l949.
The 4O-hour week has reduced the
working time Of the boxcar. The Friday
afternoon-to- Monday morning delay in
loading and unloading by shippers and
receivers has created an enormous loss in
car usefulness-especiall when there are
not enough boxcars to meet demands.
Great Northern promises the same
about effort it made during the past
seven years OF record grain crops and
boxcar shortages to move the 1913
harvest to market in the shortest
possible time.
Given the same superb assistance
and encouragement it received last
year from shippers and receivers of
grain, Great Northern is confident it
will turn out transportation per-
Torrance equalling that of last year,
when Grea: Northern set a grain
moving record of 20,542 cars in Sep
TENDER in spite of boxcar shortage.
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Wanted-La mowers to
sharpen ard repair. Mack's Key
Shop, lO1 Mort h Central, Cut
Bank, Montana. 17-25c
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