The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-05
SMEAR ARTIST nth HOUR ACTION

latest issue released as an 11th
hour action to mislead members in
voting on the salaries Of President
and Secretary-Treasurer, evidenced
their complete disregard of truth
as to what other labor unions pay
their executives by publishing only
salaries and membership figures
that served their malicious ENDS.
AS to comparison of salaries and
membership here are just a few
that thew could have evidence if
they had the least desire to bring
to the membership the truth:
Photo Engravers Union-Mem-
bership 10000. Salary of President
$11, 500.
Technical Draftsmen's - Mem
bership 10000. Salary of President
$1,000.
Pilots Union-Membership 1850
Salary of President $4,000.
Cigarmakers Union - Member
ship 11,000. Salary of President
$500.
Pattern Makers Union-Member-
ship 10000. Salary of President
$4,000.
These are only few comparisons
that we were able to Immediately
evidence, as unquestionably if time
had permitted before the Herald
going to press we could have shown
many other organizations whose
salaries per capita are much high
er than in the Brotherhood in
stance.
Our industry-wide collective bar
gaining relations requires much
more service and responsibility on
the part of your officials than is
the case in the bigger organiza-
tions whose wage contracts are on
shop basis that does not require
any service on the part of the Ma
tional Officials. Your National Of
ficials, in addition to their exec
cutive duties are regularly busy
in doing the field work such as
visiting shops and local unions to
adjust matters in dispute, not to
mention the service we give in I'm
employment and Accident Compen-
sation cases, keeping our organi-
cation out of legal entanglements
and managing your finances.
Organizations with the larger
memberships also maintain their
legal staffs and financial experts.
This service does not come to them
for any meager fees.
The statement that they were de-
MED space in the Potters Herald
is an absolute falsehood. They have
not offered anything to be printed
nor have they requested space In
our paper other than as reported
in last weeks issue of this paper,
their request for uncensored
privilege. The same thing can be
said of every single one of their
charges in the latest scandal sheet.
They are all absolutely untrue.
They had their chances to appear
before our National Convention and
to sustain any of their charges.
They elected to follow the i'll advice
of their attorney and they have
only themselves to blame for their
present unfavorable standing with
the membership of the Brother
hood.
The meeting they had recently in
East Liverpool, Ohio, by actual
count there were lat persons in
At least half of whom
were there out of curiosity and not
as participants to their disgrace
full tactics. When they appeared in
Ohio, they most bare
facedly told of the four to five hum
lred who made up their East Liv-
erpool audience. In Sebring Ohio,
where they had another rump meet
ng their own report to the press
vas that 200 appeared in this meet
ng. There was such little evidence
n the speeches of these disturbers
hat motion was made to adjourn
before all of them had spoken.
AS to the court decision, some of
he most eminent legal lights in
he country who have read the de-
.ision expressed themselves amaz- !
ID that any court of standing could :
ind basis for invading the Con-
Rights of a labor union
o carry on its own business and /.
0 settle salaries for its officials. :
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