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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-27
Oil Union Wins
II 1-2e For Biggest
194S Pay B cost

Fort Worth, Tex. (LPA)-Big
business hasn't held the line against
wage boosts in 1948, so far as the
5000 employees of Sinclair's produc-
ton, refining and pipeline opera
tions are concerned.
Last week, a l7l2c an hour raise
was negotiated with Sinclair by the
Oil Workers Int'l Union. OWIU
President o. A. Knight announced
that similar terms are being press
ed in negotiations with other oil
companies.
The pay boost, the union asserts
is "the largest increase won in the
third round by any union in ma
tion-wide contract" Nearly all OF
the unions major contracts are now
open ol will be opened within the
next few weeks.
Faces are red" the OWIU re-
ports, in the circles Of Standard
OILS "independent" union. After
urging from the company, which
was racing to beat the Sinclair
settlement, the Standard union in
two days of negotiations humbly
asked for l2c an hour-and won"
it. The l2c raise was in pay envel-
opes before it was made public in
Baton Rouge, La. Now, OWlU re-
ports serious dissatisfaction over
the 5llc difference won by the Sin
clair workers genuine union over
the Standard puppet union.
Buy Union Made goods from
others as you would have them
pay Union wages unto you'll
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-27
UAW-GM Talks
continued From Page One)

granted an injunction preventing
the attorney general from such ac-
ton until there can be a hearing
on JAWS claim that the law is
unconstitutional.
The general council of Ford Lo-
cal 600 has voted $125,000 for sup
port of the strikers, declaring that
the fight of the Chrysler workers
is a fight for a cost of living wage
increase not only for themselves
but for all organized labor"
In a statement about "why Chry-
sler workers are on strike" UAW
listed as No. l the fact that "Chry-
sler management asked for it." In
line with the attitude of the steel
and electrical industries, the COM
pany made no attempt to negotiate
from Feb. 27 to May II, the date
the strike began.
"The strike of the Chrysler work
the statement points out, "is
the fight Of the whole American
people against monopolistic corpor-
ate power that would rob wage
earners of adequate purchasing
power. Such draining off of ex-
tortionate profits at the top would
insure a depression in which inde-
pendent businessmen, farmers and
professional people would lose mar
kets for their goods and services
and again, as in 1929-1933, join un-
employed wage-earners in bread
lines and on relief rolls. The strike
of the Chrysler workers is a fight
to prevent American so-called free
enterprise from committing suicide
by conspiracy to starve its own
customers"
Chrysler workers are asking soc
an hour to meeSthe unprecedented
high cost of living. GM workers
are asking 25c an hour, 10c of
which would go to health and well
fare insurance program.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-27
Delegates To
Continued From Pare ORe)

Ohio-James Bennett, John Gil
more, Alice Sewers.
Local Union 141-Oddmen anC
Laborers, East Liverpool, O.-Johr
Miller.
Local Union 163-Refractories
East Liverpool, O.-James O'Rielly
Local Union Refractories
Sebring, O.-Vernon Brunt.
Local Union 178-Artware, Sc
bring, O.-Leslie Hawk, George
Court, j ohm Williams, Robert
Webb.
Local Union 1874 - Chinaware
Trenton, n. ARTHUR Devlin.
Local Union 1872 - Warehouse
men, Packers and Decorating Kiln.
men, Sebring, Ohio-Earl Hardy
James Conny, Hugh Daley.
Local Union 20l 49, Chinaware
Huntington Park, Calf. - Joshus
Llewllyn, 0. |, Sullivan, Felix Zuv-
arich.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-27
UAW Wins Plant
After Commies
Favor No Union

Peoria, Ill. (LPA)-A UAW vic
tory at the giant Caterpillar Trac-
tor plant here ended one of the odd
est union election campaigns on rec.
ord. A weird twist of the NLRE
representation election found tbs
Communist-dominated Farm Equip
ment Workers whooping it up foi
a "no union" vote while the Cat
erpillar Company was spending
thousands of dollars urging the
workers to vote for a union, any
union on the ballot.
More than 1900 workers had
been on strike at the plant since
April 8, when FE called a walkout
in an effort to force the company
to negotiate a new contract and a
wage increase. At that point, an
NLRB election was called with
three unions competing on the bal
lot Int'l Association of Machinists-
unaffiliated, United Auto Workers
AFL and United Auto Workers
CIO, FE, ruled off the ballot for
its failure to comply with the Taft
Hartley Act, campaigned openly
for mo union.
The election was held May IL
and UAW-AFL came out with the
most votes but without "A majority.
FE called off it's strike, the plant
was reopened, and a run-off cleo
tion was ordered. Said Caterpil-
lar president Louis B. Neumiller,
eve look forward to a new era
of labor-management relationship"
Roy Reuther heads the bargain
ing committee which Immediately
began negotiations to bring Cater
pillar wages up to those in the rest
of the industry. FE, badly burned,
has called off its plans for strikes
in IL International Harvester
n'ants in Illinois, Kentucky, New
York and Indiana.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-27
CIT LAUNCHES INTER-
AMERICAN RADIO SHOW

Washington (LPA) - The Inter
American Confederation of Workers
(CIT) last week launched a conti-
nent-wide radio program for the
workers of South America. CIT,
formed in Peru last January, is rep
resented in this country by Secre-
tary-Treasurer George Meany of
the AFL and Bert Jewell of the
Railway Labor Executives Assn as
well as AFL's Latin American rep
resentative, Serafino Romualdi. The
organization was vigorously oppos-
ed and is continually attacked by
Fascists and Communists alike.
Opening the radio series, CIT
President Bernardo Ibanez of Chile
declared, "Our program of action
includes the fight for planned So
cial guarantees to protect the work
ing classes thruout their lives, when
they are sick, when they are injur-
ed, when they are in need, when
they. are unable to work, and when
they die, because social guarantees
are newly come to America and be-
cause in the majority of our ma
tions where they already exist, they
are imperfect and insufficient.
"0ur program includes the COM
mitment to fight for technical,
social, and human solution for the
program of the land and its ex-
ploitation. We want the millions
of rural folks to benefit in our con-
tinent by civilization and culture,
and for this reason we propose an
agrarian reform which will permit
the farmers to enjoy the benefits
of technical progress in the cultiva-
tion of the land.
FINALLY, we will fight to have
the workers of America group to-
gether for the realization Of a just,
democratic and permanent peace
for the peoples of the world.
ain general terms, these are the
ideas which will guide the work of
the Confederation Inter Americana
de Trabajadores in its fight for So
cial justice, social progress and the
welfare of the people. On explain
ing them once more to all of our
friends and companions, we invite
then to fight with us in the reali
zation of these high ideals"
The executive board of CIT holds
its first meeting in San Francisco
June IL to map its plans for ac-
hicving some of the goals of the
inter-American labor movement.
Headquarters of the confederation
are in Santiago, Chile.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-27
Comment On World Events

Because the American Fedora
tion of Labor knows how important
it is to freedom in any country that
free trade unions should be enabled
to function, we have concentrated
large part of our efforts on the
rehabilitation of free unions in
Europe and their expansion in Lat
in American countries.
We have given funds and liaison
workers to Europe to help rebuild
the wreckage caused by dictators
who destroyed the free trade unions
in order to build up the power of
their central state. We have sent
liaison trade unionists to work with
Spanish-speaking trade unionists
of Latin America.
Free trade unions are a bulwark
against communism and Commun-
ist agents. Free unions enable
workers to get good pay and work
ing conditions and to have steady
jobs so that they can save to buy
their own homes. Home owners do
not easily follow revolutionary
leaders.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-27

1t has been difficult for many tC
realize that the objective of the
Communists is insurrection to es-
tablish a government to carry out
the purposes of the Moscow Poljt-
buro. The Inter-American confer
ence at Bogota demonstrated this
fact in blood and destruction.
AS has happened in European
countries, these native fifth col
umnists were reinforced by Soviet
agents from Moscow. The insurrec-
tionists, led by men trained in Mos
COW to betray their own countries,
seized key communication facilities
and proceeded with the destruction
with well-ordefed precision.
This was an important conference
to implement the economic and So
cial principles agreed upon at Cha
pultepec. Because it's decisions
would affect the lives of workers,
the American Federation of Labor
urged our government to take the
lead in establishing the democratic
practice of workers having repre-
sentation in determining issues
that concern them. Unfortunately,
we did not succeed, but we shall
continue to urge acceptance of this
principle.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-27

gaining, the alternative must be
compulsory arbitration or wage-fix.
ing by the government. In either
case, the government soon comes
to fix wage pattern for all Am
erica. If the government fixes
wages, the government must fix
prices, and then the government
must control distribution, and we
would inevitably see the end of a
free economy and completely reg
imented people.
"From the point of view of lib
erty, | believe it is essential that
men retain the right to quit work
when the terms Of that work are
unsatisfactory to them, and their
contract has expired. The line be-
tween freedom and fascism is de-
fined by the right to strike and
the even more basic right to quiz" "
No, the public interest is not
served when these basic facts are
ignored. Nor can we expect har-
monious labor-management rela-
tions unless the threat to the ex-
ercise of labor's basic rights is re-
E1oved. Whether that threat con-
sists in infringements Of the Rail
way Labor Act or in the pro-
visions of the Taft-Hartley Act,
some of which are already break
ing down of their own weight, mat
ters little.
Organized labor expects little
from the present Congress. But
there is still the Supreme Court,
watchdog of the inalienable rights
of the people. And there are above
all the American people WHO, in
thier own interest, ought to guard
against the yindictive use of legal
technicalities which merely help to
fan resentment and widen the areas
of social, economic, and in the last
political conflict.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-27
Fact flinders To
Make Report On
Long Lines Fight

Washington (LPA) - The three
members of the fact-finding board
appointed by President Truman in
the dispute between a CIO union
and the long lines department of the
American Telephone & Telegraph
Co., are working this week and
next, against the June deadline
set for their report by the White
House.
The fact-finders, named under
the Taft-Hartley law, are Sumner
Slichter, Harvard economics profess
sor, Aaron Horvitz, New York la
Dor relations expert, and Charles
A. Horsky, Washington attorney.
The American Union of Tele-
phone Workers greeted the naming
of fact-finders as an opportunity
to air the facts of the case and
to bring the telephone workers
story to the public's attention"
President John j. Moran said,
can impartial investigation will
prove our contention that the giant
telephone monopoly has been re-
miss in it's obligations to the work
ers, that it has refused to bargain
fairly and that the wages of the
workers are tagging behind those
of workers in other industries"
Spokesman for AT&T were not
so enthusiastic about Truman'S
move to avert a threatened strike
of about $4,000 long lines workers
covered by AUTW negotiations.
They expressed surprise that Tru
man had acted without consulting
the company. Negotiations have
been deadlocked since May 8 when
the last contract expired.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-27
Typos Election
UphoIding Battle
Against tn Law

Indianapolis (LPA)-Victory by
wide margin for President Wood
ruff Randolph and his slate was
reported here this week at head
quarters of the Int'l Typographical
Union on the basis of incomplete
unofficial returns.
The election contest was one of
the hottest ever waged in the union
Randolph's policies and methods
in fighting the Taft-Hartley Act
including the strikes under his re-
gime, constituted one Of the big
issues in the contest.
The ITU leaders foes, backed
by the Independent Party" in the
union, strongly denounced Ran
dolph's policies, and promised a
regime of peace, harmony and
ORDER" while Randolph's support
ers, endorsed by the Progressive
Party" campaigned on the basis
of "vote of confidence" for the
present pollcleS.
Returns from. a substantial
number of locals showed Randolph
to be rolling up a three-to-two ma
jority over John r. Evans, Wash
ington, in the race for the presi-
dency. Evans is a vice president of
Columbia Typographical Union No.
101 in the nations capital.
Evans won out by a two-to-one
margin in the Columbia local, but
Randolph came through with
smashing majorities in New York
and Chicago. In the Windy City,
where the printers have been on
strike since last November, the
vote for Randolph was 2,S43 to 868.
Meanwhile, the TITUS battle with
publishers and printing industry
owners for maximum protection
against the shackles of the Taft
Hartley Act were marked by these
major developments:
Local 16 in Chicago rejected a
"finar contract proposed by the
city's newspaper publishers-which
included SO weekly wage increase
on the ground that various pro-
visions Of the proposed agreement
do mot conform with ITU laws"
"A National Labor Relations
Board trial examiner, Arthur Left,
finally completed hearings on the
American Newspaper Publishers
Associations unfair labor prac-
tice" charges against the union
The hearings-cut off from time
to time by recesses-had dragged
on for six months.
3-The "Big Six" local in New
York framed a new contract pro-
posal to the city's newspaper pub
fishers to replace an earlier one
which the international executive
board of the union had rejected as
conflicting with ITU laws. This
time, the local asked for a $15-a-
week wage increase, in lieu Of a
previous tentative agreement on
So; for jurisdiction over varitype
machines and similar processes
used to bypass composing rooms,
and for various other additional
safeguards.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-27

ing agency to promote the welfare
of wage earners. Acceptance Of this
constructive service from unicns
can be facilitated by governmental
appointment of representatives of
free trade unions, industry and ag-
riculture to participate in the eco
nomic and social conferences auth
orized by the Chapultepec Agree
ment.
The establishment of the prac-
tice of democratic participation
would be a bulwark against the in
roads of communism. Alone, gov
ernment agents are impotent in
this situation. They need the whole
hearted cooperation Of voluntary
specialized agencies. ea
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-27
All In Readiness
(CoHhHued From Page One)

Boscul Coffee Company to make
your lunches taste better. Parking
free until six o'clock. Rides for the
kiddies will be ten cents up until
5 p. m.
1t will be one of the most enjoy
able days of the year for you and
the entire family. Come prepared
to stay late because you will not
be able to tear yourself away from
the fun.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-27

No other single policy will do
more to strengthen democratic in
stitutions in the Western Hemis-
phere than the assurance of the
right of workers to representation
in making decisions on labor mat
ters. The new Inter-American Con-
federation of Workers will aid and
strengthen free trade unions, so
that they can serve as the bargain
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-27
European
(C0HfiHued From Page OHe)

France.
Bert Jewell reported on the for
nation Of the Confederation of In
ter-American Trades Unions (CIT)i
and the ITF voted to send Triton
Gomez, a member of its executive
committee and leader of the out
lawed Spanish trade unions, to
Latin America to secure participa-
tion by its transport unions in ITF.
Another resolution called upon
the British and American authori-
ties in Germany to cease diverting
traffic in and out Of their zones
from its traditional routes thru
Dutch and Belgian ports.
Ask for Union Labeled merchan'
disc.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-27

Last-minute governmental inter-
vention in the railroad strike has
apparently whetted the appetite for
legislation whose purpose, in the
quaint phrase of the New York
Times, would be to see that it
doesn't happen again" That is a
strange cry, hardly in keeping with
the liberal traditions Of that au-
gust paper. 1t ignores the ques-
tion of railroad union officials
whether it is "the intention of the
government to transform the vol
untary procedure Of the Railway
Labor Act into compulsory arbi-
tration." 1t leaves unanswered the
bitter conclusion of the railroaders
that eff that sort of compulsion is
the policy of government, then la
Dor can look forward to regimenta-
ton while management continues
to pyramid its profits"
Whether the railway unions were
well advised to call the strike is
questionable. But the issue reaches
deeper than mere questioning of
the procedure. By now it has be-
come quite obvious that the revised
use of injunctions against the ex-
ercise of the workers as yet per-
fectly legal right to strike under
mines the foundations of union la
Dor. 1t deals a death blow to the
rights which the legislators them
selves profess to uphold. 1t makes
labor's rights and hard-won privi-
leges mockery, something to be
dispensed with every time it suits
the governmental powers that be.
Indeed, the question raised by
Charles w. Hanson, New York la
Dor leader and chairman Of the Car
penters Non-Partisan Committee
for Repeal and Defeat of Anti-La
Dor Legislation, goes to the heart
of the issue. In a pamphlet issued
by the same organization he says:
"The Taft Hartley law was aimed
at organized labor, but it also hit
every American . 1t means that
Congress can destroy the rights of
one group Of our citizens. If this
can be done to one group, what,
except the vigilance and effort of
the people, is to prevent its doing
the same thing to other groups
which fall under its displeasure ?"
Interestingly enough, Senator
Taft opposes an effort spearheaded
by his colleague, Senator Ball, to
bring railroad labor under the Taft
Hartley Act. That is sensible. How
ever justified the complaints of or
ganized labor against that law, the
fact remains that Senator Taft
well recognized the danger
behind the reasoning for further
labor legislation. In a recent speech
he stated:
"Many members of the public
would have had us prohibit strikes.
That proposal | have always
strongly opposed. If an agreement
,annot be reached by collective bar
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-27

MUSEUM PIECE-Canned mu-
sic has replaced live musicians in
America and, in the words of Presi-
dent James Caesar Petrillo of the
American Federation of Musicians
AFL, 'The musician is being asked
to play at his own funeral" This is
from a new booklet "The Record on
Records" in which the AIM ex-
plains how the present trend con-
Germs the public as well as the
union musician.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-27

Buy Union Made goods from
others as you would have them
pay Union wages unto you'll
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-02-12


its pick Of the field? Who would be
the one TO select? Among the best
coaches in college football - in no
selected order-we could name the
following:
Leahy, NOtre Dame; Cfisler,
Michigan; Little, Columbia; Red
Blaik, Army; Matty Bell, S.M.U.;
Jimmy Phelan, st. Mary's; Blair
Cherry, Texas; Jim Tatum, Mary
land; Wallace Wade, Duke; Paul
Bryant, Kentucky; Red Sanders,
Vanderbilt; Bobby DOdd. Georgia
Tech; Wally Butts, Georgia, and
Bernie Bierman, Minnesota
But how many of these can Navy
get? don't think Navy could get
Leahy, Crisler or Little. doubt that
Navy would reach for Blaik. I've
heard two names mentioned lately
Phelan of st. Mary's and Tatum of
Maryland. Either would be an ex-
cellent choice.
Phelan's 1915 or 1916 St. Mary's
team was certainly as well coached
as Leahy's Notre Dame teams or
Crisler's Michigan teams. Leahy
and Crisler currently are rated on
top. Both are brilliant coaches. But
no one knows how large a part the
best material plays in football.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-02-12
Coaching and Material

In my book, material is far more
important than coaching. Leahy and
Crisler have had far the best mate
rial lately They have had material
that completely outclassed rival
players through the last year, an6
both know it. eap seas q
They have been meeting teams
that never had a man who could
make their first squad-line or back
field. Notre Dame and Michigan
steadily get the best material in the
Midwest, strong football sector.
There is no such monopoly in
other sections. Since the war Army
and Navy took a drop-a terrific
drop on Navy's side.
Material is important, but a
smart, keen. alert coach also is a
big help. Modern football moves at
a killing pace. There are so many
new offenses and defenses that a
coach slightly behind the times is
completely bewilderedsg 80
A football coach is the hardest
working instructor in the realm of
sport. No other coach in any other
game faces such consistent pres
sure. No other coach faces so many
problems, has SO many worries, SO
many shocks.
The pro game is full of fine
coaches: Paul Brown, Steve Owen,
Sutherland, Greasy Neale, Buck
Shaw-on and on. But the answer
here is still largely material.
have no record of Nays ma.
terial for 1913. But it should match
Army's, and with a pro coach such
as Phelan or Tatum or one of that
class. Navy isn't going through a
season again winning one game a
year..
Navy has won only two games in
the last two years. This won't hap
pen through 1913.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-02-12
A Possible Tangle

The Big Nine either is gambling
on Minnesota TO win her conference
crown next fall or figuring the West
Coast is too dazed to care what hap
pens. At least nothing so far has
been done about sending her second
or third-place team to the Rose
Bowl game in case Michigan and
Illinois run IL.
Our information on Illinois is
slight. But our information on Michi-
gan is complete, and it indicates
that the Wolverines will be Just
about as tough next fall as they
were last season.
Michigan loses flock Of stars,
including Chappuis, Weisenburger,
Yerges, Mann, Ford and Pritula.
But there will be more than enough
stars left to plug the gap and make
the Wolverines again as formidable
as any squad in the land.
Bernie Bierman at Minnesota will
have fast, powerful line, one Of the
best in football. But he could use
one or two of Michigan's backs.
The point is this--suppose Michi-
gan wins again and the Big Nine
sends out Minnesota or Purdue 10
play against the Pacific Coast con-
ference champions? have an idea
you will hear one Of the loudest
squawks that ever churned up the
coastal waters Of the purling Pa
cific.