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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-08-26
AS MODERN DON OUIXOTE -.
Skibbins Does Battle With
eva windmill"

In by-gone days, SO the legend goes, Don
Quixote donned his coat of mail, mounted
his trusty steed and went forth to joust with
the windmill.
Tuesday, modern Don Quixote one G..
J. Skibbins, secretary Montana Chamber of
Commerce, armed himself with his sharpest
invective, a package of Turns, and swooped
down to Great Falls to engage an equally
formidable adversary-the bogeyman of reg
imentation. In perfectly horrendous terms
the modern Don rallied forth, drove home his
sharpest verbal spears again and again, in
condemnation of eva, and scared the living
daylights out of tortured Montana Kiwanans
with dire predictions of bureaucratic blitzes
should eva come to pass. The first vice
president of the Montana Power company
couldn't have done a better Job of straying
from the facts.
But wait, don't take this editors word
for it. Rather, here are some of the hi-light
quotable quotes, as published in that great
bastion of ''free press, the Helena indie
pendent Record:
Certain Montana and Washington con-
gressmen count on the dumbness of the peo-
pie who elect them . - they are 6" sticky
fingered crooks, buzzards men spurred
by their own greed for the spols Not
one of them sincerely wishes to help the un-
der-privileged except for political and selfish
reasons 1t is time to remove proven liars,
cheats and money-hungry crooks from public
office in the United States of America -
spake the up-and- cumming" G. of c. Sec
rotary.
Shying away from naming names for
some inexplicable reason, the modern Don
advised his audience: eff you want to know
who these people are, just notice the names
of those senators and representatives who in
troduce Socialist legislation don't be too
if you find some very familiar
names :"
Finally to make sure that his audience
fully grasped the power trust version on
eva, the honorable secretary gasped: eff
eva and MVA go through they would take
the place of your state legislature :. destroy
private power companies - (This is indeed
an admission. 1t gives substance to what
many have contended for decades = that
most Montana legislatures are, for all prac-
teal purposes, the political wing of the Mon
tana Power company in action.)
That's what the man said, he did-and to
think his address was titled Montana
Marches On. Is it any wonder the power
trust is daily losing ground in Montana? A
few more public outbursts such as that de-
livered by Mr. Skibbins, will so arouse the
citizenry that Montana will march on--in
spite of, rather than because of Montana
Power company.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-08-26
RE EARNS FOR EUROPE" DEBATE

"You cannot fight communism with bull
lets and dollars; you have got to fight it with
better system. Gong. White, Cali
fornia, on floor of House, August 10.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-03
Local Union ia
Endorses Hospital
Levy At Meeting

Several suggestions were brought
before the members of Local Union
124 at their last meeting in an eff
fort to bolster the attendance at
our weekly sessions. One proposal
in particular had merit and in all
probability will be put into effect.
Action on this matter will be taken
at our next meeting on November
8 and all members are urged to be
present and voice their opinion.
\ Shop committee reports indicat-
ed nothing of serious nature con-
fronting the various trades affiliat-
ed with Local 124 at the present
time. President Armstrong called
the members attention to the fine
job being done by the various shop
committees and urged they be
given the fullest cooperation.
President James M. Duffy drop
ped in on the meeting and asked
the members to support the Hos
pital Tax Levy when they go to the
polls on November 8. AS member
of the Hospital Board, the Broth
erhood chieftain answered many
questions concerning rumors about
the levy. Following his remarks
Local Union 124 went on record
endorsing the levy and urged all
their members to work for it's pass
age. -O.C. 124
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-03
New Wage Scale
Seen Big Aid To
Southern Labor

Washington, ID. c. (1LNS). -
A good share of the benefits under
the new 75-cent minimum wage act
will go to Southern and Southwest
ern workers, with an increase of
payrolls by as much as S150,000,-
900 a year, Wage-Hour Admins
tration officials said. They esti-
mated that at least half of the l.
100000 workers who are expected
to get raises because their pay now
is below rs cents an hour are in
the South and Southwest.
The Wage-Hour Administration
estimated that approximately 570,-
COO workers in 8 Southern states
are eligible for pay raises under
the new law. These states are Ten
nessee, Virginia, North and South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama and Mississippi.
The administration estimated an
additional 270,000 workers stand to
get pay boosts from Southwest
ern states, Texas, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisi-
ana,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-03
Comrades Worried
On Wallace Stand

New York (LPA)-Henry Wall
ace, headlined speaker at the Pro
gressive party rally for Rep. Vito
Marcantonio this week, said there
is no profit for us who are a long
way from Europe and unacquaint-
ed with the details to take sides on
the Yugoslav situation on the basis
of one sided reports before all the
evidence is in. Reactionaries would
like nothing better than to see pro-
gressives split and our forces di-
verted from the main goal of fight
ing for peace"
That worried the Communist
Daily Worker, which in column
by Jacob Starobin, asked "Who are
these reactionaries," and answered
"They are the Tito agents. He
went on 10 explain that Tito's real
purpose is ''to deepen the Ameri-
can-Soviet rift-to widen the gap
between the two countries on whom
peace depends. In so doing, Tito
has become a bridgehead for the
war making side"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-03
UN Aid Program
Seen Significant
To Metal Trades

Washington, D. C. (ILNS). -
The expanded program of techni-
cal assistance to under-developed
countries which is being under
taken by the United Nations and
it's specialized agencies has "spec-
ial significance" for the worlds
Woodworking industries, the In
ternational Labor Office said in a
report made public in Geneva,
Switzerland.
"Every phase of world develop
ment - whether modernization of
agricultural method, projects for
water, power and river valley de-
velopment, expansion of transport
alton services, exploitation of min
eral resources or setting up new
processing industries-must rely in
large part" the report declared,
con the supply of engineering skill,
operating know how and equip
ment for their prosecution.
The report was prepared by the
lilo as a basis for discussion by
the Industrial Committee on the
Metal Trades which meets Nov. 8,
to 10 at ILO headquarters in
Geneva.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-03
Pension, Security
Plan Discussed At
Meeting of No. 26

Kokomo, Ind.-Interest seems or
the increase for Local 26. At oul
last meeting we had the largest at.
tendance in the history of the loca
to hear a report of a proposed in
surance and security program
which the firm had discussed with
Vice President Wheatley.
The members of Local 26 are
deeply interested in a program
that will care for them and their
families in time Of need. If we can
come to an agreement with the
company on security program
and work out an acceptable pen
sion plan, we feel we will have
made a real gain. OF course we
could use a wage increase to very
good advantage.
Bros. Peterson, Ault, SaylOr and
Jester have been named as our rep
resentatives on the AFL's League
for Political Education. We are
looking forward to these brothers
keeping US informed how our rep
resentatives are lining up on labor
Legislation so that we will know
our friends and foes, and thus be
able to vote for the people who
have the interests of the majority
at heart. Only by voting for such
men can we expect to have real
ly democratic government; one In
which the majority rules.
One brother who had been dis
charged was refused union assist
ance because d spite repeated
warnings he failed to keep in good
standing. The union hates to take
such action, but if one member is
excused from his obligations, then
all would be entitled to the same
consideration and it would not be
long before we had no union. SO
brothers, keep you dues paid and
be in good standing and if you have
a grievance, turn it over to the
shop committee and you'll get i'm
mediate action. -O.C. 20
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-03
Union Officers
Affidavits Sent
To Justice Dept.

Washington (LPA)-Robert N
Denham, general counsel of the
National Labor Relations Board,
has referred the non-Communist
affidavits submitted by officers OF
the United Electrical Workers to
the Department of Justice. Den
ham, following the pattern he set
last summer in three similar cases,
forwarded the oaths to the Justice
Dept. without recommending speci-
fic action.
The affdavits were filed by the
UE's three general officers, Pres
ident Albert Fitzgerald, Secretary
Treasurer julius Emspak and Or
ganization Director James Matles,
and ten district vice-presidents.
Emspak has been described as a
top Communist operator under the
name of "Comrade Juniper" by
Louis Budenz, the ex-Communist
who once edited the Daily Worker.
Just before the recent UE conven-
ton, Communist members of
the union were calling Matles a
Communist, without protest from
MatleS.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-03
Kentucky Federation
Opens Convention

Louisville, KY. (LPA)-The Ken
lucky Federation of Labor opened
it's annual convention here with
William Green, AFL president,
listed among the speakers, as were
the following: Joseph D. keenan,,
director of Labor's League for
Political Education; Nelson Cruik-
shank, AFL director of social in
surance activities; Senator Hubert
Humphrey Cd, Minn.) and Senator
Wayne Morse (R, Ore.).
When the Kentucky Federation
was reorganized in 1887, only five
local unions were affiliated, and
total AFL membership in the state
was $4,000. Today there are 600
local unions, and the membership
exceeds 100000.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-03
Fuils In Court Action

The following is excerpt from the Columbus Dis
patch which should be of special interest to the members
of the National Brotherhood of Operative POtters:
'The Supreme Court of the State of Ohio refused to
interfere with the action taken by labor union which
had dismissed of its members charges of having
violated the unions constitution
michael Gallagher had carried appeal to the
court seeking to regain his membership in the Brother
hood of Railway 4 Steamship Clerks.
"He Ousted upon union complaint filed with
union officials charging that in violation of its cOnstitu-
ton he had caused to be circulated circular attacking
the integrity of the unions fiscal officer John Mon
aghan who candidate for reelection The dismissal
had been upheld by the lower courts
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-03
Local Union No. SO
Asks Support For
Labor Candidates

Sebring, Ohio-After dispensing
with the regular routine business
matters at our last meeting, mem.
bers of Local Union SO held some
what of a political rally in discus
sing the various candidates for re-
spective offices at the coming elec-
ton on November 8.
The fact was brought to mind
that we have three members who
are seeking office, namely, Al
Harmon, James Jordan and Frank
Buehler, These brothers are well
known in the Sebring district and
have given freely and unselfshly
of their time in promoting civic en-
terprises.
These are the type of men we
need in public office and they are
worthy of the support of organized
labor. Let us not overlook this fact
when we go to the polls on Novem-
Der 8 and give them the support
they so richly deserve. Remember,
it is not only a privilege but the
duty of every citizen to vote on
election day. -O.C. SO
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-03
Green Calls On Voters In New York
State To Support Lehman For Senate

Mr.. Green said the entire nation
is watching the outcome because il
may vitality affect the future poll
cies of the country.
Foreign policy is no issue in
this campaign because both candi-
dates are in agreement" he said
"The voters will, therefore, have ia
Judge between the two candidates
on the basis of their position on
domestic issues"
He said that on Taft Hartley re-
peal, social security expansion,
federal aid to education, and better
housing, Mr.. Lehman measures up
to the position taken on these is
sues by Senator Wagner whose
seat is at stake. He said Mr.. Dulles
is against Taft Hartley repeal, and
against the other issues because he
calls them "statism."
"The paramount ISSUE" Mr..
Green said, "is repeal of the Taft
Hartley Act. How does Mr.. Leh-
man stand on this issue? Without
the slightest hesitation he has come
out for its repeal. For that alone
he would deserve the support of
the workers of New York State.
How does Mr.. Dulles stand? He is
against repeal of the Taft Hartley
Act.
"Thus the key issue is clearly
drawn. BY electing Mr.. Lehman
the working men and women of
New York State can make an i'm
portant contribution toward free
ing labor from the shackles of the
Taft Hartley Act"
Mr.. Green's appeal climaxed
AFL campaign efforts in key cleo
tion contests and in Ohio and Vir-
ginia to block attempts to alter
(THrH to Page TsVo)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-03
General Motors
Pension Talks
To Open Nov. 7

Detroit (LPA)-General Motors
Corp. has agreed to start talks
Nov. 7 on pension plans covering
275,000 production workers belong
ing to United Auto Workers and
United Electrical Workers. Mean
while, in Buffalo, Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Co. reached a tentative
agreement with United Rubber
Workers granting a ten-cent COM
pany contribution to pension and
insurance fund.
The contract pattern for this
year now seems fairly well estab-
lished except for the big companies
in the steel industry where united
Steelworkers are on strike for the
same sort of a pension deal. JAW
won pensions for 115,000 Ford
workers in September. Rubber
Workers won pensions at the Good
rich Co. in Akron, which employs
1900 workers. UE won pensions
at Radio Corp. of America in Cam
den, N. j. just last week.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-03
web Becomes New Department Of AFL,
Result Of St. Paul Convention Action

AFL, the WEB in recent years has
been giving regular reports to its
executive council. At the recent
convention, the AFL's Committee
Ion Education recognized that the
bureau was doing unoffcially what
should be the job of the AFL itself.
1t therefore recommended, "the
establishment within the structure
of the AFL, Department of Edu-
cation into which could be inte-
grated the present Workers Edu-
cational Bureau :" with an adj
ditional staff.
This was adopted unanimously
and AFL President William Green
has appointed a committee to work
out the details.
Director Connors, who has been
active in the AFL's American Fed
Grafton of Teachers since 1888,
when he became president of its
New Bedford, Mass, local, was
recommended by the convention
committee and will head the AFL's
new agency.
To Expand Activities
Within the next 6 months, he
said, the WEB office will move to
AFL headquarters in Washington
where it will become the Education
We're going to move into the
tent officially" he said. "AFL is a
big organization and We'll have a
big job to do. With added staff and
we will be able to do an
even better job than we've been
doing"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-03
Harrison Cites
Gains For Rail
Office Workers

Chicago LPA)-When the Bro
therhood of Railway Clerks was
organized, unorganized clerks for
the railroads got II to Is cents an
hour, worked a 12-hour day, six to
seven days a week. Today they
average S1.68 an hour, work an g.
hour day, 5-day week.
That's what trade unionism has
meant to the railroad "white col
lar" workers, President George NJ.
Harrison of the Railway Clerks
pointed out at the 50th anniversary
meeting of Clerks lodges in this
area. "Organized clerks today get
more in a week than unorganized
clerks received in a month when
the Brotherhood was founded" he
said. He condemned 'free riders"
who accept the benefits of union
ism but refuse to join.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-03
Packers Unions
Whip Swift On
New Agreement

Chicago (LPA)-A one-year con-
tract, which will result in wage
raises of from a half-cent to 15c
an hour for 80R of the employees
of Swift & Co., has been won by
united action of the Amalgamated
Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen-
AFL and the United Packinghouse
Workers-CIO.
The new contract was signed
only two weeks after the two
unions, which claim to represent
900 of the workers in the indus
try, charged that "The refusal by
the companies to negotiate an
agreement with the two unions
can only be regarded as a deliber-
ate attempt to promote industrial
strife"
While there is no blanket pay
raise in the contract, which runs
to August II, 1850, there is pro-
vision for a wage reopening Feb
ruary Is, 1850, and it does pro-
vide for higher job-rate differen-
tials and changes in the differ
entails between rural and city
packing plants.
The Swift contract is intended
by the unions as a pattern to use
in rapid settlements in Armour,
Cudahy and Wilson. The latter has
been an especially tough outfit this
year, and UPWA has thrown a
major part Of it's staff into the
drive to bring Wilson to terms.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-03
Oregon TOwnspeOple
Act AS Strikebreakers

The Dalles, Ore. (LPA)-With
the Longshoremen's picket line
barred by an anti-picketing order,
a crew of cowhands and farm
workers, guarded by sheriff's de-
puties, began unloading Hawaiian
pineapples from the barge Homo
lulu at the city-owned dock Oct. 27.
The barge was loaded in Hawaii by
nonunion workers during the Long
shoremen's strike there. A previous
attempt last month to unload the
barge and move the cargo brought
on the strike here.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-03
Old Fashioned Box
Social To Be Held
.by Local No. 122

Cambridge, Ohio-A good num-
ber of members turned out at our
meeting last week to hear Allen
Rupp, Supt. of Cambridge Schools,
speak on the school bond issue
which is on the ballot November
8. He stressed the need for bond
issue to start a building and inn
provement program in Cambridge
Schools. He outlined bond procure
ment, disbursement, interest and
the benefits community derives
from good sound educational build
ings. Local 122 and the Central
Labor Union have endorsed the
plan. Cambridge needs better
schools. Support the bond issue
with your Yes vote November 8.
An executive board member is to
be in Cambridge to help iron out
problems which have come up con-
corning classification and place
ment of workers in Plant No. 2
since they have changed from
stoneware to generalware. Trans
fer cards of plant No. 2 employees
have been read and accepted into
Local 122.
The social committee composed
of Bros. Albert Van Camp, George
Savage and Sister Coffey have
come up with plans to hold an old
fashioned box social late in Nov
ember to raise funds for aid to sick
and disabled members at Christ
mas time. Brother Van Camp also
suggested a permanent fund for
such persons with each member
contributing one dollar to get it
started. The funds would be hand
led by the Welfare Committee, a
Committee appointed by President
Campbell will investigate possibil-
tiles of this proposal. Genuine Bro
therhood should foster and guide
such an undertaking.
The Jaycees, City Officials and
are leading a fight to re-
duce the recent increase in tele-
phone rates by Ohio Consolidated
Company. The overall
increase in rates is about 93&o over
the old rates. Having been turned
down by the Utilities Commission
on review of the raise granted,
the case will be taken to the State
Supreme Court. This requires
and the Jaycees have asked
permission to solicit funds through
the potteries here.
Don't forget your duty and privi-
ege November 8. Remember that
poor officials are elected by those
good citizens who do not vote.
-O.C. 122
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-03

Washington. - AFL President
William Green called on voters OF
New York state to send former
Gov. Herbert H. Lehman to the
u. S. Senate in November's special
election to establish liberal and
progressive trend for all America
efor the nationwide congressional
campaign of 1850.
"The American Federation of
Labor awaits the verdict of the
people in New York state with con-
fidence," Mr.. Green said in radio
broadcast urging Mr.. Lehman's
election over Sen. John Foster
Dulles to the seat held until re-
Gently by Sen. Robert F. Wagner,
Sr.
"We are concerned only about
one possible danger-that is that
those who are qualified to vote
may fail to go to the polls on elec-
tion day to cast their ballots" Mr..
Green said. "No election contest is
a sure thing. Every vote counts.
We can get a true mandate from
>the people if each and every quail
flied citizen votes"
Mr.. Green compared the records
of Mr.. Lehman, Democratic NOM
inee, and Mr.. Dulles, Republican
candidate, with the conclusion that
if the citizens Of New York want
their government to go forward
"they must vote for Lehman"
Former Governor Lehman is a
statesman" the AFL chief said.
"He is progressive, sound, sincere
and supremely honest. Far beyond
any other candidate he is capable
of doing the job in the Senate so
brilliantly handled for more than
a generation by Senator Wagner.
His election would prove a bless
ing for America"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-03

New York City (ILNS). = Ar
rangements are being completed
for merging the Workers Educa-
ton Bureau into the American
Federation of Labor as the basis
of a new Department of Education,
first in AFL history. -
The recent st. Paul convention
of the federation authorized the
merger, which is expected to take
place within months. John ID.
Connors, WEB director, points out
that actually the bureau, although
an independent body, has come to
be recognized as the AFL's educa-
tional arm.
Aided by AFL Unions
Founded in 1921 by a group of
unionists and liberal educators, the
WEB was shortly after given a
limited recognition by the AFL.
Gradually the funds to support the
educational program came more
and more from the AFL unions
which affiliated and paid the WEB
a l cent per member per year sub
sidy.
One job of the bureau has been
to aid internationals in setting up
their own educational departments
and advising them. 1t has also set
up education branches for state
federations and city bodies. Be-
sides publishing pamphlets and
books, the bureau has prepared
f S, furnished teachers and
served as a source of labor infor-
Because it was so close to the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-03
Four Locals Endorse
Hospital Tax Levy

Local Union IL, Jiggermen, Local
Union 16, Saggermakers, Local
Union 20, Dishmakers, and Local
Union 124, Decorators and Decor
ating Kilnmen, went on record at
meetings held this week, endorsing
the Hospital Tax Levy.
The y mill tax levy is not an
additional tax but merely a con-
tinuance of the present levy now in
effect and will not add one penny
to the current tax rate. Other
locals in the East Liverpool dis
trict who meet before the trek to
the polls on November 8 are ex-
pected to take similar action.