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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-05-20

fee. The only charge will be $3.50
to cover the cost Of barbecue at
Brady's, a dinner at the Carolina
Inn, laundry for athletic equipment,
and lodging for the week in a spe-
cially reserved dormitory. 1t is
estimated that regular meals will
cost each enrollee about $14 for the
week.
AS in former years, those attend
ing the school are encouraged to bring
their families along. Registrants may
enroll for the entire school or just
for days on which there will be spe-
cial classes in the sports they are
most interested in. Inquiries should
be addressed to Tom Scott at the
Woollen gymnasium.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-05-20

The offering at the centennial cele-
bration will be devoted to repairs and
Improvements of the old church.
On display on table near the
door Of the church were two silver
pitchers, the gift to the parish of
Mrs. William F. Chester of New York
in memory Of her father, Rev. John
Joseph Roberts, first supply rector
0I tffe CfurcfI OF Ine Atonement.
(This was the original name Of the
church, and was kept for six years,
184248, until the building was COM
pleted)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-05-20

gence, public spirit, and determination
are those that tell Of her campaign
of persuasion and argument from
1870 to 1875. She had to struggle to
make living for herself and her
daughter; she had become almost
totally deaf; and she had to take care
of her enfeebled mother and face
many other domestic problems; but
every day she managed, somehow, to
put in strokes Of work for her be-
loved University. Her spirited and
tireless campaign is related in chap
ters entitled Battle Joined" "War
after War;" "She Wrote Letters"
politician in Skirts" and "Ring Out.
Wild Bells.
The years that followed were
calmer in comparison, but even in this
quiet and remote hamlet life was not
dull for Mrs. Spencer. In her was
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-05-20
villaser on Merit List in Georgia

A news bulletin from Oxford, Ca,
says that Fletcher Green, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Fletcher M. Green Of Chapel
Hill, has been placed on the. merit
list at the Emory-at- Oxford School
for having maintained high scholas-
tic standing and good behavior.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-05-20

North property line Of the said street
South "a S5' East 90 feet to the
Beginning, being Lots Nos. 72 and 7s
of Cole Heights Extension.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-05-20

with the line of the said Lot South
8 S5' West 15O feet to a stake in
the North property line of Johnson
Street running thence along the
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-05-20
''The Woman Who Rang the Bell'
Continued from page 81


something electric that made interest
ing things happen around her, and her
natural-born and long-cultivated gift
for writing impaired to her letters
and diary quality that makes them
live on. A good chapter indeed in the
book is the thirtieth, entitled MRS.
Spencer's Sayings
She stayed in Chapel Hill till the
mid-nineties; then she went to Cam
bridge to live with her daughter,
Mrs. James Lee Love, whose husband
was professor at Harvard; and she
died in 1908 at the age of IS.
Serious-minded people will value
this book of Mr.. Russell's as social
history" and those not so serious
minded will value it just as highly as
portrait of fascinating charac-
ter and as an entertaining narrative.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-05-20

The sale will remain open for ten
days to receive increased bids.
This the 18th day Of May, 194s.
L. J. Phipps, Trustee.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-17

ened this period to two years; the
new measure would lengthen the
time to four years.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-17
Profit Guarantee
Should Not Be
Written Into Law

Washington (LPA) = The pro-
blem of seeing that landlords get
a fair return from their rental
units is one that should be handled
"within the framework of a
stronger rent control law" an
AFL spokesman told the Senate
Banking Subcommittee last week.
Peter Henle, acting secretary of
the AFL's Housing Committee,
told the Senators that the unions
oppose the fair return" guarantee
proposed in the House by Rep. Paul
Brown Cd, Ga.) and in the Senate
by Charles Tobey Or, N.H.).
"We see no reason why the rent
control law should be the instru-
ment whereby their owners are
now guaranteed a profit" Henle
asserted, adding that "What is
needed, in our opinion, is not a
basic change in the methods utiliz-
ed by the Housing Expediter but
an increasing awareness by both
landlords and tenants of their
rights under the law.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-17
UNION LABEL ON AIR

Washington (LPA)-A series of
transcribed radio programs pro-
noting the union label are now
available for presentation by local
stations.
Secretary of Labor Maurice j..
Tobin, presented with a set of
transcriptions by United Hat, Cap
& Millinery Workers-AFL last
week, praised the efforts of the
union to make the programs avail
able thruout the nation.
The series, dramatizing the lives
of great men and important events,
stars Hollywood and Broadway
talent including Edward Arnold,
Tallulah Bankhead, Ralph Bellamy,
Milton Berle, Jose Ferrer, Edward
G. Robinson and other well known
actors.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-17
Slow Boat Is Not
Worth Living For
British Maintain

Manchester, England (LPA) =
Saving young workers from the
"Slow Boat to China Type of Music
at all COSTS" was the announced
aim of labor leaders here last week
when they sought government
grants for orchestra's like the Liv-
erpool Philharmonic and the Halle
Orchestra.
Conductor John Barbarolli told a
Manchester Trades Council Confer
ence that the cost of good concerts
is more than most people can af-
ford. parks don't pay for them
Selves" he pointed out. "Nor do art
galleries. In fact, they are mostly
frequented by devoted couples
seeking the highest privacy at the
lowest cost. Yet they are subsidiz-
ed"
A delegate from the floor sug-
gested that the big orchestras play
more Irving Berlin and Cole Port
er. Then more people would come
to them, he said. Said another MTG
member: eve have been an hours
and wages movement for so long
we have forgotten the things worth
living for"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-17
SHOWDOWNFIGHTS SEEN
FOR RAILWAY EXPRESS

New York (LPA)-A showdown
battle took place here last week
between the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Clerks-AFL and the Railway
Express Agency.
For many months, the Brother
hood has been attempting over the
bargaining table to get a third
round wage increase-originally
set at 25c-and five-day, 40-hour
week at the same wages now paid
for a 44-hour week.
These negotiations have been
separate from the nationwide col
lective bargaining between 10
Incorporating" rail unions and
railroads over similar wage-hour
issues.
Management of the Railway Ex-
press Agency insisted on stalling
off a settlement until after the 10
unions and the railroads had reach
ed an agreement, so this could be
used as a yardstick.
Fed up with the stalling, over
5000 members of the Railway
Clerks began staging slowdowns
and stop-work demonstrations to
bring matters to a head. What irk-
ed them particularly was the COM
pany had earlier granted the 40
hour week to 5000 Gotham area
drivers represented by the Teams
ters.
The company countered with a
unique kind of lockout attempt. 1t
ordered abolition" of the jobs OF
all the 9O00-plus employees repre-
sented by both unions. Also, it inn
posed an embargo on express ship
ments into and out of the area as
its terminals became clOgged out.
While the Brotherhood did not
officially sanction the stoppage and
slowdowns, President George Nj.
Harrison of the Railway Clerks
declared in Chicago: "This is a
rank and file movement The boys
are free and Fl and they can do
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-17
High Court Ruling
Opens W ay For
State Strike Bans

Washington (LPA) = The Sup
RENE Court, in five to four decis-
ion last week, upheld Wisconsin
state ban on union meetings which
are, in effect, strikes.
The case was an appeal of Unit
ed Auto Workers-AFL that they
hadn't violated a state strike ban
by holding 26 special meetings
within a few weeks during working
hours. The Briggs & Stratton Co,
where the meetings were held,
claimed that they interfered with
production.
Justice Robert Jackson said, in
the majority opinion, that the state
had right to legislate in the field
of strike activities beyond the
realm of federal statute.
In a dissent opinion, Justice
William c. Douglas said that the
decision leaves the way open for
states to outlaw strikes. thereby
undermining the right to strike
which Congress has sanctioned.
Justice Black and Rutledge agreed
with him.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-17
Union Aids Stock
Sale To Save Firm

Boston (ILNS). = Walter w.
Cenerazzo, president of the Ameri-
can Watch Workers Union, indie
pendent, said here that Otis & Co.,
of Cleveland, investment bankers,
had offered to handle S2,000,000 of
Waltham Watch Co. stock. The
offer was made at the unions re-
quest. Cenerazzo said, "to keep the
company from falling into the
hands of Swiss watch importer" "
The union, which represents en-
ployes of the watch company, is
willing to put up required $685.
900 to underwrite Otis & Co.'S ex-
penses, Cenerazzo said in letter
to the court-appointed trustees,
who are in the process of reorgan-
izing the Waltham plant. He ask
ed for a 21-day period of grace to
allow sale of the stock.
Under the reorganization PLAN
$2,000,000 in cash must be raised
in order to qualify for loan OF
$6,0O0,000 from the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-17
Textile Union
(COntinned From Page One)

man said, "But with unemployment
increasing, unorganized workers
are afraid of lay-offs or demotions
so they do as management wants
them to do"
Joseph A. Bierne, president of
the CWA, made public letter he
wrote to Sen. Scott Lucas Cd, Ill.,,
Senate majority leader, urging that
repeal of TIL be pushed along at
a faster rate than it is going now.
He said apparently the Republi-
cans have taken the initiative away
from the Democrats, and that Sen.
Robert A. Taft Or, Ohio) appears
to be more intent on clearing his
record than getting a law which
will work. His interest in getting
somebody to proclaim some good
point about the TIL Act is mis-
cradle public showing"
The House Labor Committee
went into night sessions at the end
of the week to assure hearing all
of the witnesses before the end of
the schedule next week.
All of the management witnesses
managed to arouse the ire of at
least one Democratic member of
the subcommittee. Rep. Andrew
Jacobs d., Ind.) began question
ing d. r. Roadley, of the American
Cotton Manufacturers Assn, of
North Carolina, about the free
speech, and Roadley finally said
frankly he thought if an employer
said one day he thought a union
was "bad for workers" and fired
union leaders the next day that
his statement of the day before was
not evidence of an unfair labor
practice.
Another witness, Lyle H. Fisher,
of the Minnesota Mining & Manu-
featuring Assn, drew the fire of
Rep. Roy Weir, Cd, Mimi when
he asserted that the "caliber" of
his employees has improved since
TIL was passed.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-17
75c Woge Floor
(Tonf;oue1 Ero,n. PAM Ou>1

harvesting, cultivating or farming
any kind of fish, shellfish, crust
acea, sponges, seaweeds, or other
aquatic forms of animal and vege-
table life" at any point from going
to work to preparing the products
for shipments to professors. Also
exempt are workers on weekly or
semiweekly newspapers with less
than 5000 circulation the major
part of which is in the country
where it is printed and published,
switchboard operators on public
telephone exchanges with less than
500 stations, workers for taxicab
firms, and workers in establish
ments handling telegraph agencies
in small communities-those where
telegraph revenue does not exceed
$500 month. Seamen are exempt
from the 40-hour rule.
The child labor provision is made
clearer than it has been up until
now and expressly prohibits child
labor "in or about or in connection
with" any enterprise engaged in
commerce or in the production of
goods for commerce. However, it
does not cover enterprises "affect-
ing interstate commerce" as re-
quested by labor and child welfare
groups.
The new bill would also change
the length of time under which
suits can be brought for pay owed
workers who haven't complied with
the law. The 80th Congress short
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-17
Four Labor
(Continned From Page One)

to bargain for himself.
"Does anyone believe that an
individual who works for wages in
an industrial plant can bargain
with a corporation that employees
him?" Brown asked. "Anyone who
tries to write into law provisions
that guarantee so-called individual
bargaining is either ignorant of
conditions or is deliberately try
ing to fix the rules so that corp
orations can dictate to individual
employees"
We know what will happen he
said, to wages and paid vacations
and paid holidays and working con-
ditions when they are fixed by
management alone.
Harrison, who was one of the
authors in 1884 of the successful
Railway Labor Act, presented a
detailed explanation of how the
Thomas bill operates in national
emergencies.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-17
Education Bill
Continued From Page One)

5-To eradicate adult illiteracy."
These uses for the funds should
be set forth in any bill acted on by
Congress, Woll said. There should
be provision that not less than
75H should go for public school
teachers salaries, protection o n
against racial discrimination should
be expressly provided, and the
health and welfare funds should be
used for children in church schools
as well as the public schools.
The Thomas-Taft bill is now be
fore the Senate Labor Committee.
1t passed the Senate in the S0th
Congress, and was bottled up in
Rep. Fred Hartley's House Labor
Committee when COP chief Joseph
Martin OR, Mass.) refused to give
it a green light.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-17
PRO- Labor Congressman Say Election
Demonstrates Voters Oppose TIL Law


graphic evidence to support labor's
contention that the Nov. 2 election
was a mandate for repeal OF the
Taft Hartley act was given at the
House Labor Committees hearings
on the Administrations bill for re-
peal of TIL.
Very fittingly, the first witness
to do so was young Peter W. Rod
mo, attorney and World War vet
eran, who was elected to Congress
on the Democratic ticket from New
Jerseys 10th district, which Fred
Hartley had represented for ~
years.
Hartley didn't dare run again,
and Rodino said his Republican op-
ponent campaigned on the issue
that he'd "carry on where Hartley
left off"
"My opponent didn't get the OPP
portunity to carry on" Rodmo
said. "The voters rejected him and
repudiated Hartleyism.
"If there's any question about
that, take Hartley's home twon OF
Kearney.t 1t had voted Republican
for the last 80 years. This time it
went Democratic. won after max
ing repeal of Taft-Hartley the
main issue. There's no question
but that my constituents delivered
a mandate for repeal. Pm sure
that's true also of voters all over
the nation"
Ray j. Madden Cd, lnd.) gave
more sweeping evidence along that
line. 81 remember Congressman
Halleck Of my own state and other
Republicans challenged President
Truman to make the Taft Hartley
act an issue in the campaign" he
said, Truman took up the chal-
lenge and you know the results.
Let me tell you what happened
in Indiana. Ten Indiana congress
men, all Republicans, voted to the
Taft Hartley law. What happened
to them? Well, seven of them are
no longer in Congress. They were
replaced by Democrats committed
to repeal of Taft-Hartley. Two
others got back only by photo
finish. There can be no question
that repeal of the TIL act was the
primary issue in Indiana"
Rep. Barrett O'Harra Cd, Ill)
told the same story. IL represent a
district that includes the Univer-
sity of Chicago" he said. ut is not
a labor district and it is normally
Republican, but campaigning on
the issue of Taft-Hartley repeal, |
won by substantial majority"
A similar account was given by
others-among them John A. Blat-
mix, Democratic Farmer Laborite
from Minnesota. "In the last cam
paign ! promised the working peo-
pie of my district would fight for
complete repeal of the Taft-Hart-
ley Act and work for a return to
the Wagner Act" he said. 81 know
the workers voted for me on that
basis"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-17
HOOVER COMMISSION RELEASES
FULL REPORT ON LABOR DEPT

Washington (LPA)-The Hoover
Commission on Organization of the
Executive Branch of the Govern
ment made public its report on the
Labor Dept this week and recon-
mended the transfer of eight out
side agencies into that Depart
ment.
"The Department of L b o r
should be given more essential
work to do if it is to maintain a
significance comparable to the
other great executive depart
ments," the report said.
The Hoover Commission urged
that the following agencies be
transferred into the Labor Dept:
the Bureau of Employees Com
pensation, the Employees Compen-
sation Board, the Bureau of En-
ployment Security Unemployment
Compensatory, the Selective Ser
vice System, the Maritime Com
mission board concerned with de-
termination of minimum wages for
seamen, the Division of Industrial
Hygiene of the US Public Health
Service, and several other smaller
offices.
There are many good reasons
why these agencies should be put
in the Labor Dept, the report said.
"Their functions are more nearly
related to the problems of labor
than those with which they are
now associated"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-17
SEATTLE MAN LAM OFFICER

Washington (LPA-M. II. Sterns
of Seattle has been named assist
ant general secretary-treasurer of
the Int'l Association of Machinists.
Sterns, an auto mechanic, has be-
longed to lam Lodge 289 since
1888, and is now Grand Lodge
Auditor. His experience in hand
ling disbursements for the big
Boeing strike in Seattle last year
prove that "He has the ability to
organize big jobs" said General
Secretary treasurer Eric Peterson
in announcing his appointment.
How much is modest compet-
ence' in your case?
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-17
PAN-AMERICAN RAISES PAY

New York (LPA)-Pan-Ameri-
can Airlines will be paying stew
ardesses overtime for goodwill
chores performed at public func-
tions" under terms of new con-
tract negotiated with Transport
Workers Union last week. The
agreement affecting $50 employees
also provides a $12-a-month pay
hike and permits hostesses to re-
tain their jobs for six months after
marriage.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-17

what they please"
Meanwhile, to bring further pres
sure, the New York express lodges
of the Brotherhood prepared to
picket the Grand Central and
Pennsylvania terminals. This was
being done, union spokesman said,
since the railroads are the owners
of the Express Agency.
The Railway Clerks have SIM
liar dispute with the Express
Agency all over the nation, and
the outcome Of the New York
struggle may set the pattern for
the entire system.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-17

The most treasured thing in life
is satisfaction in your work. Then
why not buy Union Label goods
from brother unionists who are
also satisfied with theirsl
Evening star., 1949-07-24

'' M o n n mas
been promoted to assistant treas
urer of Pan American World Air
ways. With the company since
1914, he holds a degree from Ben
jamin Franklin University.
Appointment of G. H. Smith.
Philadelphia. zone manager as
Atlantic Coast Regional Manager.
was announced yesterday by the
Oldsmobile division of General
Motors. He succeeds F. @. MUIR
ply. now on leave. Mr.. Smith has
been with the company % years.
Dividends Paid Since 1852.
Everett j. Boothby. president of
the Washington Gas Light Co.,
has written Emil Schram, presi-
dent of the New York Stock Ex-
change, that the company ghas
really been paying regular divi-
dends on the common stock since
1852 instead of 1866. Digging into
some old Civil War records, Mr..
Boothby finds that in 1869 the di-
rectors voted dividends to cover
the years 1864 and 1865 when none
were paid.
This makes the record complete
from 1852, Mr.. Boothby believes.
1t also puts the Washington Gas
CO. in second place on the New
York Exchange for longest divi-
dend payments, 96 years, a re-
span.
Evening star., 1949-07-24
Dividends on Stocks
Show Gain Of 11.2%
During First Half
By Edword G. Stone

Dividend payments to holders
of common stocks listed on the
New York Stock Exchange in the
first half of 1949 totaled $685.
275,000 against $1,667, lat, 900 in
the like period, gain Of 112 per
cent, the Exchange Magazine an
nounced yesterday.
Percentage wise. the aircraft
group scored the largest upturn,
1863 per cent. In this group, how
ever. were six companies that paid
no dividends year ago. Auto
motive payments were up AZ per
cent, steel, %; chemical. Is; f.
nancial, IA; electrical equipment.
49, petroleum and gas, 13: railroad
equipment and tobacco. IL.
These dividends were higher
despite the fact that 155 COM
panies lowered payments during
the half year because the business
recession, the report stated. Av-
erage common stocks are now
yielding between and 8 per
cent, the review added.
Trust Expert to Retire.
Gilbert T. Stephenson. trust ex-
pert Of the American Bankers AS
sociation, will retire at the end
of the year, return to his North