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Evening star., 1949-05-03

To the tired businessman who
may have found distasteful the en-
phasis that has recently been placed
on accuracy In bidding, today's hand
offers q refreshing departure from
precise methods in favor Of the
poker treatment. It was culled from
the semifinal round Of the recent
Vanderbilt Tournament.
The hand was dealt during the
final stages Of a match that was
deadlocked at the three-quarters
mark at q time when few points
might swing the contest one way
or the other. John r. Crawford.
sitting South, opened with one
heart. West overcalled with one
spade. Nature had thus far been
permitted to run her course, but
Howard Schenken at this point
chose to disturb the even tenor Of
her ways with an abnormal call
of one no-trump. A raise to two
hearts would have been rather more
In conformity with modern practice.
Lee Hazen, in the East, countered
with a leap to four spades, call
fully justified by the trick-taking
power of the hand. but an tmpul-
sive act which he was soon to regret.
Now came the first real touch OF
poker, Crawford's leap to six hearts.
In his own mind he was quite per-
suaded that a small slam was not
attainable, for 1t was extremely
doubtful that North could take care
of three of South's minor-suit losers.
However, he was equally confident
of Hazen's reaction to the asSur-
ance with which he contracted for
slam, and chose therefore to rely
on the human factor. Hazen would
hardly assume the risk of having
1,430 points scored against him when
he could settle for maximum OF
800 points by undertaking to sacri-
fice at six spades.
It was at this point that Hazen
regretted not having mentioned dia-
rnonds on the way up. There was
little doubt that a diamond lead
would defeat the contract, but he
found himself beset with the fear
that some other lead might pre-
sent the enemy with the hand.
81 realized that Crawford was
probably doing it to me-" said Hazen
after the match (which his team
had won in q photo finish), 'but ]
couldn't afford to call. In q match
this close I thought 1t better to hold
the middle Of the road and settle
for q 300-point loss"
Who's this fellow Dunninger?
Tomorrow's problem:
North and South are vulnerable
with o part-score Of so. You are
South and hold:
AK53
0A9641
s. AQl064
The bidding has proceeded:
North East South
1spade 2clubs ID
What do you bid?
(copyright: io4e: By Charles n. 0oren.)
An American arm may start q
plant In Chile to make farm i'm
plements,
Evening star., 1949-05-03
Nv Word for X
Fronk Colby

the proper article is "a" -: O his
toricai novel. o heroic action,
Hawaiian native.
Nov In Middle English. words be-
ginning with n" were preceded by
AN" We zee II often In Shake
speare. and especially In the Bible:
an heavenly host: an help meet foS
him. an highway shall be there.
Such usage Ia archaic and does
not occur In modern speech or
writing. The reason fer " IN
Shakespeare. the Bible. and saach
older writings Ia that In Old Eng
llsh there was only ons indefinite
articie-~an." II vas used before
al words. "An" was simply the
AngIo-Saxon word for "Hne"
Even after the indefinite artIrls
'a~ entered the ianguase. writers
would often t1se "an~ before conso-
naTat sounds because of habit. 0ood
usage today. Of course. follows the
rule set forth aboye.
Evening star., 1949-05-03

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plant In Chile to make farm i'm.
plements.
Evening star., 1949-05-03

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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04

Rider Okoyed

Washington (LPA)-The Sen
ate Appropriations Committee has
voted to improve an "anti-speedup"
rider for huge armed forces ap-
preparations bill now awaiting Sen
ate action. The rider would forbid
the use of navy funds for any stop
watch speedup system and would
restrict wholesale farming out of
naval work to private contractors.
The provision had appeared in
naval appropriation bills since
1915 until last year, when it was
knocked out by the 80th Congress.
1t was omitted in the bill already
passed by the House, so Senate ap-
proval will send the issue to con-
ference committee.
President N. p. Alias, of the
Intl Association of Machinists'
District IA, which embraces mach
inists in all federal services, has
fought for the rider every year
since he took office. Before 1915
the navy was using the notorious
Taylor stop-watch system in its
yards and other civilian installa-.
tions.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
OBITUARIES
ARTHUR HILL

Arthur Hill, aged Ga years, died
at 5 o'clock July % in his home,
1909 Johnson avenue.
He was born in Stoffashire, Eng
land, on December 10, 1885; a son
of Richard and Mary Louise
Cook Hill.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Minnie
(Berline) Hill; and a daughter,
Mrs. Lois Sekinger of Ford City;
and a sister, Mrs. Mary Louise
Barth of Wellsville, Ohio.
He was a brother of the late T.
]. Hill, superintendent. of the W. S.
George Pottery in Kittanning.
Mr. Hill was member of Local
Union No. 102, National Brother
hood of Operative Potters and the
Kittanning Mems Club.
He was employed by the Eljer
company in Ford City.
Friends were received in the
Rhodes funeral home, where Rev.
Harry Stevick of the Free Meth
odist church conducted funeral
services at 2 o'clock July 81.
Burial was made in Kittanning
cemetery.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
Michael ]. Hogan
Named ECA Labor
Adviser In MorWav

Washington, ID. c. - Economic
Cooperation Administrators Paul G
Hoffman has announced the APP
pointment, effective Immediately
of Michael j. p. Hogan, of New
York, as labor adviser to the ECA
Mission in Norway. Hogan will
take over the duties previously
carried out by John Gross, former
labor adviser who is now chief of
the Mission.
Hogan, a member of the New
York Stereotypers Union, served
as president of that organization
from 1884 to 1948. He also served
as chairman of the Allied Printing
Trades Council, Board of Trustees,
for 13 years. In addition, he was
chairman of the Eastern Confer
ence Of the International Stereo-
typers' and Electrotypers' Union
of North America.
Hogan, who is 81, is veteran of
World War l. He is a member of
the American Legion, the Catholic
War Veterans, the Elks, the On
cient Order of Hibernians, and the
st. Vincent de Paul Society. He
has two sons, one a priest and one
in the Air Force. One of his two
daughters is nun; the other is
Mrs. Hogan will join her
husband in Oslo.
Demand the Union Label.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04

half of 1949. And US Steel report
ed that its profits hit an all-time
high. In addition, US Steel Pres
ident Irving S. Olds reported that
steel-using industries had cut out
most of their surplus inventory in
the early summer, indicating ac-
cording to union economists that
production might rise as orders in
creased again. However, Ol d 5
painted a gloomy picture.
In all-day presentation, Murray
said that the union is asking for:
A $1250 death benefit policy paid
up at retirement.
Cash sick and accident benefits
of $31.50 a week for 26 weeks
starting the eight day after dis
ability.
disqualification Insurance f r
workers and their families.
Surgical fees for workers and
their families up to $500 for any
one operation.
Murray in his presentation
scornfully referred to the $70,323
a year pensions provided for top
executives, as contrasted with the
present US Steel pension program
averaging $5 a month for retired
workers.
Lattimer, the pension expert,
told of study of US Steel pen
sioners who were found to receive
less than Sc month, though their
average length of service for the
corporation was slightly over "a
years.
"The history of pensions in the
US Steel Corp. is history of
steady retrogression from the
brave beginnings of Andrew Car
negie," the union said.
Murray recalled another chapter
in the battles between big steel
and its workers when he told the
fact finders of the industry's re-
fusal to bargain in good faith in
the 30's. He recalled the Memorial
Day Massacre just IL years ago at
Republic SteePs South Chicago
mill.
Early last week, the 35-man
board of United Steelworkers voted
to file -Communits affidavits
with the NLRB, as required by the
Taft Hartley law Of unions that
wish to use NLRB's facilities,
The board attacked the affidavit
provision as unconstitutional, but
said that it was filing in order to
proceed with its work of organ
izing the unorganized workers in
the field.
Murray, Vice-president j a m e 5
Thimmes, and Secretary-treasurer
David j. Macdonald all filed affi-
davits in Washington Immediately.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04

service under the same terms and
conditions which REA has employ
ed for many years in making loans
for rural electrifcation. At the pre-
sent time only about forty-two pei
cent of the farms in the United
States have telephones. Only a
patient, tolerant and understand
ing class of people such as our
farmers would have put up for so
long without modern convenience
like the telephone. Many farm
children, after going to high
school and college, are unwilling
to come back home and live under
outmoded conditions. According to
a recent survey only one of about
forty farmers was under twenty
five years of age. The trend of
young people away from the farms
is unhealthy. People living in rural
areas, many in sparsely settled
sections, are entitled to adequate
telephone service for business and
family use
Soviet Headache To Taxpayers
Senator Flanders, OR, Vermont),
said Because of Russia, Americas S
budget is unbalanced" He charges
that Soviet Union officials have
set out to ruin the United States
economically by threatening ag-
gressive warfare. "Budgetary am
bush" he terms it and says at this
moment Soviet threats determine
our policy not only in the foreign
field but in the economic field. The
truth is our vast expenditures,
totalling sixteen billion dollars this
year for our armed services and
most of the six billion dollars for
European aid, have been necessary
because Of threats from the Soviet
Union.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
z Labor Advisers
Named To ECA
Mission In France

Washington, ID. C. - Economic
Cooperation Administrator Paul G.
Hoffman has appointed two labor
advisers to Barry Bingham, chief
of the ECA Mission to France.
They are Kenneth Douty and Al
Desser. Both are now in Paris to
take up their new duties.
Dotty, who is from Atlanta, Ga,
will replace Michael Harris, who
was recently appointed chief of the
ECA Mission in Sweden. Since
1916 Douty has been the Georgia
State director of the Textile Work
ers Union of America. During the
war he served the Government with
the War Production Board and
with the the War Manpower Com
mission. He is SO. and a graduate
of Washington College, Chester
town, Md.
Desser, who is deputy labor ad-
wiser to the French Mission chief,
has had IA years experience as a
labor organizer. From 1885 to l941
he worked with the International
Ladies' Garment Workers Union,
and then Joined the organizing
staff of the American Federation of
Labor, where he remained until
1943.
From 1943 until 1947 Desser
supervised collective bargaining
research for the National Indus
trial Conference Board. He later
became director of the Labor Man
agement Division of the American
Arbitration Association.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04

Sebring, Ohio-Edward l.. Hart.
zell, 76, of goo North 18th Street
a 49 year resident of Sebring, died
at 1910 'p M, July 26 at the May
hey Rest Home in Salem. He had
been i'll six weeks.
A member of National Brother
hood of Operative Potters, Local
Union "A, Hartzell was last EN-
ployed as caster at the Gem Clay
Forming Company plant. ~
Mr.. Hartzell was born in Lisbon
September II, 1872, the! son Of the
late John and Sarah Hartzell. i
He leaves a son., John Hartzel|
of Sebring, and a sister, Mrs, Hell
en- McKewon of Salem, t;t..
Funeral services we're held al
the Mossman-Vogt Funeral Horne
at 2 p. m. July 90. with burial in
Oakdale Cemetery, Leetonia;
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04

no right to tell people in Africa
they can't eat termites if they want
to-"
Samuel Fraser of Rochester,
N. Y, secretary of the Interna-
tional Apple Association, said pas
sage of a House-approved bill to
tighten export requirements on
foods and drugs would be trying
to force US. standards and habits
on the rest of the world"
"Mr. Fraser, an outspoken old
timer with a walrus mustache,
told a Senate Commerce subcom-
mittee:
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
STEEL, UNION DEMANDS
3Oc BOOST IN WAGES,
PENSION, HEALTH CARE

New York (LPA)-The time has
come, United Steelworkers Pres
ident Philip Murray told steel pro-
ducers and President Truman's
three-man fact-fnding board here
last week, "for the industry to stop
treating its machines better than
its workers"
Murray and Counsel Arthur
Goldberg led off the presentation
of the unions demands for wage,
pension and social insurance in
surance increases equal to 30c an
hour. They are to be followed this
week by pension expert Murray
Lattimer, an economist Robert Nat
han, and Research Director Otis
Brubaker of USA.
Big steePs pious claims that pen
sions weren't subject to discussion
or negotiation in the reopening
clause of the contract which the
union is now utilizing received a
setback shortly after the public
/. hearings got under way.
The three man board ruled that
it would take testimony on the
unions demands for $3.50 a
month pension for steel workers
retiring at the age of 65. However,
the board will reserve any proposal
on including pensions in the settle
ment until after it hears both
sides. The steel companies had op-
posed any mention of the pension
proposal before the hearings.
Goaded by the charges of lack
of integrity leveled against him by
the Steel spokesmen at the time
USA came within a few hours of a
nationwide strike in mid-July, Muir
ray said heatedly: "There they
sit over there, looking holier than
thou-the most sanctimonious band
Of racketeers | ever saw in my life
and | don't care if you object or
notw
When chairman Carroll Daugh-
erty objected to Murray's charact-
er-sketches Of the steel manufac-
turers, Murray amended the record
to call them "provocateurs and pre-
varicators"-words that were still
too strong for the fact-fnders to
approve.
The cold figures show, Murray
insisted, that real wages of steel
workers between 1899 and 1949
have risen Ia percent, while real
wages of all industrial workers
are up 81 percent. At the same
time, steel workers productivity
has increased so percent, and the
steel industry's profits have soar
ed 333 percent.
Almost at the same time that the
fact finders opened sessions, Am
erican Iron and Steel Institute re-
leased report that despite the
sharp cut-backs in June, the ma
tons steel mills produced a re-
cord quantity of steel in the first
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
AFL Wins Prudential Election

New York City UPA)-Bar-
gaining rights for 14,20O industrial
agents of the big Prudential Life
Insurance Co. have shifted from
the CIO to the AFL. In "a runoff
NLRB election, employees cast T.
405 votes for the AFL National
Council of Insurance Agents to A.
789 for the CIO United Office and
Professional Workers, which rep
resented the employees for the past
five years.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
Strdight From Washington
OAr. vT Osrs oos-,,c,. tmAsoT
BY STEPHEN M. YOUNG
Congressman at Large-OhiO

Washington.-The u. S. Senate,
by a vote of 83 to 13, ratified the
North Atlantic Pact, linking IL ma
tions in an all for one treaty
against Soviet Communistic ag-
gression. Senator Taft voted and
spoke against it. Evidently, by a
to / ratio Senators were convinc-
ed that isolationism is no longer
tenable but must give way to in
ternational order and world com
munity. Ratification of this North
Atlantic Treaty gives continued as
surance of American aid to govern
ments of Europe against any Sow
let Union attempt to disturb their
national integrity and subvert their
free institutions. Ratification of
this treaty was the most important
legislation to be considered in
Washington this year.
They Want Our Gold
French officials came forward
with a bright CD idea for Uncle
Sam. 1t is that we revalue gold
from $35 to $55 per ounce. Doing
so would give the United States
Treasury a profit Of IA billion dol
larsl Then, of course, they want
our government to "redistribute"
some Of the gold hoard we have.
Yes, you guessed it. They want US
to "loan" them some billions of
gold. Then they would pay for our
goods with some of our gold and
we could re-bury it at Fort Knox
until some other foreign official
came along and wanted more of
the samoa sort of merry-go-
round perpetual motion procedure.
Bailey's Claim
Congress debated whether to
authorize payment Of $3,024 to
Stoker John Bailey of the British
Navy. This fly-specked claim bill
has been before Congress for ten
years. 1t was finally defeated by
roll call vote 167 to l42. Stoker
Bailey of the HMS ORION in a
Seattle bar was assaulted by John
Ittner of the United States Navy,
also off duty. 1t was not much of
a brawl. Stoker Bailey and another
English sailor were with two Am
erican girls, Norma and Rose,
whose last names are unknown to
posterity. Apparently Ittner was
displeased over losing his girl,
Norma. He picked up a beer glass,
broke it, and struck Bailey in the
face with piece of glass. Unfor-
tunately, Bailey later lost an eye.
lttner was tried before a Navy
Summary Court and acquitted.
Congressman opposing the bill
claimed there was no legal nor
equitable ground compelling our
Government to pay. "This was just
a brawl between two sailors. When
a sailor goes out with a woman on
foreign soil, he is courting dan
ger" said one. An accountant could
readily determine that in man
hours, ETC., it cost our Government
many times $3,024 simply debat-
ing and defeating this bill. 1t took
almost half day for Congressman
to refuse to give away $3,024. The
taxpayers won, and lost. Also
Bailey's date with Norma proved
costly to him.
Keep 'em Down on The Farm
1t is almost certain that the bill
to expand Rural Electrification,
now pending in the Senate, will
soon become law. 1t authorizes
the Rural Electrification Admins
tration to make loans at two per
cent interest for the expansion and
of rural telephone
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
Courses For Steelworkers

Champaign, Ill (LPA) - The
United Steelworkers of America
will sponsor it's third annual labor
institute for members in the Chi
cago and st. Louis. areas this
month and next at the University
of Illinois. Two one-week pro-
grams dealing with union, indus
try and community problems will
open on July 81 and August z.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
Congressional Action Makes For
Good LISTENING For Radio Moscow

This is what is known as the
silly season in the nations capital.
When temperatures are in the up
per nineties for days on end, when
both Houses of Congress are meet
ing in makeshift halls while their
regular chambers are repaired, and
when tempers are frayed and each
mans endurance is taxed to the
limit, this writer can understand
that great and vital decisions are
MT to be expected.
However, the steam-heated at
mosphere produces some pretty
zany ideas, that are going to make
better listening for Radio Moscow
than for Voice of America. Like
these two newspaper stories, both
taken from the same days Wash
ington Daily News, Scripps-H How
ard sheet.
On the front page, we read:
"No Aid For Socialism, Senators
Urge"
1.-TWO Senate Republicans and a
Democrat proposed today that the
United States withhold all Mar
shall Plan aid to Britain and other
countries which nationalize their
basic industries"
Senators James p. KEN Or.
Mo-, Kenneth Wherry (R, Neb.)
and John L. Mcclellan Cd. Ark
made the proposal as the Senate
renewed debate on a $5,573,724 900
foreign aid bill which carries Mar
shall plan funds. :"
Sweating our way back to page
II, we are confronted with this:
"Let En- Eat Bugs If They
Want To, Says Food Exporter"
HConoracc u,ac told toIau If has
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT

Whereas, Almighty God in His infinite wisdom, has
fit to take from midst our friend and fellow worker,
Brother Homer Flanagan respected and admired for his fell
lowship and character, and
Whereas We the members of Local Union s6, recognize
the loss of this Brother shall cherish and respect the
of his pleasant and evidence of sympathy and
esteem, it is hereby further
Resolved, That extend profound sympathy to
his family copy of this resolution be published in
official journal The Potters Herald copy spread the
minutes of the Local and copy sent to the bereaved family
Also that charter be draped in mourning for period of
thirty days
GEORGE MULLEN
LAIRD CHRISTIAN
ELMER HUNT
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-03-31

Mrs. Harmon Wilcox; white, Mrs
Joe Gerards.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Arnold and
son Leland Of Kennewick were
Sunday guests Of the J. W. Nunns.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Player were
business visitors In Walla Walls
Friday.
Mr.. Mrs. Guy Nelson and
daughters visited at the George
Bafus home in Kennewick Sat
urday evening.
Mrs. Orval Butterfield was In
Walla Walla Tuesday to attend
the Royal Neighbors convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Evans and
son Charles were visitors in Wal
la Walla Friday at the William
Luchte home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Evans and
son Chuck visited Sunday with
the George Bafus's Of the Arbor
Homes in Kennewick.
Mrs. Harmon Wilcox and dau-
ghter, Beverly called at the E. S.
Jones home in Pasco Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Bowers are
the parents of a baby girl born
Tuesday, March 10Th at the hos
pital in Pasco.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-03-31
Oldest Plumbing
Shop Is Sold

Louis Eichner, owner and prop
rietor Of Eichner's shop at - s.
Auburn st. sold out his plumb
ing business this week, to Mas
sart Bros. Plumbing and Heating
Co. and Mr.. Massart has takea
possession.
Louis Eichner and his father,
the late John Eichner, opened
their first shop for plumbing and
heating under the name Of the
.Kennewick Tin shop on Front 81.
in 1918 and have been in business
in Kennewick continuously since
that date. John Eichner retired
from business several years ago
at which time Louis took over
the entire business. In 1948 Louis
leased his sheet metal shop to
the Royal Co. Mr. Eichner will
devote his entire time now %
his Radiator cleaning and re-
pairing and will be located at the
same address until he can build
new shop which he intends 10
do this coming summer.
Eichner wishes to thank IS
many customers. which he also
considers his friend, for their
business patronage ard Will al
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-03-31
Naval Transfers
To End May LIST

Apple atoms for transfer OF
u. S. naval reserve officers 70
The regular medical service corps
will terminate May /, 18th naval
district headquarters announced
today.
The applications are limited
to those individuals who are grad
yates Of accredited schools Of
pharmacy or optometry, or those
possessing a degree in a science
allied to medicine.
The latter group includes bac-
teriology, biochemiStry, biophySi-
cs, chemistry, entomology, par
histology, public health medical
statistics, sanitation engineering,
virology, serology, physics, path
ology, physiology, pharmacology
and radiobiology.
The navy's transfer program
from reserve status to regular
navy has been terminated except
for persons applying for oppoint-
ment in the medical, dental, medi.
cal service or nurse corps.
Applications are being received
by the Office Of Naval Officer
Procurement, Arctic Building,
Seattle, Washington.