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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-29
Six Youngsters
Indicted For
PeekskiII Riot

White Plains, N. Y. UPA)-Si2
young men, three in their teens
have been indicted by the West
chester grand jury for participa.
ton in the second Paul Robesor
riot in nearby Peekskill, Sept. a
The first riot occurred Aug. 81
Hundreds were involved in both
Scores were injured.
But the jury has just acted, in
response to Gov. Thomas E
Dewey's call for an investigation
and Dewey acted only after nation
wide protests over the second riot
He did not mention the first.
The 25-year-old son of the police
chief of nearby Peekskill and -four
others are charged with malicious
mischief; man Of is accused
of carrying knife. All are free on
bail.
The fact that six youngsters
were the only ones found who
could be accused of having any
thing to do with the riots appear
ed to liberals to be final justifica-
tion of the charge that Gov. Dewey
has mishandled the situation.
In a statement issued in Wash
ington, representatives of IL ma
tional organizations, all of them
.non-Communist, denounced the in
adequacy of Dewey's measures to
prevent the second riot and the in
adequacy of his plans to investi
gate the violence. The statement
was issued through the Natl Civil
Liberties Clearing House.
In New York City the American
Civil Liberties Union said it had
been advised by the Dept of JUS
tice that there was no cause for
federal action in a matter properly
the responsibility of New York
State. ACLU Director Roger n.
Baldwin said he would make a
further effort to obtain federal
action.
Earlier, the ACLU director with
veteran civil-liberty lawyer Arthur
Garfield Hays wrote to Gov. Dewey
charging that state and county
authorities did nothing to prevent
violence at the first Robson meet
ing, although violence had been
openly threatened.
When Gov. Dewey finally order
ed an investigation he ordered it
made by George M. Fanelli, district
attorney of Westchester county,
who through his position was dir
ectIy involved. The ACLU and the
Natl Civil Liberties Clearing
House Group declared in effect that .
The appointment of Fanelli meant /
hat Fanelli would be investigating
his own actions.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-29
Substantial Gains
By Lithographers

st. Paul LPA) - Substantial
gains have been recorded in mem
bership, organization and contract
provisions, Martin Grayson, secre-
tary-treasurer of the Amalagamat-
ed Lithographers of America, tolo
the organizations biennial conven-
ton here. Grayson reported mem
bership up 1870 to a new high OF
24,O69 and six new locals charter
ed.
Grayson's report that the inter
national had paid out more than
$278,0O0 from the emergency funds
to locals engaged in disputes
spanked a spirited campaign for
officers. Grayson's report revealed
that 26 of the unions II locals had
been engaged in strike or lockout
action.
Local l, New York, largest unit,
with more than one-quarter the
entire membership, charged that
"our leadership has failed" in
avoiding strikes and that the or
ganizing staff had been diverted
from their primary job for strike
duties.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-29
Federal Officers
May Intervene In
Florida Mob Case

Washington 0PA) - There is
strong evidence Of police neglig-
ence and extortion of confessions
which may lead to FBI interven-
tion in Groveland, Fla, Attorney
General j. Howard McGrath has
told Ny Post-Home News reporter
Ted Poston.
Poston, one Of the few Negro
general assignment reporters for
a metropolitan daily, narrowly
escaped lynch mob himself while
covering for his paper the trial ir
Tavares, Fla, Of three men charg-
ed with rape. Earlier white mob
had run wild for three days in the
orange grove area Of central Flor
ida, lynched one Negro, and terr-
orized all Negro communities in
the area.
Two Of the defendents, both %
years old, were sentenced to death,
and one to life Imprisonment after
a three-day trial in which, Poston
reported at the time, there was no
direct evidence that the woman in
volved had been raped, or that the
three defendents were anywhere
near the scene where the crime al
legedly took place.
The NY Post reporter was assur-
ed by McGrath that the FBI had
already built up a thick file of re-
ports on the Groveland riots, and
he was asked to leave with the
Civil Rights Division of the Justice
Dept the evidence that ne had col
lected, including affidavits naming
the leaders of the mob, and sworn
statements by doctors telling of
the beating administered by law
enforcement officers to the three
defendants.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-29
Solidarity With Britoin
Is Voiced By Reuther

Detroit IPA)-Letters express
ing solidarity with the British gov
ernment were sent by UAW Pres
ident Walter p. Reuther this week
to all British cabinet members and
prominent trade union leaders. En-
closed with the letter was a copy
Of the editorial eve Stand with
British Labor" which attacked re-
dictionary propagandists ganging
up on Britain's Labor government.
The editorial appeared in the
September issue Of the United
Auto Worker.
"We in the JAW" Reuther's
letter to the English Laborites
read, want to do whatever we can
to offset and overcome the propa-
ganda directed against your gov
ernment and against your program
of social legislation by the reac-
tionary press and other anti-social
forces in America. y"
The 1200-word editorial blasts
the "back-alley propaganda often
sive against the common people Of
both Britain and the United
States" and asserts the current
press campaign to discredit the
British Labor government "is the
first move in a planned action to
destroy those advances in social
legislation already achieved by
American working people"
"The poison penmen," the editor
ial continues, "whose quilts bend
with every NAM breeze write that
Britain has Stacked on the job. The
facts say that Britain has raised
her ratio of exports to imports by
90 percent, that her manufacturing
production this year is close to so
percent higher than the pre-war
average when the Conservatives
were in power, that agricultural
production, thanks to the most in
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-29
Hotel Is Not
Commerce, NLRB
Still Insists

Washington (LPA) - The Nat
Labor Relations Board has declin
ed jurisdiction in representation
case in a hotel, claiming it was
thus reaffrming policy which
dated from 1885.
The board ruled, 3-2, that the
famed and luxurious Greenbriel
Hotel at White Sulphur Springs
w. Va, was too remotely connect
ed with interstate commerce to
warrant the NLRB's conducting a
bargaining election among the 20
members of the Greenbrier Fire
and Police Union, Independent.
Board members Paul NJ. Herzog,
John M. Houston and ]. Copeland
Gray, admitted the hotels opera
tions were mot wholly unrelated
to commerce" However, they add
ed, "to assert jurisdiction here
would be to reverse board preced-
ent untouched since the original
Wagner act was enacted IA years
ago."
They pointed out that Congress
never had questioned the policy Of
nom jurisdiction in the hotel indus
.ry, and that the industry was not
mentioned in hearings or debates
eading to the Taft-Hartley act in
l947.
Board members Abe Murdock
and James J. Reynolds, Jr, dis
agreed. They said the Greenbrier
IS owned by the Chesapeake &
Ohio Railroad and is responsible
for a considerable volume of pass
enger traffic on the road, which is
an interstate carrier.
They also argued that preced-
ent should be reversed if it lacks
merit" They pointed out that the
board had once had a policy of
"abnegation" of jurisdiction in the
industry.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-29
Congress Ready To
Plug LoophoIes
In Antitrust Law

Washington (LPA)-After near
! ly quarter of a century of delay
Congress seems about ready t.
plug the gaping loopholes in tn
Clayton antitrust law-loophole
which every agency concerned will
problems of monopoly has beel
condemning since before most O
the present members of Congress
were elected.
The House already has passet
by 223 to 92 vote the Celler
O'Mahoney bill plugging the loop
holes in the law, and a Senate Jud
iciary subcommittee is now hold
ing hearings on it. Two of the
three members of the subcommit.
tee seem to be favorable, although
final action may not come until the
next session beginning in January
Senate hearings on the legisla-
tion opened Sept. 19 with warn
ing from William T. Kelley, gener-
al counsel of the Fedearl Trade
Commission that the bill "may well
represent our last clear chance tc
preserve the economy to which We
have paid such abundant lip ser
vice."
Chairman Joseph C. O'Mahoney
of the Congressional Economic
Committee, and an author of the
bill, warned that unless we stol
the growth of monopoly in this
country "the inevitable result will
be terrific drive toward totalitar-
ianism."
Either we maintain a free econ
omy by preventing monopolistic
and by creating incentives
for the investment of private capi-
tai in competitive enterprise"
O'Mahoney added, cor the system
of competition is bound to fail. 1t
has failed everywhere else"
O'Mahoney pointed out that the
in the Clayton act has
been created by judicial decisions
to which such great justices as
Taft, Hughes, Stone, Brandeis,
Holmes and Cardozo had all dis
sented.
Chairman O'Conor Cd, Md, of
the subcommittee, opened the hear
ngs with a pledge of an "open
mind," but his statement of the
indicated he favored the
He pointed out the
clear intent of Congress in the
Clayton Act had never been achiev-
I'd, and that as result $500 inde-
pendent industrial firms had been
acquired by big competitors since
$40.
Only opposition to the bill came
n letters from the US Chamber of
Commerce and the Commerce &
industry Association of New York,
10Th of which used the argument
hat the legislation would harm
mall business. Only Sen. Donnell
r Mo- of the subcommittee
eemed to take these objections
eriously. But he seemed quite con-
erned over what other Senator's
nd witnesses from the Federal
'rade Commission indicated were
urely phoney objections.
Ask for Union Labeled merchan.
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-29
Race Exploitation Hit BY
Urban League Convention

Denver, Colo. (LPA)-With the
adoption of a resolution condeming
"those totalitarian forces of what
ever persuasion which are exploit
ing the issue of race for their own
selfish ends" the National Urban
League closed its convention here.
The $50 delegates recommended
that local leagues set up housing
and neighborhood secretary to
work with local public housing pro-
grams. The group outlined new
project to be undertaken soon-an
extensive study Of the economic
and social life in Negroes in the
West.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-29
Unions Sponsor Movies For Kids

Unions Sponsor Movies For Kids
Vancouver, Wash. (LPA) = The
Clark County Central Labor Coun-
Gil has taken over sponsorship of
the popular Safety Gang" show,
a Saturday morning theater party
for children. The children obtain
free tickets by making purchases
in union stores. They get movies
and a safety talk or a talk on
crime prevention. Chairman of the
committee is George Purvis,
Teamsters' business representative.
The unions took over after the bus
mess firm which had run the show
for eight years decided to drop it.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-29
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT

Whereas, Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has seen
fit to take from midst friend and fellow worker
Sister Aida Anna Frye respected and admired for her fellow
ship and character and
Whereas We the members of Local Union 49, recognize
the of this Sister, and shall cherish and respect the
memory her pleasant and evidence of sympathy
and esteem, it is hereby further,
Resolved That we extend profound sympathy to
her family, copy of this resolution be published in our
official journal The Potters Herald copy spread the
of the Local and copy sent to the bereaved family
Also that charter be daped mourning for period OF
thirty days.
BEN FLANNERY
ROSE PAYNE
MAUDE SMITH
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-29

Demand the Union Label.
Evening star., 1949-02-13

four-year scholarship to the en-
trant whose work is deemed best
in the national contest. All gold
pin winners here will be entered
in the national competition.
In addition to the Western en-
trants, Ernest j. Parent, jr., of
Langley Junior High School has
submitted an essay and Ann Jean
Gosnell of Anacostia High School
has submitted a short story.
The Western entrants are:
Editorial: Catherine Coates,
Joan Atkins, Barbara Worley Q0),
Minerva Heller, Barbara Sheffield
Sue Burch and Gloria L. Dotson.
Society Column, Nancy Harrill
90.
Sports Column: Walter Wingo
10), Gloria L. Dotson ca, and
Sue Burch.
Record Column, Pat Courtright
Feature Story: Janet Allen 90,
Sue Wheeler ca, Minerva Heller,
Barbara Worley (2), Kathryn Lo
Bianco, Fred Harmon (2), Ellen
Sincoff, Jean Murphy, Jean Rosen-
thai and Ronnie Seagle.
News Story: Kathryn Lo Bianco
a.. Nancy Lenson, Peggy Reaser,
Evening star., 1949-02-13
Western High School Submits
65 Entries in Writing Contest

Sixty-five entries in The Stars
Scholastic Writing Awards Contest
have been received from Western
High School.
All the articles submitted come
under the various Journalistic
classifications in the contest and
all have been printed in the
schools paper. THE Western
Breeze"
The number of manuscripts sub
mitted in the contest, which has
one more week to run. is expected
TO exceed last years total.
Journalism is one of the more
popular fields this year, apparently
due in part to the success of STAN
ley Rubinstein, a Coolidge High
School winner last year. He was
awarded a gold achievement pin
here, and then won top prize for
the journalism classification in the
national contest conducted by
scholastics Magazine.
A further stimulus has been
given to the contest this year by
the announcement that the Uni
versity Of Pittsburgh is offering a
Evening star., 1949-02-13

M. Cohen of Americans for Demo-
cratic Action. Paul Howard of the
American Library Association, DR..
John w. Davis, president of West
Virginia State College. George
Weaver of the CLOS Committee
to Abolish Discrimination, Paul
Williams of the Catholic Confer
ence on Industrial Problems, Mar
tin Agronsky, radio commentator,
and James A. Weschler of the New
York Posts Washington Bureau.
The committee announced the
conference has no connection with
a rally and legislative assembly
Evening star., 1949-02-13
Civil Liberties Meeting
Scheduled for Iuesday

A National Citizens Conference
on Civil Liberties will be sponsored
by the Civil Liberties Clearing
House here Tuesday and Wednes-
day at the YWCA, 17th and K
streets NV.
Approximately 200 representa-
tives of rs national religious, edu-
cational, civic, labor. social well
fare, business and farm groups
have been invited.
The conference arrangements
committee said study sessions at
the two-day meeting will be held
by Joseph L. Rauh and Wallace
Evening star., 1949-02-13
BIust Rocks New Mexico u.

ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex, Feb
IL R.-An explosion in q State
Highway Department laboratory
rocked the University of New
Mexico campus early today. No
one. was injured. Fire fed by
broken gas lines followed the blast.
Building damage was estimated at
more than $4,000.
Evening star., 1949-02-13

Ellen Sincoff. Joan Sands and
Susan M. Martin.
Interview: Ellen Sincoff, Min
erva Heller, Ronnie Seagle ca,
Barbara Worley and Jean Rosen-
thai,
Evening star., 1949-02-13

for civil rights" that has been
announced here for February II
and IL.
Evening star., 1949-02-13
Easy Day" Vacuum

Patented voeuum action makes this mop the
housewives love! The Easy Day Mop inhoIes
dust into soft yarn tufts os the mop is lifted
from the floor, and keeps it there until the
mop is shaken! Mop head cont shake off,
yet can be removed for washing.
Evening star., 1949-02-13

A marvellous low price for such handsome,
heavy lamps Good-Iookine, ong-weoring
bronze plated on metal Three popular styles,
each designed to provide the lighting you
want Sway three-condIe reflector design
with expensve-ookine royon shade and dou
bic swine-orm bridge lamp with royon shade
for close work. Floor torchere with gloss re-
fIector for diffused, upward light.
LANsBURGHS-Lamps-S Floor
The echo., 1949-10-01
Agency Popularity
Contest

The Executive Board has launched
an agency popularity contest to
terminate in the December Board
The presidents will continue to be
given a 25c voucher for each new
member 7dded o. each renewal from
the Convention on back. He will al
so be given a vote 70 reach member
added and he in turn will notify the
office as to the agent he wishes tc
cast his vote for.
For the benefit of all concerned
we are in this issue publishing the
names of all the agents and giving
their addresses. Should any local
lodge wish to get in touch with any
of the agents they will know their
addresses:
Reverend E. B. Blackman, Box 1870
Bassfieild.
VIM. Kinslow, Box 404., Waynes-
ooro.
Charley Bowens, Ri. /, Box 78
Jayess.
Rev. w. c. McDuffie, 1911 7th. ST.,
Gulfport
Aaron Trotter, Box 285, Picayune
The echo., 1949-10-01
Palmer Crossing News

NOTICE to all Presidents n d
members of the H. B. A. and Friends
likewise:
Mr.. Joe Knox, president of lodge
number 231 is having a grand open
ing of the new H. B. A. Hall at Palm
er Crossing on the 4th Sunday in
October, which is the 23rd. All pres
idents and members are invited to
be present on that day at 200 Come
one, come all, to see the new II. B.,
A. Building. All presidents that can
and will. come for the general OPEN
ing. Reporter.
The echo., 1949-10-01
100000 PAID IN DEATH
BENEFITS

We paid 3s claimants $4,000 each
or total of 100000 in death bene-
fits, the highest amount p a id in
more than thirteen years.
The H. B. A. is in fine shape. We
are losing members on every hand
and yet, we are able to balance our
membership because of h drives
that are launched from time to time
by the Executive Board.
The spirit lis high among the loyal
and faithful presidents. They are
determined to carry on and serve
ther people as they have done
throughout the years. Unless an in
dividual has been local president
he cannot fully sympathize with a
local president lin what he has to
undergo. Things are not always as
easy as they might seem with a local
president. In so many instances
loyal presidents make two and three
trips, and sometime more, to a mem
ber's home trying 10 MAKE . Tese7us
report.
The General Secretary stated in
the September Board that she was
not unmindful Of the great sacrifices
that are being made on the part Of
the local Draefder,+c for tho A ccCoio
ton. She praised them highly for
the outstanding work they are doing
and have been doing. She stated
that the local presidents are tn e
backbone" Of the Association and
she nnafyels as to what would hap
pen if the presidents would strike.
The echo., 1949-10-01
Two Local Lodges
Organized

Since the Convention we have had
two local lodges organized by Mr..
VIM. KinsloW of Waynesboro and Mr..
Charley Bowens of Jayess. Both of
these gentlemen are local presidents
and agents, too. Each Of these lodges
Was organized with sixteen members.
In t h e Convention Mr.. Charley
Bowens was awarded the Lowing
Cup for having done the most out
standing work in the form of in
creasing our membership. Since Mr..
BoWens and Mr.. KinsloW tied in the
membership drive for September, it
was not known how we would go
about awarding the trophy. Mr.
Bowens was kind enough to consent
for Mr. KinsloW to take the cup rs
he has held it since the Convention.
The cup was presented to the Gen
eral President by the General Secre-
tary and he in turn was asked to
present the cup to MIR Kinslow. Mr..
Kinslow smilingly accepted the cup
from the General President.
The echo., 1949-10-01

On Tuesday, September 20, 1919,
the beautiful auditorium of the Hol-
brook Benevolent Association was
the seat of the third Quarterly Board
of the year.
A large number of presidents and
members was present for the board.
We know some of the presidents and
members made a sacrifice to attend
the board, in view of the fact that
this is in the midst of harvesting
time, and yet, this is nothing out of
the ordinary as they have been do
ng that throughout the years.
1t was heard remarked by several
presidents that this was one of the
most successful boards that we have
held in many a moon" Peace is
something that we have been want
ing to see exhibited in our meetings
for sometime. Peace is what we
have been praying for and peace is
what we have needed.
Our death list was extremely high
this quarter This was the highest
rate we have had since the March
Quarter 1948 when we had 81 deaths
and paid each of the 81 claimants
$176.5O.
The echo., 1949-10-01
SEPTEMBER BOARD A GLOWING SUCCESS
picayune News

Souls are happy and hearts con-
tinue singing as the result of the
spiritual revival recently conducted
by Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
by Rev. c. c. Wells of Hattiesburg.
Many believed the inspiring mess
ages and accepted Christ as their per
sOnal Saviour Others were revived
and restored to the church by eX-
perience of grace. During the two
weeks meeting open air services were
held at various plants conducted by
Rev Wells and Rev. E. L. Fox. Thus,
contracting many people who had no
desire to attend church.
District No. 3, Deacon Fred Nc
Grew in charge, led in financial re-
ports with the sum of $143.80 Total
amount raised during the meeting,
$4,000.
Sunday night Rev. E. L. Fox, pas
tor, brought the meeting to a glori-
Gus climax with a stirring sermon,
subject, Have You Been Stirred?"
After which five more members were
added to the church. Thus, closing
one of our greatest annual reVivals.
The echo., 1949-10-01
n. c. Senator Appoints
Youth 10 West T9oini

CHAPEL HILL, n c. ONP) -
North Caroline Senator Frank p.
Graham of Chapel Hill recommended
a colored youth, Leroy Jones Of Kin
ston as second alternate for an APP
pointment to West Point.
This is reported to be the first coll
ored candidate ever named by a
southern Senator. Jones is a forra-
er student at St. Augustine College
in Raleigh.
According to the Senator, Jones
won the appointment though COM
petitive examination.
The echo., 1949-10-01
Statistical Report

In this issue of the Echo we are
publishing the. statistical report of
the September Board. This report
was compiled through September %.
If it does not tally with your receipt,
please notify the office and we will
gladly make the correction.
Secretary
The echo., 1949-10-01


Mr.. Joe Knox, presiden Of lodge
number 23l, located at Palmer Cross
ing, 4 miles south of Hattiesburg, is
doing splendid work on. the new
building, His faithful members have
cooperated well in all programs that
were put on. And we are putting
forth every effort to entertain each
and everyone that VIII be present
IN the opening day. MI Knox is a
small man in stature, but he surely
has big mind to put on gre a t
things ior the up-building of his
lodge.
l-r-. Annie Wills, reporter
The echo., 1949-10-01
THANKS!

We wish to take this method Of
thanking those presidents who made
pledges in the Convention and who
saw to it that their pledges were
filled. Some went beyond their
pledges and some did not add any
however, we feel that all did their.
II e r. ~ Va o.o o-a4 ~f,,r
The echo., 1949-10-01
cEliport News

The installation Of officers of lodge
number 24O is as follows: Mr.. Ben
Mapp President, Mrs, II a a h
Brown, Vice Pres. lent, Mrs. Nancy
Wytch, Financial Secretary, Mrs.
Alice Jackson, Chaplain, Mrs. Mary
Ross. Treasurer. Collection, S215.
The echo., 1949-10-01
GULFPORT

I installed officers of lodge No.
$40 of Gulfport; the meeting was
spiritually high. What a time! Bro
Their Ben Mapp was installed as pres
ident. They gave me $115. Rev.
w. c. McDuffie, Agent.
The echo., 1949-10-01

An African Tea was held at Rose
Hill Methodist Church, Sunday, Sep
tember rs, sponsored by the Wo-
mans Society Of Christian Service in
honor Of Mrs. Evelyn Smith, native
African who is in America furtherine
her education