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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-20
Gas Workers Win
Hourly Increase

Milwaukee OPA)-After an all
night session involving Mayor
Frank Zeidler, Federal District
Judge Robert Tehan and Federal
Conciliator Clement Murphy, mem
bers of the striking Gas, Coke q
Chemical Workers went back to
work at Milwaukee Gas Light Co.
with big improvements in their
contract.
After a brief shut-of of the
city's gas supply, the strike ended
with a fve-cent an hour pay boost,
retroactive to June /, and another
three cent increase for night work
ers after Nov. /.
Beginning Jan. |, 1850, the com
pany will be paying 1872 cents an
hour, and the workers 2.8 cents an
hour into a pension fund. More
than TOO workers won the new pay
and pension benefits.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-20
Union Talks Show
Progress In
Railroad Strike

st. Louis (LPA) - Negotiations
between the Missouri Pacific Rail
road and four striking rail brother
hoods were showing definite pro-
gress," it was learned.
Roy f. Davidson, spokesman for
$500 engineers, firemen, conduct
ors and trainmen, said that num-
ber0 of the unions 282 claims
against the road had been settled
already.
Current negotiations are being
conducted in line with proposals
made by the governors of eight
states through which the Missouri
Pacific runs.
The strike, which had idled 25,-
600 Mo-Pac employees in addition
to the strikers, has crippled indus
tries all along the railroads 1000
miles of track.
The four unions negotiated three
years on the grievances before re-
sorting to a strike five weeks ago.
Many of the claims date back to
the war years.
The four striking unions are the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engine
ers, Order of Railway Conductors,
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Brotherhood Of Railroad
Trainmen.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-20
Labor Newspaper
Praised By Carson

Washington (LPAo-The great
est single force for progressivism
working on the US Congress in the
1920's and 1930's was the Railway
labor Executives Association, and
ESPECIALLY its Washington repre-
: sentatives and its great newspaper,
Labor.
That's what the newest member
1, of the Federal Trade Commission,
John Carson, told a testimonial
dinner here Oct. 13. Carson, form
erly Washington representative of
the Cooperative League of the
USA, won Senate confirmation for
the ETC post after bitter battle
in which the co-ops and unions and
small business groups were pitted
against the Natl Tax Equality AS
sociation and COP Senators.
| Carson, who in the 1920's was
administrative assistant to Sen.
James Couzens, multi-millionaire
progressive Senator from Mich
igan, recalled that the power held
in the Senate by the dozen-odd
progressive Senator's was rooted in
the labor movement. 1t was Labor
newspaper that "molded and influ-
enced the work of the US Congress
and your government" Carson re-
minded his friends.
Sen. George Norris, the great
fighting liberal from Nebraska, to
whom the nation owes the Tennes-
see Valley Authority and the Rural
Electrification A IN i n t ration,
would have been defeated for re-
election if it were not for the rail
unions newspaper, Carson assert
ed.
Paying tribute to Carson at the
dinner were Charles Ross, press
secretary to President Truman,
Rep. Wright Patman Cd, Tex.),
Nathan Robertson of Labor Press
Association, and Jerry Voorhis,
executive secretary of the Cooper
ative League of the USA.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-20
British Trade Congress
Still Mum On Devuluution

London (LPA) - The British
Trades Union Congress has not yet
finished its study of the effect OF
devaluation.
Since the pound was reduced tc
$3.50, TUG officials have held
many consultations, some of them
with cabinet ministers, Nothing
definite has emerged, and now the
TUGS Grand Council has turned
the question over to the Special
Economic Committee.
The most widely discussed idea
is that of a minimum wage. The
level usually suggested is the
equivalent of about IA American
dollars a week. The aim would be
to bring all workers working for
wages below this level up to it. But
there are two obstacles.
First, British unions in general
always have opposed a national
minimum wage on the ground that
it would constitute government in
reference with collective bargain
ing.
Second, if unskilled workers
alone should receive pay increases,
the wage differential between un-
skilled workers and skilled, already
small, would become even smaller.
In England, that differential to-
day is only 10 to 20 percent. In the
US it is around so percent and in
the Soviet Union it is said to be
as much as $50 percent.
The TUG is repeatedly playing
with the idea of establishing a cen
trail coordinating body to sift wage
claims and declare which ones pos
sess the greatest merit A similar
plan is in effect in the Netherlands
and is said to work well.
In England, such a body might
recommend wage hikes in under
manned Industries essential to the
drive to earn dollars through ex
ports.
There have been suggestions
that the governments power to
"direct" labor be more widely used.
Two years ago, the government re-
instituted its wartime power to
send workers to industries where
they were needed, but this power.
has scarcely been used. In fact,
only 30 workers have been directed
in the two-year period. The TUG
may be asked to approve greater
exercise of this power for the dura-
tion of the emergency.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-20
Comreds Defeated
In Austrian Vote

Vienna UPA)-The Communists
were thoroughly routed in the
Austrian general elections on Oct
9. However, the comfort to be de-
rived from that is substantially re-
duced by the emergence of the In
dependent party which may end up
holding the balance of power in
the Austrian parliament. The ma
ture of the Independent party was
revealed when its leaders cam
paigned for the votes of ex-Nazis.
There is one way, however, that
the menace of the Independents
may be stopped, observers here
feel.
With the returns still to be GER
titled, Chancellor Figl's rightist
Peoples party was believed to have
won II seats, the Socialists 67, the
Independents 16 and the Commun-
lists 5.
If the Peoples party, having lost
the slight majority it previously
held, continues to work in coali-
ton with the Socialists as it has in
the past, there is chance that the
new Nazi power will not be much
felt.
However, some observers fear
that the Peoples party may seek
an outright alliance with the In
dependents. These gloomy pro-
phets point out that the Peoples
party said that "a vote for Social
ism today is a vote for Commun-
ism tomorrow"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-20
PLAN MEMORIAL
FOR SMOG VICTIMS

Webster, Pa. LPA)-The Soc
iety for Better Living, meeting
here, was scheduled to draft plans
for a memorial to the % persons
who died in the tragic "Smog Dis
aster" in nearby Donora.
The society announced h
within a month it expected the US
Public Health Service to report on
its nine-month inquiry into the
cause of the % deaths.
The deaths occurred when Donora
was suffused with IA mysterious
poisonous gas. Many believe the
gas emanated from the Donora
Zinc Works. The American Steel
& Wire Co. blamed the deaths on
an "act Of God"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-20
AFL FIGHTING REDS
ON WORLDWIDE FRONT

Washington (LPA)-Eight mil
lion strong, the American Fedora
tion of Labor not only fights for
and protects the American work.
er, but is furnishing men and
money and ideas on an information
al scale, to help workers abroad.
For the AFL recognizes that any
threat to workers freedom any
where is a threat to workers every
where.
So it is that the AFL has special
representatives in European coun-
tries, and Latin America, and is
sending a special delegation to visit
Israel, and has set up a Trade
Union Center in Exile, in Paris, as
haven for labor leaders who have
had to flee from Communist lands,
and maintains underground con-
facts with the brave souls who are
working from freedom on the other
side of the Iron Curtain. And the
Federation is sending a delegation
of ten top officials to London in
November to help set up new and
non-C Communist world trade union
organization. President Green him
self hopes to attend.
"There is need for such an or
ganization Of democratic trade
unions throughout the world" he
said. at is particularly important
now in view of the Communls,
drive in the cold war"
AS part of it's campaign agains
the Communist menace, the All
has just published 192-page bool
titled "Slave Labor In Russia" II
a foreword Green declares: "Thr
deadly threat to all progress ac-
hieved by humanity through free
institutions everywhere is mos
forcefully and painfully Illustrated
by the fact that a modern total
itarian state has imposed system
of slavery on helpless human be-
ings to an extent unequalled in
history"
The book has scores of affidavits
by former inmates of forced labor
camps in the Soviet Union.
The Trade Union Center in
Exile, established by Irving j.
Brown, AFL European representa-
tive, keeps the exiles in touch with
the remnants of their own trade
union movements. Couriers of the
center's underground have been
caught and shot, but the work goes
on. Propaganda is beamed tol
Soviet satellite countries via Voice
of America and the British Broad
casting Corp, and plans are under
way for a radio station on the
border of Czechoslovakia.
The center, said Brown before
his return to Paris, is a symbol to
those behind the Iron Curtain. |
while it exists, they know that |
they will have home to which to |
flee if they do fight back" He add
ed: "There can be no let-up because
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-20
Speaks At Histadrut Dinner

New York (LPA) = Jacob s..
Potofsky, president of the Anal
gamated Clothing Workers and
Mayor William O'Dwyer spoke Sat
urday night (Oct. 15) at a Labor
Management dinner saluting His
tadut, Israeli Labor Federation.
Potofsky was one of three top Of
icials who recently visited Israel.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-20

there is a permanent cold war on
the part of world Communism to
capture, control and dominate the
international labor movement"
Slated to attend the London
meeting to form the new interna-
tional labor federation besides Pre-
sident Green are: Secretary-Trea-
surer George Meany; Matthew
Woll, Photo -Engravers; George M.
Harrison, Railway Clerks; David
Dubinsky, Ladies' Garment Work
ers; William C. Doherty, Letter
Carriers; Charles J. MacGowan,
Boilermakers; also Brown and
Henry Rutz, AFL representatives
in Germany and Austria.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-20
LOBBY PROBE GIVEN
$4,000 TO SPEND

Washington (LPA) - A green
light was given the special House
committee to investigate lobbying
on Oct. 13, when the House ap-
proved a $4,000 appropriation to
finance the probe. The committee,
headed by Rep. Frank Buchanan
Cd, Pa.) was set up to investigate
both lobbying by private agencies
and companies, and by the govern
ment agencies.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-20
STRETCHING EXERCISES
BY RUTH TAYLOR

It's Interesting the things you
learn from magazines. The other
day | was scanning the pages of a
woman's publication-and saw a
headline "Stretch to Reduce" fol-
lowed by a lot of perfectly good
advice upon how to stretch. Next |
picked up the Readers Digest and
came across a quote from Oliver
Wendell Holmes: "Man's mind
stretched to a new idea never goes
back to its original dimensions"
Maybe the two articles got
twisted in my mind, but it seems
to me that mental stretching exer-
cises ought to be a pretty good
thing for all of us. At least they
would reduce our conceit and
stretch our understanding.
Here are some stretching exer-
cises.
/. Are all your friends just like
you? Then why not stretch your
friendliness and meet those whose
outlook is different. Are there those
of different nationality or race in
the place where you work <? Then in
your work you have a common
point of interest from which to be-
gin. If your ways lie among your
own people, then go out and seek
others. Meet them on their ground
and be interested in what interests
them-in their food, or in their
music, is a good way to begin. You
will stretch your knowledge of peo-
pie as you learn how very similar
they are under the surface.
2. Once you have finished the
first stretching exercise, you are
ready for the second one. How
opinionated is the group to which
you belong? Can it see the other
mans side of the question Can itI
stretch it's collective mind or indi-
vidual minds to compass an alien
viewpoint ? A good exercise is to
get fresh outlook. If you are al
labor man, bring in a management
man to your next meeting, to eX-
plain his position. If you are a i
man, why not ask a !
labor man to tell you what he
thinks is wrong. If you don't like
certain legislation-why ask the
author of it to explain it to you,
the citizen. The stretch comes in
your willingness to listen to the
ideas without bias and
giving him as much lee
way as you take for yourself.
3. Would you like to broadeni
your horizon but you have to stay
put in one place? Then stretch
again. 1t was Thoreau who said he
knew life, because he had travelled
much in Concord. You, too, can do
the same. How much do you really
know about your home town? How
would it impress you if YOU were a
Go down to the station
some day and start from there as
hough you We're stranger-and
TO what YOU would do in a strange
own. What do you think you
would think Of your town and the
people in it? And just what are
'ou going to do about it? Brother,
vhen you think that way, you're
rowing. /
4. What does your town give to
he needy in mind, the lonely Of {
cart, the famished in spirit? ? Why |
ot for a week pretend you didn't c
ave money for a movie. Turn off {
ne television. And start out to see @
hat your town gives "for free =
hat concerts, what lectures, what o
luseums, what the churches offer.
.ow much searching did you have S
, do? And do you think your rec S
eational life will ever be as mar Il
)w again? And-will you tell il
-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-20
BANS GOLDEN FLEECING

Washington LPA)-If you get
fleeced by "A slick Canadian sales
man of gold-mining stock, you
won't be able to blame the US Post
office Dept. Postmaster General
Jesse Donaldson has barred mail
deliveries to II firms and II per-
sons in Toronto who have been
peddling unregistered mining sec
urities in the US in violation of
federal statutes and various state
"blue sky" laws.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-20
OBITUARIES
GUY THOMAS OYSTER

Guy Thomas Oyster, 1SO Indiana
Ave-, Chester, died October II in
city Hospital following a 10-month
illness. He was 63.
Mr.. Oyster was born in Saline
vile and lived in Chester for Al
years. He was a warehouseman at
Plant a of the Homer Laughlin
China Co. and was member of
Local Union sc, National Brother
hood of Operative Potters.
Mr.. Oyster leaves his widow Mrs.
Kate Oyster; three daughters, Mrs.
Robert House, Mrs. John Gatchell
and Mrs. Ruthann Reed of Chester;
two sons, George Oyster of Ches-
ter, and Guy Thomas Oyster Jr. at
home; four brothers, Charles Oyst-
er of Youngstown, Harry Oyster
of Alliance, William Oyster of
Chester, and Frank Oyster of East
Liverpool, and six grandchildren.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-20

Yorkshire pudding to an Ameri-
can chef means soggy biscuit
whereas true Yorkshire pudding is
a pan of cooked batter half an inch
thick served in portions the size of
your hand, covered with thickened
roast beef gravy.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-20

others what you found out?
Oh, there are lots Of ways to
stretch. And you'll be a better
shaped, taller person when you get
through. How about daily stretch
ing exercises? ? Are you on?
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-20

1t takes as much planning to ar
rive late at a party as it does to
arrive on time.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-06-09
Church NeWS
DEVOTIONAL
BROADCASTS

The following radio religious pro-
grams, sponsored by the Washing
ton County Council of Churches, and
furnished through the cooperation
of Radio Station WEI and WARK.
are scheduled for next week:
WEI, Monday through Friday,
1915 a. m, Morning Devotions,
conducted by Rev. Harry Fehl, Jr.
WARK, Monday through Friday,
$40 p. M, ''Vesper Thought"
conducted by Rev. Harry Fehl, Jr.
WARK, 1.-THE Minister Comes Call
ling, 2:30 p m. Monday, Rev. Paul
M. Robinson; 2:30 p. m. Wednes-
day, Rabbi Ernest Conrad; 2:30 p.
m. Friday, Rev. Frederick D. Eyster.
WEI, Saturday, loo p. m. To-
morrow's Sunday School Lesson.
WEI, Saturday, $50 p. m. Sat
urday Review of Religion.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-06-09
SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'S
METHODIST CHURCH

Sunday worship services at ST.
Paul's Methodist Church, North Po-
tomac Street, will be held at II a.
m. and 1880 p. m. Sunday. At the
morning service, Rev. Norman l..
Trott, the minister, will preach on
the theme 1.-THE Beginning of Wis
DOM" The high school and college
graduates of the church will be spe-
cially recognized at this service. In
the evening the minister will speak
on ''The Compassion of Jesus"
Sunday School will convene at
Gas a. m. A special Student Day"
program will be held for all of those
of Junior age and above. There
will be general assembly for this
purpose and special Student Day
offering will be received. The offer
ing will go into the college student
loan fund of The Methodist Church.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-06-09
SERVICE AT FIRST CHURCH
OF CHRIST. SCIENTIST

God the Preserver of Man" will
be the subject of the Lesson-Ser-
mon at the First Church of Christ,
Scientist, 235 N. Potomac ST., at
HOO a. m. on Sunday, June IL.
The Golden Text will be from
Deut 33:27-"The eternal God is
thy refuge, and underneath are the
everlasting arms"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible-Isaiah 1854
Trust we in the Lord for ever:
for the Lord Jehavah is everlasting
strength"
The Lesson-Sermon also will in
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
by Mary Baker Eddy, among which
is the following, Pref. VITO those
leaning on the sustaining infinite,
to-day is big with blessings"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-06-09
Funny Stuff?
Real Misery

an THE SUBURBAN train, Jones
- had just read long letter he
had received that day from his old
home town. Mellowed by the happy
memories it conjured, he turned
to the stranger beside him and
genially remarked, did you ever
get letter that brought back Wis
ions of the past?"
Stark misery stared out of the
others eyes.
"Have II" the man cried. "Only
today l got one from the govern
ment, telling me l still owed them
81 500 on my 1914 income tax"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-06-09
Couple Claim Biggest
Postwar Family" Title

Mr.. and Mrs. John ]. Walsh, of
Quincy, Mass, believe they have
the largest postwar family in the
nation. Their seven children in
clude three sets of twins, John and
Bill, 3l2 years old; Michael and
Maureen, 21a, and Kathleen and
Kelvin, IL The three-week-old ba-
by, their first child not twin, has
been named Patricia Mary.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-06-09
Meant What she Said

1--WE got you covered" growled
the countess, Lady Roseberry, to
a prowler at Mentmore Towers, the
Rosebery estate at Aylesbury, Eng
land. And she meant exactly what
she said. The burglar took one look
at the leveled pistol and left her
bedroom on the run. Lady Rose
berry said she keeps a gun in secret
hiding place near her bed for just
such emergencies.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-06-09
SHE WAS RIGHT

The gang was having an old
fashioned sleigh ride and every
body was having a wonderful
time. But one girl sighed I'M
happily.
Whats the matter?" asked the
handsome senior.
Nobody loves me, and my hands
are, cold"
"Oh, that's all right" he replied
softly, "Your mother loves you,
and you can sit on your hands"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-06-09

After visit to dancing school,
one mother advised her small
daughter that she should not just
dance silently like a totem pole;
talking to her partner was also a
part of the social picture.
On later visit the mother saw
that each time the music started,
the same little boy tore across the
floor, bowed to her daughter, and
swept her away to the music.
On the way home, the mother
asked why the same lad chose her
for every dance.
"Oh, him" her small daughter
explained. "I'm telling him con-
tinued murder mystery"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-06-09

"a Crusade For Christian World"
The adult choir will sing the i'm
pressive anthem, "Jubilate," by
Schubert, and the organ numbers,
Mrs. William E. Peacher, Jr., has
selected Gods Time is the Best
Time" Bach; and psalm XIX"
Marcello.
Children's Day exercises will be
presented in the Church School at
1920 a. m. and the annual special
offering for foreign missions will be
taken.
Joseph Perry Porterfield, son of
Mr. and Mrs. M. Perry Porterfeld,
who just graduated from The Divin-
ity School of Yale University, with
the degree of Bachelor of Divinity,
will be ordained to the Christian
Ministry on Sunday evening at 800
o'clock in an impressive ceremony.
DR.. r. B. Montgomery, president
of Lynchburg College, will deliver
the ordination sermon. Other guest
speakers having parts on the pro-
gram will be: The Rev. Harry L.
Bell and The Rev. William J. Line
back, of Washington, D. c.; and The
Rev. W. Meredith Norment, Jr., of
Martinsville, Virginia. The public
is invited to attend this impressive
service.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-06-09
CHRIST'S EVANGELICAL
AND REFORMED CHURCH

Three Ways of Knowing God"
will be the sermon theme of the Rev.
Frederick D. Eyster at the morning
worship service at 11:00 a m. on
Sunday, at Christ's Evangelical and
Reformed Church, w. Franklin st.
At the evening worship service at
1880 o'clock, Reverend Eyster will
preach on the subject, Sent From
God"
Church School will meet at $50
a. M, with classes for all ages, and
Youth Fellowship will begin at $50
p. nj. in the Parish House Chapel.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-06-09
ST. PAUL'S EVANGELICAL
UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH

Special recognition will be given
the % boys and girls from ST. PauPs
Church. who will graduate from
the high school at the morning serv-
ice at 11:00 o'clock in st. PauPs
Evan. United Brethren Church,
Franklin and Locust Streets. ."In
His Steps" will be the sermon sub
ject of DIR. F. Berry Plummer, pas
tor.
Sunday School, which had an at
tendance of TAI last Sunday, will
meet at 9:45; Children's Church and
Nursery at II o'clock.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-06-09
PONDSVILLE.
UNION CHURCH

The Lutheran Group, from Smiths
burg, will have charge of the serv-
ice Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
at Pondsville Union Church.
All residents of the area are cor
daily invited to attend these serv-
ices.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-06-09
Somebody Had To

Friend: whats Dick doing
now?"
Farmer: well, he's a-doctorin'. !"
"And john"
Hes horse tradin'."
"And William?"
Hes sorter savin' souls"
"And Tom?"
"Well, Tom he's sorter politicin' !"
"And your"
81? Well, I'm sorter farmin' an
afeedin' Dick, John, William an
Tom"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-06-09

"Pull over, mister," said the
traffic cop. "You haven't any tail
light"
The motorist stopped, got out for
a look, and was speechless with dis
may.
swell, it's bad, but not that bad"
said the officer.
Recovering his voice, the motorist
quavered, cts not the tail light
that bothers me, but what's become
of my trailer?"