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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-02-24
Washington Labor Report
LET'S MOVE AHEAD ON REGIONAL
PLANNING, FLOODS REMIND US
By BRADFORD V. CARTER
LPA COlumnist

AS floods threaten the entire Northwest this week. lobbyists in
ley Authority Since Valley Authority
flood with the question of public
Electric companies fighting the latter because they fear
the dams built they realize there will sensible not to
them power producers
adequate substitute
up BY the Army Engineers stand the that
periodically challenge them The s4caed Ss plans for
needed than Mai Gen. Lewis Picks patheticay helpless statement
sibIe to get of this situation flooding
The Northwest Bonneville Power Administrator Paul Raver
gram" And unless flood reclamation irrigation hydroeec
of them effective they could be-
story Raver tells about navigation be matched and
Bonneville Dam year The barge called the Army and ask
ed that % enough % water be 5 released by GSnd eG Dam float the
Grand Couee Bureau of Reclamation project The barge captain
fo that and suggested be aed At the end of the a
of course the barge pretty unhappy He did get the
water he needed to float.
Unions primarily the shortage brought
they power floods part
same problem They must be tackled all together And it's
the Columbia river that the problem arises it's evident in other valleys
thruout the country
citizen planning meeting deal with all these
9e er They are hoping have Resources Conference sometime in
president Walter Reuther and
the Northeast and the transportation difficulties that could be- over
come by waterway to the Atlantic
England the pumping ntegrated
the Mermac and Connecticut rivers The IVA they observe
in every way and Congress gave it of confidence last
week when passed the first appropriation for $54oOOOoo
steam generating plant
Numerous n army engineer projects in the Missouri River Valley
part river sometimes flows over An MVA
this to be dream and become reality for the thou
Sen Estes kefauver o. Tnn) reminded
act that would have authorized the development
by private interests of Muscle Shoals the Tennessee River It's
instead of resting on it.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-02-24
THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS
By RUTH TAYLOR

81 don't special privileges just my rights" Haven't
all said that time anoherwth satisfying of
virtue?
OF you your rights Budo you always consider
the rights of others?
You feel that valuable merely
but for what does keep the wheels civilization
running because furnishes comfort protection Others
because makes life easier enjoyable for
But do be grateful to the millions of other
making life comfortable,
all
the laboratory find the
the street cleaner the policeman the ng
his fields
What do do the rights of All they
just what for yourself family your group
work fair that they for theirs
that poverty which them dependent upon charity
which to enjoy life education by which better their
Those your rghts-but they the rights others
How preserve them? When
be right be first it does infringe upon
else When work for right for
that work but for all fellow
to enjoy that self-same right
This rule applies to both national international of
But there another personal
Be kind and courteous When
out on those around you Maybe they have their troubles too Re-
member rendered-and
long to helping neghbo and in the helping lifts the
burden from heart
The rights of others your rights. government of
whole would
serve the rights of others.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-02-24
George Woshington's BirthdoY Celebrated
FebruurY %

George Washington the first President of the United
States whose birthday celebrated this week. was better
known according to history books lhe Father OF
Our Country He born the banks OF the Potomac IN
Westmoreland County, Va, on February 22 1892.
George lived an ideal boys life. He grew up tall,
straight and athletic He could ourn and out Jump every
bow in the vicinity He fond of riding and never
without good horse Mary Washington, his mother, al
though unable send him to England to attend college, took
great pains in training her SON. George lie studed 1eaong
arithmetic and writing in elementary schools, and in the
home he taught to keep accounts and to draw such legal
papers deeds and leases sort OF knowledge expected OF
every gentleman exercise books have been preserved
They models Of accuracy and neatness While still mere
lad he filled one of his blank books with 10 Rules of Civil
ity and Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation
showing the question of personal conduct had been I'M
pressed on his mind at an early date.
Under the advice of Lord Fairfax, old friend OF
Georges he studied geometry and gonomery and pepar
ed himself for surveying.
This early background made it possible for George
Washington to branch out into greater fields and ultimately
to become the First President of the United States
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-02-24
Sules Tax Again Pushed

The discredted sales tax plan is having new lease of
life with attempts to impose it cities and states
and reports that members of Congress are toying
with the idea of sales tax for the nation LABOR long ago
record unequvocay opposed to this form OF tax
alton The labor point of view well stated in recent Min
neapois Labor Review editorial, which said:
"For the workers the sales tax is swnde tax For the
merchant it is an imposition.
"The sales tax a swindle far the worker con
cerned because it taxes those who least able to and
taxes them most while to those best able to tax the
sales tax burden whatever Such tax an imposition
the merchant because it him extra computation
and trouble and inereres with sales and the speed with
which transactions carried out.
washington, ID. c., is having experience with at
tempted sales just Minnesota There as here 1T is
the large interests that seek the sales tax the interests most
heavily interested in huge real estate holdings
Regardless of the burden and swindle that the sales
tax is to the worker and merchant it is swinde and
imposition to the veteran 1t seeks to make the veteran
pay for the very rewards that he than paid for in battle
service and sacrifice
'Saes taxes unjust to many people that it is
remarkable that anyone should have the temerty to
gest such against which the majority Of the voters
strongly united and to which they strenuousy
posed"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-02-24
Anti-Lubor 5 Days "A Week

They tell the anecdote about New York newspaperman
with liberal reputation who-several years agostarted
to grind out a stream of anti-union STORIES
friend meeting the reporter in a bar evening,
chided him about the hostile stories.
"Wel,' said the newspaperman sheepshly 'you know,
/ only write anti-union pieces three times week"
That reporter would be pker at the hearings Taft
Hartley repeal going before the Senate Labor Com
mittee The witnesses who like TafHarey obviously
antiabor five days week-and double on Saturdays and
Sundays
Those spokesmen for the big business viewpoint haven't
changed bit since 1917 They're speaking the piece
when they argued for adoption of TaftHarey and
for emasculation of the Wagner Act.
But more than before you can hear the hol-
low rattle in their testimony against the horors OF free
unionism and Of fair-minded labor legislation.
Early in the hearings the New Dealers-or rather the
Fair Deaerswere caught off guard by the hostile witnesses
and by Sen. Tafts persistent line of questioning
We're glad to that the liberal Democratic majority
the Senate Labor Committee has snapped back fast
They've used facts and figures with the assuedness
you'll find in Marine sergeant knocking ducks at
shooting gallery lot of witnesses have looked surprised
when their propaganda blew up in their faces
When the Senate hearings end on Feb 23 corporation
lobbyists and executives going to have rsthand know
ledge of the difference between the 81st Congress and it's
Republican predecessor
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-02-24
Now Is The Time

Elsewhere in this issue organized workers asked
simple question: Can you spare the time? The question
is to the point It's aim to make abors voice heard at the
House Agriculture Committee hearings starting March l.
and to speedy passage of margarine repeal egisa
tion in the 81St Congress.
Do you consider other matters important? If So
rid your mind of that notion. There is far labor is
concerned dividing line between and less important
issues Whenever these issues affect the public welfare they
are Of equal weight and significance
Real social and economic progress is not miTored in
spectacular overnight advances. 1t consists in minute for
ward steps, often maddenngy slow they scarcely be
measured in the sands OF time in ceaseeSsy hacking
at the barriers that protect special privilege and discriminate
against the poor Whether it is repeal of antunon egsa-
ton broader educaton extended social security end
to practices that hurt the consuming public the issue all
the
To help these organized labor must everastngy
be the alert 1T must keep Watchfu eye Congress,
and notably committees where the fate of important leg
sation is determined To be sure, all of busy union
officers delegates the rank and file SO much has to be done
in so little time.
Can you spare the time for matter that affects the
stomach and pockeboo of every American Can you per-
Suade union meeting to pass and send repeal reSOu
tOn to Congress? We you can.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-02-24
Chiefs of u. S. and Canodo Discuss
War Bases. 'Rodor WALL Seowov

Canadian Prime Minister Louis Washington
this week and held conferences with President Truman
officials The meetings
doors but newpapemen eced together reasonably picture
subjects discussed
One the American in
oundand which becoming province Sam built
these bases during the of deal with England They are
still manned by American troops.
The u Britain so urgently needed Britain
agreed the lease As matter of fact the bases
St Laurent suggested Truman that Uncle give up his
conro of the
"We
the United States and Canada matter very much
what written paper" ~
u Air Force proposals that the United States Canada build
"radar wa around the
of enemy arpane attacks, also discussed. e
As of this project, House
this Sl61 million
forces around the United States and Alaska. f GNU
To complete the wall particularly Arctic would reour
Canadas cooperation St Laurent said Canada not afford To
spend the large required for part of the wall" ~ ~
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-02-24
Short Hours Promote Heulth

Organized abors nsstence that short hours make for
health borne out by study in Baltimore the findings of
which have recently been made public The study made by
the IT, S. Public Health Service and the Nbank Memorial
Fund provides additional evidence that workers have high
sickness rates under long than under short hours
The group studied consisted of nearly 1000 men and
women, the majority employed in plants The period
covered about 2 years beginning in January 194l
Weekly hours groups compared were: Long, 80
(average so medium 4449 (average 40 short 24-43
(ayerage 39).
In all the illness rate higher for the long
hour than for the short the mediun-hour group Long
hour workers in plants had more illnesses than those
nonwar plants.
The greater sickness rates showed up among ong-hour
workers regardless of and found for both sexes
marked for than for men, Of all dis
abng III percent of all days lost due disease ac
cident 1t pointed out that such Illnesses total loss
to insured empoye, most of the cases are of
too short duration to permit any compensation.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-02-24
'Reol' Wages Of Workers Back
To 1912 Level, Report Shows

Rising prices have wiped out every gain made by work
the past years That blunt fact underlined this
week in Labors Monthly Survey the research organ of
the A. +. of L.
From 1889 to 1912 before wage freezing regulations
went into effect workers made noticeable advances in real
earnings, the A. f. of L. said Thereafter the Little Steel
formula halted boosts in wage rates Takehome pay kept
rising, but only because of longer hours worked.
After the war; overtime earnings vanished and 'take
home pay took nosedve Wage increases obtained since
then have Jagged behind living costs the Federation said
what remains to the average worker is the real weekly
wage he had in the fall Of 1912, the report added
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-02-24
Does Unionism PdY? Read This!

3003000 wage increase for 5775 food clerks in 1949
has been negotiated in oneyear contracts by California
local unions of the Retail Clerks international Association,
is announced by James A. Suffdge international
taryreasurer at union headquarters, Lafayette Ind
The mu-miion dollar wage boost represents $40 per
week individual raise in all categoes since
the-board basis This sets the minimum weekly rate of jour
neymen food clerks at S65 and managing clerks at S5 for
5day 40hour week. work pattern which established
two years ago. Figured individual basis the $3003
600 will give each union employee approximately $500
more moneythis year
The one-year agreement roughly from
the middle of California to the Mexican border. The excep
tons San Diego county, where food contracts expire in
April Los Angeles and San Pedro where agreements expire
this fall.
With the exception of wages, there were but few
changes made in existing agreements The pacts
negotiated with employer associations friendly plane
This abormanagement relation is historic with the RCA,
which has not had major strike in quarter of a century.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-02-24
Answer

One of the most frequent arguments used by the Ma
onal Association of Real Estate Boards against contlnu
alton of controls that t is unfair to control
ment of our economy while all other prices go up"
We think Housing EXpediter Iighe Woods had an ef-
fectve to this argument when he testified in favor
of sitter rent controls before Congress last week
Rents cannot be compared to such things food and
clothing he said If you can't afford a suit you
patch up your old and make do little longer and if
YOU can't afford steak you buy less expensive foods
But if YOU can't afford to pay the rent the landlord is
asking that's another matter You can't move and find
cheaper accommodations there is place to go
1t all down to this: must have rent controls
if consider the welfare of the people important than
the right Of a few to higher profits.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-02-24
Progress

AS most trade unonsts well aware, repeal of the
Taft-iartley is only one-albe very important one-of
the law reforms necessary to restore to the wOrkngman
the right to bargain collectively to improve his and
working conditions
In II states laws in effect which either prohibit
outright severely restrict the rights of trade unions to
negotiate closed shop union shop contracts.
Fortyour Of the 48 state legislatures meeting this
year and most Of them in session 1t is heartenng
to note that many OF the states where Little 1aft-art
ley laws in effect efforts being made to repeal
these laws
These efforts mark real progress But trade unonsts
until all Of the Little TaftIartley laws" are
erased and the state-as well the federa-abor laws
guarantee the wolngman his full rights to bargain coec
lively.
Evening star., 1949-06-19
sy fhs kssoxisssd prsss

Should var come tomorrow the
United States probably could step
right into mass production Of
guided missiles able 10 seek and
strike the highest and fastest ny-
ing bombers.
Reporting this yesterday ex-
ponents Of the new anti-aricraft
weapon told a newsman. however,
that unless compelled to begin
production Immediately. further
Improvement Of design Is desir-
able. The suggestion was that
several years would be needed for
perfection of the missiles under
peacetime conditions.
II development Of this top
ranking defensive weapon has
progressed to the point claimed
by some guided missiles men. II
can have profound effect on the
current controversy over the rel
ative capabilities OF fighter plane.
and long range bombers. such al
the B-36.
Challenge to Strategic Bombers.
Some saw in 1t the comparative
relegation of the interceptor.
fighter to a secondary position and
a challenge to strategic bombers
more serious than any imposed
by ordinary. manned jet fighters
OF equal Importance. there Is
in these tactical robot rockets
hope for at least some degree Of
interception Of long range inter-
continental guided missiles OF the
future which would travel too
swiftly for even the fastest jet
fighter.
The guided missiles experts ha-
stem to explain that this progress
with anti-aircraft rockets does
not mean that any nation is at
a corresponding stage of develop
ment In the intercontinental stra-
tegic rocket. That. most respon-
sible authorities believe, is. still q
decade or two away.
On the basis Of information al
ready made known by the armed
forces and rocket experts. devel-
opment OF the robot bomber killer
appears to have followed these
lines:
The missile. rocket-powered.
would be capable Of speed well
beyond sound (760 miles an hour
at sea leveD and perhaps actually
around 1000 miles an hour. While
the ram-jet engine offers hope
for eventual propulsion Of the
missiles, scientists are encounter
Evening star., 1949-06-19
Guided Missile Able to Seek Out
.Hiqh-FIyinq Bombers Reported

ing difncuIties at present. tThe
ram jet is an ultra-simplified gad-
get. q flying stove pipe" which
uses its forward speed 70 COM
press air for feeding into the COM
bustion Of fuel to produce thrust.
.It must be brought up to speed
above that Of sound to start the
ram-jet effect
Ground -to-Air Missile.
The rocket would be q ground
to-air" missile, fired from the
earth like an anti-aircraft gun of
World War ii at an aircraft. In
the initial and intermediate phase
Of flight. II would ride along O
movable radar beam traine6. by
radar detectors. on an enemy
bomber. AS 1t began TO approach
the area Of the bomber. q ''hom-
ing" device would 90 into opera.
ton automatically. This device.
possibly q heat seeker" would
steer the rocket toward the source
of heat emitted by the bomber's
power plant.
Then. as the rocket advances
into the ultimate stage OF flight
and comes closer into the area Of
its target. q series of proximity or
VT fuzes would take over. The
VT fuze. a World War II develop
ment, works by radar. A minute
radar transmitted sends out im-
pulses. They strike the surface
Of q target and o fraction of the
impulses bounce back to q re-
ceiver. The returning radar i'm
pulse actuates . trigger and fires
the explosive charge as the rocket
makes It closest approach to the
target. Thus O destructive hit
could be scored even without ac-
tual impact Of q missile against
q bomber.
Evening star., 1949-06-19

Cast. Lichiites. invasion. He was
l27 % the time Of his death.
Capt. Lichliter was born In
lShenandoah County. Va, and
{came to Washington In his yputh.
lA.graduate Of Eastern High School
/ IN 1885, he received his Masters
degree in agriculture and eco
nomics from the University OF
Maryland In 194l, the same year
he entered the Army.
| He was q member Of the Ep-
worth Methodist Church. Thir-
teenth street and North Carolina
avenue NE.
His parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd
ID. Lichliter. live at 1889 Ridge
place S.E.
Evening star., 1949-06-19
Paul [. Hoover Heads
Murtinsbuxo Lions
sp.eioI o;.po,eh 10 Ths sso

Special Dispatch 10 Ths ssof
MARTNSBURG. w. Va, June
|ls.-Paul l.. Hoover has been
elected president OF the Martins
burg Lions Club.
Other officers are II. Bernard
Perrell, Leslie Kees and +. +.
Crissy, vice presidents; william
Lee Chambers. secretary and Nor
ban j. Barrick. treasurer.
Evening star., 1949-06-19

W ith military
honors Friday
at Zachary Tay-
|lor National
c e m e t e r y,
Louisville. KY.
The Army Air
Forces officer,
who was COM
mander of the
316th Carrier
Group. was car
rying troops in-
to Sicily the
morning 81 the
- W. .~x~ -
Evening star., 1949-06-19
Capt. Lawrence D. lichIiier
To Be Reburied in Kentucky

Capt. Lawrence D. Lichliter, c.
Al pilot and squadron leader who
was killed In action over Sicily
on July 10. 1943,~ will be reburied
Seward seaport record., 1949-05-17
Mechanical Jackass For Forest Trails

George Lesko and Dick Thomas have a contraption they call a mechanical jackass. It looks like a slow speed motorcycle with ar oversize blackboard on it's back ana Wheelbarrow handles.
 Designed to carry a load of two hundred pounds on narrow trails over rough, steep trails, the carrier is powered by tiny gas engine geared down to walking speed ana high power.
 To people who haven't tried it., 1t seems like tough job to bal ance a load on a tWo-Wheel vehicle such as Lesko's mechanical jackass but soldiers who served in the battle areas of Europe will remem- Der seeing thousands Of refugee carrying all their possessions on a bicycle, often including a double bed and mattress.
Seward seaport record., 1949-05-17

In addition, the company would be in position to sell more cur rent and increase its income.
 The council believes that since it has been possible to reduce the indebtedness from $91 ,O0O to $54,- GOO in three years it can easily con- tinue to make such payments with added revenue.
 Output Limited
 H. J. Amend, head of the utility board, stated at the meeting that in winter months the plant has been operating at full capacity and that no new customers could be taken care of.
 The new big engine would en- able the plant not only to take care of new homes and businesses, but it would enable it to take care of all demands without overlooking existing capacity.
 An added attraction for the pur- chase of the big slow speed engine is that maintenance costs would be far less than on the present high speed diesels
 Although the> voters approved general obligation bonds for the purpose of retiring the REC bonds about l8 months ago, it was ex- plained that the new bond election is necessary because the RE C bonds are revenue bonds. The gen eral obligation bonds may not be used to pay revenue bonds. There fore, they have never been issued.
Seward seaport record., 1949-05-17
TERRITORY PAYS CITY. CITY PAYS BILLS

The City fathers felt like Santa Claus this week when the liquor license refund amounting to ST. 300 arrived. The City scarcely had the check in it's account when it issued checks to pay most of it's outstanding bills.
 Mayor Lanier ruefully stated that the City had even less than be- fore, since the checks amounted to more than the $7,300.
 There vii be Lutheran Church Service on Monday, May g, at in the evening at the Seward Lutheran Church. Reverand Oder gaard is expected down from An chorage.
Seward seaport record., 1949-05-17
Notice To Wolves: Chicks In Town

Mel Horner strolled into Moody's S Lunch Thursday afternoon to in- troduce Chick Leonard, the wolf huntin'eSt wolf hunter that ever came to these parts.
 Chicks arrival has sealed the doom of the big black wolf which has been striking terror in the hearts of Moose Pass residents. The big black fellow is said to have come into the town on a number of occasions, and once killed dog.
 Chick Leonard, who is here with his wife on a visit from Wyoming, is well known around Seward, but has not been around for several years. He is the brother of Irene Holden of Moose Pass.
 Leonard claims the only black wolf ever taken in Wyoming. That wolf weighed over 160 pounds and stood 3712 inches tall at the shoulders. It was five feet eight inches long and had four inch fangs. Leonard has seen the black wolf at Moose Pass, he said, and this one is bigger than the one he got in Wyoming. It might be 200 pounds, he said.