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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-23
EASTER In The CHURCHES

All the churches were crowded
Easter Sunday. Christ Temple
led off with the 5 o'clock presenta-
ton of The Open Tomb. The
church could hardly hold the
great crowd that rose before a
AM, many of them arriving to
wait an hour before the beginn-
ing Of the performance. The great
pageant was splendidly present
ed. At Ebenezer the special event
was at night when the church
was packed for the Ceremonial
Music" for trumpet and organ by
Henry Purcell and the Messiah"
by the choir. Guests artists were
Amanda Kemp, Soprano; Robert
Battle, tenor; John Riley, bari
tone;; Thomas Poindexter, violin
list; Walter Craig, trumpet; War
rem Myers, timpani; Clark Coffin,
pianist, co1onius S. Davis, organ
list and choir director. At Colun-
bus Ave. A. M. E. Zion Church
Bishop w. J. Walls made his an
nual Easter visit, preaching a
powerful sermon at the morning
service. The soloists were: Ethel
Woodhouse Taylor, Joseph Dun
can, C. Herbert Richardson, Spe-
cial music by the senior choir.
And at night came the cantata
"Olivet to Calvary" (Maunder)
Soloists: Ethel Woodhouse Tay-
lor, Nellie James, Irving Ridley,
c. Herbert Richardson. oOrgan-
list was Cora Lloyd Arnold and
the director T. Carter Jefferson. :.
Out on the hill at First A.ME.
Church, services began at 3 Am.
followed by the 1045 service
when choir and soloists rendered
soul stirring music. Amanda
Kemp sang Il Know That My Re-
deemer Liveth' most touchingly
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-23
Examination:
vetSSerViCeS
Investigator

A State Civil Service examine
ton for Veterans Services In
vestigator for the City of Boston
will be held May 81 1s4s, and the
last day for filing applications is
May 2. The minimum salary for
the investigator is $4,000 a year,
the maximum $1,000.
1t would be a big help to col
ored veterans if there were an
investigator from their racial
group in the district. For example
Just recently veteran who had
been receiving benefits for years
suddenly found he was cut off
because hard boiled" investi-
gator had been assigned for the
district. It took quite little
hard work to get the veteran on
again.
The duties are to visit and in
terview applicants for veterans
benefits; to compile complete case
histories and reports Of all visits
and interviews; to make thor.
ough Investigations as to the leg
atty of cases and need for re
lief; to evaluate the needs and re-
quirements of applicants and
make recommendations for
amount of veterins benefits to be
granted, in accordance with the
provisions of the law; and to per-
form related work as required
A detailed knowledge of Chap
ter 116, Massachusetts General
Laws, is required, as well as a
practical working knowledge of
Chapter lis.
Atty Laurence H. Banks has
copy of Chapter lis, GIL. relat-
ing to benefits and will be glad
to have group of applicants
come to his Office and go over this
chapter in preparation for the
examination. After you file for
this examination at the State
House, Atty Banks will be glad
to assist you for the examination
if you will contact him at his
office at Nine Cornhill, Boston,
Telephone LA 1926.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-23

will participate.
At $3.50 P NJ the women of
Union Methodist Church will
present DR.. Mary Mcleod
Bethune, outstanding Methodist
laywoman and nationally known
civic, educational and social
worker, president National Coun-
Gil Of Women, st. Cyprian's Epis-
copal Choir, Edwyn Barrow, di-
rector, viii render the special
music for the occasion. For
reservations phone: HI. 5-1492;
LO. 6-2o51; TR. S-50S1.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-23

were lined up in a clash with
policemen they chanted their
through such express
sions as 1--WE shall not be moved.
Just like a tree planted by the
water we shall not be moved"
For Civil Rights Liberties in
l949 Won't You Join Our Picket
Line. New York Times pictures
showed an immense crowd jam
ming the campus, both male and
female, with none of them out
of sympathy with the movement,
1t is said.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-23
COLLEGE STUDENTS urge
BIASED PROPS BE SUSPENDED
UNDETERRED By Clash With
Police : Chant Slogans

NEW YORK CITY-New York
City College students staged a
protest demonstration last week
on the campus at beth street
and Convent avenue against two
professors charged with race
prejudice. From all reports the
strike was one to force Suspen-
sion of Professor william E.
Knickerbocker and william c.
Davis, charged with anti-Semit-
ism and racial discrimination
At one time when the strikers
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-23
Dr.. Bethune at Union
Church Opening


The formal opening OF Union
Methodist Church, Columbus
avenue and West Newton street,
formerly the Fourth Methodist
Church viii be held Sunday, May
8, at 1890 A. NJ. and $3.50 Pm.
At the mornng hour Bishop
John Wesley Lord Of the Boston
Area, Dr. willard G. Arnold,
District superintendent Of the
Boston District, Dr.. Emory Buckle,
Editor of zion's Herald. and DR..
Edgar Love, representative of the
Board of Missions of New York
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-23
Or. Van Waters Speaks At
St. Marks Sum-, 8 P.

DR.. Van Waters subject is
Rehabilitation.
Admission by Patrons ticket.
Call Saint Mark Center, HI.
2-ssOS or HI. 5-7ss4 for reserva-
tons.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-23

Stage Huge Demonstration On NYC College Campus
Mr.. Kirton To
,Recite Poems

st, Clair Kirton of 159 West
Springfield st, Roxbury will pre-
sent a program Of his original
poems at a dramatic recital on
Tuesday April 26 at Pm. in
Brown Hall New England Conser-
vatory building. Organ transcript
tiorb Of Mendelssohn's Sixth
Sonata" by Stanley Kirton, son
OF the poet and graduate of the
New England Conservatory, will
accompany the readings.
Mr.. Kirton, who was born in
Barbados, British West Indies,
came to Boston IS years ago to
follow his trade as tailor. After
serving in the First World War,
Third Battalion, East Surrey reg
Iment, British army, he again re
turned to this city and a few
years later wrote his first poem
THE Flag, dedicated to the Amer
lean Flag and inspired by his SER
vice abroad.
A collection of Mr.. Kirton's
poems have been published in
book form called Poetic Crea-
tons and four of his major
poems are included in the 1947
Anthology Of Contemporary
Verse, edited each year by Poet
ry House.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-23
Citation For
Vice-Pres. Barley

The Hon. Alben w. Barkley Of
Kentucky, vice-president of the United
States, will be honored with a citation
by the Massachusetts Committee
Catholics, Protestants and Jews at its
annual dinner May 20 at Hotel Stat
Ter, Boston, it was announced by Hon.
Charles Francis Adams, general chair
man OF the Committee.
The Vice-President will deliver the
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-23

key address at the dinner which is ex-
pected to attract upward to 1900
guests this year. Two other recipients
of citations will be announced by the
Committee next week.
Gov. Paul A. Dever of Massachu-
sets will be honorary chairman for
this years dinner. Michael 7. Kelle-
her Of Boston will be POSTMASTER.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-23

Saint Marks Brotherhood will
present DR.. Miriam Van Waters,
Superintendent Of the Women's
Reformatory, at birmingham,
Mass, at Saint Mark Congrega-
tional Church, Sunday, April "a,
1949, at 8 PM.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-23
.ELKS HOLD HEALTH
OBSERVANCE SUNDAY

Rev. W. Marvin Gibson, pastor.
There will be addresses and
music and the public IS cordially
invited to attend. Brother Elmer
J.Puello is chairman of the com
nittee.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-23
Lynette-ChisOIm

Mr.. and Mrs. Chester A. Lanier
of West Medford announce the
engagement Of their daughter,
Persis Lynette, to Mr.. Carl Henry
Chisolm, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore M. Chisholm, also Of
West Medford.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-23

Massasoit Lodge, 1923 and Juan
tia Temple 81, IBPOEW Of Cam
bridge will present a Health du-
cation Observance Sunday, April
"a at $50 PM. in Union Baptist
Church, Main ST., Cambridge,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-05
High Court Rules
On Pension And
Retirement Plan

Washington (LPA)-Employers
who have been dragging their feet,
hoping that the Supreme Court
would relieve them of the need to
bargain with their employees on
pension and retirement plans, no
longer have that excuse. The high
est court last week refused to re-
view a decision by lower court,
thus in effect upholding an NLRB
ruling.
Almost exactly a year earlier,
the NLRB had ruled that Inland
Steel Co. must bargain with the
United Steelworkers on it's pension
and retirement plan for members
of two USA locals at Chicago
Heights, Ill. and Indiana Harbor,
Ind.
The Board held that the payment
of benefits under such plans fell
within the category of wages" in
the Taft Hartley Act and the earl
ier Wagner Act, while the age and
terms of retirement would come
within the category of conditions
of employment"
UNFOLDING of the NLRB will be
especially important in coming
months, union leaders point out,
since pension and welfare pro-
grams will play a large part in
unions demands in the steel in
dustry and the auto industry. The
Ford Motor Co. contract with the
United Auto Workers expires in
July, while the basic steel produc-
ers' contracts with the United
Steelworkers expire the sam e
month.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-05
Avery Rule Makes
Joke Of Business
Theory Scribe Says

Chicago (LPA)-What a COM
mentary on American capitalism,
exclaimed financial columnist j. A.
Livingston in his report on the an
nual meeting of Montgomery Ward
& Co. stockholders last week.
Altho directors representing j.
P. Morgan & Co. had resigned from
the board over union-hating Chair
man Sewell Avery's tactics, the 75-
year old boss was still in full con-
troll. Representatives of other in
vestment trusts protested the fact
that Ward business is falling off in
relation to other big mail order
houses-and Avery countered by
extolling the character of his new
hand picked vice-president.
"Stock holders, in theory, are
supposed to be the proprietors of a
business" Livingston remarked.
They are supposed to guard Jeal-
ously their hard-earned savings.
They are supposed to question the
stewards of their fortunes. But not
in Montgomery Ward"
Avery's victory at the meeting
was based upon two things, Liv-
ingston explained: his own proxy
machine which rounded up the
votes of absentee stock holders and
apathy of the other leading inves-
tors.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-05

the House, declared: "The Taft
Hartley law carries within itself
the seeds of fascism because it re-
pudiates the labor union as a Soc
tally desirable and economically
necessary institution and denies
the democratic vitality of the prin-
ciple Of collective bargaining"
Rep. George Rhodes Cd, Pa.) a
union officer and editor, attacked
Taft Hartley's discriminatory pro-
hibition upon union political spend
ing, and compared the small
amounts unions have to spend, re-
gardless of the law, with the huge
political slush funds of big busi-
ness.
think of the millions being
spent by big business for radio
commentators and full-page ads .
he said. Cannot this money be
truly termed political contribu-
tions? 1t is all part of the drive to
influence the people and Congress
1t is the most powerful kind OF
lobby and it works every day thru
out the year, peddling its propa-
ganda as news and impartial com
Iments."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-05
Housing Aid Urged
For Workers In
Low Income Group

Washington (LPA)-While en-
dorsing the low-rent housing bill
approved in April by the Senate,
AFL spokesman in testimony last
week before the House Banking
Committee urged that body to con-
slider adding to the Senate BILL pro-
visions to encourage building Of
housing for the millions of Amerl-
cans with incomes between $1,000
and $4,000.
Nearly everyone except spokes-
men for the real estate interests" !"
President Richard Gray of the
AFL Building & Construction
Trades Dept told the committee,
realizes "that a special housing
program is required to meet the
needs of moderate-income fam
lies"
Gray, in discussing the public
housing bill before the committee,
lauded it as "the best proposal for
a public housing program that has
been introduced in this or any pre-
vious session of Congress-" He in
dicated the AFL hopes the number
of units built will be the maximum
outlined in the bill. He placed
special stress on the need for rural
housing, asking that half the units
authorized in the bill be perman-
ent dwellings,, the other half for
migrant farm workers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-05

If you take the time to investi-
gate all the new angles you will
find the government owes you a
living.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-05
j. P. Morgan
OveraWes His
Biographer

New York (LPA)-Readers of
Friedrich Lewis Aliens "Only Yes
terday" will be disappointed in his
current volume "The Great Pier
pont Morgan" Harper $3.50.
Altho Allen does not attempt to
disguise the means Morgan used
to build his great railroad, bank
ing and steel empires, he of his
conduct. Allen, good liberal tho he
is, seems to have been overawed by
the ''magnifeence" of his subject.
"The Great Pierpont Morgan" is
nonetheless a useful book. 1t shows
that the development Of monopoly
and the Increasing Capitalization of
control over our economic lives
was not the work of demons, but
the logical outcome of big business
dislike of competition. Allen is
right in saying that desire for
power is as big a factor in the
motivation of the monopolists as
desire for profits and no doubt it
is the more dangerous incentive.
Trade unionists reading this
book will be struck by the utter
contempt with which the founder
of the House of Morgan viewed
democracy, and even the institution
of government. The danger to
democracy, and the restriction on
economic progress which Inorganic
empires entail are too big price
to pay for the color which their
overlords lend to the American
scene
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-05

are embodied in the Lesinski bill.
His proposal was voted down 275
to 81, with most union supporters
voting against it. Those who voted
for it did so because they're pledg-
ed to vote for any Taft-Hartley re-
pealer, but stated that they favor
the Lensinski bill.
Rep. Andrew j. Biemiller Cd,
Wis.,, a former union organizer,
reminded the House that he was a
member of the Democratic conven-
tion's platform committee. The Les
insk bill precisely meets the pledge
of Taft-Hartley repeal on which
the victorious party ran, Biemiller
pointed out.
The House adjourned for the
weekend with Rep. Peter Rodino
Cd, N. j., Hartley's successor,
calling the claim that the Wood
bill repeals Taft Hartley "eye
wash" and Jacobs pleading with
members to read TIL and the
Wood bill over the weekend and
see for themselves.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-05
OBITUARIES
HARRY SHOOK

Beaver Falls, Pa.-Harry Shook
44, died in Providence Hospital
May 4, following a nine-month i'll
ness.
Mr.. Shook was a jiggerman by
trade and had worked at the Mayer
China Co. for 80 years. He was
active in the ranks of Local Unior
33, having served as delegate to
conventions and wage conferences
on numerous occasions.
He was member of Loca
Union 33, National Brotherhood OF
Operative Potters, Beaver FALL
Firemen Association, B.P.O.E. 348
Beaver Falls Turner's, Beaver Fall
Owls, East Palestine Eagles ant
Beaver County Industrial Picnic
Association.
He is survived by two sisters
Mrs. Mary Golf of Beaver Fall
with whom he made his home, and
Mrs. Anna Leslie, Cleveland, Ohio.
Services were conducted by Rev,
Robert Stephens, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church. Burial
was in Grove Cemetery, New
Brighton, Pa.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-05
Communists Still
Dominant Group In
French Coal Mines

Paris (LPA) - Despite signifi-
cant gains by the Force Ouvrier,
new democratic trade. union move
ment, the Communicated CGT is
still the dominant organization
among French coal miners, results
of the works council elections tab
ulated last week show.
On a proportional representation
vote the CGT elected 126 works
councillors in the big northern coal
region to FO's 38, and 18 for the
Catholic CFTC. In the smaller Lor-
raine and Loire regions the ratio
of Communist strength was about
the same.
The works councils, provided for
in the law which nationalized the
mines at the end of World War III,
are supposed to function as consul
tative bodies on production pro-
blems, as well as supervising
miners and a stiff-necked attitude
by management has kept their eff
fectiveness low, however.
Just how strong the Communist
party and. its CGT unions are is
difficult to judge from these elec-
tions. In the Lorraine mines, for
example. where two-thirds of the
works council votes went to CGT
candidates, the Communists were
unable to get the workers to re-
spond to their general mine strike
call last year.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-05
House Vote On TIL And
Wood Bills Due This Week

Washington (LPA)-After four
days of inconclusive but often il
Eliminating debate the House of
Representatives d journe d last
weekend with labor friends and
foes both claiming that victory in
the Taft-Hartley repeal fight would
be theirs.
First important vote, on the sub
stitution of the Wood phoney re-
pealer for the Lesinski bill which
really repeals Taft Hartley will
come early this week. The Wood
bill will probably be defeated. Then
will come series of amendments
20 the Lesinski bill, and finally the
basic vote on Taft Hartley repeal
and Wagner act reinstatement.
Wood bill foes divided last week
when three a m d m n t S to
soften" it's anti-union clauses
were voted on. Most consistent pro-
labor Congressman voted against
all of them, because they want no
part of the attempt to make the
basically bad bill "more palatable. !"
Some Congressman, howev yer
fence-straddling southern Demo-
Gratis and Republicans-voted for
the amendments, but said they'd
vote against the Wood bill even if
it's "softened."
! Sponsors of the phoney repeater
finally admitted its anti-labor bias
when they voted to soften" it.
They passed by votes of about eco
to 158 amendments extending the
NLRB voting rights of strikers,
partially lifting the ban on boy
colts, and providing very minor
standards which an NLRB general
counsel would have to observe
when asking for an injunction
against union charged with an
unfair labor practice"
A bloc of SO southern Democrats
voted with the Republicans for
these amendments. Only one or
two Republicans voted against
them. Assuming that no key vote
was pending many congressman
were not on the floor when the
votes were taken.
Republican Floor Leader Charles
Halleck Or, Ind) finally admitted
that the COP high command had
gotten together with the southern
Democrats to draft the current
version of the Wood bill-which
has come to be known as "Taft-
Hartley with a southern accent"
Rep. Augustine Kelley Cd, Pa.)
and Rep. Andrew Jacobs Cd, Ind.),
who both in committee and on the
floor have carried much of the bur-
den of the TIL repeal fight denied
that there has been any "deal' be-
tween the administration, the
southern Democrats, and union
chiefs as to what amendments to
the Lesinski bill are acceptable"
The pro-Communist American
Labor Party's one representative,
Vito Marcantonio (NY.) insisted,
on the basis of newspaper reports,
that IDEAL" had been made that
would keep much of Taft-Hartley
intact.
He demanded a vote on his own
amendment which would simply re-
peal Taft Hartley and reenact the
Wagner act, without any of the
changes-most of them improve
ments-to the Wagner act which
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-05
Ldbor's Friends Expose TIL
And Wood Bill Effects

Washington (LPA) - All las,
week the debate ragged in the
House on the Taft-Hartley repeal
er. Here are some of the things
that the pro-union men in Congress
said during that debate.
Introducing the rule for the de-
bate, Rep. Ray Madden Cd, Indy:
"The Lesinski bill endeavors to
undo our greatest legislative mis-
take since the days of the Volstead
Prohibition act. 1t not only calls
for repeal of the Taft Hartley act,
but provides for constructive
changes in the Wagner act"
After referring to the "myster-
ious origin of the Wood BILL" Mad
den asked "why some Of the Repub-
lican members of the Labor Com
mittee have not the courage to lend
their names to the so-called Wood
bill? Is it because the COP suffer,
ed such a defeat last November
with two grand old Republican
names from Ohio and New Jersey
labelling anti-labor legislation ?"
A former school teacher and
newspaper editor, Rep, Cleveland
Bailey Cd, w. Va.) declared:
big business as we know it,
eager to exploit, demands the con-
tinuation of our system of free en-
terprise. With this idea labor is in
full accord. In return labor asks
only that it be permitted to or
ganize and that it be accorded full
right to free collective bargaining.
"To this big business in its de-
sire to amass huge profits replied
thru the Taft Hartley act of 1947
that labor must be restricted both
politically and economically"
Rep. Tom Burke Cd, Ohio), him
self an active union man, warned
his colleagues in the House:
$50 long as the Taft-Hartley law
or its major provisions remain on
the statute books, we can never
have fundamentally cordial labor
management relations in these
United States. So long as workers
know that the provisions of TIL
form an arsenal of legal weapons
for the use either of the general
counsel of the NLRB or for any
employer who wishes to use them,
we cannot build good faith and a
sound basis Of industrial peace"
First thoro analysis Of the Wood
bill, the Taft-Hartleyites' substi-
tute for the TIL repeater, was pre-
sented by Rep. Frank Buchanan
I'd, Pa.). He concluded: "The Wood
bill is the Taft Hartley law plus
additional anti-labor prohibitions.
The few concessions in the Wood
bill purporting to eliminate or
change TIL provisions are incon-
sequential and insubstantial. They
constitute window dressing which
will deceive no one.
"Any vote that may be cast for
the Wood bill is a vote against
labor and against the public inter
est"
Rep. Augustine Kelley CD, Pa.)
had already pointed out that the
sponsors of the Wood bill are the
same men who have for years been
the champions of anti-union legis-
lation. He reminded his fellow
Democrats that every one of them
has "an obligation to carry out"
the party's l948 platform pledge
to repeal TIL.
Young Rep. Peter Rodino Cd,
MI, Fred Hartley's successor in
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-05
.IATSE RepuIses
District so Raid

Philadelphia (LPA)-The Intl
Alliance of Theatrical Stage En-
ployes-AFL last week repulsed an
attempt by District so of the Unit
ed Mine Workers to raid its local
of movie theater employees.
Despite District SOS well fin
anced raid upon Local BLOC of
IATSE, which has represented the
cashiers, ushers and cleaners for
II years, IATSE won a Pennsyl-
vania Labor Relations Board cleo
tion by a 472 to 212 vote.
IATSE President Richard Walsh
wrote the IATSE members that the
international union will assist them
in getting retroactive wage boosts.
Strong support was given IATSE
by AFL regional director Henry A.
Mcfarland, who said that the AFL
in Philadelphia is declaring open
war on District so as result of
its attempt to raid IATSE.