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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
AFL Urges Labor
Participation In
Foreign Affairs

Hamilton, N. Y. (LPA) - The
time is past "when the labor move
ment Of any country can safely re-
main aloof and refrain from in
lteresting itself in national foreign
policy, as well as maintaining posi-
tive standards by which that policy
should be determined" AFL Rep
fresentative George F. Delaney told
the Colgate University Foreign
Policy Conference last week.
Reviewing AFL's activities in
foreign policy since World War /,
Delaney urged a strategy of
peace" to implement the Atlantic
Pact.
owe submit" he declared, "that
the Atlantic Pact places US in
position to insist upon mainten-
Iance Of democratic principles and
the rights of democratic nations,
and to effectively protest against
forces of aggression"
The AFL Int'l representative
further suggested that trade unions
have official representation" in
."United Nations agencies which
determine policies affecting our
welfare as well as representation
in our delegation to General AS
sembly meetings." and "repre-
sentation in the policy-making
agencies of the State Dept"
Turning to affairs in Asia, De-
laney said that "AFL, through its
Free Trade Union committee, has
recently issued a statement which
outlines the proposal of the AFL
for aid to nationalist China. This
program calls on our government
to extend no recognition, trade or
economic assistance to Communist
forces in China, insists that our
government shall extend no form
of diplomatic recognition or econ
omic help to any kind of so-called
coalition regime in China which
Moscow may direct to be set up by
the Communist forces in that un-
happy country"
Explaining AFL's refusal to par
ticipate in the World Federation
of Trade Unions because it consid-
cred WFTU "an agency of Russia's
expansionist program" Delaney
added that "the need, however, for
a strong international federation
of free trade unions is recognized
by the AFL and we therefore par
ticipated actively in the formation
of a new world organization which
came into being in Geneva, Swift
zerland, in June of this year"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
Blind Alley Schools
For GIs Exposed

Washington (LPA) = Organized
labor groups in the nations capi-
tai are taking a leading part in an
effort to protect veterans and, in
cidentally, the government from
wasting time and money on trade
school training for jobs that don't
exist.
The District of Columbia Com
missioners have appointed "fact-
finding" committee of 19 members,
including five from organized labor,
to investigate charges that thous-
ands of the veterans are being de-
frauded through "blind alley
training under the CT Bill of
Rights.
A nationwide investigation of
the same problem is asked in a re-
solution introduced in Congress by
Rep. Earl Chudoff Cd, Pa.). 1t
would create a "select" committee
for the task, rather than leave it
to the House Veterans Affairs
Committee.
The Washington inquiry was
asked by the District Apprentice
ship Council, made up of labor, en-
ployer, government and education
groups. The Washington Building
& Construction Trades Council and
the Columbia Typographical Union
are members of the council.
The apprenticeship group charg-
ed that, of more than a thousand
veterans who have taken courses
in various trade schools in the past
three years, not more than one in
20 is now employed in the field for
which he was trained at govern
ment expense.
1t also reported that, out of
about 25 such schools now operat-
ing in the District, at least 20
were established after passage of
the CT Bill. Tuition for veterans
in the schools is paid by the Vet
erans Administration under the
CT Bill.
A defense of the schools was
voiced by a representative of the
District board of education, which
is charged with investigating the
schools for certifcation to the Vet
Grams Administration. He said he
thought the trade schools are do
ing "splended work" for the vet
Grams.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
Tobin Says Roise Low-Hoge Areas;
Doubles Minimum Pay in Iron, Steel

Washington, D. c. GLNS). -
A wage increase in "low-wage
areas would be one of the greatest
lifts that could be given to tht
economy at this time," Secretary
of Labor Maurice j. Tobin declared
here.
Announcing he had doubled the
minimum wage for the iron and
steel industry under the Walsh
Healey Public Contracts Act, Tobir
told a news conference that he
hoped the action "will have the
effect of raising wage rates gener-
ally" The order raised minimum
pay in the country's major steel
producing areas to a top rate Of
$1.23 an hour for work on govern
ment contracts involving more than
$40, 900.
The secretary pointed out the
order raised minimum wages on
government work to about the level
established by the 1948 wage ad-
justments.
Directly affected by the edict are
an estimated 10000 workers on
government contracts which were
worth $25,OOO,OOO in the year to
June 80.
The new pay rates are to be eff
fective Aug. 27. The old minimum
rates, from az to 621a cents an
hour, were set in 1889.
Tobin emphasized that an over
whelming segment of the iron and
steel industry now pays this mini
mum generally for all work. But he
added that his action would have a
tendency to bolster, or raise, wage
rates in general and would protect
all manufacturers from unfair COM
petition in their bidding for gov
ernment work,
Area Rates Set
Specifically, the order establishes
a rate of $1.085 an hour for gov
ernment work in plants in Ala
bama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Caro-
lima, Oklahoma, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas and Virginia;
SI.l9 an hour for Iowa, Kansas,
Minnesota, Missouri, N ebra k a,
North Dakota, East ST. Louis, Ill,
and South Dakota, and SL23 an
hour for the rest of Illinois, all
other states and the District of
Columbia. ~ g
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
Cost OF Living Off 1870
In New Jersey For June

Trenton, N. ]. Living costs
which include such essentials as
food, rent, clothing, fuel and light
furniture and house furnishing and
miscellaneous necessities, were 1.s
percent lower during June of this
year than in the same month OF
1948, but still 1871 percent higher
than in the similar period of 1889
the prewar year, d. T. Pitt, stats
tical supervisor of the New Jer-
sey Department of Agriculture, re-
ported.
During the last month the pur-
chasing value of the New Jersey
consumer dollar was 56.1 cents,
compared with 55.2 year ago and
100 cents in June, 1889, he calcu-
lated. Compared with April the
average prices of food were IL
percent higher and rent or per-
cent more.
To offset these factors there
were declines in such important
budget items as clothing, 2 percent
less than in April; fuel and light,
1.5 percent lower; furniture and
house furnishings, 2.9 percent
down, miscellaneous goods, OIL per-
cent less.
Expenditures for all commodities
and services used by an average
family in New Jersey during June
were A percent less than the peak
for August, 1948.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
Strike At Singer
Continues After
UE Wins Election

Elizabeth, N. j.. UPA)-As a
strike at the Singer Manufacturing
Co. here approached its fourth
month, management continued q
flat refusal to bargain despite the
fact that United Electrical Work
ers won a state board election to
represent the workers at the plant
Opposing UE on the ballot was
an independent union whose plat
form was ending of the strike. The
Singer workers voted 4003 to 2503
to stay with UE.
In the face of the clear victory,
the company continued its refusal
to negotiate with the union unless
officers either signed nom Commun-
list affidavits under the Taft-Har
ley law or gave up their fight
against the incentive pay system.
When Robert Brennan, president
of the local, said that local officers
would sign the affidavits if Singer
either bargained on the incentive
system or put it to arbitration, the
company stalled further by de-
manding that the international of
ficers of UE sign affdavits too.
The current administration of
UE has, since 1941, been identified
with the pro-Communist group
within CIO and observers COM
there is serious doubt
whether some of its officers could
sign such affdavits.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
AFL Denounces Senofe Union Probe
As Move To Bolster Byrd Machine

Washington, d. c. QLNS). -
"The political motivation" behinc
the Senate investigation of alleged
monopolistic practices by unions
should be exposed, President Will
lam Green of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor declared in a blist-
ering denunciation of the inquiry.
The investigation was begun
July 25 by the Senate Banking and
Currency Committee at the insti-
cation of Senator A. Willis Robert
son of Virginia.
"It should be obvious" Pres
ident Green said, that the real
purpose of this investigation is to
prop up the tottering Byrd poll
tical machine in Virginia and to
bolster its antiunion issue in the
current gubernatorial campaign.
Senator Robertson, a subser-
Went tool of the Byrd machine, is
in no way qualified to conduct a
fair investigation because his en-
tire record reeks with prejudice
against organized labor. 1t is ap-
parent that he has timed this move
to provide propaganda material
for use in the Virginia primary
election campaign.
"If this were a legitimate inves-
tigation, it should have been con-
Quoted by either the Senate Labor
and Public Welfare Committee or
the Senate Judiciary Committee,
which could logically claim juris-
diction over the matters under in
quiry.
"The fact that Senator Robert
son has seen fit to bypass the two
properly qualified Senate commit
tees in order to keep personal con-
troll of the investigation is con-
elusive evidence of its hypocritical
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04

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

of the governments war built
housing, and direct loans to veter-
ans for housing.
Raymond NJ. Foley, Federal
Housing Administrator, recon-
mended the other sections of the
bill, but was lukewarm on the CO.
operative provisions, and recon-
mended a number of changes in the
legislation. He opposed one of the
proposals most warmly supported
by the unions-the creation of a
agency to foster cooper
ative housing.
Recognizing the lack of support
housing has received
in the past from the housing
agency, Green had strongly recon-
this proposal for a new
unit. Without it, he had warned,
"we are convinced that this pio-
neer program would never receive
the recognition and independence
so necessary for its success"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
.Boff Named To
Help Distressed
Areus Effort

Washington, D. Civilian l.
Bait, Jr., of Philadelphia, has beer
by Secretary of Labor
Maurice J. Tobin to head a Depart
ment of Labor ~committee to de-
velop plans and programs dealing
with economic and labor problems
His committees work will tie in
with the Presidents program for
the relief of economically distress
ed areas. Bait will be a Special
Assistant to the Secretary.
Assistant Commissioner of Stat
istics Charles D. Stewart was de-
signated by Secretary Tobin as de-
partmental liaison officer with the
White House coordinating group,
which has overall direction of the
distressed-areas effort. Charles
Donahue, of the Solicitors Office,
was named alternate to Stewart.
"There are localities where un-
employment is serious" Secretary
Tobin said. "The Department of
Labor, in cooperation with the
Commerce Department and the
Federal Security Agency, will keep
the President and the White House
committee advised of the extent
and severity of unemployment
through the country where Special
may be required"
Bait, born in Cleveland, is a
graduate of Harvard (1938), 80
years old, and has a wide back
ground in business and Govern
ment. He served in the Labor De-
partment's Bureau of Labor Stat
istics in 1888, with the Commerce
staff for Temporary
National Economic Committee in
1899, the Office of Production Man
agement in 1910, and the London
office of the Lend-Lease Admins
traitor i in 1941. He entered the
Army as an infantry private in
1912, and was discharged as a
major in 1916. He was in charge
If economics, supply, and labor for
he U. S. Military Government in
italy, and directed AMG supply
operations in Western Germany,
france, and North Africa. He was
lwarded a Bronze Star and other
stations.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
Maritime Unions
Battling To Lift
Ban On Hiring Hall

Washington (LPA)-Leaders Of
the nations maritime unions went
before the House Labor Commit.
tee at hearings this week TO battle
for enactment of special legisla-
tion legalizing the union hiring
halls in the maritime industry.
A drive for this legislation was
launched by the maritime organiza-
tions following failure of the fight
to repeal the aft-Hartley act
Identical bills to COX" the hiring
halls have been introduced by Rep
John Lesinski Cd, Mich.) and SEN
ator Warren Magnuson Cd, Wash. J
These measures would exempt
the maritime industry from the
Taft-Hartley ban on the closed
shop. The campaign for their pass
age was put under way after the
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals up
held an NLRB decision which
branded hiring hall practices as IL
legal.
Such legislation is vital to avert
chaos and strife in the maritime
field, it was declared this week Oy
the Seafarers-AFL and National
Maritime Union. Both called upon
their members to write vigorous
letters to their congressman and
senators, as well as the House and
Senate Labor Committees urging
favorable action on the legislation.
President Joseph Curran of the
NMU proposed that all maritime
unions regardless of what differ
ences in any other direction may
exist, unite on the single question
of getting action on these bills and
preserve our unions" He urged
that joint conference of all the
unions be called to consider that
issue.
Among other developments in.
volving the unlicensed seamen's
unions were these:
(1) The Seafarers announced
that members of the Atlantic and
Gulf Coasts had approved $40
assessment to finance a continued
fight on anti-labor legislation and
intensified organizing activities.
(2) The NMU issued call for
its seventh biennial convention,
starting September IL in New York
City. Officers said many vital pro-
blems will be up for considerations:
the hiring hall, the decline in the
marine and drastic drop
in, employment, transfer of U. S.
vessels to foreign flags and many
other issues.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
Labor And Liberals
Wants Action To
Avert Depression


liberal organizations joined last
week in calling for quick action
by Congress on President Truman's
program and the Murray Econ
omic Expansion Act in order to
avert depression and increase ma
tional production.
Representatives of the AFL, the
CIO, and the lam this week joined
with spokesmen from many other
national organizations in a "full
employment conference" called by
Americans for Democratic Action
to mobilize support back of Presi-
dent Truman's call for affirmative
action" to block depression.
The conference approved a SER
les of resolutions outlining legisla-
tive action designed to turn the
economic trend upward the Pres
ident's goal of 300 billion dollar
economy. The recommendations
followed closely the proposals in
the Presidents economic message
last week with special stress on
the Economic Expansion Act and
the Brannan farm program.
Warning that the downturn al
ready is costing the nation 20 bill
lion dollars worth of production a
year, the conference called for
immediate action" rather than a
"wait and see" policy. 1t denounc-
ed "the Tafts, the Wherrys, the
Byrds, their fellow-travellers, and
the monopolistic interests for
whom they speak" as "the unwit-
ting but most powerful allies of
Communism in the western world"
High federal and state officials,
including Gov. Chester Bowles Of
Connecticut; Secretary of Labor
Maurice Tobin and Vice Chairman
Leon Keyserling, of the Presidents
Council of Economic Advisers, ad-
dressed the session. Other speak
ers included Senator Hubert Hump
hrey Cd, Mnn.); Senator James
E. Murray Cd, Mont.); James
Carey; Russell Smith, of the Ma
tional Farmers Union; Rep. An
drew Biemiller ID, Wis.,; and
Lawrence Tibbett, president of
the AFL American Guild Of Mus
ical Artists.
Senator Murray sounded a note
heard often during the conference
when he said "the most dangerous
type of disloyalty and subversion
can be found among those who
work toward scarcity instead of
abundance, who regard booms and
ousts as inevitable and oppose the
objective of a sustained expansion
IN the American economy"
Murray denounced talk of Con-
gressional adjournment with $50
many important legislative mat
,ers before the Congress. He call
ed for action this year on the econ |
,mic, expansion act he introduced !
along with other Senator's and !
congressman last week. ]
Gov. Bewles warned that Con-
lecticut already faced a serious
Unemployment problem with more
han 100000 out of work and a
hird of its workers either joblesst
,r part time. He said that by fall
10000 workers will have exhaust
ID their benefits under the unem-t
,loyment insurance law. /
Resolutions adopted by the con-
'erence went beyond President
rruman's program in some res
,ects. They called for repeal Of !.
III wartime excise taxes, and wage
Increases wherever they can bel
lbsorbed without raising prices" /
n order to raise consumer buying /
,ower.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
Congress Starts
Work On Bill To
House Workers

Washington (LPA) - Commit
tees in both houses Of Congress
have begun work on new housing
bill, strongly supported by organ
lied labor and other liberal groups,
designed to provide housing with
in the financial reach Of workers
in the middle income brackets.
Both the AFL and CIO threw
their support behind the new mea-
sure as hearings opened last week
before the House and Senate bank
ing committees. They both en-
Iphasized that the recently enacted
housing law would provide chief
Ily for low-income groups and that
additional legislation was needed
to help middle income families get
decent housing.
The new legislation, endorsed by
more than so members of the
House, would provide d billion dol
lars for long-term, low interest
loans to housing cooperatives to
bring down the cost of housing for
families with incomes between
$4,000 and $4,000 year.
William Green, President Of the
AFL, told the Senate committee
most working families could afford
to pay no more than $50 or $50
a month for housing, but that new
housing was not available at this
cost. He said the cost Of new hous-
ing could be brought within the
means of such families by the bills
provisions for go year loans at go
interest.
Green testified that most famil-
les in the middle income groups
are ''to poor to afford the housing
constructed by private builders and
too rich to be eligible for public
housing" He said the bill had
been designed to provide help for
these families without cost to tax
payers.
Similar testimony was presented
on behalf of the CIO by John Edel-
man, of the Textile Workers Union,
and Leo Goodman, Director of the
National Housing Committee. They
said the cooperative housing legis-
lation "could become the greatest
single step forward not only in
the field of housing in this coun-
try but will become a milestone in
the social, economic and spiritual
of our people"
Statistics compiled by the re-
search department were presented
to the committee showing that in
the past three years, while 2l2
million new dwelling units were
started in this country, there were
six million marriages which Great
ed additional pressure for new
homes.
"The enactment of this legisla-
tion," Edelman testified, will open
up a huge new market for homes
all over this country. Literally mil
ions of American families will
have an opportunity of using un-
tapped reserves of constructive
ability, energy and decision in
meeting their own needs for econ
1mic and attractive shelter in we'll
communities"
In addition to the cooperative !
provisions, the new bill
,arries authorization for disposing
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
PAPER INCORPORATES

Danville, III. (LPA)-Represent-
atives of several AFL and CIO un-
ions have been elected to the board
of directors of new corporation
formed to publish the Vermillion
County Star!
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Many Prominent
 Persons Enroute 10
 Alaska on Steamer

SEATTLE, Aug. 13-R-A. J. Seitz, Executive Vice President of the Union Pacific Railway, Omaha, sailed aboard the steamer Aleutian of the Alaska Steamship Company today for his first Alaska trip. He is accompanied by Mrs. Seitz and two sons.
 The Omaha party also includes Gene Rainey, General Manager of Swift and Company there, and his wife.
 MT. and Mrs. George E. Thomp- son of North Conway, NH, are travelling to Clarks Point to teach. They will disembark at Seward, take the Alaska Railroad to An- chorage, fly from there to Naknek and make the last lap of their journey by launch.
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Rice Awarded $1,600 In Appeal Against Canning Company

Raymond c. Rice was awarded $1,6G0 yesterday in District Court following the reaching of an agree ment in the appeal case of the Red Salmon Canning Go. vs. Alaska Industrial Board and Raymond c. Rice. The agreement constitutes the complete settlement of the case.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-13
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The national hard court tennis championships will be decided in Berkeley, Calf, Sept. 17-25.
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