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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-09
Indifference. Failure To Attend Union
Meetings Are Union -Wreckers

Indifference on the of rank and file union members
has long been the side of the active men and
women and leaders in the union movement but IN our op-
ion, old timers in the Labor movement have long known
from experience
Rev. Philip Dobson director of ST. Peters Institute OF
Industrial Relations Chicago speaking at dinner honor
nq Young man who was retiring local union president
i'm that city made pertinent observations along the
above lines, which were published IN l1dlngs church
paper the Los Angeles diocese OF the Cathoc chufc
The Rev. Fathers observations follow in part
81 was somewhat puzzled at this mans retirement at
this stage the game and presumed to ask him the reason
He said Father have become fed up with the members
personalities with destructive criticism, with lack OF attend
ance at the union meetings. with the expectations that
be miracle despite the lack of support from the rank
and file My people want to push all grievances no mat
how weak decided not to stand 1T any longer ts te
for else to carry the ball.
"IJnon members not morally free to abstain from
attendance to meetings unless, OF course Cere are
special circumstances which would excuse them Union
members not morally free to vent their peeVeSSpfng
leaders who
ing their utmost to do good job.
"While twoparty system within a union can De
healthy condition. that keeps leaders their toes there
is no moral justification for power politics or for dsrupWe
policies based personalities and carried to the detn
ment the good of the membership Union mem
bers have duty to committee when the common
good of tie union is involved
he writer had considerable experience with unions
of all types Through the has made him heartsck
watch rank and file members cut Their own th0ats with
their smalness and pickering.
Frequently handful may show up for union
meeting just prior to the start OF negotiations for new
contract In where the company has not yet learned
of the small attendance Of the meeting The
cude that the union leader who is about to negotiate has
no backing from the membership The company forces the
union leader to accept poor contract.
"The very members who never attended a meeting are
the first rend the with their hoWs for the blood OF the
leader We maintain that this represents unhealthy moral
situation, situation that will be remeded only when the
rank and file members realize their moral obligations as
members and begin to live up to them.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-09
FLOOD TIME
By RUTH TAYLOR

f the of wherein thou truseet they wearied
thee then wilt thou do the swelling of Jordan?"
This of floods From the hops denuded by hatred
of the sheterng friendly whose cohesive roots
held back waters down devae the
plains below
This is the time of the swelling of the Jordanof trials, de-
danger the many enguf
This is the time of the swelling of the Jordan This is the time
the levee have built of faith in democracy of belief
brotherhood strong enough endure united people
work together the dangers of the floods
the time the swelling Of the Jordan 1t time for
sacrifice the putting aside of SELF for the patient doing of
part spirit cooperation which stronger than
ing torrent.
IF in the land of wherein thou ustede they weared
thee caved objected the responsibilities of citizen
the brotherhood that looked
upon neighbor shirked dutieshen will
face the flood times ahead which, God forbid, may be-
the of swelling of the Those who
lived through floods what that and what the de-
be- Let face them clearly Courage,
operation patience what need while work
and morebut in ALL through ALL above ALL faith
promise the old When through deep
CO. the shall
we face the swelling of the Jordan.
Following of
Benshom works
that
of ordinary
be the hnnes industrialy produced fiber in the world
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-09
Where Are The Doctors?

The hySerica denunciation by the American Medical
Association of the National Health Insurance Bill has focus
ed the spotlight organization which has built itself
monopoly rivang any big business The ANA retains
Strange hold the nations health by running OF the
tghtest and most selfish ciques in the country.
Two significant facts strikingy indicate the achieve
ments of the ANA First the medical profession is the
highest paid of business vocation Second the acute
shortage of docor particularly rural areas is repre-
hensble it is tragic 1t will be known how many
lives have been lost due to the naccessbty of physician
during emergency.
The obvious solution is of course major increase in
the number Of graduates from the medical schools And
the natural question: "Why aren't there doctors? An
indication of the be In recent statement
by Doctor William S. Middleton, dean of the University of
Wisconsin Medical School While appearing before the Wis
consn state Legislature to the question to why
many students denied admttance he revealed that al
though there 1886 applications last fall the medical
school accepted only 80 The given the ancient
ciche because of limited facilities"
In other words for every woud-be physicians, only
allowed to the holy of hOes Middleton stated
that straight "a students sometimes ected be-
they did not have the right attitude toward human
nature
One of the goals of the national health program is to
provide doctors and hospitals Certainly the
above figures show that such action essential And yet the
American Medical Association is fighting the national health
insurance program tooth and nail What other
there be than selfish policy to provide the country with
few doctors possible order to keep individual physicians
earnings the highest in the country?
Truly, the Hppocratic oath has become the hypocrtc
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-09
Whut Makes Them Liurs?

When does man, or political party a senator or
representative become outright liar? The question arises
from the present refusal of southern Democrats to vote to
repeal the Hartley Act The Democratic Party conven
ton adopted platform prior to the last election in which 1t
promised fay to repeal the Taft Hartley Act without
hedging about it, The southern Democrats accepted that
platform without reservations they did not tell the world
or even their constituents that they rejected their party
platform Not bit of it, They accepted whatever support
and backing they could get out of it. They gladly received
the votes of those who had right to believe they would
help repeal the vicious Taft They committed them
selves by receiving these benefits.
Now however some of the southern Democrats would
like to forget doubt of them have forgotten for
some folks forget promises easily
Which brings to question: what makes men
liars? How do these southern gentlemen" square their
consciences if any? Or they such outright towards that
they afraid to keep the promises Of the political party
whose label they bear and whose benefits they have received
as a result of the aforesaid promises?
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-09
'Unionized Bust

We have hunch you're going to hear lot about flex-
iblity and rigidity from business and industry.
The idea is that they must have lots of fexibity to
cope with depression and that unions rgidity
The magazine Business Week puts it this way:
Anything which impars feXibity in a depression is
dangerous Rigdities-which in the economists jargon
factors which sten the oil in the gears of business
the big to recovery. And union makes rigid
tiles like wind makes waves"
Flexibility? H-m-m-mm. Now let's Flexibiity to
cut Flexbty to ignore seniority Flexbty to for
get about other worker projections written into contracts
Sure. That's what Business Week is talking about It's
interesting theory perhaps but let's go back and
what happened the last time
Labor wasn't strongly organized in the lush 1920s and
in position to put firm brake of the prac
tces which sent the nation down the skds to depression
Exercising great "flexibity,' many industries and
business houses began cutting wages at the first sign of
hard times. Then they cut employment.
Consumer purchasing power really took nosedve. One
day the nation awoke and found not only flexible it
economically limp!
And it wasn't the kind of flexbity to which Business
Week referred that brought out of the depression
Why, then, assume that more of the would be
helpful next tme-and why there must be next
time?
What we need is prevention and not much talk
about cure.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-09
&!E|Zas3||;, &,

silly started legislatures week labor
baes IN Congress found things so dull that one Oh the OUT %
Truman home Independence Mo- State legislatures however,
brodding such whimsies as the following:
legislature passed bill raising from 16 to IL
the for work Involving to radioactive substances
and employment in pool rooms.
Maine sweatshop employers prohibited from having
employees manufacture posons at home.
In Colorado the legislature repealed law binding out males
to the of Fl and females to the of 8 until marriage as
indentured apprentices
Rhode Island the legislature bill making unlaw-
full "o
driven machine while alone facorywhh night watchmen
Massachusetts, the legislature offered bill prohibiting
of persons from using the term union its
unless it exists for collective bargaining.
In Florida which has anclosed shop law for labor the leg
shops of lawyers and doctors.
Illinois, ingenious strikers have used dogs, horses and
stopping practice by requiring all pkets sign statement
ing that they were picketng of their own free WILL
Department officials wondered last week how serious u S.
unemploymentaer
international Co the other AF fired their presidents
the day.
Commerce. business daily reported
u unemp oymen mounting toward the 100000 mark
headline on the read
ABOVE NOMAL BUSINESS
FOUND SOARING EVERYONE
of the Natl Federation of Sales
would deny saemn the right strike The convention also heard
who that their big today "se American
democracy to Europe and Asia.
demanded that the of Michigan
Illinois and Kentucky refuse to pay unemployment compensation to
speed up only assembly lines but starvation,
The Russians have put claim for vast Antarc waste
hold all the slave abor and political prisoners of
the workers fatherland'
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-09
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
GOVT SPENDING ASKED
TO BLOCK DEPRESSION
BY NATHAN ROBERTSON

Washington nPA)-The belief that order
tailed by the bloc Congress growing
primary purpose employment enacted
the m machinery for 9Hg @ and I taking @ the action
would be possible for economists danger time
S asfGa @ to % the 5 RAd was to
now ppy 5 th % ns c
efyf ep e fo0n @ @ peeof % sy p qe
SF decline nsIiSs % into ons s Pr9SG% today is to
There e " danger signals to the % to In
% in 0u he great ee declining pVa S is
slowing & down and m % n % be unde
evidence that income and spending the de-
The on @ last week % said developments in the
@ 9ar Consumer a @ % nee the Wa rhe Ma OF
showed buying down by s. coo
this indicates that
& Ses5
before this development the Presidents Economic
Council had been warning for year two that % income
ernen spending filing gap May Survey of
nd E Spending ~as still cmbns
strong AN seo "P GoE TG h me
government spending could make the decline
whole psychology before is late to do except
spending @ @ no a ON s % Paul pae bpaan G % 5
d% w that a % Go 6 Ee ao @ Ba M un f
danger Of depression should
Harris the Harvard economist replies that the economic ndces
strong measures are taken conndHg timing
allow which might
substantial damage he of small
is easily snowbals into a larger one."
emphasis the spending plays deter
mining the levels of employment and output He notes that national
from $40 billion 1882 to 1925 billion 94S
result of government spending cut of five ten billion in
spending balance
so billion dollars, which would
sion.
This that Harris and other liberal economists
opposed where be achieved through eliminating
military expenditures But they opposed to the
Harry BydRobert Taft kind of which curaed
spending for social programs the nation needs.
further than other liberal and labor economist
proposing immediate deficit financing avoid depression
would spending and But
oms of this school believe that such deficit is
could higher spending
interfering with the objective of fighting off depression
this viewpoint the fact that
factor the that is holding firm AS
corporations continue show profits of about 20O000000O after
they afford higher taxes This be
President Harry Trumans viewpoint He standing firm for higher
American of Labor af6m cardinal
principles the trade that the working people
organize unite fedeate irrespective
alty or politics
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-09
NEWS und VIEWS
By ALEXANDER S. LIPSETT Can ILNS Feature)

James Forresap broken has been laid already
s paS RS fnf Chairman as ]apPpf f915
s0d I % are ar ba f hydfy e % wo m
more America than Of communist agaors
@ man and Od to treat 5 few 5 @ hre ed willing to
This historians observe is in the national tradition To tear
the and prestige of public figures shreds and fling them to
it is hardly anything to brag about
9ng sh % the the sr OF @ec e u the a @ o 4d hee 5s
years of recurnt crisis too heavy for the s9uteg mind
servants to account for any real or alleged wrongs
@ But ehe s 1 aG % s6 m@am to Of the pee
for the opinion and Of Others does not the public vel
carries its own answer
fact however ought before anything else
Of the public hanging their mouths repeat
but themselves blame for for the tragedy that has oyaken the
citizens believe the wells Am
sponsby without pub
s
ing increasingly attacks which scared deeply very
umns of the Times
gned and radueed and ] attacked him various
made upon others day
which m the d radio and the o 5o g ea ea & the cSn qs Of
abuse Of gossip and kehoe both products of the
Of the ForrestaI tragedy"
Similar Congress,
ucy enough to to the attention that august body Said
a campaign vfcation the like
should irresponsible
elements of the press and radio
From Asia comes word that the idea Of an Asat Federation of
free and democratic trade unions making The plan has
by the Philippines Paklan Burma,
China conference of the Indian Ma
Congress additional
abors provide working throughout
East with democratic trade union instrument of their
AFI international representative Irving Brown, who attended
meeting emphasized deep interest and support which Amer
labor prepared to to Aac Workers Fed
ona a rec al democratic basis
growth Indian monism graphically portrayed
reports showing membership nearly affiliated
peace maintained December
the overwhelming majority Indian work
to
providing benefits increasing
their families The rival communist Trade
Congress described by Deputy Prime Minister Patel
empty SHE'LL capable only of creating disturbances and thriving
conflict
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-09
Discrimination Lowers Standards

There compelling economic reasons for the enact
ment of fair employment practice legislation to protect the
right to living without being Disseminated against
because of color religion national origin Secretary
of Labor Maurice j. Tobn made this plain in recent tes
mOny before congressional subcommittee
Discrimination in employment" Tobin pointed out
subjects large segments of population to subsandad
housing inadequate diets poor health, inadequate education
and adversely affects the general welfare Discrimination in
employment depesses the wages and the income of the min
orty groups resulting reduced purchasing power and
potential market for goods which in turn results in reduced
production Reduced production cuts down employment The
impact of discriminatory practices is therefore not only
the immediate victims but upon all of u.s.
Secretary Tobin emphasized that under provisions of
pending federal legislation enforcement action may be in
voked only when informal methods have failed Legislation
which relies primarily upon peaceful persuasion method
of dealing with discriminatory employment practices is the
most desirable approach to this problem" he said.
"Ihe experience of the wartime FEPC and of state
agencies administering fair employment practice statutes
evidence that the most effective weapon in combating dis
elimination in employment is the informal method of con
ference concation and persuasion the Secretary added
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-09
SdfetY

Many companies in recent years have become of
the savings they make by eliminating industrial hazards
and instituting safety programs.
For instance company reported to the Presidents
Conference Industrial Safety that it saved than
$4,000 by installing compulsory google program-and
other like examples could be cited Many companies
gone to considerable length to make their foremen under
stand that safety integral part of production and that
they are responsible for both.
But this is not enough. The foremen talk safety
and enforce the safety rules but it is the
the shop who must become safety minded if accidents
be prevented Every individual should always remember
that while accidents cost the company money they bear
far heavily upon the workman for it is the individual
and not the company who has often go through life blind
otherwise manned and crippled.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-09
Damn The Facts And Full Speed Ahead
BY Look"

Now we know that Look Magazine isn't even trying to
get honest results in its notorious public opinion polls In
the June 7h issue Look up with the astonishing
Washington press and radio correspondents
almost unanimously named Robert Taft the Senator Who
contributes the most to his country's welfare"
1t takes lot of gall to unbushingly offer such prOpa
ganda about the who auhored the Save-labor Act
who consistently opposed sound medical Insurance. who
attempted to cut housing aid to subsistence farmers
and who engineered the DxeGOP scuttng of civil rights
legislation.
Look admits it questioned only 100 correspondents
probably all carefully hand d-pcked for the right
1t is doubtful that Looks warped opinions will do Taft
any good in so People little sceptica of poll that
only weeks ago had the crust to that Taft
Hartley Aims still popular with workers in spite of the
fact that only 27 of the workers poed favored the act
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-09
Tennessee Mukes Politics Full Time Business

The AFL trade unlonistS Tennessee who contributed
much to the sensational shatteng Of the Crump and
Reese machines last election have wisely decided not to let
the advantage slip of their hands To hold and conso
date their political gains the State Federation last week dir
eced State Federation Secretary Charles Houk to continue
to give full time to his work Coordnator of State Political
Activities.
Last year the Tennessee union people found that cleo
ons can't be stolen every member votes and every polling
place has LLPE poll watcher election day. They
determined that again will the court house gang
stuff the ballot boxes with the votes of long relatives
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-30
Woman Advocates Republicans
Name Woman for Presidency

Observation-Disclosures a cure
advanced for what ails the nation
elect a woman as President.
That's the formula of Sen. Marga-
ret Chase Smith (R., Me- who
recommended that the Republican
party nominate a woman for the
presidency in the 1852 election.
She had her reasons. They we're.
No. IA woman candidate would
bring the party victory after five
consecutive presidential election
defeats and put a Republican in the
White House.
No. PA woman would run the
government on a strict budget
lust as a housewife does"
Senator Smith, only woman men,
Der Of the U. S. senate, gave her
views ON a radio interview.
Asked if she favored drafting
women for the armed services, she
replied:
Draft them in time of war, Just
like lei In time of peace, no."
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-30
Largest Damage Suit Asks
Defendants for rs Billion

LOS ANGELES. - The largest
damage claim In history has been
filed here-a claim for II billion
dollars made in federal court.
Arthur Van Dyke and E. A. Har-
rison, Los Angeles management
consultants filed the mammoth
complaint. alleging that figure
represented their potential profit
from a new metallic lubricant.
Defendants in the suit included
Standard Oil company of California,
several former employees and
about 100 John Does.
The plaintiffs, who claim owner
ship of about 70 per cent Of dis.
puted stock, alleged that the de-
PENDANTS interfered with their eff
forts to sell the lubricant and
caused the car collation. of an agree.
ment to participate in profits from
worldwide sales Of the product.
Trey also claim that q sample
of the lubricant was adulterated by
the defendants. injuring its reputa-
ton.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-30
Billie Burke Keeps Vitality
BY Standing on Her Head

NEW YORK.-Billie Burke, per
epnial coincidence Of stage and
screen, has a bubbling vitality that
is the envy Of myriad people hall
her age. How does she do it?, they
ask.
She does it by standing on her
head.
That's no flip crack, it's a fact.
In a recent interview. she declared
she spends at least 10 minutes
standing on her head, turning SOM
ersaults and stretching.
She revealed n or two secrets
that make it possible for one who
was on the stage so years ago to
look as young and pretty and be
al ~vivacious as she is. She said
that standing on her head is part
Of it.
1T gets the blood to the BRAIN"
she explained, land that's good for
any thinking that has to be done.
/ suppose it's also good for my
feet and the rest of me-"
Recalling that the great Caruso
had onc asked her to marry him
she said she had answered mo"
because Of the tenor's two big
sons.
II told him / Just couldn't fig
ure out what l could do with those
two huge creatures and that seemed
to end our romance"
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-30
Local News Items

Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Lamb were
pleasantly surprised Monday night
by the arrival of their grandson,
Darrell Lamb of the L. S. army
who was being transferred from a
training field in California 10 a
training field in Maryland. He
stopped here while on his way to
Helena to visit his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. G. Lamb.
Guests of the H. Z. Conner fam
lily Sunday were MIR. and Mrs.
George Krug and daughter Jewel,
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Conner and
son Larry, Mrs. Lea Dinas and son
and friend from Billings, j. J.
Krug, Joe Krug and John Tchida.
The Methodist Junior Youth Eel
lOwship met Nov. 81 at the church
for devotions and Bible study. The
next meeting will be Dec. 4, with
a pOt-luck dinner to be served. Of
ficers will be elected. The cOllec-
ton at this meeting will be given
the junior choir for music.
Rev. and Mrs. John Gottschalk,
pastors of the Laurel Assembly Of
God church, announced this week
that they have resigned here and
will enter evangelistic work by
holding series of services in var
ious northwestern cities. Their
final work here will be Dec. 4.
Rev. and Mrs. Henry Frost of Min
nesota will be their successor, be-
ginning Thursday, Dec. 8.
Erwin Cloyd was a recent hunt
ing companion of Carl Butch"
Anderson at Ennis. Anderson
operated a butcher shop here sew
eral years ago.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-30
Cincinnati Police Present
New Halloween Procedure

CINCINNATI.-The local police
department came up with some
thing for Halloween which ought to
end a lot of policemen's troubles if
adopted generally in the future. In
stead of their chasing the prank
sters that night, they had the prank
sters chasing them.
Why? The answer was so simple
everyone wondered why he hadn't
thought Of it. The police simply
gave away 10000 bags Of pretzels
to the kids, the distribution being via
peIce cruisers.