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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-12
How SouthernersVoted
On Tdft-HdrtleY Repeal

Washington LPA) - The Il
southern states-Alabama, Arkan-
sas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky
Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi
Missouri, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas ano
Virginia-cast 1873 votes in the US
House of Representatives. Of that
number 73 voted to enact the
the Wood -Halleck bill = Taft
Hartley with a southern accent"
Only 81 southern Congressman
voted against the Wood bill-even
with the compromise Sims bill as
we'll as the pro-union Lesinski bill
before them as an alternative.
Only two southern votes aren't
recorded.
Of these southern Congressman
1926 are Democrats, only seven Re-
publicans. The tiny COP delega-
tion divided five to two and the
Democrats 73 to 81 against labor.
The two members not voting are
Democrats.
Only southern Democratic dele
cation to vote solidly for labor was
Missouri's. The states one Repub-
lican voted wrong.
Perfect anti-labor score goes to
Mississippi, all of whose members
voted for the Wood bill. Almost as
unenviable are the records of
Georgia, South Carolina, and Vir-
ginia, each of which furnished only
one pro-labor vote.
Kentucky and Tennessee produced
pro-labor margins, while Alabama,
Arkansas, Louisiana, Maryland,
North Carolina and Texas gave the
majority of their votes to the Wood
bill. Florida split even.
On the following day when the
question was called on sending
the infamous bill back to commit
tee 10 southerners who had voted
"for" switched over to support the
Truman administration move. Of
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-12
Hotel, Restaurant
Workers Map 40
Hour Week Drive

Chicago (LPA) - A thousan'
delegates to the 32nd information
al convention of the Hotel am
Restaurant Employes-AFL laid tn,
groundwork this week for an ex
panded organizing campaign ano
drive to secure better condition!
for employees in the industry.
President Hugo Ernst and Sec
retary- Treasurer Edward S. Miller
reporting to the delegates, declar.
ed the union has somewhat more
than held its own in membership
since the last convention two years
ago, despite the Taft Hartley Act
and increased resistance among
employers. Now well over the 400,-
600 mark, the union is the third
largest in the AFL, they said.
Officers made it clear that the
bulk of the nations hotel, restaur-
ant and tavern employees estimated
at total of 100000, remain to
be organized. The job of extending
the union flag to the unorganized
must be performed comparatively
by the international and its exist
ing locals, the officers stressed.
Very frankly, however, Ernst
and Miller let it be known that a
costly organizing campaign in the
south has not produced the results
expected, and that in some Dixie
communities locals formed during
that drive were later smashed by
employers. Hereafter, they said,
organizing will be concentrated in
those areas where the best long
term results are likely.
One big goal set by the conven-
ton is to win the 40-hour week for
all hotel employees. r. l.. Davis, the
unions research director, declared
the profit position Of the hotel in
dustry is such as to justify drive
for a 40-hour week and a wage
"floor" of 75c an hour.
"The hotel industry is the last
important sector of the economy
to deny its workers the basic work
week prevailing throughout the
Davis said.
AS evidence of the industry's
ability to pay, he cited a recent
survey which showed that leading
hotels and restaurants have en-
joyed an average net income of
1850 on net worth, higher than
the 1872 average for 3100 top corp
orations.
In many branches of the hotel
and restaurant industry, the union
has already won the 40-hour week,
Ernst and Miller reported. Also, in
the past two years, they explained,
contracts have been renegotiated
with thousands of employers.
GAS result" they said, "the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-12
AFL Unions Begin
Dept Store Drive
In St. Louis

st. Louis OPA) - st. Louis
locals of three powerful AFL
unions last week put finishing
touches on their plans for con-
certed effort to organize the city's
big department stores. Cooperating
are the Int1 Brotherhood of
Teamsters, the Retail Clerks Intp
Association and the Building Ser
vices Employees Int1 Union
IBT and BSEIU are each putting
two full-time organizers on the Job,
while RCIA is furnishing four.
Richard Kavner of IBT Local 688
will direct the campaign. Heading
the three-union council are Harold
j. Gibbons president of IBT Local
G88, Timothy Dwyer, BSEIU inter-
national representative, and RCIA
business agent Louis j. Renschen.
president of the st. Louis Central
Trades and Labor Council.
The city-wide AFL has pledged
ANO - HhpPOib " IHt CsiiupdlSH.
First goal is the organization Of
$1,000 employees of the city's big
department stores. Then the drive
will fan out to include workers in
smaller retail establishments.
Complete autonomy has been
promised to new locals Of depart
ment store workers, which, it is
hoped, will continue. to work to-
gether thru the three-union st.
Louis Dept Store Organizing
Council.
The st. Louis drive is an opening
gun in national organizing cam
paign, which local union chiefs
have discussed with Executive Vice
President Dave Beck of IBT, Pres
ident James NJ c Fettridge F Of
BWEIU, and Executive Secretary
James Suffridge of RCIA.
Any jurisdictional profile ems
about which the local unions can
not agree will be referred to these
three national officers. If they too
fail to reach an understanding the
problem will be referred to AFL
President William Green, whose
decision will be binding.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-12
Reocfionuries
PIon Repeal Of
The New DeuI

Montreal, Quebec (LPA) - Big
Business had a plan all blueprinted
to make the Taft Hartley act still
tougher and to destroy most exist
ing New Deal laws if it won the
1913 election.
That charge was made by Pres
ident Charles j. MacGowan and
other officers of the Int'l Brother
hood of Boilermarkers-AFL, in a
report submitted to 800 delegates
at the opening of the Brotherhood's S
international convention here.
If Tories had triumphed in 1948,
mot only was labor to be ham
strung, but social security was to
be stripped" the report declared.
Railroad Retirement was to be
treated likewise" the officers add
ed. "The Wage-Hour law was to
be destroyed. Child labor, protec-
tion of women in industry-in fact,
every achievement made by labor
in the past so years was to be
wiped out and a virtual state Of
peonage created for the nations
workers.
"These statements are not idle
words" the officers stressed. "The
records have been seen and the
program examined by trustworthy
leaders of labor because we always
have friends in the enemy's camp.
Not only are they friends, but they
shrink from the excessives of the
Fascist monopolies."
This plot was defeated, the re-
port said, because workers, many
farmers and small business men
"made common cause" at the bal
lot boxes last November. Thus, the
people of this country ESCAPED the
transplanting of Hitler's Nazi state
from Europe to American soil,"
the report asserted.
Organized labor will have to
wage an equally hard fight in the
1850 election, particularly if this
Congress fails to repeal the Taft
Hartley act, the Boilermakers'
chiefs warned. In such event, they
said, workers will have to "re-
double their efforts to clean out
the rest of the Taft Hartleyites in
1850"
"The fight in 1860 will be a bit
ter one" they said "The arch
priest of the whole doctrine, Sen.
Robert A. Taft, will be up for re-
election, but if labor will marshall
its forces intelligently and effec
lively, the same job can be done to
Taft of Ohio that was done for
Ball of Minnesota"
The officers also reported that
the Brotherhood now has the larg-
est peacetime membership in his
tory and "the largest treasury our
Brotherhood has ever enjoyed"
Many branches of the trade, the
report said, are now thoroughly
- including con tra t
shops, shipyards, railroad shops,
,ank- building plants, field construc-
ton and other branches.
An unusual feature of the report
was the disclosure that the Broth
erhood has given considerable help
% small contractors in the industry
n their fight for existence against
'ever-expanding monopolies." The
lnion assisted them in obtaining
raw materials, machinery, tools
and other equipment.
Lashing at the growth of mono
Dolly in this country, the report
warned that unless the devastat-
ng force of huge monopolistic
is curbed so there will
,e a free field for all American
then the term free enter
,rise' becomes a mockery and
ham."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-12
UE UNIvIS ELECTION JUNKED

Washington (LPA)-Statin g
that the Univis Lens Co., Dayton,
Ohio had engaged in "coercive''
conduct, the NLRB in a unanimous
decision this week set aside an
election which United Electrical
Workers lost last July %. This
coercive action on the part of the
company was to send its super
visors to offer employees financial
assistance during the strike.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-12

at Philadelphia, 10 corporations
were charged with fixing prices for
wholesale dry cleaning services and
allocating customers in the vast
area covered by the states of
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
Delaware.
Vitally affecting the build
ing industry will be the results of
another antitrust suit filed last
week, charging two companies with
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-12

level of earnings of all our crafts
has been raised substantially, and
vacation and holiday provisions in
our agreements have been liberal
lied.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-12

Any fool can buy new things, but
only strong man can throw out
old things.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-12

With the exception of one pre-
vious year, 194S marked an all
time high in the number of bust
ness corporations charged with
conspiring to set prices by the
Antitrust Division Of the Justice
Dept's. This is the conclusion Of a
survey made by the Machinist,
weekly of the Int'l Association of
Machinists.
Altogether, illegal price-fixing
in the year of highest prices in his
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-12

tory was charged to 247 business
corporations, "some of them the
largest in the country" In nineteen
industries, the Justice Dept found
evidence that corporations had
combined to avoid competition on
prices by agreement, or by an un-
derstanding to charge identical
prices for their products.
In another indictment, returned
last week by a federal grand jury
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-12

The search for young men who
can do the job keeps the old men
awake all night long.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-12

.conspiring to restrain and mono
police interstate trade and com
merce in machinery for prod ducing
concrete blocks, basic to construc-
tion of present-day homes, farm
buildings, and industrial plants.
Justice Dept charges that Bess-
er Manufacturing Co. Of Alpena,
Mich. has been successful in gett-
ing control of other companies so
that it can monopolize the import
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-12

Demand the Union Label.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-12

ant machinery. "Chief among the
means utilized" according to the
Justice Dept "were the illegal ex-
tension of patent rights, the har-
assment and oppression of small
competitors by threats of suit
against them and their customers
and discouraging by unfair prac-
tices users of concrete block ma
chinery from purchasing machin-
cry from competitors"
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-28
Junior Mechanics
Headed By Donovan
Picture By Miltiades

Milford Council, No. 8, Junior
Order United American Mechanics
was organized in September 10, 1S-
%, in the LOfland Building, North
Milford, the following being char
ter members: E. Pettyjohn, w. S.
Wroten, j. Smith, T. P.\ Pretty
john, F. ]. Kessler, G. w. Little,
VIM. ShOckley, w. G. Williams, M.
L. Clendaniel, w. E. Griffith, w. T.
Banning, j. H. Hillman, J. F. Black,
r. Wilson, A. w. Jacobs, J. w. Col
lins, w. H. Hevalew, J. c. Ross, A.
B. Hauser, r. E. Williams, R. Grif-
fifth, Thos, Davis, c. c. Shew and
B. w. Pettyjohn.
This order, founded on the high
est American traditions, it's card
NAL principles being, Virtue, Liber-
ty and Patriotism, soon grew into
a membership of nearly 200 and its
degree team was recognized as one
OF the best in Delaware.
The oldest member of Milford
Council is the Treasurer, William
H. Richardson, who has held this
Office since 1898.
The Council, active in lodge and
civic affairs in Milford, now meets
regularly in The Pocahontas Hall
The present officers are: Donald
j.. Donovan, Councillor; Cecil Nc
Cleary, Financial Secretary; J. G
HOlzmueller, Recording Secretary
IN addition to Mr.. Richardson.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-28
Geo. S. Crier
w as Early
Iron Master
Operated Machine Shops
At Mullet Run And
Haven Lake; Fathered
13 Children.

George Smith Grier, Sr., was born
Of Scottish ancestry in South
Shields, England, August II, 1920,
and died in Milford June 8, 1907. He
came to America in 1910, at the
instance of an older brother, James,
who had settled several years ear
lier near Frederick. James Grier
was a sea captain, merchant and
farmer.
Shortly after arriving in America,
George. Grier was commissioned bv
the Spanish government and sent to
Cuba, where he supervised the con-
structiOn of a series of bridges, as
well as certain public buildings. He
returned to Delaware in 1849, where
he established, under his own name:
a machine shop in Milford beside
Mullet Run. This soon burned and
he rebuilt machine shop and foun-
dry at Haven Lake, which he Oper-
ated for many years, later changing
the name to George S. Grier and
Sons"
About this time, the railroad came
to this section of the country and
gave him considerable new work in
the maintenance and repair of their
equipment.
He manufactured many things
which were useful in the country,
primarily farm equipment and saw
mill machinery, securing several
patents on the improvements he de-
velOped. He patented and built an
evapOratOr for the drying of fruits
which was widely accepted wher-
ever fruit was grown in this coun-
try.
During this period, the Greely
expedition was formed to go into
the Arctic Circle in search of Ad-
miral Perry, who had been lost.
This expedition was supplied with
"Pemican," a forerunner of our de-
hydrated food, prepared under his
supervision and with his equipment
A can of this Pemican is in the
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-28


Mariners Museum at Norfolk, Va.
Another Of his inventions which
received national recognition was
the Cable Car, a predecessor Of the
Trolley Car Of today, and Of this
date, 1945, you will find the Cable
Car in daily use on Hob Hill, San
Francisco, Calf.
In the early SOS he brought from
New Orleans the first machine to
be used on this Peninsula for the
manufacture of ice. This was the
same machine which had been on
display at the Centennial Exhibition
in Philadelphia in 1876.
Seeing the need, he interested a
number of citizens in Crisfield, Md,
in building an ice plant for use in
handling their fish. This developed
another serious problem, that of
water to make the ice. There were
no wells, and the city wes depend
ent on either rain water stored in
cisterns, or water hauled in from
outside. His efforts were largely
responsible for the sinking of ar
tesian wells. This he felt was one
of the outstanding successes of his
long career.
Shortly thereafter, two sons, Rob-
ert D. Grier and F. A. .Grier, estab-
lished with his assistance, GrieT
Brothers Foundry and Machine
Shop, which succeeded the plant
in Milford. This concern, now R.
D. Grier and Sons Company, is eel
ebrating the Tooth anniversary OF
this business.
After this transfer, he entered the
vegetable canning business and for
several years packed under the
trade name of "Ivanhoe."
He left ten sons and three daugh-
ters, all of whom inherited much OF
his mechanical and inventive strain
The L. D. Caulk Company known
the world over for it's standing
among the dental trade, was devel-
Oped to it's present status through
the energy and ability of six of the
sons.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-28
Col. Townsend Was
Outstanding Editor

continued from page III
genial occupation which was TO he
come his life work, and his attach
ment to the publishing business
was continuous from that time until
the hour of his death.
In 1876, he resigned his position
with the Newark Call" to take a
position of reporter with the
"Forney Press" Of Phila.. and CO.
vered the Centennial" of 1876 fer
that paper and the Syndicate Press
Two years later he came to Mil
ford and in association with Jul-
JUS e. Scott, in October 1873. ests-
blished the Milford Chronicle Mr.
Scott remained in the business for
only one year, at the end of which
tlme his interest was purchased by
william +. Corsa. Two years later
thls partnership was dissolved and
Col. townsend continued alone
until 1910 when the business was
incorporated under the name of the
Milford Chronicle Publishing Co.
Despite his ardourus dufies ae
as the editor and publisher of the
Milford Chronicle, Colonel Town
send' found time to participate IN
community and State affairs and
was especially active in school
affairs. --0O'
He was for many years a mem
Der OF the Kent County school Com
mission and was one of the leaders
IN the movement for better schools
throughout the State. When the
new school code was adopted he
was offered a place on the. newly
created state Board of Education
nut refused. At the death of Rev
Henry L. Bunstein in 1928, he was
elected president of the Milford
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-28
Milford's Big Social
Event

In the day of Joseph Oliver while
the memory Of George Washington
was still fresh in the minds Of the
residents of this what was then, a
small community, the main social
event of the year was held on
Washington's birthday.
The eliminating feature Of the
observance was a Washington Ball
which was held in the evening at
the Milford hostelry.
1t was designated as Washing
toms Birth Night Ball, and instead
of committee Of arrangements,
end hostesses the affair was con-
Quoted by managers.
In the year of 1915 the Milford
hostelry was known as "The Mont
gOmery Hotel" where the Birth
Ball was held.
This hotel became known as
"The Parker Hotel' in 1924, evil
IDENTIFY names after the owner, Or
operator, and "The Birth Night
Ball" was held in this hotel in 1924
and 1926.
Being the great social event of
the year it created quite a stir ia
the society minded people of the
small settlement.
Among the young men of the
community, at that time, who were
managers Of these elaborate balls
and at which some Of the costumes
now on display in local store win
dows were worn, were, w. Martini
DeWael, who was the great grand
father of Mrs. Sara Stanton of Mil
ford; James P. Lofland, John Sick.
ley, William G. Williams, Aarer
Steward, James Gaskins, David R
Smith. W. E. Jester, Edward Ross
John Brinkle, Thomas Hunt, and
Trusten Handy.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-28

Board of Education, which posi-
ton he held until his death.
In 1910 and 1912, Colonel Town
send served as State Auditor and
was nominated in 1912 for another
term, but was defeated due to the
split in the Republican Partyover
the candidacy Of Theodore Roose-
welt for president.
Colonel Townsend was a Past
President Of the Del-Mar-Va- Press
Association and a past vice presi-
dent of the National Editorial As
sociation.
He died at his home on West
Second Street, North Milford, on
April Is, 1886.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-28

Colonel Townsend was always q
public spirited citizen in the best
sense Of the term, and was for
many years one Of those who
steadily and efficiently shar-
ed in bearing the burdens Of The
management Of municipal affairs
He served as q member Of the
Town Council Of Milford for "a
years. It was largely due to his
and the late John P. Carmean and
Alexander Pullen that Milford has
its present paved streets, sewers
and lights Colonel Townsend was
the best informed man in Milford
on matters pertaining to the city.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-28

A celebration sucn as is now un-
derway in Milford, would have
found The Colonel in his Glory"
as it were, and we are proud, thai
we we're privileged to be assoeiat-
ed with this progressive man, it
there is any credit to rebound to us
from our participation in Milford
Founders's Day we ask that, the
credit end or glory be dedicated to
the memory Of one. who served mis-
community well, who sought no
credit for himself in his lifetime,
was always glad to see the other
fellow honcred such a man was
Colonel Townsend.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-28
Arabian Nights
Translated
Into Hebrew

JERUSALEM - (AP) - Harun-
al-Rashid, the Caliph of Bagdad,
powerful 9Th Gentry ruler in mag
ic and splendor, celebrates another
literary renaissance this time in
Jerusalem. Joshep Rivlin is work.
ing on the first complete Hebrew
edition, of the seven hundred year
old Arabian Nights"
The Hebrew version when COM
plete is expected to comprise IS
volumes.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-28
Curved Movie Screen

The narrow limits Of a motion.
picture screen can now be broad.
eHed so that viewers in any part
OF the house can see the movie
without receiving a distorted view.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-28
WOMEN ASKED FOR
wushes All the Dishes Pots and Puns &.
No Installation No Exfru Expense. :.
Not Permanent House Fixture!

''The greatest house.
hold work saver of
modern times" say
women all over Amer
lea. This amazing new
G-E Portable Dish
washer ends kitchen
sink slavery washes
ell dishes, glasses, sill
ver, pots, and pans
for you. And it's port
able - no installation
cost. Connects to your
hot water faucet. Gets
you "out of the kitch-
en- - into the living
room" Extraordinary
low cost. See it today.
Ask for free demons
stration. You'll be
thrilled.
, 1949-10-28
UNITED NATIONS DAY

This is the day. United Nations
Day.
What does il signify.
Does it mean that peace is not on
its way.
The Peace for which we sigh?
Four years ago many nations met
Pledging their great support
To a noble cause; great plans were
set
But Peace has not come forth.
Peace is a gift whic Imam cannot
give
Peace is queen upon her throne.
When peace disappears. men souls
cannot live.
Peace comes form God alone.
Down on your knees TO the ma
tions, we say.
Down on your knees in prayer
Then the Peace of God will come
your way.
His Grace will shine everywhere.
MARIE A. RICHARDS
Frederiksted
, 1949-10-28
LESSON in ENGLISH
by w. L. Gordon

Words Often Misused
Do not say, when the party was
over with, we went home" Omit
with.
Often Mispronounced
Exchequer. Pronounce eks-chek-er
all e's as in bet, accent on second
syllable.
Often Misspelled
Precipice; two c's. no s.
synonyms
Brilliant, bright, sparkling, rad
liant, resplendent.
Word Study
ELUSIVE; deceiving by false
misleading; unreal. "She was a
girl, full of Elusive dreams"
, 1949-10-28
CARD of THANKS

On behalf Of herself and the
members Of the family Mrs.
Beatrice Schoaten wiShes to
express, through this medium,
her sincere gratitude for the
kindly attention of the doctors
and nurses at the FrederikSted
Hospital and the generous
sympathy and help of many
friends during the illness and
death Of her late husband, the
REQ. Charles Albert Schouten.