The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-21

not aDldlng Dy Cne caucus ueclSloi
can lose his party patronage an6
his seniority on committees"
equitable and fair as a method foi
deciding organizational matters.
1t is a known fact that Larry
Finlay, one of the complainants, as
a member of his local (No. 12)
Resolutions Committee, prior to
the 1947 Convention, when a Bro
ther member of said Resolutions
Committee suggested that resolu-
tion be sent to the 1947 Convention
to reduce national officials salary
opposed such resolution because
as he asserted, he did not want the
salaries reduced as he intended to
contest for one of the national Of
fees in the next election.
What is the motive, what are
the reasons, what are the inten-
tions of such individuals a? These
men in desperation, through their
failure to be elected to these Offices
on their Individual and personal
merits, hope to be successful to
place themselves in the Offices
through discrediting your present
national officials. This is again in
disputable. In view of the fact that
Norman Whippler, one of the most
active complaintants, when taken
to task by one of his fellow MEM
bers of Local 124, in the presence
of member of Local IL, both of
Whom authorize the publication Of
this fact, for untruths and misre-
presentations in the last issue of
their vicious 'Potters' News said,
don't unnecessarily become agitat-
ed about what is in the 'Potters'
News because it is all merely
words, words, words. This is one
instance where Whippler spoke the
truth and it is incontrovertible
evidence that they are indulging
in malicious and a vicious cam
paign of untruths, misrepresenta
tions and innuendos for the delib-
crate purpose of having the MEM
bership believe your present Of
ficials are guilty of some misdeeds
which they hope will redowned to
their benefit in the way of getting
them votes in the May election, to
the office to which they could not
heretofore be elected when they of
fered themselves on the basis Of
their individual and personal quail
ifications.
They are going about with
voluminous writings which they
represent to the membership as
things evidenced in court as auth
entic documents showing some mis-
deed on the part of your present
officials. AS for instance, they
read notices of local unions that
appeared in the Potters Herald as
required by the Constitution before
a local may approve a referendum
to be submitted to the trade. Such
notices merely indicate said locals
did publish a notice of intention to
take up the matter of national of
ficials' salary increase, but said
notices are not conclusive of the
final question of the members Of
any such local. Yet by their dis
tortions and twisting of meaning
they ask the members to accept
same as conclusive and final re-
garding how these locals decided
whether or not a referendum
should be held as to national off
Gals salaries.
They have indulged in much
gossip as to the financial stability
of the N. B. o. p. and this is as
! damnable as any of the many de-
liberate distortions of fact that
they have placed in circulation.
And in refutation Of this SANDER
the records show per capita
wealth of $106.57, the highest in
the history of the n. b. 0. T.
We also wish to again remind
the membership that the defense
assessments was reduced a few
years ago from one and one-fourth
per cent to one per cent, a 20 per
cent reduction and this was fol-
lowed a year or so later by increas-
ing the maximum death benefit
66 2/3 per cent. These facts are
irrefutable as to the financia,
standing of the n. b. 0. p, all of
which is indigitive of the manner
in which your present officials have
managed your affairs and every
thing is a matter of record,
In view of the truth of all above
asserted, every member of the Bro
therhood should seriously weigh
these proofs as to the stewardship
of the present national officials
and accord to them the same mea-
sure of consideration, fairness and
equity as they would expect from
their respective employers for a