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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-31
Company Town Terrorism
Revealed In NLRB Order

Washington (LPA) = Another
startling case of industrial feudal-
ism in the south came to light this
week when the NLRB ordered a
textile firm to cease terroriZing its
workers and subjecting them to
near-fascist anti-union propaganda.
Guilty of countless violations of
the basic right of workers to or
ganize into unions of their own
chosing is the Bibb Manufacturing
Co., which has four textile plants
in Georgia.
Most fragrant examples of the
company's vicious anti-union acts
occurred when the Textile Workers
Union of America conducted an or
ganizing drive in Bibb's Porterdale,
Ga, plant. Porterdale is a company
town, where Bibb owns everything
save a railroad right-of way and a
couple of churches.
All municipal officials are COM
pany employees. The Porterdale
police, the NLRB found are used
as ian instumentality to impede
self organization of employees" "
Policemen were assigned to shadow
TWUA organizers, and to "tail''
Bibb employees on their way home
from union meetings. The police,
of course, were under orders from
the Bibb-employed mayor.
Another feature Of the COM
pany's anti-union campaign was
the buying of bloc subscriptions
for its employees to "The Trumpet"
a natiye-fascist sheet published by
a renegade minister called "Par-
son Jack"
For years "the Trumpet" has
carried vicious propaganda against
all unions-AFL and unaffiliated
unions as we'll as CIO. During the
drive to organize Bibb, however,
"Parson Jack" concentrated his
spleen on TWUA. In addition to
repeating the stock anti-union lies
"The Trumpet" called upon south
ern workers to "get your gun and
enlist the help of your neighbors"
to drive the organizers out of the
South.
Not only in Porterdale, but in
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Urges Congress
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and guidance) for adults, families
and children, instead of just for
direct financial assistance.
5-The states with lower per
capita income should be given pro-
portionately larger grants from
federal funds.
Except for shorttime re-
quirement in the case of ald-age
assistance no state should be eligi-
bic to receive federal funds if its
public assistance program imposes
a residence requirement as a con-
dition of eligibility. Individuals
"should not be denied assistance
because they have crossed a state
line"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-31
FRANK SCANDAL PROBED

Washington (LPA) = Columnist
Drew Pearson reported last week
that House leaders are quietly in
vestigating the abuse of the frank
ing privilege by Rep. Ralph Gwinn
Or, N.Y.. Gwinn has been mailing
out millions of copies of speeches
attacking President Truman's pro-
gram. The mailing cost of this pro-
paganda campaign (the largest
ever put on by any Congressman
even at election time) is over $751; :
000-of the taxpayers money,
that is.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-31
Drive Launched To
Speed Enactment
OF Extension Bill

Washington (LPA)-A drive to
speed enactment of the Labor EX-
tension Service Bill now before
Congress was launched here last
week at conference sponsored by
the Natl Committee for the Exten-
sion of Labor Education.
The meeting, honoring congress-
ional supporters of the bill, was
attended by over $50 prominent
leaders in education, Government,
and labor who discussed the needs,
objectives, and a program of pro
motion for the bipartisan Exten-
sion Service measure.
Hilda Smith, chairman of the
committee, told the group that the
bill is designed to "fill in the gap
sexisting in education today, tc
provide a new-type service and OPP
portunity for 47,000,O00 wage earn
ers in America"
Ed Weyler, Secretary-treasurel
of the Kentucky Federation OF
Labor, pointed out that his state
has only two people who are teach
ing workers education classes.
Rep. Thor C. Tollefson (R
Wash.) said that the Labor Exten-
sion Bill provides a service "to
which we as Americans are entitl-
ed" Rep. Ray Madden Cd, Ind. }
after congratulating the commit
tee for its work, predicted passage
Of the Legislation in this session of
Congress.
Sam Jacobs of the UAW Educa-
ton Dept, cited the great need
existing for "A workers education
program in Michigan, where some
$4,000 workers have been deprived
of the service.
The proposed legislation, com
parable to the Agriculture Depart
ment's service to farmers, has been
introduced in Congress by six Sen
ators and IL Representatives. II
provides for establishment of a
Labor Extension Service in the
Labor Dept, designed to meet the
immediate needs of industrial
workers thru a broad program of
information and instruction.
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Labor Welcomes
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Nuclear Studies. He was cleared
by the Atomic Energy Commission
for access to atomic information.
Sen. John w. Bricker Or, Ohio)
has asked an investigation of
Graham's clearance by Acc. 1t is
expected, however, that there will
be no objections to his seating in
the Senate. When the Commission
cleared him they said that, tho his
humane activities had at times
brought him in contact with groups
under Communist influence, his
loyalty and integrity had not suf-
fered.
Early this year, Graham won the
first $1,000 Sidney Hilllnan award
for meritorious public service.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-31
Ohio Unions Score
In Legislature

Columbus (LPA)-One state in
which AFL and CIO unions seem
likely to score handsomely in this
years legislative session is Ohio
Just last week the state senate by
an Is to IL vote approved a bill
increasing unemployment compen-
sation benefits, and the lower house
okayed fair employment practices
bill.
The senate unemployment bene-
fits improvements, which Ohio
unionists expect to push thru the
lower house shortly, provide an in
crease in the flat rate of payment
from $21 for % weeks to $25 fol
26 weeks. An extra allowance OF
$3.50 week for each dependent
child, to a maximum of SIS, is also
included in the new legislation. The
waiting period was cut from two
weeks to one.
The vote, which climaxed week.
VI IdIu icB iSidLlNC WOIh Dy Win
AFL and CIO representatives, saw
two Republicans voting for the
workers, and three Democrats eros
sing over to the reactionary side.
Next job. of the union spokesmer
on the senate side will be getting
the votes lined up for the fair EN-
ployment practices law which they
did so much to steer thru the
house.
During the senate debate on un-
employment compensation employ
ers deluged the legislature with
ECONOMY" propaganda, even re-
peating the old wheeze about
masses of unemployed workers
spending their insurance checks or
/ Florida vacations.
Workers with the know-how
mi
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Miners Now
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of 1949. So each of you will do
well to prepare for it. The man
who will not fight to preserve his
union, which sustains his family
and their living standards and op-
portunity for his children, deserves
no consideration.
"In view of these facts, each
member should tighten his belt,
safeguard his earnings and be pre-
pared to execute the policy of our
union when authoritatively form
ulated and when from time to time
you are advised thereon"
"We will not retreat" Lewis con-
cluded, "We will advance"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-31
CARBIDE STRIKE SETTLED

Texas City, Tex. (LPA)-Gal-
weston Building & Construction
Trades Council-AFL won hourly
pay hikes of from l4c-18c retro
active in amounts up to 14c per
hour from Sept. /, l948 to Jan. %,
l949. The settlement, marking the
end of a six weeks strike at the
Carbide a. Carbon Chemical Corp,
affected 1400 hourly employees of
the company.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-31
Comment On
World Events

hO tiiNONbot %
the Communists will lose then
fight to control the Italian labor
movement was made by Guilio Pas
tore, secretary-general of h
Christian Labor Union, in a con-
ference with Paul G. Hoffman, adj
ministrator of the Economic Co
operation Administration. Pastorc
said that having lost in political
elections twice recently in Italy
the Communists are turning their
efforts toward taking over the
labor movement.
The Italian leader said that the
last fight to be made by the Com
munists in Italy will be on the
labor front. "But we are ready fof
it," he said, land when it comes
we will win" He added that the
Italian government is in position
to- control whatever trouble may
occur, and that the situation IN
Italy is now such that the Com
munists have only molesting pow
er.
Pastore is one of 3 labor leaders
in the United States to observe
American production methods and
American labor organization prac-
tices. The others are Giovanni Can
ini, assistant secretary of the Gen
eral Federation of Italian Labor
and Appio Rocchi, Republican
party member and general secre-
tary of the Executive Committee
for Labor and Economic Affairs.
!. 1. y
Administrator Hoffman told the
Italian delegation that the cold
war was decided upon in Moscow.
"If we win it-and we will win it"
Hoffman said, Moscow may decide
to live and let live, may decide to
call off the cold war and the threat
of hot war"
Hoffman told the Italian labor
leaders that during his recent brief
visit to Italy he was greatly inn
pressed with the determination of
the Italian people to achieve their
own recovery. He said that he was
also impressed with the character
of the leadership of the Italians.
Reminding the Italians of the
famous speech made by Gen.
George w. Marshall at Harvard,
Hoffman said that it was import
ant to remember two concepts that
Marshall had. The first one is that,
sour policy is directed not against
any country or doctrine but against
hunger, poverty, desperation, and
chaos"
The Marshall Plan administrator
declared that when Molotov with
drew from participation in the
European recovery program it be-
came clear that Russia did not
want recovery for Europe. 1t want
ed chaos, misery and the kind of
despair that would enable the Com
munists to take over the war
stricken countries.
The other concept that the form
er Secretary of State had was that
European countries must take the
lead in planning for their own re-
covery, Hoffman said. On this
point the Marshall speech reads
at would be neither fitting nor
efficacious for this government to
undertake to draw up unilaterally
a program designed to place Eu-
rope on its feet. This is the busi-
ness of Europeans. The initiative,
| think, must come from Europe.
The role Of this country should
consist of friendly aid in the draft
ing of European program and of
later support of such a program
so far as it is practical for us to
do So"
This last is a point that needs
frequent repetition and Admins
TRAITOR Hoffman did well to point it
out to the visiting Italians, this
column believes.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-31
SEEKS NATL WAGE CONE.

New York (LPA)-United Elec-
tric, Radio & Machine Workers
last week sent out a call to it's
locals to go after fourth-round
wage demands. No figure was set
by the union as a standard.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-31
NOTICE LOCAL UNION 25

Local Union No. % will
vote on referendum to change
the constitution at their next
regular meeting on Thursday,
April Ia. All members are
requested to be present.
Chester Cain, President
|. II. Crawford, Rec. Sec.
William Vaughn, Fin. Sec.
Herbert Johnson, Treas.
Archie Estell, Vice Pres.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-31

I've never gotten hurt by things
didn't say.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-31

Workers with the know-how
never ask, How know?" They look
for the Union Label
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-31

Demand the Union Label.
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The Nome nugget., 1949-10-31
Truman Signs Largest Peacetime Military Bill

WASHINGTON, lP)-President Truman signed the largest mili- tary appropriation in peacetime history Saturday but impounded S615, 5,000,000 it carries to build the air force up to 58 groups.
 The measure carrie Sa total of S15, 1885, 1863, ,498 for operation of the army, navy, air corps and marines.
 In a statement the President said that COngresS's action in in- creasing funds for the air force above his budget recommendation "cOuld have a serious effect on our ability to maintain balanced mili- tary forces in subsequent years"
 Declaring that the larger air force insisted upon by the House would be inconsistent with a re- alistic and balanced security pro- gram which we can support in peacetime." the President added:
 "As additional aircraft author
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EdW. Stettinius. 49. Passes On

GREENWICH, Conn. (P)-Ed- ward R. StettiniuS, Jr., wartime head of lend-lease and U. s. Sec retary of State when the United Nations came into being, died to- day at the age of 49.
 The White-haired, handsome Stettinius, who at 37 became board chairman of the U. s. Steel Corporation, was his country's first U. N. delegate. He was named rector of the University of Virgin ia after leaving the U. N. post in 1946.
 Death came at 7:3O am. at the home of MT. and Mrs. Juan Trippe here. Mrs. Trippe is Stettinius' sister. Her husband is head of Pan-American World Airways.
 A rich mans son, Stettinius went into government service and shortly became administrator of the $6O,0OO, 100000 lend-lease pro- gram that played a major role in the final defeat of Nazi Germany.
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POKANE, (P)-Three little sis ters, aged 5. 4, and 2, were burn ed to death in early morning dark ness Saturday when logging truck and a private car collided on an overpass and burst into flames.
 The victims, daughters of MT. and Mrs. Earl Martin of Deer Park, Wash, were Dolores 5, Don na, i, and Marlene, 2. They were riding with their parents in the cab of the truck. The truck was not loaded.
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DRIVE FOR BOY SCOUT FUNDS NETS Ssoo.oo

A successful drive was held Friday for the annual campaign for funds for the Boy Scouts of America with a reported $9O000 collected and pledged.
 Russ Apple, divisional official for the Boy Scouts stated before leaving yesterday for Fairbanks that Jim Mclean had been ap- pointed Boy Scout Scoutmaster, and that he would be assisted by MT. Almquist, high school teacheer and Skip Barron of the A.C.S.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-31
Assayer's Report Doesn't FaZe
 FishwheeI's l949ers

FAIRBANKS, (F) - Boom or bust, the younger element at the FishWheel gold diggings up by the Arctic Circle is beginning to feel the pinch of privation.
 This was the word from Jack Daum, Fairbanks News-Miner re- porter, who returned from the frigid tent town 165 miles north west of here Saturday.
 Many who have lived the past week in lean-to shelters are build ing more permanent log walls, and those who came with insufficient clothing and bedding are awaiting planes to take them out" Daum said.
 Confident that they are on the road to riches, many are erecting log walls for their tents, and in sulating them with three feet of earth. Native Indians give helpful advice to those who plan to stick it out for a month or so more"
 They listen to the old timers among the prospectors, who scoff at rumors that the strike is mot what it's cracked up to be-" A re- port of an assay of some of the original nuggets from the Yukon River here, which said one mug get was "brasS" and a couple of others appeared to be pocket or poke-worn, failed to discourage such old-timers as Ed Farrell, Datum reported.
 He said Farrell, and others pointed out that "salting" or plant ing gold along nine miles of river shore would be pointless and pro- fitless.
 "Who can salt a whole river?" Farrell asks.
 In a half-mile stretch of new airport" are camped many boys from the States, to whom the whole affair is as new as it must have been to the original '49ers a century ago in California.
 Some of these, Daum reports, are F. Howard and Robert Alex ander, Houston, Tex; Joe Trum- by, Grants Pass, Ore; C. V. John
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JUNEAU, (P)-The 60-foot fish

and Wildlife service vessel Scoter went on the rocks at Bill Point, near Cape Fanshaw TO miles south of here Friday while enroute to Seattle, the coast guard reported.
 Capt. Milt Harndon and four creWmen were taken off by the cutter Citrus.
 A power barge left Petersburg for the scene in an attempt to sal wage the Scoter, which reported a four-foot hole in her starboard side. The coast guard had no de- tails on how the vessel grounded.
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CENTRALLY, Wash. Two

CENTRALLY, Wash. (P)- Two infant boys burned to death in their beds early yesterday despite the heroic efforts of their mother and baby sitter to rescue them.
 The victims were John Dickey, 5, and his brother, Billie, 2, sons of Mrs. Jean Dickey, daughter of the Centralia postmaster.
 Mrs. Dickey and the young baby sitter, Bessie Tunell, 16, were forced by the flames to jump IA feet to the ground from the boys
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BETHLEHEM. Pa. (P)-Beth- lehem Steel Corp. today refused 10 confirm or deny reports if is about to come 10 terms with the United Steel Workers union.
 There were a number of rumors in Cleveland. where the CIO is holding its national convention. and in Bethlehem that inc nations second largest steel firm is about 10 agree 10 terms fhat will mark the first break in inc nationwide steel strike that began Oct. l.
 Asked for a statement on the re- port. Bethlehem Steel officials wouldn't talk. They said they were processing inc query"
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JUNEAU, R)-Encore requests brought $50 to $500 apiece as a piano concert to raise funds for a grand piano netted more than 1,500 this week.
 Noted pianist Maxim Schapiro played the high price-tagged tunes.
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PETERSBURG, (P)-J. H. Gim) Sawyer, old-time Alaskan, has re- ported his sale of Sawyer's Land ing
 He wrote to the Petersburg Press that he has sold the familiar landmark to Californians. Sawyer said he and his wife were heading for California; that they will sell real estate they own in the south and then return to Alaska "for keeps" He said they will live on Wrangell Narrows or near Juneau.
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News of the World At 4 Glance
Monday, October 3l. l949

HOlOdYS OClCDSI Sis 4Sfo
 Western Europe was told today by Marshall Plan boss Paul c. Hoffman to join in a single econo- mic unit if it wants to get more aid funds from Congress.
 Hoffman warned the Marshall Plan countries they had better show results early next year in promoting free trade by knocking down national tariff barriers and erasing complex money problems.
 Goods in the big Western Euro pean market, he said, must move freely across national boundaries or the result will be disaster for nations and poverty for peoples"
 Hoffman's call for concrete ac- ton was made in a statement to the general council of the organ? ization for European economic cooperation COEECO. The organ ization, which helps administer the Marshall Plan, is meeting in Paris.
 An American official in Paris said United States experts are drawing preliminary plans for a Marshall Plan in Asia designed to halt the spread of communism in the Orient.
 The official predicted the pro- ject would win Congressional sup port. He said a request probably will be made to Congress next summer for S1,OOO,OOO,OOO to $1,- 25O.OOO,OOO for the first year.
 Philippines President Elp d O Quirino said in Manila a confer ence to organize a non-communist union in Southeast Asia will be held here early next year.
 Tn Cairo, the Arab Leagues political committee gave unani nous approval to a proposal call ing for a United Arab policy on Palestine.
 Liberal party chieftains in Bo- gotta formulated plans to bring the question of mounting political vio- lence in Columbia before a United Nations agency.
 Disorders have swept the coun- try with the approach of the Presi- dential election on Nov. 27. The Liberals and Conservatives have accused each other of resorting to violence.
 Reports spread that the rulers of Poland and Bulgaria were purging officials suspected of any taint of deviation from Moscow's brand of communism.
 Britain and the United States pressed for quick United Nations action to protect U. N. observers in the troubled Balkans. The issue assumed urgency because of re- ports that observers for the U. N. special committee on the Balkans
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Fisheries Commit tee Held Hearing Hear Saturday


 chant Marine and Fisheries Com mittee from Washington, D. C., which was originally scheduled to arrive last Thursday, arrived on Saturday, having covered Fair banks, Barrow and Nome in one day.
 The party Weer dinner guests of MT. and Mrs. Joe Wallace and Mayor and Steve Anderson at dinner Saturday at the Boring Sea Club, after which a hearing was held in the Court Room.
 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Steve Anderson who turned it over to Delegate Bart lett for introductions. MT. Bartlett explained the purpose of the visit to be mainly about fish trap prob lens in Southeastern Alaska as well as fish problems in the entire Territory. He stated that the ses- sion of Congress just completed is the longest peacetime session we have ever had.
 Members of the party introduced were Victor Wickersham, Okla homa, chairman; Thor Tollefson, John Allen, and E. L. Bartlett. They were accompanied by How ard Baltzo, of the Fish and Wild life, Joe Flakne of the Interior De- partment, M. Hughes of the Alas ka Railroad and C. L. Anderson, head of the new Territorial De- partment of Fisheries.
 It was stated that the party had originally planned to come to Alaska in August but due to the length of the session were unable to do so. They stated that in addi- ton to problems of fishing and transportation they were ready to hear and record any local prob lems for this Division and they in turn would present same to the proper committees on their return to Washington.
 Transportation
 H. F. Harper, president of the Chamber of Commerce was called upon in relation to transportation who stated that high rates on transportation made it difficult to operate in this part fthe country, that high rates were due to lack of tonnage and that the condition has been augmented by the ANS talk ing over 5000 tons of freight for this area in a government owned boat, the North Star and also by the Army hauling their own freight. This condition was a seri- ous handicap to progress.
 John Allen called attention to the fact that enormous amounts of money had been appropriated to Alaska this session prorated would mean $2400.00 per person in Alas ka, which is much more than his State would ever get. MT. Harper responded by saying that instead of a population comparison an acreage comparison should be con- sidered.
 Russell Apple called to the com mittee's attention that although
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NEWS IN BRIEF

WASHINGTON, (Py - Admiral Charles B. McVay, 8l, who for merly commanded the U. s. Asiat- ic fleet, died Friday.
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bedroom window. Both suffered first degree burns when their night clothing caught fire.
 The girls condition was report ed critical, the mothers serious.