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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-07
college Awards Certificates To Union
Members Completing Labor Courses

Chicago (ILNS). = The Roose-
velt College Labor Education Divis-
ion awarded certificates to approx
imately 100 union members who
completed group of evening
labor training courses at the col
lege March "a.
One of the few of its kind in the
country in a school of higher learn
ling, the Labor Education Division
! of Roosevelt College offers train
ling opportunities for union mem
bers and educational services for
labor groups. It's program, conduct
ed through conferences, Institutes,
and short courses, is designed to
meet labor's needs for specialized
training.
Certificates were presented by
Frank w. McCallister, newly APP
pointed director Of the Labor Edu
cation Division. This is the first
group to become eligible for certi-
ficates since McCalIister came to
Roosevelt College from the Georgia
Workers Education Service, a joint
AFL-CIO statewide program of
worker education which he direct
ed.
In awarding the certificates Nc
Callister called the Roosevelt Col-
lege Education Divisions program
of "Training for Better Union Ser
vice" a new and important develop
ment in American education. "The
students we are recognizing for
successfully completing workers
education courses are pioneers in a
movement which will ultimately
help labor find it's proper place as
an integral part of community
life"
Over LOO registrations were re-
ceived for courses offered last
year. Approximately 800 were reg
istered in the divisions classes dur
ing this years fall and winter
term.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-07
AFL And CIO
Unions Hit By
.NLRB Rules

Washington (LPA)-Both AFL
and CIO unions were hit by the
NLRB last week in its compaign
to tighten up enforcement of Taft
Hartley's anti-secondary boycott
provisions. AS in several previous
cases, the NLRB crossed over the
line which separates secondary and
primary boycotts.
The Natl Union of Marine Cooks
& Stewards, and the Pacific Coast
Firemen & Oilers - both CIO
unions-were ordered by a trial
examiner to stop picketing Gulf
coast shipyards of companies affil-
lated with the Pacific-American
Shipping Assn against which a
strike was being conducted on the
west coast. =
Brushing aside the unions con-
tention that the picketing was des
Signed to prevent the ships from
sailing with scab crews during the
strike, examiner Charles Ferguson
said it was a secondary boycott
aimed at forcing the west coast
operators to settle the strike.
In another case, involving a nom
union subcontractor Local 49S of
the Plumbers Union-AFL, in Cad
sen, Ala, was found guilty of con-
Quoting a secondary boycott, be-
cause it picketed a construction
cite.
Then the fve-man NLRB itself
overruled a trial examiner and said
that an AFL federal local violated
Taft Hartley by sending its pickets
to the platforms of a trucking COM
pany which was handling paper
food containers made by strike
bound company.
In a welcome departure from
some of its recent decisions, how
ever, the board refused to upset
the decision of a trial examiner
who maintained that the peeve of
a $33, ,0C0-a-year plasterer against
the Plasterers Union-AFL has no-
thing to do with interstate COM
merce. The board declined to hear
the case.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-07

Other provisions of the Rent
Control Act of 1949 are these:
Trailer accommodations of a
permanent nature are re-control-
led.
The Housing Expediter can sue
a landlord, who has overcharged,
for triple damages on behalf OF a
tenant.
The Housing Expediter can set
up rules curbing evictions from
rent-controlled units, which apply
in cases where he suspects a rent
gouge is taking place.
The Housing Expediter can order
the decontrol of luxury" apart
ments where it is shown this action
will result in creation of new
dwelling units.
Permanent hotel accommodations
in cities over 100000 New York
and Chicago) are recontrolled at
the rates in effect March l, 1949.
This will freeze these rents at an
all-time high rate.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-07
free Speech" Depends On
Who Does The Speaking

Washington (LPA)-A three tc
two NLRB ruling against the Int
Ladies Garment Workers Union
AFL last week disclosed that the
majority of the board is using q
double standard in judging what
constitutes free speech.
If there is any suggestion OF
coercion" in what union organ
izer says, we'll refuse to grant the
union collective bargaining status.
the NLRB warned. But, of course,
if an employer says unionization
of his plant will lead to loss of
jobs, that's free speech"
What the board did was to annul
an ILGWU victory in a collective
bargaining election at West Vir-
ginia garment factory because or
ganizer Joe Lewis told an anti
union employ that eff you don't
vote for the union the girls will
refuse to work with you."
Later the organizer suggested to
the same employe that she stay
away from the polling place be-
cause there has sometimes been
trough stuff" at NLRB balloting
places.
Two members of the board ruled
that both of these statements were
"coercive." Chairman Paul Herzog
said only the latter one was, but
joined members James ]. Reynolds
and j. Copeland Gray in throwing
out the ILGWU's better than two
to-one victory.
Besides pointing out that there
was no atmosphere of coercion or
violence in the ILGWU's organic
ing campaign, dissenting board
members John M. Houston and Abe
Murdock said:
"We should have thought that
the privilege of working people to
refuse to work with those who do
not share their views on the value
of collective bargaining would by
this time have gained measure of
recognition"
"a commonplace reference" to
this privilege shouldn't be blown
up to "the sinister stature of coer-
cion," they declared.
strangely enough" Houston
and Murdock added, ''this board
has granted immunity to an en-
ployer who points out to his en-
pIoyees on the eve of an election
that if they join the union strike
might be necessary to enforce
union objectives, with the result
that they would suffer economic
loss"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-07
Two Rail Unions
Vote On Merger

Washington (LPA) - After Is
months of negotiations, special
committees of two major Railroad
Brotherhoods-the Locomotive En-
gineers and the Locomotive Fire.
men q Enginemen-have agreed
upon a plan Of amalgamation which
will be submitted to a referendum
of the membership of both organ,
izations.
Should the merger go through
it will bring under one banner two
of the oldest railroad labor organ
izations. The Engineers Brother
hood, dean of all rail unions, was
formed S6 years ago, and the Fire
men & Enginemen's Brotherhood
II years ago. The former ha,
about $4,000 members, and the
latter over 10000.
At one time the first Brother
hood was composed solely of en-
gineers and the latter of firemen
but through the years their mem
bership has become mixed and fire.
quent jurisdictional strife has
arisen.
Amalgamation was frequently
proposed, but the last conventions
of both organizations set up spec
ial committees with the duty of
working out a plan of merger that
could be voted upon. These com
mttees have been toiling on the
plan since October l947.
Considerable assets are involved
in the merger proposal. Each or
ganization has about $3,000,CC0 in
general assets, and a combined
total of $50,000,0O0 in insurance
funds.
Several hurdles remain. Not only
will the merger plan have to be
approved in a referendum, but in
addition each Brotherhood is then
to hold a special convention to
ratify the amalgamation. Each con.
vention is to elect 100 delegates to
meet in a further constitutional
convention at which officers of the
combined Brotherhood will be elect
ed.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-07
NY Daily Halls
Fund Report By
Clothing Workers

New York LPA)-The annual
financial report of the Amalgamat-
ed Clothing Workers was hailed
last week by the conservative Her
aid Tribune in an editorial as Civ
ing "heart-warming proof of the
lvigor of our democratic ways"
There are two points of inter-
est" asserted the Herald Tribune:
"1-the union has made its fin
ancial report public--a practice of
most unions, despite the too wide
| ly prevailing notion that a major
ity of unions conceal these facts,
and 2-the unions interest in and
concern for civic and community
activities expressed by its gener-
Gus gifts"
The clothing workers union
showed a balance of $6,620,21S at
the end Of December 1913, an in
crease of nearly one million dollars
over 1947.
Locals, joint board and the in
ternational union together contri-
buted more than a million dollars
to UN and community relief funds,
and educational, charitable and
civic organizations.
The unions income from per
capita and initiation fees came to
$2,S5S, 200. Total income was $3,-
296,314. The ACW spent $l,311,-
379 for organization expenses in
1913.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-07
NEW RENT LAW LEAVES BURDEN
OF Defense TO TENANT GROUPS

Washington (LPA) - The 1949
version of rent control has been
finally approved by Congress just
two days before the previous curbs
on landlords expire March 81.
Frankly a compromise, the new
law will require stronger political
action at state and local levels to
insure the best possible local regu-
lations curbing rents. The intent
of Congress was clearly to get rid
of all federal controls as soon as
possible, preferably when the new
law expires on June 80, 1850.
Organized tenants, and "repre-
sentative groups" of tenants will
be at an advantage under the new
law, since they will in the future
be allowed to appear before hear
ings on rent raises or decontrol,
and can appeal decisions of the
local board on these matters to the
Housing Expediter or to the en-
ergency Court of Appeals. If the
local board appeals a ruling of the
Housing Expediter to the court,
the representative group can ap-
pear before the court. The same
rights are granted to the landlords
groups.
Some general rent increases are
expected almost Immediately under
the new law, but their extent will
depend on how Housing Expediter
Tighe Woods decides to interpret
it. After bitter fight in which
House conferees refused to bulge
an inch from their version, the bill
finally approved allows landlords a
"fair net operating income" This
is the basis on which the Expediter
can grant individual rent boosts.
The states are given the right
to lift controls if the legislature
approves such a step, and it is ap-
proved by the governor. The state
legislature can over-rule the gov
ernor if he vetoes the decontrol.
Cities, towns and villages that
are Incorporated can lift rent con-
trolls for their area. Procedure in
such cases requires that the local
law-making body must give 10
days notice, then hold public
hearing, then can vote decontrol.
The Natl Conference Of Mayors
voted only a few days before the
law was passed to disapprove of
such a procedure.
Another section that may result
in decontrol of many areas is one
permitting the Housing Expediter
to re-control defense housing areas
that have once been decontrolled.
Quite openly, Housing Expediter
Tighe Woods circulated to mem
bers of Congress a list of over 100
areas in nearly every state which
he would decontrol if he would
have the power to put them back
under controls. His argument was
that he will see that rents don't
soar too much in these areas. How
ever, union spokesmen insist that
because there are no criminal pen
alties for violations of the law
there will be no chance of ever eff
fectively replacing rent curbs in an
area once decontrolled.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-07
Federation Bill Gets Approval

Sacramento LPA)-Three bills
on workmen's compensation were
passed in committee in the state
legislature here last week. The
bills, sponsored by the California
State Federation of Labor, would
improve methods of payment on
disability and provide that min
imum weekly compensation be in
creased to SIS, with the maximum
set at $40.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-07
Washington State FEPC Act

Olympia, Wash. ILNS). = The
first state fair employment prac-
tices act to be adopted during the
1949 legislative sessions has been
passed by the Washington State
legislature. 1t will establish a
Washington State Board Against
Discrimination in Employment.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-07
AFL Cunvossers
(Continued From Page One)

1850 election. Everyone of the As
states made enthusiastic reports
supporting the need and effective,
ness of trade union political actor
year in and year out.
"The d @ egat e unanimously
agreed that the only language the
the ballot box on election day. The
only way to get votes in the ballot
box is to have permanent League
in every district and union stew
ard in every precinct"
Buy Union-Made goods from
others as you would have them
pay Union wages unto you'll
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-07
Annual Digest
CONTINUED From Page One)

Louisiana Legislature repealed a
1916 law of the regulatory type.
and passed law providing #
mediation of labor disputes. A neN
act prohibits transportation of
strikebreakers into that state.
Limited copies of this bulletin,
which concisely summarizes 1948
labor legislation, may be obtained
from the Bureau of Labor Stand
ards, U. S. Department of Labor,
Washington 25, d. c., so long as
the free supply lasts. Sales copies
are available from the Superinten-
dent of Documents, Government
Printing Office, Washington 25, D.
c., for 10 cents each. Remittance
should accompany the order for
sales copies and should be sent
directly to the Superintendent of
Documents.
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10 Meeting To
CONTINUED From Page One)

and Venezuela.
The 3 American states which are
not members of the IL0-Hondur-
as, Nicaragua, and Paraguay
have been invited to be represent
ed by observers. Other member
countries of the lilo are also en-
titled to send observers, and France
and the United Kingdom have in
dicated they will do so.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-07

A lot of fellows | know have lost
their shirts because they put too
much on the cuff.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-07

Buy Union Made goods from
others as you would have them
pay Union wages unto you'll
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-07
NOTICE LOCAL UNION 2O2

: Santa Monica, Calif.-Local
!: Union No. 202 will consider
!. and vote on amending our
+ constitution by a vote of the
! trade at their next regular
! meeting on April 20, 1949.
! Frank H. Campbell, Pres.
. Carl +. Furrer, Vice Pres.
. Keith Clark, Rec, Sec.
: Priscilla Brothers, Treas.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-12-29
Stenogropher Exoms Set
For Stute Health Jobs

Competitive examinations for
the position of senior stenograph-
err were annouced last week by
the supervisor of the Mississippi
State Board of Health merit sys-
tenn.
A salary range of Sl4O-170 per
month is listed for the positions
that are now open in this CLASH
fication.
Application blanks may be OBJ
tanned by writing the Mississippi
State Board of Health merit sys-
tenn, 242 Griffith street, jackson.
Applicants who are qualified as
being 10 years of age or older,
with high school graduation and
one year of experience within the
past three years in successful and
progressive fulltime stenographic
work are urged to obtain applica-
.tion blanks.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-12-29
J. H. Wilson Servites
Held Al Yazoo City

Funeral services for Joseph H.
Wilson, 81, of Yazoo City. who
died suddenly of a heart ailmeni
Monday at 200 pm, were held
It the Center Ridge Baptist
church at 800 pm, Tuesday, the
Bapt st pastor there officiating
Burial was at Center Ridge GENE
terry
Mr.. Wilson was the brother of
Mrs. Minnie Lannon's, Lexlng-
ton. He was born in Yazoo coun-
ty and lad lived on his farm near
Yazoo Guy for the greater part Of
his life. He was a member of
Center Ridge Baptist church.
Surviving ale his wife, Mrs.
Ella Wilson; four sisters, Mrs.
Minnie Lannon's, Lexington; Mrs
Mable Kindness, Parkdale, Ark
ansas; Mrs. M. B. Hayes. Mon
roe, louisiana; Mrs. Pauline
Mayes. Yazoo county, and one
brother, Ralph M. Wilson of Nc
Comb.
Stricklin and King Funeral
home at Yazoo City was in charge
of arrangements
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-12-29
Lumber Co. tuesday
Fire Destroyed Durant

4 fire of undetermined origin
revaged the Durant Lumber COM
panv at Durant at 1890 am. Tues
day completely destroying the
building and threatening the en-
tire block.
The Durant Fire department
did an excellent Job in bringing
the fire under control quickly
and in combining fire damage to
the one building. At 1890 am,
Tom Ashley, city night marshal,
turned in the alarm, and SIS min
utes later the fire was completely
under control, Clay Gum, fire
Chief expressed his appreciation
for the volunteers who gave such
willing assistance.
]. H. Taylor, owner, estimated
the loss TO be between SIS, ZOO 90
and Sl7.O00.00. Fireman Leon En-
glemann was the only person in
jured, having sustained a sprain-
ed ankle.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-12-29
Funeral Services For
J. W. Floyd Were
Held Al Pickens

Funeral services for J. w. Floyd
n, of Goodman, who passed away
December 10 at the Community
hospital of heart ailment, were
held at the chapel of Maxwell
and Owen Funeral home at Pick
ems Tuesday, December 20, the
Rev. Clifton Perkins of Goodman
officiating. Burial was at Hart
town cemetery.
Mr.. Floyd had been in ill
health for the past two years, and
was taken seriously ill on Satur-
day, December II. He was taken
to the Community hospital i'm
Lexington, where he died the fol-
lowing Monday.
For the past few years he had
made his home with his son,
George Floyd of Goodman. Others
surviving are two daughters. Mrs.
j. Y. Meeks of Clarks, Louisiana
and Mrs. Addie, Thompson of
Garland, Texas. in addition to
eleven grandchildren and nine
great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Raft Kille-
brew, Percy Thweatt, Robert
Bride, William Schrock and
Louis McKlesky, Herbert Nc.
Booster Algood.
Maxwell and Owen Funeral
home was in charge of arrange
ments.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-12-29

Hal c. DeCell, advertising man
Gger and associate publisher of
The Deer Creek Pilot. Rolling
Fork, and widely read feature CO.
lumnist for the Mississippi Week
" News Service, has been named
by the Governors Council of the
Mississippi Lions clubs to be edit
or of the Magnolia Lion. official
Lions club publication for the
state.
II Mr.. DeCelrs own words, he
is "a barrellhouse musician, who,
in accommodating AZ months sea
time as merchant seaman, circl-
ed the globe twice and visited the
majority of the countries with sea-
ports. later to earn his bread as
a commercial artist and cartoonist
until turning to his first love
printers ink and the smell of
newsprint."
Mr.. DeCell attended the Uni
versity of Mississippi and Alaba.
ma. While at Mississippi he
founded edited and published a
successful magazine. THE Hi
YAH; founded the Press club,
forerunner of the present honor
ery journalism fraternity; and
was affiliated with the sac fra
.ernity He was engaged in ad-
vertising and publicity work for
Robbins Tire and Rubber COM
pany, in Tuscumbia, Alabama,
FOR one year before returning to
Mississippi as a newspaperman
two years ago.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-12-29
Mrs. Weldon Passes
AT Kosciusko SUNDAY

Services were held Sunday
December 25, at the Shiloah Bap-
fist church at Shiloah, for Mrs.
EsSie Weldon Parish, so, who
passed away FRIDAY, December
%, at Kosciusko after an illness
of 3 months. The Rev. ID. Filing
burg, pastor of the Walden Bap-
fist church officiated and burial
was at Shiloah cemetery.
Mrs. Parish was born. in Car
rollton county and was a mem
Der of the Shiloah Baptist church
at Shiloah.
Surviving are her husband,
John R. Parish, Kosciusko: three
sons, Wilson, Woodrow and T. j.
Parish Of ClarkSdale; four daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Calvin Moore, Licking
ton. Mrs. George Clifford, Sun
flower and Jene and Margie Far
ish of koSciusko: two brothers,
Jud and B. c. Weldon. Black
Hawk, and four sisters, Mrs.
Claude Merdith. Mrs. Arthur
Standard and Miss Virgie We'll
don of Black Hawk and Mrs.
CLYDE Buford of Tchula.
Lee Funeral home was in
charge of arrangements.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-12-29
Funeral Services Held
For Miss Sarah Tate

Fuenral services for Miss Sarah
Francis Tate, Sc, who died at the
home of her niece, Mrs. Lottie
Allen near Bowling Green, De-
cember %, were held at Mount
Pleasant Baptist church Deem
Der %, with the Rev. H. c. Ellis,
West, officiating. Burial was at
Mount Pleasant cemetery.
Miss Tate was born in Holmes
county in 1868, and had lived in
the county all her life. She was
member of the Bowling Green
Baptist church.
Surviving is one brother, Enoch
Tate, of Arkansas.
Lee Funeral home was in
charge of arrangements.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-12-29

Labor Outlook
2. Even with all the threats,
there will be a few wage in
creases during 1850, On the other
hand, all labor negotiations take
the minds of both the employees
and the management off their
regular business. However, these
negotiations come out, they result
in a loss from the standpoint of
the country as a whole.
B. There will be fewer strikes
in 1850 than in l949, but there
will not be fewer extended ne
gotiations which are very expen-
sive in themselves.
4. The Taft-Hartley law will
continue to stand throughout
1850, although many schemes for
detouring this law will be devils
ed.
5. The great drive against the
big companies will be for pensions
and or for sick and other bene.
fits. These will probably be help.
full to the wageworkers and may
aid in ironing out the business
cycle, but they will be paid fol-
by consumers.
6. 1t is hoped that all parties
will begin to realize during 1856
that the real road to national pro-
gress is through increasing pro.
duction and greater efficiency
This is the bright light we see ir
| the labor situation.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-12-29
Charge Filed In
Shooting OF Durant
Man Al Putkeh
AS taken from the Dec. d issue
of The Jackson Daily News

AS taken from the Dec. d issue
of The Jackson Daily News
Mayor Marvin Burnham Of
Pickett said Monday that Fred
Polk, Pickett mechanic, had been
released under a $500 bond in
connection with a Christmas eve
shooting last Saturday afternoon
in which Durant man, husband
of Folks ex-wife, was seriously
wounded.
Polk was charged with shooting
with intent to kill, Mayor Burn
ham said, after Claude r. Boone
Jr., 80, Of Durant allegedly drew
q pistol on Polk at the Polk resi-
dence here during an argument
and Polk allegedly grappled with
Boone. took the revolver away
from4uau n1oone.
Four shoty were fired by Polk,
according to Mayor Burnham. He
said that acting Marshal w. M.
Leach investigated the shooting.
Rushed to the Baptist hospital,
Jackson, by an escort furnished
by State Highway Patrolman
May, Boone was said to be in a
fair" condition Tuesday at the
hospital.
Mayor Durham said that he
understood Boone and Mrs.
Boone, Folks former wife, came
to Pickett with another lady. AT
Jackson Saturday, Mrs. Boone
told the Daily News she and her
husband had made the trip to
Pickett to pick up her four year
old daughter who had been visit
ing her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Coley Polk, for two weeks.
She said that Polk struck her
and that the men then erappled,
Folk allegedly shooting Boone af-
ter a pistol fell on the floor from
the pockets of one of the men.