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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04

alleged documents. In fact, Finlay
went to the witness stand with a
suitcase Of such material. He was
at the outset advised by presiding
Chairman Jacobs that they only
wanted information and facts con-
cerning any attempt to jeopardize
the economic interest and welfare
of any workers. This admonition
came quite frequently from the
chairman to the ever recurring
complainants that the committee
could not take up its time with
issues and matter over which they
had no authority and that belong
ed exclusively to the organization.
Some members of the committee
explained that they were quite
concerned as to whether or not
labor unions are operated demo-
cratically, stressing the rights of
minorities in any organization, as
to liberty of speech, press and as
sembly. Some of them told of VIC
ious charges that had been leveled
against them by their opponents
during campaigns for election to
office. As Is well-known, labor
unions, fraternal, religious and
other voluntary organizations have
functioned on an entirely different
and definitely higher plane in such
activity than that in connection
with seeking public office.
The organization of the United
States of America does not follow
the referendum principle and prac-
tice in any of the three branches
of our government-legislative, ex-
ecutive or judicial. In all Of these
branches Of our governmental acti-
vity, men are selected and obligat-
ed to discuss, examine and analyse
every bill, question or law as to
its merit in order that their final
determinations may conserve our
best interest and maximum bene-
fits to our citizenry.
Salaries of members of Con-
gress, executives and personnel in
the judiciary branches do not have
to ruin the gauntlet of referendum.
: The United States of America,
the country admired, lauded and
revered around the world for its
strides In advancing the demo-
cratic way of life with more hber-
ty and freedom in all respects, with
higher living standards and gen.
eral welfare far beyond and above
that existent under any govern
ment in all the world, is the result
of the deliberative body function
ing where. selected representatives
manage its affairs without the re-
auirement of submitting every
regulatory, compensation or any
other measure having for its end
the promotion of the good and well
fare of the people of the nation as
a whole. This has been accomplish
ed without referendum require
ments.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
Social Legislation Of Last 20 Years
Has Proved Strong Defense Against
Economic Collapse. Sec. Tobin Soys

Washington, ID. {. QLNS). -
The federal programs instituted
since the early 193Os, such as social
security and the farm support pro-
grams, have proved a strong de-
fense against the kind of economic
collapse the country experienced
in 1920-21, Secretary of Labor
Maurice j. Tobin told the full en-
ployment conference of Americans
for Democratic Action here.
At a luncheon meeting at the
Shoreham Hotel, Tobin quoted from
President Truman's mid-year Econ
omic Report, which analyses the
current economic situation.
"Many a mayor and governor
will tell you that with unemploy-
ment between 3 and million ma
tionally, as at the present time,
they have situations in their cities
which they would not like to re-
gard as normal" the secretary
said. "They will also tell you that
without the cushion to community
purchasing power which has been
provided by unemployment COM
pensation, the situation would be
much more serious than it is. |
read from the Monthly Letter of
the National City Bank for June:
These elements of strength (social
security, farm support programs)
have been widely discussed and re-
cognized'."
The secretary criticized the
series of socialism or4-in the
phrase now so popular-the well
fare state" when such measures
were first proposed.
Bankers, investors, big and
little business alike" he said, "have
all benefited from these economic
reforms and activities of govern
nent.
Cooperation of All Required
"If the unemployment compen-
sation and social security programs
nave been such boon to econ
,mic stability, as they have, there
should be no objection to extend
ng these programs to make them
more adequate.
"The American enterprise sys-
,em throughout our whole history
las combined the initiative of both
private and public enterprise. Pri-
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
Poll Tax Banned
By House But Hope
Is Dim In Senate

Washington (LPA)-The House
of Representatives last week pass
ed bill outlawing the poll tax as
a requirement for voting in feder.
al elections by smashing 273 te
116. This is the fifth such bill
which the House has passed.
Three days later, the House
Labor Committee approved a Fail
Employment Practices bill by a de-
cisive ID to IL. This latter bill
stands an excellent chance of pass
age in the lower house, observers
here feel, even though there may
be fight to get it to the House
floor.
However, even if the FEPC bill
is passed by the House of Repre-
sentatives it is doubtful whether
either bill can survive the Senate
where southern Senators are sure
to oppose either or both with the
filibuster if all else fails. Neverthe-
less, there is at least a possibility
that the Southern Senators might
let the anti-poll tax bill go through
if only to stave off the rest of the
Fair Deals civil rights program.
The anti-poll tax bill does not
outlaw the poll tax itself as a
means of raising revenue, its sup
porters are quick to point out. The
bill merely outlaws the tax as a
qualification for voting. The bill
also outlaws any kind of tax on
for voting.
The states in which the poll tax
is still used are Alabama, Arkan-
sas, Mississippi, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
New permanent registration lists
kill the poll tax in Ten
nessee, and there have been moves
to kill it in both South Carolina and
The FEPC bill may run into
trouble from the House Rules Com
mittee which may try to keep it
from reaching the House floor.
But supporters of the bill point out
hat there are no ways to get
around recalcitrant Rules Com
nittee.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
Isaac Green Reunion

The ninth annual reunion of the
descendants of Isaac Green Sr
family will be held at Beaver Falls,
Pa, August 13, 1949 at English
Park.
\ Isaac Green Sr. was born in
Marietta, Ohio, January ID, 1904.
While still a child his family
moved to Homestead, Pa. There is
no record of his young manhood,
but records disclose he was twice
married. His first wife being a
Miss Gahard and to this union four
children were born, John, James,
Andrew and Elizabeth. He later
married Elizabeth Potts and to
that union Alfred, Jacob, Mary,
Isaac Jr., David, Harriet, Nancy
and Marion were born.
The president of the Green Re-
union, Wallace H. Green lives
in Canonsburg, Pa. If you are a
descendant of this family please
attend the reunion.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
Union Can Insist
Employees Join Up
Under Union Shop

Washington (LPA) - Probably
some of the hackers of the Taft
Hartley act didn't mean it that
way, but under a valid union shop
contract a union may insist that
any employe who refuses to be-
come a full-fledged union member
be discharged. ~
At least that. is the, way NLRB
Trial Examiner Horace A. Ruckel
ruled recently in case involving
the Grain Professors Independent
Union, Local No. l, at The Union
Starch and Refining Company of
Granite City, Illinois, and John
Ralph, one of three discharged en-
ployes. The union has now become
Local 153 of the American Fedora
tion of Grain Millers, AFL.
Ralph and two others were dis
charged at the request of the union
when they refused to have any
thing to do with the union, but Of
fered to pay sum of money equal
to initiation fees plus dues. Ralph
then filed charges against both
union and company.
Said Examiner Ruckel: "If en-
ployes working under union shop
are permitted to choose
between becoming members of the
union and buying the right to work
by the payment of an amount of
money equal to the amount requir-
ed from members as membership
dues, it is conceivable that a major
ity of the employees under such an
agreement would choose to remain
outside the union. In such a
union would be of little
benefit to either the employees or
he employer.
"The union could not effectively
the employees if they re-
fused to participate in its affairs.
It could exercise no discipline
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
NLRB Throws Out Boycott Injunction
After COMPLETION of Project at Issue

Taft Hartley law, against, the
unions pending the NLRB's action
in the case.
The charges were based on an
attempt by a business agent for
Local S Of the AFL Electrical
Workers to persuade members of
other unions on the construction
project to quit work because the
electrical subcontractor did not
employ members of the electrical
union. Some of the subcontractors'
employees, at least, were members
of non-AFL union.
The board found that the con-
tractor and all the subcontractors
but one bought all their materials
from suppliers within the state
and performed all their work with
in the state. That one did only $500
worth of work on the theater.
The board decided, therefore,
that the impact of the dispute on
COiiiihcISc WoS Hoe SiSo'
enough to take up the boards time.
The board has been trying to
stay out of local disputes, but cam
not prevent the general counsel
from issuing complaint. Mr.. Den
ham contends that the agency has
jurisdiction over everything "af-
fecting commerce" and that when
his office issues a complaint the
board cannot decline to consider
the merits of the case. The board
has continued to decline in small
Eases, and Mr.. Denham continues
10 issue complaints.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
Sfofe G Of C's,
Manufacturers,
Oppose Change

Washington (LPA)-A formid-
able group of spokesman for state
Chambers of Commerce and man
ufacturers' associations appeared
last week to oppose President Tru-
mans proposal to transfer unem-
lployment compensation and the
US Employment Service to the
Labor Dept.
Supporting the proposal are the
Assn of State Labor Officials, the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, the
AFL, the CIO, and the lam. Labor
Secretary Maurice Tobin led off
supporting witnesses before the
Senate Committee on Expenditures
in the Executive Departments.
Typical of C of C and manu-
facturers' associations arguments
were those advanced by Executive
Vice President James l.. Donnelly
of Illinois Manufacturers Assn:
"The Department of Labor is not
an impartial and unbiased agency"
and reflects the views of the lead
ers of one organized minority, or
ganized labor"
He expressed fear that "merit
ratings" to reduce employers pay
ments into state jobless funds
would be eliminated"
"After all, unemployment COM
pensation is for the benefit of en-
ployes, and | know of no group as
in the program" retort-
ed Sen. Irving Ives (R,N. ". eff
you're going to be logical, it should
be in the Labor Dept"
Under the reorganization laws,
unless either Senate or House dis
within 60 days, the trans
fer of USES and the unemploy-
ment compensation program to
Labor Dept from Federal Security
Agency goes into effect.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
Judge Holds New Rent Law InvuIid;
Housing Officials To Appeal Decision

| in which Congress should pass q
selective service law with the pro-
vision that any state which doesn't
care to send soldiers may pass a
law and say they did not choose to
be involved; or an interstate com
lmerce act with the provision that
any, state that chose not to be gov
erned thereby could declare itself
out.
81 can see no reasonable reason
to believe that an act of Congress
under its war powers can contain
any such provisions as might make
it imperative at the option of any
and all of the various states, by
their arbitrary action and without
guides, standards or specifications
of facts"
Judge Shaw pointed out that
some states already have declared
themselves out of rent control.
Federal control over rent is legal
under the war powers of the fed
eral government, he said, SO the
decontrolled states have repealed
the war efforts" as far as they are
concerned.
eff the other states should see
fit to do likewise" he said, "the act
of Congress would be utterly re-
pealed or completely emasculated
without any further act of its own,
and without regard to any power
to make or maintain war"
Judge Shaw's ruling was not the
first to find rent control unconstitu-
tional. A Cleveland federal Judge
held the old rent law invalid in
1948, on ground Congress no long
er had authority to exercise war
powers. The u. S. Supreme Court
reversed the Cleveland Judge.
Judge Shaw held that if Con-
gress wanted to extend rent con-
troll, it could have simply extend
ed the expiration date of the old
act. The object of the new law,
with the local option clause, was
to provide for ending of rent con-
troll as painlessly as possible.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
British Industry
Groups Study US.
Metals Production

Washington (LPA)-I 1t was a
high point in the trip for two visit
ing British La b 0 management
teams from the pressed metals and
building industries when they met
here with ECA Administrator Paul
G. Hoffman and the press.
The teams are in this country to
study both the technical and organ
national aspects of American
pressed metals firms and building
projects. They came under the
Anglo-American Council on Pro-
ductivity created by Hoffman last
year at the suggestion of Sir Staf-
ford Cripps, Britain's Chancellor
of the Exchequer.
The Aim of the British teams is
to find ways to increase British
production rates and at the same
time give to Americans their know
ledge of processes in which the
British are superior.
The current teams are the four
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04

Washington.-The viciousness OF
the injunction provisions of the
Taft Hartley law was emphasized
by a recent decision of the Nation
al Labor Relations Board which,
ironically enough, favored the
union position.
The board threw out secondary
boycott charges brought against a
group of building trades unions 10
months ago which were used to OBJ
tain a temporary injunction fore
ing the unions to continue work on
the building project.
Here's the rub! AS might be ex-
pected, the project itself was COM
pleted within the 10-month period
required for the NLRB to act. So,
the union victory before the board
was indeed a hollow triumph.
The case also served to highlight
the feud between the NLRB and
its general counsel, Robert N. Den
ham, over the agency's jurisdiction
in local labor disputes. The board
contends that it should keep hands
off. Denham argues that the
agency should take jurisdiction
over every case, large or small,
affecting commerce"
Mr.. Denham is in charge of is
suing unfair labor practice COM
plants. He issued one last Sept
ember against 7 local unions and
the Pittsburgh Building and Con-
struction Trades Council in con-
nection with the building of an
$50, 900 drive-in theater at Bridge
Vile, Pa. Mr.. Denham also obtain
ed an injunction, as required by the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
Gains Reported By
Newspaper Guild

New York City (LPA) = New
gains on. many fronts in the Unit
ed States and Canada were reveal
ed here last week by the American
Newspaper Guild.
The Guild received charter ap-
plications for new locals from
newsmen on the Ottawa (Quebec)
Citizen, on the Standard and the
Herald in Montreal, Quebec, and
the Telegraph & Courier-Times in
Tyler, Tex.
Also, notices were served on the
Indianapolis News and the Toronto
Racing Forum, asking for recog-
milton of the Guild as bargaining
agency. In addition, the NLRB, on
petition of the Guild, ordered rep
resentation elections on the Daily
News & Record at Greensboro, N.
c., and on the News-Sun in
Waukeegan, Illinois.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
Group Insurance
Plan Again Praised
By NBOP Member

From time to time we receive
letters from members, praising the
promptness and efficiency in the
way claims are taken care Of by
the N.B.O.P. Group Insurance Plan.
Brother Arthur Cook wrote the
following letter recently in praise
of the way his claim was handled.
1t was a misfortune for him in
having the accident, but his good
fortune in having the group insur-
ance.
Mr.. James NJ. Duffy, President
National Brotherhood Of Operative
Potters
East Liverpool, Ohio
Dear Brother Duffy:
| wish to advise you that | took
out the N.B.O.P. Group Insurance
in February, 1912. Since that time
II have collected the following
mounts: l944-$20.00; 1916
$4,000; 1948-$85.71. All these
claims were paid promptly.
On July 6, 1949, | was moving
hay on my farm when my left arm
was caught in the moving machine
and was so badly mangle that it
had to be amputated at Mercy
Hospital in Canton, Ohio.
/ mailed Statement of Claim to
the Francis p. White Agency at
East Liverpool, Ohio on July 25,
1949. Today, July 81, 1949, the
Claim Manager called at my home.
He paid me $250.0O for the loss of
my arm, S97.50 hospital benefits
for Is days in the hospital, and
$4,000 for loss of three weeks
work, total of S407.50. He also
informed me that | am entitled to
$4,000 per week for not exceeding
ten more weeks, and that checks
would be mailed every two weeks.
This will make the total received
for this injury S607.50 and | will
still have my life insurance.
! wish to thank you, and the ex-
ecutive board and all the members
who made it possible for me to re-
ceive this financial help when i'll
was so badly needed.
Yours very truly,
Arthur Cook
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
Ooh La La, What
A Picket Line!

Paris (LPA)-Balenciaga, Schi-
aparelli, Christian Dior, and Lam
vim are just few of the big fash
ion names involved in a strike OF
10000 Paris dressmakers.
The dressmakers, who strategic
ally pulled their walkout just one
week before the big fall fashion
openings are seeking 41ac gen
eral wage increase that is most
badly needed by the "petites
mains" or novices who now make
only l4H an hour.
Needleworkers with the most
experience make 32c an hour and
their assistants make 22Ec an
hour working on the expensive ana
exclusive Paris creations.
The strike is being sponsored
jointly by the Communist-dominat-
ed General Confederation of Labor
(CGT) and the non-Communist
Christian Workers Labor Fedora
tion (CFTC).
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
By DAN SMYTH

Chicago.-The 1949 act of Con
gress extending federal rent con
troll was ruled unconstitutional by
Judge Elwyn R. Shaw in U. S. Dis.
trict Court in test case. If upheld
by the U. S. Supreme Court, the
ruling will mean the finish of fed
eral rent control. f
Otto Kerner, ,Jr., u. S. attorney
at Chicago, and Tighe Woods, U
S. housing expediter, said an ap-
peal would be taken Immediately to
he Supreme Court. Meanwhile
the administration of rent control
will continue.
Judge Shaw acted in the case of
a cooperative apartment house
building in Chicago, Shoreline
Apartments, in which owners tried
to evict tenants who refused to
join the cooperative. The housing
expediter sued for an injunction to
stop the eviction.
The housing expediter argued
the cooperative owners could not
evict the non-cooperative tenants
because the owners group did not
own 65 percent of the property.
Regulations of the expediter's Of
flee provide a building must be at
least 65 percent owned by CO.
operative if the cooperative is to
obtain eviction notices against the
remainder.
Judge Shaw didn't go into the
merits of the argument. He said
the act of Congress was an unlaw-
full delegation to the states of the
powers Of Congress, and therefore
unconstitutional. His court, there
fore, had no jurisdiction to stop the
evictions, he said.
What made the new rent control
act unconstitutional, he held, was
the local option clause, under which
it was provided that states could
withdraw individually from rent
control.
81 can see no difference between
this situation" he ruled, "and one
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
Charter Is Granted
To 10th AFL Union

Washington.-AFL President
William Green issued charter
to the Railway Patrelmen's In
ternational Union, the 10th Of
ganized labor group to become
affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor. Issuance of
the charter to the international
was approved by the AFL Ex-
ecutive Council at its last regu-
lar meeting.
The new AFL affiliate has So
local unions throughout the ma
tion with a potential member
ship of 1000 railway patrolmen.
The present membership is ap-
proximately $500.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
New Officers For
Local Union No. III

Robinson, Ill.-New officers for
Local Union No. 1T have been
elected and installed. The officers
are as follows: Kenneth Brown,
president; Gerald Napier, vice pre-
sident; Troy Oaks, financial secre-
tary; Charles Osborn, treasurer;
Duane Davis, recording secretary;
Harry Martin. defense collector.
We have a fine group of officers
and they would like the support
and help of each and every MEM
ber of the local. Attend the meet
ings and aid your local officials in
taking care of the business and
grievances of the local. -O.C. 1T
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-04
Taft's Fake Yarn
RiddIed By Union

Washington (LPA) - Another
anti-labor whopper spread by Sem
ator Taft of Ohio in his campaign
against the trade union movement
has been punctured.
Taft, in a speech on the Senate
floor and in subsequent broadcasts,
declared that a small-town Ohio
printer was barred from member
ship in the Int'l Typographical
Union-AFL, and frozen from jobs
in Youngstown because he had
learned his trade in a non-union
shop.
That horrible example," Taft
insisted, showed that there must be
legislation curbing the closed shop
and protecting the "civil rights"
of individuals who seek employ
ment in union shops.
Youngstown Local 200 of the
ITU promptly exposed Taft's Eek
ample" as complete fake. Pres
ident M. M. Martin of Local 200,
in a letter to Senator Hubert H.
Humphrey Cd, Minn.) declared
"to the best of my knowledge no
printer3has ever been denied men,
'bership in this local in the more
than .65 years of it's existence be-
cause he learned his trade in a
non-union shop"
No branch of the ITU anywhere
has ever had the policy of barring
membership to printers who came
up through non-union shops, Mar
tin added. He presented a tabula-
tion of members initiated in the
Youngstown local during the past
IL years. Half of these learned the
trade in non-union shops, the tabu-
lation showed.
Equally false, Martin said, was
an assertion by Taft that "every
shop in Youngstown is union
shop" Unfortunately there are at
least eight printing firms in
Youngstown which are "open
shop" he pointed out.
"We are glad Senator Taft point
ed his finger at us because it gives
us an opportunity of showing how
some of these false
charges against our great union
really are" Martin added. |