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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-01
Lobby Probers
(Confinued From Page Onel

tee and is giving the Senate a
chance to agree before setting its
own investigation going. Congress
man Frank Buchanan Cd, Pa.) was
responsible for resolutions author
izing both Investigations and is
author of bill designed to tighten
up recent laws governing lobbying
activities.
Meanwhile, the Senate is sitting
on bill authorizing joint inves-
tigation by representatives of the
judiciary committees of BIO h
houses. But it is hoped that the
Senate eventually will agree to
joint survey along the lines pro-
posed by the House.
With the House on leave and the
Senate jammed up it's hard to say
when action will come. When action
does come, however, here are some
of the lobbies to be looked into:
The American Medical Associa-
tion, which spent $508,397 the first
six months of this year to fight
health insurance; reactionary pub
Usher Frank Gannett's Committee
for Constitutional Govt which
spent $306,297 to fight anything
family progressive; National Asso-
citation of Electric Co.'s which
Clipped in $244, ,222 to battle power
legislation. And so on through the
National Assn of Real Estate
Boards, the Association of Ameri-
can Railroad and host of others.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-01
Murray Lashes At
Steel Menopoly's
Monopoly Charge

Washington (LPA) - Demands
by the president of Jones & Laugh
lin Steel Corp. that laws be pass
ed by Congress restricting unions
to company-wide bargaining, and
otherwise out-doing Taft and Hart
ley, brought a quick reply from
President Philip Murray of the
United Steelworkers.
The demands were made before
Senate Banking Subcommittee
headed by Sen. Willis Robertson
I'd, Va.) which Murray said had
permitted itself "to be used as a
sounding board for the steel in
dustry."
"The representatives of the two
steel companies who appeared be-
fore the Robertson Committee
complained, among other things,
that they are subjected to industry
wide bargaining, and must accept
whatever bargain the US Steel
Corp. makes. s.
Unfortunately, however, while
the various steel companies pur-
port to negotiate for themselves,
they, in fact, will offer nothing and
will agree to nothing until US
Steel sets the pattern"
Murray also pointed out that it's
not the unions fault if the "little"
steel companies "are so dominated
by Us Steel that they can only
rubber-stamp it's decisions"
Industry-wide bargaining, the
steel union head charged, "is of a
part with the uniform price struc-
lures of the industry. The
Small steel companies real COM
plant is that they are dominated
by Wall St. and by the US Steel
Corp. We sympathize with them,
but it is not our fault"
Earlier, Retired Admiral Ben
Moreell had told the Senate Sub
committee that "There is now no
law or other governmental or in
dustrial authority upon which we
can rely to insure that the power
in the hands of labor organizations
will be kept within the bounds of
economic health"
He called for Legislative prohi-
bition of specific restrictive and
uneconomical labor practices" and
inclusion of unions within the anti
trust laws SO as to destroy indus
try-wide bargaining and reduce the
authority of the large international
industrial unions"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-01
Teachers Clash =
On Federal Aid To
Private Schools

Milwaukee, Wis. (LPA)-Issues
which split Congress on the ques-
tion of Federal aid to education
also erupted at the annual conven-
tion here of the American Fedora
tion of Teachers-AFL affiliate
with over 10000 members in the
nations schools.
After a stormy floor battle, the
convention refused to backtrack
from n previous convention stand
against extension of Federal aid to
Inon-public schools.
The convention went on record
for what was regarded as "com-
promise" bill, which has been in
troduced in the House by Rep.
Thomas II. Burke Cd, Ohio. That
measure is confined to Federal as
sistance solely for payment of ade-
quate salaries to teachers in AM
erica's public schools.
However, the convention also re-
affirmed its position for Federal
aid to cover health and welfare
services for all children, whether
in public, parochial or other pri-
vate schools. But this should be
acted upon in separate legislation,
the convention declared.
Earlier, President William Green
of the AFL, in a message to the
convention, declared the AFL fav-
ored Federal aid to raise teachers
salaries in public schools and well
fare services for all children,
without discrimination"
President Truman also sent a
message asserting that the ina
tons educators hold grave respon-
sibilitits" because "the solution of
many national and world problems
lies in education"
"The theme of your convention
education for a better America
and better world--expresses in a
few words the objective of many
programs to which our govern
ment lends it support and streng-
th," he added.
President John Nj. Eklund was
reelected for a second term and l2
vice presidents were also renamed.
Three new vice presidents were
chosen. They are: Miss Mary c.
Cadigan of Boston Local sc, Bos-
ton; Miss Ann Maloney, Local 4,
Gary, Ind, and Patrick Kirwan,
Local 672, Louisville, Ky.
By an overwhelming majority of
792 to 10S, the delegates sustained
action of their executive council in
ousting Local 430 of Los Angeles
for collaboration with Communist
front organizations and for other
activities contrary to the Fedora
tons policies. A new local, No.
1921, has been chartered by the
Federation as. rival to the ex-
PEELED unit.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-01
Reports Drop In
Bargaining Cases

Washington (LPA) - The Ma
tional Labor Relations Board an
nounced that as of July 81 its load
of representation cases had been
reduced to 1647, the least since
December last year.
At the same time, the board said
that its grand total of cases in all
[categories amounted to 5713, of
which 1868 dated back to Wagner
act days. AS of July 81, however,
there were only 286 awaiting de-
cision by the five-man board itself
compared with 436 in January.
The board reported that, during
July, 80 formal complaints were
issued, % against employers, four
against unions and seven against
employers and unions both. In the
same period, the board handed
down 164 decisions, 81 fewer than
in June.
In the 376 collective bargaining
elections conducted during July
there were 53,732 valid votes cast
of which 1873 percent were in favor
of union representation.
AFL unions won 155 of the 241
bargaining elections in which they
participated during July, and in 10
instances results were indetermin-
ate. CIO unions gained clearcut
victories in 55 of 118 with eight in
determinate. Independent unions
came out ahead in 38 of SO with
three indeterminate.
In union shop elections held in
July, the union shop was favored
by employees on 320 occasions out
of 338, with 91.3 of all votes cast
showing workers preference for
union shop conditions. AFL unions
won 238 union shop elections, CIO
unions won 81 and independent
unions won 81.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-01
Tox The Co-Ops
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with new and slightly revised
line of phoney bucks almost indis-
tinguishable from the original
ones.
According to Voorhis, Mr.. Yer
non Scott said, 1--WE don't stop our
program at the whim of some gov
ernment official"
Last year Scot was active in
Minnesota where he directed a
publicity campaign to save the
Senate seat of ex-senator Joe Ball.
However, Hubert Humphrey was
elected to the Senate and Joe Ball
became a lobbyist for General
Electric and General Motors.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-01

Ask for Union Labeled merchan.
disc.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-01

One Republican, Sen. Wayne
Morse of Oregon, spoke in favor
of the public power lines. 81 be-
lieve the power companies have
right to protection" he asserted,
"but l do not believe this protec-
tion should be provided by giving
them monopoly control over a pub
lie resource developed at the tax
payers expense"
The taxpayers were saved by
seven votes.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-01

Demand the Union Label.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-01
Save GIN Workers Millions

Washington (LPA) = Because
they demanded-and got-a review
of the method of computing the
rent increases in the consumers
price index, United Auto Workers
has saved its members $1,395,O0
during the next three months.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-01
Comment On
World Events

There is lot of nonsense beng
talked and written about Great
Britain and her present economic
plight, which is due largely to wal
and not to Britain's government,
In the opinion of this column,
Norman Thomas, Socialist leader
has done a good job in exposing
the nonsense and refuting baseless
charges made in the American
campaign against Britain and the
British government.
In a talk over the American
Broadcasting Co. national network,
Thomas /. vigorously denied that
Britain's present inability to earn
anywhere near enough dollars to
buy goods necessary to its healthy
life" was due to the Labor govern
ment and socialism.
He insisted, instead, that what's
wrong with Britain is her loss,
hastened by two world wars, of her
foreign economic holdings, through
which she had largely paid for her
imports; plus war devastation to
her factories and homes and cut
in American purchases due to the
American recession, which he de-
|clared were major factors for Bri-
tain's dollar crisis.
q -. -
Thomas charged that American
"interests which so gleefully pro-
claim Britain's failure" have an
"unbroken record of opposition to
all social legislation in America
from workmen's compensation and
income taxes down to health and
housing legislation"
By terming socialism and "the
welfare state" identical, they use
Britain's alleged failure as a
"club against labor and against all
progressive demands in America
for effective social security, rent
control and health legislation"
Calling much of the anti-British
propaganda downright f a S e."
Thomas stated that Russia, Italy
and 7 Germany had gone totalitar-
ian, not through democratic social
ism but "of the collapse of private
capitalism under the strains of war
and its own inefficiencies."
:. !. !.
Thomas pointed out production
in manufacturing industries in Bri-
tain in May was $40 percent above
the 1858 average when the Con-
servatives We're in power" that
British agricultural production is
"at least 25, percent greater than
in prewar years." and that the
volume of exports is so percent
ahead of 1938." The Socialist lead
er also revealed that coal produc-
ton. has shown a steady increase
under NATURALIZATION and is fully
paying it's way.
Arguing that Britain's Labor
government record was mot
cause for apology but for boast
ing" Thomas referred proudly to
greatly increased production in
Great Britain, rebuilding of bomb
ed houses and towns, the finest
health system in the world and
rationing of milk and other scarce
foods on the principle of women
and children first"
Declaring that Britain's social
security legislation has added $1l
a week to the income of every
family of five, Thomas warned
Britain-b baiters God help Amer
lea and the world if our capitalists
think they can win any cold war
by returning Britain to the dark
ness of her slums and poverty"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-01
Public Power Victory
As Senate Vote Funds
For Transmission Lines

Washington (LPA)-An import
ant victory for public power was
scored in the Senate this week.
By vote of 45 to 38, the Sena-
tors defeated amendments that
would have cut Interior Dept ap-
preparations for building power
transmission lines from govern
ment dams.
Later, on a voice vote, the SEN
ate granted the Interior Dept
S66S, 100000, thereby slappin g
down the so-called economy bloc,
a group of Congressman who have
been trying to cut government ex-
penses no matter how necessary
they may be. The bill will now go
to conference to settle direrences
with the House version which gave
Interior only S577,000,000.
AS a result of the Senate vote,
the government will now be able
to build power lines from the dams
in the southwestern, western, and
Rocky Mountain regions to the
farms, factories and towns which
can use the power generated.
There has been a shortage of
necessary transmission lines be-
cause the government lacked money
and authority to construct them.
AS a result, big private utilities
have been able to build single
transmission line from each dam
and have a monopoly of the cleo
trio power in the region. None but
the largest companies could afford
to build such lines.
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson Cd.
Tex.), in floor debate on the issue
posed the problem: "How shal 1--we
transport the peoples power from
the dams to the customers the
Congress said we should reach ?"
Congress first responsibility"
said Johnson, "is to guarantee that
transmission of this power will be
accomplished; in other words, Con
gress is committed to get the
power from the dams to the Gus
toners. How that is done, is, as |
see it, a secondary matter. What
ever we do must be judged by the
guarantee we have made"
Sen. Estes Kefauver Cd, Tenn
had more definite ideas how it
should be done. Repeated exam
ination of the federal river-deve-
lopment program" he said, has
convinced successive Congresses
that federal transmission lines are
a prime necessity if the public in
terest is to be safeguarded.
"This has certainly proved to be
the case in the Tennessee valley;
and any objective observer will be
struck by the great similarities be-
tween the power problem as it once
existed in the Tennessee Valley
and as it still exists in the south
west, the southeast, and the Pac-
ific northwest"
The power fund victory was
notable not only because it was
important in itself, but also be-
cause the appropriations bill got
off to a bad start in committee.
The appropriations committee had
approved large cuts in Interior
Dept funds.
"The action Of the committee"
declared Sen. Hubert Humphrey
Cd, Mimi, "would turn over con
troll of these resources to the mon
opolistic private utilities. 1t would
deny the benefits of low-cost hy-
droelectric power to the little peo-
pie Of our country"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-01
CwA WINS PHONE PLANT

Buffalo (LPA) - Officers of
Communications Workers of Amer
lea expressed satisfaction last week
at an election victory in Buffalo
plant of Western Electric Manu-
featuring Corp. 1t is the first phone
manufacturing plant the union has
won in a recent series of repre-
sentation elections in this part of
the country,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-01
Urges Action On
School Aid Minus
Religious Bars

Washington (LPA)-The mem
bers of the House Labor Commit
tee-who do their feuding in pub
lic-this week had three heated
sessions on the federal aid to edu-
cation bills now before them. -
The final meeting, which was an
attempt to obtain a vote on var
ious aid bills, was stymied when
two Of the 13 committee members
who signed the petition calling the
meeting stayed away, and several
COP members and John Lesinski
Cd, Mich.) refused to enter the
committee room. Lack of a quorum
resulted in no action.
Members of the committee who
deliberately stalled a vote includ-
ed, besides Lesinski, Republican
Reps. John Mcconnell (Pa.), Ralph
Gwinn (NY), Carroll Kearns
(Pa.), and Nixon (Calif.). Two
petition signers absent were Rep.
Adam Clayton Powell Cd, NY) and
Thruston Morton Or, Ky.).
The controversy in the commit
tee over the aid to education issue
revolves around two points: y the
right of children attending Cath
olic schools to receive federally-
assisted services like school busses
and health inspections; q the need
for any federal funds to schools.
Republican economy advocates
have been chuckling gleefully over
the battle raging between Chair
man John Lesinski Cd, Mich.) who
refuses to call formal session of
the committee to vote on educa-
tion bills, and the liberal members
of the committee who want to
bring the matter to head.
For two days this week, COM
mittee members were called in by
Lesinski for "round table" discus
sions of the school aid bills. The
committee chairman invited spokes-
men for the AFL, CIO, Natl Edu-
cation Association, the Natl Cath
ollie Welfare Conference and the
US Commissioners Of Education to
the unusual sessions.
AFL Education Comm m t e e
Chairman Matthew Vol asked that
the meetings be re-scheduled at a
time when he could attend, but
when this was not done the AFL.
did not send anyone. AFL spokes-
men expressed despair that any
thing could come out Of the "round
table"
The session, originally called by
Lesinski as n closed-door affair,
was later opened to reporters.
Democrats who want the aid-to-
education bill brought to vote
including at least two Catholics
made no secret of their ire at Les
inski's refusal to hold a formal
meeting. They said they had
enough signatures on a petition for
such a meeting to force Lesinski
to allow a vote.
Nat'f Education Association rep
resentative X. b. Marston pointed
out that a House Labor Subcom
mittee had held lengthy hearings
now available in printed form as
a 953-page document-and that 80
national organizations with total
membership of many millions had
endorsed federal aid 10 the schools
of the nation.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-01
New Probes
(COnfinned From Page One)
Percent Of Control
BY Three Comno ,,ioS

DR.. Blair emphasized that cop
per was zone of the most extreme"
examples Of concentration. He said
there was noting historical or nee
essary" about it because 70 per-
cent of the growth of the three big
gest companies was "due to buy
ing up other companies" His fig
ures showed that Anaconda Cop
per alone controls almost half the
capital assets of the industry and
that another quarter is owned by
Kennecott Copper Corp.
Celler suggested to the commit
tee a special study of monopoly
practices in the distilled liquor in
dustry, where he said the big COM
panies had secured a "firm grip"
on the production of barrels for
aging whiskey and regulation on
requiring that it be aged in new,
rather than old, barrels. He said
the small distillers had been un-
able to secure new barrels and the
big distillers had blocked change
in the regulations permitting them
to use old barrels.
In addition to studying the 26
individual industries, the Federal
Trade Commission submitted a re-
port on concentration in the whole
manufacturing industry, showing
that 1l3 companies, all with assets
of more than $1O0,000,000 owned
almost half of the manufacturing
plant and equipment in the coun
try.
These figures, the Commission
said, "are meaningful in that they
portray the extent to which the in
dustrial economy as whole is
dominated by the overall economic
power of a small number of giant
corporations"
The Commission emphasized that
this was not the full monopoly pic
ture, by any means, as it does not
include the financial tie-ups be-
tween big corporations. "Informa-
tion at the present time is wholly
inadequate to prepare any compre-
hensive measure at this third and
highest level of concentration, y
the Commission reported.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-01

ACROSS
l. Workers best friend
s.. Labors number political enemy
8. Every union of these
10. First of Labor Day founder
II. First (abbr.) of AFL president
IL. Longshoremans Association (abbr.)
Pressman's Union (abbr.)
ID. Labor will endorse the Taft Act
16. Roman numera for 900
II. Any plane surface
19, Water barrier
21. Downpour
"a. Small
the chief bargaining of unions and companies
27. Labor made joke out this in 1913
20. National Union (abbr.)
81. A fourth round of these is Imminent
80. Parent
l. Membership in labor unions has surged - to 100000
in the past few
2. Chief organized foe of labor
g. Illinois Central (abbr)
a. Apart from
5. To
6. By
is backing this anti discrimination legislation
8. Labors choice in 1948 and Whtehouse Ally
TO- An entreaty
a. Your management probably belongs to this
The important single factor economy
20 Powerful medical monopoly opposing bor health insurance
demands
21 Engrossed
22 Moslem religion
23 LARS
25 The Taft Act well result in alout , between
labor and management
26 One of the dangerous provisions of the Taft Act
arrangements to - labor for alleged labor
practices
% Only labor-owned news service
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-01

Most of us take four weeks
vacation; one week to prepare for
the fortnight and another to get
over it.
Evening star., 1949-03-17
Expensive Yonk !.
Sub May GWeU Up
To Be Doctor
BY the Asseeioied Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Mar.
17.-Six months away from a
medical school degree, Bobby
Brown. 300 hitting Yankee in
fielder. gives himself one more
year to win regular big league
job.
After three years a fellow
should know if he is going to
make it." said Brown. Il want
to play ball I'd rather play
than eat but my time is valu-
able to me. If I can progress
In baseball, I'll stick to it.
IT I can't, I'll concentrate
all my time on medical studies.
The fellows in my class at
Tulane now are finishing their
internship. They'll be ready for
practice in July.
After I finish next March I
have a year of interning to put
in. I have it arranged at a San
Francisco hospital to work it
out on six-month basis be-
tween ball seasons for two
years. Everything do takes
me double time"
Brown. with a golden boy"
handle hung around his neck,
has q stable bank account to
ease the double time work.
Larry MacPhail, then president
Of the New York Yankees, paid
him a bonus. variously esti-
mated between $4,000 and
s50,000, for signing in 1916.
There is no doubt about
Bobby's hitting. He broke in
with Newark in '46 and batted
.341. Up with the Yanks in
1947 he hit an even 300 in 50
games. Then in the World
Series against Brooklyn he
compiled the amazing pinch hit
average of 1000.
Last year in 113 games at
second. shortstop and third
base. Bobby again batted 800
right on the nose. Still he
wasn't regular.
How can I ever learn how to
play b position If I don't get a
chance to do it steady?" said
Brown,
Evening star., 1949-03-17
CAPS Won't Win Final PIoyofs,
SoysMikon, FoIed NeorRecor
By Bill Fuchs

Tall. bespectacled George Mikan,
who ran one point shy Of tying
the Basket Ball Association OF
America season individual scoring
output last night against the Caps,
has no great regard for Uline
Arena or too much respect for
the Eastern Division Champion
Caps.
I'D like to play the Caps six
nights a week on neutral court, y
Mikan said following the Caps
85-72 victory over the Minneapolis
Lakers last night. Wed win five
of them
And Just what is the basis for
Mikan's views? After all, the Caps
did finish the series ahead OF
Minneapolis. three victories to two.
Il just think we've got it" said
George, that's all. And the Caps
haven't. The Caps will not win
the league title. They may take
the playoffs in the Eastern Divi-
sion, but a Western team-either
us or Rochester-will end up as
champion"
The dark haired former De Paul
University great doesn't hide his
contempt for playing conditions
on the Uline plant.
"It's the worst floor in the
league" he says bluntly. THE
lighting is off; there's too much
smoke, one basket is foot shorter
from the free throw line than the
other and both baskets are loose.
They can pick any court they
want-Chicago. New York or any
place-and we'll beat 'em five out
of six times"
It was Mikan, the fabulous scor-
ing artist who once studied for
the priesthood and now holds a
law degree, who attracted the
4,169 customers into Uline last
night. He has been averaging
over % points game and needed
only Is to tie the record league
total of 1911 points established
by Philadelphia Joe Fulks two
years ago. He ended the game
with "a points, but he still has
three more games to play-not
counting playoffs.
Mikan never played basket ball
in high school. A serious, sensi-
tive young man, he entered the
Ouigley Preparatory School in
Chicago to study for priesthood.
He gave it up and went to De Paul