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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-02-11
Lincoln and Zion
By DGVid Sch1Dartz
Copyright, 1949, Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency, Inc.)


dents-as far back as John Adams
who expressed sympathy will
the idea of the restoration of
Jewish state. but I had never
known that Lincoln was one o
these. However. my friend. Philip
Slomovitz has called my attention
to a recent book which refers to
a plea made to Lincoln on this
score by a Christian Zionist.
The man who approached Lin
coin to obtain his support for
Zionism was Canadian, Henry
Wentworth Monk. The story is
told in a biography of Monk by
Richard S. Lambert.
According to the author. the
meeting between the Canadian
and Lincoln occurred just afte
the President had issued tn
Emancipation Proclamation. Lin
coin discovering that Monk was
Canadian asked how the peopl'
of his country looked upoi
the Emancipation Proclamation
Monk said that he and they like
it very much. but added tina
there could be no permanen
peace in the world until the Jew
also were emancipated. The Jew
in America and some other pro
gressive lands. said Monk. Nigh
be free. but there were man
millions who were not.
Lincoln replied that Monk
idea was a noble one, addin
Enthusiastically that his chiror
odist, DR.. Zacherie, was Jew an
he ''had put him on his feet
often, he would like to give hi
countrymen a leg up" But, sal
Lincoln, this would have to wa
until the existing crisis was re
solved.
I have sometimes tried men
ally to picture the steps whic
made Lincoln sanction DR.. Zach
aries attempt to end the war b
contracting Southern leaders,
my minds eye. see the Presider
reposing on his bed and DR.. Zach
arie working on his feet.
The President is speaking
'Zacharie," says Lincoln, why d.
you think an attempt to brin
about peace now would succeed
And why do you think you would
succeed at it?. After all, you ar
a chiropodist, not a diplomat"
Mr.. President" said the chi
rmopodist. what brought abou
the present condition of things
The callousness of the people am
you know we chiropodists are al
ways dealing with callouses."
In any event, it is very inter
esting fact that while this JEWS.
chiropodist was asking for per
mission to go to Richmond an
bring an end of the war, a Car
adian Christian was besiegin
Lincoln to help emancipate tn
Jews and restore Zion.
Henry Wentworth Monk wa
the kind of a Zionist we shoul
have in our Zionist organizations
He not only went to see Lincol
about it. He went to Palestin
himself and for a time worked
Jewish farm colony. Inciden'
ally. the first Jewish agriculture
colony in Palestine was started BY
another Christian Zionist. a Phil
adelphian by the name of Warde
Cressen. Monk and Cressen APP
peared to have known each othe
and helped one another.
Monk visualized a restored Is
rael as being a place to which nc
only Jews would return, but ais
Christians who wanted to live
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-02-11

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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-02
Taft-HartIey Charges Against Typos
FINALLY Aired Before Labor Board

Washington (LPA) - The init
Typographical Union-AFL fought
the final round last week before
the NLRB in its long battle against
charges that it had violated the
Taft Hartley act.
At formal hearings held by the
board, the TITUS counsel, Gerhard
Van Arkel and Henry Kaiser,
argued for dismissal of five reports
handed down by NLRB trial eX-
aminers in cases against the
typos" brought by newspaper pub
fishers and printing industry own
ers.
Van Arkel and Kaiser were ar
rayed against a battery of attor-
neys for the American Newspaper
Publishers Assn, the Printing In
dustry of America, the Chicago
Newspaper Publishers Assn, and
other employer groups in the in
dustry.
One of the highlights of the
hearing was a verbal slugging
match between Van Arkel, once
NLRB general counsel, and Gerard
Reilly, once member of the
NLRB, but now a high-paid attor-
ney and lobbyist for the printing
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-02

industry and big corporations.
Van Arkel charged the cases
were all part of "a vendetta
against the ITU" pushed by r. n.
Denham, general counsel and
"czar" of the Taft Hartley act.
Reilly retorted that this was a
SERIOUS misrepresentation" but
Van Arkel refused to backtrack.
Throughout the hearing, he and
Kaiser repeatedly charged that in
these eases, Denham was carrying
out the demands of newspaper
moguls. "Denham is guilty of con-
temptible, craven, knuckling down
to the pressure of the publishers"
Kaiser declared.
The report of one trial examiner,
Howard Myers, which recommend
ed particularly harsh breakdown
on the ITU, was denounced by Van
Arkel as "the most fragrant type
of union busting"
The cases against the lTU are
expected to constitute a test OF
some of the most vicious sections
Of the Taft Hartley act. A decision
by the board is expected in the near
future.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-02
N. Jersey JobIess
AT 3-Year Record

Trenton, n. j. 0LNS).-Unem-
ployment in New Jersey, which is
covered by compensation benefits,
hit 3-year record Of ,000, the
state division of unemployment
security announced May 9. The di-
vision professed TO believe the rise
"a healthy correction" Of postwar
overproduction. w h e her unem-
ployment was healthy" for the
victims the division did not say.
In April, the division disbursed
$8,649 ,421 to the jobless, including
81 ,500,045 in service mems read
justment allowances and $4,279 in
marine unemployment grants. This
was the largest amount since early
in 1916 when postwar reconversion
led to temporary unemployment at
a relatively high level. There were
73,000 new claims filed during the
month.
The division said a number Of in
dustries apparently had oyerpro-
duced, hiring more employees than
needed. The unemployment in
crease, it added, represents only a
healthy correction of that over
produced condition"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-02
Court Kills New
Jerseys Utility
Anfi-Sfrike Low

Trenton, N. j. UPA) = New
Jerseys utility anti-strike law
was knocked out by the state Sup
RENE Court last week.
The case had unusual angles.
The test suit challenging validity
of the entire law was instituted by
the Traffic Telephone Workers
Union, representating $4,000 oper-
ators of the New Jersey Bell Tele-
phone Co.
Among features of the law at
tackled by the union were those
which provided heavy fines, rang
ing up to $4,000 for "fomenting"
a utility strike. However, the court
by-passed those provisions.
Peculiarly, the company joined
in the litigation, but it concentrat-
ed on challenging the compulsory
arbitration feature of the law.
Only on that phase did the court
rule.
1t held that since the arbitration
section contained no standards to
govern the arbitrators, it was un-
constitutional. Also, it ruled that
this section was inseparable from
other provisions, and that hence
the entire act was invalid. It's de-
ciSion was unanimous.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-02
Congress Group
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isfaction and in the interest of the
people of these United States"
"The Tennessee Valley Author
ity," declares the study, "has been
in existence over 16 years, and
during that period it's relations
with labor have been relatively
free of strife and discord" A few
of the many reasons given for
TWAS success are:
1-"There is nothing in the labor
policies of IVA that smacks of
paternalism."
2-TVA itself is the employer,
rather than feeding it's construc-
tion jobs out to contractors.
3-"Management has proved by
its deeds that it is constantly striv-
ing to deal fair and square with
labor"
4-"The Tennessee Valley Trades
and Labor Council-AFL is compos-
ed of responsible unions"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-02
GOVT AGENCY VERIFIES
l948 PROFITS SKY-HIGH

Washington (LPA)-The Bureau
Of Labor Statistics was chided this
week for presenting to the world
a too-rosy picture of the living
standards of American workers.
A few weeks ago, the Bureau
published a booklet called "The
Gift of Freedom" for circulation
and translation abroad to show
how workers fare in a democracy.
Official figures, the Department
said, formed the foundation of the
booklet.
Now an economist has come
along with the contention that the
book overshot the mark. He is (.
B. Mittleman, who is on the re-
search staff of the Int'l Association
of Machinists, and formerly work
ed many years for government
agencies including the Labor Dept.
It's unfortunate, said Mittle-
man, that "having a good story to
tell, the Bureau could not over
come the temptation to make it too
good"
As an example, he said the Bur-
eau described the American stan
dard of living" in terms of goods
and services, and then claimed this
standard is available to more than
three-fourths of the families"
"Such claim flies in the face of
the facts and spoils what is other
wise still bright picture" Mittle-
man said. Sixty per cent would be
more nearly correct
Mittleman also challenged the
Bureaus assertion that the Am
erican living standard doubled"
between 1909 and 1947. "There are
no figures on earnings or living
costs to make any such showing"
he contended. Statistics used by
the Bureau don't substantiate its
claim of 1907 gain, he said. He
argued the advance would be more
like 500.
Mittleman criticized the book on
several other counts, and closed up
by asserting that, unlike adyertis-
ing agencies, the government
should avoid overstatements. "The
best thing, perhaps, is to be as ac-
curate as possible, certainly not to
magnify one set of facts at home
and another abroad" he said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-02
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such a scheme any number of per-
sons who are now too proud and
self-reliant to ask for charity?
assume that this is the purpose OF
those provisions which would per-
NIT the use of public money to adj
vertise private voluntary insurance
plans and their availability at pub
lie expense. 3-If such a scheme
were successful in providing COW
erage on IN adequate basis for all
those who need it, would not the
cost be even greater than the cost
of national health insurance as
provided in S. 1872"
Senator's Taft and Hill appear
ed to support their respective bills.
Taft said health insurance would
change our whole system of pro-
viding medical care. He insisted
that Tn general, medical care has
been available to large proper
ton Of those who are unable to
pay for it in the United States" "
Under skeptical questioning by
Sen. Claude Pepper Cd, Fla.), he
insisted that the $300,000,000 cell
ing on yearly funds provided by his
bill would be enough to achieve its
objective of providing medical care
to all who are not able to pay the
whole cost.
Taft vigorously asserted that the
problems of health vary from state
to state, and insisted that each
state should be free to work out
its own solutions to the health
needs of its inhabitants.
A heated argument between
Pepper, Taft, and Sen Hubert
Humphrey Cd, Minn.) resulted
after Taft said 81 don't think we
have to go down the Socialist party
line on a national basis Of medical
care. Let each state make the par
ticular solution it thinks desirable" )"
Both Pepper and Humphrey de-
MED that the health insurance bill
is socialiZed medicine, or that the
would own hospitals
or hire doctors under its provisions.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-02
Ohio Power CO. Uses Plane
To Keep Wdtch On Lines

Skimming low across the sky, a
trim yellow and blue airplane pro-
vides a watchful birds eye view OF
The Ohio Power Company's main
1872, 2,000-volt transmission system
which serves more than 500 Ohio
communities.
Seated in the plane are two men
"a pilot and an observer. They
are alert for anything that might
interfere with this vital network
of high-voltage lines.
These are the main lines which
transmit electricity from the Tidd
and Windsor power plants on the
Ohio River and from the Philo
plant near GAINESVILLE to Ohio Pow
er's 100000 customers = homes,
farms and industries-in 55 coun-
ties in the state.
The patrol plane, a 90-horsepow-
er Piper Cub Special under con-
tract to Ohio Power, surveys the
transmission network four times a
year. The patrol work is under sup
ervision of Merle l.. Fisher, of
Canton, superintendent of trans
mission for the power company.
The air patrol covers nearly
1000 miles of lines, along which
are 3,575 towers and 1,600 wooden
pole structures. The b server
checks physical conditions along
the system. He looks for any new
buildings which might be erected
too close to the high tension lines,
landslides or strip-mining opera
tions which might endanger the
transmission towers, broken insul-
ators or anything else which might
endanger the lines.
The plane maintains radio con-
tact with Ohio Power stationary
and mobile radio units. Any serious
trouble observed from the plane is
reported by radio for immediate
attention.
Approximately 25 flying hours,
spread over four-day period, are
required, to complete each air sur
vey. Skillfully maneuyered over
the high voltage network, the plane
travels about so miles an hour and
covers approximately $50 miles a
day.
Ohio Power inaugurated the air
patrol last September and is be-
lieved to be the first electric util-
ity in this part of the country to
undertake such a system of aerial
observation.
In addition to the plane patrol,
Ohio Power makes periodic checks
of its 132,000-volt system by
ground and road patrols, also util-
izing radio units.
The plane patrol is quicker and
more economical than the two other
methods. In fact, it completes the
transmission patrol 20 times quick
er than the ground patrol.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-02
Labor Mon
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dustrial Union Council, as well as
USA director. He served in the
US army from 1914 until the end
Of World War III. While active in
the labor movement Harris also
served on the regional War Labor
Board, War Manpower Commits
sion, and OPA advisory committee.
Philadelphia civic and interracial
groups, and the Workers Defense
League profted by his active mem
bership.
Commenting on Harris appoints
ment, Clinton Golden and Bert M.
Jewell, top labor advisers to ECA
Administrators Paul Hoffman said:
"This second appointment of a
labor adviser to a mission chief
position signifies the fact that
labor is giving more thank token
assistance to the rccoYery of Eu-
rope. American labor has a right
to be proud of this appointment
and the recognition it implies"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-02
Govt Agency chided For Too Rosy
Picture OF American Workers Lives

Washington (LPA) - Confirma-
ton of the fact that US industry
made the highest profits ever in
'1948 was provided last week by the
official reports of the Securities d
Exchange Com I'm S S i on, which
howe ID manufacturing corpora
tions made $l1.5 billions in profits
after taxes, a l4R increase over
1947.
Smaller corporations didn't do as
well as the big fellows, and the
producers goods industries show
ed the Increases in profits while
most consumers goods industries
showed the declines, SEC pointed
out.
In addition to the sky-high pro
fits, corporations had written of
a lot of debts, SEC pointed out,
citing the fact that the ratio of
cash and government securities to
current liabilities, (which is one
rough measure Of corporate liquid
ity, amounted to 1870 at the end
of 194S, compared with S3fc at the
end of the preceding year" Again
the biggest industrial corporations
had written Off the larger part OF
the debts.
Here are some examples of the
profits increases between the third
and fourth quarters of 1913:
Transportation equipment other
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-02

Another application was from
the Aluminium Workers Council,
25 federal labor unions with IL to
$4,000 members. President Green
said that the council was holding
this case in allegiance to determine
whether or not there would be any
clash between an aluminium work
ers union and building trades
union. He said, however, that the
council hopes to be able to give
the aluminium workers a charter
of their own soon.
While anxious for the reaffiia-
ton Of the United Mine Workers,
the council said that it would not
grant the UNIV any special terms
if it reenters the AFL. UNIV Pres
ident John l.. Lewis is reported to
have offered to rejoin the AFL If
the AFL agrees not to use the
facilities Of the NLRB so long as
the Taft Hartley act is in the sta
tute books.
This years AFL convention will
be held in st. Paul, Mimi, begin
ming October 3rd.
President Harry Bates of the
Bricklayers Union and Executive
ce-President Dave Beck of the
Intl Brotherhood of Teamsters
were named fraternal delegates to
the September meeting of the Bri-
tish Trades Union Congress.
The Air Lines Pilots Assn was
cautioned by the council not to
cross into the jurisdictional terri
tory of the Flight Engineers Int'l
Association.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-02
AL Council Considers
Orqdaizutiondl Problems

Cleveland LPA)-The AFL ex-
ecutive council last week settled
several organizational problems,
and referred others to special COM
mittees for their recommendations.
Two charters were issued: one
to new union, and the second ex-
panding the jurisdiction of an
established union.
The Railway Patrolmen's Coun-
ell, an organization of nearly 1000
railroad guards asked for a full
fledged charter. The council auth
orized President William Green and
Secretary Treasurer George Meany
to issue it.
Also approved was the request
of the Radio Directors Guild for
jurisdiction over directors of tele-
vision shows. It'll be called the
Radio & Television Directors Guild
now.
Action was delayed, however, on
two other applications.
When the charter request of the
American Federation of Hosiery
Workers-an independent union,
formerly. affiliated with the CIO-
was presented, President Anthony
Valente of the United Textile
Workers objected. AFHW should
become a division of UTW, he
maintained.
A special committee consisting
of Meany, President David Dublin
sky of the Int'l Ladies Garment
Workers Union and President Dan
iel Tracy of the Int'l Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers was appoint
ed to study the question.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-02
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Committee would have been divided
IL to IL on Taft Hartley.
The Senate Democratic decision
to tackle TIL repeal before ratify-
ing the North Atlantic pact came
last week when labor and liberal
organizations protested against the
statement by Sen. Scott Lucas Cd,
lll.) that only three more major
items of legislation can come be-
fore the Senate this session.
Labor is insisting that TIL not
be forgotten in the rush for ad-
journment. Many union representa-
tives want to push too for action
on other items in the Presidents
Fair Deal program, which Lucas is
willing to lay over until next ses-
sion.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-02


than motor vchicles-profits up
81 II.
Primary iron and steel-proita
up 32%.
Electrical neutrality-suspicious. up
29Gs.
Primary non-ferrous metals
profits up 22%.
And here are some of the de-
clines in profits between the third
and fourth quarters Of l94S:
Apparel-profits down 67ft,
Printing and publishing g-profts
down 400.
Leather and lumber-both down
$50.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-02

bring, O.-Leslie Hawk, Harold
Agnew, John Hotchkiss.
Local Union 1873, Generalware.
Los Angeles, Calif,-Stanley Lyle.
Local Union 1S4, Chinaware,
Trenton, n. Arthur Devlin.
Local Union 1872, Generalware,
Warehousemen, Packers and Dec
Grating Kilnmen, Sebring, o.
Lee Minesinger, Hugh Daley.
Local Union 1876, Glost Ware
housewomen and KilndrawerS, East
Liverpool-Villa Carraher, Mildred
Ward, Mildred Mckenzie.
Local Union 1919, C ware,
Pomona, Calif.-William B. Hack
er, Jr.
Local Union PA, Sanitary, Red
lands, Calf. Clarence Davis,
Bernard Rowbottom.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-02
KEEP RENT CONTROL

FL Dorado, Ark. LPA)-A turn
out of oil workers, rail unionistS
and AFL unionists including carp
enters helped to stem the tide at a
public hearing held last week by
the city council here on a landlord
petition for decontrol of all rents.
This is one of the few cases
where landlords have not had theil
way under the new rent control
law, which makes lifting of rent
controls mandatory if the local OF
state governing body approves the
decontrol.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-02
we're building
am Niagara

THERE'S great of electric power in
l. the making Or call it source of new comforts,
conveniences new jobs.
Either'way, it's greater than Niagara (up to the
greatest single of aterdeveloped power in all
the world) and its benefits are for yoa.
This mghtier, steam-powered Niagara is made up of
the plants being added to the American Gas and
Electric System, of which this-your electric company
lis part. To create this power, $685. 100000
will have been spent between 1947 and 1851.
By the end of that period the plants of the American
Gas and Electric System will be generating 3754000
horsepower-rnore than faCice much the original
Niagara Falls is generating The System will have
doubled its capacity to you in ten short years.
In fact, much of this power work right
Already it has attracted businesses the
munities Industry has found new ways
this power make better products faster and cheaper.
Electric lights and machines replacing kerosene lamps
and hand labor in farm and rural Streets
better lighted, safer. Employment possibilities
greater. Living is comfortable because there
is electricity for all.
In size the Niagara dwarfs the old In the
of opportunities it brings it is dwarfng the old one oo
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-02

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