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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-24
Building Trades
Ask NLRB Define
Status Under tn

Washington (LPA)-The AFL
Building & Construction Trades
Dept and a group of contractors
associations have petitioned the
Natl Labor Relations Board to is
sue a declaratory order showing
how unions can be recognized leg
ally in the construction business
under the Taft Hartley act.
In a brief filed with the NLRB,
the AFL pointed out that the board
has found it impossible to hold
elections in the building industry,
and that the Taft Hartley act out
laws traditional recognition, bar
gaining and hiring practices. The
industry is threatened with chaos,
the AFL contended.
Three recent cases brought mat
ters to a head, the AFL said. In
one, the NLRB itself ruled IA tradi-
tional hiring system illegal. In
another one, a trial examiner out
lawed a standard recognition prac-
tice. In a third, one local union fill
ed a complaint with the NLRB be-
cause it was dissatisfied with the
decision of a local joint labor
management body.
Key issue raised by the AFL is
whether any contract in the build
ing industry today is valid, since
the unions have never been certi-
fled. A union must win a represen-
tation election to be certified as
bargaining agent and the NLRB
has been unable to conduct the
elections. What protection does a
union have, the AFL asks?
Also, no legal contracts for the
union shop can be written because
union shop elections have been
equally impossible to conduct. In
addition, the hiring practices of
much of the industry, which re-
semble the hiring hall, merit con-
sideration.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-24
disqualification Plan For California
Workers First Plan Of Kind In u. S.

Sacramento, Calf. (ILNS). =
California wage earners will soon
be eligible for disqualification behe-
fits of SO a day for IL days as the
nations first state-operated hos
pitalization plan goes into effect.
The disqualification benefits will
be in addition to the $25 weekly
payments currently allowed for
sickness under the states public
disability insurance program insti-
tuted in 1947. Persons eligible for
the disability insurance as well as
the newly approved hospital bene-
fits, are those who became unem-
ployed because of illness or injury
not connected with their work.
Workman's compensation covers in
juries on the job.
The hospital benefit plan will be
financed out of the 500 million re-
serve of the state disability insur-
ance fund which has been built up
solely by l percent payroll de-
duction from employees. The pro-
gram was enacted in the form of
an amendment to bill making a
minor change in the unemployment
insurance act.
Another new provision in the
California law valves the 7-day
waiting period for workers who
are hospitalized. The entire wait
ing period is waived if the claim
ant is hospitalized on the first day
of disability and part of it is waiv
ed if he goes to the hospital at
any time during the first week of
sickness. Previously a week had
to elapse before a worker could
start drawing benefits, whether
hospitalized or not.
Reserve Held Adequate
According to officials of the
State Department of Employment,
which administers the disability in
surance program, the added hos
pital benefits are estimated at S10I
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-24
AFL SELECTS EDWARDS
FOR NEW RADIO SERIES

Washington. - Frank Edwards
one of the outstanding liberals oil
the air has been engaged as com
mentator for the American FEEDER
alton of Labor's new, nationwide
radio program which will be broad
cast 5 nights week over the Mu
tual network beginning Jan. 2.
Edwards brings to the micro
phone versatile radio news back
ground of more than "a years anC
a vivid personality which won hin
top popularity ratings in his latest
assignment at Indianapolis. AL
though sponsored by a business
concern there, his consistent es-
pousal of liberal causes and his ag-
gressive campaign against the
Taft Hartley Act won him a wide
following among Midwest workers
His broadcasts for the AFL viii
originate from Washington anC
will be aired over a network of 141
stations from 10 to 10:15 p. m.
EST. GA complete list of the sta.
tions on the network and the loca
time when this program will be
heard will be published as soon as
it can be compiled.)
Edwards was chosen to serve aS
the AFL's news commentator after
a series of additions of many bet
ter known newscasters because OF
his effective radio style and his
crusading spirit for progressive OBJ
jectives. 1t is expected that he will
soon become one of the most popu-
lar commentators on the air.
To accustom radio audiences to
listening to Edwards at 10 p. m.
EST, the Mutual network plans to
start him on that spot on a sus-
tanning basis beginning Dec. 5,
Monday through Friday until the
AFL program tales over on the
same time beginning Jan. 2.
Edwards started his radio career
as a special events broadcaster but
his unceasing efforts to dig for the
"story behind the story" prompted
him to switch soon after to news
reporting and then commentaries.
He has travelled far and wide
tracking down news developments,
visiting such far-away places as
Borneo, Alaska, Sumatra, Aus.
tralia, South Africa, Norway and
most of the South American ma
tions in quest of radio headlines.
An expert newsreel photographer,
he has shot many films to illus
trate his lectures which have won
him popularity in the Midwest.
Fearless in his presentation Of
the truth and completely independ-
ent in his point of view, Edwards
is expected to provide a refreshing
contrast to the regular run of COM
mentators, most of whom lean to
the reactionary side of public is
sues. Certainly, he will offer a
colorful and interesting new per-
sonality on the air.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-24
Committee Hears
Strike Story At
DiGiorgio Ranch

Bakersfield, Cal. UPA) = The
heart breaking story of conditions
that led to the two-year strike at
the mammoth DiGiorgio fruit ranch
was spread on the records. at a
two-day hearing before a Con-
gressional subcommittee.
An offer by the National Farm
Labor Union-AFL, to submit its
membership lists for a check to
show it represents majority OF
the workers was coldly rejected by
the Corporation. James Price, VIC
tim of an attempted assassination
in the spring of 1948, told his story.
Robert F.. Schmieser, president of
the Associated Farmers Inc, des-
cribed his organizations activities
during the strike, and admitted the
group was organized in 1914 to
prevent unionization of farm work
ers, and that he had received
money from railroads and big in
dustrialists to finance his activities.
Sheriff John Lousalot testified
there was no violence on the pic
ket line. Rep. Richard P. Nixon
Or. CALI a member of the sub
committee, and also of the House
un-American Activities Committee,
stated there was no evidence of
subversive activity in connection
with the union or the strike.
The subcommittee of the House
Labor and Education Committee,
headed by Rep. C. M. Bailey Cd.
w. Va.) visited the ranch. The
delegation included Hank Hasiwar,
the unions representative in the
west, who later reported that the
shacks had been rebuilt, and all
the buildings housing strikebreak-
ers had been freshly painted, for
the benefit Of the Investigating
committee.
The union showed the documen-
tary movie Poverty In the Valley
OF Plenty" depicting conditions on
the corporation farms of Califor-
MIA. H. l.. Mitchell, union president,
said he was sued for $2,0O0,0C0
libel by DiGiorgio, on charges that
the movie damaged the firms re-
putation. He told the committee
the libel suit will not bring back
the babies starved to death, won't
feed the hungry, or shelter or
clothe the workers, and won't force
DiGiorgio to sit down across the
table with his workers. The corpor-
alton also showed a movie "Di-
Giorgio Story" in an effort to
prove all is well in "Valley of
Plenty" where so much poverty
and misery exists, and where babies
die of malnutrition.
Ernesto GalarZa, the unions re-
search director, detailed the Asso-
ciated Farmers role in the strike,
the economic facts about DiGiorgio.
Other union witnesses recounted
the miserable pay and housing over
the last 10 to 15 years.
The strike started after the corp
Grafton refused to meet with a
committee of its employees.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-24

million a year.
Under terms of the California
law, private insurance firms or
voluntary insurance plans can COM
pete with the state organized fund
for the disability insurance. How
ever, the state sets standards that
all programs must meet. About 40
percent of the wage earners eligi-
BILE for the California disability
program are now insured with pri-
vate firms.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-24
Eastern Railroad
(Continued From Page Onsi

are the prime cause of passenger
deficits"
Mahaffie argued that the car
riers should be cutting their fares,
instead of increasing them, if they
hope to continue to compete with
airlines and bus companies. He
noted that passenger revenues
have continued to decline despite
the previous fare hikes and said
this should serve as warning
that measures other than addition
al increases in fares are necessary
if the decline is to be Stopped.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-24
Matthew Woll In Germany

Washington, ID. c. GLNS). -
Matthew Woll, American Fedora
tion of Labor vice president and
chairman of the federation's Inter
Labor Relations Commit
toe, arrived in Frankfort, Nov. l6
to study German economic condi-
tions and trade union activities.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-24
ANA Makes Own
(CoHfinued From Page Ons)

meeting Of his own. Dear me no,
the doctor said, in effect.
However, Cruikshauk refused to
be taken, When the meeting was
over but before it was broken up,
he issued ringing challenge to
DR., Gampell to a debate anywhere,
any time the ANA would turn the
Englishman loose. Presumably the
challenge still stands.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-24
IATSE SCORES GAINS

New York (LPA)-A two-year
contract with the Eagle-Lion COM
pany calling for a $3.50 a week
wage increase brought the last of
the motion picture distributors
signing blanket contracts with the
Int'l Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Employes-AFL up to the pay level
negotiated with eight distributors
last spring, union president, Rich
ard Walsh, announced. Three others
signed up during the summer and
early fall.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-24
New S. Illinois Labor PAPER

T.. st. Louis, Ill. (LPA)--A new
labor publication has been launch
ed by a representative committee
of officers of Southern Illinois
Wage Earner's League, composed
mainly of AFL and Machlnist lead
ers. Maury +. Rubin, since 1887
editor of the st. Louis Labor Tri-
bune, is managing editor and Don
Cook is associate editor.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-24

Buy Union Label gifts and make
it Merry Christmas for the or
ganiZed workers who contribute
more to the universal application
of that spirit than any other group
on earth.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-24
Optical Workers Strike Ends

Rochester, N. Y. (ILNS).-P
duction at the Wollensak Optical
Co. closed for 2 weeks by strike,
was resumed Nov. 10 by $50 work.
ers. The return-to-work move was
approved by members of the
Photographic and Precision Optical
Workers Federal Union, 1869,
AFL.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-24

Washington (LPA) - President
Truman has been invited by Pres
ident George Harrison of the Rail
way Clerks-AFL TO be the guest of
the union at its 50th anniversary
celebration dinner in Cincinnati
Dec. 80.
Harrison, who headed the labor
committee working for Truman's
election in l94S, told reporters
when he left the White House after
extending the invitation that the
President indicated he might be
able to get to Sen. Robert Taft's
home town for the celebration.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-24

To hear some ROSTERS crow you'd
think the sun was rising especially
for them.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-24

Demand the Union Label.
Evening star., 1949-05-09
Mack Saxon, Al, Dies;
Civilian Aide in Navy
Physical Training

Mack Saxon. a.. civilian AAssS-
tant 10 Tire head q tlae Navy s
aviation physical tTainans pro
gram. died yesterday III hss sltcp
at his home. AS4S South Twenty
seventh road. Fatrlsngtan, Va
Mr.. Saxon, who Was born Ia
Palestine. Tex. vas = former star
quarterback al the University OF
Texas and one OF the school S out
standing athletes, lie became head
football coach for the Texas Col
lege OF Mines at Ei PaSo from
1925 TO is4o, when he went with
the Navy
He served under Capt Tom
Hamilton, who was instrumental
IN starting the Naval aviation
physical fitness program dufing
the war. Mr. Saxon headed the
athletic training program al the
Banana River Fla Naval Air
Station. He held the rank Of COM
mandeF.
In ls45 he went on inactive
duty. was employed Is a civilian
in the training program
Mr.. Saxon was a member oi
the Coaches Association OF Amer
lea.
He Is survived by his widow.
Mrs. Mary A, Saxon three step
sons, Nick Hilton. Chicago. ETick
Hilton Of the Fairlington address.
and Barron Hilton. Los Angeles.
and his mother. who lives in Pal
eStine. Tex.
Graveside services will be held
at 2 pm. tomorrow al Arlington
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1949-05-09
Funeral Set Today,
For Maj. H. K. Bentley
se.eisl oi.po.sh 10 The Star


BERKELEY SPRINGS. w. Va,
May 9.-Funeral services were TO
be held here today for Mai. Harry
K. Bentley. II. native of Washing
ton and former treasurer Of the
Reserve Officers Association. who
died Friday after a short illness.
Mai. Bentley had long Army
career. but had retired and at his
death was manager of the Berke-
ley Springs Water Co. He was
graduated from ST. Johns College
and took post graduate courses at
Catholic University and the Ma
tional University Law School.
Under an Army appointment in
1893 he served with the adjutant-
general and as secretary to the
Board of Ordnance Fortifications.
In 1906 he was appointed to the
staff of the Soldiers Home. Wash
ington.y D. c.. where he served
until 1924. Subsequently he was
with the Veterans AdminiStra-
ton and was executive officer OF
the Army tubercular hospital at
Castle Point, N. Y.
He also had duty in Colorado
and once was finance officer Of the
62d Cavalry Division.
Mai. Bentley is survived by his
widow and a son, Maj. Byrnes F,
Bentley, who has arrived from his
station in Vienna. and a brother,
Col. George A. Bentley, U. S. A.
lretiredl. of Green Bay. Wis.
Evening star., 1949-05-09
Mrs. Gushing Dies;
Widow Of Surgeon
sY me Assoe.o,sd Pres

NEW YORK. May 9,-Mrs, Har-
vey Gushing. rs. widow OF the ma
tionally known brain surgeon and
mother in law Of John Hay Whit
ney. Vincent Astor. and William
S. Paley, died yesterday.
Born Katherine Stone crowell,
she had been living in New York
after her husbands death at New
Haven. Conn, in 1899.
DR.. Cushing. who became a
world authority on tumors and
internal secretions. married her
in 1902 They had three daugh-
ters and a son.
A daughter. Mary Benedict,
married Mr.. Astor in 1910,
Another daughter. BetSey, now
married to Mr. Whitney. once was
the wife of James Roosevelt. by
whom she had two daughters.
They were divorced in l94l.
The third daughter. Barbara, Is
the wife of MIR. Paley. chairman
of the board of the Columbia
Broadcasting System. She has two
children by a previous marriage
to Stanley Grafton Mortimer. jr,
Also surviving is a son, Henry
Kirke Gushing. Boston insurance
broker and husband Of the former
Marjorie Estabrook. They have
four sons.
The family said burial will take
place Wednesday at Cleveland,
where Mrs. Gushing was born.
Services VIII be held at 1880 to-
morrow at the Holy Trinity
Church here.
Evening star., 1949-05-09
Arthur J. Glover, rs. Dies;
Dairy fxpelt AID ti,iiGr
By tA= Asaex xsHssS psxss

FORT ATKINSON. WIS.,. May
e--Arttur James Glover. 7s. q
dairyman OF Nationwide prom
tnence. died unexDectedly at his
home early yesterday.
Mr.. Glover WAS cited II 1880 by
President Hoover as the man who
had contributed most TO National
agriculture during the previous
decade.
In 1904 Mr., Glover became editor
OF Hoard's Dairyman. He took
over the duties of managing editor
Of the magazine II years later
and still served IN that post at
the time OF his death
He was president Of the Amer
ican Dairy Federation for several
years and president Of the National
Holstein FrieSian Association from
l934-37.
He was manager OF the first ma
tional dairy show in Chicago In
1907 and Of the next six Of the
annual exhibitions.
Mr.. Glover was credited as a
leader in the fight against bovine
tuberculosis.
He was born In Zumhro Falls.
Mimi. was graduated from the
Minnesota School Of Agriculture
In 1898 and received his bachelor
of agriculture degree from the
University of Minnesota in 1899.
After that he was a faculty mem
Der of the University Of Illinois
Extension in dairy huSbandry.
Evening star., 1949-05-09
Rev.G.G. KundahI, 50,
Dies; Preached al Jail

The Rev. G. C. Kundahl, SO,
who for 10 years conducted re-
ligious services at the District
Jail, Lorton Reformatory and the
Occoquan Workhouse, died Satur-
day at Sibley Hospital after a long
illness. He retired from minis
terial duties five years ago and
lived at SO Bryant street NV.
Mr.. Kundahl. a Presbyterian.
was born In New York City but had
lived in the Washington area since
1898. He was graduated from
Maryland Agriculture College. now
the University Of Maryland. and
later did evangelistic work here
and in Maryland and Virginia. In
the District he conducted evan
gelistic services for the Central
Union Mission.
Mr.. Kundahl was pastor of St
Paul's Presbyterian Church in Cot
tage City, Md, for four years and
then became pastor Of the Neels-
vile Presbyterian Church at Ger
mantown. Md. He served there fol-
IA years until his retirement.
He was a member of the Wash
ington City Presbytery.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Mary A. Kundahl; a daughter
Mrs. Fred L. Kiesser, Ridgewood
N. j., and two sons, DR.. Paul C.
Kundahl. Seattle, Wash, anc
George Kundahl. 1921 Quesads
street NV.
Funeral services viii be held
at Q PM. tomorrow at lexington
Presbyterian Church, North Capt.
tol and @ streets, with burial ir
Glenwood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1949-05-09
Deuths Reported

tFrom the D. c. Bureau q vital statissies-D J
Joseph G1hr, "a. 74g7 blair I'd. NV.
Zephia r. Corrigan. 81. 1901 Burke st. ne
Ernest II. FRANKIE, IS. a14 Kentucky ave.
Ressie Schneider. 70. 5000 18th ss. nv.
Morris u Webster. 6s, lit 4fh %. ne
Mary VI. smith, 63, $500 u. Capitol 81.
Boyd O. Beckingtcn. 64. 43lT Chesapeake
chsrlotss x. Darling, rs. Phiiadelphia. p,
George L Carr. o.. los Rock Greek
Nisholas shea. 0s. esoa N. Capitol ST.
Anna M Miller. 81. West Lanham. Nd.
cara Deucnde. 90. Blue Plains. D. c.
william B. Brsmmen, 81. l3s = 81. Sc
Emma M Haring, 50. 2022 Perry s.. n.N.
Teiia Mechiirs. a. I402 21st st. nv.
Sarah M- Epstein. 80. 1907 saraiosa ave
oiivsr n. Thompson. SO. 1854 Porter ct.
oustssus O. Kunoahl 90. 50 Bryant st.
John d. Ennis. 70, 3e03 Warren &C. NV.
Edssr Z. Heatwnie. 5s. 9le Bryant a. ne.
Esolet C Toose 81 SIS &6tA st. ne
solomon = Fosanf. g. 1881 Msfion 9.
wizard Mains IL. i7ss stanton ter. Ss.
Thcrnson 0ianton. 80. 12As unlon o. Az.
Evening star., 1949-05-09
Mrs. Ward W. Griffith
Dies Of Long Illness;
Funeral Tomorrow

Funeral services for Ms
Alberta BeAl GTitsth. IS. widow
Of Ward W. Gritssh. prominent
coal merchant here. vii be held
at ! pm. tonoyrow IN the S. n
Hines Co. Funeral Home. 2sol
Fourteenth street NV Burial viii
be In the Episcopal Church Crrne-
terry. Fure<tstlle. Md.
Mrs Grnth died Saturday
after a long Illness, 81 the hesIae
Of her son. W. w. Grtfith. gr
400 Harrison street NV. with
whom she lived.
Her husband Was founder Of tiae
Grifflth Coal Co. which later
merged with the Consumers Coal
Co 10 become Griffith Consumers
Co He died In ls4l.
Mrs. Grifnth was born III Prince
Georges County. She moved 70
Washington In early childhood and
lived here since then. She was
married here 81 years ago,
She was a member Of the All
Souls Episcopal Church. was ae-
tive in work for the Episcopal
Childrens' Home when II vas
known as the Bell Home. and was
a member of the Board Of Lady
Managers OF Casualty Hospital
Mrs. Griffith Is survived by two
other sons. w. D. Grtfhth. 3soa
Thirty-fourth street NV. and c.
B. Grifnth. 7l2i Gloucester road
Woodacres. Md: sister, Mrs.
Frank c. Farr. 1904 Kenilworth
avenue NE. and one brother,
William A. Beall. 500 Eleventh
street NE.
Evening star., 1949-05-09
Or. ]. Addison Jones,
Church leoder. Dies
D. sa,~ AesEx awsssS sssss

RoIsQHhEEPSIE. y Y May .
-~Dg. J As44saa 1exssxs- IS. ta@ -
wears tase representative al RE-
formed C.fl@Ectses r. AEses sss IS
TIE World Coufseal u Re.nfszssxs
Churches, dire Saturday n1ai
He wsS q ;oFEses pErAsSseni O.
t1se General Synod a TIRE Re-
formed Caa~a et AfsaeFsea ard q!
THE American S~ecia1sa 81 gssr
~asAd Alliance ci FFvsast<s aA,s
and Reformed Churches,
He vas born In N'Al<s
Dr.. jones retired sEs&zr rcArs
age as pAStog q t.ae Reformed
Church herr where la4 had sesvr<s
- wears He s<rNeSs fozIT terms
as chaplain ot tfe New Tos &
State Assembly and ~as chaplain
of the New Yerg State Cosasilt1l-
tloaAl Convention IL 1915
Evening star., 1949-05-09

tory's delegates to a conference at
the Naval Electronics Laboratory
in San Diego. He had planned to
return here Wednesday.
DR.. Stephenson Joined the Naval
Research Laboratory in 1924 and
served as associate superintend-
ent of the Sound Division until
last year, when he became head
of the Mechanics Division.
In Charge of Research.
He was responsible for the re-
search undertaken at the labora-
tory in underwater sound and in
fire control, and held many pat
ents in these fields. In 1881 he
received a Navy award Of $4,000.
one of the highest monetary
prizes given by the service, for
developing the use of American
quartz crystals in underwater
sound detecting devices.
Active in administrative as well
as scientific affairs, DR.. Stephen
son served for many years as
chairman of the laboratory's Eff
cheney Rating Committee. a
Massachusetts, Institute Of Tech
nology committee for thesis ac-
crediting, and as chairman Of the
Civil Service Board of Examiners
Of Scientific and Technical Per-
sonnel, a board which he was in
strumental in founding. He also
was problems secretary of the
laboratory's Scientific Program
Board.
Born in Illinois.
DR.. Stephenson was born in
Sparta. H.. and spent his early
life in the Midwest. He received
his bachelors and masters degrees
in physics from Knox College,
which in 1943 gave him an honor
airy doctor of science degree. and
he took his doctorate in physics
at the University of Illinois. DR..
Stephenson taught at both Knox
College and at Illinois, and also
at the University of North Dakota
before World War I.
During World War I. he served
as a major In the Corps of Engi-
neers. and later became a civilian
physicist in the Office of tbe Chief
of Engineers here. He held that
post until going to the Naval
Laboratory.
The organizations to which DR..
Stephenson belonged include the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science: Phi Beta
Kappa. Sigma XII. American Ply
sical Society. Acoustocal Society
of America, Geophysical Union,
Philosophical Society of Washing
ton and the Cosmos Club. He was
an active member of the Burleith
Citizens Association.
DR.. Stephenson. who made his
home at 1912 Thirty-seventh street
NV. is survived by his son and
his widow, Adeline Alexander
Stephenson, who was with him on
his Western trip.
Funeral services and burial were
to be in San Francisco.