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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-28

| big retailers. The textile compan-
les can dictate the terms for SELL
ing cloth, and the retailers can die
tate the terms of purchase of the
finished products. He warned the
garment manufacturer was ear
easy prey to economic collapse un-
less the government intervenes to
aid him."
Although the textile industry
seems to be competitive, Teper
said, it is highly concentrated. 1t
turns out 81 different products. In
16 of these products the biggest
four manufacturers control more
than rs per cent of the output. In
"a others the big four control from
so to rs per cent.
Textron, Inc, one of the larg-
est combines in the industry, con-
trolls substantial percentage of
all fabrics used in the manufac-
ture of ladies' underthings and is
now manufacturing these products,
to the competitive disadvantage of
independent manufacturers.
Teper said the big textile COM
panies control prices, force gar
ment manufacturers to accept fab
rics they do not want or need, and
in one case even will not sell goods
without a guarantee that the fin
ished products will be sold above
certain price. He cited the ex-
horbitant profits of the industry
81 per cent on net worth-to dem
onstrate the results Of its price
control.
On the retailing side, Teper,
said, the small garment manufac-
turer finds his market chiefly in
the mail order houses which do
more than billion dollars worth
of business a year; in chain stores
which handled hundreds of millions
of dollars worth of business annu-
ally; or in buying associations
maintained by the big department
stores, some of which handle more
than a billion dollars of sales an
nually.
He cited a case from Federal
Trade Commission records showing
how the big buyers squeeze the
small manufacturer and other sim
liar instances of pressure. Instead
of breaking up such practices, he
said, the FTC had been attacking
the small garment manufacturers.
The antitrust laws, he added,
"were never intended to victimize
the small businessmen who for
their own protection and preser-
vation adopt a code of conduct"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-28
Denver Civic, Labor
Groups Organize To
Keep Rent Curbs

Denver, Colo. LPA)-Organiza-
ton of the Denver Tenants Asso-
citation was effected during the
past week. 1t is composed of AFL
CIO, Railroad Trainmen, lam ant
other progressive thinking groups
The immediate objective is to OPP
pose the lifting of rent controls al
a hearing requested by the Denver
Apartment Owners Association
which is to be held during the frs
half of August before the Ares
Rent Director.
Officers elected were: Chairman
Frank G. VanPortfliet, newly elec
ted Secretary-Treasurer of th'
Colorado State Federation o
Labor; Arthur A. Brooks, Jr., pro
gressive young Denver attorney
who publicly changed his party af
filiation and registration from Re-
publican to Democrat in July l948;
Secretary, Mrs. Evelyn Davidson
delegate to the Denver Industrial
Union Council who represents In
ternational Oil Workers Union,
Local No. 602 on the Council.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-28
MISS OLA +. POUNDS

Miss Ola Elizabeth Pounds, 80
of 234 West Fifth St., died Thurs
day, July 81, at 2:15 p. m. in iCty
Hospital following a three-week
illness.
Miss Pounds was born in Reeds
Vile and has lived in East Liver
pool for the last as years. She was
employed at Plant S of the Homer
Laughlin China Co. She was a
member of Local Union "a, Nation
al Brotherhood of Operative Pot
ters.
She leaves three sisters, Mrs.
Emma Wolf and Mrs. Erma Mays,
both of East Liverpool, and Mrs
Mary Coldwell of st. Petersburg,
Fla.
Rites were held Saturday at $3.50
D. m. in the Martin Funeral Home
by Rev. o. l.. Benedum, superin-
tendent of the Akron district of the
Church of the Nazarene. Burial
was in Spring Grove Cemetery.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-28
George {. Meyers
Called By Death

Chicago (ILNS). - George +.
Meyers, for many years business
agent of Chicago GlaZiers' Local
27, died Of a heart attack July l8
while speaking at hearing in the
office of the Brotherhood of Paint
ers, Decorators and Paperhangers
at Lafayette, Ind He was 68.
In his long service with the union
here, Meyers was involved in many
legal battles because of the unions
policy Of barring the use of window
frames and glazing prepared in
Indiana. He was indicted twice and
once paid a fine of $4,000 but
never retreated from his stand. In
times of high unemployment, he
saw to it that the union members
shared work by putting them on a
3-day week.
During the Nineteen Twenties he
fought the AL Capone gang, which
made determined efforts to take
over his union. He defied death
many times, his friends recalled,
and steadfastly refused to be driv-
en- from his union position.
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-28
Justice Murphy. Lifelong
Liberal And Champion Of
Underdog. Dies Suddenly

Detroit (LPA)-Supreme Court
Justice Frank Murphy, who died
last week of a coronary occlusion
at the Henry Ford Hospital here,
devoted lifetime to upholding a
family tradition of revolt against
injustice.
His Irish grandfather had been
hanged by the British. His father,
who later became lawyer, was
jailed in Canada at the age of 10
for taking part in an Irish demon
stration. Red headed Frank Muir
ply himself was a liberal champ
ion of the underdog throughout
his SO years, and a thorough going
humanitarian.
His death came suddenly an hour
after a hospital chaplain had ad-
ministered the last rites of the
Catholic church. Although he had
been ailing for several years he
went on an automobile drive the
day before he died. His plans call
ed for a brief visit to the spa at
Mount Clemens, Michigan, and for
long rest at his boyhood home
at Harbor Beach on Lake Huron.
Consequently his friends and asso-
ciates were completely unprepared
for the news of his demise.
When he learned of Justice
Murphy's death, President Tru-
man Immediately wired Judge
George Murphy, the late jurist's
brother, "As a member of our
highest judicial tribunal, his opin-
ions were ever tempered with a
deep sense of justice and right
eousness and an abiding love for
his fellow man." Mr.. Truman add
ed condolences for Justices Muir
phys sister.
Other messages came in from
labor leaders, other Supreme Court
justices, political leaders of all
parties, labor leaders and others.
Among those expressing their sad
ness at his passing were many who
refused to let their disagreement
with Justice Murphy on many is
sues impair their admiration for
him.
Justice Murphy graduated in
law from the University of Mich
igan in 1914. Thereafter he served
his city, state and nation in a sue
cession of important capacities too
lengthy to be mentioned in full.
He was an infantry officer in
World War l, Mayor of depression
ridden Detroit in the early thir-
ties, Governor General and first
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-28

High Commissioner of the Philip
pines, the Governor of Michigan
who won plaudits from labor for
his handling of the sit-down strikes
when the auto industry was being
organized, Attorney General of the
United States and-since Febru-
ary 1940-Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court. He was bachelor.
Always meticulously insistent on
the full exercise of civil liberty,
even in unpopular instances and a
frequent dissenter on the Court,
Justice Murphy may have penned
his own epitaph in the Gerhart
Eisler case when he wrote:
claw is at its loftiest when it
examines claimed injustice even at
the instance of one to whom the
public is bitterly hostile" 4
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-28
Rail Unionist Who
Survived Terror OF
Nazis Touring US.

Washington (LPA)-A German
railroad unionist who bears the
marks of nearly IL years spent in
Hitler's concentration camps, in
Guiding the notorious Buchenwald
and Dachau, is now touring Am
erica to study the railroads here
and the unions of railmen.
He's Matthias Denzler, former
chairman of the Railway Workers
Union in the Western zones. His
trip was arranged by the Depart
ment of Labor's international af-
fairs section, with the cooperation
If the Allied Military Government,
rs part of project to show how
unions function in a democracy.
Before starting off on a tour
through the midwest, Denzler told
interviewers what life was like for
/ militant unionist under the Hitler
regime. When the Nazis came to
power in 1888, Denzler was secre-
.ary Of the rail union.
He was arrested almost immedi-
ltely, and went through six week
nquisition by Storm Troopers.
They finally let him free, and he
quickly went into the labor under
ground"
Il helped organize the resistance
movement" he said, "but before
long Hitler spies had wormed their
way into our movement. The result
was arrest of most of the leaders,
including myself"
Charged with high treason, Dem
bier was flung into concentration
lamps, and there he remained until
he Allies swept across Germany.
Denzler preferred not to talk
lbout the long period of imprison-
nent, but he revealed that for a
ong time he lived on little more
han bread and water. for a while,
he filled out his meager diet by
ishing out eels from concentra-
lion camp moat and eating them
ancooked.
Now supervisor, he directs the
raining of young railroaders on
he German rail system, but he has
)een kept on as an honorary mem
Der of the unions executive board.
Conditions of German rail work
RS, very bad right after the war,
ave improved considerably, Den
.ler said. One of the unions great
st causes for pride, he added, is
hat Communists have been kept
almost completely out of influence
the union.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-28
What You Might
Call Just An ''ltty
Bitty" Business

Washington (LPA) - The US
Army, which considers itself big
.ime outfit, parcels out it's military
ontracts to manufacturers which
5 labels big" and "smalP busi-
ess.
Maybe you consider small
business a shoe shine stand or a
andy store, but the army, which
has very fancy files, was revealed
last week to have, among others,
he following names in its "small
business" category:
Armour & Co., Swift & Co, Z. l.
du Pont de Nemours against
which the govt has an antitrust
'uit), Firestone Tire and Rubber
Co., Endicott-Johnson Shoe Co.,
american Steel & Wire Co. Ga sub
sidiary of US SteeD.
When a small business mems as
sociation complained to the muni-
tions board about this it was de-
clared to be "a mistake. In order
to avoid such confusion in the
future, bidders for military con-
tracts will be asked to check
whether they have more or less
than 500 employees on the payroll
(the army's criterion for small
ness).
big" business. now gets 71.5%
of the dollar volume of military
contracts. .-lE
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-28
Straight From Washington
BY STEPHEN NJ. YOUNG
Congressman at Large-OhiO

ed proposal. An example was th'
close vote to recommit the WOOD
Substitute for repeal Of the Taft
Hartley Act. Also, when the rol
was called earlier this session or
the Rankin Veterans Pension Bill
the House Chamber was surcharg
ed with tense drama. That pension
bill, giving pensions to World Wan
III veterans, was defeated by one
vote.
Adjournment
Visitors from Ohio to Washing
ton during the balance of the pre-
sent session will meet with one
disappointment. They will not be
able to sit in the gallery and watch
the proceedings of either the House
or the Senate. Both branches OF
Congress are in temporary quar-
ters because of extensive repairs
to the ceilings and walls of the his
toric House and Senate Chambers
The debate in the United States
Senate to ratify the North Allan
tic Treaty was carried on in the
same chamber where President
Monroe secured ratification of the
Monroe Doctrine and where Webs
ter replied to Hayne. Senators are
quite comfortable in this old and
very historic Senate Chamber under
the dome of the Capitol. 1t was
occupied by the Supreme Court OF
the United States before it moved
into its fine new building in 1895,
1t was here that the nine old men
declared that the NRA and other
Roosevelt New Deal Legislation
was unconstitutional. The House OF
Representatives is meeting in the
room Of the Committee on Ways
and Means. There is barely room
here for the Members and repre-
sentatives of the Press. As these
temporary quarters, particularly
for the House of Representatives
are crowded and inconvenient
some predict the date of adjourn
ment will be advanced. A good
guess, however, is that this session
of Congress will adjourn about
September first. o.,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-28
EDWARD SHEFFLER

Edward Sheffler, Sc, of 8O5
Daisy alley, died suddenly Friday,
July % at 10 a. m. in his home at
sos Daisy Lane. His death was
attributed to a heart ialment.
Mr.. Shelter, a potter, was a
veteran Of World War l. He served
with the 59th Infantry. He was a
brother of George Shelter, who
lost his life in the sinking of the
troop transport Ticonderoga, tor
pedoed in the mid-Atlantic in
October, 1918.
He leaves his mother, Mrs. Eva
Shelter, with whom he lived; two
daughters, Mrs. Dominic Marche-
giano of Midland and Mrs. David
Roberts of East Liverpool, and a
brother, John Shelter, of East
Liverpool.
Rites were held Monday at 1O:3O
a. m. in the Martin Funeral Home
by Rev. ID. Park Chapman of the
First Church of Christ. Burial was
in Spring Grove Cemetery.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-28
WALTER F.. CVENSKI

The funeral of Walter F. Gwen
ski, Sc, of CAT Ohio Ave., who died
Thursday, July Fl were held at 8
a. m. Monday from the Lisiecki
Funeral Home, 1926 N. Olden Ave,
Requiem high mass was offered at
10 o'clock in st. Hedwig's Church.
Burial was in Our Lady of Lourdes
Cemetery. North Trenton Post 458,
American Legion conducted mill
tary services.
Mr.. Cvenski was a retired en-
ploye of the Trenton pottery Co.
A veteran of World War |, he took
part in several major battles with
the 309th Machine Gun Battalion
Co. C. He was a member of the
Trenton Polish-American Demo
cratic Club. He was member OF
Local Union 45, National Brother
hood of Operative Potters.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs
Freda Fernsner Cvenski; two bro
,thesr, John and Wesley Cvenski
and several nieces and nephews.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-28


leaders seek legislation to investi-
gate whether Big Business has
grown so tremendously that pre-
sent statutes against monopolies
and trusts have been outmoded and
should be replaced by new sharp
toothed laws. Coupled with this
proposal is the plan to investigate
insurance companies and their
practices in handling many mill
ions of dollars of policyholders
money. Insurance company officials
are opposing this program. Looks
as if there should be an investiga-
ton!
Senatorial Caliber.
To the argument that admiss-
ion of Alaska and Hawaii to state
hood would give four votes in the
United States Senate for a popu-
lation of only 100000, those who
favor immediate admission of these
two territories assert that glance
back over the years will demon
strate that some Of our greatest
Senators have come from states
of small populations. One example
would be Senator Norris Of Ne
braska. A present example would
be Senator Joseph O'Mahoney of
Wyoming population $50 thous-
and.
Truly, one cannot say that the
votes of Senators from states such
as Ohio have been more noticeably
in the nations interest than have
those from Nebraska, Nevada,
Colorado and other states Of small
populations.
Well-Heeled Lobby
Tidelands oil lobbyists, believing
they will probably fail in their eff
forts to have this Congress legis-
late that valuable Tidelands Oil
deposits, probably worth thiry bill
lion dollars, belong to the states
and not the Federal Government,
are striving to accomplish some
compromise. They seek to have oil
company contracts with various
states honored. These lobbyists
nearly succeeded in securing pass
age of legislation in the Eightieth
Congress giving states ownership
of Tidelands oil. May we hope they
meet with failure in this Congress
to secure the compromise they
now seek.
Efficiency VS.. Tradition
Efficiency experts frequently
advocate that Congress be stream
lined and that electrical devices of
red and green lights record the
yea" and may" votes. 1t takes the
Reading Clerk forty-five minutes
to call the roll of four hundred
thirty-fve members of the House
of Representatives. Efficiency ex-
perts will tell you that the roll was
called two hundred eighty-one
times in the Eightieth Congress;
that 12,645 minutes were consum-
ed and that broken down into leg
islative days that meant that for
forty-two days Members just sat
waiting for their names to be call
ed and then responded AYE, "no"
or "present." Saving forty-fve leg
islative days year, or even half
of that time, would be important
The truth is many Congressman
study pending bills during roll calls
or read the Congressional Record
or look over briefcases filled with
letters and documents or confer
with colleagues. The time is not
wasted. On the other hand, there
are few things more dramatic than
the roll call upon hotly contest
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-28
OBITUARIES
OLLIE b. MCCONNELL

Sebring.-Ollie B. Mcconnell, 81.
of 115 West Oregon Avenue, jig
erman at the Limoges China Com
pany and former minor league
baseball player, died at 6:3O a. m.
Monday, July 25 in the Alliance
City Hospital after an illness Of
six weeks.
In his youth, Mr.. Mcconnell
showed great prospects as base
ball catcher and was signed by
Grafton, w. Va. in the West Vir-
ginia League. He also played with
Akron and East Liverpool in the
Ohio and Pennsylvania League,
Newark of the Ohio State League
and Traverse City in the Michigan
State League. His manager at
Akron was Lee Foil who later
managed Cleveland of the Amer
ican League.
Mr.. Mcconnell played for a
number of strong semi-pro teams
at Sebring, Alliance, Carrollton,
and Minerva. He played for the
strong Goat Hill and Copley Mo-
tors teams of Alliance. He was a
versatile player and could play ac-
Iceptably any position on the team.
A native of Carrollton, Mr.. Nc
Connell spent most of his life in
Sebring. He was the son of the
late Clarence and Emma McCon-
nell. He was a member of the Re-
formed Church in Carrollton. He
was also a member of Local IA of
the National Brotherhood of OPP
erative Potters.
During peacetime, Mr.. McCon-
nell served one "hitch" in the U.
s. Army. He served from Feb
ruary, 1926 to April, 1928 in Com
pany H of the 18th Infantry.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Vivian Stewart of Detroit; two
sisters, Mrs. Nina Kirby of Car
rollton and Mrs. Carrie Robinson
of Niles; brother, Criss 7. Nc
Connell of Carrollton and three
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
2 p. m. Wednesday at the Moos-
man-vogt Funeral Home in charge
of DR.. Vernon T. Martin, pastor
of the Presbyterian Church.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-28
Monopoly Probers Find
A Competitive Industry
Squeezed By Monopolists

Washington (LPA) - H o u 5 e
monopoly investigators last week
found one major industry that was
highly competitive-the woman's
garment industry-but they found
that it was threatened by mono
polists among the textile industry
from which it obtains raw mater
ials and among retailers to whom
it sells its finished products.
Lazare Teper, Director of Re-
search for the International Lad
les Garment Workers Union, AFL
used the woman's garment indus
try to demonstrate how concentrat-
ed economic power is employed tc
take advantage of small industries
Warning against bigness in bus
mess, he said 'the larger the busi-
ness unit or group of business units
acting in concert, the greater is
the impact of their business decis-
ions on the welfare of the whole
economy"
"The very existence of the giant
business corporations, engaged in
a variety of activities frequently
unrelated in character, he said
"helps to develop and strengthen
monopolistic tendencies i'm our
economy. When the number of sup
pliers is small, or when small
number dominate the market, the
activities of any one Of them af-
feet appreciably the entire market
situation.
''Prices of goods sold are nc
longer affected by competition, but
become in fact consciously deter
mined by the seller. The decline in
the demand for goods, does not
bring about price readjustments
but instead the supply is restrict
ed, production is curtailed, work
ers are made unemployed. In a
similar fashion, when the number
of buyers for the product of an in
dustry is restricted, they exert an
undue influence on the suppliers by
forcing them to operate on the
buyers terms, frequently to the
detriment Of their own welfare.
"When a small producer, in a
highly competitive industry, finds
himself in the middle of such an
economic situation - with large
suppliers on the one side and large
buyers on the other-he becomes
the innocent victim of a squeeze
play which he is frequently unable
to combat and which at times
threatens his very existence. This
is the situation found in the
women's garment industry"
Teper pictured the womens' gar
ment industry as highly compe-
titive industry made up of many
small producers. The bulk of the
output is manufactured by firms
employing an average of only 33
people. But he said these small
businessmen were threatened by
the growing concentration of pow
er in big textile companies and
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-28
BOLERMAKERS STRIKELESs

Kansas City LPA)-President
Charles J. MacGowan of the Boil
ermakers-AFL reported to the
membership this week that time
lost by the Boilermakers due to
strikes in the past five years has
been $50 small as to become a dis
appearing decimal" But he added,
"Let no man think we are too
proud to fight"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-28

Buy Union-Made goods from
others as you would have them
pay Union wages unto you'll
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