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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-29
Ban Is Voted On
Foreign Farm Workers

Washington (LPA)-A ban on
foreign farm workers, aimed at
Mexicans in the south and south
west, was voted by the Federal
Advisory Council to the Bureau OF
Employment Security. The farm
labor resolution was backed by
James Brownlow, AFL, and second
ed by Omar Ketchum, Veterans of
Foreign Wars. Fl. l.. Mitchell, pre-
sident, National Farm l. alb o r
Union-AFL, said the vote was l3
to 5.
The council also adopted a reso-
luton calling on the US Employ
ment Service to use the National
Farm Labor Union and other bona
fde farmer-labor groups, to recruit
farm workers. Various state en-
ployment services now use labor
contractors to recruit and place
migrant workers, on fee basis.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-29
MISS NETTIE McBANE

Miss Nettie Florence McBane,
sister of Lester A. McBane, fore
man of the composing room of the
Potters Herald, died Dee. 25 in the
home of her sister, Mrs. William
Niblock of Cadmus street, follow
ing several months illness.
Miss McBane was born i'm Mad
ison township, a daughter of the
late Alexander and Margaret Nc
Bane, and lived in East Liverpool
since she was 10.
She was active in the Rebekah
Lodge, having been a past presi-
dent of the Ladies Auxiliary to
the Uniformed Rank Of the order
and the past noble grand of Ger
annie Rebekah Lodge.
She was a member of the
Daughters of Liberty and the
First Presbyterian Church.
Services were conducted by Rev.
M. Rudolph Miller of the First
Presbyterian Church. Burial was
in Yellow Greek Cemetery.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-29
Senator To Blast
Anti-Coop Group

st. Paul (LPA)-Unauthorized
luse of personal letter to a US
Senator, coupled with an offer of
$4,000 cor more" i'm campaign
funds for him, may deliver a body
blow to The National Tax Equality
Assn, notorious anti-coop lobby
ist group.
Sen. Milton X. Young (R., ND
announced he would denounce the
action on the Senate floor in jan
uary, He pointed out that the ac-
tion was timed Immediately after
Congress quit "when | no longer
could have the opportunity of
answering it effectively by a speech
on the Senate floor"
Young made public his views
after NJ. w. Thatcher, general
manager of the Farmers Union
Terminal Association, had challeng-
ed leaders of the North Dakota
Tax Equality Committee, an affili-
ate Of the NTEA, to debate an
anonymous pamphlet circulated
among farmers containing the let
ter to Young. The purpose Of the
document was to frighten coop
farmers into believing that federal
revenue agents would prosecute
them for receiving coop stock in
payment of patronage dividends.
The latest move by the NTEA is
just one in a series of various
tricks used in the NTEA campaign
to destroy the co-ops. Originally
organized to wipe out the GTA,
largest coop grain merchants in
the world, NTEA recently raises
its sights to attack rural electri-
fication co-ops an d consumer.
groups, as well.
Its contributors, as registered
under the federal lobbying act, in
clude not only Twin Cities grain
firms, its first angels, but private
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-29
) Brotherhoods
Push Battle For
Forty Hour Week

Cleveland (LPA)-Five Railroad
Brotherhoods - representing $780,
eco workers in train, engine and
yard service-pushed ahead this
week in battles for the 40-hour
week, wage increases and improve
ments in working conditions.
The Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen and the Order of Rail
way Conductors started a nation
wide strike vote, after the railroads
refused to make any reasonable
concessions in three months of ne
gotiations. These two seek a 40
hour week without reduction in 49,
hours pay for those of their men,
bers who work fixed hours in yard
service, wage adjustments in yard
and road service, and correction of
inequities. The National (Railway)
Mediation Board plans to intervene
on Jan. 16.
The Locomotive Engineer s
launched a drive for a 20 per cent
wage increase and a five-day week
for its members in yard service,
and for a variety Of other changes.
in wages and working conditions.
The union will serve its demands
on the railroads right after the
New Year.
The Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen wound up negotiations
with individual carriers on its de
mands for a 40-hour week at 49,
hours pay for members who work
in railroad yards and in allied ser
vices. The next step, under Rail
way Labor Act procedure, will be
bargaining between the union and
a national committee of the rail
roads.
Smallest Of the organizations in
volved in the current movement,
the Switchmen's union, took its
battle for a G-hour week and other
in working conditions
to the Mediation Board, after in
dividual railroads refused to set up
a national committee to deal with
the union.
All five are known as "operat-
ing" unions and their demands for
the 40-hour week apply only to
that segment of their membership
in railroad yards and ter
Those who are in road
freight and passenger service are
paid on a mileage basis-and gen
rally work less than 4O-hours
week.
Sixteen other rail unions, which
'epresent a million workers in the
'non-operating' crafts = that is,
hose in the shops, Offices, tele-
graph towers, maintenance of way,
,tc., have had the 40-hour week at
-8-hours' pay since Sept. l.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-29
vandenberg Still
BefuddIed On
Domestic Issues

Washington (LPA) = Senator
Vandenberg OR, Mich.) returned to
Washington after a three-month
illness breathing craftsmanship on
foreign affairs, but eyes and no"
on domestic issues, as usual.
In one of the biggest press con-
ferences at the Capital for years,
Vandenberg called for sharp cur
tailment of foreign aid because of
our own budget pressures and be-
cause sit is time for effective self
help abroad to assume greater and
more effective responsibilities"
On bipartisan foreign policy,
which many Republicans have been
deriding, Vandenberg stood firm.
He said he expected Republicans
in the next session to continue to
support such concept" denied it
was "me tooism," and said that in
the bipartisan foreign policy 'me
tooism is reciprocal"
On recognition of China, Van
denberg was equally positive. He
said recognition of foreign gov
ernment does not involve approval
of it's form of government, but does
involve the practice by that gov
ernment of "the basic obligations
of international law" He said that
included fair treatment of diplo-
matte representatives and he did
not feel that China had demon
strated yet its qualifications for re-
cognition.
Vandenberg said the Republican
party should stand for a program
"to restore the American system
to safe foundations before it Is too
late and to gear dependable pro-
gresS with national solvency and
individual freedom" He refused to
make his statement more explicit.
An LPA reporter remarked his
phrase about restoring the Amer
lean system" sounded like he want
ed to go backward. Vandenberg did
not deny that, but replied he pro-
posed also. to "go forward" An
other reporter remarked as the
press conference broke up that
Vandenberg, as usual, was propos-
ing to go both ways.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-29

perhaps of all of Italy, is that the
on-Communist labor groups can
unite. They are trying to do it,
Lane reported, and 24-man COM
mittee, eight from each body, is
drafting a constitution and plan
of organization. If they succeed,
the way will be opened for great
change in the Italian picture. Lane
made clear that Italian workers
want a movement which is not tied
to any church or political party.
What may prove shot in the
arm for Italian workers is forma-
tion in London of the Int'l Confed-
GRAFTON of Free Trade Unions, the
non Communist worlds answer to
the Soviet dominated WFTU. A
nine-man Italian delegation headed
by Giulio Pastore participated.
Lane was present too, but only as
an observer.
A solid anti-Communist body
might be able, he said, to conduct
successful organizational c a M
paigns among Italy's many unor-
ganized workers. Italian labor is
just emerging from the impact of
Mussolini and World War III, and
the time for new organizing drives
may be ripe. In this connection,
ono told a litf1a ctoTU
One day, accompanied by mem
ber of the Free Confederation and
a member of the Italian Fedora
ton, he stopped in bar in Flor
ence for refreshment. Not wanting
to risk his digestion on scab wine,
Lane asked the bartender what
union he belonged to. al don't be-
long to any," the bartender re-
Piled. But" he added, pointing to
the Americans Italian companions,
when those two get together may
be I'll join ! don't want TO have to
carry two cards"
1t might also be possible, Lane
said, to win away part Of the Cen
eral Confederation's rank-and- file,
Dut this would be a hard task. The
Connie leaders, as do Connie
leaders the world around, use every
trick and every weapon in the
Communist armory to hold their
position. Lies and bribes, knives,
clubs and guns are commonplace.
The rank k-and-file are held in line
by fear if by nothing else-and so
are employers. Especially is this
true among the southern farm
workers, whose plight is story in
itself.
Lane now is a veteran of Italian
affairs. AS an Army officer, he was
military governor of Salerno in the
south and chief Of the Trieste
abor department in the north. He
studied Italian in this country at
he Universities Of Virginia and
Michigan before going abroad,
sharpening his knowledge of every
lay idiom by talking to Italian
speaking BARRIERS, bartenders and
When he comes back to
he states again, he hopes he will
De able to report a less troubled
italy.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-29

power companies, Standard Oil of
Indiana, and California Packing
Corp.
The NTEA was formed in 1913
by private grain interests after it
became obvious the GTA could not
be stopped by ordinary competition
in the market itself. Before 1888
the private traders had been able
to suppress coop marketing by re-
fusing to admit co-ops to the grain
exchanges. However, the commod-
tiles exchange act, a New Deal
farm measure, banned exchanges
from discriminating against co-ops
and the farm groups organized the
GTA,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-29

some sort of means of certifying
building unions without elections
and establishing union shop condi-
tions. However, under questioning
from board members, they confess
ed that they wanted the Taft Hart
ley acts ban on secondary boycotts
to be applied in the industry.
The general airing of the pro-
blem of the building industry was
held in connection with a case ori-
ginating at the Hanford, Wash,
atomic project.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-29
Free IfoIion Labor Needs Unity
In Foce of Communist Power

Washington (LPA)-Back in the
1920's, hulking Tom Lane laio
bricks on what was to become this
city's famed Natl Press Building
Since then a lot of things have
happened to Tom Lane, bricklayer
Or perhaps you'd better say Ton
Lane has happened to a lot OF
things.
He's been international repre-
sentative for the AFL Bricklayers
government servant in the field OF
social security, Army officer, mill
tary governor and top-drawer dip
lomat. At present he's labor at
tache at the American embassy in
Rome and chief labor adviser to
the ECA's Italian mission.
Tom came back home to Wash
ington the other day for a visit
and for talks with ECA officials
here. He certainly can tell the
latter what's going on in Italy, for
Tom prepared himself so thorough
ly that he was practically native
when he reached the sunny, troub-
led Italian peninsula as an Army
officer a few years back.
An LPA reporter reached thai
conclusion after 40-minute con
fab with Lane at ECA headquart-
ers. Lane proved to be a virtual
encyclopedia Of the Italian labor
movement, the Italian economy,
and Italian politics. Moreover, the
reporter came away from the in
terview convinced that what hap
pens to Italian labor is a matter
of vital Importance to the rest Of
the world.
There are four union groups in
Italy, Lane said. The Communist
group, called the General Confed-
Grafton of Italian Labor, with g.
100000 members, is bigger than
the other three combined.
The other three are the Free
General Confederation with 1,500,-
900 members, the Federation of
Italian Labor with 100000 mem
bers, and a group of Ia independ-
ent unions with 100000 members.
For short call the four of them the
General Confederation, the Free
Confederation, the italian Fedora
tion and the Independents.
The Commie-run General Con-
federation gains force, Lane point
ed out, because it is headed by
Giuseppe di Vitorio, who also heads
the World Federation Of Trade
Unions, the international body
through which Moscow tried to
grab control of world labor. The
General Confederation is especial
ly powerful in parts Of northern
Italy below the Pc River, Lane said,
and is strong in textiles, chemicals,
mines and metal working indus
tries. 1t is also strong among the
downtrodden farm workers of the
south, who have been showing signs
Of RIGHTEOUSNESS this winter. Lane
spoke at length about these agri-
cultural toilers and the age-old
land problem.
The Free Confederation is also
strong in the textile industry, and
in other industries north Of the Pc.
1t is Socialist-based, and its re-
spected leader is Giulio Pastore,
who is a vigorous anti-Communist.
The strength of the smaller Italian
Federation is scattered, and that
of the politically checkered Inde-
pendents is largely among white
collar workers, including govern
ment employees.
The hope of Italian labor, and
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-29
3 UNIONS JOIN CCD

Columbus, Ohio (LPA) = The
AFL Upholsterers, the AFL Teach
ers, and the CIO Newspaper Guild
have become members of the Coun-
Gil for Cooperative Development.
CCD now has 10 AFL, CIO and
independent national union groups,
three regional co-ops and the
Cooperative League.
, 1949-02-15
P Julio N

Notice is hereby given that
Mrs. Della E. Brodhurst has ap
piled for license to operate a
retail liquor store at property
No. So A Hill Street, Christian
sted.
Interested parties are re-
quested to file any objections
they may have to the use of
the said building and location
for the purpose contemplated
by the license, on or before
February 16, 1919; at S o'clock
pm.
Claude ]. Richards
Secretary
, 1949-02-15

towards self-government or in
dependence.
The mission also inspected part
OF a gigantic British project for
turning 100000 acres of African
husband into a source of edible
oil. This project, which covers
100000 acres in Tanganyika, en-
visages production-line cultiva-
ton of groundnuts, or peanuts,
for their OIL.
This bold economic undertake
ing" the mission declared, would
help Tanganyika if, "in the first
place, the scheme were eventu-
ally transferred as contemplated
to the people of Tanganyika on a
cooperative basis; in the second
place, the revenue of the Terri
tory were greatly increased by
the profit and income taxes and
custom duties paid; and, in the
third place, the model communi-
ties in the groundnut areas were
really to become examples for
existing and future mining or in
dustrial communities in the area"
In addition to the report, of the
Visiting Mission, the Trusteeship
Council is now examining reports
from the administering powers of
British and French Cameroons
and Togoland, and Western Sam
GA. New Zealand). The reports
on the Cameroons and Togoland
are the first on these territories,
which are scheduled to receive a
Visiting Mission next summer.
, 1949-02-15
THE BASIC SEVEN
TRANDAILER JONES. NUTRIT1oN1ST
Department Of Health. ST. Thomas. ". /.

Mathew Henry has long
been remembered for the quo
tation, "Here is bread, which.
strengthens mans heart, and
therefore called the staff of
life. Bread, flour and cereals
all made from grains have
been the principle nourish-
, 1949-02-15
UN LEI
UN RELEASE
Cows Ahead of People
Reports u. ~. Mission

Lake Success, N. Y. Except
the king, nothing above the COW
in Ruanda-U rundi!
Although its population of 70
to the square mile makes this ter
ritory the most densely popula-
ted area in east-central Africa,
"the pre-eminence of man over
the cow is still far from establish
ed" in the area.
How social respect for cattle,
even if it means insufficient food
for humans, upholds a curious
feudal system developed CEN
turtles ago, was revealed here re-
Gently in the report of the first
regular Visiting Mission to this
territory of the U.N. Trusteeship
Council. This Council is now
holding its forth annual session
here at Lake Success.
The report, one of l / questions
under consideration by the Coun-
Gil, covers T~anganyika, which is
under British administration, and
Ruanda-U rundi, under Belgium.
And its recommendations favor
a more rapid political develop
ment, higher wages for African
labor, expanded educational IA
cilities, and quickened action on
certain social problems.
The mission points out that
many facets of life in Ruanda-
Urundi are complicated by the
role of the COW. Cows are not
kept for their meat, milk or but
ter, or even because they can be
sold for cash. Call that, is very
secondary. They r sought for
the social value attached" re-
ports the mission.
A feudal system was developed
there centuries ago as the result
of the domination of the area by
shepherds seeking new pastures.
Eventually land ownership-land
for cows-became part of the so
cial system along with control
over the dependents who cared
for the cows of the noble lord.
, 1949-02-15

Although the Belgian admins
tration of Ruanda- Urundi has
tried to undermine the political
value of the COW by reducing
forced labor and by having chiefs
chosen without regard to their
wealth in cattle, "the sentiment
al value of the COW has remained
intact" says the report.
1T is normal that the important
stockbreeders should deplore the
idea of reducing their pasturage
in order to cultivate land. But it
is an extraordinary thing that the
small stockbreeders, who are first
and foremost farmers, and the
farmers who have only one ami
NAL, have similar convictions.
All, even the most humble peas
ant, have but one desire: to own
cows, no matter what the quality,
age and appearance of the animal;
better two poor beasts than one
good one"
The cattle are essentially poor
and of little use. They do not
even represent an important con-
tribution of meat to the native
food supplies, since they have too
high a social value to be used
regularly as food for the popula-
ton. However, the main fact
about Ruanda : Urundi's cattle,
numbering about one million
head, is the terrific pressure they
must exercise on food and other
crops by demanding larger pas
lures than the country can afford.
In the case of Tanganyika, a
country Of 6,00O,O 600 inhabitants,
with endless stretches of tsetse-
infested husbands, towering
ranges and bleak plateaux, the
mission agreed that natural re-
sources would eventually make
it a prosperous region. Its report
recommends that the Administer
ing Authority (the United King
DOM should urgently consider
measures for accelerating the de-
velopment of the native people
, 1949-02-15

$3.50
Wheat is the most widely dis
tributed of all the cereal grains
consumed by the worlds pop
ulation. When wheat is milled
to make white flour some of
the most important minerals
and vitamins go into the mid
dlings and bran which is US
ually fed to livestock. No
grudge is to be held against
the livestock because they re-
quire food rich in certain nu
trients if they are to provide
superior table meat. White
flour is therefore deficient in
certain essential nutrients
which are present in whole
wheat flour.
Since bread is such an i'm
portant national food a pro-
gram was instituted to restore
the lost materials. This does
not mean that other foods do
not lose some essential nutri-
ents in being processed on
their way to the table. But
bread is selected because it is
cheaper, is eaten more often in
larger quantities than any
other food and is purchased
more frequently by low in
come groups. Other vitamins
and minerals are lost but only
the B, vitamins and iron are
selectively added because they
are recognized to be most i'm
portant in human nutrition
and to be commonly low in a
large percentage of diets.
Flour to which these nutri-
ents have been added in pre-
scribed amounts is termed
Enriched" flour. Enriched
flour does not mean increased
caloric value as is oftimes
thought. In some localities en-
riched flour may cost a few
cents more than unenriched
flour, but the insured health
protection the homemaker
gives to her family far out
weigh the cost. This is espe-
cially significant when we rea-
lie that over Sc per cent of all
the calories eaten come from
food which have most of the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-30
WANT ADS
FOR SALE

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 CHOICE NEIGHBORHOOD, 2 bed room attractive home with sep arate rentable apartment, Tenth Street.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-30
KIP" TAYLOR NAMED
 COACH, OREGON 5TATE

CORVALLIS, Olc., March 30--tR Oregon State college has named LeVerne Kip" Taylor, end coach at Michigan State the past two years, to succeed Lon Stiner as head football coach here.
 Taylor helped coach the team that swamped Oregon State, 46 to 2l, in an inter-regional clash here last year and was the second MISC. staffer offered the job.
 The new coach is expected on the campus prior to the April II opening of Pacific Coast conference spring training.
 Roy s. Keene, oregon State ath- letic director, said Taylor wasn't yet prepared to name his assistant. He said Taylor's experience in- cluded two years at Michigan State with Coach Clarence "Biggie' Mum and two years as Munns end coach at Syracuse university.
 Prior to that Taylor had played end for Michigan, but a neck in- jury cut short his college sports career when sophomore. This was followed by an outstanding six-year high school coaching record at Ann Arbor, Mich.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-30
5HIpBUILDING ON PACIFIC COAST TO
 BE INVESTIGATED
President Promises Vest ern Delegation He Will
 Make Inquiry Soon

WASHINGTON, Mai cll 30.-tfE-- President Truman promised a dele gation of West Coast congressman today to make an immediate in- quiry into their plea for a ship building program in that area.
 The delegation asked MT. Tru- man to direct the Maritime com mission to allocate a part of its future construction contracts to west coast yards. The delegation requested IS per cent differential in costs to enable the west coast to compete for contracts with east coast shipbuilders.
 Representative Jackson D- Wash) said MT Truman felt 'defi- nitely" there was justice in the plea
 He said he had made close survey and that he would see what can be worked out"
 Others in the delegation included Representatives Mitchell (D- Wash, Tollefson (R-Wash), Angel (R-Ore) and Norblad (R-Ore).
 They said that not single mari time commission ship is now under construction on the west coast and that shipyards which produced AZ per cent of maritime shipbuilding are going to ruin for lack of busi- ness a&