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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16

ments with scrap companies by
which regional restrictions are
placed on the latters' operations
and by which prices are establish
ed. The larger battery retailers
are accused of requiring their own
outlets to comply with the channel
ing system and of persuading inde-
pendent outlets to do likewise.
The far-reaching possibilities of
the scheme were disclosed by Atty
Gen'l j. Howard McGrath who said /:
Approximately 40 per cent of the
national supply of lead comes from
reclamation of waste lead and lead
from used products. Used storage
batteries supply approximately 60
per cent Of such reclaimed lead"
Clear implication is that the ac-
cused companies have a monopo-
listic grip on about a quarter of
the nations lead, a basic and very
vital raw material.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
Spare No
(Contfnned From Page Ons)

"The executive council wishes to
emphasize that organized labor is
ready and willing to support to
enactment of new legislation, bas-
ed upon the original Wagner Act,
once the Taft Hartley Act is re-
pealed. We proposed to Congress
last year and still favor a new law
that will be fair to both manage
ment and labor and will fully pro-
tect the interests Of the general
public.
GAS the situation now stands in
Congress, we cannot hope for i'm
mediate success in this endeavOr
because a coalition of reactionaries
from both parties controls a'work-
ing majority in both House and
Senate.
al Labor therefore looks to the
coming congressional elections as
its best hope for the future. We
will see to it that the Taft-Hartley
issue is made one Of the major is
sues of the campaign. We will APP
peal To- the American voters for a
mandate so clear and so unmis-
taxable that the next Congress will
feel obliged to carry out the ex-
pressed will of the people.
owe find that it is no coinci-
dence that the same reactionary
elements in Congress who oppose
Taft Hartley repeal are also block
ing legislation to protect the econ
omic interests Of American farm
ers and small businessmen. Mem
bers of Congress whose first loyal
| ty is to big business consistently
vote against labor, the farmers and
small business.
"The executive council directs
that no effort be spared in the
coming campaign to arouse wide
spread public interest in the elec-
tion and to assure full registration
and the largest possible vote.
eve are convinced that if al
American workers and the eligible
members Of their families and theiI
friends make certain to register
and vote, the liberal forces i'm Am
erica can win a conclusive victory
over reaction and Taft Hartleyisn
next November"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
Farm Groups
(COnfinned From Page Une)

old age pensions. For example, in
four predominantly agricultural
states, around $125,0C0,000 was
spent on old age assistance alone"
j. T. Sanders, testifying for the
Grange, argued that farmers pay
for the absence of old age and sur
vivors' insurance protection not
only in insecurity but also in high
er taxes to support public assist
ance."
The special problems of migrant
farm workers underline the need
both for insurance coverage and
for increased and broader grants
to the states for public assistance,
said Mrs. Nancy Wagner of the
Natl Citizens Council for Migrant
Labor. Because the nations agri-
cultural system depends upon mig
rant workers being available when
the crop is ready, the Council be-
lieves it is the responsibility of the
federal government to help the
states offer assistance to those
workers and their families in time
of need" she declared.
New methods of collecting the
payroll tax for migrant and part
time workers developed by Trea-
sury Dept are cited by all of the
farm groups as finally making GOV
erage practical. Each worker would
have book, in which he would
paste stamps provided by the em-
ployer as evidence of payroll taxes
paid. Independent farm operators
would calculate their tax and pay
it simultaneously when they paid
their federal income tax.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
Workers Get Hike,
NY Bus Line
Asks Fare Raise

New York (LPA)-Hardly had
$500 employees of the Third Avenue
Transit system been given $1,1CO,-
coo in back pay by arbitration than
the company began groaning. Fares
will have to go up another two
cents, the company will tell the
Public Service Commission.
The back pay award, retroactive
to July /, 1919, was part of a six
cent an hour increase granted by
Prof. Emanuel Stein, New York
University, who arbitrated the dis
pute. The employees, members of
Local 100, Transport Workers, re-
ceived other gains including three
week vacations for 10-year men.
The entire award must be approved
by Federal Judge Samuel H. Kauf-
man.
The Third Avenue system is in
receivership. Mike Quill, TWU pre-
sident, and Matthew Guinan, pres
ident Of Local 100, declared: "The
granting of the six-cent increase
and the three-week vacation pro-
vision is definite evidence that re-
ceivership or no receivership work
ers must be paid living wage and
be granted decent conditions of
work"
On Feb. 7, the union completed
direct presentation to NJ ayor
O'Dwyer's fact-finders Of its wage,
hour and working condition de-
mands for $4,000 workers on city
owned transit lines. The union
wants a 21-cent increase, a cut in
hours from 48 to 40, proper griev-
ance machinery and elimination of
a company spy system.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16

the Congress of Industrial Organ
izations will unite on the economic
field as they are cooperating on
the political field, so that we may
be all the stronger in facing our
common opposition" In this con-
nection, observers recalled that the
lam and the United Auto Workers
CIO recently concluded formal
"no-raiding" agreement.
The AFL Executive Council
broadened and reaffirmed its sup
port of President Truman's "Point
Four" proposal to aid the worlds
economically undeveloped areas,
and urged immediate aid to India.
Much concerned with the Interna-
tional scene, the council had ear
lier denounced plans for granting
full recognition to Fascist Spain,
pressed for Senate approval Of the
United Nations anti-genocide pact
and hailed the founding of the Int'l
Confederation of Free T r a d e
Unions.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
AFL To Ask lam
Reioin Federation;
Backs Point A.

Miami Beach, Fla. (LPA)-The
AFL's Executive Council, in quar-
terly session here, voted unanim-
ously to invite the Int'l Assn of
Machinists to rejoin the Fedora
tion. The lam withdrew five years
ago in a jurisdictional dispute with
the Brotherhood of Carpenters.
President William Hutchesoh of the
Carpenters abstained from voting.
The invitation will be extended
Internationally in 60 days, but AFL
President William Green was
scheduled to confer here immedi-
ately on the terms of the proposal
with LAM President All Hayes and
other lam officers. AFL unions
having jurisdictional disagreements
of any kind with the LAM are ex-
pected to settle them within the
60-day period, but the invitation
will be extended even if few is
sues are left over. The LAM, which
has 900 members then will con-
duct 90-day referendum to ac-
cept or reject.
Hayes said he personally favor
ed re-affiliation. eve believe in a
united labor movement" he said.
"Reaffliation of the Machinists
with the AFL is one way to work
for it. We are AFL-minded and
hope the Executive Council will
make it possible for US to re-unite
with the Federation. If so, then we
hope that some day the AFL and
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
1850 Platform

(Confinned From Page OHe)
language which would mean, in eff
for stronger loyalty procedure, in
feet, the bounding and firing of all
liberals from the government.
The COP platform called for: a
balanced budget through reduced
federal spending; repeal of excise
taxes and reduction of taxes on
small business; farm price sup
ports; extension Of social security,
with studies of the pay-as-you-go
principle (opposed by labor); limit
ed federal aid to states, including
medical care, but no "socialized
medicine; a pious pledge on civil
rights, with no teeth. The platform
took a middle ground on foreign
policy. There was no mention of
aid to education in the domestic
section of the platform.
Lodge at once told his collea-
CUES what he thought of the Glib
erty versus socialism" issue. Tru-
man and his supporters were no
socialists, said Lodge, and such eX-
travagant language would not
make many COP votes.
Sen. Smith said the platform
would have no special appeal TO
the frank and file of the people
who win elections, and that she
was disappointed and unhappy
with the results"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
Taft Is Sore AS
Senate Votes For
More Democracy

Washington (LPA) - Senator
Robert A. Taft OR, Ohio) has spell
ed out his objections to the propos-
ed Lodge constitutional amend
ment which the Senate approved
last week over his bitter objections.
And why does Taft object? Be-
cause it is bad for the Republican
party. He does not think the Re
publicans can win so easily with
this democratic reform.
In his weekly column Taft spell
ed it all out. He said, bitterly, that
the amendment would have failed
if it had not received the votes OF
l18 Republican Senators and adds:
81 cannot understand Republi-
cans voting for a system which IS
unsound in theory and fatal to the
hopes of Republican success in any
close election"
Taft's objections are based on
studies showing that under the
Lodge amendment the Republicans
would have lost to Bryan, the Dem
ocratic candidate, in 1896 and 1900.
Furthermore, Taft said, if Dewey
had received 10 per cent more
votes in 1914 he could have won
under the present system, but not
under the proposed system.
A Republican, Taft figures, will
have to get 81 per cent of the
popular votes to win elections
under the Lodge amendment. Lodge
denies this, asserting the amend
ment will build a two-party system
in the South and help the Republi-
cans. Taft takes little stock in this,
asserting that most voters in the
South will remain Democratic.
In other words, Taft has little
faith in an election system which
lets the people have more say in
electing Presidents. He wants to
continue the present illogical
trick system of voting through the
electoral college, hoping that way
that the Republicans can squeeze
, through.
In view of the kind of platform
Taft helped his Republicans adopt
a few days ago, some Republicans
think even this possibility is now
gone.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
27 Battery Firms Indicted
For Criminal Conspiracy

Kansas City, Mo. (LPA)-If you
want to buy a used storage battery
to get your 1910 sedan through to
spring but finally have to shell out
for a brand new one, you may be
the victim of criminal conspiracy.
A federal grand jury mere indict-
ed 27 companies and their officers
and one business association Feb.
6 for criminal violation of the anti
monopoly laws in the sale and dis
tribution of used batteries. The
Department of Justice also filed a
civil antitrust action against the
same parties, asking that they be
restrained from their monopolistic
practices and requesting dissolu-
tion of the Lead Disposal Co. of
Chicago.
The list of defendants includes
lead companies, scrap metal com
panies, battery manufacturers and
battery retailers. Among them are
such household names as Sears,
Roebuck & Co., Montgomery Ward
& Co., Western Auto Supply Co.,
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., B. F.
Goodrich Co., Firestone Tire d
Rubber Co., Electric Auto-Lite Co.,
and Willard Storage Battery Co.
According to the indictment, the
monopoly scheme has been in eff
feet since 1916 and works as fol-
lows:
Retail firms in the combination
sell the old batteries they receive
in exchange for new ones to the
scrap metal companies in the ring
at a fixed price. The scrap metal
outfits then destroy the batteries
but sell the lead they salvage to a
list of smelter companies which
are also in the conspiracy. The
smelters refine the lead and sell
it back to the manufacturers of the
original batteries.
Defendants objective has been
to prevent the flow of used batter
les and salvaged lead to firms out
side the ring, it is charged in the
indictment, because outsiders might
rebuild the old batteries and put
them on the market. As a result,
manufacturers of new batteries
have been able to eliminate COM
petition, the suit charges.
The Assn of American Battery
Manufacturer is accused Of form
ing a Scrap Battery Disposal Com
mittee to put the scheme in effect
and induce it's members to fall in
line. In the Indictment, the Lead
Disposal Co. of Chicago is describ-
ed as a purely administrative firm
set up to run the conspiracy. The
disposal firm is said to have agree
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
Propose Plan To
Break Up $50
Billion Monopoly

Washington (LPA)-A proposal
by Natl Farmers Union President
jim Patton that the big insurance
companies be split into regional or
local companies has been greeted
by foes of monopoly on Capitol
Hill
Rep. Emanuel Celler Cd, NY,
chairman of House Judiciary sub
committee investigating monopoly,
replied to Patton that "the time
has come for full-scale investiga-
tion of the life insurance business"
The companies, with $50 billion in
assets, are almost completely con-
trolled by New York interests,
under the supervision Of Governor
Dewey's insurance commissioner.
Argues Patton: "The people of
New York alone can reach this Of
ficial, who has been described as
the architect of a scheme to make
the insurance assets of millions of
people. from all over the nation
captive to a few eastern finan-
ciers."
The Farmers Union proposes
two steps:
Federal regulation of all in
terstate insurance business.
2-Prohibition of the operation
Of any company in interstate com
merce which has in excess of $780,
000,000 in assets. This would mean
that the enormous companies
would, Patton explains, "divide
themselves into a group of region
al companies, with Independent
management out in the regions. in
stead of concentrated in New
York"
"Unquestionably," the Farmers
Union head argues, "the decentral-
ization Of the life insurance bust
ness, and the control of their near
ly $50 billions of assets would
make credit more easily available
to smaller businesses and business
institutions home-officed or con-
trolled outside New York and the
eastern financial centers. 1t would
restore a measure of democratic,
policyholder control of mutuals
which has been subverted by New
York law. 1t would curb excessive
Capitalization Of control over huge
investment funds and with it the
life insurance industry's aid to
monopoly builders. 1t would free
AZ states from a considerable econ
omic domination by one"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
Action Urged
(Confinued From Page Ons)

ture, we have lost the overall
fight for the American system even
without a battle, much less a war, !"
investigation is now in progress
under Patman's auspices of "why
the Federal Trade Commission, the
agency set up by Congress to pro-
tect the small business man and the
public from monopolies, has not
been more effective in accomplish
ing its purpose"
Both AFL and ClO, Patman re-
ported, have been active in pro-
noting the FTC study which is in
tended to find out if ETC has been
lax in enforcing provisions of the
antitrust laws, has delayed action,
or has used its trade practice con
ferences as "a little NRA."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
CIeVeIund's OK
Continued From Page One)

imum $100 fine and Imprisonment
for 10 days-that it shall be un-
lawful to-
DISCRIMINATE against any
persons with regard to hire, dis
missal, tenure, upgrading, terms or
conditions Of employment or union
membership solely on the basis of
race, religious creed, color, nation
al origin or ancestry.
PUBLISH or cause to be publish
ed any notice or advertisement re
lating to employment or member
ship which contains any specifica-
ton or limitation as to race, creed
or color.
REQUIRE any applicant to give
any information concerning his
race, creed, color, national origin
or ancestry.
AID in any way in the commits
sion Of any discrimination in en-
ployment practice prohibited by
the ordinance.
In addition, the city of Cleveland,
in all contracts for public work,
must include a provision which OBJ
ligateS the contractor not to COM
nit discriminatory practices.
Administration Of the new law
will be handled by a new Commun-
ity Relations Board which will con-
sist of the Mayor as chairman, one
member Of City Council chosen by
Council and Ia additional members
to be selected by the mayor and ap-
proved by Council. Five of the
members will represent industry,
three labor and six others the pub
lie. In the event complaint can
not be adjusted by the board, it
will be turned over to the Mayor.
If the Mayor is unsuccessful, the
board will give the matter a pub
lie hearing. If the hearing fails to
resolve the problem and the board
rules that a discriminatory act has
been committed, the complaint will
be turned over to the law depart
ment of the city for prosecution.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
WELFARE STATE TAKEN
FOR GRANTED ABROAD

Philadelphia (LPA)-There's no
debate about the welfare state in
England, Australia, Sweden and
Norway. All parties and all econ
omic components, including big
business, take it for granted,
spokesmen for the four countries
told a conference of Inter-Union
Associates at the Bellevue STRAIT
ford Hotel here.
Tore Tallroth, spoke for Sweden;
Trygve Bratteli for Norway; Frank
Mitchell for Britain, and James
Plinsoll, for Australia.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
FOOD PRICES DOWN, RENTS
CLIMB IN DECEMBER

Washington (LPA)-Food prices
dropped II per cent between Nov.
Is and Dec. 10, l949, but rents,
fuel, electricity and refrigeration
went up, so that the consumers
price index as a whole dropped
only or per cent. The index was
1915, or 2.3 per cent below year
ago, 26 per cent above June 1916,
and 70 per cent above August 1889.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
GIN Dividend Up
20 Per Cent On
Record Profits

New York (LPA) - G. en- er a |
Motors has declared a dividend of
$3.50 a share on the common stock,
boost of 20 per cent over the last
1949 dividend. On Dec. 10, 1949,
GIN declared a year-end disburse-
ment of $4.25 a share, amounting
to $187,000,000, the largest single
cash dividend disbursement ever
made by an American company.
Although GIN has not yet report
ed 1949 earnings, Alfred P. Sloan,
Jr., chairman Of the board, ann
omced Jan. II that 1949 profits
would be over $600,O00,O00, more
than any other company ever made
in a similar period. The 1913 net
income was $440,447,724. The 1949
earnings were equal to $3.50 a
common share, compared with $9.72
a share in 1948.
An interesting note on the pro-
fit picture, in view Of the Shrek of
Big Business that the Fair Deal
taxes are running business and will
ing incentive, is a statement in the
Journal of Commerce that Corp
crate profits we're almost as large
in 1949 as they were in the record
year 1948, if distortions due to in
ventory profits and losses are elm
mated from the aggregate profit
figures Of these two years. For
1913, the Department of Commerce
estimated profits were inflated by
S2.2 billion because of higher year
end inventory values. For 1949, the
same source estimate, profits were
deflated by $2.7 billion because Of
lower year-end inventory values"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
2 Firms Sued On
(Continued From Page One)

tion that the lessees purchase all
their requirements Of capsules
from the defendants.
Attorney General Howard Nc
Grath declared "the activities and
practices such as those involved
in this case must be condemned not
only as violations of the law, but
also as directly affecting the dis
tribution of material essential to
public health"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
Mony Substitutes
(C0HnHucd From Psye OHe)

concludes, that despite the AMA's
huge campaign Of negation, the
practical judgment Of legislators is
that some positive, rather compre-
hensive national health action is
politically expedient."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16

Buy Union Made goods from
others as you would have them
pay Union wages unto you'll
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
DELIVERY .
SPECIAL

That's the way Valentines-and all
other special things-should arrive.
BY Special Delivery!
Pardon us for pointing, but that's
how electricity reaches yea, too. BY
very special delivery-at fnger-tip
notice. /10,000,00O<h Of second
from the time you flip switch.
That's not only super-speedy service,
it's dependable service. So depend
able, you've come to take it for
granted around the clock and around
the calendar.
Again pardon us for pointing, but
keeping the price OF electricity low
in spite of steeply rising production
costs takes plenty of practical plan
ning-plenty of skilled and expe-
rienced people.
And never has electricity done so
much to make life easier, healthier,
more comfortable for you!
sHELEN HAYES stars in The Electric Theatre!
Hear il every Sunday, Chs, 9 Pm, EST.
TIL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-17
Forestry Convention
Urqes Conservation

Forest conservation for both
spiritual and practical purposes
was urged yesterday at the con-
Guiding session of the 50th ami
versary conference of the Society
OF American Foresters.
Tom Wallace, Louisville (KyD
newspaper editor, called for what
he called a true practice Of wood
land conservation.
Lyle F. Watts, chief of the
United States Forest Service,
warned that despite some prog
ress in the last so years nation
ally our forests are operating In
the red"
c. A. Bishell, of the National
Lumber Manufacturers Associa-
ton, detailed efforts Of the in
dustry to prevent waste hereto
fore regarded as unavoidable"
A new achievement medal was
presented In absentia to DR..
Henry S. Graves, dean emeritus
OF the Yale Forestry School. The
award was made in memory of
Clifford Pinchot, celebrated con-
servationist, by his widow.
Nearly 1900 members regis
tered for the three-day session,
climaxed Friday by dinner for
300 IN the Mayf1ower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-17
Symphony Is Seeking
Gift Certificates

The National Symphony Or
chestra is making Christmas gift
certificates available for future
concerts.
Patrons may purchase the certi-
ficates at the symphony box Office,
Kits. 1880 G street NV. The
certificates can cover any num-
Der of concerts during the re-
mainder of this season.