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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-09
Labor Leader Says
Slow Down Franco

Washington LPA) - Dictator
Franco sis attempting to deceive
the outside world when he claims
there is no opposition to his regime
within Spain," President Triton
Gomez Of the Spanish Confedera-
tion of Labor told a press confer
ence here.
Gomez declared that information
gathered in all circles from ex-
treme right to extreme left" indi-
Gated that Spaniards could resolve
their internal problems peacefully
and without fear that Francois Fas-
cism would be replaced by Com
munism, provided the worlds dem
ocratic nations maintain the policy
embodied in the United Nations
resolution of 1916 under which UN
members withdrew their ambassa-
dors from Madrid.
Gomez said he thought slow
downs by Spanish workers forced
a breakdown recently in Spain's
economic relations with Dictator
Peron of Argentina. The workers
made it impossible for Franco to
(Tprn to Page Tspe)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-09
(. J. Brown Dies;
Former Head OF
Electrical Workers

Washington (LPA)-Edward J,
Brown, 1940-1946 president of the
Intl Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers-AFL, died in George
Washington University Hospital
here Jan. 81 after a kidney opera
tion. He was 55.
Brown joined the union in 1916
while working for a telephone COM
pany in his native Chicago. Later
he became chief electrician for
Robert White & Co. in the same
city.
An attorney, and a member of
the Wisconsin and Milwaukee bars,
Brown received his law degree
from the University of Chicago in
1927. From 1885 through 1888 he
was member of the University of
Wisconsin Board of Regents. He
came back to the IBEW in 1880,
serving as a special representative.
From 1887 to 1910 he was a mem
ber of the IBEW executive board.
In 1943, the late President
Roosevelt named Brown to the
Natl Defense Mediation Board.
That year, with other labor lead
ers, he made a good will trip
through South America under the
sponsorship of the Committee on
Affairs. In 1916,
he was delegate to the British
Trades Union Congress. Brown
was reported to be one of the four
top labor men to be informed of
the atomic bomb project in 1914.
Brown maintained homes in
Washington and Germantown, Wis.
From 1916 until his death, he prac-
ticed law in both Wisconsin and the
capital. He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Jean E. Duffy Brown, and
brother, Henry, of Chicago.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-09
Labor Newspaper Needles Denver
Sheet Into Running FTC Report

story had not been printed because
"that was the day the big fire
broke at Colorado Springs" and
there wasn't room for the FTC re-
port.
However a check of that issue of
the Post shows that although they
didn't have space for the ETC re-
ports, they had plenty of room for
the usual stories of rape, murder
and sin. Nevertheless, on Friday,
the day after the Advocate made
it's accusations, the Post changed
the dateline on the week-old AP
story and handled it as if it had
just broken. 1t was seven inches
long and appeared on page 5. Of
course, the CUTS had been removed
and it merely stated that profits
were up over pre-war. (The real
point of the story was that, where
as before the war big business was
happy with profits of 10 per cent,
in 1948 it was grabbing 20 per cent,
and still shrieking that taxes were
killing business. The second point
was that the nearer an industry
was to monopolizing its field, the
greater its profit margin was.
Neither point was made in the
Post story.)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-09

Miami Beach, Fla. (LPA)-Ef-
fective cooperation between labor
and farm leaders at the county
level will be one of the decisive
points in next falls Congressional
elections, Joseph keenan, told re-
porters here. He is director of
Labor's League for Political Edu-
cation. George n. Harrison, chair
man of the Leagues committee on
political direction, concurred, say
ing labor will benefit from "the
farm revolt against Republican
Senators in farm states where such
Senators happen to be labor's
chief enemies"
The LLPE administrative COM
mittee is meeting here in conjunc-
tion with the AFL's executive coun-
Gil, which is holding its regular
quarterly conference. Council MEM
bers are automatically members of
LLPE's administrative group.
AFL President William Green
told newsmen the fight against
Senator Taft in Ohio will be the
outstanding battle of the elections.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-09

Denver, Colo. IPA)-The amaz-
ing spectacle of two great" dailies
being scooped on week-old story
by a weekly labor paper has jour-
nalistic circles in an uproar here.
The Denver Post and the Rocky
Mountain News both failed to
carry line on the sensational
FTC report on business profits for
1949 as compared to 1910. The
Colorado Labor Advocate, AFL
weekly for Denver and Colorado,
got the story from Labor Press
AAssociation and spread it across
page l with a banner headline,
"PRESS FAILS ON BIG PROFIT
STORY" The Advocate printed all
the details of the story which had
been ignored five days before by
the commercial press, noting in the
story that it had been so ignored.
The managing editor of the Post,
as soon as the Advocate story was
brought to his attention, proceed
ed to blast all three of his wire
services. After a series of tele-
grams to AP, UP and ms, asking
why they hadn't filed the story,
he discovered that AP and UP had
carried the story. Queried by AL
Magnuson, editor of the Advocate,
the Post news chief declared the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-09
Peace Talk Moves
Made In WaIkout
At chrysIer Corp.

Detroit (LPA) = Federal and
state mediators announced that
negotiations may be resumed next
week between Chrysler Corp. and
United Auto Workers. Negotia-
tions were broken off Jan. 25 when
the UAW called out $4,000 Chry-
sler workers because the company
offer on pensions was unsatisfac-
tory.
Walter Reuther, UAW president,
branded the newspaper advertise
ments by Chrysler both misleading
and confusing, and pointed out that
the union is perfectly willing to ac-
cept five-year contract for PEN
sion plan, if the plan is sound;
what the union is unwilling to do
is to freeze all other conditions, ex-
cept wages, for five years. Reuth-
er declared it is evident that Chry-
sler "for reasons best known to it
self did not want settlement on
the equities and facts"
The Detroit Labor News, an AFL
paper, in a 2-col. box on the front
page of it's current issue, said the
strike lis the result of the stub
born attitude Of the absentee own
ers of the Chrysler Corp. who re-
gard Detroit as corral for cheap
labor and nothing more" The
article assailed the "obstinacy" OF
the corporation and sits callous dis
regard" of the community's well
fare, and said that is the price De-
troit pays for absentee ownership
of the third largest manufacturing
corporation in the country. "This
strike could have been avoided had
the management really wanted to
avoid it," the paper said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-09
Any Not Working
Is Too Much
Committee Says

Washington (LPA) = Anything
less than full employment for
every man and woman willing and
able to work is SERIOUS" condi-
ton. That is the conclusion of a
study made by a special subcom-
mittee of the Joint Congressional
Economic Committee, based in
large part on replies to questions
put to the AFL, CIO and the Sec
retaries of Commerce and Labor.
Now, says the report, is as good a
time as any to take nationwide
steps to keep joblessness as brief
and as infrequent as possible.
Especially in view of the "cold
war;, the subcommittee "views
anything notably short of full en-
iployment and of more than temp
Iorary duration as serious" The
group was headed by Edward j.
Hart Cd, N. J.) and included Sen.
Francis Myers Cd, Pa.), Sen.
Arthur V. Watkins Or, Utah), and
Reps. Walter B. Huber Cd, Ohio)
and Christian B. Herter OR, Miss.).
The committee made three pro-
posals, all built on the assumption
in the Employment Act of 1916,
that the remedy for unemployment
"is dynamic expanding national
economy"
First, Congress should find out
more about who and what are the
unemployed. Both the CIO and
AFL point out that until definite
data, now unavailable, is gathered,
it is hard to say that 2 million or
8 million unemployed is danger
GUS"
Second, to get at the problem of
distressed areas, there is need of
further study in the field of reg
ional development. New England is
currently examining such factors
as may be hindering its rate of
development. Of Importance to the
country as a whole, however, is the
further development of the other
great regions, particularly those
which are predominantly agricul-
tural. Opportunities for additional
river-basin agencies for multiple
purpose river development, for
flood control and reclamation,
should not be overlooked"
A whole series of actions to ex-
pand the ability of people to pur-
chase more goods and services,
should be undertaken by the feder-
al government, the Congressional
group urges. Two other subcom-
are now working on these
to increase the con-
suming and productive power of
the 10 million families with in
comes under $4,000, and how toI
(Tuyn TO Pa0e Tsv0)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-09
President Names
Paul Styles To
Labor Board Post

Washington (LPA) - President
Truman has named Paul H. Styles
to the Natl Labor Relations Board
to succeed J. Copeland Gray, whose
term expired in December. Truman
sent Styles name to the Senate
Feb. 2 for confirmation. Gray, the
boards most reactionary member,
had been repeatedly under fire
from all quarters of organized
labor.
Styles, director since March 1945
of the NLRB 10th region with
headquarters at Atlanta, is AZ. He
has a rich personal knowledge of
labor and it's problems, especially
in the south. His first job was as a
printers apprentice at IL. While in
his teens he spent four years in an
Alabama cotton mill. He worked
as typesetter, pressman, reporter
and editor from 1923 to 1887. From
1888 to 1887 he was president of
the Huntsville, Ala, Trades &
Labor Council-AFL. Huntsville is
his legal residence.
He became an NLRB field exam
iner in 1887, after serving as CO.
chairman of the industrial commit
tee of the Huntsville Chamber of
Commerce. Sen. John Sparkmar
Cd, Ala.) was president of the
chamber at the time.
In 1943, Styles became assistant
director of disputes of the Region
al War Labor Board, i'm Atlanta. He
subsequently moved up to be dir
ector of disputes and vice-chairman
of the regional body, representing
the public on a three-man panel.
As NLRB regional director in
Atlanta, Styles was the agency's
chief officer in an area which in
cluded Georgia, South Carolina,
Florida, Alabama and Tennessee.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-09
w. Keith McAfee Killed In
Airplune Crush In Florida

Redlands, Calif.-W. Keith Nc
Afee, chairman of the board OF
directors of the Universal Rumble
Corp. and past president of the
American Ceramic Society was
killed in an airplane crash near
Quincy, Fla. on Feb. 2.
Mr.. McAfee was widely known
throughout the trade and held in
the highest esteem by members OF
the Brotherhood. Flying his own
plane he had visited New Castle
Pa. earlier in the week and flew
back to Boca Ration, Fla. for a
business appointment. He was re-
turning to Redlands when the
plane crashed, killing him instant
ly.
Born in Pittsburgh, Mr.. McAfee
attended Allegheny Preparatory
College and in 1915 was graduated
from the University of Pennsyl-
vania as an electrical engineer,
His first job was with Westing-
house Manufacturing Co. as a de-
sign engineer. In 1920 he went
with the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
and two years later became an en-
gineer for the Universal Sanitary
Manufacturing Co. at New Castle.
Along with his duties at Universal,
he was named vice president and
general manager of the Cambridge
Sanitary Manufacturing Co. in
1923.
Six years after going to Uni
versal, Mr.. McAfee was promot-
ed to vice-president and general
manager. Later, he became the
president and after the organiza-
ton of Universal-Rundle he was
made chairman of the board.
Plants are located at New Castle,
Camden, N. j., and Redlands. He
moved from New Castle to Cali
fornia about two years ago.
Mr.. McAfee was president of the
American Ceramic Society in 1884.
He also was a member of the board
of directors of the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Kath-
crime Kirk McAfee, formerly of
New Castle and two sons. Burial
was made in New Castle.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-09

The committee is the same as
served last year and includes the
following: Roy Masker, L. U. a;
P. K. Calhoon, l.. U. 8; Frank
Duffy, L. U. 10; Francis Cubberly,
l.. L. IL; George Goppert, l.. u.
%; James Slaven, L. U. 124, and
Harry l.. Gill, Manager of Potters
Herald, all of East Liverpool; Will
lam Robinson, l.. U. "a, Wellsville,
Ohio; Leland Quinn, l.. U. 81, East
Palesinte, Ohio; A. j. Sanders, l..
U. az, Salem, Ohio; John NJ. Nam
rack, l.. u. 81, Canonsburg, Pa;
Sylyanus De Bee, l.. U. 20, Min
erva, Ohio; Philip Schroeder, l.. U.
"A, and William H. Berry, l.. u.
1872, Sebring, Ohio.
The first order Of business for
the committee was the election of
officers with George Goppert be-
ing chosen as chairman and P. X.
Calhoon and James Slaven, secre-
tary and treasurer, respectively.
The date for the outing was also
set at the initial meeting with the
third Saturday in June which falls
on the 18th being the committees
choice after a tip from the wealth
er prophet promising clear skies
and plenty of sunshine on this
date.
The site for this years outing
will be selected at the next meet
ing of the committee on Saturday,
Feb. 18. Representatives from the
leading amusement centers in the
tri-state district have been invited
to attend this meeting and the
committee will make their choice
after the various representatives
outline the features of their res
pective parks such as entertain
meat features, parking facilities,
athletic field, eating pavilion, etc.
The committee announced that
the baby show will again be one
of the feature attractions at the
1850 outing. Over 300 youngsters
were entered in this event last year
which was proclaimed by all who
saw it as the finest baby show in
the state.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-09
Lobbyist Wants
SIS NJ iIIion Ads

Washington LPA)-A call fol
a conference of the home building
and allied industries to initiate d
"giant program of publicity and
selling of home ownership that
would make our country forever
secure against wild political ex,
periments" has been put forward
by Executive Vice-President Her
bert L. Nelson Of the Natl Asso-
citation of Real Estate Boards.
What the NAREB's chief profes-
sional lobbyist means by wild poll
tical experiments" isn't clear, but
he's opposed any low-rent public
housing projects, and is ardently
against the coop housing bill now
before Congress.
"The industries that contribute
to home making put together
form a combination that employs
more people, represents bigger in
vestment, and has more money to
spend than any other economic
group" Nelson trumpets in the
current issue of Headlines"
NAREP weekly publication.
Five million dollars a year by
this giant industry to sell the best
product in the world would be
small change for the business and
the values involved. Yes, sir,
it looks as though we were falling
down on selling home ownership"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-09
Senate Committee
commends Coop
Housing Abroad

Washington (LPA)-The Senate
Banking Subcommittee that sur
veyed European housing last fall
has reported that the Scandinavian
countries and Holland utilize the
cooperative housing technique with
much success to solve their housing
problem"
The report made no recommen-
dations. 1t commented that wheth-
er the experience abroad could be
adapted to this country was a mat
ter of individual opinion and
Judgment. But buried in the fac
tual report was much material fav-
orable to cooperative housing. 1t
was noted, for instance, that coop
erative housing in Sweden had re-
suited in savings to home-owners
of up to 25 per cent on costs, chief
ly through the elimination of spec
ulative profits.
The report indicated Europe is
ahead of America in providing
housing for city people. 1t said:
while people in European cities
are more apt to live in an apart
ment or flat than they are in our
country, it often seemed that we
were behind our European brothers
in trying to provide adequate hous-
ing for our people. We did not see
any slums that compare with some
right in our nations capital"
The subcommittee is working
out a bill to provide for a cooper
ative housing program in this coun-
try for middle-income families.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-09
Brotherhood Chief
Stresses Need For
Fine Workmanship

Trenton, n. J.-Local Union 80
has had many problems and griev-
ances over the past few months,
chiefly in regards to delinquent
and suspended members. Our pro-
blems gained such momentum that
we appealed to our national head
for assistance. AS always, Bro.
Duffy found time in his busy life
TO render such assistance and we
shall endeavor 10 use his advice
and counsel to the best advantage.
In two meetings with manage
ment, President Duffy accomplish
ed more for US than we were able
to do in several meetings. We ap-
preciate the visit from our nation
al head and in our humble manner
for such service President Duffy
along with Vice President Wheat
ley and the officers of Local 35
were our guests at a dinner which
| am sure was enjoyed by all who
attended it.
In the evening Bro. Duffy at
tended our regular meeting and
delivered fine talk. His remarks
gave all of US food for thought.
He particularly stressed the fact
that we should watch the quality
of our work as foreign imports are
now flooding our shores and offer
ing stiff competition for American
manufacturers. To combat such a
menace he offered the following
formula: "As members of a high
ly skilled craft, we should strive at
all times to show our ability and
expert workmanship in producing
the finest quality product. Only by
this method can we meet the in
roads of foreign competition and
keep our plants working"
He further stated the manufac-
turers should take note in this re-
spect and supply the workers with
good materials. Poor materials as
we had to use during the war will
not help the quality or enable US
to turn out a fine product.
President Duffy also spoke on
union security and the advances
that can be made by labor if we all
pull together. Only if we all work
in unity and bring about repeal
of the Taft-Hartley law, can We
have union security, he stated.
Especially were the members
impressed by his plea for teaching
the younger apprentice members
at the trade today, the good old
fashioned way we were taught, and
not the slip-shod methods of max
ing pottery. Such Indifferent atti-
tude on the part of journeymen
teaching the young boys and girls
today will only result in the art
of the American potter being lost.
-O.C. 35
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-09
.AFL, CIO Join
Anfi-CP Front

New York (LPA) Because
Communism as practiced in the
US is not an economic or polite
al philosophy, but is in fact a de-
liberate revolutionary conspiracy
inspired, directed, and financed by
an alien power" spokesmen for
more than 50,O00,OO0 members of
American organizations have form
ed continuing committee to fight
Communism. 1t grew out of con-
ference here Jan. % and 80, called
by the American Legion.
Harry Read, assistant to CIO
Secretary-Treasurer James Carey,
is chairman of the committee, and
Turn to Page Ts0o)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-09
Auto Workers And
Goodyear Agree
On Pension Plan

Akron (LPA) - The Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Co. and the United
Rubber Workers have agreed on
non-contributory pensions of at
least 500 a month for workers at
65 with 25 years service. Affected
are "a, 900 employees in 10 plants in
10 states. If social security benefits
are increased, as expected, the pen
sions will be higher, as the com
pany will add one-half of the in
crease to the pension.
If, on retirement, an employees
total earnings exceed 100000, he
will get, as pension, one per cent
annually for life. Ton total earnings
of $130,000, for example, an en-
ploye would get $1,000 annually,
rather than the $1,000, which is at
$100 a month";
The agreement, effective April
/, expires Feb. 1, 1861, and is sub
ject to reopening on wages on 80
days notice. Other features: COM
pany pays entire cost of present
group insurance, now partly paid
by employees; employees with less
than 25 years service but more
than Is will get proportionately
smaller pensions; employees perm
!anently disabled, with Is years
service, will get at least $50 a
month.
Goodyear has 1880 workers in
Akron. Other plants are at Los
Angeles, Topeka, Gadsden, Ala,
New Bedford, Mass, Muncie, Ind,
Jackson, Mich, st. Mary's, Ohio,
Windsor, VT, and Lincoln, Neb.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-09

that Che miners, most OF WHOM
were working three-day weeks, re-
sumo full production for 70 days
while a non-Taft- Hartley board
looked into the situation. Soft coal
operators accepted the proposal.
AS in last years steel dispute,
neither side would have been bound
by the fact-finders' conclusions.
Chairman of the panel appointed
under the Taft Hartley act is David
NJ. Cole of Paterson, N. j., who sat
y on a similar board investigating
coal negotiations in 1948 and who
also was one of the fact-finders in
steel last summer; William w.
Wirtz, professor of law at North
western University and one-time
chairman of the Wage Sterilization
Board; and John Dunlop, professor
of economics at Harvard and i'm
partial chairman of the arbitration
machinery established by the AFL
building trades and building con-
tractors.
Meanwhile, a federal judge was
expected to act any moment on a
request by General Counsel Robert
N. Denham of the Natl Labor Re-
lations Board for a writ restrain
ing the Mine Workers from alleg-
edly unfair labor practices, includ-
ing the three-day week and other
devices by which the NLRB coun-
sci claimed the union was trying to
obtain an illegal contract. Den
hams action was taken at the re-
quest of about 80 per cent of the
soft coal industry. An NLRB trial
examiner was scheduled to open
separate hearings Feb. z on the
unfair practices charges f e d
against the UNIV and Lewis.
Truman made his original pro-
posal the day before Lewis was
scheduled to meet with northern
and western operators for the first
time since last fall. The subse-
quent parleys broke down the
morning of the second day when
the operators walked out. Lewis
agreed to attend the conference
only after the operators said they
would drop all stipulations. How
ever, when they reached the bar
gaining table, they Immediately
re-imposed four conditions which
they insisted the UNIV meet be-
fore negotiations begin. To many
it had seemed that the operators
might have been reader to bargain
had the President waited.
Main demands of the UNIV are
a wage boost of 95 cents day, and
an increase of Is cents per ton in
the royalty the operators pay into
the UMW's famed welfare fund.
The UNIV reports that 100 mines
with an annual capacity of 100000
900 tons have met the terms.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-09
Evansville Potter Has
Injured Optic Removed

Evansville, Ind.-As a result of
a recent injury, Bro. John Schultz
recently was a patient in st. Mary's
Hospital for the removal of his
right eye.
The members of Local Union 5
were sorry to learn of Bro. Schutz's s
misfortune and wish him a speedy
recovery in his convalesence at
home. -O.C. s