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Evening star., 1950-12-31
"I'LL TAKE 1851"
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more than 100000 people throughout the
earth For the US alone, it meant seven
times as many deaths as were caused by the
Hiroshima atom blast
Even Grandpa's wife wasn't the efficient,
skillful and indefatigable mistress of her
own household that you see in Life With
Mother" She was, instead. poor bedev-
lied thing with huge family and no electric
refrigerator, washing machine or vacuum
cleaner to help her through bitterly hard
12-hour day.
And if she finally got mad at Grandpa,
she couldn't even stomp out and look for a
job. Women were either banned from bus
ness or severely Disseminated against.
How About Churches?
WORST of all, she couldn't even sit down
for 10 minutes to air her troubles with her
mother. For there was only about one tele-
phone per So people. Today there is one for
every four people.
Nostalgia merchants, however, usually
take refuge in one hard-to-get-at retreat
''Ah," they say, ''but all this is mere
technical improvement. It's the spirit
ual side of man that 8 important. In the
good old days things were different. -
Statistics don't explain the spiritual side
of man too we'll But at least, says Clyde
Brion Davis, church membership hasn't
slipped which ought to indicate something,
In 1900 one out of every "a Americans was
a registered church member. In 1850 the
ratio is up to one out of l.9, according to
the Christian Herald"
Are we becoming evil and immoral COM
pared to Grandpa? Probably not. Modern
warfare is indeed much more horrible but
on the personal level psychologists and
sociologists feel our sexual morals aren't so
much worse Rather. there simply is much
less concealment The great number of
divorces doesn't mean the family IS no
longer sacroSanct; it means that unhappy
marriages don't survive in today's freer air.
Good Old lssVs
You can go on and on with this kind Of
thing Probably when you get all through,
the person who doesn't fit today's life
and who isn't well adjusted to his family.
friends or job will still keep on wishing for
the past Or for life in Tahiti. Or in the
jungle Or anywhere but where he is.
AS for me, III take 1851, right here in
America. It's pretty good life What's
more, generation or so from now it Il prob
ably be lot better still Only, by that
time, with senile decay attacking my brain,
III probably be ardently referring to the
l95O's as the Real, Genuine. Honest-to-
Gosh Good Old Days The End
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If Grandpa didn't get much or any vaca-
ton, it didn't matter greatly. He couldn't
get anywhere except by train, which was too
costly and complicated Today an esti-
mated 100000 Americans simply chuck
the kids and the valises in the back of the
car and take off for couple of weeks, while
uncounted other millions take week ends
which would be impossible without autos
Well. say the peddlers of pipe Dreams at
least Grandpa wasn't sickly, nervous
wreck like modern man. Grandpa ate well,
slept well, was as strong as an OK.
Nonsense According to the us. Public
Health Service, the average male life expec-
fancy has climbed from 48 in Grandpa s
day to 66 in our own, neat gift of l8 years
of life Grandpa's way of life clearly wasn't
as healthful as our own by long shot.
No one will deny that noise, hurry, dirt,
tension and other facets of modern living
are bad for people But medical science has
helped us gain far more than we've lost.
At the turn of the century 202 Americans
per 100000 were dying of TB every year; ;
today less than 33 per 100000 die of it.
In 1900 diphtheria killed $4,000 persons in
the U.s.; in l948. with twice as many people
to choose from, diphtheria managed to kill
off only 500 And while typhoid knocked
off 225 people out of every 100000 in 1910,
today it takes only 8 per 100000
No A-Boznb, but -
GRANDPA didn't have insulin to treat dia-
betes, antihistamines to relieve allergies
penicillin to combat infections and bacterial
diseases. Grandpa ate hearty and worked
hard - he had to; he didn't have time to
waste here on earth.
The health picture (the sy-spectacled
fellows will tell you) isn't all that bright.
Cancer death rates have risen lis per cent
over 1900. Insulin or no, diabetes death
rates are up 80 per cent, and heart and
circulatory death rates 40 per cent. But it's
not the pace and fury of modern life that
are doing most Of this Rather it is the fact
that these are the diseases of old age. When
men didn't live long enough to get DID,
naturally they didn't die of old mems all
ments It's privilege to be permitted to
succumb to heart trouble - at rs or 80
well, at least they didn't have to worry
about the atom bomb" say some of the
would-be Grandpas. Perfectly true. But
mankind has always had worries about
death and sudden annihilation parallel
to worry about the A-bomb.
As late as 1878 yellow fever hit 100000
persons in the Mississippi Valley, and killed
a third of the inhabitants of Memphis
Typhoid epidemics ravaged and terrified
half dozen Eastern cities at the turn of
the century. And despite medical advances,
Evening star., 1950-12-31

HONdE-0N :. What unusual offer was
festival?
All the wine that could be drunk in an hour
for 80 cents. NJ. S., Chicago III.
OUCH! How much do Americans pay for
their government employees?
The average American family this year will
pay $4O2 for salaries of federal, state and local
civilian employees. The figure in 1929 was
only $l55. E r.. Portland, Ore.
SLp-UP -. What country is facing general
election because it's 28-yeor-old Parliament has
just been dtscOre1ed TO be illegal
The island of Sark in the English Channel.
The Parliament, elected in 1922, forgot to
submit it's new constitution to King George
of England for ratification.
Mrs. H. NJ. S., Long Beach, Calf
LOSER :. How much money ,pas lost last
year by the Post Office Department on the sale
of penny postal cards?
$73, 1885, ,OOO B w., Carmel Ind
SAFETY TRICK {. u. Hop are plane mechan-
ties using nail polish TO promote safety?
Each screw connection in the electrical
hydraulic, fuel and oil systems gets stripe
of nail polish If connection should work
loose, the break in the red stripe can be in
stantly detected.
e. b. A., Los Angeles, Calf
FIRST -. The late Henry L. .Stins0n mas the
first man tn history 10 serre in the cabinets Of
tour Presidents. Who ,Vere the Presidents?
Taft. Hoover, Roosevelt and Truman
M o., Clarion IoWa
RISING -. What modest household necessity
is shooting sky high in price,
Brooms. Adverse weather conditions have
cut this years crop of broomcorn practically
in half and prices are going up about so per
cent Mrs. T. II. L., Philadelphia, Pa
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20
WASHINGTON LABOR REPORT
Greet Publisher Covers $4,000 Miles
But Leurns Little
BY BRADFORD V. CARTER
For Labor Press Association

Washington QPAFor good clean fun, nothing like
reading Editor Publisher the weekly Of the business
long story about Colonel Robert Mccormick and pub
Usher of the Chicago Tribune which by its admission
Col Mccormick (known to the rreveent
just returned from 24O00me flying trip Europe Africa
ne about he had learned
in broadcast his station WGN.
This is what the publisher of newspaper said:
That Western Europe is decadent;
That Turkey the most civilized outside United
mot far from becoming completely communc although
try looks prosperous and clean" 1T
That Egypt and Bombay India he appeared
be quite few communistc reporters"
That with Russia not imminent that Stain
losing his empire in another and that the Soviet
eventual destruction from within ~ ~
He did not explain why western Europe decadent" did
him whether he would hire qualified as reporter
Implying that they doubted whether other publishers
would hire such reporter because of his race"
there you question (and
question would embaaSS
Advancement coed People asked such question b % iH %
and the would be representative of
Here is the publisher of newspaper with of about
million daily in the heart of do
the political thinking of the mce who
men ana senator's and state legislators egs
ators described Mccormick and that's the wisdom he
has acquired after world trip ito lot of people place
The publishers after all these years. are still bafed bv the
that the Democrats have presidential regularly since
1882 although the overwhelming haS
pumped for the Republican nominee of time ~
Corporation executives still don't why the people be-
eye unions despite the pretty literature corporations mt ont
and the advertisements and the propaganda put ont b The
fronts Tor big ;I business and the d9ctored textbooks
20 of the
press does not have much influence. 80 0 '"e 'a'0-
But the people those who work for living evidently don't be-
good evidence why. Np''' 0n "na' he learned Is
In fact Mccormick himself unwittnglv made tb dii whom
sad Ih outstanding challenge American TO-DAY
is to do better job of ''
"es certainly need to do better job than they doing
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20
Federal Budget Bread And Butter
Mutter For Us
By FRANKLIN ID. ROOSEVELT Jr.
For Labor Press Association

as be against government spending"
to be against mosquitoes, starvation 1t lot harder to
essential One
do make the Federal budget true reflection of country fin
what the bill I've
hopeessly and inadequate budgary
which will not do the job procedures which
business today 1t makes try to tailor oday $40
Federal pattern the 1871
The budget today
and continuing impact phase our and fact on
stead of dragging ball and chain
purpose this bill begin the remodng job by emn
following practices of
Federal Government:
a congressional policy the Federal
budget;
Second ht-or-miss shortrange budget
Third The insertion of meconoma wastefu items appro
praton bils 81. tsast tt... s,..s.
Fourth The failure the traditional budget give
money people,;
The unbusinessike failure distinguish between
ing and investment expenditures; and
Sixth The inefficient methods used financing argescale in
vestment.
The sections of the bill provide practical remedies for these
congressional policy
achieving balanced budget expanding Second the
authorized
policies of Third President
the veto individual items in appropriation bills
Fourth this bill provides for consolidated cash budget which
would really show the flow between the Government the
That flow after ALL what has the immediate
for business America Fifth is proposed to eab
the President dfentate
costs ke soldiers costs of printing income tax om) and
building electricity
home mortgages.
the bill efficient
approach to the financing of argescale investment projects
suggestions labor busi
1t hope that all members of Congress- regardless of
will serious consideration to this proposal know that
ye instrument which contributes stable national prosperity
high levels of employment
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20

Just looking at the political picture it begins to take
shape makes it possible at this early date to make few
rather close predictions And who doesn't like to predict
especially when the pattern of events to stands out SO
clearly?
One of the big national political parties is going to yell
''red" and promise improved t-Hartey Act. The
screaming will be done to rghten people, especially those
who have lots of money first to make them give literally
to the campaign fund.- and second to get them to vote for the
party which is going to save" America.
Yes we know that the average political promise is
worth about much pinch of peach fuzz but there
we believe they really intend to Improve" the atartey
They intend to make it tougher Unions They will kill
off the Unions, if they can.
There is only way honestly to Improve" the Taft
Hartley Act and that is to kill it. The only good Taftart
lev Act insofar the working people of America
cerned dead The leadership of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor understands this fact that is why it
it's supports to schemes of politicians to amend and
change it.
There is nothing unreasonable in Labors attitude to-
ward this vicious chunk of legislation We know that it
dreamed by the worst enemies Labor had We know
that it written by lawyers for the National Association
of Manufacturers and paid for by the treasury of of the
big national political parties This information is the
Congressional Record it is testimony of the big fell
lows who got paid; it has never been denied
These facts being provenand they have been proved
Labor is well justified in demanding the outright repeal
of the TIL Act There is nothing good in it. it is all bad
Eventually it will be repealed though if Labor is driven into
politics to accomplish this end the big fellows not going
to like of the resulting legislation
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20

The afiaton of the Histadrut Israes labor fedora
on with the World Federation of Trade Unions was sharp
y criticized by AFL Secretary Treasurer George Meany at
recent meeting in Chicago. We agree with him. We too
wonder how long the Israeli unionsts reconcile with
themselves and their duty to democracy at home and abroad
to part of labor movement with which they have
nothing in common but the name
The AFL leader in condemning the international policy
of Israel organized labor, stressed these facts:
Histadrut, alone of all the free union ceners IN the
world holds membership in the controlled WFTU;
Histadrut is silent neutral about slave labor prac
tces in Soviet Russia and the spread of these conditions to
the satellite countries;
g. Hstadrut, although opposed to communism tries to
stay out of the struggle that has divided world labor into two
campsthe free and democratic International Confederation
of Trade Unions and the Krenlin manipulated WFTU.
We realize the difficulties and problems of the young
state of which the Hstadrut main pillar We also know
that the international position of the Israeli unonts to
large dictated their the fate OF their
coregionists behind the iron curtain These good eX-
panatons but they not good enough We hope George
Meanys prediction that he democratic labor movement OF
Israel will take its place in the free trade union move
ment of the earththe vanguard of peaceful beryong
humanty"-wl true Man cannot remain half slave
and half free The lesson learned by the United States at
staggering cost in blood and treasure applies to other
tions we'll
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20
THE NINTH COMMANDMENT
By RUTH TAYLOR

shalt bear false thy neghbor is still
of the Ten Commandments.
No doubt out people questioned would that that
they commit But listening conversations
Commandment S broken
false witness neighbor when judge
him not individual merits OF
goup-whether that judgment be praise
neghbor
him action about which nothing
him of acting only his self-n
You neghbor when
unconfirmed about him the from which he
when shade the truth supply details from magma
to make good story.
false your neighbor when you pre-
Judge him. when the determine what he will
do before he has done
You bear false witness neghbo
him lower than ideals than your
You bear false witness against neghbor when think of
his family has from different
to a different church.
You bear false witness neghbor refuse
to grant him the same privileges yourself.
raise neghbor when the
gates to for by doing the Fatherhood of
God and the Brotherhood of all
Do keep the Ninth Commandment?
In Washington, d. c. labohating Rankin d. Miss
ved the and sest busterng
Speaker Raybum that the
other demand everything
and the clocks synchronized
In Minneapolis workers puzzled should
wheat of
the naonhan housewives do other
Labor Statistics revealed that
Minneapolis compared with in
In Washington, arbitrator ruled it's the
calm when they're equipment
doesn't function.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20
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New York City the Communist Daily Worker complained med
for Of Oklahoma has been acquired BY Columbia M r
s i ss for q sa"
a9nf an boasts ae h s n ta ro6b in &
In Jackson Miss union electricians protested that the state
the 1850 budget portable @ electric osds chair chair
h bss b @ ss BY Party e % t2s s
coal that his wife him 81 so time he
o Pottery Pottery sca & to work Shdd on
@ @ 9d % s soo ms s & r
oe The @ @ apRer % 5 p" mg 5
aps the the sou A sn RSf
on Italian ship The man had his entire Life % on ne the high fa
and % spoke oa1 eisn Ey o employees of the International Harvester
days result Of dispute how
much m Sew Y srs hs % S in cdno RTa United
eGh e @ Gern ffdssS @ YEAR %
triple time" employees have to work the first day of the
and S s @ sss % s4 bS South
sdpa @ eons1o 9 ~ % the Sa be no
eeuv were d BY the eas Dd that P Ns Gabriel
wda & able get for his % state visit to the United States
per mine by promising that when got washington h will seek
In Dayton Ohio Thomas Rchery General Motors worker
ds5sat essddsts PRESIDENCY
e Party defeated him by spreading through the plant that
London England the Boadcang System reported
casting news Of strikes Stimulates hooiganm the African
youth The Manchester Guardian with cheek
editorialy STRIKERS of all sympathetic token
all the resefore downing tools should ask themselves How
will this look to the Zuus?'"
In Toledo Ohio Mount Vernon, WASH Cheboygan
evidence accumulated that the machine
American workers In Toledo Ed Shea thought
millionaire Toledo
$OOOSOO instead of the $500 had been expecting In Mount Yer
worker in the Skagit County auditors office
$l0000075 Corpus Christi Tex who had exactly
him. The saddest
the of
Cheboygan office
typed single letter the Cheboygan in
stead of Sheboygan poes NT-o
City strikes threatened one as base
ball umpires demanded more pay.
In Sidney Australia
when two nghcub walters at the Roosevelt Club refused take
jobs which
the jobs prevented the from tips
decided probe the "undeclared
In Ira
injunction against pcketng of no labor dis
The pcketng a
locality where five other Judge
"The
are injured by the fact that the restaurant is not organized
Hebrew Union College,
ly long
about IL trkerspehap historys rstwho
the Tower of Babel. ~ -
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20
Stote Employment Groups On Job

State full employment committees helping local
committees the American Federation of Labor and
plains that they at work in to- CD Get local
committees started with representation for labor and
other groups (2 Help them find markets for local pro-
ducts propose products which be Produced attract
industries (3) Get prores for state financed public
works in depressed areas (4 Provide information OBJ
tanning loans for housing working capital (5) Contact
government and private organizations which help
In western state the state committee has held econ
omic clinics in number of local areas stimulating local
initiative Local committees representing labor and other
groups have been set up. few of the resulting achieve
ments in $25000000 housing project
is in progress in one town An intercy line being
started and airport built. weekly journal is
being published in another town prohibve $3.50 state
trucking fee has been reduced this fee kept trucks from
nearby states from coming in to transport produce of local
fruit growers the resulting increase in trucking has already
increased business benefitng many towns All these pro-
jects creating jobs.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20
N. ]. AFL Hits Governor For
Anti-Strike Bill

The New Jersey State Federation of Labor recently at
tackled its and of the state senators and
sembmen for their disregard of the best interests of pub
lie utility workers. They neglected their duty to stand by
the workers when they enacted continuation of the noxous
Public Utility Anti-Strike Law
Secretary Treasurer Vincent j. Murphy introduced
special resolution which adopted 1t reads in part
we bring home to various unions the fact that
passage of this Public Utility AnStrke Law proves to
how necessary it is to develop the AFL political
Labors League for Political Education and to support the
League fundamentally in every way
Let us start Immediately to rally forces for the
1850 elections by seeking to increase the registration through
fellow workers. our family, and friends. Let
study the voting record Of all candidates for state and
tona office to make that will reward those
who stand and that endeavor bring about the de-
feat of those who prove themselves acenemes of the
working people"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20
Chambers Ided Should Be Surprise
To IVA Residents

Question for residents of the Tennessee Valley: Did
you know you living under a dictatorship?
The IT, S. Chamber of Commerce says you The
Chamber states Authorities would establish relationships
over the basic of the they control in
pete disregard of the controls long exercised by the States
Well give every member of the Chamber of Commerce
copies of Fred Hartleys and John Fynns books If the
Chamber produce resident of the Tennessee Valley
who has lost Of his liberty result of the Tennessee
valley Authority
Not only have the residents of the valley lost nothing
but they have gained much Four times many persons IN
the IVA have electric service had in 1888 The
average home five times much electricity as 1T did
II ago SxySeven cent of the farms In the region
have electric service contrasted to per cent in 1888
Residential of IVA power purchased 500 million
worth of electrical appliances during the year ending June
30, 1913.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20
DR.. DolleY's Queer Ideas

Dr. j. c. Doey inrigues u.s. He's vice president of the
University of Texas and evidently he's fond of making
speeches The other day he appeared before the Controllers
Institute of America
1--WE are living in welfare state now,' he said, "and
welfare state is only waysaton the road to socialism
Since Socialism that the average citizen works
for the state and human nature being what s Americans
won't work for the state unless they forced into it. The
state then must inevitably to police state machinery"
Clear mud, isn't it?
man who entertains such screwy ideas is strange
choice for vice president of educational institution
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20
Good Relations The Cool

Only in America, only in these United States is there
institution such the AFL Union Industries Show
For the fifth time this year in Philadelphia May 6-13,
labor and management will join hands proudly show their
superb products and demonstrate their efficient services
These union -made-n-A America products of employers
and workers with the know-how symbols of
trys leadership throughout the world They based
the freedom the equality of which collective bargaining
is one of the highest manifestations.
Every firm or industry which has AFL collective
bargaining agreement cannot fail to take pride in partcpat
ing in this demonstration of great American tradition
Such good relations lead to industrial peace.
Each previous show has been sensational success
Now in 1850, it will be greater than ever-the greatest
abor-management show on earth-modern as tomorrow
1t is expected that about 100000 men and women will
attend to display the marves of abormanage
ment teamwork and ingenuity