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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
BY DONALD WOODS

Washington (LPA)-The U. 5
Chamber of Commerce, testifyine
in the current hearings on the Ad-
ministration's tax program, oppos-
ed all the Treasury's proposals foi
plugging loopholes and increasing
taxes, and asked Congress to make
far bigger tax cuts than President
Truman proposed.
The chamber spokesman-Ells-
worth Alvord, wealthy Washington
tax lawyer for big business-not
only opposed plugging loopholes in
the tax laws, but asked that they
be widened. He accused the Admin
istration of "name- calling" in using
the phase "loopholes".
Alvord even contended the oil
depletion provision of the law,
which the Treasury has shown per-
mitted 10 individuals to escape
taxes on nearly $50,000,0CO of in
come in a recent five-year period,
was not loophole.
Rep. Mills Cd, Ark.) told Alvord
his statement indicated the Cham
ber was "in favor of any PROPOSE
ton that resulted in reducing
taxes" but "found fault with any
suggestion for raising additional
revenue. Contending that this
would make big cut in the gov
ernment's revenue, Mills accused
the Chamber of favoring continued
deficit financing.
Alvord contended the way to bal
ance the budget was by cutting ex-
penditures. But Mills retorted that
if the Chambers tax recommends
tions were adopted expenditures
would have to be cut at least Sc "
billion, and asked if Alvord thought
that was a practical possibility.
Alvord agreed that the net result
would be deficit financing, but he
said it was inescapable as long as
expenditures were in excess of $40
billion year.
Mills finally got Alvord to admit
that the Chambers program would
result in increasing the deficit. The
Chamber spokesman ducked and
lodged, but finally said it did not
make much difference whether the
deficit was $4 billion or 81 billion
it was chiefly psychological in its
effect.
Alvord shocked the conservative
members of the House Ways and
Means Committee by admitting
that the patronage refunds of CO.
operatives were not profits and
therefore were not properly SUBJ
ject to taxation. This testimony
was the most effective answer to
the propaganda of the groups try
ing to tax co-ops.
In his defense of business against
taxation, however, he went so far
as to oppose the bill already pass
ed by the House levying $90,000,-
0C0 of taxes on the $450,000,000 of
income enjoyed by the life insur-
ance companies during the past
three years.
Alvord contended that although
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
OBITUARIES
THOMAS ]. BEATTY

Thomas John Beatty, 73, honor
airy member of the National Bro
therhood of Operative Potters, died
March 5 in his home on the Fred
ericktown-Negley Road, following
a long illness.
Mr.. Beatty was born in Beaver
County and came to Ohio 20 years
ago from near Chester. He was en-
ployed by the w. S. George Pot
terry Co. at East Palestine for about
18 years before his retirement.
He leaves his widow, Mrs.
Cynthia Willis Beatty, formerly of
Salineyille; a daughter, Mrs. Edy-
the. Watson of Morovia, Calf;
four brothers, Seward Beatty in
Florida, Carl Beatty in California,
Ford Beatty of Negley, and Ed
ward Beatty of East Liverpool;
four sisters, Mrs. Ira Williamson
of Detroit, Mrs. Clara Taylor of
East Palestine, Mrs. Olive Siebell
of Washington, and Mrs. Eliza
Parish of East Liverpool, and two
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren. @@Ftse 4.h
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
us. Chamber Of Commerce
Asks For Bigger Tax Cuts

most of the companies, including
the powerful Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company, have accepted
this compromise settlement, it was
unconstitutional and pro b b | Y
would be fought in the courts. He
ought to know. He probably handles
more insurance company tax eases
than any man in Washington.
Alvord's testimony is a strong
tip that the legislation taxing the
insurance companies even this little
bit will be fought bitterly in the
courts for years.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
WOODWORKERS REPORT
CONTRACT GAINS

Portland, Ore. (LPA)--New con-
tracts have been signed with the
Bradley Lumber Co. of Warren,
Ark, and the Hartwell Brothers
Handle Co. at Memphis, James T..
Fading, president of the lntema-
tional Woodworkers, reported. The
Bradley contract calls for: $1200
life insurance, $40 accident and
hospital benefits, and an increase
of l " cents an hour. The Memphis
contract calls for 5-cent increase,
and paid holidays. The contract
ended a strike, with all returning
to work with seniority rights un-
impaired, and all scabs fired.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
US STEEL REJECTS CURB
ION BIG PENSIONS

Hoboken, N. j.. LPA)-Stock'
holders of the US Steel Corpora.
tion approved the pension plar
which settled the steel strike last
year, but voted down, 8 to /, eff
forts of minority stockholders te
limit pensions Of executives. One
proposal was to limit pensions tc
$4,000 a year; another required
employees who got more than $780,
600 a year to contribute one-fiftf
if they wanted a pension.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
Workers Tire Of Wditinq
For Security improvements
AFL Chief Tells Congress

Washington. - The AFL told
Congress that workers are tired
waiting for needed expansion and
improvements in the federal social
security system.
Leading the AFL all-out cam
paign for strengthening the sys-
tenn, AFL President William Green
urged passage of needed amend
ments to the social security law at
this session of Congress.
Mr.. Green was backed by Nelson
H. Cruikshank, AFL director OF
social insurance, and James A
Brownlow, secretary-treasurer OF
the AFL Metal Trades Department
in testimony before the Senate
Finance Committee considering the
amendments.
81 wish to urge with all the en-
phasis at my command" Mr.. Green
said, that this committee do all
that is consistent with sound legis-
lative procedure to hasten the en-
actment of progressive amend
ments to our social security act"
He said:
"The workers of America have
been patient. 1t has been nearly IL
years since there have been any
constructive amendments to the
federal social security program.
The workers have been patient, but
their patience is wearing thin. For
nearly years now, Congress has
been studying the problem. The
time for study is coming to a close.
The time for action is at hand.
"Today, when all the world is
looking to America for leadership
in democratic government, this
Congress must prove to the work
ing people of this country and
prove to the world that demo-
cratic nation can provide a basis Of
security for all its citizens"
Mr.. Green reiterated the AFL
philosophy of a federal govern
ment social security system. He
said:
"We in the American Federation
of Labor believe that provision fol
old age, survivors and disability in
surance for workers in industry
trade and agriculture must be
through a comprehensive federal
system, with the broadest practical
coverage. We do not believe, how
ever, that it is practical, as has
been proposed in some quarters, to
incorporate into a universal sys-
tenn either the railroad retirement
program or the special retirement
programs the federal government
has developed for its own employees.
"The bill before you, which was
passed by the House last fall, is a
constructive measure which we are
glad to support. 1t goes a long way
toward meeting the need for re-
vising our social security system."I
Mr.. Green outlined changes fay-
ored by the AFL. He said:
while we are pleased with the
constructive approach to the pro
blem presented in H.R. 6C0O, our
analysis of this bill indicates that
it needs to be strengthened at a
number of points. In broad outline,
they are as follows:
81. The retirement age for wo-
men should be lowered to 60 years.
"2. Coverage should be extended
to agricultural workers.
"3. Eligibility requirements Is
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
JOHN PEARSON

John Pearson, II, died March 2
in his home a06l Monaco ST., fol-
lowing a weeks illness. 81
Mr.. Pearson was born in England
and came to America 50 years ago.
He was a jiggerman and was en-
|ployed by the Homer Laughlin
China Co, for 62 years. He was a
member of the Second Christian
Church and Local Union IL, Ma
tional Brotherhood of Operative
Potters.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Hanna
McClurg Pearson; a daughter, Mrs.
Inez d. Savors, and a sister, Mrs.
Sarah Clendenning, both of East
Liverpool; three grandchildren and
several nephews and nieces.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
DARTMOUTH STUDENTS
OPPOSE BIGOTRY

Hanover, n. H. UPA)-A poll
of 2760 students, 80 per cent of
the student body body at Dart
mouth College, showed S9,9 per
cent opposed to racial and religious
discrimination clauses in fraternity
|charteTs.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
Committee Reports Middle
Income Housing To Little

Washington (LPA) - The Ad-
ministration' middle in c o m g"
housing bill has been recommended
to the House by it's Banking com
mittee as necessary" to plug "the
big gap" in present housing legis-
lation, which helps the lowest third
and the upper third but not those
in between.
In it's report to the House, the
COMMITTEE said that housing avail
able for middle income families "is
WHOLLY inadequate" both in terms
of volume and Suitability for ade-
quate family 1ife."
Without such legislation, the
committee said, "many of our mid
die income families will not be able
to obtain housing adequate for
their needs under our present hous-
ing program at monthly costs
(which they can afford to pay" The
committee estimated that the pro-
posed cooperative housing program
would cut costs Of such housing by
about $25 month.
Cooperative housing, the com
mittee said, ais the only form of
private enterprise through which
the economies and savings" of
large scale housing operation "are
TRUMAN BOOSTS
COOP HOUSING
Washington (LPA)-The CO.
op housing bill SHOULD be
passed and put into effective
operation as soon as possible"
President Harry Truman said
in message to the Middle In
come III Gus ng Conference
which was sponsored by AFL
and CIO as well as many other
tional organizations. He
pledged his full aid in the
fight.
automatically translated directly
into corresponding reductions in
the monthly charges which the con
sumner must pay"
Under cooperative housing, the
report added, many savings are
possible and there could not be a
diversion into speculative profits"
of these savings.
The committee said it was firm
ly convinced" that the housing
needs of families in the $2SO0-
$4400 income brackets were not be-
ing met. 1t challenged evidence to
the contrary presented by real
estate interests in the hearings,
charging the figures they present
ed had been misused.
Most of the housing units built |
under FHA, the committee said, |
rent for more than $50 a month
and provide two bedrooms or less,
while most middle income families
have children and need more space
than that.
1t contrasted the small units |
built under FHA with the cooper
ative Schoolcraft Gardens project |
in Detroit, where almost half the
units have three or four bedrooms. |
Virtually no three-b ro ON
houses" the committee reported,
"were being made available at
costs within the means of
families"
Denying that the middle income
program would harm pri-
vate building interests the commit
tee cited the experience of the
rural electrification program, which
it said had resulted in expansion
of private industry.
"There seems every reason to
believe that a similar experience
would result from the institution
of a sound program of assistance
and financing to housing coopera-
tives," the committee added.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09

Buy Union Made goods from
theirs as you would have them
.ay Union wages unto you'll
Laurel outlook., 1950-01-11
RECORD CROWD At
WOLD FARM PARTY

About $50 people attended the
annual party and program of en-
tertainment provided for rural Gus
toners by the farm machine de-
partment of o. M. Void company
Wednesday. 1t was the largest at
tendance recorded for the event in
the several years of it's history.
A substantial noon lunch was
served the guests at the Wold,com-
pany's West Main street imple-
ment store. Among them were rep
resentatives of the Great Western
Sugar company, the extension SER
vice and several others. The guests
themselves came from three-county
e served by the Laurel store.
In the afternoon all attended a:
free motion picture show and
vaudeville at the Royal theater,
Excellent talent had been employ
ed for the occasion.
Laurel outlook., 1950-01-11
Judge Chapman Has
522 Cases, Collects
.$6,616 During Year

Judge w. V. D. Chapman as
Laurel police magistrate and JUS
tice of the peace had a total OF
552 cases coming before him dur
ing the year ending Dec. 81, last
The records revealed that in pc.
lice court he had 235 cases; in
justice court, AZ local cases, and
also in justice court, 270 cases OF
highway origin.
Fines and forfeits in police court
totaled $1,000; in regular justice
court, $40, and in justice court
for highway cases, $3.50. The
fines and forfeits for all three
divisions amounted to $6,616. In
addition to his work here, Judge
presided at halliday in
tervals in the Billings justice court
during November.
Laurel outlook., 1950-01-11
TWO BANK ASSETS
OVER s7h MILLION

The annual meetings Of the Vel
lowstone banks of Laurel and Co.
lumbus were held Tuesday, at
which B. M. Harris was elected
president; B. Meyer Harris and j.
W. Corwin, vice presidents of both
banks; R. F. Stevens, cashier, H.
S. Barrow and Walter Reiter, as
sistant cashiers of the Laurel
bank, Irwin M. Black, cashier, and
Ethel M. Black, auditor, of the
Columbus bank. B. M. Harris, B.
Meyer Harris, j. w. Corwin and
NJ. E. Slayton were elected direc-
tors of both banks. Irwin NJ. Black
was elected director of the Colum-
bus bank, and r. F. Stevens was
elected director of the Laurel bank.
The banks closed the year with a
investment of over $780,
600, and total assets were over
81, 100000, an increase of over
from the proceeding year.
AS soon as weather permits,
work will start on a building pro-
gram at Laurel to double the floor
space of the Laurel bank.
B. M. Harris is leaving this week
a meeting of the directors of
the New York and Minneapolis
Federal Reserve banks in Wash
d. C. He and B. Meyer
will attend the national
,redit conference at the Hotel
in Chicago Jan. %, "a
md rs. The conference is being
sponsored by the American Bank
RS association.
The nations bankers are being
allied together at the conference
Continued on Page Ten)
Laurel outlook., 1950-01-11
.ERB BUYS INTEREST
IN SMITH BUSINESS

George H. Smith of Smiths
Super Service at 317 East Main
street announced this week that
Myron Y. Erb of Livingston had
purchased an interest in the bust
ness and would henceforth be &C
lively connected withxs operation.
The purchase of interest became
effective Jan. 1. Erb, previously
operating a service station west OF
the center of Livingston, recently
sold the business and arrived here
at the beginning. of the new year.
He was a Smith employee several
years before becoming a travelling
salesman and later operator of the
Livingston station.
The business will continue under
the Smith Super Service name.
Smith, who came to Laurel some
80 years ago, recently completed
the entire rebuilding and enlarge
ment of the garage and service
station. The location is at East
Main street and Pennsylvania
avenue.
Laurel outlook., 1950-01-11
LONNIE A.
HOUGH
FEB. IS, 1884
NOV. 6, 1882

The name Hough and the date
conceded, they thought, with the
information they had that Mrs. j.
II. HOugh had been buried in No
vember 1882. The initials j. H.
may have been those of her hus-
band. The monument concern gave
them the headstone for erection at
its intended site. They now have
it at Park City. Bert Mitchell who
resides in Park City and is the
son of pioneers, and John Clawson
of Carbon county who lived there
when he was a small boy, say they
remember Mrs. Hough.
Title to the tract will moi in
volve any expense on the part of
the Park City Cemetery associa-
ton. Money collected from people
having lots in the newer cemetery
will not be spent on the old, the
Laurel Outlook has been reliably
informed. All expenses connected
with acquiring and improving Pho
neer cemetery have been borne by
the men wishing to preserve it and
keep it in the memory of the
public. 1t is across the road and
a few hundred yards north of the
historic marker on the highway
that tells of Captain Clark having
built boats in that vicinity in
1906.
Laurel outlook., 1950-01-11
Girl Scout Chiefs
Hear Plan Outlined
For Summer Camp

Mrs. J.. Melvin Williams reported
plans for Girl Scout camp in a
meeting of the Laurel Girl Scout
association at the home of the
president, Mrs. H. Lee Hamlet,
Jan. 10.
Mrs. Clark Isreal of Billings, a
member of the regional committee,
OF the region consisting of Alaska,
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and
Montana, reported on conventions
she had attended at Portland and
Milwaukee. She also answered
questions of the members concern
ing Scout work.
1t was reported that there is
need of a leader for a third and
fourth grade Brownie troop at the
East school as well as an assist
ant leader for the senior Girl
Scouts.
There are still Girl Scout and
Brownie troops in need of spon-
soring organizations. If any group
interested in sponsoring a troop,
they may contact Mrs. Hamlet or
Mrs. lnez Vaughn for further in
Laurel outlook., 1950-01-11
SET JAN. z FOR
DAIRY MEETING
To Consider Expanding Vel
lOwstOne Body To Include
Carbon, Saltwater

T. H. Alexander, county extern
sion agent for Yellowstone county
has called a dairyman's meeting
for Thursday, Jan. ~, at 1 p. m.
in the Commercial club building.
Laurel. The possibility of expand
ing the Yellowstone County Dairy
Herd Improvement association to
include more dairymen in Yellow
stone county and also other dairy
men in Carbon and Saltwater
Counties will be discussed. If this
plan will not work out, the forma-
ton of a new association to in
clude members in the three coun-
ties will be considered.
Methods of testing, including
the owner-sampler and D.H.I.A.
testing, cost of the testing, hiring
of a tester and other details Of
organization work will come be-
fore the meeting. Anyone inter-
ested in having a herd tested may
and hear these problems
and learn how it will be
possible to increase the benefits of
Dairy Herd Improvement work in
The three counties.
Laurel outlook., 1950-01-11
METHOO|STS TO VOTE
ON BUILDING PROJECT

The building committee and
trustees of the Methodist church
have again revived a proposed re-
modelling and enlarging of the
present church building at Third
avenue and Fourth street.
Plans prepared by an. architect
will be posted on a bulletin board
for inspection of the congregation
Sunday morning, and the following
Sunday the church members will
vote whether to proceed with the
proposed project. If the plans are
accepted it is expected that ground
will be broken in the spring.
Laurel outlook., 1950-01-11
j. v. TOB|N DIES
IN TACOMA, WASH.
Former Laurel Yardmaster
Succumbs To Heart Con-
dition At Hospital

John w. Tobin, Laurel yard
master of the Northern Pacifi,
25 years before his retirement
died at a Tacoma, Wash, hospita
Tuesday, friends here Learned
Wednesday. He was taken to the
hospital about Christmas time be.
cause of a heart condition. Fun
eral services will be conducted ir
Seattle Thursday.
Mr.. Tobin was born in Gales
burg, ILL.,, May 28, 1879, and came
to Laurel as yardmaster in 1922.
He had previously been yardmaster
in Billings. He retired from serv-
ice April 1, 1947, and moved to
Tacoma to reside.
Surviving members of the i'm
mediate family are the widow and
sons, Edward and Robert. Ed
ward is an architect in Tacoma.
Laurel outlook., 1950-01-11
PioneerC emeteryOf
Area Is Preserved
State Board Deeds Tract At Square Butte To
Park City-Was Used In 'S2 Or Earlier For
Burials-Nine Or More Graves There

title was in progress an interest
ing discovery was made. Hazelton
Brothers, founders of the Billings
Monument company at 1923 Mon
tana avenue, Billings, established
their business many years ago. To
them the preservers of the old
cemetery went in their quest for
information. An associate who had
been with the Hazeltons about 25
years said there was an old mon
Ument on the premises that was
there when he came. 1t had been
ordered for placement in the old
Park City cemetery, but no one
had ever come for it and he did
not know how old it really was.
was still in its original crate,
the Park City men opened
and on the stone found this in
Laurel outlook., 1950-01-11
STORES ADOPT new
SATURDAY CLOSING
Beginning This Week $3.50 Is
Hour Instead of Previous
s p. M. For Saturdays

A large majority of effected re-
tail store managers, at a meeting
OF the Laurel Commercial clubs
retail trade committee Monday
evening this week. adopted $50
p. m. as their Saturday closing
time, the same as the five other
business days of the week. The
decision is Immediately operative,
beginning with the current Satur-
day. The previous Saturday clos
ing time for most of the stores
had been 8 p. m.
The businesses involved are prin-
clpally food stores, hardware con-
Germs Nand general merchandise
stores. Others, like those dealing
III drugs or operating barber shops
or restaurants, r still governed
by their w and their customers
needs, with hours to fit.
The principal reason given By
the retailers for their change was
convenience of their employees,
many OF whom have previously
had to work unusual hours to keep
the stores open until 8 o'clock.
People working in stores, whether
employees or managers, enjoy hav-
ing their Saturday evenings off
like other people.
Many of the stores are recon-
mending that their customers do
their shopping between 9 a. m. and
5 p. m. every business day as a CO.
operative action and for good ser
vice. The employees come at $3.50
IL the morning and leave at $50 in
the afternoon, but in many cases
they actually have to use a half
hour at both ends of the day to
open and close the place of bust
ness. This is true especially of
grocery stores.
Laurel outlook., 1950-01-11

universities who won Rhode S
scholarships to Oxford.
Soderlind will receive his bach
elor of arts degree in journalism
next spring from Montana State
university. During his three years
on the campus he has specialized
in the radio news field. His voice
is familiar to many Montana radio
listeners through a weekly spring
quarter University news program
he announced for station KBMY,
Billings, and a winter quarter SER
les he has just completed for
KMON Great Falls.
At Oxford next fall he intends
to concentrate on philosophy, pol
itical science and economics, in
which he has done much of his
elective work at the State univer-
sity.
The % year old Montanan was
born in the community of Rapelje
in Saltwater county, where his
father ran the local bank. In 1884
he moved with his family to Col
umbus and a year later to Billings,
where his father is now with the
Credit Corporation.
Soderlind was graduated from
Billings high school in 1914, third
his class, and after graduation
the U. S. navy, serving
through the war on the aircraft
carrier U. S. S. Wasp as an cleo
trician's mate, third class. He was
aboard the Wasp during the cam
against Okinawa and during
he 1915 raids on Toyko. After his
he spent a year at East
,rn Montana College of Education
before coming to Montana State
university where he enrolled in the
of journalism. At the pres
mt, he holds the Montana State
'ress association scholarship in
journalism.