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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-10-26
High-Speed Production,
Getting Under Skin

Chicago (LPA) - An irritated
and infected skin is the price more
and more production workers are
paying for the high-speed tempo of
industry today. DR.. Clifford H.
Kalb, authority on skin diseases,
told the National Safety Council
here that industry is using super
agents for fabrication, mixing,
cleansing and so on to get faster
production and these agents are
often super-irritants. He said in
dustry is paying the piper too, in
money lost through the increased
number of sick leaves.
Kalb said the answer is for in
dustry to make tests of all new
agents to determine which contain
irritating properties. Employers
should also be equipped to assist
workers who complain of skin dis
turbances, he said.
w. F. Scholtz, supervisor of in
dustrial hygiene for Allis-Chalm-
ers Manufacturing Co., pointed to
the great reduction of skin-disease
cases at Allis-Chalmers since it
started it's safety program.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-10-26
FairIess Confuses
Issues On Steel,
Collier Aide Says

Washington (LPA)-When Pre-
sident Ben Fairless of the Us Steel
Corporation declared in San Fran
cisco that federal authorities had
criticized the giant company in
1910 and again in 1850 for main
tanning excessive capacity, he pro-
voked quick rebuttals here.
Fairless said that in January
1910, Federal Trade Commission
aides in testimony before the Tenn
porary National Economic Commit
tee investigators charged Us Steel
with contributing to the depression
by maintaining excessive capacity.
Fairless also said that Rep. En-
anuel Celler Cd, N. " called US
Steel ''too big" during last springs
monopoly investigation.
A spokesman for the Celler anti
probe said Fairless con-
fused the issue. He challenged the
US Steel President by citing the
testimony of DR.. George Stigler,
professor of economics at Columbia
University. Said Stigler: "A rather
promiscuous use of the word big
ness has raised certain false issues
before this committee. 1t is said
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-10-26
Strike Called Off
Pending Probe

New York (LPA)-Employes OF
the Railway Express Co. returned
to work here ending 19-day strike
at the request of a Presidential
emergency board. The company
lifted its embargo on rail and all
express shipments to and from
New York.
More than 5000 members of the
AFL Teamsters ended their strike
after the government promised to
conduct "an orderly" investigation,
The Board, appointed under the
Railway Labor Act, will hold hear
ings on the issues in dispute.
Original union demands includ-
ed a 20-cent wage raise, improved
pension and welfare benefits, and
the right to represent workers who
load and unload express trucks
now represented by the Brother
hood of Railway Clerks-AFL. They
later cut their wage demand to ten
cents.
John j. Mcnamara, spokesman
for the two teamster locals invol-
we'd, said they returned to work at
the request of the board and "this
represents no surrender of any
part of the unions previous posi-
tion."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-10-26
Few To Be :
Deferred In
1925 Druft

Washington, D. C. QLNS). =
Employers throughout the country
were warned here against over
pleading for military service defer
ment of workers in the 18to-25
age group. They might need their
arguments for those in the next
age classification, it was added.
"Don't throw your aces away on
easy tricks; we are taking the easy
tricks now," Col. Joel d. Griffing,
head of the Selective Service Sys-
TENS manpower division, told the
distribution round table of the U.
S. Chamber of Commerce.
Griffing explained that employ
ers could not build a work force on
the expectation of retaining men
between Is and 25. Some of these
will be deferred because of skills
and specialties, but they will be
"very few in number" he said.
Referring to employees between
26 and 35, Griffing said employers
should proceed with caution be-
cause, unless the 18-to-25 group
was fully exploited, it would be
necessary to take some of the older
group. "In the event of major mo-
bilization, we will have to go into
it anyhow" he said.
Griffing, also advocated a CEN
trail procurement agency for all
for the armed services.
The manpower pool then would be
divided among the various services.
That would stop most voluntary en-
listments.
The way the system is working
now, the Navy and Air Force are
their needs with voluntary
and the Army is gett-
ing largely what Selective Service
sends to it. The Army rejection
rate has been very high, but was
going down, Griffing added.
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-10-26
Peace Returns To
Pressmen's Union

Hawkins County, Tenn. (LPA)
The strife between the AFL
Intl Printing Pressmen's Union
and it's Local 81 over the estate of
the late president, George L. Berry,
has ended with the Tennessee
Chancery Court deciding in favor
of the parent union. The court
ruled that the international's board
of directors had the exclusive right
to file claim for the estate. Under
the settlement, both sides withdrew
their suits against each other and
Local 81 was reinstated.
Last year, Locals 81 and l, of
Washington, D. c., filed suit here,
asking for an accounting of the
Berry estate. The international
fired back by revoking their chart
ers and filing suit in New Jersey
against Local 81, which in turn
filed a counter claim.
Nothing was said about Local /,
which has a contempt charge regis
tered against the international.
Previously, it obtained a federal
court injunction prohibiting the
parent union from revoking its
charter.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-10-26
|coshocton Trades
Body Celebrates
5Oth Anniversary

Coshocton, Ohio-The Coshocton
Trades and Labor Council observed
the Fiftieth Anniversary of its
founding Friday, October 10 by
combining it's celebration with a
political rally. A jam packed audi
ence heard such prominent speak
ers as AFL President William
Green and Phil Hannah, secretary
treasurer of the Ohio State Fed
Grafton of Labor blast Taft for his
failure to stand on his own record.
After denouncing Taft's efforts
to fool the general public by call
ing names and uttering falsehoods,
President Green said:
"I am not here as a so-called
labor boss but as a resident of
Coshocton.
"To those who are calling me a
labor boss | would like to say that
| would rather be a resident of
Coshoction, opposing Taft, than be
the richest man in the nation"
Mr.. Green urged all workers to
vote and reminded them that each
ones vote is as powerful as the
vote cast by Wall Street banker.
"Go to the polls as sovereign
citizens, and vote against the re-
dictionaries and Tories" he added.
In a scathing attack on Taft,
Secretary Hannah described the
Taft campaign as one of despera-
ton.
":Taft has hurled the charge of
"lie" so much at trade unionists
who quote his record that he has
become desperate and have fallen
back upon the device of smear and
innuendo.
"He has sought to divert atten-
ton from his own record by charg-
ing that labor bosses from out
side Ohio have taken over the COM
paign against him." Hannah said.
"On election day he will find
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-10-26
Cops And FiremeIl
Mob Councilman
For Pension Delay

New York (LPA)-A mob of
100 angry cops and firemen booed
and jeered when the Board of Esti-
mates on Oct. 19 postponed action
|on pension bills until after election
and threatened one councilmen
with violence.
John P. Crane, president of the
Uniformed Fireman's Assn, told
board members that the associa-
tion had made an agreement with
ex- Mayor O'Dwyer to cut 20 per-
cent off pension contributions of
the 5000 policemen and 1000 fire
men who have entered service since
July /, 1910.
Councilman Stanley NJ. Isaacs,
Manhattan Republican, b a |,
called Cranes statements shocking
and wanted to know if the hear
ing was supposed to be formality
because deal had already been
made for the bills passage.
Boos and catcalls greeted lSaacS'
remarks. One by one the Demo-
cratic members took the floor to
deny any deal and urge postpone
ment of action until after election
so they would not be accused of
pushing the bills through because
of political pressure.
When the meeting ended, the
firemen and policemen, many in
uniform followed Isaacs into City
Hall corridors pushing and showing
AMI yelling Communist" and "dirty
liar" Things got so out of hand
that Acting Mayor Impellitteri
called for police detail and with
other members of the board broke
up the mob around Isaacs and dis
persed the demonstration.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-10-26
Senator Charges Tv Set Makers
With 'Si+down' Against Public

to determine the vote of a single
member of the commission" ano
that the patent rights for his ad-
apter has been turned over to the
government.
Coy said the Commission will
fight the RCA suit as well as the
one filed in Brooklyn by Pilot
Radio Corp, television manufac-
turer. Pilot charged that the color
decision has resulted in cancella-
tion of orders for their TV sets.
Opposition to the CHS system
has been based on the fact that. it
is not compatible-that is, the
CHS color programs can't come
over your old set without an adpat-
er or a converter being attached.
The adapter costs about $40. 1t
makes it possible to receive CHS
color broadcasts in black and white.
Celomat Corp, 81 West 23rd St.,
New York City, is selling a con-
verter kit for less than $15 that
will bring a six-inch color picture
onto your screen (if you've al
ready adapted the set to receive
CHS broadcasts.) More expensive
installed by TV service
dealers, will give a color picture
up to 1874 inches. Anything larger
is still impractical.
Don't expect a lot of color pro-
grams right off the bat. A great
many people will have to have
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-10-26
Builders Howl At
Ban On Tracks,
Bowling Alleys

Washington (LPA)-If things
keep on the way they're going
you're assured of race track
nearby to drop a few bucks on
your favorite beetle; you'll even
have plenty of places to dance OF
bowl, but you'll be lucky if you
have a house to come home to
afterwards.
An announcement by the Ma
tional Production Authority that it
may soon ban construction of
amusement parks, bowling alleys,
dance halls and race tracks Tin
order to save vital materials) has
met with an overwhelming howl
from the building industry, and
the heats on in Washington to
check the move.
Last week, when the government
slapped tough credit restrictions on
financing of one and two-family
dwellings, as anti-inflation move,
builders objected. Now that curbs
on amusement buildings are pro-
posed, they're arguing that the
restrictions on homes make curbs
on amusement building unnecess-
ary.
At the same time, whatever new
reasonably priced houses are being
built, are smaller and more cramp-
ed than ever. Federal Public Hous-
ing Commissioner John Taylor
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-10-26
Sheet Metal
Leader Urges
Action Now

Chicago (LPA) -" "Unless labor
is successful at the polls in Novem-
Der, Taft Hartley cannot be repeal
ed," President Robert Byron of the
Sheet Metal Workers-AFL told the
unions 28th convention.
"In fact" Byron continued, 1--WE
are in imminent danger that the
enemies of labor, if they win, will
attempt to pass even more restric-
tive legislation, using the war as
an excuse" He urged political ac-
tion. @~fs
Byron told the 500 delegates
who assembled at the Hotel Morri-
son here Oct. %, that the AFL and
the rest of American labor had
been energetic in promoting the
cause Of free trade unionism
throughout the world as bulwark
against the Communist tide But
labor, must not stop, he indicated,
saying that the unions must have
a strong part in working out the
problems flowing from the crisis
in the Far East.
The Sheet Metal president, Sec
retary-Treasurer Louis Wicklein,
and other union officers reviewed
gains made in many fields in which
the organization holds jurisdiction.
These include shipyards, railroads,
metal shops and other industries.
Membership in the 62-year-old
union is up rs percent, delegates
learned.
Wicklein reminded the conven-
tion that the Sheet Metal Workers
hadn't raised dues in 20 years de-
spite huge rises in the cost of run
ming the union. But now, he said,
the limit had been reached. He
recommended a 25-cent increase.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-10-26

Washington (LPA)-Sponsors OF
rival color systems have "organiz-
ed sit-down strike" against the
Federal Communication Commiss-
ion ruling on the CHS system OF
color television, Chairman Edwin
C. Johnson of the Senate Commerce
Committee has charged.
i'The obvious and sensible thing
said the Senator, "would be fol-
them to abandon their political ac-
tivity and their announced propa-
ganda campaign and put their
heads together to develop a color
television system more to their
liking" He pointed out that the
present ruling doesn't bar develop
ment of other systems.
Court actions in New York and
Chicago are seeking to block en-
forcement of the FEC ruling, al
lowing CHS color programs to
start Nov. 20. The Chicago suit has
been brought by Radio Corporation
of America and its subsidiary, the
National Broadcasting Co. RCA
charged that the FEC decision was
made on advice from a staff en-
gineer, who stands to benefit from
his invention of an adapter by
which CBA color programs can be
received in black and white on
regular sets.
Commission Chairman Wayne
Coy replied that Edwin Chaplin,
the engineer, was Gin no position
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-10-26
Business Looks Good, But Mostly
Because Of Arms Orders, Sovs AFL

few months. Profits margins will
widen. Industry had big excess
profits margins in World War IL
CONTAINERS: 1850 earnings are
high. If tin cans are curtailed fol
arms programs, glass container
makers will benefit.
DRUGS: Industry is in good
position from an excess profit tax
viewpoint if tax is based on recent
earnings. Sales will rise in war
atmosphere. ELECTRICAL PRO-
DUCTS: 1850 earnings will be
above 1949 level. Consumer produc-
ton probably will be curtailed for
arms program. Companies are
ready for war contracts. FOOD
PRODUCTS: Demand will be high
and there will be some price in
creases. Higher material costs
should be offset by high volume
sales.
MACHINE TOOLS: The indus
try, recently depressed, has pick
ed up as industry has been accel-
Grated by the arms program. Pro-
fits should rise. MACHINERY:
(AgriculturaD Temporary expan-
sion is expected as war fears erase
some seasonal factors and as farm
incomes rise. However, earnings
will be off in 1850 due to decline
earlier in year. MACHINERY (1n-
dustrial): Increases in sales, some
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-10-26
H. 0. Sebring Dies
Suddenly At His
Home In Florida

:. II. Orvil Sebring, 60, native Of
this city and one Of the family Of
East Liverpool, East Palestine and
Sebring pot cry manufacturers,
died suddenly of a heart attack
Oct. 28 in his home in Sebring, Fla.
Mr., Sebring retired from the
pottery business in 1911 to go to
Florida, where he and his father
the late George K. Sebring, found
ed the city of Sebring. He was en-
gagged in the real estate business
and was a representative Of the
Seaboard Airlines in Sebring in re-
cent years.
Born in East Liverpool, a son
of George E. and Cora Harrison
Sebring, he went to East Pales-
tine early in life where his father
built the Owen China Co. Later
they moved to Sebring where he
assisted in the founding Of the
Oliver China Co.
He was married in 1904 to Elsa
Roderus of East Palestine, who
survives him. He also leaves a
son, H. o. Sebring Jr. of Phil
adelphia; a daughter, Miss Leila Sc
bring of Washington; a sister, Miss
Ethel Sebring of Baltimore; a half
brother, Payne Sebring, and a half
sister, Mrs. Warren Wooden of
Sebring, Fla, and three grand
children.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-10-26
Holding Of Aliens
Held Evidence
OF Acts Injustice

New York City ILNS) = The
first evidence of the confusion and
injustice of the Internal Security
Act that the American Civil Lib
critics Union warned against was
seen when the government detain-
ed 327 aliens in a single day for
screening under the act the ACLU
said at its headquarters here. Many
of these may be permanently BAN
ned, while others may be permitted
brief stays, probably under bond,
Edward ]. Shaughnessy, district
director of the service, said, indi-
eating that unless the local auth
critics get further "clarification,
Interpretation and direction from
Washington, hundreds probably
will be barred from the United
States"
Meantime, the immigration Ser
vice announced that at the direc-
tion of Attorney General J. How
ard McGrath, it had released Fried
rich Gulda, 20-year old Austrian
pianist and permitted him to enter
the country for 6 days to fulfill a
single concert engagement. Gulda,
whose detention was protested by
ACLU, explained that he had been
forced to join the Hitler Youth
when he was 10 years old, but that
his father, an anti-Nazi, had for
babe him to attend meetings.
In the face of a growing storm
of protests, the Justice Department
announced earlier that Arturo Tos-
canini, world famous Italian con-
ductor, would be admitted without
question. Toscanini briefly support
ed Mussolini before he came to
power in 1922, although he has
been a foe of totalitarianism for
years. The Internal Security law
does not apply to the conductor,
officials said, because he came here
years ago under a quota-visa and
long has held a permanent resid-
ence permit.
In a public statement, ACLUI
cited the need for quick Congress
ional action after the elections to
remedy the situation. The AFL
and CIO have condemned the act
and are urging its repeal.
In a statement issued in Wash
ington, Senator Homer Ferguson
(R. Mich.) accused the Admins
tration of seeking to undermine
the new Communist control law by|
its mass detention procedures, as
serting that aliens could be ad-
mitted temporarily at the Attorney
discretion if their entryl
would not endanger the public
safety.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-10-26

Washington (LPA)-Here's the
immediate economic outlook in 21
industries according to the AFL's
Monthly Survey. business looks
good-but largely because of wal
orders.)
AIRCRAFTS: Military output
will double in 1851 to so million
airframe pounds. Net profits will
go up despite contract renegotia-
tion and taxes. AIRLINES: Pass
enger traffic will increase and a
high load factor will mean wide
profit margins.
AUTOMOBILES and P RT S:
1850 profits are sure to be high.
After that, profits will depend on
timing and extent of arms pro-
gram. Conversion will be easy for
some, costly for others. Passenger
car production probably will be cut
about 10 percent in 1861. Next
years operating profits may be
below this years.
BUILDING MATERIALS: Earn
ings will continue high this year.
What will happen next year de-
pends on extent of curtailment, but
profits may go down. CHEMI-
GALS: 1850 sales may be 25 per-
cent above 1949 level. Profits may
be up 40 or so percent because of
high prices and greater efficiency.
COAL (soft): Near-war economy
improves prospects for producers.
Sales may rise 10 percent in next
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-10-26

The increase which will go into
effect the first pay after Nov. /,
marks the fifth granted members
of the National Brotherhood of
Operative Potters since 1916 and
maintains a wage standard COM
parable to any other industry in
the country. In many respects the
wage increase surpasses that in
other industries and maintains a
female minimum hourly rate of
S107 and boosts the male minimum
to $1.261a.
The fact must not be overlooked
that the wage increase granted the
potters is in line with the general
trend throughout industry estimat-
ed to be from 5 to IL cents hourly.
1t must also be taken into consid-
Grafton that wage increases in the
pottery industry have been won
without a cessation of work. In
many instances this has not been
the pattern as in other industries
where employees lost as high as
one, two or three months pay while
negotiating wage scales with their
employer and in reality wage
raises meant little in the annual
yearly take-home pay.
While we were not successful in
our efforts to have a welfare and
pension plan included in the new
agreement, the time is not too far
distant when this must become
reality. The modern trend in in
dustries today is to provide PEN
sion for employees when they reach
retirement age. The pottery indus
try is no exception in this respect
and every effort should be put
forth by the manufacturers to pro-
vide for employees who have spent
years of faithful service to their
employer.
Provisions in the present agree
ment calls for continuation of a
joint committee of a fact-finding
nature to explore the possibilities
of a pension plan with the costs
to be borne by both sides. This
group has held several meetings
and while nothing of a definite
set-up for a pension and welfare
plan has been reached to date, pro-
gress has been made which we sim
cerely hope will lead to an early
agreement being reached on PEN
sion and welfare plan.
The meeting with the manufac-
turers was marked with the cordial
understanding which has made the
potters collective bargaining ar
rangement a model agency in labor
relations.
To President Duffy and other
members of the Executive Board it
can be said without a word of
doubt that the trade as a whole ap-
preciates their efforts in our be-
half. They went all out in
their efforts as did members of
the conference committee to strive
for the best interests of all crafts.
1t behooves every member of the
organization to keep the thought
in mind of the advances made by
all crafts under the bannership of
the Brotherhood and strive from
here on in to band together as
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-10-26
Wage Increase For
Sanitary Workers
In New Contract

Walnut, Calf. - After several
meetings between officials of the
Pearman Supply Co. and the nego-
tiating committee of Local Union
223, wage increase based on merit
and not on living costs was agreed
to Sept. II with the following pro.
visions embodied mFthe new con-
tract: .ys ~
Six cents an hour general wage
increase across the board.
Lavatory casters, 3 cents. per
piece. ',''.p.... 20. >. ss-e'
Straight time pay for six holi-
days not worked for employees
with more than sixty days service
record, requiring work to be per-
formed the day before the holiday
and the day after and double time
and one-half for work performed
on six holidays.
Second Vice President Frank
Hull along with Bros. Roy Davis,
John Mullersman, Arthur Eales,
and Cecil Knott represented the
Brotherhood in negotiating the
new contract.
The members of Local Union 223
have taken their place in the Bro
therhood family in a very COM
mendable manner. Our. shop COM
mittee is doing a very fine job in
meeting the issues which arise
from time to time.
In our negotiations with plant
manager Ben Pearman Jr. and his
attorney, t. H. Robinson, we have
always found common ground as
the basis for a mutual agreement.
In practicing the art of collective
bargaining it requires vision, recog-
milton of merit, and above all else,
honesty of purpose. These high
sounding principles have ever been
present in our negotiations upon
which is being built a sturdy
foundation we are sure will endure
and. improve through the years to
come. -O.C. 223
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-10-26
NOTICE LOCAL l72

Our delegate to the wage
conference will make his re-
port at our meeting on Friday
evening, Oct. 81. All members
are urged to be present.