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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-09-28
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
Excess Profits Really Excessive,
Govt Report Shows
By IRVING FAGAN & CUSHMAN REYNOLDS
For Labor Press Association

noun 6oarse m eg h pera fight to delay S
They delaying action and grdm for
length denying such thing excess profits They
In fact fancy P Pub adn wanted tS tS do
Organized labor presented figures cited chapter and
scoffed labor talking through their hatsor
a. Maybe some taken Maybe they
abo @ a hs DHf bu o hard Statistics based ON figures supplied
who wS from the ranS Big
men e figures are from an Official publication
mss % e Eeoaom e cd % % ss
This Council was created BY c9ngess a5 s M no for
the second quarter Of are
Running at the rate of $21 annually, taxes
Above the rate for the first quarter of 1850 by than So
Above the for 194S, which had been the high mark in
1850 as quarter corporate profits
"0ud e nsvs up 'tSe Se SIS figure the bon figure
an % G Gr p s fn an the JUMP eet~s% pe the jan
ali that before the North Koreans the ssth
she" The 'Ss pending t nsasu
Shortages soft snsn f1S%s 0e INTO
5 shsS % eae a pre '0o"o"s
billions 9ss a1d 81
sIs But 6o GF the FL 1850
ri hs Economic Outlook puts the figure bion assr taxes
says 90 % u1 u that
S s ana hf wss % faf f0p
what happened Consumer Chats
ing and saving, in the second quarter of 1850?
"Disposabe declined
the first quarter postwar rate
What happened that the
climbing Steadily, although dposable personal income
the second
billions expenditures
billions that personal net saving dropped from of By
to S11 billions
Economic puts dry Consumption expenditures in
the second quarter with nondurabe
clothing
high level Most
reflected little change physical pan
things
declined both of and in real
purchasing power"
So what happened? Why more people bought thing
credit, which reached total of $20.3 billion
Next time friend the bar tell him
that index which
1902 by 5 and 1925 by July
194S back 210 by July
have dcoldf
point quote from Economic Indicators official
ernment publication.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-09-28
Power Propaganda

The American Medical Association (AMA) has been so
successful in using bg-money publicity to beat liberals that
the companies have decided to the technique
The National Association of Electric Companies already
has the highestp lobbyist in the world Purcell Smith,
working for it at $65000 in Washington Now it has
hired Park Avenue publicity outfit, Stephen Fitzgerald
Co., S64 900 year to try to win the votes of the farmers
(he AMAs press agents, Whitaker and Baxter get $780,
900 a year,
1t knows private utilities have done little to help the
folks on the farms That's why the Government has been
asked by the farmers that they get electricity AS
Albert Goss of the National Grange told the Stephen Fitz
gerald people, 81 would prefer private industry do the
Job of electrfying farms, but when private industry
can't won't get the job DONE then it's to the Govern
ment or the farm co-ops
The utilities have hooked up with the AMA-just
have the real estate insurance and railroad obbieso do
job" such progressves Frank Graham Wayne Morse
Charles Tobey Ebert Thomas John Dnge Andy Bemll-
err Herbert Lehman, Brien Mcmahon, Frank Myers and
every other candidate who has the courage of his liberal
victons
The way they seek to kill them off politically is by the
method Mark Hanna used: Pour in the dough and lie
to the pubic-again and again and again.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-09-28
They Merely Robbed Uncle Sam

Is robbing the government, in wartime just in
consequential little sin for congressman who soemny swore
to uphold the government and serve it faithfully?
This week. former Democratic Congressman Andrew j.
May of Kentucky released from prison after serving
only nine months of his two-year sentence for taking
brbe to rob the government in wartime.
Last week. former Republican Congressman j. ParneIl
Thomas of New Jersey let out of jail after serving about
half of his 1Smonth sentence for obbng Uncle Sam by
padding" his payroll and taking "kickbacks"
At the time they committed the crimes of which they
convicted both had been chamen of important House
committees.
Tremendous influences brought to bear to get
them out of prison. and they let out the strange
that they had made Outstanding records for good
behavior in JAIL Did anyone expect them to start riot?
It's silly excuse What can law enforcement officials
say to the who snatches purse steals sack of
flour? Is Justice really blind?
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-09-28
Huirline Margins

Here's why you must register and vote:
The Lucas ant-injuncon amendment to the Taft-Hart
ley Act lost in the Senate by 46 to A. thus proving the TIL
law would not be repealed in the 81st Congress- switch OF
two votes would have got the measure through.
The anti-labor Taft Hartley Donnel amendment to the
TafHartey Act in the Senate by 49 to A. switch
of three votes would have killed it,
The proposal to tax profits lost in the Sem
ate by AZ to &c. switch of four votes would have got the
through.
The proposal to restrict gamblers in food the
modify exchanges lost in the House by 1873 to 1884, switch
of three votes would have got the measure through
The Knowland amendment to the social security bill
which wrecks the unemployment compensation system
in the House by 1873 to 1885, switch of two votes would
have killed it.
The recommttal of the Wood bill, the twin of Taft
Hartley won in the House by PIP to 209thus keeping the
antllabor off the books switch of two votes
would have killed it.
SO you that handful of votes swings the big
decisions in both the Senate and House. And this handful
belongs to the Tories who throw haymakers social pro-
gress and workers welfare.
A big vote on November will unloosen the grasp
small majority of reactonares has the Congress the
people of this country
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-09-28
Tuft And The Soldiers

What is the record of Sen Robert A. Taft (R., Ohio)
toward members of the armed services?
On May 13, 1912, Taft voted against raising the pay
of privates and seamen from $21 to $50 month.
Taft thought $500 year too much to pay the
who defending him from the Nazs and Japanese.
On Feb A. 1914 Taft voted against allowing servcemen
to vote This the form of vote to subst
tute what President Roosevelt termed "a fraud the Am
ercan people for another bill The latter bill allowed the
of the Federal ballot if state authorities certified it
legal under the various state election laws.
Taft thought freedom to vote wrong for the
in Europe and the Pacific You see Taft up for reeec
on in 1914 and scared to death of the soldier vote
On July %, 1896 Taft voted against terminal leave pay
for enlisted On the floor of the Senate he called it
utterly unustfabe expenditure of huge of money!
Taft thought it all wrong for to receive money
due them place of leave they got while in Basogne
Tarawa
On July 49, 1947 Taft voted against housing allowances
for paralyzed veterans.
Taft thought men shot up at Anzo Two Jma, the
Battle of Midway the Bismarck Sea should their
two feet financially if they couldn't do it physc
ally.
He's quite boy.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-09-28
Lubor Unions - Greet Bulwdrk In
Times Of Emergency

With the exception of defense forces no group
is important than labor unions in time OF an terna
onal The organized worker truly the man
behind the behind the gun He becomes lndspesaoe
in the gigantic task of resisting aggression
During L. S. Savings Bond drives the Reorganization OF
trade unions Europe in the production of war machlnes
and munitions as well as in other agencies the home
front labor leaders selected for key positions In the nee
essary agencies of the United States and Canada
At this time it is urgent that representatives OF or
ganized labor sit boards and commissions in order to pro
ect the interests of it's members and safeguard the inter-
ests of all the people.
For illustration the Government should not allow IN
ation to undermine labors efforts To resist hlgh
prices arbitrarily placed goods While there is
no comparable raise in workers must continue to or
panize for their self protection The formation OF union
label leagues and womens auxares in city is vital
to
We must continue to insist that labor standards be
maintained They form the basis of mucvauned Am
erican way of life The best way to maintain and improve
living standards is to purchase only Union Label goods
and only Union services 1t is the way to protect
the employment of union workers whose hwage purchasing
power stabizes economy and will bring final victory to
OF American forces.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-09-28
The Workers Stake

American workngmen and women have large and
growing stake in maintaining the purchasing power of the
dollar that is to in avoiding initiation Many of them
have savings Many are looking forward to retirement
generous pensions granted by private industry Most of
the counrys protected by the gov
ernments old and survivors insurance system that
will enable them to retire with modest pensions and avoid
dependence charity However the protection afforded by
these funds will decline prices RISE and in
imitation would become completely lusory. Workers can
longer hope to safeguard themselves against the adverse
feet of rising living costs by increases money wages For
IKE the current recipients of fixed Incomes they too would
suier from shrnkage in the real value of the future
tay incomes which they relying for subsistence in
old age Consequently everybody would lose if let in
tlaton go unchecked President Truman warned his
last broadcast to the nation and the defense of the dollar
part and parcel of the national defense.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-09-28
The Rent Control Story

The cities of Birmingham Ala, and Richmond, Va.
furnish two examples of what happens when controls are
taken off of rents
Those two cities are surveyed periodically by the Bur-
of Labor Statistics (BLS And the latest BIS report
shows this:
On index of 100 based on SO levels Brming-
hams rent level varied between 1881 and 1888 from JAN
uary Is through May 15 Rent controls in Birmingham were
to 1910 on June Is and to 1911 on July 15
Richmonds rent level varied between 114.8 and Isl
from July 1949 to April 1850 (BS surveys Richmond
quarterly instead of monthly Rent controls in Richmond
abolished June 25 1850 Then the rent payment index
jumped to 1867 in August 1850.
Controls needed rents-and not just in Brming-
ham and Richmond.
Local units of Labors League should get busy and try
to get their city councils other local governing bodies to
continue rent controls beyond December 81 That's the date
controls will off automatically unless action is taken
So far only So localities in the U. S. have provided for
continuation of rent ceilings.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-09-28
Union Ldbel Influence

Samuel Gopers never lost opportunity to point out
the benefits of buying union label products and services
One OF his statements the labels influence for
teient OF economic conditions and promotion of unity and
fraternity among workers. His statement was made long
time agon 1899 but it just good today as was then
we who have been in the labor movement for years
and have watched its progress Gompers said now the
splendid influence which the union label has had in encou
aging better sanitary material and moral conditions among
the workers. The union label has not only been the
organizing large numbers of non-unonss but better than
all it has stimulated and strengthened unity and fraternity
among the organized workers of the different trades and
cang The demand for the union label upon the product
OF other trade than that at which the member is en-
poyed is in itself manifestation well recognition
of the solidarity and the identity of the interests of labor
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-09-28
Boom Contrudicts Bunk

"The stock market lunged ahead to a new four-year
high American business plans record investment of So
billion for plants and equipment in the quarter
OF this year. The papers full of such boom headlines
Yet the propagandists tell that corporation taxes and
Creeping Socialism making things tough for business
and that mans Fair Deal is carrying us to perditon
Obviously that's ''the bunk"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-09-28
WASHINGTON LABOR
Washington Boy
Wuils And Moons
About Ohio's Taft
|by BRADFORD v. CARTER , ..

bx BRADFORD " CARTER leA
Washington Pbladphia some some years s
should be elected he said public because 1--WE have right to rule
awu careless ss 'tfs Sf election time the
few days LADY Wmsn anS dstona aon sad @eeds off If
sson eS an e @ 7 H ha %
In Rep r ] Be9T e 20 # sse o sd na aa e
G end 9 S R3o s5sd eq%p qBa man s labor
voters will shy away candidates because they
s & Be the end End Labor % Gn a0Ds nSw cs"grass
Britain the unions defed voting
And Columbus Taft cesTt that IA is .a4 aa
@ that s.G # ns effect Ss1es Gpss
terprise otherwise why would Truman pick him?)
But the most a ss a ss % G h & % has m fa b
the principal objective of the Truman administration and its
o eSoss ss' lines s"s DPy
@ SS upo @ e y % G9 the s the
fag f6 R1I Mr. T bringing and sending
pscs Ss ea a fow Pas 9 Mr. 9@y the 0o
Well don't know the half Of it Not only AFI and
land a.
but they have the votes if they get the boys and girls to the
There's more "The Co and AF exactng so
r Ss s besn @ % o of the &
for f ss d s
s that n Fl buS Nothing sn a al Ike tss the the
t. sscts susT as Is the
PE that asks tw bucks throw rts boys
St h Sis %
@ @ % sons ~nS ta ssa sons the best
shs guinea the BE
Of that how they shall vote then they can do the same thing
Ss sep @ os whether
for % 5 S fs sec 'f few
And look back at "outsders" poured dollars
Florida primary beat Senator Pepper then repeated
NW Ns am s S f Te @ m
they got licked but but FLO Florida and Nqrh Carolina ma these
to anti outfits 3 the n lobbyists for the doctors and the land
firing NRR s Robert M and s 9 Fss fs ss ct s
AFL and Co officials recalled with delight visiting Truman and tell
s to e ae
bas besSe ne @ cmm m t that he a r rna as penDe p aa
MaaSd Sl but ys1 sSsn @ voted sn Rsp1Sss
companies how bad risk they would such jobs
er insurance leader
supplement the picture Of six unidentified For UNION
% rsS has y se assa to MORE % nes & MARTINS aa Se S labor as
the past two Time and again police have been called to the
by Communists seized headquarters part day
Chicago official estimated that 500 of the
"Unon Stations and "Unon Terminals throughout the
New York recalled how during the
when broken plant might
@ to ho Bs $
@ @ Pdf e u 5 @ ps at afef % S s baas se
DS1 the S s gog s two % and radios week I The
and asked permission drop the whole thing and back cigars
speed the % , free s radios they getting @ a my t
union would be getting most of the radios coming off the
Cemetery WORKERS ended with daily raise and the workers % i'm
gTsV Of Andrew Meon the odm union ater grass from the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-09-28
Gesture Of Peace And Friendship

Uncle Sam hands back Mexico 60 battle flags captu
ed by American forces than century ago in the
of 1846-47
That's gracious gesture, and with the flags Pre-
sdent Trumans message Of Friendship and peace with
neighbor Mexico Lincoln voted against the with Mex
ico He would applaud the return of the captured flags
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-09-01
Meeting the Threat OF Initiation

that such steps should be taken only if, and
when, they become absolutely necessary.
They are hopeful that voluntary ALLEGATION
of materials, credit controls, and increased
taxes to absorb surplus money and approach
a pay-as-you-go policy will prevent serious
initiation.
They forsee a continuance of heavy de-
tense spending in the years ahead and they
want to avoid the danger of establishing
any permanent system of undemocratic con-
trolls if it is possible to do SO.
So the government of the United States
is going to try out the plan of increased tax
alton and moderate restriction of credit in
the hope that these measures, coupled with
the tremendous productive c pacity of
American industry and agriculture will
prove sufficient to keep the economy in
balance. But to make sure that the country
can move quickly into about mobilization
and more drastic controls if future develop
ments make such action necessary, congress
is giving the president standby powers to
apply these stronger measures whenever
he feels they are essential.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-09-01

N7HILE the wet-wheat problem which
w has been troublesome in some areas
this fall is comparatively unusual condi-.
ton for Montana growers, some farmers
have been considering the possibilities of
grain drying equipment for every-season
use There are a number of reasons why
such facilities might more then pay for
themselves.
If there were some economic way to han
die damp grain it would be possible to start
the combines earlier in the morning and
work later in the evening It might even
be possible to keep the machines going all
night when time were an extremely i'm
portant factor. And every day saved in the
harvest operation is one day less of hail and
wind hazard.
College engineers in Nebraska recently
conducted a drying test on wheat that was
combined week earlier than normal. Loss
from shattering was less than one-sixth
bushel per acre compared to bushel an
acre when harvested at the normal time. A
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-09-01

CsINCE the enactment of the reclamation
~ act 48 years ago, crops grown on the
federal irrigation projects have had total
value of more than $60O0,O00,0O0. This is
about four times the total investment in
reclamation. At the rate of crop return in
recent years, the production every three
years has just about equaled the total
amount of money the government has de-
voted to this irrigation development.
And from the tax angle, too, reclama-
ton has proved a profitable investment.
Income taxes derived from federal recla-
nation areas have amounted to 81 100000
900, which is just about what the reclama-
ton work has cost since it was first started.
The government has apparently already
received back in taxes as many dollars as
it has expended for the development.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-09-01
Is Grain Drying Practical?

moisture content of % percent was reduced
to II percent by means of forced unheated
air. The operating cost of the drying was
about one-half cent per bushel
Drying equipment would be especially
valuable when rain during harvest season
made it difficult to avoid a wet-wheat prob
lem. Such grain is usually refused by COM
mercial elevators when the moisture con-
tent is above IA percent and even when
grain above Il percent in moisture is ac-
cepted there is usually penalty of several
cents bushel.
Chemicals are now available that are de-
signed to prevent heating and spoilage of
wet grain stored in farm bins. While these
chemicals have not been used long enough
to demonstrate their effectiveness under all
conditions some farmers report favorable
experience with them.
Speeding-up of harvest operations has SO
many advantages that artificial grain dry
ing may come into more general use in the
future.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-09-01
Editorials

A LII THOUGHTFUL citizens agree that
N it is necessary to take positive steps
to prevent a destructive initiation in the
present emergency resulting from the Ko-
rean war and the threat of further aggres-
sion.
The pouring of 10 to Is billions of dollars
into the markets on top of present spending
would start prices soaring all along the line
unless curbs of some sort were applied.
But there have been differences of
opinion as to the program that should be
followed to keep things from getting out
of hand
Some authorities have felt that price
ceilings and other arbitrary controls should
be applied at once including strict ALLEGATION
of materials, wage controls and rationing.
They think such procedures are desirable
even though the military operations and
the strengthening of the defensive organi-
cation do not constitute about war.
The majority of those in position to in
fluence legislative policy, however, lean
away from the immediate application of
rigid controls upon the economy. They feel
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-09-01
Reclamation Proves Good Investment

While reclamation has thus proved to
be direct financial success for the govern
ment, it has brought countless other bene-
fits as well. To mention just few it has
resulted in more balanced agriculture in
the western states, has added to the national
security by making the country less depend
ent on foreign sources for sugar and other
products, and has provided homes and live
lihood for many thousands of families.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-09-01

Irrigated pastures came in for lot Of
favorable consideration at the recent annual
convention of the Colorado Cattlemen's as
ISOLATION. 1t was demonstrated that an acre
of irrigated pasture carried four yearlings-
a land investment of about $500 per head
in the instance cited. But on dryland pas
ture it takes about Is acres valued at SIS
per acre to care for one yearling-a land
investment of 1925 per head. 1t was report
ed that one 22-acre irrigated pasture con-
tanning bronze, orchard grass, meadow fes-
cue, perennial rye grass, alfalfa and Ladino
clover, carried 80 head of steers. On another
farm return of $135.71 per acre was real
lied from IA acres of irrigated pasture
While silt deposits tend to accumulate in
the reservoirs of big reclamation dams this
problem is not as serious as some alarmists
indicate. Studies made by the bureau of
reclamation show that the giant Hoover
dam on the Colorado river, for instance will
have useful life of at least 275 years in
spite of sitting. In fact, if proper soil and
water conservation programs are carried
out upstream the dam will be useful much
longer than that.
Drouth in important cattle producing
areas of the United States in recent years
has been factor in maintaining beef prices
at high levels. Dry weather not only re-
duces production in the area affected but
has a continuing supporting effect on the
market. Producers who have to liquidate
foundation stock one year may be back in
the market buying calves and she-stock the
following season. They compete with feed
ers for the available animals thus forcing
prices up.
Loss in harvesting grass and 1egume seed
crops is estimated at an average of 80 per-
cent. Poor timing and improperly adjusted
combines contribute much to this unsatis-
factory situation Many growers find that
it pays to cut seed crops a little on the inn
mature side and then stack for later COM
blning with the machine in stationary
position at the stack.
One Out of every IL farm residents will
suffer disabling accident in 1850 if aver
ages of past years are repeated, according
to the national farm safety council Farm
workers suffered an accidental death rate
IN l949 more than twice as high as those in
nonagricultural industries BE CAREFUL.
Montana ranks sixth among the states
IN average use of electrical power per farm
Average consumption per electrified farm
In Montana is 238 kilowatt hours a month
as compared with u. S. average of 1874.
according to REA records.
Montana Is still tops in mustard seed
production Of the Al 100 acres devoted to
this crop in the United States this year fully
$4,000 are in Montana.