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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-12-21
Local Union No. 10
Elects 'Syd' Young
As New President

Officers for the next six months
were installed at the last meeting
of Local Union No. 10. Alfred Cart
wright, past president, administer
ed the oath of obligation to the fol
lowing:
Sydney Young, president; Car
Warning, vice president; Gilbert
Griffin, financial secretary; FREQ
McGillivray, recording secretary
William Bossen, treasurer; Charles
Kontnier, guard; Harry Lewis
trustee.
We were very sorry to hear Bro
James Gibson is seriously i'll at his
home. Jim has been very active in
the affairs of No. 10 over span
of years and served as secretary
treasurer for over 20 years. He
holds many friends throughout the
trade and we know he would appre-
ciate a visit or card from his old
buddies. His address is 338 Ridge
way Ave.
A transfer card was granted
Bro. John Cox, handler, who has
accepted job in Canonsburg.
Due to the holidays, Local Union
No. 10 will not meet again until
Jan. Is. We would like to see full
turnout at this meeting as shop
committees will be appointed.
-O.C. 10
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-12-21
machinists Union
Wins Contract At
Pratt & Whitney

East Hartford, Conn. (LPA)-
Company efforts to force a strike
at the Pratt & Whitney division OF
United Aircraft here were unsuc'
cessful, after government inter
vention.
The walkout was postponed Nov
20 at the request of Mediation Dir
ector Cyrus Ching. On Dec. 9, mem
bers of the Int'l Association of Ma
chinists voted to accept three
year contract which included a IT.
cent wage boost and future hikes
in the pay scale. More than $4,000
workers are covered by the agree
ment.
Early in October, the company
put through a 14-cent increase in
an effort to avoid negotiation. The
union did not officially accept the
raise at that time. 1t is counted now
as part of the II cents. The other
three cents was granted as cost
of living raise. Future cost-of- liv-
ing adjustments will be made every
three months.
A four-cent annual improve
ment factor" will be added to the
workers pay checks in September,
1851 and September, 1862. Other
contract gains include an improve
ment in the differential for second
shift employees.
United Aircraft is the outfit
which was exposed last June as
operating labor spy system in the
lam. Pratt & Whitney is one of
the spots where the spies were un-
covered.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-12-21
Good Turnout At
Cambridge Local
Despite Big Snow

Cambridge, Ohio - Local Unior
122 held their last meeting on Dec
13 and despite the heavy snow
there was good turnout. A little
snow don't worry the potters here
Three new members were obi.
gated, Orval Black, Ronald Pontiu:
and Arthur McWilliams;
Transfer cards Of Lige Hender,
son and Russell Parsons were re-
ceived and their names added tc
our roll. We welcome these new
brothers in our midst and feel sure
they will like it here.
Withdrawal cards were granted
Sisters Harriet Henmen and Ruth
Bell.
Bro. James Coffey who repre-.
.sented our local at the Ohio State
Federation Of Labor convention
concluded his report which was re-
ceived with great interest. He also
debunked the rumor the conven-
tion was organized in advance and
proved to the members that any
delegate was free to take the floor
in convention.
Nomination and election of of.
ficers will take place at our next
meeting on Dec. 27. Those nomin-
ated to date are James Coffey and
Harry Hunt for president; George
Savage, vice president; Lee Wood
ward, recording secretary; Elmer
Lewis and Albert VanCamp, fin
ancial secretary; Frank Campbell.
defense secretary; Lawrence Keats,
inspector; Loren Anderson, guard;
Roland Talbert and Clifford Weir,
trustees.
We are sorry so many of our
members are on the sick list anG
we wish them a speedy return to
the bench.
A Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year to national officials and
members throughout the trade.
-O.C. 122
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-12-21
Local Union ia
|InstaIIs Officers
|At Last Meeting

We hope the small attendance al
our last meeting is no criterion for
what we can look forward to in the
new year. We realize it is the
Christmas season and no doubt
many have their last minute Christ.
mas shopping to do, but if we are
to protect our standards, surely we
ought to find time to spend at least
one hour for local meeting.
Officers for the new term were
installed by past president Clair
Armstrong. Bro. Armstrong urged
all members to give them our
wholehearted support in carrying
out their duties.
An auditing committee was ap-
pointed and will go over the books
and make their report at our next
meeting on Jan. 9. Due to the holi-
days, meetings scheduled for Dec.
26 and Jan. 2 have been postponed.
There was some very lively dis
cussion on several matters brought
before the local. One in particular
regarding re-opening of the wage
scale to match the increase receiv-
ed by workers in the steel mills.
Some felt that if it is not done now,
wages might be frozen beginning
the new year.
Members of Local 124 extend
seasons greeting to our national
officials and the trade as whole
for a Very Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year. -O.C. 124
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-12-21
Production Headed
By President Of
General Electric

Washington (LPA)-Charles E
Wilson, president of General Elec-
trio and chairman of the War Pro.
duction Board of World War II
will head the new Defense Produc-
ton Administration Wilson is "a
AS head of GE he gets S175,000 a
year.
The agency will be similar to the
old WPB and take over the Nation
al Production Authority Of the De-
partment of Commerce. 1t will also
have authority over new defense
agencies in Agriculture, Interstate
Commerce, Interior and RFC.
Other moves in preparation for
defense were announced by the
Pentagon. Secretary of Defense
George c. Marshall and his aides
told Congress they were opposed
to full mobilization Immediately.
Marshall said the important
thing right now is to clay down the
assembly lines" so that full mobil-
ization could be put into gear with
out bitches in the event of an all
out war.
Air Force Secretary Thomas K.
Finletter suggested that the Air
Force was following such a plan.
He said the Air Force will grow
slightly faster than any air force
in the world" and that while it will
be below "war strength" it will be
at readiness strength"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-12-21
Labor Protests
Holding Down
Bread Stand ards

Washington (LPA)-Refusal OF
the Food & Drug Administration to
amend proposed standards for
white bread has brought flood of
protest from labor groups. The
standards are expected to go into
effect about the first of February.
Donald Montgomery, Washington
representative of United Auto
Workers and formerly consumers
counsel in the Department of Agri-
culture, after asking the FDA to
reconsider it's bread standards, has
repeated charge that the govern
ment is trying to put ceiling on
the quality of the white bread con-
sumed by the American public.
Similar complaints were filed
earlier by the AFL, CIO, Int'l
Assn of Machinists, Cooperative
League, and other organizations,
as we'll as UAW. Commissioner
Paul B. Dunbar responded by send
ing a 15,000-word explanation of
his agency's action in the matter.
He said that FDA might consider
setting up new category of "high
protein" bread, in which coop
Triple Rich could be sold. That's
not what the co-ops want. They
want to sell their product as
"bread" or "white bread" Thous-
ands of people buy it as such now.
The limitations set by FDA put
limit on the use of wheat germ,
yeast food, and soy flour used in
making white bread. The coop
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-12-21
EscoIofor Clause
In Airline Pact

New York (LPA) - American
Airlines and the Transport Work
ers have signed contract with an
escalator clause and pay raises
totaling 12 cents an hour over the
next three years.
More than 1000 maintenance and
stores employees at IL major air.
ports are affected by the contract,
retroactive to Dec. 2. They will
get an immediate four-cent raise
on the base rate, an additional four
cents in 1851 and in 1852. Wage
scales under the old contract rang
ed from S1.69 an hour for mech
anics with one years service to
$2.08 an hour for inspectors.
The escalator clause provides for
an increase of two cents an hour
for each increase of 2.35 points in
the cost-of- Living index published
by the Bureau Of Labor Statistics.
The first increase may be put into
effect next January and quarter
ly after that.
The original contract was sign
ed last March after an 11-day
strike and was to have run until
1851. 1t was reopened
on a voluntary basis.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-12-21
Wins Long Court Fight
Local Union No. A
Reflects Clyde
Jones, President

Sebring, Ohio-Local Union Al
elected the following officers at
their meeting on Dec. 13.
Clyde Jones, president; Clarence
Watson, vice president; Chester
Brunt, recording secretary; r. C.
Larkins, financial secretary. ] !.
Sullivan, defense secretary; C. Nc
Daniels, inspector; Frank Lee,
guard; Mike Conny, treasurer;
Jessie Nelson, trustee.
Our previous meeting was called
off due to the death of Phil
S c hroe d r, financial secretary.
News of his sudden death was a
severe blow to his many friends
here in Sebring. He always took an
active part in union and civic af-
fairs and was formerly mayor of
Sebring. Bro. Schroeder also has
served for a number of years on
the national picnic committee.
Since the date for our next meet
ing falls on Christmas, Local Union
A will not meet again until Jan.
g. We would like to have a good
turnout for the first meeting in
the new year. Will you do your
part?
To our national officials and
members throughout the trade,
Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year. -O.C. "A
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-12-21
By JOHN MCCARTHY
For Labor Press Association

Washington (LPA) = U nj OF
members think of the Taft Hartley
law as robbing them of gains they
made under the Wagner Act. Actu-
ally it took away one right which
labor won in the courts centurs
ago-the right to work in "closeo
shop.
1t is paradoxical that labor at
the height of its power lost what
it had gained back in days when
mere membership in union was
almost a criminal act.
AS a matter of fact there were
very few unions. One of the earliest
and strongest was the Boston Jour
neymen Bootmakers' Society, form
ed in 1885 for the express purpose
of raising the wages of its mem
bers.
Boston was the center of the
New World shoe trade, tradition
which has spread to surrounding
New England and exists until the
present day. A good bootmaker
could turn out about five pairs of
shoes week at $1.50 a pair. Then,
as now, the cost-of-living was
soaring every month. There were
two strikes in the first two years
of the Society's life. The first rails
ed wages to $1.75 pair and the
second to 81.
The Society, growing stronger,
set up a constitution which estab-
lished dues at 12E2c a month, gave
strike benefits after 10 days,
founded Board of Judges to set
tie labor-management differences,
and directed members to work only
in a Society shop"-a "closed
shop" as we know it today.
Under provisions of the Society
shop" bootmakers were told to
walk off the job if they gained a
in the shop and the boss
still insisted on employing nom
union members. If they couldn't or
ganize the shop they were told to
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-12-21
Closed Shop Won By
Labor 100 Years AQO

refuse to work with the non-unior
members and get out and find a
job in union shop as soon as pos
sible.
The depression of 1887, however
put bit of a crimp in the Society's
|activities. They were able to main
tain their $2-a-pair rate, but the
employers insisted on higher quail
|ity (which took more time) and
production was cut to four pairs a
week, or So, so that they had only
net gain of soc week to show
for their two strikes.
Some of the workers started to
do additional work and work on
fancy shoes without asking for
extra money, just to keep their
jobs. The Society fought this and
when one of their members, Jere-
miah Horne, was caught red-hand-
ed doing extra quality work with
out extra pay, he was fined 81.
Rather than have trouble with
the Society, Hone's employer,
Isaac Waite, paid him for the extra
work and the Society lifted the
fine.
Horne, apparently rugged in
dividualist," went on doing extra
work without extra pay and was
soon caught again. He was again
fined and his boss again offered
to put up the money. By this time
it was a personal matter with
Horne and he told his boss not to
pay the fine. But when the Society
expelled Horne and demanded his
Waite gave in. Waite did
offer to pay the fines-$1 for going
off the books, SOC for breach of
rule, SOC initiation fee, and $5 for
the Society. Horne told
both the boss and the Society to go
pound nails in a soggy sole and
took his troubles to District At
torney Samuel d. Parker, a rich
Bostonian who hated the newborn
labor movement. Parker licked his
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-12-21
Large Turnout To
Elect Officers
At Local Union 86

Local Union 86 had a very nice
turnout at their meeting Monday
evening when officers for the next
six months were elected. After the
ballots were counted the following
were declared winners:
Gus Sharkey, president; Dear
McShane, vice president; George
Mullen, financial secretary; James
Ward, recording secretary; James
Wilson, treasurer; Homer ]. Mer-
Ger, inspector; Jack Dimmock
guard; Roland Edgar, statistician
Jack Dimmock, trustee.
With the beginning of the new
year just a week away, let's all
make a resolution to attend our
meetings regularly and make 1851
a banner year for Local Sc.
We were very pleased to see so
many new faces at our last meet
ing. We welcome these new men,
bers and urge them to attend meet
ings regularly.
AS the old year draws to a close
and check made of our records,
we find some members are behind
in their dues. This should be clear
ed up at once.
Another feature for the new
year and which would benefit the
individuals involved as well as the
trade in general. When you have
a grievance to be settled, take il
to your shop committee and also
report it to local. We do not mean
have your shopmate report it, for
experiences in the past have proven
that when it is brought upon the
floor for discussion, your friendly
shopmate usually does not know
all the particulars and settlement
of the dispute is delayed.
Our deepest sympathies are ex-
tended the family of our late Bro.
Harold Whippler who was called
by death. Bro. Whippler had many
friends who will mourn his pass
ing.
One new m m b n, James
Rhoades, was added to the roll.
Bro. James Mullen has accepted
temporary employment at Laugh
lin No. 5.
Best wishes are extended the Ex-
ecutive Board and all members
throughout the trade for a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year.
-O.C. SCI
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-12-21
Portland Labor Pool
Raided BY Outsiders

Portland, Ore (LPA)-Portland
will find itself without workers to
man its shipyards unless employ
ment picks up soon. E. A. Bird
secretary of the AFL Metal Trades,
claims that government contractors
in Alaska and at the Pasco atomic
power plant are bleeding this COM
munity of electricians, machinists,
welders, steamfitters, plumbers,
and other metal trades craftsmen.
1--WE haven't had local jobs for
more than three years, except for
a few days work on ships in dry
dock" Bird said. "We have tried to
keep first-class craftsmen here, but
they will have to get jobs if we are
to hold them."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-12-21
CWA Will Hold
Workshop PorIey

Washington (LPA)-A three-day
\ workshop meeting" of organizers
Twill be conducted by the Commun-
ications Workers of America al
union headquarters here beginning
Jan. 8.
Individual workshops" will be
of the practical down to earth var
iety," union spokesmen say. One
will cover organizational strategy
planning and administration
Others will deal with union struc-
ture, bargaining problems, legal
problems, local leadership, local
financing, industrial structure, and
publicity.
Meanwhile, Jules Pagano has as
sumed his duties as CWA's educa-
tional director. Until recently Pag-
ano was educational director of the
|, unions Virginia Division 33, and
fhe was once a field representative
for the Int'l Ladies Garment Work
ers-AFL.
Officials at CWA headquarters
are chuckling over a Communist
account of the unions November
strike against the Bell system. Ac-
cording to this story, broadcast
over Radio Peiping in Red China
"a merican telecommunication
workers" were putting up great
battle against American mono
poly capitalism" despite the cob
struction of the head of the union
who betrays the workers inter
ests". Seems the cause Of the strike
was American imperialism.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-12-21
NO UNION THERE SO
VETERAN is FIRED

Toledo, Ohio (LPA)-In Toledo,
Auto-Lite has a union. In Wood
stock, its subsidiary, the Alemite
plant, has none. So worker was
fired, three days after he turned
65. His wife lost her job too, be-
cause she couldn't get back and
forth from Genoa City, Wis, un-
less he drove. ~ think had there
been a union this would not have
happened, he said.
The Auto-Lite national agree
ment provides that any new plants
certified to the United Auto Work
ers will automatically get the UAW
benefits, including pensions. The
Alemite plant has not been or
ganized-yet.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-12-21


Z Edward Jones and Clyde McDaniels
sought to thwart the action taken
by the delegates in convention,
basing their claim that salary in
creases for national officials could
not be granted legally, unless they
were approved by a referendum
vote Of the trade.
To meet this challenge of the
minority group, delegates seated in
the 1916, 1947 and 1948 convention,
by unanimous consent, approved
the action taken at the 1914 con-
vention by going on record for the
salary increases.
The insurgent group still defiant
of majority rule stopped to a new
low in their next move and sought
a court injunction in which the
eminent jurist, Judge Joel H.
Sharp, ordered the salaries of the
two national officials rolled back
to their 1914 level. The Brother
hood officials asked for a new trial
but it was denied by Judge Sharp.
Upon recommendation of the
Finance Committee at the 1948
convention, the delegates went on
record to recompense the officers
for the salaries lost through court
action and ordered their salaries
be restored to their previous level
before they were ordered rolled
back by Judge Sharp, and the issue
be settled once and for all by a
referendum vote of the trade.
This action was carried out and
the salary increases were approx
led by a vote of the trade. The in-
surgent group Immediately claimed
Irregularities in tabulating the
vote and once again appealed TO
Judge Sharp and obtained a Com
mon Pleas Court order impounding
the votes.
The case was heard before Judge
Sharp and once again he handed
down his decision against Brother
hood officials, ruling the vote was
actually against the increase and
the salaries which he ordered back
to the 1914 level should stand.
Brotherhood officials then served
notice they would appeal both the
salary issue and the referendum
and it was referred to the Seventh
District Court of Appeals.
Due to the sudden death of a
distinguished member of this court,
before a decision was reached, the
case was referred to a special
Court of Appeals who ruled the
two national officials were entitled
to their salaries as approved by a
vote of the trade, but had been
held back by a Common Pleas
Court order. Significant with the
decision of the court was the i'm
piled rebuke to the dissident pot
tiers that they should not have gone
to court in the first place.
Immediately following the de-
cision of the special Appeals Court,
the insurgent group then appealed
the case to the Ohio State Supreme
Court who refused to hear the case,
sustaining the action of the APP
fTrrn 70 Page Three
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-12-21
ST BUILDING SERVICE
EMPLOYEES ASK $50 BOOST

San Francisco (LPA)-The AFL
building services employees unions
have. asked the city for a $50 a
month wage increase. There have
been no wage hikes for any in tive
years, and in many cases none In
four years.
Richard Liebes, research director
for the unions, said 4800 workers
in lot classifications are involved.
The three unions are Civil Service
Building Maintenance, Local 66A;
Hospital and Institutional Workers,
Local $50; County Employees, Local
503.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-12-21

tne meeting. bros. AnSell ana han
nah were the tellers.
Sister Hazel Brown of Loca
Union 121 and Bro. Jones of Loca
Union Al, Sebring, Ohio were vel
\ coined visitors at our meeting or
Dec. 8 and invited members Of
Local 45 to visit their locals il
Sebring.
Bro. Gevak was recently dis.
charged from st. Francis Hospita
and is recuperating at his home.
Bro. Abrams is a patient ir
Abingdon Hospital, Abingdon, Pa
We are sure he would appreciate
visit or card from his friends.
Mrs. Candelori, wife of Bro
Maurice Candelori was a patient
in st. Francis Hospital recently
and call was sent out for blood
donors. Several of our members
were quick to respond and we are
glad to report she is improving.
Bro. Andrew Werner has retired
and we understand is to receive a
disability pension. Our best wishes
to you Andy.
We thank Mr.. Rydstrom and all
officials of the Trenton Potteries
Co. for their cooperation during
the past year. We extend our best
wishes to them for Merry Christ
mas and a Happy New Year.
The same goes to Mr.. Pieslak,
Elmer Lewis and all the foremen.
We hope the same cordial relations
will exist all through 1851 as has
been the rule during the past
months. We urge all members to
do their part in this respect.
We also extend thanks to the
Conference Committee, Vice Pres
ident Wheatley and Organizer
James Solon for their efforts on
our behalf; for improved sick and
hospital plans, and for the begin
ming of a retirement plan which
we hope in time will materialize
into a pension which will provide
comfort when our working days are
over. Last and by no means least,
thanks for our recent wage in
crease.
We thank the Shop Committee
headed by Bro. Hannah for their
most faithful performance and
many price settlements. To one
and all we say Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year.
A beautiful card bearing the
seasons greetings was received
from the Executive Board. We
fully reciprocate their good wishes
and the same goes to all members
of the trade and mankind every
where.
Installation of officers will take
place at our meeting on Jan. B.
Refreshments and a social time will
follow and we would like to see
every member present. -O,C. 40
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-12-21
Supreme Court Decision
vindicates Duffy And
Jordan In Salary Dispute

The power and authority for members Of the National Brotherhood
Potters affairs
last been settled by ruling Of the Ohio State Supreme Court refu
appellate ruling
President James NJ Duffy
The long litigation regarding the salaries of the
Gals dates back 1914 when the delegates seated national
ton voted salary increases for Bros Duffy Jordan Immediately
following adjournment Of the convention small minority ddent
namely Bros Larry Enlay Norman Mhipper
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-12-21
Installation OF Officers
For Local Union As Will
Be Held AT Jan. 5 Meeting

Trenton News far Local 45 has been scarce of
late and this will close the correspondence for 1880
Election of officers held meeting Dec Is and the
roll call will be- George Smith, PRESIDENT Henry Krewnk
Elijah Watson financial Ansel recording
John Richards Robert Henderson,
Southard and NJ Geyak trustees.
Conference Committees Smith, Anse Shuman
r. Hannah A. Polls