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SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1950-05-11
ALLIANCE. OHIO
Branch 8.

The regular monthly meeting
Of the Alliance Lodge Branch 3
will be held Sunday, May l4th,
at 3 p. m.
There will be nice lunch serv-
ed by the committee. So everyone
come out for the meeting and
help keep things running as
smooth as possible.
The regular officers meeting
will be held Thursday, May 11th,
at 7:3O p. m.
Oh think too it is getting near
the time to think of picnic or
arrange a time and place to have
an outing at least once this sum-
mer.
VIM. Schuller, Sec'y.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1950-05-11
CLEVELAND WEST
NEWS

Don't forget on Sunday, May
l4th, we are having our picnic
social at Mahtic Park. We are
meeting at the Sachsenheim at
l 80 sharp. Bring your own lunch
and get set for a good time.
Congratulations to Hilda and
Dick on their recent engagement.
We sure wish them loads OF luck.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1950-05-11
WESTSIDE
SACHSENHEIM
PICNIC =
August 18th
CLEVELAND EAST
Branch 80.

The regular monthly meeting
OF Branch 80 will be held Sunday.
May IA, at ?: 100 p. m. at the East
Side Sachsenheim. Please attend.
The members on the sick list
this month are Andrew Theis.
James Thatcher, George Schnei-
der, John Mueller, John Gott-
schling. John Newbauer, Michael
Figuly. The members wish them
all to get we'll soon.
Paul Guist, Sec'y.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1950-05-11
CLEVELAND EAST
BY John

By John
a brief reminder that last Sum
dav the combined Cleveland base
ball team had their first practice
and from the looks of it things
will be starting to liven up again.
If there is anyone who is still in
terested in playing baseball get
in contact with Dick Bretz.
Our meeting for this month
will be held on Tuesday, May To-,
at $50 p. IN. All are urged to at
ted. All new and different and
even old events will be welCom-
ed and planned for, Besserer Rat
:ommt uber Nacht.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1950-05-11
Global Musicale

The T. S. !. A. Chorus program
to be held at Cleveland West on
May 2lst is one nobody Will want
to miss. In the next couple OF
weeks the finishing touches will
be put on this Adventure in
Song.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1950-05-11

visitors now, and sure lie would
appreciate to see some of our
faces once again. SO anyone who
can, lets 60 out and see him.
Sorry to hear about your ac-
cident Workman, but You can't
keep a good man down so hope to
see you up and around soon. lack.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1950-05-11

n1GulDeTS Ol lHc
House of Rep
resentatives Of
both parties in
paying tribute
to the Dean Of
the Women of
the House, Rep
7 e s e n t a t iv e
Mary r. Nor
ton, the famous
New j e r s e v
Democrat w h o
etires from
Congress at the
end Of her pres
emf term
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1950-05-11

Are you and your relatives mem.
bers Of the Sick Benefit Socity
and Central Verband? II not. now
is the time to join. For more Infor.
nation call the local representa- tive.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1950-05-11

TT was my great pleasure on
1 Wednesday, April Goth, to act
as the spokesman for the women
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-06
DUTCH UNION REPAYS
$4,000 TO BROTHERHOOD

Cincinnati (LPA)-The Brother
hood of Railway Clerks has just
received a check for $4,000 from
President G.. Joustra of the Dutch
Railway Union, repaying a 194I
loan. Behind that is story of hero
ism, torture by Nazis, and the saw
ing of many American lives.
Just before the Allies invaded
Europe in 1914, they asked Joustra
to call a general strike. He did. The
Nazis tortured him, but he refused
to call off the strike. They tortured
his young son until he died, but
Joustra still refused. The Nazis, in
their flight, seized the unions
funds, destroyed its equipment. In
1947 the union wrote to George NJ.
Harrison, BRC president, asking
for loan. The union sent the money,
and wrote it off. Last week Jous-
ira wrote the union was back on
its feet, and the check was on its
way.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-06

What little girl could resist this
darling little yoked cape. 1t is
thrifty to make too because it re-
quires just one yard of 54-inch
fabric in the smaller sizes. 1t goes
together like a charm. She'll adore
the little Sits that show off her
gloves!
Barbara Bell sew-rite perforated
Pattern No. 1860 is designed for
sizes 2, A, 5 and 6 years. Size 3, re-
quires / yard of 54inch fabric.
For this pattern, send 25 cents,
in coins, your name, address, pat
tern number and size wanted to
Barbara Bell, Labor Press Asso-
citation, Box %, Station G, New
York 10, n. Y.
Send an additional twenty-five
cents today for your copy of the
Spring and Summer STYLIST.
This latest issue has AZ pages fill
ed with special features, wearable
styles for all the family-gift pat
tern printed inside the book. Don't
miss it!
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-06
OIL WORKERS STRIKE
|QUAKER STATE co.
I'm WEST VIRGINIA

st Mary's, w. Va. (LPA)-Three
locals of the Oil Workers Interna-
tional Union are on strike against
the Quaker State Oil Co., in this
area, seeking elimination of wage
differentials in various plants, and
inclusion of pensions, insurance,
vacations, and increased sick and
injury benefits. Emlenton Local
481 and st. Mary's Local $50
struck March 10, and Oil City Local
ass March Is.
Following two months of futile
negotiations, the unions withdrew
original requests and proposed
three-week vacations after Is
years; double time for holidays
worked and straight time for holi-
days not worked; irrevocable
checkoff instead Of union shop;
wage increases to the scale paid in
the Farmers Valley Plant. The pay
hike would have meant one to 10
cent hourly increases on II job
classifications.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-06
Industry-Wide
Pension Approved
By Lumber Board

Portland, Ore. (LPA)-Approval
IF an industry-wide pension plan
cor workers in Northwestern woods
and mills was announced March rs
oy the Northwestern council ex-
ecutive board of the Lumber and
Sawmill Workers-AFL. The plar
allows employees to move from
plant to plant without loss OF
rights.
Kenneth Davis, executive Secre-
..ary of the council, said the pro-
gram calls for a minimum of sec
monthly exclusive of social secur-
ty. The plan is being presented to
operators in Oregon, Washington,
Montana, and Idaho for considera-
ton. 1t would be financed by an
employers fund, and administered
by a board of trustees represent
ing management and labor.
Designed to cover 10000 lumber
workers, the plan would provide
disability benefits, military service
credits, withdrawal rights, termin-
,tion credits, normal retirement at
55, special retirement before or
after 65, vested rights and past
service credits.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-06
LPA Service Praised BY
Veteran Labor Editor.

n. Hollywood, Calf. (LPA) -
The following box was printed on
page of the March u issue Of the
semi-monthly American Aeronaut,
IAN publication, edited by Joe
Lochray:
"At the last meeting of the Aero
naut Control Board it was decided
to use the service of the Labor
Press Association instead of the
Federated Press which this paper
has used almost since its first
issue. The Labor Press Association
is practically a newcomer in the
field, organized to serve more con-
servative publications which at
times have found fault with the
real leftish tendencies Of some of
the Federated Feature writer's.
"The Federated Press pioneered
the Labor News Service and de-
serves a great deal of credit for
the work It has done for almost
the last 80 years. Your editor SER
we'd as a member of its executive
board in 1922-23-24 and the editor
of the Machinists Journal held a
similar position much more recent
ly.
''The new Labor Press Associa-
tion is acquiring some of the best
talent in the business and bids fair
to become the leader in the field"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-06
Judge Who Ended
yellow Dog Dead

Pittsburgh QLNS)-Chief Jus
tice George w. Maxey of the Penn
sylvania Supreme court, who gain
ed fame for his judicial condem
nation of the "yellow dog contract,
died in court chambers after de-
lievring a eulogy on deceased
colleague. A heart attack brought
on by the emotional strain was res
ponsible for the death of the r.
year old jurist, a physician said.
Judge Maxey won national prom
inence in 1891 for a dissenting OPP
inion in "yellow dog contract
case. The court was called upon to
decide whether an employer had
the right to make a new employe
sign contract saying he would
not join a labor union.
The majority of the court said
such contracts were legal under the
constitutional guarantee Of "free-
dom of contract" In a minority
opinion, Justice Maxey branded the
conduct of any employer who re-
quired such contract as "compar-
able to that Of an avaricious money
lender who forces hungry man to
agree to pay usury for food
money"
The United States Supreme
Court later vindicated his viewpoint
and such contracts were outlawed.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-06
Housing Project
Killed By Veto

Detroit (LPA)-Mayor Cobo has
apparently killed the Schoolcraft
coop housing project by his veto
of Councils approval of the site
plan.
The 450-unit project was called
ideal by the City Plan Commission.
Council in 1947 approved zoning
the area for multiple-type units.
For two years after City Plan
Commission approval, no objections
were raised. The coop met all legal
requirements. Then opponents dis
covered that the coop had Negro
members, and the storm broke. A
hate campaign was started by
publishing group. A demand was
made that Council reconsider its
zoning action. At stormy hearing,
civic, religious and labor leaders
pointed out that there were no
objections to the project until the
racial issue was raised. The coop
group won, whereupon a property
owners group obtained a tempor-
ary restraining order stopping all
construction work. The Cobo veto
followed.
Meanwhile City Council has re-
Jected a motion to reconsider ap-
proval Of Mayor Cobo's package"
housing plan, which is costing De-
troit $10O,000,0O0 in federal hous-
ing aid. Cobo has refused to ac-
cept such funds, arguing that pri-
vate builders should get first crack
at providing the badly needed
housing. The Cobo package plan
included elimination of outlying
public housing sites. As a result
families displaced by slum clear
ance will have no place to go.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-06
Labor Leaders Help Force
Early Housing Vote

Portland, Ore. OPA) = Efforts
to delay referendum voting on con-
struction of 2000 low-rent federal
housing units, made by the Port
land Home Owners Council, were
defeated here March 20, with the
help of AFL and CI0 leaders.
The council sought to hold the
referendum in connection with the
November election. Liberal forces
wanted it in May. Roy Renoud,
president of the AFL Central
Labor Union Council, and George
Brown, secretary of the CIO State
Industrial Union Council, demand
ed the issue be voted on in May.
Had the council been successful
in delaying the vote, 1000 housing
units would have been lost auto
matically, for the program stipu-
lates that number must be started
by Oct. l.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-06
Predicts National
Health Plan
Within Two Year:

Columbus, o. (LPA)-The US
will have a coordinated national
system for financing personal
health services within two years,
Harry Becker, director of the social
security department of the United
Auto Workers, told the annual con-
vention of the Ohio Hospital Asso-
citation.
Becker said the system would be
based on individual responsibility
with government at federal, state
and local levels filling in the gaps.
Specifically, government Twill have
to assist in coordination of methods
of payment" he added.
The UAW official declared that
to hold the government solely res
ponsible for medical care was tt
accept an idea of government Gin
compatible with our concept of
free and democratic society,"" But
at the same time, he insisted it was
"absurd" to hold the individual
solely responsible.
Becker hit hard at the American
Medical Association which has been
fighting national health legislation
Without mentioning the ANA by
name, he said doctors must adapt
themselves to changes in the So
cial and economic environment" by
recognizing that ''the pattern OF
medical and hospital services which
was appropriate for the horse and
buggy doctor is not suitable today"
He bolstered the argument for a
national health insurance program
by pointing out that only the very
rich could afford enough savings to
be prepared for major illness. If
people in moderate circumstances
are to have first-rate medical care,
he said, we must have a national
plan financed by prepayments or
payments over long period.
Becker said the UAW could not
endorse the Blue Shield plan al
the present time because of it's in
adequacies. He reported that UAW
members covered by the Blue
Shield always had to pay huge
bills beyond the insurance cover
age.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-06
Federal Pensions
Favored By lam

Washington (LPA)-Lodges Of
the Int'l Association of Machinists
will begin bargaining on private
pension plans, which will lead tc
"an extreme strain on peaceful
labor relations" unless an improved
version of the social security law
is passed by Congress, Grand
Lodge Representative George r
Nelson told the Senate Finance
committee March q. He read a
statement by lam President Al
Hayes.
The Int'l Association Of Machin-
lists, he told the Senators, is "con-
vinced that the establishment of
private pension plans in industry
will not accomplish desirable re-
suits. As a labor organization" he
added, "we believe that old age re-
tirement benefits should be pro-
vided by the accepted federal sys-
TENS such as social security and
railroad retirement acts"
Federal pensions can be provid-
ed at lower cost, a federal pen
sion program can be more easily
amended to provide sufficient an
nuities, and workers will be pro-
tected even though they move from
company to company under a fed
eral program, Nelson pointed out.
While endorsing in general the
House-approved social security bill,
the lam spokesman asked an in
crease to $4,000 in the wage base on
which benefits are calculated and
taxes paid. The age at which a
woman can retire should be low
cred from 65 to go, he said and a
wife should be entitled to partici-
pate in her husbands retirement
benefits at so.
"Our members employed by the
railroads are protected by disabil-
ity insurance" Nelson pointed out
to the Senators, "and we know
from experience that this is work
able, worthwhile program" He
urged the Senate committee to re-
tain the provision for benefits in
cases of permanent and total dis
ability already okayed by the
House.
Hearings ended March %, and it
is expected that the committee will
take several weeks to debate and
draft their version of the social
security bill in closed-door sessions.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-06
TAFT SAYS LET
EN- EAT CAKE

Washington (LPA) - Senator
Robert A. Taft Or, Ohio is trying
hard to duck responsibility for kill
ing the middle income" housing
bill, designed to help people with
incomes from $1,000 to $4,000 get
decent homes.
In his current newspaper column
for Ohio papers, one of his most
effective propaganda devices, Taft
claims "the Senate has passed a
bill to promote further the con-
struction of middle income hous-
ing" Friends Of coop housing read
on and discovered Taft was refer
ring to the extension of FLA.
The claim that FLA does much
for middle income families was
effectively debunked in the Senate
Banking committees report to the
Senate, which showed that most of
this housing was inadequate for
families with children and that
most of it was priced entirely too
high for middle income families.
But here's Taft's alibi:
'It has been represented that be-
cause this provision (the provision
for cooperative housing for middle
income families) was beaten, the
Senate turned down aid to middle
income families; but Of course that
is not the fact. The bill still pro-
vides at least 2112 million additional
dollars for insurance for such
families and il is still middle in
come housing measure" (Taft's
reference to S21z million was a
typographical or a mental error /;
the bill actually provided S212 bill
ion additional for FHA.)
In his column Taft also assailed
the plan for lending to housing
cooperatives at three per cent in
terest, contending there was plenty
of money available today for hous-
ing loans and there was mo reason
why cooperatives, like other per-
sons, should not pay the going
rate"
Senator Paul Douglas Cd, IlI),
a professional economist, explain
ed that one to the Senate, but per-
haps Taft is hard of hearing. Doug
las explained that three per cent
is the going wholesale rate on hous-
ing loans-that cooperatives were
seeking to obtain the wholesale
rate for their members-and that
the opponents like Taft were try
ing to make them pay retail rates
on money obtained in wholesale
quantities.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-06
Church Union Men
Doing A Good Job

Cincinnati (LPA) - Organized
labor-both. AFL and CLOS in
tent on doing a job for all of the
people at the polls in November,
leading | b era churchmen and
union officials were told at the an
nual Natl Religion G. Labor Foun-
dation conference here.
CIO-PAC Director Jack Kroll,
one of the conference hosts, and
Director Joseph Keenan, of Labor's
League for Political Education
AFL, both made this the keynote
of their talks to Protestant, Cath
olic and Jewish members of the
Foundation. Members and their
families are registering and pre-
pairing to vote and they are urging
other people to do the same thing"
Kroll said, ''and we think that we
are being good citizens working
actively to make our democracy
work" Keenan, pointed out that
LLPE's legislative program con-
tains only one strict union point
Taft-Hartlcy repeal, and added
that 'Labor's responsibility in 1850
is to all the people of America"
One unique feature Of the con-
ference was a session at which
editors of union and religious pub
lications exchanged views, and dis
cussed how to channel news of mu-
tual interest. 1t was suggested that
facilities of Labor Press Assn,
union-owned coop news agency,
and Religious News Service, its
in that field, might bel
lsed.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-06
u. S. Prestige Abroad Perilled
BY Mccarthy, PotOfsky Warns

New York (LPA) = Jacob S
Potofsky, president of the Anal
gamated Clothing Workers of Am
erica denounced the attacks OF
Sens. Joseph Mccarthy Or, Wis. y
and Styles Bridges OR, N.H) or
Secretary of State Acheson as an
isolationist offensive designed tc
destroy American prestige and our
democratic alliances abroad. Said
Potofsky: "The pre-Pearl Harbor
mentality of reactionary Republic
cans may very well damage the
country's position in a time of
grave crisis"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-06
WOMEN IN
INDUSTRY

The 440,597 women who were IN
the federal government service IN
June, 1947, the latest date report
ed in a study Of "Women in the
Federal Service" we're less than a
fourth of the total U. S. govern
ment employees in contrast to the
38 percent they formed during
World War III. In the 2 years fol-
lowing the end of the war, the en-
ployment Of women in government
declined by 60 percent, while that
of men decreased by only % per
cent.
The report, made by the Women's
Bureau Of the u. S. Labor Depart
ment said that more Than half OF
all women federal employees IN
l947 were in the 3 agencies con-
cerned with war or its aftermath.
These were the War Department,
Navy Department and Veterans
Administration. The War Depart
ment, with the greatest concentra-
ton, had 1881 women employees
or 23 percent of the total in federal
service.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-06
April Cancer Control Month

Washington, D. c. (ILNS). =
President Truman has proclaimed
April as Cancer Control Month,
during which the American Cancer
Society will carry out its annual
fund drive. The national goal is
1865, 900. The proc a m ion
pointed out that third of the lives
If cancer victims probably could be
saved through full use of present
knowledge. 1t urged the medical
profession, the press, radio and mo-
ton picture industries and all in
terested agencies and individuals
o unite during April in public de-
dication to program for the con-
troll of cancer"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-06
IBEW WINS CONTRACT
IN McCLATCHY NETWORK

Fresno, Calf. (LPA)-The In
ternational Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers-AFL has signed a
contract with the McClatchy net
work of six radio stations provid-
ing $3.50 week pay increases for
technicians, and allowances of
from SO to 50 per week for work
at out-of city transmitters.