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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-10-19
200 Delegates Seated At
IBEW Annudl Convention

Miami, Fla. (LPA)-The AFL
Int1 Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers-the union that started
out 81 years ago with 2S6 members
in eight locals, and now has nearly
a million members in locals from
coast to coast-opened its oath con-
vention here. Oct. 16. From every
state and from provinces through
out Canada, approximately 270O
delegates were coming to map out
future business for the union,
whose membership has increased
20 percent since the last conven-
tion two years ago.
The business agenda included
consideration of some changes in
the unions laws; an intensified or
ganizing campaign in the telephone
industry; demand for full protec-
tion of the benefits and rights of
members going into military SER
vices; and proposed revisions in
the IBEW pension system (under
which retiring workers get $50
monthly from the union in addition
to their other pensions.)
Among those slated to address
the delegates were AFL President
William Green; Labor Secretary
Maurice j. Tobin; National Secur-
ity Resources Board chief w.
Stuart Symington; president of the
Union Electric Co. of Missouri, J..
w. McAfee.
Reviewing the IBEW's progress,
Union President Dan Tracy said
conspicuous gains have been made
in government service, radio and
television, electrical manufacturing,
railroads, utilities, and construc-
tion. He said that since the Rural
Electrification Administration has
now covered workers on power line
construction with the prevailing
minimum wage, the unions bitter
dispute with REA has been straigh-
tened out to a large degree. Tracy
noted that REA also advised rural
electric eooperatives operating on
government loans to pursue sound
labor relations" and assure en-
ployes "the right to organize and
bargain collectively"
Discussing the IBEW's position
on the nations railroads, Tracy
said the winning Of the 40-hour
week last year with 48-hour pay
plus 7-cent hourly increase was
"beyond contradiction one of the
outstanding achievements in the
history of the railroad industry" "
He also noted advances on the rails
with regard TO pensions and sick
benefits. He said railroad pension
and unemployment insurance sys-
TENS held first place in Americanl
industry.
:. Tracy blasted Shameful profit
eering" by many business elements.
"Selflessness is prated but notl
practiced," he said. Economic adj
vantage is sought through political
maneuvers. Reactionary politicians
are speaking with the voice of
Jacob but their hands are the hands |
of Esau." Because Of this, he de-
clared, "organized labor has been
compelled to intensity its effortsl
and activities in the political field
while defending the conditions forI
the wage earners economically"
IBEW Secretary j. Scott Milnel
reported Our early statements
showed no assets-only debts. To-l
day we own a fine headquarters
building; we have ample funds toI
carry out our aims and purposes,
and we have a growing pension and
death benefit fund for the aid of
all. We have come far through thel
years; we shall go farther in thel
years ahead"
Buy Union Made goods from
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-10-19

has been a subject of inexhaustiblt
talk in many an American house
hold. Most of the bewilderment car
be traced back to the erratic be,
havior of prices and the confusion
situation. Yet the consuming public
and particularly the housewife, will
do well to guard against scare
stories and misleading newspaper
reports.
The coffee situation of 1850 is
essentially that of rectifying a long
drawn-out cycle Of economic in
justice and distress. 1t must be
viewed in the context of 20-yeaI
struggle for bare survival and the
fact that now, for the first time in
nearly a generation, coffee con
sumption has outstripped produc-
ton. And so, before reaching con-
clusions, these facts are worth re-
membering:
Our neighbors to the south
furnish 95 percent of the
worlds coffee supply, with
Brazil alone ntri buting
roughly so percent and Costa
Rica 20 percent. 65 percent of
the Lation America coffee crop
goes into the North American
market, thus confirming once
again the partiality Of the Am
erican people for coffee by a
significant margin.
Three out of A Americans
drink coffee as part of their
daily diet. The average citizen,
it has been estimated, CON
sumes 2 cups of coffee daily in
the summer and 3 cups in the
winter. Daily consumption in
the u. S. in the summer Of
1850 amounted to 248,000,C00
cups a day, an increase Of
20,000,000 over the consump-
ton Of 1949.
- !. =.
What, in the face Of this over
whelming demand, is done to as
sure an adequate supply of coffee
under economically advantageous
To Americans the answer seems
simple. All that is needed is a mar
ket price allowing the grower a
fair return on capital Investment,
land, etc, and paying labor an ade-
quate wage for the work perform
ed. Only by being assured of equit-
able returns can mankind, whether
in Latin America or elsewhere, be
persuaded to make capital avail
able, improve and extend soil cul-
tivation, and step up production in
tune with increasing consumption.
This is precisely what happened
after the first World War. Coffee
consumption grew by leaps and
bounds. Prices were high; coffee
growers were encouraged to eX-
pand. But before this expansion
could be translated into financial
gains, the depression of the late
20s struck. The bottom dropped
out of the market. 1t was hard to
sell coffee at any price. Hundreds
Of millions of pounds were literally
thrown away and destroyed.
For many years the consumer
has benefited from a coffee glut
which forced prices down to an
economically unsound and socially
level. Now, with the
vast surplus exhausted, the age-old
aw of supply and demand has
again found their natural level.
: = :.
Beyond these economics are fac
tors with which the public is butt
little acquainted.
How many of us know that the
growing and processing Of coffee
S done almost exclusively by man
lal labor?
That a coffee tree, after years.
If back-breaking labor, yields only
10 pounds of the greenbeans, orl
about y pounds of the roasted
That millions of Latin Ameri-
cans and their families depend on
coffee for their livelihood and econ
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-10-19

Buy Union Made goods from
others as you would have them
pay Union wages unto you!
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-10-19

Ask for Union Labeled merchan
disc.
Evening star., 1950-09-27

possible. The highest mountain
is Allegheny Front. The eleva-
ton is less than 5000 feet. The
roads over the mountains have
many curves. Laurel Mountain
has two very sharp curves, but
all are we'll marked. This route
is used by many large trucks,
but they are usually good about
helping you to pass them. AS you
did not say exactly where you
we're going, I can say that a trip
from Washington to Clarksburg
takes about six hours, with one
15-minute stop. Most of the
mountains are between Romney
and Grafton. There are none to
speak of between Clarksburg and
Parkersburg. If you are going
into Ohio, I suggest you check
with the AAA to see if the Park
sburg-Belpre Bridge is still
closed, as it was about a month
ago.
hope that this will be of some
help and that you will have an
enjoyable trip.
The RICH is my favorite fea-
ture. It has been of so much
help.
Evening star., 1950-09-27

tains make your ears tickle but
not very much.
The roads are we'll paved across
the mountains and in other places
also. There is beautiful scenery
on the route. For instance, there
are THE Saddle" sometimes
known as The Devils Saddle" on
the Allegheny front, "The Table
rock" on Backbone Mountain, and
the SaW-Toothed Mountains.
I am sure you will enjoy your
trip to West Virginia on Route so.
We always did and wouldn't go
any other way.
(From Mrs. L. C. H., WdShington.)
For E. C. NJ, Washington, in
regard to inquiries about Route
so to West Virginia.
I have travelled that route ap-
proximately once a month for the
past two years, my last trip was
Labor Day week end. I do not
consider the trip dangerous. but
I learned to drive in those beau
tiful mountains, and prefer them
to long, straight stretches of
highway. The road is in good re-
pair and the scenery is magnifl-
cent. Travel in the daylight if
Evening star., 1950-09-27
Readers
Clearing House
Conducted by BETSY CASWELL
SICK PETS.
(From E. M. H., Washington.

from E. M. H., W0Shington).
The thing I appreciate most Of
all about RICH is its versatility.
To have a daily gathering of
neighbors who can peacefully dis
cuss their problems as well as
offer valuable information to 9TH
ers Is a real blessing in this life.
AS I have received so much help
from others experiences through
this page, I'd like to add my two
cents worth Of cabbage and
kings"
Many Of you have pets and
are interested In their welfare, but
did you know that many skin
diseases are contagious and an
animal exposed to them should be
put in solitary confinement until
diagnosis is made and the animal
Is completely cured?
This learned through the bit
ter experience Of allowing a con-
taminated animal to stay In my
yard overnight and having to ask
help Of the Animal Rescue League
when its owner refused to take
care Of 1t. Many Of you may not
be aware. as I was not. that the
city and county leagues are very
willing and anxious to come to our
aid when troubled with sick or
strayed pets.
The kindest treatment for an Ill
strayed animal is to turn him over
to the proper authorities for care
and thus avoid spreading danger
GUS infections to other areas.
This Is bit long winded, but I
sincerely hope it will be of use to
others as I am suffering with and
caring for my loved pet through
his trouble and it is no picnic.
Evening star., 1950-09-27
Different Cobbuqe

Serve panned cabbage some
times-instead of the usual cole
slaw-with baked beans. Season
the cabbage with Worcestershire
sauce after it has been shredred
and cooked short time in a few
tablespoons of butter or margarine
and a little water.
Evening star., 1950-09-27

fiat for simple dressing or un-
dressing. 1t is fashioned with a
Peter Pan collar, puff sleeves, lace
trimming and has embroidered in
serts on the upper portion. Made
of soft interlock jersey, the gar
Evening star., 1950-09-27
By Dorothy BihImon

A "bagette. which is more than
a wallet and handler than a purse,
was designed in answer to some
widely and very specifically ex-
pressed feminine wants. A survey
showed that there are many oc-
casions on which women and teen
age girls would rather not be bur-
dened with a bulky handbag, but,
at the same time. they don't want
to be completely without facilities
for carrying a lipstick. face pow
der, mirror and a money container.
This bag comes fitted with all of
these and also has a nicely CAL
culated amount of extra space
and fittings for other small groom
accessories which one might want
to carry.
Evening star., 1950-09-27
ECONOMIES.

(From Mrs. r. N. L., Alexandria,
Almost the most important
thing of all is the little things. a
nickel here and a dime there, that
add up to folding money. Ben
Franklin was a wise man, and
one of the wisest things he ever
said was Watch the pennies and
the dollars will take care of them
selves One insidious money
catcher. to me, is the ice cream
man. I stalled this to a certain
extent by making popsicles, and I
think I have improved on the
product by using fresh or canned
fruit juices dots of recipes come
with the popsicle outfit.
Try to avoid impulse buying.
Before you go to shop, whether for
food, clothing, ten cent store, ETC.,
have carefully made out shop
ping list and stick to it. If you
see something you want, write it
down on another list, but don't
buy 1t. When you get home, think
1t over, and if you still feel it is
a good buy, put it on the list for
the next days shopping trip. You
will be surprised how often you
can resist the impulse that way.
Buy out of season. Clothing
particularly. is much cheaper at
the end of the season than at the
beginning. Right now, stores are
featuring special sales on summer
clothes. They must have room
for their fall and winter stocks
now coming in and real bargains
are available. If you are a canny
shopper, you won't fall for the
obvious fads in style and color
that everyone has been wearing
this summer. and your next sum-
mer's clothes won't be dated. Even
If they are. who wears clothes one
season only!
Buy large quantities, the big
packages are the thrifty packages
on such staple articles as Scotch
tape. absorbent cotton, vitamin
pills. tissues, etc. Read your
labels and figure out your savings.
Savings. Piggy banks are good,
If you can't get into them. I use
a little metal cylinder for dimes
that cannot be opened and I have
tried. until it is full. I also have
a Christmas Club savings account
that will pay me back my fifty
dollars in November.
Lastly. but not leastly. Re-
member that time is money, and
energy is money. You can save
money by spending time and
energy, sewing, canning, painting,
sanding floors. ETC., but you can
also wear yourself out if you do
too much. Spend your time and
energy as wisely as you do your
money.
BOTTLE STOPPER.
FROM Miss c. A. B., Washington :.
have removed shoppers from
perfume bottles which failed to
open after tapping with glass and
holding under hot water, by put
ting a rubber band (ordinary rub
ber band about 1s inch wide)
around the neck of the bottle close
to the stopper. Wrap band tight
around it and try to release
stopper.
Il
CANNED OOSEBERRIES?
From M. w., Arlington).
Do any of you readers know
where I might find some canned
gooseberries? I don't mean goose
berry preserves. but real whole
gooseberries. Have been hanker-
ing to make gooseberry pie.
Evening star., 1950-09-27
OLD BOOK?

(From Mrs. A. J. B.. Washington
I am wondering if one of your
readers could inform me how to
obtain a book of poems (possibly
some prose selections) which was
sold around Falls Church Just
prior to the Spanish American
War. The book was entitled Beau
tiful Gems of Thought and Senti-
ment," and I think a minister In
the town had the agency.
My copy was bound in rec
morocco, but there was a cheaper
one bound in cloth and I believe
the cost was from $3.50 to So.
My mother gave me the book as
a birthday present, but when ]
married in 1902 and came to Wash
lngton to live, left all my books
as my father was living in the old
home. He later married and died
and his second wife has since
passed away and all things have
been disposed if. No one has any
recollection of having seen the
book in question.
1t is matter of sentiment with
me as I have always regretted its
disappearance.
Evening star., 1950-09-27

ment can be laundered in an
automatic N2s,er and you'll find
it needs no ironing. 1t comes in
pastel pink, maize, blue and Nile
green in sizes for babies 8 months,
IL months and 18 months.
Now on the market is a light
weight travelling case. capable of
carrying three to four suits or as
many as eight dresses, and which
can be used as a household gar
ment bag when opened. It is
made of heavy duty vinyl sheeting
and is equipped with a upper
closing device. It comes in two
lengths, suitable for both mems
and women's clothing. 1t is so
designed with heavy gauge plas-
tic loop for hangers. which can
be locked into place, so that gar
ments hang straight and can be
carried or stored without wrin-
king. This material is said to be
fire resistant, tear resistant, mois-
tureproof and will not aid mildew
growth. Tightly closed it also
offers ample protection against
moths.
Evening star., 1950-09-27

A new type of dress for little
miss has built-in panties lined
with moisture-resistant plastic
film. Besides the advantage of
Evening star., 1950-09-27
CANNED GOOSEBERRIES?
lErnrr1 M W ArIinntn,1A

Do any of you readers know
where I might find some canned
gooseberries? don't mean goose
berry preserves. but real whole
gooseberries. Have been hanker-
ing to make a gooseberry pie.
Evening star., 1950-09-27
ROUTE SO.

(From Mrs. E. o. ~. Arlington.)
The highest elevation on Route
so in West Virginia is approx
mately 5000 feet. That is where
the oxygen is the purest and
sweetest to the lungs. It's clean,
and that is one thing we have
plenty of. No lack!
AS for danger, don't mind the
curves. But look out for the
Indians!
Truthfully, it's a beautiful trip
you are planning for this season.
Just notice the road warning,
signs, etc. Abide by the highway
laws and enjoy the mountains.
(From Mrs. H. V. K, Brentwood.)
Our home is in Fairmont, w.
Va, and we make the trip quite
often. We always travel on Route
so, 240 miles.
Naturally, when one travels over
and across mountains you could
say there would be a chance of
danger.
The Allegheny Mountain is the
highest. 3,293 feet. 1t is Z miles
from the foot of the mountain to
the top, 1t is in West Virginia be-
tween New Greek. w. Va, and
Redhouse, Md. The next noun
tain isn't as large as the Allegheny
front. 1t is Cheat Mountain. Co.
ing down Cheat Mountain you
have A curves. If you don't be-
lieve me, count them. The lowest
mountain of the three is Laurel
Mountain. 1t has a rather nice
"hairpin" curve. Large trucks
have a little trouble getting around
it. There are other mountains,
but the further you go the smaller
they are.
The lack of oxygen affects
every one. The first three noun
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-07-07

them "Now sit down little boys. You
have gained your salaries for an
other term. The Cold War was never
for anything but to soften the Ameri-
can taxpayers to letting the bulk
of their taxes go to enriching our
crowd in preparation for a war that
we are not going to permit you to
fight"
incidentally, oil was not first dis
covered in Pennsylvania 100 years
ago. Plutarch mentions that Alex
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-07-07

ander the Great saw it coming from
the ground when he conquered Per-
STA. There is nothing new under the
Sun, unless it be peace, which all
sane people want, and Trygve Lie,
the Man from Norway, is trying to
get).
He wants China in the United Ma
tons. He is right. If China was in,
the outburst in Korea might have
been avoided.
The Communists in China fought
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-07-07
The WAR In KOREA

Korean alphabet into the schools of
China. I'm Russian every letter al
ways has the same sound just as in
Latin or Greek. This may persuade
the Chinese toward the Russian let
ters.)
In 5000 years the Koreans have
been non-aggressive. We should not
| be bringing war to them 1t is not
easy to predict the outcome of our
war in Korea. If the Northern Com
munists, aided by the As per cent of
the South who are Communists, take
the rule in. a week or two, then the
fight being finished "fait accompli"
might persuade Washington to quit.
Then Syngham Rhee might be for
some years the same costly nuisance
to us that Chang kai-Shek has been
and still is.
The Neutrality" party in France,
Belgium, Holland, West Germany, is
increasing fast See Life, June g.
In war against Russia, no Euro
pean member of the Atlantic Pact
is going to fight with u.s. The pur-
pose of that pact is to get our money. |
Some high U. S. general (Gen. Brad
ley, perhaps) says that any war in
Europe must be won with infantry.
AS always. We once invaded Russia,
in 1918 to save Herbert Hoover's
$4,000 so. mi. mining concession
from the Gar. Remembering this
oil Of f1,1 .,o40 ba
Soviets have ITO divisions now under
arms, the Atlantic Pact has 43 di-
visions. The Soviets have 100000
anks, the Atlantic Pact, 5000; the
Soviets have 10000 planes, the At
antic Pact, $4,000.
l do not think there will be all out
var in Asia. Communist economy is
ot based on foreign trade to dis
ose of any surplus products of lab
T over wages. Distribution is equal
0 production. Need for foreign mar :
cts according to Woodrow Wilson
-as the cause of World War |. 1t
-as the cause behind Hitler of World
Var II. Therefore Russia wants :
needs no war. The powers in Wash :
lgton know this basic fact .
How about ourselves? Of course, :
ne psychology of the military is al :
rays for warBut while the military
re in seeming control of our gov
rnment, there is hidden hand that
olds our destiny (this side of AL
nightly Cod. This is the Standard
Ill and its allies, the power COM
anies, and shipyards and airplane :
actories, the Duponts and its sub
diary, General Motors.
We owe our salvation to the final
,urce of oil for the world, which is :
Iran and Arabia; next door to Rus :
a. This also fuels the British Navy. :
he entire strength of Russia would :
! first thrown at the oil of the Mid :
e East. This is now in American and :
ritish production. So, after all the :
,liticans have been reelected by =
e old gag of America can whip =
e world, the Standard Oil will tell =
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-07-07
By LOWNDES MAURY

My information comes from an
educated Korean living in Butte. He
lived in Korea until early manhood.
He has no leaning toward Commu-
nism, in fact is personal friend of
Syngham Rhee, president of South
Korea. He spent several months in
South Korea last year He tells me
that:
Forty-five per cent of the South
Koreans lean toward Communism
also that all Koreans hope to see their
country united also that all Koreans
object to the presence of both Rus
slams and Americans in Korea: the
Koreans wish to be let alone.
Korea, the peninsular of Chosen,
is about the size of Idaho or one
half the size of California. 1t is now
cut in about two equal parts. The
population is estimated at "a million.
The climate is mild. Seoul and San
Francisco are of the same latitude,
SO degrees. North Korea has mines
(developed), water power, timber;
South Korea is mostly farming land
American capital is invested in
Korea. Our concern about Korea may
be mostly to protect this. Just as our
concern about South East Asia is to
secure the present channels of natural
rubber to mix with our synthetic. Ut |
is probable that we would get more, |
better, cheaper, rubber from S. E. |
Asia under Communist organization,
just as the fruit business of California
is better for all since the rise of the
California Exchange.)
The Russian occupation of North
Korea ended quite while before we
moved out of South Korea.
The war between Russia and Japan
that was finally adjusted at Ports
mouth, on the plea for peace of Theo-
iore Roosevelt, was fought for Korea. |
The japanese claimed that Korea {
was "a danger pointed at the heart !
If Japan" Of course, $50 million Chi !
1ese wish US out of Korea. They think V
our presence there would be dag y
ger pointed at the heart of China.
The Battles of the Yalu River and
Mukden so years ago, where the eau
.asian Russians lost to the Japs,
,aught the world that the infantry of t
The Orient were not the bowling der v
wishes with bamboo pixies that Give g
had century before conquered in {
India, or that the British had met /
when they forced with bayonets the I
Opium Traffic on China. {
The Koreans have been one people +
since 1900 B. c., at least 5000 years. f
once they were the cultural leaders S
If the world. Their alphabet is such
hat with letters like our instead of S
igns for words, the language can be il
written on a typewriter. Chinese with s.
everal thousand signs for words can 7
ot be typewriter. Just as France b
n the Revolution adopted the Met d
ic System of Measurements, some B
Intellectual Chinese expect the Com p
lunist rulers of China to force either IL
ur alphabet or the Russian or the Il
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their last battle with munitions Civ
en- by us to Chang and sold to the
Communists. | wonder if any of the
hundreds of millions of dollars we
have sent to South Korea went to buy
Russian planes and tanks for North
Korea? Bret Hart said, "For ways
that are dark and tricks that are vain,
the heather Chinee is peculiar"
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