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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
DETROIT PAPER
BACKS STRIKE

Detroit LPA) = The Detroit
Labor News, official organ of the
AFL Detroit and Wayne County
Federation of Labor, is supporting
the cause of the United Auto Work
ers Chrysler strikers. In a front
page editorial the Labor News as
sailed the Board of Commerce for
it's full page advertisements at
tacking the Chrysler strikers and
other labor groups. Frank X. Mar
tel heads the County Federation.
The advertisements complained
of "strike after strike" The editor
ial said: whats wrong with strlk-
ing for these benefits if that is the
only way they can be secured? The
bosses have voted themselves PEN
sions out of the stockholders pro-
fits. What's wrong with pensions
for workers? =? If pensions are good
for the bosses they are good for
the workers." The editorial review
ed the refusal of the auto makers
to convert for defense until they
wrote their own ticket; Detroit in
dustry's refusal to set up labor
management committees, and con-
tinues:
"Your heart bleeds for the poor
folks of Detroit because they are
losing wages during this strike.
Well, we are bleeding too, but we
know why we are bleeding. 1t is
because the workers are engaged
in a fight to maintain that which
their forefathers fought and died
for. Thank God the automobile
workers have the courage to stand
up to the industrial barons in the
auto industry and demand their
share of the products of that indus
try"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
Workers Vote Fol
AFL Affiliate
In MLRB Election

San Francisco (LPA)-The sec
ond largest public utility in the
United States, Pacific Gas & Elec-
trio Co., took beating Feb. s
when the ballots were counted in
an NLRB representation election.
Of 1880 employees eligible to vote,
only 241 voted for "no union; 6749
voted for Int'l Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers-AFL and 1850
for Utility Workers-ClO.
Pacific Gas & Electric covers
such a large territory (from Bak-
ersfield, Calf. to the Oregon state
line and the entire width of the
state) that the board election had
to be direct poll and a mail ballot.
When the company was first or
ganized in 1899 the NLRB divided
it into geographical units. The CIO
union took the four bay areas
around San Francisco, and IBEW
took all the rest. In November of
1948, IBEW petitioned for single
unit to cover all the P G & E ter
ritory. The petition was granted
and the election held covering all
physical" workers in the giant or
ganization. Most of the electric
power distributed by the company
comes from hydro plants in the
so that many of the
workers are in small isolated
groups at the various dams. The
company opposed a system-wide
election, preferring to keep the
units chopped up.
P G & E is famous for its fight
against Central Valley Authority
in California. 1t holds a virtual
of all power distributed
in its area. The company also fig
lred in the framing of Tom Mooney
ON dynamiting charge in 1916.
Mooney, an employe of the COM
pany and labor organizer, was
axonerated after spending 20 years
in prison.
IBEW is now waging an intensi-
fled drive to organize all clerical
employees of P G & E.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
Kefuuver Blasts
Figures On IVA
Cost To Nofion

Washington (LPA) - Accusing
the private power lobby of trying
to keep the South 'the economic
problem No. l of America" Sen.
Estes Kefauver Cd, Tenn.) refuted
figures Of the Edison Electric In
stitute on the cost Of the Tennes-
see Valley Authority to the nation.
Backbone of the private power
lobby and one of the biggest spend
ers of all the Washington lobbies,
the Edison Institute has recently
renewed and intensified its thrusts
at IVA as part of its fight to keep
Columbia Valley bill from pass
ing this session of Congress.
In New York Times article
Feb. 2, the Institute charged that
IVA operations have resulted in a
total loss of nearly $120,000,00O
since 1888. Speaking in the Senate,
Kefauver tore the Institute figures
to shreds with an analysis of IVA
cost ALLEGATIONS.
The IVA method, Kefauver
pointed out, "has been reviewed by
both the Federal Power Commiss-
ion and the Corps of Engineers,
both experts in this field" and
neither agency seems to find fault
with it.
Benefits received by the people
of the US under the iva multi
purpose system include "naviga-
ton, flood control, electric power,
research, fertilizer program, work
in the wildlife and fisheries field,
and so FORTH" the Tennessee SEN
ator explained. eff we take the
Edison Institute argument it means
we must say that there is no value
in navigation and flood control,
and charge these items off as Zero"
People in the Tennessee Valley
should pay twice as much for their
electricity and carry the costs OF
the other services to the country
at large, according to the Edison
Institute bookkeeping.
Kefauver pointed out that Valley
residents, who before IVA paid
only 3@6 of the national income
tax, are now paying SO.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
2 Firms Sued On
Monopoly Chorge

Detroit (LPA)-Two of the ma
tion's largest drug concerns have
been sued for monopohstic prac-
tices by the Department of Justice.
In civil antitrust action filed
in federal court, here, the govern
ment accused Parke-Davis & Co.
and Eli Lilly and Co. of controlling
the manufacture and sale of hard
gelatin capsules, used for vitamins
and other medicines. The govern
ment said the two companies now
make and sell more than 90 per
cent of the capsules, and fix prices
through IAN exclusive licensing ar
rangement."
The complaint demands that
Parke-Davis and Lilly sell capsule
filling machines to anyone wishing
to buy them, along with the vital
know-how on their operation. The
machines are now leased by the
two companies, but only on condi
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16

Miami, Fla.-The AFL executive
council flashed 1950's rallying cry
for democracy to 100000 mem
bers in these words:
"The executive council di-
rects that no effort be spared
in the coming campaign to
arouse widespread public in
terest in the election and to
assure full registration and
the largest possible vote"
The action, contained in pin
point condemnation of the Taft
Hartley law, climaxed the busy
\ emidwinter meeting of the council
Y held here.
Among other things, the council
urged the U. S. Senate to adopt
the liberalizing amendments to the
displaced persons law as passed by
the House. 1t said these amend
ments are no threat to American
employment. 1t opposed efforts to
restrict admittance of displaced
persons more narrowly than is now
provided by the bill.
The council said that repeal of
the Taft-Hartley Act remains the
Number One legislative objective
of the AFL. Following is the text
of it's statement:
Repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act
remains the Number One legisla-
tive objective of the American Fed
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
Action Urged Now
On Tightening
Antitrust Laws

Washington (LPA) - Immediate
action on four bills to strengthen
the antitrust laws has been re-
commended by the House Small
Business committee in a progress
report. The committee, headed by
Rep. Wright Patman Cd, Tex },
recommended quick action on bills
to:
/. Raise the penalties for anti
trust violation from $500 to $780,
900, on which the Judiciary Com
mittee is now holding hearings.
2. Remove guilty officials from
office in corporations found guilty
of violating antitrust laws.
3. Authorize the L. s. to begin
treble damage suits against COM
panies which have victimized it by
monopolistic price fixing. Under
present law individuals are allowed
to start such suits, but not the
government.
4. Extend the statute of limita-
tions in antitrust cases, so that
companies which have been damag-
ed by monopolistic action can re-
cover, even if the violation is not
proved until years later.
The committee, in urging higher
penalties for antitrust violations,
submitted statistics showing such
big corporations as Aluminium
Company of America, du Pont,
General Electric, General Motors,
the APP, and Standard Oil, had
been convicted but had paid pidd-
ling fines ranging from $4,000 to
$4,000.
In another section of its report,
the Patman committee hit hard at
government procurement agencies
for not doing more to help small
business. Commenting on the do
nothing attitude of the procure
ment agencies, the report said:
Apparently, top officers even to
this day refuse to concede that
small business, assisted by ade-
quate small-business procurement
laws, played a substantial part in
helping this country win World
War II, and to win it, incidentally,
without losing small business and
free enternriSa
"There are those who still would
like to do all their business, if they
could, with a few billion-dollar
corporations and let the small bus
inesses get their business as sub
contractors from these corpora
tions. They are not even concerned
with the fact that the big corpora
tions, at the present time at least,
are attempting more and more to
avoid subcontracts and thus deny
the small concerns even this type
of business. They apparently are
not concerned with the considera-
lion that, if small business is eli
from the American pic
(Tu-. to PAGE Tzpo)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16

The main item on the evenings
agenda was report by Bros. Rex
Morgan and Sal Freschi, recently
returned from New York, on the
outcome of the sanitary meeting
and the company's proposal for
pension plan.
The members voted to seek fur
ther negotiations with the company
on the pension plan. The sentiment
being that the "take it or leave it,
attitude presented by the company
did not constitute true collective
bargaining and could not do any
thing but build up resentment
among the members, especially
since some changes were made in
the recently negotiated welfare
plan that was not agreed to during
negotiations.
The results of the New York
sanitary conference were approved
and ordered turned over to COM
mittee for some minor changes be-
fore forwarding to national head
quarters.
The shop grievance committee
reported settlements reached on all
disputes entered before them.
While some of these settlements
may not please certain members, it
must be understood that all settle
ments are made, based on our
working agreement with the COM
pany as we'll as what is fair for
both sides.
A request for reinstatement of a
delinquent member was brought
before the local and turned over
to a committee for investigation.
This committee will make their re-
port at our next meeting.
Four brothers unfortunate
enough to live in the fog belt asked
that they be excused from attend
ing further meetings. The request
was denied following a general dis
cussion on the floor.
Bro. Dutch Jurgensmeier seems
to have some inside information on
Gil Bernhards recent trip to Reno.
He claims that Gil did not go to
gamble and he couldn't be getting
divorce because he was not mar
ried, that is, when he left. What
happened Gil? -O.C. 80
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16

In bringing together delegates
from the sanitary shops throughout
the United States and Canada,
valuable information was obtained
which will assist all members, prior
to the writing of new contracts.
In no other way would we be
able to hear and examine first hand
information on the various con-
tracts and working conditions
(which exist throughout the trade.
We came away from the confer
ence with a better prospective of
the road ahead. We have heard the
facts. We have exchanged ideas
and weighed the judgment of our
neighbor locals.
We have assisted one another in
becoming more tolerant. We have
been advised soundly by our ma
tional officials. The result of which
is we'll exemplified in the proposals
which we pass upon and bring
home to place before management.
Once more I'll reiterate that in
no other way, would we be able to
function so smoothly.
This scribe wishes to extend his
highest respect to President Duffy
for HIS usual jovial and informal
manner of conducting the confer
ence. II takes a man of great
spiritual courage and deep rooted
character to bury a beloved brother
one day and conduct meeting such
as he did, the next.
1t was not my good fortune to
know the late Thomas j. Duffy,
but the fact that he too was once
head of our organization and high
ly successful in many other fields
commands my deepest respect.
SO on behalf of all the locals in
the trade, including the new MEM
bers of locals in Walnut, Calf,
Gadsden, Ala, and New Orleans,
La, we of the entire Brotherhood
mourn the passing of "T. j." and
extend deep sympathy to you,
President Duffy and your honored
brothers family. -O.C. 214
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
Forward Strides Made By|
The Sanitary Workers Att
Conference In New York

Redand CafTThe members of Local Union 214 the
the late w. Keith McAfee. the
just plain Mac he will remembered for his friendly attitude
ward his employees His death hard blow the
dustry 20 o community as
The of Redlands Mentone will space
will permit the writer all his kind deeds Pm
officials all three join
extending deepest heartfelt sympathy the bereaved family
The New York conference benefit sanitary workers
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
West Coast Local Seeks
Further Talks With Firm
Covering Pension Plan

Richmond CalTh last meeting Of Local 80 turned be
quite lengthy session with deal of business transacted and
most Of members present.
Clerks
of the made their against Safeway
three counties the San Francisco Bay of his
talk the local voted liberal contribution
their strike against this large addition financial
also promised and members
family will the picket line while the strike
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
NOTICE LOCAL UNION 1872

Cambridge, Ohio-All MEM
bers who are four months be-
hind in their dues must clear
up this arrearage by the next
meeting or they will be sus-
pended.
The Nome nugget., 1950-04-19

primary election l. DEFENSE OF NORTHWESTERN ALASKA In view existing with neghbor the Boring trends draw defense staa pledge ourselves to work through eroran- dus any available achieve security from the military establishments. 2. STATEHOOD people Congress benevoenty inclined represent this Division will welcome Statehood. 3. RESERVATIONS We oppose any attempts by make Eskimo citizens in the Kobuk  4. EQUAL RIGHTS Our equality for all, regardless of coo strictly the NonDiscriminaton insure full participation by Native citizens in economic opportunities here. 5. BUSINESS
 We urge that Federal stay of supplied through sponsored than establishments which essential to healthy growth of the country 6. LIQUOR
 with above do Territorial government field believe policing the industry do with known abuses ?. ROADS AND AIRFIELDs As the most crying need pledge Agencies of roads improve which neglected years remeded enable inaccessible 
 SENATORS
 WILLIAM E BELTZ
 CHARLES A. OLEARY
 REPRESENTATIVES
 FRANK A. DEGNAN
 AXEL T. EDMAN
 GEORGE P. MADSEN
 JAMES K. WELLS
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Tries to Plant Time Bomb In Airliner To Murder Wife

'ContinIed from Page One) found an alarm clock wired to ig- mite a box of matches, which in turn would explode several gal Ions of gasoline contained in sec tions of an innertube. Only a small portion of the gasoline was ignited however, and no one was injured.
 Detective Ned G. LogdsOn, who arrested Grant, said the one-time topflight aviation engineer told him he was $6,0OO in debt. He quoted Grant as saying he plan ned to collect $25,OOO in insurance taken out at the airport on his wife and two children.
 Detective R. B. McCreadie said Mrs. Grant told him most of the debts were incurred in connection with a paternity suit involving her husband in New York sever al years ago.
 Grant during the war was an engineer for Douglas Aircraft Corp, specializing in DC-6's.
 For the past Il months he had been employed as a laboratory technician at Airesearch Manu- featuring Co.,, near the airport.
 ''I'm sick man." Detective Logsdon quoted Grant. T just lost my nerve. My wife and my youngsters-it's not their fault. I'm glad it turned out this way. No one was hurt"
 The pilot recalled the tragedy Sept. 9 whe na Canadian Pacific airliner with 25 aboard exploded in the air 40 miles from Quebec. J. Albert Quay is under sentence of death for planting time bomb on the Canadian plane to kill his wife in a love triangle and to col lect her insurance.
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Continued from Page Oneb visions.
 Regarding reservations in Alas ka-Mr. McNees said that Mir. Mills Astin of the Insular Affairs committee told him that he would stop over in Nome and let him see his notes on pros and cons of reser- VatiOns. MT. AStin should be back through here soon.
 MT. Duffield mentioned the fact that the Second Division has it's first licensed guide - Chuck O. Leary. He also told of the new Northwestern Alaska Radio Club manning is a wonderful means of communicating all over the world. He said within another month there would be ten hams on the air in Nome.
 MT. McNees is going to draft a letter to Colonel Alexander, chief of the National Guard instructors, Juneau, giving the local NC unit boost. Regarding the radio sta ton in Nome, McNees said the National Guard may take it over, with ACS taking care of the up- keep. There are a couple other agencies interested in keeping it on the air. However, the fact that we are very concerned that the radio station be kept in operation will be included in our letter to Colonel Alexander.
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POstoffice Dept. Cuts Postal Service; Lack Of Funds
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Continued from Page one post office costs have been far outrunning postal receipts.
 He has been trying to get Con- gress to vote more money on his department and let it raise postal rates by a total of about $600, 000,000 a year.
 In fact. some members of Con gress took the view that the mail service curtailment was decided on in order to pressure Congress into giving the postal department more money.
 Chairman Cannon D.-MOD of the appropriations comm t e e commented to neWsmen that the decision to curb service "seems we'll timed"
 He added that a storm of pro- tests from mail users probably
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U. s. Charges Reds Shot Down Plane: Asks Indemnity

Continued from Page One> nearly 300 miles off the direct course between Weisbaden and Copenhagen.
 AS a prelude to the delivery of it's reply to the Soviet charges the state department chided the Rus sians with failing to match Ameri- can "calmness and restraint" in dealing with an incident which put heavy stress on American Soviet relations.
 After approving this statement Monday, the secretary of State went to Middletown, Cann.-his birthplace-to deliver speech in which he said that the United States draws its strength for its recognition of human dignity and of individual responsibility to the community, and added:
 "There are other parts of the world where the centralized pow CT of the State is an impressive crust, concealing a vast pulp of human misery and helplessness. We spurn that type of impressive ness"
 HELSINKI, Finland, (P) - The rubber life raft which may have come from the U. s. Navy Priva- teer plane missing in the Baltic was sent by air yesterday to Co., penhagen for examination by American experts.
 The raft was found by the Bri- tish freighter Beechland, which brought it to the Finnish port of Kotka Monday night. A U. s. mil itary attache and British consul received the raft and brought it by car to Helsinke.
 A well-informed source said the raft gave every indication of having come from the patrol bomber which disappeared II days ago with ten crewmen on board. Search for the missing plane now has been abandoned.
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3. RESERVATIONS

oppose any attempts by the Federal Government t reservation of free Eskimo citizens in the
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Chinese Reds Land Endorsements
 On Hainan Island

TAIPEI, Formosa, (P)-A re- liable source said last night the Chinese Reds have landed rein forccments on Hainan Island, where they won two beachheads Monday.
 GA civilian pilot who arrived in Hong Kong today from Hainan said the Reds have landed 5000 more troops on the northern beaches)
 Jubiliation over earlier Nation alist claims of a smashing victory gave way to anxiety in this Ma tionalist capital.
 Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek called his service chiefs into a huddle to find what went wrong on the South China island. They sought to develop quickly a smoother coordination between commanders there.
 Defense units apparently fought independently of each other. This permitted the Reds to make deep inroads, apparently.
 One high official said the situa- ton was serious.
 The informant said, however, the Reds landed only few new troops. He said many troop-laden craft were sunk before they could reach the beachhead.
 Adm. Kewi Yung-Ching, Ma tionalist naval chief, said it was hard to stop all invading craft.
 "One of the most difficult things in the world to sink is a wooden junk" he said. "We could do with some high speed boats with flame throwerS. That would be the best way to tackle them v
 Kwei said the navy had killed more than 5000 invaders at sea during the Monday attack.
 He predicted the Reds, if they take Hainan, would turn their full attention to Southeast Asia.
 Pro-Red newspapers in Hong Kong said the Chinese commun- ists were moving inland, "mop- ping up Nationalist resistance
 (The Ia Kung Pao said the Reds routed on division and two battalions of the enemy and an initiated four troop companies of one battalion"
 Field commanders messaged Red leaders Mao Tze-Tung and Gnu Teh that they were fully confident of ultimate victory.
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4. EQUAL RIGHTS

Our American creed of equali color, demands that we strictly s Act as the means to insure full par in the economic opportunities here
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6. LIQUOR

In line with above we do not wi government enter the wholesale or policing of the industry to do a
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The Mansen Osbers Construc-

lion Co. is busy opening up the Cape Nome road in order to get an early start on hauling for the sea wall. They are reported to have opened about eight miles of the road already.
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FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENT
 GETS 8 WOLVES IN ONE BAG

Stan Patrick, predatory agent for the Fish and Wildlite station ed at Kotzebuo, chartered the plane of Nelson Walker of Kotze- bue and flew to a point five miles from Kivalina Wher a pack ot wolves was reported and succeed ed in killing eight out of the pack of nine. it is reported.
 The ninth wolf being light in color was able to escape due to it's color being like the snow All of the animals were very large, weighing approximately 130 lbs. The agent landed and removed the skulls for the department and the skins were turned over to the natives.
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5. BUSINESS

We urge that the Federal Gov business. Merchandise supplied thr, stores costs Native customers more | which are essential to a healthy gro
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Sat. and Mrs. L. E. Clifford are

scheduled to leave tomorrow for the States for assignment in Washington, D. C. Departing with them are their two children who have attended Nome school for the past two years.
 Lois Clifford, popular and ac- tive with the Girl Scouts was given a farewell party by the Senior Scouts.
 A good pecan tree will last at least so years.
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will follow the departments decl- sion and is bound to be reflected when House members vote on postal funds in the omnibus ap- propriation bill, probably next week.
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WITH A SOLID DEMOCRATIC HOUSE AND TO BENEFIT - VOTE DEMOCRATICM
P l. A T F o R M

needs of the Second Division, endorsed by the Division the forthcoming election: