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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
Chdirmdn Cellers Charges
Monopoly In TYpewriters

Washington (LPA) - Chair
man Celler has presented to the
H louise Monopoly Investigating
Committee and the Justice Depart
ment evidence which he believes
indicates the four big American
producers of typewriters are fixing
prices and engaging in monopoly.
Celler presented the evidence to
his committee during testimony by
Robert r. Sher, a spokesman for
the Typewriter Manufacturers Ex-
port Association. This organization
of the big four in the industry con-
trolls about 95 per cent of the Am
erican market and handles the for
eign business in competition with
foreign cartels. The big four are
Underwood, Remington Rand, L. G.
Smith, and Royal.
Celler presented evidence that
the big companies have been sub
mitting virtually identical bids to
the government on typewriters,
while they are making tremendous
profits on their business. "The
closeness of these figures" Celler
said, twill require some very tall
explaining"
Sher contended the companies
could not vary much in their prices
because the products were so much
alike that buyers would swing to
the lower priced product. Rep. Mic
nener (R, Mich.) observed that If
there was no price fixing agree
ment one company would drive the
others out of business.
Sher, who used to be an anti
trust lawyer, replied that Michener
was probably right "but that is one
IF the inevitable effects of COM
petition"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
DeIinquents Must
Pay Up At Next
Meeting Of Ii "a

Local Union "a met on Feb. "a
with fair turnout of our mem
bership on hand. President Dora
Koenig presided and during the
course of the evenings session APP
pointed a resolution committee
comprising Sisters Mary McGown,
Lillian Johnston and Mildred John
son.
Members were urged to turn over
their resolutions to this committee
as soon as possible, giving them
ample time to draw them up in the
proper manner and present them
before local for adoption or rejec-
tion. All resolutions must have the
locals OK. before they are for
warded to headquarters.
Our next meeting is scheduled
for Friday evening, March 10. All
delinquent members must clear up
their arrearage at this meeting or
face suspension. This will be your
final notice so if the axe falls, you
have no one but yourself to blame.
Our deepest sympathy is extend
ed the family of our late sister,
Margaret Stark, who passed away
on Feb. II. -O.C. 94
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09

Celler's figures showed profits
| for three of these four years rang
| ing from 1898 per cent of invested
capital to 1926 per cent. The latter
would double the company's invest
ment in less than three years.
Celler said these ''unduly large
profits" evidenced high prices
based on a "firm grip" on the
competitive situation. Observers
commented that with these profits,
the price of typewriters could have
been cut from 10 to 25 per cent
and still left the companies fair
profits.
Sher appeared before the COM
mittee to oppose any strengthen
ing of the Webb Pomerene law
which permits exporters to disre-
gard the antitrust laws in their
foreign sales. He contended that
American typewriter companies
we're efficient enough to compete
abroad as long as there were no
cartels or government restrictions
on trade. He said they had export
ed about a third of their products
until Hitler messed up world trade
with his cartel deals.
Sher also testified that Ameri-
can producers did not need tariff
protection. He said imports were
small despite the absence Of tariff
protection. His testimony was one
of the strongest arguments ever
presented to a congressional COM
mittee in favor of competition and
free trade.
"If the activities of the State
Department against cartels) are
successful" Sher testified, 1--WE
think we can hold our own in the
TsgS 10 Page Twsl
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
Portland Bdrs Decontrol
On Bdsis Of HOUSING Facts

Portland, Ore. (LPA) - When
they took good look at an inde-
pendent survey of this community's
housing situation, three of the five
member city council voted down a
recent petition to decontrol local
rents.
The survey, made by a private
market survey company, showed
that the majority of available
apartments were beyond the reach
of average families, and that 43.7
of all vacancies were one-roOm
apartments unsuitable for families
with children.
Spokesman for the Oregon
Apartment House Association, the
petitioner for decontrol, charged
that the city council "misinterpret-
ed" the federal rent control act in
making their decision. The asso-
ciation's attorney irately said,
"We'll be back"
As sociati i on representatives
argued that if rents went up in
low-priced apartments, the people
in them who could afford would
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
Union Drufts Demands On
GM, Chdrge Vote Padding

Detroit tLT ~ J--0ciicId al VNveoi' 8
workers voted overwhelmingly for
the union shop in the biggest
NLRB election ever held. Of the
l93, $40 valid ballots, 171,629 OF
1876 per cent were for the union
shop, 21,950 against. Wholesale at
tempts to pad the eligibility lists
were made by the company, declar-
ed T. A. Johnstone, director of the
GIN department of UAW.
He pointed to the STA challeng-
ed ballots and declared "the ehal-
lenged votes would have reached
astronomical figures had not NLRB
officials ruled, in many instances,
against the more obviously fraud
ulent lists submitted by the corp
oration."
The vote tells GIN "in no uncer-
tain terms that the workers stand
solidly behind their union, John
stone said, "and that they mean
business in their demand for a
union shop this year. The vote also
serves as notice that GIN workers
are absolutely determined that they
shall have sound and adequate PEN
sion and hospital-medical programs,
a substantial wage increase and an
improved working contract"
The unions demands include:
$125 a month pensions; compre-
hensive hospital and medical cover
age; severance allowance, wage in
creases, and other items, totaling
81 cents an hour. The union wants
to drop the cost-of-living escalator
clause of the 1948 contract, but
wants to keep and increase the
annual Improvement factor" Gan
annual automatic wage increase in
recognition of increased produc-
tivity through chronological ad-
vance). $
Johnstone termed the demands
relatively modest, in view of the
corporations profits, greater than
those of any other corporation in
the world and greatest in General
Motors history"
Johnstone said that in the NLRB
election workers were listed as
eligible who had died, quit, been
promoted to supervision. or fired,
or laid off SO long ago that they
were unknown in the plants. (Un-
der the Taft Hartley act, all such
non-voting "eligibles", in effect,
are counted as voting against the
union, because under Taft Hartley
a union must win, not majority
of the ballots cast, but a majority
of all these eligible to vote.)
tombstone said that listed as
eligible to vote were: An organizer
fired at Pontiac in 1887 for union
activity; the first employe at Alli-
son, Indianapolis, reported killed
in action in World War II; TOO vet
Grams who never returned after the
war, and $50 workers who had been
laid off before acquiring seniority
rights and were not eligible for re-
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
Oil Workers PIon
Drive For Return
To 36-Hour Week

Denver (LPA)-The Oil Work
ers, with thousands of members be-
ing laid off, chiefly because of i'm
portation of foreign oil, plan to GO
after a 36-hour week to spread the
available work. The unions policy
committee, meeting here, voted to
ask the aid of government, parti-
cularly the Interior Department,
in its drive.
In the 1930's, nearly all oil work
ers had 36-hour week. At the gov
ernment's plea, just before the
United States entered the war, the
union agreed to a 40-hour week.
During the war, oil workers went
on 48-hour week. After the war,
the work week dropped to 40. "The
government caused US to move up,
now we want the government to
help us move back to our old stand
ard" said the policy committee.
The union will try to get the pre-
sent 40-hour takehome pay for
SO hours, on the basis of living
costs and company profits.
The policy committee also de-
cided to work for better federal So
cial security legislation; for pen
sion plans in which the employe
gets vested rights to money contri-
buted to the fund; union partici-
patton in administration; a min
imum 500 pension if non-contri-
butory, $125 if contributory.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
Hearings Begin
On Extending Rent
Control A Year

Washington HPA) - Hearings
started March Z before the Senate
Banking committee on a bill to ex-
tend federal rent control for an
other year are TO be based on the
measure introduced March 8 by the
two top Administration leaders
Majority Leader Scott Lucas Cd,
Ill., and Francis Myers Cd, Pa.).
The proposal to extend controls
for IL months beyond June 30,
1850 is being speeded because of
the action of the Senate Appro-
priations committee in providing
the rent control agency with only
enough funds to close shop by June
30.
The urgent deficiency" appro-
priation bill will come up this
week. Sen. Myers said:
ain light of the question which
has been raised by the action of
the Appropriations committee, /
feel now that the Banking and
Currency committee should under
take as soon as possible to get its
hearings started on rent control,
because | am convinced the facts
will incontestably show that the
law must go on beyond the middle
of this year. have consulted with
the chairman of the Banking and
Currency committee, Sen. Maybank,
and he will take up the whole pro-
blem Of hearings at the committee
next Tuesday, March Z.
al believe that we have a way
right now of proving the need for
rent control extension. The rent
control law we adopted last year,
as you recall, contained a local op-
ton provision which permitted
people in any particular area to de-
control their rents locally when it
was felt that controls were no long
er needed. Most communities, most
Turn 70 PaaS Tsoel
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
Cartels Divide Territory
And Fix Prices

Washington (LPA) - Cartels is
the European term for monopolies'
Under the cartel system, which the
State Department is opposing, but
which Federal Trade Commission
official has apparently been toler-
ating, producers in various coun-
tries get together to divide up sales
territory and fix prices.
Many American companies en-
gagged in deals with the foreign
cartels before the war designed to
give them control over prices and
production in this country. Among
the big companies which engaged
in such deals were Standard Oil OF
New Jersey, General Electric, and
dupont.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
Potters On Coast
Getting Full Time

Los Angeles, Calf. = Greetings
to the trade from sunny California.
Work continues. to be good at the
Santa Anita Potteries and from all
indications we will have steady
employment for some time.
We were very sorry to see Bro.
Laurence Brown leave our midst
and return to East Liverpool.
Brownie made host of friends in
his short stay in California and we
hope he will soon return to this
neck of the woods.
We are looking forward to our
vacation in July, with many plan
ming eastern trips. Since our annual
convention will be in session at
that time, some no doubt will drop
in for few sessions at the Cleve-
land parley.
We are glad to hear work is
picking up in the east. -O.C. 1873
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
Miners Win Contract AS
TIL Law Fails Operators
LEWIS OFFER S
AUTO WORKERS
FINANCIAL AID

Washington UPA)-The United
Mine Workers have offered cash
loan Of sl,000,000 to the United
Auto Workers to support the lat
ters' long and bitter strike against
the Chrysler Corporation and other
coming battles.
The offer was made in a letter
TO JAW President Walter p. Reut-
her from UNIV President John l..
Lewis, 1t was made the day after
the UNIV scored a smashing VIC
tory in its 10-month struggle with
the soft coal industry, winning de-
spite the full weight Of the Taft
Hartley act.
In his letter, Lewis linked the
UMW's struggle to the JAWS. He
said the UNIV fought the "allied
financial interests associated in a
major sense with the financial
group that dominated the automo-
tive manufacturing industry" The
UNIV president told Reuther the
coal miners Policy Committee hop
ed the financial support offered
would be "emulated by other great
unions in the Congress of Indus
trial Organizations and the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor, to the end
that your union may be assured,
beyond peradventure, of success in
its present struggle"
"a JAW spokesman, queried at
union headquarters in Detroit, said
the Auto Workers had not received
the Mine Workers offer. During
the coal strike, the United Steel
workers sent the UNIV an outright
gift of s500,0O0. The JAW has not
outside help.)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
Local Union 66 To
Have Quiz Program
On Meeting Night

Crooksville, Ohio - Local Union
66 held a very educational and in
teresting meeting on Feb. 28. Sew
eral matters pertaining to trade
problems were brought before the
local and after a thorough discus
sion, steps were taken to correct
same.
Sister Bernice McPeak proved to
her many friends that she can do
very we'll when it comes to making
a speech. We are most fortunate in
having several talented members
along this line.
Several suggestions were offered
as a means to bolster the attend
ance at meetings. One in particular
seems to have much merit and in
all probability will be adopted. 1t
will be quiz program with the
questions centering on the N.B.O.P.
constitution. This should prove
quite interesting and beneficial to
all members.
Beginning with our meeting on
March IA, a drawing will be held
each meeting with the names of
those present put in a hat and the
lucky winner will receive one
months dues free.
Estel Williams has been appoint
ed as new member of the health
committee.
We were glad to see where the
national picnic committee has Sc
lected Meyers Lake Park for this
years outing. Quite few have al
ready indicated they will be on
hand June II at Canton. Talk of
chartering a bus is rumored and
if you are interested see President
Lou Wilson who can give you all
the details.
Bro. William Heath has retired
from the lining trade after 60 years
at the bench.
One of our warehousemen reach
ed in bin at the plant recently
and a big yellow cat jumped at
him. The excited brother ran
through the plant warning all that
he had found the escaped leopard.
Local Union &c extends an invita-
tion to all potters from other locals
in this district to attend our meet
ings. -O.C. S.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
chrysIer's Lawyer
Has Formula To
Kill Unions Power

Washington (LPA)-The split il
the ranks of anti-labor attorneys
over how best to throttle labor
unions was spelled out before &
Senate Judiciary subcommittee Feb
% by Theodore j. Iserman, attor.
ney for Chrysler Corp. and one OF
the proud authors of the original
version of Taft-Hartley.
Singing again his tune that since
1885, when the Wagner act was
passed, the federal government has
created and nurtured labor mono.
poles, Iserman proposed a drastic
addition to the antitrust laws tc
atomize unions, by virtually for
bidding them to bargain with more
than one employer, with severe
penalties for any violations.
Iserman, testifying on the Rob-
ertson bill to make unions subject
to the monopoly law just as bus
mess corporations are, said this
measure is a "short but hating
step" in the right direction, but
that it would only affect "emer-
gency" strikes and is SO worded
that it might take years of court
tests before it's meaning became
certain.
He took issue with other anti
labor lawyers who would curb
unions by Improving" Taft-Hart-
ley. These others insist that labor
of men and women can't be treated
in the same way that an imperson-
al body like corporation can be
handled.
Iserman said the use of fact find
ing board recommendations, as in
the recent steel strike, is another
step toward fascism," and that gov
ernment seizure and operation of
struck property, as proposed in the
present coal strike, would play into
the hands of the "many unions,
perhaps most of the biggest ones"
which Iserman said "are led by
Socialists, who would like nothing
better than to compel the govern
ment, through widespread strikes
that disrupt our economy, to seize
m a jor industries and operate
them."
One of Iserman's new points was
his claim that recent "so-called
welfare arrangements" like the
Ford and steel agreements, "vio-
late the purpose and, l think, the
letter of the Natl Labor Relations
act, besides invading the workers
right to say how he will spend his
earnings, subject him still further
to the union monopoly, and streng-
then the monopoly"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-14
LEGAL NOTICE


In the Court of Common Pleas of Allen
County. Ohio
Case Number S9820
Roy A. MillSreit, Plaintiff, VS.. III. L. Myers,
ct al, Defendants.
The Defendants, III. l.. Myers and Mrs.
I'll. L. Myers, addresses unknown, the heirs
at law, deyisees legatees trustees, assignees,
receivers, benefciaries, the surviving spouse.
the surviving divorced spouse, children. de-
scendants, creditors, successors in interest, ex-
ecutors. administrators and legal representa-
tives of III. l.. Myers and Mrs. III. L. Myers.
deceased, will take notice that on the 14th
day of August, 1850. Roy A. Milkreit filed
his Petition in the Common Pleas Court OF
Allen County, Ohio, in Case Number 39S20
against them and others, praying for decree
quieting title or in the alternative for an
order marshalling liens as against said de-
PENDANTS, III. l.. Myers and Mrs. FL. L. Myers,
to or on the following real estate described in
said Petition, to-wit:
Inlot Number Thirteen Thousand Five
Hundred Twenty-six lS526) in F. a..
Bentz's Third Addition to the City of Lima.
Also, Inlot Number Thirteen Thousand
Five Hundred Twenty-Five f13525) less five
(51 feet off of the entire South side of said
inlot in +. FL. Behtz's Third Addition to
the City of Lima. Allen County, Ohio.
The prayer of said Petition is for a decree
quieting Plaintiffs title as against all de-
PENDANTS or in the alternative marshalling Of
liens, sale of property and equitable relief.
Said defendants are required to answer said
Petition or before the 7th day of October.
1850, or judgment land decree will be taken
against them in accordance with the prayer
: Roy A Milkreit
By: John III. Romey. his
Attorney
5ol National Bank Building
Limal Ohio 2s
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-14

grounded at the nearby Jorg hatch
cry, Sunday morning. 1t has two
leg-bands bearing numbers and let
ters. The bird is recovering rapidly
and probably will be ready to resume
its journey in a few days.
A cluster of huge September
raspberries-the size of blackberries
lis attracting attention in the
Bluffton News window. The berries
were raised by Mervin Deifendeifer
on Cherry street from bushes he
transplated last spring with excep-
tionally good results.
Also attracting attention are three
bumper Irish Cobbler potatoes raised
by B. r. Shafer on Jefferson street
road east of town. Largest of the
tubers tips the scales at two pounds.
Potatoes were good crop this year
Shafer says, he having dug five
ousHelS from one TOW.
Attending services at the First
Mennonite church, Sunday morning
were two octogenarians who OBJ
served their seth birthday anniver-
saries over the week end.
Last Saturday was the birthday
anniversary of Mrs. Chris Bixel,
and Mrs. Peter Geiger's was on Sun
day. Mrs. Bixel makes her home
with Mrs. j. S. Steiner on South
Main street. Mrs. Geiger lives south
of town where she and her husband
expect to observe their 65th wedding
anniversary in November.
Flowers-without doubt, the
largest collection ever assembled at
any one time and place in Button
that Flower show at the high school,
Saturday.
Congratulations to the Women's
and Mems Garden clubs for an out
standing achievement-and apprecia-
tion of their efforts was evident as
an estimated attendance of more
than 1000 persons visited the show.
From mid-forenoon until after 10
o'clock at night there was a steady
stream of interested flower lovers,
many of whom came from out of
town to view the exhibits. In addi-
tion to the regular displays the two
high school groups F. F "A. and
F. H. A. had well arranged displays.
Such project involves endless de-
tail and planning, not to mention
headaches and lot of work with
no recompense, save the satisfaction
in having added bit to the sum
total of beauty and happiness in a
world badly in need of both.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-14

other round of higher education
frosh already getting that smooth
collegiate finish and a closeup of
college ways-and college days
also college nights curbstone
gossip Tuesday following Monday
council and board of public affairs
which was pretty much of an open
forum giving all and sundry, in
cluding visitors, an opportunity to
air their views and pet peeves =.
and Bluffton following the fortunes
of two girls with local backgrounds
in the Atlantic city beauty pageant
with Mary "Tootsie" Jennings,
from Arkansas finishing we'll up in
the running +. and speaking of
queens Harry Heineman, president
of the Put-in-Bay Chamber of Com
merce made the pictorial section of
the daily press as he crowned a
queen of the islands grape festival,
Sunday-he is the husband of the
former Adelaide McGinnis of Garau
street and football season open
ing Friday night with the Pirates
taking on Kenton at Harmon field
Bluffton still battling valiently in a
Glass A high school circuit while
Coach Lowry wonders where he will
find replacements to fill gaps in his
lineup when the seasons casualties
come and fans shedding a tear
over the absence of Pandora in
Bluffton's pigskin schedule for the
next two years !. Varsity Beavers
under new coaching aegis prepping
for the seasons opener at Findlay
last of next month i. squirrel sea-
son opening Friday without fanfare
and comparatively few mo Hunt
ing' signs as most of the boys are
keeping their powder dry awaiting
the pheasant season in November
+. equinox coming next week is
the time for a period of equnoctial
storms, according to old timers
which reminds us that storms the
past summer have been compara-
lively few-however, there's plenty
of time yet-so don't let your in
surance lapse.
1t probably isn't hoarding-but
there were reports that some of the
forehanded boys are laying in a
stock of ammunition against the
coming pheasant and rabbit season.
While there is apparently no short
age in sight, hunters recall that
during the last war ammunition was
scarce as the proberbial hens teeth.
A carrier pigeon apparently ex-
hausted and with wing injury is
being sheltered and fed by Dewey
Foreman at his home on Vance
street. Foreman found the bird