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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-09
Supreme Court To
Get Boycott Fight

Washington (LPA) - The Ma
tional Labor Relations Board on
Nov. 3 asked the Supreme Court to
uphold it's contention that the pic
keting of construction jobs en-
ploying non-union labor is a "sec-
ondary" boycott.
The Board, which has been crack
ing down on the Building Trades
unions for this practice = about
one-third of all injunctions against
unions have been in this fields
fighting a ruling by US Court of
Appeals which says such picketing
is primary" and proper under the
Taft Hartley act.
NLRB ruled against AFL Elec-
tricians and Plumbers in Denver
who walked off the job and set up
picket lines when a non-union sub
contractor was hired. Other AFL
unions refused to cross the picket
lines and work begged down. The
NLRB said the pickets were con-
Quoting a secondary" boycott
against the main contractor, order
ed them back to work.
The Court of Appeals reversed
the Board. 1t said, in effect, that
the main contractor knew what he
was doing when he hired a non
union subcontractor and knew what
would happen. The subcontractor
was also directly employed by the
main contractor and the main con-
tractor was therefore directly in
volved--a case of primary, not
secondary" boycott and permis-
sible under the Taft Hartley act.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-09
Give Migrants Protection Of Social
Legislation Green Tells Commission

Washington (LPA) - Welfare
Legislation should be amended so
that farm workers are covered by
the National Labor Relations Act,
the Fair Labor Standards Act and
all provisions Of the Social Security
program, AFL President William
Green told the Presidents Com
mission on Migratory Labor Nov.
J..
In addition, the veteran labor
leader recommended:
Federal licenses for contractors
furnishing migrant labor to farm
operators and regulation Of inter-
state transportation Of migrants
by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
Expansion of the Special Farm
Labor Committee" advisors to the
Farm Placement Service Of the US
Employment Service, to include an
equal number of labor and public
members to match the present en-
ployer members.
Federal grants-in-aid to coun-
ties, cities and local communities
for municipal facilities, health fac
ilities, schools and public assist
ance for migrant workers.
Better educational facilities for
children Of migrants by banning
short school terms in rural areas,
banning the excusing Of children
from school to do farm work, pro-
viding federal money for rural
schools and establishing mobile
schools for migrants.
Use by the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration Of the 10 percent Of
the funds under the 1949 housing
act authorized for low-income hous-
ing in rural non-farn communities.
Give US and Mexican farm labor
unions consultative status in ap-
plying international agreements on
the importation Of farm labor to
avoid such imports when they are
unnecessary.
Green told the commission that
the problem of migratory farm
workers was a subject Of deep con-
Germ to the AFL. He said the Conn
missions investigation of the pro-
blem at this time was especially
significant because the shift to de-
fense production would inevitably
mean increased migration of all
workers, including farm workers.
The latter, he said, are especial
ly exposed because their right to
organize unions is not protected BY
federal legislation nor is their
right to living wage protected
by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
In addition, he pointed out, only al
few farm workers are covered by
social security even under the new
amendments to the law. To cap
matters, the importation of foreign
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-09
GUILD MEMBERS OF AP
TAKING STRIKE VOTE

New York (LPA)-Members of
the American Newspaper Guild on
the Associated Press started tax
ing a strike vote following 10
weeks Of negotiations including
meetings With federal -conciliators.
The contract covers 1900 employees
in the US, and has been extended
to Nov. 4.
Wages and working conditions
are the major issues. The Guild
asks a minimum Of $120 weekly in
eight major bureaus and $110 in
others. Management refuses any
increases in minimum pay sched-
ules, insists on doling out raises
through its own "merit system"
Management also refuses to con-
slider arbitration Of disputes.
The New York local Of the Guild
has already announced that if a
strike develops it will consider AP
copy as "hot" copy.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-09
New Jersey Fights
Anti-Stike Law

Newark, N. 1.-THE New Jersey
Federation of Labor charged that
those who favor the New Jersey
Public Utility Anti-Strike Law are
misguided in their contention that
1.-THE law serves the public interest
|by attempting to avoid hardships
resulting from strikes in public
utilities. -
The federation maintained that
'the validity of such argument is
refuted by the facts, for this law,
which theoretically would prevent
strikes in public utilities, has had
precisely the opposite effect in
actual practice"
The federation asks the state as
sembly to repeal the law.
"Public utility employees in this
state have been organized for dec
ades," the AFL said in a statement.
"Yet there was no major strike in
any utility in this state and there
was absolutely no public hardship
resulting from any such strike for
more than 20 years prior to the
adoption of the law.
"Since the adoption of the law
we have had more than a dozen
serious public utility strikes, all of
which have had some unfortunate
effect upon the convenience of the
public.
"Why have these strikes occur
red? We contend solely because of
the law. The way to minimize
strikes in public utilities is to re-
peal this law"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-09
CANADA CONSTRUCTION FIRMS
MAKE PROFIT OF 81 PER CENT

Toronto LPA)-The Canadian
construction industry made a pro-
fit in 1948 of 37.17 percent on total
invested capital. Profits were high
er than for any other industry
both in relation to capital invested
and in relation to total sales.
These figures, taken from the
1850 edition of Taxation Stats
tics", issued by the Department OF
National Revenue, give the lie to
the alibis for the big boost in build
ing costs since the war. Industry
has blamed higher prices of mater
ials, and higher wages. And it has
explained rising profits on the
basis that it is not charging more,
but selling more.
The statistics show that claim
to be wrong. The ratio of profits
to sales more than doubled between
1914 and 1948. 1t was 9.03 percent
in 1914, and by 1948 Oatest figures
available) was 1892 percent.
Which means that by 1948 the con-
struction industry was taking near
ly 25 cents of every sales dollar
for profit, better than any other
industry in Canada.
AS to the claim that high wages
are responsible for high building
costs, the figures show that aver
age weekly wages in April 1916
were $33.08, and in July 1850 were
$45.44. But $45.44 in July 1850,
because of higher living costs,
would buy only as much as $32.T
bought in April 1916, so the con-
struction worker was really 81
cents week behind. Highway con-
struction workers, in the same way,
are now getting 33 cents less a
week than in 1916, in terms of
buying power.
On gross sales of $155, ,099, 900
by 1140 construction companies,
profit was $37,105,000 almost rs
percent.
Statistics revealed sharp drop
in spending by individuals for edu-
cation and recreation, and a de-
crease in personal savings of $127,-
100000 between 1948 and 1949.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-09
Old-Fdshioned Profiteerinq
Mdior Cause of Inflution

Washington (LPA)-The major
cause of price initiation since June
'25 is "old-fashioned speculative
profiteering." So declares Econ
omic Outlook in it's October issue.
In view of the economic history
of the last few months, "even the
most reactionary business spokes-
man must know that he can't get
away with blaming the unions foi
the price rises which the Korean
invasion set in notion" says the
Outlook.
Scolding the American housewife
is no answer, the Outlook points
out. "She just hasn't been boarding
copper, gasoline, rubber, lard, milk
or bread in the kitchen pantry. But
the prices of all these are up" 1t
added that neither increased labor
costs nor lack of adequate profits
can justify most of the raises"
Much of the blame for the stu
alton is placed on the Defense Pro
duction Act. 1t is hard to under
stand why Congress SO willingly
voted an increase in the necessary
down payment for a secondhand
car, while at the same time refus-
ing "to demand higher down pay
ments from commodity market
speculators who profiteer on ma
tional emergency" says the Out
look.
If total wage, price, and ration
ing controls come, the American
people will find, even then, that the
Act is cruelty deceptive, the publ
cation declares.
"Under its terms, wages and sal
aries can be clamped down, but the
cost of living can still go up. Food,
rent, and medical costs are major
items in the average family bud
get. But neither the Act nor any
other federal legislation provides
for a real freeze of these major
family costs.
"The largest expenditures of the
average family is for food. But the
Defense Production Act does not
provide for a firm ceiling over
food prices"
The Acts provision for simultan-
eous wage controls for workers in
volved in producing items that are
price-controlled, is unwise, the
Outlook says. "If the price of steel
or rubber were frozen, for example,
wages of steel and rubber workers
would go under controls automa-
tically," the Outlook notes. "lf
steel workers ate steel and rubber
workers ate rubber, this might
make sense. But they spend their
paychecks for food and clothing" "
The Outlook suggests that such
arbitrary wage controls would also
have the effect of turning workers
away from essential industries into
those not closely related to the de-
tense mobilization effort, and that
it might cause "intolerable chaos"
in plants producing both price-con-
trolled and price-uncontrolled types
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-09
BRIT MIAMI DELEGATES
BACK STRIKING TYPOS

Miami (LPA) = Striking mem
bers Of Typographical Union 430-
AFL have sent their thanks to the
1912 delegates Of the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen meeting in
convention here for their help.
BRIT delegates have boycotted both
the Miami Herald and Daily News,
where typos have been on strike
Il months. The Trainnen members
have contributed to the strike fund.
labor denies employment to an al
ready under privileged group Of
American workers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-09

of goods.
The publication says workers
entered the mobilization period "at
a decided disadvantage" because
before the Korean crisis they "had
not shared fairly in the division of
the output of industry. Now, since
June 25, labor is at further dis
advantage because Of the totally
unwarranted price increases which
are being reflected in rising living
COSTS"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-09
NLRB Plays Santa For Workers

New York (LPA)-The NLRE
played Santa Claus for eight work
ers who were fired by the Roure-
Dupont Mfg. Co. here for union
activity. The Board ruled Oct. 81
that the company must reinstate
the workers with lost pay and also
give them a Christmas bonus OF
three weeks pay which the firm
had refused union people in 1913
The company, which manufactures
perfume, is now sorry about the
whole thing-they didn't know the
workers would raise such a stink
about it.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-09
WALLACE DECIDES RUSSIA
WANTS A SHOOTING WAR

New York (LPA)-Henry Wall
ace, once the darling of the Daily
Worker, has been thoroughly con-
verted. In current magazine
article Wallace calls the Stain
menace greater than the Hitler
menace ever was, and declared
Russia wants "a shooting war" as
soon as she is ready.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-09
HARVARD NAMES BUNCHE
TO FACULTY POST

Cambridge, Mass. (LPA) = DR.
Ralph Bunche, Director of Trustee
ships in the United Nations Secre
tariat and the first Negro to win &
Nobel Peace Prize, has been ap
pointed a professor of government
by Harvard University. Bunche
won world fame in 1913 and 194s
as mediator of the bitter Arab
Israel dispute over Palestine.
Ask for Union Labeled merchan-
disc.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-09
WESTINGHOUSE TO MAKE
COLOR TV CONVERTERS

New York NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Electric Corp. has come out for
CHS color television. The company
is producing an adapter-converter
package that will enable present
black-and-white sets to receive the
color TV.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-04-22
Dr.. Johnson Heads Center Board

Dr. A. Holmes Johnson was re- elected president of the community center board Tues day evening.
 Also named were John Gib- bons, vice-president; William Stone, secretary; and Dorothy Haag, treasurer.
 The board considered again the problem of maintaining the center through the summer and found it can do so only with financial support. More than 5000 in pledges is still outstanding.
 Director Ken Wade request ed he be put on a part time basis, effective May 1, and be given opportunity to seek other part-time employment. The board granted his request and decided to keep the center open four or five evenings and two days a week, provided the necessary funds are forthcom- ing.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-04-22
School Plans Spring Concert
By Martha Olsen

Spring brings out the thought of music" is the theme of the Spring Concert, which will be presented by Mrs. Edna Lee Dixon and her music students of the Kodiak Public School. The Concert will be held in the Community Baptist Church, on April 30, at 2::30 pm.
 A temporary program has been set up by Mrs. Dixon. that starts out with the band playing two numbers, Waltz From H. M. s. Pinafore, " and Washington Post March.
 The second grade fiddlers will then present "Tick Took Lullaby" accompanied by Jim Burton.
 "Hansel and Gretal Waltz and ''Twinkling Stars" will be presented by the third and fourth grade violin class.
 The fifth, sixth, and seventh grade string orchestra will play Mozart's "Minuet" and "Auld Lang Syne."
 The climax of the program will feature the High School Chorus accompanied by Mrs. Betty Springhill. The group will sing "The Lords Pray er," "On The Lagoon" by Johannes Brahmes, and Villa" by Franz Lehar.
 The Concert is a summary of all the students work this year with Mrs. Dixon.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-04-22
AllTeachers Asked Back

All teachers of the Kodiak public schools have been asked to return here next year, and twelve have signed contracts to do so.
 Three teachers have advised the school board that they will not return, and did not sign contracts with the others Wednesday afternoon.
 c. E. Anderson, shop teach CT, Miss Margaret Finch, 9th grade, and Miss Marco Kills gaard, 1st grade, will not re- turn. Anderson and Miss Finch, both of whom have taught here only one year, have not yet made definite plans for next year.
 Miss Kiilsgaard, who has been here four years, plans to go back to school in the states. for an advanced degree.
 Ivor Schott, superintendent, signed a three-year contract last year when he came here.
 Teachers who signed con- tracts this week for the 1950- 51 season are Howard Car penter, Mrs. M. s. Burnham, Mrs. Robert Dawson, Mrs. Edna Lee Dixon, Miss Isabelle Goldthorpe, Edward Rogan, Mrs. Maurice Gunderson. Mrs. Carl Naldrett, Mrs. John Springhill, Mrs. Jack Metz gar, Mrs. Jack Warren, and Mrs. Schott.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-04-22
City Can't Find Assessor

The City of Kodiak has a job it can't fill!
 For three weeks the city council has advertised it's need of the services of a city assessor, and to date not one person has expressed even a vague interest in the job.
 This is the first time the city fathers have come up against such a stone wall, and they are in a slight quandary.
 They aren't quite sure what they will have to do if some one doesn't apply for the job soon.
 They didn't think the posi- tion would be that hard to fill. It paid $1.75 an hour last year. wasn't too much work, and the assessor gets a chance to look at the property of every one in town and get in his opinion of what it's worth.
 John Marshall, now working at the base was assessor last year, and in 1948, A. A. Owen, Jr., now an Anchorage union official, filled the job.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-04-22
EIks To Attend
 Seward Meeting

Gene Marian. Exalted Ruler of B. P. o. E. 1772, and sever al brother Elks will attend a meeting of the Territorial Association in Seward May 4 through 6.
 The association is composed of various lodges in the terri tory. Plans for a chartered airliner to carry the local Elks to Seward are being made, Marian said.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-04-22
First Hunters Get Bears

Two Seattle big game hunt. CTS, Rudy V. Herzog and Har- vey B. Hoff, each downed a 10 foot Kodiak bear last week.
 The men were the first hunters of the spring season to report their trophies. Guides Bill Pinnell and Morris Talifson accompanied the men on the hunt.
 The bears were taken on the south end of the island in the area near Fraser and Akalura Lakes.
 A nonresident affidavit and shipping tag were made for each skin by Fish and Wild life Service agent Frank Beals. The skins will be ship ped to the hunters at their Se- attle addresses.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-04-22
Real Estate Office Moves Down Town

James Spracher has rented the space now occupied by Leonard's Jewelry as an office for his Home Realty company.
 He also plans to start a deliv- cry service and recently pur- chased a covered International truck for deliveries. He will seek the approval of the council Monday night for the delivery service.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-04-22
Marian Is Best SpelIer

Gene Marian, representing the Rotary Club, won the an- nual spelling bee Thursday night at the Community Gen. ter, and was awarded a $25 bond and a $50 cash prize, the latter posted by Jake Foley of the Legion Club.
 The winning word, which Marian spelled, was "gaiety".
 Second place went to M-Sgt. Jim Blaming of the ACS and third place to M-Sgt. Charles Martin, also ACS.
 The ACS men won the team championship, by placing all five members in the final 13 spoilers.
 Mary Dee Dugan of NOE school was grade school win ners, with Marcia Folsom of town second. High school winner was Evelyn Swenson, with Patricia Sautner, both of the Kodiak school, second.
 The top ten spoilers were as follows: Marian, Blaming, Martin, John Steinbacher, Miss Dugan, Mrs. Walt O'Brien Miss Swenson, Sgt Jim Lums- den, Carol Acheson and Morris Burnham.
 Teams won in the following order: ACS, BPW, Rotary, Little Red Schoolhouse, NOE High School, Kodiak junior high, Kodiak grade school, Kodiak high, NOE junior high, and PTA.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-04-22
Primary Election Is Tuesday

All eligible voters within the corporate limits of the City of Kodiak will cast their ballots in the primary election Tuesday at the city hall. The polls will open at 8 am and close at 8 pm. Persons living outside the city limits and not within the confines of the Naval Operat- ing Base will vote at the union hall.
 Voters living at NOE will vote at the old Administration Building and the hours for voting are the same as in Ko- diak.
 Interest in the coming elec- tion is at a low ebb in Kodiak. Of the 32 candidates for seats in the territorial house, only four have visited Kodiak.
 Pat Cannon, president of the United Fishermen of A. laska, is the only local person whose name appears on the ballot.
 Two territorial senators will be elected from the Third Di- vision. There are four aspir- ants for the two seats. Al Owen, former Kodiak resident and a member of the house at the last territorial session, is running for com missioner of labor. He is opposed by Henry Benson, in- cumbent, and two others.
 E. L. Bob" Bartlett, re- presentative to congress, is up for reelection and is opposed by Amer J. Peterson. Henry Roden has no com petition for territorial treasur- CT.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-04-22
Smith Is Indicted
Special to the MIRROR

Special to the MlRROR
 Robert Neil Smith, 19, was indicted for burglary by the grand jury in Anchorage Thursday morning.
 He is charged with entering the Doghouse Restaurant on the morning of Nov. 3, 1949.
 Smith was shot by Joe Ray mond, owner of the Doghouse, as he entered a rear door of the restaurant. Following the shooting Smith was hospital ized and later placed in the U. s. Federal jail in lieu of $1, 500 bail set by the U. s. Commits sioner.
 The bail was again set at $1, 800 by the grand jury and Smith is held in the local fed eral jail. No date for the trial has been set.
 Henry Eaton, local fisher man, and Raymond were call ed to Anchorage to testify at the hearing which was held Wednesday.
 Eaton was passing the res- taurant at the time of the shooting and helped take Smith to the hospital for treat ment.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-04-22
Touring Alaska

Admiral H. H. Good, com mandant 18th Naval District with headquarters in Seattle, and Mrs. Good are on a 17 day vacation cruise of Alaskan ports.
 While here they were the guests of Adm. and Mrs. F. D. Wagner. Adm. Good is travelling aboard the USS Funston.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-04-22
Freighters To Sail

The Susitna is scheduled to sail from Seattle April 27 call ing at Seward, Port Nellie Juan, Valdez, Ellamar, Cor dova and Kodiak.
 The Coastal Monarch will sail on April 28 and will stop at cannery ports around the island but will not stop in Ko- diak.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-04-22

Mrs. R. Fike and her four children arrived last weekend to join her husband who is employed at the base.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-04-22
Air School In Operation

The Chiniak Air Service re- stunned operations this week and student pilots again start ed training under M. F. O. Brien and Thomas Gaffney of Ketchikan.
 The service is using the beach below Kraft's Store near South Breeklyn=avenue.
 Veterans eligible for train ing under the G. I. Bill are being accepted as students O'Brien said.
 The Chiniak Air Service is managed by O'Brien.
 Gaffney recently arrived here from Ketchikan. He re- ceived his instructors rating at the Spartan Air Institute in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
 A cloud of steam rising from a broken hot water pipe at the Doghouse Restaurant sent the fire truck rushing to the scene at 6:22 pm Wednes- day.
 Damage was estimated as slight.
 Howard Rocky" Miller was a passenger for Anchor age Tuesday evening. He is a partner in the Civilian Cafe teria at the base.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1950-02-03
World Zionist Farley
This Year Definite

The Twenty Third World Zion
list Congress will definitely meet
this year in Israel, it was con-
firmed by Charles Ress of New
York, U. S. Central Shekel and
Election Board Chairman, just re-
turned from Israel.
Mr.. Ress conferred with men,
bers of the World Zionist Execu-
tive during its recently concluded
meetings in Jerusalem to ascer-
tain the official date for tie OPEN
ing of the scheduled World Zion
list Congress meeting which had
been tentatively set for the sum-
mer of 1850 in Jerusalem, and
also to discuss plans for the con-
duct of the current Shekel sales
campaign in Jewish communities
throughout the world. In the
United States, the drive is being
conducted in some 600 cities un-
der the auspices of the U. S. Cen
trail Shekel and Election Board.
The Board comprises all major
Zionist bodies in this country,