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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-13

gage bankers" contained in the
House version. Now, the Federal
Natl Mortgage corporation is
authorized to purchase from private
lenders another $3.50 million worth
of existing loans. In the past six
weeks, private lenders have un-
loaded $7O0 million of their mort
cages onto FNMA, and the House
had proposed to allow purchase of
another quarter-billion with no
strings attached.
2-The $50 federally-owned low
rent housing projects, mostly built
in wartime, and containing $4,000
family units, are to be given to
local public housing authorities to
house their present veteran occu-
pants and other low-income fam
lilies who qualify.
Sin place of the builders gold
mine which Congress approved to
encourage quick building of rental
housing after the war, permanent
$2,25O, 100000 program of insuring
mortgages for rental housing is in
stituted. 1t will insure up to 80
per cent of the first $1,000 of the
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President Trumon's Message Asks
Improvement In yobIess Insurance

ance committee is dominated by
conservative Senators, who would
move slowly and deliberately on
such a bill.
Unemployment was up to about
100000 in the first quarter of
1850, Truman observed, and about
one out of every four jobless has
been looking for work for Is weeks
or more. There aren't fewer jobs,
the President said, but more peo-
pie looking for work, more people
n the labor market than ever be-
lore, and there will be a bumper
crop of half-million college grad
yates added in June.
Urging Congress to turn its at
tention as soon as possible to
strengthening our federal-state un-
employment compensation SYSTEM"
Truman made a series of far-reach-
ing proposals:
Extend coverage to about s.
100000 workers not now covered,
including workers for small firms,
federal governments civilian en-
ployes, a half million commission
statesmen, and 100000 workers in
occupations of an industrial ma
ture connected with agriculture.
2-Setting of nationwide min
imum benefit figures, below which
the state could not fall. At present,
"serious inequities" exist, with top
weekly benefits in the various
states ranging all the way from
$15 to $27 for single persons, and
the average just over $50 last year.
Truman proposed setting benefit
"floor" for single persons of half
of normal earnings up to at least
$50 week, with higher amounts
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Ask Congress To
Pass Farm Plan
That Makes Sense

Washington (LPA)-The cotton
|peanut-potato bill which Congress
has passed and President Truman
has reluctantly signed points up
the need for a fresh Congressional
approach to our whole farm pro
gram, he told Congress in a special
message April 3.
The bill furnishes additional
grounds for the charges that the
present farm program is costly
and piles up unmanageable sur
pluses, at the same time that it
maintains artificially high prices
for agricultural commodities" the
President asserted.
Correct "the fundamental short
comings in the present program" T"
Truman advised, instead of just
patching it up with makeshift leg
islation."
While not referring to Agricul-
ture Secretary Charles Brannan's
farm program, the President did
spell out the fundamentals of that
plan. He told Congress: "We face
no small task in providing a sys-
tenn of agricultural legislation
which will serve the needs of farm
ers for fair income and will at
the same time serve the needs of
consumers for ample supplies of
foods, fibers and other crops at
reasonable prices, and the needs of
the whole nation for a growing,
economy and healthy
world trade. urge the Congress
to proceed to consider fundamental
improvements in our agricultural
to make it more effic-.
lent, less costly, and more con-
ducive to abundant production of
farm crops, yielding a fair return
to farmers and selling at prices
consumers can afford" The Pres
ident's message is not expected to
result in any quick Congressional
action, but may give impetus to the
growing public support of the
Brannan plan in both rural and
city districts.
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Henderson had received equality OF
treatment. The Department of JUS
tice supported Henderson, and At
torney General j. Howard McGrath
himself appeared before the Sup
RENE Court to say segregation, in
and of itself, is a form of Unequal
ity and discrimination condemned
by the constitution" Rep. Sam
Hobbs Cd. Ala.) attributed the
policy of segregation to "God Al
mighty"
In the Sweat case, Texas claims
it provided equal facilities for
Negroes to study law. According to
other accounts, the state rented
three rooms and toilet in Austin
and said it was law school equal
to the University of Texas law
school, which has a 65,000-volume
library. Later, the state established
the, University of Texas for
Negroes in Houston with facilities
in no way comparable to the state
university's at Austin.
McLaurin was admitted to the
University of Oklahoma graduate
school by court order and is one of
"a Negroes now taking graduate
work. However, he was forced to
sit in an anteroom adjoining the
confined to a special
table in the library, segregated in
the cafeteria and allowed to parti-
cipate in classroom discussion only
from his seat apart. Later he and
other Negroes were allowed in
but segregated in spec
ial sections.
The Department of Justice has
also intervened in behalf Of both
and Sweat. However,
attorney generals of IL southern
states have filed a joint brief sup
porting the state of Texas.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-13
Ohio Congressman
lashes Backers OF
Natural Gas Bill

Washington (LPA)-The forces
behind the Kerr bill freeing social
ed Independent producers Of natur.
lal gas from federal regulation are
/ big companies which desire Con-
gress to grant them the right OF
uncontrolled profits, notwithstand-
ing the fact that they are partici-
pants in rendering a public utility
service" Rep. Robert Crosser ID
Ohio) told the House of Represent
atives March 81 in speech later
expanded for the Congressional
Record of April 4.
The Cleveland Congressman took
the arguments for the natural gas
steal apart one by one, and warned
that the American people "sooner
or later will discover the true ma
ture Of this situation" He said
that proponents of the bill claimed
it to be a Qualification of the Ma
tural Gas act of 1898 although the
1888 statute clearly made natural
gas a public utility subject to fed
eral regulation. To make his point
he read the language of the act it
self.
If the government cannot regu-
late field prices of gas, Crosser
said "there is no doubt that the
price of natural gas to the ultimate
consumer will rise" He pointed out
that gas prices already would be
much higher than they are if the
Federal Power Commission had not
held them down. Another five cents
a 1000 cubic feet will mean boost
in consumer gas bills of 132,0C0,
00O year, Crosser told the House.
He charged that proponents of
the Kerr bill falsely claimed that
price rises would be impossible be-
cause of existing contracts. What
they fail to MENTION" Crosser said
"is the fact that nearly all con-
tracts contain a number of clauses
which make it possible to increase
the price Of gas during the life of
the contract which is usually from
20 to % years" Other agreements
call for rises at specified intervals
and still others contain "most fav-
ored nation" clauses, he reported,
as Sen. Paul Douglas had before
him in the Senate.
Crosser told the House that COM
petition wouldn't hold prices down
in the gas fields because the supply
was controlled by a handful of
huge oil companies, the "so-called
Independent producers" In 1947,
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Transit Workers
Seek Wage Boost

Chicago (LPA)-A pay increase
of 15 cents an hour for 16,400
streetcar workers here is being
asked by Division PAL of the Anal
gamated Assn. of Street, Electric
Railway & Motor Coach Employees
AFL. The union also seeks pay for
holidays not worked, double time if
worked.
The contract with the Chicago
Transit Authority expires June /,
when the CTA contract with Divis-
ion 30S, which represents 520C
workers on the city's elevated sys-
tenn, also expires.
One-man streetcar and bus oper-
ators now get $1.65 an hour. Motor
men and conductors on two-man
streetcars get $1.55. Most CTA en-
ployes are on a 40-hour week.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-13

;, vi ApIH V, u ulScuSS PENSIONS ana
welfare plan. An offer similar to
that of the steel industry was sub
mitted but was discouraging as we
had been led to believe something
better was in the making, that it
would be separate from social Sc
curity or that it might be contri-
butory.
We are glad it is not compulsory
as few can meet the barest nee
essities of life on $50 to $25
week, especially in trade like ours
where steady employment has been
so insure except in boom times. On
Welfare the company wished to
know how VIZ wanted it allOcated.
There is TO be another meeting
soon.
The report was most interesting
and We were sorry there were not
more members present. At our next
meeting on Friday, April IA, new
slant on seniority will be up for
discussion and voted on. We would
like to see a good turnout on this
date.
A protest was made recently
against learners being put on regu-
lar benches and management
agreed it was not right. You can
imagine our surprise to hear OF
one learner taken off one regular
bench and put on another. Foremen
/ think will agree that is not play
ing ball.
Our committees are overburden-
ed with work as it is but when they
have to continually fight with
foremen to live up to the agree
ment it is very annoying.
Bro. Shuman made an interest
ing report on safety but another
surprise came when we heard one
accident was caused through
moulds being soaked in the locker
room. Surely we are not that hard
up for room. How about if we all
try harder to make things run
smoothly.
We were glad to hear this years
Union Label show will be held in
Convention Hall in Philadelphia,
opening on May 6 and closing on
the 18th. We hope this will be a
must for all in this area.
We were glad to read of the
progress being made at Ford City,
Cambridge and other places.
We are steadily employed at pre-
sent and will do our best to keep
that status. -O.C. 40
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-13
Green Denounces
Newspaper For
Claiming AFL Tie

New York (LPA) - Presidenr
William Green of the American
Federation of Labor has warned al
state federations and central labor
unions against supporting the
Trade Union Courier, a newspaper
published here. Green's letter was
authorized by the AFL EXECUTIVE
Council.
The AFL chief said the Courier
which has long claimed AFL back
ing and had at one time or another
been endorsed or supported by a
number of state and municipal AFL
bodies, ais not in any way con-
nected with the American Fedora
ton of Labor" He added that the
Executive Council : believed the
Courier mot helpful" and request
ed that affiliated unions withhold
and discontinue giving aid or as
sistance to the publication" The
Council was aroused by reports
that the paper chad engaged in
unethical and misrepresentation
practices in the solicitation of ad-
yertisements."
Green cited a communication
from one state federation president
relating that "Mr. r. |. Kaye, 3
West 18th Street, New York City.
has been making long distance calls
into the state to firms employing
large groups of organized labor.
Mr.. Kaye informs these industrial
lists that his Trade Union Courier
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-13
Denham Testimony
At Hearing Proves
tn Act Bad Law

Washington (LPA)-Robert n
Denham, general counsel of the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board, un-
Willingly proved once more that
the Taft Hartley act is bad sta
tute when he testified April 6
against President Truman's pro-
posal to abolish the post of gener-
al counsel.
1t was clear from what Denham
told the Senate Committee on Ex-
ecutive Expenditures that there
are conflicts between him and the
Board which could be reconciled
only by Congress or the federal
courts. This was evident in both his
prepared statement and in his re-
plies to searching questions by
Senator Hubert Humphrey Cd,
Mimi. and Senator Irving Ives OR,
N. ".
Earlier in the day, NLRB chair
man Paul Herzog, speaking for the
Presidents Plan, told the commit
tee that the authority independent
of the board possess by the general
counsel had caused friction within
the board organization, uncertain
ty in the minds of both labor and
management and had resulted in
simultaneous policy determina-
tions which are contrary to each
other"
Herzog said that the general
counsel, who has final authority to
issue or refuse to issue unfair labor
practice complaints, spread the
boards jurisdiction to local fields
which the board itself did not wish
to enter. He also contended that
the board did not know what kind
of cases Denham rejected, a claim
which Denham later disputed.
Herzog, who spoke for a unan-
imous board, said that the general
counsel refused to follow board
precedent, especially in jurisdic-
ton. Denham answered that there
was no clear jurisdictional pattern
in board decisions. Denham, whose
custer has been demanded by or
ganized labor, reported that twol
board cases now in the courts
might make the jurisdictional pic
lures clearer. However, after ques-
tioning by Ives and Humphrey this
seemed by no means certain.
Herzog's testimony followed the
general line of his earlier testi- |
mony before a House committee,
plus commentary on subsequent
developments. Calling the board as
now constituted a "two-headed"
agency, he hit at Senator Taft's
most recent proposal adding a
.hird head in the form of an ad-
Denham ran into
heavy going in the form of sharp
questions from Ives and Humphrey
when he said adoption of the Pres
dents plan, proposed under the
widely favored Hoover re-organiza
ion plan, would bring about leng-
by litigation and create chaos.
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Washington (LPA)-It will take
a really major drive by organized
labor and civic groups in areas
heavily hit by unemployment be-
fore any action can be expected or
President Truman's proposals to
increase coverage and benefits un-
der unemployment compensation.
The President, in a message to
Congress April 6, called for inn
provements in the jobless insur-
ance system so that it can more
adequately tide workers over per-
iods of unemployment. The SIT
billion paid by state unemployment
compensation system to more than
7,0O0,000 men and women last year,
Truman observed, "was a signi-
ficant factor in preventing serious
dislocations during last years per-
iod of economic readjustment.' ,
However, he pointed to serious
weaknesses. First, about one-third
of all employed workers aren't pro-
tected; next, weekly benefit checks
last year averaged only $50, and
finally nearly 100000 workers in
1949 exhausted their benefits be-
fore they found new jobs.
Chairman Robert L. Doughton
Cd, n. c. of the House Ways and
Means committee, pointed out that
his committee is still moving very
slowly on the tax bill which has
been before it for months, and that
there won't be much time left to
hold hearings and thresh out the
proposed changes in unemployment
compensation legislation before the
House quits for good early in the
summer. Any measure approved by
the House would then have to go to
the Senate, where the Senate Fin
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-13
Oil Workers Win
$3.50 Pensions
With Panhandle

Kansas City, Kan. (LPA)-Th'
Oil Workers Union has negotiated
a pension with Panhandle Eastern
Pipe Line calling for minimum OF
$3.50 a month. Covered are nearly
1000 employees from Texas to Mich
igan, members of Local 348. Pro
lection continues in case of strike
or lockout
The minimum is $50, including
social security. If federal benefits
are raised, total pension will be
raised proportionately. ANY en-
ploye on the books before Jan. |,
1910, will get full pension at 65,
even if he has not completed the
necessary 20 years service. En-
ployes may retire at 60 at full
pension, if their health demands it.
Employees get vested rights if their
service stops before normal retire
ment age.
In addition, the new contract
provides an increase of 5 cents an
hour for all except casual labor.
Rates for work on the six paid
holidays was boosted from time
and a half to double time.
The negotiators comprised c. w.
McClintock, Howard Truitt, Mel
yin Brown, P. c. Walker and Omer
Michaux, aided by International
Representative H. L. Campbell and
Ray Collier, Secretary of Local 34S.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-13
Senator Proposes
Dropping Probe Of
Mccarthy Charges

Washington UPA)-In an un-
precedented action, Sen. Henry
, Cabot Lodge Jr. OR, Mass.) has
proposed that the Senate investi-
cation of his fellow Republican
Sen. Joe McCarthy's charges of
communism in the State Dept be
dropped. He told startled Senate
that call we can learn so far shows
clearly that none of the current
charges have been proved and that
everything we know about j. Edgar
Hoover and others specifically
charged with insuring loyalty is
such as to inspire confidence" +"
Lodge is one Of the two members
'of the Senate Foreign Relations
subcommittee that has been hear
ing McCarthy's charges.
Instead, the liberal Republican,
who some leaders hope will replace
ailing Sen. Arthur Vandenberg Or,
Mich as an architect of US for
eign policy, proposes 12-member
commission to investigate conf
dentially the loyalty of State De-
partment employees. Four members
would be named by the President,
four by the President of the Sen
ate, and four by the Speaker of the
House. In each case, there would
be an even balance of Republicans
and Democrats. He introduced a
bill to do this April 3.
at cannot be stressed too often"
Lodge told the Senate, that the
sole purpose of all loyalty investi-
cation must be to ferret out dis
loyal persons. 1t must never allow
itself to be used to carry out some
hidden purpose of creating a poll
tical result here at home, regard
less of whether or not such a re-
suit Injuries the country. If such a
purpose exists, it merits unreserv-
ed condemnation. We are dealing
here with the foreign relations of
the US, which means all the men,
women and children of America. In
such life and death responsibility
there must be no politics"
Lodge said any past mistakes
must be "ruthlessly corrected"
and while agreeing that the FBI
was right in refusing to allow ac-
cess to its files to the Senate sub
committee, said sit is disappoint-
ing that the State Dept and Civil
Service Commission files are also
This has resulted, Lodge
said, in injustice being done "to the
State Department, for the country,
and for those individuals who are
thus denied the chance to be COM
prehensively cleared by the same
body before which they were ac-
cused."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-13
Supreme Court Hears Arguments
On 'Seporafe But Equor Doctrine

Washington (LPA) = The Sup
rene Court was faced with tht
most vital civil liberties issue il
years when it heard arguments II
three key discrimination cases Aprl
3 and a.
First case was a suit brough,
against the Southern Railroad ano
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion by Elmer Henderson, Negro
who was denied a seat in dining
car in 1912. He was riding from
Washington to Birmingham, Ala.
while a member of the late Pres
ident Roosevelt's Committee on
Fair Employment Practices.
The other two cases concern G.
w. McLaurin and Herman M.
Sweat. Sweat was denied entrance
to the all-white University of
Texas law school in 1916. At the
university of Oklahoma graduate
school, McLaurin was forced to sit
apart from his classmates.
Central issue in the three cases
is the separate but equal" doctrine
established by the Supreme Court
in 1896. At. that time, the court
held segration constitutional pro-
held segregation constitutional pro-
forded the same opportunities and
facilities as whites on a separate
but equal basis.
In the Henderson case, the rail-
road contends that the complainant
was offered a place in the dining
car provided he would wait for the
tables which could be curtained off
for Negroes to become available.
Henderson, now director Of the
American Council on Human
Rights, never got his seat.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission upheld the railroad. Later
a federal court in Baltimore said
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-13
S1OO PENSION WON
AT u. S. RUBBER

New York (LPA)-Guaranteec
pensions of 500 per month fol
employees 65 years old with 25
years service are provided in q
contract signed April 5 by the
United Rubber Workers and the
United States Rubber Co. Approx
mately $4,000 workers in 10 plants
are affected.
The contract also provides: pen
sions scaled down to $50 per month
for employees with 20 years SER
vice; $1,000 life insurance for each
employe; increases in pay rates
for Christmas and New Years eve
work.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-13
Fur-Leather Local Joins AFL

St. Louis (LPA)-The 450-mem-
ber Local 60 voted itself out of the
Fur and Leather Workers and into
AFL's International Handbag, Lug
gage, Belt, and Novelty Workers
Union on April 2. The Fur and
Leather Workers Union is facing
CIO expulsion for following left
wing policies. Arthur Reuter-, busi-
ness agent of the local said the
vote was unanimous.