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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-20
Wide And Handsome
Claims For Insecticides
Assailed BY ETC

Washington (LPA)-The maker
of four insecticides has been ac
cused by the Federal Trade Com
mission Of not only misrepresent
ing their effectiveness but also OF
deceptive claims as to their safety
The products are Hep Aerosol In
sect Killer, Bostwick Superhero
sol Insect Killer, Bostwick Safe-leS
Insect Killer, and Bostwick Moth
Proofer. They are made by Bost-
wick Laboratories, Bridgeport
Conn.
AS to safety, says the FTC, the
claims are true only if the product
is used strictly in accordance with
directions, and as to Safe-lex, il
may be harmful. AS to claims that
DDT has been barred for use near
children and pets, FTC says that
simply is not so. And the claim
that the moth proofer product
really protects and is the only one
on the market that does so, ETC
says the product "is not ordinarily
effective for a year because its eff
fectiveness is destroyed when gar
ments are washed or drycleaned."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-20
|StalIing Tactics
Causes WaIkouts

Buffalo (LPA)-A restless rank
and-file has been walking off the
job at the Westinghouse Electric
plant here while negotiations lag
between the company and the Int'l
Union of Electrical Workers.
Shop stewards have been calling
the walkouts on a round-robin basis
for several weeks as protest
against company stalling. Similar
slowdowns have taken place at the
Pittsburgh plant of Westinghouse.
IUE is seeking a contract at
Westinghouse similar to one sign
ed with General Motors Corp.
granting wage increases and pro-
viding a company-financed funded
pension plan. Westinghouse is not
only resisting contract improve
ments but is trying to weaken the
present steward system.
In Pittsburgh, IUE has asked a
federal court to return $270,00O in
dues collected in payroll checkoffs
by Westinghouse during the time
lUE was fighting with United
Electrical Workers over who would
represent the workers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-20
Farm Inspection
Revealed In Milk
Hearing As Phony

Washington (LPA) - Members
of the milk producers monopoly
cried in a Senate Committee July
Ia for local health inspection tC
protect the health of babies in the
District of Columbia. But District
official told congressman on the
other side of the capital building
how the local health inspectors
have fallen down on the job.
William B. Hooper, a witness foi
the Maryland & Virginia Milk
Producers Assn told Senator Guy
Gillette's subcommittee that he
was opposed to Federal milk in
spection because Federal inspect
ors would be lax and not really dc
their job. On the other hand, he
asserted, local officials know the
people they are trying to protect
and are the only kind of inspectors
you can really count on.
At the very same time, Walter
w. Burdette, chief of the District
Bureau of Food Inspection, was
telling House subcommittee that
though farms should be inspected
six times a year, several farms
serving the Washington area have
not been inspected for a year
others only once in that period, and
none more than three times a year
A bill introduced by Rep. Arthur
Miller Or, Neb.) would permit inn
portation of milk into the District
from farms passing US Health in
spection, but not inspected by local
officials. Senator Gillette's com
mittee, which is trying to find out
why there is such a big spread
between the prices paid for food
by consumers and the prices paid
the farmer, has raised the possi-
bility of a law that would permit
all cities to import milk from any
state meeting standard Federal
requirements.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-20
Bankers Bill Sent
To House Group

Washington (LPA) - A special
"bonus" to the nations bankers is
in a bill reported out by the House
Banking Committee July l3.
The bill would reduce by moro
than half the amounts paid to the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. by
banks FD1C is the federal agency
which protects the small fellows
bank deposit. The sugar-coating is
that insurance for accounts would
go to $4,000. The present limit is
$4,000.
Rep. Abraham Multer Cd, N.YD,
along with other liberal members
Of the Banking Committee, fought
the section of the measure which
cuts the assessment paid by banks
to the FDlC. The banks now pay a
premimum of one-twelfth of one
per cent of their deposits. If the
bill is passed they will pay only
40% of what they do at present.
Multer announced he will make a
fight on the floor of the House to
have the bill amended so the as
sessment is not cut. Similar cuts,
he contends, caused the insol-
vency of state insurance funds we
had until 1929" Starting in 1925
the assessments of these state
funds were gradually cut down.
Labor opposes the bankers bonus
bill, which has already been passed
by the Senate.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-20
Corporation Profits. Industrial
Production Reuch New Peaks

Washington (LPA)-If the ma
tion is going on a wartime footing,
its big corporations are in the best
shape they've ever been in. The
profits of US manufacturing corp
orations for the first three months
of 1850 were back at the same high
level they reached in early 1949.
According to the Federal Trade
Commission and the Securities and
Exchange Commission, which col
lect the figures for the federal gov
ernment, profits for the first quart
er of 1850 were five percent higher
than the last quarter of 1949. How
ever, sales were only one percent
higher. The same day, the Council
of Economic Advisers reported that
preliminary indications are that
profits rose in the second quarter"
Half Of the industry groups
showed smaller profits in early
1850 than in late 1949. 1t was the
higher profits for steel and autos
that boosted the general profits
figures.
Most startling fact revealed
about the corporations is that big
outfits-with assets of more than
$1O0, 1000, ,000-had $121 salted away
in cash and government securities
for every 500 they owed. All corp
orations, at the end of March, had
an average of $1O7 in cash and
government bonds for every 800
in liabilities.
That industrial production is con-
tinuing to increase, and in indus
tries like steel is already operating
at top speed, shown in the Council
of Economic Advisers estimate
that June industrial production
"set new postwar record, about
one percent higher than the peak
of October November 1948, and II
percent above the level of June
1949."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-20
IAN Labor Joins
lin Luncheon For
BeIqiun Visitors

Washington (LPA)-Eight Bel
gian trade union leaders were
guests at luncheon here July 10
given by the AFL, Railroad Bro
therhoods and Machinists. The
delegation is studying American
unions, under ECA auspices. Guests
also were present from Japan, the
Philippines and Korea. They are
studying American working condi-
tions as guests Of the US Depart
ment of Labor.
William Green, AFL president,
told the guests that all workers in
the free world must fight together,
and that the International Confed-
Grafton of Free Trade Unions is de-
ing all excellent job. We must win
the clash in Korea, he declared, no
matter how long it takes. He said
the nation can rely on American
labor to support the effort to the
limit.
A. E. Lyon, executive secretary
of the Railway Labor Executives
Association, was POSTMASTER. The
reply for the Belgians was made
by Libert DeLanghs, chief of the
Antwerp section of the Woodwork
ers and Building Trades.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-20
OBITUARIES
FRANK Nj. McKENNA

Frank M. McKenna, honorary
member of the National Brother
hood of Operative Potters, died
July Is in his home in Calcutta
following a several weeks illness.
Mr.. McKenna resided in East
Liverpool for the past 62 years.
He was a caster by trade. In 194S
he was appointed custodian at
National Headquarters and carried
on in that capacity until his death
He was a member of st. Aloysius
Catholic Church.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Ida
Hill McKenna; a sister, Elizabeth
McKenna of Cleveland, and bro
ther, Raymond McKenna of Alli-
ance.
Services We're held from st.
Aloysius Catholic Church with Rev.
Father Oliver singing Requiem
High Mass. Burial was in Column
biana County Memorial Park.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-20
ANA Scare Drive
Works To Defeat
Truman Proposal

Washington (LPA) - You car
ring one up for the American Medi-
cal Association. The House of Rep
resentatives voted down President
Truman's proposal for a new De-
partment of Health, Education and
Security July 10 by a whopping
249 to II.
The proposal, which was Reor-
ganization Plan No. 27 of 1850,
couldn't cope with AMA's bogey-
man, socialized medicine. Just be-
fore the House acted, the Senate
Committee on Executive Expendi-
lures rejected the plan, 8 to 3. Had
it come up in the Senate at all, it
would have been voted on right
after FEPC, when Dixiecrats would
have been in 100 percent attend
ance.
On the House floor, opponent
after opponent took the floor, shep-
herded by Rep. Clare Hoffman Cd,
Mich to declare (a) the plan
violated the recommendations of
the Hoover Commission on the re-
organization of the executive de-
partments and (b) it was a big
step toward "socialized medicine"
and Socialism" In debate, most
of the opposition was Republican.
In the voting, many Democrats,
notably the southerners, joined the
GOR The vote was on motion to
disapprove the Plan.
The plan could have been killed
with 218 votes. The extent Of the
AMA,s success can be measured
by what an ANA aide told an LPA
reporter after the voting. Hell,
man." the lobbyist said, "We'd have
been happy with 218 or 219. We
never expect anythink like 249."
Reorganization Plan No. 27
would have created a Department
Of Health, Education and Security
headed by Secretary of Cabinet
rank, as has been repeatedly re-
commended by both major parties
for nearly 80 years. In effect. it
would have raised the present Fed
eral Security Administration to the
rank Of full executive department.
There would have been an under
secretary, an assistant secretary
and an administrative assistant
secretary. The posts of Surgeon
General and Commissioner of Edu-
cation would have been retained.
Those holding the posts along with
Commissioner Of Social Security
would have been required to have
prof e onal qualifications and
would have reported directly to the
Secretary.
Proponents of the plan, including
spokesmen for the AFL and CIO,
contended that the health, educa-
tion, and social security activities
of the government should have full
representation in Cabinet meetings
and be fully considered in the
drafting of high policy.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-20
AFL Wins Ruling In Tof+-HortIey
Fiohf: Another Rebuke To Denhom

Washington (LPA )-Of1lclal O.
the American Federation of Labor
do not have to file non-Communis
affidavits under the Taft Hartley
act. The District of Columbia Cour'
of Appeals so ruled, 2 to l, July 10
thereby vindicating the position
taken almost three years ago by
the AFL, and later by the Nation
al Labor Relations Board. The rul
ing was another rebuke for Robert
N. Denham, NLRB general eoun
sci.
The court ruled the AFL is not
labor organization within the
meaning of the TIL requirement
for the affidavits. The ruling does
not upset the requirement that of
ficers of locals and their parent
unions must file such affidavits
before the union can use the ser
vices of the NLRB.
The West Texas Utilities Co. re.
fused to bargain with three locals
of the International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers in Septem.
Der and October 1947. The company
refused on the basis of a Denhan
opinion that AFL officers must
first file such affidavits. Although
the NLRB repudiated this opinion
the AFL officers signed Nov. 8
1947.
The court said that failure of the
AFL officials to comply with the
statute did not mean that the com
pany need not bargain in good
faith.
Judge David l.. Bazelon wrote
the opinion, with Judge Henry w
Edgerton agreeing, and Judge
Wilbur X. Miller dissenting. The
ruling pointed out that:
analysis of the functions per-
formed by the various entities in
volved here makes it clear that il
is the locals and their parent ma
tionals or internationals who call
strikes and who participate in the
collective bargaining process. 1t is
the officers of these organizations
who are amenable to the pressure
of the union membership via the
election machinery. In contrast
neither the federation nor it's of
ficers, as such, have authority to
call strikes; they do not partici-
pate in collective bargaining and
have no individual members who
can subject them to the pressure
of the ballot, for their only mem
bers are unions.
"The position of the federation
is not markedly different from that
of trade association made up of
individual employers. Like the lat
ter, it seeks to coordinate policy,
provide encouragement, and per-
form certain staff functions such
as research and publicity. Like the
latter, it can hardly be described
as a participant in or as in control
of the collective bargaining pro
cess"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-20
My Employers Now Tredt
Me With Consideration

Washington (LPA)-To hear the
anti-union employers tell it, al
that unionism means, when it's not
wrecking the country, is more pay
for less work" And, say the en-
ployers, if American workers were
given a free choice there would be
no unions.
One union recently ran a contest
to find out what the union means
to the rank and file. The answers
were heartening.
One man wrote that when he
started on his present job in 1886
the rate was 30 cents an hour, and
now he makes 50 an hour; lunch
periods are paid for, insurance and
vacation plans are far better; his
standard of living is higher; he car
lean on the shop stewards and the
unions lawyers to present his
grievances. But what he values
more than all that, he wrote, was
the change in the attitude of his
employer.
Contempt and sarcasm greeted
me when / first wore the union
BUTTON" he wrote. "My voice grew
with every union button that ap-
peared around me. AS my voice
grew, respect for my rights and
for my union grew. Ny employers
now treat me with consideration
and equality
Another member listed the gains
won through the union - higher
pay, paid vacations and holidays, a
pension plan, sickness and accident
and hospital insurance, a measure
of security for his wife and three
children. But then, last year, he
was put on a job he couldn't handle
because of his health. He asked for
a transfer, and a friend even off
cred to swap jobs. The company
said it was that job or else. He
went to the union, and the COM
pany said he had quit. The union
took the case to arbitration He was
put back on his old job, collected
back pay of $715. He ends his let
ter: 81 guess nothing like that ever
happened to colored man in
Clarksville, Tenn. before. So is it
any wonder my union now means
more to me than ever?"
Seniority is the greatest bless
ing of all for each and every one Of
u.s." wrote another member, recall
ing that in the past 'unscrupulous
management, in an effort to effect
greater production, has replaced
older men having long years of
service with younger men,"
Another member had been a
farm laborer, but when his son
reached high school age he went
to work in a factory at 55 cents an
hour, reached rs cents after three
years, then quit to go to work in
a unionized plant. He started at 81
cents, went to "a cents in two
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-20
Blood Bonk Begun
BY Chicago Locals

Chicago (LPA) If you're q
member Of Local a, Lithographers
or member of his family, and il
you need blood, any time, anywhere
in the United States, you will be
able to get the blood hereafter, as
the result Of establishment of a
blood bank by the local.
The local has made an arrange
ment with the Michael Reese Re
search Foundation. The members
give blood, which is desposited just
as money in a bank would be. The
Foundation will release the blood
to member of the union for his
use, or his family only on approval
of member of the unions blood
bank committee. The only charge
will be $3.50 laboratory fee.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-20
KENNETH v. B. ROSSMAN

Trenton, N. Kenneth V. B
Rossman, So, of 16 Buckingham
Avenue, died suddenly June IA in
New York.
Mr.. Rossman was plant superin.
tendent of the Federated Metals
Company and two days before his
death had just finished negotia.
tions of a new contract covering
members of Local Union 1913. He
was widely known in the Trenton
area and held many friends in the
Brotherhood.
Mr.. Rossman is survived by his
wife, Margaret X; daughter
Mrs. Frank Baldwin; a son, Will
lam F., and a brother, Edwin f.
Rossman of Dayton, Ohio.
Services were conducted by Rev
Edward Allen Morris, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church. Burial
was in Ewing Church Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers were James
Sutphin, C. G. Hueter, Donald b.
Rice, Harold Sutphin, Paul b. Dur
eva and James r.. Lambert.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-20

| months, and eventually the union
got the rate moved to $1.14. After
a strike, the union won a better
welfare plan and company paid
pensions, and paid vacations. "We
own our home and | feel indebted
to the union for what it has gain
ed for labor" he wrote.
Another member listed the pay
increases and other benefits and
then wrote: "Our grievance proce-
dure and seniority rights, achieved
by the union, mean more to my
family and self now than at any
time before. All of these add up to
job security, which means that the
future for my family was made
more secure"
Wrote the wife of a union mem
ber: 1.-THE union has done my hus-
band world of good. He came
home one day and said Gosh, it
feels good to be able to stand up
and say, think my job should pay
more, without the boss saying,
Well, if you don't like it you know
what you can do" And she added
| that ."the union gives our family
sense of security which we never
had before" Her husband was laid
| off, but as soon as there was an
opening he was called back. "There
are so many open shops" she
wrote, (which lay people off and
forget all about them, even if open
ings occur"
Another was saved from jobless-
ness. The company fired her, say
ing poor eyesight made her unfit
for the job. The union, after arbi-
tration, got her put back-on an
other type of job. She lacked the
necessary skill and again faced loss
Of work, until the shop steward
persuaded the company to try her
on another task. There her work
not only proved satisfactory, but
she was able to increase earnings
by $18 a week. She's now 81.
Another union member had to
quit work because of stomach all
ment, and after a while got notice
that he was out of job for being
"absent from work without good
cause" When he got out of bed he
went to the union, which discover
ed that the company doctor had not
put him on the sick list. The union
got him reinstated, with full sem
iority rights. without union help
| would still be out of job" writes
this father Of a.
Another wrote that before the
union came, his lot was long hours,
low pay, and "if person spoke out
Of turn he was fired" The union
changed all that, he wrote.
A women wrote that thanks to
the union we enjoy the best work
ing conditions in this vicinity, draw
the largest pay checks and have
the best welfare and pension plan.
This means lot, but when a per-
son is not so young any more and
has an invalid husband besides, no
thing means quite so much as job
security"
Another wrote "when | started
to work there wasn't any union,
and they could fire you for any
reason or without any reason at
all, and was always afraid of be-
ing fired. Now we can plan for the
future, such as the education of
our children and the buying of "A
home. Also | know | will not be
fired without just cause and believe
me, that's a relief"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-20

Washington (LPA)-A bill that
would force employers to give wo-
men the same pay as men for the
same work was approved by the
Senate Labor Committee July Is.
The measure provides fines and
Jail sentences for employers who
discriminate against women. II
would be administered by the Sec
retary of Labor, who would appeal
violations to the Federal courts.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-20
Byrd Complains
About Apples
Milk Price Probe

Washington LPA) = Senator
Harry F. Byrd, the big apple man
from Virginia, dropped in at the
hearing on milk prices July 13 and
told Committee Chairman Guy Gil
lette he doesn't even get fifty cents
for a dollars worth of apples.
This bit of information was by
way of endorsing the work of Gil
lette's group, which is trying to
find out why there's such big
spread between the prices farmers
get for their crops and the amount
CONSUMERS pay for the food in the
stores.
Senator Gillette presented fig
ures showing that farmers around
Washington get less than IL cents
for milk costing consumers close
to Il cents a quart. Senator Aiken
of Vermont figured New England
farmers are getting only eight
cents for milk selling at 23.4 cents
| in Boston.
By the time the milk hearings
are over, Gillette hopes to be able
to announce why consumers in all
our large cities are paying SO much
for milk. The suspected reason is
string of milk monopolies in each
of the cities.
Evidence of the way these mon
opolies operate piled up in Wash
ington last week during hearings
by the District government on milk
regulations. The Maryland-Virginia
Milk Producers Assn, which pro-
vides the city with $50 of its milk,
is fighting to keep an outmoded
1925 law on the books requiring
steam sterilization of milk contain
ers. This gimmick holds down the
number of milk producers allowed
to sell in Washington under the
District health laws. The Associa-
ton pleads it is protecting the
health of "poor defenseless babies.
Rep. A. l.. Miller Or, Neb.) is
attempting to displace the 1925 law
with a new one that will permit
milk to be shipped into the District
from any farm which passes US
Public Health Service inspection.
The battle is raging with full
page ads on both sides. The Asso-
citation warns citizens their health
is endangered by those who would
modernize the rule. Its opponents
charge this nothing short of a "big
lie."
During World War ii milk was
brought in from outside farms to
meet emergency supply needs. In
all that time (six years) no dis
eases or epidemics were caused by
the outside milk, much of which
had been chemically sterilized.
William B. Hioper, a witness for
the Milk Producers Assn, told the
Gillette Committee he was opposed
to any change in the 1925 act.
Federal milk inspectors, he insinu
ated, would be likely to be Crook
ed', whereas local inspectors "know
the people they are trying to pro-
tect" and really put their heart and
soult into the job.
Committee Counsel Paul Hadlick
pointed out that "any inspector"
might be bought off and whether
he worked for the federal govern
ment or local group would seem
to make little difference.
Hadlick pointed out at an earlierl
hearing that similar arguments
were once used against federal
meat inspection.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-20
LABOR LEADS FIGHT ON
CITY MANAGER PLAN

Portland, Ore. (LPA) - City
Council has voted 3 to 2 agains
the proposal to put on the Novem
ber ballot the question of a coun
cil-manager form of city govern
ment. Leading the fight against
were Capt. Peter Leineweber, fol
the Central Labor Council, Kelley
Loe of the AFL State Federation
of Labor, and Dave Gallaher, Of
the Firefighters.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-20
Notice Sanitary Firms

Any firm seeking skilled craftsmen Tin all trades)
or having job opportunities available for workers in
any job operation in the sanitary branch of the in
dustry contact Walter f. Shutter, Secretary, Local
Union II, Route 2, Box SO, Warrington, w. Va
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-20

Buy Union-Made goods from
others as you would have them
pay Union wages unto YOU!