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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-06
AFL Publication
For Schuman Plan
For SteeI--Coal

hington (LPA) Only
through unity can we win the cold
war and keep the peace, the AFL
publication Labor's Monthly Sur
vey declares in it's June issue.
"A practical step toward unity
in Europe" the Survey says, "is
the Schuman Coal-Steel Pool" The
pool, suggested by Frances Prime
Minister Schuman on May 3,
would combine the coal and steel
industries of France and Germany
in a general European coal-steel
pool, open to all western European
Western Germany, Italy,
Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxem-
burg have accepted the Schuman
"The first purpose of the coal
steel pool" declares the Survey,
lis to end the age-old conflict be-
tween France and Germany" The
second purpose sis to unite and
these industries, create
a competitive market, eliminate
trade barriers and reduce the cost
of coal and steel"
Such a move, the article main
tains, would bring Western Ger
many into the community of free
nations" Eventually it can spread
to other industries and Europe
can be our strong partner"
The Executive Board of the Int'l
Confederation Of Free Ira d e
Unions has approved the Schuman
in principle. 1t has insist
ed that free trade unions repre-
sent the workers at the conferences
which work out the details of an
actual program.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-06
Michigan Governor
Atty Gen'l Fight
Phone Rate Boost

Lansing, Mich. (LPA)-With thea
backing of Gov. G. Mennen Will
Jams, attorney-general Stephen j.
Roth is readying court action to
balk the attempt of the Michigan
Bell Telephone Co. to raise its
rates $9,000,000 a year.
According to the governor, the
rate boost has been ordered against
the findings of the states own
corps of experts employed to in
vestigate utility claims for higher
rates.
The rate hike was approved by
the two-man Republican majority
of the Michigan Public Service
Commission. PSC chairman John
H. Mccarthy the only member
named by Democratic Gov. Will
Jams, opposed it.
Because commissioners are APP
pointed for staggered terms of six
years, a governor serving a single
two-year term cannot appoint a
majority That is one reason Mich
igan liberals want Williams, who
first was elected two years ago,
reelected this fall.
Attorney General Roth says he
plans to ask the PSC to rehear the
rate case, and will file a petition
in Ingham County Circuit Court
for an injunction blocking the in
crease.
Roth contends the increase is
Improper" claiming the new rate
schedule filed by the company has
not been studied by the commission
to see whether it equals or exceeds
the amount allowed. The increase
would cost home users 25 cents to
rs cents a month, and business
users so cents to a dollar more a
month.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-06
OBITUARIES
RAYMOND WHEELER

Coshocton, Ohio - r ay m on d
Wheeler, 108 S. 14th Street, died
June 9th in his home following a
two year illness. He had been criti-
cally i'll for the past three weeks.
Born December 18, 1887 at New
Castle, Ohio, a son of Victor and
Harriet Fowler Wheeler. Decem-
ber 2, 1918, he was married to the
former Carmen c. Baird who sur
wives him.
He attended school at New
Castle. A handler by trade, he
started working at the Pope Goss-
er China Company as lad of IA
years. With the exception of a few
years at his trade in Cambridge
and Sebring, he has been with the
Pope Gosser China Company.
He was a member of the New
Castle Methodist Church, Coshoc-
ton Moose Lodge and Local Union
No. 75, National Brotherhood of
Operative Potters.
Besides his wife, he is survived
by three daughters, Mrs. Harriet
Daugherty of Alliance, Ohio, Mrs.
Mary Katherine Cannes of Rt. 5,
Coshocton, Ohio, and Mrs. Barbara
Kirkpatrick of Plainfield, Ohio.
Also three brothers, Byron and
Charles Wheeler of Coshocton and
Ward Wheeler of East Liverpool,
Ohio, and two sisters, Mrs. Marg
aret Hook and Mrs. Clarice Gaus-
ner of Coshocton.
Funeral services were held June
18th, at p. m. in the Gibson and
Bontrager funeral home. Reverend
Don Mueller of Cambridge officiat
ed. Burial was made in the Canal
cemetery.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-06
Shocking Neglect Of School
System Revealed In Report
Of our school population" !"

| of our school population"
School enrolment in elementary
and high schools is now 25,000,000
and the estimate is that the figure
will be 100000 within 10 years.
There is a serious teacher short
age, especially in the elementary
grades, because the low pay has
failed to attract newcomers to the
profession. The nation needs $780,
900 more teachers just to keep
pace with the increase in the school
population.
And finally, the crisis in public
education is not due to the war and
the increased birthrate, but has
been approaching since the turn of
the century.
The greatest single cause for the
expansion in the school population,
said the NEA report, "is the aspir-
alton of American citizens for the
future Of their country. Illiterate
parents were happy to have their
children read and write. Parents
with only an elementary school
education made sacrifices to send
their children through high school.
Those who have graduated from
high school point with pride to the
graduation of their children from
college.
There have been other factors
abolition of child labor, enforce
ment of compulsory attendance
laws, raising the minimum age at
which children may leave school,
the increased income of the aver
age American family-but the chief
factor remains the aspiration of
American parents for better life
for their children. But the school
system has broken down, and humid
reds of communities now find they
cannot provide adequate education
al facilities for their youngsters.
A bill for federal aid to educa-
tion has already passed the Senate,
but has been tied up in a House
committee. If anything more were
needed to underscore the plight
of the nations schools the shock
ing statistics in the NEA report
should furnish the final argument.
For the answer to the school
crisis is money. The report points
out that it is question of whether
we are willing to spend the money
to give our children the kind of
education we say we want them to
have, and that educators believe is
essential to the survival of our
civilization and our democratic in
stitutions.
1t can be done, says the NEA re-
port, pointing out that by the year
1000 our present national income
will be doubled. at is clear" con-
cludes the report, chat we are
able to support our public schools
adequately if we wish to do so,
without strain upon the financial
condition of the country"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-06
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, Mannngton W. Va.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-06
LIBERAL PARTY IN CANADA
AGAINST HEALTH INSURANCE

Vancouver, B. C. (LPA)-Health
Minister Paul Martin, in an inter
view here, has declared he is
against any national health insur-
ance plan for Canada. Health in
surance is and must remain a pro-
vincial problem. The Liberal
Party, in convention in 1919, de-
clared ian adequate system of in
surance against sickness should be
instituted by the federal govern
ment." Through the years, it re-
peated this pledge. Now in power,
it has admitted it opposes national
health insurance.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-06
By NORA PIORE

Washington (LPA) - There's a
knock on your door, and it's John
ny's teacher, dropping in. After
the usual pleasantries she tells
you: 81 think you ought to know
that the school building Johnny is
in is a firetrap. 1t was built before
1900. The plumbing is so bad,
don't even want to talk about it.
And the roof leaks on rainy days"
You look surprised. Johnny's
teacher goes on. "The schools so
crowded Johnny's class has to meet
in the hall. And the reason he goes
to school only half a day is be-
cause another class has to use that
hallway in the afternoon"
And before you can say some
thing she adds, "I've really had no
training for my job, but Pm doing
the best | can while the school
looks around for someone who real
ly studied to be teacher"
Well, you don't have a boy nam
ed Johnny, and this really never
happened to you. But it's all true.
For that, in effect, is what Ameri-
can parents are told in an annual
report just made public by Will
lam +. Givens, executive secretary
of the National Education Asso-
citation, composed of classroom
teachers all over the country.
Teachers unions tell the same
shocking story.
That's why, if you read in your
union paper about the battle over
the bill for federal aid to education,
you better be interested. For it's
the schooling of your youngsters
that's involved.
The NEA report, entitled Our
School Population, points out
that:
The school population is grow
ing, but the sums spent on the
schools are shrinking. In 1900 we
spent 1.2 per cent Of our national
income on the schools. By 1880 the
figure was up to 800. Then it be-
gan sliding again, and today is
down to 1.84 per cent.
A fifth of the school buildings in
our cities are so to 80 years old,
and is per cent of the city school
children attend classes in buildings
put up before 1900.
A third of million children in
the elementary schools attend only
halliday or swing sessions.
Thousands go to classrooms in
Railways, Easements, in rented
stores, churches and other borrow
ed places.
Of our teachers, 100000 lack the
educational requirements for per-
manent teaching appointments.
1t would take $l,000,000,000 a
year, for the next ten years, to
"put decent roofs over the heads
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-06
HAYES SAILS FOR
EUROPE LABOR CONFABS

New York (LPA)-President AL
J. Hayes of the Int'l Association
of machinists has sailed for Stock
holm, where he will represent lam
at the annual meeting of the lntl
Metalworkers Federation. He is
US member of the INF central
committee, which represents unions
in IL countries. Later in July, as
the delegate of the Railway Labor
Executives Association, Hayes will
attend the meeting of the Int'l
Transportworkers Federation at
Stuttgart, Germany.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-06

Buy Union-M Made goods from
others as you would have them
pay Union wages unto you!
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-06

Board recommends the mobilization
of Guild resources toward those
objectives."
Martin spoke of the "malodorous
record of failure" of the American
press, and it's "mockery of free
dom of the press, and of "the
frightening rate at which the in-
dustry is committing suicide"
Eubanks set a goal of 100 new
newspapers and 10000 new jobs by
1856. He blamed the death OF
scores of newspapers on the high
cost of newsprint, and declared "a
diabolical international newsprint
cartel" keeps the cost of paper
high, controls distribution, and in
effect thus decides which papers
continue to live. The big publish
ers, he said, condone these opera
tions, which he asserted takes
500, 100000 a year in excess pro-
fits "out of our own pockets"
(Eubanks is filing with House
committee now investigating news
print a statement disclosing opera
tions Of the cartel.)
Eubanks proposed that the gov
ernment open up Alaska's vast po--
tential supply of newsprint as one
answer to the present monopoly.
Ernst, at the ANG banquet, de-
clared newsprint. is the scarcest
commodity on this planet, and that
newsprint is bullets in the war for
the minds of people. Russia, he
said, realizes that, and supplies
newsprint free to its satellites.
Humphrey declared the growth
of newspaper monopoly is not COM
patible with our free institutions
and that the Guild should state
forthrightly that monopoly is an
evil that needs to be eradicated. He
declared that the public has long
ago lost it's respect for the press,
and blamed the publishers. They
should realize, he said, that public
opinion is their master, not their
servant.
Ted Dudley, assistant director of
PAC, said the current rumor is
that Guild members are not inter
ested in political action, and point
ed out that the Guild could not
have come into existence without
the Wagner Act. He stressed the
need of political action today. Eu-
banks, in seconding his appeal, said
1--WE are losing the kind of Con-
gress we want, and we can't afford
to lose any more"
Earlier Ralph Novak, ANG sec
retary-treasurer, had announced
contributions toward the strike on
the NY World-Telegram & Sun of
$4,000 from the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers, and $1,000 from
the Transport Workers. He said
Detroit had given him check for
$1561 in advance for strike assess
ments due July l, and that Boston
had given a check for $4,000.
lin New York, the newspaper
conference of the Association of
Catholic Trade Unionists, after in
vestigating the issues in the World
Telegram & Sun strike, issued al
statement saying "we believe thel
present strike is just. The state
ment said the Guild demands We're
extremely modest" and Justified
in the light of labor-management
practices today"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-06
Democrats Strike
Phony Charges On
Health Insurance

Washington (LPA)-The Demo
cratic National Committee has met
the propaganda barrage of the
American Medical Association head
on. The Committee has sent to 5000
top leaders and candidates for Of
flee, an S0-page training kit ans
wering all the phony ANA charges
against the national health insur-
ance program. The handbook also
explains and gives the arguments
for the Truman program.
The action was recognition of
the controversy as a major cam
paign issue. The ANA has boasted
that it helped defeat Senator Pep
per in Florida because he favored
the Truman program of health in
surance, and has declared it is in
politics to help defeat any other
candidate with similar views. The
ANA has found allies among the
landlords, the realty men, and all
the assorted anti Fair Deal groups.
And it intends to spend 81, 100000
this fall in an advertising cam
paign against what it falsely calls
"socialized medicine"
The DNC handbook answers
completely, and in detail, all the
arguments the ANA has made.
Especially does the handbook dis
sect the ANA claim that compul-
sorry health insurance is unneces-
sary because the coverage now pro-
vided' by voluntary plans like the
Blue Shield is adequate.
The handbook points out that
the voluntary plans are "too little,
too late, and too costly. 1t does
a similar job on political substi-
tute bills such as Taft's charity
bill. The handbook gives
the costs of a national health pro-
gram, reports on the success of
health programs in other countries,
and reveals the extent and acti-
vities of the medical lobby.
National Health Insurance is a
"pay-as-you-go plan-an extension
of Social Security" the handbook
explains. at means preparing doc
tor and hospital bills for you and
your family by a small payroll
premium along with other Social
Security premiums. Average cost
about 81 week for a family.
"You are entitled to the services
of your family physician, special
lists and hospitals. You choose
your own doctor and hospital. Doc
tors and hospitals retain complete
control over medical affairs, free
from government interference.
"The only change in your pri-
vate relations with the doctor or
hospital is the method of payment
they no longer send you the bill.
Your health insurance fund, to
which you contributed, pays"
Other organizations will be able
to reprint and distribute copies of
the handbook at low cost. No can
iidate need face the voters with
out the facts of the health plan
at his fingertips, clearly and con-
cisely stated.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-06
GUILD CONVENTION CONSIDERS
ENTERING PUBLICATION field

4
problems posed by the shrinkage
in the number of newspapers, and
by increasing monopoly control OF
those remaining, was the major
theme Of the 18th annual conven-
tion of the American Newspaper
Guild.
The threat to the economic Sc
curity Of it's members; to the con-
tinued freedom Of the press; to the
need for fair and complete pre-
sentation of the news; to the world
wide fight for mems minds-those
were the facets of the problem
taken up.
They were discussed in the of
ficers' report; in the opening ad-
dress of Harry Martin, ANG pres
ident; in the speech of Sam Eu-
banks, executive vice president; in
the banquet speech of Morris
Ernst, noted lawyer, friend of the
late Haywood Broun, and first
counsel of the Guild; and in the
talk by Sen. Hubert Humphrey
Cd, Minn.)
They led to creation of special
committee to consider the major
resolution presented to the con-
vention-a resolution offered by
the international Executive Board,
which pointed out that since Am
erica's publishers have abdicated
their responsibility, it was up to
the Guild to act.
The resolution therefore asked
authorization "to use such surplus
funds as the ANG may possess,
for investment in the development
of newspaper enterprises. The aim:
Publication of newspapers to pro-
tect "the principles of press in
dependent Of government regula-
ton" The resolution said that
"where advisable, it intends to
work in cooperation with other
trade unions, civic groups and in
terested individuals to create news
papers dedicated to the public in
terest."
"Monopoles and the collusive
practices Of some in the industry
have betrayed the moral obligation
of press, operating under con-
stitutionally guaranteed freedom to
present the news fairly and com
pletely", said the resolution. with
out that fair and complete pre-
sentation, the foundations Of the
democratic process-action based
on full information-is destroyed"
A newspaper without competition
rarely gives adequate service to a
community, the report continued,
warning that "a free press as we
know it is not indestructible 1t will
survive, constitutional guarantees
Notwithstanding, only so long as
the people deem it essential to|
their general welfare"
The report warned also that
when the press becomes an instru-
ment serving the purposes only of
a single economic class or political
group it will be unable to summon
the people to its defense if its con-
protection is threatened.
The failure of the American press
to be free would be our failure
our failure to foresee and act. The
disaster would be worldwide. The
penalties would be visited on every
one, not just on those who own the
or work for them"
The nation needs more papers
and better papers, the report went
on. "The international Executive
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-06
RESOLUTION OF RESPECT

Whereas Almighty God in His infinite wisdom, has seen
fit take from midst friend and fellow worker,
Brother Raymond Wheeler respected and admired for hs
fellowship and character, and
Whereas We the member of Local Union 75 recognize
loss of this Brother and shall cherish and respect the
memory of his pleasant and evidence of sympathy
and esteem, it is hereby further
Resolved, That extend profound sympathy to
his family copy of this resolution be published in
official journal The Potters Herald copy spread upon the
minutes of the Local and sent to the bereaved family
Also draped in mourning for period of
thirty days.
ARTHUR ID. HOWE
DEAN BAUMGARDNER
JAMES w. CONNER
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-06
LEROY HUXLEY

Leroy Huxley, 62, retired potter,
of 903 Dresden Ave., died June
29th in City Hospital.
Mr.. Huxley had been in poor
health for two years and was taken
to the hospital about II days ago.
He was employed last at the
Pioneer Pottery, and was a men,
ber of Local Union No. 203, Ma
tional Brotherhood of Operative
Potters.
He leaves a daughter, Mrs. La
Verne Forney of Youngstown.
The body was taken to the Arner
Home for Funerals, pending COM
pletion of arrangements.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-06
More Jobs Open,
US Aide Tells
Wisconsin Grads

Madison, Wis. (LPA)-Jobs are
more plentiful than they were six
months ago, Evan Clague, Com
missioner of Labor Statistics, re-
ported in a speech at the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin on the job mar
ket for high school and college
graduates.
Close to half a million students
are graduating from college and
seeking jobs this month, the larg-
est group in the nations history.
Another million and a quarter are
finishing high school.
industrial production has been
rising steadily Clague said, land
home-building has reached new
peaks. there is a heavy demand
for consumer durable goods, espec-
tally automobiles and electric ap-
pliances (. an unusually large de-
mand for housing /. more plans
for plant expansion"
There is wide variation in en-
ployment opportunities in various
Industries and professional fields.
Teaching, nursing, medicine, dem
tistry, social work, and engineer
ing all offer good prospects for
job-hunters at the present time.
Law, journalism, and personnel
work offer stiff competition.
Stenographers, typists, and book
keepers should still be able to get
Jobs this summer. There are large
number of openings for apprentices
in metal machining. Radio and tele-
vision technicians, on the other
hand, will have hard time find
ing openings.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-06
Phila. Showdown Is Union Protest

Philadelphia (LPA) - Members
of Transport Workers Union stag
ed a safety showdown here June
q in a dispute over operation Of
one-man street cars. Buses and
street cars stopped completely at
intersections until all fares had
been collected by the driver The
1000 TWU members may vote
shortly on whether to strike over
the issue, TWU President Michael
Quill announced.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-07-06
WIN HIGH SETTLEMENTS

San Diego, Calf. (LPA)-The
Building Trades Service Bureau for
injured workers handled 159 cases
in 1949, and has already handled
60 cases this year, Henry R. Bar
key, manager, reported. In 1872 of
the 1949 cases, settlements total
ing $124,217.67 were awarded for
both permanent and temporary dis
abilities. The awards averaged
$933.92.