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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-02-02
Twenty Lexington Students Enroll For
Driver Education Course Approved By AAA
Weothersby's Presents
Duul-C Control Troiner
Auto To High School

Twenty students of Lexington
High school have enrolled for the
approved course in driver educa-
ton and training announced
Gently by Superintendent OF
Schools, w. B. Dribben. The pro-
gram is aided here by the coopera-
ton of the Weathersby Chevrolet
company which is supplying a
new dual control car for training
purposes.
The course received high praise
today from Mayor Allie S. Povan
who said, training of young peo-
pie in safe and sane driving de-
serves the support of the entire
community. Future safety on our
city streets and on the nations
highway is dependent on the
sound education of youth in the
proper handling of the motor car.
Everyone connected with this
project should be congratulated"
Mr.. Dribben explained that the
driver education and training
course developed by the AAA will
be a regularly scheduled course in
the curriculum. I'VE hope to
train 40 students during each Sc
mester," he said. I'VE certainly
appreciate the fine public spirit
of Weathersby Chevrolet company
in making the a available for ac-
tual driving instruction"
The Weathersby Chevrolet
company, by supplying a car for
training purposes, is making a
real contribution towards solution
of one of the country's most vex-
ing problems"
Weathersby Presents Auto
I'VE are happy to make this car
available to the high school stu
dents of Lexington said Norman
Weathersby, owner of the Wea-
thersby Chevrolet company. We
are confident that the course viii
make better drivers of our young
people and reduce accidents in
this community" --h
The driver educational program
consists of classroom study and
lectures coupled with actual driv-
ing experience in the dual-con-
troll car under the guidance of an
expert trained instructor. The
course will run one school semes-
ter.
Accident statistics prove that
drivers in the 1920 age group
have five times as many accidents
in relation to miles driven as driv-
ers in the age group $3.50 years."
Mr.. Weathersby said. Students,
however, who have received AAA
driver training have a much bet
ter record with only one-half as
many traffic accidents.
Although the AAA driver edu-
cation program has been in opera
ton ten years, lack of cars for
training purposes has been a re-
tarding factor with the result
that comparatively few students
in the country have received the
benefit of training. "The Chey-
rolet Motor division and its deal
ers in every state of the union"
Mr.. Weathersby added, strongly
believe in driver education and
have therefore decided to make
cars available in greatly increas-
ed numbers so that the program
can be expanded.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-02-02

Shown here is Carolyn Ware
Renicker, Lexington High School
senior, who was chosen Good CT
tizenship Girl' for Lexington by
the Benjamin G. HUMPHREYS chap
ter of the OAR, according to
Mrs. A. ]. Heinrich, chairman of
the committee.
Mrs. Renicker will be presented
with a medal, and will participate
in the statewide citizenship con-
test.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-02-02

Dropped in at the Waldorf
Astoria where they were having
a new automobile show in the
grand ballroom. Hundreds of
people milled around the snap
Ply new-model ~roadsters, coy
coaches and stately sedans. 1t
was a splendid display and a real
credit to our present-day auto
motive engineering achievements.
/ got to talking with one of the
spectators, a man who had just
come from Florida and he said
that he was astonished at the
huge number of used cars he had
seen display along the road, jam
ming the sales lots, almost bum
per to bumper.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-08-10
Gompers Sentence To Jdil
In 1908 Boycott Case

The injunction provided that
Van Cleave "first execute and file
bond" He did so on Dec. 20, and
the injunction then became effec-
tive.
Between Dec. 18 and Dec. 23 the
AFL hurried the publication of the
January issue of the Federationist,
with Bucks stoves ON the unfair
list. The company lawyers prom
pity filed contempt of court charges
against Gompers, Frank Morrison,
and John Mitchell. Morrison was
then AFL secretary, and Mitchell
a vice president, and also president
of the United Mine Workers.
Gompers and Morrison, in an
editorial in the February issue of
the Federationist, had advised that
since the injunction was issued in
the District of Columbia, it could
apply only to those in the District.
Mitchell had presided at a miners
convention which put Bucks stoves
on it's unfair list and voted to fine
any member who bought one SIS.
Gompers had publicly stated that
of course union members would not
boycott if boycott were illegal,
but no law could force anyone to
buy a Bucks stove.
All this. said the COMPANY. was
of court. Justice Daniel
Theu Wright agreed and on Dec.
%, 1908 sentenced Gompers to 12|
Morrison to 9, and Nit
chell to months in Jail.
The AFL appealed to the Court
of Appeals f or the District ofI
lost, and appealed to the
US Supreme Court. Justice Joseph
Rucker Lamar, on May Is, 1911,
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-08-10
California Council
Warns Against
Scare Atmosphere

San Francisco (LPA)-The new
California Council has warned that
the present "scare atmosphere
weakens US political, economic and
military strength.
The council recently was organ
lied to replace the old one, which
was dissolved on the charge that
it was Communist-dominated.
The councils executive board, In
a resolution, declared that aware
ness of danger is good thing,
"but when the awareness degener-
ates into paralyzing suspicion and
distrust between the people and
their government, and within the
government itself, it operates to
defeat the very aims we are trying
to achieve.
"If all Americans are taught to
regard all other Americans as po-
tential traitors, our unity will be
and the complex, delicate
fabric of our democracy will be
torn to shreds. We will handicap
by accepting the illusion
that the smear and the spy hunt
and rivalry to out-investigate other
Investigators is an adequate sub
stitute for the difficult, long effort
this country must make if the free
world is to survive.
"Our internal security will be
by devoting our en-
ergies to this effort, leaving secur-
ity police problems to the govern
ment agencies already entrusted
with them. 1t is the method by
which we have progressed in the
past; it is the only method by
(Turn f0 Pa0P Thres)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-08-10
us Coast Guard
Checking All Ships
Heading Abroad

San Francisco LPA( = The
Coast Guard has instituted a Sc
curity check of officers and men
of all ships sailing for foreign
ports.
A spokesman said a Coast Guard
officer will appear with the ship
ping commissioner at all "sinf ons''
whether or not the ships are carry
ing war material. Each mans book
number, name and address, will be
checked. If the name appears on
the Suspect" list, the master of
the vessel will be asked not to sign
him on.
This system is in accordance with
the decisions at a security meeting
last week in Washington between
of Labor Maurice Tobin,
(Turn TO Pa0e Thrpe)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-08-10
95.8 P. c. Vote
For Union Shop
lin NLRB Election

Washington (LPA)-In 528 cleo
tions conducted by the National
Labor Relations Board in June, the
union shop won in SOC, or 95.8 per
cent. Of the 52S polls, 301 were
AFL, III CIO and "a unaffiliated.
Of the 657 collective bargaining
elections held, with 101,956 en-
ployes eligible, SS.S per cent voted.
Of the 432 elections in which AFL
unions took part, they won a maj
ority in 202 and failed 10. Of the
293 elections in which CIO unions
took part, they won 10, lost no..
The unaffiliated unions took part
in PIP, won la and lost 81. Of 13
decertification elections, the unions
lost 8.
Of 54S charges of unfair labor
practices filed, 416 were brought
against employers, 1872 against
unions.
Of the 6762 cases pending dispo-
sition, 239 had been filed before
August %, 1947, the effective date
of the Taft-Hartley act. Of the
6523 cases filed after August %,
1947, charges of unfair labor prac-
tees accounted for 1920, and peti-
tions for elections accounted for
1903.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-08-10
Bill To Improve
Workers SkiIls
Offered By Thomas

Washington (LPA)-A bill to
improve workers. skills was intro
duced August 3 by Sen. Elbert
Thomas Cd, Utah). 1t would auth
orize the Secretary of Labor, with
the assistance of both labor and
management, to adopt a program
for improving the skills of those
employed within industry.
Under a 1887 act, the Labor De-
partment has developed a program
for training apprentices in those
trades and skills where the appren-
ticeship method has been common
ly recognized. The Thomas bill
would make it possible to set up
similar programs for non-appren-
ticeable occupations.
whether in normal or emer-
gency times," the Senator declared,
1--WE need to be constantly develop
ing the skills and techniques of
those who work in industry. We
need to develop such skills and
techniques in order to assure max
imum production of the goods and
Turn to Pa1p THREE
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-08-10
Morse, Humphrey
Ask Changes To
End FiIibusters

Washington (LPA)-Sen. Wayne
Morse OR, Ore.) has introduced a
resolution to change the present
cloture rule, to prevent future fill
busters. His resolution, introduced
for himself and Sen. Hubert Hump
hrey Cd, Mimi was referred to
the Committee on Rules and Ad-
ministration.
"In this time of great national
crisis" said Morse, "this is very
important measure, because | think
it is important that we pass legis-
lation providing for changes in the
rules of the Senate which will
guarantee to the American people
that successful filibuster cannot
be conducted in the Senate"
Cloture rule is a motion ending
debate. 1t now takes the vote of
Ga Senators to invoke cloture. The
change would require merely a
majority vote of those voting.
Morse also asked that after clo-
ture motion is passed, debate be
limited to one hour for each Sena-
tor, except that a Senator may
yield his time to another. Morse
also would repeal the subsection
added last year, which exempts
proposals to change standing SEN
ate rules from application of the
cloture rule. AS matters stand now,
there is no way of limiting debate
on any motion to amend the Sen
ate rules.
The changes in the cloture rules,
known popularity as the Wherry|
amendment, were put over, accord
ing to informed observers, through
deal between the Dixiecrats and
the Northern Republicans. The|
DiXiecrats wanted to block civil
rights legislation, including FEPC,
and the Northern RepublicansI
wanted support against any move!
to repeal or amend the Taft Hart
ley act.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-08-10
3 US Unionists
Win Thanks OF
French Labor

Lyon, France (LPA) - Three
American trade unionists came
here to talk to French labor. The!
have done such a remarkable jot
that one French labor leader said
their visit "was the most effective
Franco-American diplomacy in five
years"
The three are Harold Gibbons
St. Louis, of the AFL Teamsterst
Bill Belanger, Boston, vice pres
ident of the Textile Workers; Car
men Lucia, Atlanta, a vice pres
ident of the AFL Hatters.
The Americans were up against
tough problem. French labor is
divided into rival federations, with
one led by Communists. French
union members are hardshelled, and
skeptical, not too warm to foreign
ers. To many Of them the US is
remote; they learn about the US
from pictures of Lincoln on the
Mississippi, and similar sources.
1t was in Lyon, a textile center,
that the Americans did their hard
est work and scored their biggest
success. By day they talked with
workers in the mills, at night they
took part in union meetings. The
French were fascinated. They ask
ed questions about American trade
unions for three hours at a time.
Belanger answered in their own
tongue. That went on for four
days. When the visitors left, En-
anuel Faucon, district chief of the
Force Ouvriere, wrote to officials
of ECA in Paris, that nothing had
been so useful, since 1945, as the
visit of the three Americans, in
pro omot ing understanding and
ut was in 1945 that
the US Seventh Army marched
through Lyon on the way north to
liberate France.)
Many union delegations have
been sent from Europe to the Unit
ed States under auspices of the
ECA. This was the first team of
trade unionists to bel
sent to Europe.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-08-10
Court May Settle
Denham-NLRb
Row On Powers

Cincinnati (LPA)-The US Cir
cult Court of Appeals here may
have to dissect the two-headed
monster that is known as the Taft
Hartley act.
Robert N. Denham, NLRB gen.
eral counsel, filed brief in the
boards name. The board has asked
the court to disregard the Denham
brief, and give the board time to
file its own brief. The board charg-
ed Denham ignored specific board
instructions in filing the brief.
If the court makes a choice, it
will in effect be defining the divis-
ion of authority, over which Den
ham and the board have been feud-
ing.
Denham's argument was that he
was seeking enforcement of a
board order. The board said he is
subject to it's regulations in such
matters. The order was against the
Vulcan Forging Co. of Dearborn,
Mich, and the union concerned was
the United Auto Workers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-08-10
Hiring Hall Legal
With Preferential
Clause NLRB Rules

Washington (LPA) - The Ma
tional Labor Relations Board has
ruled that a union hiring hall
agreement, with a preferential
clause, is legal under the Taft
Hartley act. A previous ruling that
hiring halls are illegal If they dis
criminate against np-bnion men
had been upheld b - z<3uprsane
Court. What was new in the latest
NLRB decision was that prefer
entail clause was not discrimina-
tion.
The 81 decision came in a case
involving the Marine Cooks and
Stewards, and the Pacific American
Shipowners' Assn. The clause in
question provides that preference
in hiring would be given to men
who had worked within the past
two years" for the company in
volved, and men "who presently
are employed" on vessels run by
the companies.
The decision was signed by John
M. Huston, Abe Murdock and Paul
L. Styles. Chairman Paul M. Her.
zog did not take part, and James
j. Reynolds dissented, charging the
clause "was subterfuge aimed at
perpetuating the discriminatory
preferential hiring practice of the
past"
The majority opinion pointed out
that although there was a prefer
entail clause, there was a specific
provision that the hiring hall be
run without discrimination, and
the ltimate right to accept or re-
ject any employe was retained by
the employers.
The board did unanimously rule
that the union violated the law by
agreeing to a discriminatory hall
in the contract that settled the
l948 west coast strike. The ship
owners, as part of the settlement,
insisted on continuation of the
illegal hiring hall, subject to final
ruling by the courts, according tol
the record.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-08-10
Glass Workers
Head Urges Public
To Buy American

Toledo, Ohio (LPA)-The ma
tion's handmade glassware indus
try will be ruined by foreign com
petition unless the public buys Am
erican products. So declares Harry
H. Cook, president of the Ameri
can Flint Glass Workers.
Cook is appealing to the public
because he says appeals to the
government and to retail merch-
ants have resulted in nothing
worthwhile"
The American worker gets an
average of $1.35 an hour, but must
compete with European worker
who averages 35 cents, said Cook.
ECA funds are making it impos-
sible for the industry to compete.
"It is very difficult for the union
to accept the fact that American
tax money has become the very in
strument which is rapidly destroy
ing the industry" he said.
Cook said that union groups
throughout the country have pledg-
ed to support the unions "Buy
American Union Made Glassware"
campaign. This campaign will pro-
badly save the industry, he said,
"but the condition can recur in our
industry, as well as others, unless
some workable measures are de-
vised to give us an opportunity to
compete on a more equal basis
with imported goods" He said his
union knew the term "Fair Deal"
we'll because "We've been trying to
get it from the government for
several years."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-08-10
New York Labor Warns All Unions
To Look Out For Communist Tricks

New York City (ILNS) = A
thousand delegates to the 87tf
convention of the New York State
Federation of Labor shouted ap
proval of a warning to American
labor to be on guard against Com
munist efforts to sabotage defense
production.
The warning was given in a
statement to the convention by
Joseph Tu1im, chairman of the con-
vention's credentials committee.
"In this hour of crisis" Tuvim
said, sit is absolutely necessary to
re-evaluate the role of the Com
munist party and its front organ
izations in our country.
"The Cominform and it's branches
'in-the United States and the rest
of the non-totalitarian world are
dedicated to one purpose; to spy
for the Russian military machine,
to sabotage production, to create
and aggravate social conflict and
to divide and weaken the free peo-
Piles of the earth so that they
should be crippled and defeated in
their resistance to Soviet imperial
ist aggression and it's armed hordes
as in Korea.
Precisely for this reason have
the Cominform and its masters in
the Kremlin chosen the labor
unions and the factories as their
first and principal field of espion-
age and sabotage. 1t is in produc-
tion-rather than in actually mo-
bilized military strength-that the
democracies are still far ahead of
Russia and it's hapless satellites.
''In this connection we strongly
warn all labor unions to be on
guard, especially in this hour of
crisis, against Communists who
make a policy of lying and decep-
tion even in normal times. Today
the Communists will use new
tricks, concoct the weirdest lies and
Turn to PaaS Three
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-08-10
Consumer Boycott
Pushed By Union
Legal, Says NLRB

North Canton, Ohio (LPA)-The
consumer boycott conducted two
years ago during a strike at the
Hoover Company main plant here
is legal. So the National Labor Re
lations Board has ruled. The com
pany, which makes vacuum clean
ers, must rehire the IL men it
fired, and must make good the pay
they lost.
The Hoover case was the first
consumer boycott case ever decid-
ed by the NLRB, and the vote was
4 to 0, with member James J. Rey-
nolds, Jr., not taking part. The
board declared such a boycott is
perfectly legal under the Taft
Hartley act, provided that only
peaceful means are used. The board
said such concerted activityn-was
one of the traditional forms of
collective action by unions.
Local 709, United Electrical
Workers, called a strike in June
1919, and sent teams of strikers to
visit other locals to urge them not
to buy Hoover cleaners. The strike
ended Aug. 2, and the company
suspended the II. On August 80,
after the union had refused to call
off the boycott, the company fired
the II. They filed charges with the
NLRB.
The UE was ousted in 1949 on
charges of being Communist-dom-
mated, and most of the members
of Local 709 went over to the In
ternational Union of Electrical
Workers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-08-10
Union Label Week Sept. 2-9
Wins National Siqnificdnce

Throughout America, activities
relative to the celebration of Union
Label Week, September 2-9, are
bringing greater significance than
ever before to the annual obser-
vance," declared Matthew Vol,
President of the Union Label
Trades Department which sponsors
the event.
The American Federation of
Labor also endorsed Union Label
Week in a resolution at the last
convention. Relative to the eight
day period for promoting and pub
licizing Union Labels, Shop Cards
and Union Buttons, President
Green said that local merchants in
many cities and communities lose
potential profits and
benefits by neglecting labor-man-
teamwork, He cited spec
ific cases where labor unions as
sisted management in advertising
products and increasing sales. Mr..
Green will issue a proclamation set
ting aside the eight-day period as
Union Label Week in the near
future.
Mr.. Woll outlined several of the
recent nationwide developments in
with Union Label Week
activities and plans for this years
Los Angeles set theI
pace for other metropolitan centers
with its celebration of Union Labor
Week, proclaimed June 80, byl
Mayor Fletcher Bowron of that
,ity. Highlights of the programl
devoted to publicizing the Union
Label included special displays in
more than so big retail store win
lows and conferences of joint
of store executives,l
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-08-10

wholesale and clothing manufac-
turers and labor union officials.
The Greater Los Angeles Union
Label Committee held meetings to
plan the consolidation of a public
relations program for the Los
Angeles market and its Look for
the Label" campaign, to which
more than 100000 trade union
members in the area have pledged
support.
The Oregon State Federation of
Labor designed an attractive board
and made up one for each of the
central labor councils in the state.
Among the unique features are the
eyes in the word "Look" which are
spotting every Union Label, Shop
Card and Union Button on the Of
ficial poster issued by the Union
Label Trades Department of the
American Federation of Labor.
This advertisement is typical Of
many which are being used in win
dow displays and on billboards
throughout America during Union
Label Week.
Two million cards stressing the
theme, Keep Your Dollars at
Home" will be supplied to 10000
members of the San Diego organ
lied labor movement for present
alton to local merchants whenever
a purchase of merchandise is made.
The cards will also stress the value
of the Union Label on merchandise.
Cards, urging merchants to coop
crate with unions and sell Union
Label goods, have been distributed
in Seattle, Wash, Minneapolis,
Minn., Baltimore, Md, and many
other cities. 1t is all part of the
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