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Evening star., 1950-09-22
Accidental Death Is Ruled In Freak Fatal Accident

A certificate of accidental death
resulting from strangulation was
issued yesterday by Coroner A.
Magruder Macdonald for a Sol
dier Home gardener, found yes
terday. APPARENTLY crushed to death
on top of an elevator.
The man, Martin j. Tierney, 65,
who lived at the home, was found
dead on top of an elevator in a
tool house on the grounds. The
early investigation by homicide
squad detectives lead to the con-
clusion that the gardener had been
crushed to death as the elevator
moved upward against the roof.
Later. however. it appeared Mr..
Tierney had slipped and caught
Evening star., 1950-09-22

his head in a bucket Of grass seed
he was carrying while trying to
get of the elevator. The elevator
continued to ascend. and the pres
sure Of the bucket against his
throat as the elevator moved
against the roof caused the stran-
gulation, according to police.
Evening star., 1950-09-22
Carmen Strips in Jupun

Offering a strip tease version OF
Carmen" a Japanese theater
owner in Tokyo explained: "Au-
diences get bored with just strip
tease hY itself"
Evening star., 1950-09-22
Transatlantic Murriuqe

Fifty friends gathered in a
Glasgow home and celebrated the
transatlantic marriage, a few
hours previously, of q former
toWnSman.
Evening star., 1950-09-22
Surface Sult in Australia

Australia has extensive deposits
Of surface salt, which are con-
stantly renewed when ocean spray
is dried by the air and blown in
land,
Evening star., 1950-09-22

Some anthracite coal has car
bon content as high as 80 per
cent.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-30

ance, hoped that he would squeak
through by the narrowest of mar
gins" The Blade explains it is run
ming the advertisement because it
fears that the rest of the nation,
remembering only the victory mar
gin "and ignoring the circum-
stances under which it was achiev-
ed, will read much more into it
than the voters Of Ohio meant"
The advertisement is addressed
to Senators Aiken, Flanders, Hen
erickson, Ives, Lodge, Morse, Sal
tonstall, H. Alexander Smith, Mrs.
Margaret Chase Smith, TIL y e,
Tobey and Vandenberg. The open
ing paragraph says GAS members
of the liberal, progressive, interna-
tional-minded wing of the Republi-
can party, you must have noted
with some concern the interpreta-
tions being placed on the outcome
. :" 1t tells these Senators that
"you can render considerable SER
vice to the party and to the nation
if you do not let the results of our
election be misinterpreted."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-30

blems.
Second, a man who shows "sour
puss" because he's dropped couple
Of bucks will show the same "puss''
in negotiations if everything fails
to go his way.
Third, a card player who de-
mands a new deck every time he
loses to three queens with three
jacks can't take it when the going
is rough.
Fourth, it's the selfish man who
gets grouchy when somebody else
picks up handful of pennies.
Fifth, the player who to save a
dime will let himself be bluffed out
Of a big pot with dollars in it will
do the same thing whenever the
stakes are high.
Sixth, the player who can lose
with a smile and pat the winner on
the back is a good sportsman who
will show the same sporting atti-
tude in union affairs whether deal
ing with the membership or the
boss.
Say Emerson and German: "We
might try a game Of solitaire to
determine if we can get along even
with ourselves"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-30

minimum wage for agricultural
and other workers to provide sub
sistence standards Of living.
Aid For Unionism Urged
The report emphasizes t h
minimum wage legislation in it
self will not solve the problem Of
inadequate wages; it will provide
some relief only for the poorest
paid workers. Skilled industrial
workers are also in need for higher
wage scales" To improve their con-
dition, these workers "are depend
ent upon the power of collective
bargaining and enlightenment of
management which in the present
economic structure leaves them in
a weak position" according to the
mission findings.
"The trade union movement in
the Philippines is still confused.
and chaotic. There is
only the beginning Of a free trade
union movement. >. This struggl-
ing but honest movement should be
given all encouragement possible,
as it offers the one hope that man
and labor will work to-
gether through trade unions free
from Communist domination" the
concluded.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-30
News and Views

Come hell and highwater, the
British are apparently determined
to pull themselves, figuratively
speaking, up on their bootstraps
and reestablish their country as g
going economic concern.
That is the meaning Of the re-
cent announcement to reorganize
and modernize the nationalized coal
industry at an expense of over ST.
700 million. When 1865 rolls
around, the Coal Board says, Bri-
tain's coal mines will be in a pos
ition to produce about 240 million
tons annually, or 40 million tons
above the present rate, and with
the employment of $4,000 fewer
miners.
This tempting plan deserves
careful examination and analysis
before it is put into effect. Among
the principal parties in that de-
bate is the miners union whose in
terests, it goes without saying, are
closely bound up with a revitalized
and profitable industry. But while
new mining techniques, mechanical
ton, improved safety and working
methods, ETC., are obviously of vital
concern to the workers, Britain's
coal problem must be considered
in the light of present conditions,
not visionary blueprints.
What are these conditions? Coal
production, so the board AYERS, is
bound to fall to new lows and costs
are going to rise if drastic steps
are not undertaken soon. Well, the
coal industry was nationalized in
January 1947, but SO far Britain,
and mine labor above all, has very
little to show for it.
The miners soon learned to re-
cognize that naturalization, while
it removed the alleged villains
private enterprise and profit mo-
tive-did not remove production
and labor troubles. In fact, by de-
priving the workers to all intent
and purpose of the strike weapon
to remedy admittedly bad condi-I
tions, it aggravated them enor-
Thus, when the Labor govern
ment at the beginning of 1850 can
celled wartime regulations freez-
ing miners in their jobs, an alarm
ing drift away from the pits set
in. That, in reality, is the indus
try's biggest problem. As long asI
this condition prevails, coal produc-l
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-30
Poker Reveals Best. Worst
In People, Unionists Hedr

Chicago UPA)-There's nothing
like little low-ante poker game to
bring out the best and worst in
people.
That's what Earl Emerson and
Pat German, president and secre-
tary-treasurer respectively Of the
Amalgamated Meat Cutters-AFL
were told by one Of the unions top
employers recently.
In their news letter Friendly
Chat for Nov. 20, German and Jim
erson report a luncheon discussion
with the industrialist, who, they
say, "hates strikes as much as we
do and thinks that nine out Of ten
of them could be settled before
they begin"
81 wish | had the time to play
poker, 10-cent limit Of course, with
every person on your international
staff" said the employer. 81 think
| would then be able to tell you
who should be kept and who should
be laid off" When Emerson and.
German expressed doubt, the en-
ployer gave the following six-point|
explanation Of his thinking.
First, a man who quarrels over
insignificant matters in a friendly
card game will do the same thing
in discussing organization pro-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-30
TAFT VICTORY 'MISINTERPRETED'
SAYS PAPER THAT BACKED HIM

Toledo, Ohio (LPA) - "Never
were more votes cast for any can
didate with less enthusiasm and
greater reservations" So declares
the Toledo Blade, which support
ed Senator Robert A. Taft, in a
full-page advertisement appearing
among other papers, in the Wash
ington, DC Post.
The ad, in the form of "An open
letter to some Republican Sena-
tors" is headed DO Not Misrepre-
sent Senator Taft's Victory, and
says that "the administrations S
foreign policy has not been repudi-
ated in this state, McCarthyism is
not rampant in Ohio, and Senator
Taft is not our favorite SON. in
any presidential sense"
Sole issue in the election, says
the Toledo Blade, was political
domination by the labor Bosses"
AS far as any other issues were
concerned, Taft Simply won the
election by default" The ad says
that "when Taft asserts that the
election results shows that our
citizens prefer his stand on public
issues he is talking about is
sues that never arose."
The Blade denies that the results
show that Ohioans shave express
ed their lack of confidence in the
Presidents foreign policy and the
State Department." that Taft got
any sort of mandate; that Taft
"has suddenly developed terrific
voter appeal" and is therefore the
leading contender for the COP pre-
sidential nomination in 1852.
The people never got a chance
to express an opinion, pro or con,
on the Administrations domestic
policy or its foreign policy, said
the Blade, because those issues
were never raised.
The Blade admits it backed Taft
with misgiving", and that "thous-
ands Of our citizens voted for Sem
ator Taft with considerable reluet-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-30
Teachers Fear
Thought Control
hutchins Says

New York IPA)-The fear of
thought control makes college pro-
fessors fight against loyalty oaths,
according to Robert NJ. Hutchins,
Chancellor Of the University of
Chicago.
Speaking on Academic Freedom
I-Bulwark Of National Security"
at Columbia University's McMillin
Theatre on Nov. 21, DR.. Hutchins
touched off the 195O-51 series of
Sidney Hillman lectures.
Perhaps the most important
reason for the resentment of uni
versity faculties at the proposal
that they should be given special
tests for loyalty is their fear that
it portends an effort on the part
Of the government, or of the public
or it's representatives, to assume
control over the course of study,
the program of research, and quail
ifications Of members of the facul-
ty" DR.. Hutchins said.
He also observed that the trouble
with colleges today is their depend
ence on money. eve should think
once in while about the things
that money cannot do"
DR.. Hutchins said the California
loyalty oath trouble originated in
the "desire of the administration
to get more money from the legis-
lature."
AS this suggests" he said, "the
chief danger to American educa-
ton is that it will sell its birth
right for mess Of pottage. The
danger to it is that in seeking
money it will sacrifice the purposes
for which it exists. | have enough
faith in the intelligence and gener-
osity of the American people to
believe that they will understand
and support universities which
have principles"
Other Hill lecturers will include
Sen. Paul Douglas Cd, Ill., who
will speak on Individual Rights
and Congressional Investigation"
at New York's New School for So
cial Research, Dec. 8. DR.. Johnson
will speak at the University of
Chicago on Jan. or 9 on the pro-
blem of freedom as it affects Ne
groes in American life. Other Hill
man lecturers will be announced.
The Sidney Hillman Foundation,
sponsor Of the lectures, was form
I'd in 1916 to keep alive the spirit
If the late president of the Anal
gamated Clothing Workers of AM
erica. This year the foundation al
ocated $4,000 for scholarships,
prizes, awards and grants in the
fields Of labor-management rela-
ions, race relations and world
peace.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-30
LOTS OF HOUSES, SAYS WHO?
SAYS SAVINGS & LOAN MEN

Washington LPA)-The U. S
Sovings & Loan League doesn't
think housing will be short next
year-but then it doesn't think il
is short this year either.
It's Committee on Trends and
Economic Policies told the 58th an
nual convention of the organization
meeting here that new home build
ing will drop 25 to 35 percent in
1851.
This will create "a tight housing
supply in less than a fifth of the
nations cities and towns" the re-
port said. 1t also implied this
would be okay because before the
Korean war there was actually
getting to be an oversupply of
houses in the higher brackets.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-30

If you want to give something
extra special this Christmas, then
make one of the beautiful night
gowns illustrated in lovely figur-
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The gown at the top has a dainty
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pieces.
Barbara Bell sew-rite perforated
pattern No. 1869 is designed for
sizes IL, IA, 16, 18, 20; 40 and AZ.
Size IA requires 35s yards of 35
or 39-inch fabric; Is yards lace
for ruffling.
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sizes "a, Sc, 38, 40, AZ, Al, 46, and
48. Size SO requires 5H yards of
35 or 39-inch material.
For above patterns, send 25c for
EACH, plus sc for first-class mail
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coins, your name, address, pattern
and size wanted to Barbara
Bell, Labor Press Association, Inc,
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Don't miss the new Fall and
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-30

tion will be unable to catch up with
the demand; the threat Of winter
coal shortages will always hang
over the heads of the people.
| :. !. I.
| Whether the decline in manpoweI
will remain within the limits en-
visaged by the board-80,0C0 few
er miners in 1865 than at present
remains to be seen. Last year the
industry had 100000 workers. In
1850, only 687,000 workers remain
ed-the smallest total of the cen
tury and insufficient to take care
of increasing domestic and export
needs. Manpower losses have been
running lately at the rate of 1000
and more per week.
Why this-now that the social
ist millennium has arrived in Eng
land-should be is the cause of
much soul-searching and head
scratching. The principal reason
seems resentment, among the men,
not only against bad labor and
human relations in the industry,
but even more to the fact that the
state and an industry supposedly
operating in the public interest
should do this to them. Whatever it
is it will take more than technical
solutions offered in this elaborate
15-year plan to made the workers
stay in the pits and dig the coal
without which Britain cannot live.
\ !. !.
One more thing need be said be-
fore some people in our own midst
go into raptures over revolution7
ary planning and the wave of the
industrial future. The new coal pro-
gram is to be financed by borrow
ing" from the already overburden-
ed British taxpayer and by excess
profits. Last years excess profits
of the coal industry amounted to
$27 million.
How were these gains achieved?
Very simply, by charging foreign
buyers an average of $3.50 a ton
more than domestic customers. This
may seem sure-fire thing, but
how long is it going to last? Coal
production throughout Europe, not
ably in Germany and Poland, con-
tinues to show steady improve
ment. Why foreign interests should
under those conditions continue
buying high-priced British coal is |
another question that calls for an
answer.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-30
REPORT URGES MORE UNIONISM,
MINIMUM WAGE FOR FlL!PINOS

Washington, d. c. QLNS). =
While both industry and agriculture
have been very prosperous in the
Philippines since the end of World
War III, 'little of this prosperity
has seeped through to the working
force" President Truman's Econ
omic Survey Mission to the Philip
pines (Bell Mission) declared in its
recent report, which urged streng-
thening trade unionism, a minimum
wage and other measures to i'm
prove the condition of labor.
"The basic economic problem in
the Philippines" the mission said,
''is inefficient production and very
low incomes. the standard of
living of most people is lower than
before the war.
"The inequalities in income in
the Philippines, always large, have
become even greater during the
past few years. While the stand
ard of living of the mass of people
has not reached the prewar level,
the profits of businessmen and the
incomes of large landowners have
risen very considerably. Wage and
farm income remain lower than the
economy can afford because of the
bargaining power of work
ers and tenants on the one hand,
and employers and landowners on
the other"
Labor Legislation Asked
The Bell Mission included two of
ficials of the U. S. Labor Depart
ment, Henry G. Gomperts, asso-
ciate director, Office of Interna-
tional Labor Affairs, and Ealton
L. Nelson, field representative of
the Bureau of Employment Secur-
ity.
AS a result of its survey, the
made number of import
ant recommendations to the Philip
pine government on labor matters,
and in its 107-page report urged
the following measures:
l. An adequate program Of pub
ic health and improved education
and better facilities for urban
housing, ?. Legislation establishing
,he right of workers to organize |
'ree trade unions to protect their
economic interests.
3. Legislation eliminating abuses
n present employment practices
which deprive the workers of their
lust earnings. Such legislation
would make mandatory direct pay
nent of wages and retroactive
awards to workers. 4. A
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-30
TWO UNION MEN ELECTED

Portland, Oregon LPA)-Man-
ley ]. Wilson, editor of the Inter
national Woodworker, was elected
to the Oregon State Senate, defeat
ing Irving Rand, Portland attorney,
99,488 to 97,470. Wilson is form
Ell state representative. Phil Brady,
of the Teamsters, former president
of the Portland Central Labor
Council, and also a former men,
Der of the state house of repre-
sentatives, also won election to
the State Senate.
Of IA labor-endorsed candidates
in Multnomah county, seven were
elected. The Portland civil rights
ordinance was defeated by referen-
dunn.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-30
COMMIES AVE AID 1T
NORTH OF THE BORDER

Toronto (LPA) = The Commies
north of the border aren't faring
any better in labor unions than
they are in the US. A recent tabu-
lation of representation elections
involving the Mine, Mill & Smelter
Workers and right-wing unions
shows the Commie-dominated union
won only one election out of II.
The total vote was 1892 for right
wing unions, 1876 for MMSW.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-30
UNION PROTECTS RIGHTS
OF DRAFTED WORKERS

New York (LPA)-Members OF
Knitgoods Local 155, international
Ladies' Garment Workers AFL will
have their rights protected if they
are drafted. A ruling by the inter
national executive board of the
union guarantees the members
rights to life insurance policies, job
protection upon their return from
service, vacation pay and union
status. Members may have these
benefits simply by applying for a
withdrawal. They will be
exempt from dues and assessments
during service.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-30
Puerto Ricun
CONTINUED From Page One)

President Truman by F. Paz
Granela, vice president of the Free
Federation of Labor which express
ed the horror felt by Puerto Rican
labor at the attempted assassina-
tion of the President, and told him:
"You may rest assured that the
working people of Puerto Rico and
the people in general, are deeply
grateful to you and to the Ameri-
can nation"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-30
AMERICAN WORKERS HAVE
BETTER BOSSES

Paris (LPA)-An important as
pect of American workers high
living standard is the power Of
their trade unions, according to a
team of productivity experts who
have just returned from a three
month tour Of the US. The 13 men,
all production specialists, said Am
erican workers have better equip
ment and better bosses, but that
they do not work any harder than
French workers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-30

The number of women in the
civilian labor force increased by
over 1/3 million from September,
1949 to September, 1850, according
to the Bureau of Census. The net
increase is attributed to over AS
million additional women workers
in the nonagricultural industries.
The increase in non-farm employ
ment was general-including both
sexes and all ages-but the great
est relative gains apparently took
place among women 35 and over.
There were fewer women in agri-
culture than last year. Unemploy-
ment among women dropped by
more than la million over the
year. The number of women in the
armed forces was 5000 greater in
September, 1850 than in Septem-
Der, 1949. Seasonal slowdowns be-
tween August and September, 1850
caused a decline in women's en-
ployment of about la million.
Teen-age girls returned to school
and agricultural activities slacken-
ed. Declarations also took place in
trade and service activities, which
ordinarily hire large numbers of
summer workers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-30

Miss Grace McGerr has been
named as a mmeber of the u. S..
L b or Departments Employees
Compensation Appeals Board, to
succeed former Senator Hattie
Caraway, who retired recently.
Miss McGerr has been an attor-
ney in the Solicitors Office Of the
Department of Agriculture since
1888. A graduate of the University
of Nebraska, with graduate work
at Columbia University Law School
in New York, she practiced law in
Lincoln for 4 years before coming
to Washington.
The new member is editor of the
Federal Bar News and immediate
past president of the American
Newspaper Women's Club. She is
a member of the Nebraska bar and
has been admitted to practice be-
fore the United States Supreme
Court.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-30
WOMEN IN
INDUSTRY

Too many women are giving up
secure jobs because they falsely
believe there is a "war boom" in
employment, Miss Janet S. Ewing,
director Of the employment bureau
at the Central Branch Of the Young
Women's Christian Association,
New York City declared recently.
"Not only is there no current
war boom, but there is not even a
defense BOOM" Miss Ewing assert
ed. "Women earning good salaries
are leaving them to look around for
lush jobs that are just around
the corner"
AS an example Of the current
"job mirage fever" she cited sew
eral executive secretaries in the
$50-to-$65-a-week wage bracket
who were quitting their jobs to
seek that $85 job that they think
is awaiting them.
Miss Ewing cautioned: "Don't
jump from security into insecurity.
Lots of these jobs are just gamble
now"
Increases in transportation fare
in New York, income taxes and the
cost of living in general have pro-
duced another trend that Miss
Ewing and the Y. w. C. A. do not
favor; that is, that many women
holding full-time jobs in the day
are now seeking part-time evening
to increase their take
home pay.
Their health is bound to suffer
and they are not being fair toI
themselves" Miss Ewing insisted.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-11-30

minimum wage for agricultural
and other workers to provide sub
sistence standards Of living.
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No. 16.-Saggermakers, East Liverpool.
Ohio. Harry f. McCoombs, 927 Dresden
Ave-, East Liverpool, Ohio. Meets first and
third Tuesday in Room 2. NBOP Bldg.