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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-22
ANTI.UNION TACTICS OF CITIES
SERVICE SHOCK SENATE PROBERS

Washington (LPA)-"Shocking'
is the word the Senate subcommit-
tee on labor management uses to
describe the four-year war fought
by the marine division of the Cities
Service Oil Company to keep the
Seafarers International Union-AFL
off its tankers.
Moreover, a nine-man majority
of the 13-man full Labor Commit
tee approved the report Of the
Cities Service case submitted by
the subcommittee. The report was
turned over to the Senate Feb. IL
by Sen. James E. Murray Cd,
Mont. }, Labor committee chairman,
who headed the subcommittee in
the 81st Congress.
As result of its survey Of the
Cities Service Co.'s relations with
the STU, the subcommittee believes
it ought to go further into the fol-
lowing subjects: procedures under
the law for determining bargaining
agents; labor espionage in the oil
tanker industry and other indus
tries; waterfront "crimps", still
used by some shipping companies
as hiring agents; company union
ism in the tanker industry.
In the case of Cities Service, it
was Paul Hall, the SIU's first vice.
president and secretary-treasurer
of its Atlantic & Gulf District, who
told the subcommittee the story
last September. His version was
never seriously disputed by com
pany spokesmen. Briefly, here was
the story Hall told:
The STU asked Cities Service for
recognition in October 1916 and
asked the National Labor Relations
Board to conduct an election. The
election wasn't held until early
1948, the union obtained 83 percent
of the votes cast on seven of the
company's 16 ships. In May 1948|
the union was finally certified on
these seven ships. During the STA
days consumed in the process, the
company used every legal trick it,
could think up to delay matters. Mol
contract was won at the time.
Then the union went after the
remaining nine ships, petitioning|
for an election on them in June
1948. The company started a fight
on the voting unit, claiming a num-
Der of seamen's ratings were "sup-
ervisory" under the Taft Hartley
act. Eventually, the company won
a partial victory on this point. |
Cities Service kept filing briefs and
objections and inventing stalls un- 1
til Feb. 20, 1949, when voting be-
gan. Then the company obtained AMI
injunction against the voting, but
the write was speedily lifted. Then
a company-sponsored union that
had appeared on the scene tried to
get an injunction against countingl
the ballots. The STU won the cleo
tion, getting 80 percent of the
votes. But the company, through a
series of legal moves, stalled off
certification until Dec. 2, 1949. The
whole business consumed 528 days.
Then it turned out that in l948,
the company's lawyer, William p.
Lage, employed two men to ride
Cities Service ships as crewmen
and report back on STU activities
and "finger" STU men. Uater,
Lage hired third man to check on
one of the spies.) Meanwhile, an
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-22
BOILERkAAKERS, BLAckSMlTHS
UNIONS Tells OF MERGER PLANS

Chicago (LPA) - Negotiations
for a merger of the international
Brotherhood of Boilermakers and
the international Brotherhood of
Blacksmiths, both AFL affiliates,
are nearly complete.
The prospective merger was an
nounced Jointly by President
Charles j. MacGowan of the Boil
ermakers and President John Pei
kofer of the Blacksmiths, after a
conference here of Boilermaker
leaders including top officers,
members of the executive council,
grand lodge representatives, rail
road general chaimen and local
business managers.
Pelkofer and MacGowan said
merger talks were undertaken be-
cause the work of the two unions
"is closely related on the railroads,
in commercial shops, fabrication
shops and shipbuilding." According
to Department of Labor statistics,
the two unions have combined
membership Of about 174,000 Of
whom 150,0 900 are in the Boilermak-
ers, but membership is expected to
expand under the defense program.
Final action on the merger plan
is subject to ratification by the
Blacksmiths' convention, scheduled
to open in this city April 80. The
Blacksmiths' executive council,
grand lodge officers, field staffs,
business managers and railroad
general chairmen have already ap-
proved it. So has Boilermakers' eX
ecutive council, with the endorse
ment of those attending the con-
ference here.
The two presidents reported that
joint committees explored the pos
sibilities thoroughly before sub
mitting a tentative agreement to|
the two executive councils. Both
said a merger would benefit the
combined memberships.
In an address to the Boilermak-
ers' conference, MacGowan called
for equality of sacrifice in the pre-
sent world emergency by all ele-
ments in the population. Labor isl
giving its "all," he said. But, "We,
cannot justify the spilling of blood,
the freezing of wages, restrictions
on purchases and other hardshipsi
while business is permitted tol
amass huge profits out of the ma
tion's necessity"
In 1850, he declared, corporation
profits amounted to $22 billion
after taxes, three times the level
in 1929, remembered as a |
boom year. "Yet," he added, "wel
hear suggestions that new money!
be raised by a sales tax on the
bread and soup meat and shoddy
garments of the poor so that vast
earnings may be spared
levies."
MacGowan said there was only
one choice facing us-"to resist
the spread of cruel and inhuman
communism with our blood, our
work and our money" Otherwise,
he continued, we must Submit like
craven towards until the whole
world becomes a vast concentration
camp of slaves with less rights
than dumb beasts in the field"
Veteran Boilermaker Bert M.
Jewell, top-level labor adviser to
ECA, told the conference of the
role played by the trade union
in the fight against
abroad. Dictatorship
he declared, "is a dan
gerous threat to democracy. We
have to defend democracy and to
help those who believe in defendingl
it."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-22
PHILADELPHIA GAS WORKERS
ASK PAY ARBITRATION

Philadelphia (LPA) - The inde-
pendent Gas Works Employees
Union has asked arbitration Of
wage demands of 2700 employees of
the Philadelphia Gas Works Co..
The union is asking 20 cents an
hour, the company has offered l0h
cents. Federal. mediators have been
unable to effect q settlement.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-22
AFL DEMANDS DEFENSE
HOUSING AT FAIR RENT

| washington (LPA) - Defense
housing must be provided at rents
that workers can pay, AFL Pres
ident William Green told the Sen
ate Banking committee Feb. Is.
Testifying on the Defense Hous-
ing bill, Green said "any delay in
providing homes for defense work
ers would constitute not only a
personal handicap to the workers
needing the housing, but also a
very real handicap to our entire de-
fense program"
He criticized the section of the
bill covering private construction
on the ground that it provided
rents too high for the workingman.
Green emphasized he was in favor
of private enterprise wherever it
can be used, but said that public
housing must be built to provide
homes at reasonable rents.
The AFL chief cited figures to
show that under Title TX of the
bill, covering private building, de-
fense workers would have to pay
$85 to $108 a month for housing.
He declared this is too high.
However, Green pointed out,
Title ii of the proposed bill pro-
vides for construction of defense
housing under public auspices att
rents ranging from $64 to 800. "ln|
our view," he said, insufficient
emphasis has been given to this|
section of the bill"
Though urging that the publicl
housing features of the bill be ex-I
panded, he listed a number of prof.
visions which the AFL heartily
supports. These included:
1-Recognition that housing andI
community facilities for defense|
workers will be needed before, not
after, new defense plants are ready |
to hire production workers.
2-Emphasis on permanent-typel
construction.
3-Recognition that the primary
need of defense workers is for rent |
al housing.
4-Recognition that privateI
builders are unable to provide all
the housing needed to meet the
needs of defense workers, and that
part of the job becomes a public
responsibility.
5-Recognition that community
facilities must be provided wher-
ever defense housing is built.
6-Provision allowing housing
agencies to acquire land for need
ed housing and community facil-
tiles where defense installations
are constructed in isolated or re-
latively isolated areas.
7-Inclusion of a provision for
the protection of labor standards
on FHA-insured multi-family pro-
jects under the proposed bill.
On the last point, the AFL,
many of whose members would be
working on the projects, suggested
additional requirements including
time -and-a-half for over eight
hours a day, submission of payrolls
to the Labor Department, and ap-
plication of the "anti-kickback"
statute.
Green also called for "extension
and strengthening of the present
rent control program, land easing
of credit restrictions to require
down payments for lower
priced houses.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-22
DAIRY FARMERS UNION
SEEKS CONTRACTS

Duluth, MINI. (LPA)-The AFL
Dairy Farmers union, local 293, is
seeking signed contracts with seven
creameries in the Duluth Superior
milkshed. An eighth already has
signed. The farmers campaign has
tine support ot many Ar'L UNIONS.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-22
OBITUARIES
SARA LANDFRIED

Sara Louise Landfried, 80, died
February 19 in her home, 1869 Erie
Street, following an eight-month
illness.
A daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Landfried, she was born
Oct. Is, 1911. She was employed
last by the Homer Laughlin China
Co. and was a member of Local
Union No. "a, National Brother
hood of Operative Potters and the
auxiliary of American Legion Post
374. She attended the Second
Christian Church.
She leaves her parents; son,
Raymond Landfried; a sister, Ann
Landfried, and four brothers, Nor
man Landfried, Robert Landfried
and Lester Landfried at home, and
William Landfried of East Liver
pool. She made her home with her
uncle and aunt, Walter and Freeda
Landfried.
Services were. conducted by Rev.
Albert McLain. Burial was in
Spring Grove Cemetery.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-22

Buy Union Made goods from
others as you would have them
pay Union wages unto you!
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-05-26
Oregon Doctor
Shoots Bear

DR.. Hugh A. Dowd, Salem,
Oregon, completed a success
full Kodiak bear hunt this
week and brought his trophy
to town for. shipment to the
states
He hunted in the Uyak. Bay
area with Bill Poland, big
game guide and fisherman.
DR.. Dowd fished in the Kar-
lux river and took pictures of
his hunt. Thursday he attend
ed the Chamber of Commerce
meeting with DR.. A. Holmes
Johnson. He was scheduled to
leave Thursday via PIMA.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-05-26
Rev Attorney Here

Paul A. Dupler, attorney
at-law, Mrs. Dupler and their
four year old daughter arrived
in Kodiak Monday. Dupler has
opened an Office and will
practice law here.
He formerly practiced in
Sitka and came here. at the
suggestion of Marshall Crut-
cher, president of the Bank of
Kodiak. after John Hughes,
attorney, moved to Anchor
age.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-05-26
Governor OFFERS ASC
Hell p And Criticism

Governor Ernest Gruening
has offered the Alaska Steam.
ship Company the services of
the Territorial Department of
Labor mediation seU-up to
fore-stall if possible the strike
fereseen earlier this month by
D. E. Skinner, general man.
ager OF the company.
Skinner, in reporting a
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-05-26

!. possible strike if demands for
increased wages were =. not
metrecently, wrote the COVER
nor, in an open letter dis
tributed to the press and A
laska Chambers of Commerce,
asking for his suggestions and
criticism.
The bargaining now being
carried on is on a level be-
yond that of the territory of
Alaska, Gruening pointed
out, and the economic WELL
being of an area embracing
Washington, Oregon, Cali
fornia, Hawaii and Alaska is
involved"
1t would be ''presumptu-
ous', he adds, for him to pro-
pose a solution to a problem
that extends beyond the
bounds of Alaska" and he has
therefore invited the COVER
nors of the other states and
territory to assist him.
However, he tells Skinner,
If ASC and che union wish to
bargain independently re.
garding workers in the Alaska
trade, the department of labor
will offer it's facilities "for the
negotiation of fair and equi-
table terms of settlement
| Answering SINNERS COM
ment that Gruening is opposed
to increased rates to meet an
increase in wages, the COVER
nor rolled back his sleeves and
pulled no punches in a thinly.
yelled attack on the steamship
company.
Il am not opposed to in
creases which can be demon
strated as justified, fair and
necessary. >. E. | am opposed
to the concept that any cost
incurred by a carrier is a.
justification of rates present
or proposed, that every in
competence of a carrier should
be provided for in rates. :.
to the continued existence of
of discriminatory rates. to
disproportionately high rates
between Alaska ports"
Gruening has petitioned the
Federal Maritime Board for a
suspension of the increase in
rates asked by ASC to meet
the demands of the union, he
wrote Skinner, and requested
hearings he held.
In view of your repeated
public statements that the in
creases are justified, | can not
understand your reluctance to
have the matter aired and
your position possibly vindi-
Gated through such hearings
and Investigations, the
governor concludes.
Skinner had earlier indi-
Gated his company would well
come a public hearing on the
question.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-05-26


A bill of sale for two skid
shacks housing the library at
the former community center
and for the 5000 volumes in
them, transferring the pro-
perty from the center board
of directors to the City of 10
diak, has been recorded.
A warranty deed from John
w. Marshall to George Slaw-
son for lot 80 block 2 of the
Erskine sub, division has been
recorded.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-05-26
KODIAK MIRROR
Farewell Party Held
For Mrs. Rogan

Mrs. Edward Rogan was
guest of honor at a farewell
party given Wednesday even
ing by members of the .Catho-
lie Ladies Guild, at Mrs. Pat
Mitchell's home.
Mr.. and Mrs, Rogan were to
leg e Yesterday for the SUM
mer in the states. They Will
return in September to teach
at Perryville.
Ernie Bryan returned to-
Kodiak recently after being
outside since September. He
received special medical at
tention and vacatloned in
California and Mexico.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-08-18

King Solomon's Mines,
MGM Technicolor movie star
ring Deborah Kerr and Ste
Wart Granger may be seen
tomorrow and Monday at the
Orpheum Theatre.
10 capture scenic back
grounds and give the picture
realism the studio sent a COM
pany to the actual locales on a
five-month safari covering
rs, 900 miles of Africa.
The picture is based on the
adventure story by H. Rider
Haggard.
Miss Kerr portrays the part
of an English girl who has
come to Nairobi in the hope
of locating her missing hus-
band, who set out earlier in
search of the King Solomon
diamond mines.
Granger is persuaded to
lead the safari through the
most inaccessible p art of the
continent.
African natives, animals
and many shots of famous Mt.
Kenya are shown.
Thursday Robert Mitchum
and Faith Domergue star in
the film Where Danger Lies.
Claude Rains also has a part
in the picture.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-08-18

All persons having claims
against said estate are hereby
required to present the same,
with proper vouchers and
verified according to law,
within six months from the
date of this Notice, to the
undersigned administrator at
the Bank of Kodiak, Kodiak,
Alaska, or at the Office of
his Attorney Paul A. Dupler,
at Kodiak, Alaska.
Dated at Kodiak, Alaska,
this 21st day of July, 1851.
Isl Marshall Crutcher
Administrator.
First Publication: 7-28-1951
Last Publication: 8-18-1951
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-08-18

The fight pictures of the
Robinson Turpin fight may be
seen today and tonight.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-08-18
PAGEtH

Mrs. 0. H. Kimball is en-
ployed at the Kodiak Hotel
this week.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-08-18
NOTICE.

IN THE UNITED STATES
COMMISSIONERS EEK
OFFICIO PROBATE) COURT
FOR THE TERRITORY OF
ALASKA, KODIAK CON-
MIssIoNER's PRECINCT
In the matter of the estate of
WILLIAM F. SARGENT
Deceased
Notice To Creditors
All concerned are hereby
notified that Marshall Crutch-
er was on the 10th day of
July, 1851, appointed Admin
strator of the Estate of Will
liam F. Sargent, Deceased.
Evening star., 1951-08-03
Elizabeth and Philip
Due Here in October
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Aug. 3 (P.-Princess
Elizabeth and Prince Philip have
accepted an invitation to visit
President Truman in Washington
October "a to 26.
An official announcement from
Buckingham Palace said the 25-
year-old heir presumptive to the
British throne and her husband
will stay at Blair House.
The trip to Washington will
follow a visit to Canada. They
will sail from England on Septem-
ber 25 on the Canadian Pacific
liner, Empress of France.
The last members of the royal
family to visit the United States
were King George vi and Queen
Elizabeth. They went there as
guests of President Roosevelt in
1899, also after a Canadian tour
Court circles said it was not YET
known whether Elizabeth and hel
navy husband will visit any othel
cities in the United States.
1t will be the first trip to the
American continent for the roya
pair. Elizabeth's only previou.
long-distance tour was to South
Africa with her parents and hel
sister, Princess Margaret, in l947
In Washington, the Whit,
House confirmed the dates of tn,
forthcoming visit.
Evening star., 1951-08-03
BY the Associated Press

STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Aug. 3.
-Four young Poles, one a woman,
landed their bullet-riddled, make
shift plane in Southern Sweden
today and told of a dramatic
escape from Red Poland amid
.gunfire.
They asked asylum, saying they
were fed up" with the Commu-
mist regime in their homeland.
Their exploit was less than "a
hours after IL sailors of the Polish
Navy staged a Baltic mutiny
aboard a minesweeper and chose
refuge in Sweden.
The two incidents created spec
ulation concerning possible con-
Meeting with the recent visit to
Poland OF Soviet Deputy Prime
Minister V. M. Molotov, who
warned in threatening terms
against Titoist revolts.
The four refugees today made
"a perfect landing, despite riddled
Evening star., 1951-08-03
BY the Associated Press

BERLIN, Aug. 3.-Mayor Ernst
Reuter- today assailed as "one -ot
the worst things that has hap
Ipened in Berlin" an American
order that he instruct a Berlin
court to reverse its verdict against
an American-Soviet agent accused
of having delivered Germans into
Russian captivity.
Mr.. Reuter- told the city parlia-
ment yesterday he has defied the
order from United States High
Commissioner John j. McCloy on
constitutional grounds. He said he
had no power to intervene with an
independent court and that the
court itself must decide if it would
obey.
This morning the mayor called a
news conference for foreign cor
respondents to add his personal
comments on the case, which he
said has damaged German-Ameri-
can relations in this outpost city
The agent, Hans Kemritz
worked for the Russians and
Evening star., 1951-08-03
Berlin Mayor Defies U. S. Order
To Reverse Ruling on Red Agent

Americans here in the early years
Iof the occupation. A Berlin
court, in defiance of American
Idirectives, has assessed heavy
monetary damages against KEN
ritz in favor of a German widow
who charged the agent had lured
her husband to arrest and even
Itual death in a Soviet prison.
Explaining his own defiance of
the American order, Mr.. Reuter-
said:
II am confronted with a situa-
Ition I find utterly incompre-
Ihensible. I don't understand how
anybody could give to the Mayor
Iof Berlin an order which would
be impossible to execute in any
democratic country-an order to
interfere with an independent
court.
Il feel that this is one of the
worst things that has happened
lin Berlin. We have had some
differences before, among our
selves and with any or all the
occupying powers, but this is the
first political difference"
Evening star., 1951-08-03

proach postponed a House decision
until next Thursday because only
SO Of the 434 Representatives
were present yesterday.
And those 68 voted 35 to 33
against a resolution favoring an
immediate end to commercial re-
lationS with Czechoslovakia and
possibly break in diplomatic re-
lations later.
Mr.. Oats, 37-year-old native of
Marion, Ind, was convicted of
espionage" by a Prague court
last month and sentenced to 10
years imprisonment. The con-
viction has been widely con-
demned as a sham and a fraud.
Supporters of the get-tough
resolution demanded that final
decision await a quorum of the
House. A quorum is two-thirds of
the full House membership. So
a "gentlemen's agreement" was
reached to wait until next Thurs
day.
Forthcoming primary elections,
speaking engagements and week
- A
Evening star., 1951-08-03
Deadlock Brings Talk
Of Rift Between Red
Koreans and Chinese
BY the Associated Press

U. N. ADVANCE HEAD
QUARTERS, Korea, Aug. s.
The deadlocked armistice
talks brought speculation to-
day of a possible split be-
tween the North Koreans and
Chinese.
There is vague evidence the
Chinese are more willing than
the North Koreans to deal
with the Allies.
Many observers believe the
Chinese are not interested in
pressing the Red delegations
demand for a dividing line
along Parallel 38. Instead
they are more interested in
getting their armies out Of
Korea swhere they have been
badly mauled.
Evening star., 1951-08-03
u. S. Chiefs Seem Determined
To Continue Koesong PorIeys
No Evidence Seen Of EorIy End to ToIks
Despite Deadlock Over Ceose-Fire Line

this stage at least they do not
want any responsibility for break
ing off the talks.
A check among we'll informed
Officials here showed no evidence
that Gen. Ridgway has been try
ing to get a date set for ending
the talks if the present deadlock
persists. On the contrary, it was
said that Gen. Ridgway and
Washington see eye-to-eye on a
need for patience and persistence
in dealing with the North Korean
and Chinese Reds.
Among authorities here, there
is, in fact. a moderately strong
belief that the Reds really want
to end the Korean war. At the
same time, they want to end it
on terms as favorable as they can
(See TALKS, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1951-08-03
By Miriom Ottenberq

The House Monopoly subcom-
mittee was told today that the
"saturation" of broadcasts of ma
jor league baseball games in minor
League communities is threatening
the survival of the lower-class
clubs.
George M. Trautman, boss of
the minors, told the subcommit-
tee:
I'm beginning to wonder wheth-
er baseball's problem isn't to save
itself from this overabundance OF
radio"
The broadcasting question was
injected into the antitrust hear-
Evening star., 1951-08-03
By John N. Hiehtower
Associated Press 5toff Writer

Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway and
top Washington officials were re-
ported determined today to carry
on the Kaesong truce talks just as
long as the Communists are
willing to do so.
This may be many week because
the negotiators on the U. N. side
seem to be up against a combina-
tion of familiar Soviet Communist
|Stalling tactics and tiH traditional
timeless patience of the Orient.
Even SO, officials privately de-
clared, the United States and its
u. N. allies must stick it out-first
because they deeply want peace in
Korea if it can be had on reason
able terms, and second because at