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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08
WHITTEN S. MILLER

Whitten Stewart Miller, CT, died
Feb. in his home on the Wells
Hollow Road, Wellsville, following
a long illness.
Mr.. Miller, a native of Pleasant
County, w. Va, resided in Wells
Vile six years. He was employed
in the sliphouse at the Homer
Laughlin China Co. and affiliated
with Local Union 81, National Bro
therhood of Operative Potters. He
was a member of the Church of
Christ.
He leaves his widow; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Alonzo Hall of New Mat
amoras, and Lorraine Miller at
home; three sons, James A. Miller
of New Matamoras, Alfred +.
Miller of Wellsville, and Carl +.
Miller Of Wellsville r. D.; two bro
theirs, l.. f. Miller of Glenmoor, and
0. Il. Miller, and two sisters, Mrs.
Lovina Buchanan of st. Marys, w.
Va, and Mrs. Estella DeNoon of
East Liverpool.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08
CO-Ops And Credits Seen
Salvation OF Caribbean

Port of Spain, Trinidad (LPA)-
Development of credit unions and
cooperatives were two methods
suggested to help people Of the
Caribbean areas by 40 delegates to
a conference here.
The six-day conference, under
the joint sponsorship of the UN
Food and Agriculture Organization
and the Caribbean Commission, de-
clared governments should help
establish co-ops, but turn full res
possibility over to the cooperatives
as soon as possible.
The group declared lack of credit
facilities was primarily responsible
for low standards Of living, poor
diet and housing, and the high illit-
eracy rate among Caribbean dwell
lers.
Wallace ]. Campbell, director of
the Washington office of the Coop
erative League of the USA, was
one of the delegates. He joined
others in backing a fully-rounded
program of cooperative develop
ment to include credit, marketing,
farm supply and consumer cooper
atives.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08
Electrical Workers Revolt
Against Red Discipline

Long Island City (LPA) = Be
cause they said the union shoult
support American troops fighting
Communist aggression in Korea
four officers of Local 1927, United
Electrical Workers, have been ex
PEELED. The result has been a re
volt of the membership against
Communist discipline.
The story goes back to last Oct
ober, when the members were tolC
that the UE convention declaration
on foreign policy did not mean sup.
port for the US and UN in Korea
James Prem, business agent, dis.
agreed, demanded a firm pro-UN
stand. He was purged in the locals
election in December, being sue
ceeded by Vince Perillo, an admit
ed Communist. Bruno Andrews was
elected president; Robert Blume
vice president; James DiSena
sergeant-at-arms. All three are
anti-Communists, were under con
stant attack by the ty-liners
and told "to get back in line or get
out"
The test was due at the member
ship meeting the evening of Jan
"a. At a hurried executive meeting
that afternoon, all four were ex-
PEELED for voting wrong" and "op-
posing the policy of UE." Blume,
in addition, was accused of dual
unionism, for having joined the
Electrical Workers under orders to
learn what he could about IUE ac-
tivities.
Three hours after the expulsion,
more than 1000 members of the
local showed up for the January
meeting. All were screened by a
group including members of the
fur and furniture workers unions.
The four expelled officers were
barred from the hall. Fistfights
broke out during the meeting, and
police had to be called.
Andrews, Blume, DiSena and
Prem called an open-air meeting
across the street and pledged "to
continue to fight for an honest and
patriotic union. If we can't have it
in UE, then We'll look elsewhere
because our members want a decent
union, not one run by Party mem
bers."
Last summer Ed Washington, an
ex-president of Local 1927, was ex-
PEELED on charges of violating his
duties by asking the local to back
a resolution supporting the US and
UN in Korea.
Local 1927 is an amalgamated
local of workers in 81 shops in
Brooklyn and Queens.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08
Former President
Of Canton c of c
Taft's Labor Aide

Columbus, o. UPA) - Some
times you're just as well off if you
keep your mouth shut-or if you
don't hire a press agent.
Sen. Robert A. Taft had one Ga
press agent) in his election cam
paign last fall and one of the stunts
dreamed up was the Labor Lea
que for Taft" 1t was supposedly
composed of labor people backing
Mr.. Republican.
Now the press agent has another
release. 1t says that j. Eugene
Carr, Of Canton, who "led in or
ganization of local (labor) league
units last year." will call a meeting
to draft Taft as candidate for
President in 1852.
The Ohio CIO Council pounced
on the release because Carr had
never been openly mentioned be-
fore nor was his name in the Off
cial report of the "Taft for Senator
Committee" No wonder; tn S
Habor leader" is a former news
paper chain executive and served
two terms as president of the Can
ton Chamber of Commerce.
The Council also found that Mar
ion Patten, Montgomery county
chairman of the Labor League for
Taft, was active in the 1948 Wall
ace campaign and fought for the
United Electrical Workers Union
when it was expelled from the ClO
because of Connie domination.
Sounds like a funny labor out
fit you're running, Senator" the
Council jibes in press release OF
its own. "Its top organizer is a
past president of the Canton Cham
Der of Commerce. 1t agrees to meet
on call from a man who was big
wheel in a big newspaper chain.
1t names x-Wallaceites, who sup
port unist-dominated organ
izations, as county chairman and
gives them money, too"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08
|FTc Sues Firm
advertising Cure
For Arthritis

Chicago (LPA) - The Federal
Trade Commission has filed suit in
US District Court here against the
Rhodes Pharmacal Co., makers Of
Imdrin. The drug is advertised as
an adequate, effective and reliable
treatment for any kind of arthritis,
rheumatism, neuritis, sciatica, gout,
neuralgia, fibrositis and bursitis.
The ETC asked a preliminary in
junction to restrain the firm from
such advertising, which the FTC
says is false and misleading.
The ETC said further dissemin-
alton of such ads "may cause inn
mediate and irreparable injury to
the public in that persons induced
by such false advertisements to
purchase said preparation may de-
lay proper treatment and thereby
suffer permanent and irreparable
crippling."
The ETC said the effect of I'M
drin ''is equal only to the effect
obtained from one and one-half
five-grain aspirin tablets"
The firm, said the ETC, has
persisted" in national advertising
of it's claims despite issuance of a
complaint in August 1949 challeng-
ing the claims. The suit points out
that under the law the defendants
are not liable for any penalty for
used before an ETC
cease and desist order become final.
Declaring sales figures for I'M
drin were at the rate of $1,000,OOO
a year in 1913, the ETC included
in its suit supporting affidavits
by physicians and laymen.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08

most two full years of stalling.
Railroad union negotiators said
they weren't surprised" to hear
Of the new action and said it was
"neither unexpected nor unantici-
pated."
They promised help in getting
the men back to work, saying they
would do Everything in our pow
err" They admitted, however, that
"the men are fed up by inaction in
the negotiations and by the atti-
tude of the railroads and will pro-
badly continue to take action into
their own hands,"
There were two railroad strikes
unconnected with Washington ne
gotiations: A Captive" road of
the Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. was
scheduled to strike in Pittsburgh
and a suburban line was shut
down in Chicago by strike of
signalmen, telegraphers, and clerks.
Despite Army seizure of the
plant railroad Of the steel mill, the
CIO United Railroad Workers or
dered 800 incorporating employees
to strike Jan. 81 for a 20-cent wage
boost. The company has offered
ten cents.
Disagreement on proposed rules
n
changes on the Chicago, Aurora &
Elgin Railroad caused the strike Of
signalmen and other workers. The
line serves about $4,000 suburban
ties, most of whom took other lines
or took advantage of the 15-be-
low weather as an excuse to stay
bnnna
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08
WILLIAM II. MALKIN

William Henry Maxim, 65, OF
Dixonville, died Jan. 81 in City
Hospital, following a. long illness.
Mr.. Malkin made his home with
his daughter, Mrs. Harry c. Smith
in Dixonville. He was employed at
Plant 8 of the Homer Laughlin
China Co. and was a member OF
Local Union IL, National Brother
hood of Operative Potters.
He leaves two other daughters
Mrs. Ray Moore of Bedford, Ore.t
and Mrs. Andrew Matelich OF
Seattle; a sister, Mrs. Harrison
Daniels of East Liverpool, and
seven grandchildren.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08
MEDICS OPPOSE POLIO
FILM BY CHIOPRACTORS

st. Louis (LPA)-Doctors here
make no bones about it-they're
against the showing of a chiro-
practic film before PTA groups
Both the st. Louis Medical Society
and the Women Physicians Club
want "Chiropractic Treatment of
Polio" banned because they say
the treatment has still to be proved
effective. Mrs. Raymond V. Frank,
head of the PTA group at Roose-
Welt High School, thinks the medics
are stepping out of their bounds by
censoring movies because they are
professionally opposed to them.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08

ern European nations. "We have
our own doubts and divisions" he
said. Think how they are multip-
lied in Europe"
Senator Taft had no comment.
Wherry said Congress now doesn't
know any more than it did before" F"
Kerr said "he laid it on the line"
Humphrey said "Thank God we
have him." Lehman called it a
great speech.
(From London came reports that
Eisenhower's speech had given
Western Europe's morale a trem-
endous lift.)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08
SECOND FIREFIGHTER
QUITS IN ST. LOUIS

st. Louis (LPA)-Dale G. Hol-
ley, %, driver for the fire de-
partment here has quit his job be-
cause of sub-standard pay. He is
the second fireman to resign dur
ing the long dispute between City
Council and Local 1913, AFL Fire
fighters Union, over a pay raise.
Holley also condemned equipment
as a menace to the public as well
as firemen.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08
sickness" His Roods As Roi!
NEGOTIATIONS Are SfuIIed Aqoin

Chicago (LPA) - A wave of
Sickness" which hit railyard work
ers mere and in Detroit on Jan. 30
has now grown into a national
epidemic.
Switchmen, and in some cases
firemen and engineers, failed to re-
port for work in at least II rail
centers the following day and the
Government moved for contempt
citations against w. p. Kennedy,
president of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen, and SO BRIT of
ficials in 25 lodges.
Federal Judge Michael l.. Igoe
set Feb. Ia for hearing and con-
tinued arguments on contempt
citations from last December
against the same group of men
until Feb. 2. The Government is
seeking to take over BRIT records
to prove the sickness" is directed
by the national union.
Paradoxically, tempers of work
ers grew hot as a cold wave swept
across the Great Plains and into
the East. Rail union leaders said
they were no longer able to control
the men who had become angered
by long-drawn-out negotiations,
last weeks wage freeze order, and
railroad company advertisements
belittlng the case of the men.
The Railway Express Agency
clamped an embargo on shipments
of all but vital and medicinal mat
erials to and from a 14-state area
in the East and Midwest and indi-
vidual railroads resorted to en-
bargoes as freight piled up in the
following cities: Chicago, Detroit,
Philadelphia, w a h ng on, st.
Louis, Baltimore, Dallas, Buffalo,
Milwaukee, Peoria, Reading, Pa.
and Portland, Ore. (Late Jan. 81,
the Defense Transportation Admin
istration ordered a freight embar-
go at all affected terminals.)
Negotiations between the coun-
try's largest carriers and the Big
Four operating brotherhoods have
been dragging on for two years. A
tentative agreement was signed
Dec II after a wave of sickness"
paralyzed lines east of Chicago.
The agreement was turned down by|
the general chairmen Of the unions,
but management is now insisting
on enforcing the agreement. Since
Jan. II, when union chiefs were
asked to return to Washington to
reopen negotiations, the three rep
resentatives of the railroads have
done nothing but parrot their argu-
ment that the Dec. Il agreement
was final. They refuse to bargain
further.
Chief objective of the unions is
the 40-hour week without loss in
take-home pay. They work 4S hours
and would have continued to do so
under the tentative" agreement.
Union heads, now being threat
enened with court action for the
last wage of sickness" are GER
tainly at the opposite end of the
stick from rail negotiators who can
sit smugly behind the protection
of a government seizure order of
last August.
The order protects the profits of
the companies, puts the railroad
presidents into uniform usually al
generars), and forbids workers to
"strike against the Government"
Despite this, the new walkouts
seem sure to spread because the
men remember that they brought
some action last month after al
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08
III Union Launch
Move For Union
Shop On Railroads

| Chicago (LPA)-A national cam
paign to win the union shop on the
railroads has been launched by II
standard railroad labor organiza
tions, representing more than Il
100000 workers.
Formal notice was served on the
carriers Feb. 5, asking for negotia-
tions to start within 10 days fol
agreements to become effective
March 7. Each railroad on which
no individual agreement is reached
will be asked to join with other
arrangements to form a Carriers
National Conference to negotiate
on a nationwide basis with an En-
ployes' National Conference Com
| mittee.
The employees committee has
been set up, headed by G. +. Leigh
| ty, president of the Railroad Tele-
graphers. Jesse Clark, president of
the Signalmen, is secretary, and
Michael Fox, acting president of
the Railway Employees Depart
ment, is treasurer.
Leighty declared, "This move
ment opens the way for all EN-
ployes who receive the benefits of
unionism to pay their share of the
cost. We feel that all the workers
represented by our union should be-
come full-fledged members and
participate in the determination of
our policies, instead of just sitting
on the sideline while others carry
the load.
"We are now authorized by law
to negotiate agreements which will
put an end to free riding, and that
is our aim. Such an objective
squares with justice and equity,
and means wider trade union demo-
cracy on the railroads"
The union shop campaign was
made possible by enactment of an
amendment to the Railway Labor
Act to permit union shop contracts
on railroads and airlines. The mea-
sure was signed by President Tru-
man Jan. 10. Under the union shop
present employees and new workers
would have to join the union within
60 days of their employment or
the effective date of the agreement,
whichever is later. This would not
apply to any employees to whom
membership may not be available
on the same terms as all other
workers, or to whom membership is
denied for any reason other than
failure to pay regular dues, initia-
tion fees and assessments.
The proposed agreement sought
by the unions would provide for
payroll checkoff of dues, where
authorized by the employe in writ
ing.
The unions participating in the
national campaign are: Clerks, Car
men, Maintenance of Way En-
ployes, Telegraphers, Signalmen,
Boilermakers, Blacksmiths, Mach
inists, Sheet Metal Workers; Elec-
trical Workers, Firemen and Oilers,
Train Dispatchers, Railroad Yard
masters, Hotel and Restaurant
Workers (for dining car workers) 4,
and the three maritime unions
which represent workers on rail
owned marine craft - Masters,
Mates & Pilots, Marine Engineers,
and Longshoremen.
The three operating Brotherhood
Locomotive Firemen & Engine
men, Railway Conductors, and
Trainmen-alsoa are drafting plans
to seek the union shop.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08
Wage Board 0k's
Post-Freeze Boost
Of EscaIator Type

Washington (LPA)-The FEEDER
al Wage Sterilization Board has
approved at least one post-freeze
wage boost obtained under an esca-
lator clause, it was learned Feb. l..
However, because of the circum-
stances the ruling couldn't be view
ed as a blanket decision sustaining
the controversial escalators. Can
escalator clause is one which auth
orizes automatic wage increases
when the federal cost-of living in
dex rises-and in some cases wage
cuts when the index falls. In the
past year, many such clauses have
been written into labor contracts.) }
The wage raise that was approx
ed was two-cent increase due l5,-
900 employees in three plants cf the
North American Aviation Corpora
ton, plane makers. Increase was
based on the December rise in the
index and was scheduled to go into
effect Jan. 20. The escalator clause
was obtained last Oct. 23 by the
United Auto Workers.
The Wage Board okayed the Jan.
20 increase under its Regulation
No. 2, issued Jan. 81. The regula-
tion said any wage increase nego-
tiated on or before Jan. 25, the
date on which wages were frozen,
and scheduled to go into effect no
later than Feb. 9, wouldn't require
special board approval. The North
American increase met the condi-
tions. But what would happen when
an escalator raise fell due after
Feb. 9 was still to be determined.
North American employees are
making Sabre Jets for the Air
Force and doing some work for the
Navy. The three plants are located
in Columbus, Ohio, and in Los
Angeles and Long Beach, Calf.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08
IsoIuficnism Means US Would
Wifher Away Eisenhower Soys

Washington (LPA)-The United
States has "no acceptable altema-
tive to joining with Western Eu-
rope in resisting Communism, y
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower told Con-
gress Feb. /. "Alone and isolated
in a world dominated by Commun-
ism, we would only have to wither
away"
Back from his inspection tour of
Europe, Eisenhower was making
his first public report on the out
look for the defense of Western
Europe. Except for the die-hard
isolatiohists, his speech was re-
ceived with acclaim.
High points of his speech were:
There is pessimism bordering on
defeatism, but there is also evid-
ence of a rejuvenation, of the spirit
to resist, again ito try to live the
lives of free men, to do their part
and to take the risk" the US must
inspire by example and insist and
get everybody to do his maximum;
we must have a program, for what
ever time necessary, as long as the
threat of aggression remains; al
though it is essential to have Am
erican units overseas carefully
gagged in their ration to what Eu-
rope is doing" the great need is
for equipment; "the only thing that
can defeat us is to establish des-
cending spiral, born of suspicion,
unreadiness on the part of each of
US to do his job, the job he knows
in his own heart he must do;" there
must be an learned equality" by
Germany before we start talking
about including units of Germans
in any kind of army. want no un-
willing contingents,"
The decisions Congress must
make, he said, "may determine the
course of our civilization" with the
entire future of free governments
possibly at stake. "The United
States cannot pick up the world ON
its economic, production and fin
ancial shoulders. We must have
cooperation from other nations to
preserve the common security of
the free world"
He noted that Western Europe
has "the greatest pool Of skilled
labor in the world and is "a great
industrial fabric second in its cap
acity only to the United States" F"
Shifting that capacity to the Russ
ian side, he said, would shift the
balance Of power to a point where
"our safety would be gravely i'm
periled." Also at stake, he recalled
were areas from which we draw
"vital materials"
"We are going to build for our
selves a secure wall of peace and
of security" he said. He added that
"we can do the job" France, he
said, "is facing up to the threat of
Communism" He found similar
purposes" in Belgium, Holland and
Denmark. Norway, he said, "will
never again be occupied" and Italy
lis determined to meet this threat
face on"
We must produce equipment Tex
actly as if preparing for meeting
the emergency Of war;" he said,
emphasizing solemnly that there
is not moment to waste in getting
started" This is no time. he went
on, "to look over our shoulders" /"
doubling the purpose of our Allies.
"We cannot afford to do less than
our best.
He called for patience in dealing
with the doubts and fears of West
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08
Helps Select ESA Regional Aide

Chicago (LPA)-David Dolnick
research director of the Amalga-
mated Meat Cutters e. Butcher
Workmen, is a member of three
man committee selecting the reg
ional director of the Economic
Sterilization Agency. Other mem
bers are Meyer Kestnbaum, pres
ident of Hart, Schaffner & Marx,
and Prof. Robert Heflebrlower of
Northwestern University.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08

Buy Union-Made goods from
others as you would have then
nav Union wages unto Vou'
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08

Ask for Union Labeled merchan
disc.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08

as firenen.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-10-27
Billy EcE<stine Here November J
George Sheorinq Also on Bill

The glittering success and pom
ularity Of Billy Eckstine. who
appears IN concert with George
? Shearing Saturday. Nov. 3. al the
Downtown Theatre at $50 and
midnight, is one of the current
wonders OF show business
His long list of recorded hits
on the MCM label have sold
by the millions in music shops
and have been played over and
over in the nations juke boxes
and by disc jockeys on their
radio programs.
The sold-out auditoriums on
his concert tours; his sweeping
successes at the Paramount the
atre in New York and other vau-
deville houses; his triumphs at
the most famous night clubs from
coast to coast and his impending
career as a screen star under
contract to the MGM studios
stamp him as truly great sing
ing personality.
Peak of Stardom
Having accomplished such pro-
gress in but a few short years
since he gave up leading a band
to start out as a Single. the
baritone with the romantic looks
and vibrant voice is well on the
way to the highest peak of star
dom ever attained by a popular
male singer.
What causes Billy Eckstine's
legion of fans and admirers to
Squeal and moan and swoon? The
elements are many. There is the
robust and romantic voice, ting
ling with emotion; the Eckstine
showmanship-the closed eyes
the attractive head thrown back
the eloquent hands; the hand
some appearance and the suav'
manner blended with a charming
poise and reserved modesty; anC
lastly, the original vocal styling
the Eckstine way of creating
phrases, bending notes and com
ing up with a unique tag at tn
finish of song.
Set Pattern
The effects of a Billy EckStin
song upon his audiences follow
set pattern. At first there are
the signs and yellS of recognition
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-10-27

of the melody followed by q
hushed spellbound silence through
the performance until the end
when there is a spontaneous burst
of applause. whistles and cheers.
The crowds that storm the box
office the tributes of applause,
the sales of his records and the
inceSsant droppingS of coins into
juke boxes are the signs of Billy
Eckstine'S popularity Bearing an
strong note of approval
is the official recognition Of his
talents by the various polls con-
Quoted by ranking magazines and
other national publication.