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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-29
Free Trade Unions
Council Offers
Program For Asia

Lahore, Pakistan LPA)-Dhyan
Mungaf, Asiatic representative of
the International Confederation of
Free Trade Unions, submitted a
comprehensive plan for Asia's de-
velopment to the United Nations
Economic Commission for Asia and
the Far East, meeting here.
The plan stems from ICFTU's be-
lief that the development of under
developed areas is Il basic element
in the defense of the free world.
In many parts of Asia capital is
on strike, Mungat reported. This
means, he explained. that huge ac-
cumulations of profits, rents, divid-
ends and interest aren't being used
productivity At the same time, low
incomes and chronic unemployment
blight these areas where, to make
matters worse, laborS productivity
is low
There has been no clearly reco-
gnizable upward trend in this region
i'm the last few years even towards
restoring the workers" pre-war con-
ditions, let alone improving on the
extremely low level prevailing II
years ago" Mungat declared. The
only way TO build up the areas econ
omically, he added, is by the crea-
tion of an international organiza-
tion. equipped by contributions from
economically advanced countries,
with sufficient means for the financ-
ing of well coordinated large-Scale
long-range development programs
over an extended period
Dungat pointed out that the Us
has already given financial aid TO
Asia through Point Four, ECA, the
Export-Import Bank and direct
grants. He said the Colombo Plan
in which British Commonwealth ma
tions are participating will be of
great importance to Asiatic regions.
He reminded the commission that
the Us now has under cOnsidera-
tion the Bell Report recommending
Il fiye-year plan for the Philippine
Republic and the Gray Report urg-
ing an international development
program.
The ICFTU Asiatic plan he pre-
seuted calls for the following: freel
trade unions; progressive social and
labor legislation social and health
Insurance systems; agricultural
projects international technical as
sistance local financial develop
ment; international financing pri-I
ority for development of productivei
resources private investments sol
cial investments on Il par with econ
omic investments.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-29

Pittsburgh when the partly-union-
lied Pirates were close to strike.
Chandler was instrumental in set
tling things for the Pirates and
all the others by granting substan-
tianl concessions to the players.
The Hutchinson statement made
Happy beam. Reached in Chicago,
he said: "This is wonderful to think
the players still possess that con-
fidence in me-" He'd like to keep
his old job at $65,000 but might
settle for a new one at 10000
what with taxes.
Still sore point in many quar-
ters is the reserve clause" This
is the provision in a players con-
tract which makes it possible for
a clubowner to "buy" or "sell'
or centerfielder. Oppon-
ents say it makes virtual slaves of
the players. It's hackers say elimin-
alton of the clause would give rich
clubs an unfair advantage in bus
mess whose existence is rooted in
clean if relentless competition on
the diamond. Some lawyers say
there are in-between solutions.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-29
Taft, Nixon Weep
At SIur On South

Washington (LPA)-Sen. Robert
A. Taft OR, Ohio) and Sen. Rich
ard M. Nixon OR, Calif.) to no
ones surprise, have condemned a
labor subcommittee report on the
southern textile industry as "an
amazing and uniustified slur." The
ma jority report charged wide
spread conspiracy to com b a t
unions, criticized the Taft Hartley
act, and said it had been proved
inadequate.
In minority report, Taft and
Nixon said the majority painted "a
distorted picture, and that the
southern textile operators edo not
differ greatly from employers in
other parts Of the country and
southern employers in other in
dustries."
The same day Taft and Nixon
wept over the "slur" to the South,
Sen. Hubert Humphrey Cd, MinnD +,
chairman of the subcommittee,
ordered an investigation of the
beating of union representatives
after the AFL Butcher Workmen
won an NLRB election at Gaines
Vile, Ga. George Bott, NLRB gen
eral counsel, also ordered an in-
vestigation.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-29
Bill Would Give
Social Security
To Federal Group

Washington (LPA)-A bill to pro
vide social security coverage foi
federal employees in addition to
benefits. already provided by the
ICivi Service Retirement Act was
introduced in the House by Rep.
John Lesinski, ID, MichD.
Under present laws, federal work
iers are excluded from social secur-
|ity coyerage, thus losing both social
security and civil service retirement
benefits If they transfer in and out
Of government service. The Lesin-
ski bill, introduced at the request
of the Government and Civic En-
plOyeeS Organizing Com m tt e e.,
would provide continuous social Sc
curity protection.
EmplOye contributions to both
plans would be- 3H percent for those
earning up to $4,000 Il year, 2M per
cent less than the present deduction
for the Retirement Fund alone.
Higher paid employees would pay the
3H percent up to $1,000 and q per
cent over $4,000.
Since social security taxes are
scheduled to rise 3H percent by
1860 employe contributions To the
Retirement Fund would be reduced
until by 1860 that part of
the pension plan would he financed
entirely by the government for up|
10 $1,000 of the workers salary.
The organizing committee, which,
has accused the government Of go
ing far backward in employe rela
tions in the past ten years, said the|
bin would 90 II long way toward
restoring the reputation of Unclel
Sam as II liberal employer"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-29

discovered they were to vote on a
10 percent formula they never had
seen before. (The labor members
voted against the 10-percent-over-
Jan. 15, 1850, which they found in
adequate and restrictive, pulled
out of the wage board next day.
Meany said the increase from
nine percent to ten percent was
okayed by the boards industry and
public members at the request of
General Motors, who didn't want to
provide a battle-ground" He add
ed that Eric Johnston, Stabiliza-
tion head, later exempted pre-wage
freeze escalator clauses to avoid a
strike which the auto industry
didn't want to face with "all those
defense orders piling up"
Meany pointed out that the date
of the wage freeze was chosen so
that it would include wage in
crease obtained by the United
Mine Workers and John l.. Lewis.
Then, he said, when it was discov-
cred that one section of the coal
industry (the anthracite miners)
might actually not have gotten its
raise in time a way around was
found. The public and industry
members were careful to allow coal
raises because "John can be tough"
Meany declared. Implication was
that John Lewis isn't the only onel
who can be tough when occasionl
demands.
In the end, Meany declared, "You
can't mobilize this country by
ignoring the human element" Hell
said defense mobilization isn't pro-
duction alone, it's also people,
bread, housing, taxes and similart
concerns as well. He stressed that
since the Korean conflict broke out
the AFL has taken the view "Our
country is in danger we want to
make our contribution" But at the
same time, he said, labor wants
'fair treatment" and representa-
tion.
"If we fight, they've got to comc
our way" he pointed out because
can't be accomplished
labor's cooperation, as was
demonstrated in World War H..
Also, he declared, history has al
ready demonstrated that only al
free labor movement can defeatl
,he Communists.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-29
cIubowners Shocked As Players
Ask Voice In Baseball Affairs

Tampa, Fla. UPA)-President
Ford Frick of the National League
was visibly shaken. So was Pres
ident Will Harridge of the Ameri-
can League. President Bob Carp
enter of the Philadelphia Phillies
said he was Shocked"
Others of baseball's top brass
expressed amazement or said,
"Now, now, boys" or words to that
effect. Not yet heard from was
Branch Hickey, who was expected
to burst into double-talk at any
moment. Who did the ballplayers
think they were?
What started the chain reaction
was Freddie Hutchinson's state
ment that players will petition big
league owners next July for a voice
in selecting a successor to base
balls "lame-duck" commissioner,
ex-Sen. A. b. (Happy) Chandler.
If the owners. don't agree, said
Hutchinson, the players may hire
their own man. They may even hire
Chandler, he added as he twisted
the knife.
Hutchinson, a fair to middlin'
pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, is
the American Leagues player rep
resentative-a sort Of non-union
business agent. The way the brass
responded to his remarks you'd
have thought Freddie was suggest
ing an amendment to the rules
over-the-fence "out."
Behind the players move wasI
the dumping of Chandler. The own
ers recently voted not to renew
Happy's contract which will expire
next year. Players have expressed
fear that the clubowners will try toI
tamper with the pension fund, |
wage minimums and other improve
ments initiated in big league-and
minor league baseball during
regime.
Whether the big league players
could win a voice in selecting Al
commissioner was doubtful. If theyl
selected a man Of their own to
heave his weight around in base
balls high executive circles hel
might or might not be able to make
felt. But according to the
players present plan, they'd assess
themselves $l00 a year apiece to
pay their own man. There are
about AGO players in the big lea
CUES at any one time.
With attendance slipping slight
y, the players aren't in as strong
a position as they were back in
1916 when they won most Of their
contract improvements. In those
first postwar days the fabulous
Pasquels were Turing US athletes
o Mexico with financial promises
hat proved to be exaggerated and
a chap named Bob Murphy was
.rying to organize professional
into a CIO union.
Happy Chandler suspended the
boys who went to Mexico and mar
'owly ayerted a court test of base
,all's reserve clause" when someI
If them thought they'd been badlyll
lurt. There was a hot night inI
Il
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-29
2O9 Education Stutions
Proposed In New TV Pldn

Washington (LPA)-The FEEDER
al Communications Commission has
proposed a new system of dividing
air space to provide for eventual
operation of 1000 television sta
tions, with 209 of these reserved
for non-commercial educational
purposes.
Educators may ask for more at
open hearings starting May %.
FEC Commissioner Frieda Hen
mock, who had urged ALLEGATION of
20 percent of the air space for edu-
cational programs, said the 10 per-
cent provided in the commissions
plan does not go far enough.
The new FEC system would pro-
vide for 65 to 70 ultra-high fire.
quency channels to supplement the
IL very high frequency channels
now operating. This would permit
an increase of TV stations to about
1000 in 1900 communities. Only
107 are now in operation.
Engineers said use of ultra-high
frequency will require adaptors on
almost all television sets and "more
critical" antennas. Color TV, which
can operate in either frequency,
would not be affected.
The, FEC proposal limits reser-
walton of air space for educational
purposes to the ultra-high fire.
quencies and it was to this that
Miss Hennock particularly object
ed. "We have no assurance as to
when UHF equipment will be avail
able and UHF stations in opera
tion," she said. Education must
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-29
Lack of Trouble,
But Textile Mill
Gets Injunction

Wake Forest, \. c. UPA-De
spite II lack of arrests for violence
or any other cause, sweeping in
junction has been issued against
striking members of the Textile
Workers Union at Royal Cotton
Mills here.
Howard +. Parker, TWUA repre-
sentative, has protested to GOV. Kerr
Scott. He pointed out that state
highway patrolmen and Alcoholic
Beverage Control policemen have
been used in addition To Wake For
est's entire police force To escort
strikebreakers and delivery trucks
through picket lines.
The mill was organized last Sept
ember despite typical Southern
hate" campaign by the mill. All
types of racial and religious pro-
iudices We're injected into the union
drive by H.. Everett Jordan, mill
president, according to Parker
picketing is now forbidden by in
junction within 100 yards of the
mill office, which is 100 yards out
side the plant fence. picketS must
not come within 30 feet of the mill
gate and more than 10 cannot con
gregate.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-29
WORKERS WALK OUT WHEN
MACHINE COMES IN

Milwaukee UPA) ~ More than
5000 production workers walked out
OF the international Harvester 60,
plant here when Il demonstration
fol. machine tool company walked
in. He had a $35, 900 internal grind
ing machine which the company had
Arranged Ia take on trial basis.
The men. all members of an Al'L
Federal Union, accused the com
pany of conducting n Time test
with the machine in order To cut
pirce rates.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-29

not be given the giblets of the
television turkey"
FEC Chairman Wayne Coy de-
clared some stations already are
making substantial contributions to
educational needs. He said special
arrangements could be made to
move educational shows into
"choice viewing hours"
The new FEC proposal would
partially lift the "freeze" on con-
struction of new stations ordered
September 80, 1948.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-29
GOVERNOR BEEFS ABOUT
PRICES WANTS US TO ACT

Columbus, o. LPA) = Gov.
Frank j. Lausche wants the Fed
eral government to force meat
packers to supply state institutions
here with meat at ceiling prices.
Seems the packers have ganged
up and refused to bid on state
orders unless above-ceiling prices
are paid. Lausche telephoned Price
Sterilization Director Mike Di-
Sale that Ohio's state institutions
face a shortage of 100000 pounds
of meat in April.
The governor thinks the same
packers who supplied meat last
year should be compelled to do the
same now. He also thinks the Fed
eral government made the law and
should enforce it.
Ask for Union Labeled merchan-
disc
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-29
Labor S Troubles Go Back
To '46 MednY Tells PdrleY

Washington (LPA) = The pre-
sent dispute between big business
land organized labor dates from
1896, AFL Sc tar y-Treasurer
George Meany told nearly 400 rep
lresentatives of state and local AFL
organizations. That was the year
the R p u bl C n-dominated S0th
Congress was elected.
Moreover, said Meany, chances
are big business will continue to
hew to it's current anti-labor line
in defense matters until the Com
munists are in Baltimore on their
way to Washington. The two cities
are about 35 miles apart.
The state and local spokesmen
We're here for the two-day confer
ence called by the United Labor
Policy Committee to discuss what
labor should do to obtain full-scale
representation in the mobilization
program and to lead a consumer
campaign against rising living
costs. The first day, AFL, CIO and
Rail "non-ops" held separate meet
ings.
Meany ripped into mobilization
czar Charles E. Wilson who, he
said, has more power that the Pre-
sident of the United States. The
President can fire Wilson but so
long as the ex-chief of General
Electric heads up the Office of De
fense Mobilization, the President
cant interfere with what WilsonI
does. As result, Meany said, mo-
Obligation is. in the hands of big
business, flock, stock and barrel"
To illustrate his point, Meanyl
said Wilson took control of man
power away from Secretary of
Labor Tobin and there was nothing
the President could do about it.
The terms of the executive orderl
under which Wilson holds his jobl
permit him to override a cabinet
officer as we'll as everybody else,
the AFL secretary-treasurer said.
Labor would have preferred that
responsibility remain in
I|obin's hands.
Meany said Wilson is a produc-
ton man and a good one as long
as he is thinking in terms Of steel
or rubber or tanks or planes. Trou-
Die is that Wilson thinks of labor
rs something you buy, a commod-
ty like iron ore.
Meany said labor leaders havel
,alked to Wilson time and again in
recent months but might as well
lave been talking to stone wall,"l
80 far as making him understand
abor's aspirations is concerned |
We're up against a state of mind,"t
Meany observed.
He pointed out that Wilson had
lamed Gen. Lucius Clay and Sid
ley Weinberg as his deputies and
,aid they were all he required.
Weinberg is a director of General |
electric and an executive of thel
Sachs interests who arel
he financial hackers of the com
,any from which Clay came and of
'ther electrical firms, he added.
How labor has been kept awayI
rom top-level policy making isl
Illustrated by what happened at
he Wage Sterilization Board the {
light of Feb. Is, Meany told his
listeners. The three labor members
If the board went into a WSBIt
Meeting that night to vote "yes"
n "no" on a nine-percent catch-upI
ormula. When they arrived theyl
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-29
NEW YORK HAS 100 FEMALES
FOR EVERY 93.i MALES

New York (LPA) - New York
isn't ii good hunting place for fe
males. Census figures show the
states females out number males 100
TO 93.4. In 1910 it wasn't So bad,
with $50 males for every 100 fe-
males.
The figures also revealed the
state has more married people than
ten years ago, more children and an
S6 percent urban population. The
total population increased 1880, ,S5S,
'or 10 percent, but the labor force
increased only from 80 million to
81 million. However. employment
rose rs percent and unemployment
dropped from II to q percent of the
civilian labor force.
Buy Union-M Made goods from
others as you would have them
pay Union wages unto you'll
nap,onl &bn IIn;cr uH1I
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-29

Albany (LPA ~ \ bill signed
AIlrch "A by Governor Dewey Will
grant emergency pay raises from
5000 to $1,000 year 10 10000 state
employees. The pay increases range
fImn 12h percent on the first $1,000
off salary To ~ percent above
5000 Officials making above Sl7,-
500 get nothing
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-29

Buy Union Made goods from
others as you would have them
pay Union wages unto you!
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-29

Electricity is one of the biggest bargains of all
the things a family buys. It's an even bigger
value when you consider what else besides light
and power your electric bill money helps pay for
Like roads and Schools for instance like
police and fire protection and national defense.
Taxes must pay for all these things-and for
1850 Ohio Powers taxes will run about Sic, $780,
900. Ohio Power is one of group of operating
companies of the American Gas and Electric
Company and these companies too pay large fed
eral state and local taxes. Systemwide, all these
taxes average twenty cents out OF every dollar
paid for electric service.
The American Gas and Electric System supplies
electricity to over 1,14O,000 customers, over
thousands of miles of lines, from plants with
total generating capacity of 2,440,OOO kilowatts
This great System was bought and paid for by
the savings of millions of people, Individually or
through savings banks and insurance companies.
These people are the owners OF the System, yet
and this may surprise yOu-taXes took bigger
slice of the money you paid us than was paid out
to all the owners of the System.
Evening star., 1951-08-28
Natures Children
By Lillian Cox Athey

With meat prices sky high, the
housewife is turning more to fish as
main course for dinner. During
the past century, increased fishing
and the depletion Of fisheries in the
United States have brought about
favorable interest in fish farming.
The demand for game fish has
prompted State and Federal Gov
ernments as well as sportsmen's or
ganizations and individuals to plant
more fish.
The commercial fish-farming ac-
tivities in the United States may be
divided into three divisions: The
trout industry, the pond fish indus
try and the goldfish industry. These
have added materially to the eco
nomic welfare of our country. Geo.
graphically, the trout industry is re-
stricted to locations where cold
water supplies are available. Pond
fish require warmer water. Thus
while trout raising is confined most
ly to the northern half of the Uni
ted States, commercial pond-fish
raising extends as far south as Ok
lahoma and Southern California.
Even back in 1929 there were 1873 es-
Establishments buSily engaged in trout
raising; that number has been
greatly increased. Thousands OF
acres of ponds that had been useless
for pond-fishing now became great
| ly productive. Some ponds even
helped to pay off the taxes.
Brook trout is the most-important
species cultivated in the east, while
rainbow are more prosperous in the
Central and Western parts Of our
country. Brown trout and black bass
have been cultivated to some degree
in all three sections.
The goldfish industry commands
an important position among the
fish-farming industries of the Uni
ted States. The principal centers
were started in Maryland, Ohio, and
Indiana. Since then, numerous
small fish farms have sprung UP
throughout the country. Millions
even billions of common gold fish
have been raised for the waiting
markets. This industry means mil
lions of dollars annually to the
breeders.
Most of the goldfish are shipped
from September until the last oi
May. Most of the goldfish to-
day are handled by the S and IL
cent stores and by drugstores as
advertising features: Pet shops in
many of the large cities sell con-
siderable numbers. Private ponds on
small estates account for million:
more.
Where there is idle ground and
water near enough to be brought
in, fish-farming offers a satisfac-
tory return on an investment. Not
only in food, but the great pleasure
enjoyed by the family and friends
fishing in home waters under pleas
ant conditions. Private fish-farming
is not an experimental undertaking
Excellent information can be OBJ
tanned about the industry and CO.
operation of the most generous sort
is given to those who wish to Ven-
ture into fish farming.
Evening star., 1951-01-12

Cleveland and Wilson, Mr.. Tru-
man added:
But those men made the i'm
preston on the country that has
made the country great. I don't
think I can make any such i'm
preston, but I want to say to you
that have the responsibility
which belongs to the President of
the United States.
Il am exercising that respon-
sibilty to the best of my ability,
and I expect to do the very best
can for the United States of
America and for the world. That's
all l can do"
Turning to the current tense in
ternational situation, Mr.. Truman
said:
\ Nov this country and the free
countries of Europe and Asia
must band together to make an
effort to put morals above mate
rialS That's all am striving for.
I want peace in the world, but I
don't want peace at any price.
I want peace with freedom and
justice"
Mr.. Truman. Mr. Barkley and
Speaker Rayburn all made pleas
to the assembled lawmakers and
Government officials to work to-
gether in these trying times. And,
in closing, the President said:
II hope-I sincerely hope-that
this great organization. the Con-
gress of the United States, will
remember that honor and justice
are greater for the welfare of your
children and mine-and I hope
my grandchildren-than fat and
ease"
The audience applauded when it
heard that, on January 80, Mr..
Rayburn will have served longer
as Speaker of the House than any
other man-more than decade.
Mr.. Truman said be is one of
the luckiest of the Presidents to
have Vice President Barkley and
Speaker Rayburn to work with
him. He said he does not believe
there has ever been a team as
close together and as anxious to
do the country the best job pos
sible as the two men who now
preside over the Senate ana House.
William Boyle, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee,
presided and introduced the
speakers.