The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-01-11

hotel owner will probably never
break as long as he's in the bust
ness. For 10 years he had fought
off unionization Of his bar ano
night club. New Years Eve was tc
be his anniversary and he happily
advertised that there would be
lneither cover nor minimum charge
in the night club or at the bar BY
1890 p. m., a half-hour before he
was scheduled to open, the hote'
lobby was jammed with well-dress
ed men and women waiting for tho
doors to be unlocked At 8 sharl
the crowd streamed into the ba
and into the night club. 1t wasnt
until 80 minutes later when the
bartender and the head-waiter re
ported to him that the union-hat
ing owner sensed something was
wrong. Every customer had order
ed either coca-cola or ginger-ale
The hours went by and that was
all that was ordered. The owner,
swiftly going nuts as he saw New
Years Eve profit evaporating into
air, called the police. The cops re
fused to do anything; it was a
quiet, well-behaved crowd. Finally
at l 80 a. m. the frantic owner sur
rendered. He went to the phone and
by the most amazing accident (of
courseD found the unions business
agent at union headquarters.
Twenty minutes later the business
agent was at the night club with a
completely prepared contract. Glar-
ing at his customers the owner
gave up 10 years of struggle and
signed. At that point 107 union
men and their evening gowned
wives broke into applause and sud-
denly it became a real New Years
Eve partyl
In Edinburg, Scotland, New
Years Eve was a dOur one for
workers who produce Sec tic h
whisky. Because practically all
Scotch whisky is now exported to
Canada and the US, the Edin-
burgh unionists welcomed 1851
with a "Scotch" imported from
Denmark at $5.25 a bottle.
In Washington, d. c., Gordon
H. Cole, editor of The Machinist,
weekly publication of. the Interna-
tional Association of Machinists,
sent out Happy New Year cards
which described The Machinist as
"The Worlds Greatest l. a b o r
Paper" Editor Cole overlooked a
little weekly published by the.
nurses in the obstetrical ward of a
Trenton, N. j. hospital-and which
describes itself in exactly the same
words.
In Scranton, Pa, AFL bus
drivers observed the holiday week
with a special greeting for soldiers
and sailors home on furlough. The
drivers wished each serviceman a
Happy New Year, winked and plac-
ed their hands palm down over the
coin box openings.
In Ogdensburg, N. Y, Police
man Leo LeBeau got a Christmas
present that was two years over
due and which he had no reason
to expect. In 1948 LeBeau along
with other city employees had his
salary jumped $86 as Christmas
gift. Because Of a clerical error,
however, LeBeau never heard of
his increase until the city council
decided to raise wages again the
week before 1950's Christmas. 1t
was a double windfall for the over
looked cop.
In Toronto, Canada, AFL
liquor store clerks gave reluct-
ant nod of approval to an appeal
by President William Mills, of the
AFL Teamsters Union. Mills asked
all householders not to offer driv-
ers or delivery men New Years
drink. Any other gifts would bel
okay, said Mills, but-he admon-
ished-"don't contribute to a driv-
er's downfall"
In New York City, the Ameri-
can Communist Party held it's 18th
biennial convention behind locked
1oors but the Communist Daily |
Worker quoted Gus Hall, national
secretary, as proclaiming, "For the
'irst time in history the forces for
peace are stronger than those for
war;" Ironically the inside pages
If the same issue of the Daily
Worker carried stories on the Com
nunist occupation of China, the
Communist terror in East Ger
many, Hungary and Roumania,
md the Communist invasions of
Korea and Indo-China.
In Edmonton, Alberta, Canada,
me corporation finally got paid off
IN the score Of rising prices. c. B.
Freeland owned a large Labrador
Retriever, but the dog ate so much
hat Freeland couldn't pay his
'ood bills. A Toronto company,
General Foods, Ltd, pressured him
or payment. Freeland sent them
he dog!
In Provo, Utah, union officials
'ound themselves sorely frustrated
n their plans for New Years Evel
parties. After figuring out
Ilmost every detail of the cele-