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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-08
Ten Stores Must
Pay For Lockout

San Francisco (LPA)-Ten furn
iture and appliance stores here
which shut down when a strike was
called against an eleventh member
of their association must pay their
workers wages for the lockout
Deriod.
J. J. Fitzpatrick, trial examiner
for the National Labor Relations
Board, ruled that the employees, all
members of Local 1885, Retail
Clerks-AFL, must be paid for the
period from June to July 9, 1949.
All eleven firms, together with
81 other retail furniture dealers in
the Bay area, belonged to loosely
formed organization known as the
Retail Furniture Dealers Associa-
tion of California. Since 1887 the
union has bargained on a group
basis with San Francisco dealers.
When negotiations came to a
standstill in 1948-49 because the
companies offered only five cents
,san hour to the lowest-paid workers,
a strike was authorized against the
Union Furniture Co., which had the
majority of the low-paid employees
on its payroll.
When the strike started June 3,
1949, the other 10 companies closed
their doors despite a registered
letter to each of them from the
union saying workers were ready,
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-08
Largest Local Has
Small Vote In
Primary Election

With the largest local in tht
Brotherhood, the turnout at the
polls for the primary election fol
national officials was very discour
aging. Polls were open from p. m
until the close of the meeting 81
that all would have an opportunity
to vote. We hope more interest i:
shown at the general election il
May.
A report from the Standing
Committee was made and Sister
Ruth Bowers informed Us there are
jobs for decal girls in Cambridge
Any one loafing or seeking a
change should contact Sister Bow
ers Immediately.
Two resolutions were up for final
reading and were adopted. The time
is drawing near the deadline when
all resolutions must be in. Any
member having resolutions TO offer
should get them in right away.
Withdrawal cards were granted
William Thomas and Mae Wheat
ley Hupp and transfer cards issued
Mary Dye Dobbs to Local Union
1875 and Lenore Filmer, Ceramic
Speciality.
Our next meeting will be held on
March 13 and every member is
urged to be present. Very import
ant matters will be discussed at
this meeting and everyone should
-O.C. 124
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-08
Frenchtown Local
Takes Steps 10
Boost Attendant

Frenchtown, N. 1.-THE attend
ance at the meetings of Local
Union 173 for the past several
months has been very poor and the
local intends to do something about
it.
At the last meeting a motion
was passed that in the future any
member who misses more than
three meetings a year will be as
sessed a $1.00 fine, plus an addi-
tional $1.00 fine for each meeting
missed thereafter. This will also
apply to special meetings.
Officers will be elected at our
next meeting on March 10. The fol-
lowing have been nominated to
date:
President - Harmon Wri G h t,
Watson Wright and George Ever
lit.
Vice Observation-Disclosures Phil
lips.
Recording Secretary - Harmon
Wright.
Financial Secretary - Watson
Wright.
Marcus Beihn.
Inspector - John A d e r S n,
Theodore Phillips.
Trustee-Clarence Wilson.
Guard-Erving Dipple.
Observation-Disclosures Phillips.
-O.C. 173
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-08

Change Their
Meeting light

At the last meeting Of Local
Union II the members voted to
change the meeting night from the
first to the third Thursday of every
month. The switch was made after
survey showed more members
could attend local if meetings were
held the latter part Of the month.
The attendance at meetings has
been good despite the bad weather
we have had this winter. We hope
this same spirit continues through
out the summer months ahead.
With the new schedule in effect
we are looking forward to having
every chair in the hall occupied on
meeting night.
A Resolution Committee was ap-
pointed and President Charles Boso
briefed the members on the i'm
portance Of handing in resolutions
early so that we will have ample
time to discuss the proposals be-
fore they are forwarded to head
quarters. The following were named
on the committee: Walter Watson,
William Myers, Harvey
Jackson, George Davis and Bern
ard Holt.
Four new names were added To-
our roll. Three of these were new
members and one via transfer.
-O.C. III
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-08

"We fully realize the gravity OF
this decision" the ULPC declared
Feb. % in a ringing statement. "It
was arrived at only after exhaus-
tive exploration of all facts anc
after almost continuous confer.
ences with the leaders of our gov
ernment and of the defense pro-
gram during the past two weeks
We have come to the conclusion
that in no other way can we effec-
lively impress upon the American
people the great wrongs being per-
petrated against them"
The ULPC reminded the nation
that in manifesto issued Feb. 16
labor's disillusionment with the
conduct of the defense program
was thoroughly aired. Referring to
the earlier statement, the ULPC
said on Feb. %, "We made the de-
liberate charge that big business
was dominating the program, that
the interests of the plain people of
this country were being ignored
and that the basic principle of
equality of sacrifice in the national
effort to protect freedom against
Communist aggression had been
abandoned"
"Since then we have spelled out
our Indictment in detail to the
President of the United States and
to the heads of agencies under him.
We have talked and we have listen
ed. After full and complete ex-
changes of information, our origin
al convictions have been more than
confirmed"
The labor leaders especially en-
phasized that their opposition was
Mt directed at industrial mobiliza-
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-08
Labor Chief Raps
Wilson's Policies

New York (LPA)-"Completely
llopsided and unworkable." That's
how Jacob Potofsky, president of
the Amalgamated Clothing Work.
| ers of America, described the econ
omic aspects of mobilization cZar
Charles E. Wilson's defense pro-
gram.
Potofsky, member of the
United Labor Policy Committee
which pulled organized labor out
of the program Feb. 28, leveled his
heaviest fire at Wilson's handling
of the manpower problem. The
labor leader charged Wilson with
wasting the taxpayers money by
completely superseding the De-
partment of Labor in manpower
matters.
Reference was to the manpower
advisory committee Wilson, with
White House approval, established
in his own Office of Defense Mo-
bilization. Labor had urged that
manpower responsibility remain in
the hands of Secretary of Labor
Maurice J. Tobin, but Wilson talk
ed President Truman into seeing
things his way.
The Labor Department is "rep-
resented" on Wilson's manpower
committee as are other federal de-
partments. But the group reports
directly to Wilson and union lead
ers fear steps toward an early
draft of civilian labor.
Wilson's manpower policy was
one of the cardinal issues leading
to labor's walkout. Said Potofsky:
"Mr. Wilson's duplicate manpower
agency can have only one purpose
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Nancy Delaney, Ann Bender, vince
Simko, Everett Merideth, Gladys
Horton and Clarence Wright.
The event got under way at six
o'clock with delicious turkey din
ner served by the women of the
Payne A. NJ. E. Church. Rev. j.
Edward Istocin, pastor of st. Pat
rick Church gave the invocation,
followed by a salute to the flag and
a pledge of allegiance and the en-
tire group singing a chorus of Cod
Bless America. Rev. Ralph I.
Kemper, pastor of South Side
Church, offered benediction.
President James M. Duffy was
the principal speaker and gave a
very interesting and highly educa-
tional talk on the progress of the
National Brotherhood of Operative
Potters from 1890 and the wonder
full part Local Union No. 81 has
played in this progress during the
life of the local-1901 1851.
In his closing remarks President
Duffy expressed the regrets of t.
j. Desmond, seventh vice president;
Joshua Chadwick, eighth vice pres
ident and Harry L. Gill, manager
of the Potters Herald who were
unable to attend due to previous
engagements.
President Wallace Green was
postmaster and read letters from
E. L. Wheatley, first vice president
and Arthur Devlin, fifth vice pres
ident, eastern members of the Ex-
ecutive Board, who were unable to
attend.
A letter was also read from
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-08
Potters Turn Out
Despite Dew On
Night of Meeting

Glendale, Calf. - Although q
heavy rain was falling on our last
meeting night, the heavy dew a.
they call it here in California, die
not stop the members Of Local
Union 183 from attending their
union meeting and a good crowd
was present.
Several important matters were
brought before the local. Some Of
these were settled and adjustments
made and some were carried over
for further investigation.
President Wern appointed a
Resolution Committee with James
Hayden as chairman and Roy
Smith and John Eddy his assist
ants. The committee announced
they are ready at any time to aid
members in drawing up resolutions.
Although it is little early to be
talking vacations, some of the boys
in the shop have already started
making plans. A few are planning
a journey East to visit some Of the
potteries in the Trenton and Liver
pool area.
1t has been some time since we
have had a visit from President
Duffy and we are beginning to
wonder if he has forgot US here on
the coast. How about a little sur
prise visit Mr.. Duffy?
Seven candidates were obligated
and their names added to the roll.
-O.C. 183
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-08
Oil Workers Head Urges
Wdge-Price PdritY Pldn

| Denver (LPA)-To settle argu
ments about wage-price relation
ships "once and for ALL" President
10. A. Knight of the Oil Worker!
International Union has offered &
"Wage-Price Parity Plan"
He has submitted the plan to the
United Labor Policy Committee fol
consideration, union headquarters
here announced. The 14-man ULPC
represents Is million members OF
the CIO, AFL and incorporating
Rail Brotherhoods in mobilization
matters.
"My plan," says Knight, would
take the burden of financing mobil-
ization off the shoulders of the
American housewife. AS it is now,
the woman who goes to the grocery
store on Saturday and tries to fill
market basket with her husbands
wages is suffering more than all
the rest of the public combined"
In essence, Knight proposes a
national coSt-Of- living "eScalator
for all American wage earners-
unorganized and organized alike.
First, he would freeze all wages
and all prices as of Feb. Is, 1851,
cor some other acceptable date"
After the freeze, he would require
each employer to grant wage in
creases "by exactly the same per-
centage as the Bureau of Labor
Statistics Consumers Price Index
has risen since June 15, 1850" New
adjustments upward-or downward
would be made thereafter at
three-months intervals, but wages
couldn't be lowered below the
freeze level.
Meanwhile; "non-inflationary en-
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ploye Dene1ltS, Such as pensions
insurance, welfare, holiday pay
vacation pay and productivity
raises would be negotiated by nor,
NAL collective bargaining proce-
dures subject to approval by the
Wage Sterilization Board. Pre-
freeze wage agreements wouldn't
be disturbed Except as is necess-
ary to comply with the minimum
automatic cost-of-living wage in
creases."
The Wage Sterilization Board
would continue to be a "tripartite''
body composed of labor, industry
and public members. At the same
time, knight would establish a
Price Control Board organized in
the same way. The price board
would be empowered to allow price
increases in cases of proven hard
ship and order price roll-backs
where this can be satisfactorily
established that the automatic
cost-ofliving wage increases have
resulted in undue hardship"
Knight would also replace mobil-
ization czar Charles E. Wilson,
former head of General Electric,
with an overall Mobilization Board
composed of two labor members,
two industry members, two agricul-
ture members and three public
Board chairman would be
chosen from the public members.
The wage-price parity proposal
is in line with the ULPC's thinkingl
since its establishment in Decem-
ber. Labor spokesmen have repeat
edly said that industrial workers
should have wage parity similar to
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-08
Good Turnout At
The Last Meeting
OF Local Union 86

A very good turnout was or
hand Monday evening for the regu-
lar weekly session of Local Union
sc. Several important matters were
brought up for discussion and com
mittees appointed to carry out the
action taken on these problems.
Quite an interest was shown in
the primary election for national
officials and delegates to the AFL
convention. Polls were open in the
afternoon so that all would have
an opportunity to vote.
We are living in hope that the
government will soon get the wage
freeze problem Strengthened out
and we will be able to get a sub
stantial wage increase. With the
cost of living ever rising from day
to day, plus taxes, etc., the work
ing man has been left far behind
and many are unable to make ends
meet.
A communication was received
from headquarters stating the con-
vention will be held early in July.
The Resolution Committee re-
ported that all resolutions must be
in headquarters by May l. Mem
bers were urged to keep this date
in mind and hand in their resolu-
tions early.
Bro. James o. Duffy was re-
ported on the sick list. Our best
wishes for a speedy recovery.
Three names were added to the
roll, Roy Adkin, Ray Gillispie and
Ed. Shingler. -O.C. sc
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-08
NOTICE L. u. 81

Canonsburg, Pa. - Primary
election for national officers
March IL. Polls will open at
6 p. m. and remain open for
half hour after meeting.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-08

Full text of the statement
issued by United Labor Policy
Committee on page 5.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-08
Local SIS Golden Jubilee
Celebrated In Fine Style

affair Golden Jubilee Celebration
Union the night February will nger
the minds of the 400 celebrate the local unions birthday
the of could old timers recall
of the which created interest the rank
le than the held Sovak Hall by the
Committee under Chairman c. Small and his aides Wallace
Evening star., 1951-03-19

operators hand is likely to ruin
the product. 81
The plan is to manufacture the
small tubes at Frederick and de-
vote the parent factory at Lans-
dale. Pa, to the cathode tubes.
The plan is tentative. Defense
contracts may determine the ma
ture of the product.
Operators Being Trained.
Lansdale is already employing
and training operators. They have
taken one of the buildings in the
Frederick Fair Grounds for tenn
porary training quarters. They
also have taken over a part of the
large Quonset building of the
Barbara Fritchie Chocolate Co. for
a machine shop.
Some of the women applicants
come from quite distance, from
the Catoctin hills and the hol-
lows beyond.
They will drive to work or have
their husbands drive them. The
company does not intend to build
any houses.
Camp Detrick. and the Lans-
dale Co. will. have people COM
Evening star., 1951-03-19
McKeIdin Asked 10 Name
Area Resident 10 PSC

Appointment Of a resident of the
Washington suburban area to the
Maryland Public Service Commits
sion has been requested by the
Republican State Central Com
mittee for Montgomery County
Walter w. Dawson. chairman OF
the committee. made the request
in a letter to Gov. McKeldin.
Residents of the suburban area
Mr.. Dawson said. "have a vital
interest in the efficiency and ade-
Iquacy of public transportation
We feel that a resident familiar
with its problems should be ap-
pointed"
The Montgomery County Civic
Federation asked last week that
the Governor appoint to the COM
mission a resident Of Montgomery
Ior Prince Georges County.
The action of both groups is a
result of the Capital Transit Co. s
Iplan to abandon eight suburban
|buslines. A public hearing on the
proposal will be held at 10 am
Wednesday at the Silver Spring
Armory.
Evening star., 1951-03-19
Jewish Leaders to Talk
On Reiiqion-Stute Issue

The issue that caused the recent
overthrow of the government OF
Israel-how much religion to in
clude in the affairs of state-will
be discussed by a panel of Jewish
leaders at $3.50 p. m. tomorrow in
the Arlington Jewish Center, Lee
boulevard and Fenwick street, Arl-
ington.
The speakers will be: Rabbi
Harry j. Kaufman of the Beth
Sholom Synagogue, and Mana
cham Bjoza, director of the Chain
Weitzman School. Rabbi Noah
Golinken of the Arlington Center
will be moderator.
Evening star., 1951-03-19
John H. FaIes Is Given
Fraternity Merit Award

John H. Fales, Agriculture
Department entomologist who
was organizer and alumni ad-
wiser of Maryland University's
chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha
Fraternity. received the national
fraternity's Order of Merit at a
founders day banquet in the
Raleigh Hotel.
Several congressman attended
the banquet Saturday night. as
did DR.. Harry c. Byrd, university
president, and Maj. Gen. Luther
D. Miller, Army chief Of chap
lains.
Mr.. Fales, 36, is co-ordinator
of all central eastern chapters of
the social fraternity. He is the
youngest of the IS men who re-
Iceived the merit award. He lives
at 1719 Elkhart street, Woodside.
Silver Spring, Md.
Evening star., 1951-03-19
Frederick to Close
Civil War Ransom
Account on Oct. I
BY the Assoeioted Press

FREDERICK, Md, Mar. 19.-
To the major portion of the
United States, surrender cere-
monies April 9. 1865. at Appomat-
tox Courthouse, Va, marked the
end of the Civil War.
To residents of this Western
Maryland community the Civil
War will end officially next Octo-
ber l when the last bonds are due,
paying off a ransom of 5000, 900
exacted from the municipality in
1864 by Confederate Gen. Jubal
Early.
The ransom incident occurred
on July 8. 1864. when Gen. Early,
at the head of a detachment of
cavalry, marched into Frederick
and demanded money, under
threat of burning and sacking the
city.
The Mayor and Council hastily
passed the necessary authorize
ton and borrowed the money
from the city's five banks. The
banks were reimbursed later and
the city assumed the full debt.
Evening star., 1951-03-19
New Virginia Judge Delays
Move 10 Wind Up Affairs
BY the Assoeiuied Press

STUART, Va, Mar. 19.-John
D. Hooker. newly appointed judge
of the Seventh Judicial Circuit,
won't qualify Immediately because
he says he needs several days to
wind up his affairs.
The 41-year-old Commonwealth :
Attorney of Patrick County was
named Saturday by Gov. Battle to
succeed Kennon C. Whittle, ele-
vated last week to the Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals.
One of the new judges first
tasks after he takes the oath will
be the selection of his own sue
cessor as Patrick County prose-
cutor.
Mr.. Hooker is a son of the late
j. Murray Hooker, Representative
from the Fifth District and chair
man of the State Democratic Gen.
tral Committee. The Seventh Ju-
dicial Circuit includes the city of
Martinsville and the counties of
Pittsylvania, Patrick and Henry.
Evening star., 1951-03-19
7 Bethesdo-C Chase
Druftees Go to Meade

Seven men have been indicted
in the armed services by the
Bethesda Chevy Chase Draft
Board. The group. sent to Fort
George G. Meade, Md, includes:
John A. Duffy. 6708 Exfair road.
Bethesda: Andrew M. Modelski,
1906 East-West highway, Chevy
Chase; Marshall D. Bolton, IL
University avenue. Glen Echo;
Charles F. Shaw, jr., 1902 Mac
Arthur boulevard, Cabin John:
George L. F. Seidl, 6730 Selkirk
drive, Bethesda; Ronald S. Welsh,
8616 Lancaster drive, Bethesda,
and Lewis H. Tabler. Olney.
Evening star., 1951-03-19
Hearing Delayed
On School Budget
For Arlington

A public hearing on the pro-
posed Arlington County School
budget has been postponed until
some time in April. it was an
nounced today. The hearing had
been set for March %.
Supt. William A. Early an
nounced the postponement after
he had received protests from
several citizens groups that they
would not have time to make
a study of the budget by March %.
The proposed $4.5 million bud
get would cover the 1951-52 fiscal
year, beginning July !. County
Manager A. T. Lundberg has rec
commended a budget of approxi-
mately $6.8 million for general
county operations during the same
period.
Evening star., 1951-03-19
Montgomery Urged
BY Planners 10 Deny
a zoning Requests

The Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
has urged the Montgomery County
Council to deny four pending
zoning applications and approve
four others.
The commission recommended
denial of an application that three
lots on Chicago avenue between
Boundary and Boston avenues,
Takoma Park, be reclassified from
Residential A to Residential B.
The commission said approval of
this petition would permit a
density of development twice that
of the surrounding residential
area and would not seem con-
sistent and fair to surrounding
property owners" Hearing on the
application is set for s pm.
Wednesday in Silver Spring.
The commission also urged de-
nial of an application for recon-
ing from Residential A to Com
mercial D of about 10000 square
feet of land on Farragut avenue
in the North Kensington subdi-
vision of Kensington. The COM
mission held that the local streets
in that area should be abandoned
and replatted before commercial
zoning should be contemplated.
Hearing is set for 8 pm. March
% at Rockville.
Other Applications.
The other two applications the
commission wants denied are:
Two lots at the southwest corner
|of Georgia avenue and Hanover
street. Silver Spring, from Resi-
Dental to Commercial D; hear
ing set for 8 pm. April 2 at Silver
Spring.
A parcel of land containing
some $1,000 square feet at the
southwest corner of Prince ave-
nue. and Fern street, Wheaton
Knolls, from Residential A to
Commercial D: hearing at 8 pm
Wednesday at Silver Spring.
Four Requests Approved.
The commission recommended
that these four applications be ap-
proved:
Approximately nine tenths of an
acre along the Kensington- Forest
Glen road in Kensington, from
Residential A to Commercial D;
hearing at 8 pm. March % at
Rockville. .r
Two lots in the Wheaton Tri-
angle, from Residential A to Com
mercial D; hearing at 8 pm.
Wednesday at Silver Spring.
A parcel of land containing
about 47,000 square feet at Spring
and Cameron streets, Silver
Spring, from Residential A to
Residential c; hearing at 8 pm.
April 2 at Silver Spring.
A lot on Thayer avenue, Silver
Spring, from Residential A to
Commercial D: hearing at 8 pm.
April 2 at Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1951-03-19

fences topped with barbed wire.
There is no admittance. Every
new employe is checked by the
FBI. High fences divide the
area. Like every secret opera
ton of the Army. it is highly
compartmentalized. One group
of employees does not know what
another group is doing. There
are top-secret areas into which
only few employees are admitted.
The town is due to grow, but
Frederick has ssmething that re-
sists change. All along Market
street, and the other old streets
of the town, stand the substan-
tial brick houses that the early
townspeople, many of them Penn
sylvania Dutch, built in the early
1800s. No one is going to tear
them down, and, despite its COM
ing growth Frederick will remain
one of the best-preserved COM
munities of the Colonial period.