7 T 'ft- s.j,r i. ,■ . *.* ■! <- '-x 4 ' ' 4* ' ■ T..r,- PAGE SIX THE POTTERS HERALD, PAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO ■.•• »wit Thursday, December 8, 1949 BILL OFFERED HOUSE TO BREAK Ji OBITUARIES IDE Organizing British Labor Leaders Ask Wage UP BIG INDUSTRIAL MONOPOLIES Standstill To Stabilize Economy A." . .rm z. ii.ir ■ • . w.c. ------------ ------------ - - - ■ Washington (LPA)—The House Convention Ends By DAVID C. WILLIAMS 1 ; Monopoly Investigating Committee London (LPA)—A “wage stand­ ORVILLE E. NELSON closed its hearings for the year Saw Bridges Pay l-Day Meeting still” until Jan. 1, 1951, is British Lithography Union Dec. 1, after receiving the draft Orville Edgar Nelson, 66, of labor’s answer to the crisis caused near the Bell School in St. Clair of far-reaching legislation model­ Philadelphia (LPA)—“We have by the devaluation of the pound Party Dues Gov’ Township, died Dec. 2 in City Hos­ Sues 16 Firms, ed after the Public Utility Holding cast off the disrepute in which we sterling. Americans would call it pital following a long illness. Company Act to break up big and had fallen,” James B. Carey de- a “wage freeze.” x monopolistic industries. Witness Recalls Mr. Nelson, a handler, was em­ dared Jn closing the four-day or-««- This was the decision reached by Seeks $3,000,000 The legislative draft was pre­ ployed last by the Saxon China Co. ganizational convention of the the general council of the Trades sented by Assistant Professor Wal­ San Francisco (LPA) — In the of Sebring. He lived in St. Clair newly-formed International Union Union Congress after two months St. Louis (LPA)—The Amalga­ ter Adams, of Michigan State Col- Communist Party, Harry Bridges’ tqwnship for four years. He was a of Electrical, Radio and Machine of careful study. mated Lithographers of America, lege. It was the first specific pro­ name was Harry Dorgan, one-time member of Local Union 44, Nation­ Workers. Carey heads the adminis­ However, the workers’ interests and its St. Louis local have filed gram spelhjd out in detail to the Commie organizer John H. Scho- al Brotherhood of Operative Pot­ trative committee of the IUE, and suit in Circuit court here against s are closely protected in the policy committee for expanding and maker testified in Federal District ters, and attended the Methodist presided at the convention. which the TUC has adopted. For the 16 firms comprising the Asso­ strengthening the present anti­ Church. , jl Court here. The 400 delegates representing instance, it is recognized that some ciated Printers and Lithographers trust laws. ... Schomaker recalled that one day 4‘H<» leaves his widow, Mrs. Mary more than 200,000 members adopt­ groups of the lowest paid workers of America, seeking $3,000,000 I Adams proposed that all corp­ late in 1933 he delivered to Com­ Vbught Nelson, six sons, Lawrence ed a bargaining program asking a will need pay boosts to enable damages. The union accuses the orations which control 10 per cent munist party headquarters an ap­ J. Nelson of Sebring, Philip Nel­ fourth-round wage increase and a them to cope with the rising cost employer group and its member or more of the production of any plication for membership signed son of Belmore, Thomas J. Nelson constitution, and heard Carey ap­ of living, but it is suggested that firms of a plot to smash the union. product, or with assets in excess of The union also has filed unfair ■ 1 H. R. Bridges, and that he had of Steubenville, Clyde R. Nelson peal to all electrical workers who these increases come mainly $25,000,000, be required to file with handled Bridges’ party book made at home, and Edgar T. Nelson and believe in the American way of through systems of incentive pay. labor practice charges with the the Securities & Exchange Com­ out in the name of Dorgan. He also Paul E. Nelson; three daughters, life to join the IUE. “The crazy Most workers are to be asked regional NLRB, charging the em­ ■& mission detailed reports on their said that he had seen Bridges pay Mrs. Ruth Gibson of Wilmington, Moscow adventurers cannot win, not to press for higher pay. Those ployers with a lockout and with re- ■ corporate structure and operations. his party dues “many times” and D$l., Mrs. Alice Smith of East regardless of some short-sighted unions which have won wage scales fusal to bargain in good faith. *' The Commission would study heard him try to get others to join. Liverpool, and Miss Opal Nelson ?mployers,” he declared. hitched to the cost-of-living index More than 170 members of Local at home, and eight grandchildren. 1 each industry separately to deter­ Bridges, president of the lnt’1 The convention adopted the re­ will be p^ked to unhitch them, so No. 5 have been out of work since mine whether it needed to be brok­ longshoremen & Warehousemen’s commendation of the administra­ to speak, and hold wages constant Nov. 1, charging they were locked en up into smaller units to provide Union, is charged with perjury be­ tive committee that officers be despite the substantial rise expect­ out in a dispute over working con-, greater public service, more effic­ cause of his denial when he applied WIN WITH WILLIE—The familiar campaign headquarters above chosen at a convention to be held ed in the index which now stands ditions and a health plan. 4 AMA Looks For iency, and better competition. , for citizenship papers in 1945 that are these of Willie Stark, a governor who wanted to become US dicta­ in the spring or summer, so that at 112. Offsetting the severity of The suit charges the employers tor. The man reaching for the drink is Willie himself. The scene is the hundreds of new members ex­ Adams, explaining that his leg­ he never had been a Communist. the proposal, the TUC general are attempting to smash )he union islation closely followed the pro­ from “All The King’s Men,” excellent Hollywood film now being shown pected to join in the meantime will council suggests that no adjust­ $ He w$s born in Australia. 1 More Money For and accuses the employers of “an cedure for breaking<up public util­ throughout the country. It’s one of the best pictures in years. have a voice in their selection. ments be made unless the index Schomaker also said that during illegal agreement to underbid and ityholding companies under exist­ The p r o v i s i o nal constitution goes to 118 or falls to 106. destroy the business “of any firm' the San Francisco waterfront strike pledges the union to a “policy of ing legislation, said “it is not a of 1934 he and Bridges conferred ‘Aggressive War’ Government analysts hope that which signs a contract with the death sentence for big business as aggressive struggle to improve the the cost-of-living rise will not ex­ on strategy with Earl Browder, News and Views .... union.” The suit asks for a tem­ such” but “is directed instead Washington (LPA)—The House working and living conditions of ceed three or maybe four points be­ porary restraining order pending then head of the American Com­ .... By ALEXANDER S. LIPSETT, (An ILNS Feature) ggainst the abuses of size.” of Delegates of the American Medi­ all workers in our industry” and tween now and Jan. 1, 1951. If a hearing on a permanent injunc­ munist party. The meeting took Senator Taft (Ohio) and Ives to preserving democratic institu­ “To accomplish its objective of place in a shack on a Santa Clara cal Association faced the problem their hopes are realized, wages will tion. (New York) have come out in sup­ hand, the military and internation­ tions against Communism. It bars be stabilized for 13 months except maintaining or establishing effec­ county prune ranch, Schomaker de­ here this week of raising mor< port of a congressional study of al part of the budget is 90 percent Communists from office in the in­ in the case of the lowest bracket tive competition,” Adams told the clared. 1 money to carry on Whitaker am The Union Label is the best com­ committee, “the bill sets up several the question whether government, greater than it was 10 years ago. t e r’s expensive propaganda ternational or any local. Salary of workers. Then Britain will have a pass for industry because when it Vincent Hallinan, Bridges’ attor­ general—yet very concrete—stand­ instead of private industry, should Equally important is the fact campaign against President Tru the president is set at $9500, at breathing spell while she fights is utilized labor relations never get ney, was unable to shake Schomak- » ards which are to be applied in a provide all workers over 65 years that only 17 percent of the feder­ man’s'health insurance program. $8500 for the vice presidents, and inflation at home and struggles to off their true course. selective, case-by-case approach by er’s testimony in a grueling cross- of age with a $100-a-month pen­ al payroll falls under the category (8500 for the secretary-treasurer. stay in the dollar market abroad. examination. When the trial is of public welfare, housing, labor The $100,000-a-year AMA pres The delegates heard addresses i a competent administrative author­ sion. This brings us back to the ob­ ^ge^its reported they had distri The general council of the TUC ity- subject at all times to judicial over, Hallinan will start serving, a jections, previously aired in this relations, etc. The other 83 percent buted $6,000,000 pieces of literatur < by Textile Workers’ president Emil has no power to enforce its decis­ goes to members of the armed Review.” six-month sentence for contempt space, against pension plans on an Rieve; United Transport Employes’ ion, and if it is to become national of court because of his tactics dur­ forces, civilian employes of the dgainst the health insurance pro president Willard S.