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FACE FOUR 4 THE POTTERS'HERALD $ ' Thursday, June 20, 1946 z UNION HEALTH FUNDS AS LONG as trade unions have operated in thisl Jerald A country, they have tried to help workers withl OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF their health problems. The first service has gener-l X THE NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF OPERATIVE POTTER! ally been sick benefits paid by the unions. Thesel and "■ EAST LIVERPOOL TRADES A LABOR COUNCIL were inadequate to provide medical care but, even] ..... ■------------------------------ a— though meager, they gave workers dependable! THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Published every Thursday at East Liverpool, Ohio, by the N. B. of O. P., owning and operating the Best Trades Newspaper and Job incomes when other revenue stopped. I rc’ W. C. Lynch, genial representative of Taylor, Smith A Taylor pottery Printing Plant in the State.________________ _ Unions have added other health provisions! .leaves this week to cover the southern states in the interest of the Chester from time to time, including homes for recuper-l Entered at Postoffice. East Liverpool, Ohio, April 20, 1902, as second- llllflfflw 1 , * I| firm-The Dippers L. U. 18, elected the following officers last Friday night: class matter. Accepted for mailing at Special Rates of Postage ation and cooperative medical care plans. Morel ; provided for in Section 1108, Act of October 18, 1917, authorised 5 Rv JOHN PATMir — I President, W. H. Moore: vice president, W. H. Green; financial secretary, August 20, 1918.______________________________recently, unions have _____________ incorporated provisions ini y “* (James Jackson; recording secretary, E. W. Collins; treasurer, P. J. McKeone; union agreements providing insurance for med-l Washington~ (FP) —Arguments„ are a dime a dozen in the bar of the|insPector, Bill Gibbs; trustee, W. Russell. General Office, N. B. of O. P. Building, W. 4th St., BELL PHONE 575 ical care and hospitalization plans financed either I National Press club or in’ the' Senate~ restaurant where‘ newsmeniwsmen dine atatl John Heckathorn, kilnman, who has been playing professional ball for a hHARRY L. GILL.______________________Editor and Busineas Manager jointly or byrthe cprrSSmdintfwttha remarkable command of English couple# rat of Hogan months of has Mannington, returned toW. his Va., bench was ata housethe West guest End of pottery.“Tim” Desmond One Year to Any Part of the United States or Cansda —42.00 Pat of Mannington, W. Va., was a house guest of “Tim” Desmond insurance -companies and group hospitalization|an(j a ^>ne understanding of the American scene from three years in thisl°f- Wheeling, W. -Va.,t on( Monday. plans. I capital, inquired what could be expected in the development of the American! . During the past year two new locals were organized: namely, Local (UfllQI The rate of illness for small-income families I worker from the current labor and political situations. I Union 86, composed ofoi warehousemen, in East Liverpool, and Local Union 5<s v in rnntrad with families hav-l This writer for an alien news service is sympathetic with the aims|No. 87, composed of fire clay workers, Trenton, N. J. L. U. No. 57, Niles, IS notoriously nign in contrast Wltn lamiiies nay I f doubtg the drive of American ^or£ing clasa> He believes, I Ohio, was reorganized during the year. mg larger incomes providing more necessaries analfrom a test-book acquaintance of U. S. labor history, that “pork chops”! John Reark, foreman of the clay department at the old end of the .. v. Box 752, East Liverpool. Ohio. Comforts. Workers in crowded shops, surrounded I are the only goal . that the average union member cares only that he gets IK. T. A K. Potteries company, will be a candidate for county recorder at Wheatley, Room 215, Broad Street Natiosal “an extra two bucks,” and to hell with everybody else. Ithe coming primaries. Bank Building, Trenton, 8, New jers». by unguarded machines which facilitate accidents, | Bocond Vice President—Frank Hull, 2704 E. Florence Ave., Huntington , ■ xj. uOQVV duct-filloH air and often handling*! Seeking a reply, I turned to the current OPA fight in which all sectors! Edward Allison, jiggerman at the Smith & Phillips pottery company, P&rkt C*life w . neavy, u llnw land complexions of labor are united against an inflationary and dangerous |will leave with his wife and family this week end for a two weeks’ camping iThird Vice President—James Slaven, Cannons Mills, East UverpoeL poisonous materials, are subject to diseases, Ho ’|measure threatening the home of every person who works for a Iiving.|trip near Marietta, Ohio. Ohio. Fourth Vice President—Charles Zimmer, 1045 Ohio Avenue, Trenton, 8, ever, it has taken factory fires, mine catastrophes, 11 argued that here was a proposition upon which all labor agreed . and! Miss Florence Myler, finisher at the Newell pottery, returned this week New Jersey. miners’ silicosis, insanity due to poisons, etc., to lwhicn would be remembered for years, and particularly if the inflationary prom Atlantic City where she represented the Long’s Run Presbyterian Fifth Vice President—George Newbon, 847 Melrose Avenue, Trenton, 9. mnU thp nuhlir understand that nroduction to I bill goes through. I Church at the great international Christian Endeavor convention. New Jersey. fho Ufa and! My friend from abroad disagreed ... he argued that labor would | Henry Seibert has accepted a job on the biscuit kiln crew at the Tay- Sixth Vice President—George Turner, 215 W. Fourth Street, East Liver- make t p pool, Ohio. meet its needs and comforts costs the lite and|be con(ent with an 18 5c wage incr€ase . a 30% goOSt in wages> and gol|or, smith & Taylor pottery in Chester. Seventh Vice President—T. J. Desmond, 825 B> Lincoln Way, Minerva, health of many workers. I along like the bull, Ferdinand, chewing contentedly in peace under the I George Costello, Decorator, at the K. T. A K. pottery, will return home Ohio- - .. _ Eighth Vice Preaidoat—Joshua Chadwick, Grant Street, Newell, West Those immediately affected by the hazards of (olive tree. |the first of the week from a weeks’ fishing trip in Michigan. Virginia. inrliiafrxr havo horn the tn seek remedies I In reply, my argument was that this tini6 things dr? different. .”that| William Calhoun of Wellsville has accepted a position on the biscuit Secretary-Treasurer—Chas. F. Jordan, P. O. Box 752, East Liverpool, “T * I? h,that T health nflthe war, the reconversion troubles and the fight on OPA were awakening at the Salinevilje pottery beginning there this week. Ohio. ihey nave Wisely recogmzea Lnai ine nedin I American labor to the fact that the fight for living, the battle for home| John Pollock, saggermaker at the Riverside pottery, Wheeling, was GENERAL WARE STANDING COMMITTEE workers IS a matter With Which collective bargain- Lecm-iy, for a future and for happiness is political as well as economic. (mingling with East Livrpol friends over Saturday. He returned to Wheeling Manufacturers_____________ M. J. LYNCH, W. A. BETZ, J. T. HALL ing could deal. Approximately 2,000,000 workers ! For instance there’s the fact that today, before the Senate OPA debate I Sunday evening. Operatives—.___ cwaa. F. JORDAN, FREDERICK GLYNN, HARRY arp nlrpadv covered bv contracts with employerslis fairly under way, the foremost spokesmen for Big Business are already! Herbert Machin of Steubenville was an East Liverpool visitor last PODEWELS » • . marginal and bnanitAlivntihn (predicting a national wave of strikes for America late in 1946 or early in|Monday. which provide medical care and hospitalization. I1{>47 I James Kays, a presser at the Colonial pottery, is able to be around CHINA WARE STANDING COMMITTEE Manufacturers...... ....... .... E. K. KOOS. H. M. WALKER. W. A. BETZ One group Of workers who daily lace acci- l Take the June 14 issue of U. S. News, the weekly printed by Columnist I again after a few days’ indisposition. Operatives...... .... BERT CLARK. DAVID BEVAN, CHARLES JORDAN dents and death in carrying on the industry that (David Lawrence. It says that a new wave of “labor disputes,probably of I William Worthington, bench boss of the biscuit crew at the Globe lies at the heart of our economy—the miners—(strikes, will follow closely on the wave now running out.” Ipottery, is rejoicing over the arrival of a new daughter in his home. DECORATING STANDING COMMITTEE k„.,z. .'..ArvwmrI iho mino a fund to I It predicts a commodity cost rise of “15 to 25% this year, 1946, if | Thomas Cartwright has returned to East Liverpol after visiting hia Manufaetoran___ ROBERT DIETZ. Sr., MARGARET PARKER, RAY have proposed to the mine operators a runa to 1 .g defeated> but admits that 0PA itse|f figures on> a priceyboo^t of f;Om parents at Canton, Ohio. BROOKES — Operatives JAMES SLAVEN, THOS. WOOD, ROLAND HORTON take care of the maimed ana to proviae meaicaiii-Q to 150% when price controls end, and that if the total reaches as much! Charlie Conley, a kilnman, arrived in the city during the week from care for the miners and their families. Most mines lag 25% “there is to be great pressure for new demands and new strikes.” (Cincinnatti. * are in agricultural areas, while medical care fa-1 And Lawrence concludes that labor leaders will emerge from the present! Edward Snodgrass and Wade Dodds, kilnmen at Huntington, W. Va., -i,-.*.- „ in tnwna Miners’ incomes Istrike wave unhurt, but they may “not do so well in the next (Lawrence- |have arrived in the city; the Wyllie China Co. plant, where they were em- , ORGANIZING SOUTHERN WORKERS Clllties are centered rn towns. minera mcoinw| rted) gtrike Wftve due late in 1946> early 1947„ ployed, having suspended operations temporarily. 'THE INDUSTRIALIZATION of the South pro- do not permit the accumulation Oi reserves iori What does that mean? Obviously it means that OPA is expected to I Sixth Vice President T.