T-s-es ' , •'• - r. ;,y 7^ THE POTTERS HERALD, EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO t Thursday, March 13, 1947 British Factdry Workers Building Service Mine Strike Effective In j i OBITUARIES See Crisis Answered At ■ Workers Win * , New Brunswick Wage Increase Sx ■v* 77777*.'...... “ — ■ WILLIAM S. HOHMAN , N. S. (ILNS).—Not by the dominion government ac­ New York City (ILNS).—David /American Industrial Drama William S. Hohman, honorary even the semblance of a picket line complished nothing. Sullivan, president of Local 32B, member of the National Brother­ is necessary at the soft coal mines At a number of the mines, truck / 7 London (ILNS).—40,000 men and women, including Building Services Employees* In­ hood of Operative Potters, died drivers have joined the miners i.i of Nova Scotia and New Bruns­ ; 8,500 trade union and Labor Party officials; shop stewards, ternational Union, AFL, has an­ March 8 in his home, 100 Grant the strike although they do not 4 foremen and key workers from 40 large factories in the nounced an increase in wages of street, Newell, following a long wick provinces, during the current hold membership in the UMW. At 21*4 cents per hour ($8.60 per illness. He was 74 years of age. strike of 13,000 members of Dis­ i greater London Area (such as Ford, General Electric, Sie- trict 26, of several points, also, company week) for all employees covered Mr. Hohman came to Newell unions have been abandoned in . mens, Woolwich Arsenal, Chatham Dockyard); 170 Members America. No attempt has been by the Frankenthaler Midtown about 37 years ago from Wheel- favor of joining the UMW, and the of Parliament; 65 Mayors and 400 Councillors, have been made by the mine operators to Agreement. The wage increase af­ ing. He was a kilnplacer by trade miners have left work although ! > crowding into the Westminster Theater night after night to either keep the pits functioning or fects elevator operators, porters, and employed at the Homer their applies tion for acceptance to reopen them, because of the see the American industrial drama, “The Forgotten Factor.” starters, handymen and other Laughlin China Company up until into the union has not been for- • solid organization wall facing , f “The Forgotten Factor” shows the answer that Britain building service workers covered three years ago, when he retired. mally ratified. At one of these them. Particularly, affected is the • desperately needs and wants now—national teamwork, incen- by the 82B midtown contract and He was a member of Local small mines, at Minto, N. B. all of Dominion Steel & Coal Corpora­ 7 five and production. The capacity#------— ■ brings average wages up to ap­ Union No. 9, National Brother­ the 60 employees joined the UMW tion, (Dosco) which is the chief 7 audiences at the Westminster* proximately $42 per week. hood of Operative Potters and St. and stopped work simultaneously. , Theater have not come just to be AFL Sees The increase, retroactive to Feb. Aloysius Catholic Church. operator. UMW locals are provid­ ing recreation .for the members at Crews of maintenance men are k * entertained, but to find a solution 4, resulted from an award of Sid­ Mr. Hohman leaves his widow, the local halls, including cards, in charge at the mines, by ar­ ? to the country’s difficulties. ft (Continued Front Page Ont) ney L. Cahn, arbitrator appointed Mrs. Lottie Hohman; a sister, Mrs. F.' ; - checkers, dominoes and billiards. rangement between the union and 1' A Scottish miners’ Member of after the first war when, within 10 by Arthur S. Meyer, chairman of Elizabeth Hill of Port Clinton; a operators. The agreement calls- | Parliament declared, “This is the Some of the strikers are produc­ months after the end of hostilities, the New York State Board of stepson, Harry Coffman of East for the mines being kept in tiptop I thing for British industry, and ing coal on their own, individually all prisoners of war were freed. Mediation. The raise will directly Liverpool, a granddaughter and condition and ready for immediate and collectively, at a number of 5 '• \ 1 British industry means British life. With such impetuosity has man­ affect 5,000 of the union member­ two nieces. resumption of coal production once , pits on and If we give this incentive to the kind been going backward that ship employed in about 700 build­ official word is announced of the the mainland. These pits have not | ’ country it will be translated into even an organization calling itself ings in the midtown area. The EDWARD J. HOLTZMAN ending of the strike. * ; output.” the World Federation of Trade arbitration took place in accord­ lEdward J. “Chubber” Holtzman, been operated more than hap­ ance with the terms of an agree­ 75, of 500 First avenue, retired hazardly for many years and are Votes of the UMW locals haver ■ British Unionists’ Verdict . Unions has proposed the imposi­ disclosed the members as 100 per The world-wide impact of the tion of forced ’labor on the' ~Ruhr ’ ment between Local 82B and the potter, died Tuesday at 7:15 p. m. owned by the province of Nova Scotia but without allotment to cent behind their district officers. ' , ideology of Moral Re-Armament coal miners. Midtown Realty Owners’ Associa­ at City Hospital following a long any operator. In pre-war years, The operators have had no appli­ 1 which “The Forgotten Factor” as it may appear, tion. illness. “Paradoxical when the UMW had trouble with cations for work from non-union '■ Mi * * demonstrates is evidenced by a which calls itself Sullivan announced that nego­ Mr. Holtzman, a jiggerman, last it is the land the operators, chiefly Dosco, the workers. The only voice in the Do­ cable from top British trade union- government which tiations for upward revision of was employed at Plant 8 of the ‘socialist,’ the wildcat pits were worked by the minion House of Commons taking # i.sts to the Ottawa premiere of the ‘workers* republic,’ wages for the remaining 25,000 Homer Laughlin China Co. He re­ parades as a miners, for "their own fuel and also up the cudgels diligently for the play, which was sponsored by Mr. that is the worst and biggest slave members employed in apartment tired about eight years ago. He was a member of the St. Ann’s to sell. strikers is that of UMW member • ; Humphrey Mitchell, Minister of center on earth today. It is from and commercial buildings covered Clarence Gillis, M. P., of Glace by the Realty Advisory Board Catholic Mission. •* Both Dosco and the officers of J Labor; Mr. A. R. Mosher, Presi- Soviet Russia that the tidal wave QUICK VICTORY—It didn’t take the New York Cotton Exchange Bay, who started work in the pits master agreement, will begin He leaves two sons, Edward M. the District UMW say they are ; dent Canadian Congress of Labor; of labor enslavement has swept long to realize that the United Financial Employees (AFL) meant busi­ when he was 13. /Mr. J. M. Coldwell, leader of the westward. The Irkutsk Pravda shortly. ; ness. After a one-day strike, the exchange settled on union terms. In Holtzman of East Liverpool and not aware at present of when ne­ C. C. F., and other national lead­ only recently boasted that 5,000,- The union was represented in the the shot above, the picket line, that included members of the Seafarers Harry Holtzman of Antioch, Cal.; gotiations will be resumed with a ers. 000 prisoners of war are being arbitration by Victor J. Herwitz International Union (AFL), circles the building. Below, is the way the a daughter, Mrs. Bernadette Hen­ view to ending the strike. Dosco , ? ’ The cable read “. . . this play is used at penal labor in Siberia. and Aaron Benenson of the firm of usually jammed trading floor looked. derson of Toronto; a brother, Mil­ insists on assurance of the miners 7 being shown to capacity houses “In the Kremlin domain there Benenson, Herwitz & Israelson, ton Holtzman of Pittsburgh; five increasing production substantial­ !. here in London and has been at- are millions of Soviet citizens union attorneys. grandchildren, and two great­ ly in order to qualify for a $1 per '■ tended by officials from coal, steel, doomed to slave labor camps mere­ Bums Says Labor Must Lead grandchildren. His wife died Oct. day wage increase offered by the Thrift ’ shipbuilding, railways, textiles, ly because they are suspected or 29, 1945. company. The district officers re­ i building trades and other unions, convicted of disapproving or dis­ The body was taken to the Daw­ fuse to accept this stipulation. The ■ and by thousands of shop stewards agreeing with some act or policy In Making Democracy Work son Funeral Home. Funeral ar­ district is asking $1.40 per day in­ It’s so easy to be thrifty crease, plus contributions from the and rank and file workers. The of the ruling group. rangements are incomplete. by saving a few cents each spirit of teamwork it so clearly “But the Moscow dictatorship Chicago (ILNS).—Organized la­ and material well-being of every operators for welfare and pension j demonstrates is a key factor in also holds in slavery millions of ’5s *3 bor must undertake in a ‘‘sincere man, woman and child in Amer- funds of the union. The district week until December ’47! Production Gains heads maintain they are combat­ ’ our fight for industrial prosperity.” non-Russians . . . hundreds of Great (l and serious way” the job of mak­ ic*.” | ’• e ing democracy serve the needs of ing not only the operators, and 7 ,,The timeliness of this American thousands of these slaves were Messages from President Tru­ Then watch the silver export to Britain is highlighted by rounded up by the Soviet police every American, Matthew J. Burns, man and Secretary of Labor Sch- In Auto Industry with the accent greatly on Dosco, •' the very grave crisis that England 4ind snared by its, spy dragnet in veteran president of the Interna­ wellenbach praising the union for but the dominion and provincial stacked up into dollars tional Brotherhood of Paper Mak­ If the automobile industry keeps governments. A conciliator named 7 is facing. A national union leader the capitals of Russia’s conquered its 5$,COO members’ “proud record up the production clip set last 7-1 I talked with this week put it in System ers, told the union’s convention. when you receive your and satellite lands. of wartime achievement” were week, its total output this year H five words, “We must produce or “Barrack economy anywhere is Burns accused national* leaders read to the delegates. Christmas Club check! of seeking a negative solution to will be virtually at the level of ; i a menace to free labor everywhere. a Merger Proposal Up Clothing (Cost Teachers are taking lessons from the nation’s problems and said that 1929, when an all-time record of fl Coal Crisis Threatens Disaster When Japanese soldiers are turned ’One of the most important is­ the other unions in how to get pay labor must find a positive solution. 5,300,000 cars and trucks was STILL TIME TO JOIN 4 — It is estimated that soon 6,000,- into slave-toilers on the Volga- raises. They find it is as blessed sues before the convention is the (Continued Front Pati Ont) “Labor, itself, must lead the way made. Lake Baikal railway for the bene­ proposed amalgamation of the The drop in retail food prices, j 000 workers may be unemployed to learn as to teach — and a lot toward a more secure economic, Assembly lines are now turning fit of the Russian bureaucracy or union with the International however, is expected to be wiped . » by the hold-up of coal due to the more profitable. social and political condition,” he out better than 100,000 cars a * widespread dislocation of trans- when Papuans and New Guineans Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphate and week, notwithstanding many plants out soon, as retail markups follow First National are kept in slavery for wealthy declared. “Labor must demonstrate J port; 400,000 tons of coal may be As The - Man-We’d-Least-Like-To- Paper Mill Workers. are not operating at capacity. a rise in wholesale prices—'partic­ East Liverpool’s Oldest Bank Australian plantation owners, the its capacity for self-government. The latter union has more than f' ; lost. The announcements by Prime Be-Alone-With-On-A-Raft The significant fact is that ularly for hogs, corn and wheat. Member F. D. I. C, freedom and welfare of the work­ Labor must undertake in a sincere 100,9$0 members, also employed in ■ £ Minister Attlee on the nation-wide The Ladies’ Auxiliary has definite- and serious way the task of mak­ manufacturers will receive for this Wheat futures on the Chicago compulsory conservation of fuel ers in London, New York, Paris, 1 ly chosen Sen. Robert A. Taft. paper mills. Its convention will be year’s output about $1,500,000,000 market hit their highest level in Phone 914 Brussels, Sydney and Prague are ing democracy work and to make held In September in Milwaukee, « and power puts Britain back on a it serve the needs and the spiritual more than for about the same 30 years and corn futures their j war-time footing. It .ois the first in mortal danger.” wheat, the consolidation would be number of cars in 1929. highest level for 27 years. * tlrte in Britain’s history that even The continuation of “any form Unions may be missing a chance cenHlhmated if a merged was vot­ 1. ! a part black-out has been neces- of slavery,” according to Chair­ to make some money—it turns out ed by the 850 delegates meeting 1 sary in peacetime. The situation man Woll, “is in outright conflict corporations pay as much as $5,000 GOP Leadership with the moral and judicial foun­ to have an employee opinion poll * demands the most complete coop- taken in a plant of 1,500 people. 1 eration of every single citizen or dations of the verdict reached at Blasted By Morse Nuremberg against the Nazi war They could get the same informa­ f Suggests t disaster may result. tion from a good union in a half Into this situation “The Forgot- criminals.” Senator Wayne Morse (Rep., *4 He specifically pointed out that hour session. Hut that would be Ore.) this week released a sharp ■ (Coniinutd From Page Out) I; ten Factor” has given new heart the easy way, and, after all, a per­ to thousands, and galvanized citi- the Allied judges had condemned attack on what he called the “re­ a committee might include advis­ to death Fritz Sauckel, director of sonnel man has to make his job actionary policies of the G. O. P. ing Sam Johnston, when he reaches z$is into action to play their full look tough somehow. •responsible part in industrial and Nazi forced labor enterprises. leadership. 65, to stop in at the local social community life. The immediate cause of the out­ security office, or suggesting to Prize example of the absent­ burst was a plea by Chairman B. TRANSIT BEHIND ‘8’ BALL Fifty British collieries have sent Jim Kelly’s widow that she in­ Carriers Launch minded professor is Dr. Jules Carroll Reece of the Republican quire about survivors’ benefits. ? ■ ,< deputations of men and manage­ ment from the pits of South and Rackman of New York University National Committee for better Each month the local social se­ North Wales, Yorkshire, Stafford- Publicity Drive who recently got his name in the teamwork among Republicans in curity office distributes to mem­ > Your Valley Motor Transit Company, like every papers by telling an employer Congress. Similar appeals have bers of social security committees * --u/7 /r sHire and other areas. 3,500 min­ The railroads have launched an city transportation company from Skowhegan to . . *-4' ers and their wives have seen the group the cost of living has been made periodically by party and other interested union officials unusual advertising campaign reached its peak (and you don’t play on its visit to the eoal fields. chieftains ever since Washington a “Social Security Labor Bulletin.” Frisco is up against a tougher job RIGHT NOW than 1 7 which will be carried

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