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Montana labor news., 1932-12-01
HALF-TRUTHS

The present labor difficulties in Butte show clearly the
extent to which the daily press will go in telling direct
untruths and stating half-truths to mislead the public.
Both papers stated, BADLY, that there was no effort made
by the Employers Association to cut the wages of girl
clerks. The wages of girl clerks WERE to be CUT to
SIG per week, for a week of 4S hours. They also failed
to state that the girl was to be paid only for the time she
worked. They did state that she would be paid a half
days wages if called to work. They failed to state that
they could call her at II a. m. and work her until 3 p. m.
and then pay her only a half-day's wages. 1t is true that
she would have only worked four hours, but what could
be done toward putting that broken day to gainful occu-
patton. The employers were acting in this matter like the
o~nelegged man who only wanted to pay for one shoe
and asked the store to keep the other. The papers also
failed to state that the drug clerks were to be paid their
$35 for a 58-hoT week. This is a small wage when one
considers the long hours, seven years education and
training, and the thousands of dollars spent in acquiring
that education.
They also failed to state that the employers cut out all
summer half-holidays and three full holidays. They did
not state that the summer half-holidays were abolished
after a solemn promise on the part of the Employers
Association that this one holiday would never be inter
fered with.
If such tactics are to continue, Butte can very we'll
dispense with the Employers Association and the kept
press of this city. Workingmen are the subscribers to
these papers and it is for the benefit of this class that
advertisements are secured that keep the press from total
bankruptcy. The readers demand a semblance of hon
esty at least.
Montana labor news., 1932-12-01
PROFIT FROM WORKERS

The employers stated that a cut was necessary in clerks
salaries because they could not make a profit at the pres
ent scale of wages. What lies behind this truth?
The merchants of Butte have engaged in ~cut-throat
competition during the past years and have even been
selling their goods at cost in many cases, and in some
competitor. Goods sold at such low prices are known
in the trade as leads The Butte public has purchased
the leads and has expected other articles to come down to
this low price. No profit has been made from these leads
but overhead costs go on just the same. This overhead
has to be met. 1t couldn't be met from profits off the
articles sold, so it had to be taken from the wages of
the clerks.
The employers of Butte might do we'll if they lived
and let live. What is to be gained from forcing a COM
peitor into bankruptcy? Nothing for the merchant or
clerk. In the first place the public is given a false sense
of values. In the second place bankruptcies produce an
unhealthy psychology. It the third place unemployment
increases and the depression is prolonged.
If wages are maintained in Butte, the value of the ar
tice plus a fair profit can be obtained. If a fair profit
is added to the cost Of the article when sold, wages can
be maintained. Cutting the wages of the employee merely
lowers the margin of profit on products, and the employ
er suffers a still larger loss. We don't want Cheap"
merchandise. Cheapness merely symbolizes the financial
condition of a community. C~heapness shows that people
have no money with which to purchase articles. During
the summer the editor visited one of our eastern cities
where profits were made from the wages of clerks. He
saw articles, purchased by merchants to sell at So begging
Mr.. and Mrs. Buyer, don't be hunting bargains, for in the
long run you pay dearly for each bargain that you buy.
Let us work together, employer and employees, all for
each and each for all. Get rid of your associations crazed
with a uniOn-busting mania. Good wages never ruined
any business. Well paid, we'll nourished and happy en-
ployes are the most efficient and the best advertisement
any business establishment can have.
Montana labor news., 1932-12-01
SCHARRENBERG STRESSES NEED
FOR LABOR PROTECTIVE LAWS

policy of the American Federation
of Labor, particularly with respect
to social insurance.
"For example, the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor is now committed
to the principle of old-age pensions
and has prepared a model bill for in
PRODUCTION in the various states.
Following an increasing approval
by affiliated groups of the principle
of unemployment insurance, the ex-
ecutive council of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor has also declared
for a system of compulsory unem-
ployment insurance by the Federal
government.
Free Employment Agencies.
among the many labor laws spon-
sored by the American Federation
of Labor or its various state branches
the following may be mentioned in
addition to those already noted.
Free public employment agencies
and effective regulation of private
employment agencies; labor camp
sanitation and better housing laws;
better sanitary conditions in fac
tories, foundries, bakeries and other
workshops; preference for citizens
on public works; requiring the pay
ment Of the prevailing rate of wages
on all public works; compelling truth
full advertising during strikes and
l%ockouts; legal protection for the
union label; the semi-monthly pay
day; greater educational opportunity
for the workers, such as university
extension, vocational education, part
time schools, free textbooks; and,
last but not least, the effective x
clusion of Oriental labor"
Mr.. Scharrenberg's address was
the last one in a series on current
labor problems given every Sunday
for ten weeks under the sponsorship
of the National Advisory Committee
on Radio in Education, with the CO.
operation of the Workers Education
Bureau of America, the American
Federation Of Labor, and the Uni
versity of Chicago Press, which pub
fishes the lectures in pamphlet form.
The addresses were broadcast over
the network of the Columbia Broad
casting System.
The first address in this series was
given on Labor Sunday, Sept. a, by
Frank Morrison, secretary Of the
American Federation of Labor, who
discussed the open and closed shop.
Montana labor news., 1932-12-01
A BUSINESS DICTIONARY.


In order to fill a crying need, | am
herewith presenting a number of new
definitions of popular business terms
to take the place of the obsolete
junk found in Webster's dictionary.
Bank-A cold storage house for
frozen assets.
Banker-A dispenser of chills, cold
shoulders, and frozen mitts.
Bonds-First claim to what is left
after the receiver got his.
Business-See Memory"
Profit-The margin between cost
and selling price that vanished when
the sheriff turned sales manager.
observation-disclosures in holes from
which the bottom dropped out.
Interest-A ~pardonable curiosity to
learn what became of the principal.
Millionaire person owing $780,
900 or over.
Railroad-Two or more streaks of
rust connecting a number of rusty
sidetracks for the accommodation of
dead engines and decaying box-cars.
Profession-Calling of educated
person wishing he could exchange
degree for card in Hod-carriers'
Union.
Observation-Disclosures of leisure.
Savings-What one would still
have in the bank if the bank was
still there.
Home-A place to owe rent on.
Home Owner-A person Of either
sex worrying whether it is cheaper
to move than pay taxes, who is
usually evicted because he can't af-
ford either.
Farm-A given area of agricul-
tural land surrounded by creditors
and covered by mortgages, on which
a family of seven is trying to sup
port a secondhand car with empty
gasoline tank.
Landlord-A tired business mar or
retired farmer who can't buy tires
by reason of having a farm living
him. Also, the guy who can't
Montana labor news., 1932-12-01
California Labor Federation
Secretary Explains Prin-
ciples of Legislation Spon-
sored by Trade Unions.

SAN FRANCISCO.-The import
ance of certain types of labor laws
for the protection of working men,
women and children and the influ-
ence of the trade unions in securing
their enactment, were emphasized by
Paul S~charrenberg, secretary of the
California State Federation of Labor,
and editor of the "Seamen's Journal
in a radio address here on Labor
Legislation"
On the general subject of Ameri-
can labor laws, Mr.. Scharrenberg
said, in part;
American Labor Legislation.
with respect to labor legislation
in general, we must remember that
the policy of the American labor
movement has differed fundamentally
from European policy.
"In America organized labor de-
mands Legislation for such purposes
only as the individuals or groups of
workers cannot obtain for them
selves.
"In other words, the American
workers, in Congress and in the
various state legislatures, have
fought for legislation for the protec-
ton and promotion of their rights
and interests and for the accom-
plishment of their highest ideals.
Protective Laws Advocated.
THUS Labor has fought for legis-
lation providing for the abolition of
child labor; security and safety in
life and work; sanitation in factory,
shop, mill and home; workmen's COM
pensation in preference to employ
ers' liability; the regulation of con-
vict labor; the enactment of laws
such as the LaFollette Seamen's bill,
the labor provisions of the Clayton
law, and the more recent limitation
of %injunctions in labor disputes, to-
gether with trials of contempt cases
as provided in the Norris-LaGuardia
anti-injunction bill.
Labor also played a conspicuous
part in the securing Of a secret bal
lot through the introduction of the
Australian ballot system in the COS.
CAN these laws work for freedom,
for right, for justice.
"These reforms the workers can
not secure without law, because they
are governmental functions and cam
not be accomplished by private
agencies.
ITO summarize, the American labor
movement is founded upon the prin-
ciple that self-help is the best help,
and that the exercise by the workers
of their economic power if after all
the greatest and most potent power
which they can WELD.
Social Legislation.
"In recent years, social trends and
economic pressure have modified the
Montana labor news., 1932-12-01
Anti-Hoover Landslide
May Mean Protection
For Hunger Marchers

WASHINGTON-(F. P.)-Worried
by rumors that General Glassford
may be restored to his old COM
mand of the metropolitan police
force when Roosevelt comes into
the White House, the tone of his
successor, Major Brown, has sud-
denly grown less threatening toward
the coming hunger marchers since
the election returns came in.
Herbert Benjamin, who directed
the national hunger march of 1900
Communists and sympathizers which
conducted its orderly and impressive
demonstration in the capital Dec. z
last, arrived in the city Nov. 10 to
find that the attitude of the police
was less autocratic than it had been
a few days earlier.
True, Judge Kitty, in police court,
had just sentenced 10 men and wom-
en- arrested at the capitol on Nov. z
for attempting to picket the Supreme
Court in connection with the Scots
boro case. He had ordered that
they spend go days in Jail and pay
fines of 500 each, for parading
without a permit. Six were also
charged with assaulting the police.
But their offense was considered far
more serious, since it challenged the
sanctity of the Supreme Court, than
would have been the mere picketing
of Congress.
Lem Harris, spokesman for the
Farmers National Relief Conference,
which is sending 500 destitute farm
ers to Washington on Dec. 5 to pc
tition Congress for relief from hun
ger, foreclosures and evictions, was
told by Brown that his group would
be permitted to enter the city if they
did not try to parade in. Harris
promised that the farmers would
bring their own food, and would
leave town within a few days. On
July 20 last, during the cleaning
up" Of the bonus army, the District
commissioners ordered that no or
gained group bent on violation of
law and police regulations" should
be permitted to enter the District.
This order is now to be abandoned
in fact, since it was designed to for
bid any radical group from exercis-
ing its right to present a mass pc
tition to Congress or to the White
House.
Press correspondents are beginning
to write of the coming farmer in
vasion and the Communist hunger
march, and to predict that many
thousands of the unemployed will
converge on Washington this winter
unless Congress promptly votes a
big additional appropriation for hun
ger relief. The tremendous anti-Hoo-
yer vote in all centers of unemploy-
ment is interpreted as merely the
first symptom of growing despera-
ton among millions of jobless wage
earners who see no hope in a policy
of waiting for something fortunate
to happen.
Montana labor news., 1932-12-01
GARNER WATTS FOR MIRACLE

WESTINGHOUSE. P.)-Speaker
Garner, who will be Vice President
Garner after March A, returned to
the capital Nov. 81 with the
ment to the press, that eve have
plenty of tax legislation already; what
is wrong is that business is flat on
its back"
He had no suggestion as to how
business would be restored to an up
right position. He was doubtful as to
the efficacy of a beer tax as a life
saver for the Treasury.
Montana labor news., 1932-12-01
UNION ORGANIZATION IMPERATIVE

The executive council Of the American Federation Of
Labor, in its report to the annual convention of the Fed
GRAFTON at Cincinnati, emphasized the fact that trade unior
organization is the only sure way to protect the workers
and advance their welfare both in times of prosperity
and depression. The council said:
Despite depression handicaps, the Federation has
continued to aid organizing work during the past
year. The unusual amount of fundamental thinking
and questioning Of existing practices provide an ex-
~ceptonal opportunity for organizing work. On all
sides we are confronted with the fallacy of expecting
improvements from letting things alone.
MANY wage-earners have let alone the problems
of increasing their wages and gaining more leisure,
Montana labor news., 1932-12-01
DRIVE AGAINST RECOGNITION

WASHINGTON-(F. P.)-Appeal9
ing to Pr~esident-elect Roosevelt to
consult Father Edmund Walsh, s. j.,
and Matthew Vol and Representative
Ham. Fish, among other ~anti-radicals,
before making up his mind to recog-
milton of the Soviet Union, the Ameri-
can Alliance began Nov. 25 a publicity
drive to stop the alleged plan of
Roosevelt to dispose of the recogni-
ton issue.
pay the taxes on the empty flat over
there.
Competition-Two or more parties
trying to escape bankruptcy by bank
rupting each other.
Socialism-A dream.
Capitalism-A nightmare.
Individualism-A conglomeration of
human suspects animated by mutual
dislike and conflicting interests, 60
ing to hell with the slogan, "Let
well enough alone"
g g g
The outstanding lesson of the last
campaign is, you can fool all the
people some of the time, and some of
the people all the time, but you can
always fool a majority.
g g g
Cheer up! We're on the upgrade
and right over the hill is the poor
house.
Montana labor news., 1932-12-01
IT'S VERY SIMPLE


Come to think about it, the task
before Mr.. Roosevelt isn't nearly as
tough as some people imagine. All
he's got to do to keep things pleasant
is to-
Raise a few billions more rev.
emu without hurting anybody's
feelings;
Reduce the tariff to help the
farmers;
Raise import duties in behalf of
industry;
Find work for twelve million
unemployed, and pay them with
money he can't get from the folks
who have got it;
Explain to the American people
why they must pay what Europe
owes them;
Satisfy some twenty million hun
cry devils with the assurance that
they are only starving because
there is too much to eat;
And refuse the bonus to four
million veterans who voted for him
because Hoover turned them down.
Oh, well, the Presidency is the
greatest honor within the gift of q
sovereign people, but if my friends
and admirers don't mind, I'd rather
have them put a wildcat in my
Christmas stocking. One can shoot
a wildcat.
g g g
No offense meant, but please ex-
plain which is the craziest-suffer-
ing from lack Of food on account Of
crop failures as they do in Russia,
or going hungry by the millions on
account of bumper crops as in the
U. S. A.?
Montana labor news., 1932-12-01
TIM AND
u N TIN E L
OBSERVATION

lC~ontinned from Page Onel
Second quarter: Landlords rob
tenants.
Third quarter: Money lenders rob
landlords,
Fourth luarter: Taxes rob money
lenders.
FINISH
g g g
The essential difference between
granting and not granting a mora
forum to our European debtors is,
if we grant them we won't get paid,
and if we don't, they won't pay us.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-07-26
AMERICAN STARS
CONCEDED ALMOST
CERTAIN VICTORY
CaIifornians to Renew Rivalry
for Supremacy in Vault.
ing Event
JAPANESE ALSO ARE STRONG
George Spitz of New York Is Fa-
vored to Annex OIym-
pic Title
JAPANESE ALSO ARE STRONG

Los Angeles, July 26.-(R)-In the
olympic field sports calling for more
agility than sheer Drawn, the United
States still has decided edge, al.
| though it is curious development
that now finds Japan and the little
island of Haiti contributing two Of
the worlds foremost long-jumpers te
! the international athletic party.
American coaches regard the pole
vault and the running high jump as
"cinches' for Uncle Samuels entries
Japan figures to capture the hop
step and jump again, with probably
three star contenders. Southern Cal
ifornia's Dick Barber alone seems to
have much chance to stop either OF
both OF the men who have exceeded
26 feet in the broad jump-Sylvio
Gator of Haiti and Chuhei Nanbu OF
Japan.
The Olympic pole vault seems mere
lv vehicle for the renewal OF the
California rivalry between Bill Ora
Der of U. S. C. and Bill Miller OF
Stanford. Miller broke the world
record once and GRADER twice in the
final U. S. trials before hosting him.
self over the bar at IA feet. AS inches.
1t was the first time GRADER has
beaten Miller since their school days
but the Southern Californian is IA
vored to repeat.
Three Better Record
All three of the American high
jumpers bettered the Olympic record
of feet. 6 inches in the final trials.
The favorite is New YOrk's George
Spitz. holder of the world indoor rec
ord of 6 feet 81 inches. but he will
have to beat the pair with whom he
tied at Palo Alto-Bob Van Osdel OF
Southern California and Cornelius
Johnson, Los Angeles high school
boy.
There is not a single foreign entry
of note or conspicuous provinces III
either the high jump or pole vault.
Two Louisiana boys, Sidney (Snak-
ey) Bowman and ROLAND Romero,
Youngest athlete on the American
track and field have good chances to
score in the hop. step and jump.
DONIlldll ID tll ChDCl SOIAlPSCl-
tor, capable of lettering 40 feet. but
the Japanese have an edge if they
ere up to form.
Besides the Olympic champion,
Mikio Oda, who has been out of COM
petition for some time with a pulled
muscle, japan relies on Na1nbu and
Cshima. Oda has cleared more than
81 feet. lettering the world record.
The third American is Sol Furth of
New York. who replaced Levi Casey
of Los Angeles. 1923 Olympic runner
up. on the U. S. team.
BARRIERS running mates in the
broad jump are Ed Gordon of Iowa
and Lambert Redd of Bradley Tech.
Illinois. both consistently capable OF
clearing over 25 feet. All should gel
into the scoring column, made up of
the first six.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-07-26
Schaaf Is Winner
OF Dull Battle
Bostonian Outpoints Pauline
Uzcudun in Listless IS
Round Setto

New York, July 26. -@ - Ernie
Schaaf, the man who would like to
fight his part-owner and chief Sec
ond, Jack Sharkey. for the heavy
weight title. has taken one short,
faltering step in that direction.
BY betting out 15-round decision
over the aging Basque, Pauline W.
cudun, in Madison Square Gardens
big bowl Monday night, the Boston
blonde survived the first round of the
Gardens heralded elimination tour
nament.
But it was subject Of debate with
the crowd of 5000 whether Schaaf
had proved anything except. possibly,
that he is not a worse fighter than
Pauline. The audience voted, inform
ally. to eliminate both of them.
Schaaf weighed 21o, Pauline 1884
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-07-26
LOOP LEADERS KEEP
RECORD UNSULLIED
IN SECOND BRACKET
linemen Lose First Contest to
Dairymen, Who Advance
in Standings
tlEiBAUER LIMITS BATTERS
George Allen Poles Out Two
Circuit CIouts to Capture
Hitting Honors
flEiBAUER LIMITS BATTERS
THE STANDINGS

Maintaining their leadership IN the
Bismarck commercial DIAL LEAGUE
the TrojarS set down the o. H. VII.
entry, Is to g. and the Bismarck
Dairy chaiked no its initial victory III
the second bracket Of play to spoi,
the perfect record Of Northwestern
Bell. to 4. Monday night.
Faul Ncbauer. pitching for the
Ecirymen, let the Linemen down with
seven hits. George Allen gave FL eX-
hibitiou Of batting power, blasting
cut two home runs with two men
ahcard the bases.
Eddie Spriggs of Northwestern Bell
hits safely three times in as many
trip5 to the plate.
The Tcoians had little difficulty
with the Secdmen, getting away 10
aa early lead that never was threat
cred. A saven-run rally in the sixth
frame put the game Oh ice for the
loop leaders.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-07-26
The Rupert Rifles Lack the Fire
of Youth; Indians Threat
en- Throne
(By The Associated Press)

Even if they coast on through to
the American League title, it is doubt
full the Yankees will stay up there
longer than one term
The Rupert rifles are not tn,
same type of club they were back in
the halcyon days of Waite Hoyte, the
"schoolboy wonder" and the old
'murderers' row."
True, many of that famous crowd
are still around, and they are doing
yeoman work in the Yanks' curren:
drive, but they no longer make up a
team that is young and full of fire
and just reaching its peak.
Fellows like Ruth. Combs, Lazzeri
and little Joe Sewell cannot be eX-
pected to star much longer. and
Manager Joe Mccarthy probably will
have to do plenty of revamping next
season. He will have plenty to build
from. fine nucleus in Gomez, Allen.
Dickey. Gehrig, Crossetti. Chapman
and the rest. but history proves it
takes more than one year to build a
championship club.
With the Philadelphia Athletics
getting no better fast. the Cleveland
Indians, a young, courageous outfit
that just are realizing their strength,
look like the best bet at the moment.
with Detroit a possibility.
In the National League. where the
Pittsburgh Pirates threaten to run
away with the field. there is an en-
tirely different situation. If George
Gibson does drive his youngsters I'M
der the wire first. there is no good
reason why they should not stay up
there couple more years.
With the exception of Pie Traynor
at third base and the Waner boys in
the outfield. the Pirate lineup fairly
Sparkles with youth.
One of the veterans of the Ath-
letics' championship machine, George
(Mule) Haas, came back to grasp the
headlines in the only game played
Monday in either league. His home
run in the last of the ninth off Lefty
Gomez with one on gave the Athletics
an 81 victory over the Yankees.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-07-26
Trainers Set Down
New Salem Outfit

New Salem went down before the
assault of the Mandan Trainers, Z to
l, in baseball game played in Man.
dan Sunday.
Heidi and Thornburg played stel-
lar baseball for the winners, Heidi
keeping the hits of the New Salem
delegation we'll scattered while Thorn
burg did some heavy sticking.
Schmidt was on the hill for New
Salem with Gus Schwartz on the re-
ceiving end of the battery.
Heidi helped to win his. own game
by driving out a long liner which he
stretched into home run.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-07-26
Expects i. S. to
Win Over Sticks

Los Angeles, July 26-(P)-The
rest of the worlds high murders
can expect to stand by and
watch Uncle Sans entries place
one. two. three in the 110-meters
event of the 10th Olympiad, bar
ring the unforeseen.
This is the opinion of Bob
Simpson, former worlds record
holder in both high and low bar
rier events, and members of the
U. S. international team of 1920.
Simpson, now coaching at Iowa
State college, took a squint at
Jack Keller, George Sailing and
Percy Beard Monday and pro-
nounced them very good.