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Montana labor news., 1932-08-18
HAVRE CONTRACTOR ON NORMAL
ORDERED BY GOVERNOR TO PAY
CARPENTERS PREVAILING WAGE
Graham Charges Intimidation Resorted to in Effort to
Force Men to Accept $505 Per Day Instead of So
Scale; $500 Penalty on State Job Brings
Quick Action. Dowler Helps.

HAVRE, MONT, August 18-(Special to The Mon
tana Labor NeWs)-Contractor EckeStrand has been re-
CURED by Governor Erickson, Secretary of State w. E.
Harmon and Attorney General Foote to pay carpenters
on the North Montana Normal School the prevailing
scale of So a day or accept a penalty of $500 provided by
law in all state contracts, according to James Graham,
president of the Montana Federation of Labor, and P. w.
Dowler, Carpenters International representative. Ecke-
strand paid the men S505 per day on the first pay day
and then Organized Labor showed the results of CO.
operation and organization. The SO scale for carpen-
.ters has been restored.
Mr.. Graham explained that the prevailing wages of carpenters in Hane
is SO a day. On the first pay day the men received checks for S5O5 per
day. Upon protest the matter was taken up by P w. Dowler, repre-
sentative of the Carpenters International Mr. Bowler and Mr. Graham
Contractor Eckestrand.
The state board of examiners is composed of Governor j f. Erickson,
Secretary of State W. f. Harmon and Attorney General L. A. Foote.
The board of examiners referred that matter to Chancellor Brannon,
head of the state schools. The contractor appeared and in his statement
said: ITO whom it may concern: We, the undersigned, working OF the
normal school at Havre, are receiving the prevailing rate of wages" This
was signed by the employees, which was forwarded to Chancellor Bramon.
This morning the matter came before the board of examiners again.
Mr. Dowler appeared for the Carpenters International and Nh. Graham
for the Montana Federation of Labor They protested vigorously against
acceptance of the contractors statement, claiming it did not show the
amount paid the men and that the men wer intimidated, that they we're
forced to sign the statement II lose their jobs.
The board of examiners ordered the contractor to submit a copy of his
payroll to the board and directed the clerk of the board to notify the
contractor that if he failed to pay the prevailing rate to his employees, the
board would deduct $500 due him o. the contract, which is the penalty
provided by law for failure of contractors m state jobs to pay the pre-
valng scale.
Mr. Graham also pointed out that in addition to the $500 penalty which
may be exacted by the state of Montana, the men on the job may also
have legal action against the contractor and may sue for the balance due,
as the contract caned. for payment at the prevailing scale.
Montana labor news., 1932-08-18
WORKERS SNATCH AT GARBAGE
In MODEL MARKET OF CHICAGO
(By c. Q. NELSON. reiterated Press

South Water Market at 18th street and Racine
avenue is Chcagos model wholesale produce distributing center Every
day wholesale produce gamblers roll up profits there.
hungry workers, most of them ragged, bearing sacks, paper bags, small boxes.
Some have two-wheeed carts. They are Americans, Mexicans, Poles
every nationality is represented. They are old and young negro and white.
They are the scavengers of Chicagos model market.
Hungriy they fill their recepaces with the refuse which they find in
heaps in the alley, alongside trucks OIL under the loading platform. The
food they pick out of the garbage heaps is in various stages of decay. But
hunger and pride don't go together-and parts of the decaying vegetables
are edible.
Some of the garbage they eat in the alley biting into the rotten fruit
with the eagerness of hungry people. Most of the garbage which they
collect is put away in their bags for other hungry ones at home. Some of the
carts are loaded with both food and wood.
About 2 O'Clock the garbage trucks go through the alley. There is a
rush for the trucks as cans and barrels are emptied, The human scavenger
climbs ovr the side of the truck, digs down into garbage heaps and pulls
out a banana, a halfroten head of cabbage, a handful of string beans.
A generous merchant throws out a bushe basket of rothng cabbage over
the heads of the hungry instead of into the truck. There is a scramble and
the cabbage disappears into bags and parcels.
The truck pulls off to the other side Of the alley. The hungry follow,
lodging other trucks, jumping over pools Of muddy water and piles of refuse.
As half a dozen nor bushels of beans are dumped into the truck by a
commission merchant, another mad scramble ensues.
The merchant says the beans cannot be given away to the hungry scaven-
gers-the Chicago health department does not permit anything intended fr
scavengers wanow in the garbage heaps or dig around in the truck for
remnants of his beans.
On the main street of this model market are neatly piled crates of selected
fruits and vegetables. Buyers walk up and down the sidewalk, samplng
the choicest produce-select Strawberries from Michigan, select cantalopes
from Imperial valley, select cherries and watermelons. In the alley the
hungry are selecting their garbage-truck menu.
Montana labor news., 1932-08-18
Montanans! Fight For Local Jobs
: CENTRAL COUNCIL NOTES :

The regular meeting Of the Silver Bow Trades and Labor Council last
Tuesday, while small in attendance, was ne of the most interesting for
several weeks.
Among the visitors we're James d. Graham, president of the Montana
State Federation of Labor; Patrick :. German, general president of the
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Wokmen Of North America, and
John Schneider, international representative of the Printing Pressmen.
Among the delegates taking part in the discussion of the evening were
Charles Whitley, Pat Deoughery, +. W. Kraber, Ralph Dawson, Patrick
Casey, and others.
A point of order was raised in which al appeal from the decision of the
chair wa taken, President Manoy being supported in this issue by a
majority of the delegates present
The Labor Day committee reported that the celebration this year would
be held at the Columbia Gardens. The slogan adopted is Everybody
bring your lunch and stay all day" The sports committee and music COM
mittee and the speakers committee reported that all arrangements would
be completed by next Tuesday.
COME TO THE GARDENS LABOR DAY!
Montana labor news., 1932-08-18
FOR SILVER BOW COUNTY
CONVENTION SOCIALIST PARTY

At the regular meeting of the Socialist party of Silver
Bow county held at Socialist hall, Pill Harrison avenue,
Wednesday evening, August II, the date of Wednesday,
Sept. 7, at 8 o'clock p. m. was decided upon as the date
and hour for a county nominating convention of Silver
Bow county of the Socialist party.
Socialists throughout the county are urged to attend
this convention and help in the selecting Of county and
legislative candidates, also in the planning and carrying
on of a county campaign.
Millions are in poverty in the midst of plenty. Mil
lions are denied the right to work, and thereby reduced
to objects Of charity. Wall Street has %triumphed over
save the liberties of the American people.
The convention call is signed by E. K. Duncan, county
chairman, and Ida M. Neal, county secretary.
Montana labor news., 1932-08-18
HOOVER APPLAUDS 5o-HOUR 5-DAY WEEK

MUSCATINE, A-(FP)-Amd a big splurge of publicity, the Iowa
Pearl Button company began its busy seasono O a five-day week. President
O. A. Hommer contrived to get on the Associated Press wire with a state
ment that it is a plan to beat the depression.
Labor critics find, however, that the fre-day week will consist of 10-hour
days, thus giving the worker less leisure than union men have long enjoyed
in the 44-hour five and onehalf day week. 1t is also suggested that Ham
mers four plants, announced to u at full capacity, will shut down very
quickly or reduce their output as soon as the busy season is over.
That it is all part of the Hoover banyhoo is inferred from the fact that
the president wrote to Hommer commencing him for his Sound plan and
calling it "most encouraging"
Montana labor news., 1932-08-18
B. E. F. NEWS DENouNCEs HOOVER.

the title, "A Ficher of Good Names"
the B Z. +. News, in its Aug. 10 issue, denounces President Hoovers false
propaganda" that the B. f. F. driven from Washington by armed force
was largely nonveteran.
ut has often been said that Herbert Hoover a a shady character and
u physical coward" it says, "but who ever thought to see in the seat of
the gallant Washington and the noble Lincoln a cheap lar?"
Montana labor news., 1932-08-18
veSS"Soss~
By the liver Bow Trade ad Labor Council Weekly In the Interests of organized Labor
W.

The American standard Of
living must be maintained
in order that American in
situations may not be sub
jet to perils of discomfort.
Montana labor news., 1932-08-18

There can be no prosperity
without justly high wages.
Earnings of working people
are the basis and index of
progress in any community.
The Washington times., 1932-10-28
When the Feature Is
Shown On the Screen

EARLE-Ruth Chatterton in
THE Crash" at 11:15 a. M, 1:50,
4:30, 7:35 and 1920 p. m. Stage
shows at 1925. 3:05. 6:10 and
8:35 p. m.
PALACE-Bing Crosby in "The
Big Broadcast" at 11:15 a. m,
1:20. 3:25, $50, 1885 and $40
p. m.
RIALTO-Karloff in "The Old
Dark House." at 1929 a. M, 1:29,
3:29. 5:29, 1923 and 9:29 p. m.
FOX-Tallulah Bankhead in
"Faithless," at 11:00 a. m, 1:45,
4:30, 7:25 and 1910 p. m. Stage
shows at 12:35: 800, $40 and
900 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Edward G.
Robinson in Tiger Shark" at
11:0O a. M, 12:48, 2:35, 4:22, sos,
1854 and 9:42 p. m.
RKO KEITH'S-Trene Dunno
in Thirteen Women" at 11:00
a. M, 12:45, 2:30, AIS, 600, 1903
and 9:57 p. m.
COLUMBIA-"Virgins of Bali"
at 1910, 1:50, $3.50, Sis, 6:55,
8:35 and 1915 D. m.
The Washington times., 1932-10-28

HeaIy, Fall, Reading and Boyce,
Bobby Folsom. The screen fea'
ture, Ann Harding in Girl of the
Golden West" It started the
Earle on that turn around Pros
perity corner, and it has been
kept on the black ledger ever
since.
The Washington times., 1932-10-28

ater, she walked in the same
direction as she had previously
stepped-and there was the
same man and the same car.
The only difference was that he
seemed to be just a little bit
drunken. The girl smiled again
and walked on.
She went to a restaurant
down the block. And when she
emerged and saw the same man
still there, she determined to
talk to him.
Whose car is this?" she
asked.
"'S mine" he responded
vaguely. 'Smine. But it
hasn't any gas. 'stoo bad.
'Stoo bad"
The girl was persistent.
Well" she cried, why don't
you buy some gas for it and
get going?"
The stew SWayed unsteadily.
Madame" he said uncer-
tainly, Il guess I'll have to ex-
plain the Sitshuasion to you.
Regularly every hour, I do
something. I come down here
from the SpeakeaSy and tossh a
coin to see whether the car
getsh gasoline or I get another
drink.
An would you believe it,
iady' that unIucky car has lost
tne toSsh for eight hoursh
The Washington times., 1932-10-28
An Actors Tale

OF recent summers and
more this past year than ever
oe1ore-the Broadway produc-
ers have bee-I giving their plays
an advance presentation by per-
mltting the summer stock com
panleS to offer them. In other
words, If a producer has a play
that he wants to do in the fail
and desires to see how it shapes
up without too much expense,
ne gives it to a theatrical group
at some resort and watches the
results most carefully.
1t goes without aging that
most OF the actors who appear
IN the try-outs never appear in
the show when it hits Broad
way. Yet there are always
plenty of actors-and some of
them are willing to work for
nothing more than their board
who are only too anxious to
appear in these shows. They
feel that the producer is right
there watching them, and they
might land the job for the win
ter season. j. y So "a sss
For one such production in a
Massachusetts, town a young
actor was sent from New York
to play a j. yish lad. He hadn't
wanted to accept The engage
ment because the salary was
pitifully small. Blu: the part was
excellent, and he knew he could
play it to perfection. More, the
producer promised faithfully
that if the young man were
good in this Jewish role. he
would play the part when the
Broadway company was organ
lied.
From I'll accounts, he was ex-
cellent in the role. Yet, when
the cast for the Broadway pro-
duction was chosen last week,
the young actor was ignored
completely.
He was very angry, and he
was unquestionably justified.
He approached the producer on
Broadway and spoke to him.
I'm not squawking," he said.
"I know Broadway better than
that. All I ask is an explana-
ton. Wasn't I good in that Jew
ish role?"
That's just it," was the re-
n1v Vou were too p0Od You
played the part in too Jewish
a fashion. We had to get some
body VIII wasn't quite 81 real"
The actor wondered then
and he's still wondering. His
name is O'Brien!
The Washington times., 1932-10-28

Andrew r. Kelley The story
was written by Robert E. Burns,
a fugitive sought by Georgia
authorities. Warner Bros. pub
licity forces, in touch with the
convict had him meet New York
movie writer's on the Q. T. there
by arousing the wrath of the
Down South constabulary. In ad-
dition, although they have been
warned not to show the picture
in Georgia, they will test the
threat by giving it a pre-release
in Atlanta. If there is rioting-
we'll, the story will make Page
/, which is not bad for any pic
ture.
Paul MUM plays the lead role.
Mervyn Leroy directed and David
Landau, Glenda Farrell and Helen
Vinson have important roles.
The voice of that flaming
cherub, Clara Bow, will come di-
rect to the Bowie race track next
month. Clara will speak from
CaU1OTnld ana neT VOICE Will NC
carried to the throngs gathered
for fall speculation via the loud
speaker system.
1t will be the same afternoon
that the Clara Bow Handicap is
contested on the track. The win
ner of this stake will take besides
the purse, the Clara Bow loving
cup, an imposing piece of silver.
Possibly it's just a coincidence,
but this jolly afternoon will occur
while Clara's comeback picture,
Call Her Savage" is playing in
both Baltimore and Washington.
Will the Belasco reopen? It's
hard to say. But the MeSSrs. Shu-
bert, having refused a January
date to the Princeton Triangle
Club, give strong intimation that
by the new year attractions will
again be playing at Lafayette
Square. Several seek it for stock.
Business was off all round for
The Washington times., 1932-10-28

but none who have made the
Broadway grade, whose reputa-
tions have been spread across
drama pages. Motion pictures
absolutely require Hollywood
names to succeed in any startling
degree. They may be ham"
screen actors, but if the public
feels it knows them they have a
definite box-office value.
Two years ago the Earle adopted
a vaudeville policy. Since then it
has become one of the most sue
cesSful theaters in the United
States. The opening bill was Ted
The Washington times., 1932-10-28
|SOME AMUSEMENT GLEANINGS
Clara Bow Will Talk to Bowie Race
Crowds Next Month---BeIasco
Sought for Stock Troupe

, the Washington movie week
which closed last night. Man
ayers are at a loss to explain it
since the picture programs were
better than average. Perhaps it
is due to the arrival Of a sting
in the air and the fact that the
clothing business perked up.
Again. the end of the month al
ways has a reverse effect on the
box office. Peanuts, pop and saw
dust with clowns on the side
walk failed to pull 'em in at the
Earle. Circus week, an expert
ment in entertainment, was a
disappointment at the box office.
Figured to lure children for the
matinees, it kept the grown-ups
away at night. Harold Lloyd, an
absolute sensation in London,
failed to make second week on
F. Street.
Names, names, names. They
mean so much in show business.
They may be inferior as enter
tainers but if they are known to
the public it helps much. On both
stage and screen.
Take Earl Carroll's new Vani-
ties in New York. A fine show
but it has a company of English
and French vaudevillians COM
paratively unknown to the Broad
way audience and they pass it by.
So Mr.. Carroll has been franti,
cally endeavoring to interest such
names as Maurice Chevalier, Jean
Harlow and Jack Oakie to join
his troupe but without much sue
cess, with the chances good for an
early closing.
Forward March" is also suffer
ing from name trouble. It has
plenty of fine young entertainers
The Washington times., 1932-10-28
Varisated Roles

Ricardo Cortez, who has run
the dramatic scale from Sunday
school boys to robbers, doctors
and newspaper columnists, is a
different" detective in Radio
Pictures "13 Women" at RKO
Keith's. The sauve manner in
which he solves a series of baf'
fling crimes will probably result
in a new vogue of screen detec,
tiveS.
The Washington times., 1932-10-28


and looking at their watches.
The losers sat glued to their
chairs, with their eyes close to
the five pasteboards.
Enter Two Detectives
The door behind them swung
open silently. Two men walked
in. 1t wouldn't take an expert
to tell what their profession
was. They were detectives.
The game had been played
by this same group day in and
day out for years. No real
trouble ever developed. The
usual arguments about winning,
that's all. But nobody was ever
hurt.
1t so happens that the raid
was caused by the wife OF one
the players. The dumb bozo
hadn't gone home with his
weekly pay. So friend wife
tipped off the cops to the game.
The detectives were pretty
decent chaps. They merely col
lected the chips and cards as
evidence. Then they called the
pretty green wagon and the
players rode to Jail in style.
Some two hours later the men
stood before the Judge. The
court clerk entered three new
Smiths and two JonSeS on the
record and the case was ready
to be heard.
The detectives explained that
they had walked in and found
the five men playing poker.
Chips were on the table. The
men were, to all appearances,
gambling for money.
The judge made a funny face
and drank a glass of water. He
asked the five men questions,
and made more funny faces.
After it was all over, he calmly
dismissed the case and set the
five free.
And before they left, he or
dered the detectives to return
the chips and cards to the
men. Outside, the five hailed a
cab. The detectives joined
them.
The Washington times., 1932-10-28
Too Much Gambling

Glad youse guys got free"
one of them said. But we
only did our duty. The raid
was ordered, see? Anyways.
there's entirely too much gam
bling going on around this Sec
tioc, and it leads to crime.
Doesn't it. Joe?"
Joe nodded. The five got
into the cab and left.
They hurried right back to
the clubhouse. The chips were
re-arranged and everybody ar
gued about how many chips
they had at the time the pinch
was made.
The game was resumed. The
winners yawned and looked at
their watches. The losers re-
moved their ties and collars
and glued their faces to the
pasteboards.
Just then the door swung
open behind them. The five
players turned to look up. The
two detectives were standing
there. The five prepared for
another trip to court.
"'Sall right, fellas," said one
Of the cops. I'VE amt here to
cause you no trouble. Go right
on with the game"
The five played. A bit ner
vously perhaps. But they played.
The detectives watched the
play closely.
Finally the first one spoke.
What limit you guys play
1ng?" he asked.
One of the boys looked up.
"a buck" he said laconically.
Both detectives removed
their coats. They drew up
chairs. Each one bought a
stack of chips. And the game
went merrily on.
I met the lady in a night
club a few weeks ago, and she
said it actually happened. I
didn't believe her. and neither
will you. However,
She claims she was walking
to a matinee of "Of Thee I
Sing" the other afternoon when
she came upon a young chap
who was evidently fairly we'll
stewed. He was standing beside
a pretty roadster and shaking
his head sadly.
TOO bad, old sport" he was
murmuring to the car. tits
certainly too bad"
The young lady smiled in his
direction, went to the matinee
and saw the entire perform
ance. After leaving the the
The Washington times., 1932-10-28

Chaln q a n g
will be one of
1925 m oS t
discussed pic.
lures. A print
is now being
airp laned to
w a S h i n gton
and it will be
previe W e d by
critics before
going to the
M e t r o politan
T he a ter for
regular show
ings beginning
next Friday.
The Washington times., 1932-10-28
All Ina Day
By
BY
MARK HELLlNGER

NEW YORK, Oct. e.
1t happened in the Bronx just few weeks ago. few
of the boys sitting in the back room They were play
ing poker of the heavy losers suggested switch to
craps But the winners vetoed the suggestion They knew
that rolling bone gathers moss.
Around 1880 in the morning, everybody arguing
about how much money they lost Apparently had
won few stale beers rocked the table as the fists
nounded the old argument in the old
The Washington times., 1932-10-28
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

If you accept the inside tips
from Warner Brothers executives,
I'm a Fugitive From a Georgia
The Washington times., 1932-10-28

Maxine Doyle is back on her be-
loved z Street after a New York
round of show shopping and
frivols in which she was seen
much in the company Of Owen
Davis, jr., and what a fine-looking
young couple they make.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-15
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, Nj. d.
BY DICK MANSFIELD.
Registered U. 8. Patent Office.

athlete, as in the patient with heart
disease, the limit on physical exertion
is set by the capacity Of the heart to
pump sufficient blood through the
lungs to supply the oxygen required by
the active tissues.
Having given the question a quarter
OF century of study, DR.. Henderson
has come to the conviction that the
return of the blood from the veins
to the right side of the heart Is de-
termined by the 'tonus" or elasticity
Of all the muscles Of the body which
during contraction squeeze or press
upon the veins, but especially the
muscles Of the front wall Of abdomen
and the diaphragm
In this conviction Of the distin-
guished Psychologist I find great sat
isfaction. 1t seems to fit in so well
with the breathing exercise which I
freely recommend to persons with cold
feet, high blocd pressure, pelvic and
abdominal troubles. I should think it
might give some consolation to DR..
Celia Duel Mosher of Stanford Uni
versity, and to DR.. I. Rappaport Of
New York City. and to DR.. Samuel
Delano of New Britain, for all Of these
physicians have advocated a similar
natural breathing exercise.
Moderate or everyday exposure to
cold normally produces increased pulse
rate, and Prof. Henderson observes
that presumably the volume of the
circulation increases with the pulse
He regards shivering as excessive
tonus." I just mention this as reas-
surance. I like to stand reasonable
cold, even to the point of shivering a
bit. rather than wrap up or turn on
the heat; I believe 1t is better for
any ordinary persons health to be
little chilly than it is to be little
too warm.