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Montana labor news., 1932-08-11
Locked-Ou Unions
Winning Supporters
Public Wants to Know Why Publishers Don't Practice What They
Preach and Voluntarily Cut Advertising Rates, Subscrip-
ton Rates and Printing Prices.
METROPOLITAN PAPERS, SUCH AS CHICAGO TRIBUNE,
CHARGE &c PER COPY; BUTTE PAPERS COST SC EACH
State Federation Officials, Central Labor Councils, Butte Build
ing Trades Council, Laborers and Business Men
Supporting the Unions Cause.

The lockout of the printing trades
crafts Of Butte and Anaconda re-
mains u%nbroken. The publishers once
more refuse to arbitrate and insist
on 81 per day reduction in the basic
rate as the first step in negotiations
for a settlement. The unions are de-
termined to resist this drastic and un-
warranted demand which would make
the typographical unions scale the
laughing stock of the entire North
west.
The publishers are demanding more
work for less pay, and they are giving
their advertisers a smaller column and
charging full pay. If laborers asked
FIVE days. work for six days pay the
managers would have a fit, but they
turn right around and ask the print
ers to work practically two days for
nothing when they ask 200 lines more
per day for each operator and 81 per
day less in wages.
The publishers are awakening to
the fact that their advertising rates
and subscription rates are in danger
of being cut as a result Of their il
logical and inconsistent demands for
wage cuts.
Another business man joined the
growing army Of union supporters
when he learned that the flexible
hours worked by the union since the
first of the year saved 1920 and $40
per week for each printer employed.
He praised the unions for their will
ingness and cooperation in getting
the paper out in seven hours at less
wages than when they worked seven
and one-half hours. He pointed out
that the publishers not only saved in
wages paid, but also on the operating
expenses, such as light, heat and
power. Under such circumstances the
managers should have increased the
employees wages instead of asking for
a further decrease. He declared that
eff you boys co-operated to the extent
of getting the paper out in less time
and at reduced wage scales than
formerly, l consider the demand for a
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11
BULLETIN

Butte Typographical Union, at a
largely attended meeting held
Thursday afternoon, again rejected
the proposal of Butte and Anacon-
da publishers and commercial shop
employers for a flat reduction of 81
a day reduction in the wages paid
printing trades craftsmen. The re-
duction proposed would place Butte
printers scale in the lowest wage
bracket on the Pacific Coast. This
would mean local printing trades
craftsmen would in one backward
step lose more than they have been
able to advance in many years of
struggle. We are still hopeful that
arbitrary demands of the publish
ers will be modified SO as to hasten
a satisfactory settlement.
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11
SECRET SERVICE WORKER
FINDS E N OF ALLIES

WASHINGTON-(FP)- When
the son of a republican senator
was given a summertime Job in
the secret service corps of the de-
partment Of justice, a few weeks
ago, he felt himself very impor-
tant, as he was sent to Capitol
Hill to watch the California regi-
ment of the bonus army as it
marched up and down the front of
the big building, picketing the
lawmakers. The weight of vast
responsibility was upon him; he
felt all alone, guarding the repub-
lie against possible revolt, per-
haps the storming of the capitol
itself! He is credited with this
story:
Strolling nervously in and out
among the deep-tanned and wear
led marchers, the young detective
remembered the signal of identi-
fication which had been taught
him at the department. When he
wanted to give a secret call for
help, to any other secret service
operative, he was to pull the
lower end of his right ear. He
casually reached up and pulled
the ear. To his establishment he
saw half a dozen weather-bronzed
veterans reach up and pull ears.
Then he swung around to look at
the crowd behind him. 1t seemed
as though half of the spectators
were pulling their own ears. When
he glanced back to the picket
line, he imagined that ear-pulling
had suddenly become epidemic. In
that moment he realized that the
administration had diluted the
bonus army with enough detec-
tives to carry on all Of its activi-
ties without help from the genu-
inc unemployed veterans. He I'M
derstood the strong anti-radical
tone in most Of the camps.
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11
TAXES EVADED BY MINES UNDER
LAW NOW IN EFFECT IN MONTANA
Why Anaconda Copper Mining Company Wants to Control State
Board of Equalization; Why City of Butte Is on Verge of Bank
ruptcy; Why Schools, State Institutions Are Short of Money.

equalization. This may explain why
the Big Companies are so anxious to
control the officials composing the
state board of equalization. And why
it owns or controls most of the daily
newspapers in the state-both repub-
lican and democratic.
The assessment is arrived at by
subtracting from the gross value Of
the yield of mines the following
items: All royalty paid, all money
expended for labor, machinery and
supplies for mines, all moneys ex-
pended for repairs and requirements
Of reduction works, 6 per cent for
depreciation in assessed value of
milling or reduction works, all
moneys expended for transportation
from mines to mill or reduction works
OF to place of sale and for extracting
metal and for marketing. Which
means that If the mining company
does not make a profit, it does not pay
a tax, except upon its surface prop
critics, though its stocks may be sell
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION STAND IN LOCKOUT
ENDORSED BY SILVER BOW LABOR COUNCIL

The Silver Bow Trades and Labor Council Tuesday night
instructed the Union Label committee to call on all local
merchants and inform them that if unfair labor were i'm
ported to work on the newspapers, Union Labor would re-
sent this action and refuse to patronize any merchant adver-
Using in papers using imported scabs.
All delegates we're instructed to take this matter back to
their locals and urge them to refuse to buy unfair news
papers, and to refuse to accept them even though paid in
advance.
Another delegate brought out the fact that, although the
Cooks and Walters took a temporary voluntary cut in wages
for the next six months, the delegate hasn't been able to
purchase a meal at a lower price.
This also applies to the newspapers. Newsprint and ink
prices are lower than for many years and WAGES HAVE
BEEN CUT, BUT ADVERTISING RATES AND SUB
SCRIPTION RATES STILL REMAIN THE A
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11
"LONG COUNT" VICTIM.

Too late for anything to be done
about it, photographs came to light
to support a contention that Ralph
Metcalfe, Marquette negro, was a vic
tim of a mistake in the measurement
of his starting position in the Olympic
200-meter final that was won by
Eddie Tolan. The pictures show an
error in the staggered marker indi-
eating Metcalf's starting was about
n yard too long. Tolan won by
about two yards.
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11
NEW CAMP IS
ESTABLISHED
BY VETERANS
Ideal Park, Near Jamestown,
Pa, New Concentration Point
for Bonus Army After Being
Forced to Leave Washington.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa.-(FP)- Thou
sands of veterans, driven by ~bayonets,
tear gas and gun fire from their mis-
cradle dwellings on the flats at Ana
costa, have succeeded in %concentrat-
ing their forces once more at Ideal
park, four miles from Johnstown. The
vets tramped IT'S miles from Wash
ington, defying the efforts Of Penn
~sylvania authorities to hustle them
through the state. They are here de-
spite the threats of the panic-stricken
chamber Of commerce to form bands
of vigilantes to drive them out if it
could not get troopers to do the job.
Pennsylvania authorities kindly
put trucks at the disposal of the ex-
hausted men to "help them on their
way" The veterans took the trucks
to points neal Johnstown and then
left them. Within SO hours after the
start of the retreat from Washington
there were at least 1000 already
registered at Ideal park. Twenty-four
hours later there were double that
number, and despite continuous har-
RAISING by a far-1lung Gordon Of state
troopers, they kept pouring in.
For most of the vets, their last
meal was what they got at Camp
Bartlett three days before their ar
rival in Johnstown-and many had
not secured that. At Ideal park there
was neither food nor shelter. 1t is
IN amusement park, lying in a valley
between wooded hills.
Some of the marchers dropped down
on the floor of the merry-go-round
and lay there among the brightly
painted wooden horses. Most of them
lay on the bare ground. When night
came the dew was so heavy that they
were drenched as though they had
spent the night in pouring rain.
Unsanitary conditions and conse-
quent danger of disease were among
the arguments brought forward by
the Washington authorities as excuses
for driving the bonus marchers away.
At Washington the veterans had had
time to improve these conditions
somewhat. Now they must start all
over again here.
State authorities did their best to
prevent some truckloads Of food, Sc
cured by the marchers' leaders, from
reaching their destination.
Mayor McCloskey at first denied
that he had invited any but the lead
ers to Johnstown. He saw the wretched
condition of the vets at Ideal park
and bucked his own chamber Of COM
merce, saying, ITO hell with every
one-let 'em all come" He wired
frantically to the Red Cross and to
President Hoover for help. The Red
Cross did not answer. Hoover, spend
CONTINUED on Page 81
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11
DRAWS
BIG CROWD ON
OPENING DATE
Governor Erickson Receives
Ovation; Tragedy Marks Event
When Horse Falls on Rider;
Bronc's Leg Broken.

Butte's championship rodeo got
under way with a bang Wednesday
night, a capacity crowd attending the
first nights performance.
All the officials were introduced
following which Governor Erickson
was introduced, the crowd giving him
a big ovation. He gave a short talk
on the meaning the rodeo has to Butte
and wished the management success
in their venture, thanking them for.
their invitation extended him to at
tend this event.
One event followed another in quick,
succession, with the able handling of
the affair by Leo Cremer and his boys
backed by his string of the toughest
broncs and steers in the rodeo world.
None of the events was lacking in
pep, the crowd showing a great en-
thusiasm from start to finish-the
calf roping and bulldogging contests
holding the most thrills, according to
the applause.
A note Of tragedy was introduced
when Lemon, ridden by Ray Marty,
fell On his rider, injGring his leg. All
hands assisted in releasing him. The
horse, On being released, slipped and
fell again, breaking his leg, necessi-
tating his being shot.
Another bronze rider was slightly
injured when Fernie Hubbard, riding
Dago Red, was thrown, while Harry
Hart received minor injuries in the
%bulldogging contest.
The second event was about the
best start any rodeo could get with
the buffalo deciding to turn on the
cowboys and finally ending in one be-
ing lassooed and led from the arena
with the rest following.
Tin Horn Hank Keenan, and Sam
Shaffer were on the job from start to
finish with their comedy relief, max
ing the crowd forget their troubles
for the time at least.
A larger crowd is expected tomor-
row evening with the N. B. C. hookup
scheduled to take place between $3.50
and 8 o'clock.
The winners for the performances
last night are as follows:
Calf R0ping.
Bill Lusk took first money with a
time of 10 2-5 seconds. Billy King
ham was second with 20 seconds flat.
Dram Fore, third, with 20 2-5, while
fourth place was a tie between Heavy
Wheeler and R. R. Ingersoll, with 25
seconds flat.
B~uIldogging.
In the first heat of the bulldogging
contest Tom Hogan lead with IL IL
seconds, followed by Paddy Ryan with
Continued on Page 8.
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11

further decrease the height of in
gratitude"
Officers of the State Federation of
Labor assure the unions of their
whole-hearted cooperation in circu-
larizing the entire state and securing
publicity in labor papers to inform
the public of the facts that news SER
vice writer's deliberately hide from
the public.
The Central Labor Councils are
pledging their moral and ~fraternal
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11
Z STAR.

Mr.. and Mrs. Tim Calnan of Ana
conda are the proud parents of a seven
and one-half pound son born last
night at st. AIMS hospital. Both
mother and son are doing nicely.
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11

support. The Butte Building Trades
Council congratulated the printing
craftsmen on their courageous stand
against unreasonable demands. All
CONTINUED on Page A.
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11
WARMEST DAY OF YEAR,

Anaconda experienced its warmest
day of the season when the thermom-
eter registered 80 degrees. The pre-
vious high mark was SO degrees.
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11

The lockout of the printing crafts of Butte and Anaconda
remains unbroken. The publishers once more reject arbi-
tration and insist on 81 per day reduction in the basic rate
as the first step in negotiations for settlement. The locked
out unions haven't changed their stand against the pub
fishers demands and are standing firm. Indications point
to a long, drawn-Out struggle.
According to the printers committeeman, the Associated
and United Press stories on the lockout are misleading, in
asmuch as they fail to give all the facts involved. The COM
mitteeman also declared that neither of yhe news service
writer's interviewed the officers of the locked out unions to
get their side of the story, although the unions have issued
public statements over their signatures regarding all the
facts in the controversy.
Another development is the report that two large metro
p0litan dailies are to send in carload lots of papers to the
entire state of Mcntana.-Town Talk, Anaconda.
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11

Continued on Page A.
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11

There can be no prosperity
without justly high wages.
Earnings of working people
are the basis and index of
progress in any community.
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11

The American standard of
living must be maintained
in order that American in
stitutiOns may not be SUBJ
ject to perils of discomfort.
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11

Continued on Page 8.
Evening star., 1932-10-21

requires the transfer Of our national
resources, our public utilities, our bank
ing system, our monopolies and near
monopolieS from private to public
ownership and control"
Turning to candidates of the two
major parties, Mr.. Thomas said:
"Mr. Hoover, who in 1928 promised
us everlasting prosperity by 1882, has
discovered that from 1914 to 1918 there
was war and on the aftermath Of
that war in Europe he blames our sorry
plight, giving us the cold comfort that
but for him it might be worse. He
does not even pretend to offer us cure
for unemployment. BY silence he con-
sents that under the capitalist system
which he serves 1t cannot be done.
Words Signify Nothing.
"Mr. Roosevelt, who used the liberals
and progressives to win his nomination,
has, by common consent, gone over to
the conservatives and spends most of
his energy getting Wall Street approval
Neither candidate has mentioned
recognition of Russia or discussed real
istically armaments, debts, imperialism
or the price of peace.
Their domestic programs are words
signifying nothing more than hope
that we may muddle through this de-
preston as through its predecessors--in
time to fall into another one and
worse.
a" - Such tragic weakness Of the
politicians is an expression of the break
down of the system which owns them.
a system long since deprived Of moral
or intellectual justification, system OF
legaliZed racketeering which has now
lost the justification that it works
even tolerably we'll in the jungle We
call civilization There is one way out
and only one way. That way is planned
production for use, not profit.
1T requires the transfer OF our nat
ural resources our public utilities, our
banking system, our monopolies and
near -monopolies from private to public
nWnerShin end control !"
Evening star., 1932-10-21
LEVY ON FORTUNES
URGED BY THOMAS
Socialist Candidate De-
nounces Hoover and R0oSe-
veIt in Ohio Speech.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 21.-A
levy of possibly $40 900, 100000 on large
fortunes was advocated last night by
Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate
for the presidency. as the practical
means to readjust economic unbalance.
Addressing a campaign audience,
Thomas recommended the levy to take
care of the national debt, unemploy-
ment relief. and a considerable part of
the reduction of municipal and farm
debts"
The candidate estimated a levy based
on a graduated scale starting at 5 per
cent on fortunes in excess of S25.000
and increasing on wealth in the higher
brackets, would raise between 46 and 81
billions of dollars. Raising the size of
the fortunes to be levied upon to
minimum of $3.50 900 would provide
from SO to "A billions, he said.
Just and Practical.
THE scientific liquidation or reduc
ton Of furded debts by a capital levy
is both just and practical" Thomas
said. 1t is just because it would fail
equitably on all members of the owning
class as piecemeal conflscation or debt
Reputation would not"
Economic reconstruction, Thomas said.
Evening star., 1932-10-21
NEED OF FOREIGN TRADE
STRESSED BY SPEAKER
Walter Donnelly Outlines Impor-
tance of Commerce at Cos
mopolitan Luncheon.

The Importance of foreign trade to
the prosperity of the United States was
stressed by Walter Donnelly. CONNER
cial attache Of the United States at
Bogota. Colombia, in a talk before the
Cosmopolitan Club at the Carlton Hotel
yesterday.
He outlined the part commerce has
always played in the destiny cf this
country and called attention to the fact
100000 men are employed at the pres
ent time because of foreign trade.
Our exports in 1928" Mr. Donnelly
said, amounted to over five billions of
dollars, and even in 1881. in the face
of the depression, the United States
experts amounted to almost two and
a half billions of dollars"
The speaker told of the Importance
Of keeping up our trade relationships
with countries of South America and
reminded how European and Far East
ern countries are fighting for every
possible outlet for their surplus manu-
factures.
Evening star., 1932-10-21
MACRUDER TO HEAD.
CLAN GREGOR AGAIN
Entire staff of Officers Ex-
pected to Be e-eIected
Today.

DR.. Egbert Watson Magruder, Norfolk,
Va. chieftain, and his entire staff of
officers of the American Clan Gregor
Society were expected to be reelected
at today's sessions of the twenty-third
annual gathering of the group, which
will close tonight at the Willard Hotel.
Election Follows Address.
The election was to follow an address
by DR.. Magruder Other officers are
Robert Lee Magruder. jr., Columbus,
Ga, ranking deputy chieftain; Rev.
Enoch Magruder Thompson, Washing
ton. chaplain; Alexander Muncaster
Washington chancellor; DR.. Steuart
Brown Muncaster, Washington. surgeon:
Mrs Clement William Sheriff. Bennine.
D. c. deputy scribe; Mrs. o. o. Van Den
Berg Washington. scribe; Miss Mary
Therese Hill, Landover, Md, historian:
John Bowie Ferneyhough, Richmond,
editor; John Edwin Munc3 ster, Der
wood. Md, treasurer, and Kenneth
Damn Magruder, Pittsburgh. scribe.
At 2:30 pm. more than 100 members
of the society we're to leave for Mount
Vernon. where they were to make tour
through the historic estate and conduct
memorial ceremonies, to be in charge of
deputy chieftains representing 25 States.
Memorial to Scott.
Miss Alice Maude Ewell. Haymarket.
Va, author and poet and Mrs. William
Wolff Smith. Washington, will take part
in the program tonight commemor". ing
the Tooth anniversary Of the death OF
Sir Walter Scott. A solo by Francis
MacGregor Bowie. a member of the
Gridiron Club Quartet. is on the pro-
gram for this session
Among those attending the gathering
are Mrs. Ernest Pendleton Magruder
and her son. Earnest Pendleton Magru-
der jr.. sister and nephew of the hered
itary chief of the society. Sir Malcolm
MacGregor of Lochearmead, Scotland
Evening star., 1932-10-21
FOUR ROTARIANS' GROUPS
WILL MEET ON TUESDAY
Harrisonburg, Staunton, New Mar
ket and Waynesboro Clubs
to Hear Address.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
STAUNTON, Va, October 21.-Ro-
tarians from Harrisonburg, New Market,
Waynesboro and Staunton, with their
wives, will hold their annual intercity
meeting Tuesday evening at I O'Clock.
when supper will be served.
The principal speaker will be Mrs.
Geline Macdonald Bowman of Rich
mond, president Of the National FEEDER
alton of Business and Professional
WomenS Clubs.
In keeping with the sixth object of
Rotary International, the promotion Of
understanding and good will among the
peoples of the world, her address Will be
On the subject of Russia" Mrs. Bow
man recently returned from a tour of
Russia under official Soviet auspices,
and will relate her observances and eX-
periences.
Evening star., 1932-10-21

diately to a hospital operated here by
her father, Dr. Phillips, a missionary.
to rest two or three weeks.
She said it was partly because of
their fears that she would die that the
bandits released her. She was fatigued
and feverish from cold, she said.
The ransom price for the two cap
tives was about $4,000, a sum much
less than originally demanded.
Evening star., 1932-10-21
FARM PRICE INDEX
DROPS AT WHOLESALE
Textiles Also Decline During
Week, Says Labor De-
partment,

The Labor Department said today its
index for wholesale prices for the week
ending October Is dropped five-tenths
of l per cent, as compared with the in
dex number for the week ending Octo-
ber 8, due principally to the losses in
farm product and textile prices
The index number for farm products
showed a drop from 48.8 for October 8
to 474 for October Is, the department
reported. while textiles were off from
563 to 549
Foods fell during the seven-day period
from 6l.5 to GOT. Metal and metal
products index numbers were the same
for each week, 80~1, as were the index
numbers for building materials at 70,5.
These numbers are derived from price
quotations OF 784 commodities based on
average prices for the year 1926 as 100.
La gaceta., 1932-04-21

ronel Hesterldy, presidente de
la Comisi6n del cuadrilatero de
los Artilleros, y amablemente
dej6 depositada una fianza de
$500, que garantiza "volvera a
combatir" con ell "chiquitin" Pc
tey Mike, de West Palm Beach.
Ell cubano manager Y el cuba
no pugilista compareceran ante
la Comisi6n y dejaran resueltos
todos los pormenores del pr6xi-
nc combate, Ell eual, 81 las condi-
clones son favorables, tendra
lugar ell dia 80 de abril.
CAST nos aIegra que Arman-
do y Remberto hayan dominado
sus brios y resuelto aceptar las
condolences de su amigo y pro-
tector Mr.. Kennedy.
Ell Sr. Kennedy es una exec
lente persona, que tiene la ma
la coStumbre de "sulfurarse" a
destiempo, como lie pasa a mu-
chos gladiadores y a muchos di-
rectores de pugilistas.
En- este case Sc lie subi6 a Mr..
Kennedy la temperatures; los
cubanos dejaron que la suya SUI
biera, y los peri6dicos registra-
ron energioas ! ~ltes decla-
raciones.
Hubo momentos en- que nos
Eareci6 YER a Reina con los guam
t9s puestos. teniendo al Saguero
de "segundo", y a Kennedy con
los punos "enfundados", ayuda-
do zen la esquina' por un miem
bro de la Comisi6n de Boxeo de
Benjamin Field. Mas, gracias a
Dlos, y a todos los santos, la paz
Sc ha 1establecido en- West Tam