Montana labor news., 1933-09-21
MISSOULA COUNTY
TRAD
AND LABOR COUNCIL
COUNCIL NOTES

Missoula was represented at the
meeting held in Helena on Sept. IL,
with the High Way Commission to
discuss working conditions and wage
scales. S. A. Barrett Of the Station
airy Engineers was requested by Mr..
Carter, International Representative,
to attend this meeting as his repre-
sentative as he himself was unable to
attend on account of other urgent mat
ters which required his attention.
N. H. Black of the Carpenters I'm
ion was selected to represent the Cen
trail Council. Both of these delegates
reported on their poor success in get
ting any encouragement from the
High Way Commission as to better
treatment for the workers on such
projects.
1t was decided to attempt other eX-
pedients in getting the relief desired.
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Missoula business houses have lib
eral displays of blue eagles. They
all say, eve do our part" Presum-
ably what is meant by that is, eve
have promised to do our part"
Definite steps have now been taken
in Missoula in setting up the local
M~ediatory Board to investigate wheth-
er or not the slogan means more than
an empty phrase, in the event com
plants are brought in that there +
violations of this pledge.
The Central Council was requested
by the Secretary of the local Cham
her of Commerce to select the labor
representatives on this board. This
was done at the last session Of the
Council by naming Harry Smith of
the Retail Clerks, N. H. Black from
the Carpenters, and Louis Sorheim
from the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen.
The labor representatives will serve
with three representing the consum-
ers and three representing business
interests.
We believe labor is represented by
three very able and conscientious men
and if those who may be in possession
of knowledge of violations of the N.
R. A. will bring to the attention of
this Mediatory Board the facts of such
violations, without a doubt much can
be done to bring about faithful OBJ
~servation of the act.
Through such cooperation the pur-
pose of the act may be fulfilled, re-
lieving Of unemployment and aug
menting of purchasing power.
At the last session of the Central
Council a communication from the
Washington Central Union was read
asking support for a resolution which
had been adopted by that body call
ing upon the President and Secretary
and Treasurer to have the worn and
torn currency displaced by new cur
rency.
1t was brought out that as an econ
omy measure, the currency was circu-
lated after it had been badly soiled,
worn and torn, and that it was diff
cult to check up on counterfeit cur-
rency when such currency was per-
mitted to be circulated after it had
become old.
It was pointed out that workers in
the Bureau of Printing and Engraving
were out of work much of the time
due to this economy move and that in
the event the currency was renewed
as often as it should properly be, a
good deal of this slack in employment
would be taken up.
The Council took action to endorse
the resolution adopted by the Wash
ington Central Union as it among
other things believes that Uncle Sam
should practice what he breaches.
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Missoula County teachers attended
a two-day Institute in Missoula last
week at which meeting were discuss
ed topics of interest to their profess
sion.
The teaching profession is n that
has been considerably hit on account
of the depression. Would they but
realize that it is not unethical to join
hands with their fellow workers in
perfecting organizations to safeguard
their bread and butter and thus get
in closer touch with the problems
other fellow workers are confronted
with, they would be in still better po-
sition to fulfill their mission as edu-
Gators.