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Montana labor news., 1933-07-13
Gov. Horner Welcomes Fed
eral Intervention in Mines

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.-(FP)-If the
American Civil Liberties Union or the
Chicago Civil Liberties Committee car
get the federal government to settle
the civil war between the United
Mine Workers of America and the
Progressive Miners of America in the
Illinois coal fields, Gov. Horner will
be more than satisfied, he wrote to
the civil liberties organizations in re-
spouse to a letter. They had stated
they would seek federal intervention
unless he was able to restore peace
and civil rights in the lawless coun-
ties, particularly where U. M. w. A.
members, deputized as peace officers,
break up progressive meetings and as
sault and in a number of cases kill
their rival unionists.
Director Roger N. Baldwin of the A.
C. L. U. is expected to move for fed
eral action from Washington as the
next step. The progressives have
most of the miners in their member
ship but the u. M. w. A. have the
contracts with the Illinois coal oper-
ators association though many mines
under their contract are not produc-
ing.
Montana labor news., 1933-07-13

During the last session of lesisla-
ture, State Auditor Holmes with the
assistance of Governor Erickson, an
avowed insurance company man, plan
ned to abolish the State Industrial Ac-
cident Board by the simple method Of
making no appropriation for it in the
budget, according to the report of
President Graham of the State FEEDER
alton of Labor. This board has a
large fund that would have made a
neat nest egg for paying off political
obligations. Due to the efforts of or
ganized labor in Montana the board
was saved. 1t took a threat of a gen.
eral strike to do it. After the threat
ened general strike IN appropriation
was presented to the Legislature and
Montana labor news., 1933-07-13

les is to read the current story of
business dealing. 1t includes secret
discounts, preferential prices, secret
rebates, other departures from pub
lished price lists, bargain or closeout
offers, selling below cost, unearned
discounts, volume contracts where the
buyer does not use the entire volume
but gets the price just the same, pro-
tecting buyer against falling prices
and guaranteeing him against rising
prices, inducing buyers to break con
tracts with rival manufacturers, all
forms of bribing the customer or his
agent or the agents family, fake
labels, fake advertising, stealing trade
marks or styles or designs from COM
petitors, slandering and libeling COM
petitors. 1t is a pretty picture.
***
VIII the new deal change a crook
into an honest American citizen, par
ticularly if that crook has made good
profits as an employer and business
man by his crookedness, now admit
ted by implication in these new codes
of ethics? No one in Chicago thinks
so, when talking privately and not for
the record. The recovery act is CIV
ing the more powerful employers a
good prospect Of happy days, exter-
minating uncomfortable competitors,
going through the motion Of being fair
to labor and raking in wartime profits
without wartime taxes or other irri-
tations.
1t will be happy days for the boss
unless the unions jump at the chance
to make the labor codes mean what
they say and to make them mean and
say still more. The coal operators,
meeting in Chicago the past week, de-
cided to hang around a little longer
until Pres. John l.. Lewis of the
Mine Workers can get here to
give them his views Of organized la
Dor on wages, hours and conditions of
work. A favorite comment among
Montana labor news., 1933-07-13
BEADLE is ENDORSED FOR STATE
RECOVERY ADMINISTRATOR
FRIEND OF ORGANIZED LABOR is BACKED
FOR IMPORTANT POST

In endorsing Beadle, Butte labor
has endorsed a man who has been a
friend of labor. In his leg
islative record he has batted 100 per
cent for labor when other supposedly
labor members from Silver Bow
County hunted a safe place when the
battle became too hot, As mayor OF
Butte, Beadle batted 100 per cent for
labor, as was shown in the strike some
three years ago. The Silver Bow
Council feels confident in endorsing
Beadle and asks other unions and la
Dor groups in Montana to join in this
endorsement.
Montana labor news., 1933-07-13
WATCH THE THIRTY-HOUR WEEK

Workers throughout the United States should care
fully watch the administration by the various states OF
the $500, 600, 900 which has been allotted by Colonel
Donald Sawyer, Public Works Administrator, to state
authorities for public roads construction.
The thirty-hour week is mandatory 80 far as prac-
ticable and feasible" The maximum of human labor
must be employed in lieu of machinery where consist
ent with sound economy Minimum wage rates suf-
ficent ito provide a standard Of living in decency and
comfort" must be paid.
All of these requirements are capable Of being inter-
preted and applied against the workers by administra-
tors and contractors hostile to the spirit Of the law. Close
watching by the workers will prevent this and secure
for them their full rights in the expenditure of the huge
$500, 600, 900 fund.
Montana labor news., 1933-07-13
EMPLOYERS SEE HAPPY DAYS
UNDER THE RECOVERY ACT

them. At first afraid of the indus
trial recovery act, the employers are
now of the opinion that it gives them
a golden opportunity to make big
money without the inconvenience of
competitors who are content to make
lower profits. Everything that inter-
feres with big profits is going to be
labeled unfair competition and there
fore contrary TO the profiteering code
of ethics. 1t is surprising how many
trade practises are suddenly unfair.
ss&
In one industry, for instance, the
employers code, not yet approved by
Washington since its adoption in Chi
cago, it is stated to be unfair to ex-
tend long credits, to introduce unusual
styles or sizes, to dump or sell in other
markets at a lower price than in the
customary or home market Of the
manufacturer, to offer Headers" at
low price to induce customers to buy
other merchandise from the same sell
er, to sell on consignment under agree
ment to take back what the retailer
cannot dispose of, to offer any gifts
from cigars all the way up to buyers
or those who can influence buyers, to
lure workers from a rival plant to
ones W or to advertise in a way
that reflects on a competitor.
The code also denounces all the ia
vorite devices of the shrewd American
business man who pirates Of service
while he skins his customers and ruins
his competitors. Such practices can
be dispensed with by the well intrench-
ed boss if he can make his rivals stop
them also. He has the reserves and
the established trade and he doesn't
want his rivals to take it away by the
same methods that he originally used
to become a big shot himself. To
read these clauses in the code of eth
Montana labor news., 1933-07-13

At the last meeting of the Silver
Bow Trades and Labor Council, Kerr
Beadle, former Mayor of Butte and
member of the State Legislature, was
unanimously endorsed for the office
of State Administrator of the Indus
trial Recovery Act for Montana.
Other candidates seeking the office,
of whom Butte labor had knowledge,
were avowed enemies of organized
labor. This office is of utmost i'm
portance to the worker in the admin
istration of the act in Montana. A
friendly administrator means self-re-
spect and American standards of liv-
ing for the workers instead of peon-
age.
Montana labor news., 1933-07-13
ORGANIZATION SAVES INDUSTRIAL
ACCIDENT BOARD
THREAT OF UNIONS THWARTS PLANS OF STATE
AUDITOR HOLMES

within 26 hours it was signed by the
governor. This happened on the day
before the closing of the legislature.
This is only one of the many bene-
fits enjoyed by the unorganized that
have been brought solely by organized
labor in the state. How much long
err will the unorganized of Montana
remain parasites upon the organized?
Workers and Farmers of Montana,
ORGANIZE into recognized unions
Protect your rights, your fam
lilies and your homes. For informa-
ton regarding organization address
the MONTANA LABOR NEWS or
THE MONTANA STATE Fedora
TION OF LABOR, Helena, Montana.
Montana labor news., 1933-07-13
AGAINST MILITARISM

EVANSTON, nl.-(FP) -Massing
student and working youth against
militarism, the Youth Peace Council
arranged a conference for peace talks,
showing of wal horror films, commit
tee reports and resolutions against
war and the m~ilitarist spirit. Delegates
of every degree of radicalism or con-
servatism were admitted providing
they were against American militar-
ism.
Montana labor news., 1933-07-13

not be divided for purposes Of law
enforcement. He sees no reason why
the code which covers Illinois should
not also regulate the industry in Ken
lucky and Alabama, in Montana and
Arkansas. If a minority of richards
is encountered, he will invoke Section
A (b) of the law, which permits him
to compel such a minority to abide by
the industrial standards approved in
the code.
johnson has also been thinking
about labor racketeering. He prom
Uses to investigate charges when re-
sponsibly made, as to discrimination
by trade union officials against either
union members or employers who have
not the favor of these union officials.
As the question was put up to him, it
was implied that such determinations
are due to failure Of union members
or employers to bride corrupt business
agents for good service"
The cotton textile code is being sub
mitted to President Roosevelt with
out awaiting a report-due July 10
by the Robert Bruere committee on
the stretchout system. Johnson be-
lieves that regulation of the stretch
out evil can be added to the code af-
ter other features have gone into eff
feet, these features being the mini
mum wage, maximum workweek and
maximum hours Of plant operation.
Montana labor news., 1933-07-13
(By CARL HAEssLER.)

CHICAGO-FP)-Happy days are
almost here again for the employers,
if one may judge by the smiling faces
of representative bosses and trade as
ISOLATION officials as they saunter
through hotel corridors and Hobbies in
between conferences to draw up So
called ethical codes of fair competi-
ton. They are not worrying about
the labor end of the code, however.
They are leaving that to the workers
and unions.
Yet every one Of the tentative codes
has the regulation labor clauses in it.
For example one proposed code states
that it is "set up for the purpose of
increasing employment, establishing
fair and adequate wages, effecting
necessary reduction of hours, improv-
ing standards of labor" etc. 1t Of
fers employees the right to organize
and bargain collectively through rep
resentatives of their own choosing.
No employee will have to join a COM
pany union. No one will have to stay
out of a genuine union to hold his job.
&HR
When this code was read to the as
sembled employers the trade associa-
ton secretary said; Gentlemen, you
may be alarmed at these labor clauses
but let ME tell you they are absolutely
necessary if we want to get our code
adopted or approved by Washington.
All codes have them. That does not
mean, however, that the fundamental
relations between you and your en-
ployes will be changed. The govern
ment is going to maintain the proper
balance between capital and labor.
Labor is not going to dictate"
So their labor clauses went through
the association meeting. Then they
got down to what was really vital to
Montana labor news., 1933-07-13
UNION FOEIN KEY
PUBLIC WORKS
JOB
Electrical Workers Enemy
Holds Secretariot.

WASHINGTON (FP) - f. R.
Cram, who for the past two years
has been the spearhead of the fight
made by the Georgia Power e. Light
Co. against the international Brother
hood of Electrical Workers through
out Georgia, has been appointed spec
ial assistant to Asst. Sec. of the
Treasury Robert, head of the con
struction division of the Treasury. In
this position Cram may have serious
influence on the day-by-day enforce
ment of the labor code in connection
with public works construction by the
federal government, through the
Treasury.
When the j. P. Morgan interests,
through the Electric Bond & Share
Co., took over the Georgia Power &
Light Co. more than two years ago,
Pres. Arkwright of the Georgia con
Germ brought in w. E. Mitchell of the
Alabama Power Co. as vice-president
Continued on Page Fourl
Montana labor news., 1933-07-13
The Washington
- Scene -
By LAWRENCE TODD

WASHINGTON-(FP) - All was
going well in Recovery Administrator
Johnson's press conference July g.,
when n of the reporters brought up
the question of the date at which the
steel industry would submit its code
of fair competition. johnson was
hopeful that a code for iron and steel
would be on his desk before the end
of the week. At hat point your cor
respondent raised the issue of the an
ti-union policy of the steel barons.
The question was put to Johnson
What would he do when men in a
steel mill who had joined a union had
been reported to the management by
industrial spies, and had been dis
missed should appeal to him for en-
forcement of their right under the
Recovery Act to maintain union men,
bership?
A#a
johnson did not relish discussion
Of this problem. But he replied that
the matter was one which would call
for investigation if an appeal were
made. He was then asked just what,
precisely, would happen to the en-
ployer who violated the labor free
dom clause in Section 7 of the act.
To this the Administrator replied that
an employer who violated the section
would lose the benefits which the code
confers upon him. He said that the
government stands ready to withdraw
the employer from the benefits of the
code if the employer dismisses men
for joining a labor union.
A hundred newspaper correspond
ents heard this pledge, but very few
reported it. The significance of John
sons statement that he can do no less
than withdraw the benefits of the code
from an employer who continues his
val against organized labar, lies in
the fact that without the protection of
the code the employer will be subject
to prosecution under the antitrust
laws for doing numerous things to his
economic advantage which will be per-
fectly legal for his competitors who
deal fairly with labor. Hense a de-
fiance of the labor freedom clause in
the steel industry-which is antici-
pated by many well-informed observ-
ers-will mean a withdrawal of the
code and its special privileges from
the big steel group-U. S. Steel, Beth
lehem Steel and the rest. If the steel
barons want to fight labor, they will
have to fight the Roosevelt admins
tration and the Department of JUS
tice, unless Johnson backs down.
sss
Non-union coal operators are like
wise said to be looking for a loop
hole of escape from dealing with I'M
ion representatives. They have dis
covered, however, that all elements of
coal l~abor-from the conservative
United Mine Workers of America to
the radical National Miners Union
are on the alert to block any evasion.
Apprehensive of a coal strike, John
son has determined that all bituminous
fields must be brought under one code.
Anthracite will have its own code.
A%nti-union operators in the southern
bituminous fields have discovered,
through their lobbyists in Washing
ton, that Johnson is convinced that
the bituminous mining industry can
Montana labor news., 1933-07-13

Newspapers Is a rule are not very
friendly to pacifist work even in
peacetime. Newspaper circulations
rise rapidly in wartime Rev. Ern-
est Fremont little, First Methodist
Church, Evanston, Ill.
Montana labor news., 1933-07-13
BUTTE MINERS ORGANIC Al HUGE MASS MEETING

UNION MINERS NOTICE
Election of Officers, Saturday, July Is, All Day, at
Carpenters Hall.
Next Meeting, Sunday, July Is, 2 P. M, at a place
to be announced later.
Vote on Sunday for Adoption of Constitution
Montana labor news., 1933-07-13

employers who congregate in Chicago
for code purposes is:
well, let's put the stuff in the
code. Who's going to enforce it,"
The answer to that question is, mill
tant trade unions, now existing or to
be organized under the clauses of the
codes if the unions are not yet in the
particular industry or too inactive to
function properly there.
First Boss; Hello, Gerry, have you
coded your slaves already?
Second Boss: III sayl But they
haven't decided it yet.
Montana labor news., 1933-07-13

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., 1933-07-13

The American standard of
living must be maintained
in order that America in
situations may not b Rs.
ject to perils OF Disco, "sos
Evening star., 1933-08-15
2r abbe Saw Wood Pull Giants While Giants
Foxx, New Ruler of Swat, Far
Shy of Ruth in Personality
But a Greater Terror at Bat

the fourth chased home another run.
A single scored two more in the sixth.
And to add the perfect Ruthian touch
Jimmie famed magniflcently in his
final try in the ninth.
The nine runs he drove across the
plate broke the record of eight set by
Roy HartZell of the Yankees in 1911
and tied since by Harry Heilman, Lou
Gehrig, Carl Reynolds and Earl Averill.
He fell three shy of equaling the major
league record set by Jim Bottomley of
the Cards with an even dozen in 1924.
Rallying from an ordinary start this
season, due to a spiked shin in the
Spring that healed slowly, Foxx's one
man field day boosted his average to
1862 for a neat lead over his old room
mate, Al Simmons, his foremost hitting
rival around the circuit. And again
it focused the spotlight on the sale of
Simmons, Jimmy Dykes and Mule Haas
for 100000 last Fall.
Simmons Makes Difference.
RANTED that the deal was die
7 tated by economic pressure, there
Is still the possibility that if the
AS had held tight to Simmons another
season they might still be in the run
ming for the American League flag. The
AS today are 1872 games behind the
Senators. They have lost II games so
lar by one run, six Of them to the Sec
ond place Yankees. They've dropped
six by two runs, one of them to the
Senators. And Simmons, bolstering
Jimmie's 1862 with his own 351, might
have turned the tide in enough of
these to have made the going as close
as a sugar bowl haircut.
Aside from the glamour of Foxxs
achievement, the day in the majors was
typical blue Monday with Detroit
beating Boston, 6 to 5. in the only other
game played The National Leagues
lone match between the Phillies and
Giants was rained out
FOxxS outburst led a 13-hit raid on
Willis Hudlin and Belve Bean and
gave Roy Mahaffey a chance to coast
to his fifth victory of the season be-
hind nine-run lead piled up in the
first four innings. The Tigers banged
three Boston pitchers for four runs in
the seventh to pile up 6to-5 margin.
Evening star., 1933-08-15

the pitcher-catcher type of talk
where the backstop tells the
hurler where the best brew is to
be obtained.
For what I can CLEAN of Mr.. Reed
the Cabling has both won and lost
him fights, and that he may talk until
the Blue Eagle shrieks and the heat is
placed on the chiselers before he can
talk Bowen out of win.
Casing the enemy off the task at
hand is an old ring stratagem. Benny
Leonard saved his crown by Ginning
in the ring with Lew Tender. Abe At
tell used to say sighting things to his
enemies about their grandpa's Civil
War record, and Kid Mccoy was a
master at talking an opponent into
dropping the duke to him. When Nc
Coy dropped the conversation he usually
dropped his man at the same time.
Mr.. Lew Tender, now a suit
and hat man in Philadelphia, told
me in 1922 that Mr.. Benjamin
Leiner. who is Mr.. Leonard, would
not out-taIk him in the next
flight a year later.
But Leonard did. He purred
about Lewis wonderful left hand,
Evening star., 1933-08-15
WEST KEEPS WINNING
POLO LINEUP INTACT
Cecil Smith, Injured in 15-to-11
: Victory Over East, Ready
to Resume Series.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 15-The West
~ will send out the same four wild
riding horsemen who won the
opening match of the intersectional
polo championship series Sunday, in the
second contest tomorrow afternoon at
Onwentsia Field.
Examination Of injuries suffered by
Cecil Smith, captain and number three,
who led the West to 15-to-11 triumph
over Tommy Hitchcock's Eastern stars,
revealed that unless something unex-
pected develops, he win play. Smith
was thrown and rolled on by his mount
in the fifth period and only after a
43-minute time out session. was able to
convince officials and doctors he could
continue
He suffered slight brain conclusion
and severe bruises, but yesterday ap-
peared to be recovering rapidly.
Hitchcock had not decided If there
would be changes in the Eastern battle
front of himself, Michael PhippS and
Winston and Raymond Guest. He said
he was not dissatisfied with his teams
work, and that the Westernefs won be-
cause they played better polo.
Evening star., 1933-08-15
TERRY AND CR0N|N
MAKEFOR NATURAL
Diamond World Would Relish
Clash of Wits Between
Youthful Bosses.
TINE Giants are roofing for
the Yankees to come
i through to the world series

TIME Giants are roofing for
the Yankees to come
i through to the world series
again in order to enjoy the
benefits of another subway
serieS," but the Washington SEN
ators, now in more authorita-
tive position so far as the Ameri-
can League is concerned, are pull
ing for the Giants.
Capital memories rot only are still
keen as regards the celebrated series Of
1924, but the Senators feel that this
seasons natural" is a battle OF wits
for base ball supremacy between Bill
Terry of the Giants and Joe Cronin of
the Senators, two Of the youngest ma
Jor league pilots.
They are not alone, of course in
Washington in fancying this idea for
world series duel The fortunes OF
Terry, as McGraws successor. and
Cronin, as another of Clark Grifiths
experiments, have attracted the interest
of base ball fandom generally. I have
talked with both pilots within recent
weeks and if the burdens of close race
and their heavier responsibilities weigh
upon them, they do not manifest it.
4C44y dIIO S4OllIIl DOlIl lldNC OOC44
setting most of the batting pace for
their clubs. Each is a marvel on de-
fense. Each has buoyancy of spirit
and confidence that has unquestlon-
ably proved infectious. Without vast
ing any time patting themselves on the
back, Terry and Cronin both feel sure
they are going to finish on top.
Senators Confident.
DEAT the great Yankees?
X Why, sure" says Cronin with
that slow smile. seeming to say
that the question is almost superfuous.
The Senators have at no stage made
the mistake of the Yankees in under
estimating their opposition. This may
well explain the more consistent work
of the Capital crew, its ability to take
it" and come right back to win.
The contrast between the Senatora
and the world champions, when they
closed their last series at the Yankee
Stadium. was distinctly uncompil,
mentary to the New Workers. Wash-
ineton PLAYED like champions, the
Yanks like eX-champs.
Of course, when Babe Ruth and Lou
Gehrig are not getting the range the
Yankees do not look so impressive nor
do they feel so good. themselves. There
is nOthlng strange III tlldt- ANY OulAs
would feel the handicap Of having one
of its big guns getting worn and the
other misfring.
They may snap out of it and deliver
the winning blows with comeback
charge, but when they left for the
great open spaces the Yankees looked
exactly like this years runners-up.
Medicine for Weaver.
PERHAPS Monte Weavers decisive
pitching victory over the Yankees
will prove to have accomplished
more for the professors arm than all
the doctors and masseurs have bee
able to do together this season.
Base ball players insisted some sort
of mental complex had more to do with
the Washington right-hander's failures
this year than the actual condition Of
his arm.
At any rate, whether imagination
played some part or not, Weaver finally
flashed a real return to his 1882 form
against the world champions and raised
Capital hopes that he will continue to
bear down for the balance Of the
season.