Montana labor news., 1934-03-08
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erS OF labor VIII soon discover. When
convicted of violations of the codes
and trade practices, chiselers may be
fined $4,000 each day for each Of
tense.
During the past thirty days your
state director has made personal con-
tact with several compliance Boards,
notably in Helena, Butte, and Mis-
soula and is in almost daily contact
through correspondence and by wire
with many others. He is glad to re-
port that the vast majority of the
people Of Montana are strong for the
N. r. A.-most folks want to give it
a fair trial. They don't expect all the
experiments to prove successful, nor
that the administration will make 8
batting average of a thousand.
But they applaud the Presidents
announced determination to keep
swinging" and General Johnson's
prompt action in discarding anything
that is unavoidable and not helpful in
connection with the program.
In Montana, County Compliance
Boards composed in most instances OF
earnest, p~urposeful and high-minded
men and women, who have devoted SC
much of their time without fee or hope
of reward to this patriotic work, have
quietly adjusted hundreds of cases Of
violations of the Presidents Re-em-
ployment Agreement, some Of them Of
major significance.
State and county code authorities
in some instances, notably the grocers
and food distributors and automotive
industries, have already been set up
and are functioning. All approved
Code authorities in due course will be-
come self-governing and police them
selves.
We are also helping the dairy prod
ucts industry and other industries
working through their Code Trade
Associations and pending the approval
Of their National Codes to avail them
selves of the benefits of fair compe-
tition and fair trade practices, then
announced objective being to help al
producers without working a hardship
on the consumers.
We are also meeting success in ar
earnest effort to amicably adjust diff
~ferences between labor and the EN-.
ployers that have plagued certain in
dustries in the past.
Compliance with the President
Unemployment Agreement will BE-
supervised by the County Compliance
Boards.
Your local committee should have
the hearty support and cooperation
of the community. Anyone, any EN-
ployee or anyone else who has a com,
plant to make under NRA SHOULD
contact some member of this commit
tee, or if he prefers may file the
complaint direct with the State Di-
rector at Helena. The names of com.
plainants and respondents not to be
revealed except by permission.
A branch office of N. R. A. which
has state headquarters in Helena has
been set up in Butte, in charge of Mr.
E. X. Duncan.
Mr.. F. w. Cronin of Butte has beer
designated by the Department of La.
Dor Adjuster for the State of Mon.
tana.
The Director will also have the ad,
vice and assistance of a State Advis.
DRY Board consisting of John R
Yates, chairman, Billings; w. H
Young, K~alispell; Kerr Beadle, Butte.
]. L. Kelly, Anaconda; J. A. Lovelace
Bozeman; Louis B. 0'Neil, Cut Bank
Geo. Stanley, Great Falls; Desmond
J. O'Neill, Glendive; Norman Wine.
slime, Helena; M. J.. Sullivan, Ala
bama, and ]. E. Moore, Billings, anC
a State Adjustment Board whose
membership will be announced later
Local compliance committees will
continue to function until April 30tl
at least, or until Code authorities are
set up for each Of the industries
Soon each industry will be self-gov'
erning and police itself.
Industry and Labor, in partnership
with government, are going forward
to better and happier conditions.
President Roosevelt said the othel
day that "We are on our way" That
means every agency Of government is
being extended to bring prosperity t.
all as soon as possible.