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Montana labor news., 1934-08-30
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Council Labor Day
Celebration, September 3rd, 1884
Columbia Gardens
PROGRAM 1880

lt-Lades Baseball Throw Distance-st 2nd 3rd Prizes in
Merchandise
2nd-Unon Mems Baseball Throw Distance Must show card to
be eIigibIe-1st, End 3rd. Prizes in Merchandise
3rd-lOO Dah-Free for a-lst 2nd rd Prizes in Me
chandise.
4h-5O Dash-Fo married lades-lst 2nd 3rdPrzes in
Merchandise.
Sth-5O Yard Das-For boys under 16-Free for alst 2nd
3rd. Prizes in Merchandise.
6h-5O grls-Free for als 2nd 3rd Prizes
in Merchandise.
THIS Yard Dash-For fat men-(udges decide egbes
size and weigh-lst, End, 3rd Prizes in Merchandise
8h-3Legged Race-Fo boys-Free for a1st 2nd 3d Prizes
in Merchandise.
sth-Union man carrying Union Card with largest family
grounds Prize in Merchandise.
Oth-Fat Ladies' Race-udges decide egbes)lst End,
Bird. Prizes in Merchandise.
lth-Shoe and Race-For boys under 16-st 2nd 3rd
Prizes in Merchandise
l2th-Back to Back Race-For boys under 5st 2nd 3rd
Prizes in Merchandise
Istf-Nail Driving Cones-For womenFree for a1t 2nd
Bird. Prizes in Merchandise
145O Yard officers of unions affiliated with the
Silver Trades and Labor Counci1st 2nd 3rd Prizes
in Merchandise.
5tb-Tug of War-between Butte Miners Union and picked
team from affiliated with the Silver Bow Trades and
Labor Council Twelve each side.
l6tI-Free for -all-Race for Council Members.
17tI-Beauty Contest Judges Unknown).
Sports Program begins at IL noon.
Speaking Program Immediately following
Speakers-SENATOR B. X. WHEELER and
Congressman JOS P. MONOGRAM.
Montana labor news., 1934-08-30
LABOR DAY PICNIC AT COLUMBIA GARDENS
LABOR DAY. 1884
By William Green,
President, American Federation of Labor

Labor Day finds country midway perhaps the most i'm
por \ undertakings of existence eagnment
of of industrial control under federal supervision. 1t is
s when making decisions which will determine this issue
plan for future production of abundance for ALL shall
try curb production into scarcity channels with luxury
: the few and poverty for the many3
The technical information handed by generations
and inventive power of present day workers have completely
voluonzed The limit longer human endurance
but the installation of machines organization of work force and
Orders products depend upon incomes Of
persons This the why prices
correspond to the rise and fall in pay envelopes.
Many of troubles have grown of failure
that electric power production headed age the
plenty for all In the days of handcra and production limited
could produce enough such low
prices make possible comfort standards of living for all There
welto-do people and few wealthy The million dollar
ly incomes with power production
From 1923 1929 each industrial worker increased the amount
he each hour per every year During the past
depression 92993 the increase in hourly output has been
slightly than per per year. In this period Of rapid
increase productivity the incomes going OF property
increased 90 per thirds The incomes of factory
empoyes those who did the actual work turning the in
creased product per cent.
During the depression years while put still increased
hour factory incomes declined 5S per 992) while
the incomes of those owning property fell 80 per
Why this difference? Because the rules of distribution
time when the producer owned what he made and have
been brought up date provide equaby for the producer
who hired work for management that sells the product and
determines what part shall be paid the workerpoducer
Because workers have shared proportonatey in their
creased productivity buying the retail markets has not
been adequate sustain the large amounts which OF capital
Continued to Page y
Montana labor news., 1934-08-30
SPORTS PROGRAM TO
BEGIN AT NOON
Monaghan and Wheeler to
Speak After Sports Program.

Labor will hold its annual Labor Day
celebration at Columbia Gardens, Mon
day, September 3. A full sports pro-
gram has been arranged by the COM
mittee and the committee announces
that the program will begin at II
o'clock noon, promptly Bill Palmer
announces that the merchants OF Butte
have contributed valuable prizes in
merchandise for each Of the events.
He also announces that w. ]. Murphy
will have the Texaco Public Address
car on the field so that all may know
what is taking place. Labor wishes
to thank the merchants and Mr. Muir
ply for the contribution they are max
ing to this celebration.
This year the Committee announces
that Beauty Contest will be held but
entries are only limited to feminine
beauties. This bars Driscoll, Combo
and DeLoughery who we're the first
to announce themselves as entries when
they heard OF beauty contest being
held. The judges names will be held
in secret until the time OF the event
and fast police car will stand in read
mess to rush them to a safe place after
they have rendered their decision.
During the morning and afternoon
the Butte Mines Band will provide con
certs Of popular, classical and semi
classical music for the entertainment
of the workers, their friends and fam
lies. The band is under the direction
Of Sam H. Treloar, Buttes veteran
bandmaster
All friends of Labor are invited to
attend this celebration The speakers
Committee announces that Senator B.
K. Wheeler and Congressman Monog-
han will supply the forensics for the
day. Those who heard these two
speak last year will want to hear them
again. This part OF the program will
follow the sports features. Be there
and make it Butte's biggest Labor Day
Celebration.
Montana labor news., 1934-08-30
By SAMUEL CoMPERS
Late President, American Federation
of Labor.

No day in the calendar is a greater
fixture, one which is more truly re-
garded as a real holiday, or one which
is SO surely destined to endure for all
time, than the first Monday in Sep
tember of each recurring year, Labor
Day. With time, this day of the year
is taking deeper hold in the respect
and confidence of the people.
1t is regarded as the day for which
the toilers in past centuries looked
forward, when their rights and their
wrongs might be discussed, placed
upon a higher plane of thought and
feeling that the workers of our day
may not only lay down their tools Of
labor for holiday, but upon which
they may touch shoulders in march
ing phalanx and feel the stronger for
it; meet at their parks, groves and
grounds, and by appropriate speech
counsel with, and pledge to, each other
that the coming year shall witness
greater effort than the preceding in
the grand struggle to make mankind
free, true and noble.
Labor Day differs in every essential
from other holidays Of the year of any
country. All other holidays are, in a
more or less degree, connected with
conflicts and battles, of mans proves
over man, Of strife and discord for
greed or power, Of glories achieved by
Continued to Page y
Montana labor news., 1934-08-30
NO ACTION IN STR,
SETTLEMENT
Crafts Waiting Decision of In
ternationals. Butte Crafts
Reject Agreement.

Radio reports to the contrary, the
Butte strike has not yet been settled.
The majority of the craft locals in
Great Falls and Anaconda have ac-
cepted the proposed agreement after
men who are not involved in the strike
were allowed to vote and decide upon
conditions for men who are on strike.
Delegates from these cities state that
if only those who are on strike had
been allowed to vote not one local
would have accepted the agreement.
The Butte locals voted to reject the
agreement with the exception of two
unions. These two Unions accepted
for the same reason as those in Great
Falls and Anaconda. The agreement
was accepted by men who are not in
volved.
There has been no agreement yet
presented to the international Union
of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers.
1t is hoped that meeting will take
place between the international and
the Company some time next week.
Montana labor news., 1934-08-30
Railway Workers
and the New Deal

The railroads, 1877 strong, have asked
an injunction to prevent the Railroad
Retirement Board from collecting as
sessments from the carriers and their
employers under the provisions of the
Railroad Pension Act which was
passed by the last Congress. The car
riers, as was expected, invoke the due
process" clause as well as the inter
state commerce clause of the Consti-
tuition. The Railroad Pension bill,
which has just gone into effect, is the
Administrators only tangible accom-
plishment to date in the matter of eco
nomic-security legislation, Almost all
the carriers intend to continue their
charity" pension plans until forced to
discontinue them by judicial edict
Some OF them, like the Pennsylvania,
will Immediately begin making the
payroll deductions required by the law,
but will segregate the funds pending
the outcome of the suit. Holding fast
to the capitalistic ethic, the railroad
executives believe that retirement pen
sions should be reward bestowed out
of the overflowing goodwill of the
employer. They cannot as yet accept
the idea that the employer owes it as
a legal duty to his workers to provide
for their old age More concretely,
the charges imposed by the bill on the
railroads represent substantial step
ping-up over the contributions which
the railroads have seen fit to make un-
Continued to Page p
Montana labor news., 1934-08-30
Carpenters Ladies Picnic
at Gardens

The Ladies' Auxiliary Of Carpenters
Union No. 222, held a picaic at Col
umbia Gardens Wednesday, August
p, with Auxiliary members only The
Auxiliary furnishing the hot lunch at
| 80.
The following we're present;
Mrs. Chas Amundson, Mrs. Arthur
Clark and Family, Mrs. Ina Davidson,
Mrs. Miriam Harrington and family,
Mrs Sophia jacobson, Mrs. Al Jaco-
bson, Mrs. Berthe Lundgren, Mrs.
Nora McBroom, Mrs. Christina Rich
ards and family, Mrs. Christina Morri-
son, Mrs. Bobbie Tweedy and daught-
er, Mrs. Marie Walsh and family, Mrs.
Hazel Lotveit, Misses Dorothy Nc
Broom and Rowena Gaffney.
The next meeting will be social at
the home Of Mrs. Chas. Amundson,
CAS- West Quartz Street, Thursday,
September 9th. "a
Montana labor news., 1934-08-30
Alabama Miners Win

An important victory has been won
by the iron-ore miners of Alabama,
who are organized under the Interna-
tional Union of Mine, Mill and Smelt-
er Workers Previous to the strike,
the condition of these miners was COM
parable to that of the slaves before the
Civil War. Negro miners were in some
cases paid less than $100 a day and
even that was not in currency but in
scrip that could be spent only at the
company stores.
Now their wages are $3.50 for an s.
hour day, which is 3lc higher than the
basic wage of Butte miners. Besides
the raise in pay, they won other i'm
portant concessions. The negro and
white miners stood solidly together
during long and bitter strike in which
all the forces of vicious corporation
and a reactionary state government
were used against them. 1t is estimat-
ed by strike leaders that IS men were
killed during the struggle. A high
price to pay for living wage and the
human rights supposedly guaranteed
under the Constitution.
The Birmingham mines are mostly
controlled by the Tennessee Coal and
Iron Co. which is a Morgan enterprise
captured during the panic of 1907. This
Company has played the same role Of
feudal overlord in Alabama as the Ana
conda Co has played in Montana. The
low standard of living Of the South
ern industrial worker has long been a
sore spot in the labor movement. 1t
is surely encouraging to see them or
ganizing into industrial unions and car
rying thru a successful struggle for
better conditions Of life.
-(Mundy)
Montana labor news., 1934-08-30
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF LABOR
DAY AS NATIONAL LEGAL HOLIDAY
Congress- 1884, When Grover Cleveland Was Presi
dent Unanimously Passed Bill Jointly introduced by Senator
Kyle of South Dakota and Representative Cummings of New
York. Making Labor Day a Legal Holiday.

In the House proceedings for Sep
tember 6, under the heading "Bills,
Memorials, and Resolutions, the fol
lowing announcements were made:
by Mr.. CUMMINGS: A bill
CHR. 26) making Labor Day legal
holiday-to the Committee on Labor"
"By Mr.. DE FOREST: A bill
CHR. 334) making the first Monday in
September, otherwise called Labor
Day, a national holiday-to the Com
mittee on Labor"
Kyle Bill Reported to Senate.
There was evidently no opposition
to the Kyle bill for on February 13,
1894, under the heading Reports Of
COMMITTEES" the Congressional Record
printed this item
"Mr KYLE, from the Committee on
Education and Labor, to whom was re-
ferred the bill Is. 73O) making Labor
Day legal holiday, reported it with
out amendment"
Cummings Bill Reported to House.
The House proceedings for May Is,
1894, under the heading Labor Day a
Legal Holiday" contained this notice ::
"Mr. McGANN, from the Commit
tee on Labor, reported favorably the
bill (H. 2S) making Labor Day legal
holiday; which was referred to the
House Calendar, and with the accom-
panying report ordered printed"
Senate Considers Kyle Bill.
In the Senate the Kyle bill came up
for consideration on June q, 1894.
The following account Of the proceed
CONTINUED to Page b
Montana labor news., 1934-08-30

The movement to secure the enact
ment of legislation to make Labor Day
general holiday began in the 1894
convention Of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, which unanimously
adopted the following resolution intro
duced by A. c. Cameron, a delegate
from the Chicago Trades and Labor
Alliance:
Resolved, That the first Mon
day in September of each year be
set apart as a laborers national
holiday, and that we recommend
its observance by all wage work
ers, irrespective of sex, calling or
nationality"
During the next ten years organized
labor devoted its attention to secur-
ing State legislation making Labor
Day a legal State holiday. By 1898
the legislatures of twenty-three States
had enacted Labor Day laws.
Labor Day Bills in Fifty Third
Congress.
In the meantime officials of the
American Federation of Labor endeav-
ored to have Congress enact law es-
tablshing Labor Day as national
legal holiday.
Shortly after the convening of the
special session of the Fifty-third Con-
gress, called by President Grover
Cleveland in August, 1898, to consider
the serious financial question which
confronted the country, bills setting
apart Labor Day as a national holi-
day we're introduced by Senator James
H. Kyle of South Dakota, Representa-
tive Amos ]. Cummings of New York,
and Representative Robert E. De For
est of Connecticut
There was no opposition to the bills
in either House, but the parlaimen-
tary path which they had to travel is
interesting to students OF legislative
procedure.
The Congressional Record for Au-
gust 28, 1898, in its account of the
Senate proceedings for that day under
the heading "Bills Introduced" printed
the following:
"Mr. Kyle introduced bill $3.50
making Labor Day legal holiday,
which was read twice by its title, and
referred to the Committee on Educa-
tion and Labor"
Montana labor news., 1934-08-30
Mattauch and
Shea Return

Lena Mattauch and Bridget Shea
of the Womens Protective Union have
returned from St. Paul where they at
tended their international Convention.
Lena had not yet recovered from the
effects Of her sojourn among the Skan-
dihovians and was unable to attend
the meeting of the Council Her part
ner in the crime was able to attend
but had not yet found her voice and
could not make no report. She stated
that she had not yet cast off the Swed-
ish dialect she and Lena acquired while
in St. Paul.
Montana labor news., 1934-08-30
1887 BUTTE MINES BAND 1884
MUSICAL PROGRAM for LABOR DAY

MORNING
March-Seppng Along Goldman
Overme-Western Chenete
Depicting Sentiments Of the WeD
"reminiscences of Ireland Godfrey
Introducing Gems of Irish Melody
Serenade-Harequin' Millions Drigo
CA Musical Favorie)
Excerpts from Kanka- .--- .Fri rim
Introducing Movements from the Musical Comedy
Containing Songs Of the Saio
AFTERNOON
March-2st Field Artillery
Grand observation-disclosures Of Scotland Godfrey
Introducing Scotch Songs and Meode)
Spanish Serenade-Vions of Madrid Holmes
characteristic
Fanasa-Southern Memories Hecker
(On Southern Songs
Excerpts from Swehears- Herbert
Introducing Selected Melodies from the Opera
Overure-Caa Nght - - Chenete
Descriptive Fantasia-Chidhood Buys
(By RequesD
Introducing Melodies Of Childhood
Observation-Disclosures of Godfrey
Containing Choice Welsh Melodies)
Fnae-March- -Sousa's Trumphal
SAM H. TRELOAR, Bandmaster.
Montana labor news., 1934-08-30
LABOR DAY AS
COMPERS VISIONED
IN YEAR 1898
at Was Not Given to, But Con-
quered by Labor, and Estab-
Iished AS a Holiday Before Amy
Legislature, State or National,
Enacted 1t Into Law"

Editors Note.-The late Samuel
Gompers was President of the
American Federation of Labor in
1894 when Congress enacted the
law making Labor Day legal hoh-
day. In an editorial in the Amer
ican Federationisf for September,
1898, Mr.. Gompers discussed the
deep significance of Labor Day as
special holiday for the workers.
The editorial, which was entitled
Labor Day-What it Portends,"
follows:
Montana labor news., 1934-08-30

HAVERHILL, Mass. OPP "Are
you better off than you were year
ago?" the Haverhill Gazette asked its
readers, in an attempt to get an answer
to the now famous question President
Roosevelt asked over the radio.
"No," loud and decisive, was the an
swer of II per cent Of the ballots
Montana labor news., 1934-08-30

The American standard of
living must be maintained
in order that American in
stitut;ons may not be sub
ject to perils of discomfort.
Montana labor news., 1934-08-30

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., 1934-08-30

Senator CockrelI of Missouri Wanted
Date Changed to First Day in Sep
tember In the Interest of Legisla-
tive "Symmetry"-Senator Sherman
of Ohio Objected to Labor Day
Falling On Sunday Because 1t
Would Shock His Presbyterian
ism"
Evening star., 1934-05-30

Mrs. Theodore N Filly, Mrs Ralph
" Chamblin. Mrs Powell Summers,
Mrs. Arthur Hyde Buell., Mrs. Cassius
NJ. Lawrence, Miss Matilda Decker,
Mrs Charles Rider, Mrs. Harvey E.
Hanes and Mrs. Annie Robey Walker.
High scores were made by Mrs
Chamblin and Mrs Weller.
Evening star., 1934-05-30
Interesting Program For
GOucher College Women.

mrs. David Alan Robertson will en-
tertaln the members of the auxiliary
10 the Goucher College Infirmarv at
thelr first annual meeting. at her
residence, Friday afternoon, June |.
On Sunday. June 3, President and
Mrs. Robertson will entertain al
Iuncheon IN honor of DR.. and Mrs.
EDGAR johnson Goodspeed of Chicago
ana sunday afternoon President and
Mrs. Robertson will entertain at
garden party tor the graduating class
and their friends
On Monday, June 4. Immediately
after commencement, President and
Mrs. Robertson will entertain at
luncheon for the trustees of Goucher
College and the members of the grad
uating class.
Miss Lulu Leach. niece of Mrs. H.
H. Hall of Takoma Park, is spending
a few days in Muskegon. Mich, and
Will later go on to Bethel, Wis. where
she will be the guest of her sister.
During the Summer she will attend
the State university.
MID. w. W. lSddCS Ol CneSIeT. .. u,
arrived Saturday for a short visit
with her sister, Mrs. j. J. Gall of
Aurora Hills, Va. Sunday Mrs Gall
AMI her sister were guests of honor at
dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs
John c. Gall in Country Club Hills.
A surprise birthday party was given
Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. C. l. Kephart in Lyon Park,
Va. in honor of Mr. Kephart. Guests
attending were Judge and Mrs.
Charles Lobingier, Dr. and Mrs.
Charles Pergler, DR.. and Mrs. Emmett
Sebree, Lieut.. Murphy. U. S. N. Lieut..
Ralph Kephart. U. S. N. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Crouch. Judge and Mrs.
B. NJ. Hedrick. Supt. Of Schools
Fletcher Kemp and Mrs. Kemp.
Mrs. Ella Klingle, Mrs. Rose Yoder,
Mr.. Albert M. Day, all of Arling-
ton County, and Miss Suzanne
Evening star., 1934-05-30
SOCIETY
Continued From Second Page.)

Continued From Second Page.)
view the fleet. much to the disap-
pOintment of the guests, who we're
hoping to catch a glimpse of the First
Lady.
The American Psychiatric Associa-
ton is the oldest medical society in
America About $500 specialists and
their wives from all over the United
States and Canada will hold six-day
series of intensive conferences in New
York, discussing ways and means of
bettering mental hospital manage
ment and the furthering of the
knowledge of psychiatry.
The Rev. and Mrs. Frank L. Grif-
fin of Cleveland Park announce the
approaching marriage of their daugh-
ter, Miss Ruth Martha. to Mr.. Mil
ton D. Burdick, engineer of technol-
ogy of California, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lester D. Burdick of New York.
The wedding will take place early
this Summer.
The following guests from Cooke
vile. Tenn, are stopping at the
Francis Scott Key Hotel in Wash
ington this week:
DR.. and Mrs w A Howard. Clara
Elizabeth Howard. Mr.. and Mrs
Claude Darwin. Mr.. John Darwin,
Col. and Mrs. James N. Cox. Jimmie
Cox, Billy Cox. Mrs. Clara Cox Ep-
person, Mr.. and Mrs Sam R. Epper-
son, recently of New York City. all
of Cookeville, Tenn. With them in
their sightseeing is Robert Cox of
Washington Mrs Charles Ford of
Cookeville. Tenn. is the guest of her
husband for several weeks.
DR.. and Mrs. w. A. Howard and
daughter; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Dar-
win and son, and Mrs. Clara Cox Ep-
person will return to Tennessee via
Greensboro, N. C. where they will
be the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
Lucas, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lucas
and Mrs Cora Cox Lucas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Cole and chill
dren, formerly OF johnson City. Tenn.
are now residents of Washington.
Mr.. Daniel Harvey Morgan of
Cookeville is now located in Washing
ton with his sister, Miss Mamie Nor
gan.
Miss Lucia Hendrickson and her
sister, Miss Camille Hendrickson have
returned to their home. in Logan Cir
cle' after a visit to Atlantic City.
Mrs A. Montague Ferry, IS Ken
nedy drive, KenWood Md, is having
bridge tea, sponsored by the mem
bers OF the Kamp Kahlert Comm. 1tee.
Tor the benefit of raising funds to
paint the Administration Building at
kamp Kahlert, Sudley, Md. Thur
DAY at o'clock. The members Of
the committee are: Mrs Harold F
DOYLE. vice chairman: Mrs. Louis A.
DelIWlg. Miss Emma Heck. Mrs.
George c. Hedgecock, Mrs. Harry +
Hun, Mrs. L. T. Jones. Mrs. Frank
b. Lord, Mrs. Charles D. Morgan. Miss
Elsa Peterson. Mrs Hubert S. Smoke
Mrs. Cabot Stevens. Mrs NJ. H. Stock
ett and Mrs. Howard R Watkins.
Evening star., 1934-05-30

Weisel. Miss Martha Weisel and Miss
Elizabeth Weisel of Washington. A
buffet supper was served.
Mrs. Allen H. Kirk entertained at
bridge yesterday in her home at Hern-
don. Va. when her guests were Mrs.
Harold S. Weller. Mrs. William Meyer,
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
us. Refused to
Halt Lynching

WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. g
Callous disregard for human life
is illustrated here by refusal
last week of federal officials to
take action against the fiendlsh
torture and lynching OF Claude
Neal, 24-year-old Negro youth
near Mariana, Florida.
Hours after Neal had been
seized by a lynch gang and south.
ern newspapers had broadcast
invitations ito all white folks to
witness the Staying" and several
hours before the commission OF
the crime, United States Attor-
ney General Cummings declared
that "there was no basis for fed
eral action"
Cummings excuse was that
the case did not involve kidnap-
Ing for ransom"
Even the conservative capital
list newspapers have hurled Cum
mings' lie into his face. The in
fluential New York World Tele'
gram, for example, editorially
points to the fact that seizure
of Neal in Alabama and his muir.
der in Florida, in another state
constitutes the best grounds in
the world for federal interven
tiOn.