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Montana labor news., 1934-04-19
SUBTRACTION, DIVISION AND
SILENCE

Continued from Page 3, col. -
lied interests with a cry for impeach-
ment.
Montana has usually the best health
rate of any state in the Union. If we
would take a chance on not dying for
IL months we would save half enough
to pay our state debt and in 2 years
we would have it all paid.
Figures tire the average reader. In
addition to fire and life companies we
also help support some magnificent
Eastern offices for handsome officials
and stockholders of casualty, fidelity,
health, accident, automobile and work.
mems compensation insurance compan-
les. We could probably save enough
to pay our state debt in one year if
we could keep them all out for one
year.
This is the first Of a series of ar
ticles on how the moneys of the peo-
pie of Montana are subtracted from
them, how the division is made and the
complete silence Of the corporation
owned press on the subject.
LOWNDES MAURY.
Montana labor news., 1934-04-19
JAIL 20, GAS PICKETS IN
ATTACK ON

CLEVELAND-(FP)-A score of
pickets were arrested, charged with
rioting, when police threw tear gas
bombs and used their clubs in an eff
fort to break the line of pickets at
the Cleveland Worsted Co. plant.
The plant, employing 1000 workers,
is completely closed and very few
strikebreakers pass the lines around
the plant. The R~avenna shop of the
concern is also closed with some 600
textile workers out.
The strike started when the COM
pany refused to act on repeated de-
mands that workers fired for union
activity be returned to their jobs.
Carl Cummings, United Textile Work
ers of America organizer, has made a
formal statement to the mayor Of
Cleveland on police brutality.
Montana labor news., 1934-04-19
Doctors Remind Bosses of
Profit in Healthy Workers

CHICAG0-(FP)-More jobs for
doctors and more profits for employ
ers are in sight if workers r given
proper medical attention, it appears
from the report of the board on indus
trial medicine published in the Amer
lean College Of Surgeons journal.
The doctors complain, however, that
employers do not appreciate the fl
nancial gain that would accrue to
them if their human machinery could
be kept fit"
In the same journal Secy, Bert w.
Caldwell of the American Hospital
Assn. points out that privately owned
hospitals are a bulwark against med
ical socialism and that the Income of
the surgeon increases as the revenues
of the voluntary mot publicly-own-
ed) hospital grow"
Montana labor news., 1934-04-19
OLD Time MINER DISCUSSES CODES
INCREASED WAGES MINERS WOULD BRING
BUTTE OUT OF SLUMP; URGES ADOPTION OF
MINER UNION CODE

would-be great. Unless that restora-
ton is made in the mean future the
President knows and thousands of
others in a vastly humber position
than the President know that u So
called civilization is due for a crash
and deserves to crash.
The miners are asking too that the
wage scale be a sliding scale, that is
if commodities go up twenty-five per
cent when wages are increased ten per
cent as they have invariably in the
past, the wages will automatically ad-
vance to curb this g%enteel extortion.
Without this provision an advance in
wages would mean that the miner
would benefit not at all but that he
would merely contribute further to the
demands of others who are in a po-
sition to gouge him.
The Presidents avowed purpose is
to keep prices down to a reasonable
margin of profit and to "boost" wages
to the end that buying power might
be augmented and if these plans fail
or if either one of them fails, the
whole campaign goes to pot.
And now comes the vital question;
Do the big fellows, the big business
men the companies etc, want the
Presidents plan to succeed? Are
they willing to make the sacrifice de-
manded? Are they wiling to take
something less in the way of profits
and put something more where it be-
longs in the workers envelope?
If they are and do then the Blue
Eagle means something. If they are
not and do not then humanity will
need feel blue and we're back in the
identical old spot, with selfishness
still in the saddle and riding harder
than ever for the ultimate and GER
tain fall.
If the miners are paid their thirty
six dollars a week this town will pick
up so quickly that even the optimist
will receive the surprise of his career
and the pessimist will believe he's
having a nightmare. The business
man, the professional man, everyone
will benefit thereby and old man de-
preston will sneak away defeated and
doomed anything less and the Old
Man is apt to become a permanent
resident.
The miners as a class care not for
wealth. Give them ten dollars a day
and they'll spend it. Never was a
miner arrested for boarding gold. He
Montana labor news., 1934-04-19

to campaign expenses or otherwise
participate in political activities"
He emphasized the necessity for a
Federal investigation in his declara-
ton that the A. 7. g. T. is more
powerful and skilled than any state
government with which it has to deal"
He estimated the cost of such a thor
ough investigation at between $780,
600 and 81 100000 and suggested the
assessment of the companies to pay
for it.
In addition to the monstrously large
salary of $4,000 which Clifford
draws from high rates charged tele-
phone users and low wages paid en-
|ployes, DR.. Splawn cited t~wenty-one
other officials of the A. T. & 7. who
are paid from $4,000 to STA, $50 per
year.
Montana labor news., 1934-04-19
(By the Old Time Miner.)


As everyone knows the purpose of
the New Deal launched by President
Roosevelt is to increase the purchas-
ing power of the masses and by so
doing put into circulation, once again,
the life-blood of trade, industry and
commerce, so long stagnant, static and
frozen up.
The miners of Butte, organized to
the extent of something like six thou
sand strong, entirely in accord with
the National Recovery Act and will
ing to play the game fairly and
squarely, have submitted a code and
it is of this code, as an Old Time
Miner, | desire to make a few re-
marks.
1t demands first of all, a thirty
hour week and a minimum wage Of
thirty-six dollars per week. And for
those of us who have known and who
know today the danger, the heat, the
gas and smoke, the life shortening
and destroying environment and con
ditions prevailing underground, the
proposal is not ridiculous as some no
doubt will maintain, but on the con-
trary, pre-eminently conservative and
just and fair.
Is thirty-six dollars per week for two
weeks or for four weeks per month,
an exorbitant wage for a man who is
giving up the best years of his life
in (slaving) and that's the word in
tended, shaving to make life easy and
provide luxuries for someone else?
Is six hours per day too little for
a man to put his life in jeopardy, sac
rificie his health, torture his body,
mind and soul and get out of it,
enough to eat for himself and fam
lily, maybe? And certainly no more.
We have ever talked about the
American standard of living, the high
American wage, the lofty American
ideals. All right. The miners Of
Butte would like to see some of these
things applied to themselves. Alb
stractions are one thing, applications
and action are something else again.
The purpose and intent of the Pres
ident's campaign is to re-distribute
the National income in a way that
will give the worker a portion of
what rightfully belongs to him and
which too often has been taken from
him by class legislation, fraud, chilean
cry, grand larceny and other we'll
known methods of the great and the
Montana labor news., 1934-04-19
PHONE INDUSTRY ABUSES ARE
SCORED BY SPLAWN

|. C. C. Member Urges Federal Con-
troll of Communications Systems
4. T. and T., Which Pays Its Presi-
dent $4,000 Salary and Imposes
Company Union Scheme on Its En-
ployes, Called "More Powerful and
Skilled Than Any State Govern
ment.
Montana labor news., 1934-04-19
FIGHTS
COMPANY UNION

BROOKLYN, N. Y.-(FP)-The
efforts of the Brooklyn Edison Co.
to put vel a company union on its
employees is being opposed strongly
by the Brotherhood of Utility En-
ployes, national utility union.
The workers in the Hudson Ave.
steam generating plant, biggest steam
generating plant in the world and
producing a million horsepower, are
almost solidly oranized and are de-
manding a Regional Labor Board cleo
ton.
Montana labor news., 1934-04-19

NEW YORK.-The holding COM
pany has proved as prolific of
abuses" in the communications indus
try as in the power industry, declared
DR.. Walter M. Splawn, a member of
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
in recommending to the House Inter
state Commerce Committee that tele-
phone and telegraph companies be
subjected to strict control by the Fed
eral Government.
Holding that the telephone industry
is an absolute monopoly, DR.. Splawn
in describing the operations of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company, which imposes a notorious
form of the company union on its
employees, said 'the generosity with
which the management rewards itself,
the Importance of the industry and the
magnitude of its operations call for
actual and not minimal control"
He cited the $4,000 which the
company pays Walter S. Clifford, its
president, as an example of the wholly
u%nwarranted remuneration secured by
officials of communications holding
companies for their services, which,
he i%ntimated, are frequently used
against the public interest.
In order to ferret out the question
able practices of these gigantic con-
Germs, DR.. Splawn called for a thorough
investigation of the communications
companies, to embrace the "extent
communications companies contribute
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-09-27
A LOVING MATE BUT POOR
HOUSEHOLDER

HTTS TINE for my dust BATH saio
/ Msurner the Dove to Peter HaD-
bit, as the latter sat thinking over
what Mourner had just told him about
eating gravel rs an aid to digestion.
There Is dusty spot over In the
Long Lane where | take dust bath
every day." continued Mourner.
IF you don't mind" said Peter. I'll
70 with you"
Mourner said he didn't mind, SO Pc
ter followed him over to the dusty
place in the Long Lane. There Mourn
er was joined by Mrs Mourner. who
WAS dressed very much like him save
that she did not have as beautiful a
neck. While they thoroughly busted
themselves they chatted with Peter.
Il see you on the ground SO much
that I've often wondered II you build
your nest on the ground" said Peter
mo-" replied Mourner. Mrs. Dove
builds In a tree. but usually not far
above the ground. Now, II you'll ex
cuse us we must get back home. Mrs
rove has two eggs to sit on, and while
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-09-27
Swamp's Mysteries Now
Hidden for All Time

The dismal Pymatuning swamp
near Espyville, Pa, Is disappearing
beneath waters lmpounded by mill
lIon-dollar state dam, closing its
secrets to mankind forever.
Natives of this Doggy area %
miles south of Lake Erie insist that
strange monsters, survivors of their
specIes OF an earlier geological era,
roamed In the semi-troplcal heart OF
6 the swamp.
Biologists, skIrting the frInges Of
its mucky depths. found unknown
plants and animals believed to have
survived the Glacial age. Beautiful
orchids, poisonous reptiles and car
nlyorous plants abounded there.
Natives say the half-rotted hull OF
an early Spanish sailing ship lies
deep In the swamp. They say 1t Is
the ship Griffith, abandoned by De
Soto after the expedition up the She
mango river was begged In the marsh
over $50 years ago.
The Delaware Indians called the
swamp "the dwelling place OF the
crooked-mouth man." They warned
of "great spirit OF many shapes, )"
which rose from the swamp with the
moon.
White men laughed and began to
explore. Some never appeared again.
Skentics discounted the stories told
by the few who returned. Soon the
truth will be covered with 5 to II
feet OF water.
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"Airway of Storks" Has
Been Accurately Traced

Migration of storks has been STUD
led for years by Germany, Denmark
and other European countries and the
.airway of the storks" has now been
traced. Thousands Of storks have
been marked and a record kept or
their coming and going. OF the so
hinged storks which left Denmark last
August reports Of nearly 400 have
been received. Leaving Denmark, the
storks fy to Germany. Then they
make their way to Czechoslovakia,
Hungary, Rumania, and across the
Bosphorus to Asia Minor, but II is
not vet known whether they fly to
Ecypt through Palestine or across the
Mediterranean. In Egypt they travel
down the Nile. past the GreafslIsakes,
eventually reaching Natal or the Cape.
where they settle down for sunny
smell. About August 20 the storks
leave Denmark and are hack by the
middle Of October.
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she Is sitting. | like to be close at hand
TO keep her company and make love
TO her"
The Doves shook the loose dust from
their feathers and flew away. Peter
watched to see where they went, but
lost sight of them behind some trees,
so decided to run up to the Old Or
chard. There he found Jenny and Mr..
Wren as busy as ever feeding that
growing family of theirs. Jenny
wouldn't stop nm instant TO gossip.
Peter was so brlm full of what he had
found out about Mr.. and Mrs. Dove
that he just had to tell some one. He
heard Kitty the Catbird among the
bushes along the Old Stone Wall, so
hurried over to look for him. AS soon
hs he found him, Peter began to tell
whit he had learned about Mourner
che Dove.
That's no news, Peter" interrupted
Kitty. II know ali about Mourner and
his wife. They are very nice people
though | must say that Mrs. Dove Is
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-09-27
BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN
by THORNTON W. BURGESS
By THORNTON w. BURGESS

one of the poorest housekeepers |
know OF. | take 1t you never have
seen her nest"
Peter shook his head. No said
he. II haven't. What Is 1t like?"
Kitty the Catbird laughed. ITS
about the poorest apology for nest
know Of" said he. ut Is made OF
little sticks and mighty few of them.
How they hold together is more than
| can understand. ] guess 1t Is good
thing that Mrs. Dove doesn't lay more
than two eggs. and It's a wonder to
me that those two stay In the nest.
Listen! There's Mourner's voice now.
For one hnppy he certainly does have
the mournfulest sounding voice. To
hear him you'd think he was sorrow
full instead of happy. 1t always makes
me feel sad to hear him.
That's true" replied Peter. but
like to hear him Just the same Hello
Who's THAR
O. r. w. Burgess --WNu Service
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Ennliah GooseherrY Pie.

Line the side only of deep pie dish
with rich paste. Fill with one quart
Of ripe gooseberries which have been
stemmed and cleaned, pour boiling wa
ter over the berries and drain and
cool. Add one and one-half table
spoonfuls of butter and one-third cup
full of currant jelly. Moisten the edge
Of the pic with cold water and spread
top crust with few perforations In
the center. Flute the rim and bake
forty minutes. Serve turned upside
down on platter. Serve with hard
sauce.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-09-27
QUESTION BOX
BY ED WYNN. -.
The Perfect Fool

Dear Mr. Wynn:
read In the newspaper that we'll
known shoemaker was arrested for
hlgamy. He has two wives. The yer
diet Is that he must give one some
money, and live with the other Which
wife do you think he'll live with. his
first or second wife?
Yours truly,
MARY WONCE.
Answer. n he Is a shoemaker, as
you say and II he Is good shoemak-
er. he will stick to his last.
Dear Mr.. Wynn.
The other day was laid fiat on my
hack by an attack Of "perItonitIs. 7
Now am unable to work. What shall
do?
Sincerely.
N. VALID
Answer Report II the government
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-09-27
BAKED Peaches.

Select large ripe peaches for baking.
Peel, cut into halves and remove
stones from the peaches. In the cav
ity place seeded raisin. one teaspoon
full OF sugar. one-half teaspoonful Of
butter and a sprinkle OF mace. Bake
slowly In a moderate oven until the
peaches are soft. Serve on rounds of
sponge cake with sweetened cream.
@. Western Newspaper Union.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-09-27
Thank God for a
Friend Like You
BY ANNE CAMPBELL

THANK God for friend like you
L In bitter daysl
Your handelasp Is firm and true,
And stauneh your ways.
Though shadows are bleak upon
The morning skies.
I glimpse the first hint Of dawn
Deep In your eyes.
Thank God for a friend like you'll
In Joy or pain,
A bird scars into the bluei
dream again!
Hope arches a rainbow high
In the days design!
Thank God. us Time marches by.
You're a friend of mlnel
copyright.--wNU Service.
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at once that you have been attacked
by "peritonitis." Something should be
done to teach 4 lesson to these for
eigners.
Dear Mr.. Wynn:
live In little town In which Is
situated the state insane asylum. They
have tower on the main building
with large clock In 1t, but the clock
Is ALWAYS one Or two hours too early
or too late. Do you think 1t Is proper
to have a clock that isn't right In
state institution
Yours truly.
|. NJ. KNUTTY.
Answer: It Is perfectly proper In
the case you mention. The reason
they have that clock In the insane asy-
lum is because 1t Is not right.
Dear Mr.. Wynn:
hear that Mussolini has Insured the
thumb on his right hand for 100000
How can his right thumb be so valu
able?
Yours truly,
I. ITALIAN.
Answer. 1t Is probably the thumb
he keeps the people under.
Dear Mr.. Wynn.
| am girl eighteen years OF age
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-09-27
Splcod Rhubarb.

Put into the preserving kettle six
cupfuls OF rhubarb peeled and cut into
small pieces. one cupfnl Of seeded
ralslns, one cupful OF apple vinegar,
four cupfuls of sugar, one teaspoonful
OF cinnamon and one-half teaspoonful
of Glove. Bring slowly to the boiling
point and LET simmer until OF the con-
slstency OF marmalade. Put Into
glasses and seal with paraffln. Ii the
vinegar Is very strong dilute 1t with
water.
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nother5CookB
NOW is THE TIME

NTOW liz the time when each fruit
y comes into the market to have at
hand a few of the delectable recipes
which have waited for them. While
the fresh berries are plentiful prepare
them for the winter when jellies, jams
and preserves Of all kinds are SO much
enjoyed
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-09-27
Housewives Idea Box
FOR ICE-BOx COOKIES

FOR ICE-BOX COOKIES
An Ice cream container makes an
excellent mold for ice-box cookies.
Press your cookie mixture into the
carton firmly. Put on the cover.
Place 1t In the refrigerator. When
you are ready TO bake, tear away the
cardboard and you have perfectly
shaped cylinder to cut up into
cookies.
THE HOUSEWIFE
Copyright BY Public Ledger. Inc.
WSU Service
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-09-27
Necessity

tsreen-You must be keen ON the
talkles, old boy. to go twice week.
Howarth-It's not that exactly.
You see, Ii | don't 20 regularly.
can't understand what my kids are
saying
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-09-27
No White House Ball Room

There lie no bali room, az such. 10
the White House. The drawing room.
known as the East roam. where dnnc
Ing occurs after state receptions and
similar functions, Ia on the main noor.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-09-27

and boy the same age Is going to
call on me tomorrow night. / guess
I'm little too old-fashioned for these
modern boys. What ! want to know
Is this: RI he kisses me shall scream
for my family7
Yours truly,
HOPE HEESGOOD.
Answer: Not unless you want him
to kiss them, too
Dear Mr.. Wynn:
My uncle, a man about forty years
OF age, has habit | cannot under
stand. Every night just before he
gets into his bed he puts some money
under his pillow Can you tell me
why7
Sincerely,
AL e. GATOR.
Answer. That is very simple He
puts money under his pillow SO he
feels that he has something to fall
back on.
Dear Mr.. Wynn.
Can you tell me what became OF the
little fellow who used to sell papers
at Forty second and Broadway? /
mean the little fellow with one eye
named Charley.
Truly yours,
FULLER PRUNES.
Answer. Tell me the name of his
other eye and will try to find him for
you.
O. tbs Associated Newspapers
WNU Services.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-09-27

Dear Mr.. Wynn.
am a girl eighteen years OF age
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-09-27
Yours truly,
HOPE HEESGOOD.

Answer: Not unless you want him
to kiss them, too.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-09-27
Sincerely.
AL Il. GATOR.

Answer: That Is very simple. He
puts money under his pillow SO he
feels that he has something to fall
back on.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-20

aerial pursuers with its machine guns, fore, aft and amidships.
 Propelled by motors of 2,400 hp., in all, it demonstrated it's ability, in tests recently completed at Le Havre to speed fully loaded at 155 miles an hour for more than HOO miles. Quick on the getaway, it climbs a mile in seven minutes.
 Bomber Is Monster
 For airmail service across the South Atlantic, the plane would be fitted to carry IA tons of mail, while for passenger service linking Marseilles, Algiers and Tunis, it would be given a second-class cabin for eleven travellers, a first class cabin for six and de luxe cabin for two
 The monster-like new bomber, powered with four engines, is de-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-20
BONUS BILL IS BEING FORGED
 TO HOUSE VOTE
Administration Prepares for Drive Against Meas
 ure for gym ent

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20-A grow ing sentiment in the House for ac- tion on the two billion dollar bonus bill calling for a payment in green backs found the Administration pre- pairing for a drive to defeat it or if not to defeat it to make compromise.
 The White House strongly op- posed the measure introduced last March by Representative McKeown of Oklahoma.
 Already 127 Representatives have signed a petition to force a vote on bringing the measure out of the Ways and Means Committee. Only eighteen more names are re- quired to put the House on record.
 Democratic leaders generally con- ceded the measure will pass in the House.
 It was announced this afternoon that sufficient signatures had been secured to call the bonus bill out of the committee and get it before the House notwithstanding the fact President Roosevelt does not ap- prove of the measure.
 It is not known what the Senate will do but the President will veto the bill if it is passed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-20

signed like the seaplane for rapid climbing and flight over a long range with a heavy load Its de- tails have not been announced, pending completion of trials. but it is intended to meet criticism from various French quarters that the nations air force is inadequate in the face of neighboring fleets, par ticularly that of Italy
 Speedier Planes Planned
 Models for still speedier an d more powerful planes. able to climb to 32,00O feet in less than 30 mln- utes, and cruise at 235 miles an hour, also have been adopted by the French. They were prompted by reports that Germany had de- veloped a plane of that speed. But scrapping of old machines is not scheduled before 1887 or 1888.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-20
NATIONS ST ART FIGHT
 OVER AUSTRIA
Question of Nazi or Fascist Rule Is Brought to
 Direct Issue

LONDON, Feb 20.-According to press dispatches the question as to whether Austria will become Nazi or Fascist has reached a head with Germany on one side and Italy on the other, both shouting encourage ment to their friends.
 The Austrian Nazis demanded the Government come to terms with them in eight days, saying the Government must be taken over by them.
 Italian newspapers attacked Ger many
 In France, the government there the affair as bringing to a showdown the struggle between Hitler and Mussolini for control of Austria