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Montana labor news., 1934-03-01
ANOTHER NORRIS AMENDMENT.

George w. Norris, after seeing his lame duck"
amendment adopted unanimously by state legis-
latures, has made a start on another c%onstitu-
tional reform. This time, he is actually trying
to fix things so that the American people can
vote for the President Of the United States.
Weird as it sounds when stated bluntly, peo-
pie do not vote for President now. They vote
for presidential electors. Under the Norris plan,
approved with some changes by the Senate Ju-
dietary Committee, the electoral college will be
abolished. Names Of candidates for President
and Vice-President will be printed on the ballot,
and voters will mark their choice directly. The
man who carries a state gets the electoral vote
of that state-equal to the number of its Sena-
tors and Representatives in Congress.
This makes it possible to have Independent can
didates for the presidency. 1t makes it possible
to start a third party movement on a national
scale. These things are virtually impossible now.
When La Toilette ran in 1924, he found a regular
barbed wire ENHANCEMENT of technical Difficult
ties in his path. Under the Norris plan, these
would be gone, and the people would be free to
pass on the one real question:
DO we want this man in the White House or
not"
Like all Norris reforms, this is a step toward
a more perfect democracy. 1t is of a piece with
the lame duck" amendment, and the Tennessee
Valley Act, and the bill to curb the use of in
functions in labor disputes. Apparently, he holds
with Jefferson, that the advances which cannot
be made by trusting power to the people cannot
be made at all. Is there anything to show that he
is wrong?
Montana labor news., 1934-03-01

Last week, il brought out some facts on the Nj
agara Falls Power Company, one of the Morgan
group, which give at least a partial explanation
for the high cost of electricity
The commission finds that there is almost as
much water in the capitalization OF this COM
pany as goes through its floodgates. When or
ganized in 1918, It was capitalized at 100000
of which $l7,531,6 OH consisted of 'apprecia-
ton" "write-ups"-in a word, water" And
the public has been paying returns on that
"water" ever since.
If that water" had been squeezed out, and the
profits distributed in the form of dividends on
common stock, the holders of that stock would
have received 1926 per cent of their actual in
vestment in 1927, 278.21 per cent in 1928, 265.8
per cent in 1929, 1882 per cent in 1880, and 67.67
per cent in 1881, when the country was nearly
half way down the depression toboggan slide.
These are the Trade Commissions own figures.
They show what comes of letting a public util-
ity collect a fair return" on wind and ink and
the multiplication table. The Federal Trade
Commission is doing one more OF its many good
works in exposing the game.
Montana labor news., 1934-03-01
DAILY NEWSPAPER CODE PERMITS
CHILD LABOR.

The code of fair competition for daily news
papers, signed by President Roosevelt, includes
a child labor provision substantially the same as
that requested by the publishers, provides for a
maximum work week varying from 40 to 4S
hours for clerical and mechanical employees with
some exceptions, fixes a minimum wage for these
employees varying from $11 a week in towns OF
less than $4,000 population to SIS in cities OF over
$4,000 population, and sets up a newspaper in
dustrial board to deal with certain labor contro-
versies under the code.
The child labor section declares that publish
ers shall not employ persons under 10 years OF
age except those who are able, without impair
ment of health or interference with hours Of day
school, to deliver and sell newspapers during
certain hours and perform other p%art-time work,
except in manufacturing departments, for not
more than three hours per day, provided that
no person under IA years Of age shall be so en-
ployed."
In a letter to General Johnson, the Recovery
Administrators, the President said he was not sat
isfied with the child labor provisions and asked
for a special report and recommendation on that
subject in sixty days.
At the same time he requested that publish
ers of newspapers with a circulation of $4,000
or more in cities of 10000 or more institute a
five-day forty-hour week for their staff OF re
porters and writer's" in order to increase en-
ployment. He directed that a report on the five
day week be made to him in sixty days. Gen
eral Johnson, who will make the study, said that
he understood that this request applied to all
writer's, meaning desk men, headline writers and
editorial writers.
Montana labor news., 1934-03-01


oath day of June, 1880, and ever since have
been and now are husband and wife.
(2) That there Is one male child as the
issue Of said marriage, namely, Henri Clair
Larson the age Of two 90 years.
(3) That the Plaintiff Is now and has
been a BONA fide resident of the State of
Montana for more than one ~ year last
past and of said County of Silver Bow for
more than one ~ year Immediately pre-
ceding the commencement of this action.
az That on or about the list day of
June, 1882, and more than a year last past,
the said Defendant disregarding the sol.
emnity of his marriage VOWS, wilfully and
without cause deserted and abandoned the
plaintiff, Mary Larson, and ever since has
and still continues to so wilfully and with
tiff and to voluntarily live separate and
apart from her without any sufficient
cause or any reason, against her will and
without her consent.
() That Plaintiff desires that she be
awarded the custody of the said minor
child, she, the Plaintiff, being a fit and
proper person for the custody Of said
child.
WHEREFORE PLAINTIFF PRAYs
JUDGMENT:
That the bonds of matrimony between
herself and the Defendant be dissolved and
that the Plaintiff be granted a divorce
from the Defendant and that the Plain
tiff and the Defendant be divorced.
(2)
That she, the Plaintiff, be awarded the
care, custody and control of the minor
child Of the Plaintiff and the Defendant,
namely, Henri Clair Larson.
(3)
And for such other further or differ.
ent relief as she may be entitled.
WITNESS my hand and the seal Of said
Court this 9th day Of February, A. d.
1894.
Court Seal
Il. =. KELLY, Clerk.
BY p. II. SULLIVAN, Deputy Clerk,
EDWIN M. LAMB,
City Hall, Butte, Montana,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
First publication March ]. l934-4t.
Montana labor news., 1934-03-01
N OVER
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON-(FP)- Growing
coordination between the government
and American Federation of Labor
unions is indicated in the announce
ment that the United Mine Workers
will move headquarters from Indian
apolis to Washington. John L. Lewis,
president of the union, is also a men,
Der Of the soft coal code authority and
is soon to be an NRA divisional adj
ministrator.
This is one job where you don't
have to worry about Communism
says the architect for r%emodelling the
Soviet embassy. Workers, members
of A. F. of L. unions, are working
with all their heart, they tell FEEDER
ated Press. "The workers of Soviet
Russia are paying for this job" as
II of them explained.
Congressman Frear's idea that the
spotlight ought to be turned on in
come tax returns was rejected by the
House ways and means committee.
And Morgan, Mills, Mellon and the
other big boys heaved a sigh Of re-
lief.
mn TT @ ..oaoc ~ uninu IN
Montana labor news., 1934-03-01
LEGAL NOTICE


No. 1896
SUMMONS
Edwin NJ. Lamb, Atty.
In the District Court of the Second Ju'
dicial District of the State of Montana
In and for the County of Silver Bow.
Mary Larson, Plaintiff, VS.. Clair 70. Lar
son, Defendant.
The State of Montana Sends Greetings e
the Above Named Defendant:
You are hereby summoned to answer thu
complaint in this action, which Is filed in
the office of the Clerk of this Court, q
copy of which is herewith served upon
you, and to file your answer and serve q
copy thereof upon the plaintiffs attorney
within twenty days after the service OF
this Summons, exclusive of the day OF
service n In case of your failure TO APP.
pear or answer, judgment will be taken
against you by default for the relief de
handed in this complaint.
% That the Plaintiff and Defendant
intermarried in Butte. County Of SilVel
Bow, State of Montana, on or about tht
Montana labor news., 1934-03-01

Moscow. But not exactly in their
military capacity. They'll be chauf-
feurs on the autos of Ambassador
Bullitt and other members of the U.
S. embassy staff.
$40
w. P. McCracken, Hoover's assist
ant secretary of commerce in charge
of aviation, denied to the Senate mail
subsidy committee access to his "pri-
vate" files on airmail contracts. At
ter he quit his commerce job, Nc
Cracker turned right around and be-
came counsel for the biggest aviation
companies in soliciting airmail con-
tracts.
Montana labor news., 1934-03-01
TURNING WATER INTO GOLD.

While other enterprises get the l~imelight Of
publicity, the Federal Trade Commission goes on
digging up the iniquities of the Power Trust.
Montana labor news., 1934-03-01

The U. s. marines are going to
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-23

From the above it can be readily
seen that the LID can by no
stretch of the imagination be cor
rectly described as a legal aid So
clety. How then does this concep-
ton Of it arise with some people?
We will deal with only one of
the weaknesses Of the LID. We
will show that this weakness
strengthens and sustains this mis-
conception of its role and purpose.
This weakness is the failure of
the LID to aid in the preparation
Oh working class struggles. The
tendency to come into struggles
after these have produced casual
t1es-after arrests have been made
or workers have been imprisoned,
or workers have been terrorized, is
a major weakness of the It'd.
Must Arouse Farmers
The failure of the LID to aid
In the preparation of struggles
arousing the workers and farmers
to the necessity of building their
class struggle defense organiza-
ton, restrict tiff it comes into
the struggle-to one phase of &C.
tivity; the work in the courts after
the struggle has begun.
Restricting itself to this form
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tain that courts stand over arA
above classes and are in no wav
affected by such thing as a class
struggle. They seek, therefore 70
prevent the shifting of class forces
away from faith in courts and ~.
Deiief in their impartialitv. Thew
nave been created by. charitable
institutions dominated by the
wealthy, and maintain a corns 81
lawyers who are supposed To ron
resent the interests of the Door -
see that they are represented ~
courts and that "miscarriages" AZ
justice do not occur. When the
ruling class comes bearing gifts
let the poor exploited masses he
ware. Legal aid societies are nm.
alterably opposed to the develon-
ment of any mass campaign n
support of the poor in the courts
yet they maintain a ceaseIass
propaganda justifying their exist
ence. They seek through this
propaganda to sustain. to deepen
and to intensity the belief of the
masses that justice is impartial
that the courts stand over and
above classes. Their attorneys are
complete supporters of ruling class
ritual in the courts.
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OUTLOOK

Mrs. N. ]. Nelson entertained a
number of ladies last Monday aft
ernoon.
Miss Louise Hannah visited at
the Cosper home the past week.
Oswald Selvig, Liz Vaughn, Bill
Writ and Rubin Wollan motored
to Glasgow last Sunday to look
over work prospects.
Nurse Allen has been assisting
at the John Becker home during
the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Clawson
purchased the section house in
Daleview which they intend to
move to their farm.
Mrs. Roy Nelson entertained a
number Of ladies at bridge Tues
day afternoon.
Irwin Wilson and Kenneth Symes
Of Raymond visited at the Cookery
home Saturday and Sunday.
Leonard Morgan arrived Satur-
day for a short visit at his home.
He will return Monday.
Mrs. Charles Ross entertained a
number of ladies at bridge Mon
day afternoon. The first prize be-
ing awarded to Mrs. Art LELAND
and consolation prize to Mrs. Roy
Nelson.
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Crowded out last weekly

Carl johnson and family were
Crosby callers Monday where they
had dental work done.
The Home Demonstration club
met with Mrs. August Hultgren
Thursday evening.
The high school students gave
their party at the A. o. U. w.
hall Friday evening. Games were
played and lunch was served at
the conclusion.
Rev. and Mrs. Sands entertained
the McElroy ladies aid at their
home in Westby Thursday after
noon.
Art Hetland, A. Stageberg, Jake
Wiler, Morris Johnson and Hank
Lenorie were Plentywood callers
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Rogstad were
visitors at the Art Berg home on
Thursday.
The whist tournament was held
at the Crystal cafe by the ladies
of Westby. The west side won the
contest after which luncheon Was
served by the east side.
The funeral services of James
Bucannen was held Tuesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock at the Orpheum.
The Rev. Emerson, Baptist minister
conducted the service.
Ethal, young daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Cleurfman died at the
Plentywood hospital Sunday. She
leaves besides her relatives a host
OF schoolmates and friends to
mourn her passing.
The Reinhard and Gust Stubbe
families received the message Of
the death of John Hammer, broth
er-in-law, of Crosby. Death was
caused by a car accident. They
were unable to attend the funeral
due to the message coming too
late.
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Comertown-DooIey

A parcel shower was held for
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard King March
8, by Mrs. Horace LaVerdure and
Mrs. Arnold Hanson. Many pres
ents were received.
Mrs. George Goetzinger called
at the Helen Franklin home Thurs
day.
A baby boy was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Pete Mack Thursday, March
18th.
Christ Tuffen visited relatives at
Whitehall last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hienie, Minot, are
visiting at the homes of their sis
ters, Mrs. Simon Hanson and Mrs.
Carl johnson.
Miss Helen Franklin was calling
at the Henry Hunter home Mon
day.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-23

program of the Nebraska Holiday
Association madison County Plan)
mass action to protect farm fam.
lies against the attack of the
bankers, insurance companies and
middlemen-was given an excellent
demonstration in the action of the
Buffalo county farmers at Hank
ms farm last week.
With this militant program as a
basis, the coming convention Of the
Holiday here March %, %, will
strengthen the organization so
that no farm family will be evicted
nor any farmers go hungry in the
state.
Recent events in South Dakota,
where the bankers courts are try
/ ing to crush tie militant UFL or
ganization there, will be discussed
in order that they may know how
to protect our organization from
similar attacks by Wall Street.
Preparations are we'll under way
and a good convention is expected
The sessions will be held at the
Lederkranz Annex, 40S West Isl
street.
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of activity, coming in Os saa. n
events, there can be no Os al',, 3
clusion as to the LIDS nSfa y / 1
its character, than that !
legal aid society, an OIg 1.DsI y
furnishing attorneys anu ~ n
This miscOnceptiOn nus Iss,r5
broken down. As a class ''i ~
organization, the LID s,.,sIl
S ar ,,1b bound up with. . es''l y
interested i, aT in the activities 'is,' \
other class struggle O !gls...'t .
Il must express this ints ls,o.ar
t ii uaTIs by concrete e0 ans1,ss5
proposals which it must !. so he .
m me t,'l Of the preparation. S 4
fellOW-claSS-SIAuoo
for struggle. =. q ~
- This is one way sy!;,i os' BE- y Q,
most important, by T " md cbs1
conception c,u of the role ,. al ID q
ter of the LID as q is'It ca
c Gle can be DESTROYED,
must engage in Prs !. cIsss 81"
struggles satr Of all other CO.
gle organizations. :. no da
The moment brooks roo : q sppr 49,
Let ~ US move forward satr,a y d''
ton aor with the class ''''''
nizations.
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which is known as the old Nesting
place. They will move next week.
Mrs. John Rohweder, Mrs. R.
Stubbe and Mrs. M. Berg called
On Mrs. E. E. Morrison Monday
afternoon
w. F. Fellows, liquidating agent
from Plentywood was in town on
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred HELM drove
to Noonan to see their daughter
Alta, on Sunday. She is improv-
ing slowly.
Art Hetland, Fred Campbell and
Herman Anderson, members of the
Westby Americna Legion. drove to
Williston Saturday to attend the
meeting there.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Morrison
took their daughter Delilah to the
Ambrose hospital Saturday rOl
medical treatment, but DR.. Weeks
operated Sunday morning. She
had her tonsils removed and was
able to return home Sunday eve
ming.
Ed Iverson and family were the
dinner guests at the home OF Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Rohweder at Nc
Elroy Sunday.
The funeral of James Buchanan
was held Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock at the Orpheum building.
Rev. Emerson conducted the ser
vice. Miss Merna Mason anC
Mrs. William Klies sang a mum
Der Of beautiful hymns. Mrs. An
ton Detmirson was accompanies.
Both Miss Mason and Mrs. KlieI
are teachers here.
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What Is The International Labor defense

The international Labor Defense
is a working class defense organi-
cation basing itself upon theory
and practice Of class struggle
class struggle organization fight
ing against boss terror and cap
italist class justice. 1t seeks to
involve the broadest masses in de-
Tense struggles, in active support
of the class demands of those it
represents. It seeks thus to bring
about permanent shifting of the
class forces-a shifting of mass
opinion to support the class de-
mands of the workers and farm
ers for working class justice. It
seeks thus to destroy the illusions
Of the impartiality of justice and
to expose the courts as agencies
Of the ruling class in the class
struggle. It seeks to show that
so-called miscarriages of Justice
are but examples of ruling class
justice, that they cannot be sep
arated and that linked together
they reflect the policy Of the rul-
ing class in its courts.
Class Struggle Is Basis
The supreme Importance of the
international Labor Defense lies in
the fact that it bases itself upon
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-23

PlentywOOd, Mla
March 20, lSS /
Producers News
Plentywood, Mont.
Dear Friends:
/ read your article in the DAM
regarding the mass meeting.
The Relief Committee sesm i
have plenty Of hay on hand al
stored away. l was to see tk n
lief committee the day before vi
meeting and askd if they had uI
hay or cracked grain. We ID
lost two cows and a horse for ha
of feed. l was told that there va
no feed of any kind and thq
knew nothing about whether an
more would come in. The char
man lat least that's what he thin
he is supposed to be) said aa
nothing more could be done ab@
it in Helena as there was no mon
money, but they had wired y
Washington to find out Il any
thing could be done.
We poor farmers can do nOth4
when ex-bankers and high-iackHh
are put in charge Of the ela
They like to see those that hsN
plenty of feed and are really well.
TODD have all the relief and iS
they want. Some that had th's
sands Of bushels Of wheat in tAa
granaries got cracked wheat ~
more of it than those who S
nothing, and the relief commits
knew it too.
Upon entering the relief Oif a
one sees "Boss" Stenehjem N D
swivel chair with either a cigar Z
pipe in his mouth. :,
He chances up to see WHO J
L
coming-if it is. one Of MS esl
special friends or political cF'nls
and schemers he is very peaSD
and will do most anything for ~ 4
if it isn't his eyes drop snd
is exceptionally busy wrItag = !.
tiers or reading his mail YOU :
ignored. If you wait long en'lI +
he'll ask you what you WsnI :,
you speak first you don't ~
whether he will answer OF :.
This is the way the poor lSiD
are treated. .,.e
The farmers are very fon ss.
to have THEIR OWN paper ny
ing for them. The first mon, ~.
get will go to the Producers e, :.
and I hope everyone VIII ="
the Importance Of our paun
help to make it bigger better p
a great success. -, p,,sr
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FARMERS UNION
ASKS NCREAs
CONTINUED from From, ..


wheat and industrial 49,.
and a9dt the following res sSnaoa
ado adopted tie !, whereas the V Oro.
tax Of thirty cents Der p S''a
wheat milled for domesti.O osAs :
ton i insufficient !" eoasp@
parity returns to whest eSaSGS
Under these conditio1Sp' 0TsS
that the allotment tax ~ v, W. a
to give the wheat grower a. a y
parity price, and rrpe - n Tie h
additional benefits be D. t9'' I'd
growers who carry out t' ~. 'aea
m m requirements and , '1s
tlonal payments BE- ms 0S'a
spring Of 1884: e hS
And be it Further Ro..
the processing tax should :,
times be at least equal to IA. a
ent tariff on wheat; ~S Pa
And be it Further RasoL,.
in addition to the press ,'' S Y
on wheat per bushel the tsris a'tt
carry an additional advsI t,l Nh
equal to the protein nrsn. Ia NJ
said wheat. 'n 4
And be it Further Ra.ol..,
the system Of Milling in RAM y :
Canadian wheat is detrim. S"% q
the hard wheat grove, y \ '
United States, and We u,o - \ y
all wheat entering the 7 M, ~
States be subject to the taS +s% {
wheat and classed as inn. '
wheat for domestic consumes. N
And be it Further ResOlvs5 I A..
a copy of these resOlutioO, = !,
forwarded to: y
Secretary Of Agriculture WI
lace; United States Senate, pSa
son; United States Senator W. w
er; Congressman Ayres: NV v
Thatcher; United States Sr,,',
Frazier, Of North Dakota.
Committee:
Richard Nixon,
F. E. Bergren.
W. H. BaDp
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WESLEY

Mrs. John Rohweder arrived on
Friday evening from Minnesota.
bringing her brothers. children,
Mrs. Lorelace is i'll in the hospital
at Crookston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gust Stubbe had
as their guests Sunday evening Art
Hetland and family, R. Stubbe and
family, Hamper Nielsen and the
Delgard sisters, Regime, Gerda and
Lydia.
Pete Ellingson has purchased the