Montana labor news., 1934-10-04
ERLER REPORTS
ON RESOLUTIONS
Discusses State Federation Acts
In Detail AT Council Meeting

Paul Erler, President of the Silver
Bow Trades and Labor Council and
Council Delegate to the State Fedora
ton OF Labor convention in Helena,
reported his findings at the last meet
ing Of the council. He discussed at
length the resolutions adopted that
seemed, to him, to be Of greatest i'm
portance for Butte Labor. His report
is as follows
There were AZ resolutions presented
at this convention and the following
are what | deem the most important :
Resolution No. Relative to the re-
strictions that have been proposed on
workers that are on relief in respect to
voting-adopted.
No. 2-Relating to a bus franchise
for a Great Falls concern, considerable
discussion took place and the resolu-
ton was finally voted down however,
later in the convention a resolution of
the same character providing for an
eight-hour day for bus drivers was
adopted.
No. 4-From the Missoula delegation
in regard to the merchants violation Of
the eight-hour day for clerks.
No. Sin regard to violation of the
eight-hour law in all industries affect
ed by the eight-hour law. Committee
was appointed to interview the attor-
ney general to the end that these VIC
lations be stopped-adopted.
No. l2-Relative to the association
Of hospital and medical services. This
movement seems to be growing thru
out the country-adopted
No. l7-Relative to government
ownership and ownership of munition
plants.
No. 20-Relative to a plan Of recov-
cry proposed by Frank Edwards OF
Helena was hotly debated but the con
sensus OF opinion seemed to be that
the labor movement should accept any
plan that offered a return to pros
perity. This particular plan proposed
municipal, state and federal owner
ship of utilities-adopted.
No. H-Reaffirmed the position Of
the Montana State Federation on the
six-hour day.
No. 9-Related to odd age pension
law and that the national government
at the next session OF congress enact
such a law-adopted.
No. 5-Introduced by the Railway
Shop Crafts dealing on the long anC
short haul by railroads-adopted.
No. officiating to the averaging
clause in the Electrical M%anufactur-
ing Code-adopted.
No. 34-Entering into an agreement
with the local unemployment offices
wherein all union men and womer
would be registered. This brought
forth a storm of protest and it wa.
brought out that in places where thii
had been done that union men anC
women had been Disseminated agains
lost,
No. 32-Was against government.
ownership except under certain uniof
conditions-lost
No. 4O-The abolition of the nationa
unemployment service-amended tina
a complete reorganization take plac,
and failing in that, that the service b,
abolished-adopted
No. 42-On Federal Unemployment
Insurance and the re-affirmation o
the conventio to the enactment of thi
law.-adopted,
No. 41-Also relative to National I'm
employment insurance provided tina
the convention support the Townsen,
plan for Old Age Pensions. The re
commentator Of the committee wa
that it be filed as it had been covere,
by the Committee on Officers Report:
On a standing vote the committees re
commentator was adopted p to Is.
No. 35-Was in regard to directin.
relief and resolving that the conventio
insist that Organized Labor be repre-
scented on any and all administratio
boards.-adopted
The Yellowstone Trades and Labo
Council brought in a resolution declar
ing the firm OF Frank Jacoby and Son
of Billings unfair. This is a contractin
firm and they request that all affiliate
unions assist in making this boycott
success.-adopted
A resolution requesting that a boy
colt be placed on the two Helen
papers was presented by the Helen
: Typographical Union. Two member
Of that union have been discharged be
, cause of their activities in the recen
strike against the newspapers and com
mercial plants. The committee recon
mended that a complaint be filed wit
the N. r. A. Administrator. The con
%vention over-ruled the committee an
= the matter was referred to the Execu
tive Board.
No. 16.-From the Washington Stat
, Federation of Labor relative to tn
Construction Industry Code. i wa
resolved that the Federation vigorousl
protest the adoption Of the propose
Building Code.
An election for the convention cit
was held, Great Falls, Deer Lodge an
, Livingston were nominated. On tn
z first ballot, Livingston wa eliminated
S On the second ballot, Deer Lodge wa
: selected after a close race.
A proposition was brought before tn
convention to reduce the per capita ia
= from IN cents to 5 cents. After cor
siderable heated discussion, the cor
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