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Montana labor news., 1934-07-12
Feudal Conditions Re-
ported In Onion Marsh

KENYON, Ohio.-(FP)-Conditions
reminiscent of feudalism exist in
Ohio's onion marsh, according to the
report made by the Toledo Central
Labor Union on the strike of the
Scioto onion workers.
One worker, father Of four children.
said he paid 81 a month for his Toby
14-foot l-room hut. During the work
season, which runs from May to Oc-
tober, he works two days a week with
out pay to insure the landlord his Il
months rent. AS soon as the season
closes, families go on relief.
The work consists of pulling weeds
from between onions planted in rows
one mile in length. One days work
for an adult consists of crawling on
hands and knees, wedding three Of
these rows. The workers knees and
forearms from fingers to elbow are
calloused and blistered from contact
with the soil. Many of them suffer
from a skin disease caused by some
chemical element in the soil.
Children are also employed as
weeders. They start to work when six
years old in groups usually under the
supervision of one of the landowners
or his wife. The supervisors discipline
the children by stepping Oh their
fingers.
Forty-five strikers have been ar
rested in the Scioto district. The crop
is a virtual loss, according to observ-
ers, yet landowners continue to refuse
union recognition. Settlement of the
strike will come only through recog-
milton of the Farm Labor Union which
claims 100 per cent organization of the
weeders, union officials maintain.
Montana labor news., 1934-07-12
LARRY WEIR

During the strike period there has
been no public official that has been
put on the spot as often as Larry
Weir. Weir was elected to office by
Labor and has always pledged him
self to stand by Labor. He was called
upon to fulfill that pledge when the
crafts employed on the Hill walked
off their jobs. He stood by his
promises and has been continually on
the spot ever since. First OF all, he
was asked to deputize the gunner en-
ployed by the Anaconda Company.
This he refused to do. He is one OF
the first sheriffs Of Silver Bow County
that has refused to do this when asked
by the corporation. He was told that
he was finished in Butte, Threats
didn't worry Weir.
At the time Of the arrest Of Harry
Gale, Weir was hailed before the
Court on the insistence OF Dan Kelley
and anyone attending that trial would
have thought Weir was the criminal.
Weir was accused Of every possible
type Of violation of office by the Ana
conda Counsel. Carrigan attacked
Weir in the same manner Weir and
his deputies have been cursed, over
the phone by the Anaconda Company
tools simply because they refused to.
act as strike breakers and legalized
gunner for the Corporation.
Time after time, the Anaconda Com
pany has tried to create disturbances
at various places in order to force the
Sheriff to play into their hands or put
the city of Butte under Martial Law.
Weir has been through the game and
has been wise enough not to be baited.
He has carried out the duties Of his
office but has refused to prostitute
that office for the Anaconda Com
pany. After seeing the low type of
men holding such law enforcing Of
fees in other counties Labor can be
glad that Weir is the Sheriff Of Silver
Bow County. Sheriffs and Police Of
ficers in other cities have recruited
gunner and scabs for the Anaconda
Company but Weir has been satisfied
to keep peace and order in the conf
munity. It is because Weir has not
grabbed the sixth floor bait during
the strike that he is being put on the
spot. WEIR HAS STOOD BY La
Dor AND LABOR SHOULD
STAND BY WEIR.
Montana labor news., 1934-07-12
MAY USE TROOPS
TO BREAK STRIKE

SAN FRANCISCO. - (FP) - The
armed power of the state is being mo-
bilized to break the hard-fought strike
Of the union longshoremen for a liv-
ing wage, decent conditions and con-
troll of the hiring halls or employment
offices. The strike has paralyzed
west coast shipping for over a month.
There have been bloody beatings and
killing by police and deputies, espe-
cially in Southern California ports and
San Francisco.
Mayor Rossi of San Francisco has
been told by the interests here that
the ports must be opened Immediately
The California national guard is ready
for instant mobilization. Governor
Merriam is looking into the legal au-
thority for appointing gunner as spe-
cial officers to guard ships that at
tempt to load or unload. His attorney
general has already said it is lawful.
On the judicial front against the
union the business interests have so
far failed to score a smashing victory.
Roy tombstone, official of the Inter
national Longshoremen's Union, was
tried for assault and battery but the
jury disagreed. Be is to be retired.
Negotiations for a settlement are
still deadlocked. The strikers are not
really radical but they want their
wage increase and, as one of them
said Were going to get that l5c an
hour if we have to overthrow the gov.
eminent TO get it. Nav, I'm not a
bolshevik, I'm an American citizen"
Montana labor news., 1934-07-12
Idaho Miners Following Butte
Program in Political Action

On July the Fourth, the Miners of
Kellogg, Burke, Wallace and Mullan,
Idaho staged a huge picnic near Null
Ian. Over 1000 persons attended. The
Editor Of the Labor News was invited
to deliver the address of the day and
spoke on the subject of a program Of
political action for labor. The addr-
ess was greeted with great enthusia-
SIN.
The workers of this district are fol-
lowing closely the program Of politi-
cal action started by the Butte Unions
some six months ago. The Unions
have drafted and endorsed a political
ticket and are working hard to put it
wei in the Primary Election in Aug
ust. The Idaho workers are anxiously
awaiting the results OF the Butte Pri-
maries for they believe that if Butte
Labor wins it will be a big boost for
Idaho. From reports received at Null
Washington are adoETAO EFT ace
Ian, Unions throughout Idaho and
Washington are adopting the program
established by Butte. A victory for
Labor in these districts mean a huge
Labor Political Movement in the Nor
Invest within the next two years.
The Idaho Miners have suffered
much through politicians who have
no interest in the cause of common
worker. Their relief is meager and
the black-ball is used in the matter OF
relief. The entire relief program is in
the hands Of the mining companies
and they use the methods of Stivers
and Mcmahon in the matter of dis
tributing aid to the needy. 1t was al
so reported that relief supplies are used
in the Company boarding houses and
the men are charged $125 for eating
this food. Reports to those in charge
are made in vain. The State admins
traitor of Relief in Idaho refuses to
keep appointments with committees
and the only way in which the miners
could meet him was to chase him over
the State and bring him to Wallace.
Montana labor news., 1934-07-12
IDAHO MINERS STAGE HUGE PICNIC
EDITOR OF LABOR NEWS MAIN SPEAKER

The situation is deplorable and they
need political action,
The School Teachers of the District
also organized a Teachers Union af-
filiated with the American Federation
of Labor. When the time came for
the renewing of contracts the school
board refused to renew those of the
officers of the Teachers Union. The
workers are doing their best to have
the teachers re-instated and hope to
have them back by the time school
opens.
Working conditions, especially in
Mullan are deplorable. The eight
hour law means nothing to the mine
operators. The men go from the col
lar to their place Of work and back
on their own time, This means that
they put in about ten hours from col
lar to collar. There is little ventila-
ton in the mines and while the men
are working they are virtually trapped
in holes for they cannot get out until
someone for them.
The miners won one valuable decis-
ion from the Labor Board. The Com
pany had been paying them below the
code scale and after the hearing the
men were awarded $1,000 each in back
wages. The Companies have appealed
the decision and are doing their best
to get out Of paying back wages.
Miners in Idaho are in the same boat
with miners in Butte and else where
Their only hope is through politica,
action in their own State first ant
then in the nation. In Idaho they
have a State Constabulary and drastic
sedition laws that are constantly USED
against the workers. They need mer
in their legislative halls to abolish
these weapons of the corporations
They need, as we do in Montana, mer
in the legislative halls that will pas;
legislation to protect rather than ex.
plot the workers Of the State. The
workers OF Montana hope for the sue
cess of workers in Idaho and look
forward to the day when the worker:
Of the Northwest will be united in a
political program for Labor action.
Montana labor news., 1934-07-12
$25, 100000 LOSS
THREATENED BY
BUILDING DELAY

NEW YORK. Experimentation Of
SIS, 100000 allotted by the PWA for
housing construction in New York
City may result from further delay in
beginning work, New York labor lead
ers warned in their call to all trade
unions for a labor conference on pub
lie housing and slum clearance.
For four months this money has
been available for the construction of
decent homes, but not a stone has been
turned" said Sec. James c. Quinn Of
the Central Trades & Labor Council
Of Greater New York.
"The attitude of the administration
toward the housing problem is clearly
shown by its demagogic enthusiasm for
the National Housing Act, just en-
acted" according to a joint statement
issued by the Labor Housing Confer
ence, the Housing Study Guild and
the Federation Of Architects, Engi-
neers, Chemists & Technicians. "The
enactment Of this bill (more t%ruthfully
called the ANTI Housing Act and the
adjustment of the Housing Division
of the PWA mean, purely and simply,
that the government abandons any
sort of positive policy toward improv-
ing housing conditions or providing
employment by public works construc-
ton and deny, in effect, that anything
constructive was ever really intended.
There can be only one of two explana-
tions. Either the administration is
totally ignorant Of the nature Of the
housing problem, or it is seeking to
camoullage a reactionary move by
giving it %demagogic publicity and a
liberal title
Montana labor news., 1934-07-12
ROOSEVELT APPOINTS IMPARTIAL"
BOARD TO SETTLE LABOR DISPUTES
Garrison, Mills and Smith Make Up Organization Which viii
Handle All Questions Concerning the Workers Arising Under
the National Recovery Act.

WASHINGTON.-Presiden Roose-
welt acting under authority granted
him by Congress to settle labor con-
troversies throughout the United
States, named an impartial board Of
three to investigate and mediate dis
putes during the remainder OF the
statutory life of the NRA.
By an executive order issued at the
White House Mr.. Roosevelt took this
essential function out of the hands Of
the NRA and General Johnson, trans
ferred it entirely to the new board,
working in conjunction with the Labor
Department, and decreed the end of
the present national labor board on
July g.
The President designated the new
agency the National Labor Relations
Board and to its membership he
named Lloyd Garrison, dean of the
Wisconsin Law School chairman ;
Harry Alvin Mills, head of the De-
partment Of Economics at the Uni
versity of Chicago, and Edwin S.
Smith, present NRA labor compliance
officer for Massachusetts,. The board
members arei to receive salaries of
$4,000 a year each and must devote all
their time to its work.
In a statement accompanying the
executive order, President Roosevelt
said that his new move establishes
upon a firm statutory basis the addi-
tional machinery by which the United
States Government will deal with la
Dor relations, and particularly with
difficulties arising in connection with
collective bargaining, labor elections
and labor representations"
As expressed by the President, his
order creates in connection with the
Department Of Labor, but not subject
to the judicial supervision of the Sec
rotary of Labor" a board with power
to investigate, hold labor elections
hear complaints OF discharged en-
ployes and act as a voluntary arbitra-
The Presidents Statement.
The Presidents statement follows
1.-THE Executive order that I have
just issued carries out the mandate o.
Congress,as expressed in Public Reso-
luton No. "A, Seventy-third Congress
approved June 10, 1884. 1t establishes
p o a firm statutory basis the addi-
tional machinery by which the United
States Government will deal with la,
Dor relations, and particularly witt
difficulties arising in connection witt
collective bargaining, labor elections
and labor representation.
For many weeks but particularly
during the last 10 days, officials of thu
Department of Labor, the Nationa
Recovery Administration and the Ma
tional Labor Board have been in con
ference with me and with each othe,
on this subject. 1t has been our com
mon objective to find an agency o
agencies suitable for the disposition
of these difficult problems, and afte
making such selection to make clear Il
the public how this machinery work
and how it can be utilized in the in
terest of maintaining orderly industrial
relations and justice as between EN-
ployers, employees and the genera
public, and enforcing the statutes an,
other provisions of law that relate Il
Continued to page 81
Montana labor news., 1934-07-12
SHEEP SHEARERS'
UNION NOTES

1t has been II intention for several
weeks to furnish you, as editor of the
Montana Labor News, with a record
Of our success and misfortune during
the year 1884.
At the beginning of the season of
1884 it was necessary for every sheep
shearer in the state OF Arizona to 90
on strike. Being ably assisted by
Brother O.. H. Johnson, General Or
ganizer of the American Federation OF
Labor, we were successful in tying up
the operation of shearing sheep for at
least forty days. We were very sue
cessful in the strike in Arizona but in
the end it was necessary that the
Sheep Shearers leave the state OF
Arizona for other districts where the
Sheep Shearers' Union price prevailed
one hundred per cent.
During the present season there was
a major strike in the state of Texas
However the Sheep Shearers' Unior
was very successful in its undertake
ing to improve working conditions il
the Lone Star state, and the fight j.
only begun from which the Sheer
Shearers' Union intends to organic,
the unorganized.
During the year 1888 three Stat,
Federations Of Labor came to the as
sistance of the Sheep Shearers Unioi
by adopting a resolution presented t,
them at their annual conventions. TIL.
state that SO ably supported this or
ganization are Idaho, Montana an,
Utah.
During the year 1884 the Unite.
Mine Workers Of District No. p, a
their annual convention held in Sal
Lake City, Utah, adopted our resolu
ton to declare a holiday on the con
sumption of lamb and mutton pro
viding the Wool Growers failed t
recognize the Sheep Shearers' Unto.
on or before February 1, 1885. Dur
ing the month Of June, 10000 Of
Workers in the state of Texas adopte.
our resolution.
On the 18th of June our resolution
was ably presented by Mr.. M.
Thompson, President Of the Uta.
State Federation OF Labor, to the OF
ficials and delegates attending the an
nual convention of the Wyomin.
State Federation of Labor. We ar
pleased to inform you that our reso
luton was adopted by the official
and delegates attending the Wyomin.
State Federation of Labor convention
The resolution as adopted by tn
three above mentioned states, wa
presented to the officials of every In
ternational and National Union in tn
United States. The same resolutio
has also been presented to every Stat
Federation Of Labor. Our tesolutio
will be presented to the officials an
delegates attending the annual con
%vntion of the American Federation c
Labor which will be held in San Fran
cisco.
The officials and the entire mem
bership Of the Sheep Shearers' Unio
desires to thank the officials Of tn
Montana State Federation of Labc
and all its affiliated local unions, fc
the wonderful support received durin
the shearing season of 1884 in III er
deavors to maintain our wage scale c
II cents per sheep with board fun
nished.
Montana labor news., 1934-07-12
Kenne Installed Head of
Anaconda Clerks
Officers, All Reelected, Are In
Quoted by Anaconda Union

ANACONDA-Pete R. Kenne was
installed president of the Anaconda
Retail Clerks union at a meeting held
in Carpenters hall last night. He
succeeds himself in the office as do all
other officers, the union membership
having reelected all officers at the
election held last month.
Other officers installed at last
nights meeting were Floyd Vim, vice
president; Pete D. Liddell, secretary
treasurer; John LAWS, guard; Fred
Barrett, guide; David Dorward, James
White and Hershel Bates, trustees, and
Carmelita Martin, Pete D. Liddell and
Robert Vucasovich, delegates to the
Central Labor Council.
Montana labor news., 1934-07-12
ON THE SPOT

As the time for the Primaries nears,
the Montana Labor News wishes to
draw attention TO a number of can
didates who have been definitely put
upon the spot by either the Chamber
of Commerce or the Anaconda Com
pany during their terms of office.
These men, after being put on the
spot stood by labor and the interests
OF the working class. They have met
the test and Labor should stand by
them now that they need Labor's sup
mort
Montana labor news., 1934-07-12
FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM
Gan EdtoriaD
IAN Editorial)

In 1n6 or forefthes fought with muket and sword for political freedom free
dom from the granny of foreign potntates. They gave heir lives ad sacrificed
their all that their descendants might be a free and happy people T.. assure us
that freedom they set up a political structure that would guarantee the rights of
life liberty and the pursuit of happiness to the generations of Americans to come.
They CAV III a constitution that was to be a weapon for maintaining thath freedoms
a wespon that would make runs and sabres obsolete
In 1884 W are faced with a tyranny that is more oppressive than the rule of Eng
land over her colonies. We are rued by a group of money kings who have ground
a free and independent people to the tatus of haHeL. Instead of our government
being Of, by and for the people it has been one that It's Of by and for the Morgans
and their kind on Wall Street They have garnered the wealth of the land into
their OWE greedy hands and have sentenced the people to poverty, suffering ant
unemployment. They have murdered those who have stood by their constitutional
rights They have scofed late democracy and justice for the common people They
have killed little children and women in industry; they have broken mems bodies
and health in factories and mines; they have sentenced their wives ad daughters
to starvation and prostitution. In short they have done what ever the Cars of
Russia would never have dared attempt Tey have ruled this land of ours with a
hand of iron and blood.
Today, as in rs W are face to face with a struggle for Freedom; nOt merely p-
batHefeds of Lexington and Bunker Hill Our battle-ground today is the ballot
Citizens might march to them, enmasse and there protect the rights so dearly
bought for them
Workers of Butte over a week ao you marched 5000 strong in a huge parade
protesting the tyranny of our absentee landlords. On July IL march to the voting
booths with that same solidarity of purpose Labor has endorsed mena and women
the ballot box and stand sOHdy behind Labmrs endorsements Let each cross on
that ballot be a bullet in the fight for a new freedom Bring the government OF
this State and this Nation back to the people You can do it. For year the COR
poaiOns have owned and controlled your law-making, hwintepretng and law
enforcing offices of the County, State and Nation. AS a result the corporations
LabOrs Candidates in these offices, let these bodies be yours and lift you heads
made of you FIGHT YOUR FIGHT AT THE BALLOT BOX ON JULY Il.
Montana labor news., 1934-07-12

h ELIZABETH, N. J.-(FP)-Paral-
recent arrests OF pickets in Jer-
ey City, Elizabeth police have ar
rested four pickets at the old Durant
Motor Co. plant in front Of a section
occupied by a knitgoods company that
recently moved from New York to
shake off its union employees in the
move. The pickets are to be tried
soon.
Montana labor news., 1934-07-12
NO CHANGE In THE
STRIKE SITUATION

After nine weeks of strike there
is no change in the situation in
Butte. The ranks of the workers
are solid and determined. Order
and quiet prevails. The Company
continues its stubborn attitude des-
pite efforts of the Unions and Gov
eminent Officials to conciliate the
trouble. No conferences have been
held during the past week and there
is nothing new to report.
Montana labor news., 1934-07-12
BLI

Associate Justice Of Supreme Court
A. J. Angstman
Justice of Peace, South Butte
! Art Dubie, M. M. Vivian
The Council has made no endorse
ments for County Commissioner and
County Coroner.
Montana labor news., 1934-07-12

WASHINGTON. - (FP)-Exemp-
ton from the SOC hourly minimum rate
in the farm equipment code has been
asked by IS southern companies, who
wish to be allowed to pay25c an hour.
Montana labor news., 1934-07-12
HARRY ~FREEBOURN

Harry Freebourn is another office
holder that has been continually on
Continued to page 81
Montana labor news., 1934-07-12

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., 1934-07-12

The American standard of
living must be maintained
in order that American in
stituhons may not be sub
iect to perils of discomfort.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-14
By Joe Williams
Still Argue Over All-Star
Hubbell, Harder Are Cause
Writer FavOrs Unsung Hero

NEW YORK July Ito get back to that al-star game
for a few minutes. You may recall that Carl Hubbell
Of the Giants famed six baters the first two innings in
Guiding the heaviest sugger in the American League After
three innings Iubbe retired with the Nationals in front
ttoO
At a later stage, the fifth inning, to be precise Mel
Harder of the Clevelands into the game relief
pitcher The Nationals putting first rate program
at the plate Martin had walked and Frsch, Tranor and
Klein had singled in succession 1t the fercest display
Of sustained hitting the game had developed.
All this had happened Just before Harder came to the box No6d
al this He continued pitch the sixth seventh eighth
second base.
THESE were the cold cmmy these details
rather than Hubbel the pitching hero OF the
concvsby doub seeing for the first time
important and certainly less theo
zeal was the iact that HupoeA naa no oe rneo Oh p rgeG
stop blazing not rally such as confronted Harder IN Sn0 %
Harders valiant as well as more vital 49, .,.
It develops that not all the customers concur IN these sentiments ems
Indeed some Of the customers 2ns AWAY from s question T nd
when have sports writers supposed to
brains?
A NYwAY j. l. T writes I've any pitchers the
n a 6 DO E5a t H6b s0 out Ruth oehg Fox Sim
mons and conn row That was 5enSa9na b pS hd ne n
pitchers stop batting rallies before even the present
bettsr sense S.I Of drama HI you
I'm Hubbel car
cared look for there certainly was far amount
@ Mo- % Itarting rfcber face to face with an array of
D b o s an 5stipnnt that demanded not only high
ba strikes but he did well enough as it
thoroughly that only three succeeded in getting
The balIp past of the afternoon
II Harders pitching performance
> superior things but to ask you
Hubbel did? Just take
batting order And incidentally have
suggestion for the next game
the field the opposition to be furnished by team OF all
picked the losing league
gentleman plainly is that 1t
pitching rally This
Klein, Off,
and
Hubb plenty of trouble
change the
o I think perfect stands. And
the feel the about it, than $4,000
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