Montana labor news., 1934-11-29
Materials Wanted for
Workers Museum
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F. Growth of lighthouses and bread
lines. pictures here).
l. Increasing extravaganza of the
wealthy. Chiefly illustrated by
advertising materiaD.
A. Expensive magazines and books
deliberately bound. COPIES Of
Fortune and Esquire and any
useless expensive books).
B. Empty containers for expensive
cosmetics.
c. Pictures of yachts, expensive
autos, lavish apartments, pent-
houses and private castles, bridge
playing, coming-out-parties, New
York fashions, etc. Samples of
luxury toys for children OF the
rich, or pictures, if samples can
not be obtained).
II. Intellectual and ethical breakdown
A. Use Of police as a class instru-
ment. (Any pictures or samples
of the use Of the third degree =
rubber hose, b~lackjacks, rope ends
chains used in chain gangs any
instrument of torture. Photos OF
injuries inflicted by the police.
Pictures of policemen beating
strikers or using tear gas. Charts
or pictures showing the use of
the spy SYSTEM.
B. Commercialism in religion. ANY
thing that will illustrate the
work" of Billy Sunday or Aimee
Semple Mcpherson. Sayings OF
quaek preachers or newspaper &C
counts of big r%evivals.
c. Appeal to the artificial - COM
liberalization OF sex. Movie adj
vertisements. True Story and
True Confession Magazines. Lis
terine and Life-buoy Soap ads.
D. Breakdown Of individual morale
Figures on the suicide rate =
also newspaper accounts of sui
cides due to unemployment, etc
Figures and stories on insanity
drug consumption - anything re-
garding the Aspirin Age).
:. Medical fakes. (Chiropractic dip
Tomas. Patent medicine contain
ers. Liquor ads and claims. Ads
of certain kinds of breakfast
Gods and "health" builders).
F. Commercialization of sport. (Pio-
lures of big football games, box
ing matches, auto races, airplane
races, etc. Newspaper accounts
of corruption of sports and sports
managers.
G.. News monopolies. Decline in the
quality Of news. (Anything thai
will show how big s%yndicates car
and do control what the public
reads).
". Withholding Of inventions from
use. Newspaper accounts or any
other sources of information re-
garding this phase. How models
of television, reading machines
and useful patents are bought III
and then put in cold storage
V. Greater and greater %concentra-
ton Of wealth. Charts and fig
ures showing amount Of income
received by the rich and that re
ceived by the poor. Charts anC
newspaper accounts showing how
coupon clippers spend the win.
tiers in Florida while wages are
reduced in the industries iron
which they receive their income)
vi. Increasing araments competition
between States at the expense O
the taxpayers.
A. Bigger navies. pictures of nav.
les. Accounts of naval manoeuy.
res, increase in appropriations 70.
navies, reasons for navy increase
etc..
B. c. M. T. c. and r. O. T. c. (Pic.
lures and figures showing activi
ties).
c. c. c. C. camps. pictures an,
accounts of activities).
VII. Growth Of Fascism.
A. Increasing activity Of the Ameri
can Legion and various fascis
projects. pictures and news
paper accounts. Samples Of fas
cist insignia such as black shirt
or sleeve emblems).
B. Chauvinistic attitude Of the court
Newspaper a%ccounts).
c. Vigilante actions. (Newspape
accounts - also pictures if avail
able),