Montana labor news., 1935-04-04
Independent Candidates
Assured of Election
Great Enthusiasm Is S h W n
Throughout the District for
Mccarthy and Donovan, Nomi-
nees Address Union Members.

Graded in the lap of the Silver Bow
Trades & Labor Council. The indie
pendent ticket has always represented
the liberal and progressive interests OF
Silver Bow County. The record Of
the school board will show that the
Independent Trustees have stood for
the interests Of the people as against
the domination of the corporations in
the conduct and control of the Butte
Public Schools. No clearer indication
of this is needed than the action of the
School Board in the decision respect
ing the adoption of the single salary
schedule of the Teachers Union. The
Independent trustees voted solidly for
it and the three other trustees voted
solidly against it. This salary sched-
ule, submitted by the Butte Teachers
Union, has the endorsement Of the Ma
tional Federation of Teachers and the
American Federation of Labor. 1t is
considered the most progressive prin-
ciple that has been introduced in the
Public School System of the United
States in a generation. The American
Federation OF Labor has given their
unqualified endorsement to it, and peo-
pie of this community should elect the
Independent candidates on Saturday if
for nothing else than to indicate that
they also approve of this liberal method
of compensation for teachers.
A record of what the Independent
Ticket has done since they have been
in control Of the Board should also
appeal to the voters of this commu-
nifty and be an unanswerable argument
in favor OF keeping this ticket in power.
Some of the outstanding acts accom-
plished by the Independents include the
limitation of the double sessions at the
High School. Another measure of i'm
portance was the increase of the sal
aries of the teachers and the jani-
tresses. The hue and cry of the
Chambers of Commerce throughout
the United States to reduce the wages
and salaries Of people employed in
various units of Government has now
been shown to have a false foundation.
We cannot rise out of the depression
by reducing wages, neither can budgets
be balanced through cutting down
wages paid to employees. Higher taxes
on larger incomes and higher taxes on
inheritances will do more to increase
Government revenue and adjust the
disparity between income and expendi-
lures than by a reduction of wages.
This is a recognized principle of the
Independent Ticket. The Silver Bow
Trades & Labor Council has always
voted for the most progressive ideas in
this community and it is this body that
has always stood between the people
and corporate greed.
The Butte Teachers Union has been
formed since the Independents have
been in control of the Board. The or
ganization Of these men and women,
who teach our children, into a trade
union constitutes one of the most sig
n~ificant events in relation to the
schools and in relation to liberal
thought that has transpired here in
many a day. All liberal-minded people
should bear this in mind and should
give their support, at the polls Satur-
day, to maintain these forward look
ing measures. The Independents re-
opened the Washington Junior High
School and re-established the full
grades at the Lincoln School. Both Of
these measures are appreciated by the
people Of School District No. l.. An
other measure of importance put in
effect by the Independents was the
renovation of eight school buildings.
This work wa necessary for the
health and safety of the children,
Throughout its entire control of the
Board, the Independents have consis-
family attempted to protect the chill
dren by providing the most modern
equipment and placing the Butte
schools on a standard unsurpassed by
any school district in the United
States.
Independent Candidate Addresses
Council.
At Tuesday nights meeting of the
Trades and Labor Council the dele
gates were addressed by candidates Of
the Independent Ticket and also by
Arthur Lehwalder, one of the hold
over members OF the Independents.
Paul Erler, president of the Trades &
Labor Council first called upon William
Mccarthy. Mr.. Mccarthy, in his talk,
appealed to all union and liberal
minded people in the community to
support the Independents. Candidate
Frank Donovan was then called upon.
In his remarks, Mr. Donovan stated
that the education of the children is a
prime consideration in electing trustees,
and that Labor should be considered as
next in Importance. The conduct and
administration Of the schools should
not be left to the dictation Of the en-
ployer. He went on to say that the
Peoples Ticket is sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce and if the Peo-
pies party candidates were elected it
womb he the commercial interests of