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fBy The Associated Pressl
State legislatures, like ships Of
mercy in a stubborn storm, were
pushing under forced draft Satur-
day 10 the rescue Of the nations
unemployed.
The federal tug, stocked by bill
lions, has sienalled she cannot hope
by herself to outride the gale with
her tow OF lobleSs poor.
some states already have lower
, 1935-02-03
OFFICE Of the Collector Of Customs

OFFICE OF the Collector OF Customs.
Port OF Brownsville. Texas. Jan.
%. 1885. Notice II hereby given that
January "a. 1885. there was seiZ-
ed at Brownsville. Texas. one Chew
rolet Truck. motor No. T 634423. and
on same date there WIS seized at
Harlingen. Texas. one Packard Tour
ing automobile. motor No. 209657:
beth cars having been seized for
violation OF Sect. 5e3 Tariff Act 1890
and Sect 1862 n. S.-Any one claim
ing the shove described cars viii file
claim with me within twenty days
from the date OF this notice: other
wise I will sell same at public auc-
ton at the u s. customhouse.
Brownsville. Texas. on Friday. Feb
ruary Is. 1885. at 10 o'clock a. n
WIN. Neale. Dy. Collector.
f-77-3-lo-3t-4eii.
, 1935-02-03
Five Escape Jail

GLADEWATER. Feb. 2.-tP-Flve
prisoners. one A woman, escaped the
county hoIdover jail here Saturday.
The fell was used FOR persons chAls-
"a III miEdemeanor cases
, 1935-02-03
West TO lead !.
FIGHT AGAINST
DIFFERENTIAL


MERCEDES, Feb 2-Return OF
Congressman Milton ii. West Of
Brownsville. national representative
from the Fifteenth Congressional
District Of Texas. 10 personally lead
a tight tor decreased freight rates
On outbound Lower Rio Grznde VAL
ley fruit and vegetable shipments is
expected soon, according 10 several
OF his friends.
CONGRESSMAN West has been adj
vised OF progress made tn getting a
campaign OF Vaney-w1de dimensions
under way - 1.-THE dual purpose OF
removing the RobstoEn d%IlIereneGal
charge on outbound shipments and
reducing the present increased
freight rates OF the same sup
M1RrIE.
, 1935-02-03

The Valley Is said 10 be paying
more than s25O,0N annually ~ ca
cess OF what SnlppGIes, growers anu
Naley IeauETb EsLGTaLy a5IsG W ~
"a tar Tale Oh OuLDOuIQ sLIpmIlaS.
FranK han NIeIceueS produce DTCA-
er VINO IL ~rVnslderen al authOrlIy on
rate matters pertaining 10 the VAL
ley. has explained mar the oLIeT-
enLlal as = ulIIeTentlal mas DeIn re
moved DIT Ih4t Inc LnLeiSL9De Com
meIcU Commission permitted the
railways I'd TaISe Their raleS, when
The u~L4erIneLIaI vas removed IRON
freight tariffs, 10 offset whatever
reduction might nave accrued 10 the
Valley az that time.
A cenlral cOmL.llUee, representing
every irrigation district in the entire
Valley. is expected 10 DC formed
some .me wiInln the next ten Gays
to make plans Tor a campaign
against the raLe increase. Wnlle ~
ls expected that this effort Will as
sumo the proportions OF a hearing
before the Interstate Commerce
Commission, this committee Will
make the sections first move 10 Sc
cure relief.
, 1935-02-03
AI4lpS ProgT M

III a letter 10 hts Valley friends,
REPRESENTATIVE West asserted that
thTee polnJS must De prOteo Oy LAC
Vale 10 obsain reIIeI: 1.-The IN
crease in freight tonnage 10 and
from the Nalty 10 Ro0sr0wn since
1925: 2--Increase OF height iron IN
tervenlng points since 1873; and 8
that the sections freight movement
"a not seasonal, but that IL Is heavy
throughout the year and only heav-
Ter al certain seasons OF the year. IN
closing, Congressman West said:
what the Valley must do Is organ
i1e thoroughly, raise funds and EN-
ploy "A competent rate lawyer With
such help ~ he may need III order
that he may ASSEMBLE facts and
figures that will show the Valley Is
entitled 70 this relief 49,. II we lose,
II will be because NJ side has not
been properly prepared and our case
has not been properly presented I'M
der tic rules OF evidence aS proLul-
gated by the Interstate Commerce
Commission ... ! will BE- more than
glad TO return 10 the Valley and as
Sist In organizing.
Officials Of the Hidalgo & Cam
eron counties Water Control q I'M
rovement District No. 8, y o. the
LARGEST districts In the Valley, called
a meeting ten days ago to determine
whether the present district orEani-
cations could undertake 70 begin the
fight against the increased rates.
The meeting resulted IN decision 70
form the Valley-wide committee
which is 10 be organized as soon as
ali districts have certified their rep
resentatives on the board. g. l. HUH,
general manager oi the district. ~
handling details pending the COM
mittees organization
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-13

lin, $1ROo; Pender, $1'5oo; Ma"tln'
$500. Stanly, $500; and Wake, $l,ooo'
wake, Martin, Stanly and Penoer
are undertaking forest fire prevention
activities for the first time, whlle
Columbus and Duplin counties have
previously undertaken a similar pro
cram in cooperation with the State
Conservation Department. Contracts
with the various counties extends tor
various periods with Martin signing
for the longest duration of the work,
five years.
Previously contracts with counties
have run only for one-year perlods'
but under a new system adopted by
conservation officials to add to the
permanence of the program longer
terms are being sought Thirteen or
the IS counties have signed flVeyear
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-13
TOURISTS TO PLAY
JALONG SATURDAY
Lucky Strike Team Here
Sunday With Two Girl
Soft Ball Teams

Ed Powell will take his Henderson
Tourists to Jalong Saturday afternoon
for doubleheader with the team, al
though the Central State League S
regular season has come to close.
Jalong and Henderson had two post
poned games they were to play in the
circVit.
Something new in a baseball way
here will be offered at League Park
Sunday when the Tourists return to
the city to tankle with the Lucky
Strike nine of Durham. The Luckies
will bring two girl soft ball teams
from the Bull City to stage an exhi-
bition game for the local fans. The
soft ball game will get underway at
2:3O o'click with the regular tilt fol-
lowing.
A nice turnout of fans would be
welcomed by the skipper and players
and in that way the finances Of the
club can be bolstered just as the sea-
son wanes leaving no debts to burd-
en- the forming of ball club here
next season.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-13

mile-and-a-half of all schools instead
of two miles as in the past.
"Tbere is no doubt that the chill
dran entitled to ride school buses this
wear will have the best service they
have ever had, and that many more
children will be entitled to ride
buses" " Gaddv said. For itw i'll now
be necessary to walk only one mile
to bus lines, as compared with mile
and half in the past, While children
who formerly had to walk to school
because they lived within less than
two miles of the school, may now ride
if they live more than mile and half
from the school. BY eliminating the
numerous side trips to take children
to their homes formerly made by
suses unless the children live more
than a mile off the route, both the
mileage and the time required to
cover a route has been greatly re-
duced. AS result, the children at the
end Of thel ines will not have to start
so early or be so late getting home.
So in addition to saving money for
the state, the new plan will also save
much time for the children
quick to see the fairness of the new
plan as we'll as it's advantages and on
Iy few have objected to it, Gaddy
said
For every letter we have had OBJ
jecting to the new system, we have
had from two to three approving it,"
Gaddy said Even the county super
intendents who formerly opposed the
plan now admit it is good one and
are giving us fine cooperation"
The bitterest letter of deununcia-
ton received yet was from men,
Der of a county school board, demand
ing that the school bus continue to
come and get his children, although
they lived only seVen-tenths of a mile
from the the main bus line, This man
said the school buses had been COM
ing to his door to get his children tor
eight years and that he was going
to see to it that they continued to-.
He threatened court action if they did
not.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-13

full authority to route the buses over
the most direct and economical
routes. The School Commission be-
lieves the 1885 general assembly
meant what it said and has been lay
ing out the new routes accordingly.
In the counties in which the county
superintendents had already planned
Thea us routes in accordance with the
old law, very few changes have been
made except that this year the buses
will be routed to go within one mile
Of homes offs all children intead of
within mile -and-a-half, as in the
nast They will also transport all chill
dren which now live more than
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-13
Six New Counties
Join the State In
Forest Fire Work
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh.
New York at st. Louis.
Brooklyn at Chicago.
Boston at Cincinnati.
Daily Dispatch BureaW,
I'm the Sir Walter Hotel.
H A s x III WILL.

Raleigh, Sept 13.-six more coun-
ties have joined the forest fire coop
Grating system in North Carolina,
bringing the total to provide funds for
the control so far this fiscal year to
55, w. C. Mccormick, assistant State
forester, announced today.
The new counties which have enter
ed into agreements with the Depart
ment of Conservation and Develop
ment for forest fire control and the
amount provided annually by each
are as follows: Columbus, $1,000; Dup
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-13
New School Bus
Routes Approved
CONTINUED from Page One.)

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tendents that the law was ignored
and buses operated to the front doors
of virtually all children, especially II
their paEents were active in county
politics. For this reason the 1885 gen
eral assembly took the authority to
Law out bus routes away from county
superintendents and county school
boards and put this power in the
hands of the School Commission with
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-13
CARD OF THANKS

We take this method of thanking
our many friends, the doctors and
nurses for their thoughtful kindness
shown us at the death of our son. We
also thank them for the beautiful
flowers that were sent.
Mr.. & Mrs. V. A. Johnson & Family.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-13

contracts and several others have un-
dertaken the work for two and three
var periods.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-13

1852-Herbert H. Asouitb -
Oxford and Asquith) fan,od Earl Ear Of
statesman, born. Died Feb English
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14
WAGE AIDS


Virtually every cent Of the 10 per cent wage
restoration of Federal Government Employees
last year went toward industrial recovery, an
swers to a QUESTIONABLE sent out by the National
Federation of Post Office Clerks reveal. This is
Of especial interest with legislation for full res
%toration pending in Congress.
Out Of 100 sample answers. "A used their res
t%oration to pay old debts. F~ifty-five bought
needed clothing for the family. Twenty-Five
made delayed repairs on homes. Thirty restored
their diet to better standards of nourishment.
Seventeen were enabled to renew the interrupted
education of their children. Twenty-one were
able, for the first time since the wage slashes, to
indulge in amusements and in such additions to
a better life" as books, movies, membership in
study and social clubs, etc. 1t is highly signifi-
cant that sixty-seven specifically stated they
were unable to stretch the ten per cent restora-
ton to cover such near necessities" Of family
life.
These answers reveal the hardship and, in
many cases, downright suffering to which Uncle
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14
MARS RAISING TAXES AGAIN

Mars grunted and snored in his uneasy sleep a
short time ago; and the President of the United
States asked Congress for $792,000,OOO for the
army and navy in the fiscal year beginning July
1, next. This is ~$180,O0O,O0O more than has been
set aside for the two services in the recent fiscal
year; and S312,00O,000 more than was put to the
same use last year.
President Roosevelt is not an alarmist; not a
lingo. He is obliged to seek staggering sums
from Congress for domestic relief and would
not be human if he did not wish to save on other
matters. Yet he asks the largest military APP
preparations ever sought in peace time. Why?
Evidently, Mars is stirring. One disquieting
circumstance is known to all. Japan has de-
nounced the treaty by which herself and Britain
and the United States limited naval ornaments.
But there are still almost two years before that
treaty expires; and one would think it might be
possible to negotiate a new agreement in that
time.
One thing is sure; The increased military and
naval appropriations make it more important
than ever to carry on the Senate investigations
Of the munitions industry, so we'll launched by
Senator Nye. If we are going to spend such
sums on ornaments, we should see that we at
least get our moneys worth, and that no war
p%rofiteers are boosting their expected gains by
stimulating scares.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14

tributions for a certain time to unem-
ployment benefits after being out OF a
job four weeks. These will range up
to so per cent Of your wages, but not
more than SIS a week and last only for
a limited number of weeks.
The Washington reaction to the an
nounced program revealed how far the
country has moved since the days
when the very idea of social insurance
considered radical. In business
and conservative quarters criticisms
were slow in finding expression, the
inclination apparently being to look on
the program as a bulwark against a
much more radical one. In the Capitol
nearly all the criticisms were directed
against the i~nadequacy of the pro-
visions.
Senators and Congressman, their
desks piled high with letters and reso-
lutions demanding the Townsend $500
a-month pensions, were on the anxious
seat about the smallness of the admin
istration's pensions. Others who had
been confronted with demonstrations
and delegations Of jobless demanding
unemployment insurance at once and
for all unemployed, were preparing to
advocate something more immediate
and tangible in unemployment benefits
than offered by the security program.
Not a voice was raised to oppose So
cial insurance as such; the battle now
RACES only around how much and what
kind.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14

Sam subjected his nephews during the very pc
Rod when he was excoriating private employers
for the same practices" said Gilbert E. Hyatt,
legislative representative Of the National Fed
Grafton OF Post Office Clerks.
1T is shown that the wage cut was immedi-
ately reflected in a lowered standard of living
which extended to such fundamentals as food
and clothing. Answers to previous question
naires show that the assumption of added obi
cations such as the entire or partial support of
unemployed relatives was a usual development
Of the same period during which wages were
cut"
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14

the Middle West, others are doing in
north, east, south and west-and
younger men as well. One letter be-
comes dozens of letters, hundreds,
thousands, hundreds of thousands.
Washington, remote as it is from
workaday America, begins to feel the
pressure.
In the big city, a group Of unem-
ployed SILVER at the s%treet-corner,
warmed only by fighting words Of
hope. Unemployment insurance - no
more trucking for charity, no more re-
lief shoppers, no more grocery doles.
no more forced labor.
A trade union meeting. Serious men,
serious thoughts. We want unemploy-
ment insurance, but we don't want it
to cut III wages. Let the boss pay for
has plenty Of dough. But if he
does, isn't he going to pass it on to US,
bear down OF us in the shop, raise the
prices of what We buy? Wouldn't it
be better to have a general tax on the
incomes of the rich rather than on pay
And how about using for I'M
employment insurance that billion put
in the budget this year for bigger and
better wars?
= = =
Something tremendously important
is being done by all these people,
whether they know it or notify Con
gressmen thinking over figures and
not to be moved by old mems
and jobless resolutions; by SEN
Grating and celebrating by ad-
ministration spokesman with their
plans all laid and their figures all pat
by old people writing about $500 a
month; by unemployed marching and
demanding; by trade %unionists passing
resolutions.
All together, or one group against
the other, if you will, they are fixing a
figure for the American standard
Of living for a long time to come.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14

WASHINGTON. - CFP) - The
old Building Trades Department of the
American Federation of Labor has
symbolized its split from the federation
by moving its headquarters out Of the
A. F. Of L. Building. The old group,
including II A. F. of L. unions, has re-
fused to recognize the November con-
v%ention called by President Green to
set up a new department. The split
came about when the old group refused
to allow representation to the carpen-
tiers, bricklayers and electrical workers
at its San Francisco convention.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14

CHICAGO. Up The general
strike is the best means of fighting
capitalist war and fascism, the Twenty
first general convention of the Indus
trial Workers of the World declared.
A membership referendum has been
ordered on the proposal to affiliate
with the International Workingmen's
Association, anarcho-syndicalist organ
ization. Strengthening of the General
Defense Committee and an immediate
campaign for the release of the Ken
lucky miners in prison after being shot
by coal company deputies were or
dered.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14

WASHINGTON. - FP) - "An Of
fensive and defensive alliance of the
steel, textile, oil, auto and tobacco
unions" is in prospect, according to
Viz e-President Francis J. German Of
the United Textile Workers of Amer
lea, to meet the unity of the employers
against labor in all these fields. Def
mite arrangements await the January
% meeting of the American Federation
of Labor executive council.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14
LABOR NEWS in
BRIEF

WASHINGTON-FP)-"A conspi-
racy against the American people" IS
seen by the Peoples Lobby in the re-
commentator of the Natl. Resources
Board that the government pay $675,-
100000 for poor land to be retired from
production. It calls it throwing good
money after bad lands
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14

WASHINGTON. - (FP) - The
creation of a permanent public works
administration which is to draw up a
six-year public works program, to be
revised annually, is suggested by the
National Resources Board in its report
to the president. Development Of wa
ter resources, soil erosion, preservation
Of mineral resources, reforestation, sub
sistence homesteads, and development
of land for popular recreation figure
largely in the suggested program.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14
The Washington Scene
By Len De Caux

WASHINGTON.-(FP)-A score OF
Congressman sit on a horseshoe plat
form, blinking down at a government
expert singing figures about.
Fifteen dollars, $40, $23, $50. Low
wages those, muses. one Of the Con-
gressmen, as his thoughts wander. But
| can remember when l started out at
SIS a week and thought | was doing
fine-and come to think of it, | mar
ried on $50 a week.
Sorry to jog you, mister, but the pro-
lessor is talking of $l5-$30 a month,
not a week. And that $23, for in
stance, is not for one person, but what
a whole family-man and wife, a couple
OF kids and perhaps a baby-are now
getting in relief to keep them alive for
80 or 81 days.
A mild-mannered elderly man slips in
quietly and takes a seat among the
spectators. The reporters nudge each
other. There's $20O-a-month Town
send" they say.
A Senator is %coronered by correspon-
dents at a Capital cloakroom. Fifteen
dollars a month for pensions" he says,
but a billion dollars for war" Over
the wires the words re-echo, striking an
answering chord to a h~alf-formed
thought in millions Of minds.
Every mar a king" crates another
Senator on the floor. For you can be
a millionaire" And his words reach
out to sharecroppers who hardly ever
see as much as $40 in cash. Any man
with more than a million ought to
share the rest OF his wealth. If | had
a million, I'd gladly share anything
over that.
Out in the Middle West, an old man
takes a pen in shaky hands. After
working hard all your life, it's mean to
have to get your pocket-money like a
kid getting a weekly nickel or dime
from his parents; it's meaner to feel
you're a burden on sons and daughters
barely making ends meet without you.
If | only had hat $500 a month
Past struggles and present poverty
tingle through his mind and stab at
the paper through his scratching pen.
He'll tell that Congressman what life is
like for an old man on the scrap-heap
he'll tell him he hasn't much strength
but he still has a vote.
And what one old man is doing in
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14

NEW YORK-(FP)-The American
Newspaper Guild won a short strike
against The Jewish Daily Bulletin and
the Jewish Telegraph Agency when
Mgr. Jacob Landau agreed to negotia-
tie with the guild for a contract, to pay
weekly wages regularly and to pay
back wages.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC!

Figures which were compiled by the Census of Retail Dis
tribution of the Department of Commerce show
Earnings of Employees - The average annual earnings of
the chain store employees in 1888 were much higher than
that of the independent employee. The average for the chain
store employee was $1,19l in the grocery store and $1,l95
in the combination store. For Independent store employees
the average was $4,000 for the grocery store and $4,000 for
the combination store. These figures do not include COM
pensation for the services of proprietors working in the
stores in lieu of employees.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14

PITTSBURGH. OPP Wholesale
expulsion of the membership of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel & Tin Workers are threatened
by Pres. Michael F. Tighe in an open
letter to all lodges. The threat is di-
rected against union steel workers at
tending the February 3 conference
called by a recent meeting of 1870 dele
gates from union lodges in western
Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14

NEW YORK-FP)-An enlarged,
nationwide program of workers ed
ucation has been sanctioned by the
education committee of the Interna-
tional Ladies Garment Workers Union.
The program includes study groups, in
stitutes for training in union service,
scholarships at resident schools, radio
talks and special publications. In New
York City alone over 80 groups and
classes meet regularly.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14

WASHINGTON. - (FP) - Signing
of the construction code by President
Roosevelt marks the opening of a Pc
Rod Of unparalleled opportunity for the
unions in the industry, according to
Pres. M. J. McDonough OF the A. F.
of L. Building Trades Department.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14

Union Members Patronize Labor
News Advertisers
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14

WILKES-BARRE, Pa.-(FP)-One
mar killed, a neighborhood rocked by
a bomb put in the backyard of the fl
nancial secretary of the United An
thracite Miners of Pennsylvania, three
injunctions against picketing, a county
terrorized by state police-these are
some Of the fruits of the 3-week strike
of the U. A. M. P. in the Scranton
Wilkes-Barre area.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14

WASHINGTON. = (FP) Secre-
tary of Labor Frances Perkins has
called a national conference to formu-
late a program for labor legislation to
include unemployment reserves, child
labor, old age pensions and standards
of hours and wages for ONE
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14
One YEAR AGO
in LABOR

NEW YORK.-(FP)-For the first
time in history, social workers have
gone on strike to better their working
conditions. Protesting against salary
cuts ranging as high as 80 per cent,
the social workers in a 2-hour strike
demanded restoration of salaries to the
1881 level and the resumption of regu-
lar pay increases. Increases were won.
PHILADELPHIA. - (FP) - The
American Federation of Hosiery Work
ers has received congratulations from
all over the country on the beginning
of its housing project in Philadelphia.
1t is being financed partly by PWA
funds.