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Montana labor news., 1935-09-05
NORTH DAKOTA SUPREME
COURT TO HEAR FARGO
STRIKE CASE, SEPT. 3.

FARGO, N. D.-(FP)-The appeal Of
II union teamsters from a riot convic-
ton last February in Fargo will be
heard by the North Dakota supreme
court September 3, union headquarters
here have been notified. Three lead
ers were sentenced to six months and
IA others to three months in what is
generally regarded as a raw frameup
instigated by the notorious Associated
Industries of Minneapolis.
No violence was proved by the state
but some lumber, piping and roofing
nails found in union headquarters were
used as evidence for the conviction.
The building was being %remodeled
Pres. Dan Tobin Of the teamsters has
revoked the charter OF Local l73 but
the workers OF Fargo are solidly be-
hind the local and only half a dozen
men joined the %reorganized local recog-
nized by Tobin.
So shameless was the a%nti-union
campaign OF the Minneapolis bosses,
who had previously tried TO break a
teamster strike in their own city, and
50 open was the cooperation given by
the Fargo and Cass county enforce
ment officers that the lower house Of
the North Dakota legislature went on
record in a censure resolution. The
restitution condemns the local authori-
ties for hiring thugs and gunner.
The strike Of coal teamsters was
called January q after a successful
milk drivers strike in November which
had reduced hours from 90 to 40, raised
wages and won union recognition. Po-
lice tear-bombed a peaceful strike
meeting in a hall January n and OF
the 81 arrested II were indicted Feb
ruary 10 for riot. This conviction is
to be heard by the state supreme court
September s..
Several injunctions have crippled the
defense and funds are low. Sympa-
thetic A. f. OF l.. unions in the North
west have contributed. Further con
tributions will be acknowledged by
Pres. William Cruden, lOlI Third Ave
nue. North. Fargo, N. ID.
Montana labor news., 1935-09-05
Interesting Book On
Butte Of the Early
Days Is Published
"The War of the Copper" Kings Tells
of Builders of Butte and Wolves of
Wall Street.

With the publication date set as Sep
TENDER 3rd, the latest Of c. B. Glass
cocks stories OF the West has come to
the attention of this office, but was re-
ceiyed too late TO give a complete re-
view in this edition Of the Labor News,
The book is published by Bobbs-Mer-
rill OF indianapolis, Indiana, and retails
at $500. MI. Glasscock, the author,
has written a number of interesting
tales OF the West, including "A Golden
Highway" Lucky Baldwin" THE Big
Bonanza Cold in Them Hills" Ban
dts and the Southern Pacific" and his
current number, "The War OF the Cop
per Kings" The author, who having
done so much to popularize the history
of the American achievement, in this
book turns to Montana for another
true tale which, for the first time, ties
the West in with Wall Street, and re-
veals the part OF Big Business in the
western advance Of civilization. It is
an exciting, picturesque story, based
upon careful research among original
documentary sources and interviews
with scores of men and women who
took part in the action. It is authentic
history in narrative form, personal, Vi
tai, thrilling, alike to Boston, New
York, Butte and San Francisco.
Life was crude in the West when thi.
history began. 1t was polished tc
sophistication by its contacts with the
East when the events reached ar
epoch-ending climax with the lifetime
Of a single generation, many represen-
tatives OF which are still living.
AT the start men labored, roistered
starved, fought and died with neither
help nor criticism from a paternal gov
eminent. When opportunity appeared
they seized it. When it failed to APP
pear, they made it. And soon oppor-
tunity was beating a %reveille to arouse
the nation. Some of those who an
swered became men whose lives form ;
true saga in the development OF Amer
lea. Others went down to ruin. All
were rugged individuals. depending
upon thir own hands and brains.
Those with whom the tale begin.
were rough, touch, clustering, goddess
men. who sought by labor or by crime
to attain the heights OF an ambition
limited by their character and environ.
ment to coarse fare and occasional de.
bauch.
Those with whom it ends wer,
sleekly groomed, cultured, godly men
with co~nsciences under full control.
Between the two extremes of a gen
Grafton in America there lived, laboret
and died the men who fill this book
There was the bewhiskered giant Bill
F%airweather, OF the party that discov.
cred the undred-million-dolla golC
deposit Of Alder Gulch. There wa.
Continued to Page a
Montana labor news., 1935-09-05
SEN. WAGNER PAYS
BUTTE SHORT VISIT

Butte unions are particularly inter-
ested in Senator Wagner and the COM
mittee appointed to pay the respects of
organized labor to him should consider
themselves honored. Senator Wagner
rose from poverty to fame. Following
is a short sketch Of his life. He IS
passing through Butte today.
Senator Robert F. Wagner was born
at Nastatten, Province of Hessen, Ger
many, on June 8, 1877. He was brought
TO the United States in his early child
hood. He received his B. S. at the City
OF New York College in 1893, and his
L. L. B. at New York Law School in
1900. He is a widower and has N son.
Always active in politics Senator
Wagner has held the following offices :
New York Assembly, l905-0S; Senate,
1909-1918; Chairman New York State
Factory Investigating Committee, 1911;
Lieut.. Gov. of New York in 1914; JUS
tice OF the Supreme Court Of New York,
First District, 1926; assigned to APP
pellate Division, First Dept. 1925, IRE
signed) Member of the United States
Senate for two terms, 1927-l920. He
introduced the National Industrial Re
covery Act in Senate in June 1888. He
was appointed by President Roosevelt,
chairman of the National Labor Board,
August, 1888. His bills in the senate
include the Wagner-C onnery Labor
Bill; Wagner Labor Disputes Bill
Wagner-Lewis Social Security Bill.
He is a co-author OF the Railway Re-
tirement Act which was recently signed
by the President.
An immigrant boy from Germany,
Senator Robert F. Wagner Of New
York gained a sympathetic under
standing of the American working man
by fighting his way up from poverty.
He began his political career in the
New York legislature where as a mem
Der from New York City he was par
ticularly interested in social prob
lens. Later as a member OF the
Appellate Division Of the New York
State Supreme Court he presided over
trials where large corporations debated
issues involving millions Of dollars
Thus he learned a great deal about
business and finance.
Montana labor news., 1935-09-05
ACTORS INDUCT MILITANT
LEADERS

HOLLYWOOD, Cal. II (FP) New
officers, definitely more militant than
the outgoing group, will be indicted
July % at the annual meeting Of the
Screen Actors Guild at Hollywood.
They include Robert Montgomery,
president; James Cagney, first vice
president; Ann Harding, second vice
president; Chester Morris, third vice
president; Kenneth Thomson, secre-
tary, assisted by Boris Karloff; War
rem Williams treasurer, assisted by
Noel Madison.
Eleven new directors, to serve Swear
terms, include Warren William, Fred
eric March, Alan Mowbray, Arthur
Byron, c. Henry Gordon, Robert
Young, Lyle Talbot, Donald Woods,
Robert Armstrong, Paul Harvey and
Edward Arnold.
Montana labor news., 1935-09-05
FOOD PRICES IN USSR DECLINED
s. PER CENT in TWO YEARS,
ARGENT SURVEY NOW SHOWS

skin coats, has recently be q acted
chairman Of a village Sovie' 6 aghe-
stan.
Us .sT''' before ssS'le"s the S R S do NV The he
election OF Baizet Air = the woman
mentioned above is " alive OF the
new freedom OF n under the
Soviets.
Before the R don" she said,
the only three IN the village be
longed to the }easants, but even
these were not gvod animals. Now
we have 100 pedigreed cows and they
belong to all of US. In addition, each
collective farm family have their own
COW.
Before the Revolution we had to
give half OF our crop to the landlord
as payment for the land. Now it be
longs to us and no one else.
Before the Revolution there was
one l~iterate person in the willage-the
Mullah-while now there are only two
ilfterate people in the whole village.
One Of our best workers received
from the last harvest 263 pools Ga
pood is about 80 pounds) OF wheat,
1877 pools OF corn, 1900 rubles worth
OF other goods, and 5000 rubles. To
earn so much in the old days he would
have had to work for ten years.
Our collective farm now has a hotel,
a club, two schools and day nurseries,
all supplied with electric light"
Montana labor news., 1935-09-05

the first five months OF this year, di-
rect relief cost the government $685.
100000 a month; for the same period
last year, about Sl00,000,000.
Fire 10000 in June.
The ranks Of the unemployed were
added to by a net increase of 10000
during June, 1885, according to Secre-
tary of Labor Perkins. Some $4,000
lost their jobs in manufacturing indus
tries, due in part to speed-up of pro-
cesses and improved ~machinery-a pro-
cess that goes on relentlessly.
1t is interesting to note that while
employment decreased in manufac-
turing industries IL per cent during
that month, p~ayrolls dropped 20 per
cent as compared with May. The
great army OF unemployed seeking to
get back on jobs, is a surplus OF help,
serving to depress the incomes OF those
remaining employed. Factory work.
ers lost 100000 in wages during the
month.
Montana labor news., 1935-09-05
TOM BROWN, INTERNATIONAL
PRESIDENT, IN BUTTE.

The international President Of the
Mine, Mill and Smeltenmens' Union IS
paying Butte a visit. He arrived yes
terday from Salt Lake City, the general
headquarters OF the union. It is to be
remembered that Mr.. Brown suffered
quite a serious accident at ST. Charles,
Missouri. The circumstances OF the ac-
cident constitute a strange story.
A section Of a train which had been
side tracked on a hill ran away,
Jumped the track, and crashed into the
piers Of a bridge crossing the river at
St. Charles. The impact knocked out
several OF the pillars and precipitated
the vehicles on the bridge into the river
or on the bank. Mr.. Brown and his
party we're in an automobile on the
bridge lust nearing the approach when
the collision took place. They we're
thrown from their car over the bank.
Fortunately Mr.. Brown did not suffer
n broken bones, although he still
shows the effect of the shock.
The election Of officers Of the inter-
national Union will take place the first
week in October. A list OF candidates
was published in the Montana Labor
News some time ago. There are quite
a number Of strikes, according to Mr..
Brown. still prevailing in difierenct
parts of the United States, involving
locals OF his union. He stated that the
big strike in the Tri-State district is
still continuing and also the one at
Selby, California, while the trouble at
Oatman. Arizona, and Bisbey, Arizona,
has been settled. We received some
reports OF the conditions at Selby which
are herewith reproduced. They give a
pretty good idea of what IS going on in
that area.
Continued to page a
Montana labor news., 1935-09-05
RED AIR FORCE
EQUAL TO ANY"

within a few years the Soviet gov
eminent has created an air force pow
enough to meet the best military
forces OF any country writes Pierre
Cot, former French air minister in a
French aviation magazine.
THE potential power Of Soviet in
dustry in 1886 will be twice as great as
that Of Germany and four times greater
than that Of France and Britain.
The industrial centers OF the Soviet
Union are in places invulnerable to air
attacks, SO that the USSR is the only
country which could attack European
capitals from the air without fearing
counter-attack Most amazing is the
rapidly with which the USSR has
created its new industry and army"
Montana labor news., 1935-09-05
HUGE MEDICAL
CENTER STARTS

Construction Of the All-Union lnsti-
tute OF Experimental Medicine, which
will be one OF the largest institutions
Of its kind, has started on the outskirts
Of Moscow. On the 1000 acres set
aside for the institute, 80 buildings will
house laboratories, clinics, and admin
istration offices. A 25-story central
building is to be constructed.
An American physician, DR.. William
B. Peck, who recently arrived in Mos
COW as head Of a delegation of SO
American physicians and surgeons
studying medical science in the USSR,
was pleased with what he saw Soviet
medical science compares favorably
with American and European, he said,
but he was most impressed with the
tremendous amount Of research being
carried on.
Several Soviet physicians and sur
geons will come to America in October
to attend the annual congress Of the
Interstate Postgraduate Medical AS
ISOLATION, of which DR.. Charles Mayo
of Rochester, MINI, is president.
Montana labor news., 1935-09-05
THE UNIONS AND
THE SOCIALISTS

In the struggle for the emancipation
of Labor, what are the roles to be
played by the political and the eco
nomic arms of the labor movement ?
Leo Krzycki, who has spent most Of
his life working within both move
ments, answers in the newest Socialist
Party pamphlet, "The Unions and the
Socialists"
Krzycki, who is one of the most ac-
tive field organizers for the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers, and is ma
tional chairman OF the Socialist Party,
bases his arguments on the common
goal Of both movements Both want
to gain for the working people the
largest possible amour OF the wealth
which labor creates" Different meth
DDS give rise to differences in organi-
zation and tactics.
On the job of the unions, Krzycki
writes
Our guiding principle must be the
one so clearly set forth fifty-four years
ago in the preamble to the constitu-
ton Of the American Federation OF
Labor.
"A struggle is going on in all the
nations of the civilized world between
the oppressors and the oppressed, a
struggle between the capitalist and the
laborer, which groves in intensity from
year to year, and will work disastrous
results to the toiing millions if they
are not combined for mutual protec-
ton and benefits
"As this struggle sharpens, there car
be no quarter given. For labor to yield
would mean one step backward after
another until labor is crushed as il
has been in Germany. Yesl Our de-
Tense must be an offense. We must
demand more and more. 1t will be q
fight to the finish. Either labor or the
bosses must win complete control"
Out of this struggle, the author see;
that THE final victory will rest will
the side that controls the government
This is the job OF the Socialist Party
or Of a farmer-labor party Of which
TIC DpNldlSlS WOulu NC d pau.
Out OF his wide experience in the
field, the author outlines some imme.
diate union problems, and gives the
Socialist answer He deals with strike
tactics, industrial unionism, organizing
the unorganized, working with the UNI
employed, education, Fascism, racket
eering, and a labor party.
The pamphlet closes with a chapter
on why Socialists support the A. F. Of
L., followed by Labor Needs a Labor
Government"
1t will be useful not only to Social
lists active in the trade unions, but tC
class-conscious workers who are moi
yet Socialists, and to students and in
tellectuals' who want to understand
the labor movement.
The pamphlet sells for ten cents by
mail. A dozen will be sent for SOC
rs for Sl.00; 100 for $3.50.
BY LEO KRZYCKI.
Montana labor news., 1935-09-05
Senator Murray to
Serve On Ry. Board

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept, S.
(SpeciaD-One Of the most important
appointments made in the closing days
OF the Congress was conferred upon
Senator James Z. Murray of Montana
when he was selected by Vice President
Garner as one OF three senators to be
a member OF the Investigating Com
mission into the railway retirement
Annuity system, enacted by the Con
gress in the closing days Of the session.
Together with Senators Brown of
New Hampshire and Capper Of Kan
sas, Senator Murray was named to a
nine-man commission whose duty it
will be to make a study and a report
TO the President and the Congress not
later than Jan. l, 1886 into pertinent
facts relating TO a retirement annuity
system for railroad carrier employees.
The provisions Of the newly enacted
rail retirement act call for the appoint
ment of a Commission under whose SUI
pervision and with whom the Railway
Retirement Board, which will be named
to supervise the retirement act, must
cooperate until the first OF next year
The railroad excise tax act, a corallary
Of the retirement act, specifically pro
vides that the taxes on railroads and
their employees for the maintenance OF
the retirement system, cease Feb. %,
1887 and it is generally recognized that
future permanent legislation to be
drafted along this line by the Congress
will depend in large measure upon the
findings of the Commission to which
the Montana Senator has been named
The Commission in addition to the
three Senators named includes three
Congressmen named by the Speaker of
the House and three members to be
named by the President, N Of which
will be designated chairman. The three
latter will receive compensation to be
fixed by the President. The Commits
sion in its survey from now until jan
uary is authorized to hold hearings
wherever necessary throughout the
United States and ascertain facts in
connection with the formulation of a
report for the refinement Of the newly
enacted retirement plan for railway
employees.
Because Of the little time given to
Congressional consideration Of the two
recently enacted laws on this subject
Capitol opinion is that the Commission
OF which Senator Murray is a member
will not only chart a course for future
consideration OF pension legislation fol
rail employees, but also in the larger
general field OF social security for labor
throughout the Nation in amendment:
and refinments Of the National broad
social security program.
Senator Murray's appointment was
greeted with satisfaction by Washing
ton representatives OF the national raj
labor organizations who in approving
his selection called attention to the
Montana Senator's independent stand
in legislative matters and a legislator
whose fairness could be relied upon.
The appointment is the second spe.
cial investigating Committee to whicl
Senator Murray has been named, al
Unusual honor for a 'yearling' Sena.
ltor. These appointments presage {
busy vacation" for the Montanan whC
will have to divide his duties between
hearings on the rail pension investigat.
ton and the Senatorial investigation
into marketing and selling practises o
wool, OF major interest to Montan;
stockmen.
Montana labor news., 1935-09-05

MOSCOW.-A striking increase in
the production Of foodstuffs, together
with a substantial drop in prices, is
shown by the latest survey published
by the Peoples Commissariat for the
Food Industry. II is asserted that
average food prices in the ten chief
cities Of the Soviet Union have declined
So per cent in the past two years, after
steadily rising throughout the Five
Year Plan.
Production for the first five months
OF the year increased as follows Flour,
$40 per cent; cereals, 4l.9 per cent;
meat, So per cent; fish, IA per cent;
sugar, 66.7 per cent; butter, 249 per
cent; confectionery, 1874 per cent.
The decline in food prices has been
especially sharp for the past few
months. That supplies are increasing
could be confirmed by visits to the
shops, should the figures be lacking.
Montana labor news., 1935-09-05
Demands 30
Hour Week to Pro-
vide Work for the
Jobless Millions
A. r. of l.. Head in Talk to New
York State Federation of La
Dor Convention Defends Pre-
vailing Wage on WPA Prof.
ects, Knocks Hitlerism and
Praises Governor Lehman.

ALBANY, N. William Green,
president Of the American Federation
Of Labor, brought the delegates to the
seventv-second convention Of the New
York State Federation of Labor here
to their feet with loud applause when
he urged the enactment Of the Black
Connery Thirty-Hour Week Bill by
Congress as the only adequate plan to
provide jobs for the iobless.
To-day we have a mounting roll OF
unemployment he said, that has re-
suited in 11,0O0,0 900 idle men and wo-
men in six years. They, with their
families, mean that there are 100000
in the United States today dependent
on relief.
GLOW long we can continue to assess
the taxpayer for it? Industry cannot
stand the burden. We must give them
work or feed them. | prefer TO give
them work.
THE only answer to the unemploy-
ment problem is the six-hour day and
the five-day week at decent pay. Then
we can consume all we can produce.
1T is most significant and hearten-
ling that the American Federation OF
Labor has led no revolutionary move
ment during these dark days since
1929. Our men and women have Of
fered constructive remedies and | am
proud OF the s%elf-control of the masses.
The policies of labor are now regarded
as constructive, whereas in 1929 they
were received as visionary"
Visions Governor Lehman in
Higher Place.
In eulogizing Governor Lehman, who
in an address to the convention had
described the State Unemployment In
surance Law and oSher labor laws
passed BY the last New York Legisla-
ture as a program without parallel III
the legislative history Of this or any
other State" Mr.. Green said
81 venture the prediction that the
Governor will be called upon to serve
the Nation in a bigger and broader
way in the near future, and when thai
call comes he will find the hosts Of or.
gained labor behind him in full meas
ure OF support"
Bombarded with questions regarding
his meaning, Mr.. Green said: "Just
let the statement stand. | do not care
to elaborate on it, nor do | wish to in
terpret it."
Defends Prevailing Wage.
In a plainly worded statement OF
wages on Works Progress Administra-
ton projects, Mr.. Green condemned
the so-called security wage and insisted
THAT the American Federation Of Labor
could not surrender the principle O
the prevailing rate OF wage for work
ers in every community.
He pointed out that the security wage
per month would not be disturbed by
the prevailing wage rate plan, which
only insisted that the number OF hour;
worked per month by relief worker.
shall be fixed upon a basis so that the
worker would carr the monthly secur-
ity wage at the hourly prevailing wage
rate established in each community.
Montana labor news., 1935-09-05
MURRAY IS TO SPEAK
TO FARMERS

Senator Murray left Butte this morn
ing for Livingston, where he expects to
meet Senator Wagner. Mr.. Murray
will then proceed to Big Timber and
L.ewistown. At the latter city he will
attend the convention OF the Farmer
Labor group Sunday, September 9Th.
Both Senator Murray and Senator
Wheeler are scheduled to speak at the
meeting.
Montana labor news., 1935-09-05
SOLD WHEN GIRL,
NOW A SOVIET

A oma who was sold as a wife,
when she wa a small girl, for a pur-
chase price of Is sheep and two sheep
Montana labor news., 1935-09-05

When you buy fo%reign-made goods,
YOU are cutting your W pay. Don't
chisel on yourself.
Montana labor news., 1935-09-05

John L. Templeman, Butte, for
merly attorney for the w. A. Clark
interests, recently purchased the Isele
silver claim in the southwest portion
OF Butte and has made arrangements
for financing operations with Salt Lake
interests. Work was resumed at the
property around the middle OF August.
Montana labor news., 1935-09-05

The American standard OF
living must be maintained
in order that American in
stitutions may not be sub
ject to perils of discomfort.
Montana labor news., 1935-09-05

Gregson Springs wa host t o a de-
lightful picnic for members Of the
Leather Workers Union and their
friends last Saturday. The Leather
Workers, although a new organization,
are a poppy bunch not only in social
affairs, but in their participation in the
affairs of the Trades and Labor Coun-
ell also.