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Montana labor news., 1935-02-14
MORE WOMEN In
CENTRAL COUNCIL

The Central Council welcomes the in
itiation of another feminine member to
its ranks. At Tuesday nights meeting,
Minnie Rowe was seated as a delegate
from the Barber and Beauticians union.
The Central Council now has quite a
sprinkling Of the fairer sex in its ranks.
The delegates from the Womens' Pro-
tective union are perhaps the oldest in
point of affiliation and attendance, al
though the Telephone girls have been
represented for many years. With the
addition of the member from the Beau
%ticians and the women representing the
new Teachers union and the Librarians
it won't be long before we can hold a
dance without going outside for addi-
tional female partners. Then too, the
Council took action to seat as Honorary
delegates the women representing the
Ladies Auxiliary of the Miners union.
Perhaps the Ladies Auxiliary of the
Carpenters will ask to be represented in
the Council, also. 1t is good to have all
these women in the Central Council,
not merely because they lend charm
and color to the assembly, but primarily
because women are the purchasers,
their presence will tend to strengthen
the use of the union label and the de-
mand for union label goods in the
stores.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14
February Social Security
Praises Old Age Pro-
visions, But Declares
Unemployment Pro-
posals of Wagner
Lewis-D oughton Bill
Disappointing a n d
Vague" D eplores
Failure to Include
Health Insurance.
800 Social Insurance
Bills Are Pending in
43 Legislatures

President Roosevelt Officially closed
the era of rugged individualism" with
his Economic Security message to Con-
gress, by insisting that the manifold
problem Of insecurity must be attacked
on all three fronts of old age, unem-
ployment and illness and on a nation
wide scale, the monthly Social Security
for February, just out, declared. The
message was characterized as historic"
in its recognition that insecurity is
nationwide, ever present, and urgent"
and that its alienation must not be left
TO the mercies of local action"
The monthly, which is the official
organ of the American Association for
Social Security, asserted that "for the
first time in the history of any civilized
nation, the problem Of insecurity is at
tackled, not piecemeal, but in all its
manifold remifications as a single great
problem created by modern conditions
of life"
In an analysis of the Economic Sc
curity Bill, introduced in Congress by
Senator Robert F. Wagner of New
York, and Representatives David ].
Lewis Of Maryland and Robert L.
Doughton of North Carolina after the
Presidents message was read, the pub
LEGATION praised the portion dealing
with old age as the strongest part Of
the bill, deplored the failure to include
provisions for health insurance, and
Continued to Page a
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14
Plumbers Help Union

1t was reported that the Plumbers
union had concurred in the recent ac-
ton of the Central Council in placing
the products of the Kohler Company
on the unfair list. Some time ago the
Council received a communication from
the Central Council of %Sheboygan, Wis
consin, asking the unions OF Montana
to place the products of this company
on the unfair list, as they had refused
to recognize the A. F. Of L. union and
had set up a company union. This
firm manufactures plumbing supplies.
The action of the Plumbers union here
will e~ffectually prevent the sale of any
more of the products Of the Kohler
Company. It is hoped that all the
locals Of the plumbers in the state will
take similar action. The employees Of
the Kohler Company are trying to form
a bona fide union. The assistance given
them by the plumbers union Of Butte if
carried out by similar unions through
out the country would soon bring this
company to realize the power Of CO.
operative action.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14
Illinois Militia
Publication Points To
War With Japan

SPRINGFIELD, III. - FP) That
the United States will probably have
to fight Japan is indicated in the lead
ing article in the January number of
The Illinois Guardsman, published for
the Illinois National Guard, Adjt. Gems
Dept, State Capitol. The articles is
entitled War Clouds-Japan on the
Horizon.
The magazine also belatedly contains
the account of the U. S. army war
game in New Jersey last summer. The
conditions Of the maneuvers included
the premise that "a war on the west
coast Oapan) was supposed to have
been under way since early August.
Suddenly, on August % the European
powers (probably England and Ger
many declared war on US and stimuli
.taneously commenced bombing attacks
and landing operations. The national
guard was ordered modified. The few
tiny regular regiments in the east were
~ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to New Jersey
to oppose the landing of so times their
number"
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14
PEOPLE WANT
WORK

In the typical southern industrial
city of $4,000 to $4,000 population, %
per cent of the households families or
single persons) receiving aid from To-
cal, State, OF Federal emergency relief
funds contain at least one member 10
to "a years old who is looking for a
job or has some non-reilef work pro-
ducing insufficient income to support
the family. In only eight per cent Of
the households are all the members
disqualified from the search for work
because they are either too old or dis
abled, young people attending school,
or housewives whose home duties pre-
vent them from going out to work.
Harry L. Hopkins, Federal Emer-
|gency Relief Administrator, made pub
lie the data on which these figures are
based. Eight cities, (six southern and
two northern, all referred to as
Southern of $4,000 to $4,000 popu-
lation furnished the information for the
FERA's study of hat group. They
we're: Norfolk, Va; Wilmington,
Del. FL Paso, Texas; Charlotte, N. c.;
Charleston, S. c.; Wheeling, W. Va;
Jackson, Miss; and Little Rock, Ark.
The survey indicates that a great
proportion of the relief population is
eager to work, has creditable work ex-
p~erience, and has shown the ability to
get jobs from time to tine ever dur
ing the worst of the depression.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14
UNION WORKERS ON IVA PROJECTS
BELLE CLAIMS OF ANTEUNIONISTS
Extensive Construction Work Being Done AS Economically As
Private "Slave Driving Employers Could Possibly Do 1t.

SHEFFIELD, Ala.-"American Fed
Grafton of Labor Unions whose mem
bers are employed by the IVA on its
various operations are cooperating with
the Authority in an effort to demon
strate that utility projects can be con-
structed by the government paying
union wage rates at a final cost that
will certainly not be in excess of the
real costs on privately built dams or
power projects"
This declaration was made by George
Googe representing President Green OF
the American Federation OF Labor,
speaking at a workers education con-
ference held in the Recreation hall at
the IVA Reservation at the Joe
Whooler dam site near here.
1.-THE American Federation of Labor
is fully aware of the vast social bene-
fits that will be achieved as a result Of
the IVA development, and it is our
purpose to promote in every possible
manner the social and economic policies
which are being furthered through the
development Of power resources in this
area" Googe stated.
Private utilities who are instigating
the fight against President Roosevelt's
plan for public ownership OF natural
resources have habitually used slave
driving tactics and low wage rates on
their big construction jobs in the South.
Because of the extreme pressure of
reactionary% influences, the government
is impelled to keep its construction
costs more or less on a level with those
in privately built jobs where labor was
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14
Spiegel Explains H.B. 81

On Tuesday, February 5th, the Silver
Bow Trades and Labor Council went
on record as opposing the passage Of
House Bill No. 81. Sections of this
Bill we're published in last weeks issue
of the Montana Labor News. The bill
relates to the purchase of union made
goods by the State of Montana but had
a clause in it exempting the products
of any of the state institutions or ma
t%erials, goods, or supplies produced by
the state. The unions have always OBJ
jected to state institutions, prisons, in
other words, disposing of their products
in the erection of state institutions and
thereby injuring private industry and
being the means of putting more men
out of work. The Council received a
letter from Representative Spiegel last
evening in which he stated that the
clause to which Labor had objected
had been stricken, namely Nothing in
this act shall be construed as applying
to the purchase by the State or any
Of its institutions, of any materials pro-
duced by the State itself, etc"
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14
DAILIES
LAUNCH ATTACK
ON A. T. OF [

CHICAGO.-(FP)-As though by
concerted action the two leading news
paper enemies Of Labor and the new
deal in the Middle West, the Chicago
Tribune and the Chicago Daily News,
launched attacks in their columns on
the American Federation Of Labor
January 28
In its editorial attack the Daily News
belittled the efforts of the A. F. of L.
to organize the automobile and steel
industries and warned organized labor
that enforcement of the majority-yote
rule in representing workers for col
lective bargaining means RECOMMENDATION.
Regeneration will in the long run
prove very bad for the A. F. of l., the
News declared.
Compared with this agitation for
company unionism and weak genuine
unions by the News, the Chicago Trib-
une's attack was more dangerous be-
cause it was in sleeps clothing of a
news" story from the Washington bu-
reau of the papers press service. The
story is full Of Misrepresentation and
false statements.
Every u~nionist knows hat the per-
capita tax to the A. F. of L. is l2c per
member per year, or lc a month, except
for the relatively small membership in
the directly affiliated federal unions.
But the Tribune story makes the per
capita 35c a month, or S4.20 a year,
which is an exaggeration of IS times
the true tax.
The Tribune further stated that
each of the 481 900 new members" was
put where he had to be Kicking in
with his initiation fee" This is also
untrue because the initiation fee is not
collected by the A. F. of L. except in
the case of directly affiliated members.
It further falsely states that each
member has to subscribe for the
American Federationist. Only the fed
eral unionists have a subscription taken
out Of their dues. The bulk of the rev.
enue from the American Federationist,
besides these subscriptions, is advertis-
ing which the Tribune story does not
mention, perhaps because some Of he
advertisers are openshop concerns.
The impression is further conveyed
that the A. F. of L. has cleaned up
piles Of easy money out of Section Ia
of the MIRA. The Tribune headlines
read: A. F. Of L. BOOMING IN
MONEY, SIZE WITH NEW DEAL
MIRA Section Ia Proves Gold Mine.
In the story is the statement: "By far
the largest chunk (of what the Tribune
calls the easy money! has gone into the
pockets of the unions walking dele
gates"
From a news-gathering point of view
the comic side of the story is that it is
printed as though the figures had just
been unearthed by the enterprising
newshounds of the se~lf-styled worlds
greatest newspaper" AS a matter Of
fact the Federated Press summarized
them with the true Interpretation in its
release Of September %, 1884, when
they were made public by the executive
council of the A. F. of L. The FTP
story, besides being more accurate and
fair, thus also scooped the Chicago
Tribune by exactly four months.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14
CLERKS ORGANIZE

A communication was received from
Spokane asking the Council for infor-
nation in regard to the making of laws
and procedure in the organization Of
Wholesale Grocer employees. The
matter wa turned over to the Clerks
Union. 1t is gratifying to hear of so
much union activity in Spokane. This
town has generally been considered as
not a very good union place. During
the last couple of years, however, much
activity and interest has developed there
and it is to be hoped that the workers
there will continue to keep up the or
ganizing work until all the trades are
thoroughly unionized.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14
UNION ASKS FOR
TRAFFIC CONTROL

On Thursday, February 9TH, at a
meeting of the Street Car Mems Union
the matter of traffic regulations came
up for discussion. Alderman Thomas
R. Morgan, a member of the Union
and also a member Of the traffic com
mittee of the City Council was present.
He was asked in regard to the recent
change in the hours governing the OPP
Grafton of the red and green lights at
certain street intersections. MI. Nor
gan explained to the Union that a tenn
porary change was made during the
Convention of the Wool Growers As
ISOLATION, and the change seemed to
meet with some approval. The change
in the operation Of the lights was sub
%sequently extended wherein these lights
were no longer in use between the
hours of seven P. M. and eleven o'clock
P. M. Many of the street car men
explained that the time between seven
and eleven P. M. was the time that
the most reckless driving occurred ow-
ing to social activities, use of cars by
minors and inexperienced drivers and
so forth. Tales of near accidents and
narrow escapes were recited principally
caused by many autoists feeling that
they were in the clear when the lights
were not burning and the failure Of
these drivers to take into considera-
ton traffic, street cars, and other We
hicles coming in the other direction.
After a thorough discussion a COM
mittee was appointed to interview the
traffic committee of the city. An ap-
pointment was made for four P. M.
Monday, February II. The men rep
r~esenting the Union were: Wilbur
Aiken, President of the Union, John
Vickers and Clarence Blewett. Those
present representing the traffic COM
mittee were Aldermen Ed. Sullivan,
of the third ward, McDermott, Crowley,
Duffy and Morgan. Mayor Archie
McTaggart was also present during
part of the hearing. During this meet
ing the regulation of the lights as eff
fecting the children going to and from
school were discussed, and also the
position of the Street Car men as dis
closed in the Union meeting. 1t was
finally decided to try a system of
light control between the hours of eight
o'clock and nine O'Clock A. M. and be-
tween the hours of eleven o'clock A.
M. and ten o'clock P. M.
The city makes a slight saving in
costs by the reduction in hours of light
operation.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES TO Get FULL
PAY RESTORATION BEGINNING APRIL |
Long Fight By Organized Labor Brings Results;
Still Seek Needed improvements.

WASHINGTON.-Over 10000 en-
ployees of the Federal Government
will have the final 5 per cent OF the
original IS per cent pay reduction re-
stored, beginning April /, as a result
OF action by the Congress. This is
now contingent only upon the sigma
ture of President Roosevelt, which it is
believed will be attached to the bill
carrying the restoration provision.
This is one of the five A. F. Of L. legis-
lative program major points.
Restoration was affected by attach
ment OF an amendment to the de-
ficiency bill, by Senator McCarron,
Democrat, Nevada, who had been Sc
lected by the Legislative Council of
Government Employees to handle the
matter. President Roosevelt had an
nounced that restoration Of the re-
naming S per cent could not be made
until July /, while employees were de-
termined to have it effective January /,
the date of April | representing a COM
promise.
The Government pay u originated
in 1882, during the Hoover Admins
tration, when a reduction of e%ight-and-
one-third per cent was put into effect,
and it was increased to Is per cent
early in 1888. The last session Of Con-
gress eliminated 10 per cent Of the cut,
effective as of February /, 1884.
According to President Babcock OF
the American Federation of Govern
ment Employees, mail carriers, postal
clerks, mail association and other Of
ficials, the fight for needed improve
ments in the Government service vii.
be continued. Restoration of thirty
days (instead OF IS as at present. an
nual sick leave, creation OF a Civil
Service Board Of Appeals, and other
needed Improvements r covered in q
bill recently introduced by Congress
man Sirovich, and supported by al
A. F. of L. affiliated Government serv-
ice organizations.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14
Building
Workers Set To Strike
If Arbitration Fails

NEW YORK-(FP)-A resolution
to strike against any building owner
who refuses to accept an expected ar
bitration decision was passed at a mass
meeting Of 5000 delegates, represent
ing II New York locals of the Build
ing Service Employees international
Union. About $4,000 members were
represented.
Arbitration proceedings began De-
cember II following a strike in the busy
garment section in the unions big Or
ganizational drive in the city. Through
Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia's inter
cession, a committee of three repre-
senting the union, employers and a
neutral third person was established to
arrive at a basis for settlement Of the
dispute which threatened to spread all
over the city.
The union has been demanding
recognition, a 40-hour week and a $35
minimum weekly wage for elevator OPP
orators with adjusted rates for other
classifications.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14
Women of Carpenters
Entertain

The Carpenters Auxiliary Number
222 entertained at the home of Mrs.
Ada Davies, $40 West Granite Street,
with Mrs. Ed. Harrington assisting the
hostess. The Auxiliary presented the
following members with birthday gifts :
Mrs. Irene M. Kaudy, Mrs. Marian
Gasser, Mrs. Clara Amundson, Mrs.
Bessie Clark, Miss. Rowena Gaffney.
The following members were awarded
prizes for cards: Mrs. Nora McBroom,
Mrs. Sophia Jacobsen, Mrs. Irene M.
Miss Dorothy McBroom. A
delicious lunch was served after the
cards with the following present Mrs.
Anna Richard, Mrs. Berthe Lundgren,
Mrs. Irene M. Kaudy, Mrs. Sophia
Jacobsen, Mrs. Viola Jacobsen, Mrs.
Elsie Young, Mrs. Nora McBroom,
Mrs. Marie Walsh, Mrs. Christina
Richards, Mrs. Helen Stevens, Mrs.
Cicel Murphy, Mrs. Kate Keane, Mrs.
Ada Davies, Mrs. Marian Harrington,
Miss Dorothy McBroom.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14
Charles Sebold Tenders
Resignation As Editor

At a special meeting of the Press
committee of the Montana Labor News
called February 9th, at the Teamsters'
Hall, Reverend Charles Sebold form
ally and officially rendered his resig-
nation as editor Of the Montana Labor
News. Prior to this action and on
Tuesday, at the regular meeting Of the
Trades Council, Mr.. Sebold had an
nounced his plans to enter the publish
ing field at Glendive, Montana. He in
formed the delegates that he had pur-
chased machinery and equipment, and
establishment and progressive news
paper. In his farewell address Mr..
Sebold paid many glowing tributes to
the friendships he had made during the
course of his association with the men
and women in the Labor movement.
He also emphasized the value he had
received in trade union philosophy and
tactics, and described his devotion to
the cause of labor by having declined
to enter any other form of organiza-
tlOll although OlANh lNduCSACh " " ~
Mr.. Sebold was chosen editor Of the
Montana Labor News about four years
ago. At the time he was representing
the Ministerial Association as a frater-
nal delegate to the Central Council
He is the Congregational Minister of
Butte.
His exuberance, good nature, opti-
mism, and above all, his outstanding
ability and help will be missed by every
one Of US and the Labor movement.
The Montana Labor News reached ma
tional recognition under the editorship
of Mr.. Sebold. The Central Council
made him an honorary member for life.
Our best wishes and hopes go to him in
his new endeavor and may he be sue
cessful and happy in his new career.
His presence and activities in the east
ern part of the state should tend to
strengthen and assist the development
of the trade union and liberal move
ment there.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14
24-HOur
Anti Injunction
Strike Locks Piers

NEW YORK. IL FP) - More than
10000 teamsters and longshoremen
flung their answer to Justice Hum
phreys and open shop bosses of New
York City when they pulled a 24-hour
strike in protest against the recent in
junction issued by Humphreys order
ing union workers to accept shipments
delivered by non-union teamsters. The
city's numerous piers were paralyzed.
In a joint meeting of teamsters' To-
Gals held so secretly that even the
union leaders were caught unawares,
about 1900 teamsters decided upon the
24-hour protest strike. While union
longshoremen, members of the Inter
national Longshoremen's Association,
did not formally announce a sympathy
strike, they entered into one practically
by refusing to handle any goods
brought by non-union drivers.
Only trucks carrying foodstuffs and
coal, armored cars and snow-removal
trucks were allowed to run.
Both Vice-PreS. M. J. Casual OF the
International Brotherhood of Team
sters and Pres. Joseph P. Ryan Of the
/. L. A. refused to comment on the
strike beyond saying that it was "un-
authorized" and that it was strictly a
rank and file movement"
Though the injunction was an
nounced on January 2, it has not yet
been signed. A conference has been
called to consider the final form of
the ruling. Representatives of the
union and shippers are expected to
take part in the conference in view Of
the strike situation.
Striking teamsters, in the meantime,
rejoiced in the effectiveness of their
strike.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14

paid lower rates.
1.-THE union men on the various dam
jobs see the situation clearly enough
and are working with the officials to
increase efficiency at all points and to
keep down costs wherever this can be
done without sacrificing union stand
ards.
MANY OF the engineers and super
visory forces on the IVA operation
were necessarily taken over from pri-
vate industry and bring in with them
to the new job the arbitrary methods
and attitudes prevailing on Southern
construction jobs.
1.-THE recent emergency conference of
organized labor representatives IN
Nashville, Tenn, attended by some 4S0
delegates from IS Southern states vot-
ed enthusiastically to launch an ex-
tensive educational campaign to COM
bat the heavily financed attack which
special interests are carrying on against
IVA.
"The success of IVA will be a tri-
umph for organized labor in the South
and the r~eactionaries know this we'll"
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14
Police Wreck Chicago
Labor Forum

CHICAGO.-(FP)-Except that they
did not smash the piano with axes,
Chicago police made as thorough a job
Of wrecking and demolishing a work
ers' club as any mob of California cops
could have done when they raided the
West Side Workers Forum while a
dance was in progress there Saturday
evening, January 70. Thirty-three Of
the persons in the hall are in jail on
trumped up charges of operating a dis
orderly house. There were no beds in
the place, the quarters being n big
hall.
Cops smashed heavy wooden benches,
splintered chairs, tore a desk into
fragments, scattered sandwiches and
pop all over the place. They did not
wreck the stove for fear of a fire and
nobody knows why they spared the
piano. The Chicago Civil Liberties
Committee is investigating the raid
and plans to bring suits if the facts
can be established.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14
BABY BONDS FOR
SMALL INVESTORS

The baby bonds" which President
R~oosevelt's Administration proposes to
authorize the United States Treasury
to issue in connection with the $780,
100000 Federal public works projects
to provide jobs for between three and
four million adults now on relief rolls,
will be in denominations of SIS and up
with a maximum limit of 10000 to each
purchaser. The interest rate will not
exceed three per cent. 1t is said the
Government will utilize the postoffices
as a medium for selling the bonds.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-14

PITTSBURGH. OPP Now that
its 1000 workers at Ford City and
Creighton, Pa, have closed its plants,
the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. is will
ing to discuss strike issues. The union
asks a 2Oc-an-hour wage increase and
the checkoff. The strike was called by
the new Federation Of Flat Glass
Workers after conferences extending
over two months had failed to bring a
wage agreement.