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Montana labor news., 1935-06-06
SILVER BOW COUNTY.
YOUNG DEMOCRATS
TO GIVE UNIQUE BALL.
First Annual Razz Festival to Be
Given June 9Th.

The Silver Bow County Young Dem
ocrats are sponsoring an unusual dance
next Saturday, June 9th, at the Silver
Bow Club, according to an announce
ment made by Rika Nugent, Chairman
of the Committee on arrangements.
One of the interesting features Of the
dance is the fine collection of cartoons
and caricatures which have been pre-
pared for the occasion by various car
toonists in Butte and throughout the
State. The cartoons are huge, almost
Ilife-like representations of political
personages in Montana with the en-
phasis being placed principally on Sill
yer Bow County, and they vary in
treatment from the comic to the seri-
Gus. Most Of them, however, treat
their subjects in a distinctly comic tone
somewhat in the manner Ct the Grid
iron Club of Washington in its annual
banquet. Many OF the cartoons show
a considerable amount OF artistic talent
on the part of the artists, both in their
ability to draw striking likenesses and
in their cleverness in handling subject
matter.
It is stated that some OF the poll
ticians have become slightly uneasy
about the subject matter in the car
toons, especially when they have mem
cries of certain cloudy incidents in
their past which they would rather not
have resurrected.
Other entertainment features are the
floor show and the political skit to be
presented by members Of the club. The
floor show includes a number of fea-
ture acts such as an Apache Dance, an
authentic Rhumba, tap dancing and
two solo artists. The Skit to be given
is the creation of Charley Nevin, for
mer mayor of Butte and it has a n a
tion-wide reputation as the finest po-
litical skit ever created. Mr.. Nevin
has given it all over the United States
and has coached a number of aspiring
politicians and public speakers in the
art OF impersonating pat Harrington
of the Third Ward" Admittedly a
masterpiece, this skit alone is a goot
evenings entertainment.
Montana labor news., 1935-06-06
PICNIC JUNE Is Will EXCEL FORMER YEARS
.SENAT NORRIS
EXP Is HOLDING
&C ANY SCHEMES

WASHINGTON, June Sup
Senator George Norris, republican, Ne
braska, asserted in the senate today
that the public utility holding COM
panies which the Wheeler Rayburn
bill seeks to outlaw were deliberately
set up to rob consumers and investors
through high rates and watered stock.
Coming to the aid of the administra-
ton in the battle over the new deal
reform bill, Norris transformed the
senate chamber into a classroom and
delivered a lecture that consumed most
of the day.
Striding backward and forward in
front OF more than a dozen charts
hanging in the rear of the chamber,
Norris explained how holding com
panies operate, and branded their lead
ers as robbers" frauds" thieves
"propagandits" and Cheats"
An old-fashioned school pointer in
his hands, the Nebraska republican be-
gan his lengthy address by describing
the holding company evil "as the worst
Of our civilized age"
"They were deliberately set up to rob
the people secretly" he cried. "They
were set up to do what could not have
been done openly. There are no rea-
sons for their existence even if they
were all operated honestly-and they
weren't"
Time after time Norris lashed out at
figures in the industry who have ap-
pealed to widows, orphans and other
stockholders to barrage congress with
demands that the Wheeler Rayburn
bill be defeated.
"They have created fear among
these people," he snapped. 81 chal-
lenge senators who are opposing this
bill to name one good reason why these
thousands of corporations should be in
existence. l challenge the same sena-
tors to name the holding companie;
that should be preserved to go on rob
bling and stealing from the consumers
and the public investors"
Tracing the intricate financial set-uf
OF such companies as the EelectriC
Bond and Share Co., The Edison E1ec-
trio Institute, The Commonwealth ant
Southern Corporation, the Columbia
Gas and Electric Corporation, and the
Niagara Hudson Power Co., as sci
forth in the charts, Norris insited there
were only two ways in which holding
companies could make money.
"They must get their money either
by keeping rates Of electricity and ga,
high to the consumers or through the
sale Of watered stock" he declared.
At one moment, Norris was compar-
ing holding companies with Solomon
and all his wives and the next a,
hungry snakes attempting to eat eacf
other.
Montana labor news., 1935-06-06
ARTICLE V.
Representative

Section l.. The basis of representa-
ton to all conventions of the Montana
State Federation of Labor shall be as
follows Each local union shall be en-
titled to one representative for the
charter and one for its membership
less than 100 members, and one for
each 100 members until 1000 member
ship is reached, and one delegate for
each 1000 members after the first 1000
members. City Centrals, Department
and District Councils shall be entitled
to Il deleeaf provided such delegate
is a member of a local union, affiliated
and in good standing with the Montana
State Federation OF Labor for three
months prior TO convention, except a
newly-organized local or council.
Sec. 2. Proxy votes shall not be al
lowed.
Sec. 3. Each delegate to any con-
vention Of this Federation must pre-
sent a credential signed by the presid-
ing officer and secretary and attested
by the seal of the organization he re-
presents and shall present their Gre
dentials to the convention before being
admitted to a seat therein.
Sec. a.. Every delegate to any CON
%vention of this Federation must be a
member in good standing Of the or
ganization he represents.
Sec. S. Expenses of delegates shall
be paid by the organization they re-
present, and each delegate must have
five (5) distinct union labels on his or
her person, in order to be entitled to
a seat.
Many things of importance to the
wage workers will come before the
convention for consideration, including
the new wage scale on P. w. A. work
and the administration of Unemploy-
ment Relief.
There has been nothing done by Con-
|gress OF a fundamental nature to solve
the economic problems which have be-
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Montana labor news., 1935-06-06
Steinmetz Describes
Ethics of Unionism
Great Falls President Urges
More Union Label Apprecia-
ton.

a personal letter from the President Of
THE CASCADE COUNTY TRADES
& LABOR ASSEMBLY
no THE OFFICERS AND MEM
|BERS OF ALL AFFILIATED
UNIONS:
Greetings:
The near breakdown of NRA should
awaken us to our responsibility, what
are you going to do about it? The
time worn idea that the union is some
supernatural thing or being is a misap-
prehension, because the union is you,
each and every one of you banded to-
gether for the purpose Of negotiating
wages and working conditions collec-
lively. MIRA set Out to do by law
what the unions have striven to do by
economic power. Your economic power
is your purchasing power. How long
do you suppose a merchant would CON
tinue to stock his shelves with scab
made merchandise if you refused to
buy it? When | say you, | mean you
individually and collectively, because,
whether you realize it or not, eighty
per cent OF the gross production Of in
dustry and agriculture is consumed in
our home market by the w%age-earner
(get this figure we'll established in your
mind then you will realize our eco
nomic power seven per cent of our
gross production is accounted for by
exports, including agricultural, while
the other thirteen per cent is consumed
by the employer. Imagine if you can
a bunch of scab drivers trying to do
business among their W class. Not
all employers are scab drivers, yet all
employers only consume thirteen per
cent OF our production. With these
figures, it is obvious that w|age-earners
must purchase eighty per cent of these
scab made products. How many OF
you are furnishing the money that
makes it possible for these scab en-
ployers to gloat over the boast that
they can make nor money running an
unfair shop than they can by being
fair to Organized Labor?
Think it over. Are you smoking
scab cigarettes, cigars or tobacco?
Are you wearing scab clothing, shoes
hats, caps, gloves or shirts? If they
do not bear the union label, they are
scab. Don't be misled, insist on the
union label. Identify your purchase as
a union purchase, and see how readily
the scab made merchandise disappears
Let us make our community one hun
dred per cent union minded by demand
ing the union label and union shor
card. This being realized, we will moi
have to resort to NRA or any other
law. God helps those who help them
selves. You owe it to yourself, SC
let's go with a new determination tC
make it impossible to cheat the wage
Garner. F%raternally yours,
B. /. STEINMETZ.
Montana labor news., 1935-06-06
SENATOR MURRAY
III A S CONFERENCE
WITH UNION HEADS

Senator James +. Murray was a visi-
tor in Butte Sunday, June the first
He conferred with quite a number OF
the union officials in relation to the
unions and labor conditions. Mr..
Murray spoke before the graduating
class OF Carroll College during his visit
to Montana and also interviewed the
people in connection with the beet
sugar situation OF Billings. Mr.. Muir
ray said it is very necessary to have
the beet sugar dispute Strengthened out
as the refusal Of some OF the farmers to
plant their lands to sugar beets, unless
adjustment Of price is made, will have
serious effect upon the economic con-
dition of eastern Montana.
The Senator has many friends among
the unions here, both with the union
officers and also thousands Of friend:
among the union members.
Montana labor news., 1935-06-06
CORRESPONDENCE
SCHOOL In BAD
WITH UNCLE sam
U. S. CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION
Fraud Order Issued by the Post Office
Department Against Correspond
ence School.

Fraud Order Issued by the Post Office
Department Against Correspond
ence School.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June S, 1885.
The United States Civil Service
Commission calls attention to the fol-
lowing fraud order issued by the Post
lOffice Department against Bureau Of
Public Service Instruction Of Philadel-
phia, Pa, on May II, 1885:
1T having been made to appear to
the Postmaster General upon evidence
satisfactory to him, that BUREAU OF
PUBLIC SERVICE INSTRUCTION,
and its officers and agents as such at
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, are en-
gagged in conducting a scheme OF de-
vice for obtaining money through the
mails by means of false and fraudulent
pretenses, representations, and prom
ises, in violation Of sections 259 and
1882 of title 80, United States Code, and
by authority vested in the Postmaster
General by said laws the Postmaster
General hereby forbids you to pay any
postal money order drawn to the order
OF said concern and parties and you are
hereby directed to inform the RENTER
Of any such postal money order that
payment thereof has been forbidden,
and that the amount thereof will be
returned upon the presentation Of the
original order or a duplicate thereof
applied for and obtained under the
regulations Of the Department.
"And you are hereby instructed to
return all letters, whether registered or
not, and other mail matter which shall
arrive at your office directed to the
said concern and parties to the post
masters at the offices at which they
were originally mailed, to be delivered
to the senders thereof, with the words
Fraudulent Mail to this address re-
turned by order Of Postmaster Cen
eral plainly written or stamped upon
the outside of such letters or matter
Where there is nothing to indicate who
are the senders OF letters not registered
or other matter, you are directed TO
send such letters and matter to the Di-
vision of Dead Letters with the words
Fraudulent: Mail to this address re-
turned by order Of Postmaster Cen
eral, plainly written or stamped
thereon, to be disposed OF as other
dead matter under the laws and regu-
~lations applicable thereto"
The Bureau of Public Service In
struction is one OF the So-called civil
service correspondence schools.
To safeguard the public, the United
States Civil Service Commission has
called attention many times to the mis-
leading statements of many such
schools and has advised persons inter-
ested to consult it regarding the prob
ability Of examinations being held be-
fore making contracts or paying money
for courses.
Information regarding examinations
may be obtained from the Commission
board of examiners at first and second
class post offices.
Montana labor news., 1935-06-06
'SOviets on Parade
A Picture Of Russia

The description OF the progress that
has been made in Russia was the main
feature Of the show. When one con-
siders that a few years ago, Russia
was hardly considered as an industrial
state worth mentioning, her present
position seems miraculous. A few
years G she had no industries to
amount to anything, her factories were
few and simple. Agriculture was car
ried on by the most backward methods,
but now everything is changed, In
some phases of chronological produc-
ton, Russia is second only to the
United States. One Of these is in the
production Of o-electric power.
Russia has also increased the produc-
ton OF pig iron steel and roll steel.
The quota set for this year by the
commissary insA'arge of heavy in
dustry for steci IS ten million tons.
Russia has also increased her gold pro-
duction. The fear Of famine has been
overcome. The collectivation of farms
and the use of giant machines in mass
production has placed Russia where
she need no longer want, in other
words, Russia has about reached that
point also where they live in an
omy of abundance and all of this is
pictured in this drama Of Russian life.
The scenes of Russian military
strength are then shown and this part
constitutes the most thrilling and ex-
citing part Of the play. Hundreds of
thousands Of men are seen marching
down the streets Of Moscow, followed
by motorcycles, whippet tanks, and all
other heavy motorized equipment Of
war; great fleets Of airships are
shown. Russia is reputed to have more
modern airships equipped for war
service than any other nation of the
world. 1t has been demonstrated over
and over again at the League of Ma
tons, at the disarmament conferences,
in her conversations and solutions Of
problems with foreign nations, that
Russia excels all other nations and is
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Montana labor news., 1935-06-06
Office Of
BUTTE CLERKS UNION
No. 4, R. c. /. P. A.
Pythian Castle
10OK Co,,tb Ma;n Ctraat
129N South Main Street

lZyN u Main Street
Butte, Montana, June 5, 1885.
To the Members of Organized Labor
Greetings:
The Butte Clerks Union have for
many years endeavored to close all
Foodstuff Stores at Six p. m, but not
having received the proper support, we
we're not successful. Now, we are ap-
pealing to all members of organized
labor to assist in this campaign. We
have received the endorsement of the
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Council.
We would respectfully ask the mem
bers of your organization and friends
to refrain from purchasing from Stores
who do not display the Union Store
Card and who do not close at Six p. M,
except on Saturdays and the night pre-
ceding a holiday at Nine p. m, and who
do not close on all Sundays and Holt
days, as all those who are moi comply
ing have been placed on the WE DO
NOT PATRONIZE LIST" endorsed
by the Silver Bow Trades and Labor
Council.
Thanking you for your cooperation,
we are
Fraternally yours,
BUTTE CLERKS UNION
X. f. Lavelle, Secretary.
Montana labor news., 1935-06-06

To all Affiliated Central Bodies
and Local Unions,
Greetings
This is to notify you that the thirty
eighth convention of the Montana State
Federation of Labor will be held in
Deer Lodge, Montana, commencing at
ten o'clock, A. NJ, Tuesday, June Is.
1885, and will continue in session until
the business Of the convention is COM
pleted. Credentials in duplicate are en-
closed and officers of organizations
sending delegates are requested that
same are properly filled and counter
signed.
The secretary of each organization
should mail the duplicate in time to
reach this office not later than June
20, but in case that is o possible, the
delegate should bring it personally to
the convention.
Montana labor news., 1935-06-06
Machinists Unions To
Meet AT Milwaukee
Ed Nichols to Attend Convention
of the National Association of
Machinists.

DEER LODGE The machinists
convention will be composed Of
the machinists of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee and ST. Paul Railroad and all its
branches. Mr.. Nichols is representing
the machinists Of the Milwaukee
Brotherhood Of Machinists of the dis
trict from Avery, Idaho, to Mobridge,
South Dakota. The convention will be
in session from June II to IA, inclusive.
Mr., Nichols is also an Executive Board
Member of the Montana State Fedora
ton Of Labor and besides representing
the State Federation OF Labor at the
forthcoming convention OF the unions
OF Montana in Deer Lodge on June Is,
20 and u he will also represent his To-
cal union. He expects to return from
Milwaukee to be on hand for the local
convention.
Montana labor news., 1935-06-06
DEER y IN
FINE CONDITION

DEER LODGE-(Special to Mon
tana Labor News)-The meeting held
between the merchants Of Deer Lodge
and the local unions Of Deer Lodge on
the night of the LIST Of June resulted in
the merchants giving full recognition
to the Grocery Clerks Union and the
Bookkeepers. Their scale of wages
will now be a minimum OF $3.50 per
week and they are entitled to two
weeks vacation a year with pay.
Butchers, dry goods clerks and service
station attendants will be next to ask
for recognition and a stabilized wage
scale.
Montana labor news., 1935-06-06
PAUL ERLER TO ATTEND FEDE.
RATION CONVENTION.

Paul Erler, President Of the Silver
Bow Trades and Labor Council was
elected to represent that organization
at the forthcoming convention of the
Montana State Federation Of Labor.
Miss Kelly, delegates from the Tele-
phone Operators Union wa elected
alternate delegate.
Montana labor news., 1935-06-06
TELEPHONE OPERATORS SUB
NIT AGREEMENT.

The Telephone Operators Union
have prepared a wage agreement to
present to the Telephone Company.
This wage agreement was submitted to
the Trades and Labor Council for rati-
fication at Tuesday nights meeting.
The delegates concurred in the request
of the Telephone Operators.
Montana labor news., 1935-06-06
FIREMEN SECURE
PAY RESTORATION

The City Council granted the petit
ton OF the Firemen for an increase OF
pay to $4,000, at last evenings session.
The petition was coupled with a pro-
posal for an ordinance to make the in
crease legal.
Montana labor news., 1935-06-06

DISTRICT NO. 4, INTERNATIONAL
UNION OF NINE, MILL AND

- @-f@Hl
SHELTER WORKERS
202-203 Miners Bank Bldg.
Joplin, Mo.
May IS, 1885.
Mr.. James Robinson
Sec'y-Treas., I. U. M. M. & S. w.
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dear Sir and Brother:
Owing TO the conditions existing in
this particular instance, the Tri-State
District, which as you know is a rich
zinc and lead production area, and
there being approximately nine thous-
and laboring adults, male, depending
upon teh operations of the various
mines, mills and smelters for a liveli-
hood-we wish to reveal to you as
near as possible the conditions existing
and reasons for a strike which has been
called by a referendum vote Of the or
ganized laborers in this district.
This District was organized August
IS, 1888, under charters of The Inter
national Mine, Mill and Smeltermen's
Union, affiliated with the A. F. of L.
Although the lead smelters, of which
there are two, one in Joplin, Mo, op-
Grated by Eagle Picher Lead Company
which is also a large manufacturer OF
various oxides, paint grinders, litharge,
also rock insulations, and one in Ca
lena, Kansas, operated by the Eagle
Picher Mining and Smelling Company.
These companies signed the Blanket
Code August II, 1888, and are sigma
tories to the lead code of fair compe-
tition and have flown the Blue Eagle
until the present time. About three
months previous to signing the Presi-
dents Unemployment Agreement,
these companies, which are each con
trolled by the same main office in Gin
c%innati, Ohio, posted notices Of a cut
in wages OF an approximate fifteen
per cent average, and three days pre-
vious to posting this said Presidents
Unemployment Agreement, which was
on or about August 10, 1888, a notice
of reclassifications was posted and took
effect, which, as we see it was for no
other reason than to defeat the pur-
pose Of the code OF fair competition.
Since organizing we have repeatedly
tried to meet with the operators to
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Montana labor news., 1935-06-06
news OF The
TRADES COUNCIL

Delegates from the Typographical
Union announced that Frank Coburn is
seeking the position of State Boiler In
spector. 1t was stated that the Typo
graphical Union had endorsed Mr.. Co
burn for this position. The Typo
graphical representative wanted to
know why Mr.. Coburn's name had not
been included in the seven men pub
lished in the last weeks issue of the
Montana Labor News. 1t was ex-
planned to him that there was no OBJ
lection whatever, to Mr.. Coburn, but
that the Trades and Labor Council nor
the Engineers had been notified hat
he was seeking the position.
A communication was received from
the Firemen's Union requesting that a
committee be appointed to assist them
in regards to a restoration of pay
which they are seeking from the City
authorities. 1t was reported in the
| Montana Labor News sometime ago
that the firemen had been successful in
securing their restoration Of pay from
the City Council but it now seems that
Notwithstanding the fact the council
voted almost unanimously to grant this
request Of the firemen, that no r%estora-
ton has been granted The explanation
lgiven by the city administration, so il
was reported, is that no ordinance was
passed granting the increase after the
vote had been taken. Whether the
failure to pass this ordinance was Z
slip up or deliberate on the part OIL
the former administration is a matter
OF conjecture. President Paul Erler o.
the Council appointed a committee tC
lgo with the firemen to visit the City
Council Wednesday evening, June S.
The BARRIERS reported that the stat,
Supreme Court had upheld the Law
compelling all BARRIERS to have a statt
license, All individuals doing barber
work without this license is subject t.
a penalty under the state statute.
Montana labor news., 1935-06-06
DEL R LODGE Will BE HOST TO UNIONS
LARGEST CONFERENCE OF UNIONS AND
PROGRESSIVE GROUPS EVER STAGED IN
MONTANA TO BE HELD JUNE Is TO e

President Paul Erler to Repre-
sent Silver Bow Council; Miss
Kelly, of Telephone Opera
tors, Selected as Alternate;
Plans Being Made By Central
Labor Council of Powell
County to Take Care of Visi-
tors; President Graham of
Federation of Labor Issues
Call Of Convention and Urges
Large Representation.
Office of the President
MONTANA STATE FEDERATION
OF LABOR
Affiliated With the American
Federation OF Labor
Room II Montana Building
Telephone go P. o. Box 1176
HELENA, MONTANA
May Is, 1885.
Montana labor news., 1935-06-06
Miners on Strike in
Tri-State District
Wages Inadequate to Sustain
Decent Living.
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF
NINE, MILL AND SHELTER
WORKERS
Affiliated With A. F. of L.
Offices: $40 Judge Building
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
Nav q. 1885.

May Is, 1888.
TO THE OFFICERS AND MEM
BERS OF ALL LOCAL UNIONS
AND AUXILIARIES OF THE IN
TERNATIONAL UNION OF
MINE, MILL AND SHELTER
WORKERS
Greetings
The enclosed copy Of communication
received from District No. a., gives an
outline of the situation as it exists in
the Tri-State District.
The local relief administration is do
ing nothing to relieve the distress OF
these striking miners. We are bringing
all possible pressure to bear on the
Washington authorities; however,
these men and their families are SUI
fering for the bare necessities OF life.
The International Executive Board
has endorsed the proposition of solicit
ing funds from the various locals to
assist these people. 1t is of the up
most Importance that we win this
strike, for it involves approximately
10000 people, and if won, will be the
means Of organizing all the adjacent
territory-and any financial assistance
you may be able to render them will be
greatly appreciated.
Send all donations to:
Clarence Million,
Secretary Treasurer, District No.
202-203 Miners Bank Bldg
Jopline, Nc.
F%raternally yours,
JAMES ROBINSON,
JR'ny Secretary-Treasurer
(UNION SEAL)