Montana labor news., 1935-06-27
Miners Need Unions
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lied. jerome had a Union, but ! say
had not "has". Globe, Ajo and the
Morenci have no legitimate miners un-
ion.
If Brother Pop" Whitley would
have had the opportunity to stay in
this meek Of the woods | can truth
fully assure you that things would be
different around this state and N. Mex.
and even maybe Texas.
| worked with that little bundle Of
dynamite" and know what he is, and
what he can do. The only things that
| don't concur with him is about the
NRA victories and the wages paid in
New Mex. He forgets that at the Peru
Mine at Fieno N. Mex. the miner was
getting 19c (nineteen cents) an hour.
Also that at Pinos Altos N. Mex. wages
were $l.50 per shift. And at Shafter,
Texas we hit a mine, namely The Amer
lean Metals Co., which paid 17c %(seven-
teen cents) an hour. And he calls that
NRA. Every victory that he credits to
the Never Receive anything was hol-
low. Demands never were complied
with. Right today they are in a worst
shape than they ever were. Though |
am flat on my back and not very dis
tant to the great beyond, still keep up
as much correspondence with them as
can. | try my best to advise them to
the best of my ability.
But l am more than grateful for the
Supreme Courts decision. To the min
er and his union the MIRA rulings were
final, but to the Egoistic Baby Robber
Industralists they were not. I refer you
to the decisions here in Arizona and N.
Mex. Bisbee Miners Union Vol an ell
ection yet the Board decided against
them. Ask Pop Whiteley about the
Amer. Met. Co. at Fereno, N. NJ, then
about the New. Con. Copper Co. at
Santa Rita and Hurley, N. NJ. Has he
forgotten them. Where they openly
showed their disdaint for the
NRA or any kind of an organ
%ization. They openly stated that they
would not treat with any commit
tee that was trying to represent their
employees as a whole or otherwise.
They canned men for joining the I'M
ion, and they stayed canned. l have
copies OF the correspondence that was
carried on between us, (Pop and my
self and the Regional Labor Board.
The chairman then was DR.. Towne Ny
lander and he has made a good name
for himself with the Corps while
settling labor troubles. 1 am quite sure
now that there is no more use for the
boards, and he can land a very excel
ent job with some OF the big Baby
Robbers
But now we are back where we start
ed from. Now it won't take 10 months
to get permission to settle our "griev-
ances'. The greatest weapon we ever
had is restored to us. Strike while the
iron is hot. No more fooling around.
Go right to the core of things. o Cod
if I could only be out in the field Of
battle now. That I only could com
mand my lungs to do as they did at
ollcI tHlltS lot me. 10 speak lot Z
hours and 40 minutes without stopping
or losing the interest of my listeners.
But l guess that to me such things will
only be dreams. The fast pace of cha
nging from one climate got my gas and
dust filled lungs. Though I worked
faithfully for just my living and travelling
expenses with both the A. F. L. as their
Arizona organizer, and then the Int.
Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Work
ers, today, here in this S%anatorium, I
am just the forgotten man" 1 am Of
no more use to them so l can easily be
forgotten.
l am trying the task OF writing on a
tablet against my knee, while flat on
my back, SO please excuse the mis-
takes.
Having many friends in Butte, | hope
you can give them my best regards.
Wishing you luck and success, l beg to
remain,
Fraternally yours,
George w. (Yaqui) Tewksbury