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Montana labor news., 1935-04-11
Bankers and Railroad Financing

The proposed Congressional investigation OF
railroad financing by bankers promises to reveal
the remarkable extent to which our railroad
have been made the tool of racketeering bank
ing concerns to the %detriment of the railroad
properties, the general public and millions Of
railroad employees.
An illustration of this racketeering was told a
Senate Committee by ] l.. Kraus, a New York
lawyer, who in 1882 represented a group which
petitioned for a receivership of the St. Louis
San Francisco Railroad.
Mr.. Kraus testified that Speyer & Co., New
York bankers for the Frisco, compelled that road
to purchase in 1927 through a joint account u.s.
600 shares of the Rock Island Railroad for spec
ulative purposes, $4,000 shares going to the
bankers. The block OF stock was enough to
corner the market. Speyer & Co. sold their o.
600 shares during the period when the price rose
from 500 to $130 a share. Prior to this deal, Mr..
Kraus said, Speyer & Co. had bought 1000
shares and sold them at a 15-point profit on the
day when the 275,000 share transaction was
eliminated.
Mr.. Kraus stated that Speyer & Co. had its
representative, E. N. Brown, made chairman of
the Frisco's board, and intimated that Brown
was the banking concerns agent for putting
through the stock purchase deal, which was eff
fected without the knowledge of President M.
Kurn of the Frisco.
Later, when the Frisco secured control OF the
Rock Island, Mr.. Kraus stated, Brown was made
chairman of that roads executive committee at
a salary Of $4,000 per year. The job had paid
no salary prior to Browns taking it over.
People familiar with the railroad situation
claim a Congressional investigation of railroad
financing by our big bankers will reveal general
racketeering of the sort described by Mr.. Kraus.
This nefarious practice has loaded the railroads
up with so many bonds that it is difficult for
them to pay their interest. This difficulty also
leads them to demand higher rates, to the injury
of the shipping and travelling public, and is the
major force which m~otivates railroads to resist
paying their employees decent wages and pro-
viding shorter hours without wage cuts. More
than this, the railroads are menaced with bank
ruptcy.
Congress should authorize the investigation
and go to the bottom of banker racketeering in
railroad financing.
Montana labor news., 1935-04-11
The Dilemma of the Democrats

In the course of his remarks in support of the
prevailing wage amendment to the works relief
measure, Senator Couzens said: "Mr. Presi-
dent, there has been submitted to industry, OPP
posed to the prevailing wage provision, the ques-
ton of whether or not, because their factories
are idle or working part time, they are willing
to take prices less than the prevailing market
price. The answer has always been no Com
modities, goods of various kinds, iron and steel,
all must be maintained at the prevailing market
price, and yet human beings in distress, who ac-
cording to the same Industries should be glad to
have a job at any price, are required under the
terms of the joint resolution to take whatever
one man may say they shall take"
And now that the administration has passed
its %$4,8OO,OO0,O00 works relief bill, as it wanted
it, to the crossing of a It" and the dotting of an
e." it isn't too much to say that whatever hap
pens as to the enforcement of the relief dispense
ton under it, the administration will be judged
later by the people in 1886.
Parties have won in America with such slo-
gans as "the full dinner pail or "a job for
every man." But history doesn't record any
party whatever winning the favor of the public
as "a low wage party"
With the elimination of the prevailing wage
amendment from the measure, the responsibility
for assuring the nation that the works relief
measure will not actually become a low wage
measure rests upon the democratic administra-
ton and upon the democratic party.
So no matter what happens, we may say that
Montana labor news., 1935-04-11
LEGISLATIVE


Continued From Last Week.
l do not propose to discuss at this
time all of the Sal Bills that were in
troduced in the House, nor many Of
the 221 Bills introduced in the Senate,
nor the 40 or 50 Resolutions and Me
MORALS introduced in both Houses.
l will touch upon briefly and give a
short synopsis of a few of the Bills in
which we, as Labor Representatives,
were interested.
H. B. No. 2 was another constitu-
tional amendment which proposed to
exempt from tax, all property up to
S 2,500.00 valuation. This Bill passed
the House but was killed in the Senate.
H. B. No. 10 provided for a supple
mental State NRA setup. This Bill
was held up for a long time awaiting
information from Washington, D. c.,
on certain phases of the subjects with
which it dealt. When this Informal
ton became available, the Bill had to
be rewritten and was reported out of
committee as a Substitute H. B. No. 13.
1t died on third reading on the fiji
tieth day at midnight, which was the
dead line set for transmitting Bills to
the Senate or vice versa.
H. B. No. II provided for amending
the present eight-hour statute for un-
derground workers from eight hours to
six. This Bill died in Committee.
H. B. No. % provided for the segre-
cation of the Division of Labor from
the Department Of Agriculture, Labor
and Industry and seeking an appro-
priation therefore. This Bill was killed
in committee of the whole, but we sue
ceeded in segregating it from the COM
mittee report and got it re-referred to
the committee on Labor on the under
standing that we would bring in a
Substitute Bill that did not provide for
the setting up of a new department.
We complied with this request in the
new Bill and it passed the House but
was killed in the Senate.
H. B. No. % provided for a minimum
wage of $1,000 a week for women, ex-
cepting domestic servants. This Bill
was opposed by employers Of women
all over the state, and we were in
formed that the Women's Protective
Union OF Butte was opposed to it also.
1t had the effect of kicking the props
out from under u support. This Bill
died in committee of the whole.
H. B. No. 81 provided for the Union
Label on all matter purchased by the
state or that the material be manu-
featured under Union Labor conditions
This Bill passed the House and was
killed in the Senate.
Continued Next Week.
Montana labor news., 1935-04-11
NO COMPANY UNION

Under reports of delegates it was
stated that the Montana Power Com
pany is attempting to form a company
union. From the report, it appears
that a meeting was held last Sunday
at the Montana Power Company's Of
flee in regard to forming this type of
organization. This is strictly against
the provisions of the NRA. The name OF
this union is supposed to be Independ-
ent Union No. /. Many places in the
United States have been infested with
this paternalistic sham and the union
organizations of Silver Bow County
and the State of Montana are moi go
ing to tolerate the inception Of this de-
spicable contraption in their midst.
Montana labor news., 1935-04-11
Story Of The Senate



President Pro TEN and other appoin-
tees and consideration given to these
members who joined this meeting. This
was finally agreed upon in sub-meet-
ings prior to the main meeting, and
after the plan Of operation had been
agreed upon and the members selected,
the main meeting was held with 81
members in attendance. Members Of
both the Democratic party and Re-
publican party were members of the
Progressive party in the Senate, while
other members Of both parties who had
not signed the petition and had not
Joined in the movement were not made
a party, and held separate meetings.
Different members were requested not
to go into this Progressive caucus, but
in hope that it would change matters
and overcome former experiences, and
it was the wish of their constituents,
| the Progressive caucus was organized
and held a meeting the same evening
as the Democratic and Republican eau
cuses. 1t is unnecessary to add, how
ever, that neither the Democrats nor
Republicans organized as a party were
in the majority.
1t may ben enlightening to the peo-
pie to know that the holding Of the
caucus is not a legal matter but en-
tirely a matter OF custom and prece-
dent. The progressive caucus, 81
members, attending the meeting, lasted
from seven until approximately ten
P. NJ. After the officers were selected
the plans Of the organization were out
lined. Details were discussed, nomina-
ton was made Of a president pro tenn,
which was Senator Eaton Of Billings, a
Sergeant at Arms, and Assistant Ser
geant at Arms, a Chaplain, a commit
tee upon employment and a committee
on committees. Some discussion fol-
lowed as to the plans and how they
originated and how the selections were
made and after some OF the Senators
were satisfied the meeting proceeded
and the selection for the different Of
fees were agreed upon as follows
Senator Eaton, Billings, as President
Pro TEN.
Louis Boedecker, Deer Lodge, as
Sergeant at Arms.
M. B. Reynolds, Billings, Assistant
Sergeant at Arms.
Committee on Employment: Lamp,
chairman; Wass, and Armstrong.
Committee on Committees Plank,
chairman; Then and Kelsey.
The motion was made for the selec-
ton of a president during the interim
according to the original plans, due to
the vacancy in the office of Lieutenant
Governor lit might be well to remark
here that neither the Constitution nor
the statute provide for the filling OF
the office of the Lieutenant Cover
nor, and no constitutional amendment
was proposed at this session to take
the place Of this omission.)
After it was fully agreed upon thai
these officers should be nominated or
the floor of the Senate the following
day, the progressive members, who, by
agreeing to this arrangement, signi-
fled their intention to vote for these
officers, when the motion was pre-
, scented on the floor of the Senate
everyone seemed to be happy and salts.
fled, and the meeting adjourned for The
purpose of carrying out the purposes
and objects of the meeting, the mex
: day at the opening of the Senate.
Ito Be Continued.)
Montana labor news., 1935-04-11

the works relief bill will in its manner of en-
forcement decide for or against that party.
Montana labor news., 1935-04-11
A CONGRESSMA
COMMENTS
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Continued from Page y
ton, ~endeavored t put through the
House a bill comforting draft powers
on the President. The following is the
language used:
That in the event OF war, or of a
national emergency declared by Con-
gress to exist, which in the judgment
of the President demands the immedi-
ate increase of the military establish
ment, the President be, and he hereby
is, authorized to draft into the service
of the United States such members Of
the u%norganized militia between the
ages Of twenty-one and t~hirty-one as
he may deem necessary subject to
such conditions, exemptions, rules and
regulations, as the President may pre-
scribe and publicly proclaim"
Yelled as a bill aiming at abolition Of
war profits, it is possible under the
provisions to guarantee profits in war
time since it freezes the price of COM
modities as OF the time war is declared
on a date fixed by the President. l
termed it a s%ugar-coated draft bill.
(Congression's Record, April 2, 1885, p.
p. 5l~30-32-33.) Note the following
language OF the Bill, Section 2:
whenever Congress shall de-
clare wal on the existence Of an emer-
gency due to the imminence of war,
then, from and after a date prior to
such declaration which date the Presi-
dent is hereby authorized and directed
to determine and publicly proclaim, it
shall be unlawful for any person to
buy, sell, or otherwise contract for any
article or thing at a higher rate, rent,
price, commission, compensation, Oh re-
ward than was in effect at the date so
determined.
Note the underlined language, by rea-
son of which it was termed by some,
and properly So, a CONSUMPTION of labor
rather than of wealth. Under this, any
Labor Union that attempted to get a
dollar more a week pay for laborers
would be liable under the language OF
the Bill to 100000 fine or one year
Imprisonment.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-19
sv - Tasty Desserts Made With E Natural Pineapple Juice
By Jane Rogers

Ne are all very familiar, of cctSrse, with the uses of sliced, di&ed and crushed pineapple in desserts of various kinds, unsweet- enkd juice of this fruit in making many delectable deserts is com pafAtively new to the average cook and housewife.
 %, am going to suggest here a feW desserts which I am certain ev9ry member of the family will enjos. And you may be sure they are tried and tested because I got them from famous chef and an equally famous dietitlan. The lat terAespecialiy stressed the import anee and value of pineapple in the diets of both children and adults The natural juice of this luscious Hawaiian fruit is now available everywhere in containers of vari- ouksizes.
 ~ PINEAPPLE SABAYON
 Gegg yoIks
 2 tablespoons sugar
 Finch of salt
 teaspoon vanilla
 1.teaspoon lemon juice
 Few drops rum fiavOring
 x.2 cup Hawaiian pineapple juice
 ksst
 Beat yolks of eggs until thick and creamy, add sugar and place in top of double boiler and con tirue to beat. Add the pineapple
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-19
[ X [I:{4 egsl!l l5ZzISH 3zlal.
Leftover Easter Ham
 Offers Possibilities
Opportunity for Trying Out Some New and Almini
 Recipes for Hot Dishes

which the ham is protected by lay CTS of mashed potatoes, sweet po- tatoes, macaroni and cream sauce, or layers of such juicy fruits as apples, dried apricots or pineapple, is the perfect way of keeping the re-cooked meat moist and juicy and extending it to serve more people, at the same time. Fruit sauces in which ham slices are heated, serve the first purpose, but, do not help to extend the servings.
 Ham combines with practically any vegetable or fruit you may name, to form the most delicate of taste treats.
 Try some of these on the end of your Easter Ham.
 STAR HAM & ASPARAGUS IN
 TOAST BOXES
 Cut day-old bread into slices at least 2h inches thick. Cut off crusts, leaving cubes of bread 2h inches in size. With the point of q pairing knife, hollow out the cen- ters to form a cup-like box. Brush with melted butter and toast un- ueT tnS pEOiieE VII dii SiuSS' NSSp warm.
 Make a rich cream sauce by melting IA cup butter in a double boiler, adding tablespoons flour and 2 cups top milk. Season with pepper and add 2 cups chopped ham and 1 cup fresh cooked as. paragus cut in one inch lengths. Serve the meat mixture in the toast boxes and garnish with a slice of olive of a bit of parsley. HAM HASH WITH EGGS 2 cups leftover ham, chopped 2 cups chopped cooked pOta- toes
 1z green pepper, minced E medium onion, minced 2 tablespoons ham drippings 1z cup diced celery H teaspoon pepper X teaspoon salt Melt drippings and saute green pepper, onion and celery. Mix with chopped ham and potatoes, then add seasonings. Add q little hot water if too dry. Shape into in- dividual molds about l inch thick. Saute in drippings until thorough ly heated and slightly Drowned. Serve with slice of hard cooked egg on each mold. Serves 6.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-19

slices crosswise and lay in an over- tapping circle on plates. Cut some chilled cranberry jelly in small cubes, and pile about one heaping teaspoohful in center of each serv- ice of orange circles. This not only looks pretty, but the combination tastes mighty good.
 Appetizing Coffee
 The coffee that you serve at this breakfast should be of the kind you can't wait to taste-the kind the aroma of which is 50 tempting that you scald yourself with the first sip. It's easy to have coffee like that now that so many popu- lar brands are put up in vacuum packed cans. These cans keep the coffee fresh until they are opened, and freshness is the principal thing-for fragrance, taste and strength--in the making of good coffee,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-19

juice and fiavoring. Remove beat CT and stir well with wooden spoon for 2 minutes longer. Keep water in bottom of the double boil CT below the boiling point or the mixture will curdle.
 Serve hot in small sherbet glass; es with a few lady fingers on the plate. HAWAIIAN CREAM 2 tablespoons minute tapioca 1-8 teaspoon salt 1-2 cups Hawaiian pineapple.
 juice
 1-2 cup milk, scalded
 3 tablespoons sugar
 egg yolk, slightly beaten
 IA cup short shred cOcOanut
 egg white, stiffly beaten
 1-2 teaspoon vanilla
 Cook tapioca, salt, milk and pineapple juice in double boiler un- til tapioca is clear, stir frequent ly. Combine yolk and sugar, pour ing small amount of tapioca mix ture over the egg and sugar. Re- turn to double boiler and cook un- til thickened. Remove from fire and add cocoanut. Cool, and fold in egg whites and vanilla. 
 Watches in polished walnut or mahogany cases are now vogue in London.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-19

Yes. There is a way to make that first breakfast dish of fruit different. and, oh, the difference 1t makes! The exclamation: But this is something newt" is balm to the soul of the solicitous house. wife who has to plan three hun dred and sixty-fifive breakfasts n year. She'll hear 1t If she serves the following breakfast:
 Orange Slices with Cranberry
 Jelly Cubes
 Talked Cereal with Cream Buckwheat Cakes Syrup
 SausagcS
 Coffee
 The ingredients of the first dish consist of oranges and canned cranberry jelly.
 Allow one. medium orange for each person. Cut off peel, remov- ing all the white fibre, Cut in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-19

The end of the Easter ham brings sighs from some house. wi4As who see it as just another pr0hlem of using up leftovers. But, to the Ingenious woman 1t means the chance of trying out some new and alluring recipes for hot dish- es.8
 Those sweet, juicy chunks of meat that clung to the bone when thA ham was carved, those un- allDeable pieces near the shank eriu are the basis for several de- licious meals if properly handled.
 Don't wait until those iucious bits of ham around the bone get dry and dark in color before you cut them off, Keep the bits cut off, carefully protected with oiled paper or fin a covered dish until you are ready to use them. Then they will be moist and as delicious asmfresh cut slices.
 The tiny pieces can go into some tasty sandwich spreads, souffles orsother uses where ground ham is required.
 The larger pieces are cut into cubes for a salad, ham a la king, ham shortcakes or flavorful hot ham pie.
 n there are pieces large enough tolsslice, you can add several more tricky combinations to your list of ham meals. Ham slices baked with whole rings of pineapple and some pineapple juice over the top gives an easy and always welcome combination. An orange sauce baked over the slices of cold ham keep 1t moist and add a new de- ligfitful flavor at the same time Such dish is made even more de- ligiitful with sauted bananas serv- edsswith 1t.
 The one important prccautlon which needs to be kept in mind fir reSserying ham is that it must be protected from drying and over cooking. The ham was cooked as much as 1t could be without spoil inc it's flavor and juiceness when 1t Event onto your table the first time. Any subsequent cooking tends to over-cook 1t unless the meat is kept protected from in- tceSe heat and is, at the same time, kept moist.
 A casserole combination In
Evening star., 1935-03-07
WASHINGTON D. THURSDAY. MARCH Z 1885,

Holmes, Prof. Felix Frankfurter Of
Harvard Law School and other in
Inmates.
Local park officials today dis
closed that the former justice is the
only remaining person eligible for
burial in battle-ground National Gem
etery here on Georgia avenue. The
requirements are. they said. that a
person must have fought there during
the Civil War, and this Mr.. Holmes
did as captain of the goth Massa-
chusetts Infantry in 1864, aiding IN
the repulse Of Gen. Jubal Early. who
was preparing to attack Washington.
Corrected Superintendent.
They tell the story that on one oc-
casion Mr.. Holmes visited the Battle
ground National Cemetery with Mrs.
Herbert Hoover. They talked to the
late Capt. Herbert e. Turner, who
was then superintendent Of the ceme-
terry, and he said that all those
eligible for burial there had been in
tered or reposed elsewhere.
young man." Mr.. Holmes said to
the 6O-year old superintendent, Il am
eligible for burial here, for fought
at this spot"
Evening star., 1935-03-07

Of the Nations notables the casket
will be lifted to a military caisson, and,
while muffled drums beat their slow
march time. the body Of the revered
justice will be carried to the interment
spot, beside the grave of his wife, who
died about five years ago.
Final Salute to Be Fired.
A company Of infantrymen repre-
sentatives of the branch Of the service
with which the then 20-year-old Lieut..
Holmes of the goth Massachusetts,
Regiment served in the Civil War
will raise their rifles and fire their
salute to a gallant comrade-in-arms.
AS the casket is lowered into the
grave a bugler will sound that last
farewell to the soldier dead. Taps"
The body Of the aged retired justice
lay in the darkened. quiet confines of
his old brick home at 1720 I street
today, with only few close friends on
watch. In accordance with Holmes
creed Of simplicity, suggestions that
the body lie in state were not adopted.
Arrangements for the funeral are in
charge Of Edward Holmes, nephew,
and only living blood relative of the
late jurist. Assisting are Mrs. Edward
Evening star., 1935-03-07
FINAL PLANS MADE
FOR HOLMES RITES
Favorite Sonnet of vener.
able Jurist Will Be Read
at Church.
Continued From First Page.)

are George L. Harrison, governor Of
the New York Federal Reserve Board;
Francis Biddle, chairman of the Ma
tionsl Labor Relations Board, and
Thomas G. Corcoran, counsel for the
Reconstruction Finance Corp.
The doors of the big church on up
per Sixteenth street, where funeral
services for the late President Taft
were held five years ago, will be thrown
open to the public for the religious
rites.
The regular Unitarian service will
be conducted. The organ will play q
professional, there will be prayer, a
reading of scriptures, the recitation OF
Whites poem and more organ music
ending with the recessional. There
will be no choir or other vocal music.
Organ selections will include largos by
Handel and by Dvorak.
The carsket then will be carried to a
hearse and the funeral procession to
Arlington will begin At the portals
of the expansive resting place of many
The Washington times., 1935-10-07
Legal Notices

NOTICE iS hereby given that the follow
ing licenses will have expired after mid
night October 31st 1885 All persons
desiring to continue in business must re-
new their licenses promptly. Absttoirs
apartment houses, apothecaries, patent
medicines. auctioneers, auctioneer's per-
mits, auto rent or lease bakeries barber
shops, baths. beauty parlors, billiards and
bowling, bottling Establishments. buses s
or moro capacity, candy Establishments,
auto repairs, commission merchants,
dairies deadly weapons dealers in coal.
delicatessens, detectives detective agencies.
drayage vehicles, dry cleaning and dyeing,
employment agencies, explosives. food
products. wholesale fish dealers, gasoline
grocery stores, guides and escorts, halls
for entertainments, dances ETC., hotels.
ice cream establishments and parlors,
kerosene. hand and power laundries livery
stables. lodging houses. massage establish
ments market stands, manufacturing and
renovating mattresses. sale or storage of
mattresses. mediums, palmists clarvoy-
ants. etc.. storage of moving picture films,
moving picture theatres, meat shops, py-
roXlin, restaurants. second hand dealers,
sightseeing, shooting galleries. solicitors
swimming rools, theatres. vendors, loan
brokers or money lenders. WADE H.
COOMBS, Superintendent of Licenses, Dis
trict of Columbia,