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Montana labor news., 1935-07-11
F%reebourns Barrage
Beats East Helena
Gillian Wins Fourth Start

The Montana State Baseball league
got its second-half schedule under way
last Saturday night and saw Free
bourns, a potentially strong Butte club
that just hasn't been getting the breaks,
crush East Helena ga. Flashing an
attack that gained momentum as the
game went on, Freebourns lead by
Spears three circuit drives chased
Screenar from the box and then con-
tinued the lambasting on Big Dutch
Hartwig for the greatest demonstration
of power they have ever shown.
Pellet Plays Franks.
Spear, the big stick man for the at
torneys, now has five homers to lead
the tripper department. In his last
time up, he banged a line drive between
the center and right fields that mag
netically attracted the gardeners and
caused them to run into each other.
Both men we're knocked out and it was
several minutes before the mischievous
baseball could be found, quietly resting
against the fence. The little pill played
tricks with Gillian, Freebourn pitcher
too. In the third inning Gillian batted
a foul ball into the plate that bounced
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Montana labor news., 1935-07-11
WORKERS RIGHTS
AMENDMENT
To the Constitution of the
United States
ARTICLE XXI

Section l.. The Congress shall have
power to establish uniform laws
throughout the United States to regu-
late, limit and prohibit the labor of
persons under eighteen years OF age to
limit the work time and establish mini
mum compensation of wage earners to
provide for the relief of aged, invali-
dated, sick and unemployed wage earn
ers and employees in the form of peri
odical grants, pensions, benefits, COM
p~ensation or indemnities from the pub
lie treasury, from contributions Of en-
ployers, wage earners and employees,
or from one or more of such sources
to establish and take over natural re-
sources, properties and enterprises in
manufacture, mining, commerce, trans
portation, banking, public utilities and
other business to be owned and ope-
rated by the Government OF the United
States or agencies thereof for the ben
eft Of the people, and generally for the
social and economic welfare OF the
workers. farmers and the consumers.
Section g.. The power of the several
states to enact social welfare legisla-
ton is unimpaired by this Article, but
no such legislation shall abridge or con-
flict with any Act of Congress under
this Article.
Whereas. recent decisions OF the SUI
preme Court of the United States have
seriously endangered the future OF all
legislation on behalf Of farm and city
workers, and also legislation looking TO-
ward greater control over transporta-
ton, industry ad business by the gov
eminent, and
Whereas, the executive council oil
the American Federation Of Labor ha,
gone on record in favor of a constitu-
tional amendment which would legalize
such legislation, and
Whereas, Representative Vito Mar
cantonio Of New York has introduced
in Congress a proposed amendment
kown as the WORKERS RIGHTS
AMENDMENT CHI res. 327) which
would legalize such legislation, there
for be it
Resolve, that we, go on record in
favor Of this resolution, and be il
further
Resolved, hat we urge all members
to actively support this amendment and
bring it to the attention of farmers and
workers every where.
Respectfully presented,
EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE
Montana labor news., 1935-07-11
PETITION FOR A TO


Comes now your petitioner, the Board
Of Railroad Commissioner of the State
Of Montana, and respectfully repres-
ents that it has an interest in the above
entitled proceedings and desires to in
tervene in and become a party there
to, and for the ground Of the proposed
Intervention represents and says
/. That your petitioners are oppos-
ed to the abrogation of any existing
contracts between organized labor and
rail lines operating wholly or in part
within the State of Montana.
2. That the proposed leasing of the
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
to the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany without the assuming of all ex-
isting labor agreements between the
employees Of the Oregon Short Line
Railroad Company and the Oregon
Short Line Railway will place the I'M
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Montana labor news., 1935-07-11
SENATORS CARROLL,
A nd GARRISON ON
STATE INSURANCE.

Senator Carroll of Musselshell
County, and Senator Garrison OF
Madison County, addressed the Silver
Bow Trades and Labor Council last
Tuesday evening on the State lnsur-
ance Fund Law.
Mr.. Carroll expressed his pleasure at
being given the privilege of addressing
the delegates of the unions and then
went into a description OF the insur-
ance law. The Fire Insurance Law as
it is commonly known, was passed at
the last session OF the legislature. 1t
provides that the state of Montana
must insure its own building and prop
erty instead Of having this property in
sured by private insurance corpora
tons. Mr.. Carroll said that the new
method Of insurance would make a
saving of money to the taxpayers and
that it would provide a more efficient
method Of conducting the states bust
ness.
1t has been difficult for the legisla-
ture to enact legislation of this char
acter because of the practice OF lobby
ing, always present during the sessions
of the legislature. In the matter Of
saving money to the taxpayers many
of the laboring people may say that
they are not interested as they do not
pay many taxes, but this is flase rea-
soning on their part as the taxes do
come from the poor and they are paid
by the poor in one form or another.
The new law embodies the control Of
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Montana labor news., 1935-07-11
One man System Claims
Another Victim

Under a sane economic and social
system, the management Of the A. c.
NJ. Co. would be tried for murder as a
consequence Of the death of a miner at
the Con Mine last Friady. However,
you can rest assured that nothing of
the kind will happen in fact we will
not be surprised if the A. c. M, at
the inquest, does not have the cast
iron nerve to contend that the man
committed suicide.
This is the second case of this kind
within a short period OF time. The
other victim, at the Badger, fortunately
was not killed, although he laid in tor
ture in a chute for several hours be-
fore being rescued.
This latest case, Friday last, at the
Con, was hat of a mar who was
forced to work alone in a wild cavern
known as a rill stope, on the 3,000-foot
level of the Con. When the shift boss
came through the rill on his afternoon
trip, he found the miner dead-killed
by a fall Of ground.
How long the man lay there no one
knows, or whether he was killed out
right, or died later as a result of his
injury-dead men tell no tales. 1t is
highly probable that he died Of shock,
which is generally present after all
severe accidents, and also, it is more
than probable that if he had a partner
his life would have been saved or the
accident avoided entirely, because, as
all miners know, a rill stope is no place
to put a man alone.
Phoney First Aid.
1t has long been a boast of the
A. c. M. Co. hat they keep a squad Of
highly trained first aid men on every
level and that an injured man receives
prompt attention. This is certainly
untrue as far as the one man system is
concerned because a man working alone
underground sees no one but the shift
boss, and this only twice a way. If
he is pinned under a slab after the boss
makes his morning trip, he is sure to
stay there until sometime in the after
noon when he will more than likely
be dead from shock, loss OF blood, and
torture. In the face OF this latest
murder we defy anyone to show us
that this First Aid and Safety First
ballyhoo means anything.
We can look for a lot of this kind
Of slaughter in the near future if the
one man system is allowed to continue.
The system has been put into opera
ton in more places than ever before
in the Butte mines, since the strike.
It appears to be part OF a rub it in
program Of the ignorant Company Of
~ficials, who can't quite understand why
they were in such disfavor with
the workers of Butte last summer
How long are the workers OF Butte
going to permit this murderous sys-
TEN to continue?
Montana labor news., 1935-07-11
A CONGRESSMAN
COMMENTS
July 6, 1885.
Wagner Disputes Bill
By Hon. Joseph P. Monaghan

The greatest victory that Labor ac-
complished during this Session Of Con-
gress has been the Wagner Labor Dis
putes Bill, signed by the President only
recently. This Bill provides against,
first, domination of or interference
with the formation of unions; second,
Interference with employees in organ
izing and bargaining collectively. Third,
Determination against workers for union
membership, or discrimination against
an employee for filing charges against
his employer. Fourth, refusal to bar
gain collectively with employers rep
r%esentatives. Fifth, coercion Of work
ers in organizing and bargaining.
The law further guarantees the privi-
lege Of presenting grievances on the
part of any employee or group Of
workers. If violations occur, the board
shall hold hearings and summon wit
nesses and subpoena records. In the
event of violation the board shall is
sue cease and desist' orders.
The manner in which this bill was
enacted into law was strange. The
President called some Of his advisors
after the decision on the N. R. A. and
Lemke- Frazier Farm Moratorium Act.
The concensus of opinion, and enter
tanned by himself, was that unless he
were given power to negotiate agree
ments the Nation would be faced with
serious Labor trouble. 1t is, indeed,
regrettable that the %reactionary leader
ship in the Administration will not sup
port progressive legislation unless they
fear dire consequences. That was the
case in this situation. The President
won that battle because Big Business
itself would rather have it so. The
greater part Of the legislation desired
and heralded by the liberals and pro-
gressives of the Congress to date has
either not appeared IN the program or
has been defeated as wa the case with
the progressive portions Of the Holding
Company Measure.
The very men who battled most elo-
quently and forcefully to stand by the
President" when measures were pro
pose that were a sort of a sop to the
progressives, strange as it seems voted
against the President on the most pro-
gressive issue that he has championed
since he has accepted his seat in the
White House, the Wheeler Holding
Company Measure.
Montana labor news., 1935-07-11
U. S. Deputy BatchOff
Delivers Montana PriS-
Oners to Mcneil Island

Deputy United States Marshal D. A.
Batchoff has returned from Seattle
where he was in charge of conveying
a group Of % federal prisoners, some
of whom went to the United States
prison camp at Camp Lewis and others,
convicted for more serious crimes 10
the federal penitentiary at Mcneil Is
land, a fortress in Pudget Sound.
Mr.. Batchoff said that the prisoners
were all on their honor and except
one, and he, accompanied the group
only a part Of the trip, The men were
not handcuffed and were given every
consideration by the government. The
prisoners were given a private first
class Pullman for the trip to the coast,
were permitted the freedom Of the car
and were fed in the dining car, similar
to any other patron OF the road.
On arrival at Tacoma, a special bus
met the Montana contingent which was
safely landed in the Camp Lewis area
within a short time and turned over to
the authorities there.
Officials at Camp Lewis, while de-
handing certain rules for conduct of
the camp in general are not of the
'hard boiled type. While the prison
ers are supposed to be in a work
camp" being convicted Of minor crimes,
they do not strain themselves at work,
according to Deputy Batchoff, who said
they are engaged for the part in gen
eral fatigue work, similar to all war
veterans, and in %dismantling some Of
the Of and unusable buildings at Camp
Lewis. The buildings are salvaged and
the prisoners put in their time rebuild
ing structures of a more permanent and
more modern type, in preparation for
the steady influx Of convicted men. who
are feeling the effects Of the govern
ment's anti-crime drive.
Immediately after delivering the pris-
oners to the prison camp near Tacoma,
the others in the group, who were con-
victed Of more serious offenses were
put on a boat and taken to the Nc
Neil Island prison. The group wa
met OF the boat by a trusty who re-
Elected the discipline maintained at Nc
Neil Island by his inability to speak
except to direct the marshal and his
prisoners, mostly by use of signals,
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Labor And Consumers
Cooperation
By John F. McNamee, Editor of
B. of l.. F. and E. Magazine

Again the cost of living is going up
and the burden on the family's bread
winner is proportionately increasing, as
is likewise the resultant worry. What
is the basic cause of this? Greed, hui
man selfishness, Unsuitable yearning for
more and more wealth on the part Of
individuals already prosperous and in
large proportion wealthy.
Those who control our markets On
an advance in the price of this COM
modify or that and every
where must obediently abide by the
ukase. Almost invariably each raise in
the cost of living is attributable to
nothing more than wanton gratifica-
ton of a desire for greater profits.
Have the working classes a remedy
within their reach? They have, and
that remedy is the control of the mark
eft thru the medium of the consumers
cooperative movement, just as that
movement operates in the British Isles
and other European countries. The
purchasing power which American la
Dor has at its disposal is c~onservatively
estimated at $20,000,0O0,000 a year. This
amount is spent each year by working
men and women for food, clothing,
shelter and minimum comforts Of life.
If properly directed the money spent
for these necessities could become a
powerful weapon for the control of
the market; a tool with which could
be constructed a system of distribu-
tion in which goods would be produced
and distributed for use, and in which
labor would not be exploited for pri-
vate profit. Today practically all Of
1abors' purchasing power is poured, I'M
directed, back into the pockets of the
enemies Of labor. While we are fight
ing as producers in labor unions for
better living conditions, as unorganized
consumers we are unconsciously sup
porting things as they are. With $40
000,000,0N in our hands with which to
bargain as consumers, we must now
use our strength as organized onsum-
ers as well as organized producers in
an increased effort to raise Il stand
ard of living.
If the labor organizations in the
United States and Canada would take
the same interest in the expansion -
in the upbuilding - of the cooperative
movement on the North American con
tinent that the labor organizations take
in maintaining the movement in the
British Isles they would be rendering
an inestimably valuable service to their
members. For the English cooperatives
have not only made goods available
to the working class without profit,
but they have created an industry which
added to its pay rolls during the de-
preston and increased the real wages
OF its laborers. American wholesalers
and retailers cut their staff from II per
cent to 20 per cent during the first
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Montana labor news., 1935-07-11
City Council Opposes
Work Relief Wages

1t has been reported authoritatively
that the cities Of Missoula and Great
Falls have officially opposed the estab-
lishment of the Government schedules
OF pay on all work relief jobs. The
following communication from Ana
conda indicates the feeling against the
Presidents plan. In another article in
this issue is a story Of the efforts Of
the unions in New York to revise these
wages upward. The recent action OF
the Butte City Council in refusing to
take action to oppose the proposed
Federal wages on Relief Work is a
surprise to organized labor and a dis
appointment. The F. L. r. A. workers
are especially bitter. The resentment
of these workers is evidenced in a
contributed article in which they ex-
press themselves sharply over the re-
dictionary attitude Of certain members
Of the Butte City Council.
II was later reported that the action
of the city council was not final. That
it had determined to postpone action
on Work Relief wages until solicita-
tons had been made by organized la
Dor in the matter.
Anaconda, Mont. July Z.
Dear Friend Blewett:
I am sure your paper will be glad to
print the enclosed communication,
which is elf-explanatory.
FRANK FINNEGAN,
SO Cherry St, Anaconda, Mont.
CITY OF ANACONDA
Anaconda, Montana,
July 2, 1885
Honorable Harry l.. Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
Washington, D. c.
My dear Mr.. Hopkins
At a regular meeting OF the City
Council OF the city Of Anaconda, Mon
tana, it was unanimously voted by the
aldermen present to protest against the
wage scale and the conditions under
which the employees of the Federal
Emergency Relief Administration are
asked to exist. and [ was instructed by
the council to write you accordingly.
1t was the opinion of the aldermen
that any wage scale less than the pre-
vailing wage scale for Anaconda would
be detrimental to the interests OF la
Dor and the community in general
That the climatic conditions prevail
ing in Montana preclude the POSSIBLE
ity Of a man or a family to exist upon
the monthly allowance permissibale
under your wage scale is well known
and it is the hope Of the city council
that you will do everything in your
power to increase the wage scale and
remedy the conditions in general.
Very sincerely yours,
r. w. GLENN,
City Clerk.
Montana labor news., 1935-07-11
Liberal Group Meet at
Deer Lodge June e
Offer Program of Legislation and
Tax Measures, Farmers and
Unions Unite.

During the closing days OF the 24th
session, Progressives of both houses,
realizing their helplessness to pass lib
eral legislation without a strong and
closely knit organization met at Brady's
restaurant on the evening Of March 9th
and formed an organization named
~The Political League Of Montana"
The organization is non-partisan, one
object being to help elect to state and
national offices representatives who
have public welfare at heart, whether
they be members of the Republican,
Democrat Oh any other party. Another
object will be to formulate legislation
which will be initiated by popular vote
in the election of 1886, and to prepare
a program OF beneficial legislation for
the guidance of the 18th Legislative
Assembly.
The following were named as mem
bers of the executive committee:
Bernard Garrison of B%eaverhead Cou-
nty, Herb Rolph, Liberty; w. P. Pill
geram, Cascade; c. w. Fowler, Yellow
stone; f. R. Ormsbee, Mineral; Jim
Sparkling of Daniels and Frank Kel-
sey of Powder River County.
Kelsey, owing to other duties, sub
s%equently resigned, J. w. Masterson,
of Custer County being appointed in his
place.
At a meeting held in Deer Lodge,
June 18th and 10Th, a tentative legis-
lative program was outlined, not by
the above organization alone, but by
suggestions from members of the Min
ers' Union, Farmers Union, Trades &
Labor Council, w. P. u, etc.
AS the Farmers Union was not well
represented due to a conflicting meet
ing at Billings it was agreed to hold
the legislative program up until after
the Farmers Union meeting in Lewis
town in October.
Launching of an initiative to place
before the voters Of Montana the
question of adequately taxing natural
gas and electric energy marked one
state wide conference for non-partisian
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Montana labor news., 1935-07-11
Railway Commissioners
Intervene to Protect
Interests of Unions

The following interesting news was
discovered in the records Of the Board
of Railroad Commissioners In this
matter the Union Pacific Railroad Co.
asks the Interstate Commerce Com.
mission to approve its leasing of the
Railroad properties of the Oregon
Short Line Railroad Company and
others. The Board Of Railroad Com
~missioners of Montana makes a petit
ton to intervene in the application Of
the Union Pacific Railroad in order
to protect the interests of organized
labor. The petition, in full, is as fol
lows
Montana labor news., 1935-07-11
AND co.
ON UNFAIR LIST

no ALL CENTRAL BODIES AND
TO ALL LOCAL UNIONS AND
THE MEMBERS THEREOF:
Gentlemen:
You will please take notice that the
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butchers Workmen OF North America,
Local No. 80, employed in the Wilson
& Company plant in Oklahoma City
are out on strike.
This strike was absolutely forced by
Wilson & Company and is in effect a
lock out.
The Union through its representatives
attempted to settle the matter without
a strike by Cancellation or arbitration.
All of the Unions efforts to settle this
strike were met by hostile rebuffs from
the company.
Wilson & Company is now attempt
ing to operate with strike breakers.
They will also doubtless attempt to
fill their orders in Oklahoma from their
other plants in the country.
On yesterday evening the Oklahoma
City Trades and Labor Council rep
r%esenting those unions affiliated with
the American Federation Of Labor,
unanimously voted to put Wilson &
Company upon the 1--WE do not patron
ize list"
We have officially declared them to
be unfair to organized labor.
We are also advised by Mr.. Ed War
rem of Tulsa, President Of the State
Federation of Labor that the Tulsa
Trades and Labor Council has taken
similar action and that the Unions in
Tulsa are cooperating with us.
We have had II committee call
upon the grocery stores and meat mar
kets in Oklahoma City and are pleased
to report that the response was prac-
tically unanimous.
The Veterans OF Industry OF Okla
homa are also cooperating.
Mr.. Ira Finley, President Of the or
~ganization; Mr.. Hainey of Geary, Ok
lahoma, nd we hope the entire or
ganization has and will continue to CO.
operate with us in u struggle for So
cial justice. Mr.. Finley has today
sent a letter to every chapter of the
". I. A. requesting their cooperation.
We have also had letters from
many Of the individual locals of the
Farmers Union pledging their coop
Grafton.
We are giving you this information
so that same may be communicated to
every local in your district and to
everybody and friend to organized la
Dor in your community.
We hope that you will support us in
this conflict.
Please do not wait for your next
meeting to act on this letter. Get
word to your members at once.
Yours very truly,
CITY TRADES AND LABOR
Council,
By Jess Palmer, President.
|AMALGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS
AND BUTCHERS WORKMEN OF
N. A., AFFILIATED WITH A. F.
OF L.
By Harry Carson, President.
|UNION SEAL.)
Montana labor news., 1935-07-11
INSURANCE COMPANIES CIRCULATING
PETITIONS TO MAKE The STATE
INSURANCE LAW IMPERATIVE
Education Committee
Presents Amendment

The Education Committee of the Sill
yer Bow Trades & Labor Council sub
mitted the following resolution and
proposed amendment to the Federal
Constitution and recommended that it
be passed by all local unions. The
council adopted the resolution. Ed
Duncan is chairman of the committee.
Montana labor news., 1935-07-11

Now the general says that anybody
on relief who is offered a job at less
than relief rates should be forced to
take the job.
Somebody ought to offer Hugh a job
at SIS a day.
The government would save $l20 a
week and Hughie could do an honest
days work-for private industry.