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Montana labor news., 1936-11-26
CASCADE UNIONS DESIRE STATE DE
legislative MEETING; PM JENT OF
FEDERATION RECEIVES W.. OF THANKS

Cascade Trades and Labor Council
was complimented by Commissioner
of Labor Edward O'Byrne, on their
proposition to call a Statewide con-
ference to consider proposed legisla-
ton to be introduced at the next ses-
sion. The Commissioner also COM
plimented the assembly on the gen.
eral excellence of its membership.
He also stated that he was more
confident than ever that the unions
and the farmers could be united on
the political and economic field, Civ
ing as his reasons the unity between
these two groups which was ex-
pressed at the last general election.
President Graham was present and
stated that he was in full accord
with the calling of such a state con-
ference for the consideration of la
Dor legislation.
Some of the labor organizations
are in favor of creating a separate
department of labor. Federation
President felt that such an action
would require a constitutional
amendment. Mr.. Graham was Civ
en- a vote of thanks by the delegates
for his attendance and also for the
fact that he cast much light on some
subjects that were formerly obscure.
The assembly took action to defray
expense of board member to a spe-
cial conference to be called by the
federation.
Montana labor news., 1936-11-26
FEDERATION OF LABOR
TO MEET FOR STATE
LEGISLATIVE FARLEY

The Montana Federation of Labor
will call a special conference in De-
cember for the purpose of consider
ing legislative bills, in the interests
of organized labor, to be presented
to the next session of Montana's Leg
islature. Under present plans this
conference will either be a special
two-day convention of the Montana
Federation of Labor or a meeting of
delegates of city central labor
bodies, state mining council, state
teamsters committee, typographical
conference, and other state bodies.
The Montana Federation of Labor
is the supreme sovereign instrument
in the drafting of proposed legisla-
tive bills for organized labor of Mon
tana. Local members of the execu-
tive board of the Federation of La
Dor will meet in Butte with Presi-
dent Graham Saturday to outline
DEFINITE arrangements.
A discussion of the special con-
vention or conference arose in the
Cascade Trades and Labor Council
at its last session and Mr.. Graham
was present at the time.
City central councils or other trade
unionists that have in mind or who
are now setting up the machinery
for such a convention should sub
ordinate their plans to the actor
of the Federation of Labor. State
legislative conferences assuming tt
represent the organized trade union:
of Montana should recognize the
jurisdiction and authority of the
Federation of Labor and its affiliated
bodies and not attempt any isolated
independent action.
Montana labor news., 1936-11-26
MIMEOGRAPHED WORK
CONDEMNED

The Silver Bow Trades and Labor
Council officially supported the
Typographical unions in condemning
the use of Monograph and multi
graph work by business firms, or
county and state offices. The unions
r making quite a little progress in
this matter, however. The last issue
of Montana Fish and Game Notes,
instead of being mimeographed, was
Montana labor news., 1936-11-26

being the articulate voice of the men
and women of America who are
privileged to earn their daily bread.
| honor with you the memory of
those of your cause whose shattered
bodies and broken hearts are the
sacrificial highway along which we
have come today"
Menace of Machine Production
Senator Pepper declared that
America is confronted with three
problems of national Importance.
The first problem is "how we may
preserve the benefits of the machine
and continue to tighten the burden
of toll, upon the backs of those who
labor without permitting those in
strumentalities to become a Frank
enstein which, in its undirected pow
er, shall destroy US"
Nation Power VS.. Local Sovereignty
The second problem, he said, was
concerned with the question of "how
may we invoke the national power
with respect to those things which
vitality concern us all without at the
same time breaking down the bar
riers of local sovereignty which must
ever exist to stem the tide of Excess
sive nationalism or excessive tend
ency toward Capitalization"
Preserving Individual Initiative
The third great problem, Senator
Pepper asserted, is this: "How may
the national conscience concern itself
about the welfare of the Individual
man or woman without at the same
time breaking down in the spiritual
fabric of that Individual that which
is Enthusiastically American
American initiative, enterprise and
self-reliance, which have made this
nation the enviable empire upon the
pages of all history"
Green Outlines Labor's Policy
Following Senator Peppers adj
dress the convention was formally
opened by William Green, president
Of the American Federation of La
Dor, who, in a strongly phrased key
note speech, stressed the validity and
progressiveness of the Federation's
fundamental policies and declared
that the organization would meet
constructively all the problems as
the yarose confronting working men
and women in the United States.
Pointing out that A. F. of L. con-
ventions are made up of delegates
little moved by emotional appeals or
unsound reasoning, Mr.. Green
stressed a number of the Fedora
TONS basic demands in the interest
of men and women who work for a
living.
Among these demands he included
higher wages and improved work
conditions, a larger share for the
workers of the wealth which they
create, the six-hour day and five
day week without a reduction in
earning power as a method of pro-
viding employment for the millions
Of iobless, and the outlawing of child
labor by the prompt ratification of
the child labor amendment to the
Federal Constitution.
Majority Rule Stressed
Mr.. Green made a strong defense
of the action of the Executive Coun-
Gil of the American Federation of
Labor in ruling that the Committee
for Industrial Organization was a
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Montana labor news., 1936-11-26
LET'S GIVE THANKS
WHERE IT BELONGS

custom OF setting ASIDE one Gay 10
give thanks to a power higher than
ourselves really originated with the
Pilgrims shortly after they landed
on the bleak shores of New England,
having left the land where religious
intolerance was at the heighth of
its power and having reached with
some vicissitudes their new home.
They must have looked back across
the stormy waves to all that was
dear to them in England with many
a heartache, and yet the liberty and
the freedom from the yoke of an
established and entrenched church
was more cheering to them than
the filial ties of their ancestral home.
Not only that, it was a time of deep
and narrow rule of ecclesiastiasm.
The expressions of thanksgiving by
the colonists were sincere, pious, and
beautiful.
However, they were not originat-
ing anything new. Thanksgiving at
harvest time is as old as the human
race. 1t has been practiced by every
civilized group from the earliest
times. The Romans had their har-
vest festivals. The fragments of his
tory that we have of barbarians and
savages prior to that indicate that
all people in all climes held periods
of rejoicing at the end of the year.
All of this more nearly relates to
Christmas than to Thanksgiving and
perhaps Thanksgiving can be con-
sidered a strictly American tradition.
Sometimes it makes n wonder just
whether we are not a little bit con-
fused with reference to what we
should be thankful for and to whom
we should render thanks.
Nature is prodigal. 1t is lavish.
We owe to God our thanks for all
His teeming generosity of fruit,
grain, and all the bounteous over
flowing of forest, stream, ocean, and
plain. We should thank Him for the
intelligence of man which has en-
abled him to assure himself an
abundance of material and cultural
wealth, for all that Divine Provi-
dence has done for us in the last
year; for protection from harm; for
the joys and perhaps even some of
the sorrows, which enable us to ap-
p%reciate our joys.
But, there appears to be no reason
why poor people should give thanks
for a social system which pours into
the lap of a few all the contents of
the horn of c%ornucopia and leaves
nothing for others. There is no rea-
son why the poor people should give
thanks to anyone for little children
suffering from malnutrition and de-
prived of medical assistance. There
is no reason why old folks should
give thanks to anyone for a social
system which forces them into a
grave broken in health, broken in
spirit, and broken in money after a
life given to the service of human
ity. We should make this distinc-
ton for all of the beauties and the
glories and the g~enerosities of ma
ture. We should give thanks for the
sunlight and the moon and the stars,
the rivers and the mountains, and
the productivity Of the earth, and
for life itself. These are the things
we should distinguish in our thanks.
But not for the institutions which
man has inflicted on man and which
causes him needless suffering. We
are hooking God when we give
thanks for such institutions.
Montana labor news., 1936-11-26
RED WRECKER UNFAIR

Mr.. Stevens and the Red Wrecker
in the HOO block on Utah Avenue
have been declared unfair by the
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Coun-
Gil. The Machinists union tried to
persuade this firm to get in the clear
with the unions but all efforts were
futile. The action of the central
labor council followed a declaration
of unfairness by the Machinists
union.
The public is warned not to have
any dealings with this house.
Montana labor news., 1936-11-26
LABOR. GATHERS AT TAMPA
WHATS HAPPENING IN The UNIONS

printed. 1t made a very pretty book
much different than the makeshift
mimeographed pamphlets formerly
used.
A communication was received
from the local union of Workers
Alliance of America, stating their
aims and expressing condemnation
over the apparent intention of the
national administration to make
heavy slashes in w. P. A. work. This
communication was referred to the
organization committee.
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The Silver Bow Trades and Labor
Council added its condemnation with
that of the Mill and Smeltermen of
Great Falls to Ted Hodges, coach of
the Great Falls football team, in his
alleged stubbornness in refusing to
vacate a scab hotel in Billings at
the time the Great Falls team was
playing the Billings High School
team in that city.
A communication vas received
from Senator Murray stating that
he would continue to assist in hav-
ing a complete survey of living costs
made in Butte.
A protest was received from the
Butte Butchers union concerning the
sale of turkeys by the grocery stores
in alleged violation ef Union rules
The protest was referred to a joint
committee of the Clerks and Butch
ers unions and a member of the
jurisdictional committee of the Sill
yer Bow Trades and Labor Council
Montana labor news., 1936-11-26
BY A. f. of L. News Service.

by IA Il. VI IL IFtWS oCA ftSSs
TAMPA, Fla.-The fifty-sixth an
nual convention of the American
Federation of Labor opened in the
Municipal Auditorium here with 485
delegates present representing 8S
national and International unions,
four American Federation of Labor
Departments, 81 state declarations Of
labor, 125 central bodies, n local
trades and federal labor unions and
four fraternal delegates.
The convention was called to order
by Temporary Chairman w. E. Sui
Ivan, president of the Tampa Cen
trail Trades and Labor Assembly.
Preceding the opening exercises,
the Tampa Federal Symphony Or
chestra, directed by Maxine Eche-
garay, entertained the delegates and
visitors with a musical program.
The invocation was delivered by
Reverend Adiel Jarrett Moncrief, Jr.
pastor of the First Baptist Church
of Tampa.
McMullen Speaks for Mayor
AT the conclusion of the invocation
Mr.. Sullivan welcomed the delegates
on behalf of the Central Trades ano
Labor Assembly of Tampa and Their
introduced A. E. McMullen, city at
torney, representing the Mayor Of
Tampa, who was unable to be pres
ent because of illness.
1--WE have the highest regard fol
the American Federation of Labor
and its purposes and the work it is
undertaking." Mr.. McMullen tolc
the convention. I'VE hope that your
stay will be profitable as well as
pleasant. We hope your stay will
be so pleasant that you will come
back and visit us again, that you will
come down individually or with your
organizations in the future and see
us. We hope some of your crafts
will see our fair community, and
will be sold, as the carpenters or
ganization has been sold, and will
establish homes among us where you
can enjoy coming and being, so that
you will want to come back and see
Tampa and its surroundings"
Taliaferr0 Extends Business
Welcome
Nh. Sullivan then introduced E. P
Taliaferro, president of the Tampa
Chamber of Commerce, who sale
that brevity was his motto in wei
coming organizations to Tampa. HI
had loads of statistics regarding thu
advantages of Tampa which h
might present, but refrained from
doing so because of his understand
ing that your convention is uniqu'
in that it is a working n and it'll
time given for play" adding: "Al
honor should be accorded for thi
sincerity and devotion to labor
cause"
Pepper Pledges Assistance to Labo
At the conclusion of Mr.. Taliafer
ro's talk Hon. Claude Pepper, Unite,
States Senator from Florida, ad
dressed the convention. He said h
was elected to the office of Senate
with the endorsement of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor. Il shal
be glad" he asserted, "for you to tr,
me and to judge by my action
whether | be found wanting"
81 salute you, members of thi
great convention" he continued, "be
cause you have the responsibility G
Montana labor news., 1936-11-26
GREAT FALLS CONDEMNS PA

PER VENTURE-Mr. Griff Pritch-
ard paid a visit to the Central Labor
body and spoke in behalf of a pub
fishing company which anticipates
the purchase of the Producers News
at Plentywood and the moving of
this plant to Billings to start a farm
er-labor paper. He requested the
moral and financial support of the
unions, stating that the organization
at Billings had agreed to back the
move. The delegates did not take
very kindly to this matter and the
suggestion was tabled indefinitely.
However, the secretary Of the as
sembly was instructed to write the
Yellowstone Trades and Labor
Council notifying them that the UNI
ions of Great Falls did not look with
favor upon the launching of such a
paper under the proposed leadership.
The Central body contributed $40
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Montana labor news., 1936-11-26
ARMISTICE DAY NOTE

Just in Ease you don't remember
it, kids who we're born on the origi-
nal armistice day are now old
enough to fight.
Montana labor news., 1936-11-26
UNIONS TO HOLD DANCE-The


entertainment committee recon-
mended that a dinner dance be held
at the Rainbow Hotel on December
10 to which the delegates to the
Council, their wives, and also all
others who helped in the Labor day
celebration, and others connected
with Labor's N%onpartisan league be
invited to attend. The recommends
ton was adopted.
The Transfers Union informed the
assembly that they had endorsed
their President, c. E. McCarty, for
the position of alderman to succeed
Oliver Weir who was elected Coun-
ty Commissioner. At the conclusion
of the reading of this communica-
ton, the assembly also recommend
ed the appointment of McCarty. A
letter was received from Senator
Wheeler stating that he was trying
to raise a WPA quota. Safeway
Stores and Matteucci Grocery were
thanked for their cooperation with
the unions. The Butchers Union in
Billings notified the Cascade Trades
and Labor Council that the Pierce
Packing Company was unfair to
their organization. Great Falls I'M
ions concurred in the declaration of
unfariness.
Montana labor news., 1936-11-26
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
CONVENTION OPENS; 485 DELEGATES

Addresses of Welcome Are Delivered by W. E. Sullivan, President
OF Tampa Central Trades and Labor Assembly; A. E. Nc
Mullen, Representing the Mayor of Tampa; E. p. Taliaferro,
President of the Tampa Chamber of Commerce, and Claude
Pepper, United States Senator from Florida.
Montana labor news., 1936-11-26

President Green in Keynote Address Demands Higher Wages and
Improved Employment Conditions for Workers, Shorter
Hours as Remedy for Unemployment, Equitable Wealth Dis
tribution, Ban on Child Labor and Preservation Of Demo-
cratic Procedure in American Federation of Labor.
Montana labor news., 1936-11-26

The American standard Of
living must be maintained
in order that American in
situations may not be sub
ject to perils of discomfort.
Montana labor news., 1936-11-26

There can be no prosperity
without justly high wages.
Earnings Of working people
are the basis and index of
progress in any community.
Evening star., 1936-02-15

into the conditioner, which is located
let us say, underneath the dining
room floor. This change takes place
several times an hour.
The conditioning of the air takes
place quite separately from the heat
ing system The manufacturers Of
this particular model feel that high
temperature air, which must be the
heating media as well as the venti-
lating media, is not as good for the
lungs as fresh air heated only to
room temperature. Other experts de-
clare heating by air is all right.
This machine, which promises to
bring new Winter comfort to home
bodies, has been acoustically treated
to eliminate noise and comes in a
green enameled steel case. 1t is de-
signed to fit into any home with a
radiator heating system, and applies
to old houses equally well as new ones.
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To get back to water, there are ways
of conditioning it, too. Keeping it
pure is as important as heating it..
AS with air, few people take it seri-
ously enough.
Nearly everybody suffers from hard
water, one way or another. Hard
water contains lime and magnesium
in varying amounts. Remember the
ring around the bath tub last Sat-
urday night? They were the curds
formed by a union of soap and the
minerals in the water.
You can cleanse your water by in
Stalling one of the new model water
softeners which can be operated in
the home at a very small cost. They
contain a mineral substance called
zeolite, said to have the property of
extracting automatically all the hard
ness from any water. Your water
simply flows through bed of this
mineral on the way to your faucet
and leaves its destructive minerals
behind. Every week or two you put
a solution of common kitchen salt in
the softener to regenerate the hard
working zeolite mineral. The piping
is arranged so your water won't pick
up the salt and inadvertently feed you
sea water.
Water softeners save you money and
effort in simplifying shaving, length
ening the life of clothes, saving soap,
keeping water pipes free of unhealthful
scale, makes coffee and tea taste bet
ter, keeps compilations clear. And it's
a lifetime investment. The first ones
on the market in 1918 are said still
to be in perfect operation.
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It's a lot of fun to make a painted
wooden valance for your curtains all
by yourself. Don't imagine it Is job
Evening star., 1936-02-15
Cay Patterns on T,cO Chairs
adds SpHi.::i to Lining Room

smart effect that's hard to equal by
any other method.
In the foreground Is seen q drum
table with spacious, leather covered
top, the center of a grouping, as chairs
are drawn up on either hand. One Of
them is upholstered in striking mod
ern fabric in tones of beige and brown,
while the other Is a barrel chair and
is covered in the same solid brown
as the couch.
The accessories, which show skill in
selection, are as follows: A large
circular. gilt-framed mirror above the
fireplace; a pair of tole flower holders,
filled with bittersweet, on the mantel;
pair Of white porcelain lamps on
sofa tables flanking the couch, a forest
green pottery lamp on the drum table,
a bronze reflector floor lamp, etchings
and water colors on the walls, growing
plants, smoking accessories, a dark
green liquor set on a silver tray on
the coffee table, and books.
1t was the decorators idea not to do
a strictly period room, but to create
a simple, hveable interior inspired by
the eighteenth century English furni-
ture styles adapted to present require
ments. The result is distinct success.
Evening star., 1936-02-15
BY CLAIRE wINsLoW.

Gay, splashy pattern in the dra-
peries and In the upholstery Of two
chairs adds liveliness to the color
scheme of the living room in model
home recently opened for public in
spection by a large electrical company.
This house Is one of many built in
various parts of the country.
The furnishings were planned by the
decorator of a large Chicago store and
may be duplicated by visitors in their
own homes. As we've said often in
this column, budget rooms, model
houses, ETC., offer countless sugges-
tions to the woman interested in max
ing her apartment or house more COM
Portable, more up to date, more at
tractive. In a short visit to an intelli-
gently arranged display Of furnishings
she can pick up extremely timely and
helpful ideas, she can become &C
quainted with the smartest colors and
fabrics of the season and with the new
trends in furniture and electrical
equipment.
The house referred TO is not only
ulluoudA anu lllOcI al tAotAN 4AA Ato blANh-
and-timber outer construction, but Is
equally intriguing inside. The living
room is all in warm tones of brown
and beige. with green, burnt orange
and off-white for contrast.
Walls and ceilings are painted off,
white. On the floor is a broadloom
rug Of walnut brown. this tone being
repeated in the rough-textured fabric
Of the good-looking tailored couch
placed before the windows.
Draperies are of stunning glazed
chintz, having a brown background
and bold design of leaves and ber-
ries in green and burnt orange. They
are hung under a stretched, shaped
valance of the same material and over
white Venetian blinds.
You'll notice that two of the COM
Portable lounge chairs are upholstered
in the drapery fabric. This never fails
to give a room a feeling of unity, q
Evening star., 1936-02-15
Cooperation

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1936-02-15

solidarity in the industry. We need
to take pride in having part in this
great construction industry; we need
to have more respect for the rights
of our competitors: we need to have
a sympathetic understanding of our
co-workers in all branches Of our
work, design, construction and labor.
This is an appeal to all architects,
contractors, subcontractors, producers,
labor and all who have part in the
construction industry to come together
in their building congresses and SIM
liar organizations where such exist
and to organize such groups and State
construction leagues where they do
not exist that all may lend support
and cooperation to the co-ordinating
body of the industry. the Construction
League of the United States, and by
word and practice, by cooperation
and organization, put the construction
industry on a high plane of public
service, honest practice and fair COM
petition"
The committee, in addition to Mr..
Ludlow, is composed of Wilson c.
Ely, Newark, N. j.; Clement w. Fair
weather, Metuchen, N. j., and Sulli-
van w. Jones, New York City.
Evening star., 1936-02-15

requiring carpenters skill. With the
introduction of a new material made
out of pressed wooden chips, 1t Is al
most as simple as cutting out paper
dolls. The material is only a little
heavier than cardboard.
This new material has the consist
ency of a thin, hard board which
looks like natural wood and can be
worked like it. 1t has unusual resist
ance to moisture, cracking. warping,
chipping. You cut the shape Of your
valance, measuring your curves-two
to each valance-by the overall width
of the window. Then screw a curtain
rod fixture to each end Of the wooden
top. Attach to the fixtures a as Of
an inch curtain rod. which holds the
whole thing in place.
The pressed wood chips are brown
in color, so the outside edge should
be painted or covered with cutouts Of
wallpaper for decorative effects. It's
really the same as making a valance
of planks, except that it is so much
easier to handle a thin board than
lumber.