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Montana labor news., 1936-09-03
Hamilton Objects
10 Action Taken
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olution and my vote was / be-
lieve, the only one cast in opposi-
ton. The fact that I was in the mi
nority, however, is of little conse-
| quence since / have eve hesitateo
to vote and express my convictions
nor to follow them through when ]
believed them to be right, and | re-
call a similar instance some eigh-
teen years ago when l opposed the
entry of the United States into, and
refused to take part in what l then
frankly stated l believed to be a
commercial war, and which subse-
quent developments, and the inves-
tigation of the Senate Munitions in
quiry, have shown to be all and
more than l had claimed it to be.
AS in those days l did not hesitate
to state my position despite the
overwhelming opposition of the
majority, so now | conceive it to be
my duty to state why l have aided,
and shall continue to aid in the for
nation of a Farmer-Labor party in
Montana despite the expressed SEN
timent of the delegates at the Fed
Grafton of Labor convention.
First, I do not question the sin
certify of the delegates but l do in
sist that since the resolution was
drafted during the closing hours of
the convention few of the delegates
had an opportunity to secure the
views of the rank and file of the or
CARNATIONS which they represented
and therefore were quite as likely
to be in error as to the attitude OF
their members as I, in fact l be-
lieve they were more likely to be
in error for the reason that my own
opinion of the necessity Of such a
party has impelled me to discuss
the subject with the rank and file of
Montana labor news., 1936-09-03

Knowing this to be the fact, what
have the two major parties done
about 1t or what are they going to
do? The answer is exactly nothing.
Under the Roosevelt administration
we were given tn r. F. c. and the
Farm Board Dawes got ninty mil
lion from the R. F. c. and he has
most OF it yet, while under the
Farm Board act the farmer found it
impossible to earn his board
Under the Roosvlt administration
we were given the A. A. A. Gan at
tempt to further increase the price
of foodstuffs by creating an artifi-
cial scarcity in the face of a van
ishing purchasing power) the c. w.
A., the N. R. A. and the w. P. A.
(attempts to place relief clients on
non-production "made-work" in a
disguised effort to return a portion
of the purchasing power taken from
them by the profit SYSTEM" to the
end that the same profit system of
something for nothing might pro-
coed as before.) When these nu-
merous A. A. AS, C. w. AS and
w. P. AS are taken from us the
public will be left with only its
B. V. DIS, and will still be S. o. l..
Let it be thoroughly understood
that my criticism of the acts of the
Roosevelt administration is not en-
dorsement of either Landon or
Lemke, far from it. I regard
Roosevelt as the least of three evils,
but then-why bubble about the
degrees of heat in hell?
I mention these things only to
show how little we may expect from
the Republican or Democratic par
ties. If the labor or farmer groups
expect anything of lasting value
from the promises of old party poll
ticians, most of whom are million
aires, or at least have the million
aire viewpoint, then the most chart
table thing l can think of to say
about these groups is that they are
certainly a group of optimists.
Since the nationally minded hui
man can expect nothing from either
old party, a new party is necessary,
a party committed to the principle
of production for use rather than
for profit and one that will be con-
trolled by the workers and farmers
themselves, rather than by those
who are most benefited by the re-
tention of the old something for
nothing profit system.
Naturally Leverne Hamilton as an
executive board member of the
Montana Federation of Labor is
bound by the decision of the con-
vention even though that decision
was an erroneous one and, l believe,
based on a misconception in the
minds of the delegates. BUT Lee
verne Hamilton as an individual
is free to do what he believes to be
the proper thing as an individual,
and to my mind that is to proceed
with the formation and perfection
of the Farmer-Labor party of Mon
tana.
BY so doing | do not feel that I
or this group in any way menace
the reelection of ROOSEVELT so dear
to the hearts of the labor group
since we intend to take no part in
the Presidential campaign, and as
to the implication contained in the
third whereas" of the resolution
published, that "a large amount Of
Eastern money is being sent into
Montana to finance this movement
Montana labor news., 1936-09-03
TOWNSEND Club
TALKS POLITICS

The Townsend Club No. l met il
regular session at the Y. M. c. A
Friday night, August 18th, with
President D. c. Peck in the chair.
After routine matters were dis
cussed and disposed of, plans fol-
the election of Townsend candidate
to Congress and the United States
Senate were gone into at some
length.
There are less than forty five
working days before the genera.
election on November 3rd. 1t i.
planned to put on an intensive cam.
paign in the short time left anc
every loyal Townsendite will be ex-
pected to take an active part as
united effort is imperative for sue
cess at the polls.
The Club also plans to give in
struction relative to the aims and
purposes of the Townsend move
ment at the homes of individual
members and their friends. Those
held so far were reported as very
satisfactory in gaining new men,
bers.
Anyone desiring this service can
arrange it by phoning Mrs. Ken
nedy at 4122, or Miss Zfchirte at
5857.
The program was enlivened by
two piano solos rendered by the
gifted young pianist, Miss Helen
Marie Hanson, which were greatly
enjoyed.
The meeting adjourned with the
audience repeating the Townsend
pledge.
ELIZABETH v. KENNEDY.
Greetings once again from officers
and membership of Townsend Club
No. 2.
After having had a rest, so to
speak, and now that the summer
vacation is over, we r going for
ward with more determination than
ever. The fight has just begun, we
are going to win a great victory,
This IA only be done by mastering
our forces and fighting in a true
and American way for hat which
we know is our God-given right.
Are you with us?
The new fall activities shall be in
augurated next Monday night, at
which time more shall be learned
about the new financial set-up and
plans for the immediate future shall
be made.
MI. D. E. Hooking, secretary, will
be the speaker of the evening. He
will use as his subject: 'The Town
send Plan From the Standpoint of
Youth" All the young people are
given a special invitation to attend
this meeting. Mr.. Hooking has
been an active worker in the move
ment since its inception and will
make it worth your while for you
to attend this meeting.
Come and visit our club and be-
come an active worker in this great
humanitarian movement. Learn
the truth and the truth shall make
you free.
On Monday evening, September
IA, will mark the opening of our
monthly socials again. A program
Of singing and musical numbers
will be featured and an interesting
Montana labor news., 1936-09-03

the workers and l have found q
growing sentiment among these
workers ~favoring the formation OF
a new party which they (and y be-
lieve will do the thing which MUST
be done, and which neither of the
old parties makes the slightest pro-
fession of attempting to do, name
ly, to replace the old profit sys-
tenn" with a system of Production
for use," a change which must take
place before this nation need hope
for that long sought recovery"
To show why that change is nee
essary l devote a brief space to an
| exposition of the profit system to
illustrate the method by which our
nation land indeed the whole
| world has plunged into the condi-
ton which we know as "the depres-
sion"
First, l assert without fear of sue
cessful contradiction that profit
is nothing more or less than a pay
ment for which NO SERVICE HAS
BEEN RENDERED. To prove that
assertion / maintain that when a
manufactures fixes the cost of his
product he calculates the cost of
everything that went into the manu-
facture of that product, raw mate
rial, labor, value of plant, depre-
citation, taxes, interest on invest
ment and the value of his own
services as wages of superintend-
ance. 1t is readily seen then that if
the manufactured product was
sold at cost of production" every
item that entered into the produc-
ton of the article would be paid for,
labor, material, investment, and the
manufacturers own service at his
own estimate of their actual value
(Which should be sufficient If
then, the manufacturer adds to this
cost of production, still another
item for PROFIT" land that prof
it is usually all that the traffic will
bear) it is readily seen that this
item of profit" is as I stated, a
payment for which no service has
ever been rendered, in other words
something for nothing.
Now if the purchaser of the ar
ticle, the consumer, must pay this
something for nothing" profit (and
it runs from one to one thousand
per cent? on every article he buys,
and yet in his capacity as a laborer
the consumer must give full value
when he sells the only product
which he controls, his labor, it is
only a matter of time until the con-
sumner finds himself without pur-
chasing power. Haven't we heard
our political statesmen make some
casual remarks about purchasing
power being lacking in the last few
years? Well that is how it hap
pened.
To clarity the question further; if
you pay double for what you buy,
but sell your own product at cost
you would have to be almighty
dumb if you couldn't see your fin
ish. You would soon be busted
or without purchasing power" and
that is just the condition of the
working people of the world( and
this nation especially today. I
therefore assert that that same profit
system of something for nothing"
payment for which no service is
performed is solely responsible for
the condition in which we find our
selves today and which we describe
as "the depression"
Montana labor news., 1936-09-03
NEW TOWNSEND CLUBS

National headquarters statistics
show that at the present time there
is a new Townsend Club formed and
chartered every two hours, during
the "a, somewhere in the United
States. With the membership dues
campaign under full steam it is es-
timated that five new Townsend
Clubs will be formed every hour of
the "a, somewhere in the United
States. This means 100 new Town
send clubs every "a hours. If the
membership dues plans is fully in
a~ugurated by September tenth, in
stead of by the end of September,
you can see what it would mean by
election time, November fourth.
Montana labor news., 1936-09-03

NEW YORK. - (FP) - Several
thousand members of scores of I'M
ions, liberal and radical organiza-
tons marched in a peace parade
through New York City streets
August %. The march was spon-
sored by the American League
Against War and Fascism.
Montana labor news., 1936-09-03

speaker will be present.
Come and help us fight the good
fight! Lowell Avenue church,
p. M, September 7th.
DAVID E.. HOOKING.
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BIG RECEIPTS
OF GRASS HEAD
FOR CANNERY
Local Plant May Start Sea-
sons Run Next Week; Car
lot Shipments Drop Fresh
Market Price

1t is possible that the local can
ming plant will open for the seasons
run early next week, according to
word received today from cannery
officials. The green market has
taken an awful slump and only
small shipments being absorbed on
the local markets. The green price
is but a small fraction above the
cannery price and it is possible that
the processing will take the bulk OF
the seasons cut.
Following the cold weather. the
warm days the past week jumped
the production into the carload class
before the week was out. The first
box was shipped out last Thursday
evening. Last night three solid car
loads were rolled and prospects are
for five this evening, according to
the railroad officials. More of the
crop is to roll on rails this year. APP
parently, for the truckers are having
a difficult time disposing of their
loads, it is reported.
The local plant will open just as
soon as they can be assured Of daily
receipts Of five tons or better. The
plant is ready to start now and a
full crew can be put on as soon as
the receipts Justify it,
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CLUB TO SINGN
WALLA WALLA
Schubert Singers to be on
Federation Program
April oath

The Kennewick Schubert club has
been invited to take part in the
Washington State Federation Of
Music Clubs convention which is to
be held in Walla Walla next week.
The international Choral Festival
will take place on Friday evening.
April "a, at BIS in the high school
auditorium.
The time allotted for the local
singing will be 10 minutes. Because
Of the club name, the director, Mrs.
Alice Siegfried, has selected q groun
Of three numbers by Franz Schu-
bert, which will be sung by the en-
tire club. The first Of this groun
is by the Sea-" the second, Ave
Maria" and the third 'Serenade. {"
The Mems Chorus Of the club will
also give two selections from the
Student Prince" by Romberg, the
first being the "Serenade" and the
second THE Drinking Song"
This Choral Festival is open To
the public with no admission charge
Any and all music lovers are urged
to attend If possible.
The Schubert club is also hard
at work rehearsing for their Var
iety Show, which will be staged in
the Liberty Theatre on the evening
Of May 2.
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WIDMAN-SHOEMAKER

Word has been received of the
marriage of Miss Margaret Widman
of Spokane to Paul F. Shoemaker,
son of MIR. and Mrs. Fred Shoe
maker of Pasco. They were married
at a beautiful candlelight nuptial
service Tuesday evening, March
IL, in the Methodist church at Ro-
salia, with the service being read
by the Rev. John c. Hofstetter.
Miss LaVerne Widman, cousin of
the bride was the bridesmaid. Lee
Roy Shoemaker, brother of the
groom, acted as best man.
The church was decorated with
beautiful flowers. Before the cere-
mony a solo "Oh Promise Me-" and
Il Love You Truly" were sung.
Immediately following the service
a reception was held for some IS
relatives and close friends.
MIR. and Mrs. Shoemaker are
making their home at Pasco, where
he is employed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-16
TEST WELSH
GAS FIELD ARE
NOW DRILLING
Big Rig Starts Pounding to
Locate Main Gas Pool or
Oil Supply; To Make Com
plete Test

The deep test hole in the Ken
newick gas fields is now underway,
the drill having been started dur
ing the past week. The contract has
been taken by A. A. Durand of Wal
Ia Walla, who has had much ex-
perience in this field. The rig is
set up over one of the first gas wells
which has been producing in the
field for several years.
The work will be continued until
a sufficiently deep hole has been
drilled to thoroughly prove the
field, which the drillers think will
require a depth of about $500 feet
The well is already down more than
1900 feet and the big eight-inch bit
is making it deeper at the rate OF
IL to Is feet q day.
Biologists are of the opinion that
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HONORED AT CPS.

Miss Helen G. Williams, freshman
at the College of Puget Sound in
Tacoma, whose home is in Kenne-
wick, was pledged Monday to Spurs,
national honorary service group
for sophomore women, in which
work she will be active next year
Each spring at the close of their
freshman year, three girls are
chosen from each sorority and three
from the Independents to make up
the active sophomore group. They
are chosen on a basis of activities
during their freshman year. Miss
Williams represents her sorority,
Lambda Sigma Chi. She is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Earle "
Williams of Kennewick.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-16
SKUSE TO TELL
OF NEWLAWON
CONSERVATION
County Agent Holding Spec
ial Meetings to Explain the
New Federal Act; to be here
Monday Evening

There will be series of COM
munity meetings in Benton county
to consider the possibilities of the
new Soil Conservation Act, accord
ing to Waldo w. Skuse, county
agent. This action was decided up
on at meeting at the County Ex-
tension office of representatives of
each community in the county with
representatives of the College and
Soil Conservation Service.
In order to speed up the matter
of getting the information before
the people, it was decided to have
two meetings a day in accordance
with the schedule herewith:
Hanford- Wednesday afternoon,
April IS at lis pm. at the grange
hall.
White Wednesday eve
ming, April Is, at 7:45 pm. at the
high school.
Buena Vista-Thursday afternoon,
April 10th, at lis pm. at the
grange hall.
Prosser-Thursday evening, April
Is, at 7:45 pm. at the Commercial
Club rooms
Hover Friday afternoon, April
II at lis pm. at the Riverview
high school.
Highlands-Friday evening, April
II, at 7:45 pm. at the Highlands
clubhouse.
Finley-Monday afternoon, April
20, at lis pm. at the grange hall.
Kennewick - Monday evening,
April 20 at 7:45 pm. at the Valley
clubhouse.
Whitstran- Tuesday afternoon,
April 81, at lis pm. at the Com
munity hall.
Richland-Tuesday evening, April
81 at 7:45 pm. at the Vale grange
hall.
Horse Heaven, Locust Grove, Rat
tlesnake - Wednesday afternoon
April %, at 7:45 pm. at the Com
munity club house.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-16
WPA LEADER
ISSPEAKER AT
DEMO DINNER
Claude Moran of Yakima
Defends Administration at
County jefferson Day Ban
quet at Richland

Scoring critics of the new deal and
the work relief program, Claude
Moran of Yakima, district WPA
supervisor, gave the main address
in the jefferson Day banquet of the
Benton county Democratic central
committee in Richland Monday
night.
Moran said that Republicans had
made no constructive criticism of
the administration or the works
program. He asserted the works
program was needed so unemployed
persons could earn an honest liv-
ing. He said the purchase of ma
terials for WPA jobs had stimulat-
ed activity in private industry.
Eugene Hargett, president of the
Walla Walla Jeffersonian club, re-
viewed the life of Thomas jefferson
and claSSed him as one of the great
est statesmen in history.
Guests introduced were Jay Perry
of Kennewick and Frank Clark of
Hanford, county commissioners, Ben
Knox of ProSSer, treasurer, H. E.
Chapman of Prosser, auditor-clerk
Mrs. Ethel Van SICKLE of Prosser,
school superintendent, State Rep
resentative Fred Kemp of Prosser,
DR.. w. w. Robbins of PaSco, legis-
lator, and State Senator Charles
Stinson of Pasco. a Republican.
Entertainment was furnished by
Maurice Scott, Harold Willmsen, DR..
F. A. Benjamin, Mrs. Benjamin and
Mrs. Harry Snively, all of Richland.
Paul Pugh of Prosser was toast
master. One hundred and seventy
persons attended the event. The
program was arranged by Pugh, c.
G. Genres of Richland and G. L.
Holcomb of Kennewick.
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MINER SAYS
HEHASFOUND
PLATINUM
Locates Rich Vein in Horse
Heaven Hills; Thinks the
Assays Will Run to $500
per ton

Gold! gold!" the cry goes up and
the rush is on.
It's harder to yell Platinum!
Platinum" but no doubt the result
would be the same.
And-strange or not-maybe the
cry has already been raised right
here locally.
Clayton johnson, a mining en-
gineer from A lsaka, yesterday brot
in to this office some ore and mug
gets which he claimed were almost
pure platinum and silver. He said
he had spent the winter prospect
ing in the Horse Heaven hills and
had found a vein six to eight feet
wide and four to six inches thick
which he was sure would run in the
neighborhood of $500 per ton at
the Smelter.
Mr.. johnson said he expected to
receive this weekend the reports
from the assayers. He said he had
sent samples to three places and if
the reports were as favorable as he
expected, he would Immediately
start production.
The vein is % miles out in the
hills, he said and quite accessible.
The stuff is in a ruby sand for
nation, near the top of the ground
in such a location as to be easily
worked. MIR. johnson said that he
had staked out a couple of claims
covering his find and expected that
they would prove the beginning of
a new era for this section.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-16
20 TO GO TOGOP
CONVENTION
Delegates and Alternates are
Elected to Attend the
State Meeting

Benton county republicans met at
Prosser Friday night to select dele
gates to the state convention to be
held in Spokane on May 9. The
county is allotted ten delegates and
ten alternates. Three delegates and
alternates were chosen from the
Prosser district, three from the
Kennewick district, two from the
up river country and one from Ben
ton City and Richland.
The local delegates We're M. M.
Moulton, c. L. Powell and II. w.
Desgranges; alternates were II. S.
Hughes, Ruth Heniken and r. E.
Reed. At Richland c. j. Dam was
named delegate and T. c. Chalcraft
alternate. Mr.. Moulton was named
as member of the platform COM
mittee to act at the state meeting.
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WOMEN'S CLUB ELECTS

The Women'S club held it's regu-
lar business meeting at the English
Lutheran church Friday with the
following officers being elected:
Mrs. c. F.. Winkenwerder, president;
Mrs. H. S. Taylor, first vice presi-
dent; Mrs A. F. Brown, second vice
president; Mrs. w. w. SkuSe, cor
responding secretary; Mrs. w. S
Walters, recording secretary; Mrs
H. E. Huntington, treasurer anC
Mrs. T. w. Payne, auditor. The
remainder of the meeting was spent
in making plans for a May festi-
val and the annual exchange OF
bulbs was enjoyed by those present
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the main gas pool will be found un-
derneath the hard basaltic cap
which is now being penetrated. On
account of the low pressure in the
present wells, it is thought that this
pool which is now being used to
supply fuel to upper valley towns,
has been formed by fissure seep-
age from the main pool below.
The company plans to continue
this well until the main pool is 10
Gated.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-16
GOLF CLUB MEETING

A meeting will be held in the Of
flee OF j. II. Siegfried at Kenne-
wick at 7:45 pm. on Monday. April
20. 1t is particularly desirable that
an members be present if possible to
determine Just what work will be
done to improve the green's and fair
ways, to make appointments on the
committees SO that these may be-
gin to function at once and arrange
for tournaments, etc. FOR this sea-
son.
All members are requested to
bring in as many memberships as
possible SO the years budget can be
arranged for at this meeting.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-16
EVENTUALITIES

Friday, April IL
Needle club, Mrs. Harry Cochran
Hopitu Camp Fire group, city
hall.
Valley grange, 8 pm.
Liberty theatre, yellow Dust"
Saturday, April 18-
Rainbow Girls at hall, 7::30
Liberty, same as Friday.
Sunday, April 19-
Churches, see notices.
Liberty theatre-"The Country
Doctor"
Monday, April 90
Library Guild, Mrs. Cora McKain
with Mrs. r. r. Woodin, host
ess.
Business Girls, Mrs. r. @. Mac
mahon, 7:30 pm.