The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-12-04
ORGANIZED LABOR TO MAKE BTTINfc
A UNION TOWN

a business arrangement with cOo ',S Nalls
others IN charge of parties S StSSCoe' a.
hotels and eating at cafeo SSOpphg
Hodges, being, as he saws o LlayOe,
Is the reason why he is so detem uts y \
patrOnize these places. ''''ulned
These facts, I believe. brotbo,
establish my alterations made ~ worker
paragraph, that Mr.. F.. r Ho " ue tiH
effort to justify his acts and sftiSiI IN q
wards ORGANIZED labor reSor+o ''' ~ "a
right and deliberate falsehood W w oCT
you think? what
Answering Mr. Hodges further
lenge the statement in the fi first n.. /. CAa
of his letter to YOU. to the effes ~ S az
verv SURPRISED that should have w. W.! i W
Of his letter to YOU, to the effoc+ DIV ~
cit was because his acts had bo s' . y. w
to your attention and he had mt u ~sl
awav with it. as he had anticinatoS SyO
of the opiniOn that he will still h.
SURPRISED before the matter Is cIo,o .u
] know ANYTHING ahont OrCanizoS H.
Mr.. HODGES gives three reasons +or
"sUrnrise." / answer them in Their o,i.
First. The above facts nrove this Ga.
ment false. If members Of orranizAd M.
ATTENDING the State ROwler'S Tournom.'
last spvirU. did not know that hotalo y
cafes at BILLINGS are unfair. the fsuN
their own. the facts have been nrHiJ,
q lorr time in the Brittle labor News
circulars have been sent ont. Union
bor knows how to find ont whether
hotel or cafe is fair and also where 10
cure necessary information. So much
number one.
Second: Brothers. eff YOU were N
strange town. and someone told YOU III
the hotel YOU were in was Scab wheA
Won had STAYED over night and eat
meals. what would YOU or any other sO
Union man do? Regardless Of how ID
pot the information. YOU would tell VI
manager frankly that Won do not OatFV
i've scab hotels. and check ont then a
there. and would take some nleaSuFe
being able IN 10 IT,. Of course. The fSI
as relatpd qbove disclose that N.Y. bMI
knew before he went to the (rSOd ~
r. was acab. knew It a wear AGO. NEW
before he reOiStered. What dld 'oe nj
coach do? Is It ANYMORE If a "reSO@%]]
litv'' RI keen bows in Union ho'el :, u
q scah ioint. ov TO feed them st , Vl
COTE The question answerS iT'eI'
Hodoes was not notified late " VI. y
hrt before he re0istered as ne j
aware. hut if what he saws were J
which II is MT, he shorld have In.' -
Mr. HODGES knew who was app
+;+,,do was correct. and he sno"eo nI
tern7o+ for ORGANIZED ]ohor Wnen .u -
nm his 11hOne AS he did: Az I
rna++er like this cannot be olSli'''
this way. =, uJl
Third. These arguments by MI ,, I8l
do not irstifv his behavior; nOr sb Sr
+to,o b,,+ rather a0OravateSn e' ",~'
= $50 So +bo+ a+ Great Falls he law ,vow
SHOWS s., L"> +ho+ IN Rillin0s. he nOfN1
{ and deliberately patron,'7en T there h
: and eating houses. PerFlarT, vbr
1.l.a hut it does not eX n:,,;ucs n
|, .,o+,.o,,;1ec scab places in FI ,.l,So M
2 natr"n.nes + E hol;ef +hqt his attitT'ctP pm
4 nv ho .s ,o 1,, e rnovp sincere %n
than in Great Falls, TINS ,onor VII
n r. members of ORGANIZED l'T 1cdcss |.
= do,, I+V' believe. iustifv Mr.. thew tbsv W
y shame y on these members WV
g with Mr.. Hodges. -. corHa
Mr. Hodoes closes MS ,To.,a for b
@ his lie. and putting the O'1 labor -
' linmencies on Org o;Dt 6s+te ere coolSs'
I'll .TT9 :s.t # ii 3ss future tsaf ' q z,s
t I am inclosing for your your list fist" q
4 files the Billings "u l1n1iated in and