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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-12
WORKERS I
PROTECTIVE UNION
MILES CITY

A few weeks later, April Is to
II, inclusive, a State Convention
OF the Workers Protection Union
was called at Miles City. It was
called primarily for the perfection
Of a State Organization, but ID
Delegates-at-large were in attend
ance there to deal with problems
IN which they were mutually in
terested. There were registrations
from: Forsyth, Roundup. Great
Falls, Lewistown, St. Regis, Har-
lowtown, Hamilton, Anaconda, Mil
dred, Miles City, Terry, Broadus,
White Fish and Billings.
Three days were devoted to all
the current problems of the be
wildered and distressed people of
the state at large. Delegates rep
resenting IL locals of the W.P.U.
and m any other independent
groups all over the State were
present. Not only did thew per
feet a State Organization, but
they staunchly advised any form
OF organization that would offer
the citizens Of Montana a chance
to defend themselves. They also
pledged themselves to use all of
their energy and influence to pro-
mote such a condition. A special
resolution was passed condemning
the unethical practices of the
Great Western Sugar Company
and forwarded to State and Ma
tiOnal officials.
A series of % comprehensive
resolutions were adopted. It was
primarily an organizational con-
ference, and direct political issues
were avoided, yet the whole spirit
Of the conference was for unity
and accord with any statewide
fituation which might develop In
the future. A statewide Central
United Committee" for the pro
motion of a Farmer-Labor party
IN Montana was set up. It con-
sisted of one delegate from each
organization in the State which de-
sired to participate. The Commit
tee is still open for representatives
of organizations who desire 70
affiliate, and communications of |
inquiry should be addressed to Mr..
q. G. Davis, Forsyth, Montana,
chairman.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-12
Friday, Jun. |, L..

1t isn't heat fron, 81 Il the heat.
81 strike is still poir door vo,,
the strikers in GONG cong; strong ' s'l
mIitItlII v in the ci f a shortSae. !,
w 1I[TIe construction '' u co9seqSeso5
Contractors Ct a'i aTs do, is ie Sso,s,
". No negotiation planning 5 Sise
bosses, the larger aa1.1 sSoo yet viii +.
ing the die-haTdIa5 am among them y
arbitrate. The sn mIE will not o y
s aGf willing to ar IbliS5.ss 'onpslSS
they can not stand union no. Ibscaross
st strain. The big COM, Ene fiDanc.i
that by not ne elS isaGf%ipa3 nj rs
get rid of some cor,,g they M.
The sash and doom Sooo5lpe gat2,
going to join the F3,r,1 WORKER an
ers Union, Local 1 SSfIi'G 1 Wo$.
mat waged the fa TOo, 'a9 qai@
strike recently. The SoaS sit,dorS
= would have S 5sa, and5toa
to split in order to io 2oea :, Obliged
Of L. craft organizations flm 5n e., An
the carpenters or 'i t5a such a
TO keep their industrial nT IDii intend
which, cou hi union o.
lone by joining the union t Gest Be
given them such IovaI I anu mat has
service during their str rI.o devoted
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-12
Sire Exchange List

Farmers who wish to get in
touch with stockmen who have
dairy or beef sires for sale or ev-
change may do so by listing them
at the Extension Office. This list
will be available by June TX
Therefore, those who want sires mr.
have them for sale should call Of
or write the Extension Office now
according to County Agent Peter,
son.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-12

sher union set up by Meyer Lewis
and Dan Tobin to cOunteract the
militancy Of STA. The two men
said that they were representing
the Transfers Joint international.
Despite the heavy rainfall dur
ing the evening, over 1000 aroused
members Of STA and friends of the
union met at STA Hall on Nav %
to protest the attack upon local
progressive labor leaders. Among
the speakers were Farrell Dobbs,
secretary-treasurer of STA. VIM.
Brown, president of STA who acted
as chairman, and Myles Dunno,
editor Of the N. w. Organizer
Dunno said that he has no doubt
that the attacks upon Dunno and
Frosig are being financed by the
Citizens Alliance of Minneapolis
with the knowledge and consent of
Tobin's International Transfers
and of Meyer Lewis, the Team
ters Joint Council officials of
Minneapolis and the Minneapolis
Z. l.. U. He said further that the
gangster attacks upon his two CO.
workers enjoy the freedom of the
Z. l.. u. and enter and leave it. as
# they had the keys to the place.
He warned the present labor fax
ers by showing what occurred in
Minneapolis in 1924 when Paul
smith, the cred purger' of the
A. F. of L., made q deal with the
Citizens Alliance whereby he
would purge the Minneapolis
unions of reds if the Citizens ALI
ance would recognize the right of
the unions to organize and bar
gain collectively. The C. A. agreed |
60 that proposal and Smith did
MS purging So well that TODAY
most of the militant unioniste of
the city are outside the A. F. of L.
unions. When Smith showed the
posses his results they congratu-
lated him cordially, but when he
reminded them of their promise
they laughed at the brashness Tor
:redullty) of this labor faker.
Meyer Lewis is the 1856 edition
u Paul Smith, who is doing the
posses dirty work and who will
oe rewarded no doubt, just as was
Paul Smith.
kilograms from the Socialist
rational convention at Cleveland
we're read at the meeting. and one
rom Fel!x Morrow, Executive Sec
etary OF the Nonpartisan labor
11eIense. A resolution denounciup
ne attacks on these militant
lnlonlsts was adopted at the meet
ng., The STA drivers are making
eady to receive these >gangsters
'hen they reappear, and a hot re-
epClon is promised, many of the
zen going to great lengths to $
sSure this. Some of them as far
5 Tour feet-of two-inch pipe.
over $50 ladies and gentlemen,
TENDERS OF the Minneapolis Golf
lub are still toting their own bags
5 strlklng caddies remain firm in
lelr demanded 10 cent increase in
ay: Iaklng advantage of the
Outn OF the caddies, the Club has
cen paying an average of Sd to
; per week for a seven dav week A
10 a 1O-hour day. Rather than s
cal with the Caddies Association. o
e Club members have been pur- s,
1S5salng light bags and carry onlv b
-4OESSARY clubs. No scabs .
I'VE broken through the picket =
81
governor Olson, a member of the r
ub has been appealed to bv the q
4o0les, but he has not answered 3
cir letter of Nav 15th &C vo4
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-12
NORTHWEST
LABOR NOTES
Local Minneapolis Press Committee
Special to Producers News.

Local Minneapolis Press Committee
Special to Producers News.
Vincent r. Dunno and George
Fresig, trustee and vice president
respectively, of General Drivers
Union, Local STA, were attacked
by five men welding blackjacks at
the Omaha freight loading plat
form, First Street and 10th ave-,
North, at noon Thursday, the 21st.
Just before the attack on Dunno
and Fresig, William Brown, presi-
dent of STA, and Carl Skoglund,
organizer, had been giving out
handbills to the drivers advertising
meeting to protest the recent at
tacks on Walter Frank and Harold
Opperman. Dunno and Frosig
were engaged in the same activity.
AS soon as Brown and Skoglund
left, five men, who evidently had
been waiting for this chance,
drove up in a black sedan and be-
gan raining blows on the head and
body of the two militant labor
leaders. Two of the attackers
were recognized by the victims as
men seen recently at the loading
platfOrd of the Chippewa Springs
Corporation, trying to induce the
drivers to join Local 500, the ko-
sher union set up by Meyer Lewis
and Dan Tobin to counteract the
of STA. The two men
said that they were representing
the Teamsters Joint international.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-12
BRONCHlAI
COUGHS
Just A Few Sips 0no =
Like A Flash - KEN"

All coughs look alike to y. B9I b
Mixture triple actinglmo1Opst ops Q
this grand medicine i sGOn Old ds8s
seated coughs and tn .edsr cOnas.
bronchial cough are ~ more I"
after just a few dOsesM -,ts, -
menting, sleepless nig mats EhlS
Buckley's is alkallhe' Ire lie 8 %
so Different ACTS .,aarsntse5
Refuse substitutes ,,,@9oisls w.
and IS cents at all dT4 tsT, n J.
Buckley, Inc, Rochester -
MILLER's PHARNA''
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-12
JOINT CONFERENCE
RELIEF, UNEMPLOYED
WORKERS, BUTTE

The Butte Conference was spon-
sored by the "Public Works and
Montana labor news., 1936-09-03

has been governor, and the legis-
lature has done everything that he
wanted done. But four sessions of
this legislature during his term Of
office have failed to take action on
this amendment.
MI. Doud, in addition to his for
NAL report, called attention to the
fact that Warren l.. Morriss, who
has for the past two years been
president of the Kansas Federation
of Labor, has denounced Governor
Landon as utterly untrustworthy of
labor's support in the following
language:
"If III governor had not pledged
himself to a platform, written by the
tools of organized greed, many
members of organized labor could
have been proud to see him elected
to the presidency of this nation.
GAS it is, no patriotic member of
organized labor can possibly vote
for him, and neither al any in
telligent patriotic citizen who be-
lieves in the principles set forth in
the constitution of these United
States.
Mr.. Landon's acceptance speech
plainly shows to thinking people,
that he knows nothing whatever
about the problems which r con-
fronting the people Of this nation
or what the present administration
is doing to untangle these prob
lens.
Montana labor news., 1936-09-03

per cent less cost than they can be
turned out in a commercial shop, 1t
sells them to school children at from
Is to 40 per cent higher than the
same books sell to children in other
states.
The allegation is that the state is
in the grip of a ring of school book
representatives, who are splitting
the royalty fees.
School books supplied to the chill
dren of Kansas are not those rec
commended by the teachers and ed
ucational authorities, but books Sc
lected by a board. Many of these
books are described as obsolete or
second rate, and long since dis
carded in other states.
The school book trust of the state
is in politics, and directly tied in
with the Republican machine. The
son of Frank Pinet, secretary of the
State Teachers Association, is en-
ployed by the school book interests
and devotes his time to getting GER
tain books adopted by the state at
high royalties. Another son of
Pinet publishes the official maya
zine of the teachers association.
The school book situation is we'll
described as 'the dirtiest mess in
Kansas"
Landon has proclaimed at various
times that he favors the child labor
amendment. He has been in full
control of his legislature since he
Montana labor news., 1936-09-03

are still trying to cash county sal
airy warrants given to them in 1884
Four times the legislature, Re-
publican and controlled by Landon,
has been in regular or special ses-
sion during the Landon administra-
ton, and not one single act has been
passed or other move made for the
state to come to assistance of its
starved, bankrupt, dilapidated and
antiquated school system-a system
that has a counterpart in some
southern states more than 30 years
ago.
Topeka is in wealthy Shawnee
county, and yet some of its rural
school teachers are paid $42.5O a
month. Wyandotte county with
Kansas City overlooking into it pays
some of its rural teachers $50 a
month. Greenwood county with its
tremendous oil resources, where
Landon oil leases are found, pays
some of its rural teachers $3.50 a
month. Eastern Kansas has more
counties paying $25 to school teach
ers than has western Kansas.
The abysmal chaos and disorgan-
ization of Kansas schools is found
in the fact that it has 1857 school
districts, of which 1887 are one
teacher districts. One rural dis
trict last year, paying its teacher
$35 a month, operated for six
months without a pupil in attend
ance; % districts had l pupil; 81
districts had 2 pupils; 1853 districts
had 3 pupils; 282 districts had 4
pupils; 339 districts had 5 pupils;
1923 districts had from six to 1O
pupils. Many of the schools r in
operation only two or three months
in the year.
Governor Landon has had an OPP
portunity during his four years in
office to remedy this situation. The
state superintendent of public in
struction and the educational forces
of the state at each regular or spe-
cial session of the legislature have
presented a bill for a school equal
cation fund which would give tc
each school district a minimum
sum per year of $675 for school pur-
poses. Only once has this bill sue
ceeded in getting out of a commit
tee room, and then it promptly
died on the floor of tie House. No
once has Aft Landon come to the
rescue of these schools, either by
urging passage of this mediocre
measure, or by putting before the
legislature a comprehensive schoo
reorganization program. He KEEP.
a balanced budget-at the expense
of the children of Kansas.
Many states provide free schoo
books for children, but not so il
Kansas. The cost of school book,
is probably the highest of any STATE
in the Union. The state operates t.;
large printing plant of its W il
Topeka, and prints its own schoo
books. But there is a heavy royal
ty paid allegedly to the owners o
copyrights, so that if the state print
these books at approximately Al
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27

under the divorce law of 1S7, as amended. The usual grounds was cited adultery. To establish adul- tery, it was necessary to show guilty affection of the respondent and the correspondent, and to show that the respondent and core spondent had the opportunity to indulge this affection. There was no word as to alimony though it was assumed Mrs. Simpson asked none. Usually in divorced cases where the wife is petitioner the alimony is about one-f1fth the husbands net income. Permanent alimony may be higher. Costs, low in this case because there was no defense, were assessable against the respondent.
 Papers Are Censored
 Newspapers, if they decided to publish anything about the divorce, were restricted by law to factual reporting = names, addresses and occupations of the persons involved; a concise statement of the charges; and the judges summing up and verdict.
 Today, the newspaper correspond ents wondered whether they would be permitted to dash from the court room with the verdict, or would be arrested and clapped into Ipswich jail for contempt of court if they tried.
 A few hours before the court met, there was no sign that anything big was impending. No police were in attendance. Doors of all rooms were unlocked. Charwomen, jani- tors and clerks were in possession until the earliest of the more im-' portant people arrived.
 Charwoman Slaps Writers
 "I hope all you newspapermen will get this fuss you're making over with" a charwoman said as she dusted benches in the court room. "I suppose it's your job. But after all, it's like any other case. I'm not ,,oing to hear it and I don't think many other people will either"
 AS they entered the 55-foot by 40-foot room, finished in light oak paneling, the walls undecorated ex- cept for an old round clock-with- out glass over its face-at the back of the room, people looked at the witness box, 4 1-2 feet by 2, with 8 hip-high ledge in front, from which witnesses in "Simpsno vs Simpson" were to testify, seven feet from the judges bench.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27

(Continued from Page l.l
 out after dark. Nationalist airplanes, the terrible baby tanks, reporteoiy Italian, the .nerciless Moorish cav- alrymen on their Arabian horses, the cold professional soldiers of the For eign Legion, were within days march of the center of Madrid
 Business At Standstill
 All taxicab service was stopped Restaurants offered only limited fare. The few who still had the heart to seek amusement found theaters and movies open only in the after noon. Subways were operating, put their stations were used principally as refuges against air attacks. The nationalist planes spared Madrid on their visitation yesterday but sub jected Barajas airdrome, in the east ern suburbs, to a terrible lombard ment which set fire to a hangar. Fearing stoppage of the water re- sources, authorities ordered water to be piped to the city only in day. time hours. Streets were deserted
 Seasoned fighters, backed up by the few storm guards who are left, were sent to man the last line trench es Their places in the city were taken by labor union men who trained in small groups in open spaces all about the city-learning how to handle rifles and machine guns so they could stop an army of trained men.
 Details of defense plans were se- cret, entrusted only to closely re- stricted group of left wing leaders.
 Newspaper correspondents, though
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
Mrs. Simpson Made
 Escape From Writers
ts,ontinued from Page D

Three policemen inside swung The doors open and the car drove in. The doors were closed at once and Admission forbidden. A sergeant Instructed the policemen that no other autos were to halt in front Of the court building or enter the courtyard except the car of MT. Justice Hawke.
 Admittance to the court building Simultaneously was refused to the public, which was told to wait until the courtroom doors are opened.
 As she drove up, Mrs. Simpson was seated on a jump-seat next to the right-hand door of the car with rug over her lap. The rear blind of the car was drawn down.
 AS the car halted momentarily in the driveway, it was almost impossi- ble to distinguish what she was wearing. Her flowers, however, were noticeable. The United Press learned yesterday that the king has a standing order with a London florist for $25 worth of flowers day for her.
 The car was parked in the cen- ter of the covered courtyard. step ping swiftly from the car and es- corted by counsel, she went directly to the lawyers room at the rear of the court.
 Photographers Fooled
 Her arrival was so sudden that batteries of photographers who had been awaiting her failed to get pictures. AS far as could be learned, not Q single one was obtained, all the photographers snapped frantic ally as the car dashed through the open doors of the courtyard.
 The policemen who knocked on the closed gates of the yard to admit the car grinned to another police man, "Our signal worked perfectly"
 Other than newspapermen and Photographers, crowd of only about 50 or 60 gathered before the court. Nine policemen were on duty ln front.
 Justice Hawke arrived at the court at 2:17 1-2 p. m.-2 1-2 min utes late despite his famed punctu- Rlity.
 "A fanfare of trumpets announced bis arrival.
 It had been arranged to admit the public. At the last minute, the chief constable issued orders barring them.
 N Galleries Closed
 The public galleries were closed and no one was admitted except court officials, principals in the case and the press, who previously had obtained permits.
 All doors to the court were locked and bolted, with two policemen out side each. As the hearing began, the crowd outside had swelled to 200.
 The mayor of Lowestoft, who IS tho chief magistrate of the county, was forbidden to enter the court until he had got permission from the chief constable.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
BONDED DEBTS
 TO BE REDUCED
Continued from Page l.,

city hall for the purpose of approv- ing a proposed issue of $l,500,000 in WPA bonds. The aldermen will sit tonight to approve the issue.
 The aldermanic body was invited to this afternoons meeting at 2 o'clock by the controller so that they could see what has been done in the past with city money expended in conjunction with federal WPA projects.
 Phillips Like Landon
 It was declared today that the new policy of Alderman Francis T. Phillips, republican, who is opposed to further WPA relief through the medium of the sale of bonds, is in accordance with the policies of Gov ernor Ali Landon, the g.o.p. presi- dential candidate.
 Must Proceed Slowly
 The local democratic administra- ton stated today that 1t would like tn do away with it's part of the share of federal reief bu. pointed out that this elimination must proceed slowly. Hundreds of persons have been laid off by the local factories because they are "too old" 1t was stated, and the city must and VIII take care of them and has resolved net te allow as1y Ag thRm or tneiE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27

Russia was ADSeMt
 London, Oct. 27-(UP)-A meet ing of the non -interventi -.l sub-com- mittee, scheduled for today, was can- ,celled because of Russia'S failure to charges that she has been shipping arms to Spain for the government forces.
 The full committee was convened for D. m. tomorrow, when the en- tire involved question of non-inter- vention-threatened by numerous charges and counter-ch.rges of breaches by various members-wil be considered.
 Portugals charges against Mos- cows alleged activities in the entire Iberian peninsula toward spreading the civil warfare now confined to Spain, possibly will come up for dis- cussion tomorrow.
 Rip Through Lines
 With the nationalist armies, H. lescas, Spain, Oct. 27.-(UP)-Na- tionalist advance forces are ripping through the loyalist lines with their tanks, which they have named "Bal- illas" after the Italian youth organ ization. Some of the tanks are equipped with flame throwers, others with machine guns.
 Russian Ships on Way
 Port Said, Oct. 27-(UP)-Three Russian and two Greek steamships have passed through the Suez canal within a week bearing ammunitions, provisions and automobiles from Vladivostok, Russia, for Spain, canal authorities said today. It was learned that officers of the Greek ships said six more Russian vessels were ready to leave Vladivostok for Spain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
4O- 42 NORTH MAIN ST.

the government permitted them all possible freedom, were kept closer and closer to Madrid because of the capture by nationalists of Henry T.. Gorrell, United Press staff corre- spondent, and other newspaper men who got beyond the front lines.
 Dispatches were more and more severely censored to conceal informa- ton that might be of assistance to the nationalists.
 But Madrid was a besieged city, isolated by railroad, depending on untrained militiamen to keep back the nationalists. Highways to the east remained open and limited supply of food was received. Fresh meat, eggs and potatoes, which have been scarce, reached the city in some quantity and there was a small daily supply of fresh fish, bought eagerly at siege prices.
 Shelter for Americans
 American Charge d'Affaires Wen- delin, in his plans to shelter Amer jeans, was ready at any time for m emergency. He notified those still here that he would reopen the em- bassy to them as soon as it became evident Americans might be endan- gered. He invited any American who thought his safety endangered to get in touch with him at once. He em- phasized that the United States gov- ernment could not hold itself re- Sponsible for Americans wl-o ignored appeals to leave, and that it was up to individuals to get to the embassy at the proper time.
 Particularly Wendelin warned Americans to preserve absolute im- partiality in the civil war.
 Those who go to the embassy are to take with them blankets, sheets and towels. Wendelin will try to find transportation for them in Madrid to the east if 1t is possible fo- them to leave.
 Terrific Battle
 Madrid, Oct. 27.- (UP) Two thousand killed and wounded on both sides in a resumption of fight ing in and around Oviedo was re- ported today. The tide of victory was uncertain.
 The Asturian miners fought with the fury of the damned against rebel columns of infantry, supported by artillery, tank corps and airplanes. The loyalist miners sought to retake the city.
 The insurgents brought into ac- tion every available soldier in 8 re- newed and terrific onslaught with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
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Russia Was Ahsent

the loyalistS replying with artillery and machine gun fire. The slaughter waS terrific