Montana labor news., 1937-08-05
EDUCATORS
GIVEN INSTRUCTION
IN BUTTE'5 BELIEFS

Labor of Butte vas pleased, Mon
day and Tuesday, to cooperate with
Rev. L. E. Jones, president of the
Silver Bow Ministerial Association,
in assisting a group of professors,
ministers, and graduate students in.
a tWo-day study of labor and in
duStrial conditions in this area. The
group of eight, three of them women,
coming from the east and middle
west, was under the personal direc-
ton of the executive secretary of the
Religion and Labor Foundation, Inc,
with executive offices in New Haven,
Conn. Each member of the group
pays a fee to the foundation for the
months course of study in addition
to their own personal expenses. The
group assembled at Cody, Wyo., last
Friday and after two days in yell
lowstone Park arrived in Butte late
Sunday night and Monday morning
found them in the club room of the
Y. M. C. A.
Rev. L. E. Jones acted as chair
man for the group and directed their
program, introduced the speakers
and kept them within their time
limit. W. J. Mcmahon, labor com
missioner for the Anaconda Copper
Mining company, generously donated
his time and service in directing the
party through the Leonard mine and
a tour of inspection of the surface
workings on the hill. The two study
periods were Monday and Tuesday
forenoons.
Tuesday noon, the Exchange club
had the group as guests and DR..
Uphaus spoke briefly on the work of
the group and the Foundation. The
main speaker at the luncheon was
Prof. A. D. Mattson, D. D., professor
of theology at the Augustana Theo-
logical seminary. He gave a clear
cut statement Of the relation of
theology to the goal of social living.
Rev. L. E. Jones, a member of the
club, was the chairman of the meet
ing and announced that DR.. Mattson
was a former college mate and an
old friend. In the group was Prof.
H. F. STACK, also of Rock Island,
Ill, and professor of history in
Augustana College.
The course Monday morning was
opened with al address by the presi-
dent of the Silver Bow Ministerial
Association in which he described the
city, giving statistics as to popula-
ton, religious census, general condi-
tons of the churches, the problems
that they face peculiar to this area,
and also cited the effect that the
altitude and climate seemed to have
on the social and religious life.
Spiegel Traces Labor Legislation
Then he introduced Sam Spiegel,
one of the local labor leaders and
floor leader in the House during the
last legislative session. Mr.. Spiegel
described the local organization of
labor and its efforts toward legisla-
ton and cited some of the bills that
were defeated as well as the mea-
sures that were passed. He an
swered many questions from mem
bers of the group. One of the things
the group were very anxious to learn
about was the effect that the c. l. OIL
and the A. F. of L. controversy was
having on local conditions here.
About an hour was spent in round
table conference of this type in addi-
ton to the addresses.
Graham Describes Aims of Labor
Tuesday morning the speaker wasI
James G. Graham, president of the
Montana Federation of Labor. Mr..
Graham presented a story of labor
in Montana as he sees it and knows
it. For almost an hour he spoke,
being interrupted here and there. It
was very evident that the visitors
liked it, they said so and a pleasing
smile came over their faces when he
quoted his own favorite Shakespeare
and Sir Walter Scott. DR.. Mattson
and Prof. H. F. STACK said after the
address that they wished they had
time to study with him a half a day.
These ministers and students might
differ with the Federation PRESIDENT
in his perspective of the present eco
nomic struggle-although they did
not discuss their stand-one thingI
was sure that when he talked tenn
perance and David Livingstone he
was on their side of the street.
Hauswirth Describes Butte
Mayor Chas. Hauswirth was the
next speaker and he was asked by
the chairman to present the case of
licensed gambling and licensing of
retail liquor from his point of view
as city administrator and for a half
hour the Mayor presented the case
as prefering the licensed and legal
lied form rather than the form now
in operation. The speaker was asked
many questions. Mr.. Hauswirth
gave information and revelations of
actual conditions quite different from
books and lectures these students
were familiar with.
The closing speaker at the Tues
day session was the editor of the
Montana Labor News and he had
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