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Montana labor news., 1937-02-11
Interstate Commerce
Commits. ~5uppresses
Teamsters Testimony

Pete j. Connors, president of the
State Transfers and business agent
of the Transfers Union Local No. 2,
was sent to Seattle by the Butte
Teamsters to appear as a witness be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Com
mission Committee at a drawing up
of rules and regulations to regulate
the hours of drivers of trucks and
buses on interstate hauls. The hear
ing was held February LIST in the
lobby of the Olympia Hotel. The
bus companies and trucking COM
panies were represented by three
very capable attorneys, while Mr.
Wander represented the Information
al Brotherhood of Transfers, Chauf-
feurs, Stablemen and Helpers. Mr..
Wander is va well known in the
state of Montana, having defended a
number of criminal s~yndicalist cases
in this state in 1916 and 1918.
The committee from Washington
representing the Interstate Com
merce Commission seemed to be in
a great hurry to get the testimony
in and be on their way to Washing
ton, therefore, there was plenty of
testimony that could have been Civ
en- by the Teamsters Unions, repre-
sented at that meeting, that they
were not allowed to testify to. The
Transfers representatives had plen-
ty of facts on serious accidents that
have taken place in different states
where drivers have been worked
long hours and gone asleep at the
wheel. The committee allowed the
truck owners 1R days to place their
testimony before the committee,
while they only allowed the repre-
sentatives of the Transfers u a day.
So much valuable testimony that
could have been given to the COM
mittee did not get on their records.
1t seems funny that this committee,
sent from Washington, in calling on
the unions that spend a lot of money
to send witnesses to those hearings,
could not give everyone sufficient
time to put in their testimony.
The majority of the bus owners
and truck owenrs thought that a 16
hour and a go hour week was very
good regulations. One of the biggest
bus operators stated that he thought
a bus driver could work safely "a
hours a week. All the representa-
tives of the Transfers testified that
5 hours a day and not over 48 hours
in any n week was all that a driv-
er could work and do his work eff
GENTLY and handle the public safely,
but it was the opinion of the repre-
~sentatives of the Transfers that they
could work 80 hours a week and not
over six hours in any one day and
still operate the bus or truck more
efficiently than working the 8 hour
day and therefore eliminate a lot of
unemployment.
We hope that the next time Wash
ington, D. c., sends out a committee,
that the testimony where the lives
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Montana labor news., 1937-02-11
Miners Union Scuthingly Re-
Dukes Treuchery.

In u issue of February 4, we
made brief mention of the shameful
participation of the SERVILE SIX,
Cohen, Goodwin, Freshman, Hard
castle, Chatham and Mitchell in the
cowardly assassination of House Bill
70, the measure which proposed to
give the overworked miners of Mon
tana, and particularly those of Butte
some degree of relief from their
daily weary grind by making the
work day eight hours from collar
to collar. The request of the miners
for the above mentioned working
day was surely an extremely modest
one and more than reasonable, and
the granting of it would not raise
the per pound cost of copper one
iota, the doleful wailings of the
Company spokesman notwithstand-
ing. We are, therefore, inclined to
doubt that the company would shell
out much mazuma for the defeat of
House Bill 70. We doubt even that
the Judases who were treacherously
responsible for its death received
even the thirty pieces of silver as a
reward for their betrayal of those
who had so mistakenly placed their
trust in them, much less the two
hundred dollars per vote which was
the price currently reported in the
lobby of the Placer Hotel. No, we
believe they sold themselves cheap;
probably for no more than the price
of a shiny copper collar. The names
of those who wrought this deed of
shame, however, will be remembered
with loathing by every miner in Sill
yer Bow County so long as there re-
mains a mother to tell the infamous
story to the child upon her knee.
AS We pause in distressed wonder at
such a monstrous exhibition of base
ness there comes to our mind those
lines of McCaulay's in "Horatius,"
referring to the enraged emotions
of the Roman citizenry on beholding
the hated face of False Sextus'
among the foes attacking their city:
mo woman on the house-tops
but spat towards him and Kissed;
No child but creamed out curses
and shook its little fist"
We find a blessed relief from the
nausea occasioned by the review of
the infamous deed when we con-
slider the valiant fight of those who
so ably battled for the miners from
the time of the introduction of the
bill until its final defeat. Spiegel,
Mulholland, Mcleod of Great Falls,
Stimatz, Anderson and others fought
nobly and well but their eloquence
availed not against the base desire
of the SERVILE SIX to wear the
copper livery. Spiegel and Mulhol-
land, aflame with honest indignation,
scathingly flayed the traitors and
their names and the names of all
those who did their duty to those
who elected them will be engraved
on the heart of every Butte miner
and will be honored and gratefully
remembered long after the wearers
of the copper collar have been con
temptuously cast adrift by the mas
ter who no longer needs them.-Re-
| printed from the Miners Voice.
Montana labor news., 1937-02-11
|~REA(TI0NARY SENATE
KILLS REPEAL PLAN 7.

The Senate this morning killed
House Bill 10 repeating plan 2 of
the compensation act by a vote of
81 to %. The question came up on
a committee report. The majority
of the committee recommended the
bill for passage and the minority
reported that the bill do rot pass.
This was the committee on work
mems compensation.
The question o on the adoption
of the Minority Report and the mi
nority report carried that the bill do
not pass.
Pres. Graham of the Lebor Fedora
ton is recommending to the execu-
tive board that the authority given
them by previous conventions to mi
tate a measure to repeal plan two,
and submit it to a vote of the people
at the next election be done. This is
the third labor bill killed by the SEN
ate this week.
The first was a memorial to Con-
gress in favor of the thirty hour
week. This vas defeated by a vote
of SO to II.
The next one was a bill by Nit
chell providing for prevailing union
wages on all public works contracts.
This was defeated by a vote of 81
to 10.
There is to be a public hearing on
the unemployment insurance bill
Saturday night in the House. Labor
unions and other interested parties
please send representatives.
Montana labor news., 1937-02-11
ORGANIZED LABOR WANTS LEGISLATURE
TO PASS TEACHERS Retirement BILL

A bill providing for the establish
ment of a retirement fund has been
introduced in the House. This plan
has the approval of nearly every
teacher in the state and was en-
dorsed by the Montana Federation
of Labor in June and again It the
Special Convention in December.
Teachers are in need of some active
cooperation from the various groups
of organized labor in the state. Let
tiers OIL kilograms to your representa-
tives and senators at the Capitol
Building, Helena, will bring the
greatest results. Immediate action
is necessary as the House will con-
slider this measure in the next few
days. A few leading facts are here
in supplied:
l. No teacher may retire before so
but must retire at 10.
2, A present teacher with Is years
of creditable service-the last 10
years in Montana, may retire at so
with an average pension of $4,000
annually.
3. A new teacher with is years
service in Montana may retire at so
with a pension not less than 100000
nor more than 100000.
4. A disabled teacher after 10
years of service may be retired re-
gardless of age with an allowance of
rs per cent of the final average sal
airy.
s.. Each teacher will contribute S
per cent of his salary plus $1.00 year
ly toward administration expenses.
6. The state will contribute an
amount sufficient to provide for the
services and disability benefits not
covered by the teachers contribu-
tons.
7, If a teacher leaves the service
or dies, her contribution will be re-
turned with interest to her or her
beneficiary.
If this plan is adopted there will
be proper compensation for the old
er teacher who has done the pioneer
work in state education. Better
service will be rendered by teachers
who won't have to worry about the
future. Good teachers will be more
likely to stay in the profession in
this state. Teachers who will wish
to retire will be able to do so under
this plan and the younger teacher
may be hired. In this way the vital
ity of the educational system will be
unimpaired. House Bill "a is one
of the best of its kind and is similar
to the system now operating in New
York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Moreover, it is identical with the
plan adopted in Nebraska, New
Mexico, the city of Baltimore, Wash
ington, D. c., and the territory of
Hawaii. The teaching group feels
that the experience Of various states
which have tried this plan has shown
its soundness and that the State of
Montana can safely adopt this pro-
posed measure.
Organized labor wants this bill
passed by both houses and become
a law.
Montana labor news., 1937-02-11
LEGISLATORS BETRAY UNIONS
WASHINGTON RAILMEN
ASK TRAIN LIMIT BILL

A 7O-car train limit bill was
introduced Tuesday in the
Washington state legislature. 1t
is similar to Ariz0na's train
limit law.
Railroad lobbyists in Mon
tana are working frantically to
kill train limit legislation in
the Senate there. The measure
passed the Montana House of
Representatives last week by
83 to IL.
In Pennsylvania, the carriers
lobby is still flooding the state
with untrue and ridiculous
propaganda against train limit
and full crew bills.
A women's eight-hour-day
bill was introduced Wednesday
in Nebraska's one-h0use Iegis-
lature along with several other
labor measures.
Montana labor news., 1937-02-11
Great Falls Unions
Urge Municipal Power
PLANT Installation

GREAT FALLS.-At the very
start of the meeting of the Cascade
Trades and Labor Assembly on Feb
ruary 5, Mr.. Pete Fontana and Mr..
Spartz appeared before the dele
gates and requested their support
for a measure now in the Legisla-
ture making November IL a legal
holiday. This same proposition has
been before other central bodies in
the state and the Silver Bow Coun-
ell has already endorsed it. The Cas-
cade Assembly concurred in the re-
quest of the speakers and notified
their legislative representative to
support the bill.
Shortly after the exit of Fontana
and Spartz, Delegate c. 0. Heximer
arose and spoke in his own behalf
regarding an appointment he is seek
ing on the National Social Security
Board or on the staff of the State
Labor Commissioner. The Assembly
endorsed Heximer for both positions.
The Assembly outlined a very
definite course that labor organiza-
tons and individuals should pursue
in advancing their members or
themselves for appointive positions,
The rule that the central labor body
desires to have observed, is in es-
sence about as follows: That all or
CARNATIONS, wishing to forward the
case of an aspirant for any appoin-
tive position, should in the future
bring their request to this body be-
fore they endorse anyone who has
not already been endorsed. In this
way labor can bring a united front
on all endorsements and not have
two men endorsed for the same posi-
ton.
The central labor body again
showed its determination to estab-
fish a municipal power plant by
sending a communication to the city
council requesting it to give its full
support to Mayor Fousek in such an
undertaking. A committee that had
previously been appointed by the
Assembly to meet with the Mayor
on the proposition reported progress,
and stated there was every likeli-
hood of petitions being started to
place the question on a referendum
at the coming city election.
A communication was received
from James Graham, president OF
the Montana Federation of Labor
requesting that a communication be
sent to the representatives in Helena
for the purpose of preventing any
law being enacted that has for its
purpose the passing on of taxes to
the workers through pay roll taxa
ton.
Jacob Tevis was endorsed for the
position as foreman of the machin-
cry division of CCC camps.
A public hearing on the unemploy-
ment insurance Of the National Sc
curity Act will be held in Helena
if a request that was made by the
Cascade Trades Assembly to Hon
orable D. R. Stortz of Helena is
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Montana labor news., 1937-02-11
REPORT OF


The financial secretary reports
that the committee has paid out ST.
557.77 in wages to business agents
organizing in unorganized towns.
The expenses of the committee for
all meetings and all other miscel-
laneous expenses amounted to
$748.34. Locals in the state of Mon
tana that are organized should be
given a lot of credit for their finan-
cial assistance in helping organize
the unorganized truck drivers in this
state and the committee is of the
opinion that in a short time the
brothers who have been so generous
in helping their unorganized broth
ers out, will receive the full benefits
through 100 per cent organization
of teamsters.
Billings, Montana, has been the
hardest place to organize, but it is
predicted it will be only a couple
of months until 100 per cent or
ganization is effected in that city.
ELECTION OF
OFFICERS
The committee held its annual
election at which the following Off
GERS were elected: P. j. Connors of
Butte was elected president, Pete
Baron of Missoula, vice president;
James Cox of Billings, recording
secretary, and w. ]. Mcintosh of
Butte, financial secretary.
MISSOULA CHOSEN FOR
NEXT MEETING
1t was decided that the next meet
ing will be held in Missoula as the
Continued to Page g.
Montana labor news., 1937-02-11
ADULT SCHOOLS OFFER
WIDE VARIETY FOR
CULTURE AND SKILL

Members of organized labor and
other working people, also profess
sional people who are DESTROYS of
broadening their education, are re-
quested by Grace Anstice, supervisor
of the Butte Adult Educational and
Vocational Program, TO take adj
vantage of the schools that are now
being conducted by the Government.
The following schedule is both aca-
demic and occupational in its scope.
1t will be noticed that there is
particular instruction for carpenters
such as steel square, blue print read
ings, structural drawing. To other
men and women who have been de-
MED educational opportunities, the
grade school work is offered in some
of the grade schools in the evenings,
offering a chance to get the more
elementary reading, writing and
arithmetic. The course of ~telegra-
ply at the Court House under Elias
Seaman has proven very attractive
as well as utilitarian.
In general the labor unionists ia
vor the courses in parliamentary
law, public speaking, and labor CO.
Monies. The t~rigonometry and sur
veying course in the Silver Bow Club
on Monday evening should appeal to
some of the more highly educated
groups. The whole schedule is very
comprehensive and offers an oppor-
tunity for culture and personal adj
Vancement.
Mrs. Anstice and those in charge
of the work are very DESTROYS that
adult education be utilized to its
fullest extent. Any person is in
vited to visit and join in any of the
classes on any of the days and hours
mentioned.
Butte Adult Education and Voca-
tional Program weekly schedule of
classes:
Monday-Public Speaking, Engi-
neers Union Hall, 1890 and 7:30 p.
M; Parliamentary Law, Engineers
Union Hall, 1870 and $3.50 p. M;
Grade Work, Garfield School, TOO p.
M; Trigonometry and Surveying,
Silver Bow Club, 7:30 p. m.
Tuesday-Public Speaking, Musi-
clans Hall, 1910 and $3.50 p. M;
Parliamentary Law, Musicians Hall,
lao and 4:30 p. M; Public Speaking,
Transfers Hall, 700 p. M; Parlia-
mentary Law, Transfers Hall, $3.50
p. M; Grade Work Garfield School,
ZOO p. m; Steel Square, Carpenters
Hall, 7:30 p. M; Technical Spelling,
Carpenters Hall, $3.50 p. M; Parlia-
mentary Law, Quartz st. Fire Sta
ton, 300 p. M; Public Speaking,
Quartz st. Fire Station, 300 p. m.
Misunderstanding, Silver Bow
Club, room IL, 200 p. M; Grade
Work, Garfield School, TOO p. M;
Structural Drawing, Carpenters Hall,
7:30 p. M; Blue Print Reading, Car
penters Hall, $3.50 p. M; Telegraphy,
Court House, room 3, $50 p. M; La
Dor Economics, Transfers Union,
7:30 p. M; Labor Economics, Musi-
cians Hall, 12:45 and $3.50 p. m.
Thursday-Labor Problems, Laun-
dry Workers Union, room IL, Silver
Bow Club, TOO p. M; Public Speak
ing, Miners Union Hall, 1890 and
7:30 p. m; Parliamentary Law, Min
ers Union Hall, 1870 and $3.50 D. M;
Grade Work, Garfield School, TOO
p. M; Telegraphy, Court House,
room 3, $50 p. M; Labor Economics,
Engineers Hall, 1890 and 7:3O D. M;
Public Affairs, Quartz st. Fire Sta
ton, 800 p. m.
Friday-Sewing, Silver Bow Club.
room IL, 700 p. m; Telegraphy,
Court House, room 3, $50 p. m.
Anyone desiring information
please call Grace Anstice, 2-1284.
Montana labor news., 1937-02-11

The commission which Pres.
Roosevelt appointed to investigate
European cooperatives is preparing
its report. 1t is said to be divided
on the question of recommending
active governmental aid to this
growing movement.
Montana labor news., 1937-02-11
Transfers UNIONS
GROWING RAPIDLY

The Organizat Committee of
the Transfers o' state held their
annual meeting i%elena, Montana,
January 25tf 5 Many important
questions W. aiken up at that
meeting and s. ked out. Practical
ly all mer of the committee
reported " increases in their
membersl nee the committee was
organize October, 1885. 1t was
also re d that a contract had
been { 4 with the Independent
Motor Carriers covering all drivers
in the State and that a contract with
the consolidated trucking company,
organizing all men working for this
company in the state, had been con-
sumated. The wages in the contract
run from $685. per day to a maxi
mum of $500 for 8 hours work and
81 80 for overtime.
Montana labor news., 1937-02-11
THE SERVILE SIX

Members of Silver Bow Dele
gdtion Which Asked For
and Received the En-
dorsement of the Trades
and Labor Council and
Pledged Themselves to
Support Labor Measures.
Turn Traitors; Cohen.
G OF d w i n, Hurdcustle,
Freshman. Chuthum and
Mitchell Vote Against Col
lur to Collur Measure.
Montana labor news., 1937-02-11
NORTHERN PACIFIC
SIGNS UP

The N. P. transportation Com
pany drivers have joined the unions
100 per cent in the state, and at the
present time they are working on
the same kind of a contract to be
taken up and negotiated with the
N. P. Transportation Company. With
all the N. P. drivers becoming mem
bers of the union, this makes all the
big trucking companies doing inter
Montana labor news., 1937-02-11
StaIe WOTK, IUU per CeIIl
BILLINGS SHOWING


Billings showed the biggest in
crease in membership at the last
meeting of the committee. The Mis-
soula Transfers union has had the
greatest increase of membership of
any other organization and the Butte
Transfers Local No. 2 is second. In
the past three months there has been
a new local union organized at Dill
lon, Montana, and during the last
week a charter has arrived for a
local in Miles City.
The committee has requests from
Sheridan and Cheyenne, Wyoming,
to help them so as that they will be
connected from Portland to Butte as
they are connected from Butte to
Portland, west, and Butte to Min
Montana labor news., 1937-02-11

There can be no prosperity
without justly high wages.
Earnings Of working people
are the basis and index of
progress in any community.
Montana labor news., 1937-02-11

The American standard Of
living must be maintained
in order that American in
situations may not be sub
ject to perils Of discomfort.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-27
Good Will Gesture
By Japan Seen in
Bomb Crisis

TOKYO, Dec. 27. (UP)-
Japan may recall additional
officers involved in the at
tack on the United States
gunboat Panay as a gesture
of good will to the United States,
a foreign office spokesman said
today.
In its Christmas Eve note to the
United States, the japanese gov
ernment said that in addition to
the recall of Admiral Teizo Mitsu-
nami, chief of aerial operations in
China, staff members of the fleet,
the commander of the (attacking)
lying squadron ard all others re-
sponsible have been duly dealt with
according to law"
However, the foreign office state
ment today indicated that not only
would men responsible be dealt
with" on the spot, but that the
government was considering the
much more serious punishment ol
calling some of them home.
japanese spokesmen were pleas
ed with the peaceful settlement o
the incident, and spoke of friendl.
relations between the two powers
American Ambassador Joseph Grew
in presenting the American reply
I emphasized the para graph that hop
ed japanese steps to guard agains
further attacks would be effective
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-27

area in Cook county (Chicago)
Fifty-one persons died violently be-
tween midnight Friday and today
Fifteen were traffic deaths, seven
were suicides, nine resulted from
falls, 10 died of heart attacks and
a baby smothered.
Six men were killed at Wellsburg,
w. Va, when their automobile
plunged over a 75-foot embankment
into a creek
Seven Negroes drowned when
their auto fell 81 feet from bridge
into the northeast river near Will
mington. N. C.
In Alabama thirteen were shot or
stabbed fatally in brawls, aftermath
of holiday festivities.
AT Youngstown, Ohio, socialite
Mrs. Cordelia Campbell was shot
and killed at a family Christmas
party. Her heiress daughter, Louise,
granddaughter of the founder of
the Youngstown Sheet and Tube
company, was held in jail pending
an inquest.
At International Falls, Mimi, two
brothers were held for questioning
about the Staying of their father.
He was killed as he waited to give
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-27
CELEBRATIONS COST
OVER 500 u. s. LIVES

his estranged wife a present.
At Chicago, Thomas Burns. 80,
gave himself up and told police he
killed his father during an argu-
ment that developed over decora-
ton Of the family Christmas tree.
At Newark, N. j., police announc-
ed that Vincent Franco, 26. killed
Antoinette Interiale by beating her
with an iron pipe, shooting her
several times and running over her
repeatedly with his automobile
because she refused to marry him.
Two student pilots were killed at
Snyder, Tex, when their plane
crashed into a pasture. At Hun
tngton, Ind. n l6-month-old baby
died after swallowing some of her
fathers heart tablets.
An engineer and fireman were
killed Christmas day at Pittsburgh
when their train crashed into a
boulder which had fallen on the
tracks AT st. Louise. two seven
year-old boys were drowned in a
small lake near their homes.
A mother and her baby were
burned to death when their Holly
wood home was destroyed by fire,
started by Christmas tree set up
near an open gas hearth.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-27
NAMES OF $50
LISTED IN YULE
LIGHT DISPLAYS

Ell Centrans took stock of
h o ! d a y lighting displays
Monday and pronounced the
Christmas just passed the
brightest, literally speaking,
in the city's history.
Names of more than $50 persons
whose yards were lighted by some
form Of Christmas illumination had
been submitted to the Post-Press
Others who failed to fill out blanks
provided for the purpose, did not
have their names on the list.
The list, incomplete because 1t is
impossible to obtain the names of
every person who put up Christ
mas lighting display, follows:
Mrs. James T. DeVore, 623 Vine;
Mrs. w. A. Jackson. 29l Orange;
Mrs. ID. E. Fulier, 855 Ell Centre:
Mrs. Geo. o. Young, 1887 Adams;
Joe E. King, 635 Wensley; Bobbie
Conn, l451 Olive; Mrs. Arthur F..
Flood, 459 He'll; Mrs. Glenn Taylor,
$50 SO. 9Th; d. Tredenick, 663 Olive:
Mrs. Harry Sones. l434 Olive; w. j.
Thornburg, jr., 49l Len Rey; C. w.
Sawyer, 6l5 Wensley; c. E. Sprouse,
59l Len Rey; Mrs. Betty Page, $50
Park; Wilma Jeanne Lakey, 583
Hamilton; Al Olson. 843 Woodward:
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