Montana labor news., 1937-07-15

worth pinch of snuff unless they are put
in writing. We cannot conceive of situa-
ton in which Party One of an agreement says
to Party Two, ''Now that you have carefully
examined the blueprints and specifications of
this building and both of us have agreed upon
the price and terms on which it is to be built,
let us put the agreement on paper" and
Party Two comes back, Eyes, we have come
to an agreement at last, but if you think I'll
put my name to it you are sadly mistaken"
Does anyone believe that any sane person
luould entrltst the building Of eUen a chicken
coop or pri0Uy to contractor unwilling to
sign has name on the dotted line-or that angi
contractor l0ith an ounce of brains IN his head,
or a spark of honesty IN his heart lUould de-
cline to sign his name to contract mutually
agreed upon? Yet this is precisely the posi-
ton taken By Republic Steel 1t lUould bar
gain and agree according to the IalU, but 1t
luouldnt sign its name to the contract And
in defense of this, the shabbieSt Of all Subter-
fugeS, the majesty of the IalO murdered
tloelUe Chicago lOorking men By shooting
them IN the back, cracking their skuIIs l0hiIe
in flight, beating their brains out lying IN
their blood.
Oh yes, just working men. The kind Of
low-down folks who do nothing but work
when their betters let them work, or rot and
starve in idleness if so decreed by the SUI
perior persons to whom an all-wise provi-
dence entrusted Gods green earth and the
social inheritance of the human race, its sci
ence, invention and discovery, to which
countless generations in every cline made
their contribution Just workingmen, the
kind of low-down folks who do nothing but
feed, shelter and clothe the nation, fight its
battles in war, and are shot down in the
piping days of peace when they go on strike
lin the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness
They produce all there is. Without them
America would still be the land of root, bug
beetle and game-hunting savages. They built
the South Chicago plant of the Republic Steel
Corporation. Their labor and the labor of
their kind created the land values of Chi
cago, erected every building in Chicago, fur
nished every room in Chicago, feed every
mouth in Chicago, warm every limb in Chi
cago, support every newspaper in Chicago
They and their kind even turned out the riot
sticks, gats and cartridges with which they
were murdered in Chicago, and finally it is
they and their kind that elected the Shiny
doubled crossing politicians that made COM
bination political pesthouse, financial sewer
and moral cesspool out of Chicago, and broke
every strike ever pulled off in Chicago Being
all that and having done all that and asking
for nothing more than fair days wage for
fair days work in return for having ere
ated ALL perhaps the poor devils do not de-
serve any better.
HolDeUer, eUen these poor lUorn1S-theSe
partners Of the Creator, toreUer creating
haze been knol0n to turn. And nothing can
think of aUiu cause them to turn a little bit
sooner than the Paramount NelUsreel sholO-
ing the Memorial Day massacre Of South Chi
cago. What ten thousand agitatorS l0ith ship
loads of MoscolO gold loouId not achieve in
a hundred gears this 11elOSreeI achieved in
four n1inutes-na making rebel against things
that are out of eUery feeling, thinking man,
lUonlan and -child-thdt SdlU 1t.