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Montana labor news., 1937-04-08
CENTRALIA
MURDER FRAMEUp IS
AGAIN In SPOTLIGHT

Especial to the Montana Labor
News)-Plans for the release of Ray
Becker, famous class-war prisoner in
the Washington State Penitentiary,
were formulated by the Defense
Committee of the Federation of
Woodworkers and the Free Ray
Becker Committee in a joint confer
ence at the Labor Temple here.
Members of the Oregon State FEEDER
alton of Labor, the Portland Central
Labor Council, the Oregon Common
wealth Federation, and the Ware
~housemen's Union participated in the
discussion.
Becker is serving his seventeenth
year on charges of murder growing
out of an ndustrialist-planned raid
on an I. w. w, hall in 1919. Death
and the parole board have freed
seven of the original Centralia de-
PENDANTS. Becker, last of his group,
has refused a conditional release and
is holding out for an expose of the
frame-up which sent him to prison.
Roy R. Hewitt and Clifford o.
O'Brien, attorneys for Becker, filed
a petition for a writ of habeas corpus
in their clients behalf in the SUI
perior court of Walla Walla County,
Saturday, March 10. The volum-
nous eighty-five page document con-
tains allegations of a highly sensa-
tional character and alleges, among
other things, that Becker was con-
victed without due process of law,
that the testimony against him was
known to the prosecution to be false
and perjured, and that certain Of the
prosecuting attorneys we're impli-
Gated in the lynching of Wesley
Everest, one of Becker's companions
in the Inflated hall.
Affidavits from the ten living
jurors are attached to the petition
and it is expected that these will be
the highlight of a show-cause hear
ing which will be held at Walla
Walla before Judge Timothy A. Paul
If the superior court refuses to
take jurisdiction in the matter, ac-
ton will be started in the state SUI
preme court at Olympia, according
to S. P. Stevens, chairman of the Free
Ray Becker committee. Mr.. Becker's
friends will take his case to the
highest tribunal in the land, if nee
essary, Mr.. Stevens said.
The powerful Lumber and Saw
mill Workers Union, largest organiza.
ton of its kind on the Pacific coast
has thrown its full strength into the
fight for Becker's release and mem
bers Of the Ray Becker committee
have been invited to appear before g
joint meeting Of marine and wood
working groups in Seattle on April
IL, MIR. Stevens stated.
At the conference today, plans
were drafted to further the move for
an investigation of the case by the
LaFollette Civil Liberties Commit
tee. Senators McNary and Bone and
Congressman Hill, Honeyman, and
Pierce are in favor of such a move
and members Of other delegations
will be asked to take concerted ac-
ton with them, Stevens said.
A bill which would have author
lied an investigation of the case by
the Washington State Legislature
was turned down in the lower house
at Olympia by four votes.
Montana labor news., 1937-04-08

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., 1937-04-08
CASES DISPOSED
OF BY JUSTICE KLUNE

Justice KLINE handed down deci-
sions Tuesday, April 9th, in respect
to complaints that had been filed by
Labor Commissioner Edward
O'Byrne against the Western Meat
Company and Sweet Bros. In the
first instance, that against the West
ern Meat Company, the case was
dismissed and bondsman e~xonerated
In the second case, against Sweet
| Bros, the matter was remanded to
| the District Court.
Montana labor news., 1937-04-08

HARRISBURG, Pa. (FP) The
complete 1886 report for the anthra-
cite industry shows that more coal
vas produced that year than in 1895,
but with fewer men at work.
Montana labor news., 1937-02-18

The nations navy yards will soon ring
to the clang Of steel on steel as workers
lay the keels Of two new bdttleships.
Funds to begin the construction were
voted at the last session OF Congress and
on January 8 President Roosevelt issued
the necessary "go-dhedd' orders to the
Navy Department.
President Roosevelt expressed regrets
at the lack of further agreement among
the naval powers which would have
blocked q rrce In4ghting ships. He could
have done q lot more thdn express re-
qrets at the lack of new treaties. He
could have deplored the lack Of definite
policy of defense for this country. and the
consequent slip-shod manner in which
we spend money for our army dnd navy.
He MIGHT have recalled q statement OF
the late Admiral Sims thdt bdttleships are.
GOOD only for aggression. that in cdse Of
attack on this country. they might just as
well be sent up the Mississippi River.
He might have recalled thdt his own
pdrty in 1882 pledged q survey OF our
actual defense needs SO that u notion
may not be burdened by an expendi-
ture fast approaching one billion dollars
dnnudllY." He might have wondered if,
after all, it will take nearly ST, 200.000.000
this year to defend from invasion the
country which militorY and naval experts
coll the sdfest in the world.
He might have deplored, and recalled.
and wondered. but he did not. But q
growing group Of congressman. with
Representative Gerald ]. Boiledu Of Wis
consin at their head. is Directing to these
e%versodring appropriations in the nome
Of "ndtiondl DEFENSE" Mr.. Boileou hos
introduced q bill which would establish
q ndtional defense policy dnd which
would restrict appropriations solely TO
those needed for defense. His proposed.
which includes unificdtion Of the Wor
and Navy Departments. is nearer the de-
sires Of the American people thdn is
wdnton expense on preparation for q
foreign ri Congress ought to know
that. and by adopting his bill. coll q holt
to these ~senseless expenditures in the
name Of national defense"
Montana labor news., 1937-02-18

ment from purchasing arms in this
country and called for its repeal. He
asked for legislation which would
take the profit out of war and op-
posed the discretionary powers
granted to the president under cur
rent legislation.
The conference adopted a resolu-
ton opposing the mobilization plan,
which Paul Reid, executive secre-
tary of the league, characterized as
a plan for military Fascist dictator
ship" and commended the Nye COM
mittee for its disclosure of the plan.
Other resolutions called for the sup
port of Spanish democracy, con
demned the present neutrality law,
asked for additional appropriations
from Congress SO that the La Fol
lette committee could continue its
work, and called for the realloca-
ton of military funds for relief of
the unemployed and flood victims.
Montana labor news., 1937-02-18

ployed have been for several years
without their normal work. Outcusts Of
our economic order. they have been
forced into degroding poverty. deprived
Of any chance to moke their normal con
tribution to society by creating wealth
und corning q decent income. A notion
equipped to produce q comfort living
level for oil cunnot brook such human
waste. Whot is the prospect for the years
ahead? How cun we meet this prob
lem?"
Pointing out under the period Of NRA
codes hours were reduced and held
close to 1874 per week on the average"
and thdt "nedrly 100000 persons were
put to work by this shortening Of hours"
the Survey makes the following state
ment regarding lengthening Of hours
otter the Supreme Court ended the No
tional Industrial Recovery Act and the
effect of the longer hours on %unemploY
ment:
Since MIRA standards were abolished.
hours have been heightened until in Oc-
tober. 1886. the average work week wus
Ala hours. almost back TO precode lev
els. Average figures do not distinguish
between actual lengthening of work
week and the change from port time to
full time. We know rom records owe
ing more than 4.500.000 employees. how
ever. thot thousands OF firms deliberately
heightened their work week. and that in
these firms alone there would have been
jobs for 100000 more workers today il
MIRA standards had been held"
Emphasizing the necessity OF drastic
reduction in the length Of the work week
as the major remedy for unemployment.
the Survey adds:
If in the last two years we had re-
duced hours to IS per week instead of
lengthening them to 4lR at October.
1886. levels of business we could have
added about 100000 workers to our
puYrolls. Whatever our industrial prog
ress in the next few years there CON be
no hope OF total unemployment unless the
work week is progressively shortened. To
increase leisure is q true gain in nutionul
weulth. releasing creative energies OF our
people for education and cultural uctivi-
ties. for home life and wholesome recreu-
lion"
Confronted with this some problem Of
increasing business prosperity coupled
with millions Of workers permanently
kept in the jobless army and the constant
lY larger output Of other millions dt work.
the recent convention Of the American
Federation Of Labor redffirmed its en-
dorsement of the "five-ddY week dnd the
six-hour day without any reduction in the
hourly. dolly O weekly pay" declared
this objective Of the five-ddY week dnd
six-hour day the paramount objective
Of the convention. and instructed the Off
GERS Of the American Federation of LotbOr
TO spare no effort in enlisting the sup
port Of all the people in its behalf and in
giving the widest scope, direction, pub
licitY and inflexible purpose to this pro
gram.
In addition, the convention reafirmed
its support Of the Block onnerY Thirty
Hour Week Bill and instructed the officers
of the A. F.. of L. to mobilize the influence
of the entire labor movement for its
prompt enactment into statute law.
Montana labor news., 1937-02-18
Shorter Hours to Make Jobs
for the Idle

The current issue Of the Monthly Sur
veY Of Business Of the American Federd-
ton Of Labor trenchdntlY declares thdt
the foremost economic problem Of 1887"
is TO find work for the unemployed"
Under the stimulus of billions Of dol
lars Of Federal funds poured into the
stream Of banking. industry and com
merce business hos recovered until
profits are approaching normal prosper
ity conditions. But because business hos
grabbed ON altogether inequitdble por-
ton Of returning prosperity dnd at the
some time hos heightened the hours Of
labor, the army Of the unemployed still
remains at q high figure thut is socially
charming. According to the Business Sur
veY in October. 1886. 8,894,000 men and
women were still without normal employ
ment in American industries, dnd with
the coming Of winter unemployment in
November, this number rose to 9.004,O00."
In commenting on this gruesome on
dition the Survey says:
This fact is Of tragic import to our
whole nation. Millions Of these unem-
Montana labor news., 1937-02-18
BOILEAU ATTACKS INDUS
TRIAL MOBILIZATION PLAN

NEW YORK.-(FP)-Rep. Gerard
Boileau of Minnesota, speaking at a
New York City conference of the
American League against War and
Fascism, condemned industrial mo-
bilization plans which have been
prepared for presentation to Con-
gress by the war department. He at
tackled current military %appropria-
tons as far in excess of what was
needed for defense purposes and
called for the consolidation of the
army and navy departments with a
resultant reduction in expenses.
Rep. John T. Bernard, Minnesota,
explained his opposition the recent
ly-enacted amendment to the neu-
trality act which prohibits the demo-
cratically-elected Spanish govern
Montana labor news., 1937-02-18

Il went into the British army believing
thdt it you want peace you must prepare
for wdr. | believe now that if you pre-
pare thoroughly for war you will get
war. II Major General Sir Frederick
Maurice.
Montana labor news., 1937-02-18
TEXTILE MILL CLOSED
AFTER SIT-DOWN STRIKE

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (AFLNS).
Seventy employees of one of the
two mills owned by the Marshall
Field Mills Corporation here decreed
a sit-down strike against a reported
plan of the company to move its
mills to North Carolina to take adj
vantage of cheaper labor. The en-
ployes also asked for a 20 per cent
wage increase. The management of
the corporation %thereupon asserted
the 100 per cent principle of private
ownership in mill property and post
ed notices that the mill where the
strike occurred will be closed perm
anently.
Montana labor news., 1937-02-18
SITDOWN STRIKE IS
STAGED AT CALGARY

CALGARY, Alta, Canada.-(FP)
Destitute Chinese in Calgary, re-
ceiving only SLIP a week from the
Alberta relief commission, recently
dramatized their plight by staging a
sitdoWn strike on the car tracks of
the city's main street. Traffic was
soon halted as thousands of pedes-
TRANS lined the sidewalks to watch.
Police dispersed the Chinese.
Montana labor news., 1937-02-18

Don't shift the responsibility OF
buying Union-made products on the
other brother.
Montana labor news., 1937-02-18

"Wdr is not an act Of God. but q crime
Of man. Secretary Of State Cordell Hull.
Montana labor news., 1937-02-18

IF my soldiers would think for them
selves not one would remain in the
ranks. -Frederick the Greet of Prussia.
Montana labor news., 1937-02-18

Lord Kitchener told me he hdd fought
with the French in the Frdnco-Prussion
wdr and had spent most Of his life in
soldering, but that he had never seen
q war out Of which any permanent peace
had come; and that while fighting
brought out great individual heroism, it
wds futile in settling great International
disputes. "-LddY Oxford in More Mem
cries"
Evening star., 1937-02-11

minister, he entered the Texas Con-
ferences in 1889, and in the succeed
ing years he held pastorates at Bryan,
Austin, Caldwell, Galveston, Flatonia,
Abilene and Fort Worth. He also
served a pastorate in Kansas City, Mo.
In 1908 he was made professor Of
theology at Southwestern University
at Georgetown, Tex, and it was while
serving in this capacity two years
later that he became bishop.
He was the son of Samuel Gogswell
Mouzon and Harriet Puerifoy Mouzon.
He was awarded the degree. doctor of
divinity, by Southwestern University
in 1905. The same institution con-
ferred the degree doctor of laws
upon him in 1911. Duke University
also gave him that degree in 1880
and. Southern Methodist University in
1888.
He is survived by his widow. two
sons. Olin T. Mouzon, a graduate stu
dent at the University of North Caro-
lima, Chapel Hill. and j. Carlisle
Mouzon. a member of the faculty at
Duke University, Durham, and two
daughters, Mrs. c. H. Thomas and
Mrs J. G. Puerifoy of Dallas, Tex.
Bishop Mouzon was married twice.
On his birth anniversary in 1890 he
married Miss Mary Elizabeth Mike Of
Bryan, Tex. His children were by this
marriage. Mrs. Mouzon died Novem-
ber 10, 1917. and on August 81, 1919,
he married Miss Mary Pearl Langdon
of Dallas.
Evening star., 1937-02-11
COL. 7. A. SIQUELAND
TO LIE IN ARLINGTON
Chicago Bank Official Died There
Sunday-Military Honors
to Be Accorded.

Funeral services for Col. Tryggve
A. Siqueland, 48, assistant vice presi-
dent Of the First National Bank OF
Chicago, who died there Sunday, will
be held at 10 am. tomorrow in Arling-
ton National Cemetery. Burial will be
with military honors.
A native Of Norway and a World
War veteran. Col Siqueland was
commander Of the 317th Cavalry Re-
serve and ranking Reserve officer of his
district. He was a member of the
9Th Corps Area Advisory Council.
He went to Chicago as a youth and
entered the Chicago Law School. He
was admitted to the Illinois bar and
later was graduated from the North
western University School of Com
merce.
A year after coming to America he
joined the Illinois National Guard,
becoming a member Of the old 1st Cav
airy, now the 1920. Col. Siqueland
entered the World War as a captain,
serving as military attache for the
United States Legation at Copenhagen.
Later he was promoted to the rank Of
major and served with the military
intelligence division on the northern
front.
Due to his knowledge of protocol. he
served as aide-de-camp to numerous
members of European royalty and
military ofhcials visiting America.
Evening star., 1937-02-11

to satisfy the officers in accounting
for his activities.
One detective expressed doubt that
Post was implicated In the kidnapping.
Chief William Cole Of the State
police said q red-headed woman was
sought in connection with Posts inter-
rogation. She reputedly had been
Posts companion.
A grand larceny warrant was on
file in Tacoma against Post.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
agents joined in questioning Post after
his arrest Tuesday, but refused to
comment. No official move was made
to have the prisoner viewed by Will
liam and Muriel Mattson, brother and
sister of Charles, and Virginia Chat
field, who were in the DR.. w. w.
Mattson home when Charles was
seized in their presence.
Evening star., 1937-02-11
MOUzON'S
CAREER IS CLOSED
Methodist Leader, 68
Worked for Many Years
for Unified Church.
b. the Associated Press.

CHARLOTTE, N. c., February H.
Bishop Edwin Dubose Mouzon, long a
leader in Southern Methodism, died
with his dream of a unified Metho-
dist Church in America still unfulfilled.
For years the 68-year-old religious
leader, who succumbed to heart at
tack at his home yesterday, had urged
the three branches of his church to
unite. In recent months he had
seen the movement progress swiftly
His body lay in state in the First
Methodist Church and, after funeral
services this afternoon, will be taken
to Dallas, Tex, for burial.
He was a vigorous opponent of
modification of the prohibition laws
and in 1928 outspokenly opposed the
candidacy of Alfred E. Smith for
President because of his stand on the
issue.
Graduated in 1889.
A native of Spartanburg, S. c.,
Mouzon was graduated from Wofford
College in 1889. He served a num-
Der of Texas pastorates and became
one of the founders of Southern
Methodist University at Dallas.
Bishop Mouzon was chairman OF
the Commission on Interdenomina-
tional Relations and Church Union
and in 1890 headed q commission to
South America to set up the autono-
nous Methodist Church of Brazil
Bishop Mouzon returned to his
home here Saturday from a strenuous
mission into Florida, Alabama and
Mississippi as one of the church Off
cials conducting the bishops crusade
in that area. He preached here Sun
day.
Late yesterday he was sitting in his
living room with Mrs. Mouzon, DR..
c. c. Weaver, pastor of the first Meth
odist Church, and Mrs. Weaver.
Suddenly he leaned back in his
chair. DR.. Weaver attempted to
arouse him. The bishop died a mo-
ment later, never regaining conscious
ness.
Slight Heart Ailment.
A Charlotte minister said later that
Bishop Mouzon had told him out in
Oklahoma in 1922 that his physician
had informed him he had a slight
heart ailment and warned him not
to overtax his strength.
Bishop Mouzon's episcopacy took
in the Virginia, West Virginia and
Baltimore Conferences. AS a young
Evening star., 1937-02-11
RITES TOMORROW
FOR SENATE CHEF
Gottlieb Baumgartner's Record Of
1s Years Brings Praise
of Statesmeu

Funeral services for Gottlieb Baum
gartner, 40, chef of the Senate Res
taurant for Is years, who died yes
terday. will be held at 2 pm. tomor-
row at his residence, sc Charming
street. Rev Edward Goetz. pastor of
Zion Lutheran Church, will officiate
Burial will be in the Arlington
Mausoleum.
Leaders on Capitol Hill heard with
regret that the man who had su-
pervised the preparation of their IA
vorite dishes had died.
Mr.. Baumgartner not only was an
excellent Chef" said Senator Borah,
but he was one Of the finest char
acters 1t has been my good fortune
to know"
"The wide knowledge of American
and European dishes which he brought
to his work and his ability to prepare
them cannot easily be replaced" Sen
ate Minority Leader McNary de-
clared.
A native Of Switzerland, Baumgart-
ner came to the United States in
1914, working as a chef in New York
and Philadelphia before coming TO the
Capital.
Appointed chef of the congress
sional kitchen in 1919. he super
vised the preparation of the meals Of
the Nations statesmen in a manner
that always earned their praise.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs. Anna
naumgartner; son, Walter: a daugh-
ter, Lilly. and two brothers. Alex
and Otto.
Evening star., 1937-02-11
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, February l1.-A report
that an arrested ex-conNct once used
the name "Tim," with which the
kidnap-killer of 10-year-old Charles
Mattson signed the ransom note,
prompted renewed questioning today
by Federal, State and city officers.
A detective, refusing use Of his name,
said the prisoner booked as H. A. Post,
80, seaman, must clarity conflicting
points" about his movements during
and after the kidnapping Of the boy at
Tacoma, December 81.
Tim" Signature on Note.
State police said Post registered as
Tim Donovan" at hotel where he
was arrested Tuesday. They pointed
out Tim" was the signature used on
the $4,000 ransom note left in the
Mattson home and was the name
under which the kidnaper negotiated
before the boys frozen body was found
between Seattle and Everett January
II. nude, beaten and stabbed in the
back.
Post, also known as James G. Nc
Donald. former convict in the San
Quentin, Calf, Prison, denied all
knowledge of the kidnapping. but failed
Evening star., 1937-02-11
LOUIS ASHLEY BOUCHER,
NEWSPAPER MAN, DIES
Copy Editor Was Veteran of Pro-
fession in Washington-Once
Sports Columnist,
BY a Stan Correspondent Of The Star.


By Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
BON AIR. Va, February 11.-Louis
Ashley Dougher, 55, a newspaper man
for more than 25 years and one time
nationally known sports writer, died
in the Alexandria Hospital after a
two-week illness last night.
He was moved from his home here
to the hospital on Sunday night and
succumbed to heart ailment at HIS
pm. last night
A native of Boston, Dougher began
his newspaper career there and came
here as sports editor of the Washing
ton Times 26 years ago. He held this
position for Is years and wrote a
widely read column, Looking En-
Over"
For short time, he also held the
position of dramatic editor. In this
capacity he wrote under the name of
Louis Ashley. He served as chair
man of the Washington Chapter of
the Base Ball Writers Association
several times. Since he left the sports
field 10 years ago he has been copy
editor of the Times.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Thelma
Dougher. and four foster children,
John, Henry George and Mrs. William
Cleveland.
Evening star., 1937-02-11
1n Mrn1nrtant.

SAUL. HENRY w. In loving memory of
our dear father, HENRY w. SAUL. who
departed this life nine years ago. Feb
ruary IL. 1928.
What would We give his hand to clasp,
His patient face to see:
10 near his voice, to see his smile,
AS in the days that used to be
But some sweet day we'll meet again
Beyond the toll and strife
And CLASP each others hand once more
In heaven. that happy life.
DEVOTED SONS AND DAUGHTERS.
TAYLOR. GEORGE o. In sad but loving
remembrance of our beloved husband
father and brother GEORGE O. TAY-
LOR. who departed this life February
HIS LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN
MOTHER. BROTHERS AND SISTER.
WALKER. SARAH ANN. In sad but loving
remembrance Of my dear grandmother.
SARAH ANN WALKER, who departed
this life nine years ago today. February
IL. 1928.
What would give to clasp her hand,
Her darling face to see.
TO hear her voice and see her smile,
That meant so much to me
HER LONELY GRANDDAUGHTER,
IRENE.