Montana labor news., 1937-05-06

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Like q huge snowfall speeding down
an icy slope. opposition to the Hlll7Ohep-
pdrd Bill is piling up q tremendous mo-
mentum os the voice Of organized labor
screams louder and louder against this
proposed fascist legislation.
The Brotherhood of Sleeping Cor
Porters, through its international presi-
dent, A. Philip Randolph, minces no
words in demanding the death Of the
latest soculled "tdke the profits from
Won" measure. Kill the Sheppord-Hil
Bill. It's q menace to Labor. It's q e
ace to trade union labor. It's q labor
CONSUMPTION bill. 1t will wreck labor or
q~unizqtions. 1t will subjugute the labor
movement to q s~dber-rdttling militdrism
and Transform union men into Industrial
robots, regimented and stdnddrdized tor
destruction instead Of construction.
David McVey, chairman Of the Labor
Pdrty of Chicago and Cook County, di-
rected his words in this singing warning
to CONGRESS: Any Congressman who
votes for the frdnk and u%nvurnished die
tdtorship which is embodied in the Hill
Sheppard Bills, in my opinion forfeits the
claim that he is representing the interest
Of thdt portion Of the American people
who elected him to Congress-.
"Thdt natter Of these bills hos been
discussed at great length in Chicago
Federation Of Labor meetings, dt labor
union meetings. and know Of q score
of resolutions =. thdt have been adopted
against these bills by labor unions.
There is tremendous opposition to
these bills in the Chicago labor move
ment, and congressman will be watched
very carefully to see which wdY they
vote. Labor is in no mood to accept COM
promises on such q vital question"
Attacking the obvious deception en-
bodied in the Sheppdrd-Hill Bill. and ok
pressing the strong conviction thdt the
right to declare Won should be in the
hands Of the American people and not
vested in Congress, L. F. Strdube, editor
Of the Chicago Federation Of Ldbors
Federation News. points out:
The HillSheppdrd Bill, now pending
in CONGRESS, is typical Of militdrism. eco
nomic roYoltY and ~profiteering run to
legislative seed. No federal peace legis-
lution con or e will be effective, I'M
less it takes the form of q constitutional
amendment taking the power to declare
Won out Of the hands Of Congress dnd
restoring this privilege to q vote Of the
people, who must not only do whichever
fiqhtinq and sacrificing is occdsioned by
Wdr, but must also bear the burden Of
liquiddting the financial indebtedness
involved.
IF q majority vote for wdr, let's have it,
under q legal provision Of no exemption
for uny cause, from front line service. on
any pretense of age, sex, official posi-
ton, alleged physical infirmities. super
iority complex or other fedr inspired ex-
cuses; let every voter Wunting won be
given q dose Of its horrors through per
sondl experience and wdrs would cease,
as they never will under dnY scheme Of
I vote and you fight and suffer which
now prevails.
Giving further evidence thdt Ldbor3s
eyes ore not blind to the inevitable re-
suits which would follow the passage of
the Hill Sheppard Bill, Harold ]. Gibbons,
Assistant Director, Regional office. Com
mittee for Industrial Organization, states:
While purporting to be one thing, the
bill is obviously q dangerous measure
which under the guise Of an emergency
situution, can be used to take away civil
rights we now possess. This is especial
lY true Of the rights Of labor"
And still the protests keep rolling in
protests backed by action. G. B. Noble,