Montana labor news., 1937-12-09
SILVER BOW TRADES
APPOINTS DELEGATE
All Farm, Labor, Railway and
Other Groups Invited.
Unemployment Convention to Be
Held at Helena, Dec. 10Th and
goth.

AiS1o a. kAcAS1idJ l5tu anu
10th.
On November Oath, the Butte
Miners Union issued a circular letter
inquiring of 200 organizations wheth-
er or not they would favor a state
unemployment conference. The re-
spouse was so prompt and favorable
that plans were made to hold such
a conference on the 10Th and 10th
of this month. The legislative as
sembly hall at the state capitol has
been secured az a meeting place and
$50 calls have been sent out to farm,
labor and unemployed organizations
inviting them to attend.
Many issues will be discussed and
plans made to block the widespread
suffering and misery that goes with
economic situations such as faces the
people of Montana at the present
time.
The WPA quota has proved to be
inadequate and the present emer-
gency requires it be raised at least
so per cent. In Silver Bow County
it has been raised some, and 500 dis
placed workers have been added to
WPA rolls. Recently a mass meet
ing was held in Great Falls on this
issue and in Missoula a strike of
WPA workers and jobless sympa-
thizers was terminated under pro-
test by the dole recipients.
A picture of the entire state I'M
employment situation can be OBJ
tanned and a works. agency formed
to compare notes from all quarters
on how the situation is being
handled from week to week.
1t is also certain that more a
be accomplished toward the correc-
ton of fundamental causes of UNI
employment and insecurity in a
single week by mass pressure, than
could ever be accomplished by scat
tered and individual efforts.
An arrangements committee of
miners, WPA workers and craft I'M
ion representatives are drafting a
tentative program for the conference
which, Of course, will be subject to
enlargement or revision by the con-
ference as a whole.
No Organization Barred
Organizations who may have been
accidentally overlooked in issuing
the conference call may obtain Gre
dentials by applying at the office of
the Montana Labor News.
Following is the call sent by the
Miners:
CaU for a State Wide Conference on
Unemployment in Montana
To all c. 1. o. and A. F. of L.
Unions; To all Railway Unions; To
the Farmers Union and other Farm
Organizations; To the Workers Ali
ance locals in Montana; To all other
bonafide organizations with unem-
ployment problems:
Greetings:
On November Oath we mailed out
200 circular letters to Montana or
CARNATIONS with the object in view
of determining whether or not they
would favor a state conference on
unemployment. The widespread re-
Spouse has been so prompt and in
sistent that we have no further hest
fancy. Therefore,
We want your organization to be
represented at a conference on I'M
employment; to be held at the Legis-
lative Assembly Hall, State Capitol
Building, Helena, Montana; Sunday
and Monday, December 10Th and
goth, 1887; (The Conference will
convene at 1000 a. m.) where pro-
posals will be discussed and plans
adopted to defeat unemployment in
Montana. Recent lay-offs in the
mines, smelters, mills, shops and
fields of the state have raised the
question:
How Shall Montana's Unemployed
Workers Be Taken Care OF?
We feel that the Workers and
Farmers organizations have a spe-
cial responsibility to formulate and
promote a program of action to meet
the present unemployment crisis.
We, therefore, appeal to YOU to
support this conference by sending
one or more delegates with the full
est practical authority to take neces-
sary steps in the fight for jobs and
security.
Mr.. Charles A. Bartsch, former
of the Neighborhood Grocery,
r~ecentlv signed the clerkc' apree-