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Montana labor news., 1937-09-30

MADISON, Wis.-(FP)-The Wis
consin legislature, called into special
session by Gov. Philip F. LaFollette
to find $3,000,000 for emergency re-
lief, has before it an administration
proposal to raise the money through
rs to 30 per cent increase in the
inheritance surtax, 80 per cent sur
tax on gifts, and technical adjust
ments in tax procedure.
The governor set before the legis-
lature 9-point program, which was
expected to be embodied in two ad-
ministration bills.
Montana labor news., 1937-09-30

The American standard of
living must be maintained
in order that American in
stitutions may not be sub
ject to perils of discomfort.
Montana labor news., 1937-09-30

MOSCOW.-(FP)-Four times as
many children are in school in the
Soviet Union now as in czarist times
On Sept. l, 30,0000O0 children en-
rolled. A half million are in the
universities, an increase of 100000
over last year. The increase alone
is equal to the total number of stu
dents in German universities.
Montana labor news., 1937-09-30
Whats Happening
In The Unions
WOMEN VOTE FOR PREVAILING
WAGE; ADULT EDUCATION
DISCUSSED

The State Federation of Labor an
nounces that the American Crystal
Sugar Mandatory at Missoula,
Montana, is fair to organized labor,
that the company has recognized
the union there and is entitled to
place the label upon their products.
An aftermath of the settlement of
the strike of the Bakers Union of
Great Falls bobbed up at the Trades
and Labor Council last Tuesday
upon allegations that Mr.. O'Connel
wasn't actually observing the letter
of the agreement. According to the
Great Falls unions, Mr.. O'Connell
insists that two men that were for
merly employed in his plant and
who since the strike were working
elsewhere should be forced to go
back to work for him. The unions
feel that other members of the or
ganization should be permitted to
have these jobs and be employed by
the Eddy Baking Company.
The Trades and Labor Council
was informed that at a meeting held
last Friday the members of the
Workers Alliance and employees of
the sewing room project under the
WPA had voted to maintain the
original rate of pay established for
these women by the Silver Bow
Trades and Labor Council and the
Butte Building Trades Council which
was 72 cents per hour At the pres
ent time the women work SO hours
a month and get SIS cents an hour.
The Trades and Labor Council at
the meeting of September 21st went
on record to sustain the original
scale. The women referred to here,
followed the action of the Trades
Council. No inkling of the next step
is obtainable, but it is safe to say
that the unions of Silver Bow Coun-
ty are not going to permit the SO
hour schedule to remain in effect
much longer without some vigorous
protest.
The Silver Bow Trades Council
approved the Cooperative Publishing
Co. OF Helena and recommended that
the undertaking be submitted to the
various local unions under its juris-
diction for their careful considera-
| ton.
Frank Shea, national representa-
tive of the Clerks Union, gave a
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Montana labor news., 1937-09-30

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., 1937-09-30

Frank Shea, national representa-
tive of the Clerks Union, gave a
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Montana labor news., 1937-09-30
keeneY and Rowe Are
vitiins Of d Vicious
Attack Tor Union Work

At the meeting of the Board of
Education held on April 18th, 1887,
at Helena, President George Finlay
Simmons omitted the name of Philip
o. Keeney in his list of recommenda-
tions for rehiring Included also
was the proposition that Professor
Rowe be put on a month-to-month
basis, Notwithstanding that he had
held his position for a generation.
The omission Of the name of Mr..
Keeney simply meant that he was
fired. The Board of Education con-
CURED in President Simmons recon-
mendations.
Early this spring and prior to the
meeting of the Board of Education,
a trade union was formed of the
professors at the university. Both
Mr.. Keeney and Mr.. Rowe were
active in the organization of this un-
ion, Keeney especially having been
active in securing signatures of 27
names to the charter. It was only
a few days after the union was
formed that both men were notified
of the punishment meted out to
them. Both of them are victims Of
a deliberate unconscionable, and vi
cious attack for their union activity.
Their punishment is intended also
as a warning to all others that no
such liberal tendencies may be pur-
sued in the educational institutions
Of Montana
It is doubtful if some of the mem
bers of the Board of Education real
ize what they are doing. It is doubt
full if they did know that they would
pursue the tactics of Furnishing these
men. It would appear that at least
some Of the newer members Of the
board are merely pawns for the old
er and more craven members, It
is startling that it should have been
said at the hearing at Helena that
the Board of Education had no right
to extend the time of contract be-
yond that observed under the short
est contract. If the Board of Educa-
ton and the law should take this
view as announced it would mean
that it is the intention of the admin
istration of the University of Mon
tana to place all of the faculty of
the greater university of Montana
upon month-to-month basis. This
evidently, is the plan.
In the past full and associate pro-
fessors have felt that their liveli-
hood was secure. Many of these
men have bought homes and as
sumed other family obligations in
Missoula. If the rules and regula-
tions of the Board of Education are
mere scratches on paper without
meaning or legal status, the faculty
has lost all sense of freedom and
must submit to all of the whims and
caprices of an arbitrary administra-
ton. If the faculty is to be in a
position to teach without fear and
trembling, a tenure law must be
passed at the next legislature. This
would remove once and for all from
the reactionary Board Of Education
the privilege of firing instructors
without free and open hearing.
Montana labor news., 1937-09-30
INTERESTING TOPIC!
OF THE UNIONS FROM
CASCADE ASSEMBLY

The Great Falls unions have been
officially notified by the Montana
State Federation of Labor that the
Great Western Sugar Company has
signed an agreement with the Fed
eral Labor Union at Billings. It is
stated that this contract and scale
of wages is one of the best in the
United States for similar type of
work. The Labor Assembly of Great
Falls has requested copy Of the
agreement between the Great West
ern Sugar Company and the Federal
Labor Union.
The Workers Alliance at Great
Falls is protesting against the public
welfare commission and it is also
demanding that the budget submit
ted by their organization be made
effective. A committee was appoint
ed in connection with the complaint
of the Workers Alliance, namely
Leary, Seabrass, and Magluke.
According to the Operating Engi-
neers International Union, an agree
ment has been perfected with the
Sperry Candy Company which
places the product of this company
on the fair list. Some of the pack
ages put out by the Sperry Com
pany include such well known
brands as Chicken Dinner, Denver
Sandwich, and Tropic Breeze.
The Labor Assembly, at the re-
quest of James O'Neil, decided tc
write to Mayor Wuerthner, asking
that the name Of Mr.. O'Neil be sub
mitted for confirmation as a mem
Der Of the Fire Department.
It was announced at the meeting
of the Assembly also that Old Amer
lean whisky is union made. 1hi.
whisky is made by the American
Distilling Company
The Central Labor Council was
again honored by visit of the
Women's Federated Clubs. The
committee revealed that the County
Commissioners, the probation off.
Ger, the Public Welfare Commission
and the Humane Department were
tolerating conditions in Great Falli
that needed investigation. The com
mittee appointed to probe included
Clark, Thompson and Peterson.
Plans are under way to charter {
special train to provide transporta-
ton from Great Falls to Fort Peck
to visit President Roosevelt on Oc
tober 3rd. According to Vice Presi
dent Nelson and Delegate Martir
the cost for the round trip if present
plans consummate, will be abou
$5.84, but it is necessary that the
railroad company be assured of 12I
passengers. The delegates endorsed
the chartering of a special train anc
Valley County Trades and Labor
Assembly at Fort Peck was notified
of such action.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

that il was operating with its nEr-
NAL force Of $4,000 in Indiana since
it and the Steel Workers Organic
ing Committee signed a compact
with the state labor commission.
Steel production in the Youngstown.
Ohio, area, one Of the principal
scenes of strike violence, climbed
to rs per cent Of capacity, 3 per
centage points above the operating
figure before the start Of the strike.
The Youngstown Sheet and Tube
plant in East Chicago, Ind, an
nounced that it would open to 1000
employees without benefit of written
agreement with the c. 1. o. A
Youngstown vice president force
fully denied that the company had
made any agreement with the steel
affiliate of John L. Lewis organiza-
ton, as Gov. Clifford M. Townsend
had publicly announced.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
Navy Hunts for Amelia

z OUR ships Of the United States
navy, with attendant airplanes;
two ships Of the Japanese navy.
and a British freighter secured the
vast wastes Of the South Pacific
in an effort to find and rescue
Amelia Earhart Putnam, Americas S
No. l woman flyer, and her navi-
gator, Fred Noonan. The pair had
been forced down before complet-
ing the 2,570-mile hop from New
Guinea to Rowland island, a leg"
Of their 'round-the-world fight
Signals received from the hapless
flyers were so weak that it was
impossible to tell whether they were
afioat at sea or marooned on some
tiny island, and as the days passed
it became doubtful that many Of
the radio messages which served
as clues for the searchers were
from the two at all.
So alarmed was the world at the
loss of Amelia and her companion,
the United States even sent out the
giant aircraft carrier Lexington
with SO planes aboard, which. it
was said, could explore an area of
$4,000 square miles in five or six
hours.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
Strike Riot Kills Two

nNE striker and one policeman
" were killed and twenty men
were injured at an aluminium plant
in Alcoa, Tenn, when rioting broke
out as 5000 strikers started back
to-work movement. The plant, be-
longing to the Aluminium Company
of America, had been closed since
May 18, when the strike was called
by the Aluminium Workers of Amer
lea, an affiliate of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. Difference in
wages paid at Alcoa and at the COM
pany's plant in New Kensington,
Pa, was the issue in the strike.
State troops were on hand, blu t
Adjt. Gen. r. o. Smith, in charge.
said that they were there merely
to protect rights, and no martial
law had been declared.
Violence continued in the friction
between steel and labor as one
unidentified man was killed and six
injured when striking workers Of
the Republic plant at Massilon,
Ohio, brushed with city police near
union hall.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
Rebels Fall from Madrid

CPAN1SH rebel forces which took
~ Bilbao after the city's first sue
cessful siege are still finding Madrid
tough nut to crack. In a two-day
battle the loyalist forces broke
through the siege lines about the
city, captured the villages of Villa
neuva de la Canada and Brunette,
and threatened to cut the besieging
rebels off from their main forces.
So nearly successful was the at
tempt to rout the rebel forces that
the latter were forced to admit new
troops might have to be withdrawn
from other fronts, delaying tempo
rarily the drive on Santander, next
rebel objective on the Biscayan
coast. The loyalists were reported
to have recaptured 100 square miles
of territory about Madrid.
Meanwhile, the fall Of Bilbao was
expected to add 10000 refugees to
the constant stream pouring into
loyalist Valencia.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

haps as futile as any which have
gone before it. 1t provides for
the full re-establishment Of land
and sea control of movements Of
men and arms into Spain. French
and British warships would patrol
the coastline with German and Ital-
ian observers aboard (the Fascist
nations, indignant over the Leip-
zig incident. have withdrawn from
the patroD. This arrangement
would operate only until a per-
manent scheme could be worked
out. placing observers for the nom
Intervention committee in all nom
Spanish seaports and airports from
which men and supplies might leave
for Spain, and in all Spanish ports
to see that none landed there. After
that, the sea patrol would be abol-
ished
Mr.. Eden's plan, of course, would
not work without the approval Of
the Nazis and Italians.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22


Japanese war Office, Chinese soldiers
fired upon the gendarmes and opened
up with trench mortars against the
Japanese contingent at the Yuanping
station. This action allegedly COM
PEELED the Japanese to make a night
assault, costing 20 lives, in order to
occupy the towns of Lungwangmiao
and Tungshinghwan. 1t was said
the Chinese troops had also ad-
vanced into these points.
sOfficials of the Hopei-Chahar coun-
Gil claimed the Japanese moves
were in open violation of the truce.
They further accused the japanese
Of conducting night army maneu-
vers. using real bullets instead Of
the blanks ordinarily employed in
maneuvers. AS Emperor Hirohito
and Premier Fumimaro Konoe con-
ferred with military leaders and the
cabinet, the Japanese people franti-
cally prepared for the war that
loomed.
China's Nanking government gave
orders to Gen. Sung Cheh yuan,
commander Of the North China
forces, that his army was not to re-
treat for any reason, but was to be
prepared to make the supreme
sacrifice" to hold its position until
Gen. Chang Kai-shek should arrive
over the Peiping- -Hankow railroad
with $4,000 fresh troops.
China's demands for a truce were
considered intolerable by the jap
anese government. They included:
/. Japan must assume response
bility for the incident.
2. Japan must express regret.
3. Japan must pay damages to the
Chinese and submit guarantees
against such incidents in the future.
Japan made counter demands at
first reported to be accepted by the
Chinese, later repudiated by them.
These were:
/. Withdrawal of all Chinese
troops from the area about Marco
Polo bridge.
2. Punishment for "the Chinese
responsible for the conflict"
3. Adequate control of all anti
Japanese activities in North China.
T. Enforcement Of measures
against communism.
AS the fighting continued in the
Peiping area, with no hope Of an
effective compromise on the two ma
tons demands, war seemed the
probable result.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
Obituary in Blue

EORGE GERSHWIN, composer
~ who lifted jazz music up to
the level of the classics, died sud-
denly in Hollywood after an opera
ton for brain tumor. He was thir-
ty-eight. His Rhapsody in Blue"
was famous among the worlds mu-
sic lovers, his opera, "Porgy and
Bess" one of the most individually
American Of all musical works. His
''Suwannee" sold more than 2,000,-
600 copies. his musical comedy
score, "Of Thee I Sing" was a
Pulitzer prize winner, and some Of
his compositions, such as Strike
Up the Band" ''Soon," and Some
body Loves Me" were sung and
danced to by millions. Many prom
inent critics called him the most
original force in American music.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
Triple Split for Palestine

DALESTINE would be split into
three parts and British man.
date over the whole country ended,
according to suggestions made by
the royal commission on Palestine
and delivered to the British govern
ment. The commission was formed
a year ago to find some way of put
ting an end to Arab-Jewish riots.
Under the new plan, about two
thirds Of Palestine would be con-
verted into an Arab state and about
one-third into a Jewish state. A
small territory, including the holy
cities of Jerusalem, Bethlehem and
Nazareth, and corridor to the
sea, would be given to Great Brit
tain as a permanent mandate. 1t
is claimed that the plan would re-
move the Arabs from Jewish DOM
ination, give the Jews a home and
protect Christian shrines.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

cult packer for the National Biscuit
company. None of her jobs lasted
long, for her eyes were always on
the stage. She sang occasionally in
cabarets and finally got a job
through Ziegfeld in the chorus OF
Sally" Dissatisfied, she quit, and
Billy Rose hired her to sing in his
Backstage club.
That was Helen Morgan's lucky
chance. The Backstage club was
10 small that she was forced to sit
on the piano! Most Of us would con-
slider it a disadvantage, and per-
haps she did, too. But the public
was interested; she became SEN
sation, and speedily rose to fame.
Musical comedies and motion pic
lures starred her, and soon she was
singing in a night club named for
her, at a salary of 81, 500 per week.
Today she is known the world over.
Perhaps, if Helen Morgan had not
had to sit on the piano in the Back
stage club, she would never have
risen to stardom. Perhaps, she
would have sung comparatively un-
known for a couple Of years. and
gone back to manicuring or biscuit
packing. But, remember, she had
something worth delivering when
she sat On that piano.
e-WNU Servics.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
Struggle in the Senate

TWELVE Democratic senators
l. and one Farmer-Laborite Tere
believed to hold the fate of the
administrators substitute for the
original bill which would increase
the number of Supreme court
justices to IS. The administration
was certain that the bill would re-
ceive at least 80 votes, with 40
necessary to a majority. Forty
three senators were definitely COM
mitted against it. Thirteen were
still uncommitted as the battle
ragged on the senate floor and in the
cloakrooms.
The twelve uncommitted Demo-
Gratis were: Andrews (Fla), Bone
(Wash), Brown IN. H.. Caraway
(Ark.), Duffy CWis.). Johnson
(Colo.), Lewis Qll0, MUIR
CMont), Overton Ga), Pep
per Fla). Russell. Jr. (Ga.) and
Wagner IN. W. Lundeen CMinn.)
was the Farmer-Laborite.
The substitute for the original
Ashurst bill provides for appoint
ment Of one new justice each year
to every justice remaining on the
court after reaching the age of
seventy-five years.
It was believed that public opin-
ion would decide the commitment
of the senators ION the fence" If
it becomes apparent that public
opinion is against the substitute as
it was against the original bill, it is
likely that the administration lead
ers in the senate will propose an
amendment preventing the substi-
tute bill from including present
members of the court. This would
postpone the enlargement Of the
court until some new appointee be-
comes seventy-ive.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
Binqham's 4th of July

ID OBERT WORTH BINGHAM,
IN United States ambassador to
London, became the third promi-
nent American to bring down the
fury of Nazi Germany's oficialdom
and press when, in an Independence
day speech before the, American
society in that city, he declared Un-
Gle Sam had been forced by the die
tator countries to join Britain in an
armament race. Mayor LaGuardia
Of New York and Cardinal Munde-
lein of Chicago had been other re-
cent Nazi targets.
The ambassador was quoted as
saying: There must be some (of
the dictatorhips) who realize that
they have imposed upon the British
commonwealth and the United
States an armaments race.
I'VE did everything in our power
to avert it, but it is a race. and the
British and ourselves must inevita-
bly, win. admit the strongest ar
gument that can be made for die
tatorships-they offer better meth
cd Of preparing for war. But l
am sure that democracies provide
a better way to finish a war"
The Nazis charged that the am
bassador had insulted Germany and
Italy with his arrogance and ig-
norance" Voelkischer Beobachter.
the official newspaper, added: IF
there is any talk Of defense, then
we should speak Of defense against
the arrogant and teacher-like atti-
tude of the defenders Of western
ideals"
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
SINGER WAS A BISCUIT PACKER

r Usually we are inclined to give
~ too much credit to chance or
luck in analyzing the success Of
prominent people, forgetting that
without the talent to take advantage
of an unexpected opportunity they
could not have risen. Helen Nor
gan's sudden rise to fame is an ex-
ample.
Born in Danville, Illinois, her IA
ther died when she was very young,
leaving Helen Morgan and her
mother practically penniless. When
she was five years old, paint thrown
by another child partially blinded
her, and she had to spend full
year in a dark room. She sang to-
herself to pass the long dark hours
and later she sang in church choir
in Chicago. There, she worked as
a manicurist, waitress, a comp
tometer operator, and model She
was a ribbon clerk at Marshall
Fields department store and bis
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
Lewis Scans the Sea

John L. LEWIS sought 30 expand
- the scope Of his Committee for
Industrial Organization by invading
the maritime industry. With Harry
Bridges, west coast longshoremen' S
leader, he sought to unity scattered
maritime unions in one big indus
trial organization dominated by the
c. I. o. The American Federation Of
Labor already has two strong unions
in the maritime field, so this action
brings Lewis into another point of
friction with William Green's or
ganization. The nation has $50, 900
marine and coastal workers.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

francs. He and the group with
which he associated himself, all IA
NOUS now, were called "the wild
beasts" because of their mad style.
Their paintings outraged conserva-
tives of the art world. Matisse was
accused of willful eccentricity,
senseless disregard of nature, and
a deliberate intent to advertise him.
self. His paintings were refused
exhibition space in many galleries,
but slowly he built recognition for
his work. In 1927, his Fruits and
Flowers" won first prize in the Car
negie International exhibition. In
1923, the Luxembourg galleries bid
300, 900 francs for his picture. Side
board" but the man who once could
hardly buy enough bread with the
few francs his work brought could
now afford to donate the picture to-
them, accepting only one franc in
order to make the transaction le-
gal
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
ERHRHHHUF = y y ~ y
STAR
DUST
Movie . r .,
*tt BY VIRGINIA VALE**'

EANS had to wait two long
Il years for the Marx Broth
ers' new picture, "a Day at
the Races" but it was well
worth waiting for. 1t is al
most too funny, the laughs
coming in such quick success
sion that you are still shout
ing over one comic scene
when the next hits you.
This picture tops their previous
masterpieces Of hilarity by several
lengths. Groucho is, as usual, the
wise guy but when he goes to the
race track he is gullible custom
er for Chico's sales talk on tips
on the races. Chico performs one
Of those piano solos that makes
enough tough little boys want to
become piano virtuosos so they can
copy his tricks.
And Harpo is even greater than
usual. He talks-in pantomime only
at great length, and it is toss
up whether his pantomime or Chi
co.'s efforts to translate it into words
is funnier.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
Mae West Tells All

1T SEEMS Mae West, buxom
L blonde cinema menace DID mar
ry Frank Wallace in Milwaukee on
April II, 1911, after all. After stout
ly denying the marriage which
aroused the whole nation when it
was revealed in 1885, she did an
about-face and confessed it, al
though denying she had ever lived
with the vaudeville player as his
wife. Her admission was necessitat-
ed when she answered Wallace's
suit for declaratory relief In Q Los
Angeles court