Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-02-18
Brass Tacks
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besides the accommodation to pat
rons will mean added jobs for store
clerks. The belief is too that the
later closing hour will further dis
courage bootlegging. Efforts of the
beer dealers association to permit
on-sale e the bar, in u opinion.
will prove futile. The whole thing
seems to be that Montana's liquor
control measure patterned after
Saskatchewan's) has not only
worked well, but has come TO be
recognized by other states as one of
the best control measures in the
country. With such universal en-
dorsement, legislators just don't
want to take nay chance on tamper-
ing with it.
Vital of course to everyone are
the new social security bills now be-
fore the assembly. Under the pro
posed laws, all relief will be admin.
istered by a state board of sever
members, named by the governor fol-
duties include supervision of al
kinds of relief, child welfare work
provide services to county govern
ments for relief work and cooperate
with federal agencies in carrying ouI
general provisions of new social Sc
curity acts. The bill carries with il
a proposed appropriation of -four
and a quarter million dollars per
year. Counties will also be asked to
share costs of providing needed re-
lief, and county administration will
remain in. the hands of the board Of
county commissioners. Two or more
counties may unite TO form a wei
fare district. Detailed provisions Of
the bill are formulated to fit into
the federal social security laws tC
enable the state to qualify, both a.
TO direct relief, old age assistance
and retirement, and unemployment
insurance as well.
One doesn't have to loiter around
legislative chambers long to learI
how many unjust and impractical
laws are proposed. Take for instance
the "occupational disease" measure
This, undoubtedly, was introduced
at the instance of radical labor lead,
ers. 1t would have made 1t possible
for any person thinking" he haC
contracted an ~occupational diseas,
to demand" an examination by
physician "of his own choosing" -
and the doctors fee was to be I
minimum of $50 Shrewd and ex
perienced lawmakers immediatel.
saw the racketeering possibilities o
the proposal. Further than that, un
der its provisions, a miner coult
leave his trade, go to work on
farm, demand an examination an.
time during the first six months 0
Ibis employ. and the former employe
be forced to pay the fifty-dollar fee
/ Another bill aimed at general con
tractors who require their employer
to board in their commissarie
would have made it a misdemeano
to continue such practice, punish
able by a fine of 1000. But the bill
when examined, was found to b
much more far-reaching. 1t woull
have made ii misdemeanor for an.
employer of labor of any kind t.
give an employee an-order on a cred
itor for the ~well-accepted trade /
out" plan of payment of obligations
Fortunately the bill was killed.
Although the 30-day divorce
measure, passed by the House, wa
defeated in the Senate, the vote wa
so close that introduction of tw'
other proposals quickly followed
one requiring 35 days residence, tn,
other 40. 1t is not at all improbabl
that one of these may be enacted
The argument of course simply re
vovles around the possibility of al
influx of non-residents desiring di