Montana labor news., 1937-03-18
MINERS COOPERATIVE WILL
HOLD MEETING

On next Sunday afternoon at 1870
o'clock a very important meeting
will be held at the Miners Union
Hall, 82h East Park Street, consist
ing of stockholders of the Miners
Union Cooperative enterprise. The
Miners committee in charge of this
work have sent out an invitation to
the public to come to the meeting,
and all organized labor interested in
the cooperative store are particular
ly urged to attend. Substantial
progress is being noted toward the
ultimate consummation of the store,
there being at the present time about
$50 stockholders with subscriptions
of more than 100000.
The state of Montana through the
office of Secretary of State Sam
Mitchell is assisting in the legal
technicalities Of initiating the prof.
ect. At the Sunday meeting Mr..
Warner will be on hand, so it is re-
ported, to advise and assist in di-
recting the preparation of all papers
that may be necessary to institute
such a cooperative. Mr.. Good, an
authority on cooperative o%rganiza-
tons will also address the meetings.
The Teachers delegates gave a
very brilliant report of their efforts
to have the Teachers Retirement
Measure, House Bill "a, enacted into
law. President Graham of the Mon
tana Federation of Labor, Mr.. Bob
Brown, lobbyist for the Butte Miners
Union, and Mr.. Hunter of the United
Mine Workers were all given the
thanks of the teachers for their as
sistance in the successful outcome
of the teachers bill.
Governor Roy E. Ayers in answer
to a letter that had been sent by
Secretary Kennedy, said that he
would be glad to consider the re-
quest of the Trades and Labor Coun-
Gil to reappoint Mr.. O'Byrne as La
Dor Commissioner.
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The Miles City Trades and Labor
Council has apparently gone strong
ly opposing the proposed reforms of
the Supreme Court because in a let
ter to the Butte unions they asked
that we follow their example.
Mr.. O'Byrne's record was asked
for in an inquiry from Mr.. E. H.
Helterbran of the Yellowstone
Trades and Labor Council. Organ
lied labor in Silver Bow County has
already endorsed MI. O'Byrne and
the Cascade Trades and Labor Coun-
Gil has done likewise. He has made
a remarkable record as Labor Com
missioner in the year that he has
been in there.
The Gallatin County Trades and
Labor Council are making a drive to
organize the automobile mechanics
in Bozeman and have sent requests
to Butte for agreements and bylaws
to assist them in the work. Their
letter was turned over to the Ma
chinists Union.
The Silver Bow Trades and Labor
Council donated $1,000 to the Butte
Auxiliary for the relief of crippled
children. Liberal praise was law
ished upon the work of this organ
ization. The letter that was sent in
by the Auxiliary enumerated all the
wonderful work that had been done
to assist unfortunate children.
Delegate Vickers, who has repre-
sented the Street Railway Mems or
ganization on the board of the auxil-
larry for the last five years, added
his praise and information to that
formerly submitted.
An appeal came from President
Graham of the Montana Federation
of Labor stating that it was absolute
ly necessary to have additional funds
to make an organizational drive at
Fort Peck and other parts of the
state.
Three members of the Executive
Board of the Federation of Labor
are represented in the Silver Bow
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