Montana labor news., 1937-04-29
SIMMONS DISPLAYS
HOSTILITY TO UNIONS
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dollars spent in a scab shop in Utah.
You, as president, knew of these
contributions in support of the pub
LEGATION, and you failed to protect
Montana advertisers from a total
loss of a powerful circulating me-
dunn in our state when you delib-
erately signed that contract when
other faculty advisers urged you not
to do so.
Ignored Recommendations of Board
You ignored the recommendation
of the State Board of Education that
student publications bear the union
label. What more instruction does
any president need than a common
sense business and economic policy,
outlined by a governing body? You
are responsible for maintaining the
good will of the public in this state
for your institution, and yet you
agreed to let the students make a
mistake that you knew at the time
would give your university a "black
eye and bring disgrace upon
your school. You asked for a rul-
ing or a law compelling you to en-
force your students TO patronize
union shops in Montana. Well, here
is the supreme law among all men
that is, progressive and construc-
tive s-THE LAW OF
"SPORTSMANSHIP.
Poor Sportsmanship Displayed
No president of any college or
student of a properly supervised
university should ever sign a on
tract which gives preference to the
cheapest sport in industry-THE
SCAB. Competition in industry is
the same as on the sports field.
Would you award a prize to the
cheat or unfair player in any sport
activity of your school? mol Would
you support any student caught
cheating in class work? Mol But you
did encourage your students to
support a contemplate rat and
cheat in industry when you signed
a scab contract.
Physical and Moral Character
Lowered
If your students fail to learn the
lesson of fair competition for direct
application in relations with their
fellow men, all the money Montana
and Montana citizens r spending
in support of physical education is
wasted. All our efforts to encour-
age sports for the upbuilding of
character are virtually lost as far
as making practical use of the les
sons supposed to be taught Jul stu
dents-or are such lessons taught
in your SCHOOL, Apparently, the
greatest benefit to be derived from
expenditures of public money is be-
ing neglected in the State University.
The opportunity for a lesson of good
example that could have been taught
by your refusal to be a partner in
support of patronizing an unfair
competitor was also lost by your de-
cision to ignore the advice of the
| State Board of Education.
Knew That They Were Doing
Wrong
I wish to call your attention to a
statement made by the Editor Of the
Sentinel when l called on him while
in Missoula. He declared that he
knew there would be protests against
the award of the Sentinel to a scab
firm. Yet he deliberately urged you
to sign the contract. This proves to
all fair-minded men that the con-
tract was signed with the full
knowledge of the unfair labor pol
icy of the Utah firm. Therefore,
very little leniency can be extended
to such deliberate action.
Are Students Aware of Chiseling
We wonder if the students of the
University, as a whole, had any voice
aside from the Editor and a few 9TH
ers in control deciding on such a
~disgraceful policy. We also wonder
if the students realize the far-reach-
ing results that follow such a sup
port Of scabs. Just a reminder to
them-that the Chinese and Japs
were condemned for lowering living
standards of the white race. That is
just what the white scabs are do
ing in America at the present time.
In other words, our university has
| produced a student staff that proves
to be a misguided Oriental-styled
business administration and doing
the very thing for which we con
demned the yellow race; namely,
lowering or assisting in lowering the
standards of competition in industry.
Honor of School Demands Employ
ment of Honorable Methods
| am sure that if you will join
with me in asking the State Board
of Education whether or not the law
of craftsmanship should guide you in
signing any future printed contracts,
the Board will join with me in de-
claring it to be a good sound public