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Montana labor news., 1938-07-21
British Labor Has More
Freedom Than Ameri-
cans, Lawyer Says
By ALEXANDER l.. CROSBY

TORONTO, Ont, Canada-(FP)-
Pres. Roosevelt's commission to
study British labor legislation and
labor problems should spend most
of its time in America, the American
Newspaper Guild convention was
told by Abe J. Isserman, guild oun
sci. He recommended that the in
vestigators should be supplied with
adequate bodyguards, which they
may need" for a trip into Harlan
County, and that examples of cor
poration control of courts and public
officials elsewhere in the country
should receive the commissions
attention.
The commissions findings from a
firsthand view of the American la
Dor scene would, Isserman predict
ed, lead inevitably to a recommen-
dation that the Wagner act be
strengthened, that its procedural
machinery be speeded up, that penal
ties be imposed upon employers, to
the end that the American workers
may use effectively their collective
strength"
Many popular misconceptions
about British labor laws were
cleared up by Isserman. 'There is
no incorporation of trade unions in
Great Britain, and registration is
purely voluntary" he said.
He pointed out that although Eng
land has no anti-injunction law,
neither does it have any labor in
functions. There is no widespread
resistance to unionization and strikes
for union recognition are a rarity.
Yellow-dog contracts are unheard Of.
"The Presidents commission will
find that there are no company I'M
ions in Great Britain, that there are
no private detective agencies supply
ing spies and thugs and teargas and
munitions to private industry" User
man said. "The commission will
find that during strike periods most
plants remain closed and only on
rare occasions are strikebreakers
employed. In short, the employer
unfair labor practices, so prevalent
in the U. S. and prescribed by the
Wagner act, hardly exist in Eng
land"
The commission will also find,
Isserman asserted, that there is
more trade union responsibility un-
der American law than under Brit
ish law. By specific statutory legis-
lation, British unions and their
members as such may not be sued
for any act committed on behalf of
the union or during the trade dis
pute."
Isserman's plea for Strengthening
of the Wagner act was echoed on
the convention floor in the adoption
of a resolution calling for Severe
penalties against employers who re-
fuse to sign labor contracts or to
negotiate contracts in good faith"
Two resolutions from the guilds
first labor press committee asked all
guildsmen to cooperate with Fed
Grated Press and the CLIO News in
supplying news. Unanimously adopt
ed, the resolutions sharply criticized
the daily press for d~istorting or sup
pressing labor news.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-21
5MELTERMEN OF EAST
HELENA Reject WAGE
cut OFFERED BY 70.
Continued from Page y

public the facts pertaining to the
employers side of the issue, after
the company has made the front
page on several occasions to tell the
public their side of the story and
50-cent wage reduction.
Our press committee, after con-
siderable effort, succeeded in con-
vincing the press agent that he
would not be fired or bawled out for
accepting a writeup; however, the
succors and censors sure did a swell
job of tearing the important parts
from it. Our committee was told
that the American Smelling and Re
filming Company may enter a COM
plant, and being a corporation
owned paper, they couldn't allow
such a thing as a strike controversy
to be printed in their paper, espe-
cially the true side of the East Hell
ena strike.
East Helena Local No. 70 has been
considered a peaceful organization,
and it is our intention to continue
as such so long as We are given a
fair days pay for a fair days work.
East Helena has a newly-installed
sewer system that automatically in
creases the already high taxes paid
in East Helena which means that go
per cent of the home owners who
are smeltermen must scratch and de-
prive themselves of many necessities,
as the State Board of Health will
soon compel them to install fully
equipped bathrooms, which all points
to the need of united action in the
fight against wage reductions and
keep the American standard of living
at a level whereby children can
enjoy the comforts we have been
deprived of.
AS American citizens, we hope to
keep the respect of the people of the
state of Montana by proving that we
are not unreasonable in our stand to
uphold the standard of living we
believe we are entitled to enjoy.
We are still negotiating for the
same SIS per day minimum, and are
in hope of reaching a settlement soon
that will be satisfactory to both the
Company and the union, also the In
dependent Mine Operators of Mon
tana.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-21

Having fallen on bad times, a
miner had to take a job as a waiter
in a small restaurant.
A snobbish young man came in
one day and ordered a steak. Later
he called the waiter and complained
about it. ''It's not nearly tender
enough" he said.
what do you expect 1t to do?"
asked the Underwater. Jump up
and kiss you?"-Juggler.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-21

"A national third party is newt
able and now is the time to form
one."-Gov. Phil LaFollette Of Wis
consin.
freedom of demonstration has
been taken away. There is no
right to organization any more
Article in The Angriff, official organ
of the Nazi Labor Front.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-21
SHE WAS

The new maid was talking about
her various relatives.
eyes, num-" she said, "my sister
and me amt no more alike than if
we wasn't us; and she's just as diff
ferent as me, only the other wayl"
Montana labor news., 1938-07-21

deavor was reached in the N. Y.
Times Sunday book review section
in which the reviewer, abiding to
the Haymarket and Pullman affairs
with their loss of life and judicial
frameups, sanctimoniously remarked
that such bloody days are fortunate
ly behind us. Evidently he thought
that the coldblooded killing of ten
steel strikers by the Chicago police
last year had taken place in the
bloody 1905.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-21

"You look done up today, Bill.
What's the trouble?" asked a fellow
worker in the office.
well" explained Bill, Il didn't
get home until daylight, and | was
just undressing when my wife woke
up and said, Aren't you getting up
pretty early?' To avoid an argu-
ment l put on my clothes and came
down to the office."-Chaparral.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-21

Richard Whitney, former president
of the New York Stock Exchange,
is doing SO well as a teacher in Sing
Sing prison that his daily pay will
be increased from a nickel to Is
cents.
By prudent investment, he should
be able to triple his capital in no
time at all.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-21
Would You Take Sides!
By MIKE QUIN

By MIKE QUIN
You people educated in
Conservative tradition
And the calm dignity
Of the impartial position.
Superior and exempt
From human tides;
Unalterably opposed
To taking sides.
Cynically resigned to
Mortal fault;
Accepting all things
With a grain of salt.
Diminishing every creed
Or memoranda
From the Bible to Karl Marx
AS propaganda.
Aloofly disguised
By the earth's confusion;
Yet unwilling to come
To any conclusion.
Reserving judgment
OF every faction
And strongly opposed
To decisive action.
Just what would you think
And what would you say
If a bomb came through
Your roof one day?
Would you say, when the beams
Began to shatter,
Here is a
Controversial matter?"
When shrapnel tore
Your bone and tissue,
Would you compromise
The issue?
AS the ceiling fell
And the walls caved in,
Would your lips preserve
That cynical grin?
If under the wreckage
OF steel and stone,
A child was crushed
And you heard it moan,
Would you rationalize
And let it be,
Or tear at the stones
To set it free?
Just what would the eggs
Of fascist planes
Rouse in your mild
Conservative brains?
What would you gather
From the awful cries
Of a mangled child,
Or its mothers eyes?
Can such things happen?
They certainly did
In Peiping, Canton,
And Madrid.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-21

Automobile accidents in the United
States in 1887 caused more than
10000 deaths and well over 1,000,O 900
non-fatal injuries. 1t was the first
time in the history of automobile
transportation that fatalities exceed
ed 10000 or injured passed the mil
lion mark. Automobile injuries,
however, caused only "a per cent of
accident fatalities, less than the num-
Der killed in home accidents.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-21

money and arduous months Of train.
ing sailors for the fish ship crews
The Arizonians, with their backs ur
against the dam, were willing finally
to give up n truck load of fish
but that was the limit. The Cali
fornia fish fanciers turned Their
shoulders to such a pauper's offer
No n will ever know what al
this point prevented outright blood
shed. The Arizonian has a fighting
heritage. For years, back in the
Wild West 10th Century, the Ari-
zona pioneer "fit the Apache injuns'
and tanning a six-shooter was second
nature to these gentlemen of the
early frontier. But in spite of his
torical background, war never did
come off. Instead, someone, skepti-
cal of fish stories, decided to make
a count of the catfish which were
still browsing in the cool waters OF
Parker dam.
Now all is quiet on the muddy
waters Of the Colorado. The fish,
after a certified public accountant
took the pains to tally them, wouldn't
make a decent fish fry for two score
fish-hungry persons. 1t was just an
other tall fish story about the orig
inal 100000 and the story ends with
quite an odiferous fishy tang.
The Game Commissions of both
states are now desperately trying to
hide scarlet faces and are seeking
refuge in offices adorned with
stuffed fish. Some dark night, when
the moon won't dare come out, the
Arizona patriots will seine the Par
ker dam diversion tunnels and re-
turn home with the catfish hid in
their hip pockets. Thus, a great
man with foresight and ability to
count up to 100 averted another hard
fought and bloody American civil
war.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-21

Men talk as if victory were some
thing fortunate. Work is victory.
Wherever work is done, victory is
obtained. There is no chance, and
no blanks.-Emerson.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-21

SAN JOSE, Cal. - (FP) - Judge
William F. James has ruled that
picketing is illegal in Santa Clara
County if there is no labor dispute
involved. The decision was in the
form of an injunction granted to
four merchants in Palo Alto and
Sunnyvale whose plants had been
picketed in an organizing campaign.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-21

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Montana labor news., 1938-07-21

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-29
One Clue Found In F Cleveland
 Torso SIayings
Queer Story Told by Man Who Was Lured Into Doc
 tors Office Escaped

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 29. - The police are searching for doc tors office in which man told them he was drugged and barely escaped being the victim of Cleve- lands torso slayer.
 The queerest story thus far in the trail for the twelve killings by a surgical maniac came from Emil Fronek, Chicago waterfront worker who formerly frequented the district in Cleveland where most of the butchered bodies have been found
 Fronek said: "A doctor invited me into his office. He said he would give me some shoes He told me first he would give me something to eat. I was hungry but while was eating I got sick. All I could see was a door and jumped up and ran out"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-29

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 The Minnesota law came quickly to the Supreme Court and brought out one of the strangest colloquies the Supreme Court has heard in days The following quotations are not exact but the substance is there
 Minnesota argues" said the state attorney general in effect, that it may impose any terms it chooses upon the importation of liquor and it will be constitutional under the 21st amendment"
 Do you mean" asked Chief Jus tice Hughes in effect, that if Minnesota says that out-of state liquor may be imported only by people who wear certain kind of clothes, such legislation will be valid? Let me put it another way. Do you mean that the state could enact law permitting importa- tion of liquor only by those who voted certain way, and it would be valid?"
 The state attorney general thought that one over for a long moment, then answered: Yes"
 And what happened? The Su- preme Court upheld the Minnesota law
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-29

Ten thousand yarca of dirt would be taken every day from depths varying from 800 to 1900 feet, prob ably in Limestone Inlet. With l50 Notation cells and 6,00o square feet of rifle tables and screens, recov- cry of the gold would be simple.
 Williams said, We are not going to go too fast. We are sending up this prospecting ship next summer, elaborately equipped. It will tell us exactly what to expect"
 Prospecting Ship
 On this prospecting ship will be static head converter type dredge and one driven by an elsc- trio motor, the latter type also an invention of Williams design to operate equipment under pressure. Drilling samples will be taken and accurate chartings made
 Scientists say Williams has made the greatest advance in modern science with his invention Modest John Williams, sitting on his bed in the Gastineau Hotel talking in terms bewildering to layman, says he doesn't think so, but he admits it will now be possible to learn great deal more of a heretofore mysterious ocean.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-29
STEPHENS PASS GOLD DREDGING PLANS REVEALED
John Williams, Deep Sea Ore ge Inventor,
 Now in Juneau
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dustrial experts, Williams dropped a ten-ton clamshell type dredge buck ct $40 feet to the floor of Monterey Bay and brought up an eight-ton bite of dirt--the power for closing the dredge originating from the terrific water pressure.
 Williams explained today the sim pie operation of what he calls ''his static head converter" The clam shell is dropped to the ocean floor, jaws open, and when it strikes the bottom, the cable goes slack, the static head of water pressure ap- plies itself to a system of perfectly balanced valves and the jaws of the clamshell close.
 Startling Engineering
 It is this balancing of valves and automatic balancing of water pres sure that makes a number of Will Hams inventions startling to an en- gineering world that has been try ing for years to make machinery work under pressure. It is this same simple development which will prob ably make submarines, periscopes and engines, foolproof to 8 degree only hoped for before-if Williams and the Navy Department come to terms.
 Again, it is this phenomenal dredge that will operate at any depth, that will perhaps develop the greatest gold mine on earth in the deep waters of Southeast AL aska's glacier built fjords.
 In the spring of 1940, if pros pecting next summer proves plans thoroughly worthwhile, Williams and his corporation will bring north 9,000-ton vessel equipped with. ten clamshell dredges of the static head converter" type and riffle tables and Notation cells.
 Find Gold Particles
 In 1888, Coast and Geodetic Sur vey men taking soundlngs in Steph- ems Passake found particles of gold affixed to their soaped sounding leads.
 In 1882, Williams went down to Limestone Inlet and other parts of Stephens Passage and with gravity tools sampled several hundred spots on the sea floor as deep as four feet into the sand and muck.
 As to the assay reports he re- ceived from those samplings, he does not want to make public the results, but the lowest assay re- ceived puts Alaska Juneau gold mine ore to shame
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-29
JunGau Musicians To Give Concert On
 "Wednesday, Sitka
Miss Matilda Hoist. Edythe Kelly Rowe, Carol Beery
 Davis Schedule Musicale

Leaving Juneau on the M s Northland tomorrow evening, Miss Matilda Hoist, soloist, Blythe Reilly Rowe, cellist, and Carol Beery Davis accompanist, will appear in concert at Sitka during the stay of the ship in that port.
 The Well-known musicians recent ly appeared in one of the most out standing musicales ever presented in this city, and music lovers of Sitka are privileged, indeed to have the rare opportunity of hearing these talented artists.
 Miss Hoist, Juneaus young twen- ty-three-old mezzo soprano, h a S just recently returned from a years study in Milan, Italy, previous to which she attended the University of Washington, having graduated from Oregon State College, where she majored in public school music and languages. Miss Hoist also ap- peared in several programs over broadcasting stations during heI stay in New York.
 Mrs. Rowe is outstanding as a cellist. She studied with such noted musicians at Elsa Ruegger, Edouaro Jacobs and Alvin Schroeder. She is a prize graduate of the Royal c Conservatory of Music at Brussels Belgium, and was, for eight years first chair cellist with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra.
 Mrs. Davis, music instructor, has appeared in many concerts, and is not only known for her work as an accompanist, but is also known as a composer.
 From Sitka, Mrs. Rowe will con tinue to her home in Sacramento Cal, while Mrs. Davis and Miss Hoist will return to this city.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-29


 
 terward the song was associated with her name.
 Twice, as Lady Hope, May Yoho wore the great blue diamond whose history since the 17th century has been an almost constant success sion of tragedies. She remained on the stage after her marriage. After her husband had gone into bank ruptcy with liabilities of $3,000,O 900 she maintained that her stage earn ings had long gone toward paying off mortgages on ancestral acres. From stage stardom, wealth and high social rank. May Yoho trod a trail that led to "three-a-day" vaudeville, once to job as jani- tress in a Seattle shipyard, when Captain Shuts was i'll, and to the hard work of farmer, seller of maple sugar (raised on her farm) and cook in her New Hampshire tea room. She and Captain Shuts lived com- paratively quiet lives in the later years in or near Boston.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-29
YANKEES KEEP
 ROLLING ON ID
 CHAMP pI0NSHIP
Pirates Lose Long Game to Dodgers - Giants De-
 feat Cincinnati Sunday
(By Associated Press)

While the Yankees continued to roll on by defeating the St Louis Browns Sunday, the National League clubs continued to back away from the pennant.
 The Cubs chipped the Phillies in eleven innings, then beat them again in the second game to put them half a game behind the sec ond place Giants.
 The Pirates lost through a long game with the Dodgers, losing after failing to overcome a six-run lead
 The Giants beat Cincinnati on Hal SchumacherS six-hit pitching.
 The St. Louis bunch split with the Boston gang Sunday and Cleve- land beat Washington.
 Connie Mack Day was observed in Philadelphia with the / hletics beating the White Sox
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-29
CONFUSION COMPOUNDED

But the thing has now become even more entangled. Missouri evidently tired of having its liquor shut out of state after state. Mis- souri makes several prominent brands of beer. So it said, in effect, that any state which enacts legis- lation discriminating against Mis- souri liquor can't ship its liquor into Missouri Michigan enacted a similar law.
 Immediately five prominent dis tilleries, including the big Schenley outfit, brought suit against Missouri to test the constitutionality of such a law. The Indianapolis Brewing Company brought similar suit against the Michigan liquor com mission.
 Lower federal courts have upheld both the Michigan and Missouri acts and the liquor makers have appealed to the Supreme Court.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-29
he does any more challenging.
 Suit Not Enough

Not even the appearance of the All Stars pilot in ball suit borrowed from a brawny Elk was enough to strike awe into the hearts of the Moose to the extent of a single bob ble; and almost certainly had DO effect toward sapping the power in the Black Sox' bats.
 A nice pot now goes to build up hospital fund for ball players, while the couple hundred fans on hand got value received in a major league calibre diamond joust-twas perfect windup to the season.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-29
GAMES SATURDAY Pacific Coast League

Seattle 3, 5; San Francisco B. 3 Oakland 1 Sacramento 4. Los Angeles 2; Hollywood 1. Portland 5; San Diego 4.
 National League Philadelphia 1; Pittsburgh 6. Brooklyn 4; Chicago 1. Boston B. Cincinnati 1. New York 3; St Louis 12.
 American League Cleveland ', o; New York 8, 13 Monte Pearson pitched a no-hit no-run game against his former Cleveland teammates. St Louis 8, G. Philadelphia 3, 5 Chicago 6, O; Boston 19, l. Detroit 12; Washington II.
 STANDING OF CLUBS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-29
THE SUMMARY

ERRORS: All Stars-Robertson
 Sacrifice hit: Turner. base hits: McNamee 2, Werner. Home runs: McNamee, Converse. Runs batted in: McNamee, Converse 2 First base on balls: Off McNamee 2 CErskine, Grant,. Struck out: By McNamee (Ellensberg, Foster, An drews, Turner, Robertson 9; by Jensen 10 (F. Schmitz 2, McNamee, Snow, Werner, Grummett 3, Kim ball, J. Schmitz). Earned runs: Off Jensen B. Hit by pitched ball. FL lensberg by McNamee. Passed balls Blake 2. Left on bases: Moose 6; All Stars A. Time of game: 1 hour 46 minutes. Umpires Novel; at plate. Duckworth at first base, Ha- gerty at third base. Scorer: Clark.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-29
Four Swiss Army
 Planes Crash, Fog

SCHWAYZ, Switzerland, Aug 29 Four Swiss army planes, flying in formation, crashed into noun tain peaks, some of which were 5000 feet high, during fog Six persons aboard the planes were killed and two were injured.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-29
ANGELS HAVE 4- GAME LEAD
 COAST LEAGUE
Seattle Close to Sacramen- to In Race for Pacific
 Pennant
(By Associated Press)

The Los Angeles Angels won twice Sunday over the Hollywood Stars and retained a comfortable four-game lead over the Sacramen- to Senators who shared a pair with the wobbly Oakland Acorns. The Acorns took the first game but lost the nightcap.
 Seattle pounded out 19 hits, in- cluding a homer by Freddie Muller to beat San Francisco easily in only one game as a doubleheader was played Saturday.
 San Diego took both ends of Q twin contest Sunday from Port land.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-29
British Golf Dates

LONDON, Aug. 29. - The 1888 British amateur golf championship will be held on the Royal Liverpool course at Hoylake the week of May g. The British open cham pionship will be at St. Andrews, the week of July 3.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-29
LEAVE FOR SPOKANE

George Dudley and Mrs. Dudley are passengers aboard the Alaska on their way to Spokane where they will enter business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-29
CORDELIA D. ON
 CRUISE SUNDAY

As guests of MT. and Mrs. Trevor Davis, a group of fifteen spent yesterday cruising the waters of Southeast Alaska to Taku Glacier in the Cordelia D.
 Many unique and interesting snaps were obtained by members of the party, both in still and nov ing pictures.
 Guests during the day moulded MT. and Mrs. Jack Hayes, Miss Jewel Kelly, Mrs. Mary Goss, Miss Matilda Hoist, Miss Corrinne Jenne, Miss Kathleen Carlson, Dick Rowe, Miss Phyllis Jenne, Lyman Snow, Ned Rowe, and Sylvia, Shirley, Con- nie and Patricia Davis.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-29
GAMES SUNDAY American League

Seattle 12; San Francisco 1. Portland l, 1; San Diego 6, 5. Oakland T, 9; Sacramento 2, 10. Los Angeles 13, 6; Hollywood 2, ,
 National League New York T; Cincinnati 3. Brooklyn 8; Pittsburgh 5. Philadelphia 5, l. Chicago 6, 3. Boston l, 5; St. Louis 2, 0.
 Pacific toast League St. Louis 2 New York 4. Detroit 1 Boston 3. Chicago 1, 2; Philadelphia 5, 2. Cleveland 6; Washington 5.
 Juneau Exhibition Game Moose 8; All Stars 0.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-29
MRS. GRUMMETT RETURNS

Mrs. Stan Grummett and baby re- turned home to Juneau aboard the North Coast after a visit in the south.
 Trv the Empre ciassifleds for 'esults.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-29
May Yohe, Once Famous
 On Stage, Dies Suddenly

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State Laws Brew
 New Headaches for
 Liquor Distributor.

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