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Montana labor news., 1938-06-16
Labor Standards Applied "Blindly"

The New York Times, continuing It's oppo-
sition to the Federal Wage and Hour Bill,
which the House of Representatives passed
by the overwhelming vote of 3l4 to 81, critl-
cizes the measure because its wage and hour
standards apply automatically and blindly."
It is instructive to note just what effect
this automatic and blind application OF labor
standards will have on the workers coming
under the jurisdiction of the bill.
The bill prescribes that for the first year
after it goes into effect no employer In the
United States operating a plant in an indus
try within the scope of the law shall pay any
employee-man or woman, old or young,
white or colored, citizen or alien-leSS than
25 cents an hour or work such an employee
longer than "A hours a week. For a full
weeks work of A hours this amounts to the
inadequate wage of eleven dollars. For the
second year the minimum wage will be $3.50
for a 42-hour week. For the third year the
minimum wage will be $14 for a 4O-hour
week. For the fourth year and thereafter
the minimum wage will be SIG for a 4O-hour
week.
Working men and women, whether they
live in the North, the South, the East, or the
West, know from actual experience that wen
these minimum wages will not enable the
average workers family to secure the neces-
saries and comforts required by good living
standards.
And yet we see newspaper owners, lawyers
financially endowed by large corporations
and a minority group of congressman espous-
ing the peculiar philosophy that American
nrosperitv depends on the continuance of in
decently low wages paid to those who do the
useful work in the production of commodities
(Which, by the way, are the exclusive prop
erty of employers and are sold by them for
a profit.
These low wage rates are a disgrace to
civilized society. They will be definitely
ended by making the Federal Wage and Hour
Bill the law of the land. The House of Rep
resentatives has done its duty in passing the
bill. Working men and women believe that
the Senate will act promptly and affirmative
ly in its consideration of the measure.
Montana labor news., 1938-06-16

eight of the thirty-six state legislatures re-
quired to make it a part of the Nations fund
amental law. Virginia is one of the states
whose legislatures have persistently voted
against the amendment.
1t is regrettable that the Southern Baptist
Convention after approving collective bar
gaining, which is the basic principle of the
American Federation of Labor and other
bona fde labor organizations, should have
then lined up with the r%eactionary forces in
our industrial life who desire to %perpetuate
the exploitation of children for private profit
by blocking the approval of the Child Labor
Amendment, which is the only method by
which children in every state can be protect
ed from the greed of profit mongers who care
nothing about the injustice imposed upon
children chained to the chariot wheels of in
dustry so long as additional gain is extracted
from this unholy and un-American policy.
In sharp contrast to the action of the Bap-
fist Convention, many other religious groups
have been unfaltering in their support of the
Child Labor Amendment as fundamental in
the movement to prevent the employment Of
children for profit in industry and commerce.
Montana labor news., 1938-06-16
Presbyterians Support Collective
Bargaining Principle

A strongly Worded statement ~faVOring col
lective bargaining for the adjustment OF re-
lations arising between workers and employ
ers in our complex system of industry and
commerce was adopted by the l50th General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church OF the
United States of America, held recently in
Philadelphia, and recommended for the seri-
Gus consideration of its two million communi-
cants and the nation at large.
THE right of collective bargaining, which
our Church has recognized since 1910, has
now become the law of the land" the state
ment said. ut is therefore incumbent upon
employers and labor leaders alike to cooper
ate in establishing an industrial regime that
will be increasingly democratic, peaceful and
just.
"We therefore urge a surrender OF methods
of espionage, violence, deception, intimida-
ton and racketeering and a wholehearted
acceptance of the principle of mediation and
arbitration"
Collective bargaining is the fundamental
principle of the American Federation of
Labor in securing a system OF economic rela-
ions that is just both to workers who create
our wealth and employers who own our in
dustries. If employers would sincerely trans
late into concrete action the sound philosophy
underlying the American Federation of La
Dor supported by the Presbyterian Assembly
there would indeed be a stable foundation
for peace in industry and a united front
against subversive forces threatening Ameri-
can institutions.
Montana labor news., 1938-06-16
Exempting the Rich from Taxation

With all of the present hullabaloo over the
capital gains tax, the undistributed profits
tax, the tax on corporations and many other
taxes included in the 1888 revenue law,
coupled with the persistent demand for a
balanced budget by the Federal government,
it is too bad that the adjournment of Con-
gress approaches without legislation making
the owners of Federal, state, and municipal
bonds subject to taxation to help defray the
necessary expenses of the United States gov
eminent.
According to statistics compiled by con-
gressional tax experts there were outstand-
ing on July l, 1886, the vast amount of 1884,,
489, 000, 900 in Federal, state, and local Sc
curities on which the interest, totaling ap-
proximately two billion dollars, is wholly or
partially exempt from taxation. 1t is be-
lieved that since July l, 1886, enough of
these tax exempt securities have been issued
to bring the total up to nearly $50, 900, 900, 900.
Tax experts estimate that at least 81 ,100,-
100000 Of the two billion dollars of interest
would be subject to Federal ~surtaXes plus the
normal tax. This is proof that tax exempt
government securities are a safe refuge for
IIe IlCl anu IuS Vely I4Gl WllOsS SOllCSPblOll
of patriotism is the desire to free themselves
from the application of the principle of taxa
ton in accordance with ability to pay, which
is regarded as fundamental in the American
system.
Sixty billion dollars Of wealth represented
in government securities whose owners pay
very little taxes to support the Federal gov
eminent is certainly an injustice which war
rants legislation correction.
Montana labor news., 1938-06-16

has no earning capacity and in a
great majority of cases has a wife
and children dependent upon him
for support. Is he to starve while
his case is being litigated in the
courts? Should not these cases, if
contested, be fought as expeditiously
as is humanity possible? Under the
present provisions of the Workmen's
Compensation Act, cases cannot be
expeditiously tried and determined
simply because of all of the red tape
that must be gone through before
each of the members of the board is
familiar with the facts upon which
he is to render his decision. These
amendments work no hardships on
either the employer or the employee.
Either the workman is injured and
entitled to compensation or not, or
else he has been injured and fully
recovered, at least fully recovered
within the meaning of the act. We
should have a workable Compensa-
ton Act without all the delays
which are imbedded in our present
act.
I submit that the labor unions in
this state should consider these
amendments, which are not drastic,
and forcibly bring them to the atten-
ton of our next Legislature for en-
bodiment into law.
Yours very truly,
w. E. (CUBS) COYLE.
Montana labor news., 1938-06-16
Judge VetOes Compulsory Work

The legal power of a United States Court,
whose function is to enforce the American
Constitution and laws, to compel members
of a labor union to work was recently con-
sidered in Philadelphia by Federal Judge
Oliver B. Dickinson, who negatived the
proposition.
The matter came before Judge Dickinson
on a petition of the New Bedford Fish Com
pany, of New Bedford, Mass, for an order
restraining the American Federation of La
Dor United Seafood Workers Union No. 20384
from refusing to handle it's shipments in
Philadelphia until the firms attorney looked
up legal precedents.
The union, the court was told, refused to
touch the firms products because OF a labor
dispute in New Bedford which the attorney
for the concern commended affected another
company. AS a result of the unions action
it was alleged that forty barrels of mackerel
spoiled in Philadelphia.
In considering the application for the in
junction Judge Dickinson expressed doubts
that any court has the power "to make a man
work if he doesn't want to-"
1--WE don't ask that" counsel for the New
Bedford firm answered. I'VE want an order
on the union not to discriminate against us.
1t is handling the fish products of other peo-
pie, and we are entitled to the same consid-
Grafton"
Not to be caught by this sophistication,
Judge Dickinson retorted: "But it all comes
back to the same point. You want the court
to order men to 60 to work"
Answering the specious reasoning of the
firms counsel asking for a delay in the final
action of the court until legal precedents
could be examined, Judge Dickinson said: 81
don't think you'll find any,"
The Court and the attorney for the COM
pany discussed at length the difference be-
tween a mandatory order" to work and a
restraining order to stop discrimination"
But Judge Dickinson was adamant in his
conviction that the purpose of the injunction
was to force members of a labor union to
work. He found no authority either in the
Constitution of the United States or in statute
law to enforce compulsory labor on the mem
bers of labor union. His position was but
tressed by the provisions of the Norris-La-
Guardia Injunction Act definitely restricting
the power of Federal judges to issue i%njunc-
tons in labor disputes.
Montana labor news., 1938-06-16
0Idetyme DisfiIIery
Makes An Attractive
Offer 10 Customers

Selling that extra bottle to every
customer is good merchandising for
the distiller as well as the retailer.
Oldetyme is giving this form of pro-
motion a new impetus by attaching
to every bottle of Three Feathers a
booklet which contains a brief de-
scription of Grand Macnish Scotch,
an Oldetyme import.
1t ends up by offering the GUS
toner (if he lives in one of the states
where such offers are permitted a
set of four handsomely colored
decalcomanias for decorating high
ball glasses" All he need do is send
in the coupon on the back page, and
Oldetyme reports that these requests
have been pouring in from all parts
Of the country where the booklet has
been circulated.
In the territories where premium
offers are not allowed, the last two
pages of the little booklet contains
instead, a collection of Oldetyme
drink recipes all of them featuring
Grand Macnish, of course.
Over half a million of these book
lets have been attached to the necks
of Three Feathers bottles.
Montana labor news., 1938-06-16

The Southern Baptist Convention at its
recent meeting in Richmond, Va, adopted
a resolution of it's Social Service Commission
recognizing the principle of collective bar
gaining by workers and urging arbitration as
a method of settling industrial disputes.
Another commission resolution adopted by
the convention approved child labor legisla-
ton by states, but opposed the Child Labor
Amendment to the Federal Constitution,
which has already been ratified by twenty
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-06
Delegates Sail
 From Here for
 Legion Conclave
Legionnaires and Auxiliary Members from Westward
 Are Greeted at Dugout

Following reception and open house at the Dugout yesterday af- ternoon, delegates to the American Legion Department convention at Ketchikan sailed from here on the Aleutian, joining delegates from the Westward who were convention bound.
 The visiting delegates were taken to the Dugout during the hour tine vessel was in port, the Juneau City Band leading the procession and the Anchorage Legion band, which is to be feature of the convention, following after the Legionnaires and Auxiliary members.
 Auxiliary delegates going from here to the convention are Edith Sheelor, Hattie Peterman, Mrs. J. B. Bernhofer, Mrs. Homer c. Nord- ling, Mrs. John H. Newman, Mrs. Betty Mccormick, Mrs. L R. Ander- son, Mrs. Dolly Kaufman, Mrs. E. M. Policy and Mrs. Oscar Olson.
 Legion delegates are E. M. Policy, John H. Newman, Trevor Davis, Steve Vukovich, w. o. Johnson, J. T. Petrich and Howard Thompson. Homer Nordling and A. E. Karnes, who have been in the States, are coming from the south in time to attend the convention sessions this week in Ketchikan.
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CALL FOR BIDS

Sealed bids will be received at the office of the Commissioner of Education, Territory of Alaska, Ju- neau, Alaska, not later than 10:00 A. M. on Sept. IS, 1888, and will then be publicly opened and read, for furnishing all labor materials, and equipment necessary for the construction of the Aleknagik, Hope and Takotna School Buildings. All are frame structures with reinforced concrete foundations, and are to be built in accordance with plans and specifications on file in the offices of the Commissioner of Education and the H. B. Foss Company, Archi- tectS, both of Juneau, Alaska, where they may be examined and copies obtained A deposit of Ten Dollars ($10.00) will be required to insure the safe return of the plans and specifications, that amount to be refunded when they are returned.
 All bids shall be accompanied by cash, certified check, or bid bond, furnished by a Surety Company authorized to do business in Alaska, for five (5) percent of the amount of the bid. Should the successful bidder fail to enter into a contract and furnish satisfactory perform ance bond within the time stated in the proposal the deposit shall be forfeited as liquidated damages.
 The successful bidder shall be re- quired to file performance bond in the full amount of the contract price, which bonds shall be furnish ed by Surety Company acceptable to the Public Works Administration
 No bid may be withdrawn, after the scheduled closing time for the receipt of bids, for thirty days.
 These projects are being financed in part with funds provided by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works and shall be con- structed under rules and regula- tions of the Public Works Admin istration as approved by the Ad- ministration, by executive orders of the President, and as amended for Alaska.
 Attention is called to the fact that no less than the minimum wage rates, as shown in the con- struction regulations included in the contract, will be paid on these projects.
 If any person contemplates sub hitting a bid for the above-men- tioned work and is in doubt as to the meaning of any part of the plans and specifications, or other contract documents, he may submit to the Architect written request for an interpretation thereof. The person submitting the request will be responsible for its prompt de- livery. Any interpretation of the proposed documents will be made only by addendum duly issued and copy of such addendum will be mailed or delivered to each person receiving a set of such documents. The Department of Education will not be responsible for any other explanations or interpretations of the proposed documents.
 The right is reserved to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality in the bids received.
 There is available the sum of about Thirty-two Thousand Dollars ($32, ,00000) for these projects.
 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Territory of Alaska
 By ANTHONY E. KARNES,
 Commissioner of Education. First publication, Aug. 30, 1898. Toct publication Sent 1Q2Q
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were discharged from the Govern ment Hospital today.
RUDOLPH CHILD DIES

Melvin Rudolph, four-month-old child of MT. and Mrs. Paul Rudolph passed away at the Government Hospital this morning.
 The remains are at the Charles w. Carter Mortuary, pending fun eral arrangements.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GENERAL LAND OFFICE
 District Land Office


 August 15, 1888. NOTICE OF FILING OF FLATS
 OF SURVEYS.
 Notice is hereby given that the plats of surveys in T. 56 s. R. 6S E. T. 5 s. R. T E. GRIM. and T. 52 s. R. 72 E. GRIM. will be of ficially filed in the U. s. Land Of flee, Anchorage, Alaska, Oct. l, 1888 The townships are within the limits of the Tongass National For est and a certain tract of land was reserved for lighthouse purposes at Point Gardner, by Executive Order No 3406, of February 13, 1921. This tract is shown as Lighthouse Survey No. 1637 in sec. 16, T. 56 s. R. 68 E. In view of the fact thereof, no lands will become available for dis position under the general public land laws on the filing of the plats except as to any cases antedating the withdrawal for forest purposes that are saved by the protecting clause of the proclamation referred to above, and the public lands will continue to be subject to mineral filing under applicable law.
 All inquiries concerning tn e S e lands should be addressed to the U. s. Land Office, Anchorage, AL aska.
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Register. First publication, Aug. g, 1888. Last publication, Sept. 13, 1888.
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NEWS ITEMS
 FROM S!TKA

SITKA, Alaska, Sept. 3.-(Spec- ial Correspondence) John Sarvela, ST. who is confined to the hos pital of the Pioneers Home with pneumonia, is recovering satisfact- orily.
 Mrs. William R. Walton, teacher in the Government School, returned to her home here the. past week from Chemawa. Ore, where she at tended summer school.
 Miss Madeline Spendor has re- turned to Sitka after a two weeks vacation at her home in Hoquiam Wash. Miss Spendor is employed at the Arcade Cafe.
 Dan Webster, son of the Rev Jackson L. Webster, minister of the Presbyterian Church, and Mrs Webster, left on the Northland fol Spokane, Wash, to enter his senior year at Whitworth College.
 William Stuart, son of MT. and Mrs c. c. Stuart, members of the Sheldon Jackson School faculty who has been attending the Uni versity of Washington the past two years, will remain here this winter as a seventh and eighth grade instructor at the above mentioned school.
 F. Weldon, of Corvallis, Oregon has arrived in Sitka for an indef- mite stay.
 Roland Wurster, member of the faculty of the Sheldon Jackson Mission School, returned to Sitka after a vacation in the Stikine River district.
 New arrivals at the Pioneers Home last week include Henry A Gieske, of Chichagof; James Nc Ewing Longhurst, of Wrangell, James Take, of Anchorage, ano Winfield King Taylor, prospectoi around Seward since 1903.
 Miss Lottie Stevenson, principal at the Sheldon Jackson School who has been spending the sum- mer visiting in Scott City, Kansas and Denver, Colorado, has returned to resume duties here.
 MT. and Mrs. Sam Boyd arrived in Sitka on the Northland last week and they have rented the Lawrence Freeburn home near the Pyramid Packing Company can nery for the winter. Mrs. Boyd is the former Miss Ada Sears, who holds a position with the Bureau of Indian Affairs as teacher, and whose marriage to MT. Boyd oc- cured this summer at Eureka, Cal.
 Miss Cora Houk has arrived from Glenside, Penn, for the position as secretary at the Sheldon Jackson School, held last year by Mrs. Kenneth Carpenter.
 Miss Eunice Logan, a teacher with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, has been transferred from Hoonah to Sitka, where she will take the place formerly held by Mrs. R. L. Wolfe, who will not resume teach ing until January 1.
 Miss Bernice Morton, of Albany, Ore, who has accepted the position as religious education director at the Sheldon Jackson School, to succeed Miss Ruth Meade, arrived in Sitka last week.
 Mrs. Mary Goddard and sister, Miss Madge Clunas, of Goddard Hot Springs, spent two days in Sitka last week on business and acquaintances.
 Sheldon Jackson School teachers
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DOROTHY STEARNS-ROFF SCHOOL OF DANCING

Glasses for fall recital nov en- rolling. Social dancing for beginners. Phone Blue PTS. 526 5th St. adv.
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ANCHORAGE FAMILY TO
 VACATION IN SOUTH

MT. and Mrs. w. F. Mulcahy and their three children are passengers aboard the steamer Aleutian bound for vacation in the south. MT. Mulcahy is a member of the Alaska Railroad staff in Anchorage.
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who returned to Sitka last week to resume former positions, are Miss Ora Kukkendall, from Seattle, Tex as and California, Miss Allie e Cockett, from Portland, Ore. and Miss Emily Sidebotham, from Cali fornia.
 MT. and Mrs. R. l.. Wolfe and daughter Joan, accompanied by MT. Wolfes mother, Mrs. Martha Wolfe, of Pasadena, Cal, were incoming passengers aboard the Northland. MT. Wolfe is principal of the Bureau of Indian Affairs school, and with Mrs. Wolfe have been teaching summer courses at the Indian school at Chemawa, Ore. During her absence Mrs. Wolfe underwent a major operation at the Swedish Hospital, Seattle, where she was confined for a month.
 Ralph Weeks, of New York, ar rived last week to take up new duties as boys advisor and athletic instructor at the Sheldon Jackson School, to fill the position held formerly by Kenneth Carpenter.
 MT. and Mrs. Dick Dalzell left last week for Juneau to make their future home.
 Frank Metcalf, of Juneau, was a business visitor here last week.
 Passengers who arrived here last week on the Northland were MT and Mrs. Ludwig Berg, Henry Heino, and L. Johanson.
 Harold Guam, who has been en- ployed on a trolling boat during the summer, has accepted a posi- tion with the Sitka Cold Storage Company effective September l.
 Mrs. Edwin Frederickson and two sons have returned to their home in Ketchikan after spending the summer in Sitka.
 c. Hornum, representative of the West Goa Insurance Company, and Mrs. Hornum, of Juneau, ar rived in Sitka last week. Mrs. Hornum left Friday for a two weeks stay at Goddard Hot Springs where she will be joined by MT. Hornum for the Labor Day holi- days
 New school teachers for the Sitka Territorial School who have arrived from the States are Miss Josephine Hayward, of Spokane, Wash; Miss Bernice Knapp, of Sioux City, Iowa, and Miss Elizabeth Stranahan, of Hood River, Oregon.
 Lieut.. H. Foote, U. s. N., has ar rived at the Fleet Air Base, Jap- onski Island, to act as supply of ficer. He relieves Lieut. M. H. Cox who has been stationed here the past year.
 Six planes, Squadron VP1o, U. s. naval air force, commanded by Lieut. Com. D. c. Allen, left Sitka Thursday morning at am. Sep tember l for Seattle The same afternoon six planes of Squadron VP16 arrived at the Fleet Air Base, Japonski Island, to remain until December l, with Lieut.. Com. Dell Conley in command.
 Miss Juanita Cooper, of Fair banks, has arrived here to teach in the Sitka Territorial High School.
 Kenyon Mclean returned to Ju- neau after starting the installa- ton of a heating plant for the J. J. Conway residence, and will resume the work for completion within the next two weeks.
 An enthusiastic audience attend ed the concert given by the Boreas Trio of Juneau, Wednesday, August 31, at the auditorium of the Shel- don Jackson School The affair was sponsored by the Sitka Women's
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LOST AND FOUND

FOUND-Boys' bicycle some time ago. Owner may, have by proving ownership and paying for this adv.
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An enthusiastic audience attend ed the concert given by the Boreas Trio of Juneau, Wednesday, August 31, at the auditorium of the Shell don Jackson School. The affair was sponsored by the Sitka Women's
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FOR SALE-City Float Beer Parlor Phone 541 after 4 pm.
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Mrs. Mary Goddard and sister, Miss Madge Clunas, of Goddard Hot Springs, spent two days in Sitka last week on business and renewing acquaintances.
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