Montana labor news., 1938-11-03
ANACONDA URGES
PEACE IN LABOR

Nouiisil VI TaildcOilud nelu us IeBu-
lar meeting Monday, Oct. "a, in the
lower A. o. H. hall. A large attend
ance of delegates were present. Mr..
Edward O'Byrne from Helena was
in attendance. Roll call of dele
gates was called, absentees noted.
Pres. Ashlock presided at the
meeting and announced Secretary
Walter Healy was quite i'll in the
hospital, and the president and all
present hoped for a speedy recovery
of Mr.. Healy. In his absence, Dan
S. Lyons, financial secretary, acted
as secretary.
Walter Bolkvatz, local attorney,
made a talk in behalf of Ref. House
Bill No. 40. He explained the bene-
fits derived by the voters giving
this bill a large majority in the way
Of city, county and state taxes de-
rived from licenses the tavern keep
ers have to pay. Also the money
that goes to the old folks pension in
this state. He asked all unions and
members of organized labor to sup
port this bill.
Bro. Joseph Doran reported about
Joseph Fuller's case, the boy who
was run over by an automobile last
summer and who NEEDED medical
attention, and which the Central
Labor Council had made a liberal
donation at their last meeting. Bro.
Doran said the boy had been oper-
ated on last week and the bones in
his head that were causing the
trouble had been removed and he
was getting along fine at the hospi-
tai. He expressed thanks to the
council for what they had done from
the boys parents. A check for IS
received from the Shelter City
Lodge, l. A. of Machinists, was do
mated to Joseph Fuller, which is for
further helping this boy.
Credentials were received from
the Bartenders Union for VIM.
McEarchran as a delegate and from
the Anaconda Teachers Union for
Miss Irene Murphy. Upon motion
the delegates were seated and obi
gated.
Bro. Sawyer reported on condi-
tons at Warm Springs, saying there
was practically no fire protection as
the water mains were rusted out
and would not carry the water. This
work should be done to protect the
inmates in case of fire. He said the
institution was overcrowded, there
being 1,700 patients there at present.
He said the doctor in charge wanted
a committee from the council to
work with him, setting the budget
for the ensuing year, and it is hoped
money enough will be appropriated
so needed work can be done and to
put the 8-hour law in effect at the
institution.
Bro. Erickson reported about the
bad conditions on doors swinging in
and other fire hazards and said the
doctor wanted to have this work
done right. He said the state had
money to do this work but would
not let go of it. Bro. Finnegan re-
ported the $4,000 appropriation was
not enough and said authorities
should see to it they asked for and
received enough money to run the
state institutions properly. He said
Gov. Ayers, Harry Freebourn and
Sam Mitchell promised to go before
the legislative committee at the
legislature and ask for this money
before the next session. A commit
tee to assist in this matter was
named: Bro. Welk, Ferguson, Mogus,
Donohue, Sullivan. They will re-
port at the next meeting.
Bro. Mogus reported on a local
auto dealer who has been declared
unfair some time ago as he has not
paid the fines to the. unions. He has
not been officially declared fair by
the council. The man wanted to be
advertised fair and he would then
pay the fines against him in full.
Pres. Ashlock named a committee
of Bouchard from Auto Mechanics,
Barnett from Carpenters, Mogus
from Transfers Union to see if this
matter can be settled amicably.
The Retail Clerks asked the coun-
Gil to send a letter to the Merchants
Association to close all stores and
places of business for two hours
Saturday, Nov. 5, to witness the
football game on that date. Upon
motion and passed a letter will be
sent to Mr. Collins asking this re-
quest.
Motion was made and passed to
concur in a request the Mclaughlin
Bros, who are doing work at the
Nevada Creek dam be declared I'M
fair to organized labor, and Deer
Lodge, Great Falls and Butte coun-
ellis be informed of same.
Ed O'Byrne was given the floor
and made a fine talk regarding the
A. F. of L. and the CLIO unions
would soon come to a settlement
through the efforts of Mrs. Perkins
on her suggestion of a committee
OF five from each organization and
three neutral parties, making a COM
mittee of Is in all. He told of other
doings throughout the state and said
work was picking up. He said if
these two organizations get together
they would have a membership of