Montana labor news., 1938-03-10
CASCADE ASSEMBLY
HAS BUSY SESSION
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Members of organized labor are re-
quested to be present.
Attorney General Harrison Free
bourn told the unions of Cascade
County that he felt that school
boards had the right to charge for
use of school auditoriums for meet
ings.
The policy and legislative com
mittee of the Cascade Trades and
Labor Assembly, which 'boils down
a lot of work and communications
from various sources in the United
States, was given another task to
do at the last meeting of the AS
sembly when a letter from the Cas-
cade County Farm-Labor Council,
relative to the selection of public
officials in the coming primaries,
was turned over 10 men,.
The Cascade Trades and Labor
Assembly is communicating with
the Sawyer chain store organization
at the request of the Lewistown
Trades and Labor Council, who
asked that this firm be interviewed
in respect to their labor attitude.
The Lewistown Trades and Labor
Council also thanked the Cascade
central labor body for its repre-
sentation at the installation exercises
at the Lewistown Council last week.
Another letter was received from
]. T. Woodward, special representa-
tive of the American Federation of
Labor, Louisville, Kentucky, advis-
ing the unions of Great Falls that
the products of Seagram Whiskey
Company were still unfair. The
Great Falls unions were also mott
fled that the unions of Butte were
being informed of the situation
existing at Louisville, Kentucky, in
respect to Seagram's Distilleries.
The Painters Union, through Per-
ny S. Melton of Kalispell, n of its
officers, requested information re-
garding wage scales and working
contracts covering the hotel and
restaurant workers, clerks, BARRIERS,
theatrical workers, and also some
information regarding the Farm
Labor Council. 1t looks like Kalis-
pell is going to try and organize all
these groups in that district. Here's
wishing them luck.
Wage agreements of the Cleaners
Dyers and Laundry Workers in
Sioux Falls were ordered sent to
Larry E. Riggin Of that city.
Mr.. F. O.. Torno, of Plentywood,
is seeking information regarding the
organizing a federal labor union in
Plentywood. Secretary Whitmore
furnished Mr.. Torno with the need
ed information.
Both Senators Murray and Wheel
er have advised the Cascade Trades
and Labor Assembly that Montana
has been granted a 1000 increase
in WPA quota. Up to the time of
going to press, Montana had not re-
ceived this additional quota.
Some time ago the Assembly went
on record as contributing to the
legislative fund of the Farmers I'm
ion. The Farmers Union comment
ed on this action in their paper and
an excerpt from this vas submitted
to the Assembly at its last meeting
The notice in the paper mentioned
that through this contribution, the
farmers and labor organizations had
been drawn closer together.
The Assembly had a visitor last
week, Miss Shemmelpfling, instruc-
tor in WPA Adult Education. Miss
Shemmelpfling in the course of her
talk said she was making a survey
of community activities for the
Business and Professional Women's
League.
Another visitor was Miss DR.
Townsend. She complimented the
unions on the wide scope of their
activities.
The Mountain States Telephone
and Telegraph Company was put
on the pan" by the resolutions COM