Montana labor news., 1938-01-27
UNIONS ASK MORE
GRANTS FOR RELIEF
Adopt Resolution Concerning
Raid on Commodity Store.

GREAT FALLS. - The Cascade
Trades and Labor Assembly is ask
ing the relief authorities and WPA
to make an additional quota of $50
for Cascade County. The request
originally came from the relief COM
mittee of the central labor body,
through a resolution. The document
was sent out to the proper officials.
Dundas Office Supply Company
has Strengthened out their trouble
with the unions and are now on the
fair list. The unions are urging the
people to resume their former
patronage.
The Penwell Garage has been
placed on the unfair list both by
the Cascade Trades and Labor As
sembly and the Maehinists Union.
That the social security act is
functioning in Montana was made
manifest at the last meeting when
Delegate Clark of the Smeltermen's
Union reported that up to the pres
ent time II death claims had been
paid and also II old-age claims.
The Federal Labor Union Of Bill
lings is notifying all the unions in
Great Falls that all differences be-
tween their organization and the
Great Western Sugar Company has
been settled. This company perfect
ed an agreement with the union
some time ago.
The Department of Labor at
Washington informed the unions, in
answer to a protest, that the Fed
eral government had no authority,
under existing law, W. private
contracts that would exclude labor
from out of the state. In this con-
letter, that 1856 men were in the
nection the Governor stated, in a
employ of the State Highway Com
mission during the month of Deem
Der, but only four of them were
out-of-state men.
The Teamsters of Great Falls were
instructed to make an investigation
of the action of the Miles City
Trades and Labor Council in placing
the GAMBLE Robinson Company I'M
fair. The Miles City unions have
notified all the central labor bodies
in Montana of the unfairness of this
company. 1t is customary for these
communications either to be acteC
upon by the central labor body Oh
else referred to the organization di.
rectly involved. This was the pro
cedure followed in this case.
The Building Trades Council de.
sires that all work done on schoo
property and municipal property
should not be allotted to Work.
Progress Administration. 1t was Sc
forth in a communication from thi
body that the school districts anC
cities usually provide regular bud
gets to take care of such work.
The special committee appointed
last week to visit poor farm No.
reported that the only thing in theil
opinion that was wrong with thu
institution was that the structur,
being two stories in height wa
rather inconvenient for elderly anC
crippled people. The inmates APP
.parently had no complaints to make
Radios are in use in the institution
Another committee ordered to in
vestigate poor farm No. 2, however
found a different situation and salt
there were many complaints, one o
them being that the cooking wa
poor and that the rule providing in
mates must be in by $3.50 p. m. wa
not agreeable to them. The com
mittee said that apparently ais
some commodities that were bough
were never served to the inmates
A recommendation was made to tn,
steward that whole milk should b.
used instead of skinned milk ant
that a reasonable amount of egg
should be provided. Some of tn
merchants, according to the com
mittee, including Strain Bros. ant
the Post Office News Stand, haC
donated a radio, magazines ant
other articles. A letter of thank
was ordered sent by the Assembl.
to both Strain Bros. and Post Offic
News Stand.
Chester Kinsey, secretary of tn
Hill County Farm and Labor Coun
Gil, made an address before the As
camh1y urpinp the unions to estab