Montana labor news., 1938-06-16
GREAT FALLS UNIONS
IN ACTIVE SESSION

The Cascade Trades and Labor
Assembly at its last meeting official
ly thanked the Great Falls Chamber
of Commerce for its contribution of
S25 which was used to take care of
expenses of national air mail week.
II would appear from letters re-
ceived from Senators Wheeler and
Murray and Congressman O'Connell
and O'Connor that they + in ac-
cord with the policies of the unions
in relation to non-intervention on
behalf of the government in other
nations affairs. The particular event
which elicitated the statement re-
lating to Mexico.
All of Montana's delegation is in
accord with Senator Murray's
amendment submitted some time ago
in the Senate to use materials of
domestic origin on rural electrified
ton projects. This actually relates
to the use of copper in transmission
lines. In the same communication
from the national representatives, it
was stated that they would use their
efforts to restrict the use of the
National Guard in labor disputes,
and also that they were opposed to
the giving of gifts to the National
Guard by corporations and indus
trialists. This action 0 from a
measure recently introduced in the
Senate amending the national de-
tense act and prohibiting the use of
National Guard in labor disputes.
Powell County Trades and Labor
Council asked the Cascade Trades
and Labor Council to support Ed
ward j. Nichols, president of the
Powell County Council, who is run
ming for the position of Railroad
Commission for the two-year term.
The Painters Union declared the
Deaconess Hospital unfair and
placed a bill of $3.50 against them.
The Assembly submitted the COM
plant to its Grievance committee.
The Great Falls unions, especially
the Assembly, has been trying to
have the Soil Conservation offices
and the Federal Crop Insurance Of
fees located in Great Falls.
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The Assembly recently heard from
Senator LaFollette stating that he
would assist in having this matter
brought to the attention Of the Civil
Liberties committee in connection
with an investigation of the Billings
and Lewistown Associated Indus
tries which are trying to prohibit the
organization of unions.
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The Great Falls unions notified
the Kohler Company of Kohler, Wis
consin, that they would not recog-
nize an independent labor union.
This company has had a lot of labor
trouble. 1t manufactures plumbing
equipment. Apparently it is trying
to impress people that its employees
are legitimately organized but on the
face of it, it looks as though they
belong to a company union.
The Assembly appointed Dial
O'Neil, Ekstrom, Hartwig, and Bax-
ter to interview the County Com
m%issioners for the purpose of asking
them to place a union man in the
office of constable, which was left
vacant by the death of John Bowers.
Edward j. Nichols, executive
board member of the State Fedora
ton Of Labor, and president of the
Powell Trades and Labor Council,
was a speaker at the last session of
the Assembly. He described the eff
forts Of the guards at the peniten-
tiary to organize and how the State
Board had refused to recognize them.
The speaker mentioned that Gov
ernor Ayers had invoked the powers
granted him under House Bill 65 by
dismissing five of the members of
the ~penitentiary guards. Nichols
suggested that House Bill IS be re-
pealed.
Mr.. William Dunn was also a
speaker at the Assembly. He talked
on labor economics.
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The Legislative committee in its
report urged that State Senator Mr..
r. S. O'Day be defeated in the forth
coming election.
The committee has under consid-
Grafton at this time the name of DR..
Harry j. McGregor for state senator
of Cascade County.
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