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Montana labor news., 1938-07-21
SENATE GROUP TO
OPEN BROAD PROBE
IN STRENGTHENING

WASHINGTON - (FP) - One of
the broadest studies of strikebreak-
ing and s~trikebreaking methods ever
undertaken by an official agency
will be launched here on July 10
when the Senate civil liberties com
mittee begins hearings in its study
of last summers Little Steel strike.
Witnesses to be examined by the
committee, it was officially an
nounced, will include high officials
of the Republic Steel Co.," eye-wit-
nesses of events during the strike,
union officials and workers, public
officials and persons connected in
various ways with the conduct of
the strike.
The investigation, which has been
going on for months with field rep
resentatives going over mountains of
evidence and thousands of words of
testimony, will cover the strike from
the time it began, and all of the
vigilante movements, thuggery and
violence used by Tom Girdler and
his cohorts will be brought into the
light of day.
The hearings are expected to last
for two weeks although there is the
possibility that they may extend be-
yond that, it was said. When they
are concluded the committee expects
to have testimony and evidence, e
lating to one Of the most bloody
chapters in the annals of industrial
warfare, unique in the country's
history.
Previously the committee has
touched on various episodes of the
Little Steel strike. 1t has exam
ined witnesses involved in the Mem
orial Day massacre in Chicago and
it brought to light the newsreel
showing the Chicago police opening
fire on fleeing workers.
The present series of hearings is
expected to lay bare the use of the
vigilante movement and the black
to work" movement as the modern
method of strikebreaking. 1t will
show, it was thought, the connections
between the Republic Steel Co.,
various public officials in the Ohio
steel valley and groups such as the
fascist Silver Shirts.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-21
Civic Leaders and
Legislators Denounte
$1,000 WpA Limit

NEW YORK.-(FP)-With only 8
weeks to 60 before all WPA projects
which cost more than $1,000 per year
per man, regardless of worth, are to
be strapped, civic leaders and legis-
lators here informed Pres. Roosevelt
and WPA Administrator Harry Hop
kins of their "unequivocal opinion
that this new cost-formula and its
consequences are inadvisable and
harmful"
Headed by the Rev. John Haynes
Holmes, New York Civil Service
Commissioner Paul ]. Kern, Oswald
Garrison Willard, Dean William P.
Richardson of the Brooklyn Law
School, Dean Enoch George Payne
of the New York University School
Of Education, the group, under the
sponsorship of the Natl. Citizens
Committee for Support of WPA and
the WPA Supervisory and Admins
trative Employees Local, United
Federal Workers, declared:
Professional and white-collar
workers on the projects, most of
whom now receive $23.86 per week,
or $1,240 a year, are to be trans
ferred, with inevitable de-classifi-
cations to types Of work with dras-
tically lowered pay.
"But as has already been pointed
out by medical men, even the pres
ent WPA wages, which by law must
suffice for a whole family unit, can
not be considered adequate from the
health point of view"
Montana labor news., 1938-07-21
ATTENTION!

Labor's Non-Partisan League
will meet in Judge D0wney's
courtroom Friday evening, July
22nd, at 500 p. m. All mem
bers urgently requested to
attend.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-21
LABOR SECURES LEGISLATIVE MAJORITY
JERRY 0'(0NNELL REN0MINATED FOR
CONGRESS; MIKE MULH0LLAND wins
Non-Partisan League Shows Its
Strength in Silver Bow County
in All of Its Endorsements.

The purpose for which Labor's
Non-Partisan League was created in
Silver Bow County was primarily
to nominate and elect a legislative
group who would carry out the aims
of organized labor in the legislature.
This aim was accomplished in the
primaries by the election of: Paul
Cannon, Sam Spiegel, Minnie (Mrs.
M. KERR Beadle, Denis Mccarthy,
Robert Brown, Frank Sullivan, and
Thomas Ryan, all of whom had been
endorsed by Labor's Non-P Partisan
League.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-21

Mike Mulholland achieved a re-
markable victory in the primaries
also, being nominated for State
Senator,
Congressman Jerry J. O'Connell,
another of labor's choices, was re-
nominated to the United States
Congress.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-21

The American standard OF
living must be maintained
in order that American in
stitutions may not be sub
ject to perils of discomfort.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-21

There can be no prosperity
without justly high wages.
Earnings of working people
are the basis and index of
progress in any community.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-21
EAST HELENA METERMEN Reject
50-(ENT WAGE cut OF AMERICAN
SMELLING AND REFINING COMPANY
n Murray and O'Connell
d Assistance to Men Out
Strike; American Labor
Osed to Any Wage Cuts.

r East Helena Local No. 70 of
irrational Union of Mine, Mill
melterworkers voted not to
the 50-cent wage cut and the
ny shut the plant down July
ge still find the membership
Montana labor news., 1938-07-21
MAYNARD ELECTED AS
PRES. OF CARPENTERS

At the last meeting of the Car
penters Union at which a general
election of officers was held, the fol-
lowing members were elected to
office:
J.. E. Mainard, president; A. w.
Huotte, vice president; A. ]. Emmer-
ton, financial secretary; Jack Gaff-
ney, recording secretary; Richard
Tiddy, treasurer.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-21

While the labor and farmer en-
dorsees in some of the state offices
were not SO successful, the loss in
these offices can be attributed to
incomplete information by the voters
as to the people for whom they
were asked to vote.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-21

the 50-cent wage cut and the
ny shut the plant down July
ge still find the membership
er cent for standing pat and
forcing the company to a bargaining
point whereby we can still maintain
a living wage. Although attempts
have been made to break down the
morale of our members, we a still
say that the spirit of good fellowship
reigns in East Helena and our ranks
are far from being broken. We stand
united in one cause, to uphold the
living wage established only after
we recognized our union. Like
other communities, East Helena has
learned the hard way; that it pays
to be organized.
We have entered the second week
of the strike. Recent developments
have taken place through the con-
tacting of our Congressman Jerry
O'Connell, James Murray and Presi-
dent Roosevelt, stating that no wage
cuts shall be accepted.
We are proud of the community
of East Helena with its possibilities.
The living cost of our fair city is
higher than any city in the state and
rates second only to Washington, D..
&C., in being the highest priced city in
the country.
Having on hand a resolution from
the newly organized Independent
Mine Operators of Montana, we well
come the suggestions given and the
action which has been taken regard
ing the federal government being
urged to take immediate steps to
expedite the settlement of the strike
at East Helena. We pledge Jul sin
cere cooperation in this matter, and
will aid in every way possible to
make and keep Montana a better
mining state.
The American Smelling and Re-
filming Company has offered a con-
tract whereby we will not be asked
to take a further reduction in wages
unless the other lead shelters have
taken steps to cut wages. This was
turned down by the union, as we
dislike the idea of being governed
by the wages in Utah and Idaho
where living costs are considerably
lower. Nevertheless, the union has
offered the same agreement turned
about, where as the company and
the union could negotiate a reduc-
ton in wages, if and when, the New
York price Of lead drops below $500.
The company has refused this, in
all fairness we believe this was very
reasonable due to the fact that the
price of lead is higher than when
negotiations were opened.
We sincerely hope the action of
the federal government will prove
our stand, as we are encountering
considerable trouble in getting to the
Continued on Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01
thoughts for the Day
NO DOUBLE CROSSINGS
ON ROAD TO SUCCESS

The road to success is a straight. road.
There are signs for those who follow 1t,
and warnings, too, that they may heed.
The way is we'll marked by those who
have gone before. Along the road to sue
cess are many things, contentment and
power and security, but there are two
things you will not find. There is no
shortcut along that road, and there are
no double crossings.
In this day of industrial upheaval,
when man is set against man in bitter
struggle of class, the signposts along the
road to success are dimmed in an obscur-
ity of misunderstanding, but they are
there for those whose heart is in the
search. Nor are these any double-slded
signposts. To employer and employe
alike they carry the same message. In
great, shining letters these signposts
point the way toward mans ultimate
goal-and the words spelled out are
understanding" and faith" and dill
gence"
1t is single road alike for those who
hire and those who are hired. 1t is not
easy, perhaps, to be a successful en-
ploye; but remember that it is not easy
either, to be a successful employer. One
must go down the road side by side with
the other, else neither is completely sue
cessful. Success for the one lies in the
faith his employer places in him; sue
cess for the other lies in the understand
ing which attracts to him men deserving
of faith. There can be no mutual under
standing nor faith without work-not
work by one or the other, but work by
both.
The employer who hires men he cam
not trust in positions of Importance is
a failure, for he has fallen short in the
matter of human understanding. The
employe who cannot be trusted is a fall
ure, for he has shut himself off from the
positions of Importance his employer
might otherwise offer.
Andrew Carnegie, great industrialist
and great philanthropist, was a success
full employer, and therein lay his great
ness 1t was his boast that he hired men
who knew more about his business than
he knew-and trusted them to do their
Jobs. Yet of them all, Carnegie did the
best job, for his job was to hire men.
Those men whom Carnegie hired
they were successful, too. Their success
was found in the great faith great man
placed in them-a faith that made them
work all the harder. Yet, had they not
striven to deserve faith before they re-
ceived it, they would never have been
chosen to places of trust. Faith is placed
only in those who have prepared them
selves to receive it.
You cannot say that the employer
leads his hirelings along the road to sue
cess, and no more can you say that the
employe carries his master along that
road. If either is to follow the path to
its end, the two walk side by side, hand
in hand, with understanding, faith and
diligence
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01
Well I'll
TeIIYou.;
says
Bob Burns

think one of the surest ways for
a married couple to get along to-
gether is to have a perfect under
standing about the things they
like to do. Sometimes a husbandll
go along for years maxim sacrifices
to make her happy when all the
time, she'd been much happier do
ing the things he gave up for her.
One night Uncle Slug didn't get
in until two o'clock. Aunt Poody
says, ut sure is late for you to
be gettin' in" He says, "It's late
for you to be up, too" She says,
81 forced myself to stay awake
until you got in," and Uncle Slug
says, "Weli, I've been hangin'
around the pool hall four hours
waitin' for you to get asIeep!"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01
CIVILIZATIONS TWO SIDES
christian Science Monitor)

There's likely to be a certain amount
of popular disagreement over the thesis
of the Bishop of Winchester, who told
the British Association for the Advance
ment of Science that civilization has
been largely failure" He held in great
respect the strides made in developing
practical applications of knowledge, but,
he said, "we ask ourselves what is going
to be the outcome of all these discover
les. Are we better and happier men and
women than those who lived in years
of less original thought"
He did not blame research for the
abuse of its discoveries in war, nor did
he advocate as did the Bishop of Ripon
in Leeds, some ten years ago, that nat
ural science call halt to further dis
covery, take a holiday. He merely OBJ
served that mankind's advance in char
acter has not kept pace with his advance
in knowledge. His intellectual and tech
nical development has far outstripped
his moral progress"
But civilization does not consist solely
of motion pictures, automobiles, radio,
explosives, poison gas and other material
things which can be used by those indi-
Viduals or nations which consider physi-
cal migt to be right. The arts and state
craft are equally important and must be
placed on the same side of any scale
attempting to measure the relative worth
of civilization. Though it is apparent
that emphasis is being placed on advanc-
ing the material well-being of mankind,
allowing certain british instincts to sur
vive today, one must admit that narrow
ing the barriers of space and time be
tween peoples of the earth, allowing
more freedom of exchange between
learned individuals and societies of all
nations, has led to greater enlighten-
ment on what the true goals of culture
and refinement really are. If this were
not so, then we might we'll ask-what's
the use of being civilized, let's be savages.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01
DIES COMMITTEE BARES
TRUTH BEHIND ISM
(Tulare Advance-Register)

The Dies committee now engaged in
un-covering evidence concerning the var
ious ''isms" in the United States appears
to be we'll on the road to revealing a
great of information of vital and general
public benefit.
Already astounding facts have been
exposed concerning the growth and
spread of communism, particularly thru
its qualifications between high govern
mental officials and the powerful group
of agitators controlling the radical ClO.
Judging from the nervousness shown
by the alien Harry Bridges since the in
vestigation began and the general uneasi-
ness of other communist leaders and
governmental sympathizers, the 'probe"
is bringing out many bare though en-
barrassing facts of truth concerning
those who have been conniving and plot
ting against the people and democratic
form of government in the country.
If nothing else transpires, the Dies
committee will have done a fine public
service by informing the public of the
actual details of the working and plot
ting of the communist disturbers and de-
stroyers. Also in discOuraging many of
their nefarious activities by instilling a
fear that their operations may be dis
covered and exposed to public gaze.
However, it is to be sincerely hoped
that the Dies committee is successful
in going step further by presenting its
evidence to Congress itself at the coming
session and bringing about general
program through effective means for a
nationwide purge" of all un-American
''isms" and their tratorous racketeer-
agitator promoters.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01

On cold winter days. she often
padded herself with newspapers to
keep warm. Saved the wear and
tear on clothes. she said.
Once she dressed her own son
up in rags and took him to clinic
so that she would not have to pay
money to a doctor for medical
treatment.
She was so penurious, she lived
in shabby boarding houses; some
times she lived under assumed
names so that no one would sus-
pect the poor old lady had more
than enough to pay her weeks
rent. She was so haunted with the
idea people would steal her money
that she had pockets made in her
skirts, and carried greenbacks and
securities around with her; and
she did all of this unmindful Of
the fact that when she sat down
there was a rustling like a mouse
in a Wastebasket.
Once the landlady of a room
ing-house looked at Hetty's frayed
old bag suspiciously.
I'm sorry, but you've got so
little baggage I'll have to ask you
to pay the first week in advance.
Hetty complained bit, but paid
In constant fear of being aSsas-
sinated for her money, she always
kept along the outer edge of the
sidewalk at night to lessen the
chance of anyone springing upon
her from a darkened doorway.
She kept her money in the most
amazing places. She was the heav-
lest private depositor in the Ma
tional Park Bank, in New York
and had a large compartment in
the main vault. When she wished
to look into her private box, she
would make the guard leave, then
pull out her box, and sometimes
would sit on the floor to poke
around in it.
Due to a change in the banks
plans, it became necessary for hel
to open the compartment before
witnesses.
The witnesses gathered around
cautious, suspicious old Eetty
whose face was working, distorted
so outraged was she that people
should pry into her private affairs
The very moment had come.
Cluk! went the key.
The only thing whatsoever in
that steel box was one lone pai1
of dusty overshoes!
The money question is something
we all have to solve. And our sue
cess in life is greatly dependent
on how we solve it. Respect money
acknowledge its power, but do not
let it master you as it did Hetty
Green. Hetty died at the age OF
81, a lonely, unhappy woman. She
had depended on money alone for
her happiness in life. 1t can't be
done. Happiness depends on health
money, friends; not on any one OF
these alone.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01

The United States department Of
interior is considering purchase of
the ice caves near Shoshone, Lin
coin county, Idaho.
All Nazi press photographers are
required to wear special gray uni
forms when covering state affairs.
The term cowboys" first was
applied in America TO cattle thieves
who operated in New York state.
Forty per cent of all babies born
alive in the United States last year
first saw light of day in a hospital.
Pierre dupont, multi-millionaire
industrialist, has a s-enclosed
orange grove at his estate near
Wilmington Del.
Twenty-Five per cent of the vege-
tables now marketed in the United
States were unknown ten years
ago.
Nutmegs were used for pennies
in New Haven, Conn, during the
Civil war.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01
Editorials and Comment
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER /, 1885,
Bruce Cation Says

L q
been printed anything more shock
ing than the story of the four con-
victs who were scalded to death in
the Philadelphia county prison.
Many facts remain to be brought
to light, and precisely what hap
pened is not yet entirely clear. But
it seems indisputable that a mum
Der of discontented convicts staged
some sort of demonstration against
prison food, that they were con-
fined in a block of punishment
cells for sometime, and that event.
ually four of them were found to
be dead, and upwards OF a score OF
others were unconscious. The cor
oner is quoted as saying that the
deaths were due to scalding by
live steam.
Now if this story were simply
shocker-a grim revelation of the
lengths to which brutality can oc-
casionally gc-it would be worth
no more attention than a passing
shudder. After all, this modern
world gives us plenty of illustra-
tions of the scope of cruelty; one
more or less is not very important.
But the story is worth dwelling
on for another reason.
It compelS us to re-eXamine the
question of the sort of treatment
which society is obliged to render
to lawbreakers; the question OF
the rights df any which a man
retains even after he has been
locked up as an outlaw.
For this sort of thing is nothing
but the ordinary mistreatment OF
prisoners, written large. 1t is an eX-
aggeration, but only an eXaggera-
ton, of the sort of thing which is
pretty general in jails and prisons
all across the country-filthy quar-
ters, bad food, brutal and callouS
guards, beatings, and all the rest.
And it is about time that we made
up our minds, once and for all,
whether society has the right to
impose that sort of treatment on
its prisoners.
According to a fairly common
assumption, it does. 1t is argued
that if a man doesn't like that
sort of treatment, he can avoid
it by obeying the law and keeping
out of Jail; that he has defied
society by becoming a criminal,
and that he has scant right to
complain if society gives him some
uncomfortable moments in return.
Yet if you follow that argument
to its logical conclusion it leads
you into deep water. 1t is nothing
less than a justification of all the
stupid cruelties of foreign con-
centration camps. All the infamies
that the Gestapo and the OGPU
have inflicted on helpless men be-
come fair, even praiseworthy, once
you admit that a lawbreaker has
no rights.
But beyond all of that, a society
which follows such a course is
dumb. For most of the men in our
prisons and jails are going to be
released some day. The chances
that they will go straight" after
ward are certainly made no bright
er by cruelty and brutality
Man is a contrary creature; the
instinct to strike back, to get
even, is pretty deeply rooted.
So the Philadelphia horror is
worth little thought-not as an
isolated instance of inhuman folly
but as the fruit of a system which
is bad from every viewpoint
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01

man.
Her inco m e
was $500 an
hour; yet she
ould buy a
newspaper for 2
cents, read it,
and then have
her son stand on
the street corner
and try to sell
it to someone
else.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01

A sympathetic nature is charac-
teristic of most persons whose
birthday occurs today. Their kind
ness is reflected in their wide circle
Of friends.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01

J. B. LIT T L E
FIELD, Imperial
craftsman, says:
"Talk about mile
age, I've m a d e
t e S t s like this
with other brands
and Red Lion is
way a h e a d of
them ALL"
*Cilmore didn't pay one
penny Of remuneration to
any Of the drivers in this
test-aii records Were
checked by an Independent
Certified Public accountant
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01
One-Minufa TaSt

One-Minute Test Answers
/. Chicago.
2. 1t is a large marsh in Vir-
ginia and North Carolina.
3. David Livingstone Q813-1873)
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01
Barbs -.-

Nobody seems to be able to de-
eide whether it's a war the Japs
and Russians are having or not.
The proper term for it, of course,
is "a border-line case"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01
Hints of Etiquette

At a small luncheon or dinner
the hostess should introduce her
guests individually to one another.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01
Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

1t-NIIIuIt IFSE
l. Which is farther north-Den-
yer or Chicago?
2. What and where is the Great
Dismal swamp?
3. What Scotchman became a
noted African explorer
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01
DALE
CARNEGIE

Here is a story about the rich
est woman in the world. Her name
was Hetty Green. When she died,
she was worth S60,O000O0, and she
had made most Of It herself. A
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01

Some farmers i'm Montana re-
Gently smelled the smoke OF
forest fire that was 1000 miles
away. That qualities them as
jingO congressman.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01
Words of Wisdom
TOdaY'S HOrOScnne

There is no gambling like politics
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01

The population of Melbourne, Aus
tralia, recently reached the million mark.
Women are not permitted to testify
i'm Hindu courts of justice
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01

New York City's civil service examin-
ers now grade test papers by electricity.
The questions are answered true or
false" by check with a graphite pencil,
sensitive to electric current.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01

More persons died throughout the
world in 1918 from the flu epidemic than
were killed in the entire World war.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01

Used as fixative for fine perfumes,
musk from the male musk deer of Tibet
is worth its weight in gold.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01

C. L. BARRETT, Ell
Centro salesman, says:
my job calls for over
a thousand miles OF
city driving a month.
I've tried 'em all and
Red Lion gives 2 to 4
more miles per gallon
than any other brand" 3"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01

Comes news of a western coll
lege professor whose own mother
is in his class. Let's hope that in
the years to come she remembers
the things she learned at sonny's
knee.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-01

The village Of Ttoyac, Mexico, /,
built entirely on a bridge.