Montana labor news., 1938-08-11
Reid Robinson Nominated for
International President With
out Opposition; Sherwood Also
Assured of Reelection; James
Leary of Butte Elected to At
tend National CIO Convention.

After finishing a mountain of
business, the 35th convention of the
International Union of Mine, Mill
and Smelter Workers formally adj
iourned Tuesday evening, August
9Th. The delegates expressed their
appreciation of the hospitality ex-
tended them, but seemed to be glad
that the convention was over which
released them from its arduous
duties and permitted them to return
to their homes and families.
The last order of business of the
convention was the nomination of
international officers. Reid Robin
son was nominated for the position
of president. He had no opposition,
although Tom H. Brown of the Butte
Stationary Engineers was nominated,
but declined. In the office of vice
president, however, there were four
candidates, namely, Ora L. Wilson
of Local Is; Ralph Rasmussen of
Local BAT; Herman Butcher of Local
209, and Albert MCGEE of Local 20.
No opposition appeared to Secre-
tary-Treasurer John M. Sherwood.
He is very popular in the organiza-
ton.
Quite a number of nominations,
however, were made for District No.
l, namely, Tom Murray of Local
1T, Robert C. Brown of Local 1,
James H. Hall of Local 247, and
Arthur Kelly of Local l..
In District No. 2, Glen Gillespie is
opposed by Arthur Ashby. Both of
these men come from Utah.
In District No. 3 there is also quite
a contest, seven men being nomi-
mated, namely, John Fitzsimmons,
Angelo Verdi, Carson Preston, John
Piano, Charles Ferroni, Vernon
Hodge, and George Russell.
Tony McTeer of District a has an
opponent in Ted Schasteen of Treece
in the tri-state district.
Van D. Jones of Bessemer, Ala
bama, board member at the present
time, has no opposition. He repre-
sents District 4.
In District No, 6, which includes
the Atlantic seaboard, John ]. Dris-
coll is seeking the position of board
member against Jess Gonzalez of
Langeloth, Pennsylvania.
1t was quite a contest also in Dis
trict 7 which includes California,
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, British
Columbia and Alaska. A. B. Lind
will have his reelection contested
by Ray Livingstone.
In District No. 8, which includes
the Canadian provinces of Ontario
and Quebec, there are five nominees.
The five nominees are as follows:
Tommy Church, Arthur Tester,
Mike J. Mokry, Nick Rozak, and Bret
President Robinson, in accepting
the nomination, made these signifi-
cant remarks: "The betterment of
the labor movement goes far beyond
any personal interests. / ask the
full cooperation of all who are a
part of the organization and l pledge
my full cooperation to everything
that is for the betterment of the
International and the CIO."
Denver was chosen as the conven-
ton city for 1899. The meeting in
that city will commence on the first
Monday in August, altogether nine
cities were nominated and it looked
for a time that San Francisco would
win the prize. However, the dele
gates seem to want to 60 back to
Denver.
One of the most important actions
taken by the convention related to
the election of delegates to the ma
tional CLIO convention, time and
place of which will be announced
by Chairman John L. Lewis.
The names of the delegates to this
proposed national convention are as
follows: Reid Robinson, John Clark,
Rasmussen, Glenn Gillespie,
and James Leary. Five alternates
were also selected, including Van d.
Jones, Roy Scott, c. M. Marine,
Alton Davis and Archie Mcleod.
The manner of electing officers to
the International Union of Mine, Mill
and Smelter Workers is by rank and
file or by general referendum in
October of each year. This is some
what different than the practice pur-
by many of the international
unions which elect their board mem
bers and officers at the convention.
The names of the new officers will
not be known until October of this
year with the exception of Reid
Robinson for president and Sher-
wood for secretary-treasurer, both
Of whom have no opposition.
Butte welcomed the delegates Of
the International convention and re-
grets to see them depart. The people
Of this community who failed to
listen to the proceedings missed
something really worth while.