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Evening star., 1938-08-18

been conscripted to build German
counterpart of Frances famous steel
and concrete Maginot line. Estimates
of their number vary between $4,000
and 100000.
Only q few days ago, according to
reports of reliable eye-witnesses, be-
tween 5000 and 1000 labor conscripts
left Berlin.
When Germany's army reserves 60
into action next month, side-by-side
with Reichswehr regulars for the first
time since the World War, one of the
joint tasks will be to test Germanys s
vast network of Notifications.
The maneuvers, to be carried out
sectionally all over the nation during
September, will put between 10000
and 100000 men in action.
The reserves, the first of which re-
ported for duty on Monday, are being
given two weeks of preliminary train
ing in fundamentals before the joint
Evening star., 1938-08-18
By FRANK SMOTHERS,

Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent.
JERUSALEM, Palestine (by air
maiD With the growth of Jewish
acts of terror in Palestine in answer
to Arab acts of terror, increasing at
tention is paid to the Jewish minority
group known, as THE Revisionists."
They are a determined organiZa-
ton with military leaders for heroes,
with marked tendencies in the di-
rection of Fascism, even with brown
shirted youth organization.
Terrorism is secret. The extent to
which Revisionists are responsible for
the recent wave of murders of Arabs,
including the CHASTITY bomb outrages
of July in Haifa and Jerusalem, is
not at this writing subject to proof.
Revisionists, nevertheless, inevitably
bear the brunt of suspicion. This is
not to say that most Revisionists are
suspected of being terrorists. But
young flrebrands among them have
denounced the pleadings of recognized
leaders of the Zionists for patience
and non-retaliatior. Circulars pur-
porting and believed to be sent out
by Revisionists, ealing for an end to
non-resistance, have. caused grave con-
cern.
Revisi0nist Hanged.
One young Revisionist, the now
famous Ben Joseph, was recently
| hanged by the British following
shooting foray on an Arab bus in
which he and two other young Re-
visionists were involved. Another Re-
visionist, badly wounded by Arabs who
stabbed him in the old city of Jerusa-
lem after they saw him, they declare,
| place bomb amidst Arabs there
(this particular bomb did not explode)
is under detention, suspected of the
| crime.
Many political leaders of the Revi-
sionists have been arrested recently
and sent to concentration camp in
a British effort to cope with the terror.
Impressive underground information Is
! that none of the real Revisionists
| terrorists are among them. The
British authorities, I am informed.
know that few if any of the men in
the concentration camp are the real
terrorists, but believe that, particu-
| larly at time when so many Arabs
have been slaughtered in the bomb
outrages of July, they should be held
as sponsors of doctrine which di-
rectly or indirectly encourages their
young followers to direct action.
Revisionists Gaining.
The British and also the Jewish
agency-the official Zionist organi-
zation counseling self-restraint by the
Jews-are worried because the Re-
visionists have been gaining in popu-
larity. Among some 100000 Jews in
Palestine there are yet but approx
mately 10000 Revisionists, one of their
leaders tells me. But he claims 10000
additional sympathizers. Whether
that figure is accurate, impartial OBJ
servers agree that sentimental regard
for this extremist wing of the Zionist
movement has increased among Jews
discouraged by Arab resistance to the
building of national Jewish state,
by discussion Of partition of Palestine
and by British curtailment of Jewish
immigration.
Analysts of the sls1ation here be-
lieve that If the British Partition
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EDUCATIONAL.
Evening star., 1938-08-18
Swiss Unity Laws.

Legal experts at Bern, Switzer-
land, are working on the unification
of the Criminal laws as the result of a
referendum won by those favoring a
single penal code for the entire coun-
try The decision will cause many
changes, as each canton has its sepa-
rate penal code. Only 10 have capital
punishment.
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under local option, but opponents
OF racing predicted q difficulty il
passing even this type of law.
Until last year, three major race
tracks were operated in Texas. Arling-
ton Downs, between Fort Worth and
Dallas, EPSON Downs, at Houston, and
Alamo Downs, at San Antonio.
Evening star., 1938-08-18

reserve-regular maneuvers hit their
stride.
Hitler Making Tour.
During this preliminary period
Chancellor Hitler is making an in
spection tour Of military posts and
garrisons. He spent yesterday at the
Doeberitz Infantry School, near Ber-
lin. He attended battalion exercises of
infantry officers.
Germany has been working fe-
verishly for the last few months on
her own "Maginot line" Whole bat
talions o. labor service conscripts have
been moved from Northern Germany
to help.
Evening star., 1938-08-18
Pain Goes
Corns Shed Off

Hardest corns shed right off when
magic.like E-Z Korn Remover goes to
work. Smothers pain-softens up dead
skin and corn comes right out. Easy
to use-fast in action. Thousands use
it. At drug stores, 35t.-Adv.
Evening star., 1938-08-18
Growing Palestine Terrorism
Spotights Reuisionist Je,cs
Minority Semitic Group Bears Brm,t of
Suspicion for Outrages-Tendencies
Are FUscistic.

Commission (back in England after
weeks of investigations in Palestine)
recommends reduction of the pro-
posed Jewish state, or if the British
government embraces alternative pro-
posals which would avoid partition
but discourage the emergence of a
Jewish majority in Palestine. public
opinion among the Jews IN the Holy
Land would swing much farther in
the direction of the Revisionists.
(Copyrisht, 1888, Chicago Daily News, Inc)
Evening star., 1938-08-18
We're 2.95 to $50
NOV 2.23 to 4.23

Pied Pipers becouse Of their scientific, e.
elusive process, ore actually better sho
for chiIdren's feet! Strong, smooth al
flexible :. F.. every poir fitted by x-roy,
there's no euesswork. Dressy strap slipper
oxfords, high shoes. All sizes! Tots junior:
Lansburghs-Ar-Cooled Second Floor
Evening star., 1938-08-18
HORSE RACING REVIVAL
TALK HEARD IN TEXAS
Governor-N Nominate's Statement
That He Has open Mind
Leads to Speculation,
~ TIE Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
AUSTIN, Tex, Aug. ia statement
by w. Lee O'Daniel, Governor -nomi-
nate, that he has an open mind" ON
horse racing raised speculation here
today on the possibility the sport
may return to Texas.
Opponents of racing, however, point
ed to the overwhelming vote in the
House when the Legislature outlawed
racing last year. They said most
House members would be present at
the next session.
If the sport Is revived, it may be
Evening star., 1938-08-18
GERMANY RUSHING
DEFENSE IN WEST
Thousands of Civilians Are
Drafted Daily for Own
'Maginot Line
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Aug. 18.-Thousands OF
German civilians are being drafted
daily for work on fortifications all
along Germany's western frontier with
Switzerland, France, Belgium and the
Netherlands.
From factories and shops they have
Evening star., 1938-08-18

The Government Of Brazil will take
over all deposits Of petroleum.
Evening star., 1938-08-18

Borga. Bengal, will add special traf-
fic police to help the regular ones.
Montana labor news., 1938-06-02
TeamSierS Ask For
Joint Council Charter

On May 18th approximately rs
delegates representing IA locals Of
the Transfers Unions in Montana
assembled in Great Falls for the pur-
pose of the formation of a joint
council in Montana, applying for a
joint council charter covering Mon
tana and northern Wyoming.
The call was issued by Pete Con-
nors of the Butte Transfers Union,
who stated to the locals that the
majority vote of all delegates would
be binding on all Transfers locals.
Great Falls was unanimously
chosen as the seat of the joint coun-
Gil charter. Austin Thompson of
Great Falls was elected president;
John Mogus of Anaconda, vice presi-
dent; Thee. Swanson of Missoula,
financial secretary; James Cox of
Billings, recording secretary; Trus-
tees for the new joint council are:
John McCreroy Of Miles City, Will
liam Squires of Butte, and Raymond
Gray Of Helna.
Montana labor news., 1938-06-02
COOP HEALTH o
FIGHTS MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION

Of
the American Medical Association to
destroy the Group Health Associa-
ton, Inc, a cooperative medical
service formed by government en-
ployees, has pitched the issue square
ly into Congress and even the Presi-
dent has taken a hand to protest
against the attack.
1t is charged that the medical as
ISOLATION has booted doctors partici-
pating in the cooperative plan from
the ANA and attempted to boycott
them. 1t is also charged that patients
of doctors participating in the CO.
operative plan are Disseminated
against in the hospitals. Some hos
pitfalls, it is said, refuse to admit
patients of the Group Health Asso-
citation.
Rep. Scott ID, Calif.) and Rep.
Voorhis ID, Calif.) have demanded
a congressional investigation of the
doctors trust" Similar campaigns
against cooperative medical ventures
are being conducted by the Ameri-
can Medical Association in other
parts of the country, it is reported.
Montana labor news., 1938-06-02
Yellowstone Council
Places LaureIeaf Re-
fnery on Unfair LisI
COUNTY
TRADES AND B
ASSEMBLY

Under date of October 5, the Vel
lowstone County Trades and Labor
Assembly concurred in an unfair
action against the Laurel Leaf Re-
filming Company and the Independ-
ent Sales Corporation, submitted by
the Transfers Joint Council of Butte
and Local No. 1870 of Billings.
At the request of the Transfers
business agent of Billings, who was
negotiating for a contract with this
company, this action was held in
allegiance until this present date.
AS the Independent Sales Corpora
ton have turned the contract over
to the Associated Industries of Bill
lings, stating this Association will do
their negotiating in the future; and
as this Association is unfriendly to
organized labor, and will not nego-
tate or sign a contract with the
union, we + pushing this action
to the limit.
We ask you to aid us all you can
in this matter and advertise the In
dependent Sales Corporations prod
ucts as unfair.
Fraternally yours,
Yellowstone County Trades and
Labor Assembly. E. H. Hell
terbran, Sec'y.
Montana labor news., 1938-06-02
UNIONS STRIVE TO
keep RELIEF UP TO
PREVENT DISTRESS

Fred Langdon, a member of the
Relief committee of the Miners
Union, Adds McGrath, clerk of the
court, and Dan D. Sullivan, county
commissioner, motored to Helena
last Friday to meet l. M. Brandjord
of the State Welfare Department to
present the true facts of the relief
situation in Silver Bow County. Mr..
]. M. Brandjord promised that the
State Welfare Board would come to
the rescue and relief would not be
discontinued this month as it had
been for five days in May, when
relief stopped for all those who
were on direct relief and no orders
were issued until the state board
gave a grant Of forty thousand dol
lars. This time SIS, 1000 was asked
for to carry on to the end of the
fiscal year.
The relief situation in Silver Bow
County is very serious and applica-
tons r being made at the rate of
about two hundred a day at the
courthouse. The Miners Union is
doing all in its power to try to get
sponsors and also a raise in quota
of five thousand for the State of
Montana due to the closing down of
the two mines. There is also an
over-production of milk which has
been reported by the dairymen. An
effort is being made to get the We'll
fare Board to take the surplus milk
and give it to the families who are
on relief.
The number of men working on
WPA is $500 and 700 women are in
the sewing room. There is a need
of more money and more sponsors
for projects to take care of the I'M
employed caused by the closing
down of the two mines, the Bel
mont and the MI. Con. At present
there are 1,035 to go to work on
WPA jobs.
Montana labor news., 1938-06-02
GET RID OF PLAN TWO
Physical Examinations Used to
Blacklist Active Union Men;
Insurance Companies Take
Advantage of Present Law to
Deprive Injured Workers of
Compensation.

For over half a century the metal
crafts have fought against having
TO take physical examinations be-
fore securing employment, even
strikes have taken place in opposi-
ton to the physical examination, and
won. So strong was the opposition
to the examination by the railroad
shop crafts that railroads had to
abolish the practice in order to get
good mechanics.
A story is told of a mechanic at
Pocatello, who was out of work and
had to take a physical examination
before he could be employed. He
was a fine, husky chap who could
swing a sledge hammer or batter
down rivets with f~irst-class style.
He had to strip off all his clothes
in order that a thorough examination
could be made by a doctor, and made
the remark, This is the first time in
my life that l had to have a doctor
say whether or not I was a boiler
maker"
The idea of blacksmiths who are
employed for forging and making
YIELDS, of %machinists employed to run
lathes and make precision fits hav-
ing to strip stark naked in a doc
tors office to see if they are quail
fled to make a weld or handle me-
chanics tools was too much for the
skilled mechanics and they refused
to suffer the indignity of having to
strip off their clothes and be exam
med by a doctor before they could
make a living at their trade. There
fore, the corporations ended the
physical examination. This hap
pened in the early part of this cen
fury.
The main reason for the physical
examination Of mechanics was to
prevent the organization of the
workers into unions; it was a fine
way to victimize and blacklist a man
who was active in union matters
and the doctor was used to do the
dirty work of the corporations.
At the construction of the Fort
Peck dam the insurance companies,
operating under plan two of the
Workmen's Compensation Act, en-
forced the order for the physical
examination. Every mar who
worked for a contractor who insures
his men with an insurance company,
whether he liked it or not, had to
undergo a physical examination re-
gardless of the kind of work he was
employed to do or his ability to
work.
The depression was in full swing
Continued on Page g.
Montana labor news., 1938-06-02
History Of American
Labor Party in New
York City

The Youth House, 1859 West 49th
Street, scene of much activity Of
youth and adult organizations, was
the birthplace of the American La
Dor Party. The Youth House, oper-
ated by social minded people, did &
lot to educate youth as well as pro-
vide entertainment and club room:
for their organizations. The idea
came from the Youth Houses Of
Europe, especially Germany. A
forum was conducted once a week
lectures provided by WPA Forum
project. An active group of mer
and women extended the forum eve
nings by promoting a committee fol
the formation of a Farm-LaboI
party.
Then other evenings of executive
meetings where plans for future
work, means of advertising and con-
tacting organization and active mem
bers were numerous. A small group
always on the job repeated the work
already done for the benefit of new
Corners.
One of the first steps taken was
the editing and printing of 10000
copies of Laborite. This was an
Easter debut in 1886. The paper
covered the timely progressive items
Of the nation pertaining to Farmer
Labor movement. Also notice of the
call by the trade unions of New
York for political action to meet
early in May. This bulletin-like
paper was distributed in the neigh
borhood at mass meetings with eff
fective results. 1t resulted in bring
ing representatives of organizations
from all parts of the city to attend
the weekly executive meetings.
These people formed a coordi-
mating committee, exchanging ex-
~periences and plans of building clubs
in each assembly district.
The distributing of the Laborite
at a Carnegie Hall meeting started
four clubs. The meeting of repre-
sentatives of the United May Day
was covered by thousands of Labor
ties.
A banner carried in the May Day
march called to Join the load Club
for a Farmer-Labor Party"
After several months of the spon-
soring and coordinating committees
a decision to disband was accepted.
This made it possible for members
of the committees to devote all OF
their time to work in their respective
assembly districts. Thus the build
ing of clubs to sponsor the Farmer
Labor Party became the major issue.
While a nucleus of the Knickerbock-
er Democrats and other progressive
organizations took up the work of
building a city organization. This
became the American Labor Party.
Due consideration must be given
the operators of the Youth House
for free meeting space at all times.
And the expanding of $500 for print
ing was also their donation to the
American Labor Party.
HOWARD j. RIDDLE.
Montana labor news., 1938-06-02
Chief LABOR BODY
SUPPORTS nelson
FOR new POSITION
Other Cascade Council Notes.

Other cascade Council Notes.
GREAT FALLS. - The Bakers
Union informed the central labor
body that the trouble with the SAM
tary Home Bakery had been settled.
Labor is requested to support this
company.
Great Falls has placed the hide
pendent Sales Company unfair.
The Wool Growers Association
notified the Cascade unions that they
had not taken any part in the con-
troversy between the sheep shearers
and the wool growers.
=
Senator Murray stated he would
support legislation providing for fair
trade practices on government con-
tracts.
Cascade notified the Missoula
unions that it would not be repre-
scented at the Federation of Labor
convention on June 18th. The mott
fication was in response to a request
from Missoula to send delegates to
the convention.
=
The Great Falls Chamber of Com
merce thanked the Cascade assembly
for its fine cooperation in civic
affairs.
.
The Educational Cooperative Pub
fishing Company is requesting all
organizations to subscribe for stock.
Continued on Page 81
Montana labor news., 1938-06-02
RELIEF CONDITION in
PHILIPSBURG IS BAD

A report has been received at the
office of the Montana Labor News
that conditions in Philipsburg are
very bad. Heretofore the relief and
WPA operations in Granite County
have been entirely inadequate. Now,
with the Contact Two Percent, Trout
and Granite mines closing down, the
solution of the relief problem is put
squarely in the lap Of the county
commissioners.
Montana labor news., 1938-06-02
FIJI A COMMITTEE
Names PLANS TO AID
MONTANA ROAD FUND

HELENA. - Two plans to raise
$4,000, 900 for road construction dur
ing the next biennium were adopted
at an all-day meeting here Saturday
of the special Committee of Twelve
named one from each Montana high
way district. The plans are: To issue
3d. 900, 900 of debentures to be paid
from gasoline tax revenues, payable
in five years and maturing in ten
years; and to set aside 100000 an
nually from state liquor store profits.
The Committee of Twelve was
named by Chairman H.. J. Kelly of
Kalispell of the general committee
of 81 called together by Governor
Roy E. Ayers to help solve the fl
nancial tangle that threatens to de-
prive the state of 100000 of fed
eral aid funds for farm to market
road construction. To get this money
the state must match it with $3,000,-
900 of its own raising, and when this
revenue is provided a $6,000,000 con-
struction and repair program will go
ahead in conjunction with the pres
ent planned construction program.
L. j.. Onstand of Broadus was
named chairman of the special COM
mittee and he named an initiative
committee of three to devise means
of initiating the proposed bills. How
ever, the findings of the special COM
mittee will first be submitted to the
Committee of 81 for approval. Once
this is secured a statewide drive for
signatures on the bill finally APP
proved will be launched. Sufficient
names must be obtained on the ini-
tiatives and filed by July 9th to be
voted on in November.
The special group turned down all
proposals towards increasing the
gasoline tax one cent. The commit
tee recommended that the next ses-
ton of the state legislature be in
vited to pass a 'wheelage tax" or a
ton-mile tax on motor trucks and
buses to help ~replenish highway
revenues.
Under the debenture plan funds
now diverted to paying off the old
debenture issue would be diverted
towards paying off the new issue
after 1910, when it will have been
paid off in full. The present law
provides that the gas tax drop to
three cents per gallon when the
Continued on Page 81
Montana labor news., 1938-06-02

At the extreme of that vicious tend
ency you have those books that are
printed primarily for the collectors
market. Publishers of such books
gloat when they can announce that
they have printed an addition of 300
copies and destroyed the plates, and
that they will never permit any
more copies to be printed.
More power, then, to such publish
ers as international and Modern
Age, who believe that books are for
reading, not collecting. Probably
even Modern Age cannot give 'The
Labor Spy Racket the circulation
it deserves. Leo Huberman con
densed and selected the material
from the 8-volume published testi-
mony taken by the LaFollette Civil
Liberties Committee of the United
States Senate, and it should be read
by as many millions of Americans
as can read. Because the story Of
industrial espionage is one of the
most revolving that Americans may
read about their civilization. The
proceedings of the LaFollette com
mittee we're reported in the press,
yes; but most inadequately, of
course; and the new chapters of
labor spying that are being written
day by day and week by week in
America are definitely not being re-
ported in the press.
Not the real story, that is. Not
the story as it was dragged out by
Senators LaFollette and Thomas
from the noncommittal Pinkertons
and Burnses and from the bland
evasive manufacturers and their
stooges. Not the story Of a spy in
every union local in the United
States, and a minimum spy cost of
30 million dollars per year.
The 80 millions are spent for union
prevention and union smashing.
Manufacturers and industrialists
who in their national associations
mouth much palaver about the
identity of interests of capital and
labor, privately and among them
selves speak frankly of the war be-
Continued on Page 81
Montana labor news., 1938-06-02
EAST BUTTE TO
HAVE SEWERS

Congressman Jerry j. O'COnnell
announces that President ROOse-
welt advised him that the Presi-
dent had signed a WPA project
for work ON sanitary sewers in
East Butte carrying an ALLEGATION
of S9,5O6. The project will prob
ably go into immediate operation.
Montana labor news., 1938-06-02

the many bad
features about
book publish
ing in a CAPT
talistic econo-
my is e
tendency for
book circula-
ton to be re-
stricted, be-
cause of pro-
hibitive prices
to compare
lively small,
special groups.
Montana labor news., 1938-06-02
Workers Alliance Hold
Second Annual Meet
Condemn Enemies of New Deal.

GREAT FALLS.-The second an
nual convention of the Workers Ali
ance of Montana concluded its two
day sessions yesterday calling for an
additional quota of 10000 WPA jobs
for Montana and full supplementary
relief for all unemployed to take
r. of the recent increases in the
army of unemployed in Montana,
caused by the closing of the st.
Lawrence, Stewart, Mt. Con and
Belmont mines in Butte and result
ant lay-offs in the Anaconda, Great
Falls and East Helena smelters.
The forty-five delegates from 16
county and local organizations of the
Workers Alliance throughout the
state were kept quite busy conclud-
ing the work of planning the fight
for jobs and adequate relief, in
creases in the WPA wage scales,
passage of the Roosevelt recovery
plan, support of the program and
candidates of the Montana Council
for Progressive Political Action, old
age assistance, or%ganizational prob
lens of the Alliance, changes in the
state constitution and the defense of
the five leaders of the Workers ALI
MCMILLAN Davey, Henry Muir
ray, Ray Richardson, Jack Richard
son and Lloyd Taylor.
The amended article of the consti-
tuition dealing with the purpose of
the organization reads: "The pur-
pose of the Workers Alliance of
Montana shall be to safeguard the
interests of all persons in the State
Continued on Page g.