Montana labor news., 1938-03-03
NEWS or UNIONS
IN GREAT FALLS

The Montana Federation of Labor
has asked the Cascade Trades and
Labor Council if they are in favor
of initiating a measure designed to
repeal Plan 2 of the Workmen's
Compensation Act. It was referred
to the legislative committee. The
Federation of Labor also requested
assistance in defraying the expenses
connected with defending the Clerks
eight-hour law before the Supreme
Court. The letter was filed.
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Montgomery Ward and Company
'of Chicago notified the unions here
that statements made that their firm
had had work done by the Bayonne
Times, an unfair concern, were not
true, because all of their printing
had been done by firms in Chicago
which were union.
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Mr.. Jesse Stevens, publisher of
the Montana Journal, called the at
tention of the unions of Great Falls
to the fact that the Montana State
Telephone and Telegraph Company
had listed their property for rate
fixing purposes at $14, 1884, 48.80 and
for tax purposes in the sum of ST.
769, $4,000. The letter requested the
Central Labor Assembly Of Great
Falls to prepare a resolution asking
the State Public Service Commits
sion to make an investigation of this
discrepancy between figures. The
communication was referred to the
Resolution Committee for appropri-
ate action.
That the movement in organized
labor circles throughout the United
Estates to bring the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and the Committee
for Industrial Organization together
has not subsidized was evident from a
letter from the Kenosha Trades and
Labor Council enclosing a petition
upon which they hope to receive a
million signatures and which re-
quests the aforementioned ~organiza-
tons to continue their efforts for
unity. The communication from
Kenosha also requested that a con-
tribution of 81 be sent to help de-
fray the expenses of the petitions.
The Assembly donated a dollar.
The Cab, Bus and Truck Drivers
Union sent in a list of service sta
tions, garages, and accessory shops
that are fair to organized labor.
They will be on file in the Central
Labor Office.
The Machinists have placed an
assessment or bill of expense of $25
against the Penwell Garage. This
business is unfair to their organiza-
ton. The Machinists also notified
the assembly that they r con-
tributing So a month to the Central
Labor Office.
The Lions Club of Cascade Coun-
ty forwarded a communication to
the Central Labor Assembly stating
that in 1897 $685. 1857 gallons of
gasoline had been imported into the
state of Montana. The unions are
in full accord about buying Mon
tana gasoline exclusively. This mat
ter was thrashed out at the unem-
ployment conference held in Helena
in December. At that time there
was a resolution introduced from
Billings which mentioned about buy
ing gasoline made in Montana but
it was not adopted by the conven-
ton owing to the question of freight
rates and other factors entering into
the subjects. There seemed to be a
slight suspicion that gasoline made
outside the confines of Montana can
be shipped in here for less than the
cost of gasoline manufactured in
Montana.
About thirty delegates from the
Central Labor Assembly paid a visit
to Lewistown to attend the i~nstalla-
ton ceremonies of the unions in that