Montana labor news., 1938-05-26
Great Falls Informed
5eagrdms Are Fair

oIII9 AIc Toll
Important news came from Louis
vile, Kentucky, this week. The in
formation was from ]. T. Woodward,
representative of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, advising the unions
of Montana that all difficulties had
been settled with the Joseph E. Sea-
gram Company and the Calvert Dis
tilling Company, and that the fol
lowing brands were now fair to
organized labor and entitled to their
support: Seagram's Seven Crown,
Seagram's Five Crown, Seagram's
King Arthur Gin, Seagram's Su-
perior Gin, Seagram's Crown Spe-
cial, Seagram's Bar Special, Har-
mony, Silver Dollar, Old Crony,
Kessler's Private Blend, Kessler's
Gin, Ancient Bottle Rye, Ancient
Bottle Bourbon, Seagram's v. o.,
Pedigree Bourbon, Seagram's 80;
Calvert's Reserve, Calvert's Special,
Calvert's Private Stock, Old Drum,
Calvert's Club, Maryland Club,
Amber Gold, and Calverts Gin.
The American Federation of Labor
is recommending the establishment
of local Housing Authorities. Such
an agency is already successfully
operating in Great Falls. In fact,
the legislative committee of the as
sembly has submitted a written re-
port in which it has listed the fol-
lowing persons as being prospective
nominees for the Housing Authority
soon to be appointed by the mayor:
Fred ]. Martin, Mrs. A. B. Maxwell,
Jack Clark, Fritz Roll, Earl Baxter,
Fred Fligman, Roy S. Currell, G. A.
Bosley, George E. Hurd, Sam Clut-
ton, Lloyd Molumby, Randall Car
penter.
Congressman James F. O'Connor
and Senator B. K. Wheeler notified
the Cascade unions of their assist
ance in establishing funds for the
development of electrical energy at
Fort Peck. Senator Wheeler and
Congressman O'Connell promised
that they would attempt to have the
government maintain ownership of
the power line now existing between
Great Falls and Fort Peck dam.
Senator Murray pledged his sup
port to the passage of the Wage and
Hour Bill.
Barclay Craighead, chairman of
the Unemployment Compensation
Commission, thanked the assembly
for its letter to him in connection
with the appointment of certain per-
sons to the State Employment
service.
Another letter was received from
the same commission explaining that
they would send a speaker to the
assembly to describe some of the
provisions of the Unemployment
Compensation Act. A representative
of the commission was invited to
attend the assembly on Friday eve
ming, June Bird.
The Division of Labor Standards
of the Department of Labor advised
the unions that a sound motion pic
ture on silicosis was available if de-
sired. The assembly pledged its
assistance to the SPeltermen's I'm
ion should the picture be shown.
The Operating Engineers of Great
Falls has endorsed William (Bill)
Schrapps for county surveyor,
The organization committee of the
assembly made a recommendation
that the various clerks unions
throughout the state be requested to
contribute to a fund to complete the
organization of the clerks in Lewis
town. The assembly authorized this
committee to attend the next meet
ing of the Great Falls Clerks Union
and put the proposition before them.
There SENS to be some dissatisfac-
ton about the convention of the
Great Northern Veterans recently
held at K~alispell. It is alleged that
someone had designated an unfair
place in Kalispell as headquarters
for the convention.
The Cooperative Publishing Com
pany has collected $4,000 at the
present time, so it is reported. Plans
have also been made to purchase a
plant at Belgrade for the sum of
$4,000.
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The unions are already laying
plans for an elaborate Labor Day
celebration. It seems a little early
to mention it, but the days fly by
and the more time and effort that
are put into these affairs the better
they become. Unions are being
notified by the central labor body
that a three-day Western celebration
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