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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-10-26

WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A HIGH RE-
gard for Congressman Ryan, but this hunt
ing episode is disappointing. Many hunters
are guilty of minor attractions on occasion
but having to explain several on one trip can
not be dismissed as carelessness.
IT'S CONVINCING PROOF THAT
athletics aren't over-emphasized when the
fans take as much pride in the school
band between halves as they do in winning
team during the halves. That's the situa-
ton in Redwood Falls.
A TWIN CITIES NEWSPAPER STORY
says efforts are being made to find good
federal job for former Governor Benson, the
scheme being ito remove him as a candi-
date for governor in 194O" We thought the
voters disposed of that matter in 1888.
THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL SET
an all-time record for arrests during Septem-
Der. It's task is to teach traffic safety as a
f1unked the elective courses carried on gen.
orally throughout the state. The latter
courses had advantages. Tuition was free.
~1r LOOKS LIKE A FIRST DOWN,
yep he made it. No he's way short They're
going to measure it. It'll be close. Nope,
didn't make it. Whoops, what's that, yes
it's way over. Made it easy. By six inches"
just sample of what football broadcast
customers undergo every Saturday.
ARGENT MAGAZINE ARTICLE IN
forms us that while the American battle
ships have the biggest guns and heaviest
armor of any in the world, they are also the
slowest. They are sluggers, not boxers.
That seems strange, when Americans have
always been more or less speed crazy in
every other respect-Park Region Echo.
HE ISN'T TYPICAL, OF COURSE,
but fellow everybody knows who has been
on relief or WPA since his neighbors can
remember, who drinks to excess but still
drives nice car and dresses his family
pretty well because he owes everybody that
ever trusted him or cashed one of his checks
lis doing his part to promote taxpayers
strikes.
AN EXCHANGE COMPLAINS OF
Senator Shipsteads always taking the mid
die Of the road" That really is un-Amer-
can. We're usually at one extreme or the
other. We either allow the rich to fatten at
the expense of the poor, or support the poor
in such luxury that we threaten to break the
ITCH. we Try To- keep everyone from dflnk-
ing for time and then make it possible for
everyone to get all they can hold. We preach
disarmament and let our defenses get out
CT date and undermanned, then rush full
speed into rearmament.
IT REALLY IS TOO BAD THAT LAW
violators in general are not hunted with the
same vigor that game wardens display in
their official activities and that crime in
general is not punished with the same re-
lontless zeal that marks the prosecution of
game law violators. All manner of crimes
go unpublished and even when the guilty
parties are apprehended suspended sent
ences and paroles are common But the
game laws are strictly enforced No mat
ter if the offenders are mere boys the law
cracks down On them. Those same boys
could commit burglary and get suspended
sentence without asking for it.-Springfeld
Advance-Press.
DIR. DAFOE SAYS THE CUNTS WILL
be five feet, five inches TALL Suppose they'll
quarrel over boy friends, Doc?
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-10-26
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-10-26

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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-10-26

WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A HIGH RE
gard for Congressman Ryan, but this hunt
ing episode is disappointing. Many hunters
are guilty of minor infractions on occasion
but having to explain several on one trip car
not be dismissed as carelessness.
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09
FINNEGAN HIGH NAN
FOR POSTMASTER

Many people will be interested in
knowing the result of the recent
civil service examinations at Ana
conda for the position of postmaster,
which is as follows:
No. l, Frank J.. Finnegan,
No. Q, Daniel Kelly,
No. 3, Emil Brolin.
Organized labor has been especial
ly interested in this examination as
Frank Finnegan has been Endorsed
by organized labor throughout the
state of Montana for the position
and is president of the Montana
Typographical Conference and
permanent chairman of the Mon
tana Public Welfare Council, an or
~ganization representing approx
mately $4,000 citizens of Montana,
trying to correct injustices perpe-
trated upon old-aged pensioners, de-
pendent children and those on direct
relief, in the state of Montana.
Any help you give me in letting
the public know of this examination
will be appreciated as the state press
has declined to print a line of it.
Yours truly,
FRANK FINNEGAN.
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09
UNION TO SEEK
COMPLIANCE WITH
WAGE-H0UR LAW
Attorneys Hired to Garry Fight
to the Courts; FreebOurn's
Office Declares Present
Mine Shift Is Illegal.

Not satisfied with the Anaconda
Copper Mining Company's answers
to the miners request for shorter
work-day, during the recent nego-
tiations, the Butte Miners Union is
starting procedure to test the legal
ity of the present workday in the
Butte mines. Attorneys Wellington
D. Rankin and Phillip O'Donnell
were engaged by the union follow
ing the acceptance of the eight-hour
collar to collar committees report
which recommended the action.
While the full details of the move
were not announced, it was disclosed
that the union will seek court de-
cision against the present 9 to 91s
hour workday in the Butte mines
which is a direct violation of the
states legal workday. The union has
obtained an opinion from the office
of Attorney General Harrison j..
Freebourn confirming its position
that the hours of work per day in
A. c. M. company mines do not by
any stretch of imagination comply
with the state 8-hour law. In order
to complete an 8H full hours under
ground the Butte miners are re-
CURED to, in addition, put in at least
a half an hour, which time is neces-
sary and is spent in actual service
for the company.
The union feels that its members
employed in an industry dangerous
to health and life are entitled to
even shorter hours than are pre-
scribed by the law and hours that
are not being practiced.
The recent signing Of the two
year agreement did not freeze the
workday to its present length and
does not make the establishment of
a shorter workday impossible.
An adjustment reducing the num-
Der of hours on company property
as unsuccessful sought by the union
in the recent negotiations for a new
agreement would cause little If any
increase in operating cost.
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09
Court Decision
Favors Brewery
Workers Union
Rules A. f. of l.. Is Without
Power to Order Transfer of
Beer Drivers to Team
Sters' Union.
Fundamental Structure of A. f.
of l.. AS Created by Inter
national and National
Unions Sustained.

In a decision handed down Fri
day, October 6, the Hon. T. Alan
Goldsborough, judge in the United
States District Court at Washington,
D. c., ruled that the American Fed
Grafton of Labor has no power to
change the jurisdiction over beer
drivers without the consent of the
Brewer Workers Union"
A restraining order issued the
same day declared that the Execu-
tive Councils decision of May 2,
1888, ordering transfer of the beer
drivers to the Transfers Union, and
the 1888 convention resolution ap-
proving that decision, are illegal,
null, void and of no effect" The
restraining order also permanent
ly enjoined and restrained the A.
F. of L., the Transfers Union, and
various officials of both organiza-
tions from endeavoring to put the
transfer of beer drivers into effect.
In the decision, Judge Goldsbor-
ough stated that the evidence was
uncontradicted that at no time since
it affiliated with the A.. F. Of L. in
1887 had the Brewery Workers
Union yielded jurisdiction I'VE beer
drivers "in any manner or to any
extent" The decision refuted the
A. F. of LIS contention that its an
nual convention was the final
authority" in constituting the con-
tract embodied in the Certificate of
Affiliation held by the Brewery
Workers Union, holding that courts
have the right to step in and grant
relief when a contract is violated.
"The evidence clearly shows" the
decision states, that since the adop-
ton of the 1888 resolution of the
American Federation of Labor
the Transfers Union and the Amer
lean Federation of Labor have en-
deavored to coerce, and have coerced
employers of labor not to employ
beer drivers affiliated with the
plaintiff, the American Federation
of Labor by correspondence and the
Transfers Union by picketing and
personal violence for the court
to withhold substantially the relief
asked for by the plaintiff would
amount to a judicial recognition of
authority acquired by u%surpation."
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09
Excerpts from the Decision of
Judge GOldsborOugh

Note: Brewery Workers Union
is referred to as the plaintiff"
the A. F. of L. and the Transfers
Union as the defendant"
In this ease the facts are simple
and clearly established, and the
rules of law clear and easy of appli-
cation.
In 1887 the plaintiff became affili-
ated with the American Federation
of Labor, at which time it was
agreed that the plaintiff would re-
tain, as affiliate of the Federation,
the same jurisdiction over employees
which it had before its ~affiliation
with the Federation.
At the time of its affiliation the
plaintiff had jurisdiction e beer
drivers. The plaintiffs jurisdiction
over beer drivers was not contro-
verified for 10 years.
In 1899 the Transfers Union be-
came affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, and in 1900
claimed jurisdiction over beer driv-
ers. At that time the American Fed
Grafton of Labor took the position
Continued on Page 81
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09
COMMISSION SEEKS
RATE MAINTENANCE

Paul T. Smith, a member of the
Board of Railroad Commissioners
and a member of the Montana
Stockgrowers Association, and John
w Bonner, counsel for the com
mission, have gone to Washington,
D. c., to appear before the Inter
state Commerce Commission on
November 9, 1889, when that COM
mission will hear arguments rela-
tive to feeder and stocker livestock
rates.
The Board of Railroad Commits
sioners, consisting of Commissioners
Paul T. Smith, Horace F. Casey and
Austin B. Middleton, is doing every
thing possible to maintain rates on
feeder and stocker livestock which
are now IS per cent of the fat live
stock rate.
In April, 1888, the railroads filed a
petition with the Interstate Com
merce Commission to charge the fat
livestock rates on feeder and stocker
livestock and to refund on the IS
per cent basis upon presentation of
evidence showing %reshipment by rail
from the place where the stock had
been conditioned for market. The
railroads sought also to put in other
rules affecting livestock rates.
The Montana Board of Railroad
Commissioners contends that Mon
tana livestock men are entitled to
the IS per cent rate for feeder and
stocker livestock without any furth-
er regulations and impediments. The
board declares that if the petition
of the railroads is granted by the
Interstate Commerce Commission
that it will cause great damage to
the livestock industry in the state
of Montana and, therefore, the board
is vigorously opposing any changes
in the present livestock rate.
Commissioner Smith said that the
livestock industry in Montana needs
all possible help and everything
should be done which will benefit
the livestock industry in the state
of Montana since it is one of our
most vital and major industries.
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09
beet OF
TALK NIGHT AT
Butte HIGH SCHOOL
Left Erickson, Associate Justice
of Supreme Court, One of
Speakers.

'How Can We Keep the U. S. Out
of War;" is the topic for discussion
by prominent speakers tonight as
the Independent Butte Community
Forum gets under way with its first
meeting of the season.
Associate Justice Left Erickson of
Montana's Supreme Court heads the
impressive list of speakers, which
includes Bill Mason of Butte Miners
Union No. |, H. Lowndes Maury,
prominent Butte attorney, and Rev.
Floyd E. Logee, Presbyterian min
lister.
Phil O'Donnell will preside as
chairman of the forum meeting,
which will be held in the old Butte
high school auditorium, starting
promptly at 7:45 p. m.
A brisk discussion is anticipated.
The forum tonight is the first of
a series planned by an independent
forum committee. Members of the
committee include Philip O'Donnell,
Clarence Blewett, Mrs. Harry Ken
needy, Mrs. Ina Young, Rabbi Joseph
Gitin, Mayor Charles A. Hauswirth,
Herb Wurst, William McMurphy,
and Richard Lake.
Forums will be held twice each
month. All interested persons are
invited and urged to attend council
meetings or to get in touch with
council members and communicate
their ideas and suggestions for the
forum program.
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09
farmers Demand SIMMONS DISMISSAL
A Tribute 10 Charles H. Bessetie

Many people pine for the days that haze passed and
see only the integrity, the reliability and honesty Of the
persons l0ho IiUed in those bygone days. Perhaps there
l0as a higher degree Of honor then than there is noU,
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09
SENATOR WHEELER
OPPOSES REDUCTION
OF COPPER TARIFF
Letter to State Department Expresses
Desire to Continue Tax to Preserve
Wages.

My dear Mr.. Secretary:
l understand that in the suggest
ed trade agreement with Chile re
Gently announced by your depart
ment, the question of import con-
cessions on copper will be discussed
with the possibility of a reduction in
the excise tax on copper resulting.
To such possibility I wish to protest.
In 1881 when the mining indus
try, and particularly the copper in
dustry, was in a %deplorable condi-
ton, with mines closed and men
out of work, Senator Hayden, Sena-
tor Vandenberg and I introduced a
resolution jointly calling upon the
United States Tariff Commission for
facts concerning the copper industry
and the advisability of placing an
excise tax on copper. The Tariff
Commission, in response to such re-
quest, furnished the Senate with in
formation that supported an amend
ment to the Revenue Act of 1882
providing for an excise tax on cop
per. Believing that such tax was
benefiting the mining communities
and creating employment there,
Congress has continued such tax up
to the present time.
In a discussion of this subject, it
should be remembered that the
wages of miners in this industry are
determined by the price of copper.
If copper goes down, wages 60 down
with the further possibility Of mines
being closed. AS an illustration, l
wish to call your attention to the
fact that recently the miners of
Butte, Montana, were granted a
small increase in their wages which
increase was based upon the pres
ent price of copper. A stipulation,
however, was made in the agree
ment between the employer and en-
ployees that were the price of cop
per to 60 down, their wages would
be reduced. We're a reduction in the
excise tax made, the price of copper
would go down and the short lived
comfort given these miners, taken
from them. AS a result Of this in
crease, more mines have opened and
more men put to work. To that eX-
tent the relief rolls have been re-
duced. While | use Butte as an illus
t~ration, l am sure the same condi-
ton holds true in other Western
states.
| am interested in seeing that our
present wage scale is maintained;
that those who are fortunate enough
to be working may continue to do
so and that no action may be taken
by our government in connection
with this agreement that may in any
way affect that employment and re-
turn again these men to the relief
rolls. l am sure you will give this
matter your very serious and SYM
pathetic consideration, l hope that
no reduction may be made in the
excise tax on copper.
B. K. WHEELER.
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09
Mine COMMITTEE
ELECTIONS GO ON

Working as fast as it is possible
to work without making serious mis-
takes the committee in charge of
setting up mine grievance commit
tees for the various mines is com
pleting their big job. With the cleo
ton of Emma and Badger mine
committee which will be done Sun
day, Oct. 5, all the operating mines
will have elected their committees
leaving only several incorporating
shafts which are not going to be
hard to provide with committees.
5-Man Committees
Each of the mine crews elected a
committee of five members; a chair
man receiving the highest number
of votes and two committeeman for
each regular shift, Five alternates
for each mine were elected also
which will, according to the num-
Der of votes received, step in to fill
possible vacancies on tn five man
committee. The elected committee
men and alternates will serve I'M
til the first meeting following the
installation of officers in January,
1910, at which time new elections
of mine committees will take place.
They will be eligible to run for re-
election. Starting in January, 1910,
the term of office of mine commit
tees will be one year like any other
standing committee in the union.
Committees Posted at Mines
As soon as each committee is elect
ed the union office sends a list of
committee members which the mine
management posts up on bulletin
board at the mine. There being no
way to state on this list the shift
a committeeman works on because
of changing shifts, the list shows
only the names and locker numbers
Of the committeeman. Members of
the union will have to inquire about
and become acquainted with the
committeeman on their shift. Later
some arrangement may be made
which will keep all members in
formed as to who are the commit
teemen on their shift.
Mine committeeman are charged
with the duty of taking up griev-
ances with the mine management
and endeavoring to obtain a salts
factory settlement of same. They are
required to hear all grievances of
members of the union at their mine.
Each committeeman is specifically
required to fill out and turn in to
the union a mine grievance report
blank for every grievance and com
plant turned in to him regardless
Of whether he took such up or not
or whether or not he makes a salts
factory settlement of same.
Other duties of committeeman in
clude making a study of conditions,
methods of production, safety first,
etc, and making constructive sug-
gestions to the mine management
with the idea of building a coopera-
ton of union and company in bet
tering conditions in and around the
mines.
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09

Genuine prosperity Is
condition and situation
where all who so desire
may work and receive the
products of their labor"
Leslie Taylor.
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09
RESOLUTION PASSED AT STATE CONVENTION
CONDEMNS Use OF DITAT0RIAL POWERS

The following resolution was
passed at the Oath annual conven
ton of the Farmers Educational and
Cooperative Union held at Glasgow
October 10 to 81:
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09

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., 1939-11-09

lOhich became kno10n throughout the lOhole Of Montana,
a business built on a foundation Of ethics l0hich brooked
no i%nfraction. Together aOith a kindly nature, he pos
sessed a keen %intuitiue understanding (Which guided him
oUer many a compiled problem. A liberal democrat,
he oppressed at all times more of the generous attitude
Of the progressive platform and often said that he ad-
mired Gene DebS.
1t pas only necessary to knolU Nh. BesSette a Uery
short time IN order to be conscious Of a deep and under
Iying sense of humOr and 10t 1Uhicb he inUaridbly and
spontaneously expressed. 1t lUaS one of his outstanding
characteristics. Perhaps the finest tribute that could
be paid to this man lOas the Evidence OF tears lOhich
1Oere shouOp By his employees, both men and Uomen,
in the shop aUhen the ne10s OF his passing 1DaS received.
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09
LENNES HITS Ar
u PRESIDENT IN
TALK TO UNION

A defense of five state university
faculty members, who have been
asked to resign by the state board
of education, was made by DR.. N. J.
Lennes of Missoula, mathematics
professor, at a session of the state
Farmers Union convention in Glas-
gov Saturday afternoon. DR.. Lennes
who made it clear he was not speak
ing on his own behalf, attributed to
DR.. George Finlay Simmons, presi-
dent Of the institution, most of the
present difficulties there.
DR., Lessen was introduced by D.
L. Manning Of Great Falls, who re-
ferred to the professor as a world
wide authority on mathematics and
a prominent author in that field.
DR.. Lennes said he had planned
to resign from the faculty last
spring, but had been persuaded to
remain at the request of other pro-
fessors.
Calls Education "Sterile"
Referring to the charge that he
and the other four had been asked
to resign because Of non-coopera-
ton, he declared, There has not
been a single case of real non-co-
operation at the university the last
four years, although education has
been sterile"
Lennes said that, as a member OF
a faculty committee, he had APP
proved the appointment of DR.. Sim
mons as president, partly because
he was misled and partly because
Of fraud, although I am not saying
he (Simmons) practiced it." Lennes
charged that certain letters from
former associates which were not
favorable to Simmons were with
held from the faculty committee at
the time Of the appointment. He
read excerpts from the letters.
Praises Merriam
OF the professors asked to resign,
Lennes referred to Prof H. G. Mer-
RAM of the English department as
zone of the finest men in United
States colleges" The only thing
against" him, Lennes continued, is
that "he was against the appoint
ment of DR.. Simmons" DR.. Lennes
inferred that Prof. E. A. Atkinson
was asked to resign because of labor
union activities.
There's seething cauldron down
there" DR.. Lennes declared, add
ing that "the call now is for pro-
fessors with a rat psychology, who
will jump at the crack of the whip.
He urged listeners to appeal to
Gov. Roy E. Ayers, who, he said,
lis the key in the matter if action
against the five is to be rescinded."
From the Glasgow Courier.
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09

The death of Mr.. Charles BeSsette
makes one realize that he liUed in those
days, and if others changed their viel0s
or change their character, he did not.
He carried not only the traditions Of
the past up to the present but he also
carried those qualities Of 0irtue and
morality whicb l0e are so prone to
refer to.
MIR Ressefte hniIt nn n haLeiness