davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Montana labor news., 1939-07-20
Green Asks President
To Keep Union Scales;
President His Strikes


ance Of union wage scales was de-
handed of Pres. Roosevelt here by
AFL Pres. Vim. Green and a COM
mittee of ALL officials who con-
ferred at the White House for half
an hour.
Acting in accordance with a reso-
luton passed at a recent meeting of
over 100 AFL officials, the commit
tee discussed with the President the
elimination of the prevailing wage
clause from the 1910 relief act.
Green said they left two or three
recommendation" which the Presi-
dent promised to explore.
Shortly before the federation's
committee arrived, the President in
Dictated to reporters that the admin
istration would stand pat on the
elimination of the prevailing wage
clause and on its order that all work
ers absent from WPA jobs for five
days be dismissed.
The President said he had not
heard anything about the WPA stu
alton and stated that there could
be no strike against the government.
When it was noted that various ALL
a~ffiliates had called a strike on WPA
projects the President amended his
remarks to say there should be no
strike against the government.
He declined to discuss in detail the
reasons for the adoption Of the 1870
hour month and the dropping of the
prevailing wage clause, saying such
a discussion would take too long.
He said there are many angles to
the situation and pros and cons on
each angle and that no single in
stance could be cited without giving
it undue emphasis. The question
was, he said, how far should govern
ment 60 in basing relief, which is,
after all, subsistence.
The President supported a previ-
Gus statement by Attorney General
Frank Murphy declaring that there
must be no strikes agains the gov
eminent and warning that the JUS
tice department would strike hard
against chose who would move in
on conflicts of this kind and try to
exploit them"
Green was accompanied by G. M.
Bugniazet, electrical workers, l. M.
Ornburn, union label department,
Harry Bates, bricklayers, Geo.
Lynch, pattern makers, and John P.
Frey, metal trades department
Green said they appealed to the
President to intervene and protect
discharged WPA workers against
discrimination and that the Presi-
dent said he would look into it. He
also recalled that they made repre-
sensations on behalf of musicians
and theatrical people affected by the
abolition of the theater project and
the drastic curtailment of the arts
projects.
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia Of New
York, president of the U. S. Con-
ference of Mayors, called upon the
President shortly after the fedora
ton committee left. He asked, he
said, that the President and WPA
Continued on Page g.
Montana labor news., 1939-07-20
.LaSser'S Position Made
Plain 10 Local Alliance

Statements in the company press
giving the impression that the
Workers Alliance has ordered
abandonment of all protest stop
pages are corrected by the cores
pondence Of following kilograms:
July IS, 1889.
David LASER, National President,
Workers Alliance of America,
$50 M. Street, N. W.,
Washington, d. c.
Butte projects shut down 100 per
cent for third day by Labor's Emer-
gency Council composed of all ALL,
CLIO and Alliance here. Lasser's
statement re returning places us in
bad position if carried out here i'm
mediately. We ask national office
wire OK of our continuance with
labor until other agreement jointly
reached.
H. WURST.
The answer to this wire follows:
H. Wurst, Chairman,
Butte Workers Alliance, Carpenters
Hall, Butte, Montana.
Re your telegram. Alliance policy
in s%toppages where we are involved
with others is to recommend to them
temporary suspension Of stoppage,
return to work under protest, con
tinue fight for legislative demands.
However, we abide by Democratic
decisions.
DAVID LASER.
On the basis of Lasser's reply, the
Butte Workers Alliance will continue
to give full cooperation to other or
CARNATIONS during the present WPA
emergency until Labor's Emergency
Council agrees on other plans.
H. WURST, Chairman.
Montana labor news., 1939-07-20

WASHINGTON (FP)-Creation
of a civil liberties unit in the De-
partment of Justice, with all the
emphasis it places upon the protec-
ton of the civil liberties of the in
dividual citizen and of minority
groups, is one of the most significant
happenings in American legal his
tory" Attorney-G General Frank Muir
ply declared in a six-months report
of his work submitted to Pres.
Roosevelt.
Through this unit, for the first
time in our history, the full weight
of the department will be thrown
behind the effort to preserve in this
country the blessings of liberty, the
spirit of tolerance, and the funda-
mental principles of democracy" he
added.
Montana labor news., 1939-07-20

Opening sentence in a New York
Herald Tribune story: "a firm firm
American rejection of a Japanese
warning for all foreign vessels to
leave the ports-etc." Come, comet
Tell us how many firms are in
volved.
Montana labor news., 1939-07-20
Statement
On WpA Slash

WASHINGTON, July 8.-The fol-
lowing statement on the WPA cut
was released by President John L.
Lewis of the Congress of Industrial
Organizations:
"The helpless men and women who
are unemployed have suffered a
terrible blow in the passage of the
1910 WPA appropriation. This blow
will be profoundly resented by all
of labor.
Labor does not forget that in 1885
the Democratic platform promised
work for the unemployed. That
platform stated: We believe that I'm
employment is a national problem,
and that it is an inescapable obliga-
ton of our government to meet it
in a national way, When bust
ness fails to supply :. employment,
we believe that work at prevailing
wages should be provided in CO.
operation with state and local gov
ernments on useful public projects,
to the end that the national wealth
may be increased, the skill and
energy of the worker may be util-
lied, his morale maintained, and the
unemployed assured the opportunity
to earn the necessities Of life
Repudiates Platform
''The relief bill which was passed
is a clear reputation of that plat
form pledge. The measure will
throw out of WPA employment a
million WPA workers in the fiscal
year. Five hundred thousand of
these will be thrown out by the end
of July. This happens at a time
when there are at least eleven to
twelve million employable unem-
ployed.
'"The bill seriously discriminates
against a number of groups of our
citizens, especially the artists, must
clans and theatrical workers.
''The bill introduces a starvation
period for those who have been on
the WPA for more than IS months.
This is one of the most vicious pro-
visions that has ever been imposed
by a democratic government. We
believe that the citizens of this coun-
try will deeply resent this provision
when they realize its effect.
Openly Slaps Labor
''The measure openly slaps labor
by wiping out the prevailing hourly
rate on WPA. It further carries a
device by which the present meager
and inadequate monthly security
wage will be severely cut all through
the industrial areas.
"The total effect of this bill upon
the economic situation cannot help
but be Oppressive. There are
grounds for the fear that such a
terrible cut in WPA jobs and in
wage rates will touch off a definite
downward movement"
Montana labor news., 1939-07-20

NEW YORK. - (FP) - William
Green promised to rally the 100000
members of the ALL back of the
fight to restore the prevailing wage
on WPA in an address before the
32nd convention of the Init. Long
shoremen's Assn. here.
Montana labor news., 1939-07-20
Organized Labor OF Silver Bow
60. 10 Make Decision by Saturday

Unions, A. F. of L, CLIO, Workers Alliance and Newly Or
ganized Groups Are Determining at This Time Whether to
Permit Members of Their Organizations to Return to Work on
WPA Projects or Not. Decision Will be Announced Saturday.
Montana labor news., 1939-07-20

'posltlon Of the WORKING people OF
Montana.
The decision Of the unions in ref
erence to whether the strike now
in progress shall end or not will be
definitely known Saturday, July %.
Announcements will be made of the
verdict of the various unions at a
mass meeting, scheduled to take
place at the high school stadium
Saturday night.
Montana labor news., 1939-07-20

Another thing that tends to i'm
prove the longer you keep it is your
temper.
Montana labor news., 1939-07-20

F. oil. Take NpA Wage Cut
To The Pre-, Ient and Congress

Conference of Over Two Hundred National and International
Union Representatives in Washington Declares Unrelenting
Opposition to Pay Slashes Reaching Fifty Per Cent Resulting
From Provision in Relief Appropriation Law Aboishhng Pre-
vaiing Wage Rate on WPA Projects and Demands That the
Law Be Amended to Restore the Rate.
Montana labor news., 1939-07-20

The best way to get even is to
forget.
Montana labor news., 1939-07-20

Genuine prosperity is a
condition and situation
where all who SO desire
may work and receive the
products of their labor"
Leslie Taylor.
Montana labor news., 1939-07-20
soclsW
" or WONT ANA

There can be no prosperity
without justly high wages.
Earnings of working people
are the basis and index of
progress in any community.
Evening star., 1939-05-20
'low-Cost Housinq
Benefits Shared BY
Lumber Industry
Survey Report Says
Many Large Projects
Are Under Way

Lumber as the most widely used
material of home building Is shar-
ing in the benefits of the continued
impetus given small home building
by both public and private projects, %
says the 32d quarterly report Of
the Lumber Survey Committee to
the Department Of Commerce, re-
leased today.
Calling low-cost housing progress
the brightest promise of improve
ment in the lumber trade" the sur
vey says many large projects are
under way and that private enter
prise home building aided by i'm
proved mortgage financing is gain
ing headway.
THE National Small Homes DEM
onstration, Inc, a cooperation of
leading building and building ma
terial industries, initiated by the
lumber industry, has been an ef-
fective Nation wide means of popu-
larizing interest in small homes and
of pointing the way toward i'm
portant improvements in design and
economies in cost"
Stocks Not Excessive.
The increase in small-home build
ing rejecting the improved position
Evening star., 1939-05-20
By ANNABEL PAXTON.

The iron entrance porch Of the
present home of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Lippmann Is the dominating
and most interesting feature of the
street facade. Essentially a covered
balcony, this porch is narrow and
is supported by cast-iron brackets
of ornate vine and leaf design. Its
ironWork, also of cast iron, is a COM
bination of geometric pattern and
conventionalized natural forms. The
design of the iron porch is some
what reminiscent Of the ironwork
of New Orleans and Charleston and
is characteristic of the ornamental
ton to be seen on numerous other
Washington houses of the same era.
Well above the street, the porch
level is reached by three flights of
brownstone steps guarded by iron
handrails which terminate in cast
iron newels, possibly of somewhat
later period than the porch. The
door, with an iron grille Of simple
pattern framing the glass, is insig-
nifcant beside the two adjacent
windows. These windows, extend
ing to the floor and each divided
into is glass panes, suggest high
ceilinged rooms behind them.
The house is three stories in height
and built Of brick covered with
stucco. Once a dull gray. the stucco
is now painted a warm yellow. Sec
ond and third story windows are di-
vided into IL lights, have stone sills
and decorative wooden lintels paint
ed white. The roof is fiat and the
wooden cornice, also painted white,
is ornamented with brackets of a
type favored in the Victorian era.
Evidence of numerous additions,
probably the alterations of success
sive occupants, appears in the ex-
terror Of the house.
Built about 1845 and at one time
the home of Alexander Melville Bell,
the inventors father, this house
stands on the southeast corner Of
Thirty fifth street and Volta place
NV. Georgetown. To the rear Of
the house there is q pleasant gar
den and a building-now used as a
! garage-which at one time served
Evening star., 1939-05-20

show decline Of all per cent in
1898 output as compared with 1887
Indicated national lumber produc-
ton in 1898 Is slightly over 20h bill
lion feet. These 900 mills repre-
sented SO per cent Of the total out
put in 1887. 1t is probable the COM
plete census report for 1898 will
show a greater loss THAI is indicated
by the record Of these 900 large
mills.
The committee reports q gloomy
outlook in the export market. The
first quarter Of 1899 lumber exports
gained per cent over those Of q
similar period for 1898, with log ex-
ports gaining SO per cent. The COM
bined gain Of lumber and logs was
Evening star., 1939-05-20

in lumber consumption, including
exports in the first quarter of 1889,
Is estimated at SIS billion feet and
for the first six months at lis bill
lion feet, or II per cent above the
first half of 1898. However, 1t is
nearly 40 per cent below the first
six months of 1929.
Total national lumber. stocks at
the mills as of April /, 1899, were
approximately 8 billion feet, COM
pared with stocks on January /,
1889, of 84 billion feet, and 81
billion feet on April l, 1898, says
the report. Although lumber stocks
are not excessive. they are made
quate in some items and grades in
some regions, especially in the face
OF any large increase in demand" :"
Decline in Output Reported.
Reports of about 900 mills to the
United States Census Bureau giving
lumber production In 1898 and 1887,
Evening star., 1939-05-20
FIJI. A. Report Notes
Buyers Well Within
Capacity 10 Pay
Vast Majority Uses
Less Than One-Fifth
Of Monthly Income

Home builders and buyers under
the F. H. A. plan are keeping well
within their capacity to meet their
monthly payments, according to fig
ures made public today by Admins
traitor Stewart Mcdonald in his an
nual report to Congress.
In doing so they are avoiding one
Of the most common causes of
headaches" which often accom-
panied home ownership in the past,
namely, overbuying.
The report submitted to Congress
shows that 81 per cent of the fam
lilies buying new homes under the
F. H. A. plan during 1898 used less
than one-fifth of their incomes to
meet their monthly payments and
half of them made payments
amounting to from 10 to Is per cent
Of their incomes
Some other interesting facts dis
closed by analysis of F. H. A. home
financing operations during 1888
were:
More of the owners of existing
homes pay less than 10 per cent of
their income than is the case with
the owners of new homes.
Payment Ratio Decreases.
The ratio of payment to income
decreases as the income rises.
In 1898 the average payment COM
prised only II per cent of the new
home owners average income, which
marks decline from earlier years.
The average payment of 10 per
cent by owners of existing homes
also showed a reduction.
Almost half of the new homes in
sured in 1888 were valued at less
than twice the annual income of the
borrower, and over 80 per cent had
less than three times the borrowers
income.
For existing homes insured in
1888, almost two-thirds were valued
at less than two times the buyers
income
OF the new home purchasers in
1888, approximately go per cent un-
dertook to make monthly mortgage
payments, including interest, amor
tization and mortgage insurance
premium, of less than $50.
S30.06 Average Payment.
The average monthly payment Of
the 1898 new home purchaser was
only $3006, compared to the marked
iy higher averages of $35 33 in 1887
and $37.44 in 1886.
The average payment per $1,000
OF mortgage on new homes was
1858 in 1898, compared with s762 in
1887. a reduction of IA per cent.
The reductions in average monthly
mortgage payments on new homes
were due partly to the elimination
Of the service charge of one-half of l
per cent, which was permitted prior
to the 1888 amendments, leaving the
maximum permitted interest charge
at S per cent fiat on the outstanding
monthly balance. Increase In the
average duration of mortgages on
new homes was also a factor.
The average payment per month
on mortgages on existing homes was
$7.64 per $1,000 in 1898, compared
with $814 in 1887, or per cent
lower. The higher payment per
$1,000 on existing home mortgages
Is due In large part to the fact that
existing home mortgages are writ
ten for shorter terms than are those
covering new homes.
Evening star., 1939-05-20

as an experimental laboratory for
Alexander Graham Bell. Here, 1t
Is said, he perfected the disk-record
graphophone. Just east Of the for
mer laboratory on an adjacent prop
erty are two small wooden cottages
former slave quarters-now con-
verted into one dwelling. On the
other corner of Volta place Is the
Volta Bureau, For Increase and
Diffusion of knowledge Relating to
the Deaf" built in 1893 and estab-
lished in 1880 by Alexander Graham
Bell with $4,000 he had been award
ed as winner of the Volta Prize Gre
ated by Napoleon I in honor OF
Alessandro Volta, inventor of the
electric battery.
Evening star., 1939-05-20
Monochrome Scheme Used

A modern apartment adapts a
monochrome scheme to advantage
and matches the beige painted walls
with a beige rug and sheer net
glass curtains of beige color. No
overdraperies are used. Walnut and
quartered sycamore furniture is in
one OF the newer honey-to toned fin-
ishes. For notes of brilliant con-
trast, glossy-leaved plants, a bowl
of brilliant blossoms and a table
centerpiece Of fruit are utilized.
Evening star., 1939-05-20

8 per cent. But imports Of lumber,
including sawed cabinet woods,
gained 81 per cent In the first quar-
ter and log imports gained 80 per
cent. Total imports during this
first quarter Of all forest products
In dollar value were about two and
one-half times the exports.
Evening star., 1939-05-20
Gay CoIors for Nursery

A gay nursery color scheme COM
bines red and blue accents with
oyster white furniture. A cherry
red trim brightens the furniture
and on the footboard of the crib
Is painted a plaid calico dog.
Evening star., 1939-05-20
Hints From Artists

Bathroom designers are taking q
hint from the artists palette Of
colors nowadays. Attractive two
color bathtubs are becoming popu-
lar and are being installed In many
American homes.
Evening star., 1939-05-20

touch Of New Orleans Charleston is this pre-
Civil War house 1925 Thirty fifth NW once the home
of Alexander Melville Bell father of Alexander Graham Bell
The sketch Of the entrance another
Star by Frederick Moss.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-31
TENT SERVICE
AGAIN TONIGHT

Man is incurably religious"
DR.. Tyler said at the tent revival
last night. This revival is being
conducted under the auspices of
the Methodist Churches of Key
West and is being held at the cor
ner of Fleming and Elizabeth
streets.
Taking the account of Paul be-
fore Felix as the basis for his
sermon, the speaker said: There
is a hunger in the heart of every
man, which neither possessions
nor anything earthly can satisfy.
Only God can satisfy mans hun
ger for righteousness"
The young people and children
were urged last night to be pres
ent at the service this evening.
Mr.. Rankin, music leader, is es-
pecially anxious to be of help to
the young people.
There will be no service at the
tent Saturday. Sunday morning
services will be held in the va
rious Methodist Church at the II
o'clock hour as usual. The
churches will combine their serv-
ices again Sunday night at the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-31
VARIOUS WAYS OF
TRAVEL 1OCAPfTAL
EXCELLENT TRANSPoRrA.
TON FOR LEGIsLATIcE
SESSION

TALLAHASSEE, March 81
FNS) The Capital City will 'en-
Joy the best. transportation serv-
ice in years during the coming
legislative session with rail, bus
and air lines offering splendid
facilities for safe, speedy, Gem
Portable travel.
The National Airlines and
Eastern Airlines offer speedy
service to and from Tallahassee
and the following points: Pensa-
cola, Jacksonville, Orlando, Mi
ami and Tampa.
The Tamiami Trail Tours, Flor
ida Motor Lines and Union Bus
Company, with statewide con-
nections, afford splendid service
with fast schedules and improved
streamline deluxe equipment.
Direct service with three buses
a day each way from Miami to
Tallahassee will be maintained
by Tamiami Trail Tours, general
manager Burton H. Schoepf an
1ounced, while the Florida Motor
Lines and Union Bus Company
afford equally convenient serv-
ice from all points served by
their extensive network. The
Seaboard. operating their. stream
lined DIESEL Motor, Coach, offer
improved rail service over any
previous session. < -
Tallahassee proper will like
wise enjoy inter-city bus service
with fifteen minute schedules on
seven routes covering all sections
in and around the Capital City
when the Capital Transit Cor
poration begins operation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-31
COMMEND CANNON
FOR TRYING TO
HELP KEY WEST
ACTION I'M MATTER TAKEN
DURING MEETING OF LIONS
CLUB CONDUCTED LAST
EVENING

Action in the matter of con-
calculating Congressman Patrick
Cannon for his successful efforts
in sponsoring the s1,0O0,000 Naval
Base Rehabilitation for this city
was taken at the Key West Lions
Club meeting last night at Stone
Church Annex, with Lion Presi-
dent H. E. Day presidjngi
A resolution was ordered sent
to Mr.. Cannon, thanking him for
his work in behalf of the base.
Executive secretary S. c. Sin
gleton of the Chamber of Com
merce was speaker of the eve
ming. having been assigned the
subject of Know Florida, in OBJ
servance of the week of that
name ending today. Mr.. Single
toms treatment of the subject
met with enthusiastic reception
by member Lions assembled.
Program chairman Lion Saun-
ders also presented 'Vic" Ran
! kin of Lakeland, who sang
solo, accompanied by Miss May
field Knowles of this city.
Arrangements are going for
ward to entertain the Cuban
Lions delegation to International
! Convention in July. City coop
Grafton in the matter will be ask
ed as soon as complete details are
known.
Present Blind Cane
Lion DR.. J. c. Sanchez officiat-
ed at the presentation of a Lions
Blind Cane to Key West resident
w. u. Saunders. Further pre-
sentation of these canes, brilliant
red and white in color, will be
made at coming meetings.
In further celebration of Know
Florida Week, the Lions sang
Florida, My Florida, and Step
hen Fosters WAY Down Upon
De Swanee River.
Homecoming Week is planned
for next week, at which it is
hoped a full membership will be
present.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-31
IllNA[%%w%
FULFORDS ENJOY
FISHING; BRING
INLARGE CATCH

c. T. Fuiford and son c.
T. Fulford. Jr. of Canada.
had a successful day fishing
from the Launch Evelyn with
capfain Red Williams. and
returned m the afternoon
with eight fine amberjack.
several msckerel and grouper.
One of the groupers was an
exceptionally large fish and
while being brought 10 boat
by c. T. Jr. was seized by a
large shark which took
practically the entire fish.
leaving only the head and
small portion of the body on
the hook.
The catch of amberjack
ranged in weight from Is TO
81 pounds ana provided a
thrill for the son. who
though but a boy is an ex-
perienced angler and han
dies his rod and reel as TO
the manner born.
MIR. Fuiford is a regular
visitor to this section. but
usually comes on his Yacht
MobY Dick. but this trip was
made on the Cuba from
Tampa and arrived yesterday
morning. Father and son
are again out fishing today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-31

One of our readers suggested
the use of worn linen tablecloths
for draperies. The linen is cas-
lily and evenly dyed into lovely
soft shades. When cut into strips
and hemmed, they make very at
tractive Grapes. Be sure to set
your colors when dying so the
Grapes may be easily Numbered
in the future.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-31
new ARRIVAL in
PEIRCE'S FAMILY

MIR. and Mrs. Albert E. Peirce,
of 1927 White street, announce
the birth of a daughter, born in
Jackson Memorial Hospital, Mi
ami, Wednesday night. The baby
weighed seven pounds.
Information received by Mr..
Peirce's mother is that Mr.. Peirce
will return to Key West Sunday.
He is the manager of tbs Key
West Gas Co.