Montana labor news., 1939-12-21
news OF THE silver
BOW TRADES COUNCIL

1t was reported at the Silver Bow
Trades and Labor Council that the
Board of County Commissioners had
adopted the procedure taken by the
Board of County Commissioners at
Anaconda in relation to the relief
situation. The action of the Board
of County Commissioners of Deer
Lodge county was explained in last
weeks issue of the Montana Labor
News, but is being reprinted be-
cause of its Importance.
The Trades and Labor Council
went IN record endorsing an action
taken by the county commissioners
of Deer Lodge county wherein the
commissioners at Anaconda are urg-
ing the State Association of County
Commissioners to appeal to the
State Welfare Board ito so increase
future monthly payments that the
existing appropriations will be prac-
tically exhausted by December 81,
1910, and that the next legislative
assembly be asked to pass such ap-
preparation as will properly provide
for the first six months of 1941.
IF this suggestion is not adopted,
then we urge that the State Welfare
Board use the authority already
granted to it by the State Board of
Examiners to so exceed its budget
as to provide our needy in keeping
with decency and health-something
that cannot be accomplished under
our present monthly allowances.
IF neither of these suggestions is
followed, u association should not
hesitate to Immediately request the
Honorable Roy E. Ayers to call a
special session of the Legislature to
care for this emergency"
The Miners Union was instru-
mental in obtaining this decision
from the commissioners.
The delegates from the Typo
graphical Union again brought up
the matter of the unfairness of the
Donnelley Publishing Company of
Chicago.
This company publishes the mag
azines Time" Life and Hunting
& Fishing" But the principal work
of the Donnelley Publishing is cata-
log printing. When the campaign
of the Chicago Printing Trades
Union was launched against the
company, Donnelleys were well on
their way of obtaining a monopoly
of the telephone directories in the
country.
This firm also publishes catalogs
for Sears, Roebuck & Company,
Montgome.s Ward & Company, and
Butler Brothers.
Besides a general run of work,
such as promotional literature for
the Thomas Cook & Sons tourist
agency, the Donnelley concern also
handles the largest printing and
binding job in the world, the Ensy-
clopaedia Britannica, and the Bri-
tannica's latest publication venture,
The Book of the Year.
The foregoing illustrates the scope
of the Donnelley campaign, which,
of necessity, must be nationwide.
Local unions arc urged to create
Donnelley campaign com
mittees to carry on this fight in their
respective communities. The per-
sonnet and addresses of such COM
mittees should be forwarded imme-
diately.
For further information relative
to Donnelley's, the Donnelley cam
and Donnelley campaign lit
erature, address Hugh w. Mathe-
son, Executive Secretary, Organiza-
ton Committee, Chicago Printing
Trades Union, 1870 North Wells
Street, Room 1919, Chicago, Illinois.
The Typographical Union is ask
ing members of organized labor to
refrain from buying any Of these
magazines mentioned above and
suggest in their place News Week."
The New Republic" "The Nation"
Look" pic" "Click," Field &
Stream" Sports Afield," Outdoor
Sports Illustrated"
The Clerks made a report on a
meeting of union delegates which
met on December Is for the purpose
Of talking over the labor situation
in Silver Bow county and the need
recognizing a new central coun-
ell. No action was taken by the
Assembly.
The next meeting will be held at
The Carpenters Union hall on Janu-
airy IL, 1899. All unions are re-
quested to send delegates.
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