Montana labor news., 1939-09-28
BUILDINGS
ON UNFAIR LIST

btllDiVNOD
ON UNFAIR LIST
KALISPELL.-The latest addition
to the official unfair list of the Cen
trail Trades and Labor Council is the
Superior Buildings Co. located at
Columbia Falls.
E. j. Crum, manager of the con-
Germ, felt that there was nc longer
any advantage to be gained in using
the label of the Carpenters Union
on the ready-cut building materials
sold by his company, which materials
were being used in the construction
of a home for Donald Young near
Coram. In addition to this, it is re-
ported that Mr.. Crum's dealings
with Mr.. Young were not satisfac-
tory, as he attempted to proceed
with an "open-shop' job in super
vising Mr.. Young's building work
and ran into several difficulties, not
the least of which was some very
inferior work by non-union work
ers, to which Mr.. Young objected
and refused to pay for, it is said.
1t also is rumored that a Juggling
of payroll figures had something to
do with the termination of Mr..
Crum's contract at Coram.
To make a long story short-Kirk-
patrick Brothers are now supervis-
ing all the work. A completely
unionized crew is on the job and it
is expected that Mr.. Young will have
no further cause for complaint.
Gallatin Valley Trades and Labor
Council stated that the difficulty
between the Gallatin Valley Mill
ing Company and the unions in that
city had been settled. The unions
in that community are asking that
organized labor in the state of Mon
tana resume patronage of this COM
pany. Congratulations r extend
ed to both the milling company and
the Labor Assembly at Bozeman for
settling the difficulty. The letter
from the Gallatin County Trades AS
sembly is as follows:
Silver Bow Trades and Labor
Assembly, Butte, Montana,
Greetings:
This is to notify your honorable
body that we have declared the
Gallatin Valley Milling Company of
Belgrade, Montana, fair to Organ
lied Labor and request that all To-
Gals affiliated in your organization
be notified as to the same.
The Gallatin Valley Milling Com
pany has agreed to operate a closed
shop with the Flour, Cereal Grain
and Elevator Workers Local No.
1S848 of Bozemsn and we therefore
request that if this organization is
on your unfair list, that it be re-
moved because of this action.
F~raternally yours,
George ]. Hoffman,
Recording Secretary.
Senator Murray, in answer to a
letter sent to him by the Trades
Council some time back, stated that
he was unqualifiedly opposed to the
United States getting into the Euro.
pean squabble and gave assurances
there was no present danger. The
senator said that President Roose-
welt was opposed to participation
by the United States but that the
administration wanted to repeal the
Embargo Act and return to Inter
national Law. He mentioned that
the present embargo on shipments
of war materials favored Germany.
Senator Murray then went on to
say that the war in Europe can be
traced largely to the vicious provi-
sions of the Versailles treaty.
The Council endorsed Joseph
O'Donnell, a member of the Elec-
tricians Union, for the office of jus
tice of the peace of Silver Bow
township to take the place of the
late Justice John Corbitt. Mr..
O'Donnell appealed to the central
body for its support in a letter and