Montana labor news., 1939-05-18
TOM moon Y TO SPEAK IN BUTTE JUNE Is
MOTHERS ASK FOR
PEACE AND SECURITY

Following is a broadcast delivered
over KGIR on Friday, May 18th, at
10 o'clock, by Mrs. Mabel Murphy.
Mrs. Murphy is the Montana repre-
sentative of the Medical Bureau and
North American Committee to Aid
Spanish Democracy. OF course since
the collapse of the Loyalist cause,
the efforts of organizations with
which Mrs. Murphy is connected
have been directed to the succor of
Spanish refugees.
Mrs. Murphy vas appointed by
George o. Pershing, nephew of Gen
eral P~ershing. Other prominent Of
ficers of the Medical Bureau and
North American Committee to Aid
Spanish Refugees are Harold Ickes,
Secretary of Interior, honorary
chairman; former Congressman Jer-
ry O'Connell; Mrs. Eleanor Roose-
welt; Mrs. Sherwood Eddy, and
others.
The second Sunday in May has
been dedicated by the President to
the mothers of America. Some
people seem to think that this means
all children should remember their
mothers by buying a gift. AS a
mother, l wish to take advantage
of the time granted me by KGIR to
express what mothers really want
for themselves for their children
for their husbands . for all
people.
Nothing would please every real
mother more than to be sure that
PEACE, HEALTH and SECURITY
prevailed in America and through
out the world for all working people.
In this period of continuously
growing danger of war and fascism,
of unemployment and insecurity, of
sickness and poverty, every mother
wants to see those organizations and
those programs take root which
would prevent a new world slaugh-
ter, which will stop fascism and pro-
vide all men, women and children
with the bounty that our great coun-
try could secure for all.
State Officials Violate Law
At the present time many mothers
in Butte-as throughout the nation
watch in horror as their husbands
and grown-up children look for jobs
and find none; and then at the same
time see the WPA being cut, taking
away even the minimum amount
that WPA employment provides &.
then further see the laws Of the state
of Montana violated by the State
Welfare Administration with heart
less cuts in old age assistance, aid
to dependent children and other re-
lief which made up the resources of
those who are in need through no
fault of their own.
1t is this that the mothers of
America are thinking of on this
Mothers Day. We know that there
can be no peace if there is not health
and security in America; and we
know that there can be no health
and security in America, if there is
not peace on earth.
1t is because of this that women
are organizing as never before to
play their part in building a pro-
gressive America. There are more
women organized into trade unions
today than ever before. There are
more women in Ladies Auxiliaries
of trade unions; there are more
women in the organization of WPA
and unemployed workers - the
Workers Alliance-there are more
women in organizations pledged to
defend peace and democracy and
fight war and fascism such as the
American League for Peace and
Democracy.
At the present time war is raging
in China where the heroic Chinese
are defending their country against
the w~ar-machine of an imperialist
Japan. Threats of war resound from
Europe, where Hitler and Mussolini,
not satisfied with Austria, Czecho-
slovakia, Spain, Ethiopia, and I'M
appeased by the Munich Pact, are
threatening Poland, and all other
small European nations and even
the Americas.
Defend Peace Proposals
There are some in our own coun-
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