Montana labor news., 1939-11-16

tiic lldhGo diih AdDOA SOdiASiA diAd
the unions of Butte to buy shares
of stock in the organization and
also to have the unions subscribe
for bundle lots of papers. The need
of more individual subscriptions was
also stressed. The price that is to be
charged for The Peoples Voice is 81
a year. Labor organizations and in
dividuals desiring to assist the Co
operative Publishing Company
should address communications to
Box 1913, Helena, Montana.
The full membership of the COM
mittee follows: John Chapman, Ed
O'Byrne, Herb Rolph, Mrs. Mary
Orlich, Fred McFadden, Margaret
Patterson.
The Trades and Labor Council
went definitely and Immediately on
record against the establishment of
a civic center and armory in the
city of Butte. City Clerk Beryl Will
son sent the Council a copy of the
letter which she sent to the Mon
tana Armory Board and a reply
which came from the board. In this
reply it was brought out that there
evidently was quite some opposition
from the labor organizations to the
establishment of an armory and a
national guard unit here, The ac-
ton of the Trades and Labor Coun-
Gil all went to verify the unions
inherent objection to any form OF
militia or national guard being sta
toned here.
A letter came from the Tailors
Union enclosing a letter from the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers OF
America at Cleveland in which il
was said that the Richman Clothing
Company was unfair to organized
labor. The communication men
toned that the Richman Clothing
Company had always been unfair
to the Amalgamated Clothing Work
ers, and the company has always
operated under open shop condi-
tons. The communication was re-
ferred to the Union Label commit
tee.
A request from the international
Labor Defense for funds to help
carry on the work of protecting and
fighting for labor prisoners met
with rather an indifferent reception
No action was taken on the COM
munication. The letter from the
/. L. D. was written by Vito Mar
cantonio from New York.
The Trades and Labor Council
went definitely On record as OPP
posed to the institution of parking
meters in the city of Butte. This
matter has been before the city
council of Butte for quite some
time and a controversy has been
going on between Mayor Hauswirth
and the Republican aldermen or
one side and the Democratic alder
men on the other side as to what
company should be given the con
tract for installing the meters. The
unions appear to be skeptical of the
value of having the parking meters
at all.
The question of the Trades and
Labor Council directly assisting the
Cooperative Publishing Company
was referred to the press commit
tee.
John Gardner in his talk to the
delegates said that he felt that the
rank and file Of organized labor was
gravitating toward a solution of the
rift in the labor movement, notwith-
standing the apparent objection Of
the leaders. He said that this was
especially evident in Montana, Cali
fornia, and Utah.
The unseemingly conduct of g
crowd Of youths and grown people
the evening before the Butte-Cen
trail game has caused many people
and many union members to fee
that the game should be postponed
for at least five years. 1t came &c
the attention of union headquarters
that a member of organized labor
at Billings, who was driving through
Butte with his wife on that evening
was so terrified through the maui
ing of his car that he will never
attempt the same journey on the
same evening in the future.