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Montana labor news., 1939-08-31

pose of eliminating their slums and providing
decent housing for slum jewellers and others
whose incomes are insufficient to enable them
to pay the rent demanded for housing con-
structed by private enterprise.
In addition, the United States Housing
Authority was authorized to make annual
contributions to the state and local housing
agencies so that the rents fixed for the
housing projects might be reduced to a figure
within the reach of the low-income families
whom the housing was designed to benefit.
In 1888 Congress adopted amendments in
creasing the bond authorization of the United
States Housing Authority to $500, 100000.
All of the funds which Congress has
hitherto made available to the United States
Housing Authority have been earmarked and
committed for Stun clearance and low-rent
housing projects, with many requests from
local housing authorities held up for lack of
funds.
To meet this contingency and to make it
possible for the housing program to proceed
in a systematic manner, the Senate recently
passed the Wagner bill making an additional
$500, 900, 900 available for the United States
Housing Authority to lend to state and local
housing authorities for slum clearance and
the construction of decent houses at rents
which the low-income groups could pay. In
addition, the bill contained specific mandates
to provide for the construction of low-rent
housing accommodations in rural areas as
well as in urban areas.
The Wagner bill would undoubtedly
ameliorate the indecent housing conditions
which are now imposed on thousands and
thousands of workers in the low-income
groups. 1t would also exhilarate business
recovery in all industries which furnish
materials and supplies for building purposes.
And, last but not least, it would provide en-
%ployment at reasonable wages for a multitude
of building trades workers now consigned to
the unemployed army.
Despite the many business and social bene-
fits which the Wagner slum-clearance and
low-rent housing bill would develop, a short
sighted and reactionary non-partisan bloc in
the House of Representatives refused to even
consider the bill.
Action of this sort turns democratic legisla-
tive procedure into a mockery.
Montana labor news., 1939-08-31
Law and Order

The callous Indifference Of certain big cor
porations toward the law of the land was
never more clearly disclosed than in their
widespread defiance of the Wagner Labor
Act.
Records of the Senate Labor Committee
contain a little document which is a prize
exhibit of their attitude. 1t is a letter circu-
lated to factory owners by the Illinois Manu-
facturers Association.
The letter advises employers who are plan
ming to violate the law that they can afford
to do so with impunity. For it says:
''The only penalty is that of an order to
cease and desist. There can be no i'm
prisonment, no fine or any other penalty.
And even this penalty cannot be enforced
by the board but can only be enforced by a
United States Circuit Court of Appeals after
it has reviewed any action of the Labor
Board. The penalty for taking such a risk
is therefore of no consequence"
So, when in doubt, employers are here adj
vised, don't hesitate to violate the law. We
wonder what would happen if a labor union
executive should give such advice to his
members and his letter should be read into
the record of a committee hearing. Headline
type would hardly be found big enough to
picture such a one as an enemy of law and
order. Yet big business talks about respect
for law and order!
Montana labor news., 1939-08-31
Don't Leave Them i'm Doubt

you'd better talk to your representative
when he gets home" is the advice given by
one Washington agency to business men and
employers. 1t advises them to tell members
of Congress what they like and o like
about their voting records.
That's swell advice for labor too.
The tory majority in the past session of
Congress went on the rampage on a dozen
issues of vital concern to all labor unionists.
When they return home, your Congress
men and Senators will be wondering just
what the voters are thinking about what they
did or failed to do in Congress.
Don't leave them in agonizing doubt.
If they went down the line for labor in
defense of the Wagner Act, of WPA, of the
wage-hour law and in support of other pro-
gressive legislation, express your apprecia-
ton both individually and through your or
CARNATIONS.
If, on the other hand, they joined the tory
bloc in voting to slash WPA, if they joined
the conspiracy against labor's rights as en-
bodied in the Wagner act, and if they voted
against other measures of benefit to labor,
be sure to let them know what you and your
organizations think of their actions.
Most of the Congressman with bad records
will return home with pocketsful of excuses
and alibis. But let them know that their
votes speak louder than all their excuses,
and that when next elections roll around,
labor's votes can do lot of talking too.
Montana labor news., 1939-08-31
A Tip from Musicians
10 Consumers

''The cry for standards blew a
sweet clear note not so long ago
when a conference of musical ex-
perts in London called for a stand
ard for note "A in the musical
SCALE" says the Consumers Guide,
publication of the Consumers Coun-
sci Division of the AAA.
I'm the United States, "A is
standardized at 440 vibrations per
second. In other countries it ranges
from 435 vibrations to 442 vibrations
per second. And before the days of
radio, "a was anything from 1913 to
SGT vibrations.
"Just as the lack of standard can
sizes introduces confusion into con-
sumner buying, so the non-standard
"A introduces confusion into an or
chestra. The request for a standard
"A has been referred to the Inter
national Standards Association which
will then refer it for action to the
countries affiliated with the Asso-
citation"
Montana labor news., 1939-08-31
A Setback for LOw-Rent Housing

1t is regrettable from every viewpoint of
social justice that a non-partisan bloc in the
House of Representatives modified enough
strength in the closing days of the first ses-
sion of the Seventy-sixth Congress to refuse
to consider the Wagner low-rent housing and
slum-clearance bill already passed by the
Senate and reported favorably by the House
Committee on Banking and Currency.
It is an admitted fact that many thousands
of workers in the low-income group are COM
PEELED to live in Stun areas infested with
d"ilapidation and disease, which are the nor
NAL breeding places of crime. Moreover,
economic conditions in the slums undermine
the living standards of millions of families.
Furthermore, the many thousands of work.
ers in the building trades have been more
severely smitten by unemployment than any
other group.
To provide decent dwelling accommoda-
tons for the low-income groups and at the
same time stimulate unemployment, increase
industrial activity and unite business recov-
cry with fundamental social Improvements,
Congress in 1887 established the United
States Housing Authority with the authori-
cation to issue it's bonds to the amount Of
$500, 900, 900 and lend the proceeds to states
and their political subdivisions for the DUR
Montana labor news., 1939-08-31
0RNBURN'S LABOR
DAY MESSAGE

l appeal to all members of Labor
Unions, Women's Auxiliaries, and
Union Label Leagues to insist that
every person in their families pur-
chase only from firms that display
the Union Label, Shop Card or Ser
vice Button. l also appeal to our
loyal members of American Labor
Unions to urge all their friends to
patronize only those fair firms that
use Union services. We appreciate
the volunteer efforts of our friends
in the past and urge them to carry
on our effective Union Label cam
paign with a renewed vigorl
Every dollar spent for Union La
bel goods and Union services is a
vote for collective bargaining. We
must press forward with utmost
energy our just claims that Union
Label buying is the only method
by which America can recover from
the present depression. Every pur-
chase, regardless of how small it is,
is another stone in a paved road to
improved American standards and
permanent prosperity.
The best way to put money into
your own pay envelope is to insist
on the Union Label every time you
take anything out of it. Be con-
sistentl If you desire Union rates
of pay then you must demand
products that are made by workers
who receive Union wages. Team
work requires that the collective
buying horse pulls equally with his
collective bargaining mate-the La
Montana labor news., 1939-08-31

Dor Union movement!
Among members of Labor Unions
and their families there are none
who do not buy some Union Label
goods and a very small proportion
who do not demand the Union Label
on everything that he buys. This
fact is proven by everyone in attend
ance at Union meetings who can
make a 100 per cent Union Label
display on articles of clothing and
on the pack of cigarettes that he
carries. These members of Labor
Montana labor news., 1939-08-31

WASHINGTON (FP)-Congress
made sure of at least a 9-ring circus
during its absence in the summer
by passing in the House, by a roll
call vote of 253 to 1876, a resolution
by Rep. Smith ID, Va.) calling for
an investigation of the NLRB.
Montana labor news., 1939-08-31

Unions not only condemn unfair
shops on meeting night but they
also patronize fair firms every day
in the year.
Evening star., 1939-03-13
Beethoven Man of Contrasts
Worlds Greatest Genius of Music
Was Poor, Proud, Unkempt, Deaf

and loved public acclaim and later,
divinely possessed composer, liv-
ing In the poorest quarters, dirty
and unkempt, who never knew when
his ancient clothes were replaced
with new ones by his compassionate
friends, who was naughty with all
but those he trusted, suspicious,
gruff, and unapproachable.
In his secret soul he cherished an
ideal woman. Time and again he
sought the human embodiment in
those he met only, for some un-
known reason. to find disapopint-
ment. Among his papers was found
letter to MY Immortal Beloved"
Who was she? No one knows. For
Beethoven, always in love with some
one, was shy and secretive of his
emotions. 1t is said of him, so highly
did he reverence woman, that his
nature was all love as it was all
music.
Ears Closed to Music.
To the righteous living man came
the greatest aff1iction a musician
could suffer-deafness He who
loved the music of nature one day
discovered, when walking with
friend, that he could not hear
bird singing. In terror at the dis
covery, he dashed away, walking long
and horrible hours till he could COM
mand some sort of submission to his
fate.
Then for this giant soul filled
with the music of the spheres was
ordained the dreadful adjustment
to his aff1iction, the humiliation of
conversing with his visitors by
means of pencil and paper, of di-
recting his own works, not knowing
that behind his back stood another
conductor whom the orchestra fol-
lowed Utterly unaware of the
storms of applause he stood helpless
until sympathetic friend gently
took him by the shoulders and
turned him to see the audience
standing with upraised hands ap-
plauding. crying, shouting in the
excess of their emotion.
FOR many long years the masters
ears were closed to the sounds he
loved so well. For spiritual comfort
there remained the. reading of his
beloved Greek classics, the inter-
course of true friends, from the
highest rank in the land to the low
est, the glory of the music in his
heart and the ecstasy of those mad
moments when it took form on
paper.
The end came at last. While
lightning flashed through the
Heavens and the thunder crashed
in mighty power, the greatest genius
of music the world has known
Evening star., 1939-03-13
By ALICE EVERSMAN.

In one of the houses in an unfash-
ionable part of Vienna the tenants
were incensed. All night long there
had been a deafening noise coming
from one of the lodgings, heavy
boots stamping, a deep bass voice
shouting and sometimes laugh
ing in a queer, unearthly manner
and now, water was beginning tc
trickle through the ceiling. Once
again that strange musician. Ludwig
van Beethoven. was making the
night hideous with his antics.
But up in those disorderly. poor
rooms, a masterpiece was in the
process of creation and its maker
was eXulting in the visions that
crowded around him and sought
immortality through his hand. When
the fever of composition was upon
him, the master was oblivious OF
the world about him, there was nc
day or night, no need for food, NO
thought of the discomfort of others
Walking furiously up and down his
room, stopping only to pour quanti-
ties of cold water over his burning
head, which flowed out on the floor
and formed unnoticed puddles, he
struggled with the magnitude and
the glory of those great ideas.
Although these ideas took musical
form under cover of his roof, they
were born beneath the stars or or
the long, lonely walks where nature
was at its faireSt. Sometimes the
master would lie for hours in the
long grass, gazing at the cloud
f1ecked sky and finding there the
noble thoughts that later were fash
Toned into immortal music. It was
then that the greatly harassed soul
of Beethoven. distracted by thou
sand material annoyances and
wounded by the untrustworthiness
OF his fellowmen, knew peace.
Man of Contrasts.
Life had formed his character in
strong contrasts. On one side there
was the passionate and violent man
hurting biting sarcasm at his pub
fishers and fawning associates, aim
ing ill-prepared food at his slovenly
housekeeper's head. covering sheet
after sheet of letter paper with
invectives, delighting in the coarsest
OF jokes at the expense of whom
ever was present.
On the other hand the tender,
loving guardian of his brothers
child, the devoted son and brother,
who from the day when, at the age
OF 13, he stumbled in the too large
robes of court orgainst, to his place
in the organ loft, had born the bur-
den of providing for his family.
There was the noble man to whom
honor was the guiding motive of his
life, a virtue that to him was stern
and uncompromising, the enduring
friend, delicate and understanding
in his relationships, generous to a
fault.
At one period, his world saw a
Beethoven who clothed himself in
the height of fashion, had his own
carriage, associated with nobility
Evening star., 1939-03-13
Music
Continued From First Page.

music lovers anxious to add to their
libraries of recordings. The release
originally was scheduled for Wednes-
day.
First Group Still Available.
Meanwhile, the first symphonic
masterpiece offered in the cam
paign, Franz Schubert's symphony
No. in B Minor" (the Unfinished
Symphony will continue to be
available at the booth. The electric
record players included in the offer
also may be obtained at the booth
during distribution of the sympho-
nies throughout the campaign.
Today marked the opening of the
third week of the movement, which
has brought an unprecedented re-
sponse from music lovers in Wash
ington and vicinity and in many
other sections of the country.
A music lover who planned to be
among the 'early birds" in line for
the recordings of Beethoven's Fifth
Symphony" is Glenn c. Russell of
1925 c street Sc, secretary to the
eQlCOr OF LABOR.
Mr.. Russell, who used to earn his
living by playing the trombone in an
orchestra, is making special use of
the recordings being offered by The
Star. When the Schubert "Unfin-
tshed Symphony" was released two
weeks ago, Mr.. Russell purchased
the set and then rushed to a music
store and bought the trombone
score for the symphony.
Conductor Can't Protest.
1--WE been getting a world of en-
joyment sitting here in my own
home, playing the trombone part
Of the Unfinished accompanied by
a great symphony orchestra" Mr..
Russell explained.
The best part of it is the fact
that I can make the orchestra play
the music over and over again, as
often as wish, and the conductor
can't say word if I hit the wrong
note"
Mr.. Russell plans to purchase the
complete set of recordings being
made available in the campaign
and, of course. the trombone score
Of each one. He says when no one
else will listen to him, his two pet
dogs comprise his audience.
Whenever he has the chance, MIR.
Russell gets his family together for
a private concert. His son. Kit Car
son Russell 81, also plays the from
bone. Another son, Bob, 26, plays
the trumpet; another, Vernon, 20,
toots the saxophone and his daugh-
ter, Dixie June, 10, is learning piano.
Evening star., 1939-03-13
Facing Deportation,
German Makes Plea
He Barred Spy Ring
Ex-PubIic Relations
Clerk at March Field
Fears for His Life
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, March ia for.
mer clerk in the public relations
Office of March Field, the Army's
bombardment squadrons base ir
Southern California, is under arrest
here and held for deportation to his
native Germany.
Heinze Gerhardt Hartmann
Wrede, 30-year- -old ex-soldier, has
been held in the county Jail here
9 week on a charge of illegal entry,
pending Federal hearing.
The Los Angeles Examiner quoted
him as claiming to have uncovered
a German spy ring for the Army
intelligence and expressing fear of
violent death if he is deported.
Applied for Citizenship.
A one-time seaman, Hartmann
Wrede first came to the United
States in 1929, applied for his first
citizenship papers, but finally ship
ped for the Orient, the Examiner
said.
Returning in 1886, he joined the
Army after applying again for first
papers.
AT March Field was approached
by German fellow I had met in
Shanghai" the Examiner quoted
him as saying. He reminded me
I was still a German citizen and
that I should help him get i'm
portant information.
pretending to agree with him, I
Informed superior officers of his
plans and was instructed how to
proceed. For months I obtained
full workings of this spy ring, OBJ
tanning copies of photographs and
negatives they had in their pos
session-all of which I turned over
to intelligence authorities
Honorably Discharged From Army.
Hartmann-Wrede was reported to
have been honorably discharged
from the Army last October, and
since had been working in the pro-
duction department. of a HOLLYWOOD
film studio. He said he had applied
for his final naturalization papers
last November.
The man claimed Government
agents were still investigating the
information he had supplied them.
Authorities here declined to COM
ment.
I'll never reach Germany alive
If am deported," Hartmann
Wrede was reported to have said.
Evening star., 1939-03-13

reused himself from his sickbed to
shake his fist at a music that
matched his own, fell back and died.
Once he wrote these words to
friend: Although the spirit be not
master of that which it creates
through music, yet it is blessed in
this creation, which like every Gre
alton of art is mightier than the
artist"
Evening star., 1939-03-13
Wants Bit of Electricity

SCHENECTADY, N. Y, March 13
(P.-Officials of the General Elec-
trio Co. were confronted with a new
problem today.
From little girl in New York
came postcard which read:
will you kindly send me little
sample of electricity, if you can
spare it. We are studying about it
in georgraphy." (Sic).
Evening star., 1939-03-13
Three Die in Flames
After Gasoline BIust
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
FARRELL, Pa, March 13.-Fire
Chief James Davis said explosion of
q gasoline stove caused a fire which
burned to death three men in their
living quarters in the rear of the j.
B. Roux feed mill.
Arthur j. Case, %; his brother.
Raymond L. Case, 81, and Robert T.
Keyes, "a, all formerly of Ashtabula,
Ohio, were believed to have been
knocked unconscious by the blast
yesterday and died in the resulting
flames.
The bodies were burned almost
beyond recognition and were identi-
fed by Floyd Case and Charles
Keyes. brothers of the victims, who
were in town when the fire occurred.
The five men lived in a frame
structure adjoining the feed mill.
where they were employed. Arthur
Case had worked at the plant about
a year. The others Joined him last
week.
Evening star., 1939-03-13
ADVERTISEMENT.

More new automobiles are seen in
Bulgaria than a year ago.
Evening star., 1939-03-13


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Evening star., 1939-03-13

music lovers anxious to add to their
libraries of recordings. The release
originally was scheduled for Wednes-
dow
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-05
YESTERDAYS PAPER

Yesterdays paper will do.
l know that there's much that is new
There are items quite stirring
On Hitler and Goering,
And lot of cold facts and lot of inferring,-
And how do know what is true?
Somewhere there must be view
Of skies that are quiet and blue,
A place to forget
How the National Debt
And the bonds of taxation are weaving net,
And the worlds in state of ragout.
I'm getting out of the stew,
Away from the hullabaloo!
I've stopped all my wishing
And I'm going fishing
And out on the stream with my slender line
swishing,
Yesterdays paper viii dol
ID. " D., in Wall Street Journal
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-05
THEY SUGGEST!

Bless science, we will get it yet! They
inform us that the world is yearning for a
genius to discover process of extracting
honey and sugar from flowers instead of
leaving it to the bees. We are in need of
a process to extract milk and butterfat
from feeds as are given to cows. They sug-
gest we can use an auto that will skim
over snow drifts and ride waves. The
need of collecting and storing electricity
from lightning and power axe for chop
ping down trees, are couple of must
HAYES" for us moderns. The idea of a
fabricated seat for farm machines, instead
of the metal ones which are not so pleasant
on cold and wet days, isn't such bad idea.
What next
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-05
Observation-Disclosures
PEOPLES FORUM
BApTrsTs IN SPAIN

BAPTlSIS In SPAIN
Editor. The Citizen:
During the war in Spain many
newspapers in our country, at
times through ignorance or Com
munistic propaganda, initiated
people of olden days by figura-
lively stoning Franco. After his
victory, instead of large rocks,
some use pebbles or dust and
prophecy how ne will act in the
future. tIs
Walter Winchell, assuming the
role of religions oracle, accord
ing to "The Bulletin" of Angus
ia, Ga, asserted that Protestant
leaders would soon release Stats
tics showing Francois persecu-
ton of Protestant clergymen. His
figures are still missing.
But the Spanish Baptist Evan
gelical Union thanks the Nation
alist Government for liberty of
worship, which started in BARGE
Iona. Sunday, February IL.
A BELIEVER IN TRUTH AND
FAIR PLAY.
Key West, Fla,
May S, 1889.