The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-27
LABOR'S NEWS
In BRIEF
Federated Press)

WASHINGTON. = Full representa-
ton on the boards, bureaus and com
missions contemplated under the In
dustrial Mobilization Plan was de
manded by Matthew Vol, third vice
president of the ALL, in speech be
fore the Americas Wage Farmers Pro
tective Conference in Huntington, w
Va.
WASHINGTON. - A plea ito hold
fast to our love of liberty and to
our form of government so that the
higher aspects of humanity may not
perish from the earth was voiced by
AFL President William Green to a
mass meeting in New York under the
auspices of the American Jewish Con-
gress.
WASHINGTON. = Department f
Justice officials will study the record
of the senate civil liberties commit
tees investigation of vigilante activ-
tiles on the west coast and follow up
with legal action, Attorney General
Frank Murphy declared.
WASHINGTON. - Employees of the
WPA have as much right to organize
as other federal employees in Washing
ton, President Roosevelt said here in
response to questions at his press con-
ference.
STPAUL.-One of the longest walk
outs in Minnesota labor history 32-
month strike of ski workers against
the Lund Mfg. Co., in Hastings and
against the Northland Ski Co. here
(both owned by C. A. Lund), ended
when the company finally signed a
contract with Local 20,481, Wooden
ware Workers Union (AFL).
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the protest
of both AFL and CLIO, the city coun-
Gil adopted by II to 3, an ordinance
imposing a 1H% tax on wages and
salaries of every person who earns
his living in the city limits.
NEW YORK.-Employme for mid
dle-aged workers is guaranteed in a
new agreement signed Dec. 10 between
the Init. Bros of Electrical Workers
(AFL) and the New York Electrical
Contractors Assn. covering $500 cleo
trical workers in the building trades.
One man over S. must be employed
for every 10 young men hired on any
DIES MOINES.-AFL and CLIO I'M
ions joined hands in Des Moines on
Dec. 10 to form the Iowa Labor De-
tense. Three hundred representatives
of unions affiliated with the two or
CARNATIONS met to adopt broad pro-
gram for educating the general public
on labor's needs and rights and assist
ing local committees in the defense of
labor prisoners.
BROOKLYN.-The Diamond Work |
ers Protective Union (AFL) won the |
first industry-wide strike since its for i
nation i'll 1902 when after 17-day |
shutdown, the employers signed new |
agreement providing a 7%o wage in
crease for regular workers and 15% |
increase for piecework. The pact |
covers the unions total membership |,
of 329, which includes $50 of the
workers in this highly skilled craft.
BELLINGHAM, Wash.-A federal
investigation of recent vigilante vio-
1ence in Aberdeen, Wash, and the
threat of further violence in Belling-
ham was asked in a resolution adopted
at the second annual convention of the
(CIO).
STOCKTON, Cal.-The Associated
Farmers, meeting here in annual con-
vention while the LaFallotte commit
tee is in San Francisco investigating
their invasions of civil liberties, went
whole hog against all labor and liberal
ism and for return to the good old
days of the open shop.
SAN FRANCISCO. - Dist. Attorney
George Mordecai, involved in the re-
cent cotton strike in San Joaquin val
ley, again refused to turn over mate
rails to the LaFollette civil liberties
committee when hearings were re-
opened here on December 10.
LOGAN, w. Va.-Charges that {
deputy sheriff's are living in {
coal company houses without paying
for rent, light and fuel and that at '