Montana labor news., 1939-04-13
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INTERESTING news OF
THE TRADE COUNCIL

| The Trades and Labor Council was
informed that the next meeting of
the Hospital committee which is
working on a proposal to build a
cooperative hospital here, will meet
at the Engineers Union office at 7:30
p. m. Friday, April 14th.
A May Day meeting will take
place at the Miners Union hall Sun
day, April 10th, at 2 p. m. The pub
lie is cordially invited to attend.
Prominent speakers will address the
meeting.
The Trades and Labor Council
again went on record affirming Its
approval of the war referendum
measure. A bill of this nature is
before Congress. 1t proposes that
the people of the United States shall
vote before the United States may
enter into a foreign war or send its
soldiers overseas in a var of agrees
SIGN. The resolution provides that
Congress retains the right to declare
war in the event that this country
is attacked IT any Of its territorial
possessions, but in the event the
government desires to send its SOL
diers overseas the people will havel
the right to say whether they desire
a war or not. Petitions were circu-
lated asking senators and congress-
men to pass the measure. They
came from the National Council for
Prevention of War. Many of the
unions in Silver Bow county are in
receipt of these petitions and a num-
Der of signatures were acquired.
The grievance committee reported
that the county engineers and the
city engineer had promised coopera-
ton with the unions of a request
that no Home Oil products be pur-
chased by either of these units of
government.
Delegate Mernin of the BARRIERS
reported on the relief conference of
the Miners Union. He is permanent
chairman of the Relief Conference.
The whole subject is covered by
other articles in this paper.
The Trades Council heard a report
by its special relief committee re-
lating to women in the sewing room.
The Trades Council is not going to
intervene, at least not at this time.
All unions and individuals who
have either been authorized to
donate money to the Independent
School Ticket or who would like to
do so, should make their checks out
to Independent School Ticket, clio
William ]. Lappin, Box 1899.
The Trades Council was informed
of an action by the State Welfare
Board wherein the National Youth
Administration was notified and also
the public that money earned by
students and others working for the
NYA should not be deducted from
relief earnings. The National Youth
Administration is an organization set
up to help young folks acquire
special knowledge or to assist them
in vocational guidance. Its functions
are not for relief.
A committee was appointed to
work with the Technical Engineers
Union to visit government agencies
and other employers in order to gain
fuller recognition of the union.
Deloughery of the Planning Board
announced that Mason, H~auswirth,
Sullivan, Wright and McGrath had
been appointed as a committee to
go to Helena to see the Board of
Examiners and try to have funds
transferred to the use of the State
Welfare Board in order that pensions
and allowances for old people and
for child welfare should be brought
up to the standards formerly en-
joyed. The recent layoffs in Works
Progress Administration has seri-
ously injured poor people, accord
ing to reports made at the Council.
The layoffs affect principally fami-
lies of two and three persons. In
some rare instances, it may be pos
sible for these small families to get
back on by showing that they are
more in need of work than other
larger families being retained.