The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-29
LABOR'S NEWS
In BRIEF
Federated Press)

WASHINGTON.-(FP)-"On behal
of the workers Of this country W
make the flat declaration that the [
Is. should remain out Of war" tn
AFL executive council said unanimous
ly May Is.
WASHINGTON-(FP)-In view o
1.-THE growing concentration Of wealth
1.-THE time has come when "the wides
lpossible distribution of political pow
lers is essential to the maintenance o
"a republican form of government,
Sen. Ebert D. Thomas 3D., Utah) tolC
a house judiciary subcommittee as HI
Testified in favor of bill introduced
by Rep. Lee Geyser 3D., CALI to abol
ish poll taxes.
WASHINGTON-( FP)-Assaults OF
labor standards were among the frs
results of President Roosevelt's mes
sage to congress May 16 asking an ad
ditional s1,1S2,000,000 for arms. An
nouncement that legislation would be
introduced relaxing the effect of the
Walsh Healey and wage-hour acts in
the shipbuilding industry brought i'm
mediate protests from organized la
Dor.
| WASHINGTON - (FP) = Severe
Gripping of the NLRB and drastic
reduction in the enforcement person.
mel Of the wage-hour administration
was agreed to by congress as con-
ference report on the Appropriation bill
for those two agencies was slipped
through
Observation-Disclosures total
ing $4,000 were awarded May 10 by
a federal grand jury to seven Negro
migratory workers who were stripped
naked, beaten and covered with white
paint by a mob who attacked them in
their shack at Cranbury, N. j., last
August. The Workers Defense League
took up the defense Of the migrants
Immediately after the attack.
NEW YORK-(FP)-A place for
labor in the national defense program
was demanded by CLIO Pres. John L.
Lewis in a one-hour speech before the
silver jubilee convention of the Anal
gamated Clothing Workers (CIO).
NEW YORK-(FP)-The 3O-hour
week is workable and practical as a
device to put the unemployed back
to work, ALL Sec.-Treas. George
Meany said at a forum on the social
and economic consequences of the
shorter work week The forum was
sponsored by the State Federation of
Labor, the Central Trades & Labor
Council and various ALL unions.
CHICAGO-(FP)-A drive to or
ganize Swift & Co., one of the big
four meat packers, was launched here
after meeting of district directors of
the Packinghouse Workers Organizing
Committee (CIO).
ONEONTA, N. J.-FP)-The dis
missal of DR.. Randolph c. Downes,
head of the history and government
department of Hartwick College, will
be investigated by committee of
prominent professors, it was said May
16 by the Natl Academic Freedom
Committee of the American Fedora
ton of Teachers (AFL). Downes was
denied renewal of his contract because
as Otsego county chairman of the
American Labor party he carried
a successful campaign for
lower light rates.
CHATTANOOGA-(FP)-Intl Rep.
M. G. Anderson of the init. Union of
Mine Mill C Smelter Workers (CIO)
and 10 other unionists were ordered
held for the federal grand jury here
May IA at preliminary hearing be-
fore U. S. Commissioner James H. An
derson. All are charged with con-
spiracy to dynamite iva transmits
sion towers and electric lines in Polk
county, the scene of 9-month strike
by the IUMMSW against the Tennes-
see Copper Co.
fI1lbAOGbI lila VI - lie IT'LL
ry Disston & Sons saw manufacture
ng plant, employing 1000 men was
closed May Is by a strike of the
United Saw File & Steel Products
Workers (AFL). The federal local
s demanding a closed shop and 10
Der cent increase.
CHICAGO-(FP)-Little Steel is
packing down In it's fight against |
Chairman Philip Murray
If the Steel Workers Organizing Com
nittee (CIO) told 800 delegates as
iembled at the second national SWOC |
NEW YORK-(FP)-Vigorous con-
umer action is required if consumer |
lights are to be maintained, the |
league of Woman Shoppers was |
warned at its third annual convention.
NEW YORK-(FP)-For objec- |
ions of the Unitey Workers Organic
ng Committee (CIO) to the conduct of
he recent NLRB election at the Con-
Edison Co., specifically
harging Regional Director Gilmore NJ
Ierrick with secret conferences with
he company's counsel, were filed with
he NLRR by the union May 49,