The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-06-19
LABOR'S NEWS
In BRIEF
Federated Press)

WASHINGTON.-The Smith amend
ments to the national labor relation
act. supported largely by AFL Pre-.
William Green and denounced by tn
lCIO, were adopted in the house by
vote OF 25S to 1879.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the bes
ways to fight the fifth column is t
get rid of unemployment" Secretar,
of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace de
clared in nationwide broadcast jun
I4th.
WASHINGTON.-An offer to coop
crate in the national defense program
and a demand for preservation O
labor's rights under New Deal legis
lation were made by the CLIO executive
board in statement on June 4.
WASHINGTON.-Three South Caro-
lima cotton mills, owned by HamricH
Bros, were directed by the NLRE
to cease interference with union activi
ties and disband employee clubs. The
mills figured prominently in the hear
ings before the Smith committee in
vestigating the board.
NEW YORK.-The init. Ladies Gar.
ment Workers Union returned to the
AT Lon June 5, by $40 to IL vote of
delegates attending the unions 10th
lanniyersarv convention
KEARNY, N. IA 2-day strike of
1000 workers at the Federal Ship
building & Drydock Co., u. S. Steel
subsidiary, which Immediately drew
fire from anti-labor congressman in
Washington, ended June when the
firm agreed to negotiate the demands
of Local 16, Industrial Union of Mar
inc G Shipbuilding Workers (CIO).
NEW YORK. - Contempt proceed
ings against Remington-Rand Inc,
which has refused to comply with an
NLRB order upheld by the circuit
court of appeals in March 1888, were
started by the board in U. S. district
court June 4.
ASTORIA, Ore.-Launching a coun-
ter-attack on the Allen bill to deport
Harry Bridges, the executive board of
the Maritime Federation of the Pacific
voted on June 2 to ask the federal
government to grant full citizenship
to the president of the Init. Longshore-
mems & Warehousemen's Union
(CIO).
MINNEAPOLIS. - Pres. Roosevelt
has denied clemency pleas in behalf
of eight workers serving up to S-month
Jail sentences as result of last years
WPA strike, the American Civil Liber-
ties Union announced June s.
CHICAGO.-An $88,500 award under
the wage-hour law to redcaps en-
ployed by the Dallas Union Terminal
Co. was hailed here by the United
Transport Service Employees (unaffil-
iated) as paving the way for a COM
plete nationwide victory" in s5,000,000
wage recovery suits against several
railroad companies.
ALBANY, N. y Picketing rights
were upheld by the court of appeals,
highest state body, In a decision ord
ering modification Of lower court
injunction that banned all picketing.
The case involved picketing of Biallis
Bros, of Mount Vernon, by the Init.
Union of the United Brewery Flour
Cereal & Soft Drink Workers (AFL).
TRENTON, N. J.-Pres. Herbert H.
Cole of the New Jersey Federation of
Teachers (AFL) will appeal from a
ruling by State Education Commits
sioner Charles H. Elliott that barred
the union leader from reinstatement
in the Trenton school system.
NEW YORK. - Frameups such as
The 1915 Preparedness Day bombing
must not take place during the present
war hystria, Warren K. Billings told
delegates to the first national conven-
ion of the Workers Defense League.
LOUISVILLE, Ky-A vote of con-
idence for William Bioff, west coast
representative of the Init. Alliance of
Theatrical Stage Employees (AFL),
Who is now serving jail sentence
IN an old pandering charge, was reg
stored by $50 delegates at the unions
biennial convention. The delegates
reelected Pres. George
.. Browne and other officers and exec
tive board members.
WATERLOO, Ia-Labor should de-
nand of candidates in November that |
hey respect democratic rights despite |
var hysteria, Pres. A. A. Couch told |
he annual convention of the Iowa
federation of Labor. Attacking the |
tate's criminal syndicalism law,
Jouch said it was born of the hysteria |
n the last war and Is not aimed pri- |
narily at those who might prove |
raitorous.
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