Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-01-31
Rep. Hugo Aronson
Is Co-sponsor of
Gambling Bill

Deen INFORMED tnal many OF lileSt
men travel as far as rs miles going
b. and from work as housing facili-
| ties near their work are at zero
minus. Tourist cabins are filled to
capacity. Many of the men live in
tents or board shacks with their
families. At Bremerton as well as
at Fort Lewis no houses or apart
mentS are to be had under any cir
cumStances while the school stu
alton is serious and badly over
crowded
There is no getting away from the
fact that the west coast is in the
midst of good times with plenty of
work, expanded payrolls. and re-
Sultant expenditures which is felt
in all walks of life. Wholesale and
retail sales volumes have increased
enormously. One may say that a
boom" is on and that this section
is due for an era of prosperity. La
Dor is on the upgrade, unemploy
ment though, ironically, still exists
but probably to lesser degree than
heretofore. In this wave of prosper
1 llS, lIle uSildll1 IDS DSSli d!4l sun
is for skilled artisans or mechanics.
! Such individuals working at top
wages have necessarily paved the
way for the employment of thou
sands of unskilled laborerS and they
too are pulling down good money.
One would think that this would
be the solution Of the unemploy-
| sist oil t,tts
such is not the case. Hearing of the
| improved labor situation here, I'M
skilled laborerS and mechanics by
! the thousands have made their ap-
pearance only to find thousands of
| others seeking the same jobs and
| with but one result-the towns are
overrun with dlSalluSioned, unskill-
ed men who are seeking jobs that
have been filled or probably will
be filled by hometown boys. they
having the preference. Owing to the
unsettled conditions in the lumber
industry and the recent west coast
strikes many of such men. natur-
ally, gravitated toward these new
jobs thus freezing out the new ones.
This section is enjoying good
times but the people are paying for
it. Rents have gone sky hight is
almost impossible to get a good
apartment or house For instance.
an apartment that formerly gladly
rented for $50 per month now
brings in $40 or S45 Groceries are
just as cheap. or cheaper, in Brown
IN NJ n
flour are about the same as over
there: round steak will cost you
Bic; eggs, 29c; while cigarettes are
l8c per package or SITS carton
compared with l5c and Sl40 at
Browning. We have but one advan-
tage-a greater assortment or vari-
ETY. to pick from.
To revert back to the proposition
facing the council of sending some
of the reservation boys over here.
1t is good plan as far as it goes
and l see no objection to it. The
council in its own way will prob
ably come to some definite conclu-
sion and arrange or put over such
program, but extreme care will
have to be used Mechanics of tried
ability only should be assisted as
the town is full of idle unskilled
laborers. The mechanics planning
on coming over should be prepared
to stand not only rigid physical
examination but in many cases are
forced to take a test similar to a
civil service examination All land
this also is importantly should have
birth certificate or something
similar with them-otherwiSe, prob
ably, no job. AS to the mode of re-
payment, the council must solve
that problem and it will no doubt
prove a tough nut to crack
Your friend.
Stuart