The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-22
Planning Legislation

The general program the great corporations and other
special the state be said to be to prevent egs
by the Montana assembly, rather than to try to get
privileges through legislation than they already have
realistic and the opposition to their
exploitation people, and quite
et we'll enough alone The only fear by which
thew are assaed efficient organization by
be cajoed and controlled by them and de-
veopment of militant and effective leadership within this
These interests and their legislative
work the and rule planning perfection They
they precpate questions that have
dency divide the opposing groups
One outstanding examples of this strategy the
passage present ico compensation by the last
legislature The great mining corporation knew in advance
that legislation providing for support of victims of this
occupaona disease inevitable The bill introduced
providing that it made compensate
ability the Industrial Accident Boards law under which
the Anaconda Copper Mining Company would have been com
PEELED provide insurance against the disease for its en-
yee the load of caring for the victims of the disease was
sadded all of the taxpayers of the state with the
sation paid through the state welfare board.
When the time for vote the bill, the representa-
ves from the of the state who nflu
enced by the corporation fought it, this liberal element in
had lost numerical strength because the
senatve of organized labor in the assembly had
sponsibity responsibility the state whole and to
their fellow They be censured for making
~ ba+ some relief would he given TO their fellow workers
who had the disease in the Mines because they
realized the strength of the company in the session and felt
that the only form of relief obanable However
unified strength of the progressive which included
ordinary the representatives of organized labor
and the forty odd millions of net profit made by
the Copper Mining last year was not
by the additional small tax which the protection OF
it's workers would have cost it.
When the class of representatives that frequently
come rural districts and from industrial center we Won
and labor really want legislation for their
benefit The representatives who do not represent their IN
from localities where the farmers aborers
majority VOTE certainly elected by majority votes
and responsibility for eectng them cannot be evaded or
any except lack of interest lack of in
tegence the voters the farmers and aborers
It is high time now that legislative be decided
upon by groups that candidates for the next session
the legislative assembly be selected who will work
for enactment of these The background affa
on understanding of the candidates should be carefully
ed friendship
evauang these indications of how the candidate perform
if elected Every candidate considered should be committed
to the legislative outlined And he will not pledge
his unfaerng support for the suspect that
he might say putt he deserves further consideration
There may be some candidates who will adopt highly
moral dgned stand when approached the support OF
definite program and that he will vote as his
science and will not commit himself Fundamentally
In the orty of the impressed by
that kind and vote for him because he
they will find to their that when seated
as representative the will have prudeny left his