The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-29
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war planning than they were in the
past. He was reminded that organ
lied workers had made many speeches
and declaration and had undoubtedly
tried to express their will before but
that for some reason they had not
succeeded.
"This time it is different" he said.
1--WE have organized the National
Council of Labor. 1t represents the
trades unions organizations, the CO.
operatives and the members of the
Labor party We confer and try to
reach an understanding of what is
most necessary and where we can
agree, we go forward. We preserve
our autonomy on matters that con-
Germ us, separately, but we find we
agreed that we are going to build
better world.
| War Face to Face
Until this time, our people really
did not know what war was. We
have fought many wars too many of
Them but they were fought away from
our shores and we only came close
to war when we lost dear one. In
home to us. We know what it is.
We know what it is to have airplanes
overhead, when you cannot see them,
but when you know they are there to
rain down on us death and destruc-
ton. We know what it is to exist
under a blackout every night. We
know what it means this time and
this time, 1 assure you, there is going
to be determination that there will be
no further war;
Beaton's cooperative organizations
stretch into every hamlet. They have
become the most powerful industrial
organizations in Scotland and they
are owned entirely by consumers and
are operated on non-profit basis.
"It would be hard for you to find
of a trades union who was
not member of cooperative organ
ization," he said. 1--WE are the larg-
est millers in Scotland, the largest |
shoe manufacturers, the largest dis
tributive organization, the largest
of tweeds and cloths of |
various kinds, the largest furniture |
manufacturers. We have learned that |
we can operate business far better
than did those presumably great bust
ness minds who made the mess that |
we are now in
I'VE are providing for ourselves,
through our cooperative organiza-
tons, with everything the consumer
needs from the cradle to the grave.
Our burial societies, which provide
everything and provide it at far less
cost and in far better taste, handle
300 funerals a week. We provide our
people with all the service and the
needs of funeral at about IL pounds
'r $50. You know, years ago in Scot
and, the private funeral directors
lsed to say that the time to get
hem was when there was tear in
he eye Well, we are trying to help
hem to bear their sorrow and suffer
ng with less tears"
DSdtoH was anu is d IrdueS ullOH
member Every cooperative en-
,loyee, and there are thousands of
hem, must be member of a trades
lnion. There are no strikes and no
ockouts because the cooperative or
,anization, owned by members of
rades unions, and the workers in the '
Operatives, have agreed to settle S
ny dispute over wages and working 6
onditions without lockouts or strikes g
I'VE pay wages higher than are c
aid by private traders and higher t
Han the union scale and we do more
han that" Beaton said. We've just c
greed to nine-day holiday with y
ay for our workers and private trade i
ives them no holidays with pay. We d
ave already agreed on a 12-day with S