Montana labor news., 1944-07-27

duction Board.
President Crawford appointed Charles
Whitley and Bridget Shea to attend
meetings Of the School Board.
It was announced that the Miners had
selected u delegates to attend the con-
vention of the International Union of
Mine, Mill and Smeltermen which will
be held at Pittsburgh, Pa. on septem-
Der II. 1914. The names Of the dele
gates are as follows:
Joe Mason, Al Geicek, Stanley Bah
cock, Neal Weston, John Mcleod, Sam
Orlich, William Sweeney, Mike Lacey,
James Shea, Mike Orlich, Tony Petroneo
and Peter Rebich.
Sam Spiegel explained he had visited
the Building Trades Council and that
this Council had agreed to go with the
Trades and Labor Council to hold la
Dor convention for the purpose Of nomi-
mating persons for the Legislature. This
meeting is covered in another article.
A communication was received from
Margaret Nagel secretary Of the Russian
war Relief. which is as follows:
Dear Mr. Vawter:
The purpose Of this communication is
to inform you Of the purpose Of Russian
War Relief, Inc, in our community anc
in our entire state.
Russian War Relief, Inc, was organ
lied in Butte about year ago At tha
time a small committee, Of which H. L
IMaury, a local attorney, was appointed
chairman. Last year we put on cloth
ing drive Of used clothing on which tn
organization set a value of $4,000 Thi
was all shipped to Portland, Ore, AM
from there to Russia.
During the past month K McKenna
regional director of Russian Relief, ha
visited Butte and helped to organize
permanent committee to carry on tn
work. A permanent state headquarter
will soon be opened at lO6 West Grant
in Butte.
The Montana committee has as its OF
{ ficers and members: Senator James
Murray, honorary chairman; H.
Maury, state chairman; Tom Davi
. Butte attorney, county chairman Harr
2 Gronfein, treasurer. The committee wi
S be expanded as we go along.
0 The first activity Of Russian War RI
o. lief is to be the statewide clothir
f drive. owen D. Spier superintendent
4 Of schools at Deer Lodge, has been az
r pointed state director of the clothir
:. drive. The quota set in Montana is fol
e pounds Of clothing per school child an
e one pair Of shoes. I mention school chi
To- dren as the clothing drive is to be ca
S ried on through the schools. The clotl
. ing will be collected the last week
September.
have written at length to give yc
# some idea of the purpose of this organ
e zation. The purpose is two-fold: Firs
e to gather clothing for the needy Ru
n SLAMS, Second, to build a good feelir
between the Russian and the Americs
peoples.
e This organization does not collect
l. accept money.
]. We are asking the members OF tt
le Silver Bow Trades and Labor Count
y to pledge their support to us in tn
: needy and patriotic venture, We W
n want your used clothing which you
= longer want. We may ask later for vc
lie unteers to help in packing the clothil
d. for shipping. When the headquarte
ID are open about August at l06 We
/ Granite, will be happy to receive mer
rs bers from the Silver Bow Trades al
IS. Labor Council and give you any desir
IS information concerning the activities
Il. Russian war Relief
es Sincerely yours,
N MARGARET NAGIE,
m Executive Secretary Of
ce Russian War Relief, Inc
v. The Council gave its approval to RI
l- sian War Relief.
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